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    Continued from here for Crowley and Einstein


    It's a strange feeling, to be pulled up bit by bit or molecule by molecule. It reminds of an especially rambunctious elevator that has come to a stop too quickly. Just as swiftly as they throw caution to the wind and step into the strange light, are they pulled up into a new place.

    Hidden between spaces, is a far grander library than the one the members of Temoins du Sud have left.

    Einstein and Crowley have found a treasure trove.

    An orrery hangs upside down on the ceiling like a chandelier, turning slowly with the heavens. Light fans across walls, limned with books and tomes of all manner. Finally, the windows to the outside frame the view of the sprawling campus glittering below them. Unfortunately, none of the implements of the Ars Nova gain any traction with mundane wireless networks.

    Lisa, however, stands half-swathed in shadow and beneath a central light. She waits and though none can see her eyes, each mage can feel the bale-fire glare of barely contained violence.

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    Einstein's Nimbus manifests as a light surrounding her, often covering up her features with its brightness. When triggered by her Vice, it takes on an eerie blue glow and seems to be coming from some opening behind her. When triggered by her Virtue, it manifests as an angelic glow about her, sometime accompanied by a halo-seeming thing above her head.

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    Einstein stood for a moment, stunned. Completely, totally, absolutely, stunned. Her eyes flickered about the room, taking in every single spine lining the side of the room, though she couldn't actually see any of the titles from this far away. Her entire body almost vibrated with barely concealed excitement, the teacher's entire spirit resonating with all the wonderful knowledge in the room, all for her perusal. She rubbed her hands together greedily, a manic smile alighting on her face.

    "Get Truce in here. Now, right now, quick, go." The words spilled out quickly, jumbled, Einstein being too distracted to bother assembling them in any really meaningful way. "Not Rabbit though. Keep her, out, she's bad, she could steal books, or something." A laugh, just as manic and excited as her smile, makes its way out of her throat, and the greedy little Obrimos all but sprints towards the nearest bookshelf to peruse its contents, eyes flickering to Lisa for a moment, to see what she would do. Hopefully not flip out and kill her.

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    "Faaa... aaaa.... aaaack!"

    Is it a noise? A wheeze? An exclamation of total surprise. Crowley's head is spinning. Crowley is spinning on his heels, cheshire grin and manic gleam in his wide eyes.

    "Heh. Heh heh. He hehehehe. You... like... realise we are moving here when all is said and done. Right. We hit pay dirt." A pause. He struggled to restrain his enthusiasm. "We are in the fight now. Oh... Yeah. Guardian, right?"

    At last his eyes fell, reluctantly, on the ghost of Lisa.

    "Now what the fuck do we do about you?" For the moment the tome they were seeking was forgotten in exultation.

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    Though the spell still shackles 'Lisa,' the pure hate in her posture, the baleful glare she shows to both intruding Magi, remains. “You will leave.” The ghost demands in a voice that is like the grinding of bone-meal, “Now.

    Her head twitches unnaturally as Truce's spell begins to dissipates.

    You are not allowed to be here,” states the Guardian ghost.

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    Einstein's Nimbus manifests as a light surrounding her, often covering up her features with its brightness. When triggered by her Vice, it takes on an eerie blue glow and seems to be coming from some opening behind her. When triggered by her Virtue, it manifests as an angelic glow about her, sometime accompanied by a halo-seeming thing above her head.

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    Lisa's words made Einstein stop in her tracks, and rub her chin, turning towards the spirit. Crowley's decision to stay bothered her a bit, and she glanced at him. "Get Truce, is what we do with her. Ghosts are kind of his Thing, remember? Without him, there's not a whole lot either of us can do." Duh.

    Her eyes flickered back to Lisa. "We will not leave. It would be a crime to leave all this knowledge hidden away from people who might use it." She drew herself up to her full height, talking like she had any right to make this decision at all. "And why aren't we allowed to be here? Who told you to keep people out?"

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    Crowley kept flicking his gaze between the ghost and Einstein. "You told him to keep Rabbit occupied. Remember... but... OK." Another concerned glance and then he attempts to retrace his steps to the column of light.

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    Crowley retraces his steps to the point at which he materialized. But, there's no column of light and no exit in sight. It seems, that like the activation to get to the Hidden Library, Crowley has to figure out the trigger to open the door back.

    Truce 's spell begins to falter, the hold on 'Lisa' wavering.

    Master will not be pleased,” a pained step is taken forward, “Prometheus must be punished.

    You might want to start rolling Inits.

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    Einstein's Nimbus manifests as a light surrounding her, often covering up her features with its brightness. When triggered by her Vice, it takes on an eerie blue glow and seems to be coming from some opening behind her. When triggered by her Virtue, it manifests as an angelic glow about her, sometime accompanied by a halo-seeming thing above her head.

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    Date Action Roll Result
    2015-06-24 14:29:22 Einstein rolls 1 die for initiative 7

    Crap. Crapcrapcrapcrap. Why had Truce stayed outside the column of light? Why couldn't he throw caution to the wind like everybody else, and just step into the possible annihilation? Now they were stuck, on the other side, with an angry ghost. At least she had her one trick. And her cell phone. "Now. We don't need to hurt each other, do we? We just want to protect the knowledge. And make sure it's used right."

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    Two words.

    "Oh. Shit."

      Crowley Initiative 11
    Date Action Roll Result
    2015-06-24 20:11:05 Crowley rolls 1 die for initiative 6

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    Bonds of Truce's spell breaks and 'Lisa' is free.

    A wretched claw of a hand reaches forward, essence burning through the ghost's form. A single-minded drive to protect the library from invaders, to please her Master, is the only thing that moves through her. The Lie obliges.

    It would be the easy way out for her to drop a suffocating fear on a person. However, even this ghost has a broader imagination than that. As the wraith's claw balls into a fist, an overwhelming despondency and ennui threatens to overwhelm Einstein like an oncoming tsunami. The pure, unadulterated emotion – unlike anything she's ever felt – threatens to pull the woman under in the undertow.

    Initiative: “Lisa” | Crowley | Einstein | Truce will enter into the scene and slip into his place in Initiative next round.


      Init 12, Harrow vs Einsten
    Date Action Roll Result
    2015-06-26 11:28:00 Cas-"Lisa" rolls 8 to Harrow: Power + Finesse (10 Again) 4, 2, 2, 9, 9, 8, 10, 7, 7 4 successes
    2015-06-26 11:20:38 Cas-"Lisa" rolls 1 die for initiative 3

    Harrow, Pg 142 Book of Spirits


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