Wiki: Adventure 1, Session 1

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Day 1 (Saturday, January 6, 1990)

No events happen this day, it was simply an introduction to the game
Number One goes shopping at the local Target
C. Dundee goes for coffee with the local cops, asks for any news
Fastjack loads up Warcraft (which must be an advance alpha copy, since the game didn't come out till 1994)
David the Lawyer drives to Seattle to play some Raquetball
David the Undertaker has meetings with various clients, no one special

Day 2 (Sunday, January 7, 1990)

Characters are woken up by a ruckus. C. Dundee and Number One go to investigate
Veronica Chee pushes her way through the crowd
- She looks terrible -- bloodshot eyes, knotted hair
- She is clearly showing symptoms of paranoia, and she yells, among other things, "Don't listen to their lies! They killed my husband! Stop them before it's too late!"
- George Burroughs (priest) and Kris make it to the front to try and calm things down
- Cops (Mary and George Jacobs) also make it to the front, try and grab Veronica
- She runs, is around the corner before anybody can react
- Cops and C. Dundee give chase, but she gets to her car
- By the time the police get to their car, she's gone
C. Dundee remembers Sam Chee
- Seattle doctors had ruled a drug overdose, released the body
- Died on December 29, 1989, body released on January 4, 1990
- David the Undertaker had held the funeral on Friday, January 5, 1990, then buried the body in a shallow grave near the church
Kris explains that some necessary foundation repair is happening, and they can't let anybody in the church until it's safe
C. Dundee asks why they didn't tell anybody beforehand
Kris laughs and says that they had actually told some people who were supposed to spread the word, but they'd forgotten
- Several people in the crowd (that the characters recognize from the neighbourhood) nod, looking embarassed
Crowd Disperses
C. Dundee invites the cops to grab coffee with him
Number One decides to use his archaeology skill to look around the church, see if there's anything noteworthy
Doesn't find anything near the church, but does find some loose earth nearby
- (David the Undertaker had buried a body in that spot (coincidentally, Sam Chee)
- Starts poking around, moving earth
- Uncovers a hand, unnoticed by DtE
- C. Dundee notices what Number One is doing, tries to signal him to stop (C. Dundee knows that David the Undertaker is lazy, buries bodies in shallow graves)
  - Number One doesn't notice, continues digging
- C. Dundee excuses himself, runs over to David the Undertaker's house/office, tells him what's happening
- David the Undertaker runs over to Number One, tells him to stop
- Number One puts a marker in the ground and leaves, intending to come back later (haha)
David the Undertaker goes back to his office to check the foundation of his building, notices that there isn't even a foundation, it's built straight on the ground
- Curses his father (who built the office, and who taught him how to dig a shallow grave) for his cheapness
C. Dundee is called by one of his contacts ("Mr. Johnson"), who asks to meet him
- C. Dundee meets the contact behind David the Undertaker's funeral home
- C. Dundee offered $5000 bounty on Veronica Chee, she has a warrant for supplying drugs
- C. Dundee accepts
Calls other players to go to Veronica's house
- Try front door, it's locked
- Go around back, door is swinging open
- Number One checks his study, finds a desk, bookshelf, papers, etc.
  - Books were mostly fiction, no real theme
  - Desk had a lot of papers, nothing noteworthy
  - Top drawer on desk held stationary, pens, and similar
  - Other two drawers are locked
  - Find a briefcase, locked, with a bit of a smell coming from it, they take
- C. Dundee and David the Undertaker investigate the rooms
  - First bedroom has two beds, messy, toys, etc., looks like it belongs to two younger kids
  - Some clothes and stuff are missing, looks like they were hurridly grabbed
  - Second room looks like a guest room, has an empty dresser, made bed, etc.
  - Third room is master bedroom, bed is unmade, floor is piled with clothes and junk, pillow has makeup stains on it
  - Dresser and Closet also missing a lot of clothes, as if they were grabbed quickly
  - A quick search turns up a small key
- Returns to desk, unlocks the drawers
  - One contains invoices from Sam Chee's plumbing trade ("Go With the Flow Plumbing")
- Number One goes into kitchen, sees there there are a lot of dirty dishes, even sitting on the table
  - Checks the fridge, finds normal food for the most part
    - Checks expiry dates -- a lot of it is recently expired
- C. Dundee checks bathroom cabinet, finds a syringe and several different types of medication that he doesn't recognize
  - Takes them
Party goes back to David the Undertaker's office
- Open the briefcase
- Rotting balogne sandwich, apple
- (was obviously used by Sam Chee as a lunchbox)
David the Lawyer calls AT&T, gets the phone records for Veronica Chee
- She had been called by Dr. Gary Stromme, who David the Undertaker knows was the doctor who performed the autopsy of her husband
- She had also called Dr. Stromme a few times
- Many calls from her to local police stations, most of them very short
Number One goes to investigate the church
- Finds a weird lock on the door
- Calls Fastjack, who doesn't recognize it
Number One returns to where he found that body buries
- Digs it up, recognizes it but doesn't remember the name (it's Sam Chee)
- Notices that it was a recent burial, no clothing, no valuables, and an autopsy had been performed
- Attemps to re-bury the body, but not so well
Number One checks the side of the church, finds windows open
- Tries to climb into one, fails
- Calls David the Undertaker and C. Dundee to help him
- David the Undertaker and C. Dundee show up, smoking cigars (for some reason...)
- C. Dundee tries to climb into window, fails (wall is slippery from the rain)
- David the Undertaker tries, succeeds
- They hear a shout, cops are coming toward them
  - Too dark for the cops to see what's happening
- C. Dundee walks towards cops
  - Trips on the ground that Number One had unearthed
  - Meets the cops, explains that he was looking for any clues about Veronica, invites the police for coffee
  - They accept, go down to the diner
Number One and David the Undertaker search the church, find nothing remarkable
- When leaving the church, David the Undertaker notices that Number One is carrying his archaeology tools, asks him why
- Number One explains that he had found a body and dug it up
- Number One and David the Undertaker go to the site, find it's badly buried, wants to rebury it
- Realizes that he could take this opportunity to look at Sam's body again
  - Takes it back to his office
  - Opens up the cuts (Number One and C. Dundee are present, neither become ill)
  - Finds the organs all bagged up and inserted in the chest cavity (standard procedure for autopsies)
  - Finds that there was cocaine present in the blood stream
  - Checks the hair, finds that he hadn't used cocaine in at least the last few months
  - Reburies it
The characters turn in for the night

Day 3 (Monday, January 8, 1990)

Characters all go to work at their respective jobs, except for C. Dundee who sleeps in
Number One brings picture of the lock to a 1-hour photo to be developed
- Once it's developed, he brings it around to people in the electronics/engineering departments
- One recognizes the picture as a prototype for a new lock made by a company in Texas, "Lock, Stock, and Fully Bonded"
- Number One calls that company and asks about the lock
  - It's a new model, worth about $5000
  - Only a few have been shipped, one was ordered by George Burroughs in Seattle
  - Shipped to the church, paid in cash
C. Dundee stakes out Chee's parents' house (the Michaels)
- Rummages through their trash, finds the 3Ks (Koolaide, Kraft Dinner, and Ketchup)
- Watches the house for the day
- Sees an older couple leave, get into their Volkswagon
- Return an hour later with groceries
- Lucky Charms and other kids stuff, as well as prunes and other old-people stuff
- House is quiet for the rest of the day, although the curtains remain drawn
- After dark, C. Dundee leaves
David the Undertaker goes to the doctor to get a copy of the autopsy report
- Finds that cocaine had been present in the bloodstream, although in fairly low amounts
- Found that the heart had a yellowish hint to it
- Found a couple of stange chemicals in the bloodstream, organic but otherwise unknown
- Found that the strange circumstances had been swept under the rug
  - Likely for reasons of laziness, not for malice
- Photocopies the records
When David the Lawyer arrives home, there's a message waiting for him
- Dr. Gary Stromme had been trying to get in touch, wants to meet them
- When they meet him, he seems nervous
- He noticed that they'd been trying to find information about Sam Chee, and wants to talk to them
- Says that he was in charge of the autopsy, found a lot of strange results
- It was a Saturday, and the others wanted to go home, so they made Dr. Stromme cut the investigation short
  - A common event, Stromme was forced to fill out a false report and return the body to the morgue until the report was accepted
- Says he interviewed Veronica, she was sure that everybody was out to get her
- Players ask why he seems nervous
  - Was well aware that something fishy was going on, but is risking his job and pension by even pursuing this
  - Also, Veronica seems so sure that something's happening, what if it is?
- Dr. Stromme asks them to report back anything else they find
- Players ask him about the drugs they found in Chee's bathrooms
  - They're diabetes medication
C. Dundee, Number One, and David the Undertaker go to Veronica's parents' house
- First idea:
  - Number One waits in the car as a getaway driver, even though he has no driving skill
  - C. Dundee goes to the door, even though he has no charisma
  - David the Undertaker watches back door, even though he's never made a spot check
- After realizing foolishness, David the Undertaker goes to the door
- Door opens with chain lock on, Mrs. Michaels is at the door
- David the Undertaker asks the mother where he could find Veronica
- Mrs. Michaels says that she left, they don't know where she went
- David the Undertaker says that he's here to help her and desperately needs to find her (rolls 01 on his persuade check)
- Mrs. Michaels lets him in, knocks on the basement door, says that somebody is here to help
- Veronica opens the door, she still looks awful
- David the Undertaker asks her questions about what happened
  - She still seems paranoid, everybody is out to get her, etc.
  - She still seems paranoid, everybody is out to get her, etc.
  - Says that she suspects Kris, although doesn't have a good reason
  - David the Undertaker gives her his card, in case she needs anything
Meanwhile, Fastjack goes to the neighbourhood's phone junction box
- Installs a bug on the wires for Kris and George Burroughs
When C. Dundee gets home, he discovers that the bounty for Veronica Chee has been raised to $20,000, with no reason given
Finally, the characters all go home for the night