Ice Cream (OOC)

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@Drgwen: Care to pilot Circe for this [ref] interaction?

Oh, well... I knew after posting that I should have been more explicit... there was no mention of any 'package', since the best way to transport blood is inside people (and Wentworth would want to make you squirm).... but nevermind, [ref] it's done now... :)

Only if you really want to. I prefer to go with 'what's done is done', and could have gone back and added that myself, but decided to leave it up to you.

Your story with Circe and the punctured (plastic) blood-bag could be interesting if Benji finds it appealing, though we know packaged blood is not as good as 'the real thing' for him.

@Morphling:
OK, good to have you with us.

Where do you want us to start?

• Are you at Titanias? If so, why?
· Are you merely trying to get plastic surgery?
· Or are you 'undercover' researching them because something led you to believe they may be a threat? If so, do you have ideas about what led you there?
· Some other reason?
· Some combination of the above reasons?

• Or do we start somewhere else? Any idea where? (A main reason to start at Titanias is to have Max and Emma meet, but we can arrange that through other means if we prefer.)
· We can start you at home, with your kid(s).
· We can start you in the park, maybe wolfed out, maybe tracking someone/something. (It might be at a different time to the others, as a flashback or 'later tonight', maybe.)
· Options abound.

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We can assume you are 'attending to your Territory' and roll Comes with the Territory (with Blood) and see how things are going, that might shape how we start, but all options can still lead to us seeing you at Titanias or anywhere else we want.

If you want to roll we can go over how to do that on this site, if you want. There are a few ways, depending on your style. We can test here, but let's keep the actual rolls in the RP thread [link].

Max would definitely want to get plastic surgery if she knew about Titania's. I don't really know anything about Titania's though except that it's a plastic surgery clinic? So, I don't know why I would think they are a threat. Is Titania's in her territory? Has she sensed some supernatural element to it? Are they doing something illegal that circumvents her? Do they need drugs? XD

They are a new establishment that opened recently in the play-area, so possibly on the outskirts of your Territory or close-by enough that you have heard about them.
No one knows anything much. They are new. So new, in fact, that we can't roll Put a Face to a Name against them.

You would know that they are 'high end' and 'probably expensive', but also 'exclusive' and turned many people away.
You would probably have heard that 'they worked miracles!' or some variant on that theme. They have achieved results where other's said there was no hope.
Would Max recognise the name? I don't know what her education level is like. Up to you.
If you recognise the name you may make a tentative Faerie connection.
If you don't (or if you don't, yet, think that Faeries are your enemy), then you are welcome to say that 'something smells fishy about them', if that will put you on their trail, or someone could have steered you their direction.

It is completely up to you if you start with them being any sort of perceived threat. You could just be trying your luck with getting an appointment to get your scars fixed. Up to you.
Up to you. That could be the reason you are there, or you could be there for 'normal' medical reasons and we can see if you sense anything after we start playing. I was just offering possibilities for how to start, we can make anything work.
I wouldn't think so, not yet anyway.
Do you also deal in black-market medical drugs? That could be an in. 'Dr Moss' may be exaggerating their doctor-ness and may well have supply issues. I don't think you have an established relationship yet —they are new— but you could feel them out for that sort of offer as an in.

Max had to drop out of high school senior year to care for her child, so her education isn't great. I'm willing to say 'they smell fishy' though. And yes, I would think that Max has a hand in the Black Market and might offer to sell medical supplies to 'Dr. Moss.'

That's a pity. :)
Cool.
OK. You can shape the scene to your liking, decide as we see you if you already think they are suspect or if that is something you pick up on as we play (maybe in this scene, maybe later on).
You can use that as leverage. Maybe you don't know yet that they would be open to such an offer, but pick up on this once you are there?

• Do you want to narrate bringing Max into the scene? The waiting room is slightly described in the post where Emma arrives [ref], but you are welcome to add salient details to it as you need.

The waiting room contains two people, the receptionist, Blossom; and an unknown, older man, who seems to be waiting for someone but will be happy to talk to you about inconsequentialities... unless you watched them enter and know he is related to Emma Harper [sheet], who is kinda famous and recognisable.

Yeah I think I can enter the scene. Shall I do so now?

Go for it, in as much detail as you want. Also describe your character (appearance, attitude, approach, ...) in a much detail as you like, this is the first time we are seeing them.

Do you need anything from me to get you going?

Not right now, off I go!

Agreed. Whenever you get the chance. :)

Oh, what's Emma's last name?

Harper.

Unless you arrive right after Emma did, she never sat in the waiting room, she went straight into surgery. Her father-in-law has been sitting in the waiting room for hours.

If you arrived in time to see Emma it will be hours before you can get to meet her. Do you want to have Max wait?

We could shoehorn a flashback meeting in before Emma goes in for her treatment, but it will have to be rushed since we know it did not have any significant impact.

But it might be simplest to strike out that part and have you arrive near the end of Emma's treatment so you can meet her on her way out while you are talking to Blossom?

Oh, okay. For some reason I thought they were both in the waiting room, I'm going to edit that away in my post.