Chapter Two

The Girl With Death In Her Eyes

Characters

Dr. Edwin Celyddon, black market magician
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Carole Desjardin, administrative assistant, Société Impériale de Thaumaturgie
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Johnny Diamond, American restauranteur
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Leosliath, faerie musician of the Summer Court
Leosliath, faerie form
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Game Sessions

2018-07-17

Dr. Celyddon is approached my Monsieur Thomas, "The Egyptian". Thomas wants to hire Dr. Celyddon to retrieve an object from the local offices of the Direction Générale de l'Armement (Directorate General of Armaments, or DGA), the research and development service of the Ministère des Armées (Ministry of the Armed Forces). Unfortunately, Monsieur Thomas' previous contact in the DGA, Gaspard Clerc, has been murdered.

Meanwhile, Johnny Diamond is approached by the sharp-witted and gorgeous Marguerite Degan, head of the Kaufman & Degan real estate development and construction company. A month ago, after being missing for almost a week, Marguerite's sister Hélène was found by the side of the road, catatonic. Hélène was dressed only in a slip, with cuts and bruises that appeared several days old. The police performed a cursory investigation, but found nothing. Marguerite wants Johnny's help in finding out who did this to Hélène.

Dr. Celyddon performs a day-long ritual to reach into Hélène's mind and find out what happened to her. The memories are faint -- Hélène's mind has retreated from the world to defend herself from a sorcerous assault most foul. But he sees two men, and a large rock in a brass case. Marguerite identifies one of the men as Michel Galabru, a casino owner to whom her father, Édouard Degan, has often been in debt since her mother died.

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Arlene Bellefleur, Maître d'hôtel* of the Cafe Azure Americain
Hélène Degan, victim of sorcery most foul
Marguerite Degan, head of Kaufman & Degan
Michel Galabru, casino owner and Parrains gangster
(Unknown), the man with the brass box
Monsieur Thomas (Ptahmose), "The Egyptian", reclusive Parrains gangster

* A Maître d'hôtel is responsible for all front-of-the-house operations, manages staff who give services to customers, and allocates the duties of opening and closing the restaurant.

2018-07-24

The gang tracks down Édouard Degan, the father of Hélène and Marguerite Degan, and interrogates him in the back of a car (he thought they were driving him home). Unfortunately, the old drunk doesn't appear to know anything of relevance to Hélène's condition.

Carole digs into the SIT's files and manages to put a name to the face that Dr. Celyddon found in Hélène's mind: Thierry Lhermitte. The gang confronts Lhermitte at the garage he owns, and they catch him in the act of beating someone to death. They subdue Lhermitte, rescue Lhermitte's victim, and retrieve the Nightmare Stone. Thierry Lhermitte tells them that a Pieds-Noirs gangster named Bernadette Blanchard coerced him into using the stone on Hélène Degan. They let him go, and start making plans to confront Ms. Blanchard.

YouTube recording of game session

Édouard Degan, disgraced former head of Kaufman & Degan
Marguerite Degan, head of Kaufman & Degan
Michel Galabru, casino owner and Parrains gangster
Thierry Lhermitte, owner of Lhermitte's Garage

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