[UA] Scary plot from that plotline generator

[Greg Stolze]

"An old English teacher gets drunk in someone's mind."

Professor Van Kammer discovered the ritual by accident.  As a longtime student
of the English language (and it's root predecessors) he was too stubborn to
admit that a piece of apparent nonsense could get the better of his wiles.  In
an attempt to puzzle out the so-called "LeClerq Fragment" he tried reading it
aloud.  (Oh, had he only been a gamer!  Then he would have known the perils of
reading mysterious old manuscrips aloud.)  What he discovered was that reading
the fragment could let him eavesdrop on the thoughts (and experiences) of the
nearest altered mind.  Generally that's drink, but Van Kammer has started
skulking around clubs trying to groove on amyl-nitrate and MDMA-fueled trysts.
Unfortunately for him, a Brazilian adept named Braulio, one of the last
survivors of the cult defiled by Dirk Allen way back when, has learned through
divination that Van Kammer has the spell that (he thinks) would let him spy on
his enemy Allen anywhere in the world.  He's looking for Van Kammer, who's just
been slung into the same hospital psych ward as one (or more) recently
fail-notched PCs after stumbling onto a bad LDS/Ketamine bender.

"A philosopher kidnaps a hunter in a greenhouse."

The hunter is (of course) Carla Horserunner, avatar of the Savage.  The
philosopher has legally changed his name to "Cecil Rhodes."  "Rhodes," though
not an adept, believes in the IC courtesy of his low generation copy of the
Naked Goddess cassette.  He believes that surrounding a Savage with
artificially grown and controlled foliage (among other ritual preparations) can
pervert the Avatar into The Conquered Savage -- a new archetype that would
expel the old Savage and (in the process) sling Rhodes into the driver's seat
of the The Colonist.  (Is he right?  Is he full of bullshit?  Carla doesn't
care: She's suffering terribly.)  Now another avatar of the Savage wants to
free Carla, since he likes the archetype just fine the way it is.
Unfortunately, he's going to need help finding and freeing her, since he can't
use modern technology.  Enter the PCs.

"A telekinetic stripper and a tap-dancing waiter try to one-up each other."

Rudy, the telekinetic, is a minor adept, and he doesn't strip himself -- he
uses his matter-affecting powers to rip the buttons and zippers off the clothes
of unsuspecting women in public.  (Sometimes he photographs them.)  The only
person who knows about his powers is his former room mate Josh, a waiter and
aspiring dancer.  Josh was deeply disturbed by Rudy's abilities (not to mention
the voyeurism) so their parting was less than pleasant.  Now, however, Rudy has
begun to tire of his sophomoric antics.  In fact, magick itself is losing its
attraction as he is actually forced to grow up and assume some responsibility.
He's on the cusp of his first real, adult relationship: Unfortunately (for
Rudy) Josh has found out about it and feels the need to save Rudy's beloved
(named Jane) from him.  In the process, Jane becomes attracted to Josh.

(Hm, I wonder why voyeurism is such a lietmotif in these?  Must be the
Hitchcock influence.)

"A personal fitness coach goes on a fishing trip with an elderly teen idol in a
pub."

These two have no mystic abilities themselves, but they're In The Know.  What
they're fishing for is someone desperate enough to sell years off his/her life
in order to restore the youth of the elderly teen idol.  If they find that
person, they'll get a deal through The Bad Man (avatar of the Merchant) to
transact the trade.  What they don't know is that they're being played by the
person they're trying to trick: Their would-be dupe is much older than he
appears, is no stranger to the year-trading game, and has done a decade of
dirty deeds that he can (if careful) wash off on the teen idol.

"Two masochistic advertising agents hide out."

It's ironic: They're both masochists, and each has convinced himself that the
other is a sadist who is only occaisionally pretending to be a masochist in
order to gain his (that is, the "real" masochist's) acquiescence.  As with most
relationships where both parties are very much alike, this one is probably
doomed to meet a bad end.  That is, assuming it doesn't meet an entirely
different bad end when their respective spouses catch up with them in their
love motel bolt hole.  One spouse has a big gun and a bad temper.  The other is
armed with a ritual that allows the caster to devour the soul of a willing
victim.  The adept spouse has been waiting for a chance, when the masochist is
guilty enough to agree to anything.  Now's the chance -- unless those
trademarked meddling kids don't intervene.

"A sensible robot builder, a hungry director, and an eternally-cheerful
chemical engineer gain valuable experience."

Hell, that one writes itself.

-G.


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