OOC -FEATURED GAME: March 09 &10, 2012 - San Antonio!!!

FEATURED GAME: March 09 &10, 2012 - San Antonio!!!


Domain Coordinator: Melissa Wabler
Email Address: godise@gmail.com


Domain Storyteller: Ryan Knight
Email Address: seven.turning.mirrors@gmail.com


Requiem Storyteller: Travis Kearns
Email Address: mr.none.of.the.above@gmail.com


Awakening Storyteller: Jon Fuller
Email Address: fullerjj@gmail.com


Schedule:


Friday, March 09, 2012
8pm-12amish – Combat Gumbies for the Greater Good: San Antonio's First Annual Charity Blood Bath - $10 Buy in. Not apart of Global Chronicle. Build a character to survive a PVP death match/arena tournament. No concept needed. 250XP – Bring your Cheese! Anything that regional can approve is allowed.  


Saturday, March 10, 2012
11am – Check-In opens
1-6pm – Awakening
6-9pm – Social/Hospitality BBQ (Requiem Check-In at 8pm)
9-2am – Requiem






Storytelling Particulars:


Requiem:
Approvals: I would like players to either e-mail me a copy or bring a physical copy of "approvals with mechanics" or particularly strange approvals, with all pertinent data, prior to game.
Proxies: I allow proxies when there is a body willing to play the character. I don't care how this is achieved. If you want to hire a hooker or something to stand and move around as your character, that is ok. I do not want to run your character. The hooker idea would probably be expensive. Teaser will come later, closer to the date of the event.


Requiem TEASER!:


(Below is an IC letter)


Tuesday, February 07, 2012


Kindred of the Region,


The world we exist in is changing. As human innovation surges forward, the Masquerade is becoming more and more difficult to maintain and defend. In these modern nights, nearly every mortal carries a camera, technologies are  integrated with the internet, and the risk we run of exposing our true natures is high. The issue has been brought before the council of our city, the Senate has agreed that need is great. So great that I wish to invite, on the behalf of  San Antonio, Kindred of every stripe to come to our city and discuss how we can best move forward.


We wish to discuss the Masquerade to help maintain and protect our society, with a focus toward strategies, alternative possibilities, and different approaches to maintaining this Tradition, and the necessity for new laws to protect all  of our kind. Icordially invites all members of each covenant, and the kindred of the South Central region, in general, to attend this Summit, whether you be neonate or respected elder, as this is an issue that affects each and every one of us. 


I extend an invitation to any kindred who wishes to contribute his or her ideas, to come forward for the Summit and to present to the Kindred gathered. We will hold this event on the evening of Saturday, March 10th, . Please contact  the Seneschal, Mr. Alexander Shaw (Mr.none.of.the.above@gmail.com), if you would like time set aside speak at his event, or come and take part.


Times are changing, and in order to preserve our existence, we must take a proactive approach to adapting the Masquerade to these changes. This Summit will be but the first step in assuring our continued dominion over the flock, allowing us to remain safe and prosper in the days to come. I hope to see all of you very soon.


Sum Sanctus,
Esther L. Wright
Prince Of San Antonio
Lancea Sanctum


OOC:
Player contact information:
Requiem VST (and IC Seneschal): Travis Kearns, Mr.None.of.the.above@gmail.com
Domain Coordinator: Melissa Wabler, godise@gmail.com
Check-in starts at 8PM, Game: 9PM till 2AM. Primarily a political game, but there will be plenty of Plot available!


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Awakening:


TEASER!:
San Antonio is falling apart.

Some... "thing" has weakened the barriers between the planes.  Creatures, the likes of which have never been seen in this reality, have begun to appear, take root, and multiply with an alarming rate of speed.  The arrivals of these entities have caused wearing on the very landscape of the Shadow, and they have knocked Server One, the Father-Spirit of San Antonio, Offline.

San Antonio was once a stronghold for the Mysterium, with secrets guarded carefully by the Guardians of the Veil, and order imposed by the Adamantine Arrow.  This is no longer the case.  With such a high risk, San Antonio can no longer be claimed as home by the Awakened.  Though the Mages of the city have tried to hold them at bay, the strange creatures have begun to change...

They are more aggressive.  They are more intelligent.  They are more coordinated.

They are Evolving. 

And they are not alone.

One of the City's secrets has been uncovered, a mysterious and powerful figure, known as The Witness, whose task it has been to protect the city from extra-planar threats.  One Mage, an arrogant young Mastigos, has gone to other realms in search of a solution, in order to take up the mantle of The Witness and save the City from destruction.  Beset on all sides, his allies in the fledgeling San Antonio Consilium must fight for their own survival and find a way to bring him home. 

They need YOUR help to succeed.

Come be a part of San Antonio's Magical History.  Come and change the world.  Come and be a part of the Mage: The Awakening Featured Game, March 10, 2012.

San Antonio Depends On It.



*Email Jon Fuller, Venue ST at fullerjj@gmail.com for more details, IC hooks, or questions about Approvals (Cross Venue, Imbued Items, Legacies, Relics, etc.).
*Please Email a copy of your character sheet and xp log for faster check-in and approval.
*Werewolves welcome!  Your Uratha, if acting in the spirit of cooperation to save the Shadow, could help San Antonio prepare to open the Forsaken Venue! 








Site Fee:


Site Fee: $5 per game or $8 for both.
Charity: $10 Character Buy-in.






Location/Directions: 
2343 N.W. Military Highway, San Antonio, Texas 78231 Turtle Creek Bridge Club - Map






Charities:


Combat Gumbies for the Greater Good: San Antonio's 1st Annual Charity Blood Bath


March 9th, 2012. 8pm-12amish.


Test your combat gumbie might, win fabulous prizes and bragging rights! Using cam rules and addendum (ignore approval levels, you can use any sanctioned book material, so long as it's legal for the character type) with 250XP, build a Vampire the Requiem character, and join the tournament. Each character will be put in a tournament bracket, only the winner will survive. Let your inner combat gumbie out. $10 Buy-in.








Game Afters/Socials: 
A Potluck Social/Hospitality BBQ will take place on March 10th, at 6-9pm, in between Awakening and Requiem, at game site.
Afters will be held at Jim's Restaurants - 8427 Broadway Street San Antonio TX 78209 - Map
http://www.jimsrestaurants.com/






Snacks and Beverages:




Cat's Eye Lounge Menu:
Likely beverages: Water ($1), Sodas (Diet, Zero, etc are available too)(75¢), Bawls($TBA)
Likely snacks: Chips, Cookies (snack-pack bags), Candy (assorted)(50¢)






Lodging:


Homegate Studios & Suites
11221 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78216-3119
(Double Bed Rooms $59+tax. King Bed Rooms $54+tax)
            (210) 342-4800 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (210) 342-4800      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       ‎ http://www.homegatesuitessa.com/index.html




Super 8 San Antonio Airport
11355 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78216
(Double or Single Rooms $59.99+tax, $10 per additional adult in room)
            (210) 342-8488 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (210) 342-8488      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       http://www.super8sanantonioairport.com/




Baymont Inn and Suites San Antonio/Wurzbach
9542 I-10 West, San Antonio, TX 78230
(Double Bed Rooms $75+tax, King Bed Rooms $81+tax)
            (210) 593-0338 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (210) 593-0338      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       http://www.baymontinns.com




Aloft San Antonio Airport
838 Northwest Interstate 410 Loop Frontage Road, San Antonio, TX 78216
(Double Bed Rooms $134+tax, King Bed Rooms $124+tax)
            (210) 541-8881 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (210) 541-8881      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       ‎ http://www.starwoodhotels.com






Local Cammies with crash space:




Kyle Broekers
Has room for 4-6 people
1983 Oakwell Farms Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78218
            (979) 676-2780 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (979) 676-2780      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      




Melissa Wabler
Has room for 3 people
7828 Pecan Heights, San Antonio, TX 78244
            (956) 459-6325 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (956) 459-6325      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      






Smoking Ordinances: 
Smoking is limited to the back area of the Club. Smoking outside while IC is allowed however, if there are others within the same scene who can not be around smoke for one reason or another, we ask that smokers use their PC's travel time wisely or wait until after the scene is over. Please show respect to our fellow Cammies. There will be buckets provided for cigarette ends. Please do not litter. We would like to keep our good reputation with the site owner.




Nearby Shopping:


Within a mile from site:
H-E-B @ 2450 Farm to Market 1535 San Antonio, Texas 78231
Northwest Food Mart @ 2332 NW Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78213
Walgreens @ 10411 West Avenue San Antonio, TX 78213
CVS @ 6915 West Avenue Castle Hills, TX 78213
Anytime Fitness @ 11799 West Avenue San Antonio, TX 78216
Phil Hardberger Park @ 13203 Blanco Road, 78230 Open from 7:30 am to Sunset
Monster Mini Golf @ 2267 NW Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78213






Restaurants/Dining:


Within a mile from site:
Whataburger @ 2321 Northwest Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78231
Sarita's Restaurant‎ @ 2235 Lockhill Selma Road San Antonio, TX 78231
Phoenix Chinese Cafe @ 11821 West Avenue San Antonio, TX 78216-2533
Papa John's @ 2354 NW Military Highway San Antonio, TX 78231
Jack in the Box @ 2299 NW Military Highway Castle Hills, TX 78213
Baskin Robbins @ 12730 NW Military Highway #102 San Antonio, TX 78231
Subway @ 11615 West Avenue San Antonio, TX 78213
Starbucks @ 8055 West Avenue San Antonio, TX 78213

Promising Sweets Manufacturer Folds

Owner Found Dead in Piles of Product


Kate Rhinehart
Associated Press Writer


SAN ANTONIO - A very promising new business folded this month after suffering from either a targeted attack, or the worst case of bad luck ever seen. Sweet Stuff Incorporated, a company founded by eccentric entrepreneur Lawrence Brusco, suffered devastating losses in the month of December when a series of events crippled their ability to do business in San Antonio.


The company suffered from not one, not even two, but four separate cases of what even a well established business would call a nightmare. The issues began as minor, and quickly escalated. There was a shooting at a local HEB distribution plant. It may have been considered entirely unconnected has a factory supply Sweet Stuff Inc’s new revolutionary artificial sweetener not also been destroyed later that evening. SWAT was called out to the area, and the building was leveled by a large explosion. There were several guards
found dead inside.


Bad enough, but later that evening the company suffered a gruesome break in. Critical
files were stolen from an office, and a secretary brutally murdered in the process. SWAT
was not able to apprehend any suspects.


The death blow came the next morning when the company was informed that its license
to practice business in the Greater San Antonio area had been revoked, due to problems found with the product. Sweet Stuff Incorporated filed for bankruptcy later that week.


Unfortunately, like most of these stories, this one quickly turns from sad to utterly tragic. Lawrence Brisco’s family came from oil money, but Mr. Brisco was always considered the black sheep. Mr. Brisco had come to San Antonio to make his own way in the world and seemed to have struck a new kind of gold when he discovered the revolutionary new sweetener. His company exploded overnight, and the sweetener was  rolled out in hundreds of products across the city. But when all the sweetener had to be recalled, and  business were insisting on refunds, Mr. Brisco had neither the money, nor the fortitude to overcome
his colossal failure.


He disappeared for three days. Family and friends were hectic, as his mental state had been far from sound before his disappearance. On Tuesday the 27th, he was found dead in a huge mound of the recalled artificial
sweetener. He had apparently been there the whole time, buried under the product. He drowned
in his own failure.

There is no evidence of foul play in the death of the man, as he was known to be very eccentric.
Sources say that its believed that he intentionally suffocated himself with the powered product
sometime late Christmas Day. The family is refusing further comment.

Violence Rises in SA

  Gangs and mystery cults- SAPD under suspicion

of cover up operation

Flames engulf a factory Satuday night. several guards were found dead inside the blaze

Valerie Strong
San Antonio Gazette - Staff Writer


SAN ANTONIO - Violence has skyrocketed in the month of December, to rather alarming levels. Citizens
are frightened to leave their homes, and even businesses are not immune to the havoc that the encroaching gangs and alleged cults are playing on the city.


11 bodies were found gunned down early Sunday, the 4th. Police reports indicate that all the victims were gang members, and that no bystanders were injured. It is unknown at this time who took down all 11 members, or what the motive may have been, but the police are writing it off as a turf dispute. Local members of the community are accusing police of ignoring the facts, insisting the gang was on their home turf, and that the police were dismissing important warning signs.


Accusations of police incompetency came raging back to the  forefront of the public mind when more violence erupted on Saturday, December 17th.


Local businesses were targeted this time, in an attack that almost seemed in line with terrorism. SWAT was called out to several different locations over the course of the night and people
encouraged not to leave their homes.


There was a shooting at both a HEB distribution center and a local vegan restaurant, a break in at a local office building where important files were stolen and one woman was brutally
murdered, raped with office supplies, and partially eaten, and finally, a factory building was completely destroyed and
all the guards killed when someone tampered with a gas main. In all of the death and destruction, not one suspect has been arrested, and there is reportedly almost no available evidence.


SAPD has issued a statement stating the violence was caused by
a doomsday cult operations out of a small town in the south.


People are beginning to fear for their safety, and are reticent to leave their homes. Critics are calling foul on the San Antonio Police Department, with arguments that not all these crimes fit the MO of a gang or a cult- even one as violent as the Mexican Mafia, or as unhinged as a doomsday group. Even the most conservative
members of the community are beginning to believe the cover up
conspiracy, and are questioning who the SAPD are really trying to protect and serve, the people of San Antonio, or the criminals?


A cover up is, however, unlikely. People just don’t want to be afraid, and this new cult is terrifying with the damage and mayhem they have already caused. But without public opinion on their side, the SAPD may not be equipped to handle the new threat, and more lives may be lost in the coming weeks.

Conspiracy theorists cry aliens!

Strange lights cause local conspiracy theorists to cry aliens! (V)
By: Tammy Kendall


A colorful burst of light in the night sky over Comanche Hill, akin to the Aurora Borealis, was reported early Sunday morning. Meteorologists responded by noting that, with the increase in humidity, lightning storms can mimic the appearance of magnetic storms, and that the phenomenon is most assuredly not due to alien activity.


This has not, however, discouraged locals from setting up telescopes to catch another “alien sighting”.

Black Swan Inn Reopens

Damage caused by recent gang violence repaired (V)

By: Jim Smith


The Black Swan Inn has completed renovations, and is reopening at the end of this week.
The famous inn was shut down recently after gang violence erupted one weekend. Sources say that a group of ghost hunters, in town for the convention, ran afoul of a local gang while investigating the Inn.


The Black Swan Inn is one of San Antonio’s many famous haunted places. It was built in 1867 on the site of the Battle of Salado, only 25 years after the battle took place. While the battle had relatively few casualties, as go (60), it is one of several reasons people say the Inn is haunted today. There are also legends and rumors that there is an Indian burial ground on the property, as the land was once home to the Coahuiltecan tribe.


Reported ghost sights have been frequent. The former owner has seen a man standing at the foot of her bed, a man working underneath the house reported children poking him with sticks and laughing, dolls in a room had been rearranged and left out as if they had been played with and a visitor reported a “creepy looking” man standing outside her second story window.


Rumors among the contractors hired to rebuild the walls talk of strange whispered conversations in other rooms, and laughter after the sun goes down. Aside from the workers, the rooms have remained empty for the duration of the remodeling.

Police Lose Arrest Records

By Associated Writing Staff




Criminals, vagrants, and over-zealous partiers lucked out on Saturday, November 19th.
Police were forced to release all those who had been arrested that evening after their records went missing. As there was no longer any documentation for those who were languishing away in the cells, the supposed law breakers walked free, with the exception of those who were still noticeably intoxicated.
Sources say that among those who went free were individuals suspected of armed robbery, sexual assault, and murder.


Police are remaining tight lipped about the situation, and insist that no one is to blame. It is unknown at this time if the loss of arrest records was caused by human error, a computer glitch, or intentional tampering.
Authorities say that those who had been arrested for serious crimes would be monitored or re-arrested, if they had not already fled the area.

LOCAL FARMERS MISSING CATTLE

Witnesses claim undead cows are wandering the hill country

Artist rendition of “zombie cow”

By Associated Writing Staff




BEXAR — Something is spooking the farmers in the hill country. "I'll tell you what we got out here, if frickin' walking dead cows! That's what!". Yes, it appears farmers just outside of Bexar county claim that at night the fields are host to "zombie cattle" — Undead cows shambling through the night, attacking anything in their paths.


Even with the long list of supposed supernatural creature and ghost stories in San Antonio, this is new phenomena. Some say it's a prank or better yet, the machinations of the recent ghost hunter convention that occurred Downtown. It is important to notes that the first story occurred on the night of the convention itself with Poughkeepsie native Eugene Fineberg, in for the convention as well, claiming to have captured one of the beasts only to embarrass himself by revealing a mess of slaughterhouse guts and viscera spilling from his truck. Regardless of the obvious hoax, the story persists with residents surround the area where Fineberg claims to have herded the animal. "People are gullible inbred misfits in that neighborhood." says area Sheriffs deputy Dean Kowalski. "I'm often called out there to catch Cupacabra, so you know you’re dealing with a brain trust.”


When asked if he was concerned what residents would think upon reading his quote he replied "You think they read?".


Mr. Fineberg could not be reached for comment before the deadline for this report.