The Chronicles of Ceteri – A-Team – S00E07 – Silent as the Dead, Part Ii

Dramatic Personae

Back to School
Al MacLannageal, Annie Murphy, & Dr. Frankie Novella
East Boston High School
Thursday, April 29th, 1999, 12:00 pm
86 White St East Boston, MA 02128

The first blip on the map is at (of all places) a high school. Annie poses as a would-be student and audits several classes as she follows the map, which eventually leads her to one of the students at East Boston, Regina Bolte. Meanwhile, Al and Frankie are being lead around the school on a tour by the principle who assures them that they do not discriminate against any “race, creed, religion, or . . . ahh . . . sexual orientation.” (Note: at this point in the game there was so much laughter as one of my players played this to the hilt that nothing got done for almost a hour.)

Frankie, noticing the janitor acting odd follows him as he meanders about and they both end up in one of the girl’s bathroom. Inside is a pregnant student smoking, when the janitor’s “mask” slips, Frankie hears a ticking sound (like a clock) and knows what he’s facing: an aswang. Clearing his throat he stares at the janitor who looks backward and forward form him to the girl and then rushes out of the school. Frankie watches it leave to make sure it goes. Meanwhile, Al stops at a room where a teacher is lecturing about the Roman centurion and grows quietly enraged as the teacher glosses over the real history for something more “preachy.”

Entering the classroom he proceeds to give a lecture (with the historical replicas on one of the “show carts”) that inspires, awes, and nurtures the curiosity of all involved. The principal asks Al if he’s available as a substitute and brings him back to the office and offers him a contract as a substitute with the option to become a member of their staff if he can get a teaching degree.

In the meantime, Annie has “made friends” with Regina and has managed to snatch the CD from her walk-man before she could play it asking a bunch of questions in the meantime. Regina reveals that it’s from a hot new DJ who calls herself “DJ KaBoomKitty.” Regina, though she considers herself a social pariah enjoys a good party and saw her last show the night before and bought the CD there. Annie returns the disc when she makes sure that it has no magic. Annie opts to stay at the school and continue her “audit” with Regina (to gather more information) and Al and Frankie get the map back from Annie and track down two more CDs (one has no magic like Regina’s and the other has “trace”).

Ka-bOOm kITTEh
Al-Shams “Al” MacLannageal & Dr. Francesco “Frankie” Novella
Building Construction SiteThursday, April 29th, 1999, 2:00 pm
234 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02114

While tracking down the second CD at a local construction site (a concrete pourer went to DJ KaBoomKitty’s show the previous night) Al, Ronan, and Frankie are attacked by a small group of five ogres. Both Frankie and Al are knocked half way cross the unfinished floor and Ronan’s head is squished as a ogre slings a piece of concrete connected to another piece by a rebar like a club. Ronan, being a spirit creature dissipates and reforms at his skull (back at East Boston High School) leaving Al and Frankie to take on the ogres. Both men kip up and Al draws his revolver putting three bullets in one ogre dropping it thanks to “the Works¹” ammo that Ronan outfitted everyone with.

Frankie does the same but puts a bullet in the leg of two different ogres and kills them thanks to the iron. With only two ogres remaining, the two men keep their distance and finish them off with rebar and slamming their heads together. One dies with a chunk of steal in its head and the other lay unconscious.