Dereutus is a Habbalite of Vapula who has researched radiation for decades and
has earned a Distinction from her hard work. Lately, she has become convinced
that radiation can improve the human genome. Of course it will kill off the
weak but that's a bonus, really. Unfortunately, the Genius Archangel hasn't
permitted large-scale experiments, but surely that's only because of lack of
resources. So Dereutus decided to conduct her own experiments.
Enter Ixdur, Balseraph of the War, former Captain, who has recently fallen out
of favor with his Prince. Ixdur is almost desperate to find a way to better
his lot.
They were drinking in Shal-Mari one day and noticed that they could help each
other. Ixdur promised to find a place for Dereutus' experiments if he could
use them any way he wanted to. The Habbalite agreed.
The best that the balseraph could do was a hardware store in Tampere, Finland.
Sure, it's out of the way but all the better for the delicate experiments (the
balseraph said). Ixdur (and his unhappy and maltreated underlings impudite
Madheasta and djinn Zurra) rented the basement and they started the project.
As a side benefit, Ixdur managed to corrupt the couple that owns the store
and they are now Hellsworn. They are also almost 60 years old and want to get
some guarantees about their afterlife.
Within a few weeks Dereutus was ready to start the human experiments. Ixdur
decided that the best way to get the small uranium devices among the humans
was to put them into the newest craze: cell phones. At first the demons just
repaired damaged phones in the lab and put the uranium into these phones.
However, it soon became clear that this was not the best plan. Ixdur was more
ambitious and Dereutus wanted more test subjects.
So, Ixdur decided to contaminate the phones of the local Soldiers of Heaven
and especially their families. This would take up more of Heaven's resources
than merely killing them, tie up the Soldiers and possible cause the monkeys
some pain.
The plan was put to action. Ixdur hired some Theft demons to steal the phones,
put in the uranium and return them before anyone notices. It worked quite well
and people became ill.
At this point the impudite Madheasta decided that he wanted to get rid of his
obviously insane boss and that he needed to protect the Essence sacks. He
wants to tell the local angels (or whom ever will put stop to this) what is
going on. Unfortunately, this is somewhat difficult. Madheasta has also been
in disfavor for quite some time and his only vessel currently is a cocker
spaniel. As punishment the vessel needs to eat, drink and rest and cannot
speak in human tongues any more than an ordinary dog could. Also, the
impudite speaks only Chinese and a small amount of French. The local
languages are Finnish and Swedish. However, he hates his current boss and
does almost anything he can to get Ixdur killed permanently. He is even
willing to "tell" everything he knows and go back undercover. He doesn't want
to get himself killed and will pose as a Free Lilim if needed.
Ixdur uses both of his underlings as spies so they have some free time to go
around the town alone.
The demons use the hardware store as their base of operations. The store has
done well and has even expanded somewhat recently. The basement is Dereutus'
laboratory that is full of stuff that is poisonous and/or cause radiation.
Cybernetics is the habbalite's hobby and she has several animals in the lab
that carry cyberparts. Most of them are small, such as hedgehogs and mice,
but she has her own guard dog. Dereutus is not stupid and doesn't trust the
other demons (or anyone else, for that matter). Alexander the Great is gene
engineered to be a Huge and Fierce Watch Dog that is Loyal to Only One
Master. He has also laser-targeted weapons systems.
Dereutus lives in the basement and works feverously. The only times she is out
of the lab are most of the nights, lately.
Oh, yes. Dereutus was still unhappy with the small number of subjects. She
hired the Theft demons to break into all of the major cell phone stores in
Tampere so that she could go and insert her devices into the phones. They
have managed to contaminate the two largest stores so far without anyone
noticing. Tonight they are going to hit the next store.
Ixdur lives nearby in a block of flats. He has a Role as a self-defense
teacher in the local dojo which is a step up but not nearly enough. The djinn
Zurra has a Role as his wife. The djinn is loyal to her (it's, really)
superior unless a better opportunity beckons in the War's ranks.
The uranium device: Quite small and encased in a capsule. The capsule starts
to disintegrate slowly after two weeks. It weakens enough that the radiation
comes through and it starts to glow green light, naturally. Dereutus enhances
and varies the effect with Vapulan Devices that produce other kinds of
radiation. These devices are in her lab.
Jean's people can make a cure for the radiation illness. Of course it has to
be ingested and it tastes horrible. It is best to give it to every human who
has been in contact with the contaminated phones. Most of them have no
symptoms yet and have no knowledge of the war. Eating the cure will make a
human feel a slight burning in his or her stomach for a couple of days as the
radiation is purged. The cure must not fall into human hands.
Of course, all of the contaminated phones must be collected from the people
and destroyed.
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