LL/H: There was a village green

[Guru]

"Fuuuuuuck." The word escaped his mouth in a low hiss like air escaping a balloon. Well his hope for something simple was dashed on closer observation. He didn't envy Skye's position just now being the first one in the line of fire. "Keep your guard up and eyes open." At least he got to confirm their suspicions, he had an exit plan for out of the house but inside? Not so much. So he gave the building a look over, took in the layout, and hope the interior decorator wasn't too familiar with the concepts of Space.

Active Spells: 3/6 (Tolerance 3/3)

Active Spells

Pulse of the Living World/Sense Life Pot:(1/1)
Unseen Aegis Pot: 6
Evidence Shroud Pot: 6

Mana: 10/12
Defense: 7 (Def 2 + 5 Armor)
Equipment:

Car

(Water Bottle [1 litre], Bag of peanuts [1lb]) Roll of Quarters [2] First-Aid Kit)

Smartphone, Wallet ($100,in $20s), Watch
Tool: Copper Ring

[Cavendish]

There's a twitch as Guru curses. And Cavendish forces himself to take a deep breath. Taking a moment to look at Guru the Ladder nods. "I'll do what I can." Then makes a mental note to himself to have some form of contingency plan to explain things to his wife in case things go bad. But that can wait.

With a smaller nod the Ladder peals away from Guru and approaches the house from another angle. Clearly nervous in his steps, it's not an act at all. Cavendish stops a respectful distance from the front door and calls out quietly. "Hi.. I hope I'm at the right place? I found a flier."

[ReubanBrightwood]

The short woman listens attentively but does not flinch as Skye leans in and her demeanour has subtle shift of tone after the whispered message. "Oh your here for the watch meeting. Yes dear come on through." And she will stand aside to allow Skye entry into a well appointed wood panelled corridor, the floor newly carpeted and expensive art on the walls of years gone by scenes involves fields of wheat in bloom and idealised farming families chases a border collie. "We are setting up in the conservatory dear, just down the corridor and through the kitchen." A slightly wrinkled hand with three rings of gold each set with a different precious gem indicates the direction. "There's no need to keep your coat on." Tone firm but almost motherly with the advise a knowing look goes with her words.

Her gaze pulled to Cavendish as he approaches the front of the house and makes his greeting. "Another new face yes please do come on in." The ladder having no spells in his pattern would not trigger the unseen sense of anyone and the woman has a moment of hesitation as she invites him past the threshold. A wrinkle in the evening it would appear. "Your here for the watch meeting?" The dip in confidence remains evident.

[Skye]

Nervously stepping inside with eyes looking around herself, taking in the look of the woman and the look of the place as a whole.
”Thank you.” Scanning the pictures, the house it looked so, so...impersonal, so dull, like a picture of what idyllic should be, only making it all feel more like a trap or someone just trying really hard to appear normal despite the fact that they were in fact far from it. About to move towards the living room only to stop at the words, frozen in place for a moment, conservatory? What was that? Like a place where you conserved things that sounded awfully morbid but beginning to head the way she was directed to with careful looks as she walks wanting to be prepared should something happen. ”It completes the style and is light.” It would look far to bad should she take it off, and not like she wanted to give anyone a chance to get anything of hers, the firmness in the tone registered but having no real effect.

Beginning to go to where she was directed with curious eyes looking around behind her sunglasses without turning her head noticeably more than expected for anything that looked obviously amiss but making no grand effort to catch anything that might make her stand out simply just looking around her as she walks, using her oddly enhanced sense of smell to take in and memorize the scents around her wondering if she shouldn´t have tried a birds scent instead they had some intriguing abilities. In accompaniment with her ability to hear far to broad a range of frequency´s, fighting the many sensory inputs to be able to not get overwhelmed by them.

Gear

cash, sunglasses, wooden coin necklace (dedicated tool) archery glove on, knife (in purse) purse, waterskin filled with water in belt, athletic running shoes, notepad and pen.
Stashed away:
Smartphone - turned off, cellphone – turned off, throwing knife x2, knife

Spells

Combo Organic Resilience and pulse of the living world (pot 6, armor 4)
Body Mastery +2 (pot 7)
Honing the form dexterity +4 (pot 8)
Transform self: 7 successes
1: Claws - cat retracted
2: Chromatophores - Cephelopod
3: Chameleon shifting - Chameleon
4: Deep blue eyes - night vision/ultraviolet sight of arctic reindeer
5: Sense of scent - shark
6: Hearing - barn owl
7: Hearing - pigeon

Stats

Health: 8
Mana: 7
Defense: 2
Speed: 15
Initiative: 11
Willpower: 2/2 (usable)
Armor: 5/6 - bulletproof (Life: 4, Kevlar vest thin 1/2)
Spell tolerance: 4/3
Spell control 4/6
Paradox spells cast: 1

[Guru]

There wasn't enough data for Guru to draw any concrete conclusions. That meant his imagination got to run wild and (un)fortunately Guru had a highly active imagination. Guru was in intelligence and either predictably or not he held back using the distraction of the other two to try and draw out more information but the shift to Skye's pattern, and the chaotic nature of the situation didn't let him have any chance to pick out what who was who's and what was what. He'd just have to find out more knowing he could always bail out a window if needed.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-05 08:25:21	Guru rolls 5 to Scrutinize (Int 3 + Occ 2) (10 Again)	3, 2, 2, 7, 5	failure

This is just another meeting Guru. You're a concern citizen, that is not untrue, just use that. He swallowed hard and would approach the short woman last. He felt like he was woefully overdressed for this occasion but the circumstances were as they were and he had to work with what he had and what he could find. Thankfully he was never really unarmed but he was certainly unprepared he could only hope their hosts had as much chaos within their plans as they did. Guru, was still, well, Guru. He offered the short woman a bright smile, "Hey, I'm here for the meeting." He flicked a finger up confidently and pointed down the hall, "Through the back right or would you like an escort?" Though he knew he was just going to follow Cavendish, it let him appear confident. If not his tactic was, as always, be friendly because he really couldn't turn it off.

Active Spells: 3/6 (Tolerance 3/3)

Active Spells

Pulse of the Living World/Sense Life Pot:(1/1)
Unseen Aegis Pot: 6
Evidence Shroud Pot: 6

Mana: 10/12
Defense: 7 (Def 2 + 5 Armor)
Equipment:

Car

(Water Bottle [1 litre], Bag of peanuts [1lb]) Roll of Quarters [2] First-Aid Kit)

Smartphone, Wallet ($100,in $20s), Watch
Tool: Copper Ring

[Cavendish]

The Ladder gives a half nod to the first statement. "Thank you, it is good to meet another in town." That its not a lie isn't lost on Cavendish.

As he crosses the threshold the Ladder pauses. "Yes, I wasn't sure about ah. Showing up, showing up?" Half question and half statement..he hopes. "I've met a few of us who get jumpy and it seemed rude to approach a house like that." Then crosses the threshold and steps to the side as Guru approaches. If directed Cavendish will make his way to the conservatory without acknowledging Guru.

[ReubanBrightwood]

Skye is stopped in her advances when she refuses to cooperate with the woman's hidden request. "I really must insist dearie." All warmth gone from her tone now. "It has a very nice pattern to it but it can come off now your inside." And it would seem Skye will be not advancing unless she complies with what the woman is demanding. Eyes track to the third and latest arrival of new faces. "You to young man coats off please and thank you." Tone curt, maybe not used to being ignored or refused.

The gaze turns to Cavendish and softens as the meaning of his words is read and understood, apricated even. "It is good to see someone still practices a bit of courtesy when approaching someone else's place of safety." She nods to the mage and gestures down the hall with brown painted nail. "Just through the kitchen and out into the conservatory dear." He will be allowed to pace the other she is trying to bodily block the hall until they comply.

[Skye]

Giving the woman a kinder look for a moment, holding back every suspicion and thought within her.
”I did not mean to come of as rude, please do have an oversight though. Without this thin jacket so will my arms be bare and make me feel both exposed and cold alike.” Softly feigning a nervous smile at the woman, with brief glances as the others made their way inside. ”I could otherwise wrap it around my shoulders, with the matching color scheme so would that look sophisticated. Would that be agreeable to you?” Pulling a bit at the jacket to try and conceal her self added scar discoloration with the jacket and her hand alike.

Gear

cash, sunglasses, wooden coin necklace (dedicated tool) archery glove on, knife (in purse) purse, waterskin filled with water in belt, athletic running shoes, notepad and pen.
Stashed away:
Smartphone - turned off, cellphone – turned off, throwing knife x2, knife

Spells

Combo Organic Resilience and pulse of the living world (pot 6, armor 4)
Body Mastery +2 (pot 7)
Honing the form dexterity +4 (pot 8)
Transform self: 7 successes
1: Claws - cat retracted
2: Chromatophores - Cephelopod
3: Chameleon shifting - Chameleon
4: Deep blue eyes - night vision/ultraviolet sight of arctic reindeer
5: Sense of scent - shark
6: Hearing - barn owl
7: Hearing - pigeon

Stats

Health: 8
Mana: 7
Defense: 2
Speed: 15
Initiative: 11
Willpower: 2/2 (usable)
Armor: 5/6 - bulletproof (Life: 4, Kevlar vest thin 1/2)
Spell tolerance: 4/3
Spell control 4/6
Paradox spells cast: 1

[Cavendish]

He nods solemnly. "I would expect no less for anyone who came to my place of safety." Don't say home, don't give away anything. Stay calm. "Past the kitchen then." Is said to no one as Cavendish makes his way to the kitchen and hopefully to a conservatory after it. He stops himself from looking back to avoid, hopefully, giving anything away.

[Guru]

Guru looked over to not-Skye and shook his head. "Not that kind of coat, dear." He would say with a shake of his head as he dropped the armor spell acquiescing to the woman's request in taking off his 'coat.' "You wouldn't leave a man to walk around the world blind though would you? One needs their spectacles to remain vigilant do they not?" He offered an apologetic smile though there was clearly room there for a denial as he didn't push forward unbidden. He used the only tactics he knew in situations like this, try and appeal to reason and be a friend. It couldn't hurt but he felt like he was standing naked before the other woman now, totally exposed and vulnerable.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-14 17:35:41	Guru rolls 4 to Keep his glasses? (Pre: 2 + Per: 1 + SL: 1) (10 Again)	9, 9, 1, 3	2 successes

Active Spells: 2/6 (Tolerance 2/3)

Active Spells

Pulse of the Living World/Sense Life Pot:(1/1)
Evidence Shroud Pot: 6

Mana: 10/12
Defense: 2 (Def 2)
Equipment:

Car

(Water Bottle [1 litre], Bag of peanuts [1lb]) Roll of Quarters [2] First-Aid Kit)

Smartphone, Wallet ($100,in $20s), Watch
Tool: Copper Ring