FP: Adversarial confrontations

**ReubanBrightwood** · Feb 19th, 2025 08:32 AM

Something 1 success

Cartwright looks far from happy. "So what does that mean, can you track him with that?" He begins to pace his good arm going to his head not in despair but frustration. "Because otherwise I think whatever he was threatening seems like a way bigger problem all of a sudden." The seer ideology is unforgivable and abhorrent but they to were awakened, and some are far from stupid not to mention they have systems that reached very deep into the fallen world and beyond. If the constant in fighting ever stilled for an serious length of time the pentacle would be facing a near extinction level threat. And this singular mage had proven to much for Winter to pin down, now free in the world to begin his next move in the ideological struggle.

**Winter** · Feb 20th, 2025 06:59 AM

He grunts, "Yes and no", he says, "As of now, I could try to divine his future location via the link my spell has created with his pattern", he pauses.
"You're an Acanthus, this kind of things should be like breathing for you. I think it could be a proper exercise if I guided you into doing it yourself, see the different ways of understanding time"

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**ReubanBrightwood** · Feb 20th, 2025 07:44 AM

Cartwright takes some deep steadying breathes to vent some of his aggression. "Right okay then, future location is better the nothing." It provided opportunity for planning and preparation. "Will he know what we're doing?" The natural question about divining the future are however left out. "If what I do is better for it then yeah talk me through it." Willing to be of what help he can be.

**ReubanBrightwood** · Feb 23rd, 2025 03:19 AM

Past the 2 day point

Cartwright stands staring expectantly at Winter who had suggested that he be the one to guide Cartwright through the process.

**Winter** · Feb 24th, 2025 04:48 AM

"I can tell you how I perceive time myself, but each one of us has awakened to a different path, seeing things differently", he deadpans, "What do you think when you think of time, when you watch your clock, for example?"

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**ReubanBrightwood** · Feb 24th, 2025 01:26 PM

Paradox failure

As the conversation backs and forth what Winter has observed is plainly try a mage skilled in the space Arcanum, probably a seer at that had most likely teleported out, with winters glyph buried right there in his pattern. And while the talks on how to use time to find said mage at a later date are ongoing no such reservations or restrictions apply to a mage for whom distance is lie.

Vulgar something failure

The moment of sympathy is there, the conduit is opened Winter knows this but no glyph forms nothing appears, the room doesn't start folding like origami. Either it was mire subtle then all that or the seer is not as skilled as he would like to think. That or the same said glyph is saving him from a world of hurt. Regardless winter ha the chance to cast back with an instant action spell.

Their is a clock on the wall of the security office and cartwright looks at it. "I don't really look at clocks anymore really. I just don't need to." Brightening up a bit. "Is that what I should be focusing on?"

**Winter** · Feb 27th, 2025 01:35 AM

The first thing the Obrimos does is shield himself with another layer of defenses. He knows how sympathy works, and that means the enemy can only attempt targeting Cartwright or the room, at best.
The connection has been established, however, and they have a much stronger link to the other side than their opponents because of his fate spell.

"I can't tell you how to perceive the world. I can guide you through the steps though. Imagine yourself as the captain of a ship, the sea is the ocean of possibilities with the endless routes and fates. The water is time. At a later time you may want to add a third coordinate, space, but let's stick to what we can do right now. Now, see yourself steering the ship toward a dock, in this case our target. The lighthouse - the link bridging your awareness and where you want to be - is what we call sympathy. Except it is not really a place you want to be or see, but a time, a compressed view of the future"

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**ReubanBrightwood** · Feb 27th, 2025 05:15 AM

Paradox 1 success

Divination failure

The spatial conduit fades from its brief opening as Winter finishes his chanting and then invokes his armour ready to receive whatever else the mage with glyph might try and send his way.

Cartwright steadies tries to focus and works his will on the mage who had just left there side. Before the supernal sense of the guardian reality repeats sound movement sensation a moment one a loop and Winter senses the paradox leaking out from the intrusion into this fallen world twisting the spell and making it their own. Cartwright faces scrunches with disgust. "Ah. I got nothing but that felt really wrong." A shudder visibly runs through the man.

**ReubanBrightwood** · Mar 2nd, 2025 02:54 PM

"Hey you still with me?" Cartwright directs the question to Winter who has once again drifted off into his own thoughts.

past the 2 day post rate.

**Winter** · Mar 4th, 2025 03:35 AM

"Yeah", he grunts. How could he explain Paradox to a newbie mage without scaring the shit out of him? The Guardians had a very peculiar way on the Abyss and Paradoxes, one that border lined religion.
And Cartwright wasn't a Guardian, far from it, from the way he had behaved until then, at least.
"What you just experienced, we call it Paradox. It comes from a personal flaw, a taint in your soul that manifests itself whenever you try to alter the Lie... the world around you too much. It is contagious, especially when you call too much magic in front of Sleepers. It is harmful, to you, to them, to the world. Be careful", he chastises, "you can use mana to try to keep it under control, and for the sake of your well being, be always willing to accept the consequences on yourself rather than the world around". He sits down, "The upside, is that you're chained to it just as much as your opponents are, and bar a very specific group of very bad people, everyone understand the dangers of Paradox and tries to stay away from it", he shrugs, "For now, this encounter has wasted a good chunk of resources from our opponent; however, I doubt his intentions were aggressive, if he wanted to hurt you, the low risk option would have been to use a gun or hire some thugs, besides, the members of your community were a bit too aggressive, I mean, they jumped him without much consideration", he wonders aloud.
"The threat of violence is usually more useful than actual violence, besides, mage society - even when groups are downright hostile - is a lot more courteous and subtle than that. It's in nobody's interest to go around and magically explode buildings, and as far as civilized groups are concerned - which I'm pained to admit, even Seers are - everyone is bound at different levels by certain rules and rituals. Even Seers, despite their constant cheating and backstabbing, respect the tradition of dueling when it's necessary.
He jumps from his seat, "Alright, how was it? Time magic can be confusing"

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Date	Action	Roll	Result
2025-02-19 08:20:56	Mage rolls 8 to something 8 (10 Again)	1, 7, 7, 1, 5, 10, 7, 6, 1	1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2025-02-24 13:10:46	Someone rolls 1 to paradox , chance (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2025-02-24 13:10:46	Someone rolls 1 to paradox , chance (10 Again, Chance)	3	failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2025-02-27 01:14:32	Winter rolls 10 to Magic Shield Imp Gnosis + Prime + HS (10 Again)	4, 2, 7, 10, 9, 2, 9, 1, 10, 7, 10, 6, 5	5 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2025-02-27 05:05:10	Simon Cartwright rolls 1 to Paradox chance (10 Again, Chance)	10, 1	1 success