Fisher St Club

Game Master Mighty Glacier

"I'll look into the chemicals that might have been used. Perhaps I can isolate a specific industry where the precursors are commonly used," Malcolm offered.

Somebody have to investigate the victims pasts - Say Adrien with after a sigh of resignation.

"Let's check the taxi cab first. More contained scene, will probably be easier to find any evidence that might have been left behind than, say, the park."

(There's a problem: you don't know where the crime scenes are, do you?)

Wouldn't at least one of the crime scenes be on the news and easy to find?

(There's a problem: you don't know where the crime scenes are, do you?)

How did we look up records containing the victims' names and occupations but somehow not get place and time of death?

Actually we did get time of death to an extent (date at least). So it is odd we have no clue where the victims died. Odder even.

(Even though some of the locations are beyond your knowledge right now — e.g. the workplace of Maxhold and the home addresses of House and the seventh victim — you're right that some of locations are known. My bad.)

The group is able to narrow down the crime scenes of multiple of the victims. The park where the female college student died is easy to figure out, as is the construction site where Lewis Herring worked in. The bank where the sixth victim worked could also be within the reach of the Club members, with a little snooping. And, if the taxi drivers of Roshburg were interviewed, details about Ron Parks and his taxicab could be uncovered.

(So what were the teams again?)

"...Alrighty then." Will clasps his hands for a moment.

"Mrs. Bond, if you would, please try to see if our Mr. Maxhold had acquired any recent contacts before his demise. As for myself, I think perhaps I should do the same if I can get in contact with the families. Or maybe try out the supernatural angle after all. Though to be honest, if I pursue the latter option, I would rather go out myself."

(Team 1 (Jake + Artemiy + Milo) goes to check out the crime scenes, starting from the taxi cab.)

(Malcolm, you wanted to look into the chemicals. How will you do this?)

(Adrien, you wanted to investigate the victims a bit more. How will you do this?)

(Will, what will you do? Also, it seems you can't go by yourself; otherwise there'd be more than three teams at once. You, Malcolm, and Adrien will have to make a compromise somewhere. In any case, Delgado and Freeman are free to use.)

"Mr. Adrien? If you'll be learning about the families, I'd like to go along with you. Ms. Freeman, Ms. Delgado?"

(Adrien, you wanted to investigate the victims a bit more. How will you do this?)

I know something about law and finance, so perhaps I can investigate the victim's criminal records and financial movements, though in real like I have no idea how to do something like that, so perhaps a couple of rolls

LAw: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Finance: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

(Hm, I don't know how you'd access the victims' criminal records or financial movements, either. The former could be done if you sneaked into a police station or something; for the latter you could find something in a bank office.)

(In any case, it could just be easier to find out where the victims lived, and interview their neighbors. Or, since you know that these people are dead, you could approach their families and pretend to be a friend of the deceased. Once you have someone's name, it's pretty easy to look up the address or phone number.)

Artemiy lets the others take point on the more investigative approaches, dealing with follow-up questions to certain answers; he contents himself with paying close attention to the people who respond. In particular, the one who brushes them off gets a narrowed gaze as the Russian tries to memorize his appearance, possibly for later questioning. In his experience, anyone who's that quick to avoid answers has something to hide.

To cab-man: "This is a private investigation on behalf of our client. She is personally invested in this case, and the cops aren't treating it as seriously as she'd like. If any of you could just tell us which cab was his, I won't bother you any further. If you DO want to help out more than that, I'll give you a number you can contact me."

First People: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Second People: 1d20 ⇒ 7

(Jake: Do you give your actual phone number or a fake one?)

Sort of depends. Are prepaid drop phones as ubiquitous in '04 as now? I didn't get my first cell phone until '07.

So, pending a response from Adrien, can I bring Lisa and Kira along to flip through some yellow pages and try to zone in on one of the families? Which doesn't sound creepy at all.

people: 1d20 ⇒ 19
perception: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Milo follows along trying not to draw to much attention to himself, When the suited man stops them, Fiddling around with his gear he pulls out his badge. "Sorry sir, for the intrusion. we just need a look at the crime scene. FBI, i'm taking a look at the local murders on behalf of a friend, these fine people with me are assisting "

"Mr. Adrien? If you'll be learning about the families, I'd like to go along with you. Ms. Freeman, Ms. Delgado?"

After a short reflection -très bien, I'll go with you.

So, pending a response from Adrien, can I bring Lisa and Kira along to flip through some yellow pages and try to zone in on one of the families? Which doesn't sound creepy at all.

(Nothing's stopping you. You could leave one of those two for Malcolm? I'm going to assume you didn't; feel free to say OOC if you'd like one of them to stay behind.)

If Malcolm wants to grab an NPC for his thing, it's perfectly cool with me. Edit: Ill post later too, on break now.

"Wait, are we going to be talking to the victims' families? Ugh." Delgado says, a displeased look on her face.

Not my favorite Idea, although at the moment I'm not seeing any way for us four to obtain more relevant information without a direct interview with the families. -

Thanks gm, i will take advantage of the recon. noticing the oddness he might not have mentioned fbi or anything, risk of reputation and all.

" Sorry sir for the intrusion, we just need to take a peek at the crime scene. We won't be too long i promise" Whispering to Artemiy's "Calm down, nothing to worry about"

Can somebody remind me if Will presented himself as a lawyer??

Aye, that he did.

If you had to investigate the families as a part of a case and without making too much noise, what would you do Will?

Jake leaves his temporary number with the cab drivers and moves on.

Jake chimes in to Will's question.

"As a lawyer he might have a bit of an in. Maybe pass it off as some kind of potential corporate lawsuit and he's putting feelers out for potential supporters."

"Ding ding." Will waves his finger at the (teleporting?) detectives suggestion.

"My other options would run the risk of falling behind at work, which would make people start asking questions. That or trying to skulk around after hours, and that would be unwise at best. The best way to hide is to look like you are supposed to be there. I've already been asking about getting my first real case. I may as well use the excuse, right?"

(Yeah, Jake, you're in Team 1, at the taxi company building. But I guess you had a chance to chat with Adrien and Will before you left.)

From what I understand I should get another d20 on Perception since it's my Profession skill?

(Oh, you're right.)

Jake's 2nd Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Jake mentally files that away, but says nothing for now. He reluctantly agrees to leave.

"Eitherof you boys know how to pick a lock? I want into that cab, with or without their permission."

Hmm. What skill would that use, GM? Doesn't look like it's called out as falling under one in the player's handbook, although Agility and Underground both seem like decent options.

Artemiy frowns and shrugs as the team leaves, the suited man angrily shouting behind them. At Jake's question, he hesitates for a moment, then nods. "I can give it a try. Call it a youth misspent." The Russian shoves his hands in his pockets and regards Jake. "What are you thinking, Jake...?" He trails off after the man's first name, more as if searching for a surname than being unsure how to finish the question.

"I'm thinking we need some solid leads or this case is dead in the water. Sometimes to do the right thing you've got to mix in a little wrong."

"We can come back tonight when there'll be less people and pop the doors open. Maybe we find something, maybe we don't. Either way we can move on."

Jake does not at all acknowledge Jingles' fishing.

(Artemiy: Yes, both Agility and Underground can be used; it's the player's choice which one they use. Agility is basically all things "Dexterity" rolled into one, whereas Underground is about "what you don't expect a law-abiding citizen to know". Either works for lock-picking. In general, the lines between Skills aren't that rigid: find the closest match, or matches.)

"Breaking and entering..." Milo audibly sighs in response to Jake, "Yes, i can, i'm good at getting into place's i'm not wanted. Picking a lock like that shouldn't be too difficult...Shall I? "

Yeah, wait for night and come back later.

"Anybody have ideas for something else we can check out in the meantime? If not, may be best to just split up and meet back later with everyone, see if they dug anything up."

We may as well continue down the list with Mz. House. Let us head out shall we?

Will gets up from his seat with a gentle wave to the others.

Adriens agrees, through in the inside not coming up with a better plan hurts his ego.

I'd vote phone calls to trade unions.

Will makes a few calls. He tries to get his foot in the door by explaining that he's working with the government on this case, which, technically speaking given his recent choice of companions, is true.

deception: 2d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 1) + 5 = 15

I guess the after the first speech "usual" was meant to be an "unusual", right?

Adrien kill some time spinning a pen while Will is at the phone.

(That's right, thank you. In my defense, "an un-" is almost a tongue-twister, so my mind probably got confused.)

"I've been asked to work with an agent to try and pull some more info where we can. If ya can put me on the horn with your boss, I'm sure we can get things squared away." A moment before the operator would speak he adds with a slightly quieter, yet still friendly ton of voice.

"And hey. I know how all this sounds. I guess it's a lot to ask for a bit of trust from a stranger nowadays, huh?"

That's a convenient typo, my eyes just glazed over it the first three times I read the post. Lemme know if there's a point where I can roll deception again, probably not, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

I mean i guess we wait, idk if the other's have any other idea's .

Split up and look for clues? By which I mean split up and do whatever until we reconvene this evening to actually look for clues.

Artemiy nods. "Splitting up may be best. Keep our profile low. Meet up a few blocks away from here, and walk?"