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Beyond the Pale (A Metric System RPG) Case 1: Interisolary Sequence Killer
Along the ritzy beachside of Revachol the bodies of missing women keep washing up on shore. The nature of the victims makes the cases red meat for the media: all of the victims are wealthy women of a certain age, reported missing on thrill-seeking vacations. The first few were dismissed as the tragic results of a senseless new fad of the rich but when the body count reaches thirteen over the summer people become concerned. When the fourteenth body is a poor young woman from the International District people realize that there is a killer stalking the streets of Revachol, and that their circle of targets is expanding.
The fifteenth victim, the only one to make it to shore alive, will reveal just how far the detectives of the Revachol Citizen's Militia will have to search to find the killer.
Along the ritzy beachside of Revachol the bodies of missing women keep washing up on shore. The nature of the victims makes the cases red meat for the media: all of the victims are wealthy women of a certain age, reported missing on thrill-seeking vacations. The first few were dismissed as the tragic results of a senseless new fad of the rich but when the body count reaches thirteen over the summer people become concerned. When the fourteenth body is a poor young woman from the International District people realize that there is a killer stalking the streets of Revachol, and that their circle of targets is expanding.
The fifteenth victim, the only one to make it to shore alive, will reveal just how far the detectives of the Revachol Citizen's Militia will have to search to find the killer.
In Le Jardin there are no houses - there are estates. Opulent Occidental homes with grand columns, the bourgeois delights of tennis courts and swimming pools, and great gardens kept immaculate by a legion of groundskeepers. Here live the corporate executives, the savvy investors, the celebrities, the politicians, the famous, the beautiful; here the air smells sweet, untainted by the smoke of coal, and the birds chirrup in the trees, uninterrupted by the urban chaos of the city. From up on Le Jardin the rich look down at the rest of East Revachol.
The sun sets as Rufus Winehouse and Jerome Nowak make their way through the winding streets of Le Jardin to the house in question. In Jerome’s old Forty they appear to be the only representatives of the Revachol Citizen’s Militia in the district. This is not uncommon. Le Jardin employs its own private security force, men dressed in light blue collared shirts and black tactical vests to protect the premises. When something goes amiss Le Jardin prefers to handle things in house, reaching out to the RCM only when a criminal needs to be transferred into their care. The RCM doesn’t mind the arrangement - money saved here can be spent where it’s more needed. This is why it isn’t so odd that the occasional ritzy pedestrian looks at their passing car with an arched eyebrow.
Tonight is odd in that there is no criminal to transfer.
Our two detectives arrive at another blandly ritzy estate, this one swarmed by Le Jardin prisec, both men and cars, blocking off either side of the street in front of the home and safeguarding the strands of police tape. Beyond them the first wave of the RCM’s dispatch is visible near large square-like vans. A few RCM officers loiter around these, looking at the building. As Jerome pulls into the scene it becomes clear that the vans house some kind of protective equipment and that none of the prisec or the RCM officers are entering the house. Dispatch reported that the forensics team was in the area with assistance from the Coalition Bureau of Investigation, but it seems as if the CBI might be the one running the show.
“Active shooter?” asks Jerome as he kills the engine. “What do you think Lt. Winehouse?”
[Passive Encyclopedia Success: Medium]: You recognize the protective equipment as pal-rez suits. Short for Pale-resistant, these suits are worn by workers or scientists that venture into the Pale in the name of research or to fix their lorry. They are recognizable by their orange color and blue gloves, boots, and hoods; the suits are semi-rigid and armor-like, and the hoods have a broad clear plastic front through which the wearer can see.
Remember to examine your surroundings and ask questions! The information you gleam from various source (and whether you can gleam it) will rely on your skills! If you want to make an attempt at a task take the relevant skill and do a 2d6 roll to see if you succeed! If unsure what skill would correspond with what task, that is what the OOC thread is for
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