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    Eat. Sleep. Rave. Repeat.

    Blades of neon light pierced the relative darkness of the warehouse and the party was in full swing. The people who knew, knew. Someone told somebody and that somebody went to Twitter and that Tweet got re-tweeted and ended up on Facebook. The DJ spun up some Mindless Self Indulgence and the party-goers from the Club Kids to the Candy Girls to the Cyber Goths all came out of the woodwork and into the forgotten industrial corners of Sacramento.

    No one seemed to mind the rusty nails and musty smell.

    It was soon enough ignored for the throb of emotion, sweat, and three inch-thick soles on their boots.

    Not everyone who arrived however, were here just to dance, screw, or both. Some where here to provide. Ecstasy was so 10 years ago. It was all about the SynthDrugs now because they were good at dodging drug-tests for their mundane jobs but one more was talked about in excited whispers. So much so that it became a sort of scavenger hunt to find the Provider of GLO.

    It was gaining legendary status with the Club Kids and Candy Girls and Boys. It was a high like LSD, they said but with a Horror movie edge that got the adrenaline going. The dare it presented was the high and some even mentioned that a friend of a friend took some and freaked out enough the cops had to take them to the Mental Ward.

    Some were skeptical others were true believers but all recognized its Urban Legend status.

    Yog-Sothoth ( @Aurum ) TheMalkCat ( Geist )

  2. #2
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    Victoria Stamford
    Fisher

    Presence ••
    Adamantine Arrow Status •
    Victoria Stamford

    Aurum had recently returned to the city she and been concerned about some of the things that she was hearing in the circles that she traveled. It seemed like there was always something falling apart in this city. She was no stranger to the drug culture and had spent more then her share of time high on something, but she had cleaned up her act after awakening. So when she heard the stories about this new stuff called GLO it sounded more than trouble, a synthdrug that had those kind of effects could very possibly be magical in origin or in part at least and the young mystagogue was determined to look into it.

    Raves, dancing, and drugs were things were familiar territory and so she geared up in the appropriate battle clothes, not that they were much different than she usually wore. Her black hair was dyed with streaks of hot pink and blonde dreadlocks with copious amounts of wire and plastic tubing throughout it, and it was all topped of with her decorative and mirror tinted goggles at the top of her head. Her makeup was black lipstick and black with yellow and hot pink matching the highlights in her hair. It paint was obvious in that hit you over the head with it kind of way with glitter on her face and arms for good measure. The rest of her outfit was a black baby-doll with a cute pink skull on it which clung to her like a second skin and some black cargo style pants and boots which had bits of pink tape like material and pink glow sticks hanging from her for accent pieces. All and all it was the look she was most comfortable in after all one of the best ways to hide was to peacock in a flashy fashion. People saw your bits and baubles and were less apt to remember you or what your face looked like when they were too stunned by your outfit.

    The heavy thumping beats were hypnotic as they assaulted her senses, causing her body to want to move on its own. Dancing to the beat she moved around the room looking for someone selling or even someone obviously on something to approach...hey corporate executives weren't the only ones who networked. Besides no reason she couldn't enjoy herself while she looked.

    Spells in car: Prime sight (potency 2), Unseen Aegius (potency 2)
    Fisher: Shaman of The Adamatine Arrow,
    5'8", tan, lean with long black hair and brown eyes. ||Presence: 2
    Supernal Vision / Organic Resilience, and Mana 5/11, WP 5/5.


  3. #3
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    The Sewnskin Doctor

    The bass, the rock
    the mic, the treble!
    I like my coffee black
    just like my metal!


    This is his type of rave. Geist slips into the midst of the club and sucks in a deep breath of air through his gasmask. Rust and rot. Effin' love that smell. The lost boys and girls escaped from their day-wage slave masters mingle and mangle in the unity of a psyhe-altered orgiastic frenzy of flesh and sweat. The screech of distorted guitar and synth burns against his eardrums, shaving a handful of unlucky hertz off his hearing range for good. Sleeper or Awakened, some things never changed.

    Geist head bangs with the best of them, decked out in brand spanking new rivet-head attire. A black eyelet, faux-rubber sleeved top clings against chest and aerates his arms while psuedo-leather PVC button fly jeans hug his thighs with every step. The ominous crackled gasp of his own breath sounded through the double cartridged biohazard grill-spiked respirator strapped onto his face.

    Best of all, the gear came at discount price from an internet friend of an internet friend in the rave scene. Maybe the pants snuggles his crotch a little more than he cares for and the the inside of the respirator has a metallic taste that sets tiny alarms off at the back of his mind; its still totally worth.

    Of course, the Moros keeps a few accessories on him as a tell to what he truly is for anyone looking hard enough. Fingerless glove at the right hand with the pentacle at the palm, skull stud-earrings, and steel toed workboots with the bottom of the PVC jeans tucked into the mechanic footwear. Geist also doesn't come unprepared. The manic colors of the rave meld into the smoky ectoplasmic residue of his Grim Sight.

       1 Sux Grim Sight 1 Potency 24 Hours
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-06-09 13:55:03 Geist rolls 9 to Grim Sight (Wits+Occult+Death+HS-2 Advanced Prolongation 24 Hours) (10 Again) 7, 6, 8, 7, 4, 2, 7, 6, 7 1 success
    The hype of the rave tonight had kept the Moros from weaving his techne correctly that morning, so his usual Caul is hastily cast about himself just inside the club, weaving High Speech through the growl of his respirator, the babble probably mistaken for a typical rave-party freakout. Entropy wards off errant jostles and shoves and cools him from the heavy body heat all around him.

       Entropic Shroud 0 Sux (morning), 3 Pot in Club
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-06-09 14:27:12 Geist rolls 11 to Entropic Shroud (Wits+Occult+Death+2HS) (10 Again) 7, 5, 5, 3, 1, 9, 3, 1, 8, 10, 6, 5 3 successes
    2014-06-09 13:55:52 Geist rolls 9 to Entropic Shroud (Wits+Occult+Death+2HS-2 Advanced Prolongation 24 Hrs) (10 Again) 3, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 7, 3, 7 failure
    He also remembers to pack some heat, with the .40 S&W slipped in the back of his waistband with an extra clip tight against his thigh in the pocket of his jeans. Safety's on of course.

    This isn't just a romp in the club after all. Whispers of synthdrugs and GLO draws Geist to the rave. Someone's supplying and he needs to find out who and what is going on here. The Free Council needed to have the know on anything that interacts with Sleeper-psyche like that before the Guardians sent in the MIBs to fuck over the gig.

    The Moros is looking to get a sample of the stuff and take it to the Syndics of his order to see what they can make of the synth-drug. Forced-awakenings doesn't sound too tin-foil hat when you live knowing the Golden Gate Bridge is a suicide-powered lock on the Abyss.

    And if a tiny packet finds it way into Geist's pockets, that's his business, not the Council's.

  4. #4
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    Casitive

    Cheers exploded from around the DJ Booth as a particular song, was spun up. The thumping song of garbage guitars and thrashing synth was the current newness. Of course, newness doesn't last long. It lasts only as long as it takes the next big thing to hit Soundcloud and Vimeo. How long did it take for Skrillx to hit big and then fade into half-shaved obscurity? But for now, that song was the anthem of the moment and almost in unison, groups of party-goers started hopping; sending vibrations through the floor.

    Aurum was welcomed back into the fold of Sacramento's disenchanted (or its pretenders) like a friend who never left. The plastic tubing of her hair additions bounced and bobbed along of their own accord and some even admired the sharp color along with her other baubles. Like any other tribe, however, there were always sub-tribes even if they went by a different term these days: cliques. There were the Ravers, the Cybers, the Candies, and even the Industrial Goths who lingered on the outskirts.

    In a few years time, some of them will relent to the grind of the Lie and 'reality' as they know it.

    Others will deny that they've grown too old to put on the make-up and mini-skirts and deny that they've become that guy.

    Maybe they are denying it now.

    Geist's eyes open to the final transition noticed the residue of death clinging to the corners, like shadows trying to escape the light. The old warehouse had its fair share of accidents on the job, the building claimed its own pound of flesh. It might have been bemusing to see that a building which might have claimed people trying to earn their keep as wage slaves, was currently hosting people who escaped from their own menial jobs.

    One person seemed to be moshing a bit too hard, but his movements slowed down, falling away from Geist. The Freak Ounce was the wraith walking among the expression of frustration that not everyone realized they had.

    Searching Out the GLO: [Option A. Presence + Socialize + Equipment] = chatting up people here and there, trying to get clues and hearsay about GLO. [Option B. Wits + Streetwise ]= using your knowledge about how things work to see if you can spot a Provider rather than a Party-Goer. Specs (like Working the Black Market in Streetwise) that might be applicable to either are available.

  5. #5
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    Victoria Stamford
    Fisher

    Presence ••
    Adamantine Arrow Status •
    Victoria Stamford

    Aurum took a while to get back into the swing of things. She nodded at people in her clique that she thought were suitably impressive as she passed by. She hadn't actively looked for a dealer since she went clean and so was a little rusty.

    The young woman wished that she was just there to enjoy herself because she didn't realize how much she missed the hypnotic pulse of the music and the mindless nature of the dance. However, it was always kind of lame heading to a rave solo, and even lamer to have work instead of enjoy herself. Reigning in her thoughts she actively began looking for the ones pushing their wares.

      Dealer Searchin'
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-06-11 23:40:44 Aurum rolls 4 to Looking for provider: Wits 3 + Streetwise 1 (10 Again) 2, 10, 10, 9, 7, 7 3 successes
    2014-06-11 23:40:01 Aurum rolls 4 to Looking for provider: Wits 3 + Streetwise 1 (10 Again) 4, 1, 4, 5 failure
    2014-06-11 23:39:05 Aurum rolls 4 to Looking for provider: Wits 3 + Streetwise 1 (10 Again) 2, 6, 3, 4 failure
    Fisher: Shaman of The Adamatine Arrow,
    5'8", tan, lean with long black hair and brown eyes. ||Presence: 2
    Supernal Vision / Organic Resilience, and Mana 5/11, WP 5/5.


  6. #6
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    Casitive

    BUMP! TheMalkCat

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    The Sewnskin Doctor

    Geist bounces and bobs to the music while scoping out the crowd for anyone buzzed out of their mind; the Ravers usually knew who was passing out the Good Shit. But his short stature, the strobing lights, and the general level of energy makes it hard to scan the crowd. He takes care not to get crushed either. Those shades in the corners spoke to how dangerous a closed space and a lack of OSHA compliance could be.

    After passing through the jostling, jittery crowd, he finds a pack of Ravers clearly out of their mind. He slips in with the lot and sidles up to the most obviously drugged out kid in the clique. "You know where I can get shit-faced, dude? Things are just too fucking still right now and I just gotta get FIXED." He affects the stoppy-starty chitter he picked up from the Raver haunts he skulked about back in San Fran. The growl of the respirator further distorts his voice until the Moros sounds fully freakified.

      1 Sux over two Rolls
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-06-14 14:40:37 [02] Geist rolls 4 to Search out the GLO (Presence+Socialize+Equipment) (10 Again) 4, 9, 1, 5 1 success
    2014-06-14 14:40:37 [01] Geist rolls 4 to Search out the GLO (Presence+Socialize+Equipment) (10 Again) 2, 6, 7, 6 failure

  8. #8
    C
    Casitive

    Aurum and Geist take a little while to push their way through the throng. Both Moroi approach from opposing angles and that fact could have been fate or it might not have been. The fact of the matter was, both were successful in their own time. Aurum passes by someone stoned, staring at the hypnotic light and frozen in fear. He's jostled by others dancing to the beat of 180bpm but apparently hasn't been standing there for too long – he hasn't garnered near enough annoyed attention.

    Tears continually stream down his wide-eyes.

    As she continued, Aurum spies the jittery clique of Ravers and one Rivet-Head. Out of anyone here, they seemed the most in the know. The Rivet-Head is out of place, surrounded by girls and boys with hot neon-rainbow hair, bikini tops, and furry knee-high boots. All of them have beaded rainbow bracelets for days and one of the boys has a pacifier he's sucking on; glow-sticks obfuscated who they were.

    The Rivet-Head, however, wore black on black with spikes and a respirator.

    Through the din of the crowd nearly swallowed the rivet-head's voice, Aurum heard the tail end of his question about getting 'fixed.'

    The pair of magi's unseen senses tingled up their spine, like the feeling of someone walking over their graves.

    The boy Raver with the pacifier pops it out of his mouth saying, “YEAH MAN! There's a dude over there,” pointing in a general hidden direction behind some old machinery, “Dude's Holding COURT. He's got that new stuff, makes you see things. Says its different depending on color, like a better E.

    Unseen Senses are off for those Magi that haven't cloaked their spells. But, it's hard to tell who has the active magic given how crowded everything is, scrutiny is, as always, required to know and it might be easy to make the guess.

  9. #9
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    The Sewnskin Doctor

    The Raver with the pacifier almost seems to strobe in time with his words from the hyped up energy in his voice, the frenetic washing over the Moros and proving infectious for the Punk. Geist nods his head vigorously--or bobs his head to the beat, its hard to tell in the middle of the social mass. "Hell yes! Gonna get me some o' that shit. Peace, man!"

    He passes by the Candy Kid clique just as quickly as he came and makes a beeline for behind the machinery. On the way there, the Necromancer wonders whether or not to make a quick call to Syndic Kite to let him know what's happening. Drug dealers aren't the easiest assholes to ghost and if he just walks up to guy, buys a package, and leaves with it, the guy's gonna get spooked before Geist can Scruitinize the guy's Pattern and memorize their appearance on the off chance that this guy is more than a simple Sleeper. Geist hesitates for a moment before deciding against it.

    Dealing with this shit solo would be just the sort of thing to prove himself to the Sacramento Free Council as a capable Mage who knew how to work the shadows on behalf of the Consilium. I'll call him after I get a packet of the stuff and ID the dealer. Even if he did come down here with another Councilor, they'd stick out in the crowd and scare him off. This has got to be all me.

    Geist treads over as discretely as he can to the spot by the old machinery and attempts to spy the GLO dealer from as far as he is able.

  10. #10
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    Victoria Stamford
    Fisher

    Presence ••
    Adamantine Arrow Status •
    Victoria Stamford

    Aurum listened intently at the exchange between the two parties for it was exactly the kind of information that she was looking for. This rivet-head was a person of interest to her for several reasons which included the presence of magic and the fact that he was looking for the same individual as her apparently. However, what wasn't clear was who the man was or his intentions he may be a local, a free agent, or someone more sinister.

    Yet the more she thought about it if the man had sinister intentions he would likely be working in tandem with these individuals than against, unless he is wanting if for his own ends. The young mystagogue wasn't certain whether to approach him, but she felt there was a good chance he could be with the Consilium instead of working against it such as the drug dealers obviously were. Regardless she figured she'd keep a low profile for now.

    Gathering her will she focused it on hiding her intentions so that she could study the man before approaching him. Then she followed him to keep him in sight.

       Unseen Spy (Pot 3) Scrut 6
    Date Action Roll Result
    2014-06-18 13:16:35 Aurum rolls 7 to Scrut: Int 3 + occult 3 + speciality 1 (10 Again) 9, 10, 6, 3, 9, 1, 6, 7 3 successes
    2014-06-18 13:14:06 Aurum rolls 7 to Scrut: Int 3 + occult 3 + speciality 1 (10 Again) 5, 7, 10, 5, 5, 4, 6, 9 2 successes
    2014-06-18 13:13:54 Aurum rolls 7 to Scrut: Int 3 + occult 3 + speciality 1 (10 Again) 10, 6, 3, 5, 6, 6, 4, 6 1 success
    2014-06-18 13:08:11 Aurum rolls 5 to unseen spy: Gno 3 + prime 2 (10 Again) 2, 8, 8, 3, 9 3 successes
    Fisher: Shaman of The Adamatine Arrow,
    5'8", tan, lean with long black hair and brown eyes. ||Presence: 2
    Supernal Vision / Organic Resilience, and Mana 5/11, WP 5/5.


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