# Session S01 > [!overview] > [campaign:: ] > [session:: S01] > [next:: [[2025-08-30_S02]]] > [session date:: 2025-08-23] > [campaign date:: ] > [my pc:: ] > [dm:: ] > [player:: ] > [pcs:: ] > [active npc:: ] > [discussed npc:: ] > [active locations:: ] > [discussed locations:: ] > > --- > > (tldr:: Summary.) %% ### Starting notes: - %% ## Notes - PCs - Chelsea Harris » [[steph_77|Steph]] - Forensic psychology - Specialized in fringe religious groups - Detective Leroy Sinclair » [[reyescion|Reyes]] - Evelyn McRoy » [[demonem|Emma]] - Police - Virgil Skinner » [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]] - FBI hostage negotiator - August 21, 2025 » 6:29 PM - Supermarket in Solon, Ohio - Ohio license plate - Baseball cap, older-looking male - 18:29–18:31 » walking aisles - 18:32 » adult woman holding pickles & ladybug-patterned bag - Child in shopping cart, female (4–6 years old…) - Man approaches, pulls from pocket… she's down & in pain - Man grabs the kid - Kid doesn't appear to know him - Man leaves then comes back to grab the bag… - She struggles, is kicked in the face but keeps the bag - Security guard enters the aisle - Chase through the aisles - Out into the parking lot - Kid into backseat of Ford Taurus - Man taps on car - Man shoots the guard in the leg, then re-enters the store - Chaos etc. - (Security guard survives…) - SWAT corners man in pet food aisle - Man kills himself - Police briefing room - SAN check » 30/70, no san loss - 8:30 PM » Agent Bates, head of child abduction - No ransom demands - Skinner wants to meet with John & Sarah Balfour, the parents - Rev. John hasn't been interviewed yet - Sarah refused medical treatment - IV shots, twice a day » treatment was in the bag, left behind - Last received 0800h - Split the team to go research various aspects - Harris » researching the Balfours & church - Passover Angel = considered Angel of Death - Enacting the final plaque of Egypt, killing the firstborn - Church are doomsday believers - Doomsday = next Tuesday at 9AM - Naturally, had other previous predictions… but hey, maybe this time is the one - Have their own book, written by Rev. John Balfour » The Book of the Passover Angel - Some members of the congregation may have extremist ties - The parents do not; are squeeky clean - Rev. Balfour had done some missionary work in Kenya - Sinclair » CCTV review - Immediate exit was NW - Lost visual contact after 10–15 minutes - Looks like they are intentionally trying to hide - Go into an alleyway where there is no camera coverage on either end - Indication is that these abductors know what they're doing - Abduction doesn't appear random; abductor appeared to have familiarity - Skinner » parents - Spends time to try and connect with the Balfours - Rev. Balfour reacts to "federal" - The type of man that speaks for his wife… and she appears used to it - Sarah remembers the man had a moustache… (this winds up being fake) - Rev. Balfour is more stressed from the abduction of his daughter rather than the end of days etc. - McRoy » morgue - Not familiar with the coroner - Autopsy time! - He was wearing a fake moustache - Hair was died black; roots are grey - McRoy tazes herself (failed a push roll!) - Serious taser - Serial number very professionally removed - Chelsea Harris continues to look into the Balfours; Bates is still in the room - Officer busts into the room to talk with Bates - ID'd as George Lewiston » retired ATF - Someone recognized him on the TV - Lewiston had been in ATF Recruitment - Sinclair is briefed on George Lewiston & his ATF background - No record of a Ford Taurus - Last registered vehicle is some big pickup truck - No big social media connections - Virgil - Shows the Balfours the photo - Went by the alias "Zachariah LeWhiskey" - Congregation member - Arrived a couple years; left a couple months ago » had lost faith… - …Virgil may have goofed by the Reverend leaving to go with the information that Zachariah LeWhiskey (George Lewiston) - McRoy - Next of kin: Nicole Lewiston (daughter) » no known association with the Balfours - No indication that George Lewiston was involved in investigations about the Balfours - Sinclair and Harris head to George Lewiston's house - Police are all geared up, ready to smash their way in… - Smash. - Lewiston lived alone; retired - Hasn't worked with an agency in 3 years - Divorced - He has a copy of the Book of the Passover Angel - Fake ID of Zachariah LeWhiskey » looks like a convincing ID - Find cellphone (smashed) and wallet - SIM card missing - Computer has been smashed - Hard drive in the microwave… busted - Cat food bowl, but no cat in sight… - ATM receipt; significant cash withdrawal - Sinclair & McRoy get information from an officer who interviewed the neighbour, Elsa Wilson - Lewiston had given her the cat & cash (and to look after the cat if he doesn't come pick it up…) - This happened around 8PM Wednesday night - Driver was female, maybe 20s/30s, long blonde hair, wearing a hat - Skinner talks with Sarah - Licence plates - Congregation members - John Zivovich - Criminal record (mostly minor) - Attempt of charges, none stuck - Firearms - Malachi Stone - Anti-government protests, last 5 years. Nothing major