Adventure 1, Session 1

Day 1 (Saturday, January 6, 1990)

• No events happen this day, it was simply an introduction to the game
• Number One goes shopping at the local Target
• C. Dundee goes for coffee with the local cops, asks for any news
• Fastjack loads up Warcraft (which must be an advance alpha copy, since the game didn't come out till 1994)
• David the Lawyer drives to Seattle to play some Raquetball
• David the Undertaker has meetings with various clients, no one special

Day 2 (Sunday, January 7, 1990)

• Characters are woken up by a ruckus. C. Dundee and Number One go to investigate
• Veronica Chee pushes her way through the crowd
  • She looks terrible -- bloodshot eyes, knotted hair
  • She is clearly showing symptoms of paranoia, and she yells, among other things, "Don't listen to their lies! They killed my husband! Stop them before it's too late!"
  • George Burroughs (priest) and Kris make it to the front to try and calm things down
  • Cops (Mary and George Jacobs) also make it to the front, try and grab Veronica
  • She runs, is around the corner before anybody can react
  • Cops and C. Dundee give chase, but she gets to her car
  • By the time the police get to their car, she's gone
• C. Dundee remembers Sam Chee
  • Seattle doctors had ruled a drug overdose, released the body
  • Died on December 29, 1989, body released on January 4, 1990
  • David the Undertaker had held the funeral on Friday, January 5, 1990, then buried the body in a shallow grave near the church
• Kris explains that some necessary foundation repair is happening, and they can't let anybody in the church until it's safe
• C. Dundee asks why they didn't tell anybody beforehand
• Kris laughs and says that they had actually told some people who were supposed to spread the word, but they'd forgotten
  • Several people in the crowd (that the characters recognize from the neighbourhood) nod, looking embarassed
• Crowd Disperses
• C. Dundee invites the cops to grab coffee with him
• Number One decides to use his archaeology skill to look around the church, see if there's anything noteworthy
• Doesn't find anything near the church, but does find some loose earth nearby
  • (David the Undertaker had buried a body in that spot (coincidentally, Sam Chee)
  • Starts poking around, moving earth
  • Uncovers a hand, unnoticed by DtE
  • C. Dundee notices what Number One is doing, tries to signal him to stop (C. Dundee knows that David the Undertaker is lazy, buries bodies in shallow graves)
    • Number One doesn't notice, continues digging
  • C. Dundee excuses himself, runs over to David the Undertaker's house/office, tells him what's happening
  • David the Undertaker runs over to Number One, tells him to stop
  • Number One puts a marker in the ground and leaves, intending to come back later (haha)
• David the Undertaker goes back to his office to check the foundation of his building, notices that there isn't even a foundation, it's built straight on the ground
  • Curses his father (who built the office, and who taught him how to dig a shallow grave) for his cheapness
• C. Dundee is called by one of his contacts ("Mr. Johnson"), who asks to meet him
  • C. Dundee meets the contact behind David the Undertaker's funeral home
  • C. Dundee offered $5000 bounty on Veronica Chee, she has a warrant for supplying drugs
  • C. Dundee accepts
• Calls other players to go to Veronica's house
  • Try front door, it's locked
  • Go around back, door is swinging open
  • Number One checks his study, finds a desk, bookshelf, papers, etc.
    • Books were mostly fiction, no real theme
    • Desk had a lot of papers, nothing noteworthy
    • Top drawer on desk held stationary, pens, and similar
    • Other two drawers are locked
    • Find a briefcase, locked, with a bit of a smell coming from it, they take
  • C. Dundee and David the Undertaker investigate the rooms
    • First bedroom has two beds, messy, toys, etc., looks like it belongs to two younger kids
    • Some clothes and stuff are missing, looks like they were hurridly grabbed
    • Second room looks like a guest room, has an empty dresser, made bed, etc.
    • Third room is master bedroom, bed is unmade, floor is piled with clothes and junk, pillow has makeup stains on it
    • Dresser and Closet also missing a lot of clothes, as if they were grabbed quickly
    • A quick search turns up a small key
  • Returns to desk, unlocks the drawers
    • One contains invoices from Sam Chee's plumbing trade ("Go With the Flow Plumbing")
  • Number One goes into kitchen, sees there there are a lot of dirty dishes, even sitting on the table
    • Checks the fridge, finds normal food for the most part
      • Checks expiry dates -- a lot of it is recently expired
  • C. Dundee checks bathroom cabinet, finds a syringe and several different types of medication that he doesn't recognize
    • Takes them
• Party goes back to David the Undertaker's office
  • Open the briefcase
  • Rotting balogne sandwich, apple
  • (was obviously used by Sam Chee as a lunchbox)
• David the Lawyer calls AT&T, gets the phone records for Veronica Chee
  • She had been called by Dr. Gary Stromme, who David the Undertaker knows was the doctor who performed the autopsy of her husband
  • She had also called Dr. Stromme a few times
  • Many calls from her to local police stations, most of them very short
• Number One goes to investigate the church
  • Finds a weird lock on the door
  • Calls Fastjack, who doesn't recognize it
• Number One returns to where he found that body buries
  • Digs it up, recognizes it but doesn't remember the name (it's Sam Chee)
  • Notices that it was a recent burial, no clothing, no valuables, and an autopsy had been performed
  • Attemps to re-bury the body, but not so well
• Number One checks the side of the church, finds windows open
  • Tries to climb into one, fails
  • Calls David the Undertaker and C. Dundee to help him
  • David the Undertaker and C. Dundee show up, smoking cigars (for some reason...)
  • C. Dundee tries to climb into window, fails (wall is slippery from the rain)
  • David the Undertaker tries, succeeds
  • They hear a shout, cops are coming toward them
    • Too dark for the cops to see what's happening
  • C. Dundee walks towards cops
    • Trips on the ground that Number One had unearthed
    • Meets the cops, explains that he was looking for any clues about Veronica, invites the police for coffee
    • They accept, go down to the diner
• Number One and David the Undertaker search the church, find nothing remarkable
  • When leaving the church, David the Undertaker notices that Number One is carrying his archaeology tools, asks him why
  • Number One explains that he had found a body and dug it up
  • Number One and David the Undertaker go to the site, find it's badly buried, wants to rebury it
  • Realizes that he could take this opportunity to look at Sam's body again
    • Takes it back to his office
    • Opens up the cuts (Number One and C. Dundee are present, neither become ill)
    • Finds the organs all bagged up and inserted in the chest cavity (standard procedure for autopsies)
    • Finds that there was cocaine present in the blood stream
    • Checks the hair, finds that he hadn't used cocaine in at least the last few months
    • Reburies it
• The characters turn in for the night

Day 3 (Monday, January 8, 1990)

• Characters all go to work at their respective jobs, except for C. Dundee who sleeps in
• Number One brings picture of the lock to a 1-hour photo to be developed
  • Once it's developed, he brings it around to people in the electronics/engineering departments
  • One recognizes the picture as a prototype for a new lock made by a company in Texas, "Lock, Stock, and Fully Bonded"
  • Number One calls that company and asks about the lock
    • It's a new model, worth about $5000
    • Only a few have been shipped, one was ordered by George Burroughs in Seattle
    • Shipped to the church, paid in cash
• C. Dundee stakes out Chee's parents' house (the Michaels)
  • Rummages through their trash, finds the 3Ks (Koolaide, Kraft Dinner, and Ketchup)
  • Watches the house for the day
  • Sees an older couple leave, get into their Volkswagon
  • Return an hour later with groceries
  • Lucky Charms and other kids stuff, as well as prunes and other old-people stuff
  • House is quiet for the rest of the day, although the curtains remain drawn
  • After dark, C. Dundee leaves
• David the Undertaker goes to the doctor to get a copy of the autopsy report
  • Finds that cocaine had been present in the bloodstream, although in fairly low amounts
  • Found that the heart had a yellowish hint to it
  • Found a couple of stange chemicals in the bloodstream, organic but otherwise unknown
  • Found that the strange circumstances had been swept under the rug
    • Likely for reasons of laziness, not for malice
  • Photocopies the records
• When David the Lawyer arrives home, there's a message waiting for him
  • Dr. Gary Stromme had been trying to get in touch, wants to meet them
  • When they meet him, he seems nervous
  • He noticed that they'd been trying to find information about Sam Chee, and wants to talk to them
  • Says that he was in charge of the autopsy, found a lot of strange results
  • It was a Saturday, and the others wanted to go home, so they made Dr. Stromme cut the investigation short
    • A common event, Stromme was forced to fill out a false report and return the body to the morgue until the report was accepted
  • Says he interviewed Veronica, she was sure that everybody was out to get her
  • Players ask why he seems nervous
    • Was well aware that something fishy was going on, but is risking his job and pension by even pursuing this
    • Also, Veronica seems so sure that something's happening, what if it is?
  • Dr. Stromme asks them to report back anything else they find
  • Players ask him about the drugs they found in Chee's bathrooms
    • They're diabetes medication
• C. Dundee, Number One, and David the Undertaker go to Veronica's parents' house
  • First idea:
    • Number One waits in the car as a getaway driver, even though he has no driving skill
    • C. Dundee goes to the door, even though he has no charisma
    • David the Undertaker watches back door, even though he's never made a spot check
  • After realizing foolishness, David the Undertaker goes to the door
  • Door opens with chain lock on, Mrs. Michaels is at the door
  • David the Undertaker asks the mother where he could find Veronica
  • Mrs. Michaels says that she left, they don't know where she went
  • David the Undertaker says that he's here to help her and desperately needs to find her (rolls 01 on his persuade check)
  • Mrs. Michaels lets him in, knocks on the basement door, says that somebody is here to help
  • Veronica opens the door, she still looks awful
  • David the Undertaker asks her questions about what happened
    • She still seems paranoid, everybody is out to get her, etc.
    • She still seems paranoid, everybody is out to get her, etc.
    • Says that she suspects Kris, although doesn't have a good reason
    • David the Undertaker gives her his card, in case she needs anything
• Meanwhile, Fastjack goes to the neighbourhood's phone junction box
  • Installs a bug on the wires for Kris and George Burroughs
• When C. Dundee gets home, he discovers that the bounty for Veronica Chee has been raised to $20,000, with no reason given
• Finally, the characters all go home for the night