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**** Week of Sept 5
Seven Killed in Belmont House Blast

By GREG SMITH
Associated Press Writer

BELMONT, Mass (AP) A house exploded during a party Monday evening, killing at least seven people and leaving ``just a hole in the ground,'' the sheriff said.

Six other people were taken to hospitals in Boston, and three were in critical condition.

The blast destroyed the expensive ranch-style home and destroyed cars parked out front. Hours after the explosion, light smoke was still coming from the charred debris.

``There's just a hole in the ground,'' Suffolk County Sheriff Ron George said. ``When I got here, the house was gone.''

George said the dead were found in the basement.

The cause of the explosion was unknown. George said a propane tank behind the house was still intact.

Maria Reif, who lives two blocks away, said she heard the explosion.

``I was sitting on my front steps and I heard a boom and I saw fire shoot up,'' she said.

IN GAME: Ed becomes Burko. We fake his death with the kid's leg. I think there is a sword lesson for Ryan and Nic. Rachel gets frustrated and goes off on a vision quest. Hence, the beginning of the end for her.

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Week of Sept 17

TEACHER DIES IN CHEMICAL ACCIDENT

Boston University Academy chemistry teacher Greta Grey was found dead in her classroom on the morning of September 8, 1999, the first day of school. She was found by fellow teacher Dawn Hardin, about half an hour before the children were due to arrive for the first class. Ms. Grey was found with severe chemical burns on her face and in her lungs apparently caused by inhaling toxic gases released from a demonstration she was trying to prepare. John Epstien, science department chair, at BUA explained that the reaction that Ms. Grey was trying to prepare would have been perfectly safe if she had used chemicals of the proper strength. For some reason she used an acid that was over a thousand times stronger than she should have. The resulting mixture, instead of turning from clear to pink, as it should have, exploded in her face.

Mr. Epstein told us that, "the loss of Ms. Grey is a a terrible loss to the department. She was a brilliant, innovative teacher who was constantly challenging the students." Greta Grey is survived by her mother, father and three siblings. A memorial service will be held at Boston University's Walsh chapel on Friday at 10 AM.

IN GAME: We did the connection web during this session. Rachel and Ryan also share their visions, leading us to start seriously plotting to do something about Lyle, the Pru and the Hancock.

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Week of Sept 26
IN GAME: Preparing for Lyle. Preparing for the buildings in Boston. Ryan and Nic visit Bob and contract to buy explosives for 45 pounds of gold. Much vulgar magic later, they deliver gold "bricks".

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Week of October 3

Last Night's news on the 11 o'clock TV news:

ANNOUNCER: A mysterious fire tonight consumed a residential house in Cambridge. We go now to a live report...

[VIDEO of smoldering timbers and a fallen in roof, a police line and several fire trucks nearby, one hosing down the still-glowing embers of the house. In the foreground a reporter stands with a microphone.]

REPORTER: Fire officials don't know yet what caused this fire, but we do know that the entire family of five perished in the flames. [STRETECHER with a covered shape rolls past behind him, pushed by an EMT.] Officials say that the houses in this area typically have good wiring, and have found no signs of kitchen fire yet, but that details will have to wait for a forensics investigation. The fire was called in by a neighbor, who awoke to the smell of smoke coming through her bedroom window. Despite the fire station being located not half a mile away, a traffic accident prevented the trucks from arriving for long enough for the house to burn out of control. Fire fighters hosed down houses around it to prevent spreading, and succeeded in carrying out only five bodies, apparantly killed by smoke inhalation in their bedrooms.
Back to you, Jim...

[CUT back to STUDIO]

ANNOUNCER: Thanks, Hal. [to camera, SADLY] We'll keep you updated to this tradgedy as details come in. [PAUSES, SMILES happily] Next on Fox News: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies! Just after this commercial break from a word from our sponsor, Pentex Inc., a renovated animal shelter brings together young and old in Roxbury...

On the next morning's 7 o'clock news, and all over the radio, follow up reports that forensics found no accelerants or other signs of usual arson, but no explanation for the fire, either. Fire Officials continue to investigate this Senseless Tradegdy...

IN GAME: Ryan does his weaving and blood thing as the rest of us go over to Lyle's place and begin our action. Nic shoots him, Leigh prepares to be invaded. Rachel and Burko play with fire. In the end, it is Ryan that kills him with fate's scissors. We blow up Lyle and most of Cambridgeport. The house that blew up was seen as a call to action.

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Week of Oct 10
IN GAME: The return of the changelings. Night of drunken debauchery for everyone but Eloquin and Rachel. The sex bomb rote was developed and tested at Axis. Eloquin bites off more than she can chew when she asks Rachel to show her what she sees. It is a night of recovery. We also find out that something like 60 people died in the fires in Cambridgeport and almost 1% of Cambridge's population is now homeless. We did not, however, blow up the Changeling court in the 15 square blocks of Cambridgeport we blew up.

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Week of October 17

IN GAME: ML and Tennyson show up to aid in the party at the Pru. We spend much time argueing about a plan but finally just decide to go with the flow. It usually works. We split up again. Ryan does his weaving, Rachel goes in umbrally, the changelings have a back door through the 12th floor and an invisible Burko with Nic and Leigh go through the front door. Once inside, the party magically regroups. Everything is metal walkways. We are attacked by an alien as we try and get to the place that Nic says will do the most damage. Rachel realizes what she is becoming. The bomb is set and everyone runs away except Rachel who stays behind and takes the explosion upwards orders of magnitudes. As she liberates the fire spirits of Boston and Cambridge, the fearless party races out of the flames like the Millenium Falcon dashing out of the Death Star. Burko is quick enough to isolate the worst of the damage that the nuclear reactor did when it blew to MIT campus, but the city remains a smoldering ruins.

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