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  1. #81
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    @Star West is up!

  2. #82
    Briar Rose's Avatar
    Presance
    (Volatile)
    Status (Street)
    (Graffiti Artist)
    Allies
    (Street, Criminal)
    Briar Rose


    Apostate Shaman, and known graffiti artist. Normally seen wearing a worn leather jacket, with the kanji for 'Nana korobi, ya oki' written down the arm.

    Nimbus

    Small shapes akin to petals, cascade, shiny ruby in the air, before ending on the ground in a ruddy pool of their own making.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP Half Pool: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2 | 3 w/ 2E Life Armour
    Occult 1

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5 | Spell Tolorancy 3

    Personal Spells: Monthly Rits: 2E LifeShield Pot 3, Life Sight Pot 3

    (Self Healing)Mana 0 Spent
    2
    PRE

    Spells, Equipment
    Transform Self (Eagle Talons)
    Pulse of the Living World (Rit)
    2E Life Mage Armor (Rit)
    Leather Jacket/Reinforced Clothing 1/0, Smartphone, bowie knife. Magical Tool. Backpack with assorted spray paint, street bike(outside)
    1 Resistant Bashing


    She might have yelled. Her mouth felt wet and dry at the same time. Everything was ringing, and the pain she felt was more then just something to laugh at, something to spurn her on, not this, her vision was blurring.

    Was she still breathing...?

    She grasps the Wilds, and shapes her Will mend, to stitch, to renew.



      4 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-21 15:13:00 Briar Rose rolls 8 to Self Healing (Life 3+ Gnosis 2 +ExAff 3) (10 Again) 10, 7, 7, 8, 4, 9, 1, 6, 10, 4 4 successes
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower (half pool):
    Monthly Rits: 2E Life Armour/Life Sight (Duration 4/Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

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  4. #83
    Star's Avatar
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    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
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    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    (SA)Willpower 1 Spent
    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    Are you watching closely?

    It's time for the Acadian Tango. Not that Acadian Tango. But one sure to put a smile to fen-water eyes. That verdant ripple from B-Ro means it's time. Gloved fingers spin the steel card between fingers and it catches fire before his arm whips in a practiced snap and it leaps from his fingers with a trail of white flame.

    Hope you were watching, river rat.

    3 Aggravated before Defense/Armor, unsure if there's any separation otherwise additional -2 Close Combat penalty.
      3 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-21 23:16:34 Star rolls 10 to Pick a card, cherie Dex + Ath + Spec (10 Again) 2, 10, 8, 1, 7, 7, 5, 6, 7, 1, 10, 1 3 successes
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

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  6. #84
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    All is a whirl of movement.

    Driven back, Briar Rose has only one option and that is to channel raw Supernal power into her wounded Pattern. Flesh knits. Bleeding stops. The sheer power of her spell makes the Shaman catch her breath.

    Winter is moving, firing. This time on target: a plume of... stuff... bursts from Wakko as the Guardian hobbles the Abyssal monstrosity before it can get away.

    Star is moving, too. Fingers. Arm. Torso. The raspy flare of flames!

    Wakko is clearly wounded. The flame limned card flashes across the Abyssal thing. Wound seared, cauterised.

    Wakko splits in half: its upper torso plopping at Briar Rose's feet.

    Oops! My bad about Initiative order.

    I'm ruling Wakko is finished - it was at about 4ag/3L anyway. Besides, I want to start drawing things to a close before Winter has to go into confinement. This way there is a few more days to explore, pick up the icon, etc.

    End of combat.

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  8. #85
    Briar Rose's Avatar
    Presance
    (Volatile)
    Status (Street)
    (Graffiti Artist)
    Allies
    (Street, Criminal)
    Briar Rose


    Apostate Shaman, and known graffiti artist. Normally seen wearing a worn leather jacket, with the kanji for 'Nana korobi, ya oki' written down the arm.

    Nimbus

    Small shapes akin to petals, cascade, shiny ruby in the air, before ending on the ground in a ruddy pool of their own making.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP Half Pool: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2 | 3 w/ 2E Life Armour
    Occult 1

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5 | Spell Tolorancy 3

    Personal Spells: Monthly Rits: 2E LifeShield Pot 3, Life Sight Pot 3

    (Self Healing)Mana 0 Spent
    2
    PRE

    Spells, Equipment
    Transform Self (Eagle Talons)
    Pulse of the Living World (Rit)
    2E Life Mage Armor (Rit)
    Leather Jacket/Reinforced Clothing 1/0, Smartphone, bowie knife. Magical Tool. Backpack with assorted spray paint, street bike(outside)
    1 Resistant Bashing


    Catching her breath, she huffs, coughing. Hunching herself over, face close to Wakko's torso, she weezes, "...wait. Was...was there a fire?" she asks, looking at Wakko's torso, on her feet.

    Shaking her head, she takes stalk of herself, and notes the feels her aches and pains that hadn't mended with her first fearful pass. The rent flesh that hadn't healed.

    Calling on the Primal Wilds once more, she sighs, as everything but that which the Abyss had punched into her heals.

    "What. The. Actual. Flying. Fuck. Was. That?]."



      3 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-22 12:00:39 Briar Rose rolls 8 to Self Healing (Life 3+ Gnosis 2 +ExAff 3) (10 Again) 6, 4, 5, 9, 4, 6, 10, 7, 8 3 successes
    Healing the Remanding Lethal
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower (half pool):
    Monthly Rits: 2E Life Armour/Life Sight (Duration 4/Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

  9. #86
    Winter's Avatar
    Winter
    Presence
    (Stoic)
    Education
    (West Point Grad)
    Occultation
    Winter

    Nimbus

    Dark shadows scatter in ordered symmetrical patterns traversed by a crackling pallid silver light that wraps Winter in a pleasantly numbing and icy coldness.
    When vulgar magic is cast, the frequency of the oscillation of the dark fluid surges until the shadows arrange themselves in a solid black halo around Winter's head, the white light darkens into a fiery black sunlight and his eyes are set ablaze with vivid incandescence.
    Stats

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor: 1(General)/2(Ballistic)
    Defense: 3

    Active Spells: 1/6
    Personal Spells: 1/3
    Incognito Presence (Mind 2) Rote, Scene, Pot[1]

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE



    Fire, electricity, claws, gunshots. But who could have guessed that it would have been a papercut to seal the deal. Those cards though, they were made of paper, right?

    Nasty bastard,
    he thinks closing the distance between himself and the beast.Good one, Star.

    Soon the adrenaline will be flushed out of his system, before that though, he needs to ride the wave. He advances, putting another shot in the thing's head just to be sure, still ignoring whether there could be more.

    12

    "You alright?", he asks the girl. It's a dumb question, he reckons. The gun is still in his hand.

    "I...I don't know", comes his curt reply to her question. Was the creature linked to the collapsed Demesne below? He felt something but gut instincts are hardly scientific evidence.


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  11. #87
    Star's Avatar
    Status
    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
    Nimbus

    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    (SA)Willpower 1 Spent
    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    "Ever seen Hellraiser?"

    Don't relax. Not yet. There's no Mexican Blackbird. Finish the game.

    "Gonna guess an Abyssal intrusion? Except, like. That's just a guess. I'm no Abyss-ologist. Abyssalogist? Abylogist? Abyssalist?"


    There's the other card, spinning on his finger as he walks over to the birds icon.

    "Kinetic... card."


    The flames ignite again, and he stabs the card down like a blade. Good-bye Lamentation Configuration.



    Not sure if this requires a roll but it'll be a handful of Aggs to destroy the object.
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

  12. #88
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    Briar Rose is doing nothing more than breathing. In. Out. In. Out. A second healing spell sends treacly warmth through her limbs and midriff where most of the claw's had struck. Her clothes are shredded and she is covered in a layer of her own blood.

    But Briar Rose is fine.
    Star moves to clear the evidence. Long legs take the Illusionist across to where the icon has fallen and a few precise strikes dismember the painting in a magnesium flare flash of pure Art.

    Only it doesn't.

    Star's card's spin and ignite alright. They flare and flash as they arc down towards the painting.

    The Mighty meets unexpected resistance.

    Magical energies flash and pop.

    An enchantment chimes as it shatters with an audible pop and a visible shockwave of dust and air.

  13. #89
    Briar Rose's Avatar
    Presance
    (Volatile)
    Status (Street)
    (Graffiti Artist)
    Allies
    (Street, Criminal)
    Briar Rose


    Apostate Shaman, and known graffiti artist. Normally seen wearing a worn leather jacket, with the kanji for 'Nana korobi, ya oki' written down the arm.

    Nimbus

    Small shapes akin to petals, cascade, shiny ruby in the air, before ending on the ground in a ruddy pool of their own making.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP Half Pool: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2 | 3 w/ 2E Life Armour
    Occult 1

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5 | Spell Tolorancy 3

    Personal Spells: Monthly Rits: 2E LifeShield Pot 3, Life Sight Pot 3

    2
    PRE

    Spells, Equipment
    Transform Self (Eagle Talons)
    Pulse of the Living World (Rit)
    2E Life Mage Armor (Rit)
    Leather Jacket/Reinforced Clothing 1/0, Smartphone, bowie knife. Magical Tool. Backpack with assorted spray paint, street bike(outside)
    1 Resistant Bashing



    "So, this was just the Chatterer?" says she as she rolls her shoulders, feeling as good as she was gonna get covered in blood, with her shirt hanging off her. "Fuck, I'm fine. I've had worse nights." she says with a lazy smirk.

    Only to squint, and bring her arms up, talons flashing as Star's card nets a shockwave. Hope to not get any dust or other floaties in her eyes. Ick.

    When things settle, she peers at the painting.




      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-23 12:39:30 [02] Briar Rose rolls 3 to Painting Scrutiny (Int2+Occult1) (10 Again) 8, 2, 8 2 successes
    2020-04-23 12:39:30 [01] Briar Rose rolls 3 to Painting Scrutiny (Int2+Occult1) (10 Again) 3, 6, 10, 5 1 success
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower (half pool):
    Monthly Rits: 2E Life Armour/Life Sight (Duration 4/Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

  14. #90
    Winter's Avatar
    Winter
    Presence
    (Stoic)
    Education
    (West Point Grad)
    Occultation
    Winter

    Nimbus

    Dark shadows scatter in ordered symmetrical patterns traversed by a crackling pallid silver light that wraps Winter in a pleasantly numbing and icy coldness.
    When vulgar magic is cast, the frequency of the oscillation of the dark fluid surges until the shadows arrange themselves in a solid black halo around Winter's head, the white light darkens into a fiery black sunlight and his eyes are set ablaze with vivid incandescence.
    Stats

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor: 1(General)/2(Ballistic)
    Defense: 3

    Active Spells: 1/6
    Personal Spells: 1/3
    Incognito Presence (Mind 2) Rote, Scene, Pot[1]

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE



    He barely has the time to react, step back and turn his head to the side, covering his nose and mouth with his forearm, before he's invested by the gust of wind and dust.
    They slipped away from the realm of horror (hopefully) into the Indiana Jones franchise.
    He coughs. Once, twice, three times. After years of being a chain smoker, he's lucky he's not spitting a lung.

    But once the dust is settled, other things occupy his mind.
    First he engages the safety of his gun, holstering the firearm, Star would be getting it back later that day. Second, after having evaluated the girl's state of partial undress, he attempts to disentangle himself from his own trenchcoat, handing it to the girl.
    It's more for his own modesty than the girls' own.

    Third... the icon.

    "They were trying to form a Demesne, I believe", he chimes in. Of course, Demesne is unlikely to be the correct term. And that "they" is as generic as it comes.


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