(Message) Hitting up the Bar

[Yumyumcrow]

Now it is night.

Deep night. The time when activity slows to a gentle stop. A nebulous time when silence falls on the hotel as the number active guests drop and the hotel is lost in the night. The Sterling hotel is just out of reach of the main entertainment precincts and thus avoids the noisy rush of the party strip. Sealed behind walls of concrete and reinforced glass, the street is a muted and hazy play of light and shadow.

Just like the hotel corridors are a play of monotony, light, and richly upholstered darkness.

The Old Faithful Bar has shrunk to its corner. The tables and chairs have been put away. The crowds are gone. The staff have changed. The bar is still open - lit under low and tasteful light that brings out the rich lacquer of the varnished wood surfaces. A single woman in crisp shirt, tasteful trousers and waistcoat, operates the bar; her punkish hair that flops artfully over the shaved side of her head lends the bar - and her look - a decidedly gritty edge. A tattoo is hinted at under the sleeve of her shirt as she works to clean the surface of the bar.

Over to you, Veiled Threats. I have moved things forward to the approximate time of the meeting so you can get ready. After all, right now, you have the jump on the Seers

West Star Avis Cayce Tuesday Saber Sloth

[Star]

Republican Jack had taken a clipper to the mop and used a #2 and #4 to trim it into a neat high and tight that he styled with gel. A neat suit, tie, and glasses complemented the look and of course there was The Briefcase.

He'd emptied it and filled it with random origami figures that were the detritus of Avis' existence in their shared room.

The solid weight of a pistol from a lifetime ago hung in a shoulder holster under his suit jacket.

"So, we ready? Anyone need to cast anything?"

Because Shields.

[Tuesday]

Tuesday was in this weird sort of stunned silence. Since. Welp. Republican!Jack.

"Whaa...oh yeah. Casting. Sure. One Sec. Here."

First for Star and Avis.

Her silver d20 in her hand, rolling between her fingers, as her other hand moves in well practiced motions, a fate-blue glyph forms before sputtering out of existence. "Hehah." an uncomfortable laugh, apparently Star didn't need Luck, her attention switches to Avis, the glyph forms, her stained-glass butterflies form and the threads of Fate, and Luck weave into Avis' pattern.

Rolling her shoulders, golden glyph-sparks form and disappear as she weaves a Shield around herself next, then her d20's rolling and her fingers are wigglin' and there's another blue glyph in the air. Weaving itself around herself. She totally needed some Luck. Since. Welp. Obvi.

With a shrug, even knowing that there'd be buzzing in her ear she tries for some fate lenses, but those golden sparks fail and Tuesday shrugs again. Maybe she should just try later.

"Uh, ready. Ish."

Rolls!

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:51:19		Tuesday rolls 1 to Dox 1 -1Rote-1DT-1Disclvlspell (chance die) (10 Again, Chance)		9		failure

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:51:47		Tuesday rolls 8 to Bestow E-Luck on Star (Manip 3 + Persuasion 2 + Fate3) (10 Again)		2, 5, 2, 5, 4, 5, 4, 2		failure

  1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:52:19		Tuesday rolls 1 to dox 1 -1MT,-1Rote (chance die) (10 Again, Chance)		10, 7		1 success

  1 suxx E-Luck on Avis

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:52:57		Tuesday rolls 7 to Bestow E-Luck on Avis (Manip 3 + Persuasion 2 + Fate3 -1dox) (10 Again)		4, 5, 8, 5, 5, 7, 1		1 success

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:58:09		Tuesday rolls 5 to Fate Shield (Fate 3 + Gnos 2) (10 Again)		3, 7, 1, 7, 6		failure

  1 suxx Fate Shield

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 12:58:27		Tuesday rolls 4 to Fate Shield (Fate 3 + Gnos 2 -1retry) (10 Again)		3, 9, 1, 6		1 success

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 13:00:46		Tuesday rolls 1 to dox 1 -1mt -1rote (chance die) (10 Again, Chance)		4		failure

  3 suxx S-Luck

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 13:01:32		Tuesday rolls 7 to S-Luck ( Resolve 3 + Occult 1 + Fate 3) (10 Again)		5, 5, 9, 5, 9, 10, 5, 2		3 successes

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-22 13:04:05		Tuesday rolls 4 to Fate Sight (Fate 3 + Gnos 2 -1castigation) (10 Again)		4, 1, 5, 2		failure

Casting E-Luck on Avis with 1 suxx, and Casting S-Luck on herself w/ 3 suxx, Fate Shield is at 1pot

[Avis]

Preparation for this day had been fucking frustrating. If Star had been trying to piss her off, he would have asked if she was 'ready, and needed to cast anything'. It would have been almost impossible to come up with a more cutting thing to say. Obviously, he wasn't trying to piss her off, but after the fight they'd had earlier in the day, well, perhaps she was feeling just a little bit more sensitive to things like this, intended or not.

So, instead of responding with words, she just gave a curt nod, and waited for Tuesday to finish casting her spells.

If they survived this, Avis was going to make sure she did a proper ritual on Tuesday's damn bow...

  2 successes, Space Shield and Mind Shield, pot 1 each

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-23 15:58:12		Avis rolls 6 to Space Shield+Mental Shield (mind4+gnos3-2combi+2HS-1retry) (10 Again)		4, 8, 5, 8, 1, 3		2 successes

  2 successes, Supernal Sight

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-23 15:58:44		Avis rolls 5 to supernal sight (rote) (10 Again)		9, 4, 7, 10, 6, 5		2 successes

   Wasted shit, hurray

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-23 16:12:43		Avis rolls 4 to double shape phone+bow, belt+quiver (gnos3+space5+2HS-4targets-1cont-2combi-2dur+WP) (10 Again, WillPower)		1, 5, 5, 9		1 success
2017-03-23 16:09:42		[03] Avis rolls 5 to Rit double shape phone+bow, belt+quiver (gnos3+space5-4targets) (10 Again)		5, 5, 5, 1, 9		1 success
2017-03-23 16:09:42		[02] Avis rolls 5 to Rit double shape phone+bow, belt+quiver (gnos3+space5-4targets) (10 Again)		6, 3, 7, 5, 6		failure
2017-03-23 16:09:42		[01] Avis rolls 5 to Rit double shape phone+bow, belt+quiver (gnos3+space5-4targets) (10 Again)		5, 8, 4, 3, 5		1 success

[Yumyumcrow]

Now it is night.

The hotel corridors are a play of monotony, light, and richly upholstered darkness.

The Old Faithful Bar has shrunk to its corner. The tables and chairs have been put away. The crowds are gone. The staff have changed. The bar is still open - lit under low and tasteful light that brings out the rich lacquer of the varnished wood surfaces. A single woman in crisp shirt, tasteful trousers and waistcoat, operates the bar; her punkish hair that flops artfully over the shaved side of her head lends the bar - and her look - a decidedly gritty edge. A tattoo is hinted at under the sleeve of her shirt as she works to clean the surface of the bar.

She looks up as The Young Republican approaches, briefcase in hand.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-24 03:36:43		Bar-grrl to be sneaky and subterfuge-y rolls 4 to Manipulation + Subterfuge (10 Again)		4, 8, 5, 8		2 successes

Clicking her tongue, she adjusts her posture while making her cloth vanish beneath the counter. Up close, Star can make out her aural corona: dull and quiescent as any Sleeper but with bursts of glitter bubbling through and seeping out. A sleep walker.

"Long day? Looking for a place to clear your head? What would you like?" Her voice is better suited to screaming but for Young Republican she schools it into a husky drawl.

I'm assuming VT is going with Star-as-bait and whack the Seers, as per OOC discussion.

[Star]

Secret Aaaaaaagent Man.

Pop Quiz: A Seer agent asks you half of a pass phrase. What do you do?

"I'll, ummmm. I'll have a Tequila Mockingbird."

I Am Jack's Sense of Humor. He set the briefcase on the bar conspicuously and slowly.

[Tuesday]

Spells cast, and they was on the move.

But you know, behind Star. And not close to him at all. Well. Kinda close, but not close-close since, he was, you know, bait. So kinda hidden. There's a wall, and Avis can totally tell what's going on behind the wall with Star-that-was-weird-like-legit-weird-Lance-was-waaaaay-easier-to-get-used-to-then-this-Star-Weird. Since welp. Yeah. Obvi.

Whatever.

Waiting. Waiting.

Can't go a flinging spells at the wrong peeps.

[Avis]

Holding pattern...

...fucking sucked.

If only she'd learned how to make cloaks...Then she could have thrown up one hell of a disguise! As it was now, she was just lurking with Tuesday, a little outside the entrance of the bar. Waiting...

[Yumyumcrow]

The punkish barkeep smiled absently in what passed as a mental shrug.

The tequila appeared and so did the flannel as the barkeep turned her attention back to her cleaning.

Agent Star was left to his own devices... for a small amount of time.

Because they had arrived. You could hear them come up the stairs from the lobby, giggling and laughing away like young things fresh from a party. They looked like they had spent a night on the town as well: in dresses and heels; one had a long coat casually thrown over their party wear. Arm in arm, they could have been friends loudly and carelessly chattering as they strove to extend the night that little bit longer.

A plump little woman with sparkling eyes, friendly mouth and an unnatural shade of red; her best friend was tall, lean, and pasty (obviously being dragged along against her will). The taller of the pair wore the coat, its dimensions thrown out by the height of her heels.

They glowed too. Glowed with the corona of the Awakened. Two spells hung off each of them, rotes by how the sigils were pale and lacking in strong colour.

Laughing and carrying on, they only have eyes for the Young Republican. They don't notice the two Veiled ladies hiding in the background.

"Hey handsome. Mind if we join you. Tiffany thinks..." The plump redhead began. Her companion elbowed her. They closed the distance.

Two tipsy women and a guy at a lonely bar. What could possibly happen?

And some book keeping -

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-27 03:48:14		Coat with Heels for Sight Rote rolls 9 to Wits + Occult + Prime (10 Again)		1, 5, 4, 2, 8, 2, 6, 2, 1		1 success
2017-03-27 03:46:10		Coat with Heels for Shield Rote rolls 10 to Stamina + Occult + Forces (10 Again)		7, 1, 2, 5, 9, 2, 10, 2, 3, 6, 7		2 successes
2017-03-27 03:32:55		Plump Red Head for Sight Rote rolls 8 to Wits + Medicine + Life (10 Again)		3, 2, 2, 7, 8, 5, 5, 8		2 successes
2017-03-27 03:30:59		Plump Red Head for Shield Rote rolls 10 to Stamina + Athletics + Life (10 Again)		2, 2, 6, 8, 6, 10, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2		2 successes

[Star]

All things come to those to wait.

Napoleon Star turned, drink in hand and with his best Robert Vaughn raised eyebrows and smug smile.

"I thought you'd never ask!"

  Initiative 12 QQ

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-03-27 15:32:49		Star (Mod 8 + Fast Reflexes 2) rolls 1 die for initiative		2