Hunting for Spring

[Emily Makerith]

Whelp. There he is. Big fucker. You sure can pick 'em Tiny.

"Yeah, yeah. Believe me, you don;t respect this kinda thing it makes you regret that choice," Emily mutters sarcastically to the Elodoth's reminder. She might not take his high-mnded Oath, but she still knew the Oath of the Moon.

The Crescent wracked her brains. What would a Destruction spirit consider appropriate Chiminage? Hell, what did she have on her?

Destruction was an act. Fuelled by intent. It needed to receive destrustion. Would that work? They were dedicated, afer all. They should work. Should burn.

She cracked her neck loudly. "When the map's done, begin to Call. Doesn't have to be a loud howl, he knows we're here." She took a few steps in front of the pack, and crouching, began to draw in the dirt.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 16:58:35	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	3, 1, 10, 6, 2, 4, 2, 9, 5	2 successes

It was a crude map, but it used symbols - the fundement of Werewolf Rites for centuries. At the North, the river. The west, the Main interstate. outside the Call's territory The East, a Cog and a a crescent Moon - her shop, the Eastern boundary. To the Southm the Webs of the Azlu.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 16:59:04	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	6, 6, 9, 7, 2, 10, 4, 7, 2	2 successes

She looked around, ushering the wolves around her. "We call upon the Sacred bonds that tie the Uratha to the Hisil. We stand here calling on the legacy of Father Wolf, Guardian of the Spirit World, and the Bans forged between him and all the spirits of the world."

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 17:04:12	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2, 10, 8, 5	2 successes

The crescent pulled off her hoody and draped it around one half of the map. Sure, the map was suppsed to burn, but she had to improvise. What the hell did they do before maps anyways? Under it she stood topless, staring at the map and the spirit, avoiding the eyes of anyone else.

"We claim the Rite of the Hunt upon you, <<Twisted Metal>>, in the walls We lay our in the dirt. You who forms Destruction and Ruin. We uphold the eternal promise. <<NI Daha.>> You will emerge alive, under our protection until you leave it."

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 17:09:06	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	3, 5, 2, 9, 7, 1, 3, 10, 3	2 successes

Emily Grits her teeth, and pulls of her pants, laying them around the other half of her map, completing the circle. Butt naked. Doesnt get more primal that that. She raises her voice, reaching for her rage under the surface that adds a husky growl to her decree. "To show you our bond, we offer Chiminage of Destruction, that you witness our honour of the old way. A gift for you, of your kind, where we destroy something of ours for your gain. In making you stronger, we demand you fulfill the oath of your forbares and grant us your strength, not a sa gift, but as a hunt ans the Wolf commands."

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 17:14:59	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	1, 7, 10, 2, 3, 6, 2, 4, 7	1 success

She looked at the ground, and hoped this would work. She was running out of things to say. She's been at this for what felt like forever. Um.
Slowly, Emily walked around the circle, aiming and hoping to complete the rite.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 17:17:30	Emily Makerith rolls 8 to Enact the Sacred Hunt - Harmony +1 (Dalu) (10 Again)	10, 6, 3, 1, 9, 8, 9, 3, 5	4 successes

She could feel it joining together. It was time.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-12 17:18:25	Emily Makerith rolls 7 to Call flame: Stam+Surv+Purity (10 Again)	10, 2, 5, 1, 2, 6, 1, 7	1 success

Wreathing her hands in spiritual flames she reached down and set her clothes alight. The essence-imbued cloth set off like a rocket, circling the map in wild, white flame, illuminating the Crescent's pale skin, muscular form and stretching tattoes.

Best have fucking worked or all these boys got the full view for fuck all.

Apologies for the long post. I wanted to try and make it suitably thematic. I hope it ticks people's boxes!

Assuming Twisted MEtal takes the chiminage, the ritual takes her 6 minutes to complete and her equipment is now nothing.

[Tiny]

Tiny takes Emily's response to his urging with a nod. The push and pull between Elodoth and Ithaeur was like the tides. They spoke the same words, but one rose and one fell and nary the twain would perfectly meet.

Tiny watches as Emily beigns her rite, nodding his head as she shed her clothes to support them. I owe someone a shopping trip. Probably should bring Mabel to help. He focuses back on the spirit as she continues the rite, stepping between with his urshal body turned to the side. It provides her the symbol of modesty against the spirit, even if it does little for her actual modesty.

<<The first move is yours, Twisted Metal.>> Tiny barks.

[Hector]

At the back of the group a smile flashes across Hector's lupine face.

The Pack is working!

He grounds out nervous energy by stretching (as much as he dares in the tense moment).

Emily is showing why she is Iron Master this day.

[Bird]

As the ritual begins Fa-ninna, the monstrous wolf, pauses in his transit. Looks back. Watches.

Respect to Emily. She gives what she has. Literally, what was on her back. Cunning.

When the time to Call comes, Bird lifts his voice with the others, reminding all spirits that theirs is an ancient pact that must be honored.

Almost immediately, he is back to trying to flank their prey. He's assuming the element of surprise has been momentarily lost given his howl. So, he tries to lose himself against the background of the phantom junkyard once again.

Sneak Sneak, 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-13 08:27:42	Bird rolls 9 to Dex + Stealth +1 (specialty) + 2 (Urshul Dex Bonus) (10 Again)	2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 4, 6, 3	1 success

[Bleeds Well]

Emily begins the most ancient and sacred of rituals and there is a distinct change in the environment. All the other spirits that call this territory 'home' shrink back, falling away from the circle the pack has slowly begun to make around the monstrous spirit before them.

As the rites master continues her chant the pack feels two weights pressing down upon them. One, the bond of the hunt, begins to coalesce. It's not an ethereal handcuff, but an extrasensory presence that the pack can feel becoming firmer by the second. Twisted Metal must feel it too, for the spirit which has not even bother to acknowledge the presence of the pack turns now and focuses it's eye-less attention on the four werewolves spread out in front of it.

Tiny, feels the machination of destruction gaze upon him and cannot miss the gathering of power as it continues to turn its attention to Emily.

Emily looks at the ground, "Um," when a the being releases that power. A wave of fear rolls over her like the oceans tide, pressing down on her. She sees her self with her hand under a car, the jack stand falls and her hand is severed by the falling wheel. She sees herself bent over an engine compartment, when the hood falls and the car comes alive around her, consuming her, pistons turning to teeth and gnashing her weak, pathetic body into pulp.

5 minutes into her rite, Emily is Fearstruck. She may contest with Presence+Composure+Primal Urge

[Emily Makerith]

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-19 08:23:30	Emily Makerith rolls 6 to Resist Fear: Presence+Comp+Primal (10 Again)	2, 3, 7, 8, 5, 1	1 success

Emily growls, her face consorting into a grimace. Something was playing with her. Resisting.

Red Wolf's Daughter, that the Spirits called Spider-Bane, had lived too long for a little fear to stop her. she pushes on to finish the ritual.

[Tiny]

Tiny growls as the spirit threatens his pack,

<<You are bound as we are, bound to listen and obey and hear us, as we are bound to listen and obey our own of higher rank. You are no coward, you are Twisted Metal, the hunger that consumes the detritus of steel and iron and aluminum. Do not shame the potency of iron. Do not shame the resilience of aluminum. Do not shame the hunger of rust by shirking your obligations. There is strength in fulfilling your obligations, the opportunity to grow great and become more.
Or do you seek to live in shame, and forsake your obligations?>>

Tiny's words echo through the hisil, as he tries some emotional blackmail on a heartless creature.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-20 21:42:41	Tiny rolls 8 to Presence+Persuasion (10 Again, WillPower)	8, 5, 7, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2	1 success

[Hector]

Hector is entranced by the display: both of Twisted Metal's power and Emily's prowess. He even intuits the power of Tiny's words. The Alpha's heckles rise. He continues to move his paws lest they carve too deep into the earth and look like a threat or a weakness.

Momentarily pulled from his focus on the Ithaeur and the Elodoth, the Alpha snatches quick glances to his left and right. He is still the pack's rear guard and with Emily, Bleeds Well and Tiny focussed on Twisted Metal, and with Bird off scouting, there is always the chance of something sneaking up on them.

Hector checks their flank, exhales in a loud snort, bares his teeth and returns to watching the rite.

[Bird]

Suddenly the air is thick with a kind of static charge. Like a thunderstorm is about to break. The Fa-ninna wolf bares his fangs silently as the sensation of the ritual's effect and the spirit's seeming resistance washes over him.

He does not quite understand what is occurring between Twisted Metal and Emily, but it looks like she has the edge.

And then Tiny speaks. Surely it's a fine speech. But Bird is only half-listening, really.

He's too busy staring a hole in the spirit, trying his damnedest to read some weakness in its horrifying form.

Sense Weakness, 1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-21 20:18:15	Bird rolls 4 to Intell + Empathy + Wisdom -2 unskilled (10 Again, WillPower)	2, 8, 5, 2	1 success

[Bleeds Well]

sorry for the long delay. I had a health emergency, but I'm back home and ready to wrap this up with the climactic conclusion!

The ritual snaps into place and the weight of it rests heavy on the pack. A hunger rolls out from the Jaggeling.

The spirit has no eyes, but each pack member can feel it clock them as it condenses slightly. Each pack member expect Bird, whom has miraculously escaped its notice.

The whining, whir of blades and screeching of metal quiets, leaving a shock of silence in its wake.

The rite calls for giving the spirit a head start. It should be running and hiding. Instead, Twisted Metal looks like a tiger, ready to pounce.

Twisted Metal Initiative is 12

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-05-27 12:42:56	Twisted Metal rolls 1 die for initiative	3

Roll Init!