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    Sacramento is a place of power.

    Rivers and roads meet here. The centre of the state's gravity might well be The Bay and L.A. but Sacramento is the state capital. Despite the other great cities wealth and prestige, it is here that the organs of government lie. And the city is thriving - growing and expanding west beyond the river and slowly north-east through Roseville and beyond...

    Sacramento is a place of power.

    Temporal power often draws from a more mystical source. And that will draw the Kindred like moths to a flame...

    People have been asking for a plot focussed on mystical places for a while, so here it is.

    Of course, mystic places don't really advertise themselves. They require time and effort to uncover. This thread is for the necessary legwork to pin down one or more places of power.

    Merits such as Allies, Contacts, and some forms of Status will be handy here. Simply pounding the street looking for a break will only get you so far...

    Deltaomega Travisc06489 this is for you. But anyone else can join in as well as this scene is essentially chasing rumours...

    Lokio @Dark Passanger you have already found a Mystic Place :P

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    And who else in Sacramento's Domain is more suited to searching for power? Taft is the former servant of a Dragon who rose to power from nothing. While not a part of the Ordo Dracul himself, he's certainly been tempted and fascinated by routes to power and ascension. Nearly a century of glimpsing random, cryptic memories from the blood have left him with images that tease at greater truths. Places of importance. Power.

    But in all these years, Taft has had little control over the nature of these memories he's glimpsed. Which is why it is good he is not alone. There are others on the same path who can answer questions his visions leave him with.

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    2018-06-23 20:48:04 Lawrence Taft rolls 8 to Wits + Occult (10 Again) 1, 5, 1, 8, 6, 3, 10, 9, 5 3 successes

    Taft is using his Mystery Cult Initiation 3 to help gather information. He is equipped with his Dagger and Smartphone.
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    The strange world of the occult was one Cynthia had only skirted in the past. It was not that hard honestly, being a creature of the night like herself made one part of it after all. But now her recent discovery of the Rites of the Dragon had sparked a greater interest in the Artistic Priscus. Faint memories of someone whispering about places holding strange, esoteric power scattered over the world were recalled and she found herself looking to see if Sacramento had such a place.

    She had some knowledge, even if the majority of it was rumours and hearsay picked up along the road all over these years. Extra effort was made on her part to sort it all and try and find something. The Haunt had not been motivated like this in a long time.

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    2018-06-24 00:54:05 Cynthia rolls 6 to Basic Footwork (Wits+Occult) (10 Again, WillPower) 9, 2, 1, 8, 7, 4 2 successes

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    A thought had occurred and Cynthia attempted to speak to a few acquaintances she knew in the artistic community. Eccentrics, outcasts and bored people of high society with more money that sense tended to come and go within those circles. The Priscus had been hopeful that she would gain something from a few inquires.

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    2018-06-24 21:31:20 Cynthia Weiss rolls 3 to Contacting Contacts (Manipulation + Persuasion) (1s Subtract) 4, 2, 4 failure


    Unfortunately, all she got was random gossip and silence in a few cases when her curse made itself known conversation. Nothing seemed to grab her as important beyond a few dates for some gallery showings. Her attempts a bust, she moved on to her relying on herself once more...

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    Taft has access to a Shadow Mystery Cult. From them he learns that another cult has bought up some property - an old warehouse complex - on the way to Sacramento Airport. Not only has the cult bought up the property, but they have established a permanent on-site presence. There is a rumour circulating that the skull of the occultist "Mad" Albert Temple has been found. This property would be squarely within the Barrens of the Domain if he wanted to investigate himself.

    Cynthia hears nothing about some certified cultists buying up an old warehouse or two. She does hear stories circulating of the old witch house by Sacramento Airport. Quiet whispers. Awed whispers. Even after years of neglect and arson, the ruins still draw strange occurrences like flies to honey. There is "footage" of a "ghostly encounter" on the local web; and stories of crack pots and cranks returning to visit the burned out ruins of the old mansion.

    Then there are the stories of the House That Isn't There (that too, is up on the web). A dilapidated building, completely off-grid - and unknown to the City Hall archives. Apparently the developers ignored it too. Its slap bang in the middle of a new development in North Sacramento. As in, the development grew up around it - and no one (including civic architects, engineers or, apparently, even the work crews) picked up on the ruin in the middle of their project.

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    2018-07-03 08:28:31 Lawrence Taft rolls 7 to Int + Occult to "Mad" Albert Who? (10 Again) 1, 6, 8, 3, 1, 1, 6 1 success

    Taft takes a moment to pour over his notes on the name... if he'd come across it before, it could be very telling on what kind of powers - if any - the relic possesses.

    Musings on the skull aside, the discovery puts him on edge. Unless they shared common goals, the presence of another cult operating in the area would almost certainly lead to conflict. Taft, above all else, would see that this conflict is managed correctly. He would investigate the cult operating in the Barrens first. The Prince would then learn only the details he saw fit to share - as they would best benefit the Shadow.

    And that was if he even deigned to tell her.

    Which leaves him in an unusual position... tackling this investigation alone would be dangerous. Potentially deadly. But with the city's politics (barely) wriggling free from the choke-hold of the First Estate, he has to be especially selective in who he chooses to include. It would need to be someone independent. Someone not already snared in Taft's web. A clean slate. Yes, he knows just the individual...

    Taft makes his way toward the Nox. One of the helpful breathers there would surely know the phone number of the Priscus of Haunts.
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    Yumyumcrow Taft sends this text to Cynthia. Best way I could think to intertwine them.
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    Taft knows... Not enough.

    "Mad" Albert Temple was an occultist who rose to local prominence in the decade after the Second World War. He led his own group of seekers and was based near Sacramento. Obviously he lost control of his following, for he was found murdered outside the groups shared holding - beheaded, so it was said. The press had quite a day with the lurid details of Albert's little sect.

    Yet Taft is singularly unable to find anything solid upon which to go. Either its all conjecture and hearsay, or shadowy hands have made a decent job of scouring "Mad" Albert's legacy from public consciousness.

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    Nothing more than a somewhat entertaining story. No matter: Taft would investigate soon enough.

    Speaking of which, the Haunt agreed. Another pair of eyes and hands to uncover this mystery.

    Yumyumcrow Should a new thread be opened for meeting near the airport? Taft and Cynthia Weiss haven't exchanged stories yet, but I imagine they could go to investigate either site from the vicinity of the Airport.
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    @Lawrence Taft @Travis06489 Cynthia Weiss Deltaomega lets do that!

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