(Grey Hoods) Warehouse U

[Saber Sloth]

It says something about the Courts that it's the Summer and Winter that take point. The door's easily opened, Circe's associates were the ones who rented the space ,and she did have the keys. Looped right around her finger.

Inside the warehouse is something vaguely traditional as far as rentable warehouses go, there's deep shadows clinging to the perimeter of the space as only one light it on, directly above, and illuminating two Grey Hoods, Baseball Bat, and another, leaner than Baseball Bat, but still obviously muscled seeing his silhouette the Lost remember him for is rumbling voice, and the shotgun. Dressed much like Baseball Bat, worn work boots, jeans, and one of Circe's armoured hoodies.

Set out on a mental table is the humanoid, but mutated wolf headed corpse.

Out from the corner of their eyes, within the deep shadows, they can see something move.

Perception(remember Clarity) please!

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-21 14:47:13	Grey Hood C rolls 5 to hide (10 Again)	6, 3, 5, 10, 1, 1	1 success

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-21 14:48:05	Grey Hood G rolls 3 to do something insignificant (10 Again)	4, 2, 4	failure

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonnie didn't draw any weapons, as this was a diplomatic mission, but she didn't need to. Her throwing knives were a wrist flick away, and her telescoping staff was stuffed in her waistband at the small of her back. Plus, you know, kung fu master.

Sort of.

Two Unionizers in sight. Which meant the other two were lurking. Gun Girl would probably be somewhere with good sight lines. The fourth one was a mystery to her, but she worried about GG. She'd be the biggest threat if things went south. Could a throwing knife beat a trigger?

The Beast didn't want to find out, but she might have to, to protect her Queen from a sniper.

So, she bent her overtuned senses to the task. Monkeys weren't known for their sharp senses, but they were still better off than any human. Sonnie wasn't going to be sniffing out drugs in airport luggage, but she could probably get this job done.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-21 20:43:49	Sonnie Wu rolls 10 to Perception: Wits 4 + Comp 2 + Contract 4 (10 Again)	4, 4, 5, 5, 8, 6, 7, 1, 1, 7	1 success

Could have been worse. Anyway...

Health 8, Willpower 4, Glamour 6

Gear: Hedgespun Boots (+2 SPD), Hedgespun Staff (+2 DMG), Hedgespun Coin Pendant (+2 DEF). Messenger bag, smartphone, snacks, goblin fruit (2 blushberries and 1 coupnettle tea in a thermos). Plastic keychain of a cartoon cloud with a face blowing wind.

[Circe]

Circe snorts in amusement at the petty power play the mundies are doing. They were here first, got in, hiding useless etcetera. They were trying to flex and impress when the Summer Queen could have come in with enough firepower to give them a panic attack. But that wasn't their goal.


Shadows move, eyes and ears try to follow.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-22 12:55:32	Circe rolls 5 to Percep - Clarity (10 Again)	1, 8, 10, 3, 10, 4, 1	3 successes

"See ya like the coat I made," she says loudly to the second man as she hefts up the gym bag, "Good news then. It was a rush job, but got ya folks two more as a friendship offering. Sorry, but I didn't have the time ta make enough fer all of ya, I'll hafta work on that later."


They wanted to flex, she'd flex right back. No surprises here. She probably should have rigged the place to light up fully with a phone app. Next time. For now, Circe was in saleswoman mode. The suit helped the habit, "And ya found the place in no time! Very productive, efficient. Gotta love that. And ya brought the thing fer us ta inspect, tell ya what it is or isn't. Totes good bargain, yer getting information and armor outta this."


Don't kill someone when they are continuing to pay you, is what she hopes they'll get from that.

Stats & Equipment

Keys for the place. Shoulder holster Colt 45 with 3 clips, 3 Dream-a-Drupes flasks, hedgespun multitool, hedgespun glasses, wrist watch, smart phone, lighter, wallet, bubblegum, smart phone, black business suit, thin bulletproof vest, black athletic shoes. Leg holster with Makarov and 4 spare rounds. Gym bag with two grey hoodies with armored torsos.

[Seraphina]

Did she like Gerrits idea? No. Did she have a better one to offer? Nope.

But at least if things went south, she could try and drag Gerrit or Circe to safety and heal them.
So she nods, concern in her eyes.

The movement was caught, or was it? She was starting to not like this plan. This guy had the upper hand right now, and it wasn’t sitting well with her.

So two within sight. That was…ok? No, not really.

A nervous look was giving to Sonnie and Circe, two of people she trusted the most. She would follow their lead.

But Circe being loud? Not comforting at all. And as she talks, the Nix eyes the corpse. Wanting to look at it more closely, but not willing to move at the moment. Sure, they saw two, but there could be more and things were…well…tense right now. No looking at the corpse until the air was cleared. Or unless she used her voice to try and sooth things.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-23 11:19:00	Seraphina rolls 5 to Perception? (Wits+Comp)-1 Clarity (10 Again)	9, 2, 4, 10, 10, 7, 4	3 successes

Hedgespun jacket(+1 INT, +1 DEF), Hedgespun Necklace(+1 singing), dagger, 2 bottles of water, bag of trail mix, gauze and medical tape, notebook with pencil, compact with mirror, cell on silent

Health 7
WP 3

[Gerrit]

1 actual success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2022-09-25 03:43:10	Gerrit rolls 5 to entering the warehouse (Wits 3 + Comp 3 - Clarity 1; curse) (10 Again)	5, 2, 10, 1, 4, 5	1 success

It took him a bit to get used to the dark interior of the warehouse, which made the corpse lying on the table look even more fake. Something was moving - was this the moment the trap would spring?
No, he had to keep it together. Circe opened the conversation similarly to last time, but if it wasn't broken Gerrit saw no need to fix it.
"Hello. Nice to see you aren't alone in this by now." It was an attempt at levity and a sign of fighting on the same side. How it ultimately came out, Gerrit didn't know. "Anyone else around?" That might have sounded a little bit accusatory, but not necessarily because the Ogre had intended it to sound like that. Whelp.

Stats and Equipment

Health:
Glamour:
WP:
Armor 0
Defense 2
Hardened Mask




Equipment: Backpack (Rope, first-aid kit, hammer)

[Saber Sloth]

Each of the Lost see the moving form of Gun Girl, off to the side, not even truly hidden by the warehouse's interior contents, and as their eyes adjust they see Colin the Leader of the Grey Hoods, actually hidden by boxes and the depths of the darkness cannot fool the watchful Lost.

Baseball Bat steps forward, while the other remains near the table. Keeping his silence, for now.

"Yeah, s'nice enough." Baseball Bat says, before making an agreeing noise, "Got here early, let ourselves in. Hope you don't mind." a smirk, pulling his fresh scaring, and twisting his expression into something ugly.

A nod and a grunt in response to Gerrit, before making a vague gesture to the other man - Shotgun.

[Sonnie Wu]

Sonnie... scratched her butt.

This was not a situation where her witty quips would help. She knew she needed to keep quiet unless necessary. She didn't like it, but she wanted to keep the scene calm.

In any case, the Beast kept an eye on the various weapons on display. The guns were the scariest threat. There wasn't much she could do to protect Sera from those except take a bullet. Not an option she relished.

Might be best to leave the shooters to Circe. The blue elf could probably fast draw them or something. Like a wild west gunslinger.

Baseball Bat she could handle, though.

What time was it? She was getting hungry. Burritos sounded good.

No, focus!

What was everyone talking about?

Health 8, Willpower 4, Glamour 6

Gear: Hedgespun Boots (+2 SPD), Hedgespun Staff (+2 DMG), Hedgespun Coin Pendant (+2 DEF). Messenger bag, smartphone, snacks, goblin fruit (2 blushberries and 1 coupnettle tea in a thermos). Plastic keychain of a cartoon cloud with a face blowing wind.

[Circe]

"Nope," she shakes her head and waves her hands as she talks quickly, "No problem. Not like I tried ta get a guard dog, and could only get a retriever that'd respond with new friend play, ha ha ha, not at all. Flexing," Circe is aware of the antics Baseball Bat and crew are doing. She said as much at the end. Miss Gunner and Colin weren't doing a good job of hiding either. "Ahem, right then, hmm."


Circe looks up at the mostly dark lights of the place. Some off, some broken. "I think there is a tripod light rig with the boxes," she waves her hands towards where Colin is hiding, "If we don't have enough light ta look at what ya bagged. The primary question though, are we good? You are ready fer us ta take a look and neither of us get grief from either side. Cooperation, yadda yadda. Cause me?" She smirks, "I'm ready ta get started if you fellas are. But I just want ta make sure nobody freaks out stupidly cause I walk up ta look at the thing whilst yer next ta it."


In other words, Circe was asking permission to approach so the badly hidden mundies didn't panic.

Stats & Equipment

Keys for the place. Shoulder holster Colt 45 with 3 clips, 3 Dream-a-Drupes flasks, hedgespun multitool, hedgespun glasses, wrist watch, smart phone, lighter, wallet, bubblegum, smart phone, black business suit, thin bulletproof vest, black athletic shoes. Leg holster with Makarov and 4 spare rounds. Gym bag with two grey hoodies with armored torsos.

[Seraphina]

Why was it always guns? This made the situation even more of an issue.

She wasn’t sure what to say here, as she didn’t know the guys, and girl. So she listens to what Circe says, and decides to build off that, thinking it would be best to leave her voice as is.

For now.

“I’m just here to take a look at what you’ve found and see if I can id it. And I’ll need to get close to it,” sapphires glancing around, “without getting shot at if possible.” The Nix was not looking to get shot. She just wanted to study the creature the best of her abilities.

Hedgespun jacket(+1 INT, +1 DEF), Hedgespun Necklace(+1 singing), dagger, 2 bottles of water, bag of trail mix, gauze and medical tape, notebook with pencil, compact with mirror, cell on silent

Health 7
WP 3

[Gerrit]

The lying continued. Were Sonnie and the Fairests aware of the barely hidden grey hoods? Gerrit considered saying something, but Circe had already been taking the lead. Pointing at the place another guy was hiding. So she knew. Probably.

And those snarky remarks? Apparently even Circe's gifts weren't really enough to bridge things up between the two groups. So why were they meeting up then? Either they needed something from the Lost, after all or this was a trap.
Which Seraphina had just called them out on. Gerrit clenched his jaw, waiting for the cult's response. Just because he was able to spot two of them didn't mean there weren't more surprises here. Before he knew it, his skin was flooded with a bit of Glamour: scabs hardened, frostbitten flesh turned into the black of frozen obsidian and bruised muscles cramped up. He didn't know if his hardened Mask was able to hide this, but at least they would have a hard time shooting him just like that.

Stats and Equipment

Health:
Glamour:
WP:
Armor 4
Defense 1
Hardened Mask
Obdurate Skin: -1 Dex to all rolls, +4 Armor, -1 Defense.


Equipment: Backpack (Rope, first-aid kit, hammer)