Biggest Fan
From Gothpoodle
Contents |
Plot
Hector Salazar is stalking Dierdre (or, more specifically, Fiona), leaving her offerings of corpses resembling characters from her books. The presence of the Winter Knight (and, thus, Mab's attention) leads to an uncharacteristic cold snap.
Connections
- Hector has been using her books to guide him through Faerie to his current position, idolizing her in the process.
- OBSESSION WITH FIONA O'FALLON (Hector)
- FIONA O'FALLON (Dierdre)
- Hector's first offering coincidentally lands Gail in jail, charged with murder. Eva's the only lawyer she knows.
- LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE (Gail)
- BOTHERSOME CLIENT SCUM (Eva)
- Meili wants to bring Gail in for trail and summary execution but Daisy knows she's telling the truth.
- KNOWS THINGS SHE SHOULDN'T (Daisy)
- WARDEN-IN-TRAINING (Meili)
- Tolliver's older sister Julia comes to town to complete Meili's training and try to get Tolliver to re-consider being a Warden in light of his recent activities.
- GREY SHEEP OF MAGICAL DYNASTY (Tolliver)
- RETIRED WARDEN (Julia)
New NPCs
- Julia Pritchard - Tolliver's aunt, retired warden
- Hector Salazar - Winter Knight, serial killer, stalker
- Tracy Felton - corrupt Red Court thrall homicide detective
Scenes
House Guest
- Location: Tolliver's house
- Participants: Julia Pritchard, Tolliver Pritchard
- Setup: Julia calls Tolliver to ask if she can stay with him for a week while she's evaluating Meili and Daisy, will arrive shortly via the Nevernever.
Awkward Meeting
- Location: Tolliver's house
- Participants: Julia Pritchard, Tolliver Pritchard, Daisy Mae McGraw
- Setup: Julia asks Tolliver to invite Daisy over for a meeting/assessment, requires a Soul Gaze.
New Client
- Location: Hall of Justice
- Participants: Gail Kendrick, Eva Dubois, Tracy Felton
- Aspects: SNOW FLURRY
- Setup: Gail calls Eva to ask for legal representation after she was arrested for murder. Police answering a call about a trespasser at Golden Gate Yacht Club, find a heart-less corpse of a woman and Gail, holding a knife with blood on it and occult trappings. Gail claims the blood was from the sacrifice of a bird (whose body was burned, as an offering) and she had no idea the body was there. The woman resembles Esmae Reed.
Lady Summons
- Location: Buena Vista hill
- Participants: Deirdre Donovan, Rowan
- Aspects: SNOW FLURRY
- Setup: Rowan summons Dierdre to the top of Buena Vista hill, where an elf with a striking resemblance to Aldon (from her books) is nailed to a tree with a railroad spike, his heart removed. She's also very irritated by the snow.
Special Delivery
- Location: Dierdre's loft
- Participants: Hector Salazar, Deirdre Donovan
- Setup: Hector, disguised as a delivery man, delivers a package to Dierdre. It contains a delicately carved ivory box containing two hearts speared by a silver stiletto with a note that says, "To Fiona, my love".
Debriefing
- Location: Shrine of Vinyl
- Participants: Julia Pritchard, Daisy Mae McGraw, Meili Lin, Robin Wheeler
- Setup: Julia puts the girls on the case, as a test. She is firmly of the opinion that the necromancer did it and couches it more in terms of "how gets her out of jail so we can try and execute her" than "investigate these murders".
Bailed Out
- Location: Eva's office
- Participants: Eva Dubois, Gail Kendrick
- Setup: Gail calls Eva to say she's been bailed out by a stranger who gave her a card with an unlisted number and the message, "If you need help with the council."
The Next Couple
- Location: Dierdre's loft
- Participants: Deirdre Donovan, Tracy Felton and her partner
- Setup: After Gail is released on bail, the body of a woman resembling Bethany Williams is nailed to the dining room table with her heart cut out and left on the sideboard under the silver dome with another, both pierced by a silver stiletto, another note, "To Fiona, my fated counterpart". The police will relate that a man's body was found, without his heart, at Fields occult bookstore. He resembles Thomas Baird.
