RFK '72 Posters

This collection of four posters, created in the retroactive backwash a week prior to the temblor at the St. Francis Hotel, are ostensibly artifacts from the universe of Andrew H. Krane's Atlantis Risen series. They promote incumbent President Robert Kennedy's bid for re-election in 1972 against Ohio Senator Robert Taft, Jr. In the universe of Krane's novels, Kennedy, in charge of the war against Atlantis for the past four years, won 49 states and the District of Columbia, losing only Nebraska (it's implied in the third novel in the series, Hail Atlantis!, that MARPA information warriors, using pilfered Atlantean information magic, seeded subliminal pro-Kennedy messages on all three television networks and in all major newspapers; Nebraska, as the only triple-landlocked state, was unaffected by anti-Atlantis propaganda).

The four posters depict the same stencil of Kennedy with the four basic messages of the RFK '72: Four More Years (red, promoting Kennedy's domestic successes), Peace. Hope. Unity. (blue, trying to bring America together after being internally riven by Atlantean infiltration), American Magic (green, reminding America of the advances that MARPA has brought into their lives since the chaos of 1968), and Defeat Atlantis (yellow, a profession that the war against Atlantis is the second-term Kennedy Administration's number one priority, in an attempt to peel off conservative Republican voters).

Gazing upon one or the other of these posters for a minute and concentrating on the ahistorical energy contained within grants the viewer a minor boon (and a Quirk) for 24 hours depending on which poster is viewed as the viewer innately channels the power of the RFK meme from the Atlantis Risen universe. Once a poster has been "used" it no longer contains the reality-warping energy and is a spent force. Operation URIEL currently has a handful (six to eight) of each version of poster.

• Red: Kennedy the Politician. Gain a +1 to any negotiation or politics rolls. Also gain the Quirk Uncompromising.

• Blue: Kennedy the Poet. Gain a +1 to any verbal artistic expression rolls. Also gain the Quirk Self-Important.

• Green: Kennedy the Bringer of Magic. Gain a +1 to any occult-related rolls. Also gain the Quirk Obsession: Occult Knowledge.

• Yellow: Kennedy the Cold Warrior. Gain a +1 to any warfare-related skills (Strategy, Tactics, etc.). Also gain the Quirk Dislikes Commies and Hippies.

Using any variety of poster also bestows the Quirk Delusion: "RFK was re-elected in '72," which will stay in effect for 1d days after the initial 24 hours expires. If the Kennedys come up in any capacity in conversation or otherwise, the viewer will assert with confidence that Kennedy was not shot in Los Angeles in 1968 and that he is currently President. This is a minor pragmaclast and therefore only costs 1d-3 Corruption to use.