Never meet your fans

[ReubanBrightwood]

someone something failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-30 17:10:53	someone rolls 1 to something (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure

someone something 2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-30 17:10:21	Someone rolls 7 to something (10 Again)	3, 2, 5, 7, 10, 9, 6, 6	2 successes

Orianna Aurora


That night at the carnival stands out in memory, of the many performances she has been a part of, the fans she has met the records she has broken. That night so recently, something magical happened, plenty of mages were present sure, other things do bump in the night that's well known to the Sharman to, could it have been one of those perhaps? Regardless. Something had stepped over a line that night and made itself known, in its wake people had come and gone to and fro casting lives and fates to briefly tangle and unwind once. What is known the quiet of Sacramento nights has been broken and a mystery needs to be solved.


The first place of any mystery must of course be the site of the incident. A now empty field tossed and turned by the feet of thousands the odd piece of debris still blowing in the wind a flat plane of quiet dreariness without the shapes sounds, scents and colours of the carnival cascading around in their joys spirals.


Aurora your mystery starts here.

[Aurora]

While that night had been a great show, the crowd had been into it, and it had felt great to be on stage once again, there had been something…off.

She couldn’t shake that feeling she got. That feeling that ran down her spine whenever magic was around or had been cast. She knew it wasn’t from her, and she was pretty sure it was Guru.

So what the fuck was it? Who was it? Had someone or something been close to them? Following her or her friends? Of were they just unlucky enough to be close enough to brush with something else?
Whatever it was, she wanted to find it, needed to fine it. Needed to make sure that not only was she safe, but that her friends and the Circle were safe.

So here she was, one hand in her leather jacket pockets, the other holding a coffee, gray eyes looking over the field, once a joyful place filled with kids screams of joy and fear. Now empty and filled with mystery. With her Rituals cast at home, she casually glances around, seeing if anything stands out. With Life, it was iffy, she might need to tap into something else, but Life was safe, it was what she knew.

Her story was planned out if anyone asked, for now, she was content to look around.

Cell on vibrate, dedicated magic tool on right arm, car keys in pocket, small notebook with pen in back pocket

I put her active spells on the mini sheet, but can move them if that is easier, it's been a *while* since I've done a plot.

[ReubanBrightwood]

If you could put equipment, spells and stats in a spoiler or occ box that would be Ideal, thank you!

Casting about her the waning of the life is made more stark a grey lifelessness creeping in as the resonance takes on the tinges of death and decay, the scent of rotting leaves stark and sharper, the feel of the chill in the air that much more pronounced. Mage sight after all is so much more then vision. But any more information would require the thyrsus to peel back the layers of the truth contained within the dying the world and perform scrutiny.

A handful other make brisk walks through the park headed to who knows where and eager to get there. Parked cars nearby host a series of other sleepers either picking, up dropping off of whittling away time until the clock dictates they need to be somewhere else.

Aurora can perform scrutiny on the resonance of the area or anything in it. Please also make a perception check

[Aurora]

Was she surprised by what Life showed her? Not really, it was Life and the current Life around her was dying. As was the cycle of the seasons. The hand digs in deeper into the pocket, a bigger sip of the warm coffee taken.

This wasn’t getting anything done. She needed to see more. Need to look deeper, it was never easy. And this was not an ideal location. But it had to be done, answers needed to be found.

Taking her hand out of her pocket, she takes the notebook and pen out and then sits, the notebook on her leg. Another sip as she watches the area and then really looks.

Lets go.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-04 15:23:07	Aurora rolls 6 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again)	6, 9, 2, 8, 9, 8	4 successes

5 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-04 15:23:54	Aurora rolls 6 to Scrutiny(On Area)(Int+Occult) (10 Again)	10, 9, 3, 10, 6, 4, 9, 8	5 successes

Stats

Health:
Mana:
WP:
Armor 5
Defense 3

Vulgar 0
Active Spells: 2/3
Personal Spells: 2/3

[5] Pulse of the Living World (Mage Sight)
[5] Organic Resilience (Armor 5)
Cell on vibrate, dedicated magic tool on right arm, car keys in pocket, small notebook with pen in back pocket

[ReubanBrightwood]

Resonance fades over time if not reinforced and the overwhelming sensations left by the carnival of fun, joy and frivolity obscure a great deal of the singular more refined motes, threads and weaves left by the passing presence of individuals. Events of such a nature are wonderful opportunities to hide in plain sight for mages, and other supernatural alike. She can look deeper of course, deeper then the layers she has begun to peel away, seeing the more subtle and refined, to catch the faint hints of he individuals rather then the atmosphere of the crowd.

Other options exist as well of course nothing goes unseen, everything leaves imprints and marks of its passing but it would depend on if anything she can reach out to saw what she needs. Or she might be more concerned as while looking around Aurora's sharp senses perceive something that many would find rather distressing. One of the parked cars has the window rolled half down and the occupant of the drivers seat is aiming a gun from within, right. at. her.

Although it seems the gun person is not aware they have been rumbled, making no move to change position, no pulling of the trigger just yet.

[Aurora]

As her mind begins to work out the possibilities of spells, she could use to gather the information she needs, more pressing matters catch her attention.

What the actual fuck?!

Who that fuck would be trying to shoot her?! What did she do?!

Think…think! Oh this was a time she wish she had brought someone with her, like Winter or Phoneyx.

But she was a Master of Life. And she was a natural performer. She could try running.
Running wasn’t her thing though.

This was after all, a public park, and there were other people around. Pulling the trigger was going to draw attention. Unless this person had a silencer, which she was pretty sure existed. But her knowledge on guns was limited at best.

So could she draw attention to them? Put them off their game, rattle them enough to have them drive off?

It was risky. Would be a game of chicken so to speak. She had Master level armor, and maybe if she held her phone *just* right, a small, tiny, obstacle. Head shot would be bad, deadly probably. Anywhere else could be doable....survivable. But would they do it with the park, and others watching?

In maybe one of her stupidest moves, she pulls out her swaps her small notebook and cell.

Getting to her feet, she opens her video camera and hits record. Turns to face the car, camera held sideways, in front of her face, recording the car, she gives it a couple seconds before…

“Hey! Is that Taylor Swift?!” she shouts, her tone surprised and excited, hand holding the coffee motioning to where the camera is pointed, the car with the gun.

Stats

Health:
Mana:
WP:
Armor 5
Defense 3

Vulgar 0
Active Spells: 2/3
Personal Spells: 2/3

[5] Pulse of the Living World (Mage Sight)
[5] Organic Resilience (Armor 5)
Cell on vibrate, dedicated magic tool on right arm, car keys in pocket, small notebook with pen in back pocket

[ReubanBrightwood]

Pop! failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 12:44:08	Banisher rolls 2 to dex 3 firearms 3 aiming +2 +wp -5 (life armour) -4 range (10 Again, WillPower)	5, 6	failure

Noticing in time Aurora's play is a bold one and while it seems to do little to deter her surprise assailant it almost certainly limits his available pool of actions.

Not a bang put something of a loud pop like a balloon bursting is heard as something flies quicker then she can perceive in her direction, the dart with neon orange flight feathers, ricochets off her life hardened skin unable to penetrate her magical protection and lands on the ground. The shooter begins to panickedly try to get the car running. But clearly was expecting or hoping that it connect because whoever the shooter is seems unprepared for this eventuality.

There aren't to many people around but Aurora's tactic does catch a couple walking hurriedly through the brisk day nearby, causing them to pause in their chilly journey between places. "Taylor swift! Where!" She has the witnesses she wants.

notice the pop failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 12:50:53	walking couple rolls 1 to notice the pop -4 (10 Again, Chance)	4	failure

2nd person notice the pop failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 12:52:09	walking couple 2nd person rolls 1 to notice the pop -4 (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure

unravelling 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 12:51:34	walking couple rolls 4 to unravelling (10 Again)	9, 3, 5, 7	1 success

unravelling 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 12:52:43	walking couple 2nd person rolls 4 to unravelling (10 Again)	1, 10, 7, 3, 4	1 success

Neither has reacted or seem scared, neither seem to be aware of the near miss on the Sharman's life rather excited at the prospect of randomly encountering the iconic celebrity.

[Aurora]

What surprises her in this whole thing?

He still takes a shot with whatever he had. She would have lost that bet, expecting him to instead, of taken off immediately.

Still confused, and a bit shaken, by the whole thing, she turns off the video but takes a couple pictures, which will probably be shaky as fuck. With him seeming to be focused on getting out of the area, which worked for her at the moment. And with the Swiftie fan club now looking in that direction, she felt ok enough to shift her attention.

Taking a couple steps back, crouching, but facing the parking lot, she looks for whatever he shot at her. Hoping it didn’t damage her leather jacket, glad it didn’t get through her Shield, but wanting to see what it was if she could.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-07 15:56:26	Aurora rolls 6 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again)	9, 3, 10, 5, 4, 3, 4	2 successes

Stats

Health:
Mana:
WP:
Armor 5
Defense 3

Vulgar 0
Active Spells: 2/3
Personal Spells: 2/3

[5] Pulse of the Living World (Mage Sight)
[5] Organic Resilience (Armor 5)

Cell on vibrate, dedicated magic tool on right arm, car keys in pocket, small notebook with pen in back pocket

[ReubanBrightwood]

Please make a wits+occult-2 roll

Aurora has a few quick pics on her phone to go with the video for later study as the shooter fires up the engine of their car and begins to drive hastily away. "Was that her? Did I miss Taylor?" The fans Aurora had incited with use of just a name are nearby having been attracted by the source that incited their fandom. The dejection in the tone of the speaker clear as this once in a life opportunity passes her by.

The shaman herself is quickly able to find the neon orange flight feathers of a bullet sized metal case with a needle sticking out the end, some form of dart used to administer chemical fluid directly into the blood stream, a wound so small it would not be felt by one of these can be lethal depending on its payload. A method that mitigates much of the supernal safety provided by mage armour.

[Aurora]

Still crouched, she refrains from answering the disappointed fan. She had more important things on her mind.

Spotting the…dart? That fucker was trying to drug her!

Phone was pocketed and the coffee was sadly, very sadly, emptied on the ground so she could scoop the dart into the cup without touching it. This was outside her expertise, but, she might have a few names in mind who might know more than her.

Snapping the lid back on, she looks back around, did her new friend bring more friends?

As much as she wanted to keep looking into the park, it wasn’t safe. Either she was compromised, her identity as a sleeper completely fucked, or something else was going on. Where had she fucked up? Years upon years had been carefully played, magic not used around Sleepers, where had she slipped up?!

But thinking on it, out in the open, where an attempt had been made already, wasn’t ideal.
Or smart.

Coffee cup in hand, she begins her walk in the opposite direction of the car park. Leaving her car where it was.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-08 19:59:10	Aurora rolls 3 to Wits+Occult-2 (10 Again)	8, 8, 6	2 successes

Stats

Health:
Mana:
WP:
Armor 5
Defense 3

Vulgar 0
Active Spells: 2/3
Personal Spells: 2/3

[5] Pulse of the Living World (Mage Sight)
[5] Organic Resilience (Armor 5)

Cell on vibrate, dedicated magic tool on right arm, car keys in pocket, small notebook with pen in back pocket