PrP TAH Ninjas in the Hollow

[Ram]

Ram... Tobias really needed to work more on the Summer hollow, he thought as he entered through the door with a hole in the center. The mediation garden remained mundane at least and uninfected by the Hedge. However, the rest still looked like blasted black soil. Which was fine for basic combat practice. However, it left something to be desired in terms of storing things.

The Ogre touched one of the runes that floated through the air, only visible to those that had contributed to the Summer center. Their defenses, provided by Circe. Still needed to contribute.

However, between getting into his fetch's life and... everything else... it would probably still be a while.

In the mean time, it was still a good meeting place for a quick talk on how to find a fetch

And kill it.

Circe
Liam
Worm

[Liam Gelt]

Liam enters the Summer Hollow, a bag of pastries in hand. As the lone Spring in this hunting crew, Liam had thought it would be improper to not offer some form of refreshment. He waves to Ram. "Hey, Ram! Thanks for setting this up." He extends a long, branchlike arm for a handshake between the two Ogres. All things considered, he was eager for a chance to get to know Ram better as one of the few Ogres in the Freehold.

The Giant looks around the Hollow with admiration. "I've gotta say, you really have done some good things here. Is this some kind of garden?" The black soil does draw a visual reaction from him, as if blighted lands were something uncomfortably familiar.

[Circe]

Circe's entry to the Hollow is in her full street regalia. Her choice of attire is denim long sleeve tunic and trousers. The laptop bag she carries is probably filled her options for fetch hunting.

The Summer Hollow was something she'd neglected in favor of her more mundane endeavors. And securing the caverns beneath Funderland. Destroying Ram's fetch. Looking into the mundy monster mashers, and how to bribe them safely. Okay, so Circe had been busy. "I believe Liam, that the garden has Zen given a mental purpose," of course she starts off with a pun.

"Ram," she nods, "Thank ya fer doing this. We have both taken a lot on our plates, but" she nods to him. Then kicks at the black soil, "Black as coal. I think part of that song fits with Summer. Rather die then give ya control," Circe laughs, "Sounds Summery ta me. I should focus on Summer's demesne in the future."

Circe had gotten distracted with that tangent of speaking thoughts aloud.

[Ram]

“No problem, Rhodes helped me with my fetch, only right I help him with his.”

He paused for a moment “And with it dead, I’ll be going by Tobias in Lost circles and Michael in mortal circles.” He scratched his horns, feeling awkward to bring up right now.

“But this,” he quickly moved on to indicate the garden “It’s a meditation area I made after going on a couple dream trips to help make things easier.”

“Which is kinda what I wanted to talk about.” Worm hadn’t arrived but they could catch him up “We don’t have a lot of time to hunt the fetch down, so we need a plan to do so if we want to win.”

“So,” he clapped his large hands together “This is going to be a quick and dirty planning session. Come up with a basic plan and then execute as soon as possible. That means doing this fast. Spit out what we know, and what we think is best course of action. Get it done."

"We know it’s a con artist. Know about what it looks like, plus or minus a decade or so. Know Rhodes knows a couple of its victims. Know we can track fetch’s through dreams. Know Circe’s got underworld connections. Know that fetch’s can ‘reflect’ magics. Or mirror them like mine did.”

“I don’t know how to cast a 'scope, or how long it takes. If any of us does, that would be my suggestion since I know it works. But,” he looked from them to the garden “I think mortal side investigation would be safer at this point and possibly faster.”

[Liam Gelt]

Circe's puns distract Liam just enough so that Ram's announcement catches him off guard. Pine-needle eyebrows shoot up in surprise. "Oh wow! Really" Had Ram mentioned his Fetch before? He thinks so. But he seemed...okay? "So, Tobias, eh? And Michael to the mundies? Well, pleased to meet you again, Tobias!" Liam offers an exaggerated gesture to Ram, hoping to ease a bit of the tension. "I'm glad you're taking it well."

But now the task at hand, from one Fetch to another. Liam strokes his chin as he ponders. "I'm not too sure about 'scopes', but if we know more about the Fetch's con victims then we could get an idea about where he might strike next. Does this guy scam people online? In-person? I could trying looking around at the club I work at." He wasn't much of a hunter himself, but he had plenty of history as a protector from his Arcadian days. "Oh! Sonnie's been teaching me how to talk to rats and mice and other critters. It might not be much, but if this guy hangs out in back alley places, it might be a good method to try."

[Colonel Worm]

Worm comes barging into the Hollow with his typical chaotic energy, "Sorry! Sorry! I know I'm late! Got caught up with a really big meatball sub."

Indeed, he still has a hint of marinara sauce at the corners of his mouth. He's wearing a pair of Carhartt overalls with no shirt underneath and his usual white Crocs.

"So, what'd I miss??" Looking from Circe to Liam to Ram. Sure they'll fill him in.

[Circe]

Circe shakes her head to regain focus. Then nods when Ram brings up the previous fetch termination. Circe lets Ram say his plan with an approving look. Though she is going to insist on one thing. "I was quite the fight Toby. But Michael, I really want a tranq gun or riot rounds fer any mundy allies of the fetch THIS time. I'll see what I can scrounge up tonight."

Because she'd gotten her ass handed to her by trying to not murder a mortal pawn. She'd admit it, but she really wanted to fight her way.


"True," Circe says when her criminal contacts are brought up, "I am sure it ain't conned any of my favored clients. Because we still have a fetch ta hunt." She didn't feel the need to explain why.

As for what she could offer? There was two things. "I can see who knows what in the dark, workin' the streets or the web. It hasn't pissed off anyone big enough ta get killed, but gossip still happens. Dumbass got conned kind of shit. Could get me some favors if it HAS pissed off anyone big."


She also has another option. "Then there is just the computer end. I can hack a lot. Never done it, but I can try getting inta traffic cams ta track it down. But that has the risk of the cops coming fer us too," she taps the laptop bag's side, "I got access ta some databases from the last Fetch hunt. I can see what the cops have on the Fetch's con jobs. Just need victim names."


And the Colonel arrives. She turns upon him and starts talking. Quickly whilst gesticulating with her hands the whole time, "Hey Worm. No explanation, summary instead. We're plotting how ta investigate ta best find the fetch. Dream walking, working streets, online, and me buying a tranq gun fer shooting any mundy meat shield it has. Which can ya do?"

[Xadun]

Just give me a poke when you make rolls or whatever when you need info! I'll aim to stay nearby.

[Circe]

Circe will probably opt for rolling Streetwise first and then Computers. Streets to find leads and computers for quickly confirm or plan B it using Brownie's Boone. Which is a total hax merit for computer rolls . This time I shall ask, how many rolls does Circe get to make for Streetwise and Computers?

[Colonel Worm]

Worm's also keen on a Streetwise roll. And would likely check with his contacts in the Criminal sphere.