B&B (Bed & Bondage)

Basic setting : a local group of Andrealphites have realised the value of developing a location which they can use as a safe-house, blind, and occasional area for extracting victims. A charming Balseraph of their number has therefore made the acquaintance of a fluffy but sincere young woman, Maria, who runs a small "Bed and Bondage" Establishment. While staying at Maria's B&B -- called Alternatives -- guests are also welcome to use all the amenities of the house: an extensive dungeon in the basement, metal hooks tucked into lacy corners and the genuine antique bondage devices adorning the rooms. Of course, guests will also need to make their own pancakes -- B&B stands for bed and bondage here. Maria doesn't do breakfast.

Now, normally this would just be way too fluffy and cute and sincere and affectionate a place for Lusties to be interested in, other than to corrupt it. I mean, the humans involved are caring about each other, they're engaging in _consensual_ sex . . . It's enough to cause spontaneous dissonance and acne. However, the most powerful Andrealphite locally (Bujeldi, the Balseraph) wants the place to look absolutely innocent to angelic investigation. With such a useful blind installed, Andrealphites can drop in and out at will, victims can be (very sparingly) recruited or kidnapped, and Maria can continue to run it in total ignorance. (She's kind-hearted, sincere, and Heaven-bound ultimately, but not the world's most perceptive person.)

Problem : a group from the Game is making its usual well-beloved checkups, and has decided to pay a call on the Alternatives establishment, which they have heard is sponsored and used by Lust. Now, _if_ the place turns out to be innocent and consensual, most of the Andrealphites in the vicinity can expect charges of TREASON TO HELL and being dragged off to torture (and really, that's only fun when you're doing the dragging). Ergo, it needs to be turned into a hive of vice by tomorrow evening -- _without_ damaging Maria or her innocence and sincerity. Phone calls to friends that the Game won't recognise has been the most sensible idea yet, so that they can turn up spontaneously, pretend to be humans, and demonstrate how degenerate the place is.

Very Unfortunate Complication : a prowling group of Laurencians is in the area, hot to strike down any minions of Evil. ("What, you don't have any Evil on the premises? Awwww...") However, being a Somewhat Enlightened group of Laurencians, they have reluctantly accepted that some counter-culture lifestyles may have elements of virtue and sincerity and honesty and other points which mean they can't just smite them with the full fury of righteousness. Consequently, they're going to look first and judge second, and slay third. And guess where they're about to turn up?

Accidental Awkwardness : One of the actual, genuine guests is hosting a Shedite of Malphas, who is talking said guest into a divorce with all the inborn eloquence and persuasiveness of a Corruptor, and has somehow managed to include a visit to Alternatives as a logical and obvious step on this route. The Shedite may thoroughly confuse matters . . . especially if it figures out what's going on.

Probable Situation : the PCs (Andrealphites, or hired by the Andrealphites to manage the situation) will have to manage things so that, _simultaneously_:

a) the Game gets shown into and escorted round rooms where visiting Andrealphites are masquerading as humans and demonstrating proper demonically inspired behaviour.
b) the Laurencians at the door are shown areas of the establishment with sincere and consensual humans doing things which may not be strictly inside the marriage bond (though some may!) but aren't demonic. Oh, and don't get spotted as a demon yourself.
c) Maria, the owner, doesn't get corrupted. She's such a useful blind . . .

Salt to taste . . .

--- In Nomine