In July, seven workers died in an industrial explosion at Building 7 of Smith International's Deer Park facility, and what was left behind was twisted steel, blood, and unanswered questions. The official story is industrial accident, but eight night-shift workers went missing in the weeks before the explosion, all of them handling the same experimental "industrial solvent" that Smith International swears is just an enhanced degreaser.

Their surviving families aren't buying the official story, and Federal investigators from OSHA and ATF are asking uncomfortable questions. When they demanded Smith International reveal the fates of the eight missing workers, the petrochemical giant responded with corporate stonewalling. Their suits insist that the missing workers were "independent contractors" with no records, and they trade secret protections on every document request, and even send coordinated agents to intercept anyone looking too closely...

But there are more loose threads. Some of them are disturbed workers whose conscience can't keep them complicit forever. Others are more chaotic, more disturbing: men transformed into 'monsters'. Something in Building 7 didn't just explode, it was changing people. Their delivery drivers like Omar Vasquez and Marcus Williams came back wrong: violent, burning to the touch, leaking caustic fluids. Marcus fought off three men with his bare hands before they drugged him and dragged him away. Thomas Botkin's mind shattered so completely he's institutionalized.

And somewhere in Houston's petrochemical sprawl, Smith International is already prepping XK-52, the "safer" formula. The bodies are stacking up. The evidence is buried. And Smith International has made it very clear, they'd rather destroy lives than admit what XK-47 really does.

Get Involved

How many more people have to disappear before someone makes Smith International answer for what they've done?

This is a PRP run by Medina: send him an @mail or page him on the game or DM him on the RetroMUX discord to discuss directly how to get involved! You could...

Investigate The Facilities

There are dump sites to remediate, facilities to map out and discover, witnesses to interview to find out how far the corruption goes, where the missing've gone, and how to best plan a strike against Smith International, an oil & gas company clearly in the clutches of Pentex.

Expose The Corruption

Confront Smith International's security, Gulf Coast's "rehabilitation" doctors, the fomori that workers have become. Expose the cover-up through legal channels, media attention, or direct action

Protect/Heal The Vulnerable

There are vulnerable people - the missing peoples' families organizing against Smith International, the whistleblowers with dangerous knowledge, the survivors still being hunted. They each have wounds to heal and lives to rebuild.

Search & Destroy

Cleanse the contaminated sites poisoning Gaia, rescue workers mid-transformation, destroy XK-47 stockpiles before they're deployed elsewhere.

People

The Missing Eight

Recurring/Important NPCs

Places

Smith International

Gulf Coast Wellness

Bayshore Rehabilitation

Drilco Inspections

The Rusty Mule

Things

XK-47

XK-47 has been mentioned in the news as an "industrial degreaser" meant for the petrochemical industry's needs to clean and maintain its equipment, but the workers who have been chronically exposed to it are vulnerable to its corrupting influence.

Important NPCS

IC Rumors

A street racing incident involved someone spitting acid and "ritual kidnapping".
Chemical plant workers have been "disappearing" after exposure to dangerous substances.
Companies are hiring desperate workers for hazardous jobs without proper safety measures.
Federal investigators are being stonewalled by corporate lawyers claiming "trade secrets".
Families of missing workers can't get death certificates or insurance payouts.

Participants

Archimedes
Ajax, Delia and Tori
Gabriel, Francesca, and Enzo
Emma
Ahston
Ryen, Samson, Todrick, Etienne, and Chuck
Molly

Logs

Chronological order from top (oldest) to bottom (latest).

Shifter/Smith International

Written In Blood