'Backyard' Camping Prep

[Forn Clakes]

Its a strange sensation for any changeling, to feel that part of them that is and forever will be tied to Arcadia tingle, pull, stretch, pulse, quiver, or however else their senses reacted to the hidden world around them. For Coco and Daniel, the camping shop around them slowed, those in the store who were browsing or on shift moving at a snail's pace, a bubble encapsulating the entire building and those within it. The hand of a weekend-camper stretched out to pluck an all-weather jacket off the rack, his eyes trying to decided whether to pick the red or blue one. A mother tries to drag her little girl from a display tent, mouth opened in quiet, pent up rage that only a parent at the end of their tether knows. A store worker looking past the head of his angry manager, watching the clock as every second lasts forever.

Tick......Tock.....Tick.....Tock.....Tick.....

A shadow moves past Daniel and he can very briefly make out the silhouette of an crooked old man leaning on a scythe and carrying a large sand timer before fading once again.

Time speeds up, returning to normal. The man picks the blue jacket. The little girl screams as her mother finally drags her from the tent. The store worker looks down at his boss and sighs as it seems his shift isn't quite over yet.

[Daniel Leto]

It was a strange feeling, and yet familiar. He’d felt it dozens of time. Before

“No,” he breathed, seeing the shadow of Death flit past the shelves of survival gear “Not now.” His voice was barely a whisper, barely above sub-vocalization.

“I’m sorry,” he said more normally to Rick and Coco but there was an almost general tone to his voice, as if he were speaking quietly to the store at large “I think something’s about to happen.” His voice was still calm, but there was a hint more resignation than usual. How did one go up against the Grim Reaper? He knew enough stories that what happened in the next few seconds might answer that question, and not to anyone’s satisfaction.

“If I feint, try not to worry. I'll only be sleeping” He knew he sounded crazy but he doubted there would be time enough to explain what was going on. What he’d seen. What he knew was going to happen. However, he’d sworn an oath. To himself if no one else. Daniel could only hope the promise hadn’t been in vain.

The Gravewight watched turned his eyes to the store at large. Mother and Child, Manager and Worker, and the Survivors. Two Reapers walked among them. One of black shadow and one of white marble. And all he could hope was the Comforter would be strong enough to resist both.

[Lesingnon]

He was an Elemental. So much of him that had once understood his fellow people was now more in tune with the the bone, flesh, and blood of the Earth. But some tells were simply unmistakable. And they were apparently done seeing how circumspectly they could discuss the Hedge.

Rick found himself taking half a step back on instinct, creating space all about him. "Daniel...what's going on." And why did it have to start going on here? If the shit really hit the fan he didn't dare use any of the tricks that made him truly formidable, or kept him safe. Even a weapon could very easily be out of the question.

Not that there was nothing he could do. And Daniel's reaction did have him sufficiently concerned to take precautions. Sure, his connection to the elements could make it harder to read people. But it brought advantages, too. And he called upon them now. Stolen fragments of emotion blowing forth from where they resided, the tattered gaps where once a whole soul had been housed before being torn away. The glamour was a poor substitute. But it too had its uses. For now, it called forth the blessings that the raw stuff of the world had bestowed upon him as the Elemental prepared himself for whatever came next.

[Forn Clakes]

Give me a Perception -2 (which can be negated by Trained Observer) roll please everyone

[Lesingnon]

  3 suxx if Cleareyes blessing applies, 2 if it doesn't

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2016-06-07 20:38:40		Rick Pereg rolls 2 to Cleareyes Bonus (10 Again)		9, 6		1 success
2016-06-07 20:38:24		Rick Pereg rolls 8 to Perception (Trained Observer) (10 Again)		3, 9, 4, 9, 4, 5, 4, 6		2 successes

[Daniel Leto]

"It's... not something I can really explain right now," he replied. If he said he thought someone was about to die, and then they did. That was the sort of thing that made mortal people look at you with a suspicious eye. While he might be a murderer, it was something he tried to avoid being seen as.

Daniel spent a pinch of glamour as he looked around the store. The deathly shade might not be a ghost at all but the Darkling couldn't be sure. Better to see the spirit world, whatever the case.

OOC

Activating Gravewight Kith blessing

  Perception 2 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2016-06-08 01:41:28		Daniel Leto rolls 4 to Wits+Comp-2 (10 Again)		6, 5, 10, 3, 9		2 successes

[Coco]

Coco, who fancied herself quick of wit, and faster in flesh, had still stood frozen and dumb as a statue after time itself seemed to slow. For, no matter how fae her life had been since she'd first been taken into the hedge, never before had she felt such a sensation, and what was more, she felt entirely unsure about what to do now that she'd felt it.

Thankfully, Daniel seemed to know what was happening, even if he was so typically tight lipped about it. Nevertheless, his words shocked her out of her temporary stupor, and with the sudden speed of an insect she knelt down and unzipped her gym bag, revealing her cane inside. Her eyes swept the room from her crouch, the difference in angle perhaps giving her a view of what she would have missed otherwise.

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2016-06-08 21:00:27		Coco rolls 4 to Percieve the unpercievable! (wits4+comp2-2) (10 Again)		3, 2, 10, 2, 5		1 success

[Forn Clakes]

Looking around, nothing seems amiss. At least, no-one immediately drops down dead at their feet, and nobody in the store even seemed to realize the momentary time-bubble. Looking around, however, and all three of the Changelings can spot a small pile of sand resting on the floor near to where they had been talking, no larger than what could be held in a single palm. Both Daniel and Rick notice the pile isn't the only grains of sand, and there is a trail leading further into the store; towards the rear of the building.

[Lesingnon]

"Daniel..."

There's a slight nod of Rick's head to indicate the sand as he spoke the Darkling's name. Ordinarily it was something that Rick would have gone straight into examining. As it was, Daniel was the only one here who really seemed to have any inkling as to what was going on. So he'd follow Daniel's lead for now. At least until he had a grasp of what was going on.

It was strange, though. The trail just happened to be starting, or ending, here. Was someone trying to get them to follow?

[Daniel Leto]

"I see it," Daniel said with serious calm. With barely a second thought he began to follow the trail of sand. He didn't even lean down to pick any up. Partly because that would bring attention to him, partly because he was hoping to god that this was some new maddness the Wyrd was visiting upon him and didn't want to test the corporealness of the silica in case it proved he had moved on from morbid thoughts to visions of Death.

"Coco, Rick," he said with an easy smile that belayed the urgency of his steps "If you'll following me I think I saw where they kept their watches that also act as compasses and heart rate monitors. Tracking those vital life seconds in the wilderness of the West can sometimes be the difference between life and death, you know. Gotta stay healthy." It was the best talk around he could do on short notice. Even so, he doubted they'd fully get what he was saying. He wished he could open their eyes to the ghostly realm, just in case. However, to do so would include everyone in the store front room, Changeling and mortal alike. Too big a risk right now.