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  1. #31
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    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:
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    Armor 0
    Defense 2

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

    [2] Third Eye
    [4R] Misperception

    (Improvised Ruling)Mana 0 Spent
    +1
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    3
    PRE

    Glyph? What Glyph?

    Puck's reaction is what made Crystal stop. There seemed to be something very wrong for someone as cocky and carefree to sound like that. Then again, he didn't know the Libertine that well.
    He carefully took a few steps back while the other two were looking at.. thin air. Fuck, did he really expect to just get by on looks and charms? He swallowed down the coppery taste in his mouth and closed his eyes. However this weird dreamscape might react to Magic, he couldn't react to a danger he couldn't see and while he fostered some destructive habits he didn't plan on going out like this.

    2 successes


    With his eyes closed he whispered some words in High Speech, imagining his mind's eye opening. There probably were other flavours of Sight better suited than this one, but he was choosing this one without thinking much about it and so his brain automatically shifted into the Arcanum he was most comfortable with.
    He opened his eyes again and for a moment he was overwhelmed with what he saw. The coppery taste was back, this time with a vengeance.

    Focus, this was no time to panic. He wasn't the wuss the others probably took him for - he managed to be accepted into the San Francisco Mysterium, for fuck's sake! There was a sweet spot in time when Magic wasn't some scary bs just waiting to jump with with the Abbys or other consequences and he might just have to utilize what he learned back then.

    Scrutiny 4 Successes


    Yeah, if this thing really was activated, standing around and scrutinizing it might not be the smartest move, but this Mystagogue followed the Acanthus' cue and took his chances. It's not like they could outrun many things anyway. Whatever he learned, he would share with his group.

    Active Spells: 1/4 [2] Third Eye
    Willpower: 2/6
    Mana: 5/10
    Health: Willpower: Mana:


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  3. #32
    Phoenyx's Avatar
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    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

    "Shhhh...." comes Phoenyx's calm reply. "Just stay calm. This is no time to panic." As she looked at the others she saw Puck, and shortly after, Crystal, focus carefully on the web.

    Looks like we have a timer.

    Well, this is why you have several pairs of eyes. With the boys looking at the spell, and, if they had any sense, scrutinising it, the Arrow kept her eyes on the here and now. They had just come stomping through the undergrowth. More than likely, something had noticed, and they shouldn't all get lost in the mystics. Besides, hopefully an Acanthus would know more about Fate and Time than she did.

    3 successes



    Equipment: -/-
    Willpower 3/3
    Mana 6/6
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

  4. #33
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    Puck hisses his warning and then his stance locks in place as he reads deeply of the warp and weft of Atlantean power. Bare moments after, Crystal does so as well. Their faces, animated moments before, became slack and stern as they focussed their full attention on the spell-work before them.

    The spell was pulsing now with a regular rhythm. Good for them all that it was not a bomb or a trap...
    Puck sees with the eyes of Fate: a constellation of controlled sigils with Fate - and, he would suppose from the shape of the Glyph's overall design - and Time Arcanum triggers. He can tell that the overall effect of the spell is to trigger some sort of curated event and the entire arcane structure of the effect was very well defended against against dispel effects with several redundant subroutines and protective wards built in*. He even caught a brief sight of what looked like a mage's signature but he lost it in the swirl of colours and information.
    Crystal opens his Third Eye and his hit by a sea of information: most of it intuitive and in his gut feeling, which took several moments to process into conscious thought: most of the dream was a mental wasteland - an imagined echo of a last past. The spell and the area immediately around it ]pulsed with thought - and that Resonance was shockingly vibrant, even if it would have been rather dull anywhere else.

    Like Puck, the Mystogogue sensed that the spell Glyph was a constellation of smaller spells with Fate and Time triggers. He could even make out that the whole thing was designed to bring on a carefully curated Event. But where the Acanthus was more able to penetrate the spell-work for deeper clues, Crystal focus on Mind sifted the Resonance for thought and intent.

    Crystal intuited that the entire was spell was a lesson of some kind.
    Phoenyx stands guard. Her posture shifts once it becomes apparent that the spell isn't an immediate danger. Rather than relax, the Arrow's stance shifts to better distribute her tension and give her as wide a view of the space as possible...

    Which was probably a good thing as a bipedal carnivore appeared to be stalking towards them from one direction. And that damned behemoth with the spiked tail was lumbering out of the trees in the opposite direction. The two dinosaurs would definitely meet right next to the stump her two comrades were staring so intently at!


    *Additional notes for Xander Mechanically, the spell has a Potency of 6. It is meant to hang around.

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  6. #34
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    Winds blow around the mage, varying in intensity depending on the spell and parting abruptly after.
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    1
    PRE

    How old was this spell?

    Puck knew how much effort went into his monthly rits, and this was twice that. Slight difference being that this spell was old and set to trigger for something, a technique he hadn't figured out yet. Yeah, Puck was still a neophyte, but one day luck would break and forge destinies like tying his shoe laces. A thought that should make any guardian cringe.

    "It was set to trigger for some reason. You can tell from the interplay of Fate and Time. We activated it."
    Eyes flick around for whatever might have changed in the environment. "So what happened?"

      5 suxx perception
    Date Action Roll Result
    2021-05-11 21:07:12 Puck rolls 8 to Perception (Wits+Comp) (10 Again) 6, 7, 8, 7, 10, 10, 3, 7, 10, 9, 3 5 successes

  7. #35
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    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

    Information poured into Crystal's awareness - he still didn't get all the Awakened that gushed about how wonderful it all was, but this was not about him right now. Just what purpose did this pyramid serve? A lesson-hub for inquisitive Seers? Whomever did this, they seemed to be packing serious punch.

    "I think we've found part of the story we have to complete." The Warlock's tone was more serious, focused now. This probably wasn't do or die, but it definitely wasn't a leisurely time for banter. "This was created to be a lesson - I bet if we stick around long enough we'll see. Question is, do we want to stick around?"

    Active Spells: 1/4 [2] Third Eye
    Willpower: 2/6
    Mana: 5/10
    Health: Willpower: Mana:


  8. #36
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    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)

    (Non-Ruling Arcana)Mana 1 Spent
    2
    PRE

    What had happened? "We arrived. And have no-where else to go." It all made sense. Enter the pocket dimension, trigger the spell, start the story. However, she wasn't overly thinking bout that right now.

    Phoenyx could see the beasts moving through the more spaced out trees. These dinosaurs were clearly a part of the realm, and not going to go away any time soon. She couldn't fight a dinosaur.... well, maybe she could, but it was an unnecessary risk.

    It was time to deal with this the Obrimos way - that was to say, as directly as possible. Summoning her will, she began chanting in the High Speech of Atlantis.

    2 successes


    The Dinos get to roll Resolve to ignore the effect of Control Median Life - I checked the Size categories and I don't think they need an additional scale.

    Phoenyx is aiming to make both creatures fall back and leave.

    Willpower 3/3
    Mana 5/6



    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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  10. #37
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    Turning their focus away from the pulsing spell, Puck and Crystal become sharply aware that there are two dinosaurs converging on their location.

    The Acanthus has his wits about him: he not only see's the pair of monsters as they stalk ever closer, but he also becomes aware that they are part of the Event. Tendrils of Blue Fate energies spirals out to ensnare the two dinosaurs as neatly as if they had been purposefully plucked from somewhere else and place nearby at the spell's creation. They most likely had been.

    He also suddenly became aware of the shape of the landscape - how it curved and dipped just enough to create a very slight, but obvious, natural amphitheatre. The stump was the centre of this amphitheatre. Had this whole forest been created for this moment?

    The beasts stalk closer.
    Phoenyx reaches out with her Essence and simply tries to deflect the two giant's living energies like a deflector shield. She reaches out...

    And hits a solid wall. A malleable wall that she somehow manages to penetrate.

    The two monsters are visibly turned; turned as if they were mobs in an online game reach the limit of their routine. But they were not turned away completely. Their initial path's deflected, the two dinosaurs simply circled (now they saw each other, yet did not roar out their challenges) and began to spiral around the general location.

    They would reach the stump. The Arrow had only bought them time.

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  12. #38
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    No humidity could stimmy the childlike glee of watching a T-Rex and a stegosaurus going at it. As the purpose of the landscape seemed to come into focus, the Enchanter began stepping away from the center stage and looking for the right place to watch. Or he would, if the dinosuars hadn't zoned out.

    "Step back and drop the spell."
    He's flapping his right hand towards Phoenyx like he's expecting to fly off. "This is the event. We're supposed to watch them go at it."

    Was it the real purpose of the realm? More then likely. Did Puck want an excuse to watch the two go at it? Absolutely.

    If it hasn't expired yet, Puck drops the Evil Eye he had cast on the Stegosaurus.

  13. #39
    Crystal's Avatar
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    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

    Fuck! Crystal had been so engrossed by the Resonance and his Mage Sight that he noticed the dinosaurs uncomfortably late. He felt the electric surge of adrenaline as his body got ready to fight or - more likely - fly. He took a few steps towards Phoenyx, who seemed to be partially in control of the situation.

    Then Puck chimed in. The fuck? Somehow Crystal doubted their lesson was to watch a toddler's playtime fantasy. "You sure they're not coming for us?" He shot the Acanthus a doubtful look before looking at the dinosaurs again. How far away were they, more importantly: how much time did they have left before testing Puck's theory? Once again he wondered whether Mind would be able to reach the beasts. "What's your take, First Talon?"

    Active Spells: 1/4 [2] Third Eye
    Willpower: 2/6
    Mana: 5/10
    Health: Willpower: Mana:


  14. #40
    Phoenyx's Avatar
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    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

    "No." The Arrow's voice is firm against Puck's eagerness. "You may not have noticed but those creatures would have clashed exactly where you two were standing. long before you had finished your scrutiny." She turns to look at where they are circling. "I made them turn away. They should have left, but they are staying near us. I suspect that its the purpose of the spell that is around us. We may very well have to fight them, but I would rather not if we don't have to."

    She looks to the others. Especially since it would be her doing the fighting, from the look of both of the others. "There is a simple test. We move from this point. If they engage each other, fine. If they move to follow us, we need to be ready for an attack." She looks over her compatriots. "Stay close. If you have defences, this is the best time to prepare them."

    Phoenyx begins to retreat back into the forest, seeing how the dinosaurs react.
    Obrimos Adamantine Arrow, Cloaked Monthly Rits (in minisheet)

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