Monday group, second session

Questions

Where did Bernstein go?

What did StratCo do with the knowledge the gained from dissecting Zee?

What is the deal with room 101?

What has Moss been doing?

What happened to Everlily Nyx, and what has she been up to?

Why is Jasmine immune to Divination?

What is Magitech up to? What are Adana and Evan’s goals?

What are the limitations on the Pax Artificium sensor grid? Do they extend into the Great Forest? Can they still be used as a weapon?

How can Jasmine be tracked into the Great Forest?

Did Jasmine make a second copy of Bernstein’s research results before wiping it?

Meeting with William Moss

Ian leads them to a particular location in Luna’s Great Forest, where he awkwardly reaches for two knots on a tree that looks much like any other. A portal appears in the tree, which leads to Moss’s private sanctum. It appears to be a domed room (about 12 feet high in the center, with a radius of 15 feet) that is very sparse – there doesn’t appear to be anything here other than Moss and a woman dressed all in black. Moss tells her "that will be all for now, Angelique [[du Coudray]" and ports her away when the others enter.

Moss’s creepy mannerisms indicate that he may have gone a bit bonkers – he is no longer the man he was 200 years ago. Everlily Nyx doesn’t seem to be around. Also, one of Evan and Adana’s daughters, Astarte (who together with her sister Anat (6th level mystic Charismatic Cha 20) are named for Seth’s wives in Egyptian mythology) has invisibly followed them through the portal. She tries to teleport Moss away with her, into captivity. But she does not know that the sanctum disallows anyone to port Moss except Moss himself (a protection Moss added himself after his falling-out with Nyx).

Astarte (6th level mystic Fast Dex 20 – Creat 3, Des 2, Dis 6, Enh 3, Kin 4, Mind 2, Res 23) shoots Moss with a tranquilizer dart and tries to teleport him out of there, but the PCs stop her. But she can get away by teleporting herself out of there.

Moss is thankful for their assistance in protecting him. He says that he will do his best, but that there may be little he can do. In addition, he says, now that StratCo has ahold of him, the chances of finding Bernstein are minute.

Moss sees something intriguing in Zee (that he was once undead, but has been cleansed), and asks him to stay. He promises that Zee will be safe with him. If Zee stays, it will be easier to swap him with the Hand.

Everyone can do whatever they want for six days…

Nikolai makes some alchemical items.

Brice digs into StratCo’s network; turns off all PCs’ GPS signals; researches the identities of all PCs; and has a conversation with Jasmine, and asks her out.

Ariona takes Nikolai to visit her parents on Earth. They discuss the situation, and Erica asks Nikolai about Boris.

Six days later, however, the situation is different. Bryant, the man who was supposed to recover the Hand, has returned with the Hand – sort of – but it is unclear whether he will ever wake up again.

What the hell is everyone going to do? Who the hell knows?