Plot: Squeaky Choir: Sewage District

[Winter]

His dark eyes, enhanced by the Supernal, swept over the group, taking in more than their physical presence but extending to the faint outlines of their auras. They emanated a blend of curiosity and apprehension, minds buzzing with theories and curiosity.
He himself remained a stoic observer, his thoughts disciplined. He noted the general unease of their surroundings, a grim and the unsettling setting. Perhaps they should have met elsewhere to plan, however, there was no use to cry over spoiled milk.
He nodded curtly in acknowledgment of Corn and Philip's greetings, his gaze lingering on Salem for a moment longer, taking in the man's aura. He stood silent, allowing the others to share their reasons for being present. As they spoke, his mind considered their words.
"We should be careful," he spoke, his voice low. "We don't know what we're going to face"
His eyes, still imbued with the glow of the Aether, swept across the facility once more, searching for any flicker of thought other than theirs.

Equipment

Wedding band, moleskine notebook + pencils, black stones catholic rosary, brass knuckles, Kevlar vest (thin), Wallet, iPhone, flashlight

Spells

Supernal Vision with Mind 1 [pot1]

Stats

Health: 8
Mana: 10
WP: 2 (5)
Armor: 0 (1/2 vs F - Lethal to Bashing)
Defense: 3
Active Spells: 1
Personal Spells: 1
Vulgar Spells: 0

[Corn]

Corn's eyes fall on "Aaron", someone he didn't immediately recognize.
"Greetings to you, too." He said. "I am Jacob, from the library department of the office."

He is slightly suspicious and reserved but it quickly passes.

spells and effects

[2] Grim Sight


Armor 0
Spells active: 1/8
Spell Tolerance: 1/3
Vulgar spells: 0
Mana: 9



Equipment:


Small backpack and pockets:
The aforementioned Small backpack
Cellphone
Lead Medallion (dedicated Tool)
Wallet, includes his ID, credit cards, some cash
His cross and his wedding ring
A bottle of water and a candy-bar
pack of hankerchiefs
pack of gum
Flashlight
ziplock bags
strong Duct-tape
Swiss knife
pistol

[Salem]

Salem gives a nod over to Philip with a smile. "Pretty much the same thing. Research and a bit of work, if it's needed." he says, glancing between the other two gathered mages. "News was pretty grim.."

He nods over to Corn, "Nice to meet you, Jacob. Wish it was on better terms." He nods. "Yeah? Cool. I've just transferred into the area. Same department as Reggie here," he says.

He nods to Winter's comment and pulls his will into focus for a moment, glancing around to make sure they aren't being watched as he forms a quick series of hand movements. The first set seem to be more ritual, practiced, while the second seem a bit more off the cuff. Both seem to give the Warlock what he was looking for though.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-17 17:09:11	Salem rolls 8 to Untouchable (10 Again)	1, 1, 8, 8, 7, 8, 5, 9	4 successes

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-17 17:09:36	Salem rolls 4 to Sense Consciousness (Gnosis + Mind) (10 Again)	7, 10, 6, 4, 8	2 successes

Equipment

Wallet, Keys, Smartphone (Dedicated Tool), Pepper Spray, Leather Jacket, Backpack (containing: Duct Tape, Flashlight Baton, Multi-tool)

Spells

Untouchable [pot4]
Sense Consciousness [pot2]

Stats

Health:

Mana: 7
Willpower: 3 (6)
Armor: 1/0
Defense: 5 (3 vs Firearms)
Active Spells: 2
Personal Spells: 2
Vulgar Spells: 0

[ReubanBrightwood]

Greeting are exchanged and introductions made.

Mages add to their arsenal of supernal preparations each glyph clearly visible to those with the sight.

Philip pulls the threads of fate around his own destiny the better to survive whatever unseen dangers wait ahead.

Winters conjunctional sight filters through the area and determines while supernal magic seems fairly absent beyond that brought by the gathered awakened the resonance does run through this place that can be scrutinized if he so wishes.

The miasma of resonance made known to him who sees clearest that which is dead likewise calls out to Corn the pervasive awareness of processed death has more to tell.

Salem's spell bring with it horrid realisations and for a moment he has to filter through the teeming insectoid minds that are present attracted by the stench of rot lurking, miniscule and previously unknown to him. Once past this briefest of overloads within sensory range he is aware of three awakened minds, four rodent minds, and six human minds.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Temporal Eddies

Time

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Philip was still beckoning everyone to follow him and keep moving like Corn suggested earlier. But
with introductions mostly over for Philip and Winter still silent as a rock, even on whatever name they should call him here, even referring to him continued to be a challenge. So Philip decided he`d try to check out the Temporal Eddies of this place, getting himself some much-needed clarity.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-18 16:20:43	Philip Crosen rolls 6 to Temporal Eddies (Gnosis 3+Time 3) (10 Again)	8, 3, 7, 6, 7, 1	1 success

Then he decided to chime in on the discussion again.
"Terms? Come on, lighten up! Granted the news was grim. But that`s what makes this so curious and exciting. And if we get anywhere, all the more special."
he told Salem in jest, smiling at him. He would not lose his optimism and cheeriness or stop attempting to uplift his fellows, despite Salem seemingly trying to start people feeling like doom and gloom. And all this talk was was doing in Philip`s eyes was slowing them down. And Philip wanted to see results, not a long chat about how everybody was. After all, he was well aware how time is money.

spells , effects and gear

Speed 10, Armor 0, Init +6, Defense (applies to firearms too per Fortunes Protection): 7 (3 + 4), Spells active 2/6: ([1] Fortunes Protection, [1]Temporal Eddies), Spell tolerance: 2/2, Vulgar spells: 0, Mana: WP: (max WP/scene 2) Gear: backpack with: 1 L plastic water bottle, lighter, cigarette pack, can of hairspray, hair comb, order-tool-slash-phone, PC(Laptop), first aid kit, wallet: with car key, 50$ cash, various mundane ID`s and membership cards, in car that was parked some distance away from location: additional first aid kit, fire extinguisher, unloaded shotgun with ammo in seperate compartment, katana.

[Winter]

Philip's interjection drew his attention. He appreciated the man's attempt to lighten the mood but lightheartedness was a luxury in their world, one that had to be earned.
As Salem cast his spell, he felt the familiar tingle of magic in the air. He watched the warlock's hands move through the gestures, recognizing the patterns traced in the air even if he couldn't identify the specific glyphs of the spell.
"We have a job to do", he stepped forward, his posture straight and confident. "Stay alert, watch each other's backs. If anyone senses anything out of the ordinary, speak up immediately."
He looked to each of them in turn, making sure his words were understood. "Four pairs of eyes can see more than just two of them", and with that, he waved his index like a conductor's wand, forging an armor of kinetic energy around himself

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-18 16:55:23	Winter rolls 6 to Forces Armor imp Gnosis + Forces (10 Again)	3, 2, 5, 7, 5, 8	1 success

Equipment

Wedding band, moleskine notebook + pencils, black stones catholic rosary, brass knuckles, Kevlar vest (thin), Wallet, iPhone, flashlight

Spells

Supernal Vision with Mind 1 [pot 1], Forces Armor [pot 1]

Stats

Health: 8
Mana: 10
WP: 2 (5)
Armor: 3 (1 from Equipment|2 vs Firearms - Lethal to Bashing)
Defense: 3
Active Spells: 2
Personal Spells: 2
Vulgar Spells: 0

[Corn]

Corn nods in agreement with Winter .
"Should we do a bit of scouting first, for exits and entrances of this place and where the workers and guards are?" he suggests, unaware of Salem 's powers.

With a bit of concentration Corn brings forth a spell to protect himself.

Matter armor

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-18 21:39:28	Corn rolls 10 to Gnosis + Matter (10 Again)	3, 10, 5, 2, 9, 8, 3, 1, 1, 5, 1	3 successes

spells and effects

[2] Grim Sight
[3] Matter Armor

Armor 5
Spells active: 2/8
Spell Tolerance: 2/3
Vulgar spells: 0
Mana: 9



Equipment:


Small backpack and pockets:
The aforementioned Small backpack
Cellphone
Lead Medallion (dedicated Tool)
Wallet, includes his ID, credit cards, some cash
His cross and his wedding ring
A bottle of water and a candy-bar
pack of hankerchiefs
pack of gum
Flashlight
ziplock bags
strong Duct-tape
Swiss knife
pistol

[Salem]

Salem closes his eyes as his awareness stretches to include those around him. His brow scrunches up as he first senses the near-uncountable horde of insectoid minds. Many might find that insurmountable but not everyone has seen the madness that is Pandemonium. He pushes through them and then moves onto the other higher minds around them. He opens his eyes and blinks a couple of times.

He cracks a smile over at Philip and nods, "You're not wrong, Reggie."

He turns to Winter at the orders coming from him and he gives a small nod. Good ideas..

When Corn asks the next question, he gives a nod, lowering his voice to ensure that only they can hear him, "We've got six people in the area, not counting us, four rodents and a bunch of insects. I can take a peek around the area from here if you'd like. It'll be safer and faster than us walking around."

Equipment

Wallet, Keys, Smartphone (Dedicated Tool), Pepper Spray, Leather Jacket, Backpack (containing: Duct Tape, Flashlight Baton, Multi-tool)

Spells

Untouchable [pot4]
Sense Consciousness [pot2]

Stats

Health:

Mana: 7
Willpower: 3 (6)
Armor: 1/0
Defense: 5 (also vs Firearms)
Active Spells: 2
Personal Spells: 2
Vulgar Spells: 0

[ReubanBrightwood]

Preperations contuinue as a plan falls into place more supernal pings and awareness as spell glyphs are willed into patterns.

Corn and Winter armour up calling on the knowledge of impenetrable matter and the swiss army knife of protection provided from the truth of forces.

Philip adds sight to his eyes to see true and that fraction of a second that alerts him before actions occur and the revealing the tell tale signs of temporal warps, which for the moment appear to be none yet it opens his options, adds a layer of security and knowledge.

Salem shares his awareness and is able to keep track of the moving chaos of awareness to determine the number of minds he is aware of does not change on the human or rodent scale. Insects come and go the number fluctuating but remaining what would be to any other dizzyingly high.

As the dark begins to creep either further in the external light on the security booth by the front barrier turns on.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Temporal Eddies

Time

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Sybils Sight

Fate

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Philip, who was still beckoning everyone to follow him and keep moving like Corn suggested earlier, despite Winter`s seeming attempt to make himself in control of the situation, simply couldn`t take Winter seriously. The way he was, incredibly serious, killing the mood, and telling everyone what to do just felt funny to Philip and reminded him of a meme of and from Full Metal Jacket. And on top of everything, despite telling everyone what to do seemingly like an army sergeant from a movie, he was still silent as a rock on whatever to call him here, making the situation even more amusing for Philip. So he couldn`t stop an amused expression flickering over his features for the briefest of moments when Winter didn`t look directly at him. He did begrudgingly acknowledge he nevertheless still had an ever-so-slight point, though, hence why he very quickly got serious again and didn`t straight burst out laughing.
"Just saying, but I still don`t know what to call you."
he asked Winter sternly and seriously after that brief smirk earlier. Surely he must know the value designations, if not names, have for battlefield communications. And if that wasn`t a battlefield pep-talk, I don`t know what is. And it was he who suggested we speak up when something`s wrong. Unless he wants to be called Winter in public when that happens? he thought. He briefly considered offering to call Winter `Com.` or `Sir, yessir!` but thought better of it. He then answered Salem with an approving nod of admiration for his incredible capabilities as a Mastigos.
"Go for it. Recon is always in order, especially if it`s more risk-free like you say. And six vee four. Sounds doable. And, cool."
he agreed, before adding:
"It`s too bad I can`t seem to get anything on Time, guys. I should have been here hours ago Jacob. Sorry, man."
he said, disguising his negative findings with the Time arcanum with a statement of not being on time, re-checking the time on his phone for show as he did so and hoping the others caught on. And because he couldn`t see anything with Temporal Eddies, while still internally agreeing with Winter that they should be prepared, he decided to also cast Sybils Sight to see what he could see from the Fate arcanum side as well.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-19 16:08:27	Philip Crosen rolls 6 to Sybils Sight(Gnosis 3+ Fate 4 -1(3rd spell)) (10 Again)	9, 4, 7, 7, 8, 3	2 successes

spells , effects and gear

Speed 10, Armor 0, Init +6, Defense (applies to firearms too per Fortunes Protection): 7 (3 + 4), Spells active 3/6: ([1] Fortunes Protection, [1]Temporal Eddies, [2]Sybils Sight), Spell tolerance: 3/2 (1 over limit), Vulgar spells: 0, Health: , Mana: WP: (max WP/scene 2) Gear: backpack with: 1 L plastic water bottle, lighter, cigarette pack, can of hairspray, hair comb, order-tool-slash-phone, PC(Laptop), first aid kit, wallet: with car key, 50$ cash, various mundane ID`s and membership cards, in car that was parked some distance away from location: additional first aid kit, fire extinguisher, unloaded shotgun with ammo in seperate compartment, katana.