Orpheus Group was contracted by the rock muscian known as "Jonestown Jaine" to remove several ghosts that had been plaguing him over the course of his recent "Drink the Kool-Aid" tour. The ghosts took the form of young, bedraggled teenagers in goth-style makeup, and had appeared in Jaine's hotel rooms, in his tour bus, and especially in the backstage areas of the concert venues where he played. Recently, they had begun appearing on stage and in the audience during performances.
Agents Markham, Herschler, McGee and MacMillian met with Jaine and Jaine's manager, Ross Camblin, at Orpheus Group Headquarters to learn the particulars of the case. Jaine would be playing at the Raynham Sports Arena in three days; Camblin hoped that the ghosts could be neutralized before then.
After the briefing, Tad Eccles warned the Agents that although they were likely to uncover unethical or illegal dealings in their investigation, they would be reprimanded if they attempted to bring such activities to the attention of the authorities or antagonized their client in any way.
During the next three days, the Agents did background research on Jaine and the previous concerts. They learned that Jaine was notorious for the after-concert orgies held in his hotel rooms, to which he often invited fans. (Though Mr. Camblin always insisted that only people above the age of consent were allowed in.) Jaine was also said to practice "vampirism" — a sexual fetish wherein he would inflict shallow cuts on himself and let others lick the blood, or vice versa.
Agent McGee, not trusting the new computer system at Orpheus, used his own system to dig up police records of teenagers reported missing or dead in the cities previously visited on Jaine's tour. He found a few reports of runaway or missing teens, and two that were found dead on the outskirts of cities two to four weeks after the concert had moved on. In both cases the teens were killed by exsanguination, and there was no sign of a struggle. There were not enough reports, however, to account for the number of ghosts that Paine had reported seeing.
The Agents visited the arena under the guise of safety inspectors and spoke to the tech crew as they set up for the show. However, the roadies reported no strange malfunctions in the lights or sound equipment, and the security had encountered no strange behavior or attacks during previous shows.
McGee decided to explore the backstage hallways and so projected into spirit form. In one corridor he thought he saw a young girl standing beneath a flickering fluorescent light, but when he investigated he encountered the ghost of a large teenaged male who referred to itself as "Lawrence." Lawrence claimed that he had been to one of Jaine's after-show orgies, where Jaine had first tried to rape him and then stabbed him to death with an ice pick. He grew very belligerent when Agent McGee seemed to doubt his story, even though there were elements that did not ring true and Lawrence himself seemed unclear on all the details. Lawrence told McGee that there were several ghosts like him who "wandered around backstage," but only a few of them seemed cognizant.
The next day, Agent MacMillian sought out a local ghost named Sam in order to solicit her advice on the goth-rock youth scene. The two of them visited Jaine's hotel suite, hoping ot eavesdrop on him unobserved. MacMillian used her Masque ability to disguise herself, since Jaine was a known pigment user and would be able to see ghosts while under the drug's effects. Although MacMillian and Sam did not learn anything knew from watching Jaine, they did encounter another teenaged ghost named "Ben." Ben also claimed to have been at one of Jaine's orgies. Like Lawrence, Ben's recollection of the event was clearly distorted: he believed that Jaine was an actual vampire, and had turned him into a vampire as well. He clearly idolized Jaine and would not listen to any evidence that contradicted his belief.
Agent Markham, meanwhile, managed to secure a personal interview with Jaine himself, but was unable to penetrate the rock star's affected, laconic manner.
Finally, the day of the concert arrived. Agents Markham and Herschler arrived in-body, posing as security guards, and watched the crowd from vantage positions on either side of the stage. Agents MacMillian and McGee projected and walked amongst the crowd. They spotted the female ghost that McGee had seen while exploring backstage; her name was Alice. Alice remembered being approached by a man who personally invited her to an aftershow party. She said he had grilled her about where she lived and who her friends were, then had given her a cup of something to "loosen up." It had tasted like Kool-Aid, but had a bitter aftertaste. The man's description matched that of Jaine's manager, Ross Camblin.
During a brief lull between sets, Camblin made his way out to the audience and invited a teenage girl to meet him backstage after the show. McGee skinrode the girl to monitor the situation, and MacMillian followed closely.
Backstage, Camblin interviewed the girl, asking many careful questions about who she was with, where she was staying, and when she was expected to be back. Then he gave her some Kool-Aid to drink. From there she was taken in a limo to Jaine's hotel. McGee and MacMillian stayed with her, while Agents Markham and Herschler followed in a separate car.
At the hotel, McGee and MacMillian were subjected to the unpleasant experience of witnessing Jaine and his many groupies and hangers-on engage in drugs, vampirism and other acts of S&M, and some extremely unhygeinic sex. (Markham and Herschler, who were still in body, were not allowed into the invitation-only party.) However, all acts were consensual and at no point did the girl seem in danger of anything more serious than catching an STD. Eventually, she passed out on a couch and was largely ignored by the other party-goers.
Finally, after everyone (including Jaine) had either left the party or passed out, one of the security men radioed for Camblin. Camblin arrived, picked up the girl (who was still unconscious), and carried her out of the suite to the service elevator.
Markham and Herschler caught up with him in the parking garage as he was placing the girl in the back of his SUV. Herschler attempted to stop him, and Camblin pulled a gun. Although Agent McGee intervened by possessing Camblin and forcing him to drop the gun, Herschler reacted quickly, drew his own gun, and shot Camblin. Camblin died on the scene before paramedics could arrive. Agent Markham, meanwhile, drove Camblin's SUV to St. Joseph's Hospital, where the girl was treated for exhaustion and mild drug overdose.
The police found evidence in Camblin's car that connected him to all of the murder victims from the show's previous stops. Camblin would carefully screen everyone he invited to the parties. If it seemed unlikely that they would be missed, he would slip them a cocktail of rohypnol and pigment; remove them from the party after everyone had passed out; drive to a previously scouted location on the edge of town; then open up his victim's artery and let her bleed out. The victims returned as ghosts, and the drugs blurred or distorted their memories of the event.
Jonestown Jaine was exceedingly grateful to not be implicated in the murders, and paid the contract in full. Though Tad Eccles chastised the Agents for acting hastily in their apprehension of Camblin, the mission was ultimately considered successful. Evidence suggests that all of the ghosts of Camblin's victims transcended — except for one, who evolved into a spectre and now roams the backstage halls of the Raynham Arena in a constant rage, gouging at the walls with the rusty nails that protrude from his fists.