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    Cross

    Maybe it was your contacts. Maybe you kept an eye out for strange mentions of things in blogs or the newspaper. Maybe it was the fact that you were a giant nerd who surfed all sorts of internet forums. Or a rough sort, who listened for the word on the street. But the whispers in the dark side of Sacramento kept pointing to something.

    A death, in South Sacramento. Posters on an internet forum - www.darksidesacramento.com - one of those little fringe ones writing conspiracy theories about crimes that have gone unsolved or that are strange, reporting on it. The Pentacle of Sacramento shouldn't have to worry about it, should they?

    But this one strikes close to home. The reports on the website report a man killing someone. The cause of death? Electrocution. The coroner thought nothing of it; bare wires had been seen near the body that had laid there on the streets, two months before. The killing was ruled accidental. That was that. End of story.

    Except for the part where one eye-witness claimed to have seen a man with a glow of light around him, firing a blast of lightning from his hands right there in the street. What's worse is that they are corroborated by another witness. Both seem not entirely insane, but I mean, these are people on the internet, right?

    It's probably nothing.

    Right?

    The rumours and postings on the forum have led to a small meeting being called at the Circle of Creation, hosted by Cut with Ariadne's approval.

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    Cross

    Information

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    Drayk

    Samus came to believe all life and things were connected after she had her eyes opened. She believed in the cyclical nature of the world, and how you might not always get what you want, but if you opened yourself up tot he possibility, you might get what you need and deserve.

    Her new assignment for Western Arcane, only confirmed her view of the world. She was assigned a mysterious death case, not in her wheelhouse, not something she wanted, and not something she thought she had time for. Then she did a search and came to the blog.

    The first and only thing she could think was Porra! an exclamation she learned used as a curse word by a some of the Brazilian workers on the dig in the Amazon. She still didn't take the time to look up the meaning, but it was something that allowed her to vent frustration without people exactly knowing it was a curse. Especially if she did it under her breath.

    Now she had peddled to the Circle to inform someone of what she had found. Someone is probably going to be pissed, and she was hoping they didn't want to kill the messenger.

    Now she walked into the building, hoping to find someone to relay the message to.

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    Autolycus

    Coffee was magic. It's why Autolycus had picked up eight grande caffè lattes, which he carried in little cardboard caddies. He looked like he worked in an office, with the coffee and the dress shoes and the khaki slacks and the dark grey button up dress shirt, someone bringing drinks for his co-workers. It was kind of true. Hi we haven't worked together yet, let's bond over a magical energy potion.

    He was standing at the top of the steps when Samus arrived. A Guardian Named Cut called the meeting, which was why Autolycus was waiting outside the Circle after knocking. He figured that barging into the shared Arrow-slash-Guardian headquarters to find someone named Cut wouldn't be the best idea he ever had. So he was in the perfect position to catch Samus' arrival at the Cathedral. "Morning Samus, here for the meeting?"

      Pulse of the Living World (24 hours Potency 2), Organic Resilience (24 hours potency 3), noted in minisheet
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-05-21 12:58:51 Autolycus rolls 6 to Life Sight, -2 duration factor, +2 high speech (10 Again) 5, 5, 10, 3, 1, 10, 3, 2 2 successes
    2014-05-21 12:58:09 Autolycus rolls 5 to Life Armor, -2 duration factor, +2 high speech -1 reroll (10 Again) 8, 6, 10, 8, 6, 6 3 successes
    2014-05-21 12:57:46 Autolycus rolls 6 to Life Armor, -2 duration factor, +2 high speech (10 Again) 2, 6, 4, 2, 5, 7 failure

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    "Zoey"
    Sheet

    If her messenger bag has been mentioned, Zoey is carrying an old leatherbound journal, two bottles of gatorade and a waterbottle, a change of clothing, a second small pistol, a couple of snacks and a variety of miscellaneous objects. Don't question a woman's purse.

    1
    PRE

    Mandy had yet to take the Circle up as her place of residence, but as she stepped up to the stairs she gave a confused look to the individuals there. She had yet to bother to button up her shirt, but her messenger bag was slung over her shoulder still as she looked contemplatively at the duo.

    "Good afternoon," she greeted quietly as she looked at the pair, taking a few steps up the stairs and touching at the door handle before turning to glance at them again. "... are you here for something in particular?"

    For her the puzzle she'd come to solve seemed at its base one that was very easy to solve. The real puzzle was finding a means of quieting things down appropriately. That, if nothing else, was enough to hold her interest for the time being. Really she was here to deal with the potential Veil breach more than anything else - that was her duty, after all.


      24 hr Spells: Misdirection pot3, Third Eye 1pot, Mental Shield 4pot
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-05-21 14:59:47 Ozymandias rolls 6 to Mental Shield+HS+24hr (10 Again) 6, 10, 9, 3, 1, 10, 1, 9 4 successes
    2014-05-21 14:59:21 Ozymandias rolls 6 to Third Eye+HS-24hr (10 Again) 10, 2, 5, 2, 7, 7, 3 1 success
    2014-05-21 14:58:47 Ozymandias rolls 6 to Misdirection+HS-24hr (10 Again) 9, 10, 8, 7, 1, 1, 7 3 successes

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    Star's Avatar
    Status
    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
    Nimbus

    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    1
    OCC
    2
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    He was going to die. Just... die. Dead, dead. Dead, dead. Dead, dead. That's what his heart was telling him, throbbing out a rough draft of his eulogy. Dead, dead. Dumb, ass. The eulogy was a work in progress. Slowing from a jog to a walk as he approached the Circle, he windmilled his arms. Pretty sure runners did that. He had no idea why, but if some marathon runner on YouTube did it, he was more than ready to concede they knew more about running than him. So he'd do it, too.

    One thing was clear: he had to find somewhere else to live. The other option was to keep doing this jogging shit. It was the peer pressure. All these womens, running. Made his head hurt.

    No, that was the heart attack he'd slowly been coaxing from his body the past twenty minutes.

    That block was freakishly long. Somebody with Space was totally fucking with him. It was the only rational explanation.

    Somebody with Time was involved, too, in this personal torment. He was late. He could see people. Being late didn't bother him that much: not being able to collapse, that was of immediate concern. His arms slowed their rotation, falling to his sides, and he flung one up and out like the sad branch of a willow tree in an attempt to wave.

    "..."

    The gasp was meant to be a greeting.

    Dear lord, there was another female. And... Mandy. All unbuttoned. It was a good look. Whoever the other guy was? Fuck him. For looking all poised and whatnot, and just on general principle for being another guy invading the Island of Amazons.

    It's really difficult to straighten your shit up and look manly --as opposed to half dead-- when your solar plexus is rupturing.
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

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    Autolycus

    "I'm here for a meeting with Cut. I'm Autolycus, this is Samus." He gestures to the other woman with one of the caddies, his capacity for pointing impaired a little by the drinks. He wondered, in a passing manner, what was in the woman's bag.

    That thought is interrupted by the jogger. Autolycus watches him and puts on his sympathetic face because of the obvious discomfort. "Do you need some help?" He extends one of the drink caddies to the jogger and smiles brightly. "Caffè latte?"

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    Drayk

    Samus nodded towards the lady that made a challenge to her business in the Circle. Before she could speak Autolycus introduced her, and made mention of a meeting. Samus didn't know of the meeting, she only knew of a recent breach, reaching into her laptop bag she fired it up and showed both of them the blog posts and the news stories.

    "I'm afraid there may have been a breach of the veil, and I came to warn the guardians and the arrow. I'm new to the area, with only a little knowledge of Sacramento, but I was told this was one place to go in the case of problems like this. I'd like to help whomever gets assigned with the cleanup any way I can." After saying her peace she slid her laptop back into the bag after powering it down.

    OOC: Playing up the dutiful reporter, that is stumbling upon the meeting and not invited.

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    "Zoey"
    Sheet

    If her messenger bag has been mentioned, Zoey is carrying an old leatherbound journal, two bottles of gatorade and a waterbottle, a change of clothing, a second small pistol, a couple of snacks and a variety of miscellaneous objects. Don't question a woman's purse.

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    PRE

    Mandy rested a hand on her hip as she watched them, tilting her head before chuckling a little bit at Cut. "... friends of yours?" she inquired of the man, opening the door and moving in, holding it temporarily - if for no other reason than to make it easier on the clearly breathless blond. "I think it may be best if we stepped inside to discuss things."

    It was cute that the woman thought they didn't seem to know - it was funny the kind of things that one could find out when simply paying attention - but she was hardly going to turn away the possibility that they had more information to contribute than what she'd managed to scrape together on her own. Especially if any of them were more familiar with Sacramento than she was. She knew better than to turn that kind of thing away. "Gatorade might do you well, Cut," she added with a look of light amusement.

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    Star's Avatar
    Status
    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
    Nimbus

    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    A wheeze and a croak produced something that sounded an awful lot like a "Please" at the offer of the latte. Grudging appreciation was added to his irrational insta-dislike of the man. Help a brother out. Be a prick. Validate that opinion.

    Wow, he hated lattes. If he had to drink coffee, it was straight up: black. He took it and sipped it, grinning like an idiot in heaven. Great illusions began long before the reveal. He was a Guardian, after all. Mmmmm, latte.

    For La Raza!

    Mandy got a tongue stuck out at her. Couldn't she see he was in pain? Thing was? She was probably right. His lips moved in an exaggerated silent enunciation: mouth to mouth. Then he blushed.

    "We do that. Breaches. Handle them, that is,"
    he agreed, motioning for them all to go inside.

    Words began to tumble out as regained his breath. "I'm Cut, this is Mandy, Guardians Extraordinaire! Autolycus, Samus, nice to meet you. Are you guys related or something? The name thing. The rhyming. No big, just curious."

    Married?

    "Samus, you get the Guardian's Gold Star Award for the day, for being super useful and letting us know. Anyway, yeah, are we all looking at the same thing? The darksidesacramento thing?"

    He hoped so.

    "Oh, and thanks, Autolycus,"
    he finally added in an afterthought, holding up the nasty latte. "Life saver."
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

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