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  1. #1
    Cayce's Avatar


    It's full bright, the sun shining gaily overhead, it's gentle rays ticking the greenery ever higher, the City of Trees blossoming in the warm light.

    That is, until a pillar of smoke begins to eclipse the sky...

    Shouts of wildfire are heard on the street as foolish sleepers begin to panic, the sound of cars crashing echoing as the machine weighing thousands of pounds smash into one another.

    The smoke continued to rise, and more screams began to fill the air.

    It was worse for the Magi within the Circle of Creation. The smoke was coming from somewhere very close by, and it was pouring thick and blackchoking the corridors and billowing up to swallow the towers of the Cathedral.

  2. #2
    Banshee's Avatar
    Presence
    (Insubstantial)
    Striking Looks
    (Unseelie Beauty)
    Distinctive Voice
    (Haunting)
    Banshee

    Libertine Moros who calls herself Jane Doe around Sleepers.

    Nimbus

    A figure in Banshee’s distorted image flays the Moros from the inside, ripping and tearing at her flesh, desperately seeking an escape from this cage of meat.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2
    Occult 3

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5
    Personal Spells: Dual Casted 2E Death Shield/Grim Sight (Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

    (Out of Path Read Matrices)Mana 1 Spent
    +1
    SL
    +1
    DV
    1
    PRE

    Entropy existed, touching all things. Transmuting joy to panic, delight to fear.

    The unbridled fear of Sleepers crying wildfire has the Omen standing, casting. Smoke did not necessarily mean fire, but a smoke this thick and billowing into their sanctuary merited serious consideration.

    "Is there anyone else here?" Banshee shouts as her eyes, laced now with the delicate lattice work of Forces seek out heat, and possibly, flames.



    Equipment: Cell, Reinforced Clothing (Jacket), Magical Tool, Pepper Spray
    Active Spells: Ritual Grim Sight, Ritual 2E Death Armour, Read Matrices
      2 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 11:04:23 Banshee rolls 7 to Read Matrices (Gnosis 2 + Forces 2 + 3EA) (10 Again) 6, 3, 7, 10, 10, 1, 5, 5, 7 2 successes
      4 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 11:06:33 Banshee rolls 5 to Perception (Wits 2 + Composure 3) (10 Again) 10, 9, 2, 10, 7, 9, 3 4 successes
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower:
    Monthly Rits: Dual Casted 2E Death Shield/Grim Sight (Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

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  4. #3
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    Alastor

    "I am," Alastor called. The smoke had obviously concerned the Arrow too; he'd come down from the Arrow tower wearing his shotgun tube on his back and with his chain weapon on his hip. His shirt was bulked out a little, like he was wearing a vest under it, and his sunglasses were hanging from his shirt, lending him the appearance of one who wasn't totally yet ready.

    The smoke would be an absolute bitch to see through. Why was it even here? The level of coincidence that must have been at play made a paranoid part of him wonder, and he flicked a hand and chanted in High, knowing that they needed eyes on what was going outside right now. He thought about the building, the outside of it, streets he had driven many times and knew well. Eyes on. Now, before the smoke swallowed visibility entirely and blinded them entirely.

    Windows. Windows, now, as many as he could form. Space bent inward toward Alastor, for those who could see the Unchained's Nimbus, as the world seemed to seek to imprison him before snapping out as his hand flicked outward. Windows. One out in the well-known streets in front of the building, viewing from the opposite side of where the smoke was. One, in the space high up outside the Arrow tower, a view he knew well, giving a panoramic view. A third, in the back, choked with smoke, toward where the burning was coming from. He needed viewpoints, and he would have them. Filtering his ability to see further, he flicked out a minor incantation from Mind to allow him to detect Minds within his line of sight: in this case, human minds. It would be what he used to detect what was going on through the smoke, to see if anybody was coming at the Circle.

    Deal with the paranoia, first.

    Then, if this really was coincidence, they could go from there. Flicking through the windows, Alastor used his enhanced senses and his naturally quick eyes to see what he could learn. Was this a danger, or was this just bad luck?

    Alastor has 2E Space Armor (4 Pot), Space Sight (4 Pot) both ritually cast, and now has scene-long Sense Consciousness active on himself and Multispatial Perception active on the outdoor areas (not within the Circle and its Wards) described above.

    Equipment in Minisheet.


    3 sux to Multispatial Perception at base pool 8, -4 for Known with WP spent; Sense Consciousness active, 3 sux PER to see through his multiple Scry windows and determine if any threats
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 13:39:26 Alastor rolls 7 to Perception (Wits + Composure) (10 Again) 4, 9, 4, 4, 8, 10, 1, 1 3 successes
    2018-08-14 13:38:20 Alastor rolls 6 to Sense Consciousness (Human Minds) (Gno + Mind + HS) (10 Again) 5, 9, 6, 2, 4, 3 1 success
    2018-08-14 13:33:16 Alastor rolls 7 to Multispacial Perception (-4 for Known) (10 Again, WillPower) 10, 1, 9, 6, 5, 10, 2, 7, 1 3 successes
    2018-08-14 13:32:36 Alastor rolls 1 to Paradox (Chance) (10 Again, Chance) 3 failure
           

  5. #4
    Winter's Avatar
    Winter
    Presence
    (Stoic)
    Education
    (West Point Grad)
    Occultation
    Winter

    Nimbus

    Dark shadows scatter in ordered symmetrical patterns traversed by a crackling pallid silver light that wraps Winter in a pleasantly numbing and icy coldness.
    When vulgar magic is cast, the frequency of the oscillation of the dark fluid surges until the shadows arrange themselves in a solid black halo around Winter's head, the white light darkens into a fiery black sunlight and his eyes are set ablaze with vivid incandescence.
    Stats

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor: 1(General)/2(Ballistic)
    Defense: 3

    Active Spells: 1/6
    Personal Spells: 1/3
    Incognito Presence (Mind 2) Rote, Scene, Pot[1]

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    Smoke, a thick and lurid blanket of smoke made its way through the corridors of the Cathedral, desecrating the peace that had - until then- reigned over the Guardians' wing.
    For the day, reading time is over, he thought rising from his desk.
    Was the Circle under attack? Perhaps at the behest of those that had razed the Cortez to the ground? Seers? But then, who could pierce those wards? Banishers were unlikely.
    Or maybe somebody had finally snapped, lost his marbles and decided to end it all. The Necromancer?


    There is no Occam's Razor for the inner paranoid.


    As the thick curtain rose to occupy every cranny of the room, the Guardian grabbed his things. If it was the work of the Seers, it could be a trap sprung to lure them outside the range of the Circle's protections. In that case, where there is smoke, there is fire; and he certainly wasn't planning on getting roasted. Not today, at least.


    Suppressing his flight response, he began chanting. First of all, he'd need a clear view of his surroundings. From the commotion outside, shit was going to hit the fan soon, but what about those within the Sanctuary?
    There they are. The outlines of somebody familiar, a lung filling breath later he plunged into the chaos.




      3 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 16:33:49 Winter rolls 5 to Read Matrices IMP (Infrared) Gno + Forces + HS - 1 (10 Again) 5, 8, 10, 5, 8, 5 3 successes
      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 16:36:04 Winter rolls 5 to Unseen shield Improv 2e (Gnosis + Forces + HS) -1 [repeated] (10 Again) 5, 5, 9, 7, 5 1 success
      4 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 16:37:13 Winter rolls 6 to Fireproofing IMP (Gno + Forces + HS) (10 Again) 8, 3, 1, 2, 10, 8, 9 4 successes
      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 16:38:59 Winter rolls 6 to perception (Wits + Composure) (10 Again) 4, 8, 4, 4, 2, 4 1 success




    Equip: Smartphone, rosary, Cortez Thumbdrive, Kevlar vest(thin), Brass Knuckles, wallet, lighter, wedding band, pencil, cigarettes
    Spells: Unseen Shield 2e (pot 1), Read Matrices Infrared (Pot 3), Fireproofing (Pot 4)
    Mana: 5, WP (4 or 5?)


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  7. #5
    Knot's Avatar
    Occultation
    Knot

    Nimbus
    Knot appears, for a moment, as a marionette, roughly carved from wood and painted in a facsimile of life, bound up in a spiderweb tangle of it's own strings, that are pulled every-which way by unseen hands.
    General Stats

    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Defense: 6 (3)

    Active Spells: 3 / 6
    Base Paradox: 2 die
    Personal Spells
    2e Fortune's Protection
    (potency 8, +3 defense)

    Temporal Eddies
    (potency 1, mage sight)

    (Improvised Body Control)Mana 1 Spent
    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    Knot, not wasting any time when he comes out of meditation and recognizes the situation for what it is, strips off his shirt and wets it with his water bottle to fashion a crude mask for himself. He calls down magic as he does, to help him control his breathing and keep on his toes. Before he leaves the Mysterium's wing to follow the familar voices, he grabs more water from the little minifridge.

    When he arrives, shirtless and with wet cloth covering his face, Knot offers water bottles to the others while he waits for a sitrep. He sends an impulse up his timeline to see about running after the sources of the smoke.

    Knot casts Momentary Flux with the intent on finding out if running to the source of the smoke is good/bad/uncertain fortune


      Body Control 1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 17:16:34 Knot rolls 7 to Body Control (Gnosis + Life + High Speech) (10 Again) 5, 2, 6, 1, 8, 6, 7 1 success
      Perception 1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 17:17:29 Knot rolls 7 to Perception (10 Again) 9, 6, 3, 2, 6, 7, 5 1 success
      Momentary Flux 2 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 17:42:18 Knot rolls 4 to Momentary Flux (Gnosis 3 + Time 1) (10 Again) 6, 3, 10, 9, 5 2 successes

    Health: , Mana:, WP:
    Defense: 6 (vs Firearms 3)

    Vulgar: 2 dice, Active Spells: 2/6, Personal Spells: 2 (-0 Contagion)
    [3] Fortune's Protection (Defense +3) & [2] Sybil's Sight (Fate Sight)
    [1] Body Control (1/2 oxygen needed, +1 Initiative, double deprivation/fatigue interval, double poison/toxin damage interval)


    Equipment: Pocket Knife, Pen, Cell Phone, Water Bottles, Wet Shirt mask, Rockin Bod, Bracelets
    Last edited by Knot; Aug 14th, 2018 at 06:48 PM.  Reason for Edit: mana spend
    Active Spells: 2e Fortune's Protection (Rote), Temporal Eddies (Improvised)

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  9. #6
    Weavebreaker's Avatar
    Weavebreaker

    Obrimos | Adamantine Arrow | Consilium

    Gnosis ●●● | WP ●●●●●●● | Mana 9(12/3)


    Ritual Spells Active

    Supernal Vision(Cloaked)(Month)Potency 10

    Transform Aura(Cloaked)(Month)Potency 9
    Current Scenes

    The Descent of the Circle


    Phantasmal Armor - 6
    Supernal Vision - 5
    Mage Armor - 3

    Mana - 7
    Willpower - 6

    All the Kings Men

    Supernal Vision (Cloaked) - 5
    Transform Aura (Sleeper)(Cloaked) - 4
    Mana 7
    Witch Hunter

    Health:
    Mana
    Willpower:
    Armor 2
    Defense 2

    Vulgur Spells in Scene - 4 (+2 Paradox)

    Spell Tolerance - 2 (@3(-1))
    Active Spells - 3/6
    Read Matrices - 1
    Unseen Shield - 3
    Reduced Friction - 2

    (Forces Compelling)Willpower 1 Spent
    2
    PRE

    The smell alerted Weavebreaker; it was a herald for the smoke. She went into action as it began to grow worse. Weavebreaker tried to stay low - after all smoke and heat liked to rise, as she made her way into the main hall. Her hand clutched the golden cross beneath her shirt, her magical tool. Her other hand traced script upon the smoke filled air, as her eyes were fixed to a window up above.

    The image grew in her minds, as she spoke in high speech. The supernal touched down onto the fallen, making her will, reality.

    The smoke contained heat and other hot gases. She focused the heat to move in one direction, out the window. In turn, the heat would create a cascading effect, drawing more of the heat and hot gas out of the window. There was still one more thing.

    "Close up as much a possible!" Weavebreaker yelled. "If we have it all closed and have a door open to a side with fresh air! We will create a positive side!"

      2 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 18:29:50 Weavebreaker rolls 10 to Forces Compelling (10 Again, WillPower) 3, 9, 3, 6, 10, 3, 2, 1, 3, 6, 1 2 successes
    Obrimos | Adamantine Arrow
    Gnosis ●●● | WP ●●●●●●● | Mana 9(12/3)

    Supernal Vision(Cloaked)(Month)Potency 10

    Transform Aura(Cloaked)(Month)Potency 9

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  11. #7
    Langdon's Avatar

    Langdon
    Doctorate
    Langdon

    (Shape Air dox mitigation)Mana 2 Spent
    2
    PRE

    As Knot grabs water and leaves the Mysterium's wing chanting follows him. That same chanting grows louder as Langdon leaves the Mysterium's wing knife in hand. Slow almost gregorian chanting forming a glowing Brown glyph in front of him. Mana leaks from his hands and reinforces the pattern against the influence of the Abyss. With a final flourish of the knife the glyph whirls and explodes into fractal replicas of itself. All pushing the smoke away.


      0 dox, 6 suxx to Shape Air, -2M to help mitigate Dox dice
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-14 21:00:30 Langdon rolls 9 to Witch-Shape Air (Gno3+Matter4+HS2=9) (10 Again) 10, 3, 3, 8, 5, 8, 1, 9, 9, 9 6 successes
    2018-08-14 20:59:51 Langdon rolls 1 to Witch-Shape Air-dox (Gno2-1MagTool+1(4dot)-2mana=0) (10 Again, Chance) 7 failure
    Langdon casts Shape Air to blow the smoke away from the central walkthrough of the Circle. With 6 suxx that's 160 cubic yards of air.

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  13. #8
    C
    Cricket

    Cricket had circled back to the Circle in order to properly meet his fellow Libertines. He hadn’t wanted to make a rush about it, exploring the halls, but the smell of smoke and then Banshee’s call changed that. Oh yeah, join a group -- it'll be safer they said ...

    He darted for the sounds of the converging group, attempting to add his eyes to scouring the area but far too distracted by the wave of shimmering glyphs pushing back the smoke to be much help.

    Perception Nope
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-08-15 03:51:17 Cricket rolls 6 to Perception (Wits 4 + Comp 2) (10 Again) 6, 4, 4, 1, 7, 3 failure
           





    Equipment in mini-sheet. Ritual 2e Life Armor + Life Sight. 2e Life Armor + Reinforced Jacket = 3 armor.

  14. #9
    Cayce's Avatar




    The Omen's eyes are not blind to the tapestry of energy flowing through the universe. She could see blooms of heat rising into the sky, swirling and fanning in terrifying eddies that could only be created within the all-consuming fury of fire. Thankfully, it was not anywhere near igniting the circle...yet. Unfortunately, Banshee can't quite see where, or what, the fire is burning, as the massive complex of the Circle blocks her view.



    Like a kaleidoscope, Alastor's vision fragments, snapshots of the land surrounding the circle filtering through his mind. However, it is one pane that grasps his attention. An apartment building across the street, perhaps 200 yards from the back of the circle, is burning. The wind has carried the billowing smoke into the Circle, but Alastor can barely see people panicking through the thick, choking palls of ash...



    The seasoned Guardian could see blooms of heat rising into the sky, swirling and fanning in terrifying eddies that could only be created within the all-consuming fury of fire. Thankfully, it was not anywhere near igniting the circle...yet. Unfortunately, Winter can't quite see where, or what, the fire is burning, as the massive complex of the Circle blocks his view.



    The Setian guards his lungs against the foul touch of the smoke, and peers into the shifting flow of time, discovering that the future is too UNCERTAIN. The smoke heralds danger, but there is potential benefit lying therein, too.



    The master of prime manages to vent her room of smoke, funneling it out the window as she shouts perfectly logical firefighting orders...



    The intrepid Reality Stalker finds his chant resonating with the realm of Stygia, and he draws upon the mysteries of air, his powerful willworking dispersing the smoke. Great billows of ash and acrid stench flush out of the Circle. The two great towers are likely still swamped with smoke, but the windows quickly closed, the only evidence of such choking pollution is a vague stench in the air. Now, they would have time to talk...

  15. #10
    Banshee's Avatar
    Presence
    (Insubstantial)
    Striking Looks
    (Unseelie Beauty)
    Distinctive Voice
    (Haunting)
    Banshee

    Libertine Moros who calls herself Jane Doe around Sleepers.

    Nimbus

    A figure in Banshee’s distorted image flays the Moros from the inside, ripping and tearing at her flesh, desperately seeking an escape from this cage of meat.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2
    Occult 3

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5
    Personal Spells: Dual Casted 2E Death Shield/Grim Sight (Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

    +1
    SL
    +1
    DV
    1
    PRE

    "The fire is real." she announces, "Not just created smoke. The source has yet to touch the Circle, but fire is always hungry."

    Her spine slicked with the frigid fingers of the grave, she was not the only magi casting. Especially not with the black smoke's directed escape. "Have any of you realized, or discovered anything further?" she asks, the Wise were curious cats, wishing to know even at their own peril.
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower:
    Monthly Rits: Dual Casted 2E Death Shield/Grim Sight (Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

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