Short version: somebody's stolen the statue of Lincoln
- and the chair that he's sitting in - from the
Lincoln Memorial, and nobody can figure out why.
David's whipped up a convincing mockup (actually, one
of his Kyriotates of Stone, who's getting very bored
now), but it really would be a good idea to get the
statue back anyway. The PCs get to go look for it.
Aside from a lot of disturbance, there isn't a clue in
the world. Until reports start coming in of Poseidon
holding court in the ocean...
That's the short version. The slightly longer version
is, well, David's the one who actually grabbed the
statue in the first place. You see, it occurred to
him that, come The Day, it would be really helpful
(and somewhat amusing) if the very statues themselves
could come to life and began to Smite unwary
evildoers. However, to do this, he'd have to actually
take a statue and experiment with it a bit before it
could serve as a vessel. Early tests seemed
promising, so he went ahead and grabbed a suitably
humanoid figure, adapted it and assigned it to an
Ofanite of Stone with David's Kyriotate Attunement.
Unfortunately, something went really wrong in the
final part of the process. Wrong enough that the
Ofanite's Heart cracked, sending him Outcast and
gifting him with a galloping case of Paranoia.
Needless to say, the Ofanite ran away. Said Ofanite
is currently cruising around underneath the ocean
(that statue happens to be huge, remember?), and by
now Abe's gotten a fairly decent crop of seaweed
attached to himself. Really, the effect does look
like the King of the Sea on his throne.
It's a shame that there isn't an Archangel assigned to
the oceans anymore (and David's going to push to
rectify that little oversight as soon as possible):
the PCs are simply going to have to learn how to swim
for this one. They'll also have to figure out how to
pacify, capture and retrieve a large stone statue
without either damaging it or it's possessor. It'd
also be a good idea if they kept their mouths firmly
shut about any clever deductions that they might have
made.
Still, it could be worse. Just imagine the hassles if
the Statue of Liberty was made out of rock.
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