Prologue: Page 2

(OOC:  A brief note on inventory. It would behoove a player to determine a few things they'd like to make part of their standard equipment, but it is not vital.  Most people will have everyday objects, and equipment determined by their skills.  Mark the hacker likely has a jail-broken smart phone.  Jonas probably has a grapnel and poisons, etc.  If it becomes vital to determine what bit your character owns or has on them, a simple roll can help to determine quickly.  That said, noting that your character carries a few things one might not expect him to can be a good move.)

Mark saw that the thugs were afraid, nearly unmanned by his resurrection.  He decided to take advantage, to strike swiftly.  The thug nearest him was scarred, and built like a line-backer, but cowered like a child as Mark advanced on him, screaming.  Mark pushed with all his might, quite surprised with how much that was (Mark has been empowered by his reaper, and his strength is now neutral rather than weak.  Standard roll: 4  Target: 1  Result:  Failure).

The thug didn't budge, merely stared at Mark's blood soaked hands, and where they had left vivid prints on the thug's shirt.  His eyes were as empty as glass.  Mark wasted no time in dodging past him and leaped at the wall (Easy Roll:  7  Target:  5  Result:  Success).  His sure hands were able to find purchase quickly, and his uncanny strength pulled him toward the fire escape.

Once he was on his feet, there was a shot.  Mark flinched as a bullet crashed into the wall, close enough to scour his face with the jagged dust.  He crouched and looked through the metal, but the shot had been a last desperate attempt, and the men were fleeing as fast as their complete lack of dignity would allow.

Sirens sounded in the near distance, and got closer quite quickly.

(Mark aka Reshi:  The park is about fifteen blocks away, to the north, left out of the alley.  Bad news is that the park is surrounded by municipal buildings, including the police station from which the cars are presumably coming.  What do you do?)

...Meanwhile...

Jonas was enjoying his afterlife much more than he'd thought he would, and quite a bit more than an assassin had any right to expect.  Death had barely been an interruption, thanks to some quick decisive action.  He was free to live his life as he always had, with the added bonus that this time, it need never end.

Sure, Orux could be a bit of a paranoid old coot, but in Jonas's experience paranoia was a perfectly sensible precaution.  Orux didn't even ask for much, just wanted to be protected.  Sometimes, of course, a prudent person needed to be proactive when it came to protection, and so it was with Jonas's current mission.

He was on a roof, trying to tail a reaper named Novac.  A reaper was a surprisingly difficult thing to spot, let alone follow.  Having height and a wide field of vision was a must.  Novac was looking into some very nasty reapers, and had some serious heat called down on him.  Orux, among others, needed the information Novac had uncovered.

It was the commotion Novac caused that Jonas finally found.  He watched a man, obviously a new-born servant, put the fear into some pansies who probably fancied themselves professional killers.  The kid was handling himself, so Jonas turned his attention to the surroundings.

A car pulled up a block away, parked.  A young couple came out, looking around and chatting.  Their clothes were nice, but not lavish.  Perfect urban camouflage.  Jonas wasn't fooled.  He saw the way they moved.  They were predators of the highest order.  Servants, he was sure of it.

The couple kept chatting, watching the alley in their periphery.  Likely they would wait, and follow the kid to Novac.  It's what Jonas would have done.

Then the sirens started.  The man and woman exchanged a glance and strode purposefully up the street to the alley.  They wouldn't risk losing the kid to the legal system.

(Jonas:  You are on the roof of the building that Mark has started climbing.  You are well hidden.  The cops are minutes away at best, the servants a few seconds.  What do you do?)

...Meanwhile...

David was sitting under a massive oak, which provided shelter from the light rain, as well as acorns.  He held a cell phone to his head, so he didn't look as insane as he felt while he talked to Yanu.  He still couldn't get the hang of sharing his head with her, and felt more comfortable when he could converse with her somewhat normally.

"Ok Yanu, we're here.  What the hell is so urgent?"

"Novac found something.  Something big.  Abolish."

David took that in.  Finding the Abolish agents in the city was Yanu's purpose for being in it to begin with.  Abolish had controlled the city for years now.  Vanguard or unaligned reapers disappeared frequently.  The faction's influence in the powerful organized crime syndicate was blatant.  Yet no one had found the reapers themselves.  No one knew their names.  Or who their servants were.

"Do you know what he could have found?"

"No," she said, "but they'll kill him for it if they can.  He'll meet us here.  We have to spread whatever he found as fast as we can, before Abolish can establish control."

"Should you even be here?  This sounds dangerous.  I can afford a death or two, but only as long as you're around," David said as he eyed a tourist.  Something about the man was bugging him.

Yanu looked at the sky, "Novac seemed confidant he could evade pursuit.  Besides, this is important.  I couldn't stand being anywhere else."

David didn't really get people.  Never had.  But he'd watched them.  The tourist wasn't saying 'tourist' to David, no matter how perfect his clothes and camera for the role.  He appeared to be wandering aimlessly, to be taking it all in, but he'd been going in circles instead of moving onto another area of the park.

David began to feel very uneasy about the man.

(Alright David, I think your situation is pretty clear.  What do you do?)

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(Okay, party people!  Your characters are all relatively fresh servants, and have yet to manifest their powers.  It's time to think about what those powers will be.  Soon enough you'll be earning XP, and I'll tell you how to exchange them for FABULOUS PRIZES!)