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  1. #1
    DeepSeas's Avatar


    Wedged between I-5 and the Sacramento River sits a mostly abandoned industrial complex, a relic of a time before stringent environmental protection laws. Dilapidated chain link fences surround what the entry sign ironically refers to as the West Side Industry Park.

    In the fading light of the winter afternoon, only a few buildings in the area show any signs of occupancy - the occasional office building window radiating warm light into the dusk. A rusty 'NO TRESPASSING' sign hangs on an unoccupied guard shack, but no physical gate bars the way in.

    This is the address for sure, but there's no sign of Mobius - or anyone else for that matter. The parking lot is all but empty. The only sound to be heard is the rattle of metal fencing blowing with the cool breeze and the distant traffic from the interstate.

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    So it begins. Please include any initial spells and equipment in your post (or updated in a Public minisheet). Feel free to arrive and chat, or get right to work.

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    Puck's Avatar
    Presence
    Striking Looks
    (Snarky)
    Puck

    Nimbus

    Winds blow around the mage, varying in intensity depending on the spell and parting abruptly after.
    Puck Scenes
     

    +1
    SL
    1
    PRE

    This was a first.

    Puck was first to arrive somewhere. Well, first of the people to be invited. Mobius should be around somewhere. Which beckoned the question of why she was poking around this shithole? To say the Libertine had a few questions was an understatement at this point. Still, the Councilor of Arcadia kept the Winds of Chance blowing. The ebb and flow of the winds carrying him where he needed to be, he frequently found himself in odd places. He couldn't say a fellow Enchanter with different interests wouldn't find their way here.

    The Enchanter is wearing black jeans and boots, with a black leather jacket over his black hoodie in a navy blue t shirt. One could almost mistake him for a Moros if there wasn't still that effortlessly unburdened sense of curiosity. Eyes flick about, and the dilapidated fences barely seem to bother him as he strides into the area past a sign he doubted anyone else cared about.

    "Hello?"

    No name calling, but one person in particular would really help explain some things.

      2 suxx perception
    Date Action Roll Result
    2021-12-04 21:07:24 Puck rolls 8 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again) 4, 1, 3, 10, 9, 1, 3, 7, 6 2 successes


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  5. #3
    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

    Or those guided or shackled by a morality, a closed fence would be an insurmountable obstacle. A sign to stay away from someone else's property.
    Mages, however, are masters of their own worlds, they bend the rules, and are more often than not above the petty concerns of the Lawmaker.
    Doors are an incentive, a neon sign flagging above a secret or a mystery.
    That's with that in mind that the Obrimos parks his Mustang not too far from the location the Acanthus had provided.

    He looks around, still in his car, nobody is around, which provides him a bit of time to prepare himself for the worst.

    3 successes

    failure

    failure


    Unfortunately, it's not his best day. Perhaps it was hubris that it lead him to avoid using the language of Old Atlantis.
    He grunts annoyed, leaving his car and heading toward the location

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    Eulogy's Avatar
    Presence
    (Gentlemanly)
    Status
    (Academic)
    Contact
    (City Hall)
    Allies
    (Emergency Services)
    Eulogy Main

    Nimbus:
    The sound of chattering teeth accompanies a scent of chemical sanitizer and fresh earth when Eulogy makes his will manifest.

    During Vulgar will working the sound of teeth becomes a overpowering rattle of bone on bone. The scent turns putrid as that of decaying flesh, The clean scent of sanitizer becomes a fetid miasma of gaseous stench.
    Active Spells

    Spell Tolerance: 0/2
    Active Spells: 0/5
    None
    Inventory

    Dedicated Magical Tool
    A Bone Wand that measures thirteen inches in length from tip to tip. The bone is of an unknown origin and is intricately carved with runes and symbols. The wand allows an easier connection when working Death arcana

    On Eulogy

    Cell Phone
    Flashlight
    Pepper Spray

    Has access to

    Make-Up Kit
    First Aid Kit
    Hidden

    3
    PRE

    Eulogy swore out loud as he stared at the smoke coming out from the hood of the taxi. It was just his luck there were a million cabs in the city and he gets the one that breaks down.

    The cab driver coughed and looked apologetically at Eulogy. "Sorry mate. Looks like we're pooched. I call the base and have someone else pick you up."

    The mage glanced around his surroundings "Some shortcut where the hell are we?"

    But the cab driver was already on a cell phone and ignoring Eulogy.

    With a sigh the Moros began to pace about the immediate area. There wasn't anything else to do but wait so he filled his time by examining the scenery. In the near distance he heard a car door close and glanced over. He saw a somewhat familiar figure walking in the distance heading toward a gated area.


    Wait is that Winter? The Moros thought intrigued. What is he doing? Is this where he has a sanctuary? Should I follow? I don't know anything about the guy and it would be nice to know if this was his territory. I mean if he gets pissed I will apologize and leave. Really what can it hurt?

    With a shrug the mage started following his fellow. The cab driver called out as he began to walk away but Eulogy ignored him. Realizing there may be traps around if it was a sanctuary Eulogy focused his will on seeing the supernal.

    4 successes


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    • Member of the Caretakers.

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  9. #5
    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

    Subtle is not exactly one of Phoenyx's talents, especially when a magus explicitly asks for her help - truth be told it didn't happen as often as she thought it would. Still, that made it all the more important for when someone did. The Arrow was fully tooled for things to go badly - her knives on her hips and pistol in her underarm, all with her leather trenchcoat over the top of everything both to shield from the cold and in the more practical way of hiding them from awkward questions.

    Arriving on the street, she looks at the men already scanning the area.

    No Trespassing sign - posession of area meaning likely observation from mortals. Delapidated area lessens risk but also increases likelihood of transience and otherworldly hiding creatures. She took a slow breath and headed over to the others.

    "I take it you were all called as well?" She asks. "Do any of you know what this is about?"


    Equipment: Smartphone, Baretta Pistol (+2), Magical tool knife & sheath, regular knife & sheath, Leather trenchcoat (0/1 armour), sneakers.

    Active Spells: As minisheet - Supernal Vision (Cloaked) Pot 6, Life Shield (Cloaked) Pot 5
    Willpower: 3/3
    Mana 6/6
    Spell tolerance: 2/2, Spell Control: 0/7
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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    DeepSeas's Avatar


    No answer greets Puck but the foot steps of his fellow awakened as they converge near the entrance a short distance behind him. Casting his eyes around confirms his initial assessment - this place was a shithole. He stood on the main cement pathway. The pavement cracked, and with patches of weeds poking through here and there. There appeared to be 4 main buildings in the area. Nearest him were two office buildings on either side of the walkway, beyond them two factories.. or warehouses.. or something, it was hard to tell for sure from this distance. He could just barely make out a clearing in the center of the buildings, but it was more like a jungle of scaffolding.

    Though he didn't set his mage sight, Winter arrived at the entrance, maintaining his characteristic nonchalant appearance.

    As Eulogy approached, the Industrial Park appeared to him to be steeped in death, though it wasn't the supernal kind. The physical death of the surrounding land - grass, trees, even the soil itself. The metaphorical death of mortal livelihoods, hopes, dreams. It all coagulated here like a cesspit.

    The nearer Phoenyx drew to the entrance the more she could feel a pressure in her very bones. They were often 'felt' many different ways, but from experience - and the aid of her supernal vision - she could tell she was walking upon a ley-line. She began to feel a little hollow, a subtle melancholy pressing itself against her mind.

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  13. #7
    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

    "A shithole", he whispers, his tone grown sullen. This kind bleak landscape always put him in a bad mood. Blame the echoes of deindustriazilation and offshoring, but urban blight was an enthusiasm killer.
    He leaves his hands in his pocket, nodding at the newcomers.
    "Random call", he'd have to ask the Acanthus how she got his number. A rhetorical question, he knows.

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  14. #8
    Puck's Avatar
    Presence
    Striking Looks
    (Snarky)
    Puck

    Nimbus

    Winds blow around the mage, varying in intensity depending on the spell and parting abruptly after.
    Puck Scenes
     

    +1
    SL
    1
    PRE

    Deteriorating infrastructure aside? Who was Puck kidding, nothing seemed visibly maintained and no one was stopping him from moving through the area.

    "Sup." The other mages get a chin up from the Acanthus. Then a confused look, as he knew one of the numbers was Mobius and there were only two other numbers besides his.

    "So who was summoned by Mobius and who just appreciates urban neglect?"


    Eyes bounce between the three other mages. He's still walking forward, moving towards the scaffolding. It seemed the most likely place to spot their summoner at this point.


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  15. #9
    Eulogy's Avatar
    Presence
    (Gentlemanly)
    Status
    (Academic)
    Contact
    (City Hall)
    Allies
    (Emergency Services)
    Eulogy Main

    Nimbus:
    The sound of chattering teeth accompanies a scent of chemical sanitizer and fresh earth when Eulogy makes his will manifest.

    During Vulgar will working the sound of teeth becomes a overpowering rattle of bone on bone. The scent turns putrid as that of decaying flesh, The clean scent of sanitizer becomes a fetid miasma of gaseous stench.
    Active Spells

    Spell Tolerance: 0/2
    Active Spells: 0/5
    None
    Inventory

    Dedicated Magical Tool
    A Bone Wand that measures thirteen inches in length from tip to tip. The bone is of an unknown origin and is intricately carved with runes and symbols. The wand allows an easier connection when working Death arcana

    On Eulogy

    Cell Phone
    Flashlight
    Pepper Spray

    Has access to

    Make-Up Kit
    First Aid Kit
    Hidden

    3
    PRE

    As Mordechai walked closer he found others standing around. He was momentarily unsure what he should do but he felt like if someone wanted him to leave, they would let him know quick enough. He meandered forward examining the entropy that permeated the area It was much the same as natural death really. All things end in their time. He received a nod from Winter so he guessed he wasn't intruding.

    He jumped, momentarily spooked by Puck's sudden words. He glanced at the mage who broke the eeriness of the place and shrugged, not knowing what he was talking about. "Who is Mobius?" he asked.

    Equipment
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    • Member of the Caretakers.

  16. #10
    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

    The path glittered though Phoenyx's Supernal sight, the slight chill of emptiness reminding her of Death and Entropy.

    Random numbers? Stray encounters? This had the signs of Fate scribbled all over it. She raised a hand to her shoulder at Puck's question. "I was called. She asked for help." A small glance to Eulogy. "She is one of our club. Though she is particularly lucky. It must be how she managed to reach you," she looked from Eulogy to Winter. You never knew who was listening in a place like this.

    She keeps pace with Puck, keeping a casual eye on her surroundings. The Obrimos certainly didn't seem too concerned about the decor.

    1 success


    Equipment: Smartphone, Baretta Pistol (+2), Magical tool knife & sheath, regular knife & sheath, Leather trenchcoat (0/1 armour), sneakers.

    Active Spells: As minisheet - Supernal Vision (Cloaked) Pot 6, Life Shield (Cloaked) Pot 5
    Willpower: 3/3
    Mana: 6/6
    Armour: 2/4 - Life armour (2/2), Kung Fu (0/1), light armour (0/1)
    Spell tolerance: 2/2, Spell Control: 0/7
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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