Episode 3

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Published on:

2nd Aug 2024

TLMC #003 - Vaesen: The Sins of the Past

In this spine-chilling episode of The Loremaker Chronicles, our brave Society Members find themselves ensnared in the eerie confines of the Witch Cat Inn. Unnerving events unfold on the second floor as Sami, driven by sheer terror, barricades himself in a room. Meanwhile, Sophia, still recovering from her possession by a revenant, leads the group to her mother's room, revealing secrets that chill to the bone.

A pervasive cold grips the inn, with ghostly blue flames flickering above every candle, casting an otherworldly glow. The tension mounts, and it becomes uncertain whether our Society Members will survive the night. As they grapple with the supernatural, a gun is drawn, raising the stakes to a deadly level.

Will they uncover the truth behind the revenant, or will they fall victim to the malevolent forces at play? Tune in for an episode brimming with horror and intrigue. You won't want to miss this!

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Transcript
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Terry Dana Jachimiak II: You're listening to the Lawmaker Chronicles,

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currently presenting a Vason actual play by Roll4Perception.

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Content warning, this episode contains discussion and roleplay related to

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domestic abuse, suicide, ghostly entities, and general horror related content.

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Please, take care of yourself if these items affect you.

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This is Episode 3 of the Dance of Dreams.

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Prepare yourself for the fear that will flow into your soul.

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Well, it seems you've returned to hear more about our society members.

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Last we heard, everything had sort of gone sideways.

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After finding the entirety of the inn asleep, with the exception of our

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society members and Sammy, the group headed upstairs to meet with everyone.

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Helena.

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There, they found an entrance to the attic, climbed up, and found Sophia.

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Sophia presented a shadow puppet play, but her voice slowly changed into something

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that was quite eerie and unusual.

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The next thing they know, a ghostly apparition shows themselves and then

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flies through their bodies, freezing Helena in place and knocking the good

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Preacher to the ground after Sophia was released from the ghost's clutch.

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She spoke with the society members and eventually they made

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their way to her mother's room.

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Additionally, there was a checkup on the owner of the inn, Sammy.

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It seems he felt it was Nora's ghost and ran out to the greenhouse

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asking her to forgive him.

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As he was coaxed back into the room.

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Into the inn.

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Something too cold of him it seemed, and ran him upstairs where

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he locked himself into a room.

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That's where we will begin this part of the story.

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Alright, so we come right back.

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Um, you all, as I said, we're all upstairs, two doors.

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Now shut.

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Sophia seen her father run into one room and you all at, uh, two

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of you at the other room's door.

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What do you wish to do?

Erik:

You see Klaus is sweating.

Erik:

His sweat drips into, uh, the water running down his face.

Erik:

Uh, he said something about paying for his sins, so I don't think we

Erik:

should leave him by for too long.

Erik:

People like that don't, well, I don't think he's going to a preacher.

Erik:

We should get in there.

Evelyn:

Do you, uh, propose we do that?

Erik:

I was thinking about breaking down the door, but,

Erik:

uh, I'm noticing that Should we

Evelyn:

see if it's unlocked first, before we start breaking down doors?

Evelyn:

Um, and she'll actually just sort of, um, Wearily, uh, she'll, uh, Sorry.

Evelyn:

I will kind of warily, um, move toward the door that he disappeared behind.

Evelyn:

And slowly, uh, reach up and rap on the wood with a knuckle.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: And as you do that, you, you don't hear a response.

Evelyn:

You do hear what sounds like furniture being moved.

Evelyn:

That doesn't sound promising.

Evelyn:

Um, and so I'll reach down and try the doorknob.

Evelyn:

Let's see if it's unlocked.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: It is locked.

Evelyn:

Okay, door's locked, so we might have to break down the door.

Evelyn:

Then he's moving furniture in there, which can mean many things, but, uh,

Evelyn:

most of them do not, uh, end well.

Evelyn:

With someone who is in a bad state of mind, so we should

Evelyn:

probably be expeditious about it.

Erik:

Yeah, I gotta be honest, I haven't been inspired to

Erik:

rearrange in a rainstorm before.

Robert:

I walk over to Tova, seeing that she was having problems,

Robert:

difficulty breathing, and offer her my arm to steady, uh, steady herself.

Robert:

Are you okay,

TeaCat:

Tova?

TeaCat:

Take

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a moment.

Robert:

My

TeaCat:

bones are getting to me, doctor.

TeaCat:

And I try to, I stand up straight and you can hear like every back

TeaCat:

bone in her spine just kind of click into place, which, which happens.

TeaCat:

In real life, too.

TeaCat:

Ha

Evelyn:

ha ha.

Robert:

I love the jokes of aging.

Evelyn:

Yeah.

Evelyn:

I am not, uh, very good at breaking down doors.

Evelyn:

Has anyone Well Don't look at me.

Evelyn:

I was not going to suggest to you, dear.

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Ha

Robert:

ha ha.

Robert:

But, uh I get the feeling everybody does the same thing

Robert:

I do, and that's Look at Klaus.

Erik:

Uh, Klaus kind of braces himself on the opposing door.

Erik:

Alright, I'll give it a shot.

Erik:

Come on, old shoulder, don't fail me now.

TeaCat:

Oh, this ought to be amusing.

Erik:

So, what sort of check is this?

Erik:

Force?

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Oh yeah, this is force.

Erik:

Alright, so force is physique.

Erik:

I have zero in force and two in physique.

Evelyn:

You're built like me!

Evelyn:

Hey, that's, that's, that's You're built just like me.

Evelyn:

Here we

Erik:

go!

Erik:

I'm strong!

Erik:

Uh, they were natural ones, both of them.

Evelyn:

Wow.

Evelyn:

That is

Erik:

Uh, can I, can I, can I

Robert:

push

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: this roll, Terry?

Robert:

Yes, you can push

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the roll.

Robert:

This party has absolutely This party apparently has absolutely zero brawn.

Evelyn:

I am a writer, I do not do brawny things.

Evelyn:

That, the push, will

Erik:

get me one success.

Erik:

Is it, is

TeaCat:

it a physique roll?

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: It was a physique roll.

TeaCat:

Tola will, Tola's going to walk up, notice a young

TeaCat:

whippersnapper, embrace yourself.

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And she's, I'm going to back up, square my shoulders, and I am going to run

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because Tova has a physique of five.

TeaCat:

Holy cow!

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Tova has a physique of five.

TeaCat:

Tova, Tova is our role.

TeaCat:

Well hold on Tova, he broke it down already.

TeaCat:

Oh,

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: well I cleared

TeaCat:

the

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: doorway.

TeaCat:

He pushed his role.

TeaCat:

It would have been helpful though because now he's going to take a condition.

TeaCat:

Uh,

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: with that, uh, with, with Klaus, well,

TeaCat:

I thought the young one had it,

Evelyn:

that explains how all the dusting gets done underneath all of the furniture,

TeaCat:

not a speck in my presence.

Evelyn:

I've noticed.

Evelyn:

It's very impressive.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: You're going to be, uh, battered on that one.

Evelyn:

All right.

Evelyn:

So go ahead.

Evelyn:

Mark your battered.

Robert:

What is, uh, hold on a second.

Robert:

I, I, I walk over to Klaus and say, well done, uh, let me

Robert:

take a look at that shoulder.

Robert:

Uh, before you do that, you may

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: want me to say what you see once that door comes down.

Erik:

Yeah, Klaus puts his shoulder into it, the bruise starts

Erik:

immediately, Tova slams into the back of him, ah, bruise is there.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: As the door

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Gets pushed off its hinges and collapses onto the wooden floorboards below.

Erik:

You see Sammy step off the desk,

Erik:

the rope around his neck,

Erik:

and he begins to hang.

Robert:

I rush in and try to grab his legs.

Robert:

Just, I can't, I don't have the strength to really lift him.

Robert:

Maybe you

Evelyn:

should let Tova do the lifting.

TeaCat:

Here I come, doctor.

TeaCat:

And I heave and oh, trying to push him up.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Uh, you do, you're, you're, you're holding him up.

TeaCat:

He is no longer choking.

TeaCat:

You do hear him say,

TeaCat:

Let me

Robert:

go.

Robert:

I deserve this.

Robert:

I climb the desk that he jumped off of, um, and pull a scalpel out of my

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physician bag, and start cutting the rope.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Fairly easy with that scalpel, the rope cuts

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and Sammy kind of falls to the floor slowly as Tova guides him down the rope

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still hanging loosely from his neck.

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With utter disdain, I get off the desk and kneel next to him.

Robert:

What are you thinking, man?

Robert:

You have a daughter.

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What would she be in this life without her father?

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She still needs you.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Oh, I deserve to die.

Robert:

Oh, I'm, I'm guilty.

Robert:

Guilty of what?

Robert:

And you ask him that.

Robert:

I, I'm guilty.

Robert:

Is he?

Robert:

And he doesn't answer the question.

Robert:

I'm guilty.

Robert:

I am guilty.

Robert:

And he just kind of is repeating the I'm guilty.

TeaCat:

Well, guilty of something along the way or another.

TeaCat:

And I start, uh, taking the noose off of his neck.

Robert:

In order to avoid him doing any further harm to himself, I will

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reach into my bag and pull out.

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Some medicine to help him sleep.

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So we don't have to worry about him attempting to kill himself

Robert:

while we investigate further.

Robert:

Alright.

Robert:

Perhaps someone should try to find his keys.

TeaCat:

Ah, smart as always, doctor.

TeaCat:

And I start looking for the keys.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: And they're on his belt.

TeaCat:

Uh, they're on a key ring.

Erik:

Um, Close, uh, I pull, uh, my Bible out from my, my jacket again.

Erik:

Kinda wipe the gentleman's hair from his eyes.

Erik:

Look son, uh, we're all looking for redemption, but you're

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going the wrong way about it.

Erik:

We have redemption through his blood.

Erik:

And the forgiveness for our trespassings, according to the riches of his grace.

Erik:

This ain't the way out of this, son.

Erik:

Um, and I kind of just sit next to him as he's drifting off to sleep.

TeaCat:

Maybe run that by him when he's, um, more coherent.

TeaCat:

And I taught the keys to Helena.

Evelyn:

Thank you.

Evelyn:

I, um, I think I should go unlock Thedorius.

Evelyn:

Um, and so she'll, she'll, she'll, she'll, she'll, she'll, she'll, she'll,

Evelyn:

she'll, she'll, Snag those keys and sort of make my way to where the mother's

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room Was pointed out to us and I'll How many and when I look at the key ring

Evelyn:

how many keys are on the on the ring?

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: There's just like three

Evelyn:

Okay, so I will

Evelyn:

Look look through them see when we'll see which one seems to be used the least

Evelyn:

I would assume And try that one first

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: and it unlocks

Evelyn:

For a moment my breath catches on my chest as I hear the click of the lock

Evelyn:

and I'll Turn the doorknob and push the door open ever so slightly The rest of

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: us are still in the other room, correct?

Evelyn:

Correct, as far as I know.

Evelyn:

Does anybody want to come join me or am I doing this by myself?

Robert:

While this is happening, Tove, give me a hand.

Robert:

Let's get him on the bed.

TeaCat:

Oh, um, and I look up at the doctor giving that look of help.

TeaCat:

I'm stuck.

TeaCat:

Pull me up.

Robert:

Oh, and he offers her, uh, I offer her my hand, Norm.

Robert:

Bless you, Doctor.

TeaCat:

And I creak as I try to get up and stand up.

TeaCat:

Uh, to the bed only, right?

TeaCat:

Yes.

TeaCat:

Yes.

TeaCat:

Okay.

TeaCat:

I'll take the head.

TeaCat:

I take the, like,

Erik:

I stand up and, uh, I kind of wait back.

Erik:

I'll go make sure the doctor doesn't get us in any more trouble, knowing that

Erik:

I have caused all the trouble so far.

TeaCat:

You're getting the stank eye from Tova as she heaves

TeaCat:

and haws the body to the bed.

Robert:

Once, once we get the body to the bed, um, I, Tova, I, when

Robert:

we get downstairs, um, when we do go back downstairs, remind me to

Robert:

give you something for the pain.

TeaCat:

Bless you, Doctor.

TeaCat:

Um, uh, just a little rest.

TeaCat:

Be right as rain.

TeaCat:

Can't hold these old bones back.

TeaCat:

Best help Miss Helena now.

TeaCat:

And I start wobbling towards Elena

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: So you are heading towards Elena.

TeaCat:

Is is, is everybody going to

Robert:

Yes, I, I'm following.

Robert:

Okay.

Robert:

Um, once, uh, the last of us leave the room though, I close the door behind us.

Robert:

Uh, it's off

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: it's hinges on the ground.

Robert:

Oh, it's off, nevermind.

Robert:

Well, that's true.

Robert:

. Evelyn: Yes.

Robert:

I, I think for a moment about trying to pull

Robert:

it up and it's like, yeah, no

Robert:

And, and walk back over to where, uh, Helena and, uh, Tova now are.

Robert:

Okay.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Alright.

Robert:

You, the door's open, you look inside, there's a bed, a desk, a closet with

Robert:

clothes, a bookcase, a large number of paintings, everything is layered in dust.

Robert:

It appears as if nothing has been done.

Robert:

Touched in here in

Robert:

at, at least six months, probably a year,

Erik:

I go over to investigate some of the shelves.

Robert:

Is there a desk in here?

Robert:

Yes.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Yes.

Robert:

I walk over to the desk and start looking for.

Robert:

These notes Not entirely sure what I'm looking for other than thinking it.

Robert:

I'm not sure if it's a journal or just loose piece of paper

Robert:

I'll lose sheets of paper

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right, give me one second

Erik:

I

TeaCat:

just start talking out in the room.

TeaCat:

He kept mentioning his wife Noah And he went stop

TeaCat:

But as, uh, the priest said, he freaked out as soon as we got here.

TeaCat:

So, um

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: So, as you all are all looking through the

TeaCat:

room, I need Let me rephrase that.

TeaCat:

Tova, you feel a tingling sensation.

TeaCat:

sensation in your body, almost as if something's creeping up your back.

TeaCat:

I need you to give me an observation roll.

TeaCat:

Okay.

TeaCat:

So that is four dice for me.

TeaCat:

Uh,

TeaCat:

there is no success.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Okay.

TeaCat:

I need to make a roll.

TeaCat:

One second.

TeaCat:

Oh, that one flew up.

TeaCat:

Damn it.

TeaCat:

All right.

TeaCat:

All right.

TeaCat:

I am, uh, I'm DMing you something.

TeaCat:

Please read that.

TeaCat:

You all continue to look through the various items in the room.

Evelyn:

Now, Sophia told us that she believed her mother was dead, correct?

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Correct.

Evelyn:

And two members of this group have heard Um, I've heard Sammy yell to what

Evelyn:

one would assume is the ghost of Nora.

Evelyn:

And okay.

Evelyn:

So we're basically investigating this room right now as part of the investigation.

Evelyn:

I would like to use my talent for automatic writing to see if maybe we

Evelyn:

can get something from Nora's spirit.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Oh, fascinating.

Evelyn:

Uh, let me see automatic writing.

Evelyn:

You said, correct?

Evelyn:

That's my, um, writer talent.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right.

Evelyn:

Um, so channeling spirits through automatic writing, you can

Evelyn:

use inspiration to gain clues.

Evelyn:

All right.

Evelyn:

Extra successes reveal more clues.

Evelyn:

All right, um, go ahead and Do you are you?

Evelyn:

Sitting at the desk for this.

Evelyn:

Are you standing up writing in your book?

Evelyn:

What does this look like?

Evelyn:

So, um, She sees the doctor sort of pulls I see the doctor pull,

Evelyn:

um some some things, um from the desk um And as Kenny as he's uh going

Evelyn:

through them i'll i'll come over and say um You If you don't mind, I, um,

Evelyn:

perhaps I can set up here and get us a little, a little more information.

Robert:

I would be grateful for the assistance.

Robert:

And he, he takes a step aside to give her some room.

Evelyn:

And I'll pull my, my satchel over.

Evelyn:

And, um, I'll begin to dig through the bag for a fresh sheet of paper,

Evelyn:

lay it on, on the desk, um, and I drag the, the chair out and the, the feet

Evelyn:

actually kind of squeal on the floor a bit, and then I realize and lift it,

Evelyn:

um, into place, and I sort of position myself where I'm kind of perched on

Evelyn:

the edge of the seat, but relaxed.

Evelyn:

And I reach up and find, sort of feel through all of the things in

Evelyn:

my hair and find a very particular writing utensil and I'll pull it free.

Evelyn:

It's slightly different from the other ones that I use on a regular basis.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: I start

TeaCat:

mumbling to myself and my hands start to shake and I start to kind

TeaCat:

of rock back and forth on my hands.

TeaCat:

You all didn't think Tova was smart enough, and you all wanted to get

TeaCat:

rid of me just because I wasn't all fancy, like the rest of you, with your

TeaCat:

education, and your books, and your pens.

TeaCat:

And you, Priest, with thou holier than anyone else in this room, you've had

TeaCat:

it in for old Tova the entire time.

TeaCat:

All Tova's too old, too brittle.

TeaCat:

All Tova's going to get the last laugh here.

TeaCat:

None of you is going to make it out.

TeaCat:

And I take out my revolver and shoot at the first person who is closest to me.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: And now we do roll for our first ever initiative,

TeaCat:

but we don't roll in this game.

TeaCat:

Um, the way this is works is, uh, with cards usually, and I had not yet found a,

TeaCat:

uh, good way to, uh, to draw a card yet.

TeaCat:

Um, so what we are going to do

Robert:

is Remind me to check for I should have cards somewhere.

Robert:

I can possibly assist with this, but Oh, you have a deck like right near you?

Robert:

I, I, I'd have, well Is it regular cards or do I'm, I have to see whether or not

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: It's just one through ten.

Robert:

It's one through

Robert:

ten.

Robert:

I, I, I'm, I'm not sure if I got, if I received cards with my basin because I

Robert:

literally bought everything that they had.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Oh,

Robert:

nice.

Robert:

So, um, yeah, I, I don't have them, uh, I don't have Not

Robert:

sure what I do and do not have.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Well, that's fine.

Robert:

I found a random, uh, generator, and so I'm gonna draw for you guys in order,

Robert:

uh, the order that I will be drawing.

Robert:

So you'll just need to remember your number.

Robert:

It'll be, uh, Tova, then Helena, Klaus, and Doctor.

Robert:

Okay?

Robert:

So, four cards.

Robert:

Tova, you have a seven.

Robert:

Helena, a six.

Robert:

Uh, doctor, a queen, or I'm sorry, not doctor, uh, Klaus, a queen, doctor,

Robert:

a two, and so who has the lowest one?

Robert:

Uh, I believe I do.

Robert:

So doctor, you will be first.

Robert:

Who has the six?

Robert:

Helena will be second.

Robert:

Who had the seven?

Robert:

Yep.

Robert:

So Dr.

Robert:

Helena, all right.

Robert:

So on an initiative role, you get one slow action and one fast action,

Robert:

and you can find those actions or examples of actions on page 60.

Robert:

It's got typical close actions, typical fast actions.

Robert:

Now, I am allowing.

Robert:

Tova to have already drawn the weapon.

Robert:

So that will not need to be your fast action when we get to you.

Robert:

Um, there are reactions in here as well under the fast action.

Robert:

Obviously you have to not use a fast action during your turn to

Robert:

use the reaction fast action.

Robert:

So we begin with the doctor.

Robert:

You heard what Tova said.

Robert:

Um, So, I am going to, for typical slow action, um, actually for fast,

Robert:

let's put it this way, for fast action, uh, I'm gonna see if there's anything I

Robert:

should be doing with that first before.

Robert:

Um, Um, For fast action, is she on the far side of the desk from us?

Robert:

So when you walked

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: in, um, I would say, uh, probably the

Robert:

closest to her is probably Klaus.

Robert:

Klaus, what were you looking at?

Erik:

I was looking at the shelves.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Okay.

Erik:

Yeah.

Erik:

So Klaus is the closest.

Erik:

Uh, the desk is farther from the door.

Erik:

So I would say, uh, it would be Klaus, then probably Helena if she was about

Erik:

to sit down, and then the doctor.

Robert:

So, for fast action, I want to move within the zone, and basically

Robert:

close the distance towards her.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Alright.

Robert:

Uh, for my slow action, we're gonna go with, uh, Persuade.

Robert:

And, Tova, it is me, you know that.

Robert:

I have never taken your service for granted.

Robert:

I have never treated you with anything but respect.

Robert:

You are, you are the closest thing I have to a, a friend.

Robert:

You are, in many ways, my one confidant.

Robert:

I know that this is not you.

Robert:

All that we have shared.

Robert:

Please, put the gun down.

Robert:

Um, and that's when I want to use the bonus that I had for the

Robert:

manipulate from my Uh, Advantage.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Alright.

Robert:

Let's see.

Robert:

Um, so yeah, so that's going to be a manipulation roll to trade or

Robert:

purchase item, okay, success you get what you want, failure means

Robert:

that the other person distrusted.

Robert:

Alright, alright, let's go ahead with the roll then.

Robert:

So it was a, it was a plus two I got for that?

Robert:

Yes, for

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: your

Robert:

advantage.

Robert:

Alright, so that is a total of seven.

Robert:

Alright.

Robert:

Uh, that went well.

Robert:

Alright.

Robert:

So far, hold on, last one, ooh, that is three successes out of seven.

Robert:

So

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: she will, you wanted her to put the gun down.

Robert:

Yes.

Robert:

She will listen to you regarding putting the gun down and instead

Robert:

she raises her fists, Helena, you've seen the doctors managed to get her

Robert:

to put the gun down, but there's still something going on with Tova.

Evelyn:

Right.

Evelyn:

It's.

Evelyn:

Um, I want to survey the situation, see if I can figure out, you know,

Evelyn:

anything more that's going on.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: So are you, can you describe what you're doing?

Evelyn:

Are you looking at her, studying her habits or movements?

Evelyn:

Um,

Evelyn:

I'm trying to assess if she seems to be possessed or if

Evelyn:

she's just having a mental break.

Evelyn:

Like, if it's something more that's going on with her than just, you know, she's

Evelyn:

had a really rough day and she feels like taking it out on somebody, you know?

Evelyn:

Um, so yes.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right.

Evelyn:

So let me, that is a, uh, vigilance to interpret the situation.

Evelyn:

Okay.

Evelyn:

Go ahead and give me a vigilance roll then.

Evelyn:

Okay, so I don't have anything added, but it would be my logic straight.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Mm

Evelyn:

hmm

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: and just so everybody Okay, and so everybody

Evelyn:

sees I did it for both of the first two I'm looking for you guys to

Evelyn:

describe what you're doing before just asking to roll something So just keep

Evelyn:

that in mind as we go through this.

Evelyn:

No one six one success All

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: right Um It appears, as you look at her, that she

Evelyn:

is being controlled by something else.

Evelyn:

It feels very similar to what was happening with Sophia.

Evelyn:

Alright, um, and for my

Evelyn:

Yeah, for my fast action then, I'm gonna take cover behind So, I, I, I Actually

Evelyn:

just kind of slip, um, between the desk and the chair and where the, my legs would

Evelyn:

have been since I was already closed.

Evelyn:

So I'll just kind of slide in there to kind of take cover and continue

Evelyn:

studying the situation as, as I do.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: We go to Tova.

Evelyn:

Tova.

Evelyn:

Um, as I said, uh, you saw what I, um, put, uh, in yours, um, your fists are up.

Evelyn:

You, you relinquished the gun.

Evelyn:

Uh, there was something about what the doctor said that pushed through

Evelyn:

what is happening and had you put down the gun so as at minimum not

Evelyn:

to cause instant, um, instant death.

Evelyn:

What do you do?

TeaCat:

Um, who is the closest person

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: to me?

TeaCat:

It's the doctor now.

TeaCat:

He's right up in your face.

TeaCat:

Oh, doctor.

TeaCat:

Always trying to pull one on Otova.

TeaCat:

Smart one you are.

TeaCat:

Clever one you are, aren't you?

TeaCat:

Didn't think I'd see through it.

TeaCat:

Didn't see, think I'd see you mocking me.

TeaCat:

Behind my own back.

TeaCat:

And I will clock you.

TeaCat:

The doctor.

TeaCat:

I knew it was coming.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right, so that's gonna be uh,

TeaCat:

of course a close combat role.

TeaCat:

Um, So you need my

TeaCat:

physique plus my plus close

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: combat.

TeaCat:

Yeah.

TeaCat:

How many is that?

TeaCat:

That is six guys Okay

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Poor doctor.

TeaCat:

I'm, so sorry

TeaCat:

One

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: only one success.

TeaCat:

Okay.

TeaCat:

Thank god.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Okay Uh, you reel back and deck the Doctor,

TeaCat:

uh, and this is unarmed, so it is, I believe, just one condition.

TeaCat:

I'm going to double check that, uh, right now.

TeaCat:

Uh, and so, Doctor, you're going to take one condition, and why don't we

TeaCat:

make it the, um, Um, I'll allow you to pick either battered or wounded.

Robert:

What's the difference between battered and wounded?

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: In the long run, absolutely nothing.

Robert:

Your pride.

Robert:

From a, uh, let's go with battered.

Robert:

Mostly because of the fact that right now he's, um, he's a little medicated.

Robert:

All

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: right.

Robert:

Um, and.

Robert:

Uh, are you holding your typical for a reaction or, or your fast,

Robert:

holding your fast for a reaction?

TeaCat:

Yeah, I think I'll hold them like that.

TeaCat:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right, Klaus, you've seen all

TeaCat:

that is currently going on.

TeaCat:

What do you do?

Erik:

Tova, you're acting crazy, girl!

Erik:

Uh, and I'm rushing over to try and, uh, grapple Tova.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right, so a, uh, grapple.

Erik:

Which is a Force yes, I

Erik:

have none of that.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: I was just about to say this could be a lovely

Erik:

That is actually one success

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right So three

Erik:

three to six.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Yeah, you are successful.

Erik:

You've got her grappled

Erik:

as you grab hold Of her after she has wailed away on the good doctor, you see,

Erik:

as something changes, Tovo, what happens?

TeaCat:

I just kind of take in a deep breath and my body just

TeaCat:

kind of slumps for a minute

TeaCat:

and I start rapidly blinking.

TeaCat:

What, what is going on?

TeaCat:

Klaus, doctor, the, the priest has made his moves on Otova.

TeaCat:

Get him off!

Erik:

I have done no such a thing, and he'll stand up and put her down.

Erik:

I was just, you were acting, and then the gun, and then I was scared for my life,

Erik:

and you punched the doctor in the mouth.

TeaCat:

He's been beseeched by my womanly wild stock to get him off me.

Erik:

If he had any, maybe, but no.

Robert:

Klaus, that is not helpful.

Robert:

Tova.

TeaCat:

And I straightened myself up.

TeaCat:

Um.

Robert:

How do you feel?

Robert:

Uh.

Robert:

And meanwhile, Doctor's kind of like, rubbing his chin and, I'm rubbing

Robert:

my chin and wiping probably a bit of blood from, uh, the, where she

Robert:

clocked me partially on the lip.

Robert:

I'll

Evelyn:

peer out from underneath the desk.

Evelyn:

Is, is, is, is she okay now?

Evelyn:

I

TeaCat:

don't know, Doctor.

TeaCat:

I, it's all fuzzy, but for some reason, um, my right eye.

TeaCat:

Knuckle hurts.

TeaCat:

What about you, doctor?

TeaCat:

What hap what happened to your face?

TeaCat:

You're a mess of sorts.

TeaCat:

And I take out my handkerchief and start wiping out his face.

Robert:

You you you

TeaCat:

You

Robert:

know how you have teased me in the past of being hard headed at times?

Robert:

Well, Let's just say your fist found out how hard headed I could be.

Robert:

Come, sit.

Robert:

Sit.

Robert:

Sit.

Robert:

Please.

Robert:

Please.

TeaCat:

I'm so sorry.

TeaCat:

And I get down on my knees.

TeaCat:

I beg your forgiveness.

TeaCat:

Please.

TeaCat:

Don't toss me out.

TeaCat:

Don't let the priest take me.

Robert:

I actually go down to a knee.

Robert:

Tova, it is okay.

Robert:

It was not you.

Robert:

You're okay.

Robert:

I am okay.

Robert:

You're, you're normal.

Robert:

You're normal.

Robert:

Throwing a fist was slightly off target.

Robert:

I will assume it's because you realized it was me you were hitting.

Robert:

I wouldn't want to impugn your, uh, pugilistic skills.

Robert:

Of

TeaCat:

course not, Doctor.

TeaCat:

I would like to say that I'll do better next time, but

TeaCat:

hopefully that will be there.

TeaCat:

Perhaps I shall bake you your favorite cake when we get home.

TeaCat:

As repentance, of course.

Evelyn:

It was a solid right hook.

Robert:

You're welcome.

Robert:

That, that would be lovely.

Robert:

Uh, and, and with that, he, I, I, uh, offer to help Tova, first to her

Robert:

feet, and then to a chair, um, where I can examine her further, make sure

Robert:

that there is, you know, there's nothing else unusual going, going on.

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: So you do, uh, she sits down, um, uh, and you're

Robert:

able to kind of check her over and you realize that everything seems

Robert:

okay from a physical standpoint.

Robert:

Tova, the one thing to note is, as your realization and awakening

Robert:

back up happened, you felt an icy chill leave your heart.

TeaCat:

Doctor.

TeaCat:

Doctor.

TeaCat:

It, there's this strange feeling, I mean the fuzzy haze is going away,

TeaCat:

but it felt like perhaps ice daggers coming, coming out of my heart.

TeaCat:

I don't know what to make of it, doctor.

TeaCat:

It's all chilly, but it's gone now, like jealousy maybe, something.

TeaCat:

I can't quite put my finger on it.

Robert:

I

Robert:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: do check her heartbeat.

Robert:

And it seems from a physical standpoint to be completely fine.

Robert:

I do believe you were possessed for a moment.

TeaCat:

There they go.

TeaCat:

Going

Robert:

after the

TeaCat:

weak and old and feeble ones.

TeaCat:

Not the young ones.

TeaCat:

And I look over at Klaus.

Robert:

I, I, I, I chuckle, Tova.

Robert:

I do not think anyone here would dare call you weak.

Robert:

Unless you test your pugilistic skills on them, too.

Robert:

And I give her a little bit of a wink.

TeaCat:

I soft chuckle.

Erik:

I'm sensing a lot of hostility at this side of the room.

Erik:

Especially with the one with the gun.

Erik:

So I'm gonna not be here.

Erik:

I'll walk over to Helena.

Erik:

All right.

Erik:

How about you and I get some stuff done.

Erik:

Take a peek around here.

Evelyn:

Uh, she'll kind of, um, so I pushed the chair, um, out again.

Evelyn:

Um, well, I, I thought I could get back to what I was attempting to

Evelyn:

do before all of that happened.

Evelyn:

Um, so I think that might be the most useful, um, execution of my abilities.

Evelyn:

Perhaps, um, and so she'll sort of straighten, ah, I'll kind of straighten

Evelyn:

myself out a little bit and then, um, Uh, return the chair back to where

Evelyn:

it was perfectly placed, um, And, uh, resume perch, the, the, the comfortably

Evelyn:

perch sitting, um, on the edge of the chair, Um, pick up the pencil and Um,

Evelyn:

I'll close my eyes and clear my mind and I hear the rain on the window pain

Evelyn:

and listen to the sounds of my breath and my heart and just kind of push

Evelyn:

all the sound away from me and open up myself to whatever spirits are present.

Evelyn:

And I place my hand with the pencil loosely held between my fingers,

Evelyn:

keeping every muscle in my body as relaxed as possible, because

Evelyn:

it's not me who does the writing.

Evelyn:

I open myself up as a conduit for the words to come.

Evelyn:

As

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: you do, go ahead and give me your roll.

Evelyn:

Okay, now let me double check cuz I don't remember how many.

Evelyn:

It's inspiration.

Evelyn:

It's inspiration.

Evelyn:

Okay, that's right.

Evelyn:

So then I use Empathy plus inspiration That's gonna be nine dice

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Then hopefully there's a success in there somewhere.

Evelyn:

Hopefully.

Evelyn:

Oh, oh, oh.

Evelyn:

One, two, three, four sixes Out of my nine dice.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right.

Evelyn:

So four sixes.

Evelyn:

And as it says, uh, on this talent, um, extra successes reveal more clues.

Evelyn:

So, uh, you begin to write and you begin to write very freely, uh, and, and you

Evelyn:

will finish reading this, obviously, uh, after all of the writing has finished.

Evelyn:

Uh, finished, but some of the things that you are able to learn include the

Evelyn:

creature that has been wreaking havoc on this place is not a relative of Sammy's.

Evelyn:

The creature is Sam.

Evelyn:

Oscar Hjort.

Evelyn:

You learned about Oscar, if you remember.

Evelyn:

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Evelyn:

From your research.

Evelyn:

That

Evelyn:

explains the references, because during the, the, the shadow play, there

Evelyn:

was the, the callback to the Versailles and the Palais Royale, which we learned

Evelyn:

that Oscar studied under the French artist who did the shadow plays there.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: Correct.

Evelyn:

Um, you also know, what?

Evelyn:

that Oscar is seeking revenge for those that killed him.

Evelyn:

Okay.

Evelyn:

You also learn, you had four successes, right?

Evelyn:

You learn the names Albert Rendenhelm, Katja Kokkola, and

Evelyn:

Hilma Aff Fullenstierna, which I will, I will give you those.

Evelyn:

Thank you.

Evelyn:

In

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: chat.

Evelyn:

Um, They are the members that Oscar is attempting revenge against.

Evelyn:

And finally, you learn that Oscar has been dead for almost 50 years.

Evelyn:

Now, who's looking on the bookshelf?

Evelyn:

On the shelves.

Evelyn:

Uh,

Erik:

that would be me.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: All right.

Erik:

So, uh, you were looking, and one of the things that you

Erik:

noticed on the bookshelves, that there were a variety of a cult.

Erik:

Um, let's see, um, do you want to, are, are you interested

Erik:

in perusing through them?

Erik:

Uh, are you looking for anything in them?

Erik:

Obviously a cult is kind of what the society is about.

Erik:

Absolutely.

Erik:

I'm going through trying to get a glimpse while, uh, Helena's doing her thing.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: What are you trying to learn?

Erik:

Maybe what sort of creature might've come from this circumstance, if

Erik:

that is what these books might contain.

Erik:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: It does contain information about it.

Erik:

Um, and it's.

Erik:

You find information about ghosts, and spirits, and revenants, and one

Erik:

of the things that you note is that revenants must find peace in order

Erik:

to be banished, and that the body must be buried in hallowed ground.

Erik:

Or, uh, uh, Klaus kind of turns the rest of them.

Erik:

Now, I don't know how accurate this book here book is, but I'm thinking that

Erik:

what we're dealing with is a revenant.

Evelyn:

That would make sense.

Erik:

The only way to deal with that sort of thing is to bring peace and

Erik:

bury the body on hallowed ground.

Erik:

So, looks like we got to work, uh, Quite cut out for us.

Robert:

Who is the revenant we're looking for?

Evelyn:

Well and I sort of blink a few times as the the channeling sort

Evelyn:

of Ceases I look down at a a script that is very much not my handwriting

Evelyn:

It's quite It's it's quite Loopy and a little more than, uh, what I've learned.

Evelyn:

Um, and, um, I kind of look at the others and say, Yes, um, the creature,

Evelyn:

um, this revenant, I think you called it, um, it's Oscar, your, um, He's the

Evelyn:

one I believe we found information on in

Erik:

the playwright from Paris

Evelyn:

Uh, well, he was a writer.

Evelyn:

Um, he was also a thursday's child who studied under the Well, the Parisian

Evelyn:

shadow puppet, um, practitioner, I guess would be the best word to put it.

Evelyn:

He was a artist, um, the Francois Théraphine.

Evelyn:

Uh, he did, uh, shadow plays for the court at Versailles in the Palais Royal.

Evelyn:

Um, yes, um, it explains the obsession with the Shadowblaze.

Evelyn:

Um, Oscar seems to be the one who is wreaking havoc here.

Evelyn:

And, um, he's seeking, uh, vengeance on those who killed him.

Evelyn:

Um, Albert, Ren, Denhaim, Katja, Kokkola, and Hilma Affluensterna.

Evelyn:

Um, And these are the names I have from this and, um, he's been dead for almost

Evelyn:

50 years, which would, uh, make sense with the timeline that we understood of him.

Evelyn:

Uh, these names, I do not know their relevance, uh, but perhaps

Evelyn:

we can look more into the resources we have and see if we can figure

Evelyn:

out who they might have been.

Robert:

Do we know where Oscar died?

Robert:

Um,

Evelyn:

I would assume here if he is haunting the place.

Evelyn:

Uh, that's sort of how most ghosts work, but um, I am

Erik:

God, I hope so.

Erik:

I do not relish.

Erik:

Find a corpse that's been dead for 50 years and hug him

Erik:

all the way to a churchyard.

Erik:

That sounds, uh, Like a day and a half.

Robert:

Pity visiting Paris might have been nice.

Evelyn:

Oh, it means there's nothing stopping us from visiting

Evelyn:

Paris But I think we might want to focus on the task at hand for now.

Evelyn:

Terry Dana Jachimiak II: You also find in this room the journal entries

Evelyn:

that Nora, Sofia's mother, made.

Evelyn:

I will drop you that in chat.

Evelyn:

Well, well, well.

Evelyn:

What an interesting turn of events.

Evelyn:

First, dealing with a man who is attempting to kill himself

Evelyn:

for the sins of his past.

Evelyn:

And then, a ghostly apparition once again.

Evelyn:

But this time, it seems taking control of Tova, who appears to be

Evelyn:

ready for battle against anyone.

Evelyn:

And now, journal entries.

Evelyn:

Strange readings.

Evelyn:

By the Mother Gone and Dead.

Evelyn:

Thank you for joining us for The Dance of Dreams, EVAs actual play

Evelyn:

podcast by role for perception.

Evelyn:

If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, or

Evelyn:

wherever you listen to podcasts.

Evelyn:

For more information, visit our website at www.ruleforperception.com.

Evelyn:

Until next time, stay vigilant.

Evelyn:

And keep your mind calm, for you never know when a vasin might appear.

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