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  1. #61
    TheMalkCat's Avatar

    The Sewnskin Doctor

    A soft "Euugh..." arose from the Chirurgeon as his fingers wrapped around the moist door handle and held it open for the other Changelings. As soon as Malcolm went through, Thao gently closed the door behind them. He looked at his hand for a moment and he paused to wonder why it had been so moist. Sweaty hands? He wiped away the moistness on his pants and took up again with the group as they ascended the stairs.

    When the Darkling mentioned his need of a knife, Thao immediately felt his hand defensively grip his Bowie. It took him a solid five seconds to release his grip and answer the misty Winter. "D-d-depends on what yer gonna d-do with it." He let his hand rest on the hilt of the smaller steel knife gifted to him by Morgan. "Also, Ah d-don't think Ah c-caught yer name." The Wizened turned an eye over the unfamiliar Changeling and rested on his black feathered stumps. Something about those stumps and their unsaid implications sent a chill twitching through his fingers. Crow's feathers...Ah never liked crows. 'Re birds. Despite his unnerved demeanor, Thao extended a hand to the Darkling as soon as they reach the door at the third floor, bracing himself mentally for physical contact. Just cause he spooks me doesn't mean Ah can be rude.

    "M-mah name's Thao Dinh Ngoc. D-don't worry ab-bout p-pronouncin' th' last name right, you c-can just say 'knock.'" Huh. It was the first time in a long time that he had changed up the little introduction routine he had nailed down since middle school. The inhumanly long fingers of his right hand reach out unnervingly and his middle and thumb twitch as they hang in the air.

  2. #62
    M
    Mavspade

    The collection of changelings made their way into the cement lower hallway of the Apartment complex. Making their way down the hall they found a set of stairs leading upward with little effort.

    The metal stairs echoed loudly even at the smallest of steps, causing both Ramona and Green to produce much louder echoes than the rest of the team. It was hard to hear and rather uncomfortable journey upwards. Who would design stairs like this? Reaching the top of the stairs the team pushed through the third floor door.

    The third floor was not of cement like the first but was in fact had plastered walls, spackled to have small bumps and texture to give something of interest to the dull white walls which had begun to turn grey with dirt. They were at least relieved to have the echoing mess that was the stairwell no longer berate their ears. The hall was quite say for distinct distant hum of a television set, and a couple arguing someway down the hall. The air smelt stale and dusty with a touch of iron.

    The most important and perhaps worrying detail of the hallway was the police take on the right hand side of the hallway some twenty feet ahead. It quartered off the hall to one side and hung loosely on some cones that had been placed. Large splattered of brown smudged covered the floor where the clean up team was unable to remove it from the carpet. Several section of the quarter off wall were much cleaner and nearly bright white compared to the rest of the hall, indicating it had been recently cleaned. Several large bashes can be seen in the dry wall some of which go to the foundation of the wall.

    Its a grisly sight and one that is a bit unsettling to the changelings present, luckily no cops seemed present.

    If anyone wants to investigate the crime scene they can make a Wits+investigation at -1, unless they cross the police line. Everyone needs to make a Resolve+comp and can make a reflexive Wits+wyrd

  3. #63
    TheMalkCat's Avatar

    The Sewnskin Doctor

      Exceptional Success on Wits+Wyrd, 3 Sux on Resolve+Comp, 0 Sux on Investigation
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-24 15:22:41 Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 5 to Wyrd+Wits (10 Again) 8, 9, 10, 3, 10, 3, 10, 2 5 successes
    2014-04-24 15:22:23 Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 5 to Resolve+Composure (10 Again) 3, 9, 9, 9, 3 3 successes
    2014-04-24 15:22:00 Thao Dinh Ngoc rolls 4 to investigate (Wits+Investigation-1) (10 Again) 2, 4, 3, 5 failure

  4. #64
    Morgan Bellanar's Avatar

    Morgan Bellanar

    2
    PRE

      Fails Wit + Wyrd, 1 Suxx Investigation, 1 Suxx Wits + Comp
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-24 20:43:13 Morgan Bellanar rolls 6 to Wits + Wyrd (10 Again) 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 5 failure
    2014-04-24 20:42:58 Morgan Bellanar rolls 5 to Resolve + Composure (10 Again) 5, 7, 3, 10, 7, 3 1 success
    2014-04-24 20:42:40 Morgan Bellanar rolls 4 to Wits + Inv -1 (10 Again) 9, 5, 4, 3 1 success

  5. #65
    Malcolm Green's Avatar
    Freehold Pledge: Winter
    Allies (Clubs) 1
    Allies (Emergency Services) 1
    Allies (Unions) 3
    Malcolm Green, the Mountain

    WP: 4/4
    Health: 10/10
    Giant
    Mantle: Bubble of crisp, cold, air surrounds him. Frost rimes his head and shoulders, tracing icy epaulettes.
    Malcolm Green

    Sun Banisher's Oath

    (+1 Investigation, +1 Intimidation) - Winter 2016

    Freehold Pledge

    (+1 Streetwise) - Winter 2016

    Dragon's Bane Pledge

    (+3 Faerie Favour) - Spring 2017
    Greens Scenes

    Dragon Giant|

    3
    PRE

    "Yeah... This ain't good." The mountain rumbled unintentionally as the dire implications of the scene penetrated his mind. "Umm... I think the cops got here first, you know. Ah. Anyway, we're here now?" He hung back and did not venture anywhere near the police tape. Nevertheless, his eyes scanned the area.

    He'd come this far. And if what the Ogre had said was true, then someone had asked members of the Freehold for help. It didn't mean he had to like it and the fact there could be police watching the building unsettled him.

    It didn't help that his inner senses were responding to something, either.

      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-25 00:11:15 Green is in tune with the Wyrd! rolls 4 to Wits + Wyrd (10 Again) 9, 5, 2, 8 2 successes
    2014-04-25 00:10:37 Green is resolute... rolls 4 to Resolve + Composure (10 Again) 10, 2, 6, 8, 3 2 successes
    2014-04-25 00:09:58 Green investigates rolls 3 to Wits + Investigation -1 Situation Modifier (10 Again) 8, 1, 2 1 success

  6. #66
    InvertedMonkey's Avatar


      Failed Wits/Investigation, Failed Resolve/Composure, 3 Successes Wits/Wyrd
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-25 01:22:34 Ramona Bohannon rolls 4 to Wits + Wyrd (10 Again) 10, 3, 10, 3, 4, 9 3 successes
    2014-04-25 01:22:00 Ramona Bohannon rolls 6 to Resolve + Composure (10 Again) 1, 3, 3, 6, 2, 3 failure
    2014-04-25 01:21:37 Ramona Bohannon rolls 1 to Wits + Investigation - 1 (10 Again) 3 failure

  7. #67
    Parable's Avatar

    Kenneth Gilroy
    Donovan
    Kenneth Gilroy
    Donovan

      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-26 19:51:22 Daniel Leto rolls 4 to Wits3+Investigate1 (10 Again) 2, 7, 9, 8 2 successes
      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-26 19:52:19 Daniel Leto rolls 5 to resolve+comp (10 Again) 7, 3, 7, 5, 7 failure
      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-04-26 19:53:18 [03] Daniel Leto rolls 4 to Wits3+Wyrd1 (10 Again) 4, 10, 8, 3, 8 3 successes
    Daniel turned his eyes to the wizened and addressed Ngoc reassuringly “Daniel Leto,” he shook the extended hand. It felt a little sweaty. ”Don’t worry. Just need a small bit of blood to help pierce the veil. Mine. Could use a needle or stiff piece of paper, but most people don’t carry needles and between paper cut and knife I’ll take knife. Less painful.”

    Introductions done, he turned and paused at the cordoned area. He hesitated for a couple seconds. His instincts told him to cross but he held back out of caution. All the teachings he had from Winter told him to turn away. Let the police handle this, it wasn’t worth drawing attention to help someone.

    And that’s where the pull came from. To help someone. There was a spirit just the other side of death who needed him. Needed help moving on and leaving the pain behind. To abandon them now went against everything Fairie had instilled in him. Slowly, carefully and deliberately, Daniel crossed to the other side of the line.

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  9. #68
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    Mavspade

    Thao, Malcolm, Ramona, Leto


    Leto & Ramona


    Coming closer to the crime scene the changelings can feel the uneasiness that this blemish held on the apartment complex. Perhaps this is why everyone was so quite and muted? To bad Katie had failed to mention there had been a murder here. As they get closer the whole team could tell there was quite a fight here, especially with the amount of blood that was soaked into the carpet.

    (For those who got a success) The blood trail leads further down the hall on a pretty consistent level despite the cleaning of the police team. Looks like someone had been...dragged? Leto decided to be the most bold and stepped over the threshold of the police tape. In doing so he seems to wavier a bit as he investigated the area. Little more could be gleamed from the site, as the police had done a good job collecting their evidence.

  10. #69
    TheMalkCat's Avatar

    The Sewnskin Doctor

    Daniel's reassurance assauged Thao's reservations about lending his tools. If it was to power the Catch for some sort of Ghost Contract, he could suffer Daniel handling his tools for just a moment. "Alright. Here." Thao slipped off the smaller knife that Morgan had gifted him and handed it handle first to the Darkling. "Careful. That's a g-gift from M-m-morgan over here. Use it for th' cut and nothin' else." His tone had a touch of gravity; one did not fuck with a Wizened's tools. He followed close behind Daniel as he ascended the stairs.

    The Chirurgeon had never seen a ghost before. Nor did he particularly want to; his work dealt with keeping people on this side of Ever After. Goin' to Arcadia was one thing. Messin' with th' dead...that's somethin' else entirely. At least, that was how Thao saw it. But nowadays, Thao didn't trust what he saw anymore. In light of what was at the top of the stairs this was particularly relevant.

    Walking into a murder scene was not how Thao wanted to spend his day. He blinked once and twice just in case this was some sick flight of fancy flickering over his mismatched eyes. As far as Thao could tell, it wasn't. "Welp.". The smell of blood lingered in the dusty air amid the powerful tug of burnt out Glamour, hanging in the hallway with a soft sweetness and heat that made Thao realize how Glamour deprived he was lately.

    "D-D-does anyone else feel that? Th' Glamour? It's reachin' down th' hallway." He follows the trail of Glamour, eyes darting about the hallway trying to memorize every inch. The strands of Wyrd tugged on Thao like marionette strings until he reached the police tape, where he scuffed to a stop. A sudden rot entered the faded Glamour that made Thao clench his jaw in fear of dry gagging. While the iron stench of blood did nothing to the Chirurgeon, the white-grey scent of burnt flesh drew Arcadian memories of skin seared by a jade teapot at the tip of a long, cruel walking stick. Sometimes it was a "patient"'s skin. More often it was his. After a while, you couldn't tell who was screaming. Thao drew back, torn from the trail of Glamour just as Daniel crossed over the police tape.

    "Wait! D-don't!" The Wizened reached out for the Darkling but not quickly enough. Thao feels a throb at the back of his eyes as a sense of something distinctly wrong sinks into his chest. He called out to the Darkling with a mix of consternation and anger texturing the stutter in his voice. "Damnit, Daniel! You c-c-can't j-just walk through p-p-police tape! Yer g-g-gonna g-get us all arrest-t-ted 'r worse! G-get b-back here!" He looks to the other Changelings for support. "We need t' figure out what th' hell we're d-d-dealin' with!"

  11. #70
    InvertedMonkey's Avatar


    Some people don't realize that they have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ramona is not one of them. Anyone would, after a stay in Arcadia. So when the blood splashed against the wall conjures memories of darkness and pain, such unbearable agony that she'd screamed herself raw, she tries to remind herself that they're memories only. It doesn't help much. Her breath catches, blue eyes dilated wide, and after a moment she raises her hand to cover her nose and mouth, scowling. God damn them. God damn them for doing this to me. God damn them for making me this person, this person who's never going to be the same. She swallows, and that doesn't help either. "Yeah, Thao," she says, slowly. "I can feel it." She looks over the party, eyes flicking to each of them, "Look, none of you are obligated to help me with this, but I told Katie I'd make an effort. If somebody wants to stop here, we'd benefit from a lookout. To let us know if the cops are coming." She shakes her head, "She didn't mention anything about her friend being murdered," she grumbles.

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