Plot Guide Last Update: 7/2/04 : F18 Notation: F1-2-3 : File #, part 2, link 3 M1.1 : MiniFile 1.1 AF1 : Alt Thread File 1 Current Plots In Another Dimension! Relevant Sessions: F18 Vernon revealed his plan: He and Ronnie want to send the team into other dimensions to gather data. As the team questioned him about it, though, Roch dropped, screaming, and Thren soon followed. Thren later shared visions of a horrible death, Roch's death, and the aftereffects on the group were inteeresting. Will they go with Vernon's plan, or will this new news scare them off? Dorian the Traitor Relevant Sessions: F17 (all of it) Dorian Grey is the asshole the group thought he was, and more, as Luanne finds the group in Red Sweden and explains that not only has he been manipulating Anders' predictions and memories, he's Concordat, and Luanne barely escaped with her life. The group went to their refuge in the Appalacians, where they discovered that Dorian took Anders to Red French Lick (just outside Twilight City), and then, in a chase, escaped to TC in a buggy while the hero-types retrieved Anders, making most everyone happy. But with Dorian alive, things may get worse... Concordat Revenge Relevant Sessions: F13-1, F14-1 The Concordat doesn't seem quite as out of it as the group might have thought, as they managed to launch an assault on them, which involved a lot of running, chaos, and Kat and Vera ending up shot up and arrested for fighting back. At Ronnie's urging, along with some of Deme's issues, and Kat and Thren's seeming specific attackers, the group is thinking of going to Red Sweden to escape, while Roy's fake stories about Kat's affair with R. Levinworth's draw attention... will it work? Who's heading what's left of the Concordat, and are they out for anything but revenge? DunnoKids Relevant Sessions: M11.3, F12-1, F13-1, F14-1, F15-1, F16 (All of it) Hettie brought Edward to Kat's apartment with what looked like a broken arm, until Leo tried to fix it. The grinding of metal on metal opened a new twist: Edward is really a cyborg! Subsequent conversation and investigation yielded the fact that Demetreia's parents... creators... something, who were researchers for DunnoCorp, died a few years ago. Now Edward thinks Deme is his sister, Deme is acting extremely nervous about the subject, and there is a healthy dose of confusion going around. Even worse, when everything went down on the Plaza, the Dr's Kanenas appeared and said 'MAKE HER REMEMBER'. Deme seemed ready to blame it on Edward, and now, with Ronnie's meddling, they, minus Roch and Thren, went to Red Sweden: Home of Dunnocorp, for answers. Of cource, once there, everything went to hell, and after a chase and a rescue, not only did they find Edward, Roch, and Thren in Red Stockholm, but they captued Sydney, who was trying to copy the Kanenas design off of Deme, who is definitely not a robot (with all her bleeding), but Sydney said she wasn't even a cyborg. He was apparently funded by a shady man who looks a lot like Thren but with more asian features. Not everything is hashed out yet, though. Roch and Thren's 'Plan'? Relevant Sessions: M14.2, F15-2, F16-1-2 Roch and Thren didn't go to Red Sweden with the group, but the group found out later that they went on their own, with Edward. After a quick rescue, everyone was back together again. Although not necessarily happy. The Elder Race Relevant Sessions: Leo's Sisters, and F11-1, F11-2, F12-1 It seems thaht the Elder Race is taking over random people in some method, which Thren and Vernon both seem to agree upon, although the whys are not completely clear to everyone. It's certaintly not a safe situation to be in, especially if you're the people who die in the process... or people taken over by Them like Warren Warren the Third. A number of attacks have happened since Leo's sisters, including at least three the same weekend Warren lost it. Nobody quite knows what happened. Leo's Sisters Relevant Sessions: F9-1, F9-2, M9.1, F10 R. Levinworth came to the group with some scary news: Leo's sisters had gone crazy! Holed up in a convenience store and having killed a number of people, with no explaination or demands, it is a true sign of oddity. The whole group followed Leo there, out of a mix of responsibility/friendship and R. Levinworth's convincing. Through a little detective work, the power of music, and a stun baton to the chest, they have regained their senses, but nobody really knows exactly what happened, but the suspicions are on the Elder Race. The sisters are currently imprisoned at SIG-ASP. ATC's odd behavior Relevant Sessions: F4-2-1, F4-2-2, M5.2, AF3, F8-2, M8.5, M8.8, F9-1, F10, F11-1, F11-2 Well, a number of things about ATC have theoretically been answered. ATC left the artifacts in Red Marion as a trap, says R. Levinworth, and sent the artifacts from Area 51 to some sort of research station, without Taluun's knowledge. This doesn't really explain the list of artifacts. They've also apparently been watching the whole group 'lately', and half-hired the group to help Leo deal with his sisters. Now Vernon from SIG-ASP has asked them to do another errand, which ended up with them subduing another out of control 24. Collecting Artifacts: Relevant Sessions: F1 through F8, and nearly everything in between. The main characters were enlisted by Anders to save the world and collect artifacts to keep them away from the Concordat, which seems to involve less world saving and more breaking, entering, and fighting. And as of the assault on Area 51, it might just be over, as everyone but Kant seems dead, and R. Levinworth said that ATC had obtained the rest, which sorta puts the Concordat in SOL-territory. Although maybe they're not as out of it as it seems... Odd Things that are like Plot System Failures Relevant Session: F5-2, F5-3, F13-1 Ian had to escape a Nanite Cleaning at a subway station, but you're not supposed to be dropped off during nanite cleanings. And Kat, Roch, and Deme got stuck briefly in a subway as well, on the same day. And then there was the MASSIVE Power Failure on October 15th. Aren't these system supposed to be nearly flawless? Reappearing Cartoon Sleythin Relevant Sessions: Many, although F5-3, AF3, and F13-1-1 are more interesting cases There are a lot of holoads that look like Sleythin in this world, and they always seem to be around when interesting things happen. Deme even pointed him out during the Subway malfunction, but she was the only one who saw anything weird. Is there something going on with these innocent little cartoons? It certaintly seemed suspicious right before the power failure... could it have been something the Kanenas' put together for Deme's benefit? Anders and the Crew: Where were they then? Relevant Sessions: F8-2, F11-2, F12-1, F17 Anders lost it on the base, and dissapeared, screaming that it wasn't supposed to happen that way. ATC doesn't seem to have captured any of the others in the Anders Crew either. But where did they go/ Vera's on the case! Unfrotunately, all anyone knows is that Anders is out cold, and the Anders crew won't say where they are. However, with Dorian's betraying them... well, just look at that section. Strange Maps of the World Relevant Sessions: F5-8, M5.1 Roy found a lot of weird maps of the world, both in the underground Concordat place and on the Net. They had strange code, and were of Mars, and Earth. The group never found out what they meant... False History of the Europa Team Relevant Sessions: F10, M10.2, F11-1-3 M11.3 Thren and Vernon dropped a bombshell on the group: The Europa Team did a lot more than just kill a few bugs and their hive mind, and wipe out a nanite plague. There was a game, 'The Game', and a number of AIs: Cloud, Cube, Egg, Pyramid, Sphere, and possibly this 'Square' were involved, at the time, and the Europa Team stopped the Cube, at least. Vernon also says that one of ATC's purposes is to make sure there isn't another Game. Vera certaintly got quite the data dump from Ronnie. And another odd note is that Roy seemed to know of the Game, through a net rumor. Who was this 'Harold Halberson' that revealed the Game rumor? Whatever could the entire history be? Character Based Weirdness Hettie's Stones Relevant Sessions: M3.1, M7.5, M10.1, M11.3, F12-1 Hettie gave Kat and Roch each a stone, black for Kat, white for Roch, and made various noises about being dog/cat spirits. Vera even got one when they returned, green for a rattlesnake. Thren's soft blue bear and Deme's marble orange-black butterfly have been added to the mix. Ian's shiny iridescent peacock, Leo's brown crocodile, and Roy's spider round out the full 8. She predicted a bad joke after the trip to Earth that the PCs went on, and ATC showing up certaintly seemed like a bad joke to Thren and Kat. She predected that a boy would show up in Box City, and he did: Edward Kessana. Now she thinks Deme's going to help him get his memory back... or was it that Kat was going to fix him up? Thren's Attackers Relevant Sessions: AF1, AF4, F10, F13-1-1 A bum attacked Threnody in his intro session, and the bum wanted to take him to TC. Thren handily dispatched them, but Thren continues to make small noises about being under a threat from 'criminal elements', and they seemed to show up for him on the Plaza. What's the deal? Could it be because of his mother being Isis? Or something else? Kat's Attackers Relevant Sessions: F13-1-1 Thren's not the only one with people problems. Kat seemed to be all ready to run from those groups, and mentioned one by name, the Fummers, thinking they were from TC. She tried to deal with them too, although they were already dead. Angry people in her past? Kat and Roch Relevant Sessions: F1, M3.1, M5.3, M7.1, M8.1, M8.4 Kat and Roch know each other, this is obvious. And with Roch's heavy TC accent, the implications are impressive. Kat also dated Roch's brother. But what really happened way back when? Thren and Kat Relevant Sessions: M5.5, M6.1, M6.3, M7.1, M7.4, F8-2, M8.5, M8.6, F9-1, F9-2, M9.2, M9.3, M10.5, M11.1, M17.1, M17.2 What did Thren have to talk to Kat about? Why did he bring her wine? Why does Kat enjoy teasing him so much? And what's with their violent uncharacteristic reactions in the hallway? Roch might have inklings of something odd. And Taluun and Vernon seem to know of both of them besides. What one could learn from listening in on Taluun and Thren's conversation, or Kat, Thren, and R. Levinworth, for that matter... "Aunt Ronnie", really! With Thren's mother known, and more than one reference to Kat's... Demetreia and Roch: Vwoof Vwoof! Relevant Sessions: F6-2-3, M6.2, F7, M7.5, M10.4, M11.3 Demetreia and Rochelle have picked up a pet named Vwoof! He (she?) is a very hungry stray from Red Detroit with a taste for just about anything. Will this dog teach the normally reserved Rochelle and awkward Demeteria how to love? Roch has a job? Relevant Sessions: M5.3, M6.2, M7.1, M7.8 Rochelle has become a bartender at Laser-Momo's! Or so it seems, and boy, is Momo a slavedriver. Whu-crack all the way. But at least it's paying off! Crystal Butterflies? Relevant Sessions: M5.3 Deme, Roch, and Kat ran into a never seen before crystalline butterfly out on the Martian Plains. Does this mean that Mars is getting more habitable? Or is it an alien? Or just another ATC bioengineering project? Deme's History Relevant Sessions: F2, M5.3, F7, M10.4, DunnoKids Demetreia tells everyone she's a cyborg and certainly acts oddly enough. Anders also seems to think her past lies 'on this path', and even promised her a resolution. Indeed, one was sorta found, as she ran into people from her past in Red Stockholm, and although not everything is sorted out, she's definitely not a cyborg in Sydney's eyes, for whatever that's worth. K.B. : Member of INU Relevant Sessions: Roy's Intro, M11.2 In Roy's Intro session, he is exhorted to come to the auction because a member if INU should be there. None of the characters know about this connection, but in our storybook world, it's certain to happen eventually! Who are INU, and what do they do? Are they this collective of hackers he's talked about to Thren? Vera's Past Relevant Sessions: F2, F7 Vera seems to have an angle on some history too, her 'road to understanding' being on Anders' path. And she did talk to him secretly. What is hiding under that hat? Vera and Deme Relevant Sessions: M7.5, M7.7, F12-1-2, F14-1-1 Vera sure was looking for Deme, and if she didn't find her, that'd be silly, especially since theyy showed up at Momo's together. But whatever could they have had to discuss? Vera does seem to be being a bit protective of Deme. Maybe too protective. Kaxt's Weird Art Relevant Sessions: M10.1, M10.4, M10.5 During the week before the trip to Venus, Kat seemed to take up the brush. Deme got a glimpse of a truly disturbing piece of artwork. Weirdness all around, maybe. Artifacts - Giant Football (ITT transdim device) - Does funny things to space-time, lets you see giant scary demon guy. - Appearance: F2 - Position: Kat's Apartment - Statuette (Unknown) - Appearance: F3 - Position: Kat's Apartment - Watermelon (Quantum Probabilistic Branch Sink) - Turns blue at random times - Appearance: F4-2-1 - Position: Kat's Apartment - Pyramid (Psychic/Psychological Crossbreed Recall Inhibitor) - Appearance: F4-2-2 - Position: Kat's Apartment? - Shapeshifting Gun (Dimensional Sliptunnel Wormhole AutoRelocatable Moderate Ordnance Device) - Appearance: F5-8 - Shoots beamy things - Position: Vera's possessions - Banana (?) - Various Shape-changing illusions - Identified as 'For Leo' by Anders - Appearance: M6.1 - Position: Leo's possessions - Plate (?) - Identified as 'For Ian' by Anders - Appearance: M6.1 - Position: Ian's possessions - VibroCube (?) - It vibrates when pressed - Appearance: AF4 - Position: Kat's Apartment