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  1. #91
    Pixel's Avatar

    Presence
    Striking Looks
    (Innocent)
    Pixel

    Nimbus:
    Things around Pixel become block like before suddenly reverting to their normal appearance, as if the world around him were slowly being rendered in on a crappy cpu.

    +1
    SL
    1
    PRE

    After a certain point there's nothing left to do but watch. Watch as the Diamond declares it's members enemies. Watch as they hide behind their powers. Watch as they're dragged back out and trounced on the floor of the circle.

    Bright side? If Campanella loses Pixel's officially off the hook moving forward.

    Like Anima he watches with his sight, less concerned with his forced silence then just absorbed in the events and manifested sword.

  2. #92
    Abacus's Avatar

    Contacts (Finance)
    Contacts (Digital Networks)
    Contacts (Academia)
    Trained Memory
    Abacus Scenes
    Abacus

    The sound of dialing numbers (phone, keypad, rotaries, calculators) echo in the ears of those in close proximity. Shimmering gold lettering take the form of flickering mathematical symbols that form complex equations in the air.

    2
    PRE

    Abacus remembered the first time he walked into this forum. The first time he laid eyes on the Hierarch. They were met with the option...no, the challenge of unseating him should he step out of line. But this was no act of tyranny. This was simply a misunderstanding. A clash of wills. Two people all too convinced that they were in the right. Read your history, people! This will happen again and again. For different reasons and with different banners. But they will drip with the blood of the battered and the scolded. Regardless.

    A part of him despised this. That part of him sought the Clock and wondered if it too grew tired. If it felt the disdain bubbling in his throat.

    The other part relished in the unraveling of Nimbi, in the shows of Power that only the Duel could conjure.

    Like the Wise of old.

    The loom of Fate splits into its multivariate strings. Arcadian sunlight breaks through the space between the strings of what could be. It washes him in the wisdom that only those on the Thorn's Path could truly describe and witness.

    He needed to See the spectacle only then could he call himself a betting man.

      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-02-24 01:02:03 Abacus rolls 7 to Sybils Sight -- Rote (10 Again) 5, 1, 7, 4, 7, 5, 9 1 success
    Acanthus | Mysterium |

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  4. #93
    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 is breathing heavily as Winter's weave wraps around him and Star. He is trying to master his Fear psyching himself up for the contest.

    It is only as the weave sets and his nimbus flickers, bathing his body in an ethereal glow, that he is able to look over at the Guardian.

    He raises his left hand and summons forth a shield of Matter: a great bronze disk like the Hoplite shields of the ancient world. It grows organically from the very air.

    He raises his right hand and with a clawed gesture, rakes shadows from the surroundings to form a Sword of Death. The shadows interweave, forming a large, jagged, knife that oozes and drips a caustic fluid.

    A rush of air escapes the Necromancer's mouth...

    As he strikes!

    I'll move the Duel to a side thread for convenience.
    Campanella|Moros|Mysterium
    Gnosis: 4
    Occult Skill: 3

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  6. #94
    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 is breathing heavily as Winter's weave wraps around him and Star. He is trying to master his Fear psyching himself up for the contest.

    It is only as the weave sets and his nimbus flickers, bathing his body in an ethereal glow, that he is able to look over at the Guardian.

    He raises his left hand and summons forth a Shield of Matter: a great bronze disk like the Hoplite shields of the ancient world. It grows organically from the very air.

    He raises his right hand and with a clawed gesture, rakes shadows from the surroundings to form a Sword of Death. The shadows interweave, forming a large, jagged, knife that oozes and drips a caustic fluid.

    A rush of air escapes the Necromancer's mouth...

    As he strikes!

      
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-02-24 03:49:15 Campy to Sword Attack with Death rolls 7 to Gnosis + Death (10 Again) 7, 10, 6, 8, 5, 8, 9, 1 4 successes

    I have used Campy's raw Sword pool so please modify with Star's Shield as required.
    West Star - Let the clobbering commence!
    Campanella|Moros|Mysterium
    Gnosis: 4
    Occult Skill: 3

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  8. #95
    Kaze's Avatar
    Striking Looks
    (An Extremely Fit and Healthy Glow)
    Presence
    (Disconcertingly easy to talk to and open up)
    Toxin Resistance
    (+2 vs drugs, alcohol and toxins)
    New Identity(Steven Chojun Trueheart)
    Kaze

    Nimbus. The sound of rushing wind and flashes of lightning surround Kaze, and his clothes and hair move as if he is in a windstorm.
    Monthly Rits

    Monthly Rits Spell Cloaks Spells do not show unless scrutinized
    Transform Aura pot 1 (Aura is as a Sleeper)
    Organic Resilience (Life Mage Armor 2e) pot 3 ( Armor 2; Defense 2 + Higher of Dex or Wits)
    Body Mastery pot 1 (x2 rate healing Bash, Letha, Agravated; +1 success on all extended and instant rolls to resist diseases, poisons or drugs; +100 years lifespan)

    Scene specific spells: in mini-sheet 4
    Scene Specific

    (Portrait) Portrait of an Angel
    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 3 ( +1 vs Bashing: Kung Fu 1)
    Defense 5
    Vulgar -1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 3
    Spell Tolerance: 3/3 Spell Rolls
    [1]Transform Aura[M]
    [2] Supernal Vision[D]
    [2] Organic Resilience[M]
    Key: Potency | Effect declaration if needed | Turns remaining ("M" = Monthly Ritual)

    (Bad House) The Return
    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 3 ( +1 vs Bashing: Kung Fu 1)
    Defense 9 (Dex 6 from Honing the Form)
    Vulgar -1
    Active Spells: 3/5
    Personal Spells: 3
    Spell Tolerance: 3/3 Spell Rolls
    [4] Honing the Form
    [3] Organic Resilience Aurora's Life 5
    [2] Body Control [M]
    Key: Potency | Effect declaration if needed | Turns remaining ("M" = Monthly Ritual)

    +2
    SL
    3
    PRE

    Kaze is taking it all in as the spiraling out of any predictable path is amazing to behold apart from any idea of what it will mean for him personally; he casts spell to better watch it all play out!

      2 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-02-24 04:31:17 Kaze rolls 8 to rote Supernal Vision (Prime 2 + Wits 3 + Occult 1 + HS 2) (10 Again) 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 8, 4, 8 2 successes
    Spells: Monthly Rits Transform Aura (aura appears to be a sleeper) Spell Cloaks (See mini-sheet)

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  10. #96
    Star's Avatar
    Status
    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
    Nimbus

    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    The whorl of cards becomes a dozen, then two, then too many to count. Each of the phantasms is stylized like a face card, but they show different facets of the angel. Shaved head, long hair, slicked back and wearing a suit -- they're all the chameleon's colors. They spin and spiral hypnotically like a beautiful kaleidoscope... and offer no resistance to Campanella's knife.

    Passion. It comes from the Latin 'pati' and means 'to suffer'. It means to care so deeply that one is willing to suffer. He welcomes the burning chill that makes his eyes widen and lips part in a gasp of pure, beautiful pain. This is how he'll remember. This isn't trivial. He doesn't want to forget. He doesn't want this moment to fade away or be dismissed because it didn't hurt.

    It's when things don't hurt that they're taken for granted.

    But that doesn't mean he's surrendered. It's only when the first card slices into Campanella that it's apparent the mesmerizing display has been an illusion -- spinning ever closer in their seemingly harmless spiral. Their opaque flatness disguises razor sharp edges that are endless and consume the Moros in slivers of the angel's passion.

    Star Reflexively changes his Sword to Prime, gaining a +1 Arms of Banishing advantage for being one step above Campanella's Shield on the Banishing Cycle.
    Star uses Combined Arms since his Sword (Prime) and Shield (Matter) are one step away on the Cycles -- and takes full damage from Campanella's attack.
    Details can be found in Tome of the Mysteries, p. 122
      9 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-02-24 06:52:52 Star rolls 17 to Sword (Prime + Intim + ArmsIB + Combined Arms) (10 Again) 6, 8, 5, 5, 10, 1, 7, 10, 10, 1, 6, 9, 3, 3, 7, 8, 10, 10, 7, 6, 6, 9 9 successes
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

  11. #97
    Briar Rose's Avatar
    Presance
    (Volatile)
    Status (Street)
    (Graffiti Artist)
    Allies
    (Street, Criminal)
    Briar Rose


    Apostate Shaman, and known graffiti artist. Normally seen wearing a worn leather jacket, with the kanji for 'Nana korobi, ya oki' written down the arm.

    Nimbus

    Small shapes akin to petals, cascade, shiny ruby in the air, before ending on the ground in a ruddy pool of their own making.
    Stats

    Health:
    Backlash:
    Mana: |
    WP Half Pool: |
    Armor 1/0
    Defense 2 | 3 w/ 2E Life Armour
    Occult 1

    Vulgar
    Active Spells: 2 / 5 | Spell Tolorancy 3

    Personal Spells: Monthly Rits: 2E LifeShield Pot 3, Life Sight Pot 3

    2
    PRE

    There was something to be said of rumours. Words travelling faster then bodies. Spit on the wind, lies and truth shading each other. If words are pack hunters, what is a sentence? A phrase? A rumour?

    This is confusing, raw, a mess. More then a tumble weed, listless, idle for the wind at it's back. No one died and made her sister Counsellor. Morgan had been here longer then she has, had the Moros known her words, delayed, then spiked would cause this to happen? Or was this something that was always going to happen?

    She watches, as Swords are called, Shields are bared.

    That raw rush of, tantalizing awe as the (would be) Hierarch flexed his magical muscles with shades shadow and lilting light, tumble around, subsumed by something lighter, but nothing less, as the Illusionist's cards float, spiral, move.

    Briar Rose's lips move, not quite a smirk, but to sharp to be a smile, Claws and knives and teeth
    Health: | Mana: | Willpower (half pool):
    Monthly Rits: 2E Life Armour/Life Sight (Duration 4/Sight Pot 1, Shield Pot 6)

  12. #98
    Phoenyx's Avatar
    Presence (Focused)
    Trained Observer
    Dexterity (Lithe)
    Phoenyx
    Spells and Gear

    Monthly rits (cloaked):
    Supernal Vision (Pot 6)
    2E Life Shield (Pot 5)

    Gear: Smartphone, Pistol (Beretta M92, +2 lethal), pair of daggers, tonfa, Reinforced Leather trenchcoat (1/0), motorcycle (street bike)
    Phoenyx

    Nimbus: a pair of fiery scarlet wings unfurl her with an eagle's screech.
    Plot Stats

    Def - 6 (4 Dex+Life/2)
    Armour - 3/2 (Life/2, Trenchcoat)
    Health: Matriarch - 1B/7
    Willpower 3/3
    Mana: 9/9
    Vulgars Cast: 0
    Personal Spells 2/3
    [6] Supernal Vision (Monthly Ritual)
    [5$] 2E Life Shield (Monthly Ritual)
    Active spells: 3/7
    [3$] Complex Transmission

    Gear: Smartphone, Pistol (Beretta M92, +2 lethal), 2 spare clips, pair of daggers (one is magical focus), Reinforced Leather trenchcoat (1/0), Purse ($57, gun permit, driving license)

    2
    PRE

    That escalated out of nothing.

    It was amazing. Did Star want to be the Hierarch? Or was this simply a way of forcefully ensuring the Laws were followed? The Obrimos had never seemed to want... anything. He just... was. Appearing out of the wild, offered respect from older members and seemed utterly blasé about everything.

    Until now, of course, when colours were being shown. A Factotum, and pressing the Duel Arcane to make sure the laws were followed. It took forever to see what Star's principles actually were because he had to be pushed enough, but when he was... he went all out.

    She could respect that.

    Why he was so laid back, why he hid this severe nature, and to what end, the Talon didn't really care. Humility was rarely an Obrimos trait. Maybe he didn't care either. It was a behaviour she could understand - after all, the Adamantine Arrow served principles, not people. And though Phoenyx respected Campenella, to her who held the position of Hierarch made little odds.

    Her Supernal sight, always on, showed her the Cards, the shield, the sword.

    And how Star stood there, taking the hit - and lashing out, with a devastating attack. She had never seen anything like that before.

    Duel Arcanes were always impressive, but this? This was something else.
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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  14. #99
    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

    What the Hierarch lacked in swag, he made up in assertiveness. His resolve held despite the onslaught wrought with Star's overwhelming display, but was that enough?
    A duel was a messy affair, the relative state of each duelist always hard to judge. Star had unleashed a devastating attack, it was for all to see; but like a consumate fencer, the Hierarch had thrusted forward to puncture a weak spot.
    Nevertheless, the winner had been already picked, all they had to do was bide their time and wait for a name to be announced, if the first salvo didn't yield it, then the second one most likely would.

    Unless they both decided to go on.
    Unless it didn't result in a double knockout.
    Unless they didn't continue to shed blood.

    The Guardian stands pensive, very little gets past his stony facade. But deep inside he's thinking, it's not an enviable position the one he's in.
    But there's always the Plan B.


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  16. #100
    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 doesn't see the trap until it is too late.

    Untill the kaleidoscope is whirling about him; crashing into him.

    Tearing him apart.

    The psychic shock of a Will upended and a body bruised is apparent. The Moros simply stops. Open mouthed. Blood-sweat sliding slick down from under his hairline, caressing his check and forming a perfect bubble at his chin.

    His Will is shattered.

    He tries to speak. Cannot. Finds his tongue cloven to the roof of his mouth.

    Shaking hands dismiss Sword and Shield.

    He tries again:

    "Y... Ye... Yield."

    The Hierarch is gone.

    Taking five dice from the right (reflecting Campy's Matter Shield) still nets a whopping 7 successes.

    Campanella has 7 DOTS of Willpower in total.

    He has a total of 6 Willpower points at this moment.

    Either way, he is taking some degree of physical damage.

    Campanella's Virtue is Prudence and his Vice is Gluttony. Plus Star has E-Sux from the Contest of Wills. I'd say he knows when he is beaten.
    West Star
    Campanella|Moros|Mysterium
    Gnosis: 4
    Occult Skill: 3

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