That is no problem.
As for the boons it looks like Mahari won one. Congrats Mahari!
One more thing I will need as I put your chronicle sheets together, if you have day jobs checks you can start making those now as well.
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The conference table in the scriptwriter’s room was covered in personal computers, slates, papers, notes and props. Each of the attendees had at least two comm units on the table, with only Zo! the exception. His personal assistant had five, so perhaps that made up for it. The one thing missing from a normal industry gathering was food. This being Eox, though, food would have been wasted on the attendees.
Except for Mahari, of course. But in her cover identity of “Anny Huyth,” corpsefolk scriptwriter intern on Zo!’s newest show, And Then There Were None!, she wasn’t supposed to be eating anyway. So far, the makeup had been passing muster, with some tech and magic enhancements masking her living body signature. She’d lifted the identity of an actual half-elf writer that she knew was also a Starfinder who’d been out on a mission for a couple weeks. Hey, it’s not like the real Anny was fully utilizing her identity now anyway. And Mahari was just borrowing it for this one job. Probably.
”Umm, Mr. Zo!, sir?” she asked tentatively, acting the withdrawn and shy, socially awkward writer. Though, truth be told, Mahari didn’t know if that was Anny’s real personality or not.
”Yeah, what, ummm, new girl?” Zo! answered with a look to his assistant. ”Anny,” the freshly crafted young human corpsefolk whispered to his boss.
”Yeah, Anny, whatcha got, babe?” the TV mogul asked.
”Well, sir, umm, what if the fifth suspect gets eaten by an akata? Umm, then they become a void zombie, and, umm, they could wreak havoc on the remaining survivors,” she offers meekly, but then pastes on a fake smile like she’s trying to convince herself of how good the idea is.
”Boooring,” Zo! replies, with a mock yawn as his assistant whispers something to him. ”Oh, yeah, good point. Not to mention we’re fresh out of akatas. Those stupid Starfinders slaughtered the last one we had.”
He pauses as he looks at Mahari-Anny as if trying to make a connection. She stifles her breath movements while the borrowed contact lenses continue to interrupt her blinking. With a short shake of his head, he stands and looks intently at the main room screen with its depiction of the planned set.
Snapping his fingers, he suddenly turns back to the room. ”F-STOPS! There's not enough f-stops!” he blurts out as he looks straight at her. Mahari patently ignores Zo!’s quick glare at the barely suppressed chuckle of one of the ghouls at the table. "Anny, babe, I need to know if the camera department has enough f-stops to pull off what I’m thinking of. Go find that guy, what’s his name?” he looks to his assistant. ”Steveeoh, yeah, him. See if he’s got 100 more f-stops in his shop, okay. Lemme know. Nah, you don’t need to come back, we’ll be done here shortly.” As he finishes it’s clear that she’s been dismissed.
Which is exactly what she wanted. She stands and faux-nervously gathers her papers and notes. She’s careful not to let her smile show as she leaves and heads straight for the exit. Safely outside, she sends an encrypted text to the competing vidstream production company that hired her.
BUG PLACED. NO SUSPICION NOTED.
She only has to wait a minute before she receives an encrypted reply confirming that the bug is working and that payment has been sent.
Sorry, Zo!,” she thinks as she looks back at the production offices. Nothing personal, but you really should’ve taken me up on that offer to find your leak.
Thank you for sharing Mahari, I enjoyed reading the scene!
Here are your chronicle sheets! Make sure to look them over and let me know if I made any errors or anything else I need to change for you.
Congratulations to everyone. I really enjoyed running this for all of you.
I hope you had a wonderful adventure. This is a bit of a different scenario and I hope you all enjoyed it. If you have any feedback I welcome it either here or by PM.
I'll leave this campaign open until the end of the week for any final thoughts, scenes (like Mahari posted here), or questions (either in character or not).
Thank you!
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Thank you for the game. I really enjoy your games. I found them well run. This one was a special mission. But it was fun. I know now that I need to install jump jets over all my characters, lol. I says this because I'm playing Dead suns with another character and we also are in a zero-g area. Thank you also to the others players.
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I'm sorry I kept stalling out so bad. Apparently my mental health wasn't as high as I thought it was and I kept losing the motivation to post on any of my PbP threads, this is just the only one moving fast enough that anyone could notice.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm going to say, no worries. With a global pandemic kick us around on top of whatever day to day problems we already had, it could happen to anyone.
I just assumed I was overly eager. I'm working from home so the compulsion to mash F5 is hard to resist during slow moments. Be well.
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I'm sorry I kept stalling out so bad. Apparently my mental health wasn't as high as I thought it was and I kept losing the motivation to post on any of my PbP threads, this is just the only one moving fast enough that anyone could notice.
No need to be sorry. Your posts were at a perfectly reasonable pace. For this game I was especially focused on managing timing and pacing to keep things moving faster from the start for a few reasons related to the scenario.
However this is an event you are supposed to enjoy and can feel less so if it becomes an obligation. You were a wonderful player and I was happy to have you at the table if you would like.