Children of the Seed: Scene 4

Children of the Seed

Scene 4: Final Showdown! Japan in Peril!

The beetle Aragami rampages through the streets of Tokyo as it streaks towards the cherry tree. SDF forces try to help, but to no avail. At the park perimeter they have tanks, bazookas, and more; but their weapons are ineffectual.

Beetle Aragami

Like a number of other Aragami, this creature is not intelligent per se but has a good degree of animal cunning. It is following a vague instinct to dig Susano-Oh out of the cherry tree, and it will not relent unless killed. Damage will distract it for a little bit, but it will resume its original course at inopportune times.

Kabutomushi, Beetle Aragami
Sample Quote: Crunching of buildings, smashing of cars…
Attributes: Bod 15, Chi 2 (Mag 15), Mind 1, Ref 8
Skills: Creature Powers 15, Martial Arts 14
Weapons: Horns (23), Trample (17), Gas Eruption (18)
Schticks: Abysmal Spines x4, Armor x4, Damage Immunity (normal bullets), Foul Spew (acidic beetle gas, takes 6 shots but covers an entire street)

Self Defense Force Soldiers

These brave soldiers shoot all their ordinance at the Aragami to no avail. They try to jump out of their tanks before they are melted by the acidic gas or stomped into scrap by the huge monster. Many twist dials on their little radios madly, yelling "The monster is approaching the city!"

Unnamed Soldiers
Sample Quote: "Dame da! (It's no good!)"
Attributes: Bod 7, Chi 0, Mind 4, Ref 6
Skills: Guns 8, Martial Arts 7
Weapons: A little bit of everything

Neat Things That Could Happen

All your usual car chase options, complicated by tanks, choppers, and large explosions from overzealous SDF soldiers.
Japanese schoolchildren galore! They can be the "of romantic interest to a PC" type or the "standing about looking this monster up in their monster identification guide" type. (Is it Mothra? No, its wings are too small! Is it…Eeeek!)
Collapsing buildings! Severed power lines! Tossed buses! All the giant rampaging-monster staples.

The Climax

If the players don't stop the beetle and it tears down the cherry tree (which takes a while, it's a big tree) the gamemaster has several options. Maybe Susanoh-Oh is reawakened and angry, and this adventure leads into Blue Seed II: The Armageddon. Maybe Kaede appears first and gets speared by the beetle, and her touching, poignant sacrifice puts Kabutomushi (and all other Aragami) to sleep again.

Hopefully, the players unleash hardcore on the bug and put it out of their misery. Once the mitama breaks, there is a soft blue glow and the missing TAC appear on the grass before the cherry tree, sleeping peacefully. PCs present imagine they briefly see the face of a smiling god in the cherry blossoms of the great tree.

The PCs are declared heroes by the mayor (or his replacement), and are asked to head up a newly reactivated TAC reserve force to help protect Japan in times of supernatural peril!