It was going to happen eventually.
It seems that everybody who gets to Heaven when they
die has a little list of people they want to meet, and
things can become difficult if the people they want to
meet never showed up in the first place (want to make
an angel wince? Ask where St. Jerome is). And, of
all the 'oops' there are, the worst is... well, Paul.
No, really. Shocking, huh? You would think that Paul
would have managed to peg either his Destiny (from
Laurence's point of view) _or_ his Fate (from
Malphas')with his work in early Christianity, but it
didn't happen. When asked, Yves just shrugs and
reminds the questioner gently about why blatantly
direct interference is frowned upon by his Servitors.
Too much of the "Saul, Saul, why doth thou persecuteth
me" bit, and the poor human's free will goes out the
window.
A real embarrassment all around... but apparently
Paul's been riding the Reincarnation Express all this
time, and somebody finally got a lock-on.
Unfortunately, so did Hell. There's going to be a fun
little fight over this one soul.
Now, the PCs will probably not be mighty enough to
handle the careful - very, very careful - nudging of
Paul (who hasn't yet made any inroads towards either
state. Heck, he's a 13 year old girl this time
around). They _will_ be mighty enough, no doubt, to
assist the team of Destinians/Faters sent down to
fiddle with the controls.
Said fiddlers will do their best to explain why they
need strange, bizarre things done in strange, bizarre
ways, but you know how specialists get when trying to
explain stuff. Need I also mention that the Other
Side will be doing the exact same thing?
Now, this can easily be played for laughs (as usual),
but for those who like a sharper, darker edge, look no
further than the (optional) blade held by the Malakite
of the Sword assigned as a liason to the angelic team.
After all, if Paul(ine) should achieve her Destiny,
why...
... don't you think that it's time that this worthy
soul finally received its proper reward?
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