To: Zettler, Harold [hzettler@pentex.com]
From: Hawking, Kevin [khawking@magadon.com]

Subject: Plague Rumors in Los Angeles

Mr. Zettler,

Recently, a new crop of troubling plague-related rumors have made the rounds in Los Angeles. As you are well aware, the "plague" (so named by the Camarilla "prince" of the region, in order to preserve the "Masquerade") was, in fact, an attempt by a self-proclaimed deity by the name of Deacon Frost to take over Los Angeles. His was an inferior strain of vampirism, though his personal power seemed to be nearly limitless. Frost and his vampires were defeated by an unknown medical remedy and by belated action from several Garou septs. Shortly thereafter, Magadon and Ardus began the failed attempt to gain control of the nearby sea-based caern.

A new rumor has been making the rounds in Los Angeles, and it has the potential to damage Pentex operations in the area. According to the rumor, pollution in the water (presumably caused by Magadon and Ardus, though there is no proof) caused the "plague" in Los Angeles. None of the humans in the city remember the events of the plague, due to Delirium, and so the rumor is catching hold. There is quite a bit of pollution remaining in the water, due to our activity against the Rokea and we have no way to prove that the pollution happened after the "plague" ended. We have been refering government and media questions to the media relations division for the past 24 hours, but that will only last so long. The mayor's office is especially insistent that Magadon speak (off the record, of course).

As head of Special Projects for Los Angeles, I request permission to release pertinent information to the press and to the mayor's office. Accident clean-up and media relations will be handled per company policy.

An internal investigation has produced no leaks thus far. I assume the rumor came from an outside source. We are tracking down the source of the rumor and I will report when we know more.

Kevin Hawking
Director of Special Projects
Magadon, Inc - Los Angeles

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To: Hawking, Kevin [khawking@magadon.com]
From: Zettler, Harold [hzettler@pentex.com]

Subject: RE: Plague Rumors in Los Angeles

Hawking,

Plan approved on one condition. Do NOT disclose information about Special Projects' interests in the area. That Rokea captive is proving useful and the new vampire captive promises to be even more useful. I will let Ardus' CEO know to take most of the fall for this one. Our friends at Trinity Hive have agreed to lend us their services, and so security footage of a break-in at Ardus' Los Angeles warehouse will be available shortly. Per company policy in such a situation, Ardus will claim full responsibility for the clean-up and the perpetrators will be hunted down and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The hunt for environmental extremists should keep the Garou busy for a while.

Harold Zettler
Head of Special Projects Division
Pentex

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Kevin Hawking looked up from the email and smiled. He pressed the intercom button on his phone. "Lily, I'm expecting a package from Trinity Media, Inc in a few hours, could you make sure it gets to me right away? Also, can you call the mayor's office and arrange a meeting with him regarding the plague rumors his office has been asking us about? 9pm tonight or tomorrow night would be perfect. Thanks, Lily." He didn't wait for an answer. One wasn't expected. Lily did her job and asked as few questions as possible about the work. It was one of the reasons she was valuable, even though she wasn't the eyecandy that some of the other secretaries were.

Kevin got to work drafting the press release that Magadon would give, after his meeting with the mayor. With Zettler's word, Pentex's story was clear: A group of environmental extremists broke into Ardus Enterprise's storage facility at the Port of Los Angeles and stole several tons of biohazardous waste that Ardus was disposing of for Magadon, Inc. The waste was dumped into the ocean around Los Angeles, where it infected the water. It was suspected that the break-ins occurred over several months leading up to the recent "plague", and Magadon's preliminary findings indicate that the two events may have been related, though more research would be necessary before they would know for sure. Magadon and Ardus would perform their own internal investigations, and would be completely open to government investigation. Ardus promised to pay for cleaning up the remaining mess. Magadon and Ardus would both release statements condemning the actions of the extremists and urging any citizens of Los Angeles who might know something about the group on Ardus' security footage to contact their local law enforcement. Kevin would call in a few favors from local media to make sure the Ardus story did not outweigh the growing crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. It would hardly do for people to forget the perfectly ordinary crisis far from home, after all.

A little before 8pm, Kevin Hawking gathered the materials he would show the mayor, including the fresh "security footage" from a pack of Dancers from Trinity Hive devoted to just such "environmental extremism". He left Magadon, Inc, with plenty of time to get to the mayor's office early.

Don't underestimate Black Spiral Dancers. I'm talking to you, Art, buddy. Well, you and whoever else is reading this.

Yeah. All those Dancers you kill? All those frothing, murderous hordes unable to even speak? Buddy! We gotta get rid of the rejects somehow. They're insane as hell, and we sure as hell wouldn't let them breed, but they are still members of the tribe. So we send 'em to you and the Garou for an honorable death. So yeah! The reason you've never seen a coherent Black Spiral Dancer is because you've been killing our raving lunatics, buddy. Enjoy. I'll be over here enjoying a latte.

((This info comes from the Book of the Wyrm))

From the Book of the Wyrm: The Black Spiral Dancer veiw of the original Balance Wyrm.

"In its primordial state, the Wyrm maintained the equilibrium of order and chaos through the process of creation or obliteration. If chaos threatened to overwhelm the universe with its boundless energy, or if order had bound up too much of the free energy of the world, the Wyrm would stretch wide its maw and swallow up the excess and remove it from existence, or aim its tail at the deficiency and bestow upon the world the added mass of its own excretions."

~W. Richard MacLish - University of Edinburg (a.k.a. Writlish of the Black Spiral Dancers)

The Black Spiral Dancers believe that the Triad began the process of creation before they were even self-aware. The Wyld spewed its creative energy, and when it did it spurred the Weaver into ordering the universe. Between the two, maintaining the balance of the worlds, was the Wyrm. But, the Triad gained self-awareness and realized that their creations would forever be changed and destroyed by the other two. Madness set in. The force of Balance was caught up in the Weaver's web. In its agony and desperation to continue its task of Balance, it became the Triatic Wyrm we know today. (Note: Dancers believe the Wyrm let itself be caught, in order to initiate its plan to overcome the frenzied madness of Chaos and Order)

The Wyrm's goal is to help the Weaver spread her webs through all of Creation. Only once the entire universe can be contained in the Pattern will the current process of universe creation be complete and the universe will cease to exist as an active entity. The Void can then be cleared and an older, wiser Triat can begin anew.

To aid in this end, the Triatic Wyrm uses the only power left to it, the transformative powers of decay and corruption, along with the Urge Wyrms spawned of its own desperate desires made real. Its minions aid the Weaver by spreading decay and corruption in the Wyld.

From the Book of the Wyrm: The Black Spiral Dancer veiw of the original Balance Wyrm.

"In its primordial state, the Wyrm maintained the equilibrium of order and chaos through the process of creation or obliteration. If chaos threatened to overwhelm the universe with its boundless energy, or if order had bound up too much of the free energy of the world, the Wyrm would stretch wide its maw and swallow up the excess and remove it from existence, or aim its tail at the deficiency and bestow upon the world the added mass of its own excretions."

~W. Richard MacLish - University of Edinburg (a.k.a. Writlish of the Black Spiral Dancers)

The Black Spiral Dancers believe that the Triad began the process of creation before they were even self-aware. The Wyld spewed its creative energy, and when it did it spurred the Weaver into ordering the universe. Between the two, maintaining the balance of the worlds, was the Wyrm. But, the Triad gained self-awareness and realized that their creations would forever be changed and destroyed by the other two. Madness set in. The force of Balance was caught up in the Weaver's web. In its agony and desperation to continue its task of Balance, it became the Triatic Wyrm we know today. (Note: Dancers believe the Wyrm let itself be caught, in order to initiate its plan to overcome the frenzied madness of Chaos and Order)

The Wyrm's goal is to help the Weaver spread her webs through all of Creation. Only once the entire universe can be contained in the Pattern will the current process of universe creation be complete and the universe will cease to exist as an active entity. The Void can then be cleared and an older, wiser Triat can begin anew.

To aid in this end, the Triatic Wyrm uses the only power left to it, the transformative powers of decay and corruption, along with the Urge Wyrms spawned of its own desperate desires made real. Its minions aid the Weaver by spreading decay and corruption in the Wyld.

You are The Devil

Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession

The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition.

Perhaps the most misunderstood of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. This is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remember that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.

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