Welcome to Agent's Dossier, a Delta Green actual
play series brought to you by 12 Sided Stories.
And now your GM, Wes Otis. And welcome to Agents
Dossier, episode number 26. My name is Wes Otis.
I have some wonderful players with me. Let us
start with Michelle. Hey, I'm Michelle and I
am playing Yesenia Alvarez, who is ready for
her next adventure. Hey, y 'all. I am Mac and
I am playing Wanda Sims, who has no idea of the
horrors headed her way. Hi, I am Pooja and I
am playing Robin Porter. Doctor... Cryptozoologist,
quickly becoming a conspiracy theorist, you know,
like you do. Hello, I am playing Norman Morales
and he, well, I don't know what's currently happening,
man. Probably in a therapy session, if I want
to punt that to Wes there. And he is going to
mentally be strong for the next adventure. So
we actually really don't have much of a recap
this time. The last investigation ended. It was
a small town in Idaho that everything went sideways.
And the group kind of had to get out of Dodge
in order to save their skin, which is completely
understandable in a Delta Green game. So we actually
are picking up six months later. It has been
a good amount of time. Our agents have kind of
slid back into their normal lives as much as
they can. And they're in different places. They're
all in their home territories, recouping, becoming
parts of society again. And we're going to start
with Norman, who, oddly enough, is in a therapy
session. You're sitting across from them. And
what's been troubling you, Norman? You've said
that you have been having second thoughts about
what you're doing, but you're, of course, not
clear about what you're doing. Right. Kind of
give a bit of a sly look there, because I know
that we both know that I'm not saying everything,
but hopefully I wouldn't just say he's used to
that, my therapist. Very much so. It is. Yeah.
Admittedly, I'm still in the same place. My leg
starts to kind of like jump up and down a little
bit. I've just been thinking, you know, it's
it's probably I don't know. It's probably something
I'm not going to figure out for a long time.
I kind of shrug because I know that's not a very
detailed answer. Have you been sleeping better
at all? Slightly. I'd say maybe three out of
seven nights. I can be certain I'll get some
sleep. Now, have you, I'm obviously not able
to prescribe you any medicine, but have you reconsidered
your stance on maybe some sort of sleep aid?
I just think, well, I had a roommate once and
he took Ambien and it was a... It was a shit
show, truly. I remember one time I had to chase
him down my dorm hall. He was just talking about
werewolves. Clearly asleep, but I don't know.
Stuff like that happened way too much, and I
mean, you can understand that's not... Werewolves,
right? Fear of sleep is something that a lot
of people deal with because of the dreams that
they have, obviously. And werewolves in someone's
dreams are... as real as they can be or whatever
other monsters might be plaguing. I know that
we can't speak about the things in your work.
I know that you're part of the NSA and that's
pretty much it. But have you thought about leaving
your job if it's causing such stress? I kind
of like lean back in the chair and definitely
just running my hands through my hair. Like I've
definitely thought about it. But I don't know,
and I'm just going to look directly into his
face, and I just say, I don't think that's an
option, if you understand what I mean. Yeah,
I can understand that. I do strongly recommend
that you talk with a psychologist so that you
can be put on at least some sort of medication
to help with these issues that you're having.
I have a list of people I recommend. You know,
this is a safe space for you to say things, but
I do understand your worry about opening up,
and I'm hoping that over the next few sessions
that maybe we can nail down some of these problems
and work on coping mechanisms and all that to
help out. Until then, I think you should... Talk
with the doctor and see if there is maybe some
sleep testing or something else that they can
do to help you with the night terrors and everything.
As for your job, you know, I have no idea what
kind of stress you're under there. Exercise.
Call me anytime you need help. You know, try
to lead a normal life as much as you can. Go
to the movies with friends or whatever. Don't.
Don't spend your time alone, if you can, because
people help, you know, with your overall mood
as well, if you can get a good network around
you. Yeah, we're social creatures, or so I've
heard. Very much so. All right, well, our time
is up, but just be careful, and you have my cell
phone number if there's an emergency. Call me,
okay? Okay, I'll take that referral to the doctor.
Thank you, as always. No problem. See you next
week. And do a little two -finger salute. Kind
of mosey on out of there. All right. Yesenia,
you are... Like I said, it's been six months
since you escaped Idaho. Where are you right
now? What part of the country are you in? I'll
say I am in D .C. area. Okay. You're on the phone
with your mom, and... She says, how's work going?
Um, it's going okay. I just, the last job I was
on was pretty rough. I mean, I understand. Why
don't you come out here? If you can take a little
time off and relax out here, you know, might
help out. Yeah, I think that might not be a bad
idea. I just need to clear my head. You know,
I made some mistakes and... I wasn't as cool
under pressure as I should have been. I just,
yeah, I need to clear my head. I think going
out there for a little bit might not be a bad
idea. What happened? You keep being really vague.
Mom, you know I can't talk too much about my
work. I know, I just worry about what... I'll
just say, some people weren't what we thought
they were. Okay. Quite literally. Yeah, you'll
get a phone call. They'll say it was some sort
of accident, but they're not, whatever they tell
you isn't necessarily going to be the truth.
Well, that's something to live with, thanks.
Well, you know. Okay, I mean, just, all I can
tell you is, you know, some of the stories you
used to tell me about, like, you know, El Cucuy
and La Llorona and stuff like that? Yeah. Those,
really? Really. Like you've run into monsters.
Really. So, I mean, I guess if I'm injured, I
can just call you and let you know, but if I'm,
if it's worse, you know, you'll get a letter.
Wow. I know. I know. But just know I'm keeping
people safe, Mom. Of course. All right, sweetie.
I love you. I love you, too. All right. Robin,
it's a beautiful day. You're in a park. There
is people running around doing things, dogs and
all that good stuff. And the air is just the
perfect temperature. And Neha is sitting next
to you. And she goes, why do you keep coming
back here? Because I miss you. And it helps to
think of you this way instead of the other. Yeah,
that was pretty bad. I did the best I could.
I know you did. What do they have you doing?
Honestly, I don't even know anymore. But I'm
seeing a lot of stuff. When I saw you before,
I thought it was the worst it would ever be.
And I was wrong. But it's like the way they're
just everywhere, anywhere. Yeah, I thought I
could handle it. Partner thought. He could handle
it. I guess there's no way of really knowing
until you're in the thick, you know? Yeah. I'm
doing some good work, though. Maybe I can keep
something from happening like it happened to
y 'all. Just know when to run. That, I think
we're actually getting right this time. Yeah.
It feels like you're fighting World War III,
but without the backup, you know? Yeah. How's
real life outside the job going? Yeah, you know.
You know how it gets. The job is life, but...
Madison keeps me going out. That's good. If we
don't meet every, you know, two weeks or so for
dinner and drinks, something, she will literally
come to my house and drag me outside into the
blinding bright sunlight. Yeah, that's good,
though. You need that. Sorry I'm not there. Me
too. And then she dissolves and you wake up.
All right, so, Wanda, you get a call. or Agent
Sims, you get a call to come in to the Pentagon
and speak with General Roth. And when you show
up, they take you to this special area that has
top secret conference rooms. And basically what
they are is they are places where no surveillance
can get through. Nobody gets in there without
special permission, basically, is what I'm trying
to get out. Okay. So you show up, and they take
you into one of these rooms, and sitting across
on the table is this older gentleman, General
Roth. He's not in his full uniform, which is
a little odd. Usually when they're at the Pentagon,
they're wearing their full uniform, but he's
just in a suit with a blue tie. You've heard
of him before. He is a four -star general who
works at the Pentagon, and he works with the
Department of Defense. And that's pretty much
the end of your knowledge of him in particular.
And he says, Agent Sims, please take a seat.
It's nice to meet you. Thank you, sir. It's a
pleasure. We have been reviewing several agents'
performance records, and you have done a stellar
job by all measurements, and that is why you
are here today. We have recently... It's hard
to know where to start with these things, but
we have an agency that deals with, I'm going
to say, supernatural things. I know that sounds
a bit crazy, like, you know... werewolves and
vampires and all that can't be real. But there
are phenomenons that we do not understand yet
and do not fall under our scientific knowledge
that sometimes will bubble up and cause problems
around the world but also in the United States.
That is why you are in a super top security room
right now. Not many people know about it. Sometimes
things will happen where there's cannibalism
or some other extreme violent occurrence. If
you remember about a year ago or so, there was
that horrible storm that hit Charlottesville,
I believe it was. Yes, of course, sir. Well,
that was one of those incidents. We had to cover
it up. We think that you would be a good fit
for this agency. And we feel that you could help
us. We have a group that we call themselves because
they work in three to four people and they go
out and they investigate these phenomenons. We
think that you would be a good fit for one of
these cells. No disrespect, sir. But as you are
familiar with my record, I do tend to operate
solo and have been very effective in doing so
throughout my entire career. I understand that.
But for this particular agency, working solo
isn't something that is possible. We are going
to have to have you work with other people. Is
there a command structure within these cells
that I need to be aware of? No. They usually
work in tandem with each other pretty well without
having a structure. But I will say that you are
going to be my eyes and ears in this situation.
I want to give you some background. The agency
you're joining is loosely called Delta Green.
It's been around since the 1940s, World War II.
It started even before that, but it's been known
as Delta Green for a while. And they have dealt
with occult Nazis all the way up to terrorists
in our present day. who are looking for supernatural
means to cause havoc. And a lot of these things
cannot be revealed to the public. So it's black
ops, basically. It's like the CIA in that the
heroes are never going to be known, and only
the failures are going to be remembered if they
ever hit that far. So one of the failures that
Delta Green had was in 1970, they went to Cambodia
and lost a lot of agents and cost a lot of lives.
And the agency was dissolved at that point. But
the people at the time did not agree with this.
And they continued to work as Delta Green, unsanctioned
by the United States. As you can imagine, this
was, in my opinion, a shit show. And it lasted
for a while as they siphoned off money from different
agencies that they worked at in order to keep
this going. It became clear in the mid -2000s
that we needed an organization to deal with these
unnatural occurrences or ununderstood occurrences.
Because I really feel that these things are...
If we use science, we will figure them out. It's
just, you know, it's like flying. We didn't know
how to fly until we figured it out kind of thing.
Absolutely. I stopped believing in the boogeyman
at a very young age. So it's all, I would imagine,
science we just don't understand yet. Correct.
Anyway, they decide to reboot Delta Green. And
when they did it, they offered these, I'm going
to call them cowboys, who were... working illegally
outside of the government's sanction, an opportunity
to come home. And a lot of them did. But another
section of them said they didn't want the oversight
of the United States government and that they
could do this all on their own. And they have
been operating that way for the past 10 years.
The group that I'm sending you to is part of
that sanction. They are They are outside the
government. And what they don't know is that
over the last couple of months, we have been
neutralizing that arm of Delta Green. We can't
have vigilantes going out and dealing with things.
We have to have unity and oversight. Their whole
apparatus that is above them has been neutralized.
They don't know this yet. They're good agents.
And what we want to do is move them over into
our court. And that's where you come in. You
want me to bring them back into the fold? Correct.
Now, there are three agents in this cell. You
will be the fourth. Yesenia, Robin, and Norman.
We only use those names at this time. because
of protocol. Norman works with the NSA, and I
think he's going to be the easiest to work back
in because he's already a company man. Yesenia
is part of the military. Again, I think she'll
be relatively easy to work back into the fold.
Robin is a doctor, something we always need in
the agencies. She lost someone because of Delta
Green, and I feel that she is going to be the
hardest to bring back. I see. I'm going to leave
this up to you on how you want to approach this.
Get to know them. Decide whether or not you want
to be truthful from the get -go, or if you want
to try to work another angle. See if you can
be reasonable with them and explain to them why
it's so important that everybody be under the
same roof. You know, are there protocols in place
for those that decide not to come back underneath
our heading with the way that the agency works?
They don't have much connection beyond the person
who calls them and gives them a job. So if they
have to be cut loose, then they get cut loose
and we replace them with someone else. And when
I say cut loose, that's not some. jargon for
neutralized or killed or, you know, taken care
of. They they just will no longer be contacted
to do jobs. And the work that we do is so far
out there that it automatically lands in the
conspiracy theorist camp, which we use to our
advantage. People that come out and say the world
is flat or there's, you know. Vampires are real
or whatever. The mainstream does not believe
these people. And so it's easy to kind of hide
things behind that cover. So they're not in any
physical danger. It just means that they become
disconnected from the organization. It seems
like the wise thing to do in those cases is also
to squash their knowledge further through. public
relation means if necessary we feel that you
are the person for this job and with your record
we feel that you can manage this we know that
you're used to working on your own but this is
a situation where we need you in this spot is
there a timetable on bringing everyone back under
our control well the nice part about this situation
is we've set it up where that if you want They
can believe what they believe for as long as
you need them to. Again, they don't report to
any particular place. And so we can feed you
cases and see how they act, and you can reveal
your intentions whenever you want. There's a
danger to that, though. They may not trust you
if you don't come in honest straight off the
bat. That's why we're giving you the choice on
how you want to approach this. Undercover ops
are not new to me. And assuming identities and
infiltrating groups, again, is something that
is very much in my wheelhouse. I know how to
come in and make connections and gain trust.
So I feel discretion would be most advised at
this point. Good. You'll be getting a call from
an agent that will be assigning you basically
a handler who will give you information and you'll
give the back and forth between us. I may have
a meeting with you soon after a few months just
to see where everything's at. We appreciate you
taking on this case. And if there's no more questions,
you can go. Well, thank you for this. Great honor
and a chance to further serve. You're welcome.
Dismissed. And she's going to get up and leave
the room. Okay. So there we go. Yeah. What do
you think now? So just for everybody who's listening,
as we did each person's little vignette or little
story, we had them leave the podcast until it
was just max. So they don't know. anything that
just happened. So Mac, what do you think for
Agent Sims? Is that a good setup for you? I love
it. Yeah, it's going to be fun. It's very exciting.
Yeah, I think it's going to be a lot of fun.
Well, thank you so much. We're not going to do
outros this time. You know where Mac is, you
know where I am, and everyone else has left.
So it's just us. Thank you so much for supporting
us. We appreciate it. Have a good holiday season,
and we will see you next time on Agents Dossier.
Bye.