[2.1 Spoilers] Interview Notes I

Text- The Victim: Carmine Beast

Who:  The carmine beast.  One of four prominent judge-like Others that oversee Eastern Manitoba & a good chunk of Ontario, where Lords and other powers don’t already have sway.
Manages & influences violent & bloody Others.  By just hanging around & holding the seat, influences the Others who appear & how they act.
Can be a final court of appeals for matters of Other and practitioner?

What: Someone or something violently attacked her.  She was hurt, made her way into Kennet, and disappeared.  Her power/being is still around, but this is blurry; she can’t die, exactly?  Someone or something may have her power/substance and may be able to use it to take her post.

Where: Kennet.  She collapsed near Kennet Arena.  A witness (Louise Bayer) may have more details.

When:  5 weeks ago, C.B. is attacked.
–  Goblins catch wind of this.  Witness & Goblins follow.  Goblins have to stop, turn back.  They split up to find Miss (T.S.), Charles and incidentally Matthew (Munch), Edith (Gash, also expected to find Matthew), and the faerie (Cherry).
–  After people convene at murder/abduction site, they decide to recruit us 3.
– Outside practitioners go looking for C.B.  Miss is tipped off, and we awaken a bit earlier than planned.

Text: Charles Abrams – Ex Practitioner
Forsworn

Capabilities
– Can Lie
– Was a summoner.  Made Others?
– Has materials lying around. What can a forsworn person use?

Means? – Few to none.  Not strong.  See Capabilities, above.

Motive? – Big motives.  Angry & Vulnerable.  Appealed to
the Carmine Beast and was ignored?  Other three
were jerks to him.  Is ‘whipping boy’ for Kennet Others
Possible revenge motive vs. ex-friend, auger.

Opportunity? – No?  Relates to means.
Alibi – Matthew.  Went over to get books.  Timing
suggests Charles was busy when event happened,
Matthew left.  Bluntmunch stayed.

Notes
*  Cared about prisons, politics?
*  Didn’t want us involved.
*  Can/will take curses and stuff.  Took Yalda’s curse.
*  Ongoing dependence.
*  Wanted to summon a watch-dog on the day/night he was forsworn?  Good at heart?
*  Scary/unpleasant vibe

Text: John Stiles
Dog of War / Dog Tag

Capabilities
– Strong
– War Sense?
– Can’t die or be easily bound while the war that created him continues
–  Doesn’t sleep, doesn’t relax.  Vigilant & tactical thinking constantly
– Can appear quickly if summoned

Notes
* Mosaic personality, made up of many soldiers
*  One of twenty that were a group.  16 war, 3 flame, 1 black.
*  Black was Yalda.  A close companion that John had to kill.
*  Routine includes games, early/late walks.  Executes problem Others near Kennet

Means – Doesn’t sound like he is strong enough.
–  Maybe with a big gun?

Motive – The killing of Yalda?
–  Says he doesn’t want the role.  “I’ve served enough.”

Opportunity – Has alibi.  Was out hunting, far from Kennet.
–  Confirm with Miss?

Important – may become the next Carmine, if forced to it.  miss doesn’t think he’d last long before being ousted.

Text: The Hungry Choir
RITUAL INCARNATE (OR LIVING RITUAL)

Capabilities
– Manifests as a kind of storm over Ontario
– Children (“Waifs”) appear as raindrops of this storm, apparently act as eyes?  Face?  Limbs?
– Reaches out to targets in the area, using fliers.  Targets must choose to participate, but are selected from people who really want to?
– Every phase of the moon, creates a variant dimension, similar to our own, in that night’s location.
*  No food, drinkable water (I had to borrow a gun because the soda cans emptied)
*  ‘Witnesses’
*  More active waifs
*  More freedom to enforce rules?
*  Time flows differently.  Website theory – a count of heartbeats?
*  No grass, leaves.

Means – Maybe?  Strongest other we may have seen so far, besides the Sable, Aurum & Alabaster.
–  Isn’t immediately obvious if there is an intelligence behind it.

Motive – Goes back to intelligence
–  Would the waifs attack or eat if they could?
–  Or if someone set it up to happen?
–  It apparently wants to grow & sustain itself, according to miss.
–  Would the beast try to stop the choir as part of its duties?
–  Beast is a big meal.
–  Miss says it wouldn’t want the role of Carmine.

Opportunity – Choir knew or was in the area already, according to T.S.?
–  Hard to pin down, because they occupy/cover a huge area, instead of being within it?

Note – Opening another ‘Investigation notebook’ later, for choir.  Sticking to the C.B. investigation in this book.  If anything happens to us, look for the 2nd book.