PRP - Paranoia - ______

[Ram]

It was harder to hear with only one word and the shouting, but Ram knew. That wasn’t France’s speaking.

“I was asking just her,” he growled, feeling the rage at the shadow’s manipulation before reminding himself that he needed to be laughing “Frances, I’m pushing down the door and coming in to make sure you’re okay,” he said doing his best to comfort her fear.

He remembered how it looked like she hadn’t been able to move when they’d been kicked out.

He took hold of the handle and put a large craggy hand at a point where he thought one of the locks was. He took a deep breath, calling the Stone to enhance his powers in case the door had been reinforced by small god magic, and shoved.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-15 08:07:25	Ram rolls 8 to Ogre's Rending Grasp Str+Wyrd (10 Again)	4, 7, 8, 6, 9, 8, 2, 3	3 successes

5 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-15 08:13:34	Ram rolls 14 to Break Door Str+Brawl+2all out attack+1specialty (breaking objects) (10 Again)	2, 4, 5, 2, 2, 8, 10, 9, 1, 6, 3, 7, 10, 10, 1, 5, 5	5 successes

Ram activates Stone 2, fulfilling the catch. He ignores six durability (includes Render blessing) for the scene.

[DrDog]

Ram pushes, and the wood gives way like wet tissue paper, the door splintering under his open palm. The wood itself just collapses inward, leaving the locks and hinges clattering to the floor. The room is dark, and there is no movement in this room or in the sitting room to the right that Ram and Titania interrogated her earlier. Ahead is an opening to the back of the house, likely the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.

[Titania]

Someday she'll have to talk Ram about the value of private property and personal spaces. Until then, however, she finds herself following the Ogre's leadership as they break through Frances' property.
Alas, it's not what she expected to hear, rather than the woman, as angry as she would have been, she wouldn't call her monstrous.
The shadow, or whatever that thing was, however.

The room is pitch black. The Fairest clings to the Ogre's strong back, banishing ill - and other - thoughts.
Light, they need light.
And so it shall be.
"Light, light", she whisper to the Ogre's ear, suffusing one of her wisps from her skin. Soon they shall see whatever lurks in the darkness.

[Sonnie Wu]

A smile quirked her lips as Sonnie witnessed Ram rip the door to shreds. That was fun to see.

Dark inside. Not good. Titania's little helpers would be useful, but the Beast decided to compensate in her own way. She channeled glamour towards her senses, to expand and sharpen them in the manner of her simian cousins.

And failed.

She blinked, uncertain what went wrong. The Contract didn't respond to her payment. Annoyed, she tried again and got the fae magic to answer her call this time.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-20 21:57:14	Sonnie Wu rolls 7 to Beast's Keen Senses: Wits 4 + Wyrd 3 (10 Again)	2, 5, 7, 1, 7, 7, 3	failure

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-20 21:57:56	Sonnie Wu rolls 7 to Beast's Keen Senses: Wits 4 + Wyrd 3 (2nd attempt) (10 Again)	6, 8, 9, 3, 2, 8, 5	3 successes

Fang & Talon 2: Beast's Keen Senses activated. She gains a +4 die bonus to all Wits-based perception rolls for the rest of the scene.

With her bestial magic up, she scanned about the darkened house for signs of, well anything.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-20 22:02:45	Sonnie Wu rolls 10 to Perception: Wits 4 + Comp 2 + 4 for contract (10 Again)	4, 3, 1, 6, 3, 2, 7, 4, 1, 5	failure

The die roller does not like me tonight lol

[Ram]

Ram nods to Titania. They needed the light. And they needed more than light.

He laughed. A nervous "Hehe." Needed to work on that. "Oops," he said smiling a bit bigger to try and get into the spirit of being the prat falling, breaks everything Ogre. Luckily he fit the descriptor pretty well.

"I, uh, hehe, guess I don't know my own strength. I'll pay for that, heh," For once it paid to be the stupid Ogre.

"Frances?" He looked around for any sign of his team lead.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-22 15:13:02	Ram rolls 4 to Wits+Comp (10 Again)	5, 5, 6, 10, 2	1 success

[DrDog]

Sonnie's enhanced senses tell her nothing good. The place smells like rank decay that seems to ooze from everywhere. Its so distracting that she can't seem to find anythihng of use.
Titania's light pushes back against the darkness, and they can finally see the state of this place. Its not full of junk, in fact it seems quite sparse, but the windows are not just closed, but covered with layers of tarp and fabric. The air vents have iron bars hammered over them. The floorboards creak and groan with every step. Someone turned this place into a fortress from all the bad spy film gimmics. Far from funny, it screams of a disturbed mind.

Ram closes his eyes, and listens. Deeper in the house, past the kitchen, it sounds like he can hear the sound of breath.

hurrying through the house, the Lost come across Frances in her bedroom, she is soaked in shadow so deep that even Titania's light can't break through it. She is crying silently, eyes closed in despair.

[Titania]

France wouldn't look out of place in an episode of Buried Alive, the woman who collects trash and rubble.
She frowns, covering her nose with her mouth, in a vane attempt at shutting down the smell.
Perhaps this monster was weak against perfume? A couple whiffs, perhaps?

She elbows Ram in the ribs, pointing at Frances. "She's here, but where's the monster?", it's hard to not rush at the girl, offering her help. She looks so vulnerable and broken, like a child.
But her sense of self preservation prevails. First the monster, then help the woman.

[Sonnie Wu]

The Beast's nose crinkled in distaste. "This place stinks like death," she growled softly. Smells like that put her animal instincts on edge. Dead, rotting things were dangerous. They lured in predators and scavengers.

The sight of Frances' sorry state felt worse than the smell. Sonnie's hand slipped inside her clothing, to where she kept her collapsed staff hidden. She didn't draw it out, yet. Touching it gave her some reassurance, though.

Titania had a good question. Where was the monster? She scanned about for it, feral senses alert.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-24 21:48:29	Sonnie Wu rolls 10 to Perception: Wits 4 + Comp 2 + 4 (contract) (10 Again)	9, 3, 10, 9, 4, 1, 8, 3, 6, 5, 4	4 successes

[Ram]

Ram saw them immediately. Oh, to be in the perfect of the Fairest right now.

“The Shadows are here,” he breathed “Heheh.” Fake all fake.

“Frances, I fixed your necklace,” minutes counting down, he held up the jewelry “Heh,” keep with it. Humor was the weapons now. He tossed the amulet onto her chest.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-10-24 22:01:01	Ram rolls 5 to Dex}+Ath (10 Again)	9, 9, 1, 10, 9, 7	4 successes

Even with his clutz tendencies, the Ogre hit his mark. And…

He looked to Titania for the next step.

[DrDog]

Ram's toss would get him thrown out of the midway of the park, he perfectly rings her neck with the necklace, sliding it into place.
She continues to cry silent tears, not even noticing the Lost at her bedroom door.

The Beast listens, smells, hears, tasting the air itself. But the monster itself seems to be missing, or at least, not in any place where she can find it. She does however, have a better sense of the room:
the room they are in has a queen bed, a large mirrored closet, and an overflowing wastebin tucked away behind a cheap particle board desk. The bin is full of small posters and cards and other papercraft, but its too dark to read without digging through it.