(1504) Consilium II: Births

[Crowley]

Crowley touched Ermac lightly on the shoulder as he dug into his coat and extracted a picture of Falstaff in his full Shakespearean finery, lip pouting mightily in faux pride. It had been given a cheap frame, which was chipped from the previous nights adventures.

"This is what you were after, right?" Crowley spoke quietly. "I did find it and we went out for one last send off together. It was a blast... ah.. Anyway, its done and he is done. Now. Take this and give it pride of place, you know. That man... That Libertine, gave his life for me. Thats important."

He laid the picture on the table before the Syndic, nodded once and retired to his Cabal's table. Where he sat alone.

[Avis]

Nobody's bluffing, yo.
"I am, like, SOOOOOOOOOO SORRY that I played Supernal Tinder with my caballie by some Egyptian Basket Weaving exhibit in some random museum!" Arms flailed upward with a rising warble.

It was amazing how loud an illusion could be as it shattered, and Avis sat frozen, unblinking, for some seconds after Star's explosive admission sounded through the entire Consilium. Part of that was due to shock, due to her brain having to process the sudden shift of the earth in her social reality, but the other parts were due to the reign she had on impulses. Usually she gave them quite the lead, it was true, but not always, and definitely not now. Instead she simply sat there, face a carving of marble painted with khol, and waited for someone to ask what the hell was happening in the corner of the room, or, hopefully, to ask about the damn Charter.

   Unreadable, 3 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-04-19 06:08:31		Avis rolls 6 to expressionless [comp3+subter3] (10 Again)		5, 4, 10, 7, 1, 9, 8		3 successes

[Pepper]

Towards the end of Truce reading off his list of questions and Answers, a shout rang out from a certain Obrimos.

Pepper stood, placing her hands on the Councilor's table and clearly annoyed. "Magus Star there's really no need to shout so loud about -" and then she stopped, mouth ever so slightly agape, as she processed what he'd just shouted. Her eyes slid to look at Avis. Well, that's awkward. And with Avis frozen like that it was hard to tell if she was amused or angry, only that she was related. "You know what? I want to know why you just announced that so clearly to the Consilium, but let's keep the discussion on Questions being asked of the Charter and Lex. Please. At least until we've increased everyone's general understanding of both."

She wasn't going to spell anything else out - mostly for Avis' sake. If anyone missed that innuendo, well, that's on them. The former Veiled Threats public sexcapades didn't need to be made any more, well, public. On the other hand, Pepper absolutely trusted that there was a reason for that, and she wanted to know what the hell was going on.

The Councilors had there third Agenda item, it seemed.

[Miach]

Thankfully, Miach had already swallowed his mouthful, otherwhise he would have choked. What ? Turning his head toward Star - and Tyria ? - then Avis - then Pepper, the mystagogue wondered what the hell was happening, and what the hell Tyria had to do in it ? It was her that he was looking at most intently, though very stoically still. Would she need his help somehow ?

[Einstein]

The FAQ had moved along at a nice clip, everybody seemed to be paying attention, and Einstein was happy with how everything was proceeding. Far better than the least Consilium. Although, once again, it seemed that Star had taken it upon himself to start the interruptions.

Einstein had maybe a second of silence from shock before the snicker-snorts started making their way out of her mouth. She kept from bursting out laughing - that would have been probably inappropriate in this situation - but only just barely. She committed the moment to memory so she could review it later and let all the laughs out, though. A sidelong look was given to the other Councilors, especially Avis, a giant grin evident on her face, and then she looked back across the room at Star. "Yes, thank you for informing us, Magus Star. We'll be sure to add it to the notes."

[Teeramus]

As the answers began filtering in Striker got the impatient look of someone who's been told to do what they've literally just done. He kept staring at Pepper for a few seconds after she spoke, clearly unimpressed, before moving over to take a seat at the table for the Whispering Wave. No one had asked him to leave yet, so that was nice.

Striker continues here.

[Avis]

Though her eyes were still forward, seemingly uninterested in the few gazes cast her way, Avis nevertheless cast her will back at one in particular, an invisible tendril of thought stretching from her mind to Einstein's.

   5 successes to Telepathy, vs. resolve+gnosis. 2 successes to spin believable lie.

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2015-04-19 23:54:32		Avis rolls 5 to tell dat lie (manip2+subter3) (10 Again)		3, 1, 10, 6, 10, 3, 2		2 successes
2015-04-19 23:48:39		Avis rolls 7 to mentally go :| (telepathy: mind4+gnos3) (10 Again)		7, 3, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 5, 5, 2, 1		5 successes

Avis casting Telepathy Spell

The Message

Note that there were two other women in my cabal, and one of them was an archaeologist. Who happened to hate the Mysterium. Now apply your deductive skills to that.