Touched Again in Kingsport

[Old Dwarf]

Content Warning & other Expainations

This AToE Session Report deviates(pun intended)from
the stanard vanilla Game a lot so a few things need to
be covered beforehand.

Our Heroes -this is a 2 Hero Co-op Game with Anne Marie
& Katarina.They first met in To Touch & be Touched
http://www.thezombiegame.com/forums/Thre...be-Touched
Where they shared "A Love that dare not say its name"
as they tracked down a Vampire.So you know where this is heading.

Back Story-Like my other AToE Sessions I use the following
Rational http://www.thezombiegame.com/forums/Thre...E-Rational
So our Heroes have different Masters with
different goals-they are "enemies with benefits"

Setting-I'm using AH Kingsport Expansion Board converted
to AToE http://www.thezombiegame.com/forums/Thre...AH-Varient which is the 3rd post on the Link.

Villian-Loseaturn's Fan Villiam the Lady In White
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/421484/loseaturn

Elder Names-I have changed the names of the Elders
as "it ain't Shadowbrook"but the stats remain the same.
Note the White Lady Hanbrook Rules now apply to
the name Wescott

the Town Elders are renamed as follows:

Rev.Harding=Rev.Harwood
Lady Hanbrook=Prudence Wescott
Dr.Manning=Dr.Matthews
Magistrate Kroft=Judge Loder
Lord Hanbrook=Charleston Wescott
Sophie=Mary

Note The Lady in White returns to
"The 7th House on the Left"after a Fight.

Both Anne Marie & Katarina start at The Artists' Colony

PS-OK-it's been 9 months & this post was just left hanging,I played out
several turns but the Game wasn't working.The Lady in White fights
with Spirit & neither Hero really had a chance against her.

The Kingsport Board is rather small & the chances to pick up
Spirit was limited so I just shelved the Game.However I hate
to waste Lesbonics & I rather like the opening Fluff so I posted it
up.I'm going to retool Kingsport a bit to make it possible to
stock up our Ladies with Spirit so they have a fighting chance.

I'll try to get this thing to the Table again & finish it.

[Old Dwarf]

The Daily Diary of Anne Marie

June 20th,1798

Tomorrow school is out!Joyous freedom at last.
No more classes,papers & preparation for two
glorious months.

I have decided to give myself a real vacation
this Summer as I have purposely kept myself occupied
with work and study the last couple of years.
Well best not to dwell on the reasons.

I have made arrangements to stay in Kingsport
Massachusetts an sea side old port town.Mrs Ransom
the Art Teacher has often talked about it &
her paintings of the town look so dreamy that
I made up my mind to summer there.

I do so look forward to free time to just read &
perhaps be inspired to write some poetry.I
have informed my Order that I shan't be available
for any investigations this Summer.

I do feel a little guilty about that as the Order
has supported me so, especially after the disaster
that was my first mission(if they only knew the
true extent of my folly) but I have served well since
and I truly need the time to myself.There are somethings
even work cannot truly heal.

June 30th,1798 -Morning

My first day in Kingsport,I arrived by stage last evening
after an uneventful trip,ordered a cold sup & went to bed.
My lodgings are in what's called the Artists Quarter and
are most congenial,located on the second floor ,a setting
room,a large bedroom and a small bedroom which I shall use
as a study and a wash room with a huge tub.
I've already ordered buckets of hot water to fill it as
last night I simply used the wash stands bowl and pitcher
so a nice long soak is in order.

After breakfast I plan to explore the shops in this
part of towne.Thus my plans are delightfully fluid &
it's almost shameful my feeling of Sloth.

June 30th,1798-Midday

A delightful morning after my leisurely bath,I
broke fast at a little street cafe near my lodgings.
My fellow diners were all a twitter about a
merchant and his wife who were robbed just
outside of town.It seems some young man
stopped their carriage and was in the process
of relieving them of their valuables when the
couples servants who were following behind caught up
and chased to the outlaw off.He was so anxious to get
away that he dropped most of his loot but the wife
still lost a valuable ruby necklace.The merchant has
offered a rather sizable reward for the capture of the thief
and return of the necklace.

It's rather naughty of me but I feel relief I'm just a bystander
to this mundane event that involves some Highwayman
and not some evil creature lurking in the darkness.

I am envious of the ruby necklace,I love jewelry and
especially rubies but alas on my salary such things are
not possible,but one can dream.

Well so much for dreaming,I'm off to visit the shops.

July 1st,1798-Afternoon

Merciful God the events between last night & now are
such a jumble I must write them down to try to bring order
to them.

I must look like a hard used strumpet,my hair is in tangles,
my nightgown is somewheres,my body bears a thousands
small marks and between my breasts lies a beautiful
ruby necklace.

Well from the beginning,I had spent the day browsing
the shops,had an early sup and changed for bed.
I then settled down to read a local Broadside I had
purchased when I heard people yelling and the sound
of someone running up the stairs.Alarmed I realized
I had not secured my door and got up to do so.

As I reached for the latch a man in a dirty great coat
with his face wrapped in a scarf barge into the room.
He grabbed me,kicking the door shut with his foot
and pressing me against the closed door with his hand
firmly over my mouth.He smelled of sweat and fear and his
breath came in great heaves.

I struggled from reflex and knocked the mans hat off
and forced his scarf loose.Suddenly a mass of red hair
tumbled out and I looked into the green eyes of Katarina!
my lost love and greatest shame.

Her eyes went wide in recognition and suddenly
the hand was off my mouth and replaced by her lips.
God help me,all resolve vanished,all the yearning
of the past two years just melted the armor I thought I
had placed around my heart and I welcomed her hungry
tongue.

A kiss for eternity but seconds later the stairs again
sounded to the tread of many feet and then the pounding
on doors began.I motioned Katarina to go into the bedroom
as the banging on my door commenced.

I at once demanded that they wait until I got my robe
and then answered to door to find a least a half a dozen
armed men wanting to know if I had heard anyone pass.
I told them that I had heard someone on the steps
but nothing else and demanded to know what this
intrusion into a ladies rooms were about.

The calmed down and apologized and explain that a
young man fitting the description of the person who
robbed the merchant had been spotted a street over
and when hailed had fled this way.I offered the advice
that perhaps whoever had been on the stairs had escaped
back down the stairs after slipping past them in the
darken hall.They thanked,apologized for the bother
and headed back down the hall and down the stairs.

I went back to my bedroom to find Katarina setting on my
bed crossbow gun in hand,still breathing heavily.
I told her she was safe for now and disarmed her,then
the words failed an we just held each other.

I stripped off her dirty clothes and made ready to wash
her up but she had other ideas and divested me of my
robe and nightgown and we were lost in each other.

She still sleeps now,her sweat and dirt now equally
shared between us and the poor bed linens.
I have no idea why she is here nor do I care,it is enough
to be with her again and to feel her lips and body
against mine.

God the folly of love,we both betray our oaths to my
Order and her Lodge,I am harboring a thief and
sharing in her crime.Yes as I pleasured her last night,
she reached into her discarded great coat and placed
the ruby necklace around my neck and the fire of the stones
glowed in the sweat of our passion.

I must now be practical,although I would want to
stay locked in these rooms with her forever,we
both need sustenance and I must figure a way to
account for her and find her something to wear
so she won't be recognized again,Thank God they
are all looking for a man.

For now I shall return to her arms and to the bed
upon which our fluids have mingled,I am Doomed,
we are Doomed but I am content to be so,if I
might continue to lie each night upon her bosom.

July 1st,1798-Evening

First things first,after Katarina awoke,I was able to
make myself presentable and go out and buy provisions
for some cold meals until I can disguise her.

I then made use of my very neglected sewing talents
to modify some of my dresses to accommodate Katarina,
so she is free to go out now that she looks nothing
like a man.

I also told the landlady Mrs. Beamish,that I just learned
my cousin planed to visit with me and arranged to pay a little
extra for the rooms.I told her my cousin is expected
tomorrow night on the late stage and I would take
care of seeing her to our room.

As to the events of two years ago,we both agree we
had to do what we did but I'm thrilled that she has
kept me in her heart as I have kept her.

She has confided to me that she is on a Mission for her
Lodge but did not want to compromise me,which under
the circumstances is almost comic.

I told her I was not on assignment and my time was
my own,thus I would not violate my Oath and
I would not let her face some Evil alone.If that
helped the Illuminati so be it.

Well the water buckets have arrived for the tub,
I told the maid I would see to filling the tub and
excused her.Whatever Katarina's Mission is it can
wait until after our bath.


July 2nd,1798-Morning

Last night night was a dream,the tub held the two of us
easily and scrubbed each other and played as naked children
until the water cooled and then toweled off and Katarina
told me of her Mission while I combed out her hair.

She seeks the Lady in White,a vengeful spirit that
haunts Kingsport and has driven many men to madness.
Katarina says the old stories say she was a Stowe who
who married a Westcott and was killed by her husband
when she discovered his dalliance with a maidservant.

Poor woman whose hatred at her violent death has turned
her into a thing of Evil.She needs to be put to rest not
used as the Illuminati will,but I held my tongue,it's
Katarina's Mission and I will help her.

It seems the merchant Katarina held up is a Westcott
and she was trying to acquire personal items to help
attract the Lady in White.

The seriousness of the her Mission however paled
as I smelled the clean sent of her hair and both of
us were anxious to slip between the clean crisp sheets.

The wildness of last night replaced by tender love making,
and I fell to sleep with her sweet breath on my face.

She has begun to stir,so I'll get dressed now and go
get us some breakfast.

July 2nd,1798-Evening

Another day in the realm of Eros,I
finally forced myself out of Katarina's embraces
and went out to pick up more clothing &
other articles she'll need.

Mrs.Beamish is visiting family in Arkham,so
having my cousin officially arrive was no problem.

We supped out and returned to our pleasures,
oh that this wonderful day would last forever.

Katarina now awaits me I feel her green eyes upon me
from our bedroom as I write this,I shan't keep her
waiting.Tomorrow out Ghost Hunt begins

[HikariStarshine]

My, Anne Marie is having all sorts of unusual adventures this week, isn't she?

[Old Dwarf]

(07-18-2012 12:25 AM)HikariStarshine Wrote:  My, Anne Marie is having all sorts of unusual adventures this week, isn't she?

True-your Session got me thinking again about this
unfinished Game.Perhaps I should have waited for the Coast &
reworked the Location Fluff but we'll see.

OD