Three Pillars: Second Chance
Session 3
Jamey Minnis
Wassup?
The Flaming One
That way.
Jamey Minnis
(looks at the ceiling...)
Jamey Minnis
huh. look at that.
Jamey Minnis
hey penny!
The Flaming One
:)
Penny Gronbeck
hi!
Jamey Minnis
how you doing?
Penny Gronbeck
better... I got antibiotics, so I am no longer Snot Girl.
The Flaming One
I'm still dizzy from Aikido.
Penny Gronbeck
I also finally decided to move to LA.
The Flaming One
Haha! Thats everyone!
Jamey Minnis
that's cool.
The Flaming One
Except me.
The Flaming One
And Matt.
Jamey Minnis
when are you coming out here?
The Flaming One
Why?
Dina O'Shire
whasssup!?!
Penny Gronbeck
august.
The Flaming One
That way, Dina.
Jamey Minnis
cool.
Dina O'Shire
this way '^' ?
The Flaming One
Yup.
Dina O'Shire
coo'
Penny Gronbeck
depends on how you set your screen, doesn't it?
Jamey Minnis
Dude, teddy, you would not believe the mutants blowing apart animations they have in fallout 2...
Dina O'Shire
good point there penny...
The Flaming One
Up is always the antiparrelel to gravity. period.
Dina O'Shire
well, hopefully i will soon- gonna go buy it tomorrow
The Flaming One
So, why the move, Penny?
Dina O'Shire
damn you tj and you're physicist ways...
Dina O'Shire
yeah! penny comes to la!
Jamey Minnis
I gotta go with the GM on this.
Penny Gronbeck
lots of reasons.... I can't get a job here, the winters suck
Penny Gronbeck
and the city is full of people I don't want to see.
Jamey Minnis
Besdies, Teddy, you don't damn my physicist ways...
Jamey Minnis
Is the city really that bad?
The Flaming One
But this city isn't?
The Flaming One
Or that city.
Penny Gronbeck
no, but I grew up here.
Jamey Minnis
ahh...
Jamey Minnis
that would make a difference.
Penny Gronbeck
I need some space from it.
Penny Gronbeck
and, more to the point, I can't get a fucking job.
The Flaming One
That is important. Already have one, or hoping?
Dina O'Shire
hey- i understand penny- come out here! yeah! justin will get you hooked up- he's getting me another job...
Penny Gronbeck
hoping.
The Flaming One
And LA claims another soul... slurp.
Penny Gronbeck
I've got people looking - Justin, his mom, Karl....
Dina O'Shire
talked with him the other night- he's already got a few jobs in mind for you...
Penny Gronbeck
sweet! anything that lets me keep my clothes on?
The Flaming One
Justin is just Mr. Connected.
Dina O'Shire
karl! yeah! you can go clubbing with us!
Dina O'Shire
all of 'em except the ones where you gotta work for me, baby!
The Flaming One
Can I come?
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, the only down side is I just found the hot waitress heaven of the twin cities.
Dina O'Shire
<teddy is in a weird mood>
Jamey Minnis
dude, penny, I feel for you.
Jamey Minnis
I want a hot waitress...
Dina O'Shire
hell yeah- we'll get you hooked up and stripped naked too tj!
Penny Gronbeck
thanks...
The Flaming One
Hmmm... maybe not.
Dina O'Shire
mmmmm... hot wattresses...
Jamey Minnis
Justin says that the meeting won't let him in...
Penny Gronbeck
I'm not sure I want to see TJ naked, no offense.
Dina O'Shire
well geez, penny- don't ruin it for the rest of us!!!
The Flaming One
Hmmm... Don't know why. Is he using the right address and password?
Penny Gronbeck
better than you naked, Teddy.
Dina O'Shire
gotta agree with you there!
Jamey Minnis
Wait, you don't want to see TJ naked?
Dina O'Shire
i'm like an albino ethopian sans the cute pot belly...
Penny Gronbeck
do you?
Jamey Minnis
whoo.
Jamey Minnis
no one wants to see Teddy naked...
Dina O'Shire
justin!
Dina O'Shire
whassssssup!?!
The Flaming One
Dude!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Okay, I'm here.
The Flaming One
Yeah, but no Matt.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, I thought we were short someone.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
The bastards at the cleaners couldn't get teh spots out of my shirt...
Jamey Minnis
hmmm...
The Flaming One
Well, let them have it!
Jamey Minnis
dude, that sucks!
Penny Gronbeck
spots?
Jamey Minnis
what spots do you have on it?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Gonna try a place in Seattle.
Jamey Minnis
or do we want to know?
Dina O'Shire
heh!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nothin' icky.
Penny Gronbeck
are those your spots, Teddy?
Jamey Minnis
riiiiight.
Jamey Minnis
I think teddy got overly excited and made the spots...
Dina O'Shire
nope- justin keeps trying, but i'm a good boy now...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He won't eat my ass.
Dina O'Shire
'course, there was that time i mistook him for katie holmes...
The Flaming One
That's more than I needed to know...
Penny Gronbeck
you've said repeatedly that you'd fuck him if you were drunk and thought you could tease him later.
Dina O'Shire
hey! i'm always drunk!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We gaming or what?
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, but not drunk enough, apparently.
The Flaming One
Well, I guess we'll have to write Matt off....
Dina O'Shire
well, that's a lot of drinking we're talking about there
Jamey Minnis
teddy, when is the last time you spent 24 hours sober?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
1984
Dina O'Shire
sometime this weekend... it's sad really- don't drink as much as i used to...
Dina O'Shire
smoke twice as much though!
The Flaming One
*Cough*
Dina O'Shire
and hey- i'm technically sober now...
Jamey Minnis
Dude.
The Flaming One
Well, I guess well start w/o Mr. Hammer.
Dina O'Shire
just like i was technically sober when i took the mirror off that car the other night...
Jamey Minnis
I've been drunk more consecutive nights than Teddy...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
What's Matt's middle name?
Dina O'Shire
damn it!
Dina O'Shire
good question
The Flaming One
It doesn't start w/ a C.
Jamey Minnis
things I don't want to know about (teddy's driving is high on the list)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damn.
Dina O'Shire
heh! that's what i was hoping too!
Penny Gronbeck
(preceded by teddy naked)
The Flaming One
Ha, ha.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Matt Teddy Naked Hammer
Dina O'Shire
see what happens when you're late?
The Flaming One
You burst into flames.
Dina O'Shire
you get me naked in your name!
The Flaming One
You make me try to make stuff up.
Jamey Minnis
wow.
Dina O'Shire
sorry bout that! ;)
Jamey Minnis
we could get naked flaming teddy on our hands...
The Flaming One
Okay, lets really get started this tiem.
Dina O'Shire
well, i did accidentally set myself on fire the other night...
Penny Gronbeck
whoa, conversational safeword on that naked teddy thing.
Dina O'Shire
<shutting up now>
The Flaming One
Who wants to start?
Jamey Minnis
naked teddy?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ooo! Ooo!
Dina O'Shire
<can't go without matt>
The Flaming One
Okay, since I don't want a naked Tedyy....
Dina O'Shire
hey!
The Flaming One
Damon, Ivy.
Penny Gronbeck
that's us.
The Flaming One
You are in the middle of a normal looking office lobby.
The Flaming One
There are people mulling about.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, yes... terribly, horribly normal...
The Flaming One
Something about them isn't right.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yes. They're DEAD.
Penny Gronbeck
how's the spidy sense?
The Flaming One
Correct.
The Flaming One
Spidy sense isn't tingling right now....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Spelling note... it's SPIDEY sense...
The Flaming One
Only when *you* and everyone else spells it!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And Stan Lee, dammit!
The Flaming One
I'm special.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, and it's not 'pouring' over books, it'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That's not a compliment these days...
Penny Gronbeck
s 'poring'.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Anyhoo. I'm looking for the demon man.
The Flaming One
So, your SPIDEY sense is not tingling.
Dina O'Shire
<knew that already- just type too fast>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
thank you
Penny Gronbeck
okay. thank you.
The Flaming One
You don't see Mr. Demon.
Penny Gronbeck
do they have brochures here?
The Flaming One
The receptioness looks up at you. "May I help you?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Hmm. <whispering to Ivy> Maybe we should ask for Mr. Beelzebub.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy shrugs at Damon.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon focuses his attention on the secretary, bringing his presence to bear.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"We want to look out your windows."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He manages to make it sound ominous.
The Flaming One
She looks at you a bit puzzled, and a bit taken aback. "Windows?"
Penny Gronbeck
"It's okay, they wouldn't let us on the 23rd floor either."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yes. Transparent sheets of glass affixed to the side of the building."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Windows."
The Flaming One
She looks at you very strangely. She points to a hallway over her shoulder. "The 'windows' are down that hall. They aren't public, you know."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Thank you. It's good to be young at heart."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon begins to lead the way down the hall.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy goes also.
The Flaming One
Ivy, as you go, you notice the receptioness wait until you are almost out of sight, then she picks up a phone.
The Flaming One
The hallway is non-descript. At the far end is a window, next to some restrooms.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
The box should know where the Demon Man is...
Penny Gronbeck
<whispers to damon> "she's watching us, she just picked up a phone."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hmm... that won't do."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
The line goes dead, cut by workers two blocks down.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Please?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Entropy 3
The Flaming One
You concentrate on the patterns of the phone. YOu feel a tug, and are sure that it will soon go dead.
The Flaming One
Unfortunately, it appears she just finished.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon smiles thinly... then curses under his breath.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Cassandra isn't here. Let's come back later"
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks for other exits - offices usually have some.
Penny Gronbeck
"yeah, let's go."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon turns around and heads out the front.
The Flaming One
This hall is very short. The closest is the main enterance.
Penny Gronbeck
okay, we're going out that way.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That's where I'm going.
The Flaming One
As you head towards the exit, you notice a security officer come around the corner. Seeing you leave, he just crosses his shoulders and waits.
The Flaming One
You make it out with little fuss.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon glares at him, just to make him a bit nervous, then gets in the elevator.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Somehow I was expecting violence."
Penny Gronbeck
"We were lucky."
The Flaming One
The elevator closes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"There is no such thing as luck."
The Flaming One
Something is amiss.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
What kind of something?
Penny Gronbeck
"okay, so they're lulling us into a false sense of security."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Perhaps there will be violence yet."
The Flaming One
You look around. Nothing seems wrong. The elevator, Ivy, Sam. Then it hits you.
The Flaming One
Sebastian is missing again.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, hell.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Where?
The Flaming One
You think he might still be up there.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Well, I have no choice.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Ivy, Sebastian's upstairs. I have to go back."
Penny Gronbeck
"I'll come with."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You don't have to. It could be dangerous."
Penny Gronbeck
"yeah, and you're not the one who knows kung fu."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon smiles. "But I've seen the movies."
Penny Gronbeck
"not as many as I have."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon begins to respond, then simply kisses her. "Let's go."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy smiles. "okay."
The Flaming One
You press the button back up the Technogenesis floor.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
This is not good...
Penny Gronbeck
no, I'd even go so far as to say it's bad.
The Flaming One
You step out into the pre-lobby. It feels... colder this time.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Spirit scan...
The Flaming One
Spidey tingling some.
Penny Gronbeck
keep enough distance from Damon so that if I have to fight, I don't hit him.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Security guard?
Penny Gronbeck
what kind of tingling?
The Flaming One
You twist the box, and as you do, the colors swirl black. You see a few Restless floating before the door. As they notice you noticing them, one flees back through the door.
The Flaming One
Ivy: A warning tingle. The pre-lobby appears empty to you.
Penny Gronbeck
am I in danger?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I address them... "Who are you?"
The Flaming One
Ivy: Not yet. But soon?
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to start boosting my physicals.
The Flaming One
Damon: The other looks at you and smiles. Its not a sane smile.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I'm looking for my friend, wraiths. Have you seen him?"
The Flaming One
Damon: The other shakes his head. "Oh, did we loose someone? Nooo one here. No." His head twists around as he says this.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Cute. "His name is Sebastian, and he is here. Answer me. Now."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Attempting to intimidate.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Charisma + Intimidation - 8 dice, -3 difficulty.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy tries to see what Damon's talking to and fails.
The Flaming One
The creature looks a taken aback. Threatened, it leers are you and floats through the wall back into the main lobby, out of sight.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Any left?
The Flaming One
No.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks around for emergency stairs.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
then I follow them... Preparing a rote in my box.
Jamey Minnis
[private]I'm heading to the restroom - I'll be back in a few minutes.
The Flaming One
Ivy: There is a set you see.
The Flaming One
Damon: What rote?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]I'll think of a cool name for it later... Entropy 3, Spirit 2. Basically it will tear apart their corpus.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]When I get some Mind, I can take Pathos!
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] It think it would be Spirit 3 (an equivalent to life, but they are not living. Why Entropy 3?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Well, the rote is a combo of Matter decay (Entropy 3) and Spirit's Kiss (Spirit 2)... if Spirit 3's all I need, though....
The Flaming One
Damon throws open the door. This time, the security guard is standing right in front of the door. It seems he had some warning.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Excuse me, I seem to have forgotten something."
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] For Spirits, you replace Life w/ it for similar effects. For Wraiths, I say you need 1 dot Entropy to "attune" to the other side.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Cool with me...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Can I boost my Avatar with Spirit 3?
The Flaming One
He crosses his arms and looks down at you. "And, what the hell would that be?"
Jamey Minnis
[private]I'm back...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"My pet frog Sebastian."
The Flaming One
He raises an eyebrow. "I don't think you had any 'frog'."
Penny Gronbeck
"He doesn't go anywhere without it."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Do you...?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Damon's gonna fall back on an intimidate...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Step aside, sir. I'm going to find Sebastian.
The Flaming One
You glare icily into the guard's soul. Something seems to react. The guard shakes for a moment, but it isn't in fear. Its as if he's trying to ... control himself. He looks down at you, his eyes smoldering.
The Flaming One
ivy: Spidey sense just went up a notch. Danger!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon walks past the peon.
Penny Gronbeck
[private]two successes to boost physicals.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy follows closely.
The Flaming One
The guard makes some motions. Okay, you wanted it, you got it. Combat. Initiative, everyone.
Penny Gronbeck
what are we rolling for that again?
Jamey Minnis
I blithely ignore the combat...
Jamey Minnis
; >
The Flaming One
You add your full dex+wits to 1d10.
The Flaming One
Jamey: Hah! It'll be your turn soon enough!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not wits/alertness?
Penny Gronbeck
dex+wits is 8, I rolled a 9.
Jamey Minnis
really?
Jamey Minnis
never woulda guessed...
The Flaming One
Not in the new rules. Alterness helps notice things only, now.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Heh heh... 17 total.
The Flaming One
Checkers. Okay, Damon and Ivy--- You notice the guard going for a club on the side. The receptioness is cowering. Damon, out of the corner of your eye, you see the two wraiths in the foryer. They seem to getting ready to do something.
The Flaming One
What you going to do?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Gonna hit one of the wraiths with the pattern I have already prepared.
The Flaming One
Ivy?
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to punch the guard in the throat.
The Flaming One
Okay.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You notice the guard going for some sort of billy club. Make your brawl role.
Penny Gronbeck
two successes.
The Flaming One
The guard doesn't dodge your hit, and you punch him square in the stomache. Damage (str+2).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Man, my girl is hot when she does that...
Penny Gronbeck
[private](am I boosted?)
The Flaming One
[private to Penny Gronbeck] You got two success. Which did you boost?
Penny Gronbeck
strength.\
The Flaming One
Damage?
Penny Gronbeck
one.
The Flaming One
This guys muscles are like steel. He looks down at you with a grin.
Penny Gronbeck
fuck!
The Flaming One
Meanwhile, Damon releases the darkness within his box. Arete, diff 7.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Diff 5... this is a Spirit effect... remember medium. Right?
The Flaming One
Justin: Diff 4--unique focus.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
3 successes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damn 2.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
2's just never work for you...
Penny Gronbeck
hey, I rolled 2 ones.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
that sucks.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, but the guard doesn't think so.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Tell me I just tooled some ghosts...
The Flaming One
The darkness snakes out of the box towrds the leering wraith. It wraps about it. It howls and part of it bleeds off. However, it seems just angrier.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Bring it, dead boy.
The Flaming One
It screams at you defiantly. It rushes at you. Are you going to dodge?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I have no dice pool with which to do so...
The Flaming One
It rams into you with inhuman strength. You go flying backwards 5 feet. Soak 2.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That really hurt.
The Flaming One
You land on your arms, perhaps spraining them (2 levels bashing damage). As you look up, you see the other one charging towards Ivy.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Is there anything I can do?
The Flaming One
Nope, you are a little stunned.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]I spend one of my 10 Willpower.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Can I do something now?
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Not usually, but this time....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]He's gonna have a bad day (tm)
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Do it then.
The Flaming One
Ivy, you feel a cool rushing towards you. However, just as it seems to almost be upon you...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Spirit 3, Entropy 3 (or 1, I dunno)... I'd like to open a gateway to the Maelstrom in front of him.
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Roll: Diff 5 this time.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, shit... 4 successes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
This could be bad...
The Flaming One
The lights flicker for a moment and you feel some sort of power being twisted. A darkness wells up all around you. You hear screams of torment.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon grits his teeth, willing himself to do this...
The Flaming One
Damon: From your side of the mirror, you see the darkness that is the Tempest spill out from a great rip in the fabric of reality you just tore.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, no...
The Flaming One
Suddenly, there is screaming everywhere.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That should flush Sebastian out, at least...
The Flaming One
Okay, we'll let Justin imagine the hell-hole he just opened (literally) and float over to Jamey....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Shouldn't have attacked Ivy...
The Flaming One
Jamey, you still w/ us? :)
Dina O'Shire
yeah!
Jamey Minnis
right-o!
Dina O'Shire
he's making fun of my vamp character!
The Flaming One
What character?
Jamey Minnis
for Justin's game.
Dina O'Shire
justin's game
Dina O'Shire
sorry- we were whispering...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Justin's game.
Jamey Minnis
heh.
Jamey Minnis
he deserves.
The Flaming One
Ah. you can tell me later.
Jamey Minnis
poor anti-social brujah...
Dina O'Shire
fucking tremere!
The Flaming One
So, everyone remembers thir roles?
Jamey Minnis
as you were saying TJ?
Jamey Minnis
I think I'm playing this werewolf...
Jamey Minnis
;>
Dina O'Shire
eh, yeah- i'm a dumb canadian wendigo, eh...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I turn to Crinos!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No, I don't.
The Flaming One
You fail.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
My life is hell.
Dina O'Shire
heh! poor little kinfolk,eh...
Jamey Minnis
if you watch closely, maybe you'll learn how...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Gonna open a casino...
The Flaming One
You stand in front of the rusted family.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Call it Eater-of-Money
The Flaming One
Factory, I mean.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That was unnerving for a bit.
Dina O'Shire
<no shit!>
The Flaming One
It'll only get worse. Whose fault is that? Hmm?
The Flaming One
Anway....
Dina O'Shire
i blame matt...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George looks at the factory... bitterly.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to call in a nuclear-equivalent gaia friendly strike... ; >
Jamey Minnis
OK, I'd like a description of the rusty factory.
Penny Gronbeck
not the rusty family?
Dina O'Shire
didn't we already open the door?
Jamey Minnis
I figured the rusty family was george...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'd like to get a couple pocketfuls of shells for my gun. From the glove box.
Dina O'Shire
heh- his arms may be storn, eh, but how bout his willy?
Dina O'Shire
strong, that is...
Jamey Minnis
We got Wyrm here?
The Flaming One
Its is a large sprawling structure, over several stories. It is hard to tell what it used to be. Most of the windows, all high, have be broken. There is a large fence with no-trespassing, but several holes through that as well.
Dina O'Shire
<any animals about?>
Jamey Minnis
<any spirits about?>
The Flaming One
There are no animals. The taint seems to originate from here, but there are trails of it all about.
Jamey Minnis
[private]is there magic going on here? I have the sense magic gift as well...
Dina O'Shire
<whats between homid & crinos? i go that...>
The Flaming One
The spirit world here is even colder. The factory is a meanance. Darkness hovers over it.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I wouldn't know.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I stay Homid. Bitterly.
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] No magic. Right now at least.
Penny Gronbeck
<glabro, teddy.>
Dina O'Shire
<glabro, eh? yeah i go that, eh...>
The Flaming One
George: you notice... rainwater. Puddles of it all over the place. They look oily.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George zips up his coat, expecting rain.
Jamey Minnis
I glance around to see if anyone is watching us - this is deserted, right?
The Flaming One
There appears to be no one looking at you.
Jamey Minnis
riiight.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to shift to glabro as well...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"So, we going in or what?"
The Flaming One
George: All your friends get hairy.
Dina O'Shire
i thought that was the idea, eh?
Jamey Minnis
'sounds like a pan.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I get bitter.
Jamey Minnis
I hop the fence and head toward the factory.
Dina O'Shire
<follows>
Penny Gronbeck
follow.
Dina O'Shire
<flanking manuevers>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Cursing, George clumsily climbs the fence.
Dina O'Shire
<looking for back entrance>
The Flaming One
Then George goes through the people sized hole next to the "No Trespassing sign."
Dina O'Shire
<hey! i'm canadian afterall...>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
<Pulling the underwear from his crack>
The Flaming One
There may be a back entrance, but you would have to scout around most of the building.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Hey, clever me.
Dina O'Shire
<i do so>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hey, we expecting trouble?"
The Flaming One
The Wendigo sloughs off.
Jamey Minnis
<looks at you>
Jamey Minnis
'what do you think?'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Well, if we are, maybe I should wait in the car... you know, quick getaway."
Jamey Minnis
'afriad? of a little wyrm taint?'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Although Blue is a match for anything that comes out of those woods."
Penny Gronbeck
"wuss."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hey, now. I'm not a big monster, but if George has to prove himself, he will..."
The Flaming One
Teddy: You come around to what appears to have been the loading area. It smells... rotten.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to shift further, to Hispo.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Gonna need a reward, afterwards, though. Damn Garou... think they're sooo bad."
Jamey Minnis
Then I will approach the door...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Wish I was one. Instead of my dumbass brother."
Penny Gronbeck
I follow Runs.
Dina O'Shire
<i approach the rottenness- growling a warning>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George follows, muttering.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to see if I can smell anything at the doorway - has anything gone through here recently that I can recognize?
The Flaming One
You push your way through the rotted door.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I'll wyrm taint him..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Not afraid..."
The Flaming One
Teddy: There are rotting crates of all times. One says "Uncle Matt's Slaughterhouse".
Justin Robinson-Prickett
grumble grumble
Dina O'Shire
<sniffs the air, looks around, begins sifting through the crates... could be some good eats in there!>
The Flaming One
Runs: You stop in the door. There are several smells, many recent. Men. A few women? And... something, else...
The Flaming One
Teddy: You realize anything that was in there rotted *long* ago.
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf> Something inhuman has been here.
Jamey Minnis
Recently.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, woof woof to you, too. Chief."
Penny Gronbeck
"besides us?"
Dina O'Shire
<still sifting through garbage... could be wyrm in there!>
The Flaming One
Both: Off in the distance, you hears the "crash" of glass in the distance.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Gonna drag me along, won't even talk English..."
Dina O'Shire
<or at least interesting smells...>
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to follow the not-man smell.
The Flaming One
Teddy: Nothing exciting. Some old man smells, but nothing recent.
Dina O'Shire
<turn towards the direction the sound came from>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Where was the glass breaking? Inside or outside?
The Flaming One
Runs: The smells go in both direction. Inside, or out?
Jamey Minnis
I think that justin has the crux of the matter...
Jamey Minnis
inside.
The Flaming One
The sound appears to have come from inside.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to try to sneak up on whatever made the sound...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George sighs, and goes in.
Dina O'Shire
<rush in the loading dock howling>
Penny Gronbeck
follow Runs.
Jamey Minnis
OOC: there goes the quiet approach...
The Flaming One
Runs: You hear howling off in the distance.
Jamey Minnis
does the howling have meaning? Or just general howling?
Dina O'Shire
<howling akin to 'i'm gonna get you wyrm!>
Jamey Minnis
Well, is it the 'chasing the wyrm' howl, or is it just howling from excitment?
Dina O'Shire
<per gm discretion, or course...>
The Flaming One
Runs: You sneak into the factory propper. A lot of older, out-dated equipment. It appears to have been a meat-packing factory of sorts. You see darkened slaughtering equipment (rust, blood?) and other equipment....
The Flaming One
A bit of both howls.
Jamey Minnis
Let me know if I smell anything interesting (wyrm, magic, that creature, ...)
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to move slowly and silently toward where the sound was...
The Flaming One
The Smells cross the place, but seem to head further in, purhaps a bit up.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George shuffles after them...
The Flaming One
Teddy: This part of the factory seems more abandoned. Cobwebs cover the place.
Dina O'Shire
<claws at the cobwebs, moving slowly but determinedly further inwards>
Dina O'Shire
<no stealth here>
The Flaming One
Runs: You hear a loud rustling in the distance. Someone is not being quiet out there.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to slow down, and keep trying to stalk whatever made the earlier noise. Keeping an eye (and nose and ears) out for anything alive.
Penny Gronbeck
<follow runs, looking out for stuff behind us.>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George tries not to act as scared as he is... he knows what happens to kinfolk in fights like these...
The Flaming One
It is hard to tell exactly where the first smell came from. The smells. however, seem to lead up a set of rickety stairs, with several steps missing.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'm Hudson, I just know it...
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf> seems to be up the stairs...
Penny Gronbeck
<nods>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George looks at the stairs, and moves on.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
As in, checking out the ground floor.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to carefully creep up the stairs...
Penny Gronbeck
follow, once he's up - two on this staircase might be really bad.
The Flaming One
The stairs where not developed for dogs.
The Flaming One
George: You head further into the factory. The equipment seems to have collapsed here, some time ago. You hear some sort of *something* coming from w/in it.
Jamey Minnis
meaning that I can't make it up the stairs?
The Flaming One
Teddy: YOu have reached an area where the factory has partially collapsed. YOu think you hear some movement ahead.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George whistles softly, hoping to summon his allies...
The Flaming One
Runs: No, you cannot.
Jamey Minnis
bugger.
Penny Gronbeck
<shift to glabro>
Jamey Minnis
I'll shift to glabro.
Dina O'Shire
<still in glabro... creep a bit more cautiously towards this movement>
The Flaming One
You sift to hairy. YOu can hear George whistle up ahead, on the ground floor.
The Flaming One
Teddy: There is a whistling coming from up ahead. Someone is signalling for something.
Jamey Minnis
<shift back to Hispo>
Dina O'Shire
<continue to move towards the whistle- slowly, carfully...>
Jamey Minnis
I head toward george.
The Flaming One
George: There... no there! Something... large. There is soemthing coming. In the darkness, it doesn't look friendly.
Dina O'Shire
<whistle from same direction as movemenyt?>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George, his arms shaking, levels his gun...
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf to Penny's werewolf> 'watch the stairs.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry, oh, Gaia, I love you, honest..."
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to catch up with George...
Penny Gronbeck
I watch the stairs.
The Flaming One
Teddy: yes. As you turn a corner, you see the glint of light off of the barrel of a gun. You can also hear steps runnning closer to you. Their sound echos meanacingly.
Dina O'Shire
<fall to the floor- low howl like 'hey! it's me! don't shoot!>
The Flaming One
George: Now the darkness is howling! What the hell?!?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"What the fuck? Sound off in English, or I smoke you, bitch!"
Dina O'Shire
<in glabro voice> ME! NO SHOOT! CAME FROM BACK!
The Flaming One
Runs: You see George holding his gun, smelling of fear.
Jamey Minnis
I come up next to George.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"If you're the Wendigo, you'd say 'eh', motherfucker! Come out slowly!"
Dina O'Shire
<comes out slowly> BACK SEEMED GOOD. NO FEAR. ME. LOGAN.
Jamey Minnis
I turn around and head back to the stairs, since this seems in hand...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George relaxes visibly. "Shit, Logan. We gotta tie a bell around your neck."
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf> Logan - something upstairs.
Dina O'Shire
UPSTAIRS? WE GO?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Thanks for the language, Chief. And me without my decoder ring."
Dina O'Shire
BATTLE READY. HUNGRY FOR WYRM.
Jamey Minnis
I look over my shoulder and wink at George.
The Flaming One
Wolf winking. A strange sight.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George shivers, and hopes he'll at least have company in bed tonight.
Dina O'Shire
WHO BE OLD MATT?
Jamey Minnis
'what?'
The Flaming One
Runs shifts back into glabro, and turns his feet to the steps. They creack loudly beneath everyone's wieght.
Jamey Minnis
OOC: lovely...
Penny Gronbeck
it's not like we were quiet before...
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to shift back to hispo when I get to the top of the stairs.
Dina O'Shire
OLD MATT. THIS HIS HOUSE.
The Flaming One
Half-way up the stairs, one of the steps collapses under Run's weight. He catches himself, but the step clangs loudly, and again...and again.
Jamey Minnis
'don't know.'
The Flaming One
The quiet is deafening afterwards.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George smiles... he likes it when Garou fuck up.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to hurry up the stairs, since sneaking seems to have completely failed...
Dina O'Shire
BE QUIET. LIKE MOUSE.
The Flaming One
You reach the top of the stairs. The catwalk looks over the remains of the equipment. There seems to at least one large room off to the left. The smells lead that way.
Dina O'Shire
THIS BE OLD MATTS SLAUGHT-HOUSE
Dina O'Shire
YOU KNOW MATT GEORGE?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Do I?
Jamey Minnis
Like I said, I want to shift to Hispo...
The Flaming One
George: Doesn't sound like anything you know.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No, sorry." George seems distracted by the palpable terror around him.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He follows the Chief up the stairs.
Dina O'Shire
KAY. FIGHT WYRM NOW? <to Runs>
Jamey Minnis
'when we find it.'
Dina O'Shire
FIND SOON. LOGAN HUNGRY.
Dina O'Shire
SNEAK IS WEAK. FIGHT IS RIGHT.
The Flaming One
You get to the high room. It has glass windows looking out over the factory floor. They are still intact. The door is closed.
Jamey Minnis
Are there blinds on the windows?
The Flaming One
There are. They are drawn.
Dina O'Shire
<stays behind Runs, but is ready to leap into fray, if there is one>
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to peek into the room through the corner of the window, ready to pull my head back if it looks dangerous...
The Flaming One
You'll have to shift. Again.
Jamey Minnis
I can't just poke my head up?
Jamey Minnis
I'd gotten the impression that Hispo was very large...
The Flaming One
You jump up, making a lot of scratching noise. The inside is dark. From one sunbeam coming through the ceiling you get the impression of overturned furniture. It appears emtpy of life.
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf> seems empty.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to head over to the door, keeping below window height...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George stares at the room as though it were a ravenous animal.
Penny Gronbeck
<wolf> let's find out.
The Flaming One
The door is there. Brown, with white around its window.
Jamey Minnis
closed?
The Flaming One
The doornob is a sickly brass. It is slightly ajar.
Dina O'Shire
GO NOW! BE READY.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to scent at the door and see if anything smells fresh.
Dina O'Shire
NO WAIT SHAMAN! WE FIGHT!
The Flaming One
The smells are fresh, perhaps yesterday.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George glares at Logan...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Logan is in Glabro, right?
Jamey Minnis
I nose the door open and run into the room.
The Flaming One
Yup.
Dina O'Shire
<logan still in glabro>
Penny Gronbeck
follow runs, also still in glabro.
Dina O'Shire
<follows howling>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Covers the exit...
The Flaming One
The door opens with little resistence. You can see one of the windows has collapsed, perhaps recently. There is a lot of rotted, overturned furniture. There is a smell of new blood, perhaps a few days old. A little of it may cover the floor, but the darkness covers everything.
The Flaming One
There are a few cigarette butts strewed about.
The Flaming One
It is also cold. Very, very cold in here.
Jamey Minnis
does the window go to outside?
The Flaming One
Yes.
Dina O'Shire
<howls loudly>SHOW SELF!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George waits a second, then goes in.
The Flaming One
The taint is almost palpable to you, Runs. It pulses with your heartbeat. Sings to your blood. Its almost seductive. The amulet burns coldly on your skin.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to look into the spirit world...
The Flaming One
Everyone else: Runs appears to be tranced by something in this room. It smells strongly of the wyrm (okay George, it just smells of dust and ash).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Standing in the doorway, George says happily, "Looks like nothing's here. Let's go, I know a great place for clams."
Dina O'Shire
<continues to look around, huffing>
Jamey Minnis
<in wolf> something is here. I can smell it.
Penny Gronbeck
<checks out the colder spots>
The Flaming One
Spirit loses sight of you. There is not light in the spirit world. All is darkness. It pulses. It is almost alive. ALmost like a home you wish you could return to... but dread to return to.
The Flaming One
Penny: It is coldest near the cigarettes... and Runs.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You guys like clams?"
Penny Gronbeck
<regard Runs warily.>
Dina O'Shire
<looks at george, shifts to crinos>
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to try to find the source of this taint - is there anything here still?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Whoa, there Logan... they got lobster, too."
The Flaming One
Run: The taint swirls around you, twists and folds about itself, through everything in the room. It passes in and out of you several times, but misses the rest. There is a vortex of it near the cigarettes. You can only distinguish it by feel---all it dark in the spirit world.
Jamey Minnis
Runs shakes his head once and seems to come back to this world.
Jamey Minnis
<shifts to glabro>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"What's the news, Chief?"
Jamey Minnis
Something was here.
The Flaming One
The darkness seems to hover about Runs as you look at him.
Jamey Minnis
I can feel it.
Dina O'Shire
<still in crinos>KILL
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Jamey Minnis
This place will need to be cleansed.
Dina O'Shire
<to Runs>YOU
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Cleansed? You mean, you wanna burn it, and smoke some grass and chant?"
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Dina O'Shire
<low growl>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Oh, shit. I'm gonna die."
Dina O'Shire
[private]am i doing okay here, tj?
Jamey Minnis
'Am I the Wyrm?'
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] I'll tell you if you need to stop.
Jamey Minnis
'Child, you have never seen the wyrm, or you would know the difference.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George backs off, holding his shotgun in the vague direction of the room.
Dina O'Shire
[private]cool- don't wanna overstep my bounds- figure logan is dumb but strong and dedicated...
Jamey Minnis
'It keeps trying to take me, but it won't.'
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter backs off from Logan and Runs.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Oh, shit. Oh, fuck. This is not how I wanted to spend my day."
Dina O'Shire
<still towards Runs, growling loudly now- baring teeth>YOU
Dina O'Shire
WYRM'
Jamey Minnis
'You have never scented the wyrm if you think that I am of it.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hey, Lady D... you wanna break them up?"
Dina O'Shire
YOU
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Dina O'Shire
KILL
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Penny Gronbeck
demeter nods, shifts to crinos, and runs to intercept logan.
Dina O'Shire
<hunches down on haunches>
Dina O'Shire
<bared teeth even more>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Okay, Logan, back it up."
Jamey Minnis
'Have you no respect for your elders, Logan?'
Dina O'Shire
<not looking to fight... yet...>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George tries to look confident, but he reeks of fear.
Dina O'Shire
<closes mouth at this>
Dina O'Shire
ELDER
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Dina O'Shire
KILL
Dina O'Shire
WYRM
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to sniff over by the window, to get an idea of if something has been there recently. Concsiously appearing to ignore Logan.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Come on, Logan, come on down to human form."
Dina O'Shire
<still glaring at Runs... looking confused...>
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] You can cool off... confused good.
Dina O'Shire
<that must look really wierd on a crinos werewolf>
Penny Gronbeck
I snap my fingers in front of him. "Hey! Shift down!"
Dina O'Shire
<looks at george... then demeter... then george>
Dina O'Shire
LOBSTER
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George cracks a nervous smile.
Dina O'Shire
LOBSTER
Dina O'Shire
GOOD
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, lobster, they got good lobster there."
Penny Gronbeck
demeter giggles.
Dina O'Shire
<begins shifting back to homid>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George lets out a slow exhale, thanking God, Gaia and the Great Spirit.
Dina O'Shire
[private]i figure one comment from you= one turn, far as shifting goes...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George mutters to himself. "Today is not a good day to die..."
Jamey Minnis
[private]still curious about the scents near the window...
Jamey Minnis
Any day better than another?
Dina O'Shire
<hokahay?>
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] The window does not have any particular scent. Perhaps it fell apart on its own?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah. I'd like to die on a Friday. So I don't miss Frasier."
Jamey Minnis
[private]riiiight...
Penny Gronbeck
"sometime after I have kids, so my mother doesn't haunt me for all eternity."
Jamey Minnis
Runs smiles.
The Flaming One
George, you notice something at your feet.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I look down.
The Flaming One
YOu seem to be stepping on a Blockbuster reciept.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to search through the room, looking to see if I missed anything...
Dina O'Shire
<at glabro now>
Dina O'Shire
<still shifting>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George hunkers down and picks it up.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
What's it say?
The Flaming One
Got it. Appears local. They rented "The King and I." The new version w/ Jodi Foster.
The Flaming One
The date is last week.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hey, I found a clue. Not bad for a Kinfolk."
Dina O'Shire
<finally back to homid>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Somebody rented locally."
Jamey Minnis
<pats george on the shoulder> 'good job'
Dina O'Shire
hey eh? what;s going on... u, i feel hungry...
Penny Gronbeck
<looks over george's shoulder> "I thought Jodi Foster was only a clue to my sister."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Okay, let's check this out... clue? huh?"
Dina O'Shire
yeah, eh... and get some lobster...
Dina O'Shire
mmmmmm... lobster...
The Flaming One
Runs?
Jamey Minnis
sorry, thinking about what to do next...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Does your sister know Jodie Foster?"
Dina O'Shire
<looking around confusedly>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I'd like to meet her. Loved her in Silence of the Lambs."
Dina O'Shire
<lickinglips for no particular reason>
Penny Gronbeck
<shakes her head> "no, it's a lesbian thing...."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George's eyes widen. "Are you a lesbian? Oh, shit. I'm sorry about earlier. Girl power."
Jamey Minnis
We'll have to cleanse this place.
Penny Gronbeck
"she thinks Gaia looks like Jodi Foster."
Dina O'Shire
cleanse, eh? how we gonna do that?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I can see it. I always thought Gaia'd be hot."
Dina O'Shire
seems the dark follows you, eh...
Jamey Minnis
<tries to not look with disdain at Logan> 'The Ritual of Cleansing?'
Jamey Minnis
'Who rented the video?'
Penny Gronbeck
"my mom talks about jodi foster's kid to my sister a lot..."
Dina O'Shire
oh yeah, eh... uh... spirits and stuff...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, burning, smoking, dancing and singing, right?"
Jamey Minnis
More or less.
Dina O'Shire
and eating eh? <looks pensive>
Jamey Minnis
<shifts all the way back to Homid>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"We gotta check at the store for who rented it. It's in the computer."
Jamey Minnis
Runs looks a bit lost at that one... almost as if he is out of touch with modern culture.
Dina O'Shire
<same confused look on logans face>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I have to... uh... chat with a Weaver spirit... for the info."
Penny Gronbeck
"do they give that out?"
Jamey Minnis
'ahhh...'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No, but I know a guy who works there."
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Lucky you.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"We have a friend in common. Ben Franklin."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]I'm gonna bribe the clerk... sue me.
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] ;)
Jamey Minnis
'Good. Have your friend talk to him.'
Penny Gronbeck
"a good friend to have."
Dina O'Shire
<still confused>
Dina O'Shire
<sniffing air- looking for food>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"We can get lunch, first. This caper's gonna clean me out for a month..."
Jamey Minnis
Is there anything else in here, other than cigarette buts?
The Flaming One
Runs: You look around. There is the blood nearby, dried up. Under one of the couches is what appears to be a used matchbook.
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to look at the matchbook.
Jamey Minnis
I'd also like to examine the blood...
Jamey Minnis
Did it smell human, or other?
The Flaming One
It smells human. The matchbook says "Bar." It has an address and phone. Both local.
Jamey Minnis
I show George the matchbook.
Jamey Minnis
'You know this place?'
The Flaming One
Seedy. Not a place for non-white, violent drunk people.
The Flaming One
ahem non-viloent, non-drunk.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sure. You don't want to go there. Lots of stupid fucking white men and no food."
Jamey Minnis
hmmm.
Dina O'Shire
mmmmm... food...
Jamey Minnis
maybe we can find the one who was here there.
Dina O'Shire
gotta get some chow first, eh?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I can get a name from the Blockbuster, and see if he's at the Bar."
Dina O'Shire
feel like i missed something or somethig, eh...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Demeter can go. She's white."
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: damn keyboard!>
Jamey Minnis
TJ - what kind of smokes?
Penny Gronbeck
"great, just what I need... drunk guys."
The Flaming One
Uhhhmmm... Spender Brand smokes! "They'll make you a Smoking... Man."(TM)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George smiles at her. "Aw, you can handle yourself, Lady D. You're a Fury!"
Penny Gronbeck
"thanks... I think."
Dina O'Shire
<morley brand...>
Jamey Minnis
You were saying, about food?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Spender Brand? Only white guys smoke those... everybody on the res smokes Marlboros..."
Dina O'Shire
mmmmmmm... lobster...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, food. Let's cleanse, then eat, then track."
Penny Gronbeck
"Clams sound good."
Dina O'Shire
yeah, eh... i'm with george...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"They sure do."
Dina O'Shire
clams, eh!?! no way, eh! gotta get some lobster...
The Flaming One
Hey, jamey: YOu got some willow or birch bathed in pure water handy? :)
Jamey Minnis
why, as a matter of fact, I do!
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: dina does!>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Savages... Damon would be so distressed.
The Flaming One
You going to perform the ritual?
Jamey Minnis
that would fall under misc. ritual equipment that I mentioned.
Jamey Minnis
yep.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to explain the ritual to the young'uns here (include George, no less!)
The Flaming One
Check.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George listens... hears "burn, smoke, chant, dance."
Dina O'Shire
cleanse, eh? i don't get it... thought we were supposed to fight the wyrm, eh...
Jamey Minnis
Then, we're going to take the time to cleanse the fuck out of this place...
Jamey Minnis
'In time, we will find the creature. The important thing is to remove the taint from the land. And from the hearts of others.'
Dina O'Shire
oh yeah, eh... that sounds good...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George whistles a Johnny Cash tune.
The Flaming One
You going to cleanse now?
Jamey Minnis
yep.
Dina O'Shire
<hums poorly along>
The Flaming One
Want me to describe what happens?
Jamey Minnis
Runs leads you in a chanting, dancing, incense burning, willow branch bathed in pure water using ritual of cleansing.
Jamey Minnis
sure.
The Flaming One
Runs traces a circle around the cigarettes and the blood. As he does so, there is a faint shimmering, as if there is great heat. He dances around the circle counterclockwise, a burning willow branch following his dance. The smoke and his chant dance together. The room trembles, and darkens around you.
The Flaming One
Runs: You sweat. This ritual is taking more work than it should. As you chant the words and try to push away the taint, it coils in the center of the circle, turning faster and faster.
Dina O'Shire
<snarls confusedly>
The Flaming One
You all feel the air stir. You see the butts begin to swirl around, twist about themselves.
Jamey Minnis
I'm willing to spend extra if necessary to clean this messup...
The Flaming One
Runs: The taint seems to comes alive. There is something conscious in the taint, something... other. You feel it begin to stir, to awaken... and then, with the sound of silent thunder, the taint breaks, fades and vanishes into nothing.
The Flaming One
The room is noticably warmer now.
The Flaming One
Runs: loose two points on gnosis.
Jamey Minnis
'something was here. It is gone.'
Jamey Minnis
<smiles>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Well, then let's go, too."
The Flaming One
Tha was tiring.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"This house is clear."
Dina O'Shire
hey, eh- good job there Elder...
Jamey Minnis
Runs looks a bit fatigued.
Jamey Minnis
He leans against the wall.
Penny Gronbeck
"yeah, nice dancing."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You want some clams, Chief?"
Dina O'Shire
<logan goes to him- claps him on the shoulder>
Dina O'Shire
nah! the chief here needs some lobster, eh!
Penny Gronbeck
"after that, he can have both if he wants."
Jamey Minnis
Steak or Venison?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"This is a seafood town, Chief, but I can see what I can do."
Jamey Minnis
'We still must find the one who brought this here.'
Jamey Minnis
[private]is there still a pull from the amulet?
Penny Gronbeck
"let's eat first."
Dina O'Shire
yeah, eh... let's get 'em... but first we eat, eh!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah, fighting evil on an empty stomach is a bad idea."
Jamey Minnis
'food sounds good.'
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] It is weaker. But there are still threads of it floating about the city. Too faint to follow.
Dina O'Shire
mmmmm... lobster....
Jamey Minnis
[private]I'm gonna have to get the bastards that did this...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
To make a long story short, we eat.
The Flaming One
Well, as the group decides whether to eat-in or take out....
The Flaming One
I think we'll probably wrap for the night.
The Flaming One
Seems like a good place to stop.
Jamey Minnis
OK.
Dina O'Shire
no southern france!?!
Jamey Minnis
[private]I never got XP for last time...
Dina O'Shire
damn matt!
The Flaming One
And I need to think of really bad stuff for Justin.
Penny Gronbeck
oh, great...
The Flaming One
[private to Jamey Minnis] I'll get back to you on that.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Waitaminute. You left us hanging. We went five feet.
Jamey Minnis
[private]cool.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, we've got bleeding damon and ivy in the middle of a fist fight.
The Flaming One
Well, we could go on a little longer. But the rest won't have much to do.
Jamey Minnis
s'okay.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Forget them... they have to get to my place in time for Oz.
Jamey Minnis
I wanna find out what happens to the kiddos...
Dina O'Shire
i don't mind watching... <but i expect some email actions!>
Jamey Minnis
I'll be at your pad by 11, justin...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
K
The Flaming One
However, before we get back, don't we have to determine what we are doing next week? Ain't jamey going to be gone next week?
Jamey Minnis
yeah - I'm gonna be going to a sci-fi convention back home.
Jamey Minnis
I could do monday or wednesday.
The Flaming One
Well, we can do one of two things.
Dina O'Shire
either works for me...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Same here... what's the things TJ?
The Flaming One
Skip Jamey for a session (could do a France and Portland session [assume Matt is back...])
The Flaming One
Or we could do a weds or Monday.
Dina O'Shire
i'm still down with either <and still expecting some email!>
Penny Gronbeck
any of this works for me.
The Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] I'll let you know the stuff you wanted to do later.
The Flaming One
Jamey, Justin? Bueler?
Dina O'Shire
[private]i figured... sorry- just being belligerent ;)
Jamey Minnis
I'd rather do a monday or wednesday, myself.
The Flaming One
You would, sicko! ;)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Either. Monday would fucking rock.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I don't work Monday. I could start at noon.
Dina O'Shire
monday's cool with me
The Flaming One
But I can't.
Jamey Minnis
I do work monday, I can't start at noon...
The Flaming One
Monday, Monday?
Jamey Minnis
bugger.
Dina O'Shire
well, then wednesday will be cool too
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Monday at when? 6?
Penny Gronbeck
monday's fine, weds is fine.
The Flaming One
7. I need to eat, you know.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Wednesday is fine. they means 7 and I may be late.
Dina O'Shire
i can do anything...
The Flaming One
So, Mon 7?
Jamey Minnis
6 or 7 works for me. monday or wednesday.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Monday at 7.
Penny Gronbeck
mon 7.
Dina O'Shire
monday at 7 is cool...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
More Damon and Ivy!
Jamey Minnis
cool.
The Flaming One
Okay. Mon 7 it is.
The Flaming One
Next, any suggestions from the peanut gallery from what should happen?
Dina O'Shire
wo-hoo1
Jamey Minnis
what should happen with what?
The Flaming One
W/ Justin? :)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Um, yeah... Damon should win!
Dina O'Shire
make him dina's illegitimate offspring- that'd be funny!
The Flaming One
That would be to easy...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Noooooooooooo
Penny Gronbeck
I think Ivy should kick a lot of ass now.
The Flaming One
Okay....
Dina O'Shire
yeah- dina fucked mr. rothchilde back in the day for ira funding- makes sense...
Penny Gronbeck
Teddy, you give me the creeps.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
So, Dina had Damon at 14?
Jamey Minnis
that would bring a whole new world of evil to Damon's parents...
Dina O'Shire
why not?
The Flaming One
Damon: You see the nihil open almost beneath Ivy's feet. From beneath it, the bowels of hell pour out.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon's eyes widen for a moment, realizing what he's done.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
His surprise lasts a second as he focuses his indomitable will on the fissure, willing it closed. His knuckles go white as he manipulates the puzzle box.
The Flaming One
Ivy: The cool feeling you felt suddengly becomes a tempest of ice. You see nothing, but shards of ice burst around you. As you have no Spirit, take 2 levels of lethal damage.
Penny Gronbeck
can I soak?
The Flaming One
If you had Spirit, yes. This is a Spirit effect.
Penny Gronbeck
ouch!
The Flaming One
As Damon works frantically at the box, the room bursts into madness. Everyone in the room suddenly loose control, breaking into a maddening frenzy. The tear at the walls, themselves, each other.
The Flaming One
Ivy: The guard is *very* distracted right now.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to kick him in the nads.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon snarls in frustration, willing the fissure closed, cursing himself for a fool.
The Flaming One
Ivy: You kick him in the nads. The guard crumples over. He then screams the screamed of the damned.
Jamey Minnis
I'm gonna take off, since I need to take care of a couple things before heading to justin's...
The Flaming One
Damon: Working frantically, you catch something out of your eye. As the guard falls over, something dark and cloying is forced out of it, ripped into the dark tear.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
See you soon.
The Flaming One
Jamey: cool. E-mail learning curve and I *will* e-mail experience.
Jamey Minnis
cool.
Jamey Minnis
see y'all on monday.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not wanting to break his concentration, Damon tries to ignore this mystery, and continues to work the box.
Dina O'Shire
bye jamey!
The Flaming One
Damon: You finally manage to close the portal. You feel tired, and weak. Lose a willpower.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Done...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Gasping like a fish out of water, Damon struggles to rise.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy goes over to Damon.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Are... are you okay?"
The Flaming One
You all look around. Physically, the place looks mostly unchanged. However, everyone in the room looks at you. Terrified. Angry. Maddened.
Penny Gronbeck
she nods. "did you find him?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon ignores them...
The Flaming One
The guard has collapsed. He is truly dead.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No. He's here. Ivy... I'm so sorry."
Penny Gronbeck
"are you okay, Damon?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No... I'm an idiot... I... I can't find him..."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks around. "Wanna go?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Damon focuses himself, using Spirit 2 to summon Sebastian
The Flaming One
Damon: Roll. Diff 2.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Gee, 4 successes.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
No 2's.
The Flaming One
Damon focuses again on his box. They blur in his fingers. Meanwhile, Ivy glares at the maddened receptionist who is clawing her face. Damon, you feel reistance. Something is holding him. You struggle. Make another roll.
The Flaming One
Diff 3.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
3 successes. Fucking 2!
The Flaming One
You reach out, calling out to you friend. The sweat is forming on your brow. Then.. *snap* you feel something release. After a moment, you know Sebastian is coming. You are fealing naseaus. You cough uncontrollably.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon leans on the wall, trying not to show his weakness.
The Flaming One
Ivy: Damon is looking ill. All this dealing with the darker forces is feeding the hole inside him, calling it out...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Ivy... I..."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy puts her arm around Damon, and starts walking to the elevator.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to heal him now.
The Flaming One
The receptionist has now ripped her eyes out without a scream. Blood and ichor drain freely. She still babbles maddly. "Twister.... twister...."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon tries to resist, but allows her to help him.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I did something horrible..."
The Flaming One
Penny: Make the roll (btw: how does healing others work in the comic book paradigm?)
The Flaming One
Its diff 6.
Penny Gronbeck
so 4 for me?
The Flaming One
Yup.
Penny Gronbeck
2 successes.
The Flaming One
(From spark of life, I believe).
Penny Gronbeck
(yes)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Power Pack healed themselves by linking arms...
Penny Gronbeck
(ivy shares her mutant healing factor.)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That would mean the Rogue method...
Penny Gronbeck
"are you okay?"
The Flaming One
Damon: Ivy links arms with you. From the tips of her fingers, you feel the warmth pour into you. After a moment, you feel less dizzy. Heal your two levels.
Penny Gronbeck
okay, now I'd like to heal myself.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks into her eyes, and she can see a deep pain there. "No."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy hugs him.
Penny Gronbeck
<softly> "what happened?"
The Flaming One
Ivy: You concentrate, trying to heal the spiritiual scars. These are a little bit more difficult. Still diff 6 (4), but I subtract a success (no negative or botch).
Penny Gronbeck
one success.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I can help you with those... we have to go..."
The Flaming One
Ivy: If that is after the subtraction, you heal that one level.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy nods. "Let's go."
Penny Gronbeck
TJ: that's after.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon stumbles into the elevator, leaning against the back wall.
The Flaming One
Damon: A feel a comforting pressence. Sebastian has returned. His corpus appears worse for wear.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sebastian... hide in the box, old friend."
The Flaming One
As you leave the office, you notice the receptionist sticking staples into her head...
The Flaming One
Sebastian fades.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy shivers.
The Flaming One
Ivy: That would make you bruised, then.
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, but I'll heal that in an hour.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon looks at Ivy. "I'm sorry, Ivy. I didn't mean it."
The Flaming One
I believe so....
Penny Gronbeck
"Damon, what are you talking about?"
The Flaming One
The musak is playing "Memories"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon breaks the speaker.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I... wanted to save you... I opened a hole... to hell."
Penny Gronbeck
"What?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I sent the wraiths to hell, I was so angry... I didn't know what I was doing... I'm not worthy of my name..." he trails off.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy hugs Damon. "it's okay, I'm okay. Let's go home." Ivy is still pretty shaken.
The Flaming One
The doors open at the bottom floor with a jarring "Ding."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
He clutches her like a drowning man.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon allows Ivy to lead him wherever.
The Flaming One
Ivy?
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy helps him out of the elevator. If she needs to carry him, she does.
The Flaming One
Where to?
Penny Gronbeck
we get a cab.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Help him... not carry...
Penny Gronbeck
we go home.
The Flaming One
A cabbie appears.
The Flaming One
You go home.
Penny Gronbeck
she's not going to carry him unless he can't walk.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon goes to his room.
The Flaming One
When you arrive, the receptionist tells you that you have a message waiting.
Penny Gronbeck
pick it up.
The Flaming One
It is a list of addresses.
The Flaming One
One of them is "Technogenisis Enterprises"
The Flaming One
There is no signature. It was typed, not hand-written.
Penny Gronbeck
scan with life.
The Flaming One
Looking for someone in particular, or just looking?
Penny Gronbeck
looking for Cassandra.
The Flaming One
Cassandra did not touch this paper. However, it was handled very carefully; most traces have been removed.
The Flaming One
Damon returns to his room.
Penny Gronbeck
interesting.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon collapses on the bed.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy sticks the list to the fridge.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And tries not to cry.
The Flaming One
The bed is hard and unwelcoming.
The Flaming One
Okay, anything else you folks wish to do, or shall we wrap for the night?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Damon is currently wondering if he's a monster...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We can interact over email, if you like.
The Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] A monster? Or just the gateway thereto?
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, that'd be good.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not that Damon'll be interacting on his own.
The Flaming One
Sure, no problem. :)
The Flaming One
So, questions before we leave, or shall I get everyone's learning curve?
Dina O'Shire
i'm good- let me send you a more detailed email describing what dina was gonna do tonight...
Dina O'Shire
i learned to make sure matt is here or i don't get to play!
The Flaming One
:)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ooo! Ooo! I got my learning curve!
The Flaming One
Pray-tell?
Penny Gronbeck
I may be in more danger from my boyfriend than I am from evil.
The Flaming One
:)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'm a monster! Unworthy of the name Rothchild! I long to create utopia! I create insanity and destruction!
The Flaming One
:)
Dina O'Shire
i know your father would agree
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And Penny, that's just mean...
Penny Gronbeck
actually, what I learned was that Damon and Ivy need to learn to work as a teak better.
Penny Gronbeck
uh, team.
Dina O'Shire
they could tweak together too...
The Flaming One
Okay. Auto: Everyone. Learning: Justin and Penny. Acting: Everyone. RP: Justin and Penny. Heroism: Justin Sucks-to-be-you: Teddy.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, dear...
The Flaming One
Did I forget anything?
Dina O'Shire
so two points for good ol' teddy?
The Flaming One
Yes.
Dina O'Shire
i'm down with that...
The Flaming One
No, three. Sorry.
Dina O'Shire
shit- better than nothing!
The Flaming One
Go to Blockbuster and go home happy!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
What did I get heroism for?
Dina O'Shire
wo-hoo!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Not that I'm complaining...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Curious.
The Flaming One
That stupid stunt you pulled. It was heroic. In a "OH-MY-GOD" sort of way.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
:)
Even Death must die.
