# Session S06 > [!overview] > [campaign:: [[The Friend, the Fiend, and the Shadow of the Night]]] > [session:: S06] > [prev:: [[2024-09-29_S05]]] > [session date:: 2024-10-06] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: [[Elsa Johansson]]] > [dm:: [[nellufy|Nell]]] > [player:: [[reyescion|Reyes]], [[elcucuy| El Cucuy]], [[jim0phee]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]]] > [pcs:: [[Dr. Niklas Windell]], [[Oskar Brodd]], [[Charles]], [[Elsa Johansson]]] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - %% ## Notes - Father Trosker is drinking in his office. Elsa and Charles are there. - Doesn't know how much time Charles has left - Strigoii mort can't be out in daylight; strigoii vii can - Once a strigoii vii feeds enough, it will become a strigoii mort - This is retroactively impact Charles - Will need to get the ashes of the strigoii mort - Remove heart, liver, kidneys, intesine - Throw in the fire - Let the infected drink it - Drive a nail into forehead - Drive garlic under tongue - Smear it with pig fat - Body face down - Strigoii aren't happy about Christian symbols - Specifically holy water - Father Trosker blesses both Charles & Elsa - One time use of a +2 to any skill *or* an item that we'd like to use - We opt for blessing the people - Charles uses his "medicine" somewhere in a private spot in the church - Nests into a locked storage room - Smokes his now blessed opium from his golden box - Elsa writes in her journal about Other Elsa and the strigoii - She increasingly feels that she's going to die because of this doppelganger - Meanwhile Dr. Windell drags [[Pastor Jon Jonsson]] with him, and Mr. Brodd tries to be stealthy while following - Dr. Windell is aware Mr. Brodd is following, and manages to shake him - Dr. Windell takes a shortcut to his practice, but Mr. Brodd heads there because he had said he was going to his practice - Outside his office, there is a lone gas lamp post, and "Elsa" is standing there. She looks paniced, and has a scarf wrapped around her neck - (He also sees the window Charles smashed…) - Dr. Windell told the priest why he was brought along, and [[Pastor Jon Jonsson]] doesn't seem surprised, a bit nonchalant - He asks if Elsa has a sister, notices that she's panicked. Encourages Dr. Windell to go talk with her. - Windell goes to the back of the practice and enters. (All of the medicine cabinets are locked, but the window is definitely smashed, and the whiskey is gone.) - Windell answers the door and invites "Elsa" in - She's scared; has been having visions and nightmares - *This* Elsa is very pale, little redness in her cheeks. She seems cold, and has an occasional cough. Trying to keep her hands warm. - Windell proceeds with a doctors visit with "Elsa" - She doesn't know who to turn to - Windell asks about the nightmares; feels more tired after she wakes up - Nightmares about a tall man who is with a person who looks like her - She *knows* that she's Elsa, but that there's this other person who seems to be Elsa. - She can't eat - Anxiety that someone out there is impersonating her - Worried that she'll die without being married, as someone of her noble stature - She's afraid to go out in the daylight; it makes her faint - Asks not to be sent to the sanitarium - Asks if she's often outside in the cold on her own » no - The thick scarf warms her - Camera pans to Mr. Brodd - He makes it to Dr. Windell's practice; sees the smashed window - Sees the pastor cleaning up glass - He stands in a shadow across the street, watching to make sure they're okay - He's a little less suspicious since the doctor *had* said he was returning to his office - Failed [[Vigilance]] roll, and a pushed roll - Brodd sees a shadow along the wall going down the alley beside the practice, going around the building towards the back - Brodd meanders after it - Camera pans to Dr. Windell and "Elsa" - She is cold to the touch, but has a pulse - She removes her scarf, and he sees there are puncture wounds on her neck - Dr. Windell goes to get some laudanum for her - Dr. Windell notices that there is a slow black mist seeping in from the bottom of the door, while on the other side of the door, Mr. Brodd sees this dark shadow turn into a mist and start seeping under the door - Brodd runs to the front door to go grab the priest to run to the exam room - The smoke collects in the corner of the room; Elsa seems oblivious to it - Dr. Windell grabs a random bottle and gives it to Elsa, ushering her out to the front - They all bump into each other, and Mr. Brodd sees "Elsa" » Fear test (+2 bonus) » 1 success, holds himself together - "Elsa" stares at Mr. Brodd and her eyes widen » "It's you!" - Mr. Brodd grabs Dr. Windell and shoves him behind him - Opens the door and it's the Strigoii! (Combat) - The strigoii goes to attack Mr. Brodd with his claws (Brodd is battered and wounded, and he's angry from pushing the roll…) - "Elsa" is frozen in fear - Jon Jonsson throws holy water at the Strigoii, and the Strigoii recoils and hisses - Dr. Windell throws some flammable liquid on the Strigoii, and lights it on fire - The Strigoii has reduced the fire, and seems to be taking things pretty well… - It looks like it's about to run because it's on fire. - Brodd holds the door, as it changes into a mist and moves through the people as it exits out the front door - "Elsa" faints, and Pastor Jon goes to help her - Dr. Windell tells him to tie her up, because she's a vampire in the making » this makes the pastor uncomfortable, but goes to find rope - (It's now around 11 PM) - Dr. Windell goes to patch up Mr. Brodd so that he doesn't die. Kinda begrudgingly… - Heals up to three conditions… That's good! (Brodd had 5…) - Pastor Jon ties up "Elsa" (and is deeply uncomfortable with this!) » she's still unconscious - Dr. Windell gets the sense he's reliving a traumatic experience - Dr. Windell begins to interrogate Mr. Brodd about this duplicate Elsa while stitching him up - Why are there two Elsas? - Brodd asks for a drink, needs one badly - When Elsa was a child, she was taken away and replaced by a changeling - Her mother recognized it wasn't Elsa and that it wasn't Elsa - They managed to find *their* Elsa, and her mother could tell it was her real daughter - They didn't know about each other - Mr. Brodd took it upon himself to handle the situation, but refused to kill the child - Marta had left the household when she was wed, and had taken the changeling to her to raise - Implied it was a bastard child of the house, and to keep it a secret - Brodd assumes this is the changeling, doesn't know if they can become strigoii - Both want to keep it a secret from their Elsa - Conversation turns dark about what to do with "Elsa" - They also decide to not talk too much about this with Pastor Jon, send him back to the church or along his way - Pastor Jon has a dagger (looks like a holy symbol) - Dr. Windell wonders if he should behead this "Elsa" - Back to Charles and Elsa - It's close to midnight - Father Trosker looks like he's about to go to bed, in the rectory - Elsa wants to go to Dr. Windell's office, she's worried about them - A panicked knock at the front door, Pastor Jon's voice *very* panicked - Charles opens the door - A shadow chases Pastor Jon, and the Strigoii reaches out with his claws, but Jon dives inside the church - The Strigoii can't get inside the church - Pastor Jon explains the evening and her "sister" - She tells him she only has brothers, and to tell her everything - "Sister" has fainted, has marks on her neck, asked the pastor to bind her, fears she may - What he did reminded of her own sister; killed in front of him while she was gagged - Elsa knows that seeing a doppelganger is a foreboding of death, but in some stories, the doppelganger's actions may be premissions of their own future - Charles starts to feel claustrophobic in the church, suggests to Elsa they should go catch up with Dr. Windell and Mr. Brodd - Back to Dr. Windell and Mr. Brodd - Mr. Brodd seems concerned about the idea of killing in general. - Thinking maybe just leave her bound and gagged in the doctor's office so they can deal with the baker - Dr. Windell seems to think they should deal with this more permanently… - There's a furnace in the basement - He doesn't want their Elsa to know about her - Dr. Windell starts dragging the unconscious and bound "Elsa" down to the basement - Mr. Brodd thinks it's to keep her down there while they deal with the baker - Charles and Elsa walk through the mist, with Charles leading the way and holding her hand - Elsa sees bats approaching from behind - She's frightened (and failed a pushed roll), and the strigoii appears in the sky like he's about to drop on them - She goes to flee and moves a zone away back towards the church - The Strigoii looks like it's focused on Elsa, not Charles, and this kind of miffs Charles, who demands he comes talk to him. - His attention goes towards Charles, and he drops on him (a death blow, basically) - Elsa backs away from it further, but talking to it isn't helpful - Charles realizes that talking isn't helping it because it's focused on being animalistic (drink bread) - But that tapping into its humanity may help. (Elsa had said he baked really good bread, but was too frightened to be effective) - Charles tries talking with it again (1 success), and he's observing Charles - He responds and says he's thirsty, hungry… needs more… - They talk calmly about what has been done to the baker (but Charles sees no puncture wounds), and Charles holds his hand out to him - The baker is hesitant and reaches over his claw, and repeats "you fix what has been done to me?" and "who am I?" - We don't know the guy's name! Never actually learned it. - The strigoii is still hungry, and his eyes keep darting towards Elsa - It grasps onto Charles' arm and Elsa talks to him, trying to talk him down - The Strigoii lets go of Charles' arm, and it embraces her, drinking from her (+2 conditions) - It hurts for a moment, but it feels euphoric - He's being gentle with her, and releases her » he is satisfied - Charles sees it as an addict getting its fix - Charles feels a pang of hunger, but is able to hold it back - She suggests they go back to Dr. Windell's office, and offers the Strigoii her arm - Back to Dr. Windell & Mr. Brodd… - Dr. Windell and Mr. Brodd have brought her down in the basement by the furnace - Dr. Windell stokes the fire - Mr. Brodd goes back upstairs to lay down in the front room - Dr. Windell grabs setatives and tools and heads downstairs, just as "Elsa" starts to wake up - He locks the basement door. - Dr. Windell sedates her and she goes unconscious again - He starts to get to work - Mr. Brodd sees Charles, the Strigoii and Elsa - Elsa is talking to him calmly. The Strigoii says there's a girl here, he wants her. Where is she? - Elsa freezes, having forgotten about the other Elsa - Mr. Brodd pulls Elsa behind him, and puts the scarf around her neck to cover it. He guides her to a seat. - The Strigoii is fixated on the basement door, but doesn't attempt to open the door. - He turns into a mist and head downstairs - Dr. Windell failed a vigilence check, and the Strigoii got +2 stealth - Dr. Windell has removed "Elsa's" head and arms, and is continues to dismember her - A claw strikes against his back, and Dr. Windell screams out in pain - The basement door is locked - Elsa is somehow at the door first, but with three conditions, and 2 force at the best of time… yeah, not getting that open - The Strigoii strikes Dr. Windell again, taking him down - Brodd smashes the door open, sees Dr. Windell on the ground dying, and most of the body of "Elsa" - Fear test » even with a success, he takes one mental condition - Charles pushes into the basement, fails the Fear 2 test completely - Goes to talk with the Strigoii - Elsa goes into the basement to sees everything - 3 physical and 3 mental conditions - The Strigoii is angry at Dr. Windell and is a bloodthirsty rage - Bites Dr. Windell, killing him - Just before he dies, he apologizes to Elsa and tells her he loves her - Sunlight comes into the basement from a small window - The Strigoii turns into a very tired and weary baker - The baker realizes what he has done - Charles is ranting at the baker, demanding to know why - Elsa has run over to Dr. Windell's body, and is craddling his body, just rocking him silent - Mr. Brodd lashes out at the baker, and flings him into the wall - The baker looks at the bodies and wonders if he did this » Brodd says yes. - She looks at what happens, and notices the body of "Elsa" » this breaks her - She collapses ## Epilogue - Mr. Brodd, seeing Elsa collapses, decides to kill the baker » to perform the ritual to help save Charles and Elsa from turning - Brodd sees this as justice (even if it breaks him) - Charles locks the basement door, in agreement - Elsa watches everything in silent horror, not able to move or react - The body is prepared by the ritual, and both Charles and Elsa are given the ashes to drink to keep them from turning - Two weeks later - Proper burial for Dr. Windell with the help of Pastor Jon Jonsson - Mr. Brodd has a burial for "Elsa", but her tombstone lists her as "Marta's daughter" - Elsa hasn't spoken since they left the basement, and has panic attacks - She attends both services - She no longer trusts Mr. Brodd or Charles after seeing them kill the baker - She still doesn't know about the changeling, and still thinks it was a doppelganger - She's pale and thin from anxiety - Mr. Brodd felt duty bound to Elsa which got him through - He drinks more - The stress and worry of losing Elsa gives him nightmares now - Charles is a few days dry by the time of the funeral - He is pale and thin and sweating profusely, looking for his next bout of medicine - He misses the doctor - Doesn't understand why they're burying the other woman, not knowing who she is - Dr. Windell can tell his soul has left his body, feels release? No pain. - Is he going to a good place? - Before he moves on, he sees a ship leaving the docks of eastern Europe, heading towards Uppsala - Sees a mother and small child, he wonders when they'll see papa again - …but now Dr. Windell feels like he has unfinished business and comes back to haunt Elias and his practice… - One last thing: Dr. Windell had the necklace with a ring on it that was supposed to be for her - He was going to propose when he worked up the courage. - She sits in the garden on a bench at her family's country estate with the ring and necklace. - Mr. Brodd gives her some space to mourn in private, but when he returns, she is nowhere to be seen. Only the ring and necklace remain, with a flower seated on the bench