Mage The Awakening: Episode 40 - The No Rough Stuff Kind Of Thing
April 19, 2019 10:57PMGM (GM): A quick recap.
The Mages decide to split up at around 5:20 AM. Having apprehended a mysterious Sniper, the team divided into group tasks. Eve and Dante were to neutralize the sniper, check out from the hotel, and work on replacing the Crysler Tourist 15-seater van Justin exploded with a new means of rented transport.
Meanwhile, Justin, Jessica, and Kurtis - were to head out to Stuttgart, to cure cancer for an old chinese lady, Aiping's mother, to release a ghost which haunts Jessica. Also, on their way, they were to look into Jessica's house to check on her parents, and to visit a music store so Kurtis can have a mundane disguise for his path tool in a form of a contrabass case.
About 7 hours later, it's approaching 1 PM.
April 19, 2019 10:58PMGM (GM): Justin, Jessica, and Kurtis ended up spending 3 hours in Jessica's home, communicating with the house's spirit and having to do chores, before splitting up further. Jessica wanted to find out what happened to her parents, so Justin attempted to use Spirit arcanum to contact The Spirit of the Hearth. The spirit did not have a physical manifestation, but has awoken. Kitchen cabinetry, silverware, table cloth, window curtains, pipes, and floorboards, everything started ringing, clacking, rustling, popping, and whispering the Rs, Ts, Ds and Ss of the terrifying speech. The house asked "Who are you?" To which Justin gave a peculiar answer. "I am the Knight of Waters, and with me is the Wayward Daughter and the Knight of Flames". To which Kurt kinda went, what? The house turned its attention to Jessica, attempting to recognize her. But since Jessica wasn't exactly a good daughter, and often shirked her responsibilities, it had a hard time doing so. "Prove you are who you are. Complete the incomplete. Maintain and tidy like my daughter would." Jessica immediately knew what had to be done as she found traces of unfinished chores, as if he parents disappeared in the middle of doing something. She straightened the beds, put away dishes, sorted mail, and had to paint the unfinished deck that her dad started. She was awful at painting, so Justin helped her out, while Kurtis tended to the leaking water heater. During the 3 hours of painting the deck, Justin connected with the Spirit of jessica's house, understanding the general feelings of miscommunication and strain that Jessica had with her father. She wanted to play games and do art, while her father insisted it would not be a good career. Justin also got a feel for the kind of man her father was. A stalwart protector, a military man, an older brother who had to be strong to stand up for the smaller siblings. The final issue was that the house was out of power. Kurt checked the electrical, and found everything in tact, which signified the house was disconnected from service. Just to let Jessica feel what it's like to be at home again, Kurt channelled 20 kwatts of his own electricity into the house's transformer at the meter distributor, and got the lights and shower operating. Jessica immediately went to wash herself, while the two men stayed in the kitchen. The Spirit of the House was satisfied and revealed what it knew of her parents. Edward and Denise saw jessica play Magic the Gathering as the tournament exploded during Mladen's attack. They panicked, grabbed their stuff in a hurry and drove off. That is all the house knew. Kurtis traced her father Edward's cell phone by calling it, and triangulated an approximate location to a middle of nowhere, side of the road on the highway between Leipzig and Berlin, 1 hour in the direction opposite to Stuttgart, where they were going to heal Aiping's mother. So, Kurt offered to go after Jessica's father alone. Kurtis went invisible, and proceeded to follow a lead given by the spirit, tracing the cell phone signal from Jessica's father's phone.
While Jess and Justin boarded the 5 hour train to Stuttgart.
Kurtis took Slabod's amulet to study its nature and properties.
Meanwhile, Dante had reprogrammed the Sniper, who was referred to by his company as Max the Freeshooter, and reversed his amnesia, turning him back into Adrian Bisset, a peaceful french farmer.
The reprogramming took Dante only an hour, he punched the Mind intrusion in stride, but when it came to severing sympathetic connections to all Sniper's contacts, that's when he hit a cognitive lock, and spent 7 hours blasting against sympathy to Bo.
April 19, 2019 11:03PMGM (GM): The work required concentration, and Eve, getting him food, water, and company, eventually had to leave Dante's side. She went to check out of the hotel, and that's when she got swarmed by police investigators and was held back at the hotel for questioning.
At about 1 P.M. Dante is out of the first push session of 7-hour sympathetic trance, having not broken through Bo's ties. He was at first strongly considering running Slabod's knife across Max/Adrian's throat, but now that he's learned mostly everything about his previous life, he can't bring himself to do it.
Meanwhile, at about 1 P.M. Justin and Jessica are trying to engineer their way inside a restricted access high end hospital. They have just obtained the identity of one of the oncologists who work in the Cancer wing.
Kurtis, having done a share of plumbing in Jessica's house, and having breathed enough paint that Justin and Jess were using to repaint the deck, and having seen the creepiest way a living house can communicate, using silverware, creaking pipes, table cloths, whispering window curtains dishes, and floor boards, decided to take the Spirit's quest seriously. Having witnessed a spiritual replay of Jessica's parents rushing to the car and riding off to save her in a hurry, Kurtis traced the cell phone signal to a forest park on the side of the road, 1 hour away from Leipzig towards Berlin. He forced Edward Murphy's phone to snap a picture with its camera and send it back, witnessing that the phone is lying in the grass. He now follows this lead.
With two cool beers from Jessica's warm fridge powering his newly found enthusiasm, he is determined to find Edward dead or alive and lead him back to his daughter. For this, he recorded a short video of Jessica telling her dad to trust Kurtis and come with him. Oh yeah, and the freaky part is the Murphy residence had the power shut off for days. But once Kurt plugged himself in as a generator, all the circuits in the house were fine. So someone called the power company to terminate service. He had to cool his own fucking beer. Preposterous!
And so.... it is 1 PM.
April 19, 2019 11:14PMEve K.: (unheard of!)
April 19, 2019 11:16PMJustin: Justin looks around in the van for an extra set of clothes. April 19, 2019 11:16PMGM (GM): Justin, you need 10 successes total to turn Jessica into a full copy of the doctor. There's a lot to change here.
April 19, 2019 11:16PMJessica: "I think we're gonna just have to swap."
April 19, 2019 11:16PMGM (GM): If you dont give her a dick, she wont sound the same.
April 19, 2019 11:16PMJessica: ((omg))
April 19, 2019 11:17PMEve K.: ((that's...what.. she said?))
Eve K. waits for the officers next quesion
April 19, 2019 11:19PMJessica: "You mentioned butterflying...? So I wear your clothes in as a man and you sit on my shoulder or something?"
April 19, 2019 11:19PMSenior Agent Gann: 'Okay maybe you can confirm this for me. Now off the record I am talking to you as a fellow investigator. This attack and the evidence does not make sense. Multiple witnesses confirm hearing the gunshots and we have found residue of gunpowder on the roof of a nearby building. We have identified the type and caliber of the rifle used and approximately the direction of the shots. Some witnesses confirmed hearing 2 shots others confirmed hearing 5 shots. But when we look at your hotel Room window we can see that the windows are completely intact except for one window having a small bump in it. There is blood on the carpet in the hallway but the door through which the shot would have to be taken is perfectly intact and the hotel management confirms that no maintenance had been done on any of these facilities. I do not understand how a 470 caliber bullet could hurt anyone through the window and yet leave glass unbroken. "
April 19, 2019 11:20PMJessica: "Your outfit doesn't look far off from normal. I can pretend he was going somewhere after work and forgot his badge inside."
April 19, 2019 11:20PMJustin: "Alright..."
Justin closes his eyes and starts to channel power into Jess's appearance.
rolling 7d10>8!
= 7 Successes
rolling 7d10>8!
= 5 Successes
Six seconds later and Jess is a man.
April 19, 2019 11:22PMDante: Rivulets of sweat trickle down the side of Dante's face as his concentration gives out. He grows in understanding, but the power to sever such a powerful tie between two people seems to elude him. Dante slumps onto the edge of the bed and looks with a measure of fatigue at Adrian. He blinks slow, sending a message directly to Eve, then a separate one to the network and whoever might still be in it.
"How are things going at the hotel?"
"Everyone is still alive right?"
(Holy successes)
April 19, 2019 11:22PMJessica: "Jesus Justin, let me get undressed first!" Her body starts changing shape and it's a race to try to get pants and shirt off with changing limb structure and-- "Oh my god did you---???"
April 19, 2019 11:22PMJustin: "You won't sound the same without the dick. Learning experience."
April 19, 2019 11:23PMGM (GM): Justin, the van you are in doesn't have an extra set of clothes. But you can transmute one color into another and one type of fabric into another. You could magic Jessica's outerware white, if it's not too ostentatious. You just can't change its shape quite yet.
April 19, 2019 11:23PMEve K.: "I couldn't say, I wasn't in that room. I have seen people do very stupid things in a panic before. Had to investigate a murder once where the firerfighters were also involved because the victim turned the over on after hearing the home invader break a window."
She shrugs shaking her head April 19, 2019 11:23PMJustin: Justin concentrates in turning colored cloth into white cloth for his clothes. rolling 11d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:24PMEve K.: over the link to Dante "Going well so far. The cops are asking pretty standard questions. Nothing to hard to explain away."
April 19, 2019 11:24PMJustin: Vulgar for changing appearance: 2 dice.
rolling 2d10>8!
= 1 Success
Bashing.
April 19, 2019 11:25PMBallistics Expert Tiche: "So what you're saying is that one of your friends in the party, in the other room, heard the gunshot through the open window, and went back up to the window to close the door?"
April 19, 2019 11:25PMJustin: Vulgar for changing clothes: 1 dice
rolling 1d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:25PMBallistics Expert Tiche: For you next vulgar spell you wont suffer paradox
"There should be a hole, right here, in the door." - he shows Eve a photo of the perfectly in tact door.
April 19, 2019 11:26PMJustin: Shape changing impromptu Life 4 + Gnosis 3 -3 for the size of the animal = 4.
rolling 4d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:26PMJessica: Jessica's underwear is far too small for this body, but she's afraid to look. She pulls at the elastic and looks down. "Oh my god." She is now a man in girl's underwear waiting for Justin to be done with his clothes. She sits in the van's backseat, crossing her arms, self-conscious.
April 19, 2019 11:26PMJustin: Justin frowns and tries again. rolling 3d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:27PMJessica: "Oh my god. Ahhhhh." She tries out her voice. It's so fucking weird
April 19, 2019 11:27PMJustin: Vulgar spell , 2 dice.
rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
Eve K. raises a brow "You said there was blood in the hallway, it would seem logical to me that the door must have been open and hit someone in the hallway, did anyone come forward with injuries?"
April 19, 2019 11:28PMJustin: Suddenly Justin shrinks down and becomes a Safflower skipper butterfly, native to Germany. April 19, 2019 11:29PMEve K.: over the link to Dante "Currently trying to explain why there was no damage to the door when the police know a bullet should have gone through it"
April 19, 2019 11:30PMEve K.: ...
April 19, 2019 11:30PMGM (GM): Justin, are you turning into a girl?
Oh
A butterfly lol
April 19, 2019 11:30PMJustin: Butterfly Justin hops out of his clothes and onto the dashboard. Eve K. sounds like she is trying to be helpful and professionally considering their questions
April 19, 2019 11:31PMGM (GM): Not so fast, little butterfly
You just used Shapeshifting at Life 4
Roll a resolve+composure please
April 19, 2019 11:32PMJustin: rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:32PMGM (GM): "Indoors! Gotta get out! Gotta get out of the car! Gotta fly get flowers get air get sun, no wait... I'm Justin.... I'm ... "
you're okay
April 19, 2019 11:33PMJessica: "Oh wow." She collects Justin's clothes and pulls them on. Everything feels clunky. The back seat of the van feels too small. Her mouth moves weird. She fumbles with the belt. Her hands are too big. Once she gets the clothes on she tries a few German phrases to get the mouth feel right. Finally she tucks her clothes into her bag. The bag didn't look right but she remembered last time she tried to leave a bag somewhere. The fish. Shudder.
April 19, 2019 11:33PMGM (GM): Any time something happens that would trigger your butterfly instincts, you will struggle to remain in control of the form.
April 19, 2019 11:34PMJessica: ((scary))
April 19, 2019 11:34PMJustin: Butterfly Justin flutters up onto Man-Jess's shoulder and crawls into her open breast pocket. April 19, 2019 11:35PMJessica: That makes her nervous. He's so small, and her stupid body is so big. She gets out of the car. Looking for a bush to stash the bag under. Can't go back in with Jess' bag
April 19, 2019 11:35PMDante: "Fair enough. Let me know if something happens."
Dante rises to his feet and begins stretching, doing simple exercises and pacing about the room. He eyes Adrian quietly, trying to work out the problem of severing this intense connection between the sniper and Bo.
'Maybe if I more closely analyse the tethers,' he mutters to himself.
((Impromptu Correspondence rote = 7))
rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:36PMForensics Expert Shultz: "That's the funny part, Frau Fields, several officers have come forth with testifying that they saw you leaving the building in company of heavily injured men covered in blood, and when asked questions, you fled when the officers were distracted by further gunshots."
April 19, 2019 11:38PMSenior Agent Gann: "So... short of being forced to believe that you are accomplice to this attack, I have no reason to not place you under arrest."
April 19, 2019 11:38PMGM (GM): Jessica roll dex+athletics please
April 19, 2019 11:39PMJessica: ((chance die. preemptive cringe))
rolling 1d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 19, 2019 11:41PMGM (GM): Dante, you detect an intimate level of correspondence between Max and Bo. Max's tattoo is definitely an identifier that aids in this connection. Also, the various bodily scars they received together in various as part of the French Foreign Legion and then as a private mercenary company. Physical markers that adorn Max's body, even down to his sun tan and wrinkles - connect him to Bo.
Jessica, you fall on your ass trying to control this body, and slowly get up.
April 19, 2019 11:42PMJessica: "Shit, shit." She gets up awkwardly but carefully. Stupid man feet.
April 19, 2019 11:43PMGM (GM): Justin, your size is effectively 1 now, and you feel extraordinarily light and fluttery, precious, small, and everything is huge and multiplied. Seeing through faceted eyes of an insect is quite the sight!
Your ability to sense pollen in the air is extreme
In fact, pollen is way more interesting than this lumbering husk
April 19, 2019 11:43PMJustin: rolling 7d10>8!
= 5 Successes
Fuck you.
Justin concentrates on the mission. Ignore the pollen, heal the cancer.
Can make pollen whenever I want. Can turn the lint in the pocket into pollen if I want.
DOn't need pollen.
Need Jess to not fall down.
April 19, 2019 11:46PMJustin: Need Jess to hurry up or get me some pollen. Or rather no pollen.
Just cancer.
Cancer pollen.
Or just pollen.
No! Cancer.
April 19, 2019 11:46PMEve K.: "The only questions any officers asked me was if anyone in my party was injured. No one was. However, there was an injured man with us who was not a part of my party. He introduced himself as Slabod (if I have his last name I give it) in the elevator. Come to think of it he did seem a bit more out of sorts than anyone else running around."
April 19, 2019 11:47PMJustin: ((Can I cast in here?))
April 19, 2019 11:50PMDante: Dante scratches his cheek as he looks the man before him up and down, noting prominent areas of sympathy. He moves to the kitchen sink and pours himself a glass of water, drinks it, and returns to his position.
To Eve: "Would you be able to remove Adrian's tattoo when you get back? Might make my job a little easier. Not sure. Could cut it off but.. its a little morbid, especially for a guess."
He looks around the low cost motel room disinterestedly.
April 19, 2019 11:50PM (From Dante): ((Do I need to do anything before going back into extended casting?))
April 19, 2019 11:51PMEve K.: to Dante "Yes I should be able to remove it one way or the other. Will probably help I would imagine."
April 19, 2019 11:53PMDante: "Noted."
Dante pulls out his copy of the book and begins to thumb through its pages, seeking information about whether or not the act would change anything.
April 19, 2019 11:53PMJessica: Looking for a bush to stash the backpack in. Wits + subterfuge to hide it?
April 19, 2019 11:54PMGM (GM): ((Justin, you..... can cast! And you've successfully bested the neurology and brain chemistry of an insect which is unsuited for voluntary thought, you're okay for a while))
((shapeshift also cost you 1 mana))
April 19, 2019 11:55PMJustin: ((I've already pulled 2 mana. One for the missed try and one for the successful one.))
April 19, 2019 11:56PMGM (GM): ((got it. this is extreme GMing here))
((Dante, you can get back to extended casting. You have determined the connection. You need 20 successes, a 5 on any roll automatically succeeds))
April 19, 2019 11:57PMJessica: ((don't feel rushed; I'm good with reading, I just didn't know if you saw previous comment about the bag))
April 19, 2019 11:59PMJustin: To Jess: "What are you doing? Staying a butterfly is not easy. I should be able to open the door if you can get to it." ((Are we still mind linked? I assume so.))
April 20, 2019 12:00AMDante: ((Yes.))
April 20, 2019 12:00AMJessica: ((forgot all about it tbh))
April 20, 2019 12:00AMDante: ((Rolled enough for 2 sessions))
April 20, 2019 12:01AMJessica: I forgot we had the link up. I'm trying to find a place to hide the bag. He's gonna look weird walking in with it. April 20, 2019 12:03AMDante: Thumbing through a few more pages, Dante mentally earmarks a section and sets the book on the nightstand by the bed. He returns to his position across from Max/Adrian and claps his hands lightly together in a reaffirming gesture. A breath long drawn-in forces its way out of his mouth and he begins manipulating the tendrils surrounding Adrian, his right hand's fingers weaving delicately in one moment and forcefully in the next. rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 12:04AMGM (GM): ((Jessica, explain to me what the heck are you doing? You were with Justin in the random person's van, he changed your clothes, changed how you look, turned into a butterfly, you stepped out of the van, fell down, got up, now you want to stash a bag. Why not put it in the van you're standing by. The guard at the hospital doors would think its super fucking sketchy that a doctor just dropped off a bag in a bush. Think!))
April 20, 2019 12:05AMJessica: ((because i don't want to come back and find someone drove the van away?? Okay, fine))
April 20, 2019 12:06AMGM (GM): ((Ok, fair enough! You do you! There is a bush across the parking lot.))
April 20, 2019 12:07AMJessica: Bah, I was already typing. Bag in the van, walking in the front door looking flustered. Not exactly faking the fluster either. Gonna hustle inside and try to get past the desk.
April 20, 2019 12:07AMGM (GM): ((This is what you're more or less dealing with))
April 20, 2019 12:08AMJustin: Justin casts on the Van as they're leaving. compelling it not to start when the owner gets there. ((IMpromptu gremlins = 6 dice.))
rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 12:08AMJessica: ((okay so just stuff in pots anyway))
April 20, 2019 12:10AMGM (GM): Dante, that's one hour. For Dante it is now 2 PM, you made some progress.
You'll be ahead of us for a while.
April 20, 2019 12:11AMDante: ((Yeah.))
April 20, 2019 12:11AMGM (GM): You can cast all your rolls now if you feeling the dice
April 20, 2019 12:12AMDante: ((May need to stop for some reason or another so im fine right now.))
April 20, 2019 12:12AMJustin: *To Jess: "Please avoid walking near flowers, for reasons."
*
April 20, 2019 12:13AMJessica: Um, got it? April 20, 2019 12:13AMGuard: "Forgot something, Dr. Fenner?"
April 20, 2019 12:15AMForensics Expert Shultz: "Slabod Skorlitsa? Yes, his body was found in the garage, shot through the head with a completely different caliber. We're running the gun through our system. But why did you and those in your company refuse medical aid? It was clearly stated in the testimony that you were offered medical assistant and have refused it. One of you said "it's not my blood" "
April 20, 2019 12:17AMJessica: "Yes, it's one of those days." Shake my head like I can't believe my forgetfulness. Heading for the hallway, following signs for the elevator.
April 20, 2019 12:18AMJustin: "How's walking around as a man? Super different?" "Let me tell you, being a butterfly is weird."
"I have a probuscus."
April 20, 2019 12:20AMJessica: Well, having my balls crammed into my underwear isn't fucking fun. They feel hot. Do they always feel hot? She couldn't really try to pick at her crotch right now.
God, I have balls. Why do I have balls?
April 20, 2019 12:20AMJustin: "Balls give you the right balance to make your voice all deep and makes you smell right."
April 20, 2019 12:21AMJessica: WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE SMELLING ME? April 20, 2019 12:21AMJustin: "Everyone is smelling everyone else all the time. If you know someone know and their smell is off, it can really set off the paranoia. It's amazing how much humans rely on pheremones to communicate."
April 20, 2019 12:24AMJessica: I doubt Dr. Fenner has people smelling him at work. April 20, 2019 12:24AMJustin: "It's not a conscious thing. It is a thing though, believe me."
"And yeah, the scrotum sort of sits between your thighs and does this thing where it's always sticking to at least one of them. Sometimes it stretches like silly putty between both of 'em."
April 20, 2019 12:25AMGM (GM): The elevator requires the badge to go up, or the nurses can activate it at the front desk station.
Make your lie good.
Eve K. 's eyes go wide for a moment as Forensics Expert Shultz mentions Slabod was shot. "How terrible, do you think it's connected some way? He recognized me from the club I was at yesterday evening.. I'm sorry that's none of my business. You were asking about injuries. None of us were injured."
April 20, 2019 12:27AMJustin: "Do your thing buddy!"
Justin wills the elevator to open and go to the appropriate floor. rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
Details: FInish your current route, go down to the bottom floor ignoring all others. Open, Go up to the floor where the room number we were given is located. once we're in and the doors are closed again.
April 20, 2019 12:31AMForensics Expert Shultz: "Recent fingerprints were found in one of the rooms, from someone hitting the floor. In the same room where the shot took place. Do you know why the door was opened in the middle of the night? Also, there are multiple sets of fingerprints on the window glass, on all the windows in both adjacent rooms. How would you explain that?"
April 20, 2019 12:35AMGM (GM): The elevator doors open and take you to the floor where Mrs. Liu Cheng is committed.
April 20, 2019 12:36AMJessica: Good one. Dr. Fenner exits the elevator and heads for her room. If unimpeded, will enter the bathroom in her suite so Justin can un-butterfly
Eve K. looks Expert Shultz dead in the eye and smirks lasciviously "I put it simply. We didn't use just the beds when we were being intimate. As for the door I couldn't say. We didn't open the door in the room I was sleeping in until well after the gun shots stopped. Maybe Jessica got up to get some ice, or maybe someone knocked on her door. I would be guessing to be honest as to why she opened the door."
April 20, 2019 12:37AMGM (GM): There is a nurse in her room, administering medication.
April 20, 2019 12:37AMJustin: "
I don't need to un-butterfly. Just stand around the room and I can do my thing."
Justin looks to Aiping's mom with insect eyes and focuses on her, determining the extent of the damage.
April 20, 2019 12:38AMDante: The connection between Bo and Adrian was a tangled mass of threads that were so intertwined that they seemed strengthened by this chaos. He had tried before to just forcefully tear away at it, but it cost him several hours. Now, as Dante took a few minutes to assess things, it seemed like it might be more appropriate to try to unravel the bundle before cutting it away. He had pulled the first few strands with a measure of success. Now for a few more.
((Another hour.))
rolling 7d10>8!
= 3 Successes
April 20, 2019 12:38AMGM (GM): You see Aiping's mother, a frail old lady, hooked up to multiple IVs, trying to fall asleep. The nurse adjusts the valves on the IV.
April 20, 2019 12:38AMJustin: Healer's Trance: 8 Dice
rolling 8d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 12:39AMNurse: "(In German) it's going to be okay, Frau Cheng"
April 20, 2019 12:40AMJessica: Dr. Fenner enters the room and lets the nurse do her work. He stands at the foot of the bed and checks the chart. All the doctor's visits she'd ever had the doctor always checked the paperwork before anything
((the clipboard.))
April 20, 2019 12:41AMNurse: "Oh, hi... Doctor Fenner? I just administered 100 mililiters of pamidronate disodium and 65 ml of Ixabepilone... everything alright?"
April 20, 2019 12:43AMJessica: "Yes. I just had a feeling I needed to check on something in here. It's probably nothing, but you know when you're worried you forgot something..."
April 20, 2019 12:44AMGM (GM): Justin, you make a full scan of Mrs. Cheng's aura. Aside from being 62 years old, the long and short of it is she has multiple myeloma that has metastasized to bone.
But there's something... else. Something is draining her pattern.
April 20, 2019 12:45AMJustin: Life sight to determine what that is?
rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 12:45AMGM (GM): A gradual and steady decline in Life Force
April 20, 2019 12:45AMJustin: A natural one or unnatural one?
April 20, 2019 12:46AMGM (GM): Good question. You've never been under these specific conditions. A dying patient in a hospital. It could be natural or it could be not. It's not Life Magic though.
April 20, 2019 12:46AMJustin: How many successes is needed to cure her cancer?
April 20, 2019 12:47AMGM (GM): Jessica, roll wits+subterfuge to fast talk the nurse. Or presence+subterfuge. Whichever is higher.
April 20, 2019 12:48AMJustin: "
Hey Dante, can you set Kurt up to look through my eyes so he can mage sight this woman and see if there's some wacky magic going on?" April 20, 2019 12:48AMJessica: rolling 7d10>8!
= 5 Successes
April 20, 2019 12:48AMGM (GM): Justin you can clearly tell that any healing you do here will be drained by this phenomenon, it's like a vortex that seeps her life away.
The Nurse asks no further questions. She's intimidated to distract Fenner from the business.
April 20, 2019 12:49AMDante: ((Didn't we add real Kurtis to the network?))
April 20, 2019 12:50AMNurse: "Of course. Here, why don't I step out for a bit and check on others, I will be back shortly, rest well, Mrs. Cheng." The nurse looks to you and shakes her head slightly, pouting with her lips, like, 'she is not doing well, doc' sort of way.
"Doctor Fenner will take good care of you." - she closes the door as she leaves
April 20, 2019 12:51AMGM (GM): ((We did i believe?))
April 20, 2019 12:51AMJessica: ((i thought so too))
April 20, 2019 12:52AMDante: "In the same way that we were doing when you went undercover with Slabod's gang? It should be just the same as last time." There's a pause, momentary distraction. "Kurt, can you see through Justin's eyes and analyze what he sees magically? Is that even.. possible?" April 20, 2019 12:53AMKurtis Kerner: "Never tried. Kinda distracted right now though. Hey do we have new wheels yet? I could use a lift." April 20, 2019 12:53AMJustin: Justin switches to spirit sight from life sight to see if it's a spirit phenomenon. rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 12:54AMDante:
"Eve set out to secure a vehicle. She is a bit indisposed at the moment. If you are still marked I could pull you, but we're all on our own errands." April 20, 2019 12:55AMGM (GM): Eve can you please roll manipulation + persuasion
April 20, 2019 12:56AMKurtis Kerner: "No, I need a ride from A to B. Alright I'll figure it out. So... alright, let me see Justin's visual." April 20, 2019 12:56AMDante: "The floor is yours, kid." April 20, 2019 12:57AMJessica: You better unbug or it's gonna be real confusing April 20, 2019 12:57AMKurtis Kerner: "What the fuck?" April 20, 2019 12:57AMJustin: "No, it was super hard to bug to begin with. I won't be able to rebug if I unbug."
"I'm currently a butterfly."
April 20, 2019 12:57AMJessica: Okay, pass him to me April 20, 2019 12:58AMKurtis Kerner: "Okay, well it's all fucked up. No, I can't see shit. Old lady ghost-mom, but like split into a hundred, and she smells fucking awful. Nothing here with my sights." April 20, 2019 12:58AMGM (GM): Justin, spirit sight goes on, and - Bingo.
April 20, 2019 1:00AMEve K.: burning a willpower))
April 20, 2019 1:00AMGM (GM): You see, floating above her bed, the tattered edges of its robes hiding in Mrs. Cheng's stomach, the near picture perfect near literal representation of the Grim Reaper. A skeletal robed wraith with a mmmmmassive scythe, its bony hand playing with the IV bags, like it's tickling a scrotum. It turns its eyes to you, and you feel a chill to your little chitin appendages. Your wings flutter. They'd sweat if they could.
April 20, 2019 1:00AMEve K.: rolling 8d10>8!
= 4 Successes
April 20, 2019 1:01AMGM (GM): Eve, with all the back and forth, they grill you for another 2 hours, and you wiggle your way out of it. You agree to leave your contact information, and agree to ask the other members of the party to check in with police. Also you agree to not leave Germany until they give you a call. They take your fingerprints. But they let you go. And you are checked out.
If you want to shave off another hour, Eve, you can GIVE the police our phone numbers. If they get that delicious cake, they'll let you go early.
April 20, 2019 1:03AMJustin: Justin speaks to the manifestation of Death. "I apologize for interrupting your work. We have made a bargain to prolong the life of this woman and stave off the cancer that is killing her. We humbly ask your permission to do so."*
April 20, 2019 1:03AMEve K.: ((Eve's fingerprints would already be in system, since she works in law enforcement))
April 20, 2019 1:04AMGM (GM): ((well they wouldnt be in german system probably. They wanna have it on file so they dont have to wait for days for an international ID request to clear))
April 20, 2019 1:05AMWraith: "Whoooo aaaaare yooooou?"
April 20, 2019 1:05AMJustin: "I am the Knight of Waters."
April 20, 2019 1:06AMEve K.: over the link to everyone "I'm gonna give German police our phone numbers. Kurtis can always snip those threads and keep our phones from being traced anyway yes? Anyone opposed?"
April 20, 2019 1:06AMJessica: My phone's borked anyway April 20, 2019 1:06AMJustin: "Kurt and I are literally wanted." April 20, 2019 1:06AMKurtis Kerner: "Everyone turn your phones off and communicate via Dante. Don't turn them on until they're in my hands. I'll assign us new numbers." "My phone is off. Once everyone is off, Eve is good to go."
April 20, 2019 1:07AMJessica: Jessica turns both phones in her possession off. April 20, 2019 1:07AMKurtis Kerner: "I can't do that remotely." April 20, 2019 1:07AMJustin: Justin extends his proboscis April 20, 2019 1:08AMDante: A swipe and a button press and his phone is off. "
Done."
April 20, 2019 1:08AMEve K.: over the link "I didn't give them Justin or Kurtis' name or I'm sure I'd be here all day"
April 20, 2019 1:09AMWraith: "Thisssss sssssoul issss miiiine, litttle knight.... wwwwwhhhhoooo shhhhall take itssss placccce?"
April 20, 2019 1:09AMJustin: "You have a full buffet of souls to reap. Why do you focus on this one rather than those?"
April 20, 2019 1:10AMWraith: "Aaalll hhhhhave thhheeeir tiiiime. Yourssss isss not yettt"
April 20, 2019 1:10AMEve K.: over the link "Am I good?"
April 20, 2019 1:10AMJessica: Dr. Fenner looks stricken. "Are we supposed to offer Aiping's ghost? It's his job, right? She'd go with him anyway?"
April 20, 2019 1:11AMJustin: "Eve, can you communicate with Aiping's ghost over our link?" April 20, 2019 1:12AMEve K.: over the link "I've never tried. Suppose I could."
April 20, 2019 1:12AMJustin: "
Please ask her if she's willing to take her mother's place and go with the Reaper spirit. It would keep her mother alive to take care of her brother."
Eve K. whenever all the phones are off in the interest of cooperation Eve gives the German police everyone's phone number.
April 20, 2019 1:13AMJessica: ((butterfly starts spewing tiny gobs of actoplasm as Eve's spell transmits over the link))
April 20, 2019 1:13AMSenior Agent Gann: "Thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Fields."
April 20, 2019 1:13AMJessica: *ectoplasm
April 20, 2019 1:13AMDante: ((ewwww))
April 20, 2019 1:13AMBallistics Expert Tiche: "Good day, Frau Fields."
April 20, 2019 1:14AMForensics Expert Shultz: "We'll keep in touch."
April 20, 2019 1:14AMEve K.: ((that would only be to manifest a ghost))
April 20, 2019 1:14AMJessica: ((we need a commissioner gordon bad))
April 20, 2019 1:14AMEve K.: "I look forward to it gentlemen"
"Happy to be of assistance"
April 20, 2019 1:16AMGM (GM): Ok, so just letting yall know, it doesn't work. Just like it didn't work with Kurt. You can telepathically see what the person projecting sees with their sights, but you cannot force your sight on them in their location. Eve, you can see the Death Spirit that Justin sees with his faceted eyes, it's all faceted and multiplied. If you use Death Sight, Justin will start seeing an overlay of the Hotel and policemen and the ghosts present in that area.
April 20, 2019 1:17AMJessica: #lifegoals
Eve K. over link "Doesn't look like I can. I can't even really see what you are seeing because of the faceted eyes"
Eve K. goes an fetches Dante food and new cloths with the refund the hotel just gave her.
April 20, 2019 1:18AMGM (GM): However, it is not Eve that Aiping was ever tethered to, but Jessica. So...
April 20, 2019 1:18AMAiping: manifests, a faint image
April 20, 2019 1:20AMJustin: "Aiping, are you willing to go with the reaper in place of your mother? It would keep her alive to look after your brother."
April 20, 2019 1:20AMAiping: looks at Jessica
"So... that's that, America? You lost the tourney after all, eh? You biiiitch." - she bitterly laughs.
April 20, 2019 1:22AMJessica: Spirit Sight impromptu so i can properly see what's going on
rolling 3d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 1:22AMWraith: "Ahhhhh. Thiiissss oneee - sssshe passsed outtt offf tiiiiime. Hersss hass not come. Herssss isss a missstake. Thisss one wishessss to take her placccce?"
April 20, 2019 1:23AMEve K.: (Aiping manifested, you can see her, faintly)
April 20, 2019 1:23AMGM (GM): Jessica, you can also see the Reaper now
April 20, 2019 1:23AMJessica: ((that works))
April 20, 2019 1:23AMGM (GM): You both can see Aiping. So close to her anchoring drive, she is trying to do anything she can to cross over.
April 20, 2019 1:24AMJessica: "I mean the tournament blew up. Mladen died. Does that count as a win?"
April 20, 2019 1:25AMGM (GM): Mrs. Liu Cheng of course, does not see it. She stares at you like you. The butterfly communicating in spirit tongue is not audible to her. Of course, no mother would ever agree to have her daughter die in her place, but she has no say in the matter, it seems
like you are crazy, is what i meant to say
April 20, 2019 1:25AMJessica: ((we are crazy. we can't fucking do magic. we just larp and set cars on fire))
April 20, 2019 1:26AMEve K.: ((*explode cars))
April 20, 2019 1:26AMDante: ((This is just a massive hallucinogens trip across Europe.))
April 20, 2019 1:26AMGM (GM): Mrs. Cheng replies something in chinese. Dante's network translates it. "What are you saying, doctor?"
April 20, 2019 1:26AMJessica: Jessica's speaking tone is soft but matches Aiping's sarcasm. Or maybe kinda matches. A little more friendly and less scathing.
"Nothing, talking to myself. Get some rest.
"Death needs a replacement for your mom. You're already supposed to be on the other side. Will you go?"
April 20, 2019 1:28AMAiping: "Did you bring the money then? Wanna play? Winner takes all? I gotta help my mom, so I need the money."
April 20, 2019 1:28AMJessica: "I brought a cure for your mom. You don't need the money anymore."
April 20, 2019 1:28AMAiping: "What the fuck yooou meeean America? On the other side."
April 20, 2019 1:29AMJessica: She looks at Justin. "I don't think she understands."
April 20, 2019 1:30AMWraith: meanwhile all this talking is happening, is chewing on the IV bag, seeping the medicine's effectiveness
April 20, 2019 1:30AMAiping: "Who are you talking to?"
April 20, 2019 1:30AMJessica: "We should make the trade. We know she wants to help her mom. She's supposed to go anyway."
April 20, 2019 1:31AMAiping: "What are you saying?"
April 20, 2019 1:32AMJessica: "Aiping, you're dead. You have to go with the reaper to save your mom."
April 20, 2019 1:33AMGM (GM): As soon as you say that, Aiping sharply turns around and sees the Reaper. She tightly hugs her mother, and lays on her chest for a while. Her mother coughs a few times and a tear comes to her eye. Who knows what she feels or sees.
April 20, 2019 1:34AMWraith: "Yooooou, yoooung ssssoul. It issss not youuur tiiiime. Shhhhall I tttake yooou insstead?"
April 20, 2019 1:34AMJessica: ((who is wraith talking to?))
April 20, 2019 1:35AMGM (GM): The apparition is talking to Aiping, gently extending its bony hand.
Aiping is quite afraid.
April 20, 2019 1:35AMJessica: ((okay, it seemed weird since aiping is dead already))
April 20, 2019 1:35AMJustin: "Spirit. Will you allow Aiping to see her mother get healed first?"
April 20, 2019 1:35AMGM (GM): ((Aiping's soul is stuck))
April 20, 2019 1:36AMJustin: "So that she knows it will be alright. So that she can be at peace?"
April 20, 2019 1:36AMWraith: looks to you
"Sssssssss...."
April 20, 2019 1:37AMGM (GM): make a persuasion check please. Presence+persuasion
April 20, 2019 1:37AMJustin: Lucky roll.
5 dice
rolling 5d10>8!>9
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 1:39AMWraith: "Aaannnssssswer meee a question. Answer righttt, and ssshhhhe can linger.... anssswer wroong, I shhhall take her now."
April 20, 2019 1:39AMJustin: "Very well."
April 20, 2019 1:41AMGM (GM): The dark spirit wraps itself around the IV stand and slithers over to you, standing up and over Dr. Fenner and staring into the faceted eyes of the tiny butterfly knight.
April 20, 2019 1:42AMJessica: Jessica braces herself not to flinch away from the symbol of death.
April 20, 2019 1:43AMJustin: Justin's butterfly wings twitch. April 20, 2019 1:43AMWraith: "Whhhhhaaat isssss invissssible but shhhinesss brighter than diamondssss,
April 20, 2019 1:43AMGM (GM): ssssilenttt, but deafenssss thunder, depressessss no sssscale but weighssss more than gold..."
April 20, 2019 1:45AMWraith: "Judge itttt too chhheap, and you sshhhhall loooossse it, judge ittt tooo hiiigh, and you losssse youuur liffffe."
cackles.
April 20, 2019 1:47AMDante: rolling 2d10>8!
= 1 Success
Eve K. eventually returns to the crappy hotel with food and clothing
April 20, 2019 1:49AMDante: When Eve arrives, Dante is standing, eyes closed as if listening to something. Over the network, "Its an old riddle I remember as a kid. If memory serves, the answer is honor." "But if someone else has a better answer, please feel free to use it."
April 20, 2019 1:50AMWraith: is slipping and sliding under the bed and through it, crawling on the walls in delight
April 20, 2019 1:50AMJustin: Justin's wings flap and he wiggles. His proboscus unfurls and refurls. "Integrity?"
April 20, 2019 1:51AMJessica: ((wouldn't have gone with a synonym but flavor text i guess))
April 20, 2019 1:52AMDante: ((Its just Aiping's mom. Its fine.))
April 20, 2019 1:53AMWraith: "Innnnteeegriiitttyyyy.... whaaat isssss thissss foreignnn woooord?"
April 20, 2019 1:54AMJustin: "It's adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct. Like Honor or Morality."
April 20, 2019 1:54AMDante: Dante looks to Eve with a warm expression and, seeing the food and clothing, his smile widens. "Well aren't you heavensent?"
April 20, 2019 1:54AMGM (GM): The Wraith's scythe touches Aiping's neck, then that of her mother.
April 20, 2019 1:55AMWraith: "Very weelll.... you maaay ssssay your gooodbyessss...." - the Wraith, being a spirit of great power, points its bony finger at Aiping, and she manifests fully physically, if pale, and her mother can see her now.
April 20, 2019 1:55AMGM (GM): Both break into tears and hug.
April 20, 2019 1:55AMJessica: ((holy shit))
April 20, 2019 1:55AMJustin: Justin nods his thanks to the reaper and concentrates on healing Aiping's mom. April 20, 2019 1:55AMDante: ((oh god))
April 20, 2019 1:55AMJustin: ((HOw many successes my man?))
April 20, 2019 1:57AMGM (GM): You feel the force which drained the mother's life slowly retreat, and you'll need 6 to fill this old little lady's love cavern.
April 20, 2019 1:57AMJustin: Banish Plague: 7 dice.
rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
Butterfly energy begins pouring into Aiping's mom.
rolling 7d10>8!
= 3 Successes
April 20, 2019 1:58AMMother: "Aiping, my little girl, what is this?"
April 20, 2019 1:58AMJustin: The power of butterfly love banishes those cancer cells, repairs what is causing them to go wrong. rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 1:58AMJessica: ((butterfly powers, activate!))
Eve K. chuckles "I'll take your word on that. Mmm German cops are through."
She sets the food on whatever surface they have to eat and places one bag of clothing on the bed near Adrian, and the other with Dante's clothing on the second bed April 20, 2019 1:58AMAiping: "It's gonna be okay, mamaaa, I'm gonna make it all better, mamaa! Jessica Murphy, America, she gonna help you get better."
April 20, 2019 1:59AMJustin: Butterfly energy finishes filling Aiping's mom, destroying the last remnants of the cancer and the damage that chemo has done to her body. rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:00AMMother: "How.... aaaugh! Oh! It hurts, aaagh, Doctor? Ohhh, I feel it. I feel it leaving... my dear girl, you are so pale, where have you been, what happened?"
April 20, 2019 2:00AMWraith: caresses the Mother's hair with a gentle touch of its palm, and suddenly she UNDERSTANDS
April 20, 2019 2:00AMMother: "Oh no, no you mustn't, you can't!"
April 20, 2019 2:01AMJessica: ((this is a wild emotional rollercoaster))
April 20, 2019 2:01AMMother: "Baby, just let me go, you have a life to live, I want to see my grandchildren when I visit you from heaven. You and Tien are my babies!"
"Please! Ple-e-e-e-ease. I can't. You can't! How could I? How could this...? No! No, not my baby! Not these little eyes, not these little cheeks. I had a happy, strong, willful girl!"
"What mother would want this? I'm an old hag, take me, let her stay! Doctor, please!"
April 20, 2019 2:03AMEve K.: ((oof feels))
April 20, 2019 2:03AMDante: ((damn..))
April 20, 2019 2:03AMJustin: ((Too late bitch, your daughter is already dead.))
April 20, 2019 2:03AMMother: "Doctor, please, I watched her birth, I kissed her feet, I kissed her little fingers, please, make it let her go or take me with her, put an end to it."
April 20, 2019 2:04AMJessica: Jessica is shaken. She's never had anyone beg her for someone else's life before. She has no idea what to say. "I--I--"
April 20, 2019 2:04AMAiping: "No mama, Tien needs you still. He's a mess, he's getting into debt. When he saw I didn't win the card tournament, he was going to put his house under."
April 20, 2019 2:05AMMother: valiantly shakes her head "No, no, no, no, no. No no no no..."
April 20, 2019 2:05AMDante: ((And that's when Aiping's mom awoke as Acanthus))
April 20, 2019 2:05AMJessica: ((oh god))
"Aiping was already dead," Jess says as gently as he could. "There was an accident at the tournament. She hung on because she loves you and her brother."
April 20, 2019 2:08AMGM (GM): Aiping's face and features ever so slowly and ever so gently begin to chip like leaves on a tree in mid autumn and flick away, gradually, floating towards the Wraith's robes.
April 20, 2019 2:08AMMother: "Please, leave us alone."
April 20, 2019 2:09AMGM (GM): Aiping holds on to her mother, for the mother's sake if nothing else, to give her comfort, to let her feel those love filled hands and arms one last time
April 20, 2019 2:09AMJessica: ((god my feels))
April 20, 2019 2:09AMGM (GM): She gives her the tightest hug, letting her know that life is worth living, that everything is okay.
And she does not let go.
If you don't leave the room right now, make a wisdom check for degeneration.
April 20, 2019 2:10AMJessica: ((i was working on it gosh))
Eve K. steps over to Dante once the bags are set down, reaching over to give his shoulders a rub "Get anywhere with those connections?"
April 20, 2019 2:10AMGM (GM): ((Just saying, you have an option to stay, not hurrying you, but staying and seeing this will cost your character some real stress))
April 20, 2019 2:11AMJessica: Jessica wrenches her eyes away, looks to the floor to give them their requested privacy and leaves the room. She leans back against the door as it clicks closed and heaves a deep breath
April 20, 2019 2:11AMJustin: "
Flag down that nurse and get her to order a CT scan for Aiping's mom. Let's get her out of her and to her son asap."
April 20, 2019 2:12AMGM (GM): You tear yourself away from the heartbreaking scene as your throat goes dry
April 20, 2019 2:12AMJessica: Okay. Yeah. Jessica nods to no one and looks down the hall both ways.
April 20, 2019 2:13AMGM (GM): Justin, you are outside the room, but still you feel even through the walls, the chilling presence of the powerful Wraith; in a few minutes you feel the dark spirit retreat, and Aiping is no more. It is once again dormant, just the sleeping spirits of conceptual objects around the hospital.
April 20, 2019 2:14AMJustin: Butterfly Justin Butter-Sighs as he feels the presence of the wraith leave. April 20, 2019 2:14AMJessica: Gonna look for the nurse that said she was making the rounds and order a CT scan
April 20, 2019 2:15AMDante: Dante tenses a bit, but his shoulders ease after a moment. He's cramming food in his mouth a bit unceremoniously, clearly ravenous from not eating and the strain he's put on himself. "Yeah, I am figuring it out. Its complicated.. like a child who got bored and tied as many knots into a rope as he could. Thanks for picking up food. When you have a moment, see about removing that tattoo?"
Already he's preparing to resume the ritual, afraid he might lose his concentration on the puzzle in front of him.
Eve K. nods and gives one more rub to his shoulders before stepping away to look at the tattoo.
April 20, 2019 2:16AMGM (GM): Jessica, you feel a massive freezing burn on Dr. Fenner's cheek, it makes you reflexively rub your face.
April 20, 2019 2:17AMJessica: Ow. April 20, 2019 2:17AMGM (GM): A single tattoo breaks through Justin's disguise of you
April 20, 2019 2:17AMJustin: Justinfly looks up at Jessica as she says "Ow" April 20, 2019 2:17AMGM (GM): Now Dr Fenner has a tattoo of a small fairy
April 20, 2019 2:17AMJessica: ((aw))
April 20, 2019 2:18AMJustin: *"Cover your face!"
*
April 20, 2019 2:18AMJessica: *Ah shit, the tattoo. Should we just leave? I mean she knows she's cured. They're not going to treat her against her will. Also she has a nurse call button."
^over link
April 20, 2019 2:19AMJustin: "Yeah, that's fine. We can get out of here."
April 20, 2019 2:19AMJessica: Heading for the elevator.
April 20, 2019 2:19AM (From Eve K.): is it transmute solids to get rid of the tattoo or something else?
April 20, 2019 2:19AMJessica: Rubbing at the spot where the tattoo is like it itches if I see anyone.
So they don't see it
April 20, 2019 2:21AM (To Eve K.): Yes, you would have to touch it first, so maybe scrape of the skin layer
April 20, 2019 2:22AMGM (GM): As long as you just cover it, yeah, nobody looks.
Eve K. takes out her path tool dagger and begins to scrape over the tattoo
April 20, 2019 2:24AMJessica: Down the elevator, out the door, wave at the security guard who knew me by name, but look like I'm in a hurry and can't talk. Out to the van and grab the bag.
April 20, 2019 2:25AMGuard: "Have a good one, Dr. Fenner. Are you okay?"
April 20, 2019 2:26AM (From Dante): ((Is there a check I could make to determine whether removing Adrian's tattoo would make removing the sympathy to Bo easier?))
April 20, 2019 2:26AMJessica: "Yes just losing my head today!" Said with a smile. Do not stop walking at a fast pace
"Good Evening!"
April 20, 2019 2:27AMFront Desk Nurse: "Dr. Fenner! You forgot to check out. With your badge? Dr. Fenner!" - as you walk out the door.
April 20, 2019 2:27AMJessica: She's gonna have to chase me
I'm leaving
April 20, 2019 2:27AMJustin: "Do your thing buddy!"
Justin locks the door behind them as they leave.
rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 2:28AMJessica: ((lmao))
April 20, 2019 2:28AMGM (GM): Now THAT freaks everybody out. They hear a click and start panicking.
April 20, 2019 2:28AMJessica: ((dgaf))
April 20, 2019 2:29AMGM (GM): Guard goes reaching for his master key, nurses get up, start checking the other doors.
Someone calls maintenance.
April 20, 2019 2:29AMJessica: ((I'm outy))
April 20, 2019 2:29AMGM (GM): well lucky for you guard is only armed with a tazer pistol
April 20, 2019 2:29AMJessica: ((yay europe))
April 20, 2019 2:30AMGM (GM): so.... getting out... yeah... you're running to the train station as this... man, or are you stealing this rando van?
April 20, 2019 2:30AMJessica: neither
April 20, 2019 2:30AMGM (GM): you are out in the open
April 20, 2019 2:30AMJessica: get in the van and end the spell
they're not looking for Jessica
April 20, 2019 2:31AMJustin: Justin drops Jess's spell once they get in the van. "Get Dressed and out of the van."
April 20, 2019 2:31AMJessica: Jessica strips off Justin's clothes without really thinking about it and passes them over. Pulls her clothes on and gets out of the van.
April 20, 2019 2:32AMJustin: Justin waits for Jess to get out before popping his spell and immediately casting many faces again. rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
He makes himself look sufficiently different as he puts on some clothes.
April 20, 2019 2:33AMGM (GM): The guard IS watching Fenner get into the van as he's unlocking the door. "That's not his car!"
April 20, 2019 2:33AMJessica: ((don't care, we're leaving as different people))
((he can get upset I guess))
April 20, 2019 2:33AMGM (GM): "Get the license plate, get the license plate!"
April 20, 2019 2:34AMJustin: He drops the spells on the clothes so they change back to their rightful color and gets out before people can come around. April 20, 2019 2:34AMJessica: Can you do something about the plate? April 20, 2019 2:34AMGM (GM): They are not understanding what they're seeing, but they're running out.
April 20, 2019 2:35AMJustin: "Not really." April 20, 2019 2:35AMJessica: We gotta go. April 20, 2019 2:36AMGM (GM): So what the hospital people see is Dr. Fenner holding his cheek, rushing out of the hospital, the doors behind him suddenly locking, he gets into a random van, and two different people get out of it.
Eve K. will begin to change the tattoo ink into absorbable suture material
April 20, 2019 2:36AMGuard: "Excuse me?! Uh! Hello?!"
April 20, 2019 2:37AMDante: Dante resumes his work trying to finesse the threads of sympathy into something he can more easily sever. His right hand moves as though trying to untie shoelaces, tugging and pulling at various spots in the air in front of him.
((Another hour of ritual cast))
rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:37AMJessica: ((I guess we're running?))
April 20, 2019 2:37AMGM (GM): Eve, touching it, you can do it, provided you are touching everything you scraped off and it's all exposed to air
April 20, 2019 2:37AMEve K.: rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
(oh forgot path tool)
April 20, 2019 2:37AMJustin: Justin bolts. April 20, 2019 2:37AMGM (GM): ((i guess you are running, or they will be catching your asses))
April 20, 2019 2:37AMEve K.: rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:37AMGM (GM): ((we gonna have a running contest))
April 20, 2019 2:37AMJessica: Running
Oh no
April 20, 2019 2:38AMDante: ((For quick reference: Ritual 7/20))
April 20, 2019 2:38AM (To Dante): Yes, you have determined the tattoo's involvement, and now that tattoo is gone, you need to roll 4 instead of 5 to autocomplete
April 20, 2019 2:38AMEve K.: ((
benny hill music playing in the distance))
April 20, 2019 2:38AM (From Dante): (bueno)
April 20, 2019 2:38AMJessica: ((Distant Melody rote goes off))
April 20, 2019 2:40AMGM (GM): The tattoo is gone off Adrian's arm, and faint scarring is in its place. Dante, you feel a load slightly off your shoulders, like a high pressure pipe just cracked a little and loosened. These connections are not as strong as before. Plenty strong still, but not as strong. You can slip through the cracks if you try. You sweat hard. Your shirt wet.
April 20, 2019 2:40AMJessica: ((take it off))
April 20, 2019 2:41AMDante: "Ah! Yes, I see. That tattoo was the heart of the mass.. or close to it."
Dante takes off his shirt, wipes his brow with it and takes a moment before continuing.
April 20, 2019 2:42AMJessica: ((hawt))
April 20, 2019 2:42AMDante: ((haha))
Eve K. appreciates the view while bandaging Adiran's arm. "Thought it might be. I've see ghosts anchored to peoples tattoos before."
April 20, 2019 2:46AMDante: "Hell of a thing,"
he says, though his attention even with two trains of thought is mostly focused on the task at hand. He manipulates each sinewy strand, trying to find the one that will straighten it all out for a clean cut.
(Another hour, with WP = 10)
rolling 10d10>8!
= 4 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:46AMGM (GM): Jessica and Justin, please roll dex+stamina+athletics against the guard
April 20, 2019 2:47AMDante: ((I think that puts me at 5pm?))
April 20, 2019 2:47AMJustin: rolling 8d10>8!
= 6 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:47AMJessica: oh god, and no wp
rolling 5d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:47AMDante: ((o no))
April 20, 2019 2:48AMGM (GM): Dante, 3 hours into your second sprint push and one after after the tattoo is gone, the web of sympathy CRACKS, and not a soul on earth can now tell that Adrian Bisset ever knew anyone.
April 20, 2019 2:48AMJessica: ((go on without me))
April 20, 2019 2:48AMDante: ((Justin and Dante ate all the 10s))
April 20, 2019 2:48AMJessica: ((I trip over a baby))
April 20, 2019 2:49AMGM (GM): Jessica stumbles and falls, something reminds you of your dream, Jess. When Charlie trips and has to hide, while the strong brother has to do the running. Get stronger, get faster. A good willworker needs a good body! Your will is exhausted, you feel defeated, especially after seeing Aiping's end and having spent time in a man's body with balls. Adjustment back is a bitch.
Justin, you on the other hand are doing great. You see her trip, and you have enough time to come back for her and pick her up.
April 20, 2019 2:50AMJessica: ((thank god))
April 20, 2019 2:50AMGM (GM): rolling 7d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:50AMJustin: Justin grabs Jess and pulls her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. April 20, 2019 2:51AMJessica: ((wtf is he that strong??)
April 20, 2019 2:51AMJustin: ((It's all about stamina.))
April 20, 2019 2:51AMGM (GM): Let's do that Strength + Athletics check
April 20, 2019 2:51AMJustin: rolling 4d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): You get her up, just barely in time as the guard move in on her and fires the tazer. If anything it was your speed that saved her as she barely evaded. You try to lift her on your shoulder, but feel like it would slow you down. She's on her feet though, and you all can try again
Dex + Stam + Athletics
The guard:
April 20, 2019 2:53AMJustin: rolling 8d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:53AMJustin: ((fuk))
April 20, 2019 2:53AMGM (GM): Jess go!
April 20, 2019 2:53AMJessica: rolling 5d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 2:54AMGM (GM): You guys dive over a fence and slide down the palisade, downhill
But this motherfucker gets paid well in that high end hospital. Reloading the stun gun on the fly, he is reinvigorated and pursues you with redoubled conviction, plus he's radioing the police.
He shoot the tazer.
April 20, 2019 2:55AMDante: Dante flops back, falling to the hard, crappy carpeted floor in exhaustion after successfully destroying the threads connected to Adrian. After a moment, he scrambles to his feet and looks to Eve. "Its done, Adrian can no longer be traced by anyone in his past life. I hope he finds his family."
Dante's tone is metered, but there is a distinct excitement to it that comes from having succeeded. April 20, 2019 2:55AMGM (GM): At who he percieves the weaker link - the girl.
It's a ranged weapon, but the deployment of the shock wire is slower than a gun, so Jessica gets half of her defense, so 2/2 = 1
so he gets a 7-1
April 20, 2019 2:56AMJessica: wait wait
April 20, 2019 2:56AMGM (GM): yes?
April 20, 2019 2:56AMJessica: the armor was from the fight with slabod i think
i don't think i have it anymore
April 20, 2019 2:57AMGM (GM): you have a natural defense of 2
from wits / dex
April 20, 2019 2:57AMJessica: ((kk))
April 20, 2019 2:57AMGM (GM): you get it for melee, but firearms void it, but the stun gun is like a lame firearm
it's slower than a crossbow but faster than a punch
rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Zzzzzap
April 20, 2019 2:57AMEve K.: "You did a fantastic job. And a really good thing for this man."
Eve smiles, her voice full of admiration. April 20, 2019 2:58AMGM (GM): Jess, it deals 3 bashing damage, and you're being electricuted, so you drop down and shake. It hurts like all fuck.
Actually
let's do a stamina check
maybe you rip it out and keep going
April 20, 2019 2:58AMJustin: Justin reaches out with his will and alters conductivity on the whole gun when he gets a chance. April 20, 2019 2:58AMGM (GM): stand by
roll it
April 20, 2019 2:59AMJustin: ((Jess or Justin?))
April 20, 2019 2:59AMGM (GM): Justin
April 20, 2019 2:59AMJustin: rolling 11d10>8!
= 4 Successes
April 20, 2019 2:59AMJessica: ((Justin is bae))
April 20, 2019 3:00AMGM (GM): Ok, since Guard rolled 4 on previous chase round, he does still fire, and it does shock you, but only for 1 bashing, and does not freeze you in place. A blast like you touched a shorting circuit, makes you jump, but then the conductivity of the whole thing drops, and you keep running. The guard is puzzled for a moment, drops the gun, and runs after you with intent to tackle.
April 20, 2019 3:01AMJessica: "Ow, fuck!"
April 20, 2019 3:01AMDante: "Maybe.. I am not keen on meddling in the affairs of others, but the alternative was unacceptable."
Dante returns to whatever serving of food he had left. "It was thanks to your help, though. When you removed his tattoo, it all came together. For good or ill, we are both complicit."
April 20, 2019 3:01AMGM (GM): One more running challenge as you cross the street of heavy traffic hoping to lose him
dex stam athletics
April 20, 2019 3:02AMDante: ((Justincarry.. literally?))
April 20, 2019 3:02AMJustin: rolling 8d10>8!
= 5 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:02AMJessica: rolling 5d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:02AMGM (GM): oh that looks good
April 20, 2019 3:02AMDante: ((Holy cow))
April 20, 2019 3:02AMGM (GM): rolling 7d10>8!
= 1 Success
You lose him.
April 20, 2019 3:02AMJessica: ((holy shit that was tense))
April 20, 2019 3:02AMGM (GM): He aint getting paid enough for this shit.
April 20, 2019 3:02AMDante: ((Those crazy druggies and their resistance to tazers))
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJustin: ((PCP man.))
April 20, 2019 3:03AMGM (GM): You run for a while. Don't relax quite yet, he called the police.
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJustin: ((Guardian Angel Dust.))
April 20, 2019 3:03AMDante: ((hah))
April 20, 2019 3:03AMGM (GM): Another round of shapeshifting might be not bad.
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJustin: "Alright, behind that building new faces.
"
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJessica: ((shapeshifting is the worst))
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJustin: Justin is panting as he heads into an alleyway and changes his features. April 20, 2019 3:03AMGM (GM): i'll roll them paradoxicles
April 20, 2019 3:03AMJustin: rolling 7d10>8!
= 4 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:04AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 2 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:04AMJustin: Justin grunts as paradox kicks his shit in. "Alright your turn."
rolling 7d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:04AMGM (GM): rolling 2d10>8!
= 1 Success
Eve K. comes to the table to eat her own lunch, pausing between bites "I'd rather be complicit in this than the alternative."
she takes a few more bites "I got a Hummer truck. And if anything happens to this one I say we rent motorcycles and the others can walk."
her voice is teasing April 20, 2019 3:04AMJessica: Jessica is far past panting and is heaving, has a stitch in her side. She never gets this much exercise.
April 20, 2019 3:04AMJustin: "Darnit Jess, relax your face!"
April 20, 2019 3:05AMGM (GM): Justin in his new form is getting a nose bleed
April 20, 2019 3:05AMJessica: "I--
gasp trying to fucking breathe!"
April 20, 2019 3:05AMJustin: "You're fine."
rolling 6d10>8!
= 3 Successes
Justin concentrates on changing her features. Asian now.
rolling 2d10>8!
= 0 Successes
No paradox.
April 20, 2019 3:07AMDante: Dante smirks at the last comment. "My bike is always in reach. If it comes to it, you can ride with me. Hummer truck, huh.. the one with the flat bed? Might come in real handy."
April 20, 2019 3:07AMJessica: She leans against the wall. When her breathing slows a little: "Thank you. I really appreciate that."
"Aiping, not the face."
April 20, 2019 3:08AMJustin: Justin wipes his nose and nods, crouching down against the wall. "That was hard to watch. She didn't understand that Aiping was already gone."
April 20, 2019 3:08AMJessica: She wipes a tear from her eye, remembering the emotional moments in the hospital. "Yeah. Yeah, it was fucked up."
"We should get to the train station. Holy shit."
Eve K. nods "Yeah with a locking bed cover. Only 5 seats though"
April 20, 2019 3:09AMJustin: Justin tilts his head back against the wall. "Yeah, let's get out of here."
He stands and nods, letting Jess lead the way. April 20, 2019 3:10AMJessica: "Can Dante pull us?"
April 20, 2019 3:10AMJustin: "I don't know, ask him."
April 20, 2019 3:11AMJessica: Dante can you pull us? April 20, 2019 3:11AMGM (GM): Jessica and Justin can hear a police siren
April 20, 2019 3:12AMDante: "Should be sufficient, though, unless we come across that big guy again. Lucas? Anyway, I think it'll be fine."
Dante idly folds the wrappings of his lunch, looking as if he has something to say but remaining silent.
((Are we on same timeline now?))
April 20, 2019 3:12AMGM (GM): ((yeah))
((for simplicity's sake))
Eve K. tilts her head to the side "You okay?"
April 20, 2019 3:13AMDante: Dante turns his head away from the question as he focuses in on the two of them. Do I feel their marks? If so, I will pull them through. April 20, 2019 3:14AM (To Dante): where did you mark them?
April 20, 2019 3:14AM (From Dante): Would have been on their shoulders, collars I guess.
April 20, 2019 3:16AMGM (GM): You feel only one of them, faintly. The other mark seems to have scattered or somehow rubbed off.
April 20, 2019 3:16AMDante: ((Whose?))
April 20, 2019 3:16AMGM (GM): You're... trying to make sure...
Jessica, you feel a touch on your collar.
April 20, 2019 3:17AMDante: *Dante reaches a hand out into the air, feeling for his mark.
"I can only pull Jessica. Something happened to the other one."*
April 20, 2019 3:17AMJessica: Train it is. She sighs.
April 20, 2019 3:18AMJustin: "It's fine, go ahead and I'll catch up." April 20, 2019 3:18AMDante: "Are you in immediate danger? Where should we meet?" April 20, 2019 3:18AMJessica: "Weren't we just saying we shouldn't split up?"
April 20, 2019 3:19AMJustin: Justin starts transmuting clothes and accessories to be different colors. rolling 11d10>8!
= 5 Successes
rolling 1d10>8!
= 0 Successes
No paradox.
April 20, 2019 3:19AMJessica: No immediate danger. Just tired. April 20, 2019 3:19AMGM (GM): ((why 1 dice?))
April 20, 2019 3:19AMJustin: ((Rote.))
April 20, 2019 3:19AMGM (GM): ((k))
April 20, 2019 3:20AMJustin: "Alright, be cool and let's walk to the train station."
April 20, 2019 3:21AMDante: *"If the situation changes let me know. Might need to find a more effective way of keeping people marked."
Dante turns his attention back to Eve.* "Ah, sorry yeah. Everything is fine. Adrian's memories of family remind me that I still have business to tend to when this is over."
April 20, 2019 3:21AMGM (GM): Ok, you will get to the station unempeded, so in 5 hours, which will be like 10 PM or so, you guys can all meet for dinner and actually talk, which is what you wanted. I have nothing further planned.
April 20, 2019 3:22AMJustin: "
Kurt, you going to meet us at 10?"
April 20, 2019 3:23AMKurtis Kerner: "Can Jessica hear this? D.C. can I have you pop over to me and mark this location where I'm at?" Eve K. nods looking back at the man a moment "He's lucky. His family survived his awakening. Guess that's something you and I have in common."
Eve smiles but her eyes have a touch of sadness to them April 20, 2019 3:23AMJessica: I can hear you. April 20, 2019 3:23AMDante: "Yes, and what location is that?" April 20, 2019 3:23AMJessica: Holding her breath.
April 20, 2019 3:24AMKurtis Kerner: thinks privately to Dante April 20, 2019 3:25AM (To Dante): *Found an abandoned car and her daddy's lost cell phone. Lots to investigate here. 95 kilometers from Leipzig towards Berlin."
April 20, 2019 3:26AMDante: Dante's eyes harden and he looks down a moment. "Not all of them. Back in a moment, Kurtis wants something marked."
He will reach his hand out into the air and clasp Kurtis, pulling himself to his location.
April 20, 2019 3:27AMKurtis Kerner: Dante, what you see is this. (private)
April 20, 2019 3:27AMDante: ((I didnt come here to see privates))
April 20, 2019 3:27AMEve K.: ((XD))
April 20, 2019 3:28AMJessica: ((I hate you))
April 20, 2019 3:29AMKurtis Kerner: Kurt is sitting on a contrabass case in the middle of nowhere, and Dante sees what he sees April 20, 2019 3:32AMDante: Dante looks about the scene, taking in the surroundings. His eyes settle on Kurtis for a moment, the hint of a smile on his face. April 20, 2019 3:32AMJessica: ((O
April 20, 2019 3:32AMJustin: ((Fite!))
April 20, 2019 3:32AMJessica: ((I'm dying))
((Kurtis: I didn't have a plan for this scene. Pretend I sent you a description))
((Dante: Sure thing. Posts about smiling cryptically))
April 20, 2019 3:33AMKurtis Kerner: ((I assure you its very real))
April 20, 2019 3:33AMJessica: ((I'm being a butt))
April 20, 2019 3:33AMDante: ((I didnt think it was that cryptic lol))
April 20, 2019 3:34AMJustin: ((As real as a description of a fake scene can be.))
April 20, 2019 3:34AMGM (GM): Nobody showered yet or changed their clothes?
April 20, 2019 3:34AMJessica: ((I did))
April 20, 2019 3:35AMDante: A hand reaches out to the mark he remembers Eve having, ready to pull himself back to the hotel. April 20, 2019 3:35AMGM (GM): Eve, still wearing whatever is marked?
April 20, 2019 3:36AMEve K.: (mark was on her arm, hasn't showered yet
April 20, 2019 3:36AMGM (GM): You feel contact trying to pull you. Hold on to something to pull him back.
You're a tiny little lady
Eve K. holds onto the beds footboard
April 20, 2019 3:38AMDante: Dante pulls himself through. And his other hand reaches out as soon as he is through to pull Kurtis. April 20, 2019 3:38AMGM (GM): The feeling is pretty weird, the reverse of being pulled by Dante somewhere. You jerk at first and the bed footboard really helps here, your knuckles go white and you almost let go, pulling a 170 lbs man
April 20, 2019 3:39AMDante: ((come to think of it I don't think we ever really established what it was like.))
April 20, 2019 3:39AMGM (GM): Eve how much do you weigh?
April 20, 2019 3:40AMEve K.: ((around 95-100lb)
April 20, 2019 3:41AMGM (GM): ((What it's like, Dante, is things lighter than you, you can pull, things significantly heavier than you, pull you to them. People - have to roll strength to pull you if weight difference is over 30 lbs))
ok Eve, roll str+athletics+1 for the bed pls
April 20, 2019 3:41AMEve K.: rolling 4d10>8!
= 0 Successes
April 20, 2019 3:41AMDante: ((Oh thats new))
April 20, 2019 3:41AMJustin: ((o.o))
April 20, 2019 3:42AMGM (GM): (( nobody ever pulled you to them before))
April 20, 2019 3:42AMDante: ((Dante has gone to other people before.))
((Almost certain of it))
April 20, 2019 3:42AMGM (GM): ((through marks on the ground))
April 20, 2019 3:43AMDante: ((Huh. Guess you're probably right.))
April 20, 2019 3:43AMGM (GM): Eve, you feel like you are being pulled instead. He's not budging.
Try holding onto the bed with two hands.
Bear hug that shit
Eve K. bear hugs the bed?
April 20, 2019 3:44AMDante: "Is something going on? Having a hell of a time." April 20, 2019 3:44AMGM (GM): ok roll str+stamina+1, Eve
your job is to just hold on to that bed
Eve K. over the link "It feels like I'm pulling you rather than the other way around."
April 20, 2019 3:45AMEve K.: rolling 6d10>8!
= 1 Success
April 20, 2019 3:45AMKurtis Kerner: "She's tiny, we're heavier. I guess your thing has contingencies." April 20, 2019 3:46AMDante: "Well shit, I never thought about this scenario. Will have to be much more rigorous about how I go about using this in the future." April 20, 2019 3:46AMGM (GM): Eve grunts, but Dante grabs hold of her arm and jumps into the room, awkwardly landing on the bed, because Eve can't support him.
April 20, 2019 3:47AMDante: After scrambling to his feet from his awkward landing, he will make a gesture of wiping himself off and then reach out for Kurtis, a sheepish look on his face. April 20, 2019 3:47AMGM (GM): You have no problem pulling Kurt once you're ready. A firm handshake once your hand is on his collar.
April 20, 2019 3:48AMKurtis Kerner: is in April 20, 2019 3:48AMDante: ((Kurtis Kerner come on down))
April 20, 2019 3:48AMKurtis Kerner: is carrying a contrabass case over his shoulder, which he drops down with a slam uncharacteristic for a delicate music instrument. "How was everyone's day? Who gets to go first? What's for dinner?"
smells the hotel room
"What a shit hole."
April 20, 2019 3:49AMEve K.: "We should probably send Adrian off on his merry way"
April 20, 2019 3:50AMKurtis Kerner: drops on the bed in response to that "I'm done being a good Samaritan for the day"
April 20, 2019 3:50AMDante: *Dante turns to Eve with a nod and moves over to Adrian to send him off.
"What did you do that was so goodly today?" Dante calls from over his shoulder.
April 20, 2019 3:51AMKurtis Kerner: "Hah! Did plumbing, for one. Oh, Justin, here's your necklace back."
April 20, 2019 3:51AMJessica: ((are we there now?))
April 20, 2019 3:51AMEve K.: ((??))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMKurtis Kerner: ((yeah its 10 PM))
((Everyone arrives))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMDante: ((I'm fine with skipping ahead for brevity yeah))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMKurtis Kerner: ((i did say that above. you guys got on the train and spent 5 hours riding back))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMEve K.: ((then we probably let Adrian go a while ago))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMDante: ((That was my plan))
April 20, 2019 3:52AMKurtis Kerner: ((yeah makes sense))
April 20, 2019 3:53AMJessica: Jessica hops on the bed and sits with her knees folded under her. She is leaning forward eagerly. "What did you find??"
April 20, 2019 3:53AMJustin: Justin takes the jewelry in hand carefully, expecting a shock. April 20, 2019 3:53AMGM (GM): Well, actually, this is a touching moment. Let's play this out.
April 20, 2019 3:53AMEve K.: ((maybe even got in a shower and new chalk mark))
April 20, 2019 3:53AMGM (GM): Dante, you have spent 11 hours turning Max back into Adrian.
April 20, 2019 3:53AMJustin: ((yup, disregard.))
April 20, 2019 3:53AMJessica: ((yar))
April 20, 2019 3:53AMGM (GM): How do you send him off, how do you bring him back?
We'll still do Justin thing. This is like, the last scene before we skip ahead.
Adrian is asleep in a fugue state until you wake him. He doesn't react to his tattoo being scraped off.
His brain was damaged by an accident which caused him amnesia, but you dug up the image of his original mind and remapped it to function in the damaged brain as if it were a healthy brain again
April 20, 2019 3:58AMDante: Dante seats himself in front of Adrian, a sigh of relieve and tiredness.
"When you wake, your only thought will be to return to France. You have very important work to do there."
As he reaches his hand out like he did before, Dante's thumb and index fingers splay out as if to touch the temples from a distance. He runs his left hand upward and rouses him from the fugue state.
April 20, 2019 3:58AMDante: "Ah, so you are awake stranger."
There is a guardedness to his posture, but he presents himself as passively and open as possible.
April 20, 2019 4:00AMJessica: ((this gives me d'aw feels))
April 20, 2019 4:03AMGM (GM): The man stirs and opens his mind, and you feel the machine you repaired rumble alive. What you did here is truly extraordinary. You took a man who remembered nothing before his military plane crashed and awakened him, a man who woke up in a french foreign legion camp and taken in by Bartholomew Dupont, who would become his best friend Bo who dubbed him after a German opera, Max the Freeshooter. You took this man and reversed his condition, now he remembers nothing that happened after the plane crash. He remembers only his old life as Adrian Bisset, a humble son of a farmer with five siblings, who was about to volunteer as a UN soldier in search of a better career, almost 25 years ago. Adrian Bisset last remembers himself as if he were 19. And now, you are his first new memory. He opens his mouth and moves his tongue, as if it were numb. He swallows, his throat parched.
April 20, 2019 4:04AMAdrian: "Where am I?"
April 20, 2019 4:05AMEve K.: ((in french))
April 20, 2019 4:05AMGM (GM): ((absolutely in french, but we're rolling universal))
April 20, 2019 4:06AMDante: ((I cant remember if I had universal up or not.))
April 20, 2019 4:07AMJessica: ((yeah he did to talk with the police))
April 20, 2019 4:07AMDante: "Germany. Leipzig, specifically. Do you know what happened to you? We..
Dante gestures to Eve found you outside, unconscious. Here, let me get you something to drink."
And Dante rises to head to the shitty kitchen to get some probably gross tap water. April 20, 2019 4:07AMJessica: ((when we were coming out f the hotel))
April 20, 2019 4:07AMDante: ((you rite))
April 20, 2019 4:10AMAdrian: "Leipzig? The plane... the plane went up in flames. We were headed to ... yes, please, water, and food. I need to... I need to get home."
April 20, 2019 4:11AMDante: Dante will gesture to whatever food is left from earlier and hand him a glass of water. "Easy, easy. I will not keep you, but do you have the means? Where are you from?"
April 20, 2019 4:12AMAdrian: "Thank you. Thank you. I... " he checks his pockets "Embarrassing, but I am thinking..."
April 20, 2019 4:12AMGM (GM): does he find money in his pockets?
April 20, 2019 4:13AMDante: ((He was stripped of any identifying stuff, so no.))
April 20, 2019 4:14AMGM (GM): ((thought you guys were planting money on him, i may be mistaken))
April 20, 2019 4:14AMDante: ((Did we? I don't recall. Can be done. Either way Dante isn't letting him go without money))
April 20, 2019 4:15AMEve K.: ((we left any money he had on him, and planted some if he didn't have any))
April 20, 2019 4:15AMDante: ((Well there we go))
April 20, 2019 4:15AMAdrian: "I... am thinking I have no money at all. Oh, here, yes, I have some... w-what is this? I... I'm sorry. I'm from Cublize, I volunteered to serve in Yugoslavia. They say they needed people there. Wh... What date is it?"
April 20, 2019 4:16AMGM (GM): Whatever date it is, money was different 25 years ago, he doesnt recognize modern currency
April 20, 2019 4:16AMDante: Dante will tell him the year. "What.. year did you think it was?"
April 20, 2019 4:17AMAdrian: "It's 1993... My name is Adrian Bisset, and who are you?" - he asks gently
April 20, 2019 4:17AMEve K.: "You must have hit your head, or someone hit it for you, your arm was all scrapped up too. I bandaged it for you."
April 20, 2019 4:18AMAdrian: "I think I... survived a plane crash?"
April 20, 2019 4:20AMDante: "Lorenzo Bianchi,"
is the reply. "But it is certainly not 1993. Its 2018, friend. I don't know anything about any plane crashes, just that we found you worse for wear near our hotel room."
Dante gives a slight shrug of the shoulder. "Shall I call someone to have you looked at?"
April 20, 2019 4:20AMGM (GM): ((lol really))
April 20, 2019 4:20AMDante: ((today, Lorenzo. Tomorrow, Dominic))
((And after that, who knows))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMGM (GM): ((Alicia's dad?))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMDante: ((wat?))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMJessica: ((You're a father!))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMDante: ((Hold up am I remembering shit I know because I'm falling asleep?))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMJessica: ((congrats!!))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMDante: ((lol))
April 20, 2019 4:21AMGM (GM): ((I thought you took grandpa's name. Your mom's original surname was Bianchi.))
April 20, 2019 4:22AMDante: ((Bianchi afaik is a fairly common surname. I don't remember a Lorenzo at all.))
April 20, 2019 4:23AMGM (GM): ((Figured you impromptu'd it, i sought deeper meaning in the coincidence. It COULD have been your grandpa! XD ))
April 20, 2019 4:23AMDante: ((Could have!))
April 20, 2019 4:23AMAdrian: "Twenty five years?"
April 20, 2019 4:24AMDante: Dante nods slowly. April 20, 2019 4:24AMAdrian: "Monseur Bianchi, I.... oh my god, I have to contact my family. I... I can't thank you well enough for my rescue, but I must hurry home, contact my family. They must think I am dead. I'm an old man!"
April 20, 2019 4:25AMJessica: ((XD))
April 20, 2019 4:26AMEve K.: ((ooof dozed off for a minute there))
April 20, 2019 4:26AMGM (GM): Dante, as touching as this cascade array of emotion is, only you can feel that intimate, truly demonic machinery that works like a charm, algorithm after algorithm, the primary directives you programmed triggering. You know he will not linger here, you know he will not question you or your motives, you know he will hurry home. All as planned, you see the mechanisms unlocking as they fire off.
April 20, 2019 4:27AMDante: "Old, I wouldn't say.. but it sounds like you have a serious condition to deal with. Please be careful. Here.. I know you say you have money but.."
Dante pulls out his own billfold and unfurls some of it "Things aren't as cheap as they used to be."
((Yes Adrian, you must return home, it is imperative.))
April 20, 2019 4:28AMAdrian: "If you were so kind to let me borrow money for a calling card and a plane ticket, be sure to leave me your address and I will pay you back!"
April 20, 2019 4:28AMGM (GM): He doesnt know what cell phones are
He never played pokemon go
April 20, 2019 4:28AMJustin: :(
April 20, 2019 4:29AMDante: ((He doesnt know what Pokemon even is))
April 20, 2019 4:29AMJustin: ::((
April 20, 2019 4:30AMDante: "Ah, no no. Its not necessary in the least. I only wish to help."
Dante hands him the bills he had been unfurling (200 euro)
"This is how money looks now, you see.. a lot different I know."
April 20, 2019 4:31AMGM (GM): Adrian eats, drinks, shakes your hand, and after short pleasantries, leaves you his village address in Cublize, and asks you to call him a cab. He does not speak German.
April 20, 2019 4:31AMDante: Dante will call him a cab. April 20, 2019 4:31AMGM (GM): Or even English!
April 20, 2019 4:31AMDante: ((Its an adventure!))
April 20, 2019 4:31AMGM (GM): Adrian shakes your hand again, and again!
He bows, overwhelmed with emotion and anxiety to go home.
April 20, 2019 4:32AMDante: Dante makes a show of pleasant smiling, eager hand-shaking in response. April 20, 2019 4:32AMGM (GM): All a game on your iron chessboard.
April 20, 2019 4:32AMDante: ((TO YOU.))
April 20, 2019 4:32AMGM (GM): Tears in his eyes.
He shakes your hand again, shakes Eve's hand, and finally leaves as the cab arrives.
April 20, 2019 4:33AMJessica: ((Aw. Y'all done good))
April 20, 2019 4:33AMGM (GM): His last words are "I promise I will pay you back, I will pay everything back!"
Do you give him any kinda address?
Bonus money can come your way 5 years later
April 20, 2019 4:34AMDante: Dante gives Eve a meaningful look. "Its done. I hope he finds his way."
((Does italy have an equivalent of a PO Box? If so, Dante would probably have one.))
((Bonus trouble you mean))
April 20, 2019 4:35AMGM (GM): Sure you give him your PO Box
He leaves
April 20, 2019 4:35AMJustin: POlachinni box.
hand thing
April 20, 2019 4:35AMDante: ((badum-ts))
April 20, 2019 4:35AMGM (GM): Ok, now Jack and Jill can arrive
April 20, 2019 4:35AMJustin: Justin walks into the room and immediately drops onto a bed. April 20, 2019 4:35AMKurtis Kerner: "Here, catch, there's your necklace back. Figured out what it does! Took forever."
April 20, 2019 4:36AMJustin: Justin lifts his hand to catch the zappy boi "'zis gonna zap me?"
April 20, 2019 4:37AMJessica: Jessica looks exhausted as she enters but Kurt captures her attention. She drops her bag on the floor and rushes to stand in front of him, looking up at him with hopeful eyes. "Kurt! What did you find?" She is on her toes, all nervous energy.
April 20, 2019 4:38AMKurtis Kerner: "It's gonna zap everyone who touches it. And it'll zap you every time sun goes up. But once you have it on your neck, it makes you more durable. That's how the bastard stayed up so long. There's a name to it on the imago too. Bella's Love - Stay Strong Through Thorns. I'm guessing zappy is the thorns."
"So as long as you got juice to heal in the morning, you're good."
April 20, 2019 4:38AMJustin: "Who wants to be tougher?"
"I don't throw punches often."
April 20, 2019 4:38AMKurtis Kerner: (If you put it on, i roll 5d10 damage and you get 1 extra HP box. So 10 total.)
(Write down the stats, whoever wears this.
Bella's Love +1 HP, Every morning, take 5d10 damage. )
April 20, 2019 4:40AMEve K.: (fell asleep again, think I need to call it))
April 20, 2019 4:40AMKurtis Kerner: ((ok, lets call it, from here on it's only talkies anyway, facebook will do))
April 20, 2019 4:40AMDante: ((Sounds fine to me.))
April 20, 2019 4:40AMJustin: ((aight.))
April 20, 2019 4:40AMKurtis Kerner: "It's meant for a Thyrsus, only you guys can heal enough to wear this."
April 20, 2019 4:41AMEve K.: ((we should have checked the terrorists for money :( ))
April 20, 2019 4:42AMJustin: ((Ivan's money isn't good any more.))
April 20, 2019 4:42AMDante: "Not interested. We should get something to eat. Or delivered?"
((Ooooo))
April 20, 2019 4:42AMJessica: ((everyone ignores Jess :P
April 20, 2019 4:42AMEve K.: "Delivery sounds good))
April 20, 2019 4:42AMKurtis Kerner: Looks to Jessica "You should eat and drink some vodka. I took pictures of what I found. I didn't find a body, and we should hit the place tomorrow morning. I think your dad is definitely alive. But missing."
"And I ain't touching that place at night. It's scary."
April 20, 2019 4:43AMDante: ((Sorry lol thats more a product of tiredness than anything))
April 20, 2019 4:43AMJessica: "ALIVE!" She can't help herself. She throws her arms around Kurt and hugs him.
April 20, 2019 4:43AMKurtis Kerner: ((ye my back hurts. kurts))
((sleeping))
April 20, 2019 4:43AMJessica: ((zzzz))
April 20, 2019 4:43AMGM (GM): everybody did real well, 5 xp
April 20, 2019 4:43AMJustin: whooo!
April 20, 2019 4:43AMJessica: yuss
April 20, 2019 4:43AMDante: ayyy
April 20, 2019 4:43AMJessica: buying Investigation 2
April 20, 2019 4:44AMGM (GM): you earned it
April 20, 2019 4:44AMJessica: :D
April 20, 2019 4:44AMEve K.: ((what was gnosis cost? 8?)
April 20, 2019 4:45AMGM (GM): ye 8xdot
April 20, 2019 4:45AMDante: ((Ascend in power!))
April 20, 2019 4:46AMEve K.: ((okay buying to 3)
April 20, 2019 4:46AMDante: ((welcome to paradox 2))
April 20, 2019 4:51AMEve K.: ((night all))
April 20, 2019 4:51AMDante: ((night!))
April 20, 2019 4:51AMGM (GM): nini
April 20, 2019 4:53AM (From Dante): Buying investigation 1 as a retroactive purchase. I assume Dante would have been put in situations here and there that would have merited it in his line of work.))
April 20, 2019 4:54AMDante: ok gnight slepp time
April 20, 2019 4:55AM (To Dante): sold
April 20, 2019 4:55AM (From Dante): Also gj on keeping track of this session lol. I'd have been out of my mind. night dude
