2024.03.04: Bomb investigations 1
| Bomb Investigations Pt 1 | |
|---|---|
| Bob and Ceilia converse to coordinate investigations | |
| IC Date | March 4th, 2024 |
| IC Time | Evening |
| Players | Bob, Ceilia |
| Location | Prospect Roasters |
| Spheres | Mage |
Prospect Roasters - Basement
Newly replaced wooden stairs descend down into a clean, welcoming basement. One of those lift chairs have been built along the railing to make the steep slope handicap accessible. The basement is a little on the cool side and the walls are left to the bare brick. The lighting is pleasantly soft with warm circles of light instead of harsh fluorescent. A large, round table has been set up in the middle of the room with 13 chairs around the perimeter, but room enough for more. There is also a couch and a flat screen TV, a small washer and dryer in a closet off on one end, a little kitchen area with a small stove and small table nearby, and of course the smell of coffee wafts down constantly. There is a dumb-waiter built in against one of the kitchen walls to transport food - or whatever - up and down from above. Against one wall is a bright red phone booth. There is one entire room dedicated to a communal library.
There is a simple, mundane video camera above the doorway at the top of the stairs at the end of the hall. It is outside the room, so privacy can still be assured. If you tamper with this, please inform staff or Eloise immediately.
Ceilia got the message, and comes on over. She brought food honestly, since she was hungry. The last leftover orange chicken that Echo brought this morning, she's eating from a plastic container with a plastic fork.
Bob comes down the steps, taking the steps one at a time. This tall man dressed in a black turtleneck and blue jeans enters, with a messenger bag slung over his left shoulder and a stout wood shillelagh cane in his right that he leans on for a moment as he enters. The jeans have a patch on one knee, in the pattern of a Mandelbrot fractal. His face has light stubble, oval around grey eyes, and his hair is dark brown, down to his shoulders. His jaw is set, and his face pensive.
"Hey Ceilia, thanks for coming. How are you?"
Ceilia sighs. "Well, Echo wants to hunt down and infernalist, and I told him he shouldn't go without me."
She shrugs. "But it sounds like you have something else going on. Hopefully nothing too bad?"
Bob smiles, "I do. And I know about the Nephandus search, but I thought we were letting the wise of Prospect that are trustworthy know of the threat, not going after it ourselves. They are the one threat big bad enough to get the technocracy and the traditions to put aside their differences and collaborate..think on how bad they have to be to cause that! But yeah, my concern is hopefully a bit less."
"There has been a suspicious bombing in the Prospect Library. There seems to be no reason for it, which either means it might be the start of a serial bomber, or an attempt to hide something. I wanted to look into it, and would like to see if others of us would be interested in doing so as well."
Ceilia snaps her fingers and chews. Her mouth slightly full "I heard about that." But then she swallows. "I don't know what I can do, but if I Can help, I'm happy to. That's really dangerous."
Bob nods, "You mean the Nephandus search? Yeah. The bomb investigation could be too of course, but we can look into and hand it off to the proper authorities if needed. Be they supernal wise, or the police."
Ceilia shakes her head. "I mean the bombs. Obviously the infernalist is a problem. But some unabomber is terrible! Who else is working on this, and what do we know?"
Bob smiles, "Well, I'll take a bomber over a Nephandus any day. But yeah, it is concerning. Right now, as far as I know it is just myself and Leigh. I've only texted a bit with Leigh, so I know she's interested in investigating it as well, but we haven't discussed it more. We need to plan how to tackle it as safely as we can. It could after all be a trap by the Technocracy. You know, set the bomb off and see who investigates."
Ceilia shrugs. "Obviously an infernalist's goal is to kill billions of people. But a bomber might kill a thousand right away. And I'm not afraid. Loop me in, please, Bob." Eating some more out of the plastic lunch bowl.
Bob shrugs, "Some Nephandi, sure. I think many of them are out to corrupt and infect the world with their madness, and bring strange horrors into the Earth. Great, so what I know so far on the bombing." He takes a gulp of his chocolate with a side of coffee before continuing.
"So..On the first there was a bomb that went off in the Deepak Chopra Branch of the Prospect Library System. There's no report of threats, and it was a small bomb in the biology section. The police have said they have no leads at the moment."
Ceilia nods. "Yeah I heard about that one. That's so suspicious. Why bomb one specific library section? What was in there? What book was lost?"
Bob sighs, "Don't know yet, but it's a good thought. It was next to Eat Pray Love on the shelf. I thought that those of use with Prime could examine any resonance to see if there was evidence of a quintessence fueled explosion, those of us skilled in Matter could examining what traces are still there (if any) to see what kind of explosive it was, and researchers can check computers/cameras. Folks with social skills can interview the librarians and people there that day, based on checkouts. And if any of us have Temporal skills they might even be able to let us see the bomber setting the bomb. What do you think?"
Ceilia stares as she chews, and nods slowly. "I didn't catch all of those words. But why don't we go out there soon and take a look ourselves? I'll bring my gear."
Bob nods, "We can. But we should be careful. It could be a trap. I can check cameras around the library, and use them to check for those with stores of quintessence lurking around or magical traps. Once we make sure there's no opposition watching, then yeah, you're right we should investigate the site. Do you agree?"
Ceilia shrugs. "I'm okay with that. If you want extra precautions, go head. But I'll go either way. Was there a second bombing?"
Bob looks thoughtful, "Any suggestions to add on the plan or things to change?"
Ceilia shakes her head. "Not really. I mean, I don't know what's going on. I have to get my tools there to see myself. It sounds like you're concerned it's a trap, so I'm fine
| Bomb Investigations 1 | |
|---|---|
| Bob and Ceilia converse to coordinate investigations | |
| IC Date | March 4th, 2024 |
| IC Time | Evening |
| Players | Bob, Ceilia |
| Location | Prospect Roasters |
| Spheres | Mage |
Prospect Roasters - Basement
Newly replaced wooden stairs descend down into a clean, welcoming basement. One of those lift chairs have been built along the railing to make the steep slope handicap accessible. The basement is a little on the cool side and the walls are left to the bare brick. The lighting is pleasantly soft with warm circles of light instead of harsh fluorescent. A large, round table has been set up in the middle of the room with 13 chairs around the perimeter, but room enough for more. There is also a couch and a flat screen TV, a small washer and dryer in a closet off on one end, a little kitchen area with a small stove and small table nearby, and of course the smell of coffee wafts down constantly. There is a dumb-waiter built in against one of the kitchen walls to transport food - or whatever - up and down from above. Against one wall is a bright red phone booth. There is one entire room dedicated to a communal library.
There is a simple, mundane video camera above the doorway at the top of the stairs at the end of the hall. It is outside the room, so privacy can still be assured. If you tamper with this, please inform staff or Eloise immediately.
Ceilia got the message, and comes on over. She brought food honestly, since she was hungry. The last leftover orange chicken that Echo brought this morning, she's eating from a plastic container with a plastic fork.
Bob comes down the steps, taking the steps one at a time. This tall man dressed in a black turtleneck and blue jeans enters, with a messenger bag slung over his left shoulder and a stout wood shillelagh cane in his right that he leans on for a moment as he enters. The jeans have a patch on one knee, in the pattern of a Mandelbrot fractal. His face has light stubble, oval around grey eyes, and his hair is dark brown, down to his shoulders. His jaw is set, and his face pensive.
"Hey Ceilia, thanks for coming. How are you?"
Ceilia sighs. "Well, Echo wants to hunt down and infernalist, and I told him he shoudln't go without me."
She shrugs. "But it sounds like you have something else going on. Hopefully nothing too bad?"
Bob smiles, "I do. And I know about the Nephandus search, but I thought we were letting the wise of Prospect that are trustworthy know of the threat, not going after it ourselves. They are the one threat big bad enough to get the technocracy and the traditions to put aside their differences and collaborate..think on how bad they have to be to cause that! But yeah, my concern is hopefully a bit less."
"There has been a suspicious bombing in the Prospect Library. There seems to be no reason for it, which either means it might be the start of a serial bomber, or an attempt to hide something. I wanted to look into it, and would like to see if others of us would be interested in doing so as well."
Ceilia snaps her fingers and chews. Her mouth slightly full "I heard about that." But then she swallows. "I don't know what I can do, but if I Can help, I'm happy to. That's really dangerous."
Bob nods, "You mean the Nephandus search? Yeah. The bomb investigation could be too of course, but we can look into and hand it off to the proper authorities if needed. Be they supernal wise, or the police."
Ceilia shakes herhead. "I mean the bombs. Obviously the infernalist is a problem. But some unabomber is terrible! Who else is working on this, and what do we know?"
Bob smiles, "Well, I'll take a bomber over a Nephandus any day. But yeah, it is concerning. Right now, as far as I know it is just myself and Leigh. I've only texted a bit with Leigh, so I know she's interested in investigating it as well, but we haven't discussed it more. We need to plan how to tackle it as safely as we can. It could after all be a trap by the Technocracy. You know, set the bomb off and see who investigates."
Ceilia shrugs. "Obviously an infernalist's goal is to kill billions of people. But a bomber might kill a thousand right away. And I'm not afraid. Loop me in, please, Bob." Eating some more out of the plastic lunch bowl.
Bob shrugs, "Some Nephandi, sure. I think many of them are out to corrupt and infect the world with their madness, and bring strange horrors into the Earth. Great, so what I know so far on the bombing." He takes a gulp of his chocolate with a side of coffee before continuing.
"So..On the first there was a bomb that went off in the Deepak Chopra Branch of the Prospect Library System. There's no report of threats, and it was a small bomb in the biology section. The police have said they have no leads at the moment."
Ceilia nods. "Yeah I heard about that one. That's so suspicious. Why bomb one specific library section? What was in there? What book was lost?"
Bob sighs, "Don't know yet, but it's a good thought. It was next to Eat Pray Love on the shelf. I thought that those of use with Prime could examine any resonance to see if there was evidence of a quitessence fueled explosion, those of us skilled in Matter could examing what traces are still there (if any) to see what kind of explosive it was, and researchers can check computers/cameras. Folks with social skills can interview the librarians and people there that day, based on checkouts. And if any of us have Temporal skills they might even be able to let us see the bomber setting the bomb. What do you think?"
Ceilia stares as she chews, and nods slowly. "I didn't catch all of those words. But why don't we go out there soon and take a look ourselves? I'll bring my gear."
Bob nods, "We can. But we should be careful. It could be a trap. I can check cameras around the library, and use them to check for those with stores of quintessence lurking around or magical traps. Once we make sure there's no opposition watching, then yeah, you're right we should investigate the site. Do you agree?"
Ceilia shrugs. "I'm okay with that. If you want extra precautions, go head. But I'll go either way. Was there a second bombing?"
Bob looks thoughtful, "Any suggestions to add on the plan or things to change?"
Ceilia shakes her head. "Not really. I mean, I don't know what's going on. I have to get my tools there to see myself. It sounds like you're concerned it's a trap, so I'm fine with you clearing the area any way you want, then I go in. Well, we all go in. Just say when."
