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Session 3 (5/21/2003) News at the Griffon Session 3 (5/21/2003) News at the Griffon Crystal always enjoyed Friday mornings. She was done with classes and done with teaching for the week. Sure, she still had to pull a shift behind the bar tonight, but she didn’t mind that. She considered Friday...

Medallions d20 Modern Darkness. Slowly, a sliver of light appears. The sliver becomes a crescent shape, which gradually widens into a circle. It is a coin, flipping into the air. As the far side rotates into view, it shows: Willie reached into his jacket, and in a flash he was holding a...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) Pre-Dawn Gloom Session 2 (5/14/2003) Pre-Dawn Gloom Joe tried to take a deep slow breath, but the air came in jagged gulps like hiccups or how a kid breathed after crying. He had to get a hold of himself. He had to relax and maintain some control, and get some focus here...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) Forums And Tailing Session 2 (5/14/2003) Forums And Tailing As Joe unlocked the front door, Brother Cooper studied the storefront of Griffon Comics with a mixture of confusion and discomfort. Along with the multiple layers of brightly colored, gleaming posters of various...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) Pancakes Session 2 (5/14/2003) Pancakes At eight o’clock on Thursday morning, the International House of Pancakes was surprisingly dead, except for one table where Taylor was reading the paper and trying to avoid watching Joe see just how much bacon he could shove into...

Sources for Medallions Jeez, everything, really. We use Vitality Point/Wound Points from Star Wars. We use the Chase system from Spycraft (which I highly recommend). Plus, the entire magic system is a custom job that I have done, which is very different from standard d20 Modern, and which...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) Into the Creepy Session 2 (5/14/2003) Into the Creepy “Okay, this can not be the real thing,” Joe rolled his eyes, but still he didn’t pick up the book. “There is no such thing. It was made up.” Taylor walked over to where Joe was standing. “What you babbling about, fat...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Library Again Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Library Again “I may not be an expert in such areas, but does anyone else here find it peculiar that the ‘Occult’ section of this library is five times larger than the rest of the religious section?” Brother Cooper asked, as he...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Library Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Library The library window had been repaired, the doors replaced, and the blood had been washed from the carpet. Overall, unless you knew just where to look, the library was identical to how it had been before the attack on Sunday...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Church Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Church The Mountain View Church of Vestavia was a large diamond-shaped building that reminded Joe more of a movie theater than a church. The seating was divided up into rows of individual chairs instead of pews, and was raised in the...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Corporation Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Corporation He was tall, white, strongly-built, and bald. He wore a conservative sunglasses and a sharp dark suit, like a lawyer or a game show host. He wore a thick ring on an off-finger, probably a school ring or a corporate...

Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Mission Session 2 (5/14/2003) The Mission Willie hobbled out to the truck, leaning heavily on a black orthopedic cane. He was dressed in ragged dirty jeans, old loafers, and a yellow paint-stained T-shirt. In his free hand, he held a small bottle wrapped in a plain...

Finally done with session 1. Whew! I will take a breather and try to post the start of session 2 tomorrow morning. Thanks for reading!

Session 1 (5/07/2003) Late Night Research Session 1 (5/07/2003) Late Night Research As it turned out, Joe didn’t have a car either. So Taylor found herself giving rides to both Crystal and Joe. She dropped Crystal off at one of the university libraries. Joe clambered out of the backseat and...

Really funny update. ( I am so addicted to this thread. ) I have to tell you, reading this story hour is what initially inspired me to actually write up my group's SH, and you definitely set the bar nice and high as well. Good job, jonrog

Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together Session 1 (5/07/2003) In This Together “So, let me get this straight, just to make sure I’m not missing anything,” Brother Cooper was a natural when it came to speaking to crowds. It was just a gift he had been given by the Father, and he used it as the...

Session 1 (5/07/2003) Everybody Finally Gets Together Session 1 (5/07/2003) Everybody Finally Gets Together “What does this mean, ‘Case Closed’? That doesn’t mean, like, they are done investigating, right?” Taylor was panicked, and apparently when she got panicked, her Korean accent grew much...

Session 1 (5/07/2003) Brother Cooper and Willie in the Hospital Session 1 (5/07/2003) Brother Cooper and Willie in the Hospital Willie woke up to the smell of disinfectant, the feeling of a hundred needles stabbing into his left thigh, and a metallic dry taste in his mouth. He smacked his lips...

Session 1 (5/07/2003) Joe on the bus Session 1 (5/07/2003) Joe on the bus “Case Closed?!?!? WHAT THE &%$# DO THEY MEAN ‘CASE CLOSED’?” The other three passengers on the bus (two elderly women and what looked like a foreign exchange student) were watching Joe Empire like a ticking time bomb...

Good story Good story. I especially like the Brothers. They remind me a lot of a couple of my players. Looking forward to reading more.