WIDOWMAKERS - Part Two
Widowmakers - Part Two
A Delta Green Scenario by Fee Fi Fo Fin
Investigating Spaniard
Aaron Spaniard lived in a one-bedroom tenement above an Irish bar called The Cork Lounge in South Boston. The bartender and the regulars at "The Cork" have little in way of compliments for the late Spaniard, but will divulge what they know to the agents once they've taken a moment to warm up to them.
- Spaniard is described as a chronic fuck-up by the regulars of The Cork. It's an open secret he was a pusher for the Irish mob, he worked dead-end jobs on the side to make ends meet. Notably, none of them know or believe that he turned states' evidence, a few will perhaps laud his loyalty as one of his few redeeming qualities. None of them remember anyone coming in to ask about Spaniard, nor have they heard any rumours that he was whacked or had run afoul of his old associates.
- They'll say that he got into some "hippie yoga bullshit", likely on the advice of one of his other "fuck-up friends". They don't really know much about it except that they had "meetings - or classes or whatever at the community centre a block over from The Cork". This will lead agents to the Universal Alignment South Boston Class.
- Agents that have 60% or higher in Persuade, or who succeed in a roll, can convince the bartender and building owner, Shane Mulrooney, to let them investigate the tenement upstairs. Agents looking to burglarize it will find that the building has paltry security, although The Cork is busy on the nights that it's open (Wednesday to Saturday). Spaniard's apartment is fairly unremarkable. Agents that take the time to search the place will find a brochure for Universal Alignment in a bedside table drawer, There's a few photos stuck to a cork board of him posing with some people that are probably associates in the mob. Spaniard is seen brandishing a nickel-plated Colt M1911 in these photos. Searching the apartment for it will turn up nothing except for its carrying case and a discarded cardboard box of 9mm bullets in a trashbin.
Agents that sweep the apartment for listening devices and bugs will turn up nothing. If asked about the apartment, the landlord will say that news of Spaniard's passing only reached him in the last few days, and he's hired some people to clean out Spaniard's belongings in the coming days so he can put the apartment back on the market.
The South Boston Class
Either by talking to the regulars at The Cork Lounge or by reading the brochure at Spaniard's apartment, the agents can learn about Universal Alignment, and the "class" it hosts at a community centre not far from where Spaniard lived. The South Boston class is scheduled to occur on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.
The brochure describes Universal Alignment is a group interested in uncovering the hidden truths and merits of alternative and traditional medicines, namely energy healing and homeopathy. It claims that where modern medicine has failed to produce meaningful and effective means to cure drug addiction, alcoholism, and chronic illness, alternative medicine shows untapped potential, and that they are looking for "open-minded individuals with a thirst for knowledge and the drive to discover" to help them on their journey.
Agents with 30% or more in Art (Writing) or HUMINT can discern that the language used in the Universal Alignment brochures is specficially meant to appeal to those suffering from addiction with promises that their teachings can help combat and overcome the plights of addiction.
Agents with 30% or more in Art (Writing) or HUMINT can discern that the language used in the Universal Alignment brochures is specficially meant to appeal to those suffering from addiction with promises that their teachings can help combat and overcome the plights of addiction.
The brochure comes attached with the location of the classes and the nights they're held on, as well as a phone number for the "Regional Practitioner", their term for the person that runs the class. For South Boston, the teacher is a gentleman named Christopher Webb.
Investigating Webb
Agents that take the time to investigate Christopher Webb will find that the man leads a mostly ordinary life. He manages a coffee shop in Dorchester and lives alone, living in modest comfort from the salary he collects from his day job and teaching for Universal Alignment. He adorns his apartment with potted plants, Grateful Dead posters, and various minerals and geodes, as well as books on minerals and rocks and their use in energy healing.
Agents that encounter and speak to Webb, either at his class or elsewhere, can learn that Webb was attracted to Universal Alignment as a group who approached alternative medicine and energy healing with he would describe as "a surpising sobriety, and seriousness which you don't always get with some people". Webb became attracted to alternative medicine years while fighting pancreatic cancer, which he claims he was able to defeat, along with his depression, thanks to energy healing and his "focus stones". Savvy players, and perhaps agents with history with the entities, may suspect involvement of the Lloigor. Entertain this possibility as a red herring for you agents to cross out as the investigation progresses. Monitoring Webb finds his criminal record is practically spotless, and he does not show the utter psychopathy displayed by thralls of the Lloigor.
Webb is truthful about Universal Alignment, but only has positive things to say about the group as a whole. He has absolutely no inkling that it is a front for an "Air Force Psychological Operations Experiment", even less that it's actually a front by Majestic-12, posing as the Air Force, to facilitate human experimentation.
Agents that encounter and speak to Webb, either at his class or elsewhere, can learn that Webb was attracted to Universal Alignment as a group who approached alternative medicine and energy healing with he would describe as "a surpising sobriety, and seriousness which you don't always get with some people". Webb became attracted to alternative medicine years while fighting pancreatic cancer, which he claims he was able to defeat, along with his depression, thanks to energy healing and his "focus stones". Savvy players, and perhaps agents with history with the entities, may suspect involvement of the Lloigor. Entertain this possibility as a red herring for you agents to cross out as the investigation progresses. Monitoring Webb finds his criminal record is practically spotless, and he does not show the utter psychopathy displayed by thralls of the Lloigor.
Webb is truthful about Universal Alignment, but only has positive things to say about the group as a whole. He has absolutely no inkling that it is a front for an "Air Force Psychological Operations Experiment", even less that it's actually a front by Majestic-12, posing as the Air Force, to facilitate human experimentation.
Attending Class
Agents that choose to attend class themselves will find it to be totally mundane. Agents go through an hour and a half of solid yoga and guided meditation before things wrap up and people start gathering their things, while a few (including Webb) stay behind to clean.
Questions about Spaniard are met with honesty, and news that he has died will shock attendees of the class (and Webb), though they will outright reject that Universal Alignment had a hand in it, and that Spaniard in all likelihood relapsed on his self-destructive habits. They do not know of his mob connections, but most assumed Spaniard made his living primarily as a criminal based on his shared experienced and his mannerisms. They will claim that Spaniard had been invited by a Senior Guide to pursue a teaching position with Universal Alignment. If questioned on the circumstances of this, they will explain that every month, someone from the "Campus", the headquarters of Universal Alignment in rural Connecticut, visits the class. They meet with the teacher (in this case, Webb), and spectate and participate in the class. These are the "Senior Guides", and according to Webb, their primary goal is to monitor the classes and also to look for candidates for teaching positions, who are then invited for leadership training at their Campus, a facility outside of Wehring, a coastal town in rural Connecticut. Webb himself went through this process and only has positive things to say about it. If they ask, he'll point them to its location on a map of the state.
If agents choose to attend other classes in other cities, they will largely find the same thing.
It shouldn't take agents too long before they realize the answers they seek are not in Boston, but in Wehring, Connecticut.
Questions about Spaniard are met with honesty, and news that he has died will shock attendees of the class (and Webb), though they will outright reject that Universal Alignment had a hand in it, and that Spaniard in all likelihood relapsed on his self-destructive habits. They do not know of his mob connections, but most assumed Spaniard made his living primarily as a criminal based on his shared experienced and his mannerisms. They will claim that Spaniard had been invited by a Senior Guide to pursue a teaching position with Universal Alignment. If questioned on the circumstances of this, they will explain that every month, someone from the "Campus", the headquarters of Universal Alignment in rural Connecticut, visits the class. They meet with the teacher (in this case, Webb), and spectate and participate in the class. These are the "Senior Guides", and according to Webb, their primary goal is to monitor the classes and also to look for candidates for teaching positions, who are then invited for leadership training at their Campus, a facility outside of Wehring, a coastal town in rural Connecticut. Webb himself went through this process and only has positive things to say about it. If they ask, he'll point them to its location on a map of the state.
If agents choose to attend other classes in other cities, they will largely find the same thing.
It shouldn't take agents too long before they realize the answers they seek are not in Boston, but in Wehring, Connecticut.
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