Shadows of San Francisco: Opening moves

[Skye]

Having to steel herself to not bite down or show any visible annoyance, of course those freaking bastards watched by the freaking jackal watchdog were cocky enough to use such a marking here and be devoid of the sigils sought after.
Deeply inhaling through her nose to take in the scent as best as human senses could, doubting to notice anything but the jackal thought gnawing in her mind, and the ability to put such thoughts to rest would at least make sure they would not linger.

Well that did denote their area in a sense but did not really feel genuine enough, throwing a quick glance at the suspension bridge through the corner of her eye to see if it was proper or seemed to point somewhere before starting to walk away. Annoyed to not having seen anything by the house, were they really so cocky as to claim this whole entire little slice of suburbia for themselves, and not even display the right for a single one of the great rights? Temporary cabals in all their honor, but they had been here for two to five years going by the infraction, that was far to long to not leave such markings on display.
Where is my freaking bow when it is needed!

Having no real clue where her ally had wandered off to, hands grabbing her phone, but quickly letting go without taking it out. Not liking the large separation between the two of them, last time such a separation occurred still having its scars etched in memory, countless hours dedicated to not feel that again, and Sleepers had been just as present then as they were now. Carrying on towards the center, if they were to hold a meeting in a Starbucks so would it not be an impossible place to find other sigils, there or around it and if her travels had shown anything so was it that stores tended to be more focused towards centers of suburban areas.

Gear

cellphone on vibrate/sound off, cash, light black gloves covering her hands and fingers, knivesx2 (+1) (in belt at her back), Bowie Knife (belt at her back) (+2), kevlar vest thin under shirt, zippo lighter, athletic running shoes, dark none descript clothes, wooden coin necklace (dedicated tool, around her neck under shirts). Leather pouch 2x small (strapped to right arm and right leg), Leather pouch large strapped to her belt, waterflask filled, 3x unopened protein bars.

Spells

Combo Organic Resilience and pulse of the living world (pot 3/3, armor 4, cloaked)
Combo Body Mastery +2, and Transform Self 4 (pot 2/4, cloaked)
Honing the form dex +4 (pot 6, cloaked)

Stats

Health: 8
Mana: 11
Defense: 2 (7 when dodging)
Speed: 14/18
Initiative: 7/11
Willpower: 2/2 (usable)
Armor: 5/6 - bulletproof (Life: 4, Kevlar vest thin 1/2)
Spell tolerance: 5/3
Spell control: 3/6
Paradox spells cast: 0

Notes

Temporary tan, hair colored temporarily black and put in a Buddha bun.

[ReubanBrightwood]

Having walked into the proverbial minefield only to realise the danger after the fact Thirteen takes a paranoid caution in retreating back to the most public area she is aware of which she does manage unaccosted and with out raising any obvious signs of suspicion. Taking shelter in the door way or a ma and pa style bakery the scents of sweet treats, warm savoury meals wrapped in fresh pastry and coffee oozing out. A good a place to stop and and take stock as any. Her faithful eye in the sky has not alerted her to any tails, followers or suspicious activity so maybe she has managed to go unnoticed thus far.

What Skye can take away is that even if it does not match what she has been taught precisely that a sigil is marking the territory suggests a safe route does exist, otherwise there would be little reason to draw attention to themselves in so brazen a manner. Now she has a point of reference from here she should have a much easier time picking up the route. Of course that itself poses risks following it to closely could draw eyes to here just as much as casting a spell.

[Thirteen]

Yes, this will do. Unless Ma and Pa Bakery are secretly Awakened, she was probably safe here. Relatively speaking. Thirteen went inside, to buy a coffee, and maybe a corn muffin. Then she intended to sit at the front window and watch the outdoors and think. Also, staying in the window let Jinx see her from wherever he was perching across the street. Her familiar would probably give her an earful later for not sharing the corn muffin, but they were on the job, right now.

What had she learned so far? There were encoded messages for meetings. The Right of Passage sigils were badly placed, if there even were any. They had a man stationed by the notice board for unknown reasons. None of this felt like useful recon. No smoking guns to use against them. Not that she expected to find something so substantive just wandering around the streets.

What she needed was some hook. The Acanthus' plan wasn't going to work if they couldn't get the Goldies to take the bait, much less if they didn't even know the bait existed.

Not like I can just drop the address for Chambers' Sanctum and see if they'll bite.

The bait would need to be subtle, and be placed organically. That wasn't really a situation she could engineer. All she could do was hope the opportunity would present itself, and she hated hoping. Hoping only led to disappointment.

Thirteen checked the time on her phone. The meeting was getting closer and closer. She'd have to make the decision soon. To attend or not to attend.

Was Skye going to attend? One way to find out. She texted the Arrow.

U going 2 Starbcks l8r?

Not terribly low key, but still innocuous by nature.

Equipment

Dedicated magical tool, light revolver (2L), knife (1L), motorcycle, motorcycle helmet, motorcycle jacket (1/0), smartphone, ID and some cash, keychain with keys, driving gloves, bottled water, ink pen and notepad, backpack, duct tape, flashlight baton, automotive tools (in motorcycle saddlebag).

Spells and Stats

Active spells: (R2) Sybils Sight (Mage Sight), (R2) Fortunes Protection (Mage Armor).
Health:
Mana:
Willpower:
Defense: 3
Armor: 3 (spell), 1/0 (jacket)
Initiative: 6
Speed: 10
Spell Tolerance: 2/2
Spell Control: 2/5
Paradox: 0