PRP - Paranoia - S

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonnie blinked at the dog. It wasn't often anyone called her smart, let alone an animal. Not that she was dumb, but her brain didn't work as well as it once did. Before the Screaming Jungle, she used to be very intelligent. Straight-A student, honor roll.

Now, simple multiplication problems gave her trouble.

But the pooch wasn't mocking her. Dogs were too genuine for that. So, she smiled and scritched him under his chin. "Thanks."

The Beast blinked in surprise again. "Wait, what cat? What alley?" There were alleyways in this well-to-do suburb?

[Ram]

It was here. Somewhere. He could ken it. He remembered the shadow of movement as she sat down at the couch. Had that been it? Or may… was it using her as a new ghost prison.

He tensed when she made the slicing motion with her hand, feeling like she might try and attack Titania. Feeling like maybe that would be a good thing. The Fairest calm but he wasn’t sure where she was going with the conversation. Just that they were still trying that route. Might as well keep going.

“You don’t forgive? I’ve seen you forgive! The whole thing with the lavender oil being added to the mister in the changing rooms your first day on the job? But you stayed, kept the picture, helped make it more than a job for the crew.”

“Then you get that necklace…,” get whatever was inside it. He wished he could just come out and say it. Confront it. He glanced around the house again before looking back to the woman he knew as Frances but hardly recognized.

“What happened? What changed?” He didn’t so much demand as plead. Was she still in there? Or would this end like Titania had hinted it might. Would he have to kill her to get at the enemy?

Persuasion 2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-12 00:08:59	Ram rolls 3 to Pres+Pers (10 Again)	9, 4, 9	2 successes

Perception 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-12 00:01:27	Ram rolls 4 to Wits+Comp (10 Again)	2, 6, 5, 9	1 success

[DrDog]

"That was a lifetime ago. That was before I quit. That was the old me. I am the new me."
Her voice and tone are very clearly different from the old her. This new tone is harsher, more afraid.

Rams question seems to strike a chord, and the woman leans forward in the gloom.
"I found a friend, It talks to me and keeps me safe. It gives me help and advice. It doesn't leave me like everyone else." She rests her hands on her chest.



"Yeah! The alleycat. its a short run setting sunward."
Sonnie is familiar with this area of town having large wide alleys between the numbered streets, commonly used for parking and waste removal.
"Want to go look for him and scare him?" the dog's grin is ecstatic

[Titania]

This whole business with Frances has started to become annoying. She wonders just which kind of trauma would have prompted such a dramatic shift in personality.
Then she realizes she doesn't have to guess.
"I see", she says, taking a breath and preparing herself for the inevitable vision.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-13 19:38:05	titania rolls 5 to Vision of Strife - Omen 1 (Wyrd + Emp) (10 Again)	1, 8, 3, 6, 5	1 success

Catch fulfilled

[Titania]

Catch

[Sonnie Wu]

The Monkey was always up for creating some chaos. She threw her hands up in the air and laughed, "Lead the way, doggo!"

Wait. Sonnie paused and looked around. Could the good boy even leave his yard?

[Ram]

I see? Ram was getting mad again. Was that all Titania had to say? I see. They were supposed to be trying to solve this by talking but so far, aside from getting them in the door it was nothing but small talk. And when Frances basically came out and said that she was under the influence of an entity, an ‘it’ of a friend, all she had to say was... I see.

He stared in slight disbelief at the Fairest, before he got a determined look in his eye.

“I’d like to talk to It,” he declared turning back to Frances “You might not believe me but I still consider myself your friend and I’m not convinced It is good for you. You quit your job, you’re seeing dolls and monsters, you’re living like a shutin in your house. It doesn’t look like to me that you’re better or safer now. You’re definitely not happier.”

He leaned forward to match her posture.

“It doesn’t leave you. It’s here.” It wasn’t a question. “I want it to explain what advice It’s giving my friend that makes her so scared.”

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-14 23:43:58	Ram rolls 6 to Pres+Pers (10 Again, WillPower)	10, 5, 10, 9, 4, 4, 6, 4	3 successes

[DrDog]

Vision

She looks up on the gentle giant, the one who has always looked up to her, the one who has always had her back. Even as she reaches out she withdraws, hiding, trying to keep him safe from the dangers all around. Why can't he see that. Then the gentle giant reaches towards her, and for a moment, there is relief, before he grabs her, assaulting her, violating her space. The crunch of the necklace is llost amidst the keening wail of her lost friendship.

"I can talk." A voice, deep and piercing, like nails on a chalkboard played through a subwoofer. The voice comes from near frances, but her lips don't move. The darkness around her seems to shift and undulate.
"Your friend? You hurt your friend. Not friend anymore. World full of people like you. Not friend. Threats. Threats real. Threats everywhere. I show her threats. She hide. Smart."



The dog heads to the gate, and leaps up, banging the latch upward and free with his nose. He bites the bars and pulls the gate open, before trotting outside.
"Hurry, this way! Ltes go scare a cat!" He charges off down the street.

[Titania]

Welp. Frances' most traumatic experience was her assault at the hand of no other than her crush. She shakes her head, looking at Ram, before focusing on the woman.
Despite the appearances she was a very fragile girl.
At least they knew she hadn't experienced anything more traumatizing.
In that moment, she knew she should give her a paranormal assisted push.

[Sonnie Wu]

What a smart dog! Sonnie giggled, clapped her hands softly, and followed the canine after he made his daring escape from the yard!

Prepare for trouble, and make it double!