(Dagger Caper) Incident Under Red Lights

[Yumyumcrow]

Alice's fingers work fast. Going by touch alone, the object is either a rod, a dagger, an athame of some size, or something similar. Unless there is something else going on, the object probably has some sort of supernatural resonance. The Haunt experiences a reaction from her Beast only when her hand is in contact with the object. A ghost of concern brushes at her mind: if it does this to her Wraith when wrapped in a blanket, what will it do when its unwrapped?

Cadence is still struggling with the stricken man.

Josef, now standing, notes that he is well placed to simply slip away. The Daeva is battling to save the man's life as he writhes in her arms. Alice is fumbling around in his jacket, tugging at an object wrapped in a blanket...

...And another set of lights appear on the distant road. Lights that are slowing. And turning to follow the trail the crashed vehicle created in its wake!

[Alice Hart]

Alice wants to touch the roddaggerathane but its Josef's moving presence that draws her out of finishing the unwrapping so she might lay her bare hands upon the roddaggerathane.

Reminding her that she wasn't alone. And while she was in the dark she wasn't truly so.

So with great reluctance she folds the towel back around the roddaggerathane, slipping it both into her jacket. And into the shadows.

Once that's done she reaches for her phone, slowly dialling 911.

  ToS on the object

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-11-09 16:29:08		Alice Hart rolls 8 to Mine! (ToS-object wits 3 + larceny 2 + obfuscate 2 + 1 size) (10 Again)		3, 9, 3, 7, 10, 9, 7, 8, 5		4 successes

[Yumyumcrow]

A car materialises, ghostly, from the nightly gloom. An older model with an engine that makes a sickly growl and headlights that appear to smoke in the cold air. The vehicle pulls up, slow but sharp, and two men tumble from it. A mismatched pair: one dark skinned with an overblown afro, loud shirt blaring beneath a crisp leather jacket; the other could be businessman with his grey hair slicked back into a pony tail and his well groomed short beard.

"Claus! Hey! Claus! What up, man! Oh shit! Claus!" Confusion turns to panic, cracking Afro-man's voice. He is the first to arrive on the scene, given his comparative youth compared to the other. He drops to his knees next to Cadence and the still stricken Claus.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-11-12 00:40:22		Afro-Man to do first aid rolls 4 to Intelligence + Medicine + Speciality - 3 situation modifier (10 Again, WillPower)		8, 2, 5, 4		1 success

"Oh, man! Crazy bastard you just took off! We yo friends, man! Here..."

"Damn it all! He's ill! Someone call 911!" This from the Businessman, striding confidently behind. He is already fumbling for his own as he approaches, swing round to pass by the other side of Claus's car. "Has someone called 911?"

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-11-12 00:45:48		Business Man is perceptive rolls 5 to Wits + Investigation - Situation Modifiers (10 Again, WillPower)		4, 9, 10, 4, 7, 5		2 successes

[Alice Hart]

"I am!" shouts Alice as the new breather jumps out if the car and starts shouting. She knees from the pull if the Beasts that Josef is somewhere behind her. While Cadence is still working on the seizing kine.

"Claus? Last name? Known conditions? Work?" she spits out rapid fire. Hoping to get some answers out of the breather as she finishes dialling and holds the phone to her ear.

[Yumyumcrow]

"Uh. Mayer, I think. Claus Mayer. Heart problems, I think. He'd been suffering... depression? Paranoia? Shit, man, what were you thinking?"

Afro-Man was taking stock of Claus' pills, his voice drifting into quiet.

Josef slips into the darkness. Business Man doesn't seem to notice so much, perhaps because he is more interested in completing his circuit of Claus' car and checking the cabin. He arrives beside Alice with an unfamiliar step and gentle, calming, words for Claus.

If Alice didn't know better, she might believe that Business Man is quietly patting Claus down, much like she had previously.

[Alice Hart]

When the call connects and the voice on the other line begins asking questions Alice relays what had happened. Edited, of course.

(a part of her that isn't her churns at the thought of lying when a man's life hangs in the balance.)

Josef isn't mentioned. But the man muttering soothing words is. The crash, of course but why the two women were out was claimed to be a brisk night time jog. The location's first out of her mouth, as is what the businessman told her in regards to her rapid fire questions.

With her hollow worry she says her friend was offering aid and she called 911 right away. More for the businessman then for the operator.

The call eventually ends and Alice puts her cell away.

"An ambulance is on the way." Alice says, telling the hidden Lord and the man patting pockets.

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2017-11-14 11:36:35		Alice Hart rolls 5 to Slightly Edited (Wits 3 + Subterfuge 2) (10 Again)		5, 3, 10, 6, 4, 4		1 success

[Yumyumcrow]

Afro-Man works quickly with Cadence.

"I... I think we got him stabilised for now. But fuck, man, he needs a hospital..." He says with genuine feeling as he rocks back on his heels.

Business Man nods.

"Good work. Both of you. My thanks. My... friend... has not been himself lately. I fear the black dog has really got him this time. Ah! You didn't see the crash?" The well dressed man adds smoothly. He takes advantage of his position now, to briefly check out the interior of Claus' car. Alice could pick out the movement; Joseph saw it quite clearly, as well as the professional ease with which it was done.

Afro-Man is still occupied by poor Claus. Business Man is focussed more on Alice and the car. If Josef wants to slip away, now is the time to try.