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Max Essence: 50
RASHA Ban: Rasha can only Manifest within five feet of a
power line or another strong source of electricity.
Bane: Sound above 20,000 hertz, produced at
Urban Wandering — p. 235 a volume of at least 85 decibels.
Mission: Rasha is charged with preventing threats to
the God-Machine’s plans. It acts by delivering warnings to SEROTONIN
people that are in a position to act upon them. It regularly
delivers warnings to ordinary people who can prevent the
threat, often despite the fact that they have no idea that The Scarlet Plague — p. 225
they are performing an important action that helps protect
one of the God-Machine’s plans. It is also capable, however, Mission: Serotonin is named after the hormone found
of acting more directly (as it does in the Urban Wandering in animals which regulates mood, appetite, and sleep. It is
Tale). Rasha is unusual in that the God-Machine calls it into charged with beginning the plague that will end humanity,
service fairly frequently. and it has wide latitude to do that. Its mission does not end,
Description: Rasha normally appears as a nondescript hu- however, until humanity is no longer capable of sustaining
man being, of age, appearance, and mannerism appropriate itself.
to the circumstance. In especially dire circumstances, Rasha Description: In its natural form, Serotonin is a roughly
can abandon subtlety and briefly appear as an obviously non- human-sized distortion in the air, nearly invisible, odorless,
human creature. In this form, Rasha is a humanoid figure and silent. The characters will probably encounter it while it
with immense, liquid-mercury wings. Rasha cannot speak has possessed a scientist, however. When Serotonin possesses
in this form, but it can cause images to appear in its wings. a person, it alters the person’s eyes so that the coloration in
Methods: Rasha attempts to perform its missions using their iris fades, resulting in abnormally-pale eyes.
subtle means, like dropping a pen to attract a security guard’s Methods: Serotonin is sent into the world in the midst
attention to the burglar breaking into the building the guard of the creation and use of drugs. Scientists working for large
is protecting. Rasha’s primary limitation is that it can only pharmaceutical companies often create experimental drugs
appear directly above or beneath electrical lines carrying and study them on small rodents. These drugs are usually
power to buildings. unknown factors in otherwise-controlled situations. The
The angel is quiet and always calm. It normally only creation of these drugs, especially when done by accident
speaks if spoken to. It is capable of casual conversation, but or with untested chemicals creates an Infrastructure for
its conversation strikes most people as slightly unusual, be- Serotonin to enter the world.
cause it always looks like it is ready to respond to questions Serotonin does not have a specific human form — it needs
just before the person asks them and it keeps all answers as to be mobile, which means it can’t get locked down. It most
short as possible. often possesses someone who has already been working for a
drug company for years and has some kind of seniority. The
Virtue: Reliable God-Machine’s disease is already at hand for Serotonin, it
Vice: Silent just has to get it into circulation.
Creating a need for the drug takes some creativity. Just
Rank: 5 like vitamin D is added to milk and iodine is added to table
Attributes: Power 10, Finesse 15, Resistance 13 salt to prevent well-known deficiency diseases, Serotonin
Influence: Time 1, Electricity 3, Warning 1 works to have the drug added to a commonly-used staple in
response to an artificial requirement. The specifics of the drug
Corpus: 18 delivery are left to the Storyteller; the Tale assumes that the
Willpower: 28 disease is already in full force, and so the delivery method is
Size: 5 only important insofar as it might provide some insight into
Speed: 30 why it’s happening.
Serotonin has an austere and clinical mindset. It makes a
Defense: 10 plan and sticks with it, and its biggest weakness is its inability
Initiative: 28 to adapt quickly to change. It picks a person to take over and
Armor: None uses that body’s clout and station to get most everything done.
Numina: Aggressive Meme, Awe, Blast (shat- Success of the mission depends on its ability to maintain
the personality it is mimicking. Revealing Serotonin as an
tered glass), Emotional Aura, Fate Sense, Implant
Mission, Innocuous, Mortal Mask, Pathfinder, imposter is the fastest way to hinder its work. It is also the
Sign fastest way to make it an enemy. For the most part, it will
Manifestation: Discorporate, Materialize, ignore anyone that isn’t key to completing its mission. If it
realizes that people know it is supernatural or an imposter,
Twilight Form
it will attempt to eliminate them. Serotonin is not as smart
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