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  1. #1
    Yumyumcrow's Avatar
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    2
    PRE

    Puck strides through the Portal. The light flowing through the opening flares as the Libertine touches the surface tension of the dream. He feels the slick, oily surface of the dream's membranous surface; there is a feeling of slick resistance and then a sensation of being sucked - or drawn - through the barrier and into the dream proper. Once the process begins, the Acanthus finds he cannot stop it - he is drawn like a fly in amber into the dream - and light flashes around him.

    Phoenyx and, moment's later, Crystal also experience the same event when they pass through the Portal and into the dream.

    There is a flash of light...

    And they are sucked into a heady, turgid, atmosphere of heat and humidity. The force of the heavy, still and water-leaden air crushes them like an iron fist.

    The air is thick, vaporous, and still. They stand in a forest of strange trees - pines, palms, or some kind of giant ferns - and unusual, succulent, ground dwelling plants. The earth is a rich brown. The trees and plants are all shades of green: green upon green. Even the shadows and the half light filtering through the canopy are tinged with green. The forest surrounds them. The trees press in close and the ground based foliage curls thickly around their feet and legs - not thickly enough to block their movement but enough to be a noticeable presence. The dim, closely packed forest, collapses distance and disorients them.

    After a few moments the sounds begin: the chirp of angry insects droning in the heat; the flap of leathery wings as a little, lithe, winged reptile swoops overhead and snatches an massive dragonfly out of the air before vanishing into the gloom; a booming honk of some large animal rumbles through the forest from somewhere in front of the group.

    Xander Xadun Aeolus

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  3. #2
    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

    Phoenyx stares as the pterosaur dashes our in it's hunt and follows it's flight back up into the trees. Steadily she begins to make her way forwards, taking slow breaths to accustom herself to the heavy, humid air. Looking around, she turns back to see if the portal remains, or if they have become stuck.

    "We can confirm that there are dinosaurs," she remarks, scanning the undergrowth for danger.
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

  4. #3
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    Winds blow around the mage, varying in intensity depending on the spell and parting abruptly after.
    Puck Scenes
     

    +1
    SL
    1
    PRE

    Once again Puck wanders into a new realm, this time drawn by the promise of adventure and dinosaurs. As he gets pulled in like a moth to the flames, he emerges in his burst of light. Immediately he was suffocated by the humidity of the ancient dream realm. A life in cold, rural, land locked Minnesota did nothing to prep him for the heat and thickness of the ancient air. Suddenly regretting the hoodie and sweatpants for the Astral dig.

    "Shit." He's almost gasping in the new dream realm. One hand raised up to his throat as he started to look around. Then he saw it. The winged Pteranodon passing over head. Suddenly the gasp was one of bewilderment rather then desperation.

    "Shit." He's back to smiling. Doughy eyed like a child on Christmas morning. This is what you look like when a childhood dream comes true.

    Then he's back to gasping from the humidity. Seriously, it's a problem. They needed a Moros to sort this out stat. Or they could get moving before Puck started whining out loud again.

    Puck starts moving towards the rumbling in front of them, because he learned nothing from Jurassic Park.

      4 suxx to look around
    Date Action Roll Result
    2021-04-13 19:39:11 Puck rolls 8 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again) 9, 6, 5, 10, 9, 2, 8, 1, 4 4 successes

  5. #4
    Crystal's Avatar
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    Resources
    Barfly
    Eidetic Memory
    Crystal

    Nimbus

    Walls and the Floor become slightly tilted, there's a sickly sweet and sharp smell in the air. Faintly, the sound chains (and even fainter: the sound of leather) can be heard. More powerful spells make the sounds more pronounced and colors seem to pulsate.
    Active Stats

    Astral Dive II
    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 0
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +/-0
    Active Spells: 1/4
    Personal Spells: 1

    [2] Third Eye
    [4R] Misperception

    +1
    SL
    3
    PRE

    Between entering the Astral Realm and entering this dream it was hard to decide what felt more uncomfortable. Given his mood and what he thought was expecting them on the other side he'd had to hand it to this one.
    The heat and humidity were no problem - in fact, they reminded him of much more pleasurable places. What was definitely a problem was everything else: giant insects, dinosaurs, overpowering foliage. Oh, and Phoenyx seemed to have found a sense of humor. Great.

    He took a few tentative steps and turned around, checking for a way out of the dream. Worst case they'd have to 'complete the dream', whatever that meant. Lips tightly pressed together to keep him from lashing out at Puck he followed the Acanthus - while hovering near the Arrow, of course.

    Active Spells: -/-
    Equipment: -/-
    Willpower 2/6
    Mana 5/10






    Health: Willpower: Mana:


  6. #5
    Yumyumcrow's Avatar
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    PRE

    Crystal and Phoenyx both turn around to check the 'entrance' of the dream. They find a faint shimmer in the air just behind their starting position: a faint shimmer as the vaporous air stills and beads sweat, as if it was encountering a cooler surface. If they were not looking for it, they might miss it. The knowledge that the edge of the dream is 'there' is tempered, however, by the uncertainty about the point of exit.

    Is the entrance one way?

    Do they have to complete a test of some kind to leave?
    Puck is moving forward, forcing his way through the undergrowth. So does the Arrow once she has spotted the shimmery blur of the dream's edge.

    The Libertine's eyes narrow as he focusses on their gloomy environment. Up ahead and not too far off is something big and bulky. The shape's actual size and dimensions are hard to discern through the trees and riotous growth but it doesn't look bipedal. And it isn't heading toward them, either. The shape gives out another honking rumble - this time accompanied by a sound of splintering wood and falling vegetation.

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  8. #6
    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

    Phoenyx pressed forwards, making sure she was close to both of the others. They both looked conventionally attractive, even here, but not particularly combat-trained from their behavior. How would they react if they were attacked? They were still Awakened, after all, and that would hopefully count for something.

    The Arrow moved up alongside Puck, looking for the source of the sounds, occasionally glancing to make sure they were together. Spell options began running through her mind.

    failure
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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  10. #7
    Puck's Avatar
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    Winds blow around the mage, varying in intensity depending on the spell and parting abruptly after.
    Puck Scenes
     

    +1
    SL
    1
    PRE

    Puck's mood is shifting between childish wonder and genuine discomfort as amazing sights meet this oppressive atmosphere. He continues moving forward, doing his best to move silently.

      DFail to sneak up to the creature.
    Date Action Roll Result
    2021-04-17 18:40:12 Puck rolls 1 to be sneaky (Dex-untrained) (10 Again, Chance) 1 Dramatic Failure!

    His best was not very good. In fact, as he manages to make a commotion moving through the underbrush a look that an outsider would reasonably consider panic began to set in. He looks back to Phoenix before deciding to try something. Once again he reaches into his soul to attempt to fold space within the dream. He clearly wasn't going to sneak anywhere, meaning his ability to chase or run was going to come up at some point.

      1 suxx for astral travel
    Date Action Roll Result
    2021-04-17 18:44:13 Puck rolls 5 to Astral travel (Gnosis+Resolve) (10 Again) 8, 7, 1, 6, 5 1 success

    Now he attempts to merge with the shadows, transforming into an inky black cloud of smoke that makes it's way behind the First Talon before reforming back into the form of Puck. It wasn't very far, as the three had been trying to get close together, but it was an important fact finding task. Because Puck could run about as easily as he could sneak, and this came at least slightly more intuitively then that.

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    Crystal's Avatar
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    Eidetic Memory
    Crystal

    Nimbus

    Walls and the Floor become slightly tilted, there's a sickly sweet and sharp smell in the air. Faintly, the sound chains (and even fainter: the sound of leather) can be heard. More powerful spells make the sounds more pronounced and colors seem to pulsate.
    Active Stats

    Astral Dive II
    Health:
    Mana:
    WP:
    Armor 0
    Defense 2

    Vulgar +/-0
    Active Spells: 1/4
    Personal Spells: 1

    [2] Third Eye
    [4R] Misperception

    +1
    SL
    3
    PRE

    Well, this was a bummer: if they had to kill a dinosaur to get back out here they'd be shit out of luck. Crystal reminded himself of the fact that he could always wake up - in fact, Campanella said he'd get them out if things got too dicey. If there was ever a person to trust, it's the former Hierarch and head of the Warlock's Order.

    Hearing Puck thrash around added some urgency to the thought of contingency plans. Instinctively Crystal took a step back from the Acanthus and looked around. Granted, when competing with giant insects and dinosaurs for noise maybe they wouldn't draw unwanted attention for now, but you never could tell. He looked at his surroundings.

    1 success


    God, he hated this. He really didn't think of himself as petty, but hopefully Puck would receive the bill for his recklessness. "So Phoenyx, any suggestion on how to go from here?" Asking the Arrow, because given the choice he'd rather follow the trained soldier here. An idle thought went through his head: does Mind work on big lizards at all?

    Active Spells: -/-
    Equipment: -/-
    Willpower 2/6
    Mana 5/10
    Health: Willpower: Mana:


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  14. #9
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    Phoenyx was busy, her mind working hard as she moved through the undergrowth. Too many variables - and on this occasion she was without Kaze and other mages whose fighting skills she knew, and with whom she had worked before. Crystal and Puck are unknown quantities and neither inspire confidence.

    Her body is alert as always. Her mind is still calculating the angles - and that is why she fails to react in time, as Puck careens through the undergrowth like a raging bull.
    Puck is trying. But try as he might his feet keep finding holes in the moist ground; or root-things where there shouldn't be... root-things; or dislodges the decayed trunk of some giant fern, which finds a slope and rolls away from him, tearing up the verbiage.

    Thinking quickly, the Acanthus attempts to use what he knows of Astral movement - a quick focus of will and an impression of distance. Only to discover that...

    Nothing happens.

    It would appear that the standard laws of nature (or the idea of them) are fixed into the fabric of this dream. The airy dreams and phantasms of the Astral Plane do not work here.

    The Acanthus remains where he is, out in the open and painfully exposed.

    His actions have had consequences. Whatever is up ahead has heard the group's clumsy approach. The booming honk continues, its timbre changing into something much, much, more dangerous. Wood splinters and shadows shift - Crystal can see that the shadowy behemoth has changed direction; it is now heading towards them.

    And roaring.

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  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

    "I'm not sure," Phoenyx replied in a soft voice. Disturbing the natural sounds with speech seemed almost like a violation. "The portal seems gone, so there must be some kind of objective for us to get out of here."

    The trees were so peaceful, so beautiful. It was almost like...

    CREEEEEAASHHHHHH.

    The Arrow's face snaps to the sound, her stare locked on Puck as the log crashes through the undergrowth. She sees the concentration on Pucks face as he remains poignantly stationary.

    She may not recognize the distance, but she hears the bellow and feels the stomp of the creature. Too big to fight, certainly without any weapons to hand. The Obrimos looks in the direction of the thunderous sounds.

    "Run!"

    Phoenyx makes sure the others have gotten ahead of her before running herself!
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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