(Grey Hoods) What's a Cult

[Saber Sloth]

Sonnie, Circe, Titania

Titania, looking for the Effigy Tag, follows where the Circe and Sonnie had gone, down the alley, passed the hard right, and into a connecting alley. Yamiyo following shorting after her.

Sonnie and Circe, looking at where the Tag had been sees something that points towards the city's not having a hand in the Tag's removal. Burn marks, and what looks like glass, shattered from inside the bricks.

Gerrit and Yamiyo

Gerrit asks his question with only the Succubus no one to answer, he looks down the alley to where the others disappeared to. Completely out of sight.

[Circe]

"Well," she takes out her multitool in order to poke the burnt glass, "Time this would've been odd," she muses, "Hard ta remember what that was like." She uses pliers setting to pull out some of the glass, "Someone torched outwards."

Circe was a little irked that no one had told her about this being a Hedge Gate that they'd used before.

"Ah good T. You and the rest have," Circe looks at Titania, "Caught," then looks past Titania, "up?" Then sighs. "Okay, okay, we did not split the party defenses badly, Gerrit can protect her."

She looks back and forth between Sonja Wu and Titania, "I do not like splitting up, I got burnt and stabbed last time that happened. We should regroup and see what they found back there," she points the way they came with her opinion on the matter. The blast of full Summer Mantle was just there for reasons. Yes, reasons.

Kit

Laptop Carrying Case, 2 flash drives, smart phone, LED flashlight, Grey hooded coat, leather gloves, Thin Kevlar Vest, Hedgespun Multitool, shoulder holster Colt pistol (fiber optics) with 2 spare clips and a box of ammo (20 rounds), boot holster with knife, 4 Ertwen Healing Fruits and 1 Jarmyn Fruit, 1 roll of duct tape, water bottle, $400 cash

Status

HP 7, WP 5, Def 3, Armor 1/2-BP

[Gerrit]

So that's what is was like to go on a mission with Spring (and a dash of Summer). There was no focus, little communication and certainly next to no subtlety. Let's just hope that'd change once the going gets rough, not that I want it to be..

Unsure about what to do now he looked at the door, then at the direction Yamiyo went off to. He didn't really notice where everyone else was going exactly, so it was either waiting here or following the Succubus on a whim and some luck. "Dang it." He missed Ram's decisive shot-calling, he missed Cassandra's quiet reliability, he missed John's attention to detail and stealth. Well, no use crying about it now. He swallowed his budding annoyance and went to the next intersection or corner where he saw the others last.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-02-08 11:31:28	Gerrit rolls 6 to look for the others or anything else (Wits 3 + Comp 3) (10 Again)	4, 6, 8, 2, 1, 10, 4	2 successes

Looking every way, there had to be some tracks - none of them had been careful as far as Gerrit was concerned.

[Titania]

"Err... what should we do? They erased the traces. Perhaps we should inspect the door?", to be fair they were running in circles.
Not that she had anything to object, compared to last time, this was the royal treatment. For once she welcome not having to run for her life.

Stats

WP: 2 of 2 (usable), HP: 8

Equip

Wad of cash, bottle of water, mobile phone, make up, pocket mirror

[Yamiyo Lillich]

Frowning for a second as she is ignored, finding that her questions were at least worthy of a reply here.
"Excuse me Mary but there is a new door back there, it is locked but" Looking around and making sure to whisper with her hand covering her lips. "I am not that bad with locks. But I do not wanna do it if it is not needed, not do I know if I am the best to go first."

Looking over them for a bit feeling clear that this wasn't going to work.
"Perhaps we should decide on a mission leader and how to potentially split up the teams evenly in case something happens? As it stands now so does it seem like we walk around to indecisively which will just make us not be in control of what is happening. Nor so were everyone here present last time hence our info is to limited to go into grand details or being able to fully take action at all times. So proper tactics and clear who leads and who leads the secondary group if needed along with as much info as possible for their task at all times would be wise or does anyone disagree?" She were not interested in just keeping up this running around nor did she wanna make a hasty call with to little information to draw on herself.

Equipment

Ankle bracelet - hedgespun +1 defense.
Attack alarm/watch/flashlight
Purse - compact mirror, touchup makeup, smartphone (GPS, internet and Bluetooth turned of), money (500$), smarties, doggie treats, notepad with a pen and lockpicks (+3).

Stats

Health: 7/7
WP: 2/2
Defense: 2
Armor: 0

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonnie's expression to the results of her intense staring was.... confusion. Not an original look on her face. After blinking in surprise a moment, she looked at Circe and Titania. "Okay... um, tag is gone. I guess they erased it? Anyway, sure, let's regroup or whatever."

She shrugged to the Telluric, "We can check the door after we find the stragglers. What's keeping them, anyway?"

Equipment: Hedgespun quarterstaff (+1 DMG), hedgespun boots (+2 SPD), hedgespun pendant (+1 DEF), 3 throwing knives (concealed), ziploc baggie with 2 ertwens, thermos with 1 dose of coupnettle tea, smartphone, bottle of water, bag of flamin' hot cheetos, plastic keychain of cartoon cloud blowing wind.

Health 8/8, Willpower 4/4

[Circe]

"Yes," she nods and pats her coat before frowning. She looks down at her laptop case whilst the others talk, her left ear twitching. She opens a pocket and groans, "Cazzo I forgot my picks." Circe looks up as she turns to Yamiyo, "So yer picking the lock lest yer lending tools. Or they didn't lock it, we'll see."

Circe puts the glass fragment into the laptop tote's pocket before putting away her tool. Her frown worsens as Yamiyo suggests spilting up. Her ears go flush to her skull, "I vote no ta splitting up but first we all go back ta Gerrit, then engage democracy." Circe looks at Sonja, "I think we should go and see why they're delayed. As opposed ta wondering off ta leave our friends in danger."

A jab yes, but Circe had said her reasons to not split up. Burning stabby sounds pretty hard to refute to the elf. Circe starts walking back towards where they came in. The elf can't hold in the sigh at this failure of the basics of facing dangers, never give them an edge!

Circe quickly returns to spotting Gerrit she weakly waves at him, "Yo, we didn't wander off too far, sorry fer leaving ya behind. Next time," she Circe nods and her tone actually shows hints of apology, "Next time I grab bouncy's collar to make her stay put. We found burnt off graffiti and a door apparently. How'd ya make out bro?"

Kit

Laptop Carrying Case, 2 flash drives, smart phone, LED flashlight, Grey hooded coat, leather gloves, Thin Kevlar Vest, Hedgespun Multitool, shoulder holster Colt pistol (fiber optics) with 2 spare clips and a box of ammo (20 rounds), boot holster with knife, 4 Ertwen Healing Fruits and 1 Jarmyn Fruit, 1 roll of duct tape, water bottle, $400 cash

Status

HP 7, WP 5, Def 3, Armor 1/2-BP

[Saber Sloth]

For Gerrit , there's only one way the other could have gone. Or one way that makes sense for them to have gone. Go deeper into the alley, and making the same hard right into something like a side street, the Stonebones first sees Circe who appeared to be returning to where they has met up. The others seem to be looking up at a brick wall.

Where once there was an Effigy, tearing through the divide between the mortal world and the Hedge, brought forth by the power of the Huntsman, claiming his territory. It's Mask, looking like an intracity painted tag, is now gone. Burned to less then ash by the efforts of the Summer Queen and her favorite cocktails. The lines between the Hedge and the mortal realm strengthened even as the fire consumed the Effigy, though not instantaneously as there is evidence of the burning fire and the shattered glass coming from within the red brick.

[Gerrit]

Seeing Circe again Gerrit couldn't help but smile despite his strained patience. He was ready to follow her shots from here on out - maybe this way they could establish a sensible chain of command in their little detectives' club. "Don't worry about it. It just kind of feels like I'm flying blindly here." Me and everybody else here. He didn't say that last part out loud - there was no need to bring morale down further. Instead, the Ogre focused on the information at hand.

"The graffiti - does it have any relevance to.. you know, what we're looking for? And what's with the door you've mentioned? I found a.. suspiciously intact door back there," with that he pointed to where he came from, "but Yamiyo couldn't tell me if it was worth breaking in. Is your door more significant?" He certainly didn't know what they were looking for, so he tried his best to assist those who maybe knew.

Equipment: Backpack - Hammer and screwdriver (wrapped in a piece of cloth/rag), first aid kit, notepad and pens. Yamiyo's Mace.

[Titania]

"The street art used to be a beacon. They could coordinate their hunt and communicate with it. Though they were positioned all around the neighborhood, a storm washed most of them out", she says to the man. No need to really go into the details of the storm.

Stats

WP: 2 of 2 (usable), HP: 8
Wad of cash, bottle of water, mobile phone, make up, pocket mirror