Two months on the job and I can definitely tell that I am not quite up to the rigors of this assignment.  It seems that no matter how hard I try to keep things light, balanced and under control, things just seem to go horribly awry.  I didn't sign up for street gun battles in Minneapolis/St. Paul.  The good people of Minnesota should be able to walk the streets without worrying about being caught in a crossfire.  Particularly one that was instigated by me.

Out of character - great work by Clay in juggling four so very different characters.  The early sessions are always the hardest for the GM because the players really haven't become a unit.  So nicely done, it was free form and for the most part, light and fun.

In character - It is difficult to accept my new role.  While I am certain that I was an instrument for good this past weekend, I cannot ignore that I did much harm while achieving that good.

So it is only 5 days out from the 29th of May and our final session.  I am still not sure on the location, but if it is down south, let me know and I'll arrange the carpool.

I feel I owe an explanation over the slightly earlier than expected end to my contract.  It wasn't that I was trying to shaft the players out of another session of fun, but that in the grand scheme of things, something that I wrote long ago, became less and less challenging as we progressed until it reached the point that it finally became irrelevant.

One of the signs of a good session is that I'm thinking about it the next day, and thinking about what my character should do next, or how I might extend the story myself.  Our last session was very much like that. My Tom Ripley impersonation was a blast, sliding into Dickey Greenleaf's shoes and I didn't even have to dump him in the ocean this time. Sean and Angie as a married couple was even better.

i think Ben did something with this dude's sister back around session four or five.

Had an absolute blast jumping back in time to make sure we started a war.  Particularly memorable events:

• Critical success on a "Booga Booga Booga" attack that dispersed a crowd.
• A ridiculous number of critical successes and failures.
• Somebody else accidentally making the cross-country jump.
• A philisophical puzzle that actually was.
• Picking a fight with myself.

We have our eighth session scheduled for next Sunday (April 3rd) at 11:00am at James and Mary's home.

Some things to consider:

Act 1 is an odd one, it is rather out of place compared to the rest of the session.  But it expands on some things that you already suspect and will learn about as we approach the end.

Act 2 is our pretty normal fare over the past 5 sessions- strange times in Dowling, Walt getting into trouble, poor Angela cleaning up crises, etc.

Lt. Benjamin Hout
Deputy Director, Interdepartmental Investigation Service

Distribution: RK Arbites command officers

SUMMARY S'moot production and distribution is being managed outside of traditional criminal family organizations. Wholesale distributors are extremely dangerous, and local Arbites are encouraged to refer interdiction efforts to the Interdepartmental Investigation Service.

Had a blast in today's game session, letting my character's wayward prick get everyone into deep do-do. And Jim got to learn that Cher is going to take the lead in an investigative situation. Also enjoyed the look I got from Cher when I suggested that her character might like to accompany mine in a desert liaison.

It was just another day. Nothing really going on. Frankly, I was getting a bit bored. So when I heard from Thorpe that he wants to go hunting for poison and asking if I want to go along, I decided to accept. Lyria also was going along. In retrospect, I suppose that should have been obvious. After all, who better than a healer to identify poisons?