Episode Synopsis – Session 18 – The Fate Of Jason Sutherland
[ Author’s Note: This is the episode synopsis for the 18th session of the Dark Waters Rising campaign. This is my take as to what happened during the session. Please let me know if there are any comments or corrections. ]
The Day After
It has been a day since Lamashtu was banished from our realm back to hell. Even though the pressing evil is gone the characters are uneasy. Alastair wakes with a vivid dream about being kidnapped and thrown into a swamp. Winston has located a 10th century German book on alchemy that he begins to reconstruct. MD calls Detective Takashi and asks for information on where the red lightning bolts struck then tells him to call if anything “unusual” happens. Anne gets a report that there is a bug on her car but decides that she has more pressing matters.
Lyssa Martin’s Face
Winston and MD get a call from Detective Takashi. Apparently there has been a murder and he needs a cleanup and some help. The murder is at an industrial park in an empty building that is for lease. Inside lashed to some industrial shelving is a woman who appears to have been flayed. Clues at the scene include:
- The victim’s face is missing.
- The cuts used to pull back the skin are made with a short bladed knife.
- A gray equipment box with a frayed electrical cord is nearby. It appears that the cord was forcefully yanked from a socket placed in front of the body. The box is spray painted with “Flesk Rentals”.
- A bloody set of Men’s size large scrubs with no hospital logo.
- Clothes and ID from the victim who identify her as Lyssa Martin.
The characters wonder why the perpetrators left the scrubs and Lyssa’s belongings at the scene. After a cleanup of the crime scene the groups leaves.
Sutherland And The Deep Dark Hole
Anne texts the characters and asks them to meet at MD’s airboat landing at the edge of the swamp. The plan is to discuss what they want to do with Jason Sutherland. After some heated discussion the group decides that the two options are a bullet to the head or to drop him into a “deep dark government hole”. They decide to give Jason the choice on what should be his fate. Sutherland decides that he would rather be alive in a “hole”. The team drugs him then return to meet Anne’s contacts.
As they travel to the meet with Sutherland in their trunk Anne spots a tail and alerts the rest of the hunters. They all then realize that they are all being tailed! Each group creatively loses their tail and while doing so discover that a local PI named Frank Gitrare arranged the tails. After luring Frank to the dock the group learns that he was hired by a man with a British accent to find Sutherland. Stone discovers that Frank’s car has been marked with a tracking symbol in spray paint. With that knowledge the group tells Gitrare to call the British man and setup a meeting at a local warehouse. Everyone then waits at the warehouse to see who or what will show up…
