PARANORMAL ORDER
Magic does not come to our reality in an easy way; the world has a foundation of sanity that is difficult to shake. That's the reason only very sensitive people in specific places find ghosts and paranormal events. However, what if a group of people all around the world starts to conspire and creates panic and fear of the paranormal? Faking hauntings, creating absurd conspiracies, spreading ghost stories, making the fear of supernatural more common; and feeding from this fear, creatures that was only stories before start to become true. Bizarre monsters that need to die before they become a fact in our reality, like supermarkets and lions. Therefore, it born a secret worldwide organization, the Ordo Veritatis. Living double lives, Ordo Veritatis agents around the world secretly investigate and prevent the paranormal, fighting against those who just wants to plunge the world into chaos.
Introduction
March 2nd 2020. Into the night, a sky with no stars, the full moon shines bright. In some street, however, a very thick layer of smoke covers the moon, a fire occurs in a big old building, the Nostradamus High School. Outside, a fire truck already controls the situation; inside, a scream of horror echoes.
Hours later, at 04:13 in the morning, three different people receive a notification on their cellphones. An e-mail with some random information, and one very specific:
"Tomorrow, 09:30 a.m. in Mancha do Café.
A medium mocha with a shot of chilean grain espresso for Mr. Veríssimo."
The next morning, the first person arrives as agreed. A woman of average height, short black hair, carrying a suitcase. She enters the cafeteria without speaking, goes to the cashier and orders the mocha for Mr. Veríssimo. She pays and then heads to the seats to wait for her order. A few minutes later, a man in his thirties comes in, short brown hair, wearing a gray vest over a red shirt. He makes the same order to the same person, pays and quickly goes out to smoke a cigarette while waiting. Another time passes and another man enters, this one wearing a gray overcoat, with a very long beard, hair in a bun, shaved on the sides. He places his order and, right after paying, the barista already calls:
- Mr. Veríssimo. – That doesn't make sense.
The three of them walk to the counter, stare with some strangeness. In their heads, one question. "Why the Order would call three people?" That never happened before.
- I think you should talk. – The barista says looking at them. – The coffee beans machine has some issue, so I have to fix it.
The employee then walks away; they look at their respective cups. They realize this is not the orders, but the favorite coffee of each one.
- Hi, my dears.
Author's Note
Hi, guys, how's it going?
Paranormal Order is the first season of Cellbit's RPG. Currently, he streams the third season at Twitch, on his channel Cellbit, and he uploads all episodes in his YouTube channel, same name. However, if you want to watch it, it's in Portuguese, but I recommend it anyway just to see the players performances. Read and then watch, you'll understand, I guess.
Just to be clear, I only translate to practice my poor English writing. I don't own it. I watch the RPG, make it as a story and then translate, and it's my first time writing anything, so if you want to give an advice or something, feel free.
Thank you all,
Angel of the Night.