Mission 8: Sleep with One Eye Open

Exalted: Grass Spiders
Grass Spiders On You Organizational Info Charms
Chapter 2
10: A Proper Sendoff 11: The Rat that Caught the Canary 12: A Proper Introduction 13: A Pearl Necklace 14: The Spider and the Slug
The Circle With No Name
Ash - CS Fay - CS Mesa - CS Opal Zealot - CS

Suggested Music: Enter Sandman by Metallica

The Job

Client: The Three Gods of Great Forks
Target: The Sandman
Type: Mock Assassination
Target background: There has been a string of recent odd events that have led to some minor buzz around the dark, paranormal corners of The Scavenger Lands. Rumor has it, God-Bloods have been suddenly losing their powers. Most notably their ability to channel and respire essence. What began has a few rumblings as seemingly crazy God-Bloods emerged claiming they had lost their powers has turned into a region wide commotion as more and more prominent God-Bloods have begun losing their powers. Heaven, the Sidereals and otherwise, have completely denied involvement in the strange occurrences, but have refused to aid or share information with those in Creation attempting to solve the case. While troublesome and relatively suspicious, it is standard policy for the agents of heaven to leave the dwellers of Creation as far out of the loop as possible. This was going smoothly until some of the gods started to get upset their sons and daughters were being stripped of their powers. Things have now reached a tipping point in the investigation as one of the Sidereals involved was found murdered, though no suspects have been found.

While disturbing, the Grass Spiders have mostly distanced themselves from the petty squabbles of The Gods, The Sidereals, and the mortals actually affected by these odd happenings. Nothing that suited the Grass Spiders more eccentric interests had popped up, but all that changed last night. Last night, one of the Three Gods of Great Forks discovered that his favorite son would be the next to lose his abilities. The Grass Spiders have been contracted to stop it.

The Three Gods of Great Forks have taken the liberty to quickly and expertly track down and kidnap two of the previous victims which gives us some information on what happens and what can be done to stop it. Nazareth and Samsara discussed and explained the metaphysical properties and phenomenon that must be present for The Sandmans plan to function and what can be done to stop it, other than their plan the Scavenger Lands as a whole is at a loss to stop him.

The Sandman attacks the God-Bloods through a series of seven consecutive dreams, once the God-Blood has the first dream there is no stopping the next six. When the God-Blood awakes from the seventh dream his or her ability to channel and respire essence is lost forever. There seems to be no connection between the victims and their attacker, making tracking the so called Sandman so far impossible. Samsara and Nazareth had devised a plan to fight the Sandman in his own dream. This will be the task of The Grass Spiders.

Critical Notes:

Expected Threats:

• None. Team A is setting the stage so they are in control of any dangers, anything they subject themselves to is obviously a different matter.
• There is significant risk to The Mark during the mission. The Mark will respond to threats as the actual target would, if confronted directly The Mark will fight back.

Team A - The Assassins - Mesa, Zealot, Fay, Opal

• The Asassins will be carrying out the hit themselves, they need to set the stage and execute the assassination according to the mission parameters. Hopefully without actually killing Ash of course.

Team B - The Mark - Ash & Rizuka

• Ash is the unlucky Team member who gets to be the mark, meaning he will be assassinated during the mission. Of course the plan is for him not to quite actually die, that's where Rizuka comes in. They both must be kept completely out of planning for the mission to be successful.

Team C - The Architects - Oak, Naru, Ravenous Moon

• Given the need for specfic locations to be included in this mission, the Architects will be in charge of changing and shaping The Training Grounds (Not the bar) into whatever The Assassins need.

Team D - Cello

• Cello will be responsible for transferring the Dream into the mind of The Dreamer at the appropriate time once it is ready.

Mission Status

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