Part One
(An Overview)
Ceridwen, Acanthus of the Silver Ladder: Sarah Wade
Father Cobalt, Obrimos Banisher: Paul Webster
Scene One: The Bus Stop
-Both looking for a loved one torn from their lives, Ceridwen and Father Cobalt both run into each other at a bus stop with a glyph in High Speech painted on it meaning "great sin." Before they can investigate, they're jumped by some gang-bangers. While Father Cobalt fends them off by hurling lighting from the ongoing storm at them, Ceridwen manages to find out their from a group called "the Brotherhood."
Scene Two: St. Mary's at Night
-Sirens in the distance prompt the two to duck inside a nearby Church, where they're welcomed in by a child who calls himself "The Boy Bishop." At the pain of throwing them back out to the cops, or a shadowy figure he calls "The Baroness," the Boy Bishop enlists their help in solving a mystery. One of the children in his Catholic School has gone missing from the parking lot outside the Church, and whenever he tries to go near the scene of the crime, he hears voices - the place must also be haunted. What he did see from the basement was a boy, Aidan Quinn, get chased into the parking lot, where the lights went out one by one, and then a shadowy figure approached him and engulfed him, disappearing into the darkness. Attempts to threaten the Boy Bishop into not fucking them over proved ineffective - as the Bishop says, "I'll fuck with you whenever I damn well please."
Scene Three: The Parking Lot
-As the ambulance takes away three citizens freakishly struck by lightning, Ceridwen and the Father creep out into the parking lot to investigate. Ceridwen scries through time to see another person run through the parking lot investigating, and notices he has a spray paint can, making him the one who painted the glyph at the nearby bus stop. So, another mage is on the trail of this mystery. The Father manages to find Aidan's shoes, and as soon as he touches them, a strange voice starts whispering in his ears in another language. He also determines the resonance of the kidnapper - a cross between fear, summer rain, and thorns.
-Ceridwen opens the Sibyl's Sight to see what Fate has in store for her, and begins investigating the strings of Fate wound closely around the shoes, although she notices a thread winding its way between her and Father Cobalt. She discovers the resonance of the kidnapper, and determines that Aidan Quinn is best described as the Page of Swords. She also determines that the shoes were required to be left there as part of some spell, and that somewhere in the town there's a woman aimlessly searching through a house for Aidan.
-The conditional leaving of the shoes suggests they're dealing with something well-versed in Fate magic, possibly another Acanthus, though Ceridwen floats the theory that this is all just made to LOOK like an Acanthus did it and someone is being framed.
Scene Four: The Glyph for "Great Sin"
-The two investigate the glyph on the bus stop, the High Speech sign for "great sin," and discover it's also a link in a series of Portal spells leading around the city, which could be activated with a conditional phrase that they Unveil using magic. Father Cobalt touches the Pre-Babylonian glyph and utters the phrase. The paint seems to melt the window away revealing a look onto Clay Street - a bad part of Annapolis. The two step through as bricks interlock behind them, closing the portal.
Where Part Two begins:
-Ceridwen recognizes one of the trees down the road - she's seen it out the window when she had a vision of the woman looking for Aidan.
Suspicions:
-An Acanthus is being framed.
-The Boy Bishop is using Ceridwen and Father Cobalt.
-Aidan Quinn is secretly Ceridwen's brother - suggested by Sarah Wade the player out of game.
-A fairy is going around stealing children for nefarious purposes - suggested by Paul Webster out of game.
Ongoing Mysteries:
-Disappeared Ex-Wife (Father Cobalt)
-Disappeared Mother (Ceridwen)
-The "Baroness"
-The third mage
-The voice in another language
-Aidan's disappearance
-Aidan's family
Possible Theme Music:
"Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us" - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
