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  1. #1
    Kelreth's Avatar

    Chris Laurent
    Langdom
    Chris Laurent

    Irraka Blood Talon
    Langdon

    2
    PRE

    The world is an ugly and messy place. From the tops of gleaming buildings with their gilded secrets to the darkest sewers, and deeper, that offer up their secrets in temptation. There are always places that standout for one reason or another. This is one of them. Many words could be used to describe this part of town. Though those same words could be used to describe parts of towns across the world. Maybe in the Hisil somewhere they are all part of the same city. A miasmic mix of pain and suffering, just enough to be felt and never let got. Just slowly eating away at the soul.

    It is within that miasma that Nikolai finds himself. A “friend” on the force had let him know that something was up. That a body had been found badly mauled alongside the Sacramento River…

    “Bites from a human and a dog. Can you believe it? Weird shit huh. Well you’re new and we’re swamped so take a look and we’ll see what we can do for you later. Bodies at the morgue by the way so don't worry about it.”

    They have provided an address south of downtown. Along Chicory Bend, a small portion of nature along the river, a short walk from Bahnfleth Park which is nestled inside of a pocket of neighborhoods west of the West Side Highway. Dusk rules the area as the sun slowly sets.

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    Nikolai Wojcik's Avatar

    The Prowler
    Status (Firearms License)
    Allies (Emergency Services)
    Scout
    Ephemeral Reckoning
    Nikolai Wojcik

    (Feet of Mist)Status 1 Spent
    2
    PRE

    Chicory Bend, bathed in blood. A mauling? Lunacy would keep their conclusions squarely at rottweilers and dobermans. But Nikolai knew better. The minute he stepped over the threshold, he began to count the seconds, the minutes. How long would he have before they descended upon him? How fast could they run? He let the neighborhood's various scents wash over him; to coat him completely. He dug his boots into Chicory Bend asphalt and Chicory Bend concrete. As his feet became mist, Chicory Bend would hide him, or at the very least, make him hard to find.

    Instinct told him to camp at high ground, but this wasn't his neighborhood. He couldn't just walk into someone's house and scale their roof.

    Fire escape...?


    He checked down the nearest alley, looking for that telltale set of wiry stairs and platforms commonly found on the side of most apartment buildings.

    He needed a bird's eye view.

      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-09 08:18:33 Nikolai rolls 5 to Perception (10 Again) 1, 5, 4, 8, 6 1 success

    Activated Feet of Mist, no WP expenditure, -1 penalty to track Nikolai.

    NATURE & NURTURE: HISHU

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    Kelreth's Avatar

    Chris Laurent
    Langdom
    Chris Laurent

    Irraka Blood Talon
    Langdon

    2
    PRE

    A quick glance and there's not an apartment building in sight. Urban sprawl owns the area in neat, though not very orderly, cul-de-sacs and roads. Maybe a mile or so away there are a few but the demand hasn't been enough for developers to start ripping down houses and putting up even more soul sterile apartment buildings. There's two clear ways to get a better view of things either climb on top of a house or see what tree can hold Nikolai's weight.

    Taking that all in one thing does stand out. A man is walking down the long bending road between the small bit of nature at Chicory Bend and the neighborhood next to it. Head cast down with long unruly hair, the pale man looks back and forth as he walks. Clearly searching for something and getting closer to Nikolai. Though he's still over a relative block away.

    If Nikolai brought any equipment with him please note it in your next post in an ooc section. Either using the [.wtf] [./wtf] tag or a spoiler. I will make a post in the Wolf OOC as I failed to note sooner.

  6. #4
    Nikolai Wojcik's Avatar

    The Prowler
    Status (Firearms License)
    Allies (Emergency Services)
    Scout
    Ephemeral Reckoning
    Nikolai Wojcik

    2
    PRE

    Contact...

    Nikolai needed to move. He needed to watch. But to do that he needed to stay hidden. He clung to the wall of a house, rooting himself but never taking his eyes off the man. Like him, this man was searching. Hunting? Alone? Unlikely...

      2 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-13 07:46:34 Nikolai rolls 6 to Remaining Unnoticed (Wits + Stealth) (10 Again) 4, 10, 4, 9, 3, 1, 2 2 successes

    He counted the seconds. Counted the paces. 20, 40, 60, 80...Now!

      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-13 07:54:46 Nikolai rolls 6 to Shadowing the Man (10 Again) 6, 6, 7, 1, 3, 8 1 success

    Emerging from his vantage, Nikolai moved in such a way, as to be the man's shadow, to trace his steps at a distance. While the thought that it was entirely possible he could be leading him into a trap did cross his mind, he counted on the distance giving him an escape window. And his senses.

    The Prowler, well...prowled.

    Equipment: Makarov PM Pistol, Handcuffs, Cell phone, Spirit's Reflection Fetish (3/3 uses remaining), Voice Recorder

    NATURE & NURTURE: HISHU

  7. #5
    Kelreth's Avatar

    Chris Laurent
    Langdom
    Chris Laurent

    Irraka Blood Talon
    Langdon

    2
    PRE

    Brown hair jostles as the pale man looks back and forth. Walking past Nikolai at a steady pace, not once taking a glance in the Irraka's direction. The man continues on his ?search? down the road. When Nikolai moves to shadow the man his smell confirms it. The man is not really a man but an Uratha.

    A half block down the road the pale Uratha crosses the street with barely a glance and comes to a stop at the edge of the shadowed grass and trees. Shaking his head the man takes a moment and then slowly walks into the grassy stretch of land between the road and the river.

      2 suxx for something
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-14 09:09:17 Man walking rolls 4 to Stuff and things (10 Again) 9, 9, 7, 6 2 successes

  8. #6
    Nikolai Wojcik's Avatar

    The Prowler
    Status (Firearms License)
    Allies (Emergency Services)
    Scout
    Ephemeral Reckoning
    Nikolai Wojcik

    2
    PRE

    He kept his distance, stopping a few feet behind while the disheveled man made his crossing.

    He was about to cross a threshold. Unknown territory. He felt the smooth glass that pressed cooly against his chest, hanging from a chain.

    Like all things under his dominion, the spirit housed within was at his beck and call, albeit for a limited time. He was no Elodoth, nor was he an Ithaeur. He had no obligation to summon its power politely. But then he remembered the voice of his aunt; old wisdom from cold, unrelenting winters from which the shadows stretched and sapped the warmth from bones: Rządzić z szacunkiem. Rule with respect.

    Błagam cię...I beseech thee Latawci.

    He called with his heart, not his mouth. A silent beckoning that carried a weight that only those of the New Moon truly understood. He called for the spirit's eyes; its senses, to become his; to share its Understanding of the Hisil. This was the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and Latawci was the rod that grounded him.

      1 success
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-14 11:22:11 Nikolai rolls 7 to Shadow's Reflection (Harmony) -- Use 1 of 3 (10 Again) 5, 6, 1, 7, 3, 8, 6 1 success

    NATURE & NURTURE: HISHU

  9. #7
    Kelreth's Avatar

    Chris Laurent
    Langdom
    Chris Laurent

    Irraka Blood Talon
    Langdon

    2
    PRE

    Within the fetish the water swirls and glows a pale light ever so slightly before a whisper like a quiet brook flows to Nikolai. <<Across the stream is quiet and empty>>

    Further, ?deeper?, into the grass and trees a rough voice calls out to the area as a whole. "Come on out. You need to learn a lesson before you shit in other people's territory again. You don't do that to our own kind, save it for the Bastards."

    Broken words that sound closer to the river respond to the rough voice. <<Back. Off.>>

  10. #8
    Nikolai Wojcik's Avatar

    The Prowler
    Status (Firearms License)
    Allies (Emergency Services)
    Scout
    Ephemeral Reckoning
    Nikolai Wojcik

    2
    PRE

    They weren't talking to him. He was in the middle of something larger. He remained still in whatever cover offered the most amount of shielding. Opening his senses to the world around him, his eyes would dart across the space, looking for the sources of the voices. Where are you?

      3 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-16 15:55:54 Nathaniel rolls 4 to Grapple (Strength + Brawl +Dalu) (10 Again) 4, 10, 4, 1, 9 2 successes

  11. #9
    Nikolai Wojcik's Avatar

    The Prowler
    Status (Firearms License)
    Allies (Emergency Services)
    Scout
    Ephemeral Reckoning
    Nikolai Wojcik

    2
    PRE

    Bookeeping --roller done goofed.

      3 successes
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-16 17:01:02 Nikolai rolls 6 to Perception (+1 Scout) (10 Again) 10, 7, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 3 successes

    NATURE & NURTURE: HISHU

  12. #10
    Kelreth's Avatar

    Chris Laurent
    Langdom
    Chris Laurent

    Irraka Blood Talon
    Langdon

    2
    PRE

    The rough voice is easy to locate, it has to belong to the Pale Uratha. He had entered the grass and trees and the voice called from where he would be if he had kept walking for a short bit. After a moment Nikolai is able to see the man partially obscured by a tree.

    Seemingly like the Pale Uratha, Nikolai can't place the second voice. It's somewhere nearby..somewhere. The Pale Uratha calls out again.

    "Listen pup you can't just roll into our territory and fucking maul someone. That's not how it works here in the cities. Maybe for your kind but not here."

      5 suxx to something
    Date Action Roll Result
    2020-04-17 20:08:25 Someone rolls 6 to Something (10 Again) 10, 8, 6, 10, 1, 8, 9, 2 5 successes

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