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Report No: GT/RT-160826-016240711

Location: Zion, Maryland

Agents:

• Cortez (Michael Moreno)
• Drummond (Alistair Russel Whitehead)
• McCarter (Connor Murphy)
• Monroe (Frank Mason)

Summary:

Working Group MASTICATE continues their investigation into the disturbing events surrounding Cornucopia House, focusing on covering up their previous actions, investigating the murder of caseworker Kerry Houghton, and uncovering new connections to a Florida case. The agents grapple with the moral implications of their decisions as they attempt to contain the unnatural threat and prevent exposure of Delta Green’s activities.

Operation Report:

• The agents attempt to silence potential witness Owen Becker, ultimately deciding to use an unnatural memory-wiping ritual to erase his memories of the events at Cornucopia House.
• Agent McCarter successfully performs the ritual on Becker, despite the emotional toll it takes on him. Becker is left unconscious near his hotel, with his phone cleared of evidence and deliberately broken.
• The agents investigate the murder of Kerry Houghton, discovering connections to a Florida case through facial recognition of the assailants in the murder video.
• One of the assailants is identified as Thomas Perez Cunningham, an adopted son of the Cunningham family in rural Maryland. The agents visit the Cunningham farm, finding all family members brutally murdered in their sleep, with Thomas missing.
• Evidence suggests that Thomas, who is deaf, was previously a resident of Cornucopia House before being adopted by the Cunninghams in 2006.
• The agents leave the investigation of the Cunningham murders to local authorities to avoid drawing attention to their own involvement.
• Deputy Costa approaches Agent Cortez, implying knowledge of Cortez’s true identity as “David Cortez,” potentially compromising the agent’s cover.

Analysis and Recommendations:

• The unfolding events surrounding Cornucopia House continue to reveal a complex web of unnatural occurrences and far-reaching consequences. The connection between the Maryland and Florida cases, as well as the involvement of former Cornucopia House residents, suggests a deeper, more sinister force at play. It is imperative that A-Cell closely monitor these developments and provide guidance and support to Working Group MASTICATE as they navigate this treacherous landscape.
• The use of unnatural means to contain the situation, such as the memory-wiping ritual employed by Agent McCarter, raises significant concerns about the psychological well-being of the agents and the potential for unintended consequences. It is recommended that A-Cell consider providing additional resources for mental health support and closely monitor the agents for signs of instability or compromised judgment.
• The revelation of Agent Cortez’s true identity by Deputy Costa presents a significant risk to the security and anonymity of Delta Green’s operations. Immediate action should be taken to assess the extent of the breach and implement necessary countermeasures to protect the organization and its agents. This incident underscores the importance of maintaining strict operational security protocols and the need for contingency plans in the event of exposure.
• As the investigation progresses, it is crucial that Working Group MASTICATE remains vigilant and adaptable in the face of the ever-evolving threat posed by the unnatural forces at play. A-Cell must be prepared to provide swift and decisive support to ensure the success of the operation and the safety of the agents involved. The far-reaching implications of the Cornucopia House case cannot be understated, and it is essential that Delta Green brings the full weight of its resources to bear in confronting this insidious threat to humanity.

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Session Notes

• The agents have Owen Becker in the backseat of their SUV around 8 pm. It’s getting dark.
• They were likely witnessed and possibly recorded on camera getting Becker into the vehicle at the La Quinta, as he did not seem excited to get in the car.
• The agents discuss showing Becker the disturbing “Hello Kitty” evidence to potentially discredit him as a witness, but Cortez notes that the folder is locked in a safe at his house and they were instructed not to go home.
• Exposing someone to the unnatural is generally avoided in Delta Green as it can lead to unexpected consequences and more loose ends.
• Drummond tries to convince Becker that he doesn’t have the full context and is traveling a dangerous path by pursuing this story.
• Becker remains idealistic, saying the truth needs to come out and he’s willing to go to jail for it.
• Drummond implies a more serious threat to Becker, letting his jacket slide open to reveal his handgun while giving Becker a hard look.
• Becker says they can’t do that because people will look for him, but is clearly shaken and thinking hard about his situation.
• The agents realize that even if Becker agrees to back off now, once he’s no longer under their control in the car, he may change his mind.
• Cortez has Becker’s cell phone and plans to download his contact information and address.
• Drummond suggests staging Becker’s death, either as a suicide due to the trauma of the case or framing him as a pedophile involved in the crimes. Drummond claims he doesn’t relish these options.
• The agents are discussing how to deal with Owen Becker, who has knowledge of their activities at Cornucopia House. They are concerned about the risk of him talking.
• Monroe suggests mutilating Becker to ensure he can’t communicate what he knows, but the others are hesitant about this extreme measure.
• The group considers potential locations to dispose of Becker’s body if they decide to kill him. Monroe likely has a storage unit under a false name that could be used temporarily.
• They also discuss the possibility of staging Becker’s death as a suicide at the La Quinta hotel where he is staying. This would involve retrieving security footage and using their government credentials to explain their presence.
• McCarter reveals that he has a mind-wiping spell that could be used to erase Becker’s memories of the events. This is similar to what was done to Kerry Houghton, as evidenced by her diaries.
• The spell, “Obscure Memory,” would allow them to make Becker forget a specific brief event, but it’s unclear if it would work on the unnatural elements he witnessed.
• The agents consider using the spell repeatedly on Becker, essentially “Groundhog Day-ing” him until they can convince him of their desired narrative.
• However, McCarter doesn’t have the notes for the ritual with him. They are likely stored in his office at Georgetown University, which is about an hour and a half away.
• McCarter proposes getting Becker to a safe house, holding him for a few hours while he retrieves his notes, and then using the mind-wiping ritual on him.
• The other agents react with surprise and concern to McCarter’s suggestion, with a new group chat being started to discuss how to potentially dispose of McCarter himself.
• Monroe finds a quiet spot to pull over, and Drummond handcuffs Becker. Becker is sobbing throughout this process.
• The agents, except for McCarter, make sanity checks to see how they handle the guilt and trauma of putting Becker through this ordeal. McCarter loses one point of sanity.
• Despite the moral quandaries, the group seems to be leaning towards using the mind-wiping ritual on Becker as a “merciful” alternative to killing him outright.
• The agents, including McCarter, Drummond, Cortez, and Monroe, are discussing how to handle the situation with Owen Becker, a potential witness.
• McCarter reveals that he knows how to perform a memory-wiping ritual that the “babushka” (likely referring to Yelena Kalamatiano) used on Kerry Houghton, which he learned from her notebook.
• The other agents express concern about McCarter’s knowledge of this unnatural ritual, with Drummond pointing out that Delta Green would frown upon its use.
• Despite the moral implications, the agents reluctantly agree to proceed with McCarter’s plan to mind-wipe Becker as their primary option, with a backup plan in place if needed.
• The agents discuss the logistics of transporting Becker to a secure location for the ritual, ultimately deciding to use Monroe’s storage unit.
• McCarter leaves to retrieve the necessary notes from his office in Georgetown, while the other agents take Becker to the storage unit.
• After several hours, McCarter returns to the storage unit with the notes and begins attempting to perform the memory-wiping ritual on Becker.
• McCarter struggles to accurately mimic the gestures and chant the required phrase, realizing that he will need to practice and refine his technique for the ritual to work properly.
• The other agents observe McCarter’s attempts with a mix of curiosity and unease, with Cortez asking what they should expect to happen if the ritual is successful.
• Throughout the scene, the agents grapple with the moral and psychological implications of using such an unnatural means to cover up their actions, highlighting the toll that their involvement with the supernatural has taken on them.
• McCarter prepares to use the memory-wiping ritual on Owen Becker, while Drummond and Monroe decide to leave the room to avoid witnessing the process.
• As Drummond and Monroe exit, they hear extended screaming from McCarter, followed by screaming from Becker. The screaming continues for five minutes.
• After about 30 minutes, McCarter begins to sense Becker’s mind and feel his fear. He loses three points of SAN as he harnesses the power to reach into Becker’s mind.
• McCarter specifically targets Becker’s memories of encountering the black goo. The group discusses the implications of leaving Becker with memories of the night’s events.
• McCarter decides to make Becker forget the entire night. However, he is unsure of the consequences of wiping memories that have not yet occurred.
• The group considers incapacitating Becker with drugs before wiping his memory and dumping him somewhere. Monroe, with his medical knowledge, prepares a cocktail of ketamine and morphine to sedate Becker.
• Becker is pale, sweating, and shaking, believing he is about to be executed. Drummond, Monroe, and Cortez make SAN checks due to the difficulty of witnessing Becker’s distress.
• McCarter successfully wipes Becker’s memory of the entire evening, causing Becker to slump over in the chair, unconscious. McCarter loses one point of SAN and three points of Willpower.
• As a result of the mental strain, McCarter suffers an emotional breakdown. He is at a negative 20% for any skill check until he recovers Willpower. He sits in the chair where Becker was and quietly sobs into his hands.
• The group gains back one point of SAN for avoiding murdering Becker. They drive Becker’s unconscious body back to the La Quinta hotel outside of Zion.
• Cortez clears Becker’s phone of any evidence related to the night’s events, including iCloud backups, and breaks the phone by repeatedly dropping it. They place the broken phone in Becker’s pocket and leave him in the bushes a quarter to half a mile away from the hotel.
• Chris suggests leaving Owen Becker, the witness they drugged, on a bus bench to be picked up by the police as a homeless drug addict
• The group agrees this is a good plan to discredit Becker if he remembers anything
• Luke fast forwards to the next morning, noting the agents will not have much time to sleep before continuing the investigation
• McCarter is given the option to skip the investigation and get proper sleep due to his emotional state after wiping Becker’s memory with the unnatural ritual
• The other agents encourage McCarter to take the time he needs, with Drummond reassuring him they won’t talk about him behind his back
• It’s revealed that McCarter’s paranoia has been triggered again due to the sanity loss from learning the memory wiping ritual
• McCarter decides to sleep in and join the investigation later, feeling defenseless either way
• The other agents will show up to the investigation site on minimal sleep, with Drummond arriving notably late to get some rest
• Drummond plans to send texts around 7am saying he had a long night and will arrive closer to 8:30am
• Luke notes that for Drummond to fully recover willpower, he would need to show up in the late morning or early afternoon
• The agents discuss contacting ASAC Pitzerelli to update her on the situation and mention McCarter’s knowledge of the unnatural spell
• At the investigation site, Drummond is approached by Detective Velasquez, who is suspicious about the lack of recent diaries from Houghton
• Drummond tries to alleviate Velasquez’s concerns, suggesting the more recent diaries may have been lost in Houghton’s move to her current residence
• Velasquez accepts this explanation, and Drummond attempts to cultivate trust with her, seeing her as a potential asset for Delta Green
• Drummond texts Cortez about the interaction with Velasquez, warning him to be careful
• McCarter wakes up late in the morning, feeling better, and drives to join the other agents at the investigation site
• Cortez receives a text from Pitzerelli with facial recognition results on one of the men from the video of Houghton’s murder
• The rail-thin man who pinned Houghton to the wall with tools has been identified from mugshots in Broward County, Florida, though he is only known as “John Doe”
• John Doe has a history of arrests for public intoxication and petty theft, with the most recent incident being six months prior, but no name or known address is available
• The agents discover that one of the male assailants from the video matches photos posted on a Maryland homeschool families social media page. The young man, tagged as “Tommy” in most photos, is identified by his adoptive mother Susan Cunningham as Thomas Perez Cunningham.
• The agents find that Thomas Perez Cunningham matches the description of a “John Doe” who has been arrested multiple times in Florida without ever providing identification.
• Elle Gable, one of the assailants, is captured on camera at a Greyhound bus ticket kiosk in Miami on August 16th, one day after the murder of Crystal Killian in Florida and two days before the murder of Kerry Houghton.
• The agents theorize that the assailants are targeting people connected to Cornucopia House as revenge, possibly under the influence of the “Skoptsi” cult or whatever entity they worship. They consider that the Florida murder victim may also have been connected to Cornucopia House.
• Drummond suggests investigating potential connections between Houghton, the Florida victim, and Cornucopia House to predict and prevent future revenge killings. Cortez is skeptical of this theory, believing there is a more sinister force orchestrating events.
• The agents learn that the previous caseworker for Cornucopia House, Franklin Price, is likely retired and living in a rest home, not deceased as they had assumed.
• Recent photos on Susan Cunningham’s social media page show the family farm is in a rural area of Maryland. Susan has not posted in about two weeks, raising concerns that the family may be in danger or missing.
• The agents debate whether to visit the Cunningham farm or attempt to contact the family by phone. McCarter tries calling but reaches voicemail.
• Studying the high-resolution photos of the assailants, the agents (except Monroe) are struck by the unshakable conviction that these “children” are hunters pursuing prey, making the agents question whether they themselves are hunters or prey in this unfolding situation.
• The agents arrive at the Cunningham Farm in Wicimico County, Maryland to investigate the home of one of the suspects in the Kerry Houghton murder case, Thomas Cunningham.
• Upon entering the unlocked farmhouse, they discover four bodies - the entire Cunningham family except for Thomas. The victims appear to have been stabbed to death in their sleep.
• The agents, except for Agent Cortez, are relatively unaffected by the gruesome scene due to their adaptation to violence. Cortez loses 1 point of Sanity.
• The agents note that the stab wounds seem precise and practiced, as if the killer knew how to quickly kill with a knife. This raises questions about how Thomas, a young man around 20 years old, could have such skills.
• While searching Thomas’ room, the agents find little personality or decoration compared to the rooms of the other two adopted Cunningham children. They discover evidence suggesting Thomas is deaf, such as a book on American Sign Language in the parents’ room and a lack of music playback devices in Thomas’ room.
• Agent Monroe attempts to determine the time of death and concludes that the Cunninghams were likely killed around the same time as Kerry Houghton, though he fails his Forensics check.
• The agents find Thomas’ cell phone but determine there is no immediately useful information on it after unlocking it.
• Agent Cortez searches for adoption records and finds that the Cunninghams adopted Thomas in 2003 when he was five or six years old.
• Agent Drummond wonders if Thomas, who was unresponsive to verbal communication in the video of Houghton’s murder, is the same child mentioned in the records.
• The agents discuss the details of Thomas Cunningham, the missing adopted son of the murdered Cunningham family. They determine that Thomas is currently 17 years old, nearly 18, and was adopted by the Cunninghams in 2006 when he was around 5 years old.
• Records show that prior to being adopted, Thomas was a resident at Cornucopia House. This revelation directly links Thomas and the Cunningham family murders to the agents’ ongoing investigation into the disturbing events at Cornucopia House.
• The agents decide to leave the investigation of the Cunningham murders primarily to the local authorities, specifically Velasquez and the state troopers, to avoid potentially drawing unwanted attention to their own involvement. However, they stress the importance of determining the time of death as soon as possible.
• The group plans to split up and continue their investigation, with some members intending to track down and interview Franklin Price, a former caseworker at Cornucopia House, to gather more information.
• As the session concludes, Luke (the Handler) presents a cliffhanger involving Agent Cortez (played by Brian). Deputy Costa approaches Cortez in private, showing him a photo of Cortez from his personal life and addressing him by his real name, “David Cortez,” implying that Costa has uncovered Cortez’s true identity. This revelation leaves Cortez in a precarious position and sets up a tense confrontation for the next session.

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