>>23089425
Ask the spirit of the building why the architect hated people.

I, have arrived.

>>23089425
Breakfast.

We deal with the asshole building later.

>>23089425
Ask the spirit of the room to chill out.

>>23089425
Have a chat with the building's spirit about the room temperature and the malevolence of the architect.

We should really get started on cleaning up our work area. We should tidy up before heading out and hitting the streets. We should also visit with our editor and see what kind of story we should work on breaking. Getting a general feel for what is going on through his point of view first.

Where do we live by the way, in the city that is?

Smoke cigarette, open window, deal with spirit of the building this could lead to an article

>>23089425
Clean our working area, and then negotiate with the spirit of this building for unspecified boons, such as reduced heat.

>>23089425
Convince the building spirit to keep your room at room temperature. Bribe it if necessary. Threaten it if that's not enough.

>>23089425

Drink whiskey first before we head to the nearest diner for breakfast.

>>23089468

Speaking of which, does the Sun have a pleasant easy-going spirit?

I know it's far away, and there might be some time-lag, but surely it's got some conversational skill

>>23089425
First wake up and smoke a cigarette.

We should see what we're currently working on and investigating and get some more progress on that. If we aren't working on something big currently hit up our contacts, both people and spirits and see if there's anything new going on.

>>23089521

Smoking is bad for you kids.

Don't do it.

Killing yourself violates the do not kill oath that we decided not to take.

Why would we want to deal with a spirit just to regulate room temperature? We want to be OUT of the room, or else we're unemployed. We can see the heat as further motivation to get to work.
I suggest that we call the people with money to hear what they've got for us, because then we know it's published (or almost at least). We can "hit the streets" in search of a scoop once we're completely unemployed and have no other leads.

>>23089490
>>23089468
Won't the building get offended if we badmouth his architect ? It's a bit like its father,.

>>23089521
seconding this.

>>23089547
But, we are immortal. Ergo, smoke.

>>23089558
Fuck the building. Ask why it's father is a dick.

>>23089547
Given that poisoning can still kill us, and that our immortality stops being useful if we're slowly poisoning ourselves, I have to second this.

>>23089558

No man, we're just asking if and why the architect hated people.

>>23089548
>Why would we want to deal with a spirit just to regulate room temperature?

Because it is hot as fuck.

Ever been in LA during the summer? It's awful. Well, more awful than usual.

>>23089569
Cant die via natural causes.

Cancer is not natural.

>>23089425
Hit up the local pub for breakfast and chitchat about the latest goings-on.

>>23089425
get an asistant

>>23089569
I'm sure that the Chaos Spirit will make an exception for shit you bring onto yourself. One the other hand, did anyone at this time know it was unhealthy?

>>23089582

Exactly.

Who knows what kind of silly loopholes the spirit of CHAOS put in.

"Hohoho, cancer from smoking isn't natural, you die."

>>23089610
If we do get an assistant it should probably be a Chinese guy.

>>23089602
most would consider cancer to be a disease, and diseases are normally considered 'natural causes'

>>23089635
Why wouldn't our assistant be a ghost?

>>23089635

A Chinese girl who dresses like a man to get into journalism.

>>23089595
Yeah, and we don't work from inside the room, so why pay a price to make the room more comfortable? What do we have to pay with anyway, our typewriter? If we need to spend time getting it, we could spend that time working to make money so we could move to a better appartment.

We should call our editor, and ask "where did you need me to be today, again?" in the sort of groggy half-sentences one is forced to use after a night of lonely drinking.

>>23089614
Nope. They didn't figure it out until the late 50s

>>23089668
Who is also a ghost.

>>23089623
all kind of cancer are in sens natural; problem caused by your own body "deformicity of cells" if you cells regenerate so you can live forever, you can not get cancer. thus not die of it.

>>23089425

Clean the shit out of our desk, and speak to the building's spirit while doing so.

>>23089669

Hey, you know heat is energy.

We could always empower the spirit of our building with the uncomfortable heat.

A win win situation, we're moving up in the spiritomancy world.

>>23089672
We're a freelancer.

Where's thread 1?

>>23089678
Alright, then that means all of you stop metagaming right now and get with the times, and that means smoking and cancer are in no way connected.

>>23089682
We deal with spirits, not ghosts. We're not a necromancer. Also, it shouldn't be Chinese. Considering our past, if we have an Asian assistant, they should be Korean.

>>23089697
Yeah, or we could sell the heat to some hungry pyrovore or something.

In exchange for it being our guard dog and toasting intruders as well.

Win/win

>>23089691

Yeah, and asp venom is naturally from a natural snake.

There are poisons called mutagens and carcinogens and seriously don't take chances with a Norse Spirit of Chaos.

The heat makes you think of something that you had never really considered doing before.

The spirit of the building you live in was a young one, the building was only 20 years old and it had only started forming a personality that could be communicated with within the last 5 years or so.

Other spirit speakers might need physical contact or elaborate rituals to get communicating but that's not for you. While still lying in bed you say,

"Listen, Red," it calls itself Red because the of the red bricks it was made out of. Obvious but no one ever accused spirits of being particularly smart. "Could you do something about the insane heat in this room without disturbing your structure too much?"

You feel the slow cogs of the spirit moving before you hear a reply.

>I...I think I can. How interesting.

You feel the wall behind you shift slightly as well as two other walls in the apartment. Suddenly you feel a draft blowing wind from the window to the wall behind your bed.

A good start to the day.

You sit up and look for the telephone you keep next to your bed. You call a sub-editor at the L.A. Times to see if he's got anything interesting for you to work on.

He doesn't pick up his phone. Probably busy proofing some second rate hack work. You can contact him later.

You get off the bed and start making yourself breakfast by the stove. What do you want to do after you finish your breakfast?

>>23089712
Ey toots, pick up the pace, eh?

>>23087131

>>23089712
Look in the catalog for the usual Harlem Quest image.

>>23089745
Not my fault if the runner fails to follow convention and politeness.

>>23089738
Red confirmed for brobuilding.

Bruilding.

>>23089738
Read a newspaper, work out some ideas for interesting leads

Can someone be sure to archive these? I can't stay and participate but I do want to read them later.

>>23089738

I revel in the screams of egg spirits being boiled alive as my skillet spirit groans in orgasmic delight. The butter, rubbing all over its curves, arouses me to the point of near orgasm.

Then I remember. Clean the desk!

>>23089738
Make a note to remember to give Red's woodwork a fresh coat of paint. Red's alright. After that, I dunno, call some of our people, see if they have any interesting leads for us.

>>23089738
Newspaper, clean our desks.

>>23089738

We still haven't asked why the architect hates people, but that's fine.

Do we have any goals in life?

Conversations with the spirit of the Sun to invent solar power a little early?

>>23089769
To be fair, with the inbuilt catalog it's much easier to find threads than it used to be.

>>>/tg/catalog

If you don't know.

>>23089738
Hit the streets! Find out what the good word is! Get the latest scoop!

>>23089785
Archive.foolz.us/tg/. Archives all threads.

>>23089738
I would like to know where we are located in the city still. Other than that see what is in the type writer on the desk and see what we where working on so late into the night that had us at half a bottle of whisky.

Head on over to the police station. Grease a wheel or two and get some leads from the flat foots.

>>23089808

Why did I look at that catalog?
It was mindbreakingly terrible.

>>23089796
>>23089773

We should try to become friends with Red, actually. This is our home, after all. Having the very building on our side might come in very handy one day.

>>23089803
In a lot of occult mythologies, the planets have spirits.

>>23089738
after finish breakfat i start plannig a lunch.

seriously, get someone somehow importat to lunch for interview.

Someone normal reporter can not get to, but spirit talkin one will find it way. someone big... senator,mayor, ...

>>23089738
Befriend Red. If we ever break an oath, Red shall protect us.

>>23089887
I'd imagine Earth to have a few spirits (one for each ocean and continent) that come together Voltron style if needs be.

>>23089909
The office building of doom.

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>>23089786

>tfw you will never know the glories of masturbating to the screams of food spirits forced to die for your maw.

>>23089883
>>23089909
Seconding being building buddies

I think we should go for a walk, maybe see a movie.

>>23089917
Uh oh, what if each crater on the moon has a spirit.

What if each dark and bright spot on the sun is its own entity?!

WHAT IF MAGNETS ARE ACTUALLY ALIVE?

>>23089961
>WHAT IF MAGNETS ARE ACTUALLY ALIVE?
HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT WORK!?

>>23089970
>>23089961

Listen guys, our next step after breakfast is to buy a magnet.

And talk to it.

We're going to be pioneers.

>>23089970
Fucking spirit magic.

>>23089987
The insanity is strong here. But it might just work. What kind of ancient Korean enemy is going to expect fucking magnets?

>>23090008
>>23089988
>>23089987
>>23089970
>>23089961
And that's how 1930's Noir Magneto was born.

>>23090008
And then suddenly we're getting into Magiscience.
Can we not go this route, please?

We're a smooth talking journalist, and that smooth talking happens to extend to forces of nature, inanimate object, and the spirit of our enemies bones. Nothing more.

Can we lay off with the shitty four year old jokes and get on with the quest? You can head to /b/ for magnets.
I say we head out and buy a newspaper to find out what others are writing about.

While you're cooking you make a point of asking Red why his architect designed him the way he did.

>I have never met my creator. He has not come to visit since I started...thinking? Being? So I would not know.

From his tone it's clear Red is disinterested in his creator.

You clean up around the apartment, especially your messy desk. The notes in your notepad seem to be the usual half leads that go nowhere. It seems you tried your hand at a short story on the typewriter to kill some time but the drinking got in the way of that.

You put on a white shirt, dark grey pants, grab the suit coat without putting it on and head outside to try to get into something. You stop the first cab that comes by and the driver asks you where you want to go.

>Head to the L.A. Times offices.
>Head to a diner frequented by some of your regular sources.
>Head to the police station.

>>23090027
Yeah.

So let's find a really old typewriter.

It's always nice to have an editor who is always there.

>>23089896
me again

just think about it. i dont want interviewing magnets.

>>23090045
Head to the L.A. times office, and freak the fuck out.

>>23090027

Fuck you. Magnets are an immutable property of the universe.

Other people ask birds to guide their every step, we have a clock and a compass.

>>23090045
>>Head to a diner frequented by some of your regular sources.

>>23090045
Police station.

>>23090045
Head to the Diner. We should go to to the LA Times offices eventually, but we'd be better off talking to the the other journalists AFTER we've found out for ourselves if there's anything noteworthy happening.

>>23090045
Diner! Diner!

We've learnt to be suspicious over the centuries of the law (as well as a niggling hate of it thanks to CHAOS), and figure no scoop from the office will be that interesting.

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>>23089970

The mysteries of magnets are manifold and eternal. Even in our world our greatest sages seem stymied by such arcana.

>>23090045
To the Diner, always keep up with our contacts, they might have something interesting for us.

For the guy wanting to know where you live, I'm not too good on L.A. neighbourhood so I'll make that my homework and let you know next time around.

>>23090045

Diner, of course.

It's breakfast time.

>>23090045

Head to the office. Let's see what's happening in this burg.

>>23090045
The diner. Also, requesting information with what kind of things actually have spirits.

>>23090045
Diner first. Our editor at the offices was busy, yeah? Let's give him some time, and not come in unless we have a lead.

>>23090095
As an organization, yeah. But few insiders or sources are as valuable as those working within law or politics.

>>23090137
This.

Talking to the diner might be cool.

>>23090138
Did you know that the graphite of a pencil is actually repelled by a magnetic field?

>>23090045
i say we head over to the L.A. Times office, pop in on our Sub-Editor we tried to call. It is harder to blow off someone in person than over the phone. Then we head to eat at the Dinner with him as a way of apology if we interrupted his morning routine.

>>23090137
I mean, requesting information ON what kind of things actually have spirits

>>23090045
police station. Let's ask police stationt that we know one lonely building and if it does not want to be it friend.

Jesus. A half hour and we're already at 100 posts again.

>>23090045
Guys, this quest isn't dark enough.

I suggest we ritualistically murder a mole.

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>>23090188
Probably best to keep that nebulous or something.

The cab drops you off almost a block away from the diner. He saw a potential fare to the train station when he saw a guy with bags packed and waiting on a street corner. You grumble in disgust and start walking.

When you arrive at the diner you look around and see two familiar faces eating bacon and eggs in a corner booth. Johnny Vinou and his younger brother James, two Greek brothers who were involved with union organisers who you could rely on to give you dirt on the rich people they hated.

How do you approach them?

Unfortunately.

An important realization has been made:

Vampires probably exist.

>>23090202
I imagine setting up some sort of building dating service would prove difficult, as they aren't very mobile

>>23090224
With a five spot in our hands.

>>23090224
with grace

>>23090213
Murder a journalist so we can cover the case as a journalist? I... what the fuck are you people doing here, babbling about ICP, magnets and all kinds of random shit?

>>23090224
"What is happening, friends? Have you any news?"

>>23090251
This.

>>23090261

"Pip pip, what be the tales today?"

>>23090224
Get a coffee and sit at the table right next to them, close enough that we can talk, but not so close that we're at the same table for everyone to see.

>>23090224
Shout over at them, "HEY, JOHNNY, GOT ANY MORE SCOOPS?!"

>>23090297
>>23090291
>>23090261
What the hell manner of speech be we going with for this character?

>>23090297
I'm just going to say no to that one, that's a terrible terrible idea.

>>23090224
"How fares the struggle, Union-men?"

>>23090238
>>23090224
Do you guys like Vampires?

>>23090324
Perfect.

>>23090224
Going with cash in hand as well.

>>23090224

Overwhelming charm.

We talk to literally everything. We've got to be pretty decent conversationalists. Half the people we meet have to be convinced we're their best friend inside of five minutes. Add the fact that these guys have a real axe to grind against the rich and we'll all be the best of chums in no time flat.

>>23090318

Clearly old cockney accented with Philippine flow.

>>23090324
Yesssss
This is precisely the level of dapper I want to go.

>>23090324
This, oh god this

>>23090224
"Good morning fellas, how has life been treating you?" Pay for part of their meal, like the coffee or something as you sit down with a cup of your own. Try and read the mood on how they are acting, seeing if they look angry or are more happy. Either way they are acting we could get a story about the union they are involved with, if it is making headway or not.

>>23090324
Alternatively "Word on the struggle, Union-men?"

>>23090318
We probably have traces of lingering accents from all over the globe leading to an accent that no one can place in the least, use phrases that haven't been in vogue for 100 years. Generally polite, urbane, and sounds like your favorite kindly grandpa.

>>23090318
I hope we usually are a sauve 30's, wheeling and dealing, but when we get angry out native original accent breaks out.

>>23090354
>>23090366

With a five spot apportioned to the right palm.

How did the German civil war end? Wouldn't we know, both as a German and a journalist?

>>23090401
Only if we make no comment as we do so, and never refer to it, or in fact acknowledge any statements about it.

>>23090406
Violently.

>>23090224
I would just walk to them a ask them. They should be interested to put dirt on people they hate. and if they are not i would offer them small cash.

>>23090406
Which civil war?

If you're referring the Big One with Prussia trying to unite everyone, pretty good. They got all the big German kingdoms apart from Austria, who were too strong to be bitch slapped into line.

>>23090224

"By blood and thunder, I demand, I DEMAND, NEWSSSSSSSS!"

>>23090447
I like the opening, but I feel we shouldn't go in that heavily.

"By blood and thunder! How fares the struggle, union-men?"

>>23090423
here, i am changing for this:

>>23090326
:D

"How fares the struggle, Union-men?" you ask with a wide smile as you seat yourself next to the younger brother, across the table from the other

"Well, well, If it isn't everyone's favourite propagandist," Johnny teases. Your relationship with them is quite good because of a time when you publicised the way manager at a rubber plant was ripping off his own workers.

"The struggle goes as it goes. Neverending," James says. The younger brother is the serious one. The boy lived, breathed and slept for the Cause, with a capital C. You've never actually heard him talk about anything else. A useful guy to know, but boring as hell.

"You hear about the Mayor's mansion? They're bringing waiting staff down from San Francisco for their big shindig tonight just because we got the waiters around here to actually grow a fucking spine."

>>23090464
>>23090447
Would we really want to be that blatant with an anarchism like that with people who are considered informants?

>>23090464

По кровь и гром, пришло время расти.

>>23090324
"Still making all workers of the world arise? All the oppressed of the earth? For justice thunders condemnation: would you say a better world's in birth?"

>>23090440
The one that was mentioned in the last quest, and that we tried to go all Merchants of War on

>>23090492
"A shindig, huh? What are they celebrating?"

>>23090492
High five one of them randomly, and walk away smiling.

>>23090492
Interesting. Would there be a spirit there? We could totally scope out and see if there was any... funny business.

>>23090492
"Ah, fuckin' fat cat. I'll be sure to call him on it in tomorrow's article. Got any idea what the plutocrats're celebrating? Other than their theft of the working man's pay, of course."

>>23090492
WELL LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO CRASH THE MAYOR'S PARTY

>>23090492

"Scabs?! What trouble. Who's the guest of honor? Some debutante?!"

>>23090492
"It's news to me, I applaud you and your efforts. Tell me my friends, what occasion does this very shindig celebrate? Where out of the city of Frisco did they obtain these wait staff?"

>>23090520
Hmm, this would be good to know.

>>23090492
"Well, that sounds right unfortunate. You planning on doing anything about it?"

Maybe offer to investigate the Mansion for them.

>>23090562
Also thissssss

>>23090575
Or the money for it.

>>23090492
"What time is this party going down? I could find a few words to say about this for you?" Just try to get more info about this party, also pay for the coffee for their words.

>>23090492

"Listen guys, you have to understand, there's a dark enchantment on the world draining creativity from the world.

This mayor, all the other mayors, Sims, are but symptoms."

>>23090607

"Only through a place in the far grimdark future called /tg/ can it be broken."

"P-A-R-T-WHY? BECAUSE I GOTTA!!''
For reals, lets crash that shit.

>>23090632
"We'll carry all our dreams, on a single beam of light."

>>23090492
"Scandalous, no doubt. Have you heard anything about a reason?"

>>23090642

What if the mayor's a sorcerer, or vampire?

>>23090663
Or a sorcerous vampire?

I think it's important to give such talkative lads room to vent. Just lead them along and try to sort the gold from the gravel.

>>23090683
>>23090663

Do you think we could get the spirit of George Washington to fight for us?

>>23090683
Or a Vampiric Sorcerer.

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>>23090683
>>23090707

>>23090707

From China with the talisman of the dragon.

>>23090492
i would ask them why are not they in work.

also, maybe we should get away before they make us promise them something.

>>23090700
The Great Liberator, strengthened from the admiration of an entire nation, shall ride atop an Ancient Reptillian Colossus from before this Age of Life began, to free once more a belagured people.

>>23090758
Well they can't make us promise them something.

You subtly try to pump them for more information about the party by lamenting the Mayor's use of scabs.

"Why? Some Texan oil man is coming into town, waving his money around for his own reasons no doubt. The mayor wants to suckle on that nipple so he's going all out. Fucking politicians. How can a man not even stay bought?" James wonders, recalling how the unions had backed the Mayor when the Mayor had run for the seat of County Judge.

"What about you, Gil? When are you going to stop writing for that piece of filth that calls itself a newspaper? You know what your boss' bosses are up to."

>>23090776
Rise now, General Washington, and Survey the land!

>>23090746
Legends say it grants awesome power, but must be soaked in blood daily, lest its owner be consumed by flame.

>>23090758
Because they're Union-men and are demanding better treatment, likely in the form of higher wages.

>>23090794
"I've got . . . reasons for doing what I do."

>>23090794
"All in due time my friend, all in due time."

>>23090794
"The day they stop printing my stories and paying my rent. I want to see what this party's really all about, though."

>>23090794

"As long as they publish the truth from my hand, it works out."

>>23090810

The blood of a child willingly given, and the blood of a kitten willingly taken.

>>23090794
"I have my reasons. I get to publish my stuff and do what I can. You can't fight every battle and win."

>>23090794
>You know what your boss' bosses are up to

"But they don't know what I'm up to"

Give them a cheery wink, make your good byes (maybe picking up their tab) and go see if we can't find out more about this Texan.

I really want to get out of this journalism game and into some serious underhanded business. We need to use our position as a journalist and our ability to commune with spirits in order to gain some position of power within the criminal and political spheres of Los Angeles.

>>23090794
"As soon as they stop signing my paychecks, my friends. For now, I'm just gonna continue trying to expose the truth from the inside. Get the word out, you know. Besides, this street we're on goes both ways. If I hear anything good, you know I'm more than willing to share."

>>23090794
"Times are lean for a freelancing journalist, my friend. Much like this gig'll be for those poor sods from San Fran. Do you have any contact with the Union up there? Did they sell out?"

>>23090878
The pen is mightier than the sword, friendo.

Plus, that puts us in the spotlight, and considering our history that ain't such a hot idea.

I need to head to bed, can hardly wait to see what comes of this Quest. Last action from me tonight.

"I have words to say about them too, it is just not yet time to." Smile as you say this.

>>23090794
"They get my word out. Also, they keep me in food and whiskey. Needs must when the devil drives, my friend."

The German Diaspora:

It's a fragile piece in Germany. The country was wrecked by war from 1927-1931, and the horrible turn that the world economy took after that has meant that things have only gone from bad to worse.

The German Diaspora has meant that there are more Germans living in other countries than there are Germans living in Germany. The old regime managed to defeat the revolutionaries but they're holding on to nothing but a hollow shell. If the Treaty of Versailles hadn't been enough to destroy Germany once and for all their internal strife was sure enough to end them as a power.

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>>23090794
What are my boss' bosses up to?

Also, i still want to get away, we can talk to important people and important building so why we keep talking to some greek loosers...

i would ask them wheter they consuder themsel week and in need of protection and if not, i would head to mayor office (talk to it)

>>23090794

"In the 41st millennium, when humanity lives on the knife's edge of a self-imposed dark age, my writings though distorted by age and agenda will inspire one Gideon Ravenor to embrace the one path that will save all of his hopes and dreams.

That's why."

I personally think that asking about the San Fran workers is our way in, because this dickish move concerns the Union both in L.A. and San Fran, and is our best way in so far.

>>23090956
Thanks Ellington.

>>23090794

"So find me an honest paper. Can't help writing for the only game in town.

In the meantime, you know anything else about this Texan?"

>>23091015

"Is he actually Chinese?"

>>23091037
"She was wounded and wild when he found her.

And his sorcery broke the chains of reality.

>>23090956
I had totally forgotten all about that man. Thanks for the reminder.

>>23091059

"The truth finally came in treason.

So wrong it's so slow just to fight."

>>23090956

Quickly man, become a Nazi propagandist!

Der Stürmer!

Have you considered writing this all up into a setting and distributing it? I'd love to run a campaign in this world, it's just so well done.

>>23091150
THIS

>>23091150
So unconventional. So wonderful.

"But they don't know what I'm up to," you reply to James. You convince him that your agenda has always beeny our own, which is of courset rue since you can't lie as such.

Johnny pipes up with what little he knows about the Texan, "Apparently his name is Roger Dantree, owns big ol' ranches all over Texas. Whatever reason he's come to town, I doubt it'll mean anything good for the rest of us."

>What are my boss' bosses up to?

It's common knowledge that Harry Chandler, the man who owns the L.A. Times and two dozen other big companies around the city, has hired mages to steal the water from Owens Valley and the residents of the valley have been complaining about it for years. There's even talk that the whole area might be left an arid wasteland in short time.

--

You pay for the cup of coffee you drank, pay for the two brothers' breakfasts and head out of the diner to figure out your next stop.

>Head to the Mayor's office to talk to their Press Secretary.
>Head to the L.A. Times.
>Head somewhere else.

>>23091198
Head back home to chat up Red.

>>23091198
Mayor's office~!

>>23091198
>Head to the Mayor's office to talk to their Press Secretary.

We can say our paper would be interested in covering their event.

>>23091182
>>23091160

We will speak, about the oppression the German people felt, at the hands of the vile and decadent French.

The proletariat shall rise!

>>23091198
>>Head to the L.A. Times.
see if any of our co-workers have heard of the party

>>23091198
Head over to Jimmy McMahon, the Irish legbreaker that works the local protection rackets. Word is his boss is in deep with the Mayor.

>>23091198
I say we head to the Times. Let's try to get a press pass for the party.

>>23091241
That's Russian propaganda.

>>23091240

I like this. Give us an official pretext for being there without having to sneak around.

>>23091198

He literally hired wizards to steal water?

JACURUTU!

We have to kill him.

>>23091198
See if you can find out more about this Roger fellow. Ask around at the Times, someone there is bound to know something.

>>23091198
Let's chat with the press secretary. We'll learn as much by what they avoid as what they actually say.

>>23091268

Actually, it was Nazi propaganda in the 1930s.

The Nazi party was the Labor Party.

The "National Socialist" party, in fact.

>>23091198
>Chandler
>hiring mages to steal water

Can be BE any more of a dick?

>>23091198
such a twist. thanks to my question we know that there are mages stealing water. we should get them to steal texans oil. epic win


as for the answer:
lets see mayors press secretary.

>>23091268
Actually up until Russia actually had their revolution people always figured Germany would go communist, considering they were the most industrialized country that wasn't stable.

>>23091336
They did go communist, in a way, just with a much more nationalist bent.

It was still highly anti-aristocratic there, one of the reasons the Jews were targeted: bankers, and insularly wealthy.

>>23091241
Ein Volk. Ein Reich. Ein Journalist.

>>23091372
>Germany
>Communist
Unless you're referring to the minor Communist uprisings that were quashed by the Freikorps, then nigga you just went full retard.

>>23091402
He's viewing 'communism' and 'socialism' as synonymous.

I am actually really liking the idea of going back to Germany and going all Hitler on that shit. Our homeland shall rise again!

>>23091417
>>23091402

I'm viewing them as coming from the same source.

Pro-worker, pro-proletariat, government-controlled salary and wage.

>>23091433
Back to the Old World, where near-diety creatures want to eat us.

Great idea, bub.

>>23091198
So, you say that our boss in infact exploiting the weak? You know, the very thing we've sworn an oath to stop?

Yeah, this needs further investigating. Find out more about this. Why is he stealing the water? Why Owens Valley? Who are the mages?

>>23091198
Let's pay a visit to the mayor's press secretary. This Dantree fellow has ties to the Mayor, but may only be tangentially related to Chandler. Let's try to get an understanding of the Mayor's business with a Texan oil tycoon before we start interacting with the LA times.

In any case, there's going to be a political link between Chandler, the Mayor, and the LAPD. Chandler wants the Owen River's water to allow greater development in the LA region. He's going to throw money to the LAPD/Mayor to facilitate that. Let's see what the Mayor's interest is before we start nosing around other players.

>>23091451
That's what we're doing, mein freund. We're trying to take him down from the inside. Subtle, ja?

recomend me a song on yt while we wait for OP to choose answear

>>23091450
No! NO!

We bring the ideals of the oppressed German people to the New World!

We defend the weak pushed under the thumb of unfair and exploitative treaty terms.

To the Workers will go America!

Sozialismus!

>>23091450
NOTHING SHALL STOP US FROM SAVING OUR HOMELAND!

>>23091520
>>23091514
WE MUST DEFEND THE WEAK, WE MUST BRING HOPE TO THE NEW WORLD!

>>23091451
1. We are going to have to deal with Chandler one way or another eventually. Let's try to find out more first.
2. He's a bastard through and through, our oath will require us to address him eventually.
3. LA was built in a desert; its own water resources could barely support a few hundred thousand people let alone a sprawling metropolis. In order to develop the area, Chandler needs more water.
3) The Owens Valley River is the most convenient source of water right now, short of the Colorado River.

Jesus Christ, I am getting really annoyed with this shit.

>>23091542

The social elite will tumble, and an union of spirit and journalism will take their place.

One man. One path to the Bund.

Alright we're a journalist who cannot lie, must defend the weak, and cannot break a promise.

We've basically set ourselves up as being Hunter S. Thompson/Spider Jerusalem. We've gotta go find dat Truth and tell it to the people because otherwise we're fucked.

You get a cab and head to the Town Hall.

You manage to get there about 15 minutes before people start competing to get out of there for lunch. You head to the Mayor's office and go to the Press Office.

You see a few other journalists hanging around, trying to find some angle to report on but since none of them are actually trying to get into the office it seems like you're the only one who knows something is going down tonight.

It's all about knowing the right questions to ask.

You knock on the door and step inside before you hear an answer. You don't have a lot of respect for the Mayor's mouth piece. The man is a slimy weasel. Sometimes you wonder if reincarnation isn't real because over your long life time you've met so many similar types so many times that you begin to wonder if some othem aren't the same man reborn.

This weasel, like every other weasel was susceptible to bullying. He was a minor mind mage and you'd once caught him trying to read your mind trying to find out who your source on a story was. You were so angry that you scared the crap out of him and since then he's been easy for you to pump for info.

You spot him, sitting behind his desk with his pretentious name on a little sign that says "Simon Bristol - Press Secretary."

Go on.

>>23091451
Hey Ellington, would I be thinking too much if I suggested that Ol' Gilbert see some kind of connection between the deliberate depopulation of a valley and the oily Texan who's come to party?

>>23091502
In keeping with the spirit of the thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuA9FoUpgoE

>>23091514
>>23091520
Why the flying fuck would we give a shit about Germany as it is now? We were born there in the 15th century, we probably spent more time in Korea or America than Germany. We've got bigger issues closer to home.

>>23091569
We're just goofying around while Ellington does his write up.

Ellington has a knack for telling good stories, he won't pick the dumb ideas

>>23091502
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg
(the recording is from '43, but the song first became popular in the '30s)

>>23091585
>Sometimes you wonder if reincarnation isn't real because over your long life time you've met so many similar types so many times that you begin to wonder if some othem aren't the same man reborn.

Dohohoho

>>23091581

Eheheheh, 1930s Germany is pretty entertaining.

If only they didn't turn out to be such dicks. Oh well.

>>23091596

Because Hitler's a Zombie Vampire Wizard, and we have to stop him by saving the German people through converting 1930s America to Naziism, then deposing Hitler and putting the ghost of George Washington in charge of the Axis.

Get it?

>>23091585
"Hello, Simon. How's my favorite piece of shit doing today? Actually, don't answer that. I'm a mind reader too, and I can see that you're a bit busier than you'd like to be. The Mayor's really got you worked, especially seeing what's happening tonight."

>>23091655
A wise guy eh?

>>23091585
Walk up to him, put on a smile.

"Hello there Simon. I heard the Mayor was throwing a soiree . My paper would surely be interested in covering such a prestigious event. So Simon, why don't you tell me what you know about it and get me a pass, this event could use some publicity, don't you think."

>>23091655
That's a stupid idea.

>>23091585
"How's it going Bristol? Don't bother answering, I don't care." Sit down in the chair opposite him and put our feet up. "I heard around town some talk about a big gala event honoring an outta towner. Heard it's tonight. My paper would really like a story on that, if you catch my drift? You get where I'm going with this? What I mean is, I want on the media list for this shin dig. And if it doesn't happen, I'm gonna put a bullet in your head." Pull out a cigarette and light it. "And if you think I'm just puffing you up, why don't you try reading my mind again, see if I'm bluffing?"

>>23091677

By the power of alternate history and the mighty spirit of Washington, yes.

>>23091585
tell me what you know or I make a building hate you and smack you with the doors.

seriously, is "he's been easy for you to pump for info" we can just use it. aks him when?, where? wh?y, about what? a who are the new waitreses and other personels. also, who is going to be there. simpli as much as we can. and sligthli more then other newsmans can

>>23091626
Hard Magic solved that problem the easy way. In the backstory, Hitler was executed (by firing squad) for treason after the Beer Hall Putsch.

>>23091689
I don't think we'd actually kill him, he's too useful a source. But if we say "And if it doesn't happen, you might get a bullet in the head." Not technically a lie, he could just end up with a bullet in his head from some random source.

Though we don't need to go straight for threats on his life yet.

>>23091698
LEARN TO FUCKING TYPE OUT A COHERENT SENTENCE!

>>23091701

You know the actual humor?

Modern media would actually view 1930s Germany and Hitler as the good guys.

Up until the unsavoriness of the war.

>>23091585
"Simon Bristol, just the man I was looking for. I was wondering why I hadn't seen you in so long, but I guess you've had your hands full organizing this little shinding you're having?"

>>23091716
Agreed, it should be more vague.

"I want to be one of the media covering this soiree. And hey, if I'm not, who knows what might happen? I mean, this is a pretty violent city lately. And then there are always accidents happening all over the place, what with breaks failing and elevator cable's snapping and people accidentally getting shot six time while cleaning their piece."

>>23091751
He's already scared of us, if he starts holding out on us we can threaten him, but we don't need to do anything out of the ordinary to pump him for information.

>>23091585

"I WILL BRING ODIN'S TREE OF LIFE UPON YOUR KNEE CAPS IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHICH SORCEROUS ADEPTS AND MAGICAL PROFLIGACIES ARE ATTENDING THIS PARTY!"

Get some alone time, ask the building about relevant meetings.

>>23091765
I'm trying to set up some actual personality for this character of ours. Duke had character right from the get-go. Right now, this guy's a blank slate. If we just go from A to B without any characterization, this shit is going to get boring real fast.

>>23091782
How about saving the 15th century German blunderbuss for when we're actually angry?

Let's stick with being a cool cat for now.

>>23091784
We could do that after we get out of this meeting. Head into a quiet bathroom. Or janitor's closet or something.

>>23091585
"Hello, Simon. Glad to see you're still doing your part for the administration of our fair city. Anyway, I'm going to need a press pass to that swell shindig tonight. You're going to give me one. Otherwise, the spirit of my shoes and the spirit of your nutsack are going to have a swift seance, if you catch my drift."

>>23091765
Look, a journalist doesn't go around threatening people, much less those who can influence whether he gets to cover the next ten events or not. Not like that. He implies the divulging of embarassing secrets, but threatening someone's life?

>>23091782
"I WILL LEAVE AN OMINOUS BIRD OF YORE RENDING YOUR SOUL FOR ENDLESS EONS IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME THE WHOLESOME BIOGRAPHY OF THIS TEXAN GUEST SO HELP ME ATLANTIS!"

>>23091735
A LOT of the media DID view Hitler as A good guy at the time. Dude pulled Germany out of a depression that made the one the US was in look like a fugging economic boom. It wasn't until he started invading people left and right that they started to view him otherwise.

>>23091837
Heh, I just find the leftward bent of certain media a little humorous compared to history of people and goals it has supported.

>>23091798
But right now we're fishing. Floating on the surface, looking down to see if there's anything to catch. Once we've got a mission we have plenty of time to express ourselves through action along with words.

>>23091819

"While you ponder weak and weary, every night a rest denied, a rapping tapping at your skull, you will bleakly remember the first December you failed to give me my scoop."

>All of these allcaps yelling shit-talkers

What the shit? WHo let in the 9 year olds?

>>23091898
You did, merely this, and nothing more.

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>Oh man, we can totally be a suave hard hitting journal-
>>23091836
>>23091819
>>23091896
>>23091782
>>23091655
>Welp, this is over before it even began.

With a mixture of cajoling and sheer overwhelming contempt, you get your questions across to Simon and he's more willing to divulge information. The thing Simon's most afraid of isn't physical violence so much as a terror of seeing a story on the front page of the paper that reads "MAYOR STAFFER INVADES MINDS ON THE MAYOR'S ORDERS".

Other factions with more than a little power would have him killed in case he had somehow figured out their secrets during meetings with the Mayor.

"I can't say I know much about this Dantree cowboy," he holds up his hands before you can say anything else "I mean it, I'm not messing you around, the guy's a bit of a mystery. He's a player in Texas and I have no idea what he's doing here. The Mayor's been talking to him on the phone every day for a few weeks now. When they announce something you'll be the first to know."

"You're welcome to come tonight if you want. Since your paper's already sending someone from the Social Pages, it's no big deal for me to add you to the list as well. Formal wear only."

"Anything else?" he asks almost pleadingly. Just being in your company makes him aware of his mortality.

Look, Ellington is the one who has to read through all this off-topic bullshit. Now if your mind isn't going to involve itself with making this quest fun for everyone involved, and would rather talk about magnets, Edgar Allan Poe and the history of the Nazi Party, then why do you have to do it in this thread of all places?

>>23091971

Speaking of which, do we know any Vampire factions?

>>23091971
"Doing great so far. Any chance you have a guestlist to share with the free press?"

>>23091971
>Anything else?

Nope, just make sure to keep your fingers outta my pan, and we're good.

Now before the party starts, let's ask the building a few questions:

>Meetings with Dantree
>Meetings in general
>Any strange goings-ons
>Etc

Welcome back, Ellington, my god I missed your work.

>>23091971
"I don't know, Simple Simon, is there anything else? Water, corruption, Hopi Lizard Cults..."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef01157020df2e970b-pi

>>23091974

For the eyes have seen, all the demons in his dreams, and by the Thracian sun, it is not just me.

>>23092049
http://io9.com/5471611/a-1934-map-of-the-secret-lizard-city-under-los-angeles

Better website

>>23091971
"You're doing okay so far Simon.

So have you 'heard' any interesting rumors floating around this place? You know anything else interesting about this party?"

>>23091971
Lean on him for a guest list. We need to know if any other power players in LA are going to be there.

>>23092035
Do this. This guy has good ideas.

>>23092035
You think the building gives a damn about the dozens of people that the Mayor meet daily? Just imagine how boring that'd be.

>>23091971
"Thanks for the invite."

Do we have any contacts down Texas way?

>>23091971
Well I mean of course we're going.

Now about this mindreading, can we read minds?

If not why not?

>>23091971
ok. time for lunch. and after lunch we can look for some mages capable of stealing water. do we have where to start from?

>>23092057
Yes it is! Yes it is! No! No!

>>23092088
Still, if there's murders in the basement, or smuggling out the back...

>>23092088
You think the building has any more important shit to do?

>>23092088

Hey, you don't know the building, he could like that sort of stuff.

ALTHOUGH.

The telephone lines probably have a spirit!

YES!

Now this is where we should have brought a magnet to help us.

In anycase, talk to the spirit of the telephone lines.

>>23092119
I think it'd rather spend its time chasing rats in the walls than pay attention to older men in suits discussing how they can make more money. As for identifying who's who among these almost identical pricks...

>>23092119
It's LA. It might have a script or trying to be an actor.

>>23091971
"Think you could 'lose' a guestlist right now?"

After we're done with him, lets try to ask the local spirits (not just the building's, but also maybe those near the mayor's office like his reception area, etc) what they know about the Mayor's recent activities.

After, we should leave the Mayor's office and go check in with our colleagues at the LA times.

>>23092131
The telephone. Someone had to overhear those calls.

>>23092141
We're not asking the building to identify the pricks at a lineup. We're asking if it has heard anything strange.

Do we have to vocalize when talking to spirits, or can we communicate nonverbally?

>>23092169

Spirit sign-language?

Could be good to develop some.

>>23092145
Well, it's a Mayor's office. It's probably in on the whole thing, just so it can look down on the rest of the town's infrastructure.

>>23091974
Your body need not enjoy, what your spirit truly does. And the spirit of all may not rot its ghost upon the floor.

>>23092183
how would building sign back?

>>23092221
I doubt the buildings literally speak when we listen to them.

>>23092221

Fucking. Magnets.

>>23092221
You'd be surprised.

>>23092221
Or differentiate it from the usual handwaving of mortal men?

>>23092233

That's if we can't just psychomagictalk to stuff.

And hope the weaselly telepath doesn't overhear.

>>23092185
Bet that prick looks down on all those Frank Wright thigns that have been going up.

With a sigh that revealed no surprise, Simon handed over a copy of the guestlist but demanded that you only read it here because he needed it.

Other than the usual bunch of rich socialites that usually turn up at these things, the only other name of note was on you recognised as a rather high up executive from MGM studios. You winced at the sight of that name. The man was inordinately talented for someone who was still in his first life time and he'd been able to sense that there were hidden depths to you. You'd tried to stay out of his view since then. The last thing you needed was some ambitious young p up with more power than sense poking around into your past. And with your inabilitiy to lie, getting into word games suspicious, intelligent people was a rather dangerous thing.

As you hand it back to him you, get up and don't even bother saying goodbye. You've got no time for weasels.

You head to the nearest toilet so you can have somewhere quiet to talk to the spirit of the Town Hall. You do have to vocalise your communication with spirits. It's a rather arrogant spirit, calls itself Palace. You've been in real palaces and this building was no such thing but you indulged its vanity whenever you needed to talk to it.

What do you want specifically from it?

>>23092221
Same way Danny The Street does in DC comics: You just so happen to overhear some snippets of conversation that, when combined, are your answer.

>>23092271
Ask if it's heard anything strange, like about the water mages or the Texas Oil baron.

>>23092271
>word games WITH

Sorry about all the typos and missing words today. In typing fast and trying to respond in a timely manner, things get lost.

>>23092271
Ask it what it's overheard in the Mayor's office lately. Play to its pride and flatter it a little.

>>23092271

Has it heard the mayor's telephone calls with this Texan?

And also, do we know if telephone wires have such spirits?

Like, the outside telephone pole could be quite convenient.

Or a tree overhanging the wires.

>>23092313
Yeah, this.

>>23092271
As much information as we can get. Don't trade it any favors, but just ask about anything that springs to mind. Cults, corruption, illegal water transfers, that Texan oil man, how the Mayor thinks he'll crack down on the Workers next.

>>23092291
Or Lizard Cults.

>>23092271
Butter it up a bit. Ask if it's seen anything weird lately, then ask if it knows what's been going on in the Mayor's office, ask if he's a skilled and powerful enough spirit to listen in on the Mayor's phone conversations, it won't want to seem weak or anything so it'll tell us more about that. Use its pride to our benefit.

>>23092333
Wire spirits are idiots who only hum no matter how much you talk to them. Alll they do is hum. Hum. Hummmmmm.

Assholes.

>>23092307

The leaves were long, the grass was green.

>>23092271
Well, if it's a Southern Mayor's Mansion, and stuck up, it's probably stupid, so why not stroke its ego a bit, say you've heard it's gonna be the place for a real humdinger of a party with all the important people attending. Hell, you bet there's been people going in and out on all kinds of important business the last few weeks!

>>23092271
good start is what does IT wants. that is can be more that willing to give me info that I dont even get an idea asking for

>>23092372

Well, I'm not sure I'd call them "idiots", just learn to speak their language.

With a magnet.

>>23092372
Weave the hum of the wires into a beautiful tune of unending choral glory. Film producer? Nay. We will be a MUSIC PRODUCER!