(Rope Bridge) Crossing

[Circe]

"Climbing that?!" Circe has to think on how to describe how bad it'd be. "Be like the final level of a quick time event game based around parkour. Even with my Phantom cheat, I'd advise against it," that would do. "Plus, I don't know how to roll with a fall in case it stops working." A better option for the Fairest would be the bridge to see if she could phase through stuff. Easier for others to rescue and less monkey fall safely from tree moments. Circe isn't Sonja. As for the pelting projectiles proposal.


"So, either sentient, commanded, or retreat for time after a catch is what we're going with?" Circe sums up what she is hearing as ideas go. They couldn't really test the first or second. The shotgun clicks as she slings it to kneel down. Then pulls out a knife from her boot. She heads towards the nearest branches away from the vines.


"I say we stick to testing the third. Or stones. Rocks. Whatever you want to toss, so long as it ain't a loss for you," she explains as she retrieves or makes a few sticks for folks to throw at the vines to see what happens. Sure, it was kind of videogame logic, but the Hedge didn't mesh well with normal logic.


Attack was an option. "Not sure how much damage we'd need to do to a cluster to destroy it Mina," she is a little stingy on the bullets. "I feel the need to apologize again for not filling my shell pouches with ammo. That'd worked a treat if," dry desert heat blasts the area around Circe, "I'd had the 40 shells I'd PLANNED to carry on my stupid ass."


Summer being angry at herself. Beats her lashing out at others.


She pauses after getting a half dozen sticks to consider one other thing they'd mentioned. An idea that'd either avoid a lot of trouble or ensure trouble knew their location. "Didn't somebody say something about yelling hello to see if we get an answer?"

Circe's Kit

Trench coat. Fanny pack, tactical harness and various attached pouches for carrying her kit. Sling with shotgun [7+1] ammo case with shells: 12 regular, 3 flare, 8 AP. rondel bayonet and light mount. colt [9]+9r +7a +7a +7h +7r. 30 spare colt bullets in ammo box. advanced skin suit 1/2bp +1 stealth in darkness but -1 in well lit areas. gob fruit flasks x3, fa kit +1, glowstick x7, HS multitool. LED headband, small LED shoulder mounted, 2 small LED flashlight, water bottle, small water bottle, 8 protein bars, small boot knife 0L.

Duffle bag

52 lbs of weight, 4.5 is bag. Three 40' coils of rope at 10 lbs each, a crossbow, 3 bodkin bolts with rope loops, 3 regular bodkin bolts, 12 rope pitons, a hammer. 2 gas masks and 2 bug bomb cannisters.

[Saber Sloth]

The vines still, the carved ladder path still looks enticingly free of vines.

Time to roll some dice!

If you want to try and discern the nature of the vines, can I get a Int + Occult (with any Hedge specific that might be appropriate)

If you want to try and find an alternative way up, an extended Wits + Investigation would be good, please note that in the course this investigation roll might take you away from the bridge and/or the group.

Or you can roll any other roll you might have in mind - if you have something in mind but are unsure of if it could work @me (to make sure I see it) in the OCC thread and ask me if you can roll.

[Jack Violet]

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-06 16:18:50	Jack Violet rolls 4 to Recall Knowledge of Hedge Vines(Intelligence2 + Occult2 - Clarity0) (10 Again)	9, 7, 8, 2	2 successes

STATS

Health:

Glamour:

Willpower:

BLESSINGS & CURSES

Beast

Blessing
The wildness that infuses a Beast gives her a supernatural affinity with animals. A Beast gains the benefit of the 8 again rule when using the Animal Ken Skill, and receives a free Specialty for the one animal that most reflects the Beast’s seeming. That same wild nature gives a Beast a powerful personal magnetism. A Beast’s player can spend points of Glamour to add to dice pools involving Presence and Composure. Each point of Glamour spent adds one die to one dice pool.
Curse
Although the Beasts regained their consciousness when they came through the Hedge, their time as beings of thoughtless instinct has taken its toll on each of them, and most find it very hard to make use of academic or trained skills. A Beast’s player suffers a –4 dice untrained penalty when trying to use a Mental skill in which the character has no dots. Further, although Beasts can be very clever indeed, they’re out of practice making those leaps of ingenuity that so characterize human genius. A Beast’s player doesn’t re-roll 10s when using a dice pool involving Intelligence.

Runnerswift

<b>Runs Like the Wind:</b> the changeling adds two points to Speed (cumulative with the Fleet of Foot Merit, if the changeling possesses it).

Woodblood

<b>Fade into the Foliage:</b> in any outdoors area where there are plants growing from the earth (in a garden, for example, but not in a concrete yard with a couple of shrubs in pots), the character gains the benefit of the 9 again rule on dice pools involving Stealth and Survival. The player can also spend a point of Glamour to hide in a place where he couldn’t normally hide, making a Stealth roll as usual. There has to be a reasonable amount of foliage there. The character couldn’t hide using a small patch of moss or a single dandelion, but could use a flowerbed, a lawn or a sapling

.

GEAR

Body:

Hedgespun Whip - Damage 2L Size 2J Durability 1
Rapier - Damage: 2L Size: 2L Durability: 3
Bowie Knife - Damage: 2L Size: 1/J Durability: 4

Backpack:

Canteen with Water
5 MRE's (Meals Ready-to-Eat)
5 Road Flares
5 Glowsticks
Climbing Gear
Advance First Aid Kit
Night Vision Goggles

CONTRACTS

Contracts:

Fang and Talon
Beast’s Keen Senses: +2 dice bonus to all Wits rolls relating to perception for the next full scene.
In addition, he gains the chosen animal’s most notable sensory ability. (Fox: Extremely Acute Hearing Ability)

[Circe]

2 suxx

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-06 21:38:52	Circe rolls 6 to Vinely, Occult Knowledge (10 Again)	4, 3, 8, 2, 9, 3	2 successes

Circe's Kit

Trench coat. Fanny pack, tactical harness and various attached pouches for carrying her kit. Sling with shotgun [7+1] ammo case with shells: 12 regular, 3 flare, 8 AP. rondel bayonet and light mount. colt [9]+9r +7a +7a +7h +7r. 30 spare colt bullets in ammo box. advanced skin suit 1/2bp +1 stealth in darkness but -1 in well lit areas. gob fruit flasks x3, fa kit +1, glowstick x7, HS multitool. LED headband, small LED shoulder mounted, 2 small LED flashlight, water bottle, small water bottle, 8 protein bars, small boot knife 0L.

Duffle bag

52 lbs of weight, 4.5 is bag. Three 40' coils of rope at 10 lbs each, a crossbow, 3 bodkin bolts with rope loops, 3 regular bodkin bolts, 12 rope pitons, a hammer. 2 gas masks and 2 bug bomb cannisters.

[Mina]

Shaking her head, “I wasn’t actually going to light one on fire. Fire in the Hedge is bad.” But it was a possible path to take. “Freezing them would be my go-to. But even then, maybe one or two if I was lucky. But I think your idea of hitting the ladder a bit higher and seeing what they do is best. Gather info.”

So they were kind of at an impasse it seemed. No one really was sure how to best approach the vines. Which made sense, there was a lot of them, and how the exactly worked was unclear. Going into anything in the Hedge without even a bit of knowledge was sketchy at best, and dangerous as hell.

Icy hands rest on her hips as she looked at the situation.

Without turning to look to the Summer Queen, “Yelling and saying hi just doesn’t strike me as a good idea. They’ve only reacted when something was thrown, the glow stick, so I’m not too keen to announce myself to them. And I don’t know if we should.” So no, the Elemental wasn’t going to yell hi to them or anyone controlling them either. Not without more info. Sure, they could be being watched, which means it was like a stale mate, and she was oddly ok with that at the moment.

“Hmm, maybe I could throw some ice up there?” frowning, “Cannot say if it would hurt the vines or not, and therefore might not piss them off though.” Head tilts unnaturally as she speaks.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-09 10:21:34	Mina rolls 4 to Vine Info?(Int 2 + Occult 2) (10 Again)	3, 9, 8, 1	2 successes

Stats/Equipment

6/6 glamour
3/3 WP
Defense 2
Silver icicle lariat necklace (+1 DEF)
Messenger Bag: 4 water bottles, 4 bags of trail mix, band-aides, gauze, small hunting knife, lighter

[Kray]

As the ogre broods on the matter of these vines the candle flames of his mantle spark into a variety of images and objects hissing and spluttering faintly. Total nonsense to everyone else but meaningful to the giant as Autumn itself tries to guide him.

Occult Vines 2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2026-02-10 05:41:16	Kray rolls 6 to Int 2 + ocult 2 + 1 (occult) mantle + 1 Int (mantle once a day) (10 Again)	5, 2, 9, 4, 1, 8	2 successes

stats and equipment

Defence:2
Armour: 1/0
Speed: 12

wp: 0/4
Glamour: 11/11








Bullet Proof Clothing 1/2 Denium overalls and Leather trench coat


Bowie Knife 2L
Trench Knife (WWI) 1(L/B) (doubles as brass knuckles)
Sledgehammer 2B (9-Again)
Advanced Fire Axe 3L/2L (AP 1)
Machete 2L
Dragon knuckles 0L
Strangle Wire 2L (Requires Grapple, then apply wire (Strength+Weaponry-3, no Defense))

x3 murmur fruit

Hedgespun Fedora (0 dot)

[Saber Sloth]

The Lost one by one quiet, as their thoughts, and memories come to them - the silence of the Hedge, the lack of anything else present, the sense of something watching them.

One by one, the Lost come to the startling realization. The vines aren't just plants.

They're hobs.

[Circe]

When Mina says Fire in the Hedge Bad, Circe can't help but snark out: "Can confirm."


And then the other issues comes up. "Oh cazzo, they're hobs," she whines out in annoyance. Though she isn't sure if they're people hobgoblins or ferals like Briarwolves. Sure, sure, Circe is seen as hob kin, but that only applies to the hobgoblins with the capacity for abstract thought. Or barter. Not the feral, animalistic ones.


And her brain clicks on what it would mean for the small number of people plant hobs skyrocketing in the area. "Oooooh. Ugh. Hoping not people hobs, because if yes then this," she waves her hand at the massive number of vine clusters, "Is probably an orgy. Ick."


And now talking to them seemed like it might be an idea to try in case they are people hobs. Still, Circe tries throwing a stick near a cluster to see what it does. Then throws a second one after a minute towards the same cluster, to see if it lashes out again or if there is a delay. Videogame logic!


Getting in with Phantom's Glory is now in the back of her mind. They didn't have mouths, so talking back would be unsettling. "I did not have needing a whiteboard and markers on my Hedge supply I don't have bingo card," Circe gripes to the air.

Circe's Kit

Trench coat. Fanny pack, tactical harness and various attached pouches for carrying her kit. Sling with shotgun [7+1] ammo case with shells: 12 regular, 3 flare, 8 AP. rondel bayonet and light mount. colt [9]+9r +7a +7a +7h +7r. 30 spare colt bullets in ammo box. advanced skin suit 1/2bp +1 stealth in darkness but -1 in well lit areas. gob fruit flasks x3, fa kit +1, glowstick x7, HS multitool. LED headband, small LED shoulder mounted, 2 small LED flashlight, water bottle, small water bottle, 8 protein bars, small boot knife 0L.

Duffle bag

52 lbs of weight, 4.5 is bag. Three 40' coils of rope at 10 lbs each, a crossbow, 3 bodkin bolts with rope loops, 3 regular bodkin bolts, 12 rope pitons, a hammer. 2 gas masks and 2 bug bomb cannisters.

[Jack Violet]

Hobs Jack thinks right as Circe says it. He then flinches at the mention of an orgy. "Well I mean it could be worse. It could be a snake orgy, anacondas do that sort of thing all the time."

Jack then looks arounds a bit, "I am thinking this is something more of them claiming territory, if that is a thing. Think the fungus from the Super Mario Bros movie from the 80s. The one with Leguizamo."

STATS

Health:

Glamour:

Willpower:

BLESSINGS & CURSES

Beast

**Blessing**
The wildness that infuses a Beast gives her a supernatural affinity with animals. A Beast gains the benefit of the 8 again rule when using the Animal Ken Skill, and receives a free Specialty for the one animal that most reflects the Beast’s seeming. That same wild nature gives a Beast a powerful personal magnetism. A Beast’s player can spend points of Glamour to add to dice pools involving Presence and Composure. Each point of Glamour spent adds one die to one dice pool.
**Curse**
Although the Beasts regained their consciousness when they came through the Hedge, their time as beings of thoughtless instinct has taken its toll on each of them, and most find it very hard to make use of academic or trained skills. A Beast’s player suffers a –4 dice untrained penalty when trying to use a Mental skill in which the character has no dots. Further, although Beasts can be very clever indeed, they’re out of practice making those leaps of ingenuity that so characterize human genius. A Beast’s player doesn’t re-roll 10s when using a dice pool involving Intelligence.

Runnerswift

**Runs Like the Wind:** the changeling adds two points to Speed (cumulative with the Fleet of Foot Merit, if the changeling possesses it).

Woodblood

**Fade into the Foliage:** in any outdoors area where there are plants growing from the earth (in a garden, for example, but not in a concrete yard with a couple of shrubs in pots), the character gains the benefit of the 9 again rule on dice pools involving Stealth and Survival. The player can also spend a point of Glamour to hide in a place where he couldn’t normally hide, making a Stealth roll as usual. There has to be a reasonable amount of foliage there. The character couldn’t hide using a small patch of moss or a single dandelion, but could use a flowerbed, a lawn or a sapling.

GEAR

Body:

Hedgespun Whip - Damage 2L Size 2J Durability 1
Rapier - Damage: 2L Size: 2L Durability: 3
Bowie Knife - Damage: 2L Size: 1/J Durability: 4

Backpack:

Canteen with Water
5 MRE's (Meals Ready-to-Eat)
5 Road Flares
5 Glowsticks
Climbing Gear
Advance First Aid Kit
Night Vision Goggles

CONTRACTS

Contracts:

Fang and Talon
Beast’s Keen Senses: +2 dice bonus to all Wits rolls relating to perception for the next full scene.
In addition, he gains the chosen animal’s most notable sensory ability. (Fox: Extremely Acute Hearing Ability)