As promised, here's "Lexa's Diary", a summary of what happened in our Unknown Armies game the first day.

By way of intro, Lexa (or Alexandra Valentine) is a 21-year-old college senior who attends the University of Alexandria and works at an antiquarian bookseller in the (fictional) Southern town of Alexandria. She's rather outspoken, attractive but tomboyish--think Angel-era Cordelia without the vanity. She's lived in a house owned by Michael Burroughs for two years. Her housemates are Fiona Cantwell, who has lived there for seven years, and newcomer Seth MacAdams, who found refuge there six months ago after a life on the street.

Lexa's Diary: Monday, August 26, 2002

Michael's been gone since Thursday, and we were getting worried. Sure, his work as an antiques procurer takes him off places pretty frequently, but he always tells one of us, or his mother for sure, and it's just not like him to leave his cell phone. [Oh, man, we had no idea!] Fiona called Black and White Antiques, but Mr. White hadn't seen him and Mr. Black was unreachable.

And then two guys showed up at our door. They wore expensive suits. One was an older guy who introduced himself as Rabbi Simon Ben-Ezra and a very tall younger man, Mr. Lake, in town on business. I could wear Mr. Lake had a gun in a shoulder holster under his jacket. The rabbi had a large signet ring with the Star of David on it. Both had a faint oily smell about them, the older man more than the younger.

Rabbi Ben-Ezra claimed that Michael had acquired an item in a small box that should've gone to them. We claimed ignorance, pretty much because we were. The rabbi gave me his card—expensive-looking, with an 800 number on it. They left in a chauffeured limousine.

We searched Michael's room to see if we could find the item. I felt bad about doing it, but we didn't find it. Fiona said his favorite sword was missing from his fencing stuff under the bed.

Fiona and I checked all the usual hangouts. We even questioned Bill, the smelly homeless guy by the grocery store that Michael always brings food to, but no one had seen our missing friend.

Seth went on to work at Blockbuster, as usual. [Note: he told us later that some guy with a drug addict vibe came in asking for something Michael had, saying he'd make it worth Seth's while.]