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Post by Carl on Aug 30, 2013 21:50:33 GMT -8
To: Teresa Auerbach From: Carl Weaver CC: Victoria Vega Subject: A New Case
I attended Lilith's show tonight and was approached with a concern from Saki Kinomoto. Apparently, a bomb had been planted at the Mansion that night, but it was thankfully discovered and defused before any harm could be done.
As Saki described it, there's a "Lin Mao" who's terrorizing frequent haunts of "bee people", and not just with conventional bombs. She related that an acquaintance of hers, Robert Nessingway, appeared significantly weakened, as though a victim of a biological or chemical attack. The situation is serious enough that the CoV has taken notice of it. Saki's boyfriend Adam Scarabe was well of aware it, to the point where he's issued a warning to all "Gaia Blessed" to be on the lookout for mysterious bags or suitcases lying about; but didn't reveal much of what he knew at the party. Saki was asking me to do what we could to aid in this cause.
I quickly went through our case files after the party, but couldn't find any matches for a "Lin Mao." This person seems to be a new appearance on our radar screen. The more I learn about this, the more this is starting to sound like a case worthy of our attention.
Vi, if there's anything else you know to add, please do so.
-Carl
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Post by kovergirl on Aug 31, 2013 9:04:35 GMT -8
To: Carl Weaver From: Victoria Vega CC: Teresa Auerbach Subject: Re: A New Case
As I understand it, Lin Mao is some kind of alias, and is connected in some way to the twitter handler Fix Fixer. ((OOC: Particularly this tweet: pic.twitter.com/FWZKh5tMtr)) After interviewing both Ms. Kinomoto and Mr. Scarabe, it would seem that the unknown substance used on Mr. Nessingway is somehow poisoning his body's anima, and is quite possibly fatal, perhaps even permanently so, since it disrupts the body's normal anima flows.
I think we can all agree that this type of weapon, if proven to exist, is a serious danger to our people, and has some pretty scary implications, especially if certain parties get their hands on it. I'm seconding Carl's suggestion that we divert some of our resources into getting to the bottom of this mystery.
I also recommend that any investigator assigned to this case should be partnered up with an agent from security as a precautionary measure.
Ciao, Vi
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Post by Carl on Sept 1, 2013 14:07:51 GMT -8
To: Teresa Auerbach From: Carl Weaver CC: Victoria Vega Subject: RE: A New Case Saki passed along a few publicity photos of this Lin Mao character: ...as well as a tarot reading she did. Reading for Rob, on how to find “Lin Mao.” (I am going to use the pronoun “he”, for brevity's sake, although I suppose the person in question could be a “she.” ) Where is he now? Spear Knight He is someone who enjoys fearlessly taking risks, my guess is that at this moment he is among us. His environment: VIII Gawain He is in a place which makes him feel like he doesn't stand out too much. Somewhere he finds comfortable and where he seems to belong. What am I doing that is interfering with finding him/her? Stone Nine Too much leisure. We need to focus more and socialize less. What is he doing to keep us from finding him? Spear Seven Tenacity. Bravado. Success despite opposition. He's not really trying to hide. He's playing us. What can I do that will improve my chances of finding him? Grail Maiden There is a woman who can help. Someone who can show others the way through dreams. This sounds like Karen to me. When is the best time to look for him? Grail Four There is some mundane thing he does out of habit with great regularity, probably every day or close to it. How is the best way to look for him? Grail Knight There is someone, a man, who is dedicated and incorruptible. He will approach things from a different way, and open new means to the search. Our environment: Spear Five Contention and strife, competitiveness, dictatorial attitudes cause obstruction. We need to work together more!!! Advice card: Spear Hallow: Creativity. Innovation. Inspiration. Challenge. This means doing things on our own terms. It implies that we take the reigns, and turn the tides with great energy and creativity. My instincts tell me this means to set a trap or something he will not expect.
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Post by onlycore on Sept 1, 2013 14:52:26 GMT -8
To: Carl Weaver, Victoria Vega From: Wanda Dancescu CC: Teresa Auerbach, Subject: Re: A New Case
Interesting, I've heard some rumors about this but my contacts inside the CoV haven't be returning my calls of late, if there is anything you need don't hesitate to let me know this is my area of expertise after all.
~ Wanda
ps. stay safe out there
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Post by Carl on Sept 3, 2013 9:44:57 GMT -8
To: Wanda Dancescu, Victoria Vega From: Carl Weaver CC: Teresa Auerbach Subject: RE: A New Case I've contacted Saki she is definitely interested in having Dr. Dancescu examine Mr. Nesingway. Wanda, go ahead and contact Saki ((@sakiomikuji on Twitter; Omikuji in game)) to make an appointment with Robert ((@robertnesingway on Twitter; Irish-Iron in game)). I'll begin making inquiries into this case, this one definitely looks worthy of my personal attention. In the meantime, I'll pass around warnings to all AEgir personnel. First, have your mail scanned for mysterious substances before opening. And Second, be on the lookout for mysterious suitcases or briefcases. They may be a "dirty bomb" with a substance toxic to "Gaia's Blessed." pic.twitter.com/Acg3ODG4C2-Carl
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Post by Carl on Sept 4, 2013 9:42:31 GMT -8
To: Victoria Vega, Annabelle Winston-Smith From: Carl Weaver CC: Teresa Auerbach Subject: The Package
The package delivered to my home yesterday contained about 50 sachets of white powder and a small vial of black fluid. I've forwarded both to the science lab for analysis, although based on other reports of mysterious packages being delivered it will likely turn out to be cocaine and filth, respectively.
I've looked into the courier service, and the tracking number on the package did not exist. It's like the shipment never even happened as far as their computer system is concerned, yet the deliveryman distinctly remembers seeing the package on his handheld as part of his delivery manifest that day. He's been with the courier for 8 years now and has even delivered to my residence before, I don't think he's in any way involved in our "friend's" plot.
So whoever sent the package seemed to have managed to get it to travel through the enitre courier system, and then completely delete all record of it afterwards. Anna, any chance of taking a look at the inner workings of the Courier's system? Maybe he left a footprint somewhere while messing with their code...
-Carl
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Post by onlycore on Sept 4, 2013 13:47:46 GMT -8
To: Victoria Vega, Carl Weaver From: Annabelle Winston-Smith CC: Teresa Auerbach Subject: Re: The Package
Gah well I'm glad you're ok, hows Jule holding up? she doesn't live with you dose she? I've a terrible memory for stuff like that.
If you send me the details of the delivery company I could work my magic and see if there's any signs of someone messing with there system to add the package to the delivery route.
Also if you lend me someone from investigations I can cook up some fake police credentials for them and go have a closer look at the firm, maybe track down the delivery guys table and also have a little look to see what security measures they have, might give us some idea where the package was slipped into the system.
~ Anna
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Post by Carl on Sept 4, 2013 19:48:26 GMT -8
To: Annabelle Winston-Smith, Victoria Vega From: Carl Weaver CC: Teresa Auerbach Subject: RE: The Package
I appreciate your concern for myself and my girlfriend. She lives with her children and team in Southampton. I myself have checked into a motel as a cautionary measure.
I'll forward you the relevant information about the courier service, and good idea on having someone look the place over. I'll get with either Agent Pacelli or Agent Marceau on this, both of them have police experience.
-Carl
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Post by Carl on Sept 4, 2013 19:52:22 GMT -8
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Post by Carl on Sept 6, 2013 9:38:07 GMT -8
To: Carl Weaver, Victoria Vega From: Christine Wachtmann CC: Teresa Auerbach, Annabelle Winston-Smith Subject: Lab Results
Our initial suspicions were correct, the black fluid is filth and the white powder is cocaine. But they're not just any filth and cocaine.
The cocaine is extremely pure, but what makes it unique is that there's a molecular gap in the particles of the substance. It's like extra space in the structure that's meant to carry a particle of something else.
The filth appears sluggish and devoid of life (or unlife, if you prefer). We looked more closely at it, and I can conclude that this anti-anima is synthetic! Filth made in a laboratory, meant to infect Gaia blessed? I'm starting to see what all the fuss is about!
-Christine
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Post by kovergirl on Sept 6, 2013 11:36:23 GMT -8
To: Carl Weaver From: Victoria Vega CC: Teresa Auerbach, Annabelle Winston-Smith Subject: More problems
Attached file(s): ST0009062013C.avi ((http://www.tsw-rp.com/forum/m/5359865/viewthread/8638220-inceptum-finis-lin-maos-opening-move))
Looks like Lin Mao's made his move, and we have a time limit. My contact at the Sponsors just forwarded this little piece of 'oh crap' to me. Please see the attachment. It also looks like he's headhunting some people we know, namely Mr. Scarabae and Ms. Kamaar, Mr. Nessingway's girlfriend(?) I think. I'm not one for panicking or dancing to his tune, but from where I'm sitting, until we figure something out, there's not much we can do except damage control.
What do you think?
- Vi
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Post by Ammie on Sept 6, 2013 12:48:41 GMT -8
To: Teresa Auerbach, Carl Weaver, Kendall Loper, Victoria Vega, Annabelle Winston-Smyth From: Amaryllis Wicker Subject: What's going on? Hey guys, I do read Twitter, and I've caught the basic gist of what's going on with this Lin Mao character from the bits that people have said back and forth. I also know that we're not turning a blind eye, because Vi tweeted about Carl looking into it himself. I'm not sure why I haven't received a single sodding email about it. I'd like to think that you've not wanted to disturb the honeymoon, and you knew I'd come flying into action as soon as I found out, which is true of course, since I just found out, and here I soar. On the off-chance that I've been kept out if the loop for any other reason, I've prepared a speech full of excoriating dialogue, that I clocked at just under two minutes. > I've begun to correspond with Saki about things, since she seems to know something, and the madman asked for Adam by name, but it would be just lovely if someone would bring me up to speed on what we've already done, and tell me what Arcane can do to help. Thank you ever so much, Amaryllis Wicker Dir. AA&S
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Post by kovergirl on Sept 6, 2013 14:22:01 GMT -8
To: Amaryllis Wicker From: Victoria Vega CC: Teresa Auerbach, Carl Weaver, Kendall Loper, Annabelle Winston-Smyth Subject: Re: What's going on?
Hi Ammie,
Yes, I didn't want to disturb your honeymoon. I mean, how many times does that happen. But since you're here anyway, here's the basic gist of what we know:
There's a guy that calls himself Lin Mao running under everyone's collective noses. He's been kidnapping Gaia-Blessed and injecting them with a form of toxin that seems to cause the anima in their system to turn toxic, which would eventually kill them, presumably permanent. Robert Nessingway seems to have been his first victim, which is why he's been looking like shit for the last week. Adam's been heading the Council's investigation into this case ever since Mao surfaced. And Drina being Rob's girlfriend, probably made herself a target by helping Adam go after this guy.
On top of that, somebody has been planting odd packages in various locations. We think they're bombs of some kind, consisting of a mixture of purified cocaine and Filth. Carl has more info on that front since he received one of these packages at his house. Another device was found last Friday at Lilith's party, but was disarmed before anything happened. Some of us think that this is unrelated, or is a deliberate distraction from the real problem. There are probably other theories, but I won't go into them here.
Finally, within the last couple days, Lin Mao has essentially declared war on all three Societies in videos that have been circulating amount the secret world techies. We have them on file if you wanna take a look at them, but the most important bit is his claim that he's planted bombs among all three major headquarters and will be tossing out riddles for us to solve. Whether it's to disarm the things or not remains to be seen. He's also asking for payment to have a shot at finding these bombs, hence his demand for Adam, Drina, and one other person, presumably one member of each major faction.
Again, I'm sorry for not filling you in on this. It was my call and I didn't want to disturb you.
Ciao, Vi
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Post by Ammie on Sept 6, 2013 14:52:37 GMT -8
To: Teresa Auerbach, Carl Weaver, Kendall Loper, Victoria Vega, Annabelle Winston-Smyth BCC: Seanne Rystaad, CEO From: Amaryllis Wicker Subject: The Sound of Knuckles Cracking Thanks for the update, very nicely summarized and clears up a lot of the questions I've had. All except for one. How can I help? The library is in alpha stages, but I've enabled a login for each of you, in case you need it. It is my most sincere recommendation that if we study any part of an Anima-eating virus, we keep it as far away from the AA&S wing in general (and the Arcane Nexus in specific) as contiguous reality permits. Other than that, I'm more than enthusiastic to help bring this guy down. Just let me know. Amaryllis Wicker Dir. AA&S
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Post by kovergirl on Sept 6, 2013 18:04:40 GMT -8
To: Amaryllis Wicker From: Victoria Vega CC: Teresa Auerbach, Carl Weaver, Kendall Loper, Annabelle Winston-Smyth Subject: Re: The Sound of Knuckles Cracking
I'm going to let Carl or Tess fill you in on that one. They're the investigators here. I'm just making sure they don't get hurt or anything.
Ciao, Vi
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