Evidence Tracker

WELCOME TO THE CONVERGENCE

Axiom Spire stands where magic meets code.
Tonight, power flows, power breaths, power changes hands.

The Convergence Expo has gathered representatives from every major faction: corporate interests, city regulators, guild representatives, advocacy groups, and independent operators. The air hums with anticipation and tension. Tonight's proceedings will bring us the future the Sprie needs, or at least the one it deserves. Neon sigils pulse along the walls, casting shifting shadows across faces that reveal ambition, concern, and careful calculation.

Kael Virex's keynote is scheduled to begin soon. He proudly claims to have completed the Aegis Protocol, a system that will permanently stabilize spellcasting by binding magical output directly to living hosts. Supporters see it as necessary protection. Critics see it as the end of magical autonomy. Tonight will decide which version becomes reality.

You have been selected to remain after the keynote for private negotiations. Whether you're here to secure the deal, prevent it, observe, or intervene, tonight is set to shape the future of the Spire.

Rules:
• Speak in-character when possible
• No physical contact, without consent
• No real threats
• Phones are part of the game

Find your character.
Introduce yourself.
Trust carefully.
Have fun.

The Convergence begins.

The sigil-clock glitches.

For a moment, the display flickers, neon symbols stuttering like a failing spell. Then ancient runes, long banned by city regulation, bleed through the neon display. They pulse with an old light, the kind that existed before modern magic was optimized and contained.

One symbol flares brighter than the rest, the glyph of oath-binding, forbidden in public spaces for centuries.

Murmurs ripple through the crowd. Some step back. Others lean forward, recognition and fear warring in their eyes. The air tightens, charged with something that doesn't belong in a regulated space. The Convergence's carefully maintained atmosphere of control fractures.

Someone here is bound by promises older than the city. Someone here stands on broken ground.

The magic does not explain itself, but it does not lie.

Around you, faces reveal different reactions: curiosity, alarm, calculation. Questions form in the space between words. The keynote has not yet begun, but something ominous has.

SECURITY LOCKDOWN - PARTIAL

The announcement cuts through conversations like a blade. Emergency protocols activate. This is not a full city lockdown, but enough to seal exits, restrict access, and freeze all data transmissions. Neon sigils flash red along the walls.

Access logs are corrupted. Internal systems are unstable. Something has breached the Convergence's security, something that shouldn't exist in a space this well secured.

Then the message comes through the comms, one that is a surprise, but also somewhat expected:

KAEL VIREX IS DEAD.

Kael was found in his private chamber, moments before he was scheduled to deliver his keynote. The discovery was made by his team when he failed to appear at the appointed time. The scene was....unsettling. The energy was draining. No visible wounds. No obvious cause. Just death where there should have been life.

The room erupts in chaos, controlled chaos, but chaos nonetheless. Questions fly. Accusations form. Everyone seems to be observing their surroundings with a new sense of intensity. The person you were speaking to moments ago might be a killer. The person you trusted might have secrets. What motives could have led to the murder of such a prominent leader?

Security has sealed the building. No one leaves until the murderer is discovered. The Convergence was supposed to be about the future of magic. Instead, it has become a gruesome scene.

The Convergence continues. But nothing will be the same.

AUTOPSY REVISION

The preliminary results are in. They make no sense.

• Not poison
• Not blunt force
• No external trauma
• No magical residue from standard spells

But something was there. Something old. Something binding.

• Ancient binding magic detected
• Oath-based signature confirmed
• Feedback cascade pattern identified

CAUSE OF DEATH:
OATH FEEDBACK CASCADE

The medical examiner's report explains it in technical terms: an ancient oath was reactivated or broken, creating a feedback loop that overloaded Kael's magical abilities and systems. The energy bounced between the oath's binding and the host, code fighting with magic, fighting with hardware, cycling until it became fatal. It's a rare cause of death, one that requires specific knowledge, specific access, and specific intent.

This narrows things considerably. Not just anyone could have done this. You need knowledge of ancient oaths. You need access to binding magic. You need to know how to install augmentations. You need to understand how to trigger a cascade.

Around the room, eyes shift. Calculations are being made. Suspicions are forming. Some people look at those with Fae heritage. Others look at those with technical knowledge. Still others look at those who had access.

The investigation has just become much more specific.