Interest Check for Occult Investigators Game

[Kuroneko]

Thank you!

[Elven Sex Goddess]

Name:  Gloria Madeline Pennington

Background:  Gloria is a professor at Oxford, and what fields she is a respected authority in.   Gloria full name is Gloria Madeline Pennington.   Besides her passion for her scholarly endeavors.  Gloria is into body art with having a full sleeve tattoo and various other tattoos.   

Gloria has natural ginger hair coloring, pale skin and brown eyes with a amber hue to them.   Gloria doesn't workout,   still her body frame and type is lithe and nubile.   Not a extremely short woman,  at 5'4", through she does only weigh 126lbs.   Which of course attributes to the lithe figure.   Her ginger hair showing a touch of Irish mixed in to her Welsh ancestry.   

When not lecturing in class at Oxford.   Where she will wear long sleeve outfits and be in proper decorum in dressing.  Gloria outside of Oxford, wears sleeveless tops.   An she is into her final fetish that is high heels ranging from platforms to stiletto heels of at least 6 inches.   To go with the sleeveless tops is always casual.   Blue jeans,  shorts,  and skirts.   With her tattoos one might think her a lady of metal, especially with her choice for dressing.   To finally she is a nudist.   Through such is practiced at home.   Where she will wear just heels around the house.

Gloria grew up in East Anglia,   Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk county. 

IC thoughts about the situation:  Not too surprised she has been contacted.    To a lesser degree her studies have led into the mythology,  as many of the cults and areas she has spent the most of her time studying.   Usually based their doctrines of some pagan mythology.    A bit confused,  she never heard of a MI4 before.  Not quite understanding  the true purpose of the  government agency.  But ready to tackle full on and help solve the case.

IC plans for next week (after the mission ends):  That depends on what she learns,  while they solve the case.    Of course if the occult world is open to them and in this first mission they learn the scope and degree of the occult world around them,  she of course will be interested in staying on.    Especially because it now gives her the link she thought  nothing more  then fanciful dreams.  The divinity of the feminine form is a path to mysticism.   Thus why the Church of Paul has always suppressed the woman in society.   

Skills:

Good  Historian,  with the following historical fields of expertise.

Expertise in the following fields of history.   The Gnostic gospels, The Malleus Maleficarum   and the cult of Valentinians along with other approximately 13 to 14 more likewise cults in history.   What these cults all had in common were history's sex cults.   

The connection to the Catholic church gives her a working rudimentary knowledge of the church,  that is poor in comparison to her specialized fields.   

Satisfactory investigator

Satisfactory Mythologist.   

[Kythia]

Looks good to me, ESM. I've also got one via PM.  Would people be interested in me setting up a thread to chat ICly - fluffed as the conference room I mention in the intro prior to the arrival of the deputy director?

[Elven Sex Goddess]

Thanks. 

Sounds good to me.   Also a OOC thread for game,  to notify when one's going to be absent or just to discuss scenes be good. 

[Kythia]

OK, so as I say I've got two.  I'm happy to run with two but I'm not sure if anyone else is en route.  Shall we start with two or is anyone still finishing?

[Gateman]

This looks rather entertaining. If you're still looking for more characters, I'll have a sheet up either later tonight or earlyish tomorrow, depending on when I can get around to writing. I wanted to do it now, but my brain has decided to rebel.Soon as this migraine's gone I'll get it up. As for speed, right now I can probably do two to three posts a week minimum, possibly more.

[Kythia]

OK.  We'll start this Friday.  I'l send a PM out Thursday to remind everyone.  That seems to be the best way of doing it, and for my own energy I want to get moving on it.

[Ebb]

OK.  We'll start this Friday.  I'l send a PM out Thursday to remind everyone.  That seems to be the best way of doing it, and for my own energy I want to get moving on it.

Sounds good to me. I'm looking forward to it.

[AndyZ]

Thought about joining this but ultimately just going to have to pass due to lack of time and ideas.  I hope everyone has fun.

[Remiel]

The Ministry of Holy Shit How Did I Not See This called.  Unfortunately, I was out getting a pack of smokes before I realized that I don't smoke.  I ran back just as they were hanging up, and unfortunately caller ID couldn't be arsed to get their number.

Oh well.  Will be watching with interest.

[Kythia]

There's still space if you want it, Remiel

[Remiel]

Oh. Well.  Then sign me up!

[Kythia]

Get me a character by Friday.  Or I'll eat your soul.

[Remiel]

As you please.  Be warned, I've been told my soul causes severe heartburn.

Can I see what people have created so far?  Generally, my preferred character type is What Everybody Else Isn't.  Because I am a special snowflake.

[Kythia]

ESM has posted hers above.  The one I had PMd to me was from Ebb and I'll leave it up to him if he wants me to post it here.  In brief, he's a detective.

One thing I would vaguely like (and am a little surprised we haven't had) is someone with some Computer skills.  I can certainly work round it, but a hacker/infosec type character could be useful.  But, again, don't feel obliged.

[Remiel]

Hrm.  Not my usual cup of Café au lait, but I'm pretty sure I can come up with something.

[Ebb]

Here's mine, in case you want to avoid overlap. No secrets to conceal; it doesn't seem to me to be that sort of game, at least at the outset.

Pic:
Name: Detective Inspector Martin Stone
Background:
- Born and raised in Manchester, England
- Studied psychology at University College London
- Joined the Metropolitan Police Service
- Rose to the rank of Detective Inspector in the Homicide and Serious Crime command, with a specialty in Missing Persons cases
- Gained some notoriety as the man who found Georgia Summers, a 10 year old girl who had been missing two years and presumed dead
- Single, one older brother and both parents still alive in Manchester
- 41 years old
- Enjoys gambling, especially cards and playing the horses
IC thoughts about the situation:
Seems reasonable enough. There are a lot of nutters out there, so it makes sense that there might be a task force set up to stop them before they do anything seriously wrong. A whole MI level department might be a little odd, but maybe it's some Lord's pet project. I'm used to following orders and my read on Oliver Mantell is that he's sane, if not completely forthcoming. My superiors have approved the temporary loan. Essentially I have no complaints except possibly the odd collection of others gathered here. Seems like a straight up police force might be more efficient.
IC plans for next week (after the mission ends):
I've got a bit of leave stored up, so rather than jump back into the routine at the Yard I thought I'd take a quick trip to the continent, probably Paris. No reservations made yet.
Skills:
Expert Investigator
Good Gambler
Satisfactory Hand-to-hand Combatant
Satisfactory Computer User
Dabbling in Piano

[Rook Seidhr]

One thing I would vaguely like (and am a little surprised we haven't had) is someone with some Computer skills.  I can certainly work round it, but a hacker/infosec type character could be useful.  But, again, don't feel obliged.

I'm thinking about submitting an application along those lines, actually. Just trying to decide whether I really have time/energy for another game.

[BlackStone]

I am going to bow out of this game. 

[Rook Seidhr]

Pic: (faceclaim: Calvin Harris)
Name: Dr. Alan Rice
Background: Alan (age 38) is a top researcher in information security at Cambridge. He's a US expat, approaching the end of the miserable, labyrinthine process of becoming a naturalized subject of Her Majesty. He has consulted with various acronyms in the past, both in the US and in the UK, and has signed the Official Secrets Act, so it was easy for MI4 to get hold of him; his clearance is low, though, since he's technically still a foreign national.
IC thoughts about the situation: "Great, local plodders involved, that will make everything so much easier. Well, it's not the strangest thing I've been called in on, but the first that doesn't obviously pertain to my field; does this Ordo Vitae have a significant online presence? I should do some research. Poke around the dark web, maybe."
IC plans for next week: "Need to finish that demo mix and start seriously shopping it round, that'll kill a day. And finish that workshop proposal for CCS in Vancouver. Posters for Eurocrypt. Yet another immigration hearing. And my fucking students…just another week in the life."
Skills: Information security expert. Good mathematician. Satisfactory electrical engineer. Satisfactory traceur. Dabbles in electronic music production. (Note that actually teaching students is specifically not on the list.)

[Remiel]

Well, that fulfills the infosec slot.  What else do you need? Muscle?  Logistics?  Someone who can put together a mean Powerpoint presentation?

[Kythia]

All the mental slots I have are filled.  I guess one potentially useful skillset that isn't covered is the DnD ranger skills.  Tracking, knowing about nature and shit, some combat skills.

But really we don't need to bother too much about covering every slot.

[Remiel]

Pic:
Name: Jonas Brightwood
Background:  Ex-American special forces, Green Berets, chaplain.  Saw combat in Somalia, Chile, Yemen.  Retired.  Owns a small church in Oklahoma.  While overseas, saw some "truly weird shit."  Committed self to a hospital for six months for intensive psychological therapy / PTSD-related issues.  Now works as a non-denominational preacher.  Not married.  Spends his free time reading books of demonic lore.  Also studies psychology.
IC thoughts about the situation:  I ain't sure what MI4 is, and frankly, I don't care none.  And maybe it's nothin' going on in Kent but a Charlie Manson-type self-anointed savior and his family of Kool Aid-drinkin' brainwashed mouth breathers, and maybe it ain't.  Either way, if it smells of sulphur and goat's blood, it probably ain't a Girl Scout troop sellin' Thin Mints, know what I'm sayin'?
IC plans for next week (after the mission ends):  The church could use a new belltower.  And new hymnals.  And a rectory.  Not exactly sure what a rectory is, exactly but I'm thinkin' we need one.  So when my UK contacts came callin', sayin' they've got a job that pays, well, I figure it's worth flyin' overseas for a few days.  I could sure put that money to good use.
Skills:

• Expert -- demonic lore / Satanist cults
• Good -- marksmanship, ranged combat
• Satisfactory -- wilderness survival
• Satisfactory -- hand-to-hand combat
• Dabbling -- psychology

[Ebb]

We have a cleric!

[Remiel]

We have a cleric!

Yep.  Now if we can just stop him from drinking all the sacramental wine...