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[tracelessrp]

September 21, 2021

The full moon rises, which lately has not been a good sign for the town... and not for werewolves in particular.

The person that found the graffiti on the wall of the school first shortly before sunrise was not a werewolf (perhaps because all werewolves were occupied with being giant wolves at the time), but a vampire. 

Ethan sent a photograph of the offending image to the rest of the council. Marnie joined forces with Laurel to get the word out to the other citizens of Traceless. The people deserved to know, and Mort was unavailable for obvious reasons. Al made sure that the graffiti was well-documented with the police officer on call, and Ella started negotiations with the TPC to get the words removed.

After the police questioned Ethan, he admitted that he had not been the person to find the graffiti; the one who found it had been his girlfriend of three years, Alix Frossard. Questioning of Alix revealed that she had been reluctant to attach her name to this unfortunate circumstance because of something that happened two months prior. Alix happened to be immune to magic and supernatural abilities of all kinds, and was not affected by the swap. She feared being suspected as the perpetrator of both the graffiti and the swap itself. The only plausible deniability, Alix claimed, was that she had was that she could not cast any magic herself as a vampire. Word got around quickly, and so did the gossip about Alix.

After arranging for Paul to lead the task force to remove the stubborn graffiti, Griselda immediately offered a “20% off for werewolves” discount at the cafe because she couldn’t think of anything better to do to help. In the morning, the werewolves of the Windflower Pack were flabbergasted. Mort joined up with Marnie and Laurel, but it was clear that he was not his best self. Mags and the middle school principal cancelled school for the day, leaving the parents to explain to their children why they were sent home. As for the graffiti itself, it proved difficult to remove, stubbornly refusing all mundane and magical efforts to be removed from the wall.

Two Traceless residents quickly stepped up during the day to offer the children (and their parents) of Traceless something enriching to do for the day. Local orphanage owner Ayla Rahimi and middle school gym teacher Hestia-Jo Violet collaborated to create a sort of “field day” for the kids. Many of the children under Ms. Rahimi’s care at the orphanage and Ms. Violet’s students participated.

This good-natured offer for free childcare was well-received by the children. However, some of the local parents and other adults were less convinced. A bloodthirsty vampire and a huge, dangerous werewolf taking care of innocent children without oversight initiated some whispers.

After many failed attempts by the TPC to remove the graffiti, it was eventually covered up with a tarp late in the evening of September 21st and the intent to try again outside of school hours. School is scheduled to resume the next day. However, the murmurings about Ms. Rahimi and Ms. Violet will continue...