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MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« on: January 23, 2007, 07:14:11 PM »
Chapter 1: After a harrowing evening out with Ms. Death in Danvers, the MIB returned to what might have been a quiet night in their hotel in south Boston.  The quiet was broken, however, by horrible screams.  In the morning, Skuld was in a death-like state, with Bill Friendly raving about her mission from god.  Ant suspected something else had happened, but he had had quite enough of all this crap.  The MIB investigated Skuld, each in his own way: Bill prayed for her, Casper stared at her, Shortcut augured, Smokey meditated, and Ant drank some beers and reminisced about his misadventures in high school.  After an incident involving an incarnation of the Black Dog of Prytania, a spirit of nature shows, and Scooby Doo, the MIB agreed to take Skuld to the Colorado Compound for security purposes.  On the way, Casper blabbed everything to Whitaker in one way or another, and a report was written by a team of writers.  While all this was happening, Smokey walked around in his dreams, where he is a pirate.  Eventually a bunny turned into a monster, Smokey picked up a coin in a fountain, and was blasted out of his trance by an incarnation of Torgo, the Black Goat of Fire with a Thousand Young.  He got to keep his coin, so I guess it wasn't a complete waste of time.  After this, the MIB found thier way to Colorado where Casper was sedated and the rest began training.  The next session will start on December 23 2006 with the reappearance of Babalon, the old woman mentioned in Skuld's character bio.


Players:
Randy as Casper, the Ox (Thyrsus, Spirit)
Rob as Smokey, the Lion (Mastigos, Mind)
Darla as Bill Friendly, the Goat (Thyrsus, Life)
Thomas as Shortcut, the Eagle (Mastigos, Space)
(null) as Skuld, the Woman (Arcanthus, Time)

Fallout so far:
Casper learned something about Jack London.
Smokey learned that astral travel can be both fun and dangerous.
Shortcut learned of the new occultation of Charles Bastion
Skuld learned something important.
Rev. Friendly learned something about nature show hosts.

Next time: What does that statue have to do with that cathedral?  How are the mages in Chicago who control the library related to Whitaker?  What's going to happen to all of those artifacts?  What will happen to the Colorado sanctum?  Just what happened to Kyle, and can it be reversed?  What is Skuld babbling about?  Seriously, what's up with Skuld?  Where did Major Donner go?  What does Charles Bastion think about all of this?  What has Jodi been doing, and what does she have planned?  Is Whitaker really being fooled?  What does a goat have to do with fire and a shield (hint: look this one up or suffer)?  What is "the armor"?  What is "the weapon"?

Distant future: What is the significance of the name Donner?  What about Skuld, Clotho, or Charles Walker?  What happened to the original MK-ULTRA, the probable origin of the MIB urban legend?

What else did your character learn?  Post it here!

Experience so far:
7 exp
3 arcane exp

Thomas Kerwin

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2007, 11:08:24 PM »
Is Donner Scandinavian?  We ever see him throw thunderbolts?

Skuld and Clotho are both goddesses of the thread of time or weave of fate or whatever.  But who's Clotho?  Have we met a Clotho?

I have no idea what's up with the fire goat.

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2007, 12:23:49 AM »

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2007, 09:21:27 AM »
Yeah... what's up with Torgo? searches for "Torgo Goat Fire Shield" or any combinations of the above don't return any meaningful results.

I found something on the black wolf, though... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2007, 02:25:12 PM »
Google is not such a great search engine.  I would try going to wikipedia directly for that one.

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2007, 03:20:31 PM »
I cannot find anything. I get info on Goats, on Satyrs, and on Torgo and that one movie anf MST 3000... no fire breathing goats to be found anywhere.

 I get that a black, fire-breathing goat is satanic, but I can find absolutely nothing to imply any sort of connection to a shield or the name Torgo.

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2007, 05:29:25 PM »
Perhaps the goat needs to be slain to use his skin for a leather shield.

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2007, 05:48:10 PM »
and we kill it how? It breathes fire!

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2007, 07:11:58 PM »
It's a puzzle.  Goats have many uses.  You may not have to kill it.  Bill should know what to do.  If it comes down to it, though, I could have you make a roll to see the significance.

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2007, 08:53:22 PM »
It's a reference to Shub-Niggurath  (Cthulu mythos).  (I hope this wasn't one of those puzzles where I'm not supposed to share the answer.  Heh.)

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Re: MIB 4.1: The Best Laid Plans
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2007, 08:55:59 PM »
...of course, there may be other references I'm missing.