The Seven (LARP Gencon 2010)

My Character: Preston Quick

Background: Vincenti set up a group of seven elite billionaires in 1945 when he discovered suspended animation. To avoid aging, this group went in and lived only seven days a year; from Dec 25 to Jan 1. For 76 years things went great until Aram, one of the seven, was killed. Most said it was an accident. Quick new better.

Preston had joined when someone else left the Seven 9 years before. Preston was suave, sophisticated and a mechanical genius. He had a secret though. His Major Domo, Charles, was in fact his twin brother. Charles had Asbergers and was a financial wizard but hated people. The two had been switching back and forth each year inside of the chamber because Preston didn't want to leave his brother behind.

Game: Preston talked with Lua, the member of the seven he most trusted, confiding he thought it was a murder. She agreed and the two worked to correct things. A man named Xander burst into the party claiming to have snuck in. Preston thought this man had potential and hired him on the spot.

The Seven met to discuss candidates. During the meeting, Preston had an odd urge to clean his hands. Suspicious, he used his gadgets to scan himself and sure enough; his RRID chip, which many people had which allowed them to telepathically link to devices, had been activated against his will. He immediately suspected the Chases, who were one of the candidates to be one of the seven. His suspicions were confirmed when the Chases were trying to get him kicked out of the Seven.

Preston did some more investigation but made the swap with Charles in middle of the night. Things got complicated with Charles pretending to be Preston, but while people thought it was a bit odd, they asked no questions. Charles, as Preston, continued to 'talk' to people but gave up the murder investigation because it didn't concern him. He helped when he was asked.

Xander revealed that he had broken into the vault and had proof it had been tampered with. Charles/Preston thanked him. Vincinti asked him about a historian who had been sent to observe the Seven. Charles/Preston spoke to her. She was there.

The Seven met again with no tangible results though they narrowed it down to a few candidates. Xander walked in at random without invitation, and Charles/Preston said, "Are you insane?" This pissed Xander off.

At first it looked like the Chases had murdered Arav, but it turned out to be Vincinti. One of the other Seven had investigated and confided to Lua and Charles/Preston that Vincinti was 400 years old. Preston (the real one) told Charles over the phone to tell the others that Vincinti was collecting them! The evening ended uneventfully but Preston decided to leave the Seven for good. They were much too dangerous. Charles was happy since he had never been one to like the freezing or deception anyway.