Everything Is Coming Up Roses
a Campaign Setting for In Nomine
by Eric Funk
Located in a central location in the campaign city, somewhere between "downtown" and the largest hospital, there is a flower shop that has been in the news lately for its kindly deeds. The owners of "By Any Other Name" donate flowers to causes and worthy events, pay their taxes, and go about their lives. Unbeknownst to its owners, Servitors of Novalis have worked around the clock for months to help this business thrive. Only the combined efforts of a small team of angels of Flowers were able to protect it from sabotage and buyouts. The angels have also arranged for various Trade-connected businesses to offer their services. The shop now has cutting-edge over-the-counter security, surveillance, refrigeration, and a web page where one can order flowers to be delivered to anywhere in the city. Metal shutters cover the large front windowpanes at night.
It all began after Mark and Cindy Oswald retired, and started a small knick-knack shop. The business was barely profitable, selling a paltry number of party balloons and shirts. This all changed one day while Cindy was arranging some flowers she received for her birthday. A man was watching her at the store, seeming amazed. "Lady, you have real talent! Here is a number for a greenhouse I know." He bought a gag four-armed t-shirt and a tie-dye kit. The man scribbled a local phone number on a piece of paper, and in a twirl of his dreadlocks, he was gone, never to . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: January 27, 2006
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