Seeking the Truth
Seeking the Truth.... or Consequences....
Setting
2024, Truth or Consequences, NM.
Character Creation
- 100pt characters
- 25 points in Dis
You are all 20-somethings who grew up in T or C.
Characters
- Mabel Wadsworth, a former fiesta queen tuned social media influencer and trail runner
- Warren Chavez, manager of a popular restaurant on Date Street
- Joe Tippet, a semi-disabled 60-year-old
- John Pace, a military veteran currently working as a security guard at Spaceport America
What happened
Was that a puff of dust?
After church downtown, Mabel and Warren spot Joe wandering the street as he always does, and invite him to join them up at (NPC) Beau Burns' place for hot dogs.
Standing around in the back yard at Beau's, the group reminisces about high school hijinks and sip light beers while the weenies roast.
But then everyone feels a thud in their gut, a faraway boom. They think, Virgin Galactic? But no, they don't launch on Sundays.
Mabel spots a dust plume up on the mountain across the river... and it briefly flashes green. Nobody else sees the green, but the team is curious and decides to investigate.
They jump in Warren's jeep and head first to the 3rd street Fast Stop, where they get gas and pick up provisions, including a Reese's Fast Break, water, and beer.
On the drive, Mabel and Warren exchange spicy comments, leading the always irreverent Beau to ask, "You two gonna do it?"
That shuts down conversation for a bit, and so when the jeep reaches the old Blackjack mine, there's silence.
The scene is traumatic -- a battered and camo'd OHV provides the background for two deceased individuals, both muscular 30ish men. A crashed quadcopter buzzes intermittently. Bullet casings everywhere.