Children of the Seed: Scene 2

Children of the Seed

Scene 2: Look Out! Old Secrets and New!

The PCs reach Grandma's house without incident. She lets them in, but wastes as much time as possible by asking "So, is this your girlfriend?" of her grandson repeatedly, concentrating on Kiku, Kunikida's daughter (but pretty much any female PC will do). Once the PCs extricate themselves they can go search Yaegashi's old room, which Grandma has thoughtfully kept exactly the way he used to keep it. Grandma keeps showing up to bring the characters tea, tell the chosen girl what a catch Umeo is, and so on.

They find an old computer program, which Jun can get working with a little effort. It starts to run, and shows a perky, 15-year-old Momiji. "Hi! I'm Momiji! Which animal is on my underwear today!" A sequence of panties flash by before the mystified PCs until it settles on "Rhino Panties!!!". Before this can result in violence, a grenade crashes in through the window.

On Location

Mrs. Yaegashi's house is a large, two-story house with lots of rice-paper walls in the Tokyo suburbs. Yoshiki's old room has lots of computer books, computer parts, disks/CDROMs/optical storage/tape cartridges, etc.

Twelve Professional Terrorists, the Green Front

These are professional German terrorists deeply committed to the Green cause. They use good tactics and discipline. Their goal is to eliminate the PCs and neutralize any anti-Aragami threat.

Unnamed Terrorists
Sample Dialogue: "Achtung! Halt! Feuer!!!"
Attributes: Bod 7, Chi 1, Mind 5, Ref 6
Skills: Guns 8, MA 8
Weapons: H&K MP5 (10/5/30), Grenade (13)

Wolfgang Bauer, Terrorist Leader

Wolfgang is a veteran of several German terrorist organizations. He is a stone killer, and his philosophy justifies immediate violent action if it suits his version of the greater good. He opens with the shotgun, switches to BGB when pressed, and escapes if all his mooks are disabled.

Wolfgang Bauer
Sample Dialogue: "Komm out! Give us the disk! You vill cooperate or be eliminated."
Attributes: Bod 8, Chi 2, Mind 6, Ref 8
Skills: Guns 15, Sabotage 12, MA 12, Drive 13
Weapons: Desert Eagle x2 (12/3/9+1), Benelli M3 shotgun (13/5/7)
Schticks: Both Guns Blazing x5 (AV +2, Damage 24 - 2xTGH + Outcome)

Grandma Yaegashi, Japanese Grandmother

Grandma doesn't like her house getting torn up. She's gunning for Umeo to get married as soon as possible. She is very nice and very pushy.

Grandma Yaegashi
Sample Dialogue: "You boys! Not so rough in the house!"
Attributes: Bod 5, Chi 3, Mind 4, Ref 6
Skills: MA 10, Cooking 12, Persistent Matchmaking 16
Weapons: Broom 7, Rolling Pin 8, Random Household Objects 6

Neat Things That Could Happen

Computer monitors make nice popping noises when applied to people's heads.
Lots of computer media is usable as thrown weapons, or can be confused with "the" diskette.
People can get whacked through rice paper interior walls.
Grandma can go all Bruce Lee on the mooks.
Grandma can get endangered and held captive by Wolfgang.
Grandma can heckle Umeo about getting a girlfriend.
Wolfgang can drop a flash-bang and escape out a window to his waiting getaway car.

Finding the Bad Guys

The PCs can follow Wolfgang, if he escapes. He will high-tail it to the secret lab. The computer program from the disk (if accessed at the house or in transit) says that the Aragami are asleep, but being awakened by some external force. It gives a location in an underground lab belonging to the Daizan Corporation, and shows a very large disturbance happening very, very soon. It also locates the missing ex-TAC members inside the cherry tree in the park! The authorities, if contacted, "can't move without hard evidence" against Daizan Labs. Naturally it's up to the characters to stop this threat.