Dunkel

I will, but i am too busy right now.. Sorry for the delay. We are doing overtime right now, but there is always more work to do.

You get back into Annas car and drive directly to the library. While driving, you send a text message to Fiona and Samy, that they shall meet you there. Anna still seems to be upset, or even angry about the way things worked out. With your broken jaw, you can’t talk to her, and obviously she don’t want to talk to you. A few minutes later, you all gather at a table in the library. “Voodoo, hrmm?” Fiona murmur thoughtfully, “Samy, do you know something about Voodoo?” Samy gave her an irritated look. “ Why? Cause I am black? This is kind of racist, you know?” “No.. because you came from the Caribbean..?” Fiona tries to defend herself. “ Yeah, from Curacao. Not from Jamaika.” Samy rolls her eyes. “ Isn’t Voodoo something Haitian?” Anna throw in. “ Obeah is from Jamaika.” You decide, it would be best, to inform yourself about Voodoo, so you swarm out into the ‘Occultism and pagan religion’ book section. You turn over dozens of different books and spend two hours with reading and making notes. “Is Alister Crowley somehow related with voodoo?” Fiona asked. “No! He is just a perverted white occultist!” Samy calls from the other side of the book shelf. “Shit. He looked scary.” Fiona put a book back into its place. “We need to gather our information.” You get back to the table and look around. “Well. Voodoo is an African religion – but it is not a book-religion like Christianity or Judaism – it’s well.. occultist? Mystical? Don’t know how to explain it, its deeply rooted in ancient traditional African religions.“ Anna starts to explain her information. “Well.. its roots are in western Africa and.. Haiti is known for being a center of it. African slaves brought it to the island during the.. ..” “Well sorry Anna, but we need to make it quick.” Fiona interfered. “ Something useful, we can turn against Merle.” “Well …. Not really. Maybe that there are several Loas … strong ghosts, a bit like gods, but different.” Anna remarked. “Some are very present, specially in western popular culture.” “That sounds good!” Fiona points at Anna “Tell me more about it!” “ I .. well okay. But its just facile and won’t reach to the real meaning of it… “ Anna raises her shoulders “Well the most famous Loa are Baron Samedi, Maman Brigitte, Legba or Marinette.” “Fine! Is there a description of those Loas ?” Fiona inquires. “Yeah.. Baron Samedi is mostly portrayed as a well dressed man with a top hat and a skull face. He is very popular in comics or films. Maman Brigitte is a white woman with white hair and dress.. Like a ghost, I guess. But she is not evil, even if she hangs around in graveyards.” Samy takes over the conversation from Anna, “ Legba has no form, as far as I know.. And I don’t know much about it.. And Marinette is an evil Loa. I mean.. really evil. Did not find much about her, just one thing, she is often related to a screech owl. Sometimes portrayed as an angry black woman” “Fine. So the Baron and the owl woman seem to be the scary ones.” Fiona remarks. “Anything about Vodoo-Puppets or something like that?” You shove you notes over to Anna, because you still can not speak with your broken jaw. “Puddles wrote down, that voodoo-rituals are much more complex and differentiate than it is shown in western media. Voodoo-Puppets are used, but their role is totally overrated. The use of fetishes, like bones or animal parts is common, same with dances, fires and – in Haiti – smoking of cigars. But it’s hard to understand much of it, because it is so very different.” Anna explains. “Not very satisfactory…. “ Fiona sighted. “But we have enough to make a plan out of it. One of us needs to get into the cemetery keeper house – its easy, the key is hid under a plants pot. There is the video security system and the speaker control. Someone with moderate computer skills should get in there. Then we need someone who would protect the main gate. So that no one gets inside, specially no one trying to help Merle. The third one has to play Marinette and scare Merle the first time – some shouting and owl sounds should be enough to drive her into the trap. Finally, she will meet our executor, dressed as Baron Samedi. The executor must scare her and force her to drop her phone. Maybe the Baron needs to talk.. “ “My uncle has a costume shop, it wont be a problem to get the accessories… “ Samy notes. “We also have make up and can dress one of the girls as a man..” But first you have to select the roles..: (Puddles, Fiona, Anna, Samy) A) Who will break into the cemetery keeper house..? B) Who will guard the main gate? C) Who will play Marinette? D) Who will play Baron Samedi?

A

Just A or C.. sorry.

Anna lifts up her fist again. “What was Merles most humiliating experience..!?” Pia lifts her hands over her head. “Don’t hit me! Please! I .. I don’t know! It’s not, that she would walk around and tell everyone about something like that!” “You got to know something! Tell me! Or else..!?” Anna sharpens her voice, threatening. “For real! I don’t know! I .. I don’t know! Please!” Tears run down Pias cheeks. “Please..! I only know that she had to be picked up from the cinema once, by her mom. I don’t know what happened, but she was crying! We are just hanging around in the same group, we aren’t best friends or something! Please!” Anna rolls her eyes and grabbed her by the collar of her shirt. “Then.. Where is “Gropiusstadt”?! “ “…. i.. in Berlin?” Pia had an irritated look in her face. “ i.. guess it is in Berlin.” “NOT GROPIUSSTADT – The construction project! Gropiusstadt – Merle‘s Ex-Boyfriend!” Anna shouts angrily. “Do you want to make me angry?!” “..No! Please! I.. of course not! I was .. I pissed my pants, I am scared, I just .. !” Pia stammers “ He is at his Techno-Club .. Called “Kain” .. it is in the old light bulb factory..! Way down in the industrial area. He is always there.” “Fine! Now one last question!” Anna jolts her, still grabbing her collar. “What scares Merle the most?!” “What?! What the fuck?! How do I know!?” Pia cries out again. “ I don’t know such things! Merle don’t want anyone to know her weak points! Don’t you know her?! She would never-ever tell anyone about such things!” “You got to know at least something!” Anna gnashes her teeth “Tell me, or I will beat you up!” “Fuck! I don’t know anything! Well! .. One thing! We .. we are not allowed to make jokes about voodoo. I .. I think she believes, that voodoo is real!” Pias skin is pale, but not pale like always, she is white as a wall, her face covered in tears. “FINE!” Anna drops her to the ground, turning to you. “Take a picture. If she talks to Merle, we will show her friends, how she pissed herself. So – you better keep your mouth shut, right?” You take out your phone, to make some pictures. You feel really bad about this, but you know, that Anna must feel even worth. She hates it to be the bad girl. “Now leave.” She gives Pia another terrifying look. Pia jumps to her feet and stumbles away. The backside of her jeans were drenched in her own pee. What will you do next..? You don't have much time left... A) Go to the "Kain" - Club B) Go back to Fiona C) Go to the library and inform yourself about Voodoo.

“Fine.” Anna rolls her eyes angrily, “ I will do it. But you know, that I could get into trouble for beating up people, right?” “You won’t, Anna” Fiona replies and tries to comfort her, with no effort. “Just shut up, will you?” she turns to you and points her finger on your chest. “You drive. I don’t want to hang around with those two right now.” “Come on, Anna!” Samy moans “Don’t be peeved.” “ Hurry up, Puddles.” Anna grabs your arm and drags you outside the house. “I hate it, when they want me to do this. I once beat up one of Fionas Ex-Boyfriends. It don’t feel nice to hurt someone.” You get into the car and you can clearly see, that Anna is not very pleased by the situation. You know Anna long enough now, to know that she is a very kind and friendly person. But with your injured jaw, you are not able to say something, that would make her feel any better. While you drive to the cemetery, the car is filled with dead silence. Anna stares at the window, still angry. Its already darkening, when you arrive at the cemetery, laying the old and mossy tombstones in a dim and spooky light. You look around – but there is no one around. “Shit. No one is here.” Anna growls. In the shady distance, between to crooked tombstones, you see smoke rising up in the air. You take a sniff and clearly you can smell a burning cigarette. You point out at the smoke and Anna nods. “You are right, Puddles. There is someone.” She lowers her voice and moves silently towards the smoke. “Be silent. We need to find out, who it is.” You sneak closer and closer, you look over one of the tombstones and see a redhaired goth girl, sitting on the edging of a tomb. She flick away the rest of her cigarette. You know the girl. Her name is Pia. You were at school together. But she always was too cool to notice you. One of those girls who where always in trouble for smoking and skipping school. She was always acting tough, but you know, that she cried like a baby, when the principal threatened her with an expulsion from school. As a surprise for everyone, she made it to the university somehow. Sadly, you can not tell Anna about this. “Hey, You!” Anna jumps over a grave and stands in front of her. “We need to talk to you. We have some questions.” You follow slowly behind. Pia looks at you and gives you an arrogant smile. “ Fine, I got an answer for you: Fuck off.” “I don’t want hurt you. We just want to ask you something about Merle.” Anna replies calm. “Hurt me? Pff.” Pia gets back up to her feet “ I would beat you up both, but it looks like you already got a beating. Hmm?” She points her finger at you. “But if you want to know something about Merle.. Go ask her, I don’t talk to you.” She puts another cigarette into her mouth, lids it on and blows some smoke into your direction. “Are you scared of her? Why can’t we just ask you some simple questions.” Anna tries to talk to her again. “Cause I don’t want to talk to you?” Pia shoves her hand into her pocket and pulls out a switchblade. “Now fuck off and leave, before I get angry.” “Alright. You want it that way.” Anna quickly rotates around her own axis and lands a forceful Roundhouse kick on Pias Hand, knocking the knife out of her hand. The knife flies away into the grass. You look surprised as Pia, you did not see that coming. And with frightening speed, Anna rotates again and lands a second kick, knocking the cigarette out of Pias mouth without hitting her face. If you could drop your yaw, you would have done so. You realize that you should never – never ever- fuck up with Anna. Anna grabs Pias hand and twist one of her fingers, nearly breaking it. Unable to defend herself, Pia cries out in pain. “AhhaHh! OUCH! Ahhh! Please! Please stop!” she cries and tears fill her eyes “You are breaking my finger!” “Can we ask our questions?” Anna asked her again, while she forced Pia on her knees. “Ahahha! Please! Ouch! Please..! Let me go! Please! I will tell you everything I know!” tears running down her cheeks. Anna let her finger go. Pia kneeling in front of you and holding her finger, sobbing. You give her some seconds to breathe. Then Anna steps closer, looking down at her and lifting one fist. Pia turns pale and looks obviously scared. “If you dare to lie at us. Or even try to fuck with us. I will not only break your finger. I will also break your nose. Is this clear..?” You never saw Anna so savagely and scary. Even you are scared of her. “Ple..Please.. I .. I don’t want to be hurt..!” You hear Pia whimper. You see the fabric of her ripped jeans darkening, she is pissing herself in fear. The wetness spreading on her crotch, while a yellowish stream patters to the ground, forming a puddle between her knees. You can smell the odor of warm fresh pee. “Please.. ! Let me go!” You feel pity for the poor girl, but you keep your mind on the mission. What should Anna ask her? (You can choose three options ) A) Where is “Gropiusstadt”? B) What scares Merle the most? C) Does Merle believe in ghosts? D) Do you know Merles Passwords? E) What was Merles most humiliating experience? F) Why do you hang out with Merle? G) Are there any Horror-Movies Merle does not like? H) -Your own question- X) – Don’t ask her any questions and leave that poor girl alone.

D

A

A/C

A/B

“So, we’ll hit on her at the graveyard.” Fiona decides. “ .. But how? We don’t know anything about her.” “We can search for more information about her on the internet again.” Anna answered. “It already worked well last time. And we still can call Puddles strange Buddy Bas.” “We could trash up one of her entourage girls. Anna could beat her up to get some information.” Samy suggests “ Or you could interrogate her, Fiona.” “Thanks for making a thug out of me, Samy..” Anna rolls her eyes. “ its not, that I like beating up people.” “Wrestling Team, Boxing Team, Karate Team..?” Samy lists up Annas clubs. “Did I miss something?” “the Grav Maga course.” Fiona adds with a smile. “And didn’t you scared two vandals into pissing themselves once? With a gun?” “ it was a lighter, shaped like a gun. And … whatever!” Anna sulks. “There is another option.” Fiona mentions it and lifts up one finger. “We could contact her ex-boyfriend.” “Who is he?” Samy askes “That’s exactly the problem. He is a German photographer and DJ, working under the pseudonym ‘Gropiusstadt’. He studies arts and architecture – that’s all we know about him.” Fiona shrugs her shoulders, “We don’t even have a name or something.” “Maybe Johnny can help us. He knows a lot about the local music clubs.” Anna ponders. What shall we do now? A) Search the Internet A²) Call Buddy Bas (shortcut) B) Trash one of Merles entourage girls. C) Find ‘Gropiusstadt’

“So, Merle is the last one standing between us and Daphne...?” Anna asked, while you all take place at Fiona’s room again. Fiona nods. “Samy made a perfect video of Maja pissing herself. She won’t be a problem anymore. And the video is deleted. … Plus: Samy is going to have a date with Matthijs.” The girls sheer and shout out in joy. You remain silent. Your jaw still hurts as hell, the doctor said, its started. You gain pitiful looks from all the girls. “Merle di Maria … Good, what do we know about her?” Fiona looks at every one of you, but you all shrug your shoulders. “That’s not much… isn’t it?” “She is a Goth-Girl and… well.. she studies at our university.” Anna replies timidly. “That’s all…?” Fiona shook her head, “We need more information!” “I know that the is an art student!” Samy smiled winningly. “Shit. That makes it even harder.” Fiona grumbled, “The Arts faculty is on their own campus at the top of the hill. Since we have no art student in our team, we won’t have access to this little world.” “Damn it.” Samy complains “How can we get her, when we don’t know anything about her.” “Those Goth-Girls are hanging around at the graveyard. A saw them on my nightly jogging tour.” Anna throw in. “ We could get her there!” “Well, that’s at least a possibility.” Fiona remarks “But what shall we do to her? Scare her so much, that she pisses herself in front of her Goth-Friends?” “If we find out, what scares her the most, why not? It would totally ruin her reputation.” Samy ruminates. “ I mean, she acts all tough and gothy… pissing herself in fear would be her downfall, right?” You want to say something, but the only thing you can do is nod. “So.. that’s option A.” Fiona points at her papers. “but we need a second option.” “Since we have no access to their campus or the excursions …. Some opportunities will be locked.” Anna ponders “ I saw some art students hanging out in the park. The Prince’s Park, at the Neptune fountain.” “We could get her at the Spanish market, that takes places over there right now. The Arts Faculty have their own stands over there, selling some figures and other pieces of art” Samy added to Annas reply. “A lot of witnesses. But also a lot of unknown risks. But she would be humiliated in front of half of the town.” Fiona notes something on her sheet. “ Well.. these are our options then. Let’s make a decision.” A) Scare the piss out of her! B) A very public humiliation!

C

B

i am just back from a business trip and already packing for a second one...😩 Maybe there will be time to write during the weekend. Sorry for the delay 😢