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  1. #1
    West's Avatar

    Magical Chinchilla
    Star Scenes

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    Gothic • Industrial • EBM • Synthpop • Dark 80s • Public/Unowned

    Where the Avalon mainstreams and the Asylum plays to darker fantasy, the Reverence is expected to impress the dedicated Halloween'er.


    Halloween. All Hallows. Day of the Dead. Beggars' Night. Third Harvest. Call it what you will, it's the same, it's the same. Some will use this night to disguise themselves to be more than they are... some, to become less. Behind the masks and costumes, is freedom.


    For years now the Halloween night at the Reverence has marked season well and is fast becoming a corner stone of the local Goth scene calender. The interior design is traditional Goth fantasy. Complete with columns, sconces, and an elegant crystal chandelier - it strives for a strong theme of setting. With purple lighting and faux stained-glass windows to allow it's crowd to indulge their most luxuriant fantasy. The gallery above the main area, with its stained glass windows, wrought iron balcony and long dark curtain velvet drapes, is a favorite area of the Goth elite - where it is very much the place to see...and be seen!

    Upon entering the club party goers are given a wristband by the festive and Gothically attired staff...dressed in suitable silk top hats, capes and crisp white shirts for the tall gents; fishnets, top hats and tail-jackets for the ladies...they punch a simple hole in the entry ticket to show qualification for several free drinks at the bar and wish the arrivals a good evening.

    Once inside it's clear that the first of the evenings eye-catching cast of dark themed cabaret and Neo-Burlesque acts are already circulating the crowds and warming-up the audience. Costumed faces crowd the floor, obscured by fog falling from above. The mood is decadent and festive, and disguises are the order of the night.

    Upper gallery access requires Status/Fame/Allies in Clubs or Entertainment


    Don't hate the player, hate the game.
    The Zeroth Law & the Burden of InteractionThe Devil is in the DotsGreat ExpectationsPlaying MagePlayer Run Plots
    If you have a question about your character, please post it on your character sheet

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    Asa's Avatar
    Striking Looks
    (Handsome)
    Mask of Tranquility
    New Identity
    (Clark Miller)
    Prince Asa Clarke

    Mask of Tranquility
    Striking •• Handsome
    Presence ●●●●●
    Charismatic/Commanding
    Need to set these up
    The Prince's Ghoul • Cozette Muriel
    The Prince's Ghoul • Olivette Angeline

    +1
    SL
    5
    PRE

    Despite evoking memories of it's original owner and a flicker-flame of guilt that burned lower each year at having sold it, it was those same memories that drew Asa.

    Large black-framed glasses with clear lenses perched on his face below dark hair styled into soft waves. A crisp white oxford with rolled up sleeves topped slacks and dress shoes. The costume was in the details. A generic tie with slanted stripes was pulled askew and below the top two buttons of the oxford which were undone. An azure undershirt peeked out over the undone buttons and between fastened plackets. A pen was tucked into the breast pocket.

    Clark Kent probably didn't own thousand dollar Montblancs, but Asa Clarke didn't own twenty cent Bics.

    Casual shop talk was exchanged at the bar with the tender as he swirled an amber drink and scanned the crowd.
    Description: 6'4, with an invitingly easy charm. Speaks with a slow cadence that borders on a drawl, but without an accent. Subtle hints of wealth in clothing and accouterments.

  4. #3
    Aurora's Avatar
    Aurora
    Spells
    Striking Looks
    (Riveting)
    Presence
    (Confident)
    Fame
    (Entertainment)
    Madison Cross
    (Sleeper ID)
    Gnosis
    Aurora
    Aurora

    Dedicated Magical Tool

    Multicolored copper bracelet with intricate loops winding around her right wrist.
    Nimbus

    The sweet, fragrant smells of roses mixed with lilacs emanate from her as she casts magic. The scent intensifies, bordering on intoxicating, when Life magic is cast. When Aurora casts Vulgar magic, the scent takes a nasty turn, to the putrid, nauseating odor of a rotting corpse. The stronger the magic, the more those around want to retch at the smell.
    Monthly Spells

    Monthly spells done on character sheet.


    Pulse of the Living World[POT 6]
    Organic Resilience[POT 6]
    (PrP Treasure Hunt)

    Active Spells: 1/6
    [Detect Substance]Bone
    Personal Spells: 2/3
    Vulgar:
    Mana:6/8
    WP:3

    2
    FAME
    +1
    SL
    4
    PRE

    Halloween! One of her favorite nights of the year, a night she could really let her imagine flow.
    Last year she was Harley Quinn, a costume she loved, but she had a feeling there would be a ton of Harley’s out tonight. And she wasn’t a girl to fit in and go with what was popular. No, she needed something unique, but fun, something that would stand out.

    This year she again focused on the makeup, making her skin paler while adding reds and blacks. The finished effect made her blue eyes pop. Her costume was one she already had, it had a darker fairy feel to it, lots of deep reds and black. It was short, leaving her long legs on display, with a really awesome metal corset type belt, with a little lock on it. Cinching her waist smaller then it usually was. Nude heels finished the look and her hair, a darker color, piled loosely on her head with some feathers and leaves hanging lose.

    She had been already rocking out to Confusion in house as she got ready. So the long song was continued in the car on the way to the club. It wasn’t one she had been to, but it sounded promising.

    And as the dark fairy made her way in, her confidence didn’t waiver as the new music took hold. It was defiantly a fun looking club, and she makes a note to make her way to the upper floor! Best place to party and see people, and, well, be seen of course!

    But first, she needed a drink!

    Absinthe was her poison for the night, and a face at the bar looked familiar. But with the lighting and the glasses, it was hard to really be sure.

    Blue eyes study him as she waits for her drink. If he noticed, she didn’t care, she was here to have fun!

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  6. #4
    Malcolm Green's Avatar
    Freehold Pledge: Winter
    Allies (Clubs) 1
    Allies (Emergency Services) 1
    Allies (Unions) 3
    Malcolm Green, the Mountain

    WP: 4/4
    Health: 10/10
    Giant
    Mantle: Bubble of crisp, cold, air surrounds him. Frost rimes his head and shoulders, tracing icy epaulettes.
    Malcolm Green

    Sun Banisher's Oath

    (+1 Investigation, +1 Intimidation) - Winter 2016

    Freehold Pledge

    (+1 Streetwise) - Winter 2016

    Dragon's Bane Pledge

    (+3 Faerie Favour) - Spring 2017
    Greens Scenes

    Dragon Giant|

    (Glamour expenditure)Glamour 5 Spent
    3
    PRE

    Sometimes a mountain moves.

    Did anyone mention that Halloween - Samhain - was a liminal time of change and transformation; a time when veils were rent, truths revealed, journeys taken, order subverted? Green knew. And so it was that on this night of blurred boundaries, an Iceclad Armiger would hunt unnoticed among the little mortals who called themselves night's children and who played with the dream of immortal courtiers locked in their labyrinthine dances.

    The residents of Edna's Boarding House would have heard it: the heavy tread of Green's big feet, unfamiliar in the house. He had lodgings but rarely stayed for long. They would have seen him with his bags and the suit. They would have heard the grunting and the growling as the mountain shrank and squeezed and twisted and turned like a dragonfly squirming back into its larvae body casing.

    If they listened for too long they would have heard laughing.

      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2016-10-23 01:53:56 Green to Transfigure the Flesh rolls 9 to Stamina + Wyrd (10 Again) 8, 10, 8, 7, 1, 3, 7, 3, 8, 7 4 successes
    2016-10-23 01:53:08 Green to Skin Mask - Hands rolls 9 to Stamina + Wyrd (10 Again) 3, 9, 2, 10, 1, 6, 1, 2, 5, 6 2 successes
    2016-10-23 01:52:41 Green to Skin Mask - Head rolls 9 to Stamina + Wyrd (10 Again) 1, 2, 8, 10, 6, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5 2 successes
    2016-10-23 01:50:57 Green to Riddle Kith rolls 7 to Manipulation + Wyrd (10 Again) 1, 3, 6, 10, 7, 3, 4, 1 1 success

    A remarkably different figure caught a cab to the Reverence. Edna's denizens might have seen the still physically imposing but regular sized figure disappear into the night. They might have seen the curving horns rising from his head; or the long face with goat-like ears; or perhaps the smaller hands. The suit fitted his frame. The cheap silvery and feminine mask obscured most of his features.

    No one questioned him at the Reverence. Green knew the bouncers; he knew the signs and which one's to pay off long before he set foot in the club. This goat didn't mind waiting a while in a line - it gave him to time to formulate an introduction and to namedrop himself. Friend of a friend always worked.

    And then the goat stalked to the high gallery: masque, mask, and Mask all in place.

    The goat drifted among the gothic show ponies, drinking in their shame, their petty envy and their dreadful hollowness. It was a soul-brew he had not tasted before. And that made all the difference.

    Green is using his Allies in Clubs to gain entry to the Gallery. He is using Riddle Kith to alter his mien to that of a Beast and Skin Mask to alter his Mask. He complements this by using Transfigure the Flesh to drop from Size 6 to Size 5. Lastly -1 Glamour to Harden the Mask.

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  8. #5
    Campanella's Avatar
    Campanella
    Allies (City Hall)
    Allies (Criminal)
    Allies (Culture)
    Allies (Finance)
    Occult Skill
    Campanella
    Campanella
    Campanella's Scenes
    Stats

    Clock

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 0
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 3/1

    [2R] Analyze Artefact (Deep Scrutiny of Artefacts, Prolonged, 1 scene)
    [4R] Dark Matter (Matter Sight, Prolonged, 1 scene)
    [2R] One Mind, Two Thoughts (Prolonged, 1 scene)

    Tangled Threads

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 4
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 1/3


    [4] Aura Perception (Concentration, 1 scene)

    [5] Third Eye (Mind Sight, Prolonged, 1 scene)

    [2R] Unseen Aegis (Armor, 1 scene)

    2
    PRE

    Campanella moved from his darkened corner. Business concluded, his associates moved off to meet their partners. The Moros had his back to them as he moved quietly to the bar so he did not see the artful dance as the two couples met, then split: one above to the gallery, one to mingle below with the masses - already absorbed into another's entourage.

    Campanella didn't have a costume but he did favour black: black shoes; black slacks; black shirt; black jacket; exquisite ebony tie that was blacker than black. Well folded orange handkerchief in his pocket. Tasteful gold jewellery to complete the picture.

    The Awakened stepped from the shadows at the bar. Small talk exchanged with the tender, then stopped as a familiar face appeared.

    "Well hello," he offered. "Fancy seeing you here." A quick look to the tender: could he change his order? No. A glass is planted firmly before him. "Thank you," Campanella says calmly.

    Back to Faye. "You look determined to make an evening of it," he continued, raising his glass in salute.
    Campanella|Moros|Mysterium
    Gnosis: 4
    Occult Skill: 3

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  10. #6
    Mhairi Ankaa's Avatar
    Presence
    (Quiet Confidence)
    Striking Looks
    (Mesmerizing Eyes)
    Autumn's Regalia
    (Autumn Mantle)
    Fashion
    (Contacts, Status)
    Mhairi Ankaa


    Mask

    A slim girl, with raven black hair and grey-blue eyes. She likes wearing silver nail polish.
    Mien

    Her skin; like moonlight captured. Quicksilver drips from her fingers, burning up before it lands. Motes of fell fire escape her eyes. In her hair, a galaxy, forming constellations which mimic the sky, changing with the Seasons.
    Mantle

    Fear made manifest, Autumn's Regalia embraces the Wisp, as if she is Dread's most blessed daughter.
    Pledges & Other Things

    Pledges

    Autumn Queen Oath

    Plot Stats

    Fairy Floss
    Defense: 3 +1
    Heath: Willpower
    Glamour:

    House Call
    Defense: 3 +1
    Heath: Willpower
    Glamour:
    HS Choker+1 Defense, -1g. Sparation3 -1g

    (Harden Mask)Glamour 1 Spent
    +1
    SL
    2
    PRE

    Wyrd
    •••
    Ask-wee-da-eed Telluric

    The last time she'd gone to a club she'd used the name 'Starfire', now stepping into Reverence, the beat already thrumming through her veins, she was dressed as the Tamaranian Princess.

    It was Halloween. Those three words repeated themselves over and over within her mind as her long coat disappeared into the Realm of the Coat Check. The long wig she'd finally found, and styled tickling her butt as she walked passed the point of no return, and toward the bar. Wearing almost nothing, Mhairi deffinatly needed a drink. Or three.

    "Appletini." her drink of choice requested when she catches the attention of the tender. So focused on her self appointed task she didn't notice anyone else around her, but once her glass was in her hand, and a sip taken the new Dread Queen, felt like she could finally relax.

    That's of course when her eyes caught sight of him. Even as the contours of his face was disguised by the lighting and the glasses, she wouldn't mistake him for another. Especially not after the last time she'd seen him.

    Mhairi felt her face heat up, even as she fought off the blush that was surly spreading, her costume doing nothing to hide how far her blush went.

    Should she?

    Would he?

    A few more quick sips were taken. Alright more then a few quick sips, another appletini ordered.

    "Long time, no-ah see."

    Gods and Demons. She did it.
    Currently Just a Simple Shade Shard~

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    Asa's Avatar
    Striking Looks
    (Handsome)
    Mask of Tranquility
    New Identity
    (Clark Miller)
    Prince Asa Clarke

    Mask of Tranquility
    Striking •• Handsome
    Presence ●●●●●
    Charismatic/Commanding
    Need to set these up
    The Prince's Ghoul • Cozette Muriel
    The Prince's Ghoul • Olivette Angeline

    +1
    SL
    5
    PRE

    Asa's eyes wandered lazily over the crowd as his thoughts wandered with the same leisure over the absolutely riveting fairy he'd met one year. He saw the fairy costumes were still in vogue as he caught sight of a delightful one in reds and blacks; one he recognized, and one he casually watched. More curious than speculative -- whether the last time he'd seen her had done anything to refine her own curiosities.

    "Excuse me?"


    Asa glanced over to the origin of the words. If not for the halt in the words, it would be the eyes, because nothing else was the same. Well, nothing else that was polite to look at. But he smiled as he looked anyway. He'd never bought into the idea that a woman wouldn't want to be looked at, if she dressed to show off. His eyes moved leisurely, like fingertips running over exposed skin.

    "Have we met? I recall someone who looked very similar to you, but not nearly as brazen."
    Asa's eyes crinkled in amusement and his smile matched the teasing tone. He raised his glass and finished off the drink. "One might think you'd recently become more attuned to the things that you want. Are you going to buy me a drink or ask me to dance?"

    He leaned closer to Mhairi Ankaa , his voice dropping to nearly a whisper.

    "Or shall I tell you which you're going to do?"
    Description: 6'4, with an invitingly easy charm. Speaks with a slow cadence that borders on a drawl, but without an accent. Subtle hints of wealth in clothing and accouterments.

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  14. #8
    Aurora's Avatar
    Aurora
    Spells
    Striking Looks
    (Riveting)
    Presence
    (Confident)
    Fame
    (Entertainment)
    Madison Cross
    (Sleeper ID)
    Gnosis
    Aurora
    Aurora

    Dedicated Magical Tool

    Multicolored copper bracelet with intricate loops winding around her right wrist.
    Nimbus

    The sweet, fragrant smells of roses mixed with lilacs emanate from her as she casts magic. The scent intensifies, bordering on intoxicating, when Life magic is cast. When Aurora casts Vulgar magic, the scent takes a nasty turn, to the putrid, nauseating odor of a rotting corpse. The stronger the magic, the more those around want to retch at the smell.
    Monthly Spells

    Monthly spells done on character sheet.


    Pulse of the Living World[POT 6]
    Organic Resilience[POT 6]
    (PrP Treasure Hunt)

    Active Spells: 1/6
    [Detect Substance]Bone
    Personal Spells: 2/3
    Vulgar:
    Mana:6/8
    WP:3

    2
    FAME
    +1
    SL
    4
    PRE

    The goat got a once over, the costume was interesting anyways. She can’t say she’d ever seen anyone dress like a goat, or one that was imposing. A smile was offered, might be someone fun to talk with.

    Blue eyes shift over to the familiar face, “It’s Halloween, my favorite time of year, plus, I always make an evening out of going out.” She replies with a grin. Her diluted green drink was raised to meet his, “And what are you tonight? Perhaps a spy?” she asks, noting the lack of costume. But the black clothes could be one, who knows.

    And then the moment was grabbed away as the charismatic guy was snatched away. Still, she offers a playful wink should he get bored with the other one. Seems she was going to have to look elsewhere for a flavor of the night. Or week, usually after that she got bored. And she was not one to compete for attention of a guy, it was boring, and Faye competes with no one.

    Turning back to Campanella, “Not a place I would have expected to find you though.”

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  16. #9
    Campanella's Avatar
    Campanella
    Allies (City Hall)
    Allies (Criminal)
    Allies (Culture)
    Allies (Finance)
    Occult Skill
    Campanella
    Campanella
    Campanella's Scenes
    Stats

    Clock

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 0
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 3/1

    [2R] Analyze Artefact (Deep Scrutiny of Artefacts, Prolonged, 1 scene)
    [4R] Dark Matter (Matter Sight, Prolonged, 1 scene)
    [2R] One Mind, Two Thoughts (Prolonged, 1 scene)

    Tangled Threads

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 4
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 1/3


    [4] Aura Perception (Concentration, 1 scene)

    [5] Third Eye (Mind Sight, Prolonged, 1 scene)

    [2R] Unseen Aegis (Armor, 1 scene)

    2
    PRE

    Campanella chuckled lightly at the response.

    "Perhaps I am." He replied with a mysterious air.

    "True. But... I had some business to attend to. So I find myself here and free for the evening. Its... quite an experience. I never quite expected how seriously some people take it."

    He moved so that he could lean more comfortably on the bar, while able to converse with Faye and able to look up at the gallery. Some of the costumes put to shame some of the creation's he had seen at the cultural events of the well heeled glitterati: at those staid and hushed events the costumes had been ornamentation; the Moros got the impression what he was witnessing was people without their masks, revealed and proud.

    "I would have thought you would be up there... with the night's aristocracy."
    Campanella|Moros|Mysterium
    Gnosis: 4
    Occult Skill: 3

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  18. #10
    Avis's Avatar
    Avis
    Avis

    Vulgar: Color drains from the immediate area and depth perception becomes temporarily skewed, everything seeming to draw in uncomfortably close, making rooms smaller and all but distant objects seem in reach.
    Vice: Color drains from Avis and her facial features seem indistinct and grainy, as though her identity is growing less defined.
    Virtue: Colors appear more vibrant and everything seems to become grander in scale.
    Merits

    2
    PRE

    Dark burlesque, fairies, superheroes, blah blah blah...

    Halloween was about monsters, goddammit! It was about reveling on the threshold of the horrifying and the perverse! It was a night were everyone hid their public themselves behind a facsimile of degeneracy. In a way, it was a night were people attempted to exercise all of those demons that they kept chained within the corners of their minds. Well, for the average person. For Avis...that was just her average day.

    Which was really what made her agree to Star's idea of going out to a club instead of cuddling up and binging on horror movies like they'd done last year. They needed a bit of divergence in their lives, and Halloween was the perfect excuse to go out and seek it.

    So that was what Avis was doing when she rolled up in da cluuuub looking like her favorite movie gangster of all time.

    Ma Ma was in the house, bitches!

    Now all she had to do was find Star . The'd decided to arrive separately just to make things a bit more interesting, but they each knew what costume the other would be wearing so it wouldn't be hard to eventually track each other down. Especially not with fake blood all over Avis' face.

    "Aw-Vee". Pres 2 (Moody). Mastigos, Adamantine Arrow. Trace of a Cajun accent.
    Defense: 8. 3 cloaked spells. Phone (pot 6), Belt (pot 5), Self (pot 2 +3) Spell tolerance: 1/3, Accumulation: 3/7

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