Just a quick summary due to the amount of information you have been given:

The entrance to Portals Bermuda was located in the Positive Mechanics headquarters in San Francisco.  The spa itself is located in the umbra.
As of two years ago, Lucius Selig's primary residence was 578 Montgomery Street, San Francisco California.
As of two years ago, Positive Mechanics Headquarters was located at 789 Kearny Street Street, San Francisco, California.

As of one year ago, the Selig/Pastore Family home was located in Mendocino California at 45530 Little Lake St., Mendocino, California, 95460.

The alert you received stated in part:  "There has been a level 4 breach in the space time continuum in a residential area of Mendocino, California.  Breach appears to have occurred near the cross streets of Williams Street and Little Lake Street."

If you are heading to San Francisco, you will need to head South for approximately 1 hour.

If you are heading to Mendocino, you will need to head North for approximately 2 hours.
This message was last edited by the GM at 04:44, Tue 22 Sept 2020.

Sorry, I don't know how I missed the last bit of both OCC and Akari's last thread. Editing my response now.

Using required chain of command, ill send an email suggesting that perhaps someone with mid to high levels of cloaking try shadowing Morgan Pastore. The cloaking ability may act as a shielding to her empathic abilities and let the person keep tabs on her better. Would also like to request clarification on Lucius's threat level being dropped down to none, if I have clearance id like to request on what if anything was done to the situation. If I receive any information I will share with the group.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:39, Thu 24 Sept 2020.

Robert, since you are the only person who mentioned that you pay attention to chantry politics I'm going to give you a bit of additional information that may influence the approach you want to take.

Private Message:
This message was lightly edited by the GM at 21:29, Thu 24 Sept 2020.

Okay, you will be arriving in Mendocino in my next post.  So finish up anything that you want to discuss or do on the car ride today.

Also, are you going to visit or drive by the Pastore/Selig house before going to the hotel or are you heading straight to the hotel?
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:30, Fri 25 Sept 2020.

One more question.  If you are going by the house, who is looking at it with enhanced vision and what spheres are you using to look
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:22, Fri 25 Sept 2020.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 37):

I will be, a few moments using force, entropy, and then prime to see if anything catches my attention.

Reminder:

I am still waiting for the answers to various questions from my players:

1.  How old are each of your characters?

a.  Akari:  Akari is 22 but due to Asian magic she looks 17-18
b.  Bernard: Bernard is 27.
c.  Robert:  Robert appears to be around 33, exact age is unknown.
d.  Kyle: ???


2.  Does your character pay any attention to the political side of things in the construct?  How familiar are they with managers other than their, how management interacts with each other, etc.?

a.  Akari:  ???
b.  Bernard:  Not Applicable
c.  Robert:  He tries to keep up with the going ons of management and the politics, never know what will pop up and help or hinder him
d.  Kyle:  ???


3.  Is the group going to visit or drive by the Pastore/Selig house before going to the hotel or are you heading straight to the hotel?  (Note:  I need the answer to this question and if the answer is yes to the question after it before I can write up the next post).



4.  If the group is visiting or driving by the Pastore/Selig house, who is looking at it with enhanced vision and what spheres are you using to look?

a.  Akari:  ???
b.  Bernard:  ???
c.  Robert:  I will be, a few moments using force, entropy, and then prime to see if anything catches my attention.
d.  Kyle:  ????
This message was last edited by the GM at 05:31, Sat 26 Sept 2020.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 39):

As far as spying on the house on our way in, I'll look at it from afar with some binoculars. If we can spy on them with spheres and magic from afar without getting in close, I'll take whoever's word for it.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 39):

1D. 27 years old

2D. nope, hes already a misfit

3D. strait to hotel. but not pressing his opinion

4D. yes spirt and mind

In reply to Narrator (msg # 39):

For question 3 im good either way

In reply to Narrator (msg # 39):

Akari does not pay attention to politics in the construct.

If we do drive by the house, I will look at it with all 9 spheres, analyze and record what she sees. I would do this from a distance if necessary. Or...go invisible and drive-by. It would be a good time for IVAN to wow Bernard with another power.

Using force sphere:
Robert rolled 3 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness 2nd ed, Specialised system with a target of 3, rerolling 10s ((4,5,9,2)).

Using investigation:
Robert rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness 2nd ed, Specialised system with a target of 6, rerolling 10s ((10(+5),4,3,5,10(+5),2)).

I will be doing a search of my room, making sure no hidden recording or listening devices in my room

Everyone can have 2xp

Also, I haven't really pushed this prior to this because most of the magic you have been using was mostly for fluff.  But, now that we are getting into the meet of the game, please follow the rules for magic that I put in the rules thread.  I have copied them below for your convenience.

How to Create a Magical Effect


1.  In your post, please try to be detailed.  Let me know what you are trying to do and how you are trying to do it.  This includes describing which foci you are using and how you are using them.

2.  Let me know which Sphere(s) you are using.

3.  Let me know any modifications that will affect your roll.  For example: Are you spending Quintessence or Willpower?  Are you using any unique or specialized instruments?  Are you taking extra time?  Is this meant to be a single action or an extended action?

4.  Roll your Arete and let me know what numbers came up on each dice.  Your difficulty will vary depending on various factors and I will need to be the one to determine whether or not you succeeded. For an extended action, go ahead and roll your arete for each turn you are planning to spend casting the effect.  (Rules for extended actions can be found on p. 150 of the core book)

5.  Feel free to suggest whether you believe the effect should be considered coincidental or vulgar and why.

6.  Remember you may need multiple successes to achieve your desired effect.  See p. 209 for details


Difficulty:

Coincidental:  Highest Sphere + 3
Vulgar without Witnesses:  Highest Sphere + 4
Vulgar with Witnesses:  Highest Sphere + 5
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:03, Thu 01 Oct 2020.

Is anyone awaiting anything from me at this point?  As best I can tell, I've answered everyone's posts and am just waiting for you all to decide on your plan of action.

1.  How old are each of your characters?
56

2.  Does your character pay any attention to the political side of things in the construct?  How familiar are they with managers other than their, how management interacts with each other, etc?
No really he gets assignments and he does what he can do at his level in the hierarchy. Politics are above his pay grade.

Since it has been a bit, just a quick note:

Xhiva/"Resurgence" has been a member of the team for a while and has gone on prior missions with Akari, Robert, and Kyle (and possibly two other people who will be joining later).  Bernard is a new addition.

Robert is able to successfully fry the phone.  (IC post with details and the kid's reaction will follow after I get off work)

As for the hum, the results Robert gets are odd.  The hum seems to be coming from one of the rooms on the second floor and on the far side of the house.  But, it also seems to be coming from somewhere else near there yet also very far away at the same time.

I did a little looking and it seems like you have to pair perception with correspondence 2 to perceive things out your normal sensory range.

But since I've been being a bit generous with that, if you succeed on a mind + correspondence roll at difficulty 5, you are fairly certain that you aren't sensing any human minds inside the house.

If you succeed against a difficulty of 6, you are quite certain you aren't sensing any human minds inside the portions of the house that are in this world, but there may or may not be human minds in the areas in the subdimensional regions that you sensed earlier.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:15, Fri 09 Oct 2020.

Here is a list of sedative plants I found online that I might be able to find.

https://botanicalshaman.com/20...-that-are-sedatives/

There was dishwashing detergent on the sink in the kitchen.  Any other cleaning supplies would have been in a cabinet and you haven't opened those yet.  There was chlorine on a shelf above the washing machine.  No one on this floor.

OOC:
Michelle,

Should I wait to post?  I've caught up and read everything.  The party has just arrived at the house, searched it, and is now walking around the dimensional refrigerator.

I can pop out of the background and just go

or

If you prefer, I can have just arrived at IVAN outside looking for the party.  Delayed flight, late arrival by car, just returned from checking in at the hotel, and tracked the party's location to IVAN.  I can ask him to patch me in to the party while I'm sitting on the lawn.

Let me know which you prefer or if you have any entirely different idea.  I'm flexible.

Yes, please wait just a bit to post.  We'll give Doug one or two more days to get back to me.  I'd like to add you both at once if possible.  I've got an idea how to bring one or the both of you in.

After careful consideration, I’ve decided to go ahead and cancel this game due to lack of interest.  It was fun while it lasted and I wanted to thank each of you for your contributions.

If anyone is reading this and is interested in the rest of the story, the setting and story is drawn from the House of Eternal Returns in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  If you are in the area, I would certainly recommend at least a several hour visit if not longer.