It started out fairly innocuous.
A few friends of the awakened were complaining about spam from some software company. It promised a new MMORPG called Whispered Invocation and endless hours of free fun with friends. Sure, the spelling and grammar in the email were a bit off, but that's not exactly what causes concern. People had started to talk. About the monsters from the Abyss. About the scelesti that had summoned them. About how they had stopped them. About forming cabals. In the game. It wasn't many people. In fact, the awakened could count them all on one hand if they wanted to. The fact that they were sleepers meant it was enough though.
So the Awakened that had heard about the new game assembled in the Sacramento Central Library. A neutral space with plenty of computers and private study rooms to test their google fu or meet with any of the people involved in the breach.
They had managed to convince their acquaintances to forward a copy of the initial email. One that mentions the scelesti and abyss by name, inviting their players to fight the monsters of the void in explicit if eccentric detail. It also includes a download link and publisher information. Liam Andrews is responsible for circulating this email, president of the privately owned Shard Productions and the individual personally responsible for promotion. Further information would require further investigation, and so the mages of Sacramento gather!