(Veiled Threats) Moxie at Moxie

May 27th, 2014 04:16 PM

Now, Asp was interested in what Ozymandias had to say. Look upon, ye mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Perhaps that was because the Guardians of the Veil went around destroying what would have otherwise remained. She didn't necessarily agree with the Veils' philosophy. But she certainly didn't agree with the Mysterium, either.

The vehemence of her point's delivery, though - the woman's choice of Order made more sense to Asp, now.

"I certainly would rather see something dangerous destroyed than see it fall onto the lap of the Thrones," she said with a little nod. Her eyes settled on Cut. The reasons she was an Arrow probably weren't tough to figure out, but why this quirky performer was with the Veils was something of interest to her. Sometimes, the reasons why made all the difference between a Guardian who was an absolute prick and a Guardian who made a difference.

But she didn't go there. Instead, she focused on the sudden ducking.

"What?" she said with a little smile as she peered at him. "Did you not enjoy your trip? It's a fun town."

1 sux to Empathy on the Vegas trip evasion! :P

**Star** · May 27th, 2014 04:34 PM

Did he just get called a performer? He was an illusionist. Prestidigitator. OK, those were all performance things. Notable Avis left herself out? The great undefined and unknown? Or exclusion tactics?

Great question, though. He'd been curious, too.

You go, girl. He wanted to give Mandy a fist bump. He settle for a thumbs up of agreement and encouragement. Had she explained herself so many times she'd refined the answer to pure win? She definitely had a dimmer view of the Alae than he did... but he got it. It was the natural order of the things. Some had dim views of the Visus. The Diamond was separated by methods, not goals.

He nodded as each spoke, listening intently and a helpful smile peeked out each time his name was mentioned.

"I liked Vegas just fine," he cooed in response to Avis, just barely keeping a neutral expression.

Truth? He'd probably never go back. Now that was an illusion. Once the curtain of nightfall came up, ewwww, gross.

"I may just be more of an EDM festival kinda guy." Because glo-sticks.

"Annnnnnnyway," he not-so-gracefully segued with an eyeroll, "Being the FOB and all, what's the lay of the land? Not just, because, you know, I'm not wild about bunk beds, but the Hallow sitch?"

Expectant eyes were directed at the two resident Arrows.

Liez. Barely. Asp sees thru it. Mary Poppins would probably see thru it.

**Avis** · May 27th, 2014 05:16 PM

Avis glanced at the thumbs up Cut flashed and then looked back to Mandy. "Gotcha. Sounds like you picked the right Order." She didn't know what else to say. She tended to side more with the 'gain knowledge' side of the argument than the 'break it out of fear' side, but she did acknowledge that certain things were better off not existing.

She frowned then, considering the Hallows question. "I'm not sure. I don't really have money to move out of the Circle, yet, so I haven't asked about it."

**Zodiac** · May 27th, 2014 05:23 PM

Well, there she'd gone. Rambled that straight out. She was doing well on the rambling train just then, wasn't she? Mandy sighed a little to herself, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear before settling back into her seat. She wasn't particularly fond of the way Avis had said that, but... whatever. Let them judge. People always judged. That was life. She knew why she did what she did, and her experience and expertise were, so far as she was concerned, reasonably good for determining what should or should not be destroyed in such a manner.

That was just it - she appreciated history. She appreciated the past, and the work that ancient civilizations put in. She appreciated the work their Awakened predecessors had put in. But some things simply didn't belong.

And so lost in her thoughts and contemplation of that was she that she didn't so much as bother to respond to Cut's question... whatever it was.

May 27th, 2014 05:31 PM

Asp grinned at Cut's reply. Yeah, sure, he liked it just fine... there were just plenty of other places he'd rather be. Fair enough.

With a little look to Avis and then back, she shrugged. "I'm not sure, actually. I've not been here for long either. I'll be honest, I'd love to look into finding one, but..." A pause, as she tapped her cheek. "It's probably a team activity, you know?"

The Enemy were everywhere. That was what Cabals were for. So you didn't die horribly trying to secure magical resources alone.

**Star** · May 27th, 2014 05:47 PM

'Picked the right Order'.

Well that was about as PC as that got. Funny thing? @Avis reminded him of Guardians. The amount of 411 she dispensed was Epopt-tastic. Still curious about the Etch-A-Sketch arms.

Where the hell was the waitress? Or waiter. He was equal opportunity.

"Oh, I'm going to look into finding one," he said, eyes finding @Asp . "This no mana thing? It's for the birds. Wait. Not like, you know, using birds..." Yikes. "Just an expression. I'm just saying. I could do a team thing. Or even a roommate thing. It's not like we need a Justice League table or anything."

But they had superhero names!

"I'm just, you know, throwing that out there."

His free hand drifted up to the back of his neck. Damn, was that sweat? Maybe a little. This was like fishing for a prom date. Hopefully, it would go better than that did. The Circle was a bit big to rage-smokebomb.

He looked at @Avis and @Ozymandias letting them know it was open ended.

It's just about the mana. Totally.

**Avis** · May 27th, 2014 07:00 PM

"Wait. Are you talking about cabals?" Avis asked, looking askance at Cut. "I don't really know anything about the justice league, but I know Cabals are a bit more serious than just roommates. I mean, I'd love to be in one, but they seem too serious to rush into. There's that issue of trust, and stuff."

**Zodiac** · May 27th, 2014 07:12 PM

Cabal.

That word snapped her out of her thoughts, leaving her to give the others a look of confusion. "Wait, what?" Was that what this was actually about? Her messenger bag clicked shut. "If that's what's going on... don't look at me," she stated after a moment. "Once I finish what I need to do here, I have every intention of moving along. I have no reason to stay here long enough to commit to something like that."

May 27th, 2014 07:27 PM

Asp, on the other hand, shrugged. Her gaze crossed the table to Avis, a point to be made on the Adamantine Arrow front. "It's certainly our best interest to find a Hallow so we're not tapped constantly," she started. Talons needed Mana to do their job. Her head turned to Cut. "She does have a bit of a point, though."

She paused, thought written all over her youthful features.

"But fiinding and sharing a Hallow, that's not necessarily just the province of a Cabal." She gave a little chin-jut to Ozy. "Now, I'm not going to try to dig into your affairs.... but there's no harm in finding yourself a place to charge up, even on the short term, is there?"

Being constantly starved of Mana was, as Cut said, for the birds.

Her attention returned to Cut. "All right, Cut. You've got my interest, at least in principle. Why don't we start by searching for a Hallow, and see where it goes from there?"

She wasn't going to insta-trust some ~~guy~~ Guardian she randomly just met, but finding and sharing a Hallow was not a bad idea.

**Star** · May 27th, 2014 07:37 PM

whoa

Yeah, back the Veil up.

Womens. Jay-zus. That prom date thing? Accidentally accurate. No one was asking for marriage, or going steady. Why did people always have to take it to the next level?

"No," he answered Avis first, shaking his head and looking to encompass Mandy. "I never said the 'C' word."

He pointed at Asp .

"That."

"Here's the thing. I'm just talking about a place to crash and get some draw from. Most Consiliums give preference to Halllows tended by cabals, because, you know, numbers. Maybe that gets easier if we called ourselves that. I don't know. But, probably. You two," he pointed at the Arrows, "Look like you're still hanging at the cathedral. No offense, but that's not really my thing." The finger moved to Mandy. "You're new, like me. So we're all in the same boat. I'm just saying it might work out for us, or some of us, to pool resources. If it means telling a little white lie..."

He shrugged.

Lying to the Consilium 'at large'? Came with the job description. Because Guardian.

"Not that we have to. Lie, that is."

Clean it up, just a little.

"Unless it's not a thing here, and they just hand out tass cookies. Then show me the line. Otherwise. That's all I'm saying."

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-05-27 16:14:26		Asp rolls 4 to Wits+Empathy (10 Again)		3, 1, 9, 2		1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2014-05-27 16:19:40	Cut rolls 6 to ummm... the rest of the dice. (10 Again)	1, 4, 4, 6, 3, 3	failure
2014-05-27 16:19:26	Cut rolls 1 to Manipulation + Subterfuge (10 Again)	8	1 success

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