(Threads of Blood) Shards

[Leo Lockheart]

Leo takes a moment to contemplate the situation before answering his Talons suggestion.

'For starters think through the mental link. Unless you guys know their magical proficiencies there are too many variables to assume they can't hear us. With their ritual started the guy not casting has to be on high alert.' The Theurgist then looks from Asp to Ariadne.'Could you drop some more mind mojo on us to put us under the radar? If so do it and we head for the main entrance. Someone needs to scrutinize the door to make sure there are no cloaked prepared spells on it.'

A pause as he looks around. 'We're on a time table against an unknown opponent, so no splitting up or debating orders once inside. And don't be a dumbass or a hero.'

  2 suxx perception for cover

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-08-09 00:16:17		Leo Lockheart rolls 6 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again)		5, 2, 8, 9, 6, 2		2 successes

[Ermon]

Ermon follows the others silently, feeling his knees shake a little and his mouth - dry up. If he walks out of it, he knows what he has to do. Fuck Lex. He needs a gun. Something heavy duty. And to learn to shoot it.

'I'm really overloaded, I'll try to stay out of your way and distract them a little from the heavy-hitters'.

The house and the corrupted energies give him the creeps, though. Seriously, before tonight he thought Seers were the worst thing a Pentacle Mage faced. But Scelesti? At least the Seers didn't make it their business to find the biggest intersection of magic flows in the neighbourhood and shitt all over it with the Abyssal. He's used to Mana having a distinct feel to it but always being something higher. This feels like black ooze filled with power.

[Avis]

It was difficult to think, difficult to plot when all she wanted to do was set her body into motion and test the strength of the door and any other obstacle in her way. Her fists convulsed open and shut, the bands of muscle along her arms tensing along with her hands. Every motion, every expression of the physical, no matter how slight, helped smother the fires of impatience burning through her. No matter how badly she might wish it, the only way to victory, the only way to see death come to Obsidian and Ripper, was to use her mind, not her body. So, finally, she forced herself to focus.

"I think we need to distract them," she thought at the others. "Set a fire on the other side of the house, put a rock through a window, set a brick on the gas pedal of a car, anything to make them look away from where we're going to be."

[Avis]

The idea of the misdirection tactic humming in her mind, promising the chance for actual, physical progress towards bloodshed, Avis set herself into motion. Her eyes quested about for a black lump on the ground and her fingers scrambled through the undergrowth until they came across something solid and cool. It's texture was rough and a light coating of dirt rubbing off onto her palm when she picked up the stone. Thus armed, she set off, ghosting towards the house. Leo only told them not to split up once they were inside, after all.

Her feet barely whispered through the grass, and her spine was bent towards the ground, keeping her profile low and her silhouette distorted. She clung to every piece of brush, every shadow, every dip in the ground that she could find, until finally she came up next to the house. Her back pressed against the sideboards, her spine curling sideways to keep her head low, and she carefully shuffled sideways, careful to avoid sticks or other obstacles that might alert the house' occupants. Then, once she was around the corner, just to the side of the house, she lobbed her rock at a window, hoping to draw attention 90 degrees away from the door. Her ears prayed for the blissful sound of shattering glass.

  1 success to find a rock, 4 successes to sneak to the side of the house, 2 successes to lob the rock through a window

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-08-12 08:26:59		Avis rolls 4 to fuck your window! (dex+ath) (10 Again)		5, 8, 7, 8		2 successes
2014-08-12 08:26:18		Avis rolls 6 to sneaky (dex+stealth) (10 Again)		5, 10, 10, 8, 7, 7, 1, 8		4 successes
2014-08-12 08:25:25		Avis rolls 4 to Armory (wits+comp-2) (10 Again)		4, 5, 10, 4, 5		1 success

[Ariadne]

Blue eyes watch Avis throw the rock before looking back at Leo

I don't think stealth is the word anymore. Also I have some Contagion going, I'm not sure about the rest of you but I'd rather have my will work right given that there's that rock.

[Animus]

For his part, Animus beelines for the viney corner, crouching low to take what cover he can from the tall grass. Unfortunately, his movements are considerably less subtle than intended.

  ... whiff

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-08-13 11:23:36		Animus rolls 9 to Dex + Stealth - 4 (moving quickly) (10 Again)		5, 2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 5, 1		failure

[Ermon]

After Avis runs off to make a distraction, Ermon takes the few precious moments they still have to move towards the grass and drop down without making too much noise. It's important not to be the first target they'll pick out because that would most likely make him very, very dead very, very quickly.

  Sneaking, 1xx

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-08-13 15:03:43		Ermon rolls 5 to sneak into the grass (10 Again)		1, 5, 10, 3, 7, 3		1 success

Ermon drops down in the grass

[Ariadne]

Sliding forward on gym shoes Ariadne moves into the grass as well. She crouches down and offers a silent prayer to the yet-to-be-Heiromagus. Hoping deeply that she doesn't meet the Wheel just yet and that the bastards inside the house aren't proficient with guns.

  3 suxx to stealth

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-08-13 17:29:29		Ariadne rolls 4 to Hiding in grass (Dex+stealth=4) (10 Again)		4, 4, 10, 3, 10, 10, 6		3 successes