[UA] Apartments for the disparate and desparate

[Zach Johnson]

It's obviously a front for the House of Renunciation.  

Obviously.

Z

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Rev Kev wrote:

> > We have run this ad for sometimes without getting any
> > responds because everybody thinks this is some kinds
> > of hoax or scam or something. NO IT IS NOT. We do not
> > need money, we have money to do anything we like, but
> > finding that right persons around here is just not
> > easy. Again this is for real. Yes you can find free
> > things in the world if you find the right places and
> > the right persons. Only bad people will think this is
> > a hoax. Yes there are plenty of free things in the
> > world if you look at the right places. We ALSO have
> > rooms or couches/sleeping spaces AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
> > which you do not have to pay anything (just pay
> > $40/Month only for phone & utilities) 
> 
> Wow, this certainly does sound suspicious.  
> 
> It probably is an altruistic family with noble aspirations,
> but it makes for a helluva story with all sorts of
> possibilities for UA goodness.
> 
> Thanatomancers seeking victims?  Too obvious, actually. 
> Eventually, one of the transients will be missed, and his
> sister will recall a strange ad.  Police can uncover this
> quite easily.
> 
> Perhaps a ritual that siphons off life energies (or
> memories or potential or etc.).  The transients pass
> through not knowing that a part of them has been ripped
> out.  Perhaps they all die exactly 137 days later.  This is
> not something the police would notice, especially as the
> transients will likely die several cities over.  But
> someone pieces it together and implores the PCs to check it
> out.
> 
> Or perhaps the house is completely innocent.  A duke’s
> brother stayed there for a couple months and then
> mysteriously vanished.  Turns out that he got drunk one
> night and fell through the ice of a local pond.  
> 
> And of course, a house of this--even with the best of
> intentions--will likely attract the wrong types.  Sure,
> they screen the applicants, but some adepts can pass muster
> and fool them into believing he’s normal.  Maybe he hides
> out there, figuring that his enemies won’t look there.  But
> what happens to the family if an enemy does find out?
> 
> Kevin
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