Plot: Fallen Power: The Community Centre

[ReubanBrightwood]

The repacking of his bag tells Philip that he has not been pilfered from, he gets back everything he gave over.


His Sybil's sight continues to show his the rapid war of fate threads active tangling , tearing and remaking sometimes in the same or similar patterns, others in whole new ones. The building is highly active and unsettled caught in the crosswinds of destiny.


Dipping into the quiet stairwell Philip heads up a flight to the second floor looking for somewhere less public, but more important. The door at the top of the stairs is likewise wedged open and leads into a slim corridor that puts one more in mind of offices. Once more helpful signs adhered to the wall tell him that Security, management, site staff, a break room, storage and a conference room can be found on this floor although he sees no living soul currently. The corridor is central and has Two doors leading off one close on the left, the other further of the right before reaching a T junction about halfway into the building.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

The first thing he does is take stock of his new sorroundings, checking to see if anything is amiss, besides the fact that no soul is in sight.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-12 13:21:15	Philip Crosen rolls 6 to Perception (Wits 3+Comp. 3) (10 Again)	7, 7, 6, 5, 3, 6	failure

Seeing nothing immediately amiss, he tunnel visions greedily for the door marked `management`, knocking first. So I get into the management`s office and bust this whole investigation wide open before anyone notices, and then I can get back to my normal working routine. he thought, smugly, expecting this whole thing to be over very quickly.

Sybils Sight

Fate

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

spells , effects and gear

Armor 0, Defense (applies to firearms too per Fortunes Protection): 7 (3 + 4), Spells active 2/6: ([2] Fortunes Protection, [2]Sybils Sight), 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.

[ReubanBrightwood]

Philip follows the signs that lead him to the door marked Management. This takes him past storage and security and to the T junction turning left he passes the conference room swiftly arriving at the door he is after. white painted wooden, it does not have a glass pane to look through. It does have a little plastic attachment on the door that allow for a name plate to be inserted it currently reads. Simon Cartwright. A second plastic slot allows a second plaque to be inserted, this one currently reads. Out of office.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Exceptional Luck

Fate

gain 9-Again

  Prolonged

After getting to the door and knocking on it, Philip ended his mage-sight. He knew he needed to get lucky for this and wanted no distractions. He would need Exceptional Luck to get through this door swiftly. But he was rushed, and unsecure when he cast it initially, so he simply couldn`t get the imago to form in his mind the first time.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-13 05:17:45	Philip Crosen rolls 7 to Exceptional Luck (Gnosis 3 Fate 4) (10 Again)	3, 2, 3, 6, 7, 4, 7	failure

Cursing to himself inwardly, he tried again, being rewarded with success on the second try, the imago forming in his mind, spreading supernal truth to where once there was less of it.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-13 06:49:55	Philip Crosen rolls 6 to Exceptional Luck (Gnosis 3 Fate 4- 1 2nd try) (10 Again)	1, 10, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3	1 success

So he got to work, trying to get some headway in trying to pick the lock, buoyed by his supernal luck.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-13 07:29:55	Philip Crosen rolls 4 to picking lock (Dexterity 3 + Larceny 1) (9 Again)	10, 4, 3, 2, 7	1 success

In this case, I argued the hair comb didn`t count as a tool for the lockpicking, but whether that actually is the case is of course up to you.

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: ([2] Fortunes Protection, [1]Exceptional Luck), Spell tolerance: 1/2, 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.

[ReubanBrightwood]

Thinking on his feet Philip improves a lockpick from the hair comb he carries with him. Jiggling the teeth in the pin and tumbler lock he feels something, mechanical parts interacting with the plastic but as of yet no satisfying click of success.

The corridor remains silent devoid of people for the moment.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Exceptional Luck

Fate

gain 9-Again

  Prolonged

Not hearing anyone coming as of yet, he continued trying to pick his way into the room using his modified haircomb. He knew it would be a laborious task, if he made it in at all, but such was his lot and he felt it was certainly important to get a feel for the goings-on in the center of power, in there.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-13 08:03:08	Philip Crosen rolls 4 to picking lock (Dexterity 3 + Larceny 1) (10 Again)	2, 1, 3, 10, 1	1 success

While Exceptional Luck is prolonged, he used up the boosted roll on the roll on the previous post, so I wanted to know if the spell still is active or ended as he used it, and with that, if I should take down the SPELL bbcode associated with it, and the mention of it in the spoiler. PS. I`m going to use this OOC function more frequently to ask questions like this pertinent to a respective scene if you are getting overwhelmed by the tiniest PMs like this all the time, preventing you from posting, hope that`s ok.

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: ([2] Fortunes Protection, [1?]Exceptional Luck, that one suxx already used though), 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.

[ReubanBrightwood]

Another three seconds tick pass, knowing this is clearly not legal and being caught would mean questions, scrutiny it makes them drag and feel like so much longer. Or they would to a mortal as one who knows the truth of time such warped perceptions rarely matter to enchanters, they know better.

What this enchanter does not know is how much more is needed as he continues to work the lock plastic teeth and internal mechanics mesh and meet but don't bite there is a distinct lack of friction or tension that would suggest he has hold of the tumbler. He has not succeeded as of yet.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Exceptional Luck

Fate

gain 9-Again

  Prolonged

Still not hearing anyone coming, but knowing he was running out of time, he continued trying to pick his way into the room using his modified haircomb. With this knowledge, he gave it his all, to try to get into the room quickly.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-14 11:31:07	Philip Crosen rolls 7 to Larceny (wits 3 + larceny 1) (10 Again, WillPower)	2, 2, 8, 1, 8, 10, 1, 9	4 successes

I`d still like to know whether the Fortunes Protection spell is still active as he used the last and only boosted roll 2 posts ago. Because while Exceptional Luck is prolonged, if it`s `used up` then I`d like to know if I should remove the SPELL bbcode and stop mentioning it in the spoiler.
Hope this is appropriate to post this question like this pertaining to this specific situation, despite what we talked about with posts in the character sheet thread.

PS. Sorry for my fauxpas with the OOC formulation last post in this box.

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: ([2] Fortunes Protection, [1?]Exceptional Luck, that one suxx already used though), 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.

[ReubanBrightwood]

With supernal will and human effort exerted ... Something catches! success? ... no not yet, but definitely progress. He has hooked the fish but now must reel it in.

[Philip Crosen]

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Ending his exceptional luck spell was apparently not the way to go. Because turning back to his lockpicking operation, although he felt there was something more, he could not get the final teeth to click in order to get into the room, leaving him so close, but with nothing to show for it. This had cost him quite a bit of enlightened will and grit, leaving him deeply frustrated.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-04-15 14:43:46	Philip Crosen rolls 4 to Larceny (wits 3 + larceny 1) (10 Again)	3, 5, 2, 1	failure

So he reconsidered his options, knowing he shouldn`t get caught and deciding to go back down the way he came to try to get some other way to get into the room from the common area. And ideally, before he got noticed by anyone. He would have to try a different approach and he knew he`d need a key to achieve something here.

spells , effects and gear

Speed 10, Armor 0, Init +6, Defense (applies to firearms too per Fortunes Protection): 7 (3 + 4), Spells active 1/6: ([2] Fortunes Protection), Spell tolerance: 1/2, 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 (damaged during the course of the attempted lockpicking operation), 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.