Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 4

Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 4 Write-up
Played Friday, May 26th, 2017
Dramatis Personae
•Father Darren O'Connell, Catholic priest and holy sword bearer (played by C)
•Daniel Ehrlichmann, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)
•Sammy Wesson, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)
•Ted Summers aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by B)
•Raymond Sanders, monster hunter/Changeling (played by N, not present)
•Concierge at the Biltmore Hotel
•Kenneth the waiter
•"Mr Smith", Legend's associate
•Arthur Legend, enigmatic businessman
•Legend's goons
•Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Black Court Vampire
•Black Court cultists
•Darlene Merritt, Daniel's nemesis
The session started with Ted Summers still on a bender (Compel that creates Aspect "Three Sheets to the
Wind"), realizing that he needs to earn his $10,000. He uses magic to track down Father Darren, knowing
him from church.
The magic leads him to the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, where the others are exiting from Daniel's car.
After a brief discussion, they go into the hotel and the concierge, thinking Ted is a homeless person, gives
him a dollar and tells him that there is a homeless shelter down the street. Ted pockets the dollar as the
concierge turns to Daniel, the best dressed of the lot, and asks what he can help with.
Daniel says they are there to meet with the Boss and expects to be shown right up. The concierge acts like
he wants a tip, something Daniel refuses to do, but Ted gives him back his dollar as a tip and soulgazes
him.
Ted learns that the concierge is an active participant in criminal activity (Aspect: In on the Take) and uses
that to blackmail the concierge to giving them free access to the bar. The concierge calls up to the
penthouse and tells them that they might as well wait in the bar till the Boss is ready to see them.
In the bar, Ted gives Kenneth the waiter the pass for free booze from the concierge and orders whiskey.
Darren orders Irish Whiskey and Sammy orders a brandy. Daniel has coffee. The waiter returns with their
drinks and they enjoy them.
Four big burly bodyguards enter the bar and "Mr. Smith" slides between them and introduces himself. He's
very pleasant to the group and is satisfied with their answers. He escorts them up to the penthouse where
Mr. Legend is. When Sammy is too familiar, by calling him "Arthur" instead of "Mr. Legend," "Mr. Smith"
corrects Sammy, as "Mr. Legend does not like familiarity until friendship is established."
They pass many guards in the hallway and in an outer room until they get into a room that has a single
desk and chair, which Mr. Legend is sitting behind.
Both Sammy and Daniel recognize Arthur Legend as Dutch Schultz, a gangster who was killed in New
Jersey in 1935, after supposedly hiding $7 million.
Legend eschews a handshake with Daniel, claiming to have "a cold" and Darren, drunk, gets abusive.
Legend subtly threatens Vaughn Owen, saying he'll get what is coming to him and implies that he'll get the
canister, not Owen.
Ted wanders over to the window and look out, down 11 floors to the ground while trying not to be sick.
Daniel hears noises in the outer room and the hallway as Black Court cultists bust through the doors and
smash through the windows! A Black Court Vampire orders his minions to kill everyone. Daniel recognizes
the vampire as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, a Hollywood star who died in 1933.
Daniel, thinking fast, tries to rush past the bodyguards to get next to Legend but can't manage to get past
the closest bodyguard to Legend (failed Overcome).
The cultists attack, killing several bodyguards, attacking Daniel, Sammy and Ted. Daniel is hard pressed
against the desk (Boost: Hemmed In).
"Mr. Smith" is attacked by the cultists as well and starts freaking out. Legend's men open fire on the
cultists, killing several. Legend, observed by Darren, sinks into the floor, escaping and leaving his men to
their fate. Perhaps he's a spectre or a ghost!
Sammy rises up and uses the full force of the Winter Court on several cultists near him (Stunt: Winter
Fear), causing 4 cultists and one of Legend's bodyguards to flee in fear. Ted lights two of the cultists on
fire with alcohol and magic, while Darren, still drunk, draws Durindal and cuts through three of them.
The remaining cultist escapes through the window as "Mr. Smith" has a freakout in the corner. Daniel
rushes up to Arbuckle and roughly interviews him (Aspect: Don't Mess with the Press) and the vampire
flees.
The room is filled with dead, blood and fire. Daniel takes a bunch of pictures of the carnage, especially of
"Mr. Smith". Two of the remaining bodyguards grab "Mr. Smith" and leave while the third grabs some of
the papers and tries to burn the rest. Daniel manages to grab one of the ledgers before the desk goes up in
flames.
They flee into the master bedroom, where they descend a fire escape to the ground. Once there, they push
through the crowd and drive off in Daniel's car.
They noodle through the info they have so far and determine that Legend also wants the canister, the
Princes don't have it and the Black Court attacked simply to try to kill Legend, it doesn't seem they were
after the canister. Darren reveals that Legend is some sort of ghost, having escaped through the floor, and
Legend didn't know that Eddie from the Princes was also most probably a ghost as well.
The other three try to convince Daniel that Persephone is a vampire and bad news but he won't hear
anything against her (Compel: Pretty Face). He drops them off at Mick's and goes off to visit Dimi, giving
him Legend's criminal ledger.
Ted, Sammy and Darren have a few drinks and decide on some action. Ted and Sammy go to Laurence the
Fence's shop to see if they can get a ritual spell to track down the remaining Bloodmarked mobsters and
the sorcerer who cast the spell.
Darren goes to find the remnants of the Berlin Monster Hunters, the "Begleiter von Engeln und Teufeln"
(Companions of Angels and Devils). He goes to meet them at a local restaurant and, unexpectedly, Peter
Lorre and Fritz Lang walk through the door and sit down at the table with him.
Daniel gets home and sees the newspaper headline: Vaughn Owen dead the night before! Legend couldn't
have done it since he thought Owen was alive several hours ago. Daniel dismisses Persephone as
responsible for Owen's death, recalling and then dismissing the voice he heard in the background when he
talked to her calling for help as Owen's.
He gets a few hours sleep but is awoken when a naked woman slips into bed with him. He
recognizes Persephone's perfume and makes love to the woman, not realizing until later that it is his
nemesis, Darlene!
Next Session: the thrilling conclusion! The final fight! Will they find the canister and solve the mystery?

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Played Friday, May 26th, 2017

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