that was my fault
October 13, 2018 9:49PMKurt Kerner (GM): rtf
October 13, 2018 9:50PMJessica: to be fair, he said he figured you would tell him the correct format if you wanted it a different way
lemme call him and make sure he didn't try to go to bed
October 13, 2018 9:51PMKurt Kerner (GM): without Eric there is no urgency though
i mean i am just now designing the prelude
is that him? XD
October 13, 2018 9:54PMJessica: the girl with the gun?
October 13, 2018 9:56PMKurt Kerner (GM): or a boy with chest length black hair :D
goths are gender-neutral
didnt you know
October 13, 2018 9:57PMJessica: that makes sense
since they never have sex
October 13, 2018 10:00PMKurt Kerner (GM): okay this guy is bigger than kurtis
October 13, 2018 10:01PMJessica: he's like a football player
October 13, 2018 10:01PMKurt Kerner (GM): he's absolutely massive
October 13, 2018 10:01PMJessica: i wanted him to take Giant but he picked Heavy Hands
October 13, 2018 10:23PMKurt Kerner (GM): Hi Chris
I'm reeding your backstory
sad childhood
i dunno if justin or turner had it worse
October 13, 2018 10:30PMJessica: that's kinda where we grew up
lots of extremely religious people
when i was in high school i knew girls would like, sway in a circle during church music cause they were dancing with god
October 13, 2018 10:31PMJustin: Justin didn't have a sad childhood.
October 13, 2018 10:31PMJessica: it gets to the point of being creepy
October 13, 2018 10:31PMJustin: Also, am I supposed to be seeing Chris here too?
Or did he die?
October 13, 2018 10:32PMJessica: he's trying to fix his avatar from his phone
October 13, 2018 10:32PMJustin: Suuuuuuure
October 13, 2018 10:35PMKurt Kerner (GM): oh god
i feel bad
October 13, 2018 10:35PMJessica: why?
October 13, 2018 10:35PMKurt Kerner (GM): for brick
October 13, 2018 10:35PMJustin: You shouldn't.
October 13, 2018 10:35PMKurt Kerner (GM): the awakening usually fucks with people
October 13, 2018 10:36PMJessica: I like that his avatar is black and white
October 13, 2018 10:36PMKurt Kerner (GM): but this poor fucking guy
October 13, 2018 10:37PMJessica: never feel bad
October 13, 2018 10:38PMKurt Kerner (GM): that poor bastard
he's endured everything
beatings
justin's parents at least werent rednecks
October 13, 2018 10:38PMJustin: Mormongod only punishes those that are deserving.
If this brick fella got beat, it's only because he deserved it.
All hail the glorious #mormongod.
October 13, 2018 10:39PMJessica: ugh
October 13, 2018 10:39PMKurt Kerner (GM): Oh man this will go well
October 13, 2018 10:40PMJustin: To be fair, Justin doesn't act this way.
I just think it's hilarious.
October 13, 2018 10:40PMKurt Kerner (GM): "you shouldnt do cocaine, thats bad for you"
October 13, 2018 10:40PMJustin: It is!
October 13, 2018 10:40PMKurt Kerner (GM): "okay, thanks for your opinion, but i'm alright"
"no no let me help you forcefully using my newly found powers"
maybe he's changed XD
he's got nowhere to run from sin now
October 13, 2018 10:41PMJustin: Proooobably not.
He did that as recently as the party I think.
October 13, 2018 10:41PMKurt Kerner (GM): ye
im just gonna go invisible
October 13, 2018 10:42PMJustin: Can't invisible that cocaine from my mage sight!
October 13, 2018 10:42PMKurt Kerner (GM): and turner can handle his bullshit :D
October 13, 2018 10:42PMJustin: Turner?
October 13, 2018 10:42PMKurt Kerner (GM): brick
lucas turner
October 13, 2018 10:42PMJessica: Lucas
October 13, 2018 10:42PMKurt Kerner (GM): rhymes with Kerner
we gonna be best buds
October 13, 2018 10:43PMJessica: yay!
October 13, 2018 10:43PMKurt Kerner (GM): gonna take turns putting justin into trash can
October 13, 2018 10:43PMJustin: Oh man, I hate his addition doesn't push the edgelord balance towards the shark.
October 13, 2018 10:43PMKurt Kerner (GM): til he snaps
and murders us
October 13, 2018 10:43PMJustin: Because that'd make the party dynamic get super annoying quick.
October 13, 2018 10:44PMKurt Kerner (GM): as long as Dante and Eve are keeping people in check
October 13, 2018 10:44PMJustin: Whiiiiiich
October 13, 2018 10:44PMEve K.: Oh hai...
October 13, 2018 10:44PMJustin: Hello!
October 13, 2018 10:45PMJessica: HAI
October 13, 2018 10:45PMLucas (Brick) Turner: Hey, y'all
October 13, 2018 10:46PMKurt Kerner (GM): i keep dialing dante's phone
October 13, 2018 10:46PMJustin: You look like an undershirt model.
I think it's neato.
In reference to Brick's profile pic.
October 13, 2018 10:48PMLucas: Sure do! Can't wait to get into my modelling career!
October 13, 2018 10:49PMJessica: I mean you're skinny enough now
lost all that weight to go to germany for the concert
October 13, 2018 10:49PMLucas: Not really. He's still like, 320 pounds
October 13, 2018 10:49PMJustin: Jessica's avatar is Avril Lavigne.
October 13, 2018 10:49PMLucas: I'm gonna fuckin puke
October 13, 2018 10:49PMJessica: T_T
October 13, 2018 10:50PMLucas: I think Eve's is Sia. So don't feel bad
October 13, 2018 10:50PMKurt Kerner (GM): okay, Eric is coming
there WILL be mage today
October 13, 2018 10:50PMEve K.: Basic goth stock photo
October 13, 2018 10:50PMKurt Kerner (GM): Which is sad for Lucas
October 13, 2018 10:50PMJustin: WHOOOOOO
October 13, 2018 10:50PMKurt Kerner (GM): cause he doesnt get to awaken today
October 13, 2018 10:50PMJustin: I've never been so happy.
October 13, 2018 10:50PMKurt Kerner (GM): but he can watch
October 13, 2018 10:50PMLucas: I will watch peacefully
October 13, 2018 10:51PMKurt Kerner (GM): i'll awake him over the course of the week though
October 13, 2018 10:51PMJustin: It's okay, Awakenings are better after Konrad has had time to percolate on them.
October 13, 2018 10:51PMKurt Kerner (GM): oh god yes
October 13, 2018 10:51PMLucas: It will help me get the hang of how things work.
October 13, 2018 10:51PMKurt Kerner (GM): you dont want like a generic 50 buck hooker awakening
October 13, 2018 10:51PMLucas: Also, maybe next week Destin will have internet
October 13, 2018 10:51PMKurt Kerner (GM): you want like 1000 dollar failed supermodel became your girlfriend awakening
October 13, 2018 10:52PMLucas: And I can use a PC instead of my phone
Not a 2 dollar hooker ripped you off awakening
October 13, 2018 10:54PMDante: Don't knock 2 dollar hookers
October 13, 2018 10:54PMKurt Kerner (GM): Dante, i cannot see your backstory on your sheet. Does everyone else see it?
October 13, 2018 10:54PMJessica: no
October 13, 2018 10:54PMDante: It isn't there. Is it necessary right now?
October 13, 2018 10:54PMKurt Kerner (GM): Nope
October 13, 2018 10:55PMDante: I was going to clean it up and put it in later.
October 13, 2018 10:55PMKurt Kerner (GM): Got it
October 13, 2018 10:55PMDante: Coz it was written like shit 8 years ago
October 13, 2018 10:55PMLucas: Fuck. How long have you guys been playing this?
October 13, 2018 10:55PMKurt Kerner (GM): Just wasnt sure it was working because you said you put it up, so just making sure we dont have bugs
8 years ago was last session
October 13, 2018 10:55PMDante: We had a very long break between then and now
October 13, 2018 10:55PMLucas: XD
October 13, 2018 10:55PMKurt Kerner (GM): this is sort of a big reunion
October 13, 2018 10:56PMLucas: I had heard legends. . .
October 13, 2018 10:57PMJustin: I am so happy.
October 13, 2018 10:57PMDante: Good.
October 13, 2018 10:57PMJustin: Dante!
I was so scared.
Without you and Eve, Kurtis jumps the shark.
October 13, 2018 10:57PMLucas: I've wrestled a shark before
October 13, 2018 10:57PMDante: Oh I'm sure a little mormon boy can keep him in line.
October 13, 2018 10:58PMEve K.: ....riiiiight
October 13, 2018 10:58PMJustin: >.>
I see how it is.
October 13, 2018 10:59PMLucas: Is this where all the RP takes place? And rolls?
October 13, 2018 10:59PMJessica: yes
October 13, 2018 10:59PMDante: It seems kind of constrained
October 13, 2018 10:59PMJessica: on the journal tab you can find the dice rolls page
October 13, 2018 11:00PMDante: Ah, you can widen it too
October 13, 2018 11:00PMKurt Kerner (GM): Mormon boy cannot help here without mind powers
October 13, 2018 11:00PMJessica: copy/paste and plug in x
October 13, 2018 11:00PMKurt Kerner (GM): Okay, quick rundown
Welcome to the new system!
October 13, 2018 11:00PMLucas: Justin's mom is constrained
October 13, 2018 11:00PMKurt Kerner (GM): Things will be a lot better if you drag chat window out to the left
Under Journal, down down the scroll line, i posted a note on dice roll
roll Xd10>8!>9 - Roll X against 8, with 9 again
roll Xd10>8! - Roll X against 8
this is how we roll
October 13, 2018 11:01PMKurt Kerner (GM): just with a slash
the new map is really cool, i been learning tricks
like you can make it nightfall
October 13, 2018 11:02PMDante: This is your brain on helicopter blades
October 13, 2018 11:03PMJustin: I love that Aiping is still there.
October 13, 2018 11:03PMKurt Kerner (GM): you can deal cards
October 13, 2018 11:04PMDante: I got a flush bitches
October 13, 2018 11:05PMEve K.: steals all Kurt's cards dododo
October 13, 2018 11:05PMJustin: Isn't gambling satanic?
October 13, 2018 11:06PMDante: Only in Utah
October 13, 2018 11:06PMJustin: Everyone is from Utah tho.
October 13, 2018 11:06PMLucas: So what are the cards for?
October 13, 2018 11:06PMDante: Thats a great question.
October 13, 2018 11:06PMKurt Kerner (GM): For playing poker lol
October 13, 2018 11:06PMEve K.: XD
October 13, 2018 11:07PMKurt Kerner (GM): and for getting distracted
as we usually do
okay, so!
to recap!
October 13, 2018 11:07PMDante: Never
October 13, 2018 11:07PMKurt Kerner (GM): Before the box
8 years ago!
or in game terms, just a few moments ago
Our party: Eve, Dante, Justin, Kurtis - had attended a high society club party where all mages were welcome as long as they were peaceful
They attended it because the Robin determined a sympathetic connection between the gem and the building
Turns out two of the big bad cabal guys, their primary Mastigos and their primary Moros, (and some other third entity that managed to stay unidentified) were in attendance. And for some unknown reason a massive shooting occured
October 13, 2018 11:09PMKurt Kerner (GM): Some random chick manifested claiming to have fate connections with us
But a major european officer of the Guardians teleported her away.
That fellow
After he ate a helicopter blade to the chest
Now, we didn't really bother finding out why the shootout happened, but instead immediately engaged Simon Lamprey (Diamond Priest), and Scavenger (Martin)
Justin and Eve killed the two respectively, with our support
October 13, 2018 11:11PMKurt Kerner (GM): And that involved Justin sabotaging fuel integrity of Simon's helicopter
Endangering EVERYONE in a fit of passion
Then, when we checked the compass which leads to the gem, the compass drastically shifted towards Berlin, north east
As if someone spent their last turn activating some fail safe to send it away somewhere
Incidentally, Berlin corresponds to a stronghold we triangulated by our special Star Map
we all worked hard as a group to deduce this star, using our talents
October 13, 2018 11:14PMKurt Kerner (GM): The Cabal of the Five Eyes
In Amsterdam, Kurtis barely escaped a heavily guarded stronghold before he rejoined the group in Rome. Who Amsterdam stronghold belonged to, he never found out, but there was a lot of firepower thrown at him there, but he refused to die just long enough to be pulled out by our patron employers
The castle in Rome belonged to Red Prince Jason Roselli, a powerful Obrimos where we had lots of combat adventure
The castle was destroyed because Anthony activated some device
He gained a derangement - a fear of breaking glass
And fell into a coma, so we had to leave him in a friendly military camp to recover and be sent home to New Haven
October 13, 2018 11:16PMKurt Kerner (GM): Then, we visited Budapest, the fortress of the Forester, where we picked up Justin
And now we're in Leipzig
All this info is available under Journal tab on various characters
So, to more immediate events, we killed the two bad guys, Eve summoned their ghosts for interrogation, and we received some helpful info, not much.
We learned that the cabal is serving the interests of Diana Branch and her soon to be born baby
And that they are in contract with a european data industrial company called CDTC, Cube Data and Transport Corp.
October 13, 2018 11:19PMKurt Kerner (GM): The Five Eyes cabal contracted CDTC to provide them with information and transportation
October 13, 2018 11:19PMJessica: (remember that Hans did nothing wrong. He is an innocent victim of the Cube like everyone else)
October 13, 2018 11:20PMKurt Kerner (GM): So they were all given special communication devices, silver objects, which allowed detection, teleportation, and communication on a magical level.
CDTC did not have any interest personally in the cabal's agenda, but were simply paid to provide the means like they do to many other private parties
What CDTC did not know is that the Five Eyes members put their power together and hacked the devices to provide extra functionality, altered their silver objects to be able to spy on other customers of CDTC, so they obtain a massive amount of information on the mage war movements
However, they were not able to trace us, because 1. we are low gnosis, thus possess low signatures, and 2, with us we have Robin Lexar, who specializes in Space magic and has a specific niche in shadowing, hiding, destroying, and obfuscating sympathetic connections
October 13, 2018 11:23PMEve K.: October 13, 2018 11:23PMKurt Kerner (GM): She follows us from town to town, traveling together and magically covering tracks, but doesnt engage in social or combat actions for the most part, to not mark her signature
he gnosis is even lower than ours
while her space magic is high
so she acts as a fox's tail
to cover the tracks
So, we have 1 of the silver objects in possession, i think Dante grabbed it
October 13, 2018 11:24PMKurt Kerner (GM): Kurtis dissolved souls of bad guys into mana
And you were given mana charged sugar cubes
which are on your character sheets
We are pretty badly hurt
Kurtis has 6/8 agg damage, the final 2 being lethal
he's somehow awake but bleeding out
October 13, 2018 11:25PMJessica: jesus
October 13, 2018 11:26PMEve K.: He had nothing to do with it really
October 13, 2018 11:27PMJessica: XD
October 13, 2018 11:27PMJustin: I can take care of that once box hits though.
How long does Bashing and Lethal last?
October 13, 2018 11:28PMKurt Kerner (GM): Eve's leg is broken, she has 3 points of agg
she fell off the roof
October 13, 2018 11:29PMEve K.: My sheet says 2 agg 1 bash, but I'm not sure if that's accurate
October 13, 2018 11:29PMKurt Kerner (GM): sounds good to me. 2 agg 1 bash
so, here in roll 20
you can update your stuff by clicking Journal entries
and your characters
it's a third icon from the left
thats what im looking at
October 13, 2018 11:30PMKurt Kerner (GM): in the end of session i will update my local copies from the sheets here
Dante and Justin took 5 agg each
(2) Konrad Knox (GM): dante 5 agg, eve 5 agg, justin 5 agg, kurtis 6 agg, lazarus 6 agg, and guards definitely didnt make it.
i think Eve healed up somehow
October 13, 2018 11:33PMJustin: I think Justin got healed up. My sheet says 1 lethal and 2 bashing.
I ran through the logs a couple of weeks ago getting things up to date.
October 13, 2018 11:34PMKurt Kerner (GM): You were able to immediately heal 4 agg between all of us
i think you spent 3 on eve and some on yourself
let's just say, we're hurting
October 13, 2018 11:35PMDante: 5 agg, 1 lethal, 1 bash.
Oh wait. Looking through the logs I'm at 3agg now
October 13, 2018 11:36PMJessica: the lesson is don't turn jet fuel into nitro
October 13, 2018 11:36PMKurt Kerner (GM): yeah go ahead and update it Dante
October 13, 2018 11:37PMDante: Jet fuel can't melt steel party members
October 13, 2018 11:37PMKurt Kerner (GM): i think Justin started healing us
October 13, 2018 11:37PMJustin: I'm just saying, that's what fucked up the bad guys.
October 13, 2018 11:37PMKurt Kerner (GM): He actually bought the rote at the end of session 30
October 13, 2018 11:37PMJustin: Yeah, my sheet is up to date.
October 13, 2018 11:38PMKurt Kerner (GM): Okay, here we go. Helicopter is burning, crazy shit happened, you are all tapped max on mana, and we're hurt.
Box?
thankfully this software can do a box
October 13, 2018 11:38PMJustin: ?
We're in a quiet gazebo.
October 13, 2018 11:38PMDante: Yea.
October 13, 2018 11:39PMJustin: excite October 13, 2018 11:39PMDante: A gazebo of excitement
October 13, 2018 11:39PMEve K.: soo many gazebo jokes October 13, 2018 11:39PMKurt Kerner (GM): MOOO MOOO MOOOOOO FUCKASS
help i gost looker 2
8 years later holy shit this is happening.
Mage The Awakening: Gates to Atlantis - Episode 31
October 13, 2018 11:41PMKurtis Kerner: (14) Kurtis: "Let's never speak of this again."
(13) Justin reaches for one of the bowls
(13) Justin: "I'm completely tapped."
(3) Dante: "Or do this again."
(11) Eve Kline: "At least you won't have to explain someday that you with purpose summond the souls of two world wide evils and helped make them into sugar cubes... you just asked questions. I twisted them into living sculptures with the substance from betwixt and between I created from my own blood."
(14) Kurtis: "Dunno about you, but I'm a mercenary. I can't promise I won't do it again. I really don't know if this infant who has the Gem - will be a great leader or humanitarian like Ghandi, but I don't care. Lamprey was right, I know nothing of politic, or right or wrong. I do the job and I get paid."
October 13, 2018 11:41PMKurtis Kerner: (11) Eve Kline: "If I ever went to a confessional I think the priest would try to excercise me."
(13) Justin frowns at the words of both, as he pops a sugar cube into his mouth
(3) Dante: "How utterly to the point of you, Kurt. I don't claim to know any more than you, but I certainly wish we had gleaned more information. At any rate, what is our next step? We need to locate the gem, which we can do right now.."
(3) Dante: (( and I really gotta go. ))
(14) Kurtis smokes like half a cigarette in a single breath
(11) Eve Kline: "The truth of it is there are light and there are dark and there are gray. Sometimes there has to be gray to balance it all, and I'm surely not light or dark. To your question that's simple.
October 13, 2018 11:41PMKurtis Kerner: (11) Eve Kline pops a sugar cube in her mouth and pulls out the green liquid and ring from her purse collapses to one knee, exhausted
((feel free to use /em to emote))
((but i find it annoying so i just use ))
October 13, 2018 11:44PMJustin: Justin startles as Kurtis drops to a knee, he does a quick dash across the Gazebo and kneels down next to him October 13, 2018 11:44PMKurtis Kerner: ((asterisks))
October 13, 2018 11:44PMJustin: "Okay, we have the mana, let's get everyone patched up."
Justin's hand, and therefore his will reaches out over the prone form of the Obrimos. He feels all the places where the complex latticework of cells has fallen apart, even while desperately attempting to repair itself. He reaches into those cells with his will and bids them to repair
((Healing Heart))
rolling 9d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 13, 2018 11:46PMKurtis Kerner: That was the last of Kurt's stamina and his head flops down as he falls into Justin's hands ((feel free to describe how your healing heals, peaceful, painful, pleasurable, etc))
((each life mage has its own healing heart))
Dante props himself gingerly against the outside of the gazebo, hand draped over his left shoulder. His eye trains on Justin, watching him work his magic.
October 13, 2018 11:49PMDante: ((oh thats how /em looks))
October 13, 2018 11:50PMJustin: Justin frowns as he still feels more wounds, more places where the cell tapestry is broken on Kurtis and he funnels more power into the man. The healing feels unnatural and inherently wrong. Justin isn't a shepherd directing the body to heal, he is a sculptor working with clay, willing patchwork where holes used to lay rolling 9d10>8!
= 1 Success
Justin frowns and concentrates for a moment in an attempt to see if he can track everyone around him and their current level of health to make things easier
October 13, 2018 11:54PMKurtis Kerner: 2 motes of quintessence pour from Justin into Kurtis, and his burns and wounds close, things pop into place, leaving only the damage to the clothes and not affecting the blood on them. Kurtis comes to consciousness and starts to rapidly breathe, the first look on his face is panic, but seeing Justin he relaxes a bit.
"Ugh.... yeah.... thank you.... thank you... grrrh, that stings...." - all but one big gash heal, Justin, you feel like more of your power is needed to fit the process fully
(Justin has rudimentary medicine knowledge)
October 13, 2018 11:57PMEve K.: pops her neck before standing, stepping closer to look at the wounds. ((medicine 2))
rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 13, 2018 11:59PMJustin: ((Looking to see if I can approximate the results of the level 1 rote "Healer's Trance" with life + gnosis))
October 13, 2018 11:59PMKurtis Kerner: Eve: Kurtis is injured by 4 pieces of helicopter shrapnel, they are puncture wounds and burns. Also, they carry Justin's magical signature, as do the wounds on others. (if your Prime sight is up)
Dante lets out a held breath on seeing Kurtis regain his senses and pushes himself from the gazebo, beginning to pace the area and cast his gaze to the rest of the group before examining his surroundings. He winces as he walks and it shows in his gait. Dante's hand wraps passively around his torso.
October 14, 2018 12:00AMKurtis Kerner: Justin, roll it
October 14, 2018 12:01AMJustin: rolling 7d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Eve K. clicks her tongue, and sits back down, wincing from the movement.
Kurtis Kerner Kurtis look at Dante, expression pained, glad that Dante got them here to safety and out of the shithole
October 14, 2018 12:04AMKurtis Kerner: Justin, you successfully discern Kurt's condition, your abilities are working his less serious wounds to his chest cavity, the blade shrapnel being forced out so the tissue can heal around and within the wounds, but one of the pieces is still wedged in Kurt's left lung, and the fluid escape compresses it.
"Uhhhhhh.... hhhhhh....hhhhh..... gnna.... kill ya.....kid.... uhhhhhh.... help...."
Justin, you can actually see it with your sight, and glean more information than a medical book would ever tell you in school.
October 14, 2018 12:06AMJustin: "Kill me when you aren't dying."
October 14, 2018 12:07AMKurtis Kerner: laughs, blood coloring his lips like thick strawberry syrup October 14, 2018 12:07AMJustin: Justin frowns at the helicopter shrapnel, he reaches down and funnels his will into the matter, attempting to make it just malleable enough to remove without causing further damage ((Alter plasticity of matter 1 mana, Matter 3 + Gnosis 3))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:08AMKurtis Kerner: Matter powers being a pretty good comfort for you after your studies with Forester, you already have a good idea on his this is done, and accomplish the effect as intended
October 14, 2018 12:08AMJessica: (if the wound is low in the lung he'll cough foam--fun)
October 14, 2018 12:09AMJustin: Justin frowns as he pulls rounded and oddly pliant bits of metal from Kurtis, letting them drop bloodied to the floor of the gazebo, before he pours more power into reshaping Kurtis's wounds shut October 14, 2018 12:09AMKurtis Kerner: "Glrrk!" - Kurt's laughter forms into a violent cough, he can't inhale, all the changing and shifting probably causes him a good amount of pain, and sure enough there's foam
October 14, 2018 12:10AMJustin: rolling 9d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:10AMKurt Kerner (GM): The magic is taking its time, but you're certain that now you've done enough. He will heal.
Kurt cries out, a bit of hysteria in his gasps, but then - a relief as he can breathe again
October 14, 2018 12:12AMJustin: Justin pat's Kurt's shoulder and stands up, turning his life-infused gaze to the rest of the party, identifying who is more hurt among Eve and Dante October 14, 2018 12:12AMKurt Kerner (GM): Kurtis is now left with cuts on his legs and arms (2 lethal), and you surmise you should tend to the other companions' more serious and debilitating wounds before patching things to perfection from minor injuries
Eve K. seems somewhat fascinated by the process of healing, watching with a keen eye. It's evident she understands medically what is wrong, but has little experience with living specimens in this field
Kurtis Kerner loses his smugness and just lays there, resting, trying not to scream anymore and not draw additional attention
October 14, 2018 12:14AMKurtis Kerner: Kurt's shirt is open and everyone can see how unpleasant this is gonna be, the tissue freakily welds itself together Dante Dante starts to crouch to pick something up off the ground, pauses partway - perhaps thinking better of it, and turns his attention back to Kurtis and Justin right in time to see the sealing flesh. He shudders visibly.
October 14, 2018 12:15AMKurtis Kerner: The crazier part, Justin seemed to have jump started fresh blood production, as more blood splits and multiplies to replenish abundant bleeding. Kurt is red from waist up at this point.
October 14, 2018 12:16AMKurt Kerner (GM): Eve, yeah, lots of nice notes for your CSI medical log at home
Eve K. 's only apparent injuries are a broken leg. While her face is pained, she seems distracted by the healing of Kurtis' chest to the point of distraction
Eve K. smiles just slightly
October 14, 2018 12:17AMEve K.: "My logs are for dead people Kurtis. You'll have to try harder next time."
October 14, 2018 12:18AMJustin: Justin shrugs and makes his way to Eve, his "ladies first" upbringing taking hold. He focuses on her and attempts to discern, with detail, her injuries ((Life + Gnosis = 7))
rolling 7d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:20AMGM (GM): Eve has a broken leg, which is amazing because she doesn't really show it, clearly no stranger to pain. There are other various cuts and bruises from the fall, but she avoided the burn or the blades from the chopper.
October 14, 2018 12:21AMJustin: Justin nods and focuses on mending the fractured bone, working the marrow so that it reaches out and attempts to re-bond and align rolling 9d10>8!
= 4 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:23AMGM (GM): A blood clot near femoral artery is forming, but it's nothing you can't simply command to reverse using some of your quintessence. You can see the life aura of Eve's body, and you detect in it also something that Kurt's aura does not have, as if the powers within it carry a more dim kind of essence, like she is a bit less alive then others in the group, yet still functionally so. Your power works nonetheless and her fractured bones go POP and realign. Eve, that is not pleasant, unless Justin puts some of the spell's power from Potency into Finesse (just by declaring it, heal less boxes, but gently. If he doesnt, he heals you fully, but it hurts)
October 14, 2018 12:24AMJustin: ((nope, all heal, no finesse))
October 14, 2018 12:24AMGM (GM): It hurts like hell
October 14, 2018 12:24AMDante: ((brutal))
October 14, 2018 12:24AMJessica: (like fixing the tv with a hammer lol)
Eve K. 's jaw tightens as she feels the unnatural feeling of her bone moving back into place, but despite the pain she focuses on the wound, watching the process intently. She takes a deep breath, holding it, but stubbornly continues to watch the bone and flesh move back into their proper places. Her fists clench as if to keep from touching the closing wound
October 14, 2018 12:27AMJustin: Justin barely registers the audible popping as the bones stitch and align Dante approaches now, morbidly entranced by all the nasty fleshy things going on. He looks to Justin, then to Eve, to Kurtis, and back before adjusting his grasp around his waist.
October 14, 2018 12:28AMDante: "That is thoroughly disgusting.."
October 14, 2018 12:29AMJustin: "Just wait, you're next."
Justin looks to Dante and focuses on his health status.
((life + gnosis = 7)
Eve K. gives a mild chuckle
October 14, 2018 12:29AMJustin: rolling 7d10>8!
= 0 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:29AMJessica: D:
October 14, 2018 12:30AMEve K.: "Seem to be enjoying yourself a bit too much there Justin."
October 14, 2018 12:30AMJustin: "Huh.. weird. Your mind magic must be doing something odd with my ability to sense your wounds. What hurts?"
Justin gives Eve a confused look.
Eve K. waves the comment away
October 14, 2018 12:31AMEve K.: "Gallows humor."
Dante gives a grunt at Justin's words and moves his hand away from his torso, revealing a bad gash and bruising where once there was clothing.
October 14, 2018 12:32AMDante: "Think its a bit worse than skin deep.."
October 14, 2018 12:32AMJustin: "NO kidding."
October 14, 2018 12:33AMGM (GM): Justin, so, you cannot see the life aura like you do on the others, so you have to rely on your mundane expertise. Dante is actually fucked up beyond all believe, he is injured almost as heavily as Kurtis, multiple blade fragments in his stomach, and one stuck near his heart, he has burns on every appendage, and though his lungs are not punctured, his bile bladder and intestines are, and he is not as big and resilient a human being as Kurt is either, so the damage he took is extremely taxing on him. Which is terrifying, because he drove us here, and it's obvious that his mental discipline and his magic is absolutely insane to ignore this amount of pain and damage.
October 14, 2018 12:34AMJustin: "Dante, sit down please. You don't look good at all."
October 14, 2018 12:34AMDante: "Here let me.. make it easier for you."
Dante strips the tatters of his shirt off, not bothering to pull them off conventionally. He moves to sit, wobbles, rises, tries again, then in a sudden rush of pain falls flat on his ass.
October 14, 2018 12:35AMDante: "Ah fu.. fuck!"
October 14, 2018 12:36AM (From Eve K.): I don't remember how the ring and green liquid work.. like what I roll for it...
October 14, 2018 12:36AMGM (GM): You all get a sense almost at the same time, as all these painful crunches and cries and moans and breathing go around, that whatever you became after you awakened - is incredibly resilient. You've never been this hurt, and this seems impossible, and yet it is a fact.
October 14, 2018 12:37AMJustin: Justin wastes no time in pressing his hands to Dante's torso, willing the pliability of the shrapnel to be easily expelled with his healing ((Matter 3 + Gnosis 3))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 4 Successes
Eve K. grimaces at Dante's sudden fall, but just as before is soon distracted by Justin's healing efforts
October 14, 2018 12:38AM (To Eve K.): Wits or Int + Investigation + your preferred arcanum you want to apply to the search
Dante looks down and watches, then turns away, apparently deciding he doesn't need to see it that badly after all.
October 14, 2018 12:39AMJustin: Anyone watching Justin's mana has seen a steady decline, as each magical action drains more and more of it. His will reaches out, tendrils of power reaching into a dozen places, molding, grasping, and pulling flesh and blood back to where they should be, all the while expelling the shrapnel that he's bent to his will. rolling 9d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:40AMGM (GM): The crossroads of Dante's tissues and the broken bone roadblocks in their ways start to shift and clear up, more blood generating from the reparations you affect on his body. You can tell it is working, and only a little bit is left to repair the burns on his hands
Dante, now you too begin to profusely bleed. But you're awake. Everything hurts. Unless you choose to turn your pain simply off.
Dante grimaces through the pain, his eyes fluttering. Anyone connected to the mind network can intermittently 'hear' his vulgarities and raw emotion - a thing he has tried hard to mask up to this point.
October 14, 2018 12:43AMJustin: Justin grunts and pours more mana into the burns on Dante's hands, blisters forming, popping, before skin grows over the wounds, good as new. rolling 9d10>8!
= 1 Success
October 14, 2018 12:44AMGM (GM): Dante, your hands shake, feel a freezing chill, a burn, a tingle, a frostbite, your disfigured burnt skin straightens, as Justin repairs even the superficial damage. That feeling like you're about to vomit and pass out - eventually and slowly goes away, replaced with wolfish hunger.
October 14, 2018 12:45AMJustin: Justin stands up and pops his 4 sugarcubes into his mouth, but he still looks around "Does anyone have any unused sugar cubes? I could use about 4 more, that healing was pretty draining."
Dante flexes his fingers, slowly at first, then curling them rapidly in succession. He clears his throat to cover the sound of his stomach rumbling.
October 14, 2018 12:46AMDante: "Here."
Dante produces 4 cubes from his own supply October 14, 2018 12:46AMJustin: Justin nods in thanks and pops them into his mouth, making a sound as he feels his mana reserves fill back up October 14, 2018 12:46AMGM (GM): ((mark off 4 cubes))
October 14, 2018 12:47AMJustin: "Thank you Dante."
October 14, 2018 12:47AMGM (GM): ((oh, you guys are great keeping track of everything!))
October 14, 2018 12:47AMDante: ((I dont see my mana on this character sheet. Am I missing something?))
October 14, 2018 12:47AMEve K.: ((It's under the attributes tab)
October 14, 2018 12:47AMGM (GM): ((it's down under Supernatural))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMDante: ((Ah yep))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMGM (GM): ((I see it under Character Sheet))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMDante: ((way way down))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMGM (GM): ((Their attributes tab is confusing))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMJustin: ((Right, next to Gnosis.))
October 14, 2018 12:48AMEve K.: ((ahh scrolled right past it))
October 14, 2018 12:49AMJustin: "Okay, now that everyone is not dying. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for blowing up the helicopter. I got really fixated on taking out Lamprey and ignored everyone's safety."
"I'll make sure to keep everyone in mind better next time. I'm sorry."
October 14, 2018 12:50AMGM (GM): ((arcana and rotes right below it, i wrote everyone down to my best record, if im missing something please forgive. I thought Dante had Misperception which allowed to quell/amplify pain, but i didnt put it down cause wasnt on my sheet))
Dante just waves a dismissive hand and moves to stand, testing his balance with each foot first. Then, having not fallen right back on his ass, he examines himself up and down with a faint expression of disbelief.
Eve K. remains seated, and begins to focus on the ring and green liquid
October 14, 2018 12:51AMEve K.: rolling 8d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:51AMDante: "You are a lunatic. But we are alive, so I guess its a wash."
October 14, 2018 12:52AMJustin: Justin laughs a bit at that and leans back against the railing in the Gazebo "Okay, I'll take it."
Kurtis Kerner gets up slowly, checking his limbs, hands shaking, he reaches into his coat. "Told you I'll kill you, kid." - produces a lighter, a cigarette, lights it, puffs from it to get it going, and hands it to Justin. "Killin' ya slowly, you done good, Justin. Two assholes down, and we're not dead."
October 14, 2018 12:53AMJustin: Justin frowns at the cigarette and hesitates for a second. He then sighs and takes it in his hand, holding it with fingers and thumb, he takes a puff and immediately starts coughing. October 14, 2018 12:54AMGM (GM): Eve, which arcanum are you using to assist the search?
October 14, 2018 12:54AMEve K.: ((prime))
Dante pats his pocket instinctively at seeing Kurt light up, then fishes out the charred remains of what might have at one point been a pack of smokes. He wipes his hand casually on his leg and looks to Justin, then lets out a single laugh.
October 14, 2018 12:56AM (To Eve K.): The Gem is moving north east, fast, like, 1000 mph fast. It is headed towards Berlin. In the hands of an Obrimos, by the aura of it.
October 14, 2018 12:56AMKurtis Kerner: "Thank you for getting us back up"
October 14, 2018 12:57AM (From Dante): ((Does the healing convert my agg or just wipe it?))
October 14, 2018 12:57AMEve K.: "Looks like they are heading back towards Berlin. Now that you've stopped dying shall we find our way after them?"
October 14, 2018 12:57AMJustin: Justin reaches out to Dante's cigarrettes and pats them with his hand, pouring a bit of power into them in order to bring them back to a viable state ((Reparing matter - Matter 3 + Gnosis 3))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 12:58AMKurtis Kerner: ((it just wipes it))
((insane, right?))
Dante eyes the pack suspiciously and brings it to his nose, giving it a solid sniff before looking to Justin.
October 14, 2018 12:59AMDante: "Huh."
October 14, 2018 12:59AM (From Dante): ((Yeah it is))
October 14, 2018 1:00AMJustin: "Yeah, pretty much everything we interact with is completely malleable. The sea, the ground, the buildings, the people in them. All of it."
October 14, 2018 1:01AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
Everything is just fine
October 14, 2018 1:01AMJustin: Justin seems to be getting better at coughing less, but he smokes like a total noob. Dante nods as if he understands intimately what Justin is talking about. He taps his temple firmly.
Eve K. looks back at the ring and liquid for a moment, pursing her lips
October 14, 2018 1:02AMDante: "Like how all you got up there is malleable too."
October 14, 2018 1:04AMJustin: Justin looks a bit confused at Dante's comment. "I'm all for chasing the rest down to Berlin."
October 14, 2018 1:05AMEve K.: "Lets get going then, they have a lead on us."
October 14, 2018 1:05AMDante: "Any chance of finding a nice, inviting bed along the way? Or are we just off to our impending demise once more?"
Dante turns his attention to the others, smirking at his words though his eyes don't match the expression.
Eve K. collects the ring and bottle of green liquid into her purse and then stands up, taking a few test steps to see if there's any lingering pain from the break.
October 14, 2018 1:06AMKurtis Kerner: "Don't know about you, but I'm hungry. Powers or not, the basic needs. A burger would do."
Dante feels his stomach rumble again at the mention of food.
October 14, 2018 1:07AMDante: "Agreed there."
October 14, 2018 1:07AMGM (GM): Eve, there is some residual phantom pain, but your bones are firmly in place
Eve K. 's eyes narrow, she seems to be ready to deny the men their hunger pains, until her own stomach growls audibly. She sighs.
October 14, 2018 1:08AMEve K.: "I suppose food could be made a priority."
October 14, 2018 1:08AMGM (GM): Whoever has the silver object, which by the way looks like this, it starts making a soft noise, like a ping of a submarine, and the person who has it, feels the familiar "tingle tingle" of your arcana sight, detecting a ping on your vision channels
((Justin, you've unlocked the option to buy Healer's Trance))
October 14, 2018 1:09AMDante: ((hell I don't remember seeing who actually picked up the object))
October 14, 2018 1:09AMJustin: ((Sweet, once I get the xp I'm getting it.))
October 14, 2018 1:09AMGM (GM): ((we never specified it, so whoever))
October 14, 2018 1:10AMJustin: ((Justin doesn't have it. He missed the looting.))
October 14, 2018 1:10AMEve K.: ((lol))
October 14, 2018 1:10AMGM (GM): ((ha, eve has it))
October 14, 2018 1:10AMEve K.: ((of course I do. XD))
October 14, 2018 1:10AMGM (GM): Eve, you get a tingle on the prime channel
October 14, 2018 1:11AMKurtis Kerner: To Dante: "DC, you want a break from driving? I can take over."
Eve K. frowns and pulls out the silver object (which looks like something) trying to figure out why it might be tingling
October 14, 2018 1:12AMJustin: "I have a learner's permit."
"I don't think that counts in europe though."
Kurtis Kerner pays attention to what Eve does, and restarts the Obrimos machine, sights, shields - sight on himself, telekinetic shield on Eve and Dante respectively (2 mana)
October 14, 2018 1:13AMJessica: (wtf)
October 14, 2018 1:14AMEve K.: ((standard cocktail))
October 14, 2018 1:14AMDante: "Nah, I'm good to drive. Should be no issue."
Dante offers Kurtis a friendly smile. "But if you want to be behind the wheel I won't deny you."
October 14, 2018 1:15AMDante: ((clearly soy sauce))
October 14, 2018 1:16AMKurtis Kerner: Rolling: Supernal Vision, extended, spending 1 mana to last 24 hours, to see prime and auras
Gnosis + Prime = 3 + 4
rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
Telekinetic Shield on Eve
Resolve 3 + Occult 1 + Forces 5 + 1 (Ring)
rolling 10d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 1:19AMKurtis Kerner: all 2 into potency
Telekinetic Shield on Dante:
rolling 10d10>8!
= 6 Successes
October 14, 2018 1:19AMJessica: daaaamn
October 14, 2018 1:19AMKurtis Kerner: 5 into potency, 1 into duration
2 scenes
To Dante: "Nah, it's alright, you're a better driver than me, with all your spacial awareness voodoo. Now, i've put up my supernal vision, and shielded Eve and Dante, it worked much better on you, D. That's all I can keep up active right now."
October 14, 2018 1:21AMGM (GM): The air around Dante almost audible hums when the spell is cast, like someone dropped dubstep for a moment to the lowest frequency, wuwuwuwuwwww.... and fades out
Dante perks up at the sensation of Kurt's magic coating him. "In light of recent events, allow me to return the favor."
October 14, 2018 1:22AMDante: ((Rolling Mental shield from rote: Resolve+Mind+Occult))
rolling 10d10>8!
= 0 Successes
((hahahah oh wow))
October 14, 2018 1:24AMEve K.: ((Rolling Supernal Vision rote: Wits+Occult+Prime))
rolling 10d10>8!
= 1 Success
((lame))
Kurtis Kerner nods to Eve, seeing her eyes go up
October 14, 2018 1:25AMKurtis Kerner: ((Dante can try again at -1))
Dante stumbles with harnessing his will, becoming visibly irritated as his fingers deliver gestures he is not used to. Closing his eyes, he tries again, calling up the mental energy needed to shield Kurtis.
October 14, 2018 1:26AMDante: rolling 9d10>8!
= 5 Successes
October 14, 2018 1:26AMJustin: ((wowza))
October 14, 2018 1:26AMJessica: nice!
October 14, 2018 1:26AMDante: ((4 to potency, 1 duration))
Eve K. looks at the silver object again, trying to figure out what the ping means
October 14, 2018 1:28AMKurtis Kerner: ((thank you for protecting the fire thrower with mental shield))
October 14, 2018 1:28AMDante: (("I.. I can't cast spells. I must drop them. Simon told me to."))
October 14, 2018 1:30AMGM (GM): Eve, what you see is a combination of Space, Mind, Matter, Prime, Fate, and Life magic seep from the object in a spell that probably none of us are smart enough to discern the Imago of, but it appears to be touching everything around itself, appears to be covert, and is some form of communication and discovery, at the same time.
October 14, 2018 1:30AMKurtis Kerner: ((ye pls dont remind))
October 14, 2018 1:31AMGM (GM): Kurtis sees this too.
Dante , confident now in his casting, closes his eyes and brings up his own eyes. More specifically, the Third Eye.
October 14, 2018 1:31AMDante: ((Third eye, wits+emp+mind=8))
rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
Eve K. frowns deeply at the silver object
October 14, 2018 1:34AMGM (GM): Dante, you see the Mind component of the object's function at a more precise detail. It's, again, incredibly complicated, far beyond what you can do, but you get enough to detect some bits of the spells you have used, it appears to be able to detect when a mind of its holder turns on, off, awakens, falls asleep, or otherwise changes in.... some way.... it can also present itself to the Third Eye and determine if the Third Eye was cast by a Mastigos or another type of mage who just happens to have Mind abilities. You don't know if it can make path determinations, as it starts to border the gridlines you cannot see. Finally, the object can translate messages between languages.
Naturally, the object starts to speak.
Are we hopping into the van?
Eve K. almost drops the silver object
October 14, 2018 1:36AMGM (GM): Also, Dante, do you remember where your bike is? Cause i dont. I know you have it marked so can just pop to it
Eve K. 's eyes are wide as she looks from it to the group
October 14, 2018 1:36AMGM (GM): It's by the club though, which is no doubt by now a clusterfuck of police and medics
October 14, 2018 1:37AMDante: ((Oh yeah))
October 14, 2018 1:37AMGM (GM): ((you can check your chalk connections at any time at will))
((free of mana cost))
Dante doesn't notice at first that it was the object in Eve's hands that spoke. He looks to her, then back to the object.
October 14, 2018 1:37AMDante: "Uhh.."
Kurtis Kerner slides into the shotgun seat
October 14, 2018 1:40AMThe Loquimorscope: "Who are you? Please state your name and purpose of possession of this item?"
Eve K. 's eyes widen further if possible
Dante makes it halfway to catching up to Kurtis before the object speaks again. He turns, looking to Eve.
October 14, 2018 1:42AMDante: "I think it must be talking to you.. right?"
October 14, 2018 1:43AMEve K.: "I suppose it is. ((to the object)) The answer depends on who's asking. What are you?
October 14, 2018 1:43AMGM (GM): To be fair, to those freaking out, Eve did squeeze info out of Simon that these devices are for communication, so that makes it easier to cope with. However, what else they can do is bound to make you wary.
October 14, 2018 1:45AMJessica: (lo-key-more-scope?)
(lo-kwi-more-scope?)
October 14, 2018 1:46AMThe Loquimorscope: "I am an operating connection agent of the Loquimorscope #19, I've detected that Simon Lamprey is no longer in possession of this unit, and am required to terminate its function, unless otherwise specified with acceptable terms and conditions."
"Please kindly identify yourself."
October 14, 2018 1:47AMKurtis Kerner: "Guys, I'm starving. A radio that talks, can we go get some food while we chat with it?"
Eve K. mouths the word 'fuck' before taking a deep breath, she starts walking towards the van
Dante turns his head to address Kurtis. "Not like we can't drive and talk I guess." He takes the driver's seat.
Robin Lexar is in the back seat, not talking, not exposing herself in any way, she cast the sever connections spell, and passed out on the roomy back seat
October 14, 2018 1:49AMJustin: Justin takes a seat in the van, quietly watching the exchange with the odd silver object Eve K. seems to be thinking furiously as she slips into the van. Mind made up she says
October 14, 2018 1:51AMEve K.: "I'm Eve Kline, my purpose for possession of this Loquimorscope is to remain informed of the location of the other Loquimorscopes, as well as the health status of those in their possession.
October 14, 2018 1:52AM (From Dante): ((the spells affecting my pattern, that's how many spells I can have on me at a time?))
October 14, 2018 1:53AMThe Loquimorscope: "Wow. Ahem." - slightly taken aback - "Okay, um, can you please provide some information for the policy update.... identify what happened to Simon Lamprey and under what circumstances? And which Loquimorscopes you are trying to trace?"
October 14, 2018 1:53AMGM (GM): ((yes. Which is different from max spells you can have active))
Dante searches for the keys while this exchange is going on
October 14, 2018 1:56AMGM (GM): ((your active spells are gnosis+3))
October 14, 2018 1:56AMEve K.: "I regret to inform that dear Simon has passed away, most untimely. He met a foul end by some very unpleasant individuals. I was sent to retrieve his affects, and retain possession of them. Given the circumstances I can understand why now."
October 14, 2018 1:56AMGM (GM): ((as far as limit on what you can have on you, i dont remember))
((oh, it's straight up your gnosis))
((then -1 penalty to everything for each additional spell))
October 14, 2018 1:58AMEve K.: ((Mage sheet from the book says its your stamina??))
October 14, 2018 1:58AMGM (GM): ((oh ok))
October 14, 2018 1:58AMDante: ((Is that it?))
October 14, 2018 1:58AMGM (GM): ((what page?))
October 14, 2018 1:59AMDante: ((p114))
October 14, 2018 1:59AMJustin: ((haha))
October 14, 2018 1:59AMGM (GM): ((...))
October 14, 2018 1:59AMJustin: ((200m))
October 14, 2018 2:00AMEve K.: ((128))
October 14, 2018 2:00AMGM (GM): ((ok, then dante and eve are capped, kurt has 1 more carry slot))
October 14, 2018 2:00AMEve K.: ((Spell Tolerance))
October 14, 2018 2:00AMGM (GM): ((thank you))
October 14, 2018 2:01AMJustin: ((It's also auto-calculated by the sheet.))
October 14, 2018 2:01AMDante: (( I wondered about that ))
October 14, 2018 2:01AMJustin: ((Spells affecting my pattern and Spells under my control))
October 14, 2018 2:01AMGM (GM): (awesome))
((sheet rocks))
October 14, 2018 2:02AMDante: ((...sheetrock.))
October 14, 2018 2:03AMThe Loquimorscope: "Miss Kline, and if I may, on whose behest have you dispatched to collect the unit?"
October 14, 2018 2:03AMGM (GM): Dante, you have the van keys
Dante starts the van and rolls down the driver window.
October 14, 2018 2:04AMEve K.: ((I Chris have forgotten the big bads name... Dianne? but Eve has not))
October 14, 2018 2:05AMDante: ((I have on my sheet a rote for Perfect Driver, but I have no source for it. Is this something we concocted homebrew?))
October 14, 2018 2:05AM (To Eve K.): Diana Branch
October 14, 2018 2:05AMEve K.: "Diana Branch"
October 14, 2018 2:05AMGM (GM): ((yes it is))
Eve K. holds her breath hoping this works
October 14, 2018 2:05AMJessica: (there are driving merits from a Hunter supplement, I can look them up for everyone if you like)
October 14, 2018 2:07AMGM (GM): ((Dante's rote lets him drive exceptionally well, adding his space to his drive rolls, its pretty simple, and successes are more successier successes))
Dante lets the familiarity of the Third Eye fade as he concentrates on another spell, one to hone his perception while behind the wheel.
October 14, 2018 2:08AMThe Loquimorscope: "Miss Kline, could you identify the killer or killers of Simon Lamprey, please?"
October 14, 2018 2:08AMDante: rolling 9d10>8! ((Perfect Driver: Dex+Drive+Space=9))
= 6 Successes
October 14, 2018 2:09AMJessica: (Dante gets to drive always)
(holy shit)
October 14, 2018 2:09AMDante: "
Now to find a burger" (said to the mind network)
October 14, 2018 2:09AMJustin: Justin looks up at Eve at the question. October 14, 2018 2:09AMEve K.: "Unfortunately I cannot, I was sent afterwards."
October 14, 2018 2:10AMGM (GM): The successiest driver as usual, Dante races where he needs to and maximizes the efficiency and timing, tuning in to the merest distances between cars, estimating distance to changing traffic lights, and employing either aggressive or evasive or subtle driving to such a way that whatever he choses, succeeds*
Dante is the successiest driver.
October 14, 2018 2:11AMDante: ((Looking for a nondescript place that looks like it might serve a burger)) "Kurt, you care where we stop?"
October 14, 2018 2:12AMThe Loquimorscope: "Thank you, Miss Kline. Could you please identify the other three members of your party?"
Kurtis Kerner shakes his head to Dante, listening to the device, and motioning to Eve that she's okay to call his name
Eve K. looks at whoever she can make eye contact with and again mouths the word "Fuck" with vehemence
October 14, 2018 2:13AMJustin: "Shadow name?" "Can you ask it if we can use shadow names?"
Justin speaks into the mind link.
October 14, 2018 2:14AMGM (GM): Oh, that is no longer up i dont believe
October 14, 2018 2:14AMDante: ((Oh is it not? I guess probably not.))
October 14, 2018 2:14AMJustin: "Can we use Shadow Names?"
Just speaks after he realizes that the mind link isn't going anywhere.
October 14, 2018 2:15AMGM (GM): ((probably a good idea to recast it.))
Eve K. looks at Justin as if he
Dante shoots a look to Justin before returning his eyes to the road. ((What did we roll for that the first time?))
Eve K. * is daft nods emphatically yes to his question hoping the Loquimoscrope didn't hear
October 14, 2018 2:16AMLucas: ((I feel like things are getting super interesting, but I have to head to bed. I have to work tomorrow. ))
October 14, 2018 2:16AMGM (GM): ((ok so because you dont have mind 5 yet, you arent truly using the cool Network mind, but the gimp version, where you have to listen, and think back manually routing it to people))
((mind + gnosis was the roll))
October 14, 2018 2:17AMEve K.: ((nighty night))
October 14, 2018 2:17AMGM (GM): ((nini))
Dante takes a hand off the wheel to give Eve a thumbs up. "Derrick Faust." Apparently today was the day he would choose his shadow name.
October 14, 2018 2:17AMDante: ((night night!))
October 14, 2018 2:18AMLucas: ((thanks guys. Can't wait for that sweet sweet prologue. But for now, it's 5am. Night guys.))
October 14, 2018 2:18AMDante: ((take care))
October 14, 2018 2:18AMJustin: Justin scratches his head. Eve isn't Eve's real name? October 14, 2018 2:19AMKurtis Kerner: *whispers to Eve: "Suggestion. Simon told us that their little group was fucking with their devices. Maybe if we inform the manufacturer, we can make them look bad and us look good?"
Dante drives past what he thinks might be a burger joint, but keeps going on realizing that we're currently engaged in conversation with a talking silver koosh ball.
October 14, 2018 2:22AMEve K.: "Kurtis Kerner, Derrick Faust, and Joseph Smith."
October 14, 2018 2:22AMJustin: ...
October 14, 2018 2:22AMEve K.: ((:P))
October 14, 2018 2:22AMDante: ((nice))
October 14, 2018 2:23AMThe Loquimorscope: "Please hold one moment."
October 14, 2018 2:23AMJustin: "Seriously, Joseph Smith?"
October 14, 2018 2:23AMThe Loquimorscope: gives out another set of pings and sits quiet for a while Eve K. whispers to Justin "you were taking to long. I got creative"
October 14, 2018 2:24AMThe Loquimorscope: Eve and Kurtis see several runes in the ball's Imago shift, light up, and activate, and it becomes freezing cold to the touch, Eve. Eve K. grits her teeth at the cold but continues to hold the Loquimorscope
Dante glances back, unsure what the fuss about the random name is.
October 14, 2018 2:25AMJustin: "Sorry, but I'm not sticking to that. It's sacrilegious. Also, Eve isn't your real name? And Kurtis isn't Kurtis's?"
Justin whispers back. October 14, 2018 2:25AMThe Loquimorscope: "Thank you for holding. Please confirm that yourself, Kurtis Kerner, Derrick Faust, and Joseph Smith are in employ of Diana Branch?"
October 14, 2018 2:26AMJustin: "Also, if we're going to tell on them, I wouldn't admit to working for them like Kurt said."
October 14, 2018 2:26AMKurtis Kerner: "Damn, is this a good thing or a bad thing?"
October 14, 2018 2:27AMEve K.: "Correct. It bears mentioning that it appears this device is not working as the others do. Does this device have a diagnostic? I suspect dear Simon may have fiddled with it."
Dante leans over to Kurtis, speaking in a whisper. "Probably should have just ditched it. We don't know how much it can hear or if it can read us or anything. Got some weird vibes from it before we left."
October 14, 2018 2:28AMJustin: Justin turns on life sight and looks at the silver thing. ((life 4 + gnosis 3))
rolling 7d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 14, 2018 2:28AMGM (GM): ((Eve, wits + subterfuge please, cause magic ball is callin your buuuuulsheeeiiit))
Justin, you are able to see piece of the device's puzzle. It is not alive itself, but it carries a detection algorithm that monitors drastic changes in the holder's vitals. It also has thin threads probing each individual in the van, except for Robin
October 14, 2018 2:30AMEve K.: rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
((Yes!))
October 14, 2018 2:31AMThe Loquimorscope: "What kind of diagnostic do you observe, Miss Kline?"
October 14, 2018 2:33AMEve K.: "Prime and Matter will do for now"
October 14, 2018 2:33AMThe Loquimorscope: "Thank you, please hold."
October 14, 2018 2:33AMEve K.: ((it's so polite0)
October 14, 2018 2:34AMDante: ((hold music plays "Everybody wants to rule the world" by Tears for Fears))
October 14, 2018 2:34AMEve K.: ((it had better be!))
October 14, 2018 2:34AMThe Loquimorscope: rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
A very different voice, an elderly voice speaks out of the device now
"Miss Kline, I believe I can help you accomplish what you're doing in exchange for a favor. There may be a deal on the table. Would you be willing to conduct a meeting with this device's manufacturer?"
Eve K. looks up at the others trying to gauge their reactions
October 14, 2018 2:37AMJustin: Justin frowns, but gives a thumbs-up Dante checks the various gauges on the dash while he listens to new voice. He looks back and his face shows skepticism.
October 14, 2018 2:38AMKurtis Kerner: points at the fast food place October 14, 2018 2:38AMEve K.: ((Kurtis one goal.. burger))
October 14, 2018 2:38AMKurtis Kerner: ((#lifegoals))
Dante notes where Kurtis pointed out. He'll begin looking for a discrete location nearby to park.
Eve K. waits a moment trying to see if Kurtis has a reaction or not to the offer
Kurtis Kerner thinks about it, then gives a thumbs up
October 14, 2018 2:41AMEve K.: "Perhaps, if the location of the meeting is agreeable."
October 14, 2018 2:43AMThe Loquimorscope: "Cube Data & Transport Corp. There is a large business district plaza on the corner of Bellinghaussen and Rosenstrasse. You will be greeted. Please, refrain from carrying weapons. I know, it will be tempting." - the voice sounds like the speaker is smiling.
October 14, 2018 2:43AMJessica: (YASS QUEEN)
October 14, 2018 2:45AMGM (GM): Your 3 M16s in the back of the van frown sadly
October 14, 2018 2:45AMEve K.: ((s'arlright, we'll just throw helicopters at them if they start a fight.))
Dante looks back to Eve and takes a hand off the wheel to make a munching motion.
Eve K. mouths the words "Anything" and then a moment later "Whatever Kurtis is having"
October 14, 2018 2:47AMEve K.: "I agree to the location. When will I be expected?"
October 14, 2018 2:49AMThe Loquimorscope: "If it is not off too much trouble, as soon as possible. All conveniences will be provided to you. Such is the nature of circumstances."
Kurtis Kerner picks the biggest burger on the menu and a large drink
October 14, 2018 2:50AMJustin: Justin taps Dante and mouths "Chicken". October 14, 2018 2:50AMGM (GM): ((do we have any german money?))
((which is euro))
October 14, 2018 2:50AMDante: ((Dante would have euro, certainly.))
October 14, 2018 2:50AMGM (GM): ((perf.))
October 14, 2018 2:50AMEve K.: ((pretty sure we do yes))
October 14, 2018 2:51AMGM (GM): ((dante carry))
October 14, 2018 2:52AMKurtis Kerner: lights up another cigarette, Justin you can see his freshly repaired lungs once again start their journey of unhealthy contamination October 14, 2018 2:53AMJustin: Justin sighs and shakes his head. October 14, 2018 2:53AMJessica: (can Justin get rid of addiction?)
October 14, 2018 2:53AMJustin: ((Justin cannot get rid of addictive personality.((
Dante looks to Justin and nods, then orders some kind of chicken sandwich, two of the biggest burgers on the menu, four large drinks, and a regular burger for himself and one for Robin in case she is hungry later. ((since we apparently arrived at a drive thru))
October 14, 2018 2:53AMEve K.: ((that would take mind...))
October 14, 2018 2:54AMDante: ((no problem just give him a lobotomy. That'd fix it))
October 14, 2018 2:55AMEve K.: ((although... with life high enough you should be able to alter brain chemistry which causes the physical addiction..))
October 14, 2018 2:55AMDante: ((The Loquimoscope hears "YEA CAN I GET A NUMBER FOUR??"))
October 14, 2018 2:56AMEve K.: ((Yup))
October 14, 2018 2:56AMGM (GM): ((lol))
October 14, 2018 2:56AMEve K.: "Then I shall be there as soon as possible.""
Eve K. noms burger like she's starving
October 14, 2018 2:56AMGM (GM): ((it's up to Dante if its a drive through or if we sit down, he's driving))
October 14, 2018 2:56AMDante: ((nah drive thru. It aint my van to clean up))
Eve K. it looks very odd seeing a tiny little 5'4'' Eve consuming so much, but she manages
October 14, 2018 2:57AMKurtis Kerner: Justin you can see violent salivating, as Kurt throws the cig out the window, he was using it to suppress hunger. His entire body is now aimed at consuming food.
October 14, 2018 2:57AMJessica: (I'm shorter than that irl)
Dante basically inhales his burger so that he can get them back on the road faster.
October 14, 2018 2:59AMJustin: Justin shrugs at that and picks the pickles off of his chicken sandwich before consuming it. October 14, 2018 2:59AMGM (GM): Justin, you can see everyone's hunger lessen, Dante, you can feel everyone's mood improve. You two respectively can now reference this type of emotion/bodily status
October 14, 2018 3:00AMThe Loquimorscope: "Excellent. I will see you here."
the device vibrates, becomes a little warmer, parts of its runic signature shift around in a new way, something turns, some lines interweave and transpose, and it does not ping like it did before.
October 14, 2018 3:01AMJustin: Justin watches with interest, as the calories feed the different energy requirements of each distinct body October 14, 2018 3:01AMThe Loquimorscope: Justin, and Dante - the life and mind probes of the device stop moving and arching, but remain visible and connected.
October 14, 2018 3:02AMKurtis Kerner: "Okay, okay, okay, okay. What should we be ready for..."
October 14, 2018 3:02AMDante: "Everything."
October 14, 2018 3:03AMKurtis Kerner: "Okay. So, being shot, covered, for you two. Justin can heal, but I'll cover you just in case if need be, then I'll be able to maintain two more abilities, which, i hope, won't fail us."
October 14, 2018 3:03AMEve K.: "It seems one more player will be entering this game."
October 14, 2018 3:03AMKurtis Kerner: "Or the game had been ongoing and we're the new player."
October 14, 2018 3:04AMEve K.: "Also possible."
Dante fixes his gaze on the road ahead. "Bellinghasse and Rosenstrasse, wasn't it? Where the hell is that?" He reaches across Kurtis to pop open the glove box and dig around for a local map.
October 14, 2018 3:05AMJessica: (don't you fuckers have google maps?)
October 14, 2018 3:05AMKurtis Kerner: "Any aversion to using the phone?"
"Ah, detectable."
October 14, 2018 3:06AMDante: "To be honest, I don't know that it would matter. But it is safer."
October 14, 2018 3:06AMGM (GM): (says the girl who definitely did not kill her parents with a phone call XD)
October 14, 2018 3:07AMJessica: (hey you know what? shush)
October 14, 2018 3:07AMJustin: "I can put a matter shield up."
October 14, 2018 3:07AMGM (GM): Yeap, there is a map, Dante
October 14, 2018 3:07AMEve K.: ((not to mention how spotty google maps was 8 years ago))
October 14, 2018 3:08AMGM (GM): ((hey the timeline updates to current XD))
((like Geralt's age))
October 14, 2018 3:08AMEve K.: ((does it?))
October 14, 2018 3:08AMJustin: ((uhhuh))
((suddenly ages 8 years))
October 14, 2018 3:08AMEve K.: ((poof))
October 14, 2018 3:09AMGM (GM): ((other than how big phones became and new memes and new president, life didnt really change over past 8 years, to be fair))
Dante retrieves the map and flaps it open, taking care not to smack Kurtis with it. Once open, he lays it out on the dashboard and then looks at street signs to orient himself.
October 14, 2018 3:10AMGM (GM): It's a 15 minute drive, but you can make it there in 8
Dante would continue without deviation
October 14, 2018 3:11AMJessica: (I'm so excited)
October 14, 2018 3:11AMJustin: ((Tech products, Chrome, instagram.))
October 14, 2018 3:12AMGM (GM): It's a big plaza, crowded, nobody pays attention to you. Many tall buildings, with various designations, broker firms, stock market agencies, banks, industry offices, branches of foreign corporations, many buildings are being shared by multitudes of businesses.
October 14, 2018 3:13AMEve K.: ((what time is it in game? Why did I think it was nightime?))
October 14, 2018 3:13AMJustin: ((samesies))
October 14, 2018 3:13AMDante: ((because its always night time))
October 14, 2018 3:14AMJustin: ((This isn't Alaska!))
October 14, 2018 3:14AMDante: ((it is for 2/5 of the Five))
October 14, 2018 3:14AMJustin: (("five"))
October 14, 2018 3:14AMDante: ((give or take))
October 14, 2018 3:15AMGM (GM): Dante, you feel a MASSIVE dampener, like 20, no 100 tons of mind defensive magic were dropped on your brain. A ringing in the ears, and you do not detect any minds or mind magic around the plaza complex. If this place had an aura, it was slain so hard using the equivalent of a mastigos vacuum force of 100 telepathic vaccuum cleaners. It doesn't dispel your sight, but the Third Eye is blind if looking at the buildings. You have a good idea which buildings are under the spell when it first drops, but trying to recall it now, you can't.
October 14, 2018 3:15AMJessica: (part of the mystery is how many people are actually in it)
Dante holds a hand to his head as he looks for a place to park. He drums his fingers with rapid nervousness atop his scalp.
October 14, 2018 3:17AMGM (GM): Same effects are for Life, and Fate.
How much life is unknown, and the fate's weavings are all complicated, like a ball of yarn the size of these buildings.
Prime users experience the opposite - an effect of when you wear night sight goggles and suddenly stare into the sun. There is too much cacophony.
It is night time, just past 1 am
lemme find a pic of night plaza XD
October 14, 2018 3:20AMJustin: "This place is... awful."
October 14, 2018 3:21AMEve K.: ((lol and our clothes are all tore up and bloody))
October 14, 2018 3:21AMDante: ((but we totally didnt do it, guys))
October 14, 2018 3:21AMJustin: ((You have matter, you can fix.))
October 14, 2018 3:21AMGM (GM): there perfect, instead of apple, imagine a cube logo
CDTC arranged in a cube design
October 14, 2018 3:22AMJessica: (omg the imagery of everyone bleeding MORE from being healed was the best)
(that is a pretty sweet cube)
October 14, 2018 3:22AMGM (GM): Oh. Yeah. You all are covered in blood
soaked
October 14, 2018 3:23AMJustin: "Uhh..
"Maybe we want to get a hotel and clean up first?"
Dante looks down at his naked chest. "Or maybe a place that actually has clothing."
October 14, 2018 3:23AMJessica: (god the people in the drive thru must have called the police after giving you food)
Kurtis Kerner cries out as his supernal vision blinds him "Oh god jesus, fuck"
October 14, 2018 3:24AMJustin: (It's germany, so they're probably used to it.)
October 14, 2018 3:24AMEve K.: "I can fix the clothes"
October 14, 2018 3:25AMKurtis Kerner: drops Supernal Vision, actives Read Energies, the Forces sight force 5 + gnosis 3 + ring 1
rolling 9d10>8!
= 3 Successes
"Forces sight is clear..." - he breathes with a bit of ease, rubbing his eyes. "They really baffled the shit out of this place with magic."
"Yeah, we definitely can't go in like this."
"First impressions, we need new and finely maintained attire."
October 14, 2018 3:28AM (From Eve K.): can I take 20 or something to get our cloths looking presentable?
October 14, 2018 3:28AMGM (GM): Eve there's a good bit of work, there's the damage on the clothes, the cuts, etc, and then there's the blood.
October 14, 2018 3:28AM (To Eve K.): yeah dont see why not
Eve K. takes the next 20 or so minutes to carefully fix clothing and remove blood stains, working patiently to reconnect the matter to itself.
October 14, 2018 3:30AM (From Eve K.): what do you want me to roll?
October 14, 2018 3:32AMGM (GM): Eve. roll Gnosis + Matter, and it's gonna be extended action for 10 successes total, each roll will take 5 minutes
Unless you wanna Transmute Solids, but that's vulgar
October 14, 2018 3:32AMEve K.: rolling 5d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 14, 2018 3:32AMGM (GM): Dante could also assist by just teleporting blood away, that's also vulgar
October 14, 2018 3:32AMEve K.: rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
October 14, 2018 3:32AMDante: ((at space 2?))
October 14, 2018 3:32AMEve K.: rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
rolling 5d10>8!
= 0 Successes
rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
rolling 5d10>8!
= 0 Successes
rolling 5d10>8!
= 0 Successes
rolling 5d10>8!
= 3 Successes
October 14, 2018 3:33AMEve K.: ((or you know... take 40... XD))
Dante is still shirtless, unless all that magic included making a shirt out of something else
October 14, 2018 3:34AMEve K.: ((Could make you a blood shirt XD))
October 14, 2018 3:34AMDante: ((gross, its perfect))
October 14, 2018 3:34AMJessica: (Lucas isn't here yet)
October 14, 2018 3:34AMJustin: ((could transmute blood to water.))
((Or move blood))
October 14, 2018 3:35AMEve K.: ((Its dry blood, thus a solid, so could transmute to cloth??))
October 14, 2018 3:35AMJustin: ((Disregard, I'm bad at this.))
October 14, 2018 3:36AMKurtis Kerner: ((I can help it dry, that's about it, anything else i could do wouldnt have the persistent effect matter does, any light illusions would dispel if i lost concentration))
((Dante, don't you have a dot in matter?))
October 14, 2018 3:37AMDante: ((no sir))
October 14, 2018 3:37AMJustin: ((What would I need to roll to turn dried blood into a shirt? I've got Matter 3 and Life 4))
October 14, 2018 3:37AMJessica: (god damn it)
October 14, 2018 3:37AMKurtis Kerner: ((ok nvm, dante cant help))
October 14, 2018 3:37AMDante: ((matter is, in fact, my inferior))
October 14, 2018 3:37AMKurtis Kerner: ((doesnt qualify for apportation effect))
((oh nice, Justin, that would be a conjunction spell, let me look it up))
Dante finds a place to park and begins scrounging around the van for something wrap around his torso
October 14, 2018 3:39AMJessica: (ah, the miracles of Jesus. Water into wine and blood into SHIRTS)
October 14, 2018 3:39AMGM (GM): Ok, Justin, transform base features to get a hold of blood, and then transform water to make it into water
So two rotes, a life rote first, matter second
but both are vulgar
though justin may not know
October 14, 2018 3:40AMJessica: (why don't y'all just nab a guy off the street and take his clothes?)
(and just repair the rest?)
October 14, 2018 3:40AMJustin: ((Transform Base Features - 9; Transmute Water - 11))
October 14, 2018 3:40AMJessica: (I feel like that would be easier)
October 14, 2018 3:40AMDante: ((because thats rude))
October 14, 2018 3:40AMJustin: rolling 9d10>8!
= 1 Success
October 14, 2018 3:40AMJessica: ...
October 14, 2018 3:41AMJustin: rolling 11d10>8!
= 7 Successes
October 14, 2018 3:41AMGM (GM): roll 2d10>8!
rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
phew
and second one
rolling 2d10>8!
= 1 Success
Dante is disappointed in the apparently sparse van.
October 14, 2018 3:42AMEve K.: ((I already repaired the cloths, Dante just left his shirt tatters at the gazebo to make it hard...))
October 14, 2018 3:42AMDante: ((I mean it wasn't a plot or anything. :|))
October 14, 2018 3:42AMGM (GM): ((XD))
October 14, 2018 3:43AMEve K.: ((Sure... admit it, you wanted a blood shirt))
October 14, 2018 3:43AMDante: ((all my life, its all I've ever asked for from Santa Claus))
October 14, 2018 3:43AMGM (GM): ((based on how shocked you were by the talking device, feel free to say you grabbed your shit or didnt, your choice))
October 14, 2018 3:43AMDante: ((Sure, I grabbed my tattered shirt. Lets just move on lol))
October 14, 2018 3:45AMGM (GM): Justin, the turning of blood into water was such a powerful effect, you feel like you literally ripped through the rules of reality. The spell is rejected by reality, and will either inflict a persistant bashing damage point on you, you can absorb that blowback, or you feel it will get out of control and do something
October 14, 2018 3:45AMJustin: How persistent is the bashing?
October 14, 2018 3:45AMGM (GM): it heals when you sleep
October 14, 2018 3:45AMJustin: Bashing pls.
October 14, 2018 3:46AMGM (GM): Ouch! You feel that .... thing... fight you back, a deep bruise appears on your shoulder
October 14, 2018 3:46AMJustin: Justin frowns as he rubs his shoulder. "That's different..."
October 14, 2018 3:47AMKurtis Kerner: "Did that hurt? This happened to Tristin. It's the paradox. Be careful with such powers. And you will need to make yourself a special tool."
October 14, 2018 3:48AMGM (GM): So, on the contents of the van, we do have our guns, some bandages and med kits, and military uniforms from back when we were at that military base, but they are also covered in blood and damage, we are wearing our spare clothes.
October 14, 2018 3:49AMDante: ((literally everything is just blood and damage right now))
Eve K. smooths her newly mended skirt in preparation for entering the building.
October 14, 2018 3:49AMGM (GM): Okay, combined effort, everything is in order, and we look pristine.
October 14, 2018 3:50AMJustin: Justin hands Dante his new bloodshirt. It's like Dante's old shirt, but red. Dante lets the exhilaration of his keen driving awareness drop and replaces it with trying to extend his spatial senses outward.
October 14, 2018 3:51AMDante: rolling 5d10>8! ((Impromptu Spatial Awareness Space+Gnosis = 5))
= 1 Success
Dante puts on his new bloodshirt. Trendy.
October 14, 2018 3:52AMEve K.: ((Now if only it was made from the blood of your enemies...))
October 14, 2018 3:52AMGM (GM): Space works here, Dante. This building complex has space magic running along its pillars, glass windows, and especially doors. Doors have the most spacial distortions. The benches at the plaza, surrounded by some neatly trimmed bushes are giant sympathetic beacons.
October 14, 2018 3:52AMDante: ((Instead of my own you mean :D))
October 14, 2018 3:53AMEve K.: (( ;) ))
October 14, 2018 3:53AMGM (GM): To translate in english, once you go through those doors, there is a chance you'll be completely somewhere else
Dante stiffens and reorients himself in the still somewhat unfamiliar perception.
October 14, 2018 3:54AMDante: "We were supposed to be greeted at some point, right..?
October 14, 2018 3:55AMGM (GM): Dante, it is possible for you to distinguish the spacial lines and trace the ins and outs, it's not an incomprehensible glob you cannot even begin to figure. There is a beginning and there is an end, but deciphering it would take days.
October 14, 2018 3:57AMEve K.: "Yes, greeted, and with every convenience apparently. "
Dante passively traces the lines with his gaze, following one path but then hopping onto another. Without looking away he replies, "Maybe the assumption was that our earliest convenience was another day."
Kurtis Kerner says "well, fuck it, let's do this." - and moves to get out of the van.
Dante secures the keys on his person and climbs out of the van, following suit.
Eve K. follows after Kurtis, turning off her Supernal Vision as she looks at the building for the first time
October 14, 2018 3:59AMJustin: Justin follows the others, his hands in his pockets as he looks around the plaza. Dante looks over to Eve as she is looking at the building. "Something funny about those doors. Might not lead where we assume they lead, wherever that might be." He casts his gaze elsewhere, giving up on tracing the spatial lines for now.
October 14, 2018 4:00AMGM (GM): As soon as Kurtis gets out, one of the sets of unmarked doors open, and a man in a gray suit walks out, his steps followed by multiple cameras. He is dressed and groomed very professionally. A name tag ""Herman Klauss, Cube Data & Transport Corp. Assistant" on his chest
October 14, 2018 4:01AMBusinessman: "Miss Kline, Mister Kerner, Mister Faust, Mister Smith?"
October 14, 2018 4:02AMJustin: Justin frowns at Eve. Dante turns to the speaker and nods on hearing his name.
October 14, 2018 4:02AMEve K.: (( XXXD Justin
((*Justins shadow name will be funny forever!!))
October 14, 2018 4:03AMJessica: (he has to keep it)
October 14, 2018 4:03AMBusinessman: "Welcome to CDTC, you are expected, please follow me."
October 14, 2018 4:03AMGM (GM): ((Is anybody not leaving their firearms in the van?))
October 14, 2018 4:03AMJustin: ((Never had any.))
October 14, 2018 4:03AMDante: ((leaving what I had in there. Revolver.))
October 14, 2018 4:04AMJessica: (you guys, the bagels are the best here)
October 14, 2018 4:04AMKurtis Kerner: Kurtis left the desert eagles and knives
October 14, 2018 4:04AMEve K.: ((I don't remember having a firearm? But if I did, then I left it in the car. I'm not leaving my Iron Dagger though, forget that noise))
October 14, 2018 4:04AMKurtis Kerner: (you had a revolver yes)
Kurtis also left his greatsword, obviously
Kurtis Kerner whispers to Dante: "Do you mind marking the van with your magic chalk? If this building's space is fucked, your wonderchalk there might be our only escape"
October 14, 2018 4:06AMJessica: (that's neato)
Dante gives a faint turn of the head and nods. "I'll catch up in a moment, forgot something in the van." Dante then heads to the other side of the van, and adds a small X to one of panels. He opens the door, feigns rummaging, then closes it and returns to the group.
October 14, 2018 4:09AMGM (GM): The gentleman in gray holds the door open for you, and lets you all in, he is calm and professional, and has a generic face to him, which immediately screams matrix agent / nestor. Prime and Mind being blinded, can't really confirm him as a tulpa or golem, but you guys have seen enough bullshit to know that ain't a human being.
Passing through the door, Dante, you feel a distant leap in space, if you look back it's the same street outside, but you are acutely aware that it's just a high resolution transposition of the outside street on a spacial wall, you are not where you were, possibly not in Leipzig, or even in Germany. You just can't tell, but you can tell you've jumped.
Eve K. walks through the door, eyeing the room beyond, paying attention to the non-human door stop
Dante stumbles slightly as he crosses the threshold. His gaze lingers a moment on the doorway.
October 14, 2018 4:12AMBusinessman: nods to Dante, smiling gently Yes sir, you are correct, but please do not be alarmed. Merely security. A company like this could not function otherwise.
October 14, 2018 4:13AMJustin: Justin follows the other though the doors. October 14, 2018 4:15AMGM (GM): You enter a lobby that can only be described as "utmost peak of luxury". Dark wood and gold, black leather, it feels solid, ancient, formal. The front desk lady complete ignores you. The elevators have golden frames and ornate trims. There are libations in the lobby, anything you desire, tea of 20 sorts, coffee, orange, apple, pineapple, raspberry, grape juices, mineral water, and sodas. The elevator numbers count 70 stories.
Dante inclines his head at the word 'security,' then looks about the lobby, taking in its extravagance.
October 14, 2018 4:16AMGM (GM): The space distortion here matches the extravagance, this structure is faking being normal, and the spacial forgery is a work of art.
Kurtis Kerner whispers: "Wow. Place is out of whack as far as my vision goes."
Eve K. looks around the room, impressed with the decor, nodding to Kurtis' comment
October 14, 2018 4:18AMKurtis Kerner: "The pressure here could literally crush us if let off the leash"
October 14, 2018 4:18AMDante: "That's only the half of it. I wonder if the food is even real."
October 14, 2018 4:19AMKurtis Kerner: "Good question. Justin?"
Dante fights off the urge to trace spatial lines with his senses as he ambles about the lobby.
October 14, 2018 4:19AMJustin: "Uhh.."
Justin looks at the food with life sight, determining if any of the fruits are the real thing. "Oh wait."
Justin remembers that life sight doesn't work.
October 14, 2018 4:20AMBusinessman: "Care for any immediate refreshments? The open bar is more inclusive upstairs."
October 14, 2018 4:20AMJustin: "No, can't tell."
October 14, 2018 4:21AMKurtis Kerner: "Damn. Thank god for that burger."
October 14, 2018 4:21AMJustin: Justin looks at the fellow. "Just ate."
October 14, 2018 4:21AMEve K.: "Thank you for the offer, but no"
Dante waves a hand. "I don't drink on weekdays." ((is this even a weekday?))
Businessman leads us to the elevator, calls it, it immediately opens, and he walks in, inviting us all.
October 14, 2018 4:21AMGM (GM): It's actually.... monday
October 14, 2018 4:22AMDante: ((nailed it))
October 14, 2018 4:22AMKurtis Kerner: "Oh god, I've seen this kind of shit before in New Haven. Man, I do not like elevators. The one before went into stratosphere."
Dante proceeds to the elevator, trying to figure out if it will actually move or if there will be some teleportation involved.
Dante examines the threshold with curiosity.
Eve K. walks into the elevator, somewhat used to space distorted elevators at this point
October 14, 2018 4:24AMGM (GM): The gentleman presses a button for 60th floor, the panel on the button says "CDTC VIP reception office" and the elevator goes up.
will wait for everyone to enter
October 14, 2018 4:25AM (From Eve K.): soooo sleepy
October 14, 2018 4:25AMGM (GM): Dante, the elevator actually physically moves through space, but the shaft is not in this building.
October 14, 2018 4:25AMJustin: Justin steps into the Elevator, know knowing that it's a crazy twilight-zone one. October 14, 2018 4:25AM (To Eve K.): you can sneak out, i'll proxy you
October 14, 2018 4:26AM (To Eve K.): if we get found out and he calls our bluff, will you confess our true allegiance?
October 14, 2018 4:28AM (From Eve K.): how long were you planning on going for?
October 14, 2018 4:28AMGM (GM): Elevator goes up and it's the most awkward ride, the man just smiles, and doesn't initiate conversation, eventually we arrive and the doors open into an even more luxurious hallway, as the man directs you through a maze of corridors, which Dante perfectly remembers, and to a set of black double doors with a CDTC emblem, which has a tag "Leopold Cubic, CEO"
October 14, 2018 4:28AM (To Eve K.): 30 minutes tops
October 14, 2018 4:28AM (From Eve K.): okay I'll stick it out
October 14, 2018 4:28AMBusinessman: "Mister Cubic will be with you shortly."
October 14, 2018 4:29AMEve K.: 'Thank you"
October 14, 2018 4:29AMJessica: (you're all doomed)
October 14, 2018 4:29AMBusinessman: Doors open, and two more equally generic businessmen exit the office, and stand guard outside the doors, they are all in Grey suits. They motion you in
Eve K. heads into the office, head held high
Dante follows behind and to the left of Eve, eyes fixed ahead of him
October 14, 2018 4:32AMJustin: Justin follows, looking around the office. Kurtis Kerner strolls in with an arrogant stride
October 14, 2018 4:33AMGM (GM): Inside the office is a massive polished oaken desk, a german flag, an austrian flag, and a romanian flag hanging off the walls, a portrait of some politician behind the desk, a portrait of the german prime minister to the left on a wall. The drapes are luxurious red, walls are plated oak, there are 4 chairs to sit, magnificently leather and comfortable, but nothing compared to the truly gigantic leather chair, in which sits this man.
October 14, 2018 4:33AMDante: ((can I tell if the shield I cast on Kurtis is still active?))
October 14, 2018 4:33AMGM (GM): On the desk there are stacks of papers, odd artifacts, and several of the silver objects the likes of yours
((You do not see your shield, but feel its burden on your maintained spells))
October 14, 2018 4:35AMJustin: ((THe fucking CUBIC WALL))
Dante eyes one of the leather chairs briefly, but quickly turns his gaze to the well-seated man.
October 14, 2018 4:35AMJessica: (omg)
October 14, 2018 4:36AMJustin: ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Yakubovich))
October 14, 2018 4:37AMGM (GM): You all get an impression that this is an incredibly sly and clever man. His twinkly tired eyes jump between you, contriving secrecy and distrust, and on the other hand compassion and heartfelt admiration
((justin wins))
October 14, 2018 4:37AMJessica: (nice)
October 14, 2018 4:38AMGM (GM): ((that's the actor who plays him in our series :) ))
October 14, 2018 4:38AMLeopold Cubic: "Welcome. You must be very tired. Please, have a seat."
"Please pardon me for not shaking your hands and a lack of formal introduction, but you know how spoken names can be. If you have read the tag on the door, you know my name."
Leopold Cubic he sounds like a grandpa, not a hint of coldness or officiality to his voice, he speaks with a smile, soothingly, like he's greeting an old friend
October 14, 2018 4:40AMEve K.: "Of course, a pleasure to meet you."
Eve K. smiles and gracefully sits in one of the offered chairs
Kurtis Kerner sits down immediately and nonchalantly, crossing his legs
Dante moves to one of the seats perhaps a bit eagerly and eases himself into the cushion. He offers a nod of thanks to Grandpa Leo.
October 14, 2018 4:41AMJustin: Justin takes a seat, watching the man. Leopold Cubic looks at Dante with a warm squint, nodding.
October 14, 2018 4:42AMEve K.: ((Grandpa Leo XDXDXD))
October 14, 2018 4:43AMLeopold Cubic: "I see. You sir can read my mind at will. Do you find yourself comfortable here, sir?"
October 14, 2018 4:43AMJessica: (wtf is he?)
(read my mind at will, yowza)
October 14, 2018 4:44AMEve K.: ((WAAAAAY more powerful than us))
((oh you mean Dante... high mind))
Dante clears his throat. "In the interest of honesty, I'm rarely comfortable anymore."
October 14, 2018 4:45AMJessica: (nah I'm talking about Cubic. He can't be human if he's offering to let someone read his mind)
October 14, 2018 4:45AMLeopold Cubic: "In the interest of cooperation, I can lift the weight on your abilities, if you promise not to use them until you leave the building."
October 14, 2018 4:46AMJustin: "It's all just the illusion of comfort though. We're in the dragon's den and we know it."
Dante tilts his head to the side, then nods in assent. "That is agreeable."
Leopold Cubic nods to Dante's comment, once, like a dad who just nodded to his son saying he's going out, and nods to Justin's comment with a much bigger smile, that smile, but it doesn't hold long, and soon he returns once again to looking weighted down
Leopold Cubic touches one of the silver objects on the table, and Dante, you can exhale, your Mastigos lungs stop being crushed by this weight, and your mind sight is active again. You see Leopold Cubic's presence. It is an extremely fast and sharp mind.
October 14, 2018 4:50AMLeopold Cubic: "Thank you for finding our lost unit. Please, kindly return it to me."
Dante blinks several rapid times in response and offers a smile at the courtesy.
October 14, 2018 4:51AM (To Eve K.): should i take over?
October 14, 2018 4:53AMJessica: (grab the rest and book it)
(i'm sure the elevator still works)
October 14, 2018 4:53AMEve K.: "I'm not sure if I can do that sir, at least not until you can confirm or refute that it's been altered."
(suuuure...))
October 14, 2018 4:54AMLeopold Cubic: "Oh, it has definitely been altered, and will be of no use for you, if we recall it."
"At which point, I must call into question your association with Diana Branch. If I were to call her now and ask he about you, would she confirm?"
October 14, 2018 4:56AMJessica: (ooooh shiiiiit)
October 14, 2018 4:57AMEve K.: "What a pity. I am curious, just what Simon did to it.
Eve takes the device from her purse and sets it on the table, she meets his gaze for a moment, smiling smoothly "I very much doubt she would."
October 14, 2018 4:58AMLeopold Cubic: "Deactivate Loquimorscope nineteen."
The Loquimorscope turns from silver to black
October 14, 2018 4:59AMEve K.: ((aww poor loquimorscope...we hardly knew you))
October 14, 2018 4:59AMLeopold Cubic: "Mrs. Branch and Mr. Lamprey had violated our agreement by tempering with these devices. If you are who I think you are.... we may be able to be of mutual assistance."
October 14, 2018 5:00AMJessica: (oh no)
October 14, 2018 5:01AMLeopold Cubic: "To be candid, I have no affiliation but complete neutrality towards Mrs. Branch and her business. Our company provided a service we were hired to provide, no more no less."
Eve K. nods once to indicate her understanding, listening to him with a pleasant blank expression
October 14, 2018 5:02AMLeopold Cubic: "So let's start with the obvious. What you want. I have capacity to transport you instantly to another one of these devices. How does that sound for bait?"
"Would any of you like some tea? Or cognac?"
Eve K. blinks at the offer of instant transportation, and then smiles pleasantly "Tea would be lovely."
October 14, 2018 5:03AMKurtis Kerner: "How about Vodka."
October 14, 2018 5:03AMJustin: "I'm not thirsty."
Dante shifts a bit in his seat, his eyes fixing on the device Leopold touched when he felt unburdened once more. "I am grateful, but I'll pass."
October 14, 2018 5:05AMLeopold Cubic: "Marcella, two cups of tea, please." - he says looking at the door, and someone stands up and walks on the other side. He then opens his desk's cabinet and produces a shot glass and a bottle of Absolut
"Would you fine persons accept a further exchange of trust and pleasantries and agree to not use any of your powers and abilities towards myself or any employees of this company, until you leave the building, in exchange for such restrictions being lifted for your comfort?"
Leopold Cubic he raises a finger in the air
October 14, 2018 5:07AMJessica: (Justin should turn his shirt into blood)
October 14, 2018 5:08AMDante: ((its all the rage))
October 14, 2018 5:08AMLeopold Cubic: "Please be advised, if you acknowledge, agree, or as much as nod to my question, should you begin to violate it, you would be killed that very instant. I'm not sure how, but it's been tested. It happens in a blink."
October 14, 2018 5:10AMEve K.: "In the interest of further trust, I agree to not use any of my powers and abilities towards you or any employees of this company, until I leave the building, should such a restriction be lifted."
Leopold Cubic touches another of the silver balls, and Eve, your prime sight activates. "I am very glad we come to respectful terms so quickly, surely you all understand the precautions I must take against powerful beings such as yourselves, for I am not one of you." - as supernal vision turns back on over his aura, Eve, you see that he is a sleeper, not a mage at all.
October 14, 2018 5:12AMJessica: ....
October 14, 2018 5:13AMKurtis Kerner: "I'd be fine with not being able to activate one half of my powers so that I can use the other half, should you take the piss."
"I do not consent to the agreement."
October 14, 2018 5:13AMEve K.: ((M. Night Shyamalan level twist up here))
Leopold Cubic smiles, "so be it"
October 14, 2018 5:14AMJustin: ((shammalamma))
October 14, 2018 5:14AMLeopold Cubic: "And you, young man?" - to Justin
Dante throws Kurtis a look, but then turns his attention to Justin to hear his response. He changes his seated position, leaning more heavily to his left now.
October 14, 2018 5:15AMJustin: "Yeah, that's fine. I won't user my powers on you or your employees until I leave the building."
October 14, 2018 5:16AMGM (GM): Dante you feel a presense of another human mind, as Marcella knocks, brings two teacups, and curtly smiles, leaving.
October 14, 2018 5:16AMJustin: ((user my powers))
Dante watches Marcella come and go, tilting his head distractedly.
October 14, 2018 5:16AMDante: ((administrator your powers))
October 14, 2018 5:17AMJustin: ((SUDO my powers))
Eve K. accepts her cup of tea with a "th
October 14, 2018 5:17AMEve K.: ....
Leopold Cubic nods and touches another, different object, and Justin, you can see his life aura, he is 62 years old, his liver is failing, but his internal processes are very calm and slow, steady heartbeat
October 14, 2018 5:18AMEve K.: *Thank you
October 14, 2018 5:18AMJustin: ((Eve: "THHHHHHH"))
October 14, 2018 5:18AMJessica: (that's sketchy as fuck)
October 14, 2018 5:18AMLeopold Cubic: "So, now that we are mostly free to harm each other, do you mind telling who you actually are?"
October 14, 2018 5:18AMEve K.: ((baby woke up typing 1 handed))
October 14, 2018 5:19AMGM (GM): ((you can take the long winded route or shortcut and fill him in on your Gem mission, or do neither))
October 14, 2018 5:19AMJustin: ((Damn they start using technology young these days.))
October 14, 2018 5:20AMEve K.: ((I vote for shortcut))
Kurtis Kerner casts his vote with a nod to each party member, signifying he is for filling the guy in
Leopold Cubic as you all look over to each other he smiles like a cheshire cat
Eve K. glances at Justin for his choice
October 14, 2018 5:21AMJustin: "Why do you need to know more about what we're doing?"
October 14, 2018 5:23AMLeopold Cubic: "Heh. You are a bright young man who asks a silly question though. I am a human, surrounded by supernaturals, and I run a company which traffics and brokers information. Collecting as much information as I can is my company's job, especially when it comes to knowing how the services I provide are used and for what means. It may compromise company neutrality."
"I cannot read minds or spy on people from afar, I can't stop time or fly or turn into a mouse... all I can do is ask others."
October 14, 2018 5:24AMJustin: "Right, so if we don't want our information to get brokered, we should keep it quiet. I don't think that makes my question silly."
October 14, 2018 5:25AMLeopold Cubic: "Thus we enter the negotiation stage. I can offer you support without recompense, if your goal does not include making the political arena harmful to my interests."
"But there are other options. Perhaps a favor for a favor."
October 14, 2018 5:26AMEve K.: "That would depend on what the favor you would ask is."
October 14, 2018 5:26AMJustin: Justin looks at the others in frustration. "Look, I'm not into the politics stuff. I'll let Eve deal with you."
October 14, 2018 5:27AMLeopold Cubic: "Level with me, Ms. Kline."
October 14, 2018 5:27AMGM (GM): will you explain everything to Grandpa Leo?
October 14, 2018 5:28AMEve K.: not if you call him grandpa leo
:P
October 14, 2018 5:28AMGM (GM): got 3 votes yes :D
October 14, 2018 5:28AMEve K.: yeah Eve levels with him
October 14, 2018 5:28AMDante: ((but why wouldn't you call him Grandpa Leo? He's clearly just everyone's grandpa who is trying to keep tabs on his grandkids who never call anymore))
October 14, 2018 5:28AMGM (GM): ^
October 14, 2018 5:29AMEve K.: ((XD))
October 14, 2018 5:29AMGM (GM): Okay. It takes you a bit to fill him in on your adventures, he nods with that face of boredom, like you're confirming something he mostly already knew.
October 14, 2018 5:29AMEve K.: ((what I figured))
October 14, 2018 5:29AMLeopold Cubic: "That explains Mr. Kerner's intereference with Night Owl's stronghold in Amsterdam."
"Well, let me level with you. The Gem of Kings is not of interest to me, beyond what I was promised as payment. Their group had forced their way onto my carefully engineered products, thus outright screwed with my supernatural employees' work. I will level with you also. Per contract, enforced with supernatural power, I cannot terminate their Loquimorscopes. I can only do so once the signed owners pass away. I can however, get you closer to the Gem. I know where it is headed, why, and approximately what you can expect. I'm willing to provide that for a service in return."
"As you may have guessed, I employ many people with gifts like yours, they maintain everything in the company, from its product, to its very walls. A precaution to take when you're someone like me. Two nights ago, I lost a dear partner."
October 14, 2018 5:34AMJessica: (NOOOOO)
October 14, 2018 5:35AMLeopold Cubic: "Aside from trafficking information, our company also traffics communications, and.... what you would understand as.... good fortune. For a certain amount of money or goods, our clients can purchase fortune in their endeavors. Luck, or fate itself, as you may say."
Eve K. nods to indicate her understanding
October 14, 2018 5:36AMLeopold Cubic: "Of course, such a resource must be harvested, which is usually done at places, where people like me, normal people, risk their luck, gamble, bet, and otherwise take chances."
Dante gradually becomes more enraptured by Grandpa Leo's storytelling, his gaze hardening to indicate that he is taking in everything he can from the conversation unfolding. He stands now, stretching his legs and pacing back and forth a few feet at a time.
October 14, 2018 5:36AMLeopold Cubic: "We have technology that allows storage of such a resources."
Kurtis Kerner is continuously drinking to cope with this bullshit
October 14, 2018 5:38AM (From Eve K.): one hour later...
October 14, 2018 5:38AMLeopold Cubic: "Within 3 nights, two events happened that hit my company assets. One, happened in Berlin, at a local game tournament, and the other just a few hours ago - one in which you were involved, at the club. While you tragically removed Simon Lamprey and his monster from the equation, someone else removed my assets from it as well.
"In the Berlin event, I lost contact with my most powerful empath, I have a soul survivor who last had contact with him. She is here, in custody. But of course, she is young, confused, and is one of you. She only recently became one of you, so our equipment detected unpredictable surges of abilities, which of course, bypass even our security, thus I dare not approach her. I would like you to investigate her and find out everything she knows."
October 14, 2018 5:41AMJessica: (oh god)
October 14, 2018 5:41AM (To Eve K.): sorry sorry! this is the final arc, you can seepies
October 14, 2018 5:41AMJustin: "You've kept a girl locked up for 3 days?"
October 14, 2018 5:41AMEve K.: (Brace yourself, you getting interrogated))
October 14, 2018 5:42AMLeopold Cubic: "Yes."
October 14, 2018 5:42AMDante: ((Don't worry, its totally painless and you only almost die once.))
October 14, 2018 5:42AMJustin: "Is she dangerous or something? Did she try to kill anybody?"
October 14, 2018 5:42AMLeopold Cubic: "Oh, don't worry, she's all her needs taken care of, accommodations, shower, food. She is perfectly fine."
October 14, 2018 5:42AMJessica: (I mean I've been shot in the head and drowned, and probably died of exposure or something as well depending on how you read it)
October 14, 2018 5:42AMEve K.: ((
hides the electroshock collar Yes... painless))
Dante shoots Justin a glance. "You don't get it, huh?"
October 14, 2018 5:43AMJessica: (I think I have a couple more lives)
October 14, 2018 5:43AMLeopold Cubic: "That - is exactly what I would like to find out. A large information gap. See, when one of you.... people... becomes ... what you people are, nobody can stop or see it, or on the contrary, it invades everything around it and shifts balance."
Dante perks up at that. "If I may ask, have you ever been privy to this experience before? Even if by proxy?"
October 14, 2018 5:44AMJustin: "Get what Dante? If I were locked up after awakening, I'd think I were crazy."
October 14, 2018 5:44AMLeopold Cubic: "I care about the balance of my assets. If you deem this girl unstable or dangerous, you have permission to execute her. I only know what happened to Hans Ehnske."
October 14, 2018 5:44AMDante: "Yes, Justin. That is about how it feels."
Eve K. nods in agreement and understanding.
October 14, 2018 5:45AMLeopold Cubic: Correction: "I only care to know what happened to Hans Ehnske" (typo)
October 14, 2018 5:45AMJustin: Justin's eyebrows go up at Dante's slip Justin realizes his slip.
Dante offers a gaze that indicates maybe it wasn't a slip, but a response to his.
Leopold Cubic to Dante: "You could say so. My long time friends and even extended family is largely of your species. I just.... didn't cut it I guess. Heh heh heh."
October 14, 2018 5:46AMJustin: Justin goes quiet. October 14, 2018 5:47AMLeopold Cubic: "I've heard many recounts, from employees and partners alike, you could almost say I collect them. In fact, you Mr. Faust seem familiar."
Dante looks back to Leopold and nods slowly, then shakes his head. "It is a topic I would be interested in speaking with you about someday, if the feeling is mutual. Though I imagine with your information network, it might be a tad mundane."
October 14, 2018 5:49AMLeopold Cubic: "I agree, the world is a crazy place, but its wheels must keep turning, and I prefer to stay at the helm of one of its ships. I believe in humanity, no matter how depressing it may be."
"Mister Faust, that can be certainly arranged, of course, if I may make further prolonged use of your services."
October 14, 2018 5:50AMDante: "That is a negotiation for the future, to be sure. First we have to survive the near future."
Leopold Cubic does not use your true names, as if not daring so, fearful of their power.
Dante offers a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.
Leopold Cubic offers him eyes that don't reach his face
October 14, 2018 5:51AMEve K.: ????
October 14, 2018 5:51AMJustin: ((red eyes))
October 14, 2018 5:51AMDante: ((I dont even))
October 14, 2018 5:51AMLeopold Cubic: ((eyes are saddened, face unfased))
October 14, 2018 5:51AMJustin: ((Like in old cartoons, when wolf eyes go out like 3 feet.))
October 14, 2018 5:52AMDante: ((thats only when there's a hottie on screen))
October 14, 2018 5:52AMJustin: ((Choose one, we have like 4))
October 14, 2018 5:52AMLeopold Cubic: ((Leo is a hottie))
Eve K. looks at the others to see if they are in agreement with this offer... well, Dante and Kurtis anyway, since Justin doesn't seem to understand what is going on...
October 14, 2018 5:53AMJustin: ((what do I roll to understand what's going on?))
Dante gives Eve a head nod. "Yeah."
October 14, 2018 5:53AMLeopold Cubic: "Have we come to terms? I think if we delay further, the young man here won't be able to contain himself. It really is truly tragic what happened to him. I certainly do not miss a client like Simon being so rightfully put to rest."
October 14, 2018 5:53AMJessica: (wisdom)
October 14, 2018 5:54AMKurtis Kerner: "Yeah, job's no problem. Talk to the girl, if it's sour, I'll BBQ the little brat."
October 14, 2018 5:54AMEve K.: "Then I believe we have come to terms indeed.
October 14, 2018 5:55AMKurtis Kerner: "But in return, Mister Cubic, you take us to the fucking Gem. Not within some bullshit "close proximity" like 100 miles away. I mean TO. THE GEM. That sound like a deal?"
October 14, 2018 5:56AMEve K.: ((200m))
October 14, 2018 5:56AMDante: ((take us within sensory range grandpa))
October 14, 2018 5:56AMLeopold Cubic: "The Gem is headed through Berlin to Stargard. That's where Diana's keep is. I can put you within 100 yards to her person. How does that sound?"
October 14, 2018 5:57AMKurtis Kerner: "Shake on it?" - offers a hand
October 14, 2018 5:57AMLeopold Cubic: smiles "I must apologize. I don't... do that. You are not under the non-hostility accord."
October 14, 2018 5:58AMGM (GM): Ok justin, intelligence + resolve?
What are you trying to understand? Specifically
If politics, then int+politics
October 14, 2018 5:59AMJustin: ((int 5, res 3 = 8))
October 14, 2018 5:59AMGM (GM): ok roll it
October 14, 2018 5:59AMJustin: rolling 8d10>8!
= 2 Successes
October 14, 2018 5:59AMGM (GM): ok, you can ask 2 questions
what are 2 things that you want clarified
October 14, 2018 6:00AMJustin: ((Okay, what does Dante and Eve not think that I understand?))
October 14, 2018 6:00AMDante: ((Dante thinks Justin doesn't get why Leopold won't fuck with a newly awakened mage being himself a sleeper))
((but beyond that I have no idea where this is going))
October 14, 2018 6:01AMEve K.: ^
October 14, 2018 6:02AMJustin: ((Why would Leopold not send one of his dudes and try and recruit a newly-awakened sleeper to his cause?))
October 14, 2018 6:02AMGM (GM): ((he wont fuck with them because awakenings are really powers, justin can think back to his own awakening, he was able to connect to hannah riley through her scrying on Simon, such a feat should not be possible. These magic surges are powerful and untrackable, and they could burn him to crisp. The girl could panic, stop time, and kill him))
((he is a very old man surrounded by mages whom he keeps on a leash only by being very very very careful))
October 14, 2018 6:03AMDante: ((My personal assumption is better to use people not directly under your employ for that kind of thing rather than risk losing one of your own if something does go fucky))
((as to why she's kept 3 days, IDK. This feels more like a topic for IC now tho))
October 14, 2018 6:03AMJustin: ((Mmkay, was making sure that I wasn't actually missing anything. Turns out it was just misunderstanding what Justin was upset about. We're good.))
Dante muses aloud. "100 yards to her person is pretty specific. Without proper intel we could just be absolutely damning ourselves."
October 14, 2018 6:04AMGM (GM): ((he thinks she killed Hans and he doesnt know how, doesnt want to risk his own people. he may have recalled experts, but they had to respond to other emergencies. he is likely simply short staffed, and losing several of his best in 3 nights, he is not eager to lose more))
October 14, 2018 6:05AMLeopold Cubic: to Dante: "You would be able to remotely see the place of your arrival and choose it."
October 14, 2018 6:05AMEve K.: ((I need to go to bed y'all, the boy will probably be up in two hours waking me up))
October 14, 2018 6:06AMGM (GM): ((ok. check in with the log tomorrow))
October 14, 2018 6:06AMDante: ((ya ya, have a good .. uh.. day))
((oh look, sun's up))
October 14, 2018 6:06AMGM (GM): We could end here, if yall are cool with going down to meet the crazy survivor
October 14, 2018 6:06AMEve K.: cool
October 14, 2018 6:07AMJessica: (real quick)
October 14, 2018 6:07AMDante: ((k))
October 14, 2018 6:07AMJessica: (in the interest of not taking up the whole session with one conversation)
(does anyone object to whoever the mind mage is just grilling me here whenever the two of us are available next, or does everyone wanna do it with the whole party?)
(just seems like it would make more sense as a one on one or else everyone is basically reading for a while)
(and then next full session could be like normal)
October 14, 2018 6:08AMDante: ((as the mind mage and also terribly inconsistent, I'd prefer it for our next full gathering. All characters will be there anyway.))
October 14, 2018 6:08AMGM (GM): (kurt comes with dante where ever dante goes)
October 14, 2018 6:09AMJessica: (kk. we can do it however, I was just trying to save time or whatever)
October 14, 2018 6:09AMDante: ((But I will make sure to have saturday free again if we want to do it same time next week))
October 14, 2018 6:09AMGM (GM): (we could do it play by post during the work days as time allows)
(ye same time)
(10 pm my time would be gr8)
October 14, 2018 6:09AMJessica: (sounds great to me)
October 14, 2018 6:10AMDante: ((so 50 minutes earlier than when we started. Would be good.))
October 14, 2018 6:10AMGM (GM): Ok, closing statement of the night
October 14, 2018 6:11AMDante: ((Grandpa Leo has Marcella bring everyone hot cocoa and tells stories of his industrious youth. The end.))
Another businessman, who you prime people now see as a tulpa, and Justin does not see as truly alive, takes you along the corridors to the elevator, and pushes the Down button, unmarked with any number. The elevator must go like 50 more stories down underground, making it over 160 stories total. Underground there are living quarters, showers, cafeteria, like a hotel hallway really, with doors not looking reinforced or anything, but they certainly are. Armor hides beneath the delicate oak.
Jessica, you try the door, the door is locked, and in but a few seconds you hear footsteps outside. You get an odd feeling that something here purposely kept you asleep until this very moment, giving you exactly the time to wake up and get yourself together, as you were given.
Episode 31 end. Next on Mage: The Mysterious Survivor! Interrogation! Hans did nothing wrong! Find out more on Mage!
October 14, 2018 6:14AMJustin: Yaaay1
XP?
7 hour session, all night.
I miss these days.
Those days?
Days of hour lives.
October 14, 2018 6:15AMDante: 7 hours is a tad too long. I'm dead at the keyboard.
October 14, 2018 6:15AMJustin: Nights of our days.
October 14, 2018 6:15AMDante: Might be fine when we start a bit earlier.
October 14, 2018 6:16AMGM (GM): Justin 7 xp, Dante 7 xp, Eve 7 xp, Kurt 5xp cause he didnt do dick but get drunk, Jessica 5 xp for patience
October 14, 2018 6:16AMJustin: WHOA
October 14, 2018 6:16AMJessica: noice
October 14, 2018 6:16AMDante: das a lotta xp
October 14, 2018 6:16AMGM (GM): all the healing you done and the driving
you guys also unlocked rotes
Healers Trance purchaseable for Justin
Misperception for Dante
October 14, 2018 6:17AMJustin: Is bloodshirt a rote?
October 14, 2018 6:17AMGM (GM): consider it a re-start the campaign boost
October 14, 2018 6:17AMDante: If it is you should take it
Wits + Occult + Matter
Transmute Bloodshirt
October 14, 2018 6:18AMJustin: Blood to shirt.
At level 4 I can do shirt to blood.
Or is that backwards?
October 14, 2018 6:19AMGM (GM): going to sleep. all questions tomorrow
send me your purchases if any
October 14, 2018 6:19AMJessica: night everyone
October 14, 2018 6:19AMJustin: Will do. goodnight.
October 14, 2018 6:19AMDante: G'night!
4:46PMJustin: rolling 11d10>8!
= 2 Successes
f
Figured out how to macro.
rolling 11d10>8!
= 6 Successes
6:29PMJustin: Hello /roll 3d10>8!
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