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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Golden Bee" data-source="post: 9444267" data-attributes="member: 7041055">Happy to keep the thread alive! We had a PC death!Powers Of Dr. Remoux! By Stefan Jones. Thaza jimmied open the window. "There is nothing you can possess that I cannot take away…"***All of our heroes started out separately.Thaza O’Rourke sniffed her Guinness. Raised by apes, now the chief “object retrieval specialist” of the Irish mob… but somehow the family matron made that out like a bad thing?Naomi O’Rourke wasn’t asking. Thaza was nothing but confident, taking her “project fund” in cash and stopping by a newsstand on the way to the train, eager to look up what “football” was.Callahan was at <a href="https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Marshall_College" target="_blank">Marshall College</a>, looking to learn from the ultimate troublesome academic, Dr. Henry Walton something Junior. He rang the doorbell: dun da dun dun… must not be home.Josiah Patrick Diamond was faring the best. He and Captain Ivanova had intended to set up Ziegler Security Service’s new office, but were distracted breaking in the couch. Unfortunately, the telephone had to ring. The voodoo-empowered detective was needed elsewhere. The call was from a campus security guard, Darien "the Beast" Wilde. (He was a brother of Florence’s sometime friend, unaware that he and his brother had the exact same nickname.)It was college game day, with hometown Marshall taking on the Waindell Silverbacks. The entire town was flooded with underclassmen.The group convened at a crowded sports bar, where JP’s contact clued them in. Some visiting students had gone missing. Thaza, the most socially adroit of the group, Empathized with the kids. It turned out they didn’t want to mention what happened because they were pulling off a prank when they heard a roar and got separated! Their friends Daria and Jimmy hadn’t been seen since Thursday night’s prank.The players investigated prank-victim Professor Wyte’s office that evening, finding out that while he was a public critic of football, he was also tremendously, unthinkably boring, and wasn’t involved in criminal activity.O’Rourke and Callahan went back to their boarding house for shuteye, but JP kept digging…Finding Jimmy’s body, and the person responsible! Unfortunately, private detection is a risky job, and Diamond skipped bedtime for the big sleep.***Rafe Lancaster awoke in the presidential suite of the Hilton. It was a wonderful morning… Sure, a bit drizzly, but they were about to dedicate an entire dorm to him at his old Alma mater! He had brought his best friend, millionaire mentee Devika, who turned on the radio… Where they were reporting on the death of a college student!He soon joined the others. But what our group had gained in cash and charisma, they had lost in investigative skill.The road to the truth had many detours. Rafe wasn’t universally beloved on campus… In fact, he got an absolute tongue-lashing from one of the members of the football team, for his actions attacking a wedding*! (Rafe is the first player character who started out as a full antagonist.) Completely flustered by someone who he couldn’t bully with money, the millionaire industrialist decamped to the local malt shop. There, his 13-year-old Indian bestie served him hard truths as he drank a wretched milkshake. (Lumpy when it was supposed to be smooth, runny where it was supposed to be thick… It was clear why this place, out of everywhere in town, was empty.) Instead of admitting culpability for his past actions, Rafe went behind the counter, took out his tools and fixed the machine. Baby steps?Thaza accidentally caught wind of Callahan’s reason for visiting campus. Which meant recruiting her favorite sidekick (Devika!) to “repatriate” world artifacts.Apparently the Scourge of the Kaiser was back from vacation early. And he was curious about the connection between the cat burglar raised by apes… and the college student who had his bones shattered and his blood slurped. Could she please handle it?After some more digging, the players found the villain’s redoubt. The old Marshall gymnasium was drawing way too much power. Our heroes snuck inside. Rafe had actually been in the building before, decades ago… But it had new occupants. The most notable: a vicious 900 pound ape!O’Rourke was the perfect burglar for the job. She was able to talk to the ape, Moriarty, who was utterly baffled that a human could speak its language. The gangster laid on the charm, and Moriarty revealed that he had killed one of the missing students and tried his red juice. He was eager to drink more human blood; it was delicious. He wouldn’t kill her, because he had never met a human who could talk with him, but maybe she had some friends he could consume?Elsewhere, Callahan and Lancaster snuck down dusty gymnasium tunnels. Through a peephole, they saw something unexpected… Hung on a hook, JP Diamond’s trenchcoat! Unfortunately, they also saw the psychotic Professor Remoux, and the missing co-ed!Thaza tried to slash the dork with her spear, but the Frenchman deflected it with a bare hand! Prof Callahan theorized that whoever was behind the attacks was removing and absorbing life energy. And if he couldn’t see JP, there was only one place Louisiana PI could be… In the machine! Rafe, meanwhile, earned the ire of the great ape, getting grabbed by the peckish beast. And he wasn’t winning a wrestling match with a 700 pound weight disadvantage.Thaza was more of a burglar than a battler. Which meant everything was down to the only educator of Queen’s College Malta. It was the rude Briton’s time to shine. He assessed the machine instantly, even fixing a wire bypass, bringing the dead JP from his current state (no longer zombied and therefore dead) to a state of energetic super coherence! JP immediately grabbed Daria the student, put her in the machine, and brought her back from near coma to fighting fit shape.Dozens of footfalls came down the stairs… It was the prank-loving Silverback football team! Rafe convinced them, through straining lungs, to rescue him from the evil gorilla. They did.Remoux saw his numeric disadvantage… And decided that it was time to absorb massive amounts of Lifeforce. Callahan had stoked his ego, The room began to fill with white light, dirt and dust shaking loose from the ceiling. Small bits of moss and weeds grew and grew and grew! Moriarty rushed to help his boss, while everyone else fled. Professor Callahan stumbled over a bloom of dandelions thick as telephone cords. The group got outside… Seeing an overwhelming organic bloom rushing across campus. And in fact, threatening the soon-to-be “Lancaster“ dormitory! Rafe grabbed his pistol, aimed at a power transformer, and remembered the training of his mentor, a hero known for his clutch last second pistol skills…STEEL EAGLE! The Tibetan Spirit of Brooklyn must’ve been a hell of a tutor, because Rafe took out the power, which stopped the machine… Instead of destructive, unstoppable nature, the side of the building was covered in ivy and crocuses.Never one to miss an opportunity, Rafe grabbed a bullhorn from a nearby cheerleader and gave his abridged speech, saying that while he could give money to the university, he was prouder still to aid his beloved alma mater so directly. Cheers and applause.***Thaza raced out of the stadium, down the tree line, and into the vines that crisscrossed the campus.Rigging gambling… Dammit, she should’ve just hired Penny.*In Kiss Kiss, Ratatatat!!</blockquote>

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