Unseen Consequence

[Xander]

To the casual eye, the Archangel sanctum seemed as it did any other time of the year. Lush greenery swathed the space between buildings within the sanctum, and the shine from the noonday sun seemed to complete the feeling of Eden, that the home of the Archangels was in fact paradise found.

At least on the surface.

Like all things there was a realm of Truth yet to be explored lurking just beneath the calm exterior of the sanctum. That was about to change. Today the spirits lurking in the Shadow, or just out of sight in Twilight, would reveal themselves to the resident Shaman. All he had to do was apply his will and look.

Please note where in the Sanctum Striker is starting (His house or the main entrance). Also please include an Intelligence+Occult+1 roll in your opening post.

[Teeramus]

Striker sat on the edge of his mattress and tried to recap what he knew of Spirits, he racke d his brains but was coming up blank. But he was determined to learn more and despite the unfamiliarity of his last glimpse into another realm, he knew the only way to learn more was to push into unfamiliar territory.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, chanting to focus the Supernal as he brought up a Second Sight to help him see what he would be doing. Then he opened his eyes as he shaped his senses around the Gauntlet, allowing him to push through and see that other Realm. He focused, hoping he would be ready for what he might find.

Rolls

  Intelligence+Occult+1: Dramatic Failure!

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-01 21:57:24		Striker rolls 1 to Int2+Occ0-3Unskilled+1 (10 Again, Chance)		1		Dramatic Failure!

  Second Sight (2)

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-01 22:04:22		Striker rolls 5 to Second Sight (Spirit+Gnosis+HS2) (10 Again)		8, 3, 6, 8, 4		2 successes

  Peer across the Gauntlet (1)

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-01 22:09:48		Striker rolls 5 to Peer across the Gauntlet (Spirit+Gnosis+HS2) (10 Again)		3, 6, 8, 1, 7		1 success

[Xander]

Knowledge check results

Striker knows that the Shadow Realm is a realm of idealism. Every spirit is born into the shadow as an idealized form of what spawned it. Foxes spawn as spirits of cunning and foxes, lamps spawn spirits of light and metal, so on and so forth. All spirits have a physical analogue and concepts like hope and anger do not exist in the spirit realm except as extensions of objects and creatures.

When Striker casts the Second Sight, the invisible qualities of resonance reveal themselves to the Shaman. He can see some form of barrier all around him, and with a second act of will pushes his sight past it into the other realm. Though he did not see any spirit activity on his side of the barrier, he sees..... still not much on the other side.

When he looks past he sees the room much as it is on his side of the Gauntlet, except for a tiny droplet of something on his bed. It was no bigger then a drop of water, but it was there sitting motionlessly on his bed.

[Teeramus]

Striker's attention was drawn to the small blob on his bed. He peered at it intently, hoping the extra sight he had worked would reveal something familiar about this new object.

  scruntise fail

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-02 22:16:28		Striker rolls 1 to Scrutinize thingamy (10 Again, Chance)		8		failure

He shook his head, not knowing what to make of it and reached out to prod it gently with his finger.

[Xander]

His attempt to scrutinize the blob yields nothing, and when he pokes it his hand doesn't show anything.... in that Striker can't see his arm. With his attention focused on the other side of the Gauntlet and the blob of whatever, the objects and actions on the flesh side of the Gauntlet fail to register with the Shaman's vision.

[Teeramus]

The shaman realized his mistake. Assuming that what he could see in the other realm was within his reach wasn't going to work. He tried to form an imago to force his arm through the gauntlet but quickly realized he was too ambitious in his understanding of the Arcana.

As the feeling of looking into the other realm became more familiar and his curiosity remained unsatisfied he attempted to improvise another spell. Softly chanting he bridled his curiosity and focused his will and understanding of Spirits into knowing something, anything about this blob.

  Analyze Spirit (2 suxx)

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-02 23:12:56		Striker rolls 5 to Analyze Spirit thingamy Gn+Sp+Hs (10 Again)		4, 7, 8, 4, 10, 3		2 successes

[Xander]

Striker's willworking reveals that it is a spirit of no rank, with no essnece, and no notable influence. It barely seems to register as a spirit at all.

[Teeramus]

Well this isn't bloody gettin' me anywhere. The shaman thought to himself with a frown.
"Hey little buddy." He said finally, trying to project his voice through the Gauntlet to where the barely-a-spirit might be able to hear him. He started wondering if the blob had any sentience at all and whether or not he was just wasting his time and should start looking for something a bit more responsive.

[Xander]

The blob of spirit something does not give an answer to Striker's words.

[Teeramus]

Striker waited...

...and frowned. This thing. Whatever it was, wasn't helping him understand anything more about the spirit world. Maybe it was just spiritual dust? Maybe he was spending all his time staring at a rock, and trying to talk to it.

He shook his head and wondered what else he should try. He'd poked spirits before, or at least potential spirits. He knew what the threads felt like even though he didn't really understand how he could affect the spirits attached to them. But he'd decided to learn, and he learnt by doing.

He spoke the words of power as his will reached for the the conceptual threads of spirit that he could sense and gave them a tug.

  1 suxx Lesser Spirits Summon

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-11-08 22:41:44		Striker rolls 5 to Lesser Spirits Summon (Gn+Sp+HS) (10 Again)		4, 4, 6, 2, 9		1 success