PRP-Paranoia- Sus

[DrDog]

Failure tastes like sour beer. At least, that what the 'quote of the day' calendar said at Frank's place.
Considering she left there with as much useful information as that quote from her time with the washed up PI, well...

Ram has had better luck asking around, everyone is sure she has no boyfriend, which means the person she was 'talking to' on the phone was likely that mysterious voice.
The loose end is the necklace, but how to pursue that is unclear. However, in the intervening time perhaps some research has revealed something.

Titania, along with Ram and Sonnie and several others receive frantic texts from Sarah in accounting.

Frances just resigned!!!!!

An intelligence+occult-1 roll can be used to help give you more information about Frances. Intelligence + academics -3 can also be used.

[Ram]

Ram hadn't managed to pin Frances down since going to the bar. However, he had found out that the boyfriend theory didn't hold water. Which left the 'gift' as the likely source of the voice whispering poison in her ear. Which... not the best news.

The Ogre grit his teeth. What if this was all some sort of misunderstanding. What if she had been talking on a phone and no one saw? Or she had a boyfriend that just happened to be a jerk? What if the Wyrd was somehow warping his perceptions? He took a steadying breath, either way she still seemed in pain and needed help. The Changeling just had to trust that his Clarity was strong enough to see things as they truly were.

Even so, he'd spent his time on shift trying to catch a look at the necklace. Hoping to see if there was some glamour to it. His patrols were spent wracking his brain for some sort of answer. Looking up fairy tales on his phone, then switching to 'how to help a depressed friend', then switching again to abusive relationships. So it went until he clocked out and was able to go to the apartment and start using his computer.

Then he got the text.

"Shit!"

Thnks Sarah. Coming over. TRy to stall

He took off at a run across the park to the offices, hoping to catch Frances before she left.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-19 22:04:21	Ram rolls 4 to Int+Occult-1 (10 Again)	2, 7, 7, 3	failure

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-19 22:05:34	Ram rolls 3 to Int+Acadmeics-3 (10 Again, WillPower)	3, 8, 8	2 successes

[Sonnie Wu]

Whoa, her phone just blew up. Reviewing the texts, Sonnie blinked at the news of Frances resigning.

If she no longer works at Funderland, do we even care anymore?

After a moment, she decided they were already pretty involved and they might as well see this through.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-20 18:57:56	Sonnie Wu rolls 3 to Int 2 + Occ 2 -1	6, 6, 8	1 success

She was about to say something, but then Ram took off like a bat out of hell. Not knowing what else to do, the Beast followed the Ogre!

[Titania]

A monumental waste of time. That was all she had gotten from chatting up with Frank.
And a few good drinks, and perhaps a future ally.
Her phone blows up as she rejoins the group. She eyes the display with an annoyed expression. Why did they even care?
They should just replace her with someone friendlier.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-22 00:45:07	Titania rolls 4 to int + occ - 1 (10 Again)	4, 3, 6, 7	failure

[DrDog]

Ram

Ram's research has revealed lots of things, but sorting the glitter from the dross proves challenging. A psychotic break is a certain plausibility , as would blackmail or some other undue influence. There are also plenty of myths about cursed objects. While what to do about them is unclear, all agree that removing the cursed object from the person is an important first step.

Sonnie

Sonnie remembers a conversation she overheard about a cursed ring that had to be cleansed.

Ram catches the girls on his way in, and they find themslves at Sarah's desk. Standing in front, looking irate, is Frances. She has dark circles under he eyes, and the necklace that ram has been tryign to catch a glimpse of is tucked into her shirt. The leather strap holding it however, is riding just above her black t-shirt.
Despite the fact the group text was sent to over 20 people, they are the only ones that have shown up, even with it happening on a busy workday.

"Exit interviews are policy. You have to do it, and someone from management has to be there. And none of them are answering my calls. I'm sorry Frances, just be a little patient."
"I won't. Give me my check and stop getting in my way." Frances snaps back. There is no love or smile in her face. Gone is the woman who made so many guests happy.
She turns to look at them, shrinking back like she was afraid of them, eyes first to eye-catching Titania, then to Sonnie, finally resting on Ram. "What do you want?" Ram has never heard her so afraid before.

[Ram]

Ram is ready to yell. To curse. To demand answers on what the hell was going on, and why the shit was she quitting. It probably showed on his face, the way he was breathing (having had or not).

It all came up short when he saw the look in her eyes. The Ogre knew that look. Knew people that had looked at him like that just before he collapsed the roof on their heads. Before he destroyed them.

Shit.

The Render worked hard to bring in his anger. Pull back from the rage that called to his mind. It was hard. He felt hurt. Like Frances was trying to tear apart his carefully constructed life. Like he was in a wrathful panic and having trouble telling where and when he was. Who and what he was dealing with. Wanting to know why!

Slow breathing. Slow down his thoughts. Focus on one thing at a time.

“I want what I’ve been trying to do for months. I want to talk to you. Figure out what’s going on with you. Help you out. Get back to jokes at shift change. And now you’re quitting without even saying goodbye to the crew?! What the hell?!” The anger leaked out like oil from a siege engine.

He shut his mouth into a severe line, breathing deeply through his nose for several seconds before he trusted himself to talk again. He wanted to fix this and that meant fighting every aspect of himself instilled by the Fairies to break things beyond repair.

“Sarah? Could we have a few minutes?” he asked the accountant with uncharacteristic politeness “Eleanor can handle the exit interview, right?” He glanced to Titania with pleading eyes.

[Sonnie Wu]

Something something... cursed ring? Where had she heard that? Why was she thinking about Hobbits?

Mental images of Orlando Bloom had her distracted enough that Sonnie ran smack into the back of Ram, as she hadn't noticed he had stopped running.

"Wah!" She stumbled back and rubbed her face. "Dude, flash your brake lights!"

She peered around the Ogre curiously, "Oh, hey there she is! We found her! Man, we are good detectives!"

"Yeah, what he said!" The Beast finally direction her words towards Fances, "What's up, girlfriend?"

Did cool people still say that?

[Titania]

Did Ram hold feelings for Frances? His objection had been vocal, and now they were making a scene.
"Yes, of course I'll handle the exit interview", she states with a fake smile, still unsure of what to do.

[DrDog]

Sarah looks at Ram as he looses it, scooting back in her chair as if that will keep the large man from breaking her in half. Frances backs up a step as well, but the fear she shows is different somehow. She looks at Ram, "Its not like you actually care, You've always been hiding something. There's always something hidden, and I'm not going to be part of it." She practically hisses at Ram.
There is a pause, and Sarah blinks confused at Ram's politeness, "The conference room is open." She suggests. Frances grunts and heads into the room. The lost follow, and Frances paces the far side of the cheap conference table. She doesn't sit down. "Fine. So. I'm leaving. I don't want to be here anymore. I'm not interseted in being hired back. I don't have any concerns. Can I go now?" She blurts out, impatiently stalking the table.

[Ram]

Yeah, there it was from Sarah now too. The fear. It stung even more coming from someone he wasn’t even angry at. Ram folded his arms and tired to stand against the wave of anxiety, see if he could gain some strength from it but instead Sarah’s terror left him feel hollow and guilty. Freezing air filling his nostrils and pricking his heart.

Harvest failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-28 19:55:51	Ram rolls 5 to Pres+Intim Harvest (10 Again)	1, 3, 3, 6, 7	failure

Ram waited till they were in the conference room and the door was closed before finally. “You talk about hiding things. We talked to some of your friends at the brewery and they said you got that necklace from a new boyfriend, but nobody on shift seems to think your dating.” A plan was starting to form in Ram’s mind.

The agreement with Stone forbade using it’s grand might for combat. However, the Stone didn’t consider it combat to tear off an opponent’s armor. Ram was willing to guess tearing a leather cord wouldn’t be much different.

Stone three 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-04-28 19:57:33	Ram rolls 7 to Athletics+Wyrd+Mantle bonus (10 Again)	1, 4, 3, 3, 6, 6, 10, 1	1 success