SC: Colliding worlds

[ReubanBrightwood]

Vincent Winter
Xisdor Philip Crosen
Fedup Corn
Lionell Salem
Phoenyx Xadun

Winter pushes the door open and the feeling that crashes through the open door is a cold and malevolent chill, a sense of utter darkness overwhelming and endless, not a void, not nothing, the clear and presence awareness of the very tangible and real sense of darkness itself a manifest thing in truth. The shadows are to deep, the stretch to far something that could only really be appreciated once it is experienced. Into this spartan space of the opposite of light they go. Winter, Corn, Philip and Salem.

Philip spends several seconds aiming the spell, as he allows the fates to eddy and flux around him seeking the calm in the chaos, the pattern in the indiscernible, and casts out a prophecy into the supernal winds of arcadia. He wants to know what must come to pass to prevent the text messages compromising the mages who sent them. He sees the image of satellite dishes spanning the city attached to buildings, of red bleeping lights picking up and redirecting the near infinite stream of information high way of reams and reams of computer data storing itself into logs processing and picking out key words in dark rooms, the room goes fully dark, silent and still, all lights and all electronics dead, that is what he must achieve to safeguard his device.

Phoenyx unseen an silent has run of the compound the nearest building has a what looks like a dead body outside it wit ha group clustered around, workers run pipes out of the middle building in a buzz of activity and the furthest building is still without power.

[Winter]

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And ^God said, ^{“Let there be light,”} and there was light.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

The Obrimos is unafraid of darkness, as he has inscribed his name in everlasting light in the book of flaming aether. Gesturing for his companions to pause with one hand, he begins drawing unusual symbols in the air with the other, before retrieving the flashlight from his pocket. Having spoken his incantation in the language of the Dragon, a blinding light finally bursts forth from the portable torch in his grasp, ready to banish all.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-18 17:28:03	Winter rolls 8 to Control Light Imp Gno + For + HS (10 Again)	9, 9, 2, 1, 2, 10, 8, 1, 7	4 successes

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], Probable Cause [pot 2] (1 use of rote action remaining), Energetic Tass Electricity [Size 2, Pot 4, DORMANT], Control Light [Pot 4]

Stats

Health: 8-2(1 is Resistant, all Bashing)
Mana: 6 (6+1 stored inside the tass)
WP: 0 (5)
Armor: 4 (1 from Equipment|+2 vs Firearms - Lethal to Bashing)
Defense: 3
Active Spells: 4 (+1 inactive)
Personal Spells: 4 (+1 inactive)
Contagion: 1 (+1 Inactive)
Vulgar Spells: 3

[Philip Crosen]

Gain Skill

Spirit

gain increase to a Skill to a limit of 5

  Prolonged

Exceptional Luck

Fate

gain 9-Again

  Prolonged

Quantum Flux

Fate

"aim" any action

  Prolonged

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Sybils Sight

Fate

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Pulse of the Living World

Life

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Philip, focused on his prophecy, saw the vision of blinking antennas, satellites, data, and a specific dark server room that had to be shut down at an unknown amount of time in the future. If this could come to pass, in whatever way, then they would be safe. Or at least, from being compromised in that way. Knowing there was another bunch of ways for them to get compromised in different ways. Locating the server room with his lack of Space would be difficult however. Many components were missing. Time and space coordinates of the blacked out server room in his vision, and how it could be shut down with as little of a trace as possible. Would a blackout via a cut power line be enough, assuming the right power line could be found? And how could said line then be cut? Was an electromagnetic pulse in the vicinity of the server room needed? Or could some humans be manipulated to cut the power for an entirely differen reason in order to black out the server room? His thoughts weighed heavily on his mind as he contemplated his options. What of this could he reveal to his fellows? Or, should he reveal? But he did decide to reveal some. Quietly whispering to his fellows, but especially to reassure Corn and himself, he said:
"We need to black out a specific server room an unknown time from now however we can, to prevent being exposed through the text messages. I`ll try to find out more."

Nevertheless, he followed Winter into the darkness. But suddenly, after barely hearing Winter utter in what in his considered opinion had to be High Speech, he noticed the almost blinding light banish the darkness they were entering and almost blinding him. And that was despite still covering his face with his hands like Corn had suggested earlier. And Philip was annoyed. However the sudden brightness came to be, it could give away their position to mundanes if they could see the bright beacon associated with it. And that was something they did not need. Still, he figured. Let`s just see what the future holds. I didn`t cause this potential problem, so someone else can fix it. I`m more interested in removing the digital paper trail.

With his vision now clearly in his mind and known to him, he ended Prophecy. He knew he would need to obtain info on this objective. The room to be blacked out. After all, messing with something this big always came with huge strings attached from Fate, after all. If he was going to go through with it, which he still wasn`t sure of. Still, as he ended Prophecy, he took another good, intent look at his surroundings, trying to find out what was going on in the strange place he now found himself.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-21 14:32:47	Philip Crosen rolls 6 to Perception (Wits 3+Comp. 3 - unkown penalty, up to 3 compensated by QF) (10 Again)	3, 2, 4, 2, 5, 8	1 success

spells , effects and gear

Speed 10, Armor: 4 (Fortunes Protection), Init +6, Defense : 3, Spells active 5/6: ([5]Pulse of the Living World, [3][2/1]Sybils Sight/Fortunes Protection double spell, [2]Gain Skill (Stealth +2), [1]Exceptional Luck, [2]Quantum Flux), Spell tolerance: 6/2 (4 over limit): , Vulgar spells: 0, Health: , Mana: WP: (max WP/scene 0 left)
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.

[Corn]

Corn nods to Philip 's word once but quietly says "You plan to knock down much of the electronic communications in Sacramento, like those Cyber-attacks in 2016 and 2021? " He was not sure those hackers were innocent; he had his suspicions that the God-machine or another global supernatural conspiracy may have been involved. That it could be just a Libertine or Seer or, well, Guardian, knocking out the communications to hide something was something he hadn't considered at the time. To this day, he refuses to believe it could be the Mysterium's anti-technology radicals.
Lives were destroyed those days. Many lives. "Be careful, if you go that way. Such disruptions may bring much more attention than what we do here. Those FBI hunters would look into something that disrupts communications in the capital of California."

Then, Winter makes light, blinding light. Corn turns his head and shuts his eyes for a moment, opening them just a bit first to adjust and then blinking.
Looking at Salem he asks, "do you sense any malevolent intelligence or presence here? Well, aside of what all of us feel. Can you discern the nature of that ... aura around this place, for lack of a better word?" He stops short before asking the Mastigos if he can shield them from the oppressive emotions. Boldly Winter may stand in the oppressive, malevolent darkness, but he would prefer to not feel it. This feels quite like Stygia, to the point he considers to check whether this is a demense for a moment.
As for himself, he ties to bring a combined spell to allow him both see entities but also scrutinize the nature of whatever is around them, check for atlantean magic. But the oppressive darkness is a bit too much and the spells fail.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-21 22:28:46	Corn rolls 6 to Gnosis+Death-1 (cont)-2(combo)+3 (QFl) (10 Again)	5, 1, 2, 6, 5, 1	failure

Thus, taking more time to aim his spells in the tapestry of fate, he casts them separately.
First, Speak with Ghosts.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-21 22:30:25	Corn rolls 6 to Gnosis+Death-1 (cont)-1(Retry)+2 (QFl) (10 Again)	4, 2, 6, 3, 9, 2	1 success

Then, Grim sight.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-21 22:30:47	Corn rolls 6 to Gnosis+Death-2 (cont)-1(Retry)+3 (QFl) (10 Again)	6, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1, 9	3 successes

I thought the room was windowless and the door is no longer transparent.
I don't think Corn has more time to scrutinize / look for entities.

spells and effects

[2] Sense Life
[4] Quantum Flux
[3] Gain Skill: Stealth (+2 because 2 life dots, but potency 3).
[5] Matter armor
[2] Reconfigure Object
[1] Speak with ghosts
[3] Grim sight


Armor 5
Spells active: 7/8
Spell Tolerance: 6/3 (I am at -3)
Vulgar spells: 2
Mana: 3





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 Switch knife
pistol
Disk from the admin

[Salem]

Salem pauses when Winter makes the gesture to hold them back. He moves to cover his eyes as the Obrimos increases the light his flashlight is giving off. There's a small hiss of discomfort from the Warlock as covering his eyes doesn't really do anything as his sense of sight is a free floating presence above him. He tries to protect himself from it as it's too bright for his night vision and he instead allows that to fade away, sinking his sight back into his eyes for the moment. He blinks a few times to get rid of the spots dotting his vision.

When Corn suggests that he try to discern if there is a presence causing this feeling for them, he nods and starts to whisper in High Speech. The Moros might not have asked about shielding them from the effects that they all seem to be experiencing, which is good, as the Warlock doesn't have sufficient mastery in Mind magics to share that protection. He is able to do it for himself though

Mental Shield (failure)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-24 23:02:49	Salem rolls 7 to Gnosis + Mind + HS (10 Again)	2, 5, 6, 3, 2, 6, 1	failure

Perhaps he's distracted with the feelings being imposed by him, but the first attempt at bringing the imago into being fails. He attempts again, after another moment of High Speech.

Mental Shield (3 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-24 23:04:53	Salem rolls 6 to Gnosis + Mind + HS - 1 (10 Again)	9, 9, 6, 1, 9, 1	3 successes

With the mental shield in place, he closes his eyes and starts to whisper again. He tries to combine the imagos of both opening his Third Eye as well as Sense Consciousness around him.

Combined Spell (1 success)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-24 23:13:49	Salem rolls 5 to Gnosis + Mind + HS -2Combined (10 Again)	3, 5, 5, 8, 7	1 success

He's not able to make the two spells combine at the moment but he does open his Third Eye, looking around him for a moment to try to see if he can sense anything around them.

Perception (2 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-24 23:27:51	Salem rolls 6 to Perception (10 Again)	4, 7, 1, 10, 2, 7, 8	2 successes

Tune In

Forces

listen to radio frequencies

  Prolonged

Mental Shield

Mind

gain Armor against psychic effects, pierce illusions with reflexive Gnosis + Mind

  Prolonged

Third Eye

Mind

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Beast Control

Mind

dominate lesser life forms

  Prolonged

Equipment

Wallet, Keys,Smartphone (Dedicated Tool), Pepper Spray, Leather Jacket, Backpack (containinguct Tape, Flashlight Baton, Multi-tool, 1 Blood-stained Rat)

Spells

Tune In [pot1]
Mental Shield [pot3]
Third Eye [pot1]
Beast Control [pot3]

Stats

Health:

Mana: 3
Willpower: 1 (6)
Armor: 1/0
Defense: 2
Active Spells: 4
Personal Spells: 3
Vulgar Spells: 0

[ReubanBrightwood]

Xadun can post in as and when they can but 2 days have passed since Salem posted so I am going to get this moving

Winter calls on the truth of the aether the shining light of divinity to bolster the torch in his hand to the brightest of beacons a miniature sun that should light the room as brightly as any man made device casting out every shadow. It succeeds, kind of the natural shadows are obliterated in the light of the torch the spartan room laid bare but not all walls of darkness still hang around the corners a inky darkness deeper and more real then the bolster light of winters torch a tool of the lie.

Paradox failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-27 15:09:04	unknown rolls 1 to pardox (10 Again, Chance)	7	failure

animate shadows 6 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-27 15:06:17	unknown rolls 8 to animiate shadows (10 Again)	9, 10, 7, 1, 10, 3, 9, 9, 2, 8	6 successes

As unseen senses flare one these shadows whip forward unperturbed by the shining radiance to wrap layer after layer around the torch in winters hand of shadowy darkness cutting off the light entirely and plunging the room into total darkness. This renders Philips mundane perception check obsolete in the totality of the now complete darkness the time he took to align his senses with fates pattern while less then ten seconds was to long in a situation so violate .

Philip might not be able to see but mage sight is more the what the eyes can perceive and while pulse of the living world does little to aid him the Sybil's sight impresses upon him heavy and dour resonances weighty and thick like a mire.

Corn likewise thrust into the darkness is slow to act as he aligns his spellcasting with the tempo of fate rather the trying to force his will through when its needed most and consequently is not aware until it is much to late of what lies hidden from him. Within twilight a figure transparent and ephemeral but complete and, human, suited for business gaunt and grim holds a blade in one hand that carries a strong aura of death under the grim sight. A second something hazy and indistinct a spirit or mental projection stands by this figure but corn cannot make out its details.

Salem quicker to look around is able to take in more details of the area before the light grows out and realises that things touched by the physical darkness are not always present after it passes by them like the y are being swallowed by its touch. He shields his mind from interference as the light is utterly obscured but opens his awareness to the forces of will and is near immediately battered by a driven and absolute resonance that exerts an unwavering determination, malignant and hungry.

[Winter]

As the strong scent of saltwater fills the air and the darkness enchroaches his torch, the Obrimos has a revelation. In front of him, the echo - after images made of shadows - of the humanoid linger in the air. However, he acts swiftly, reaching for the symbol of his faith with one hand and tearing apart the fabric of time with the other. And so the world is sent spiralling into the past, the clock's arms moving in reverse. The future becomes a past that has never been.

He's back at the beginning, by the door, the torch still in his hand. He motions the others to step back, and he follows suit. "I need you to make me something", he tells Corn.

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-27 15:39:25	Winter rolls 6 to Eyes of the Abyss Wits + Comp (10 Again)	2, 3, 7, 3, 8, 5	1 success

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-28 07:24:16	Winter rolls 1 to Paradox, Contained 2 (base) + 1 (4th spell) -1 MT, -1 Rote, -1 3rd dot (10 Again, Chance)	7	failure

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-09-28 07:25:48	Winter rolls 8 to Shifting Sands Rote Res+Occ+Time (10 Again)	1, 4, 5, 1, 9, 1, 4, 2	1 success

This is just a point of order: Shifting sands has been cast thus posts number 2,3,4,5 and 6 never happened and only Winter knows what happened in them.

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], Probable Cause [pot 2] (1 use of rote action remaining), Energetic Tass Electricity [Size 2, Pot 4, DORMANT]

Stats

Health: 8-2(1 is Resistant, all Bashing)
Mana: 5 (5+1 stored inside the tass)
WP: 0 (5)
Armor: 4 (1 from Equipment|+2 vs Firearms - Lethal to Bashing)
Defense: 3
Active Spells: 3 (+1 inactive)
Personal Spells: 3 (+1 inactive)
Contagion: 0 (+1 Inactive)
Vulgar Spells:4

[/QUOTE]

[Philip Crosen]

Gain Skill

Spirit

gain increase to a Skill to a limit of 5

  Prolonged

Exceptional Luck

Fate

gain 9-Again

  Prolonged

Quantum Flux

Fate

"aim" any action

  Prolonged

Fortunes Protection

Fate

Shielding

  Prolonged

Sybils Sight

Fate

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Pulse of the Living World

Life

Mage Sight

  Prolonged

Philip, focused on his prophecy, saw the vision of blinking antennas, satellites, data, and a specific dark server room that had to be shut down at an unknown amount of time in the future. If this could come to pass, in whatever way, then they would be safe. Or at least, from being compromised in that way. Knowing there was another bunch of ways for them to get compromised in different ways. Locating the server room with his lack of Space would be difficult however. Many components were missing. Time and space coordinates of the blacked out server room in his vision, and how it could be shut down with as little of a trace as possible. Would a blackout via a cut power line be enough, assuming the right power line could be found? And how could said line then be cut? Was an electromagnetic pulse in the vicinity of the server room needed? Or could some humans be manipulated to cut the power for an entirely differen reason in order to black out the server room? His thoughts weighed heavily on his mind as he contemplated his options. What of this could he reveal to his fellows? Or, should he reveal? But he did decide to reveal some. Quietly whispering to his fellows, but especially to reassure Corn and himself, he said:
"We need to black out a specific server room an unknown time from now however we can, to prevent being exposed through the text messages. I`ll try to find out more."

Nevertheless, he stayed put when Winter gestured to them to stop, giving Winter a curious look as to what he wanted Corn to make. But, with his vision now clearly in his mind and known to him, he ended Prophecy. He knew he would need to obtain info on this objective. The room to be blacked out. After all, messing with something this big always came with huge strings attached from Fate, after all. If he was going to go through with it, which he still wasn`t sure of.

spells , effects and gear

Speed 10, Armor: 4 (Fortunes Protection), Init +6, Defense : 3, Spells active 5/6: ([5]Pulse of the Living World, [3][2/1]Sybils Sight/Fortunes Protection double spell, [2]Gain Skill (Stealth +2), [1]Exceptional Luck, [2]Quantum Flux), Spell tolerance: 6/2 (4 over limit): , Vulgar spells: 0, Health: , Mana: WP: (max WP/scene 0 left)
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.

[Corn]

Philip get an "let's focus on doing what we can here, first." He doesn't want to give reasons to the FBI hunters to go after him.

Then, corn turns to Winter as the more veteran mage stops before entering. Unaware that Winter has seen what lies ahead, he is surprised.
"Make something? That would put quite a strain on me, Adam. What do you need and for what purpose? I may have to scourge to make that happen and the backlash would be severe. " and that is never pleasant, more like sticking your hand in boiled water to get steamy food. While being hit all over by the Abyss. On the other hand, Winter is an Obrimos. "Can you draw mana from that door and give it to us? " he asks.

I strikeout spells that Corn cast after Winter made light, as they wouldn't have been cast yet. If I am wrong, then they are still here.

spells and effects

[2] Sense Life
[4] Quantum Flux
[3] Gain Skill: Stealth (+2 because 2 life dots, but potency 3).
[5] Matter armor
[2] Reconfigure Object
[1] Speak with ghosts
[3] Grim sight


Armor 5
Spells active: 5/8 7/8
Spell Tolerance: 4/3 (I am at -1) 6/3 (I am at -3)
Vulgar spells: 2
Mana: 3





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 Switch knife
pistol
Disk from the admin

[Salem]

Salem pauses when Winter makes the gesture for them to hold back. With the encroaching chill in the air, Salem takes a moment to start whispering softly in the mostly lost tongue of Atlantis as he tries to steel his mind against the intruding darkness and danger. As he's whispering, he lets the spells allowing his sight to wander where he wishes it to end, settling his gaze back into his own head and narrowing it down to just his normal if Aether-enhanced eyesight.

Mental Shield (3 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-01 22:11:47	Salem rolls 7 to Gnosis + Mind + HS (10 Again)	8, 10, 8, 1, 5, 7, 5, 3	3 successes

With those mental defenses erected, the Warlock takes another moment to try to weave two spells together, whispering in the High Speech as he tries to tap into his link with the realm of Demons to protect himself and open his eyes. They don't know what's going on here and keeping himself untouchable would be quite useful as well as allowing him to sense the spatial area around them again could lead to discovering exactly what's going on here.

Untouchable/Spatial Map (2 successes)

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-10-01 22:22:33	Salem rolls 5 to Gnosis + Space + HS -1ST -2Combo (10 Again)	5, 10, 6, 6, 10, 7, 3	2 successes

Tune In

Forces

listen to radio frequencies

  Prolonged

Nightsight

Forces

see in darkness or low light

  Prolonged

Mental Shield

Mind

gain Armor against psychic effects, pierce illusions with reflexive Gnosis + Mind

  Prolonged

Untouchable

Space

Shielding

  Prolonged

Spatial Map

Space

sense locations of nearby objects

  Transitory

Beast Control

Mind

dominate lesser life forms

  Prolonged

Equipment

Wallet, Keys, Smartphone (Dedicated Tool), PepperSpray, Leather Jacket, Backpack (containing: Duct Tape, Flashlight Baton,Multi-tool, 1 Blood-stained Rat)

Spells

Tune In [pot1]
Nightsight [pot3]
Mental Shield [pot3]
Untouchable/Spatial Map [Pot2]
Beast Control [pot3]

Stats

Health:

Mana: 3
Willpower: 1 (6)
Armor: 4/3
Defense: 2
Active Spells: 5
Personal Spells: 4
Vulgar Spells: 0