Job: The First Spark (FILLED)
Intel on the location of the so-called “First Witch” has been hazy up until this point, but now, the DMS has finally nailed concrete information. Reports of someone called “Old Murphy” in the old Financial District have reached the ears of the Department, and between those in the know, they think it’s likely that ‘Murphy’ is actually the one that they are looking for.
In an alarming twist, she seems to be gathering Awoken followers around her. The intel calls it a cult, but DMS leadership is worried that it might be an army. They decide to strike now, and end it before it starts.
But as the agents prepare to swarm the Witch’s territory in a display of overwhelming force, other games are at work in the shadows. The DMS’s brutal treatment of a group of Awoken caught skulking around the subways beneath the station and their rendition to the Black Site, also, may force some Awoken agents to question exactly where their sympathies lie.
Meanwhile, the Awoken themselves are presented with a proposition by the First Witch – join her, and be a part of the next evolution of their species. An attractive offer, but some aren’t quite willing to give up the power they’ve gathered here. The Witch is an apocalyptic option, and some like the world as it is – as such, they may find themselves as strange bedfellows with the DMS.
This is a main plot thread, and can accommodate as many characters that want to be a part of it as necessary - there will be action threads, and non-action threads to cater for those characters, which will be developed after final numbers are in. The rewards for completion are appropriately higher. It will run for a number of threads over the course of several weeks, and sign-ups will be open until 08/28.
This will be run by James, who will delegate plotrunning powers to volunteers involved in each thread.
For Faction: Awoken/DMS Players needed: As many as would like to play GM invocation possible: Yes NPCs: Old Murphy, the Crone of the Shattered Towers/The First Witch (mod-played) Rewards for successful completion: 10 points per completed thread, plot completion bonus of 15 points, additional bonus for plotrunners of 10 points for the completed story. Particularly well-run parts will also gain bonus perks to be given at the discretion of the mods, which can consist of anything on the rewards list, depending on how efficiently and interestingly the threads are resolved. Effects: This is a main plot job. The outcome and events will have a major effect on the story, and possibly on individual characters.