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From Left to Right: Emilio Rubio, Grief, Jenn and Kalka.

Methods: Emilio’s initial approach is to make its weekly Armor: None
deliveries and get friendly with the characters, hoping that they Numina: Blast (concussive, smoky air), Dement,
can discover what is so special about Wellington and tell it. That Emotional Aura, Hallucination, Telekinesis
isn’t likely to happen, however (even if they do figure it out, there’s Manifestation: Discorporate, Materialize,
no particular reason they’d share it with Emilio), and so Emilio Possess, Twilight Form
changes tactics. It possesses visiting parents or other adults outside
the school and causes chaos. It starts by using his Numina to fake Max Essence: 20
ghost activity, but if it can’t figure out what’s going on quickly, it Ban: If someone speaks to it in Spanish, Emilio
ups the ante by killing someone (student or staff, it doesn’t mat- recoils and its eyes change as described above.
ter to it). Its plan is, perhaps, to draw enough attention to the Bane: Anything it’s run over in the van.
supernatural aspects of the place that someone figures out what
is happening, but in truth, Emilio gets so confused while it’s on GRIEF
school grounds that it really doesn’t act with much logic.
Virtue: Punctual
Vice: Cheerful The Key — p. 208
Rank: 2 Mission: Grief is a messenger. It delivers orders to
Attributes: Power 3, Finesse 5, Resistance 4 Wesley Cote, the so-called Key, and tells him whom to kill.
Influence: Conversation 1, Van 1 Cote can slip through time and space, and is not bound by
Corpus: 9 Infrastructure the way an angel is. Cote is the Infrastructure
that allows Grief to manifest, meaning if Cote dies, Grief
Willpower: 9 doesn’t return to Earth.
Size: 5 Description: Grief appears as a slender man in his late
Speed: 13 teens, wearing black jeans, a black hoodie, and bright blue
Defense: 3 sneakers. Its bright green eyes are constantly wet with tears.
Grief doesn’t speak to Cote, but if another character were to
Initiative: 9 approach it gently and carefully, he might converse.

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