Place holder for Morrigan's house/sanctum once the game starts

Details on the local area, coast, magical activity, house qualities, etc.

Morrigan's commentary

The house has an active spell on it.


This message was last edited by the GM at 21:53, Thu 03 June 2021.

After a warm and sunny weekend, the temperature has dropped sharply. The wind from the ocean is moist and chill, rattling the windows of the weathered but brightly painted two-story beach house at odd intervals.

Occasionally, you catch what you imagine to be a voice in song, a single melodic cord echoing from behind the house, seemingly from the sea.

Having arrived in Quincy recently, you've been directed to Morrigan's sanctum for lodging and an introduction to Quincy.

As everyone arrives, Morrigan greets you from the porch, ushering some into the living room and kitchen and providing everyone fresh chocolate chip cookies, water, and canned beer.

Morrigan "Welcome to my humble abode. I'm waiting for everyone to get here before I dive into my spiel. Feel free to wander around downstairs and outback. If you wind up upstairs and my sheets restrain you, you've been warned. I can answer any questions you may have while everyone arrives."

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"Hi Marlo! Welcome to Quincy. No rush but I appreciate it, my place always winds up as a hostel for transient mages. I'll take the favors from the wise and powerful though. I should have some tea around somewhere, just a moment."

Morrigan rummages around in her kitchen until she finds a box of miscellaneous teas and a random tin of tea leaves.

"Here you go Marlo, the water's hot and I've brought sugar and cream as well." She says as she sits the tea box and tin on the living room table along with a glass of steaming water and two containers of brown sugar and cold cream.

"Feel free to yell, I'll be posted by the door as everyone arrives"
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Pulling up to the house is a black limousine with tinted windows. It parked in front of Morrigan’s house and sat there for a few minutes before the passenger door opened and a very well built Afro American stepped out and walked to open the back door. Out stepped a very attractive young Egyptian woman with green eyes. She looked the place up and down for a moment then she began to walk to the door. The man quickly followed behind her and kept quiet.

She rang the door bell and waited for someone to answer

If anyone was watching her they surely would of noticed her eyes slightly rolled as she wondered why this place when there was many other nicer places.

As Virgil’s ride approached, he noticed the limousine pulling off and a sly smile swept across his face. His momentary frustration was abated as he stepped out of the car, noticing Morrigan sitting on the porch. “Hey, beautiful. It’s been a while. What’s the party looking like inside?” he asked. He stood before her, well dressed in a sharp charcoal colored suit with a red tie, although he appears to have not slept for days. “I took care of that thing for you, by the way.”
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Morrigan eyes the limo as it pulls into the yard from inside Silver Ladder, I'll put tass on it >

She'll quickly open the door once Isis rings the doorbell and greet her, "Hi, I'm Morrigan. Welcome, come inside, please. There are cookies, water, and beer on the table. I'm still waiting for everyone to arrive. The young woman inside is a mage named Marlo. I'll go over introductions once everyone arrives."

To Virgil she'll simply reply "The party looks like a party silly. Go join the fun."

Morrigan escorts Isis and Virgil to the living room, showing both where the bathroom, kitchen and back door are located as well.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:17, Thu 03 June 2021.

Sparrow's arrival was understated by comparison. A rideshars dropped her off just down the road and she strolled up. The pale woman was wearing black leather in quantity, and had multiple vivid tattoos showing that made her look younger than her years.

She rapped on the door exactly twice, waited for it to open, and beamed at her host. "Hello there, dear. Such a pleasure. May I come in? Thank you, thank you."

Virgil scans the room with an intense look, but as soon as his eyes cross Isis, every bit of intensity fades as a child like smile overcomes him. “Princess??” he exclaims gleefully. “ I never expected to see you here!”
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Vagrant arrived by foot, walking barefoot along the beach towards the house with his ratty old boots dangling from one hand. In truth he probably could have finagled a ride, but it was a nice day out and it seemed a shame not to take the scenic route. Arriving with him was Aegis, a younger mage who Vagrant had been traveling with for the past several months as he helped introduce him to awakened society. Though Vagrant sometimes felt like he was learning just as much from Aegis as he taught, the kid was a natural.

“Looks like this is the place,” Vagrant said to his companion as they stepped off the sand and he paused to slip his boots back on.

Compared to what he was used to Morrigan’s house was practically a mansion. Even after almost a decade as an awakened he still felt out of place at most Sanctums he visited, being able to perform miracles had a way of letting people accumulate wealth after all. Perhaps that was why he had kept on the move for so long. Still, whatever it was that had caused the Quincy mages to call so many awakened here must be important, he’d stick around at least until the job was done.

Isis turned to what seemed to be a knowing voice, but why would he be here.  Did her father send him to watch over her.  She looked him up and down for a moment "I surely didn't expect to be seeing you here either. she replied and he can tell there was a bit of curiosity in her voice.

"I'm here on an invitation, you don't need to be watching over me.  IF my father sent you.

“No, no. Not this time, Princess, but it is a strange coincidence. You know my job takes me to some crazy places,” he laughs, giving her a soft bow. His smile quickly turned serious as he scopes the room. “It’s impolite to violate one’s will without first introducing yourself.”
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Sharvara pulls up on the back of an Uber, grabbing his travel bag out of the trunk and sending the car on its way. He stands relaxed in a leather jacket and jeans get up. He scans the area out of habit for danger, before briskly walking up to the porch. “Hello, Morrigan I assume? Hope I’m at the right place. Be a bit awkward if you weren’t“

He says that with a smile but he’s face still remains set and serious when done speaking.

The gathered mages all feel something with their peripheral mage sight.

The sensation itself varies individually but all present feel something supernatural in the area for just a moment before the sensation fades.

Morrigan is mid introduction when her mage sight goes off for a moment.

She yells across the house, audible for everyone, "Hi, please don't work magic in my house without telling me first. It's rude and twitchy awakened shoot first and ask questions later if at all."

After that she turns back to those at the door and greets them one by one as Vagrant ,Aegis and Sharvara

"Hello, welcome to my humble sanctum. Theres cookies, water and beer in the living room. Feel free to wander around downstairs. I'll go over introductions and my spiel once everyone arrives"

Virgil slides his way on over to the cookies, and cracks open a bottle of water and downs most of it in a swift gulp.

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A woman walks south, unhurried, following the shoreline. She is wearing a practical hiking outfit and a large backpack with a bow and quiver strapped to it. In her right hand, she carries a pair of hiking boots, with the brown woollen socks socks carefully stuffed in. Her bare feed move gracefully on the sand, and from time to time she stops, to look out at the waves, the seagulls or the beach.

She stops on the beach below Morrigan's house, mutters a few words to herself and ascends.

Aegis had simply nodded in agreement when Vagrant announced their arrival at their destination, and waited patiently for his mentor to put his shoes back on. Aegis had kept his own, but now was regretting that decision as sand had seeped into well-worn sneakers that had at one time been white; yet another lesson the old man had taught him without saying a word.

He had nodded politely to Morrigan when she greeted them, but his attention was fully focused on the grandeur of the magus' house. He'd never been to the beach before, and now to be staying at such an amazing house right on the beach; he honestly couldn't even process it. He instinctively slid his hands down his faded, by wear not a factory, blue jeans in an attempt to make himself more presentable, and pushed the sleeves of his red hoodie up before sliding his hands into his pockets.

For a moment he just stared as he walked around the room and then finally walked over to the table, grabbed a chocolate chip cookie, and began to nibble as he continued perusing the room, seemingly ignorant of the request that came from the kitchen.

“Hey, Morrigan, I’d like to make a deal with you. There’s a lot going on here, and I’d like a better awareness of the space around me. I was just curious if you were interested in partaking in this boon as well.” Virgil then continued to chew his cookie. “Also, these cookies are divine.”
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Morrigan looks bored as Virgil comments on the growing gathering.

"Oh, this will only worsen. I assure you. Let me take the deal in exchange for the cookie and you can keep eating."

She'll accept whatever boon you offer her.

Silver ladder, times two She thinks to herself as she enters into this bargain

Virgil smiles. “ But of course. You do have some almond milk in the fridge?” Virgil then enchants two cookies and hands Morrigan one and begins to eat his.

Virgil casts mage sight and begins to survey his surroundings.
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The wind rattles the windows softly in the background. The sound of conversation drifts from outside the house past the door but fades to an unintelligible murmur.
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"Thanks for saying something before you cast. Simple courtesies, I swear" she whispers to Virgil

She thinks to herself Oh this is trippy, I can see the whole house from here

"Thanks for the awareness. This is going to make greeting people interesting."

Morrigan stands and moves to the nearest wall. She follows the edges of the wall and shuffles sideways back to the hallway and then to the door where she resumes her vigil as guests arrive.

Passing Vagrant, Aegis, and Sharvara she'll say "Welcome is this your first time in Quincy? I'm Morrigan, I'll start my spiel once everyone arrives. I tend to get new mages while they settle into town and the greater Boston area. Do enjoy the cookies, I'm glad they came out really good this time."

She'll talk with them while she stands in the doorway.

At the same time, she will gesture to Isis and her guard to enter the house.

After her invitation inside then enters and looks around at all the new people standing around or eating cookies.  She watched as Virgil offered her a cookie with a special flavor and the reaction was interesting.

"Thank you Morrigan.  Is the beach area available to enjoy? she asked just in case she might need a bit of time alone.

Hearing someone from further in the house call for help ‘from a nice obromos’, Vagrant turns and raises a questioning eyebrow at Morrigan.

“Would you mind if I worked a little magic?” he asks.

To Isis, Morrigan replies "The beach is available, and far less crowded than the house. I just ask you to return once the full group arrives."

To Vagrant she says "Depends, if your just warming up the tea then sure."
This message was last edited by the player at 16:12, Fri 04 June 2021.

Leaving the beach, Strawberry sits to rub the sand off her feet and to put her boots back on. Then she rings the bell to announce her presence.

Another arrival - this time a fit young man with vivid red hair and a large moustache.  He walks up the road from town, wearing work boots, jeans and a peacoat with a small duffel bag over his shoulder.  He moves partway up the steps, but seeing another ahead of him he stops, keeping a polite distance a few steps down from the door and waiting for Morrigan to appear.

A bullish young man in plain black tacticals with the smooth muscles of the long-distance runner pulled up outside the house. Studying it a moment he nodded to himself, folded his bicycle and clamped it to his pack then headed in.

Seeing Vagrant he gave him a formal nod, and Virgil received a smile and a wave-over.

Upon seeing Vagrant and his group walk in, then followed by Hunter, Virgil felt as if this may be more than a coincidence. This was going to get interesting. He approaches Hunter, pulling him in for a warm embrace. “How long has it been old friend?” he says out loud, as he subtly whispers something into his ear.

"A while, a while." Hunter replied, hoping like hell that Virgil would remember that he was terrible at play-pretend games. This was his first real mission for the Arrows, and he was anxious not to fuck it up. Still, it gave him to chance to advance his own agenda, and he pulled the water bottle off his belt. "My latest offering. Draws mana from the wearer and stores it, may be recovered or transferred by drinking the water. Can do a latte thermos for the city slicker types. Think it will sell?"

A look of amazement crossed Virgil’s face. “This is amazing! I would’ve never thought about a concept like that. I might know one or two people, other than myself, that can really help you get that bad boy on the market.” Virgil then wiped the obvious dollar signs from his eyes. “You never cease to amaze me.”

Having gotten permission from their host Vagrant turned to see the familiar face of Virgil, the young mage who had proven himself so resourceful in the past. Not wanting to interrupt his apparent reunion with Hunter though, Vagrant merely gave a respectful nod as their eyes met before moving towards the kitchen where he had heard the request for help coming from.

“So, what can a kindly old obrimos do for you?” he asked the young lady he found standing in the kitchen.

Certainly not one of the first to arrive, but perhaps not the last either, Kairos makes his way up to the house on foot it appears with a single large bag slung over his shoulder in which he is carrying his belongings. Whether he walked this whole way or merely was dropped off a short ways off and walked the rest - perhaps to hide where exactly he was going - was anyone's guess. Once he made it to the porch, he gave Morrigan a friendly smile and nodded.


"My thanks for the invitation and hospitality. Sorry if I'm a bit late, however," he stated, but didn't go into any real explanation of the events.

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Morrigan greets Strawberry, Konkretus, and Kairos as they arrive.

"Welcome to Quincy, I'm Morrigan. There are cookies, water, and beer in the living room. There's magical tea in the kitchen."

She'll welcome everyone into the house before she proceeds to gather everyone in the living room.

"I'll keep this short. Welcome to Quincy, I'm Morrigan, Moros of the Mysterium. I offer you all sanctum, passage, and hospitality here. There are few other mages in Quincy, honestly, you lot outnumber them by 5 easily. Do not attract Seer attention here and do not attract the Boston consilium's attention here. The perk of Quincy is it's close enough you can drive into town but far enough away no one's looking. Change that and you can deal w/ the seers and hierarchs 'subtle' ministrations."

"There are keys in the kitchen that open spacial doors in this house, pick a key and it will always open a door to "your" room and your room only. If you just open the door normally minus the key, you'll probably get a closet or whatever is normally there. "

"Lastly, don't drain the hallow. It produces 4 tass daily, just take the seashells. Oh, I trap and keep ghosts in the basement. They're mean, go down shielded if you need something down there."

"Questions?"
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“What are the ghosts’ names? I don’t wish to be rude if I wish to engage in some friendly conversation.” Virgil asks, respectfully.

Strawberry thanks the hostess and takes a key right away. She picks a key and deposits her backpack in her room. When she returns, she introduces herself to all those who want to know with a pleasant smile:

"Strawberry, Thyrsus Mysterium."


Privately, she wonders at the gathering of mages. When the Mysterium had asked for her presence there, she had been given little explanation as to what she was to find there. So she listens and watches the others, trying to get a first impression of the place.

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“For those of you I don’t know, name’s Virgil. I’m the type of Mastigos that doesn’t like having his mind toyed with. I’m also here for any good deals I can find.” He found himself once more with a handful of cookies.

Aegis looked around a bit nervously, feeling a bit crowded in by the amount of people in such a small space and a bit nervous meeting so many other mages. He took another bite of his cookie for added confidence. "Umm, hi, I'm Aegis. Uh, Obrimos and Adamantine Arrow." He quickly took another bite of the cookie.

Hesitantly, Strawberry voices the question that hangs over the gathering, haltingly, but loud enough to be heard:

"We have been asked to come together, different paths and orders. This could be a huge coincidene, but it seems like someone mighty enough to steer the fates of so many magi has called us here. I doubt that this is the work of Morrigan, who would be a fool to fill her house with mages and then tell them not to draw the attention of the Hierarch."

She looks at Morrigan and her gaze implies that despite her words she respects her host.

"We could of course try to find out who has brought us together, or we could simply set ourselves an agenda, or several agendas, and use the synergies of our meeting here for our own purposes. So tell me, do any of you know why you have been called here?" 

Can everyone post a Wits + Composure roll/check, please?

21:05, Today: Strawberry failed (no successes) using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 5,2,4,3,7,5.  wits + com .

15:05, Today: Virgil failed (no successes) using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Wit+Composure .
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14:09, Today: Aegis rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Wits + Composure.

15:12, Today: Sparrow rolled 1 success using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.

15:18, Today: Vagrant rolled 3 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Wits+Composure.

15:32, Today: Isis rolled 2 successes using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Wits + Composure.

15:36, Today: Kairos Mortrose rolled 4 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((10(+7),7,7,10(+8),5,8)).

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Konkretus had made a beeline for the beer, and was on his second.  He shrugged at the name Konkretus, saying, "Call me Konk." He can't help smirking at Virgil, "Do any of us like having our minds messed with?  If we don't do it ourselves?"


13:50, Today: Konkretus rolled 2 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Wits + Composure
This message was last edited by the player at 03:17, Sat 05 June 2021.

The wind picks up, rattling the windows urgently in the background.
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17:53, Today: Vagrant failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD, Chance Die system with a target of 10, rerolling 10s.  revelation.

19:51, Today: Virgil rolled 4 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s.  Revelation, +1 mana, +3 for 1 point of willpower.]

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20:45, Today: Konkretus rolled 1 success using 3d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((6,10(+6),4)).

23:17, Today: Aegis failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD, Chance Die system with a target of 10, rerolling 10s.  Revelation.

"Hunter, Adamants. I make stuff and hit things."

08:19, Today: Hunter rolled 2 successes using 8d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+9),1,1,5,5,6,1,5.  Per+Wip.

Kairos gave a nod back to the others as it seemed each was introducing themselves, adding in, "Kairos, Acanthus of the Mysterium," he said. At the end, seeming a bit distracted by something or another for some reason.


20:54, Yesterday: Kairos Mortrose rolled 1 success using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+4),4,1,5.  Revelation

The wind continues, aggressively rattling the windows of the house creating a discordant chorus of sound.
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10:41, Today: Isis rolled 1 success using 3d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 2,10(+1),2.  Revelation.

Hunter stiffened, power flowing at the edge of his vision in the Supernal Vision that he kept permanently active. Reaching out, he tried to gather the gestalt of it, but it was just too slippery for him. Shrugging, he told his companion "Possible incoming, stand by" and began picking it apart thread by thread.

Victorious, he said...

Revelation
12:23, Today: Hunter failed (no successes) using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 1,7,7,4,6.  Rev+Wip.
Failed.

Scrutiny:
Roll 1
12:26, Today: Hunter rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+3),9,7,2,6,2.  Scrutiny 1.
Adding 3 mana, current 5.
Roll 2
12:27, Today: Hunter rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 2,10(+2),9,5,2,2.  Scrutiny 2.
Same, current 10.

I believe that that that gives me the Mystery. Expound forth please.

Aegis instinctively put the last bit of cookie in his mouth and glanced around as he took a defensive stance. Hunter's words seemed to confirm what he had felt and so he nodded in his fellow Arrow's direction.

Sparrow's response to Hunter's words is immediate. She puts her hands up, starting to grasp for power, pulling her nimbus around her like a faint, clinging cloud of shadow and perfume. It smells of lilac and lemons and pine, and hangs thick in the air around her, if you know what to look for.

Unsure what to do, but feeling secure in being surrounded by other practitioners, Konkretus just keeps his senses open, watching and waiting for whatever is about to happen.

Strawberry has no clue what is going on, but Hunter's warning makes her focus. Silently, she asks the spirits for their help against all dangers.

ooc: mage armor activated

“Morrigan, dear,” exclaimed Virgil, his smile somewhat fading, as he placed his black leather briefcase on the table. Her unclasped the front of it. “Have you any idea what’s going on?” He reached into the case and withdrew an ornamental designed katana that clearly should not have fit. The sheathe appears to be black and red snake skin, with a serpent devouring its own tail for the cross guard. He looked upon the blade as if he forgot where he was momentarily, enamored in its beauty before his eyes snapped back to the situation at hand.

Vagrant hadn't been able to sense anything beyond the initial surge of magical energy, but he trusted the warning of his fellow Arrow and immediately began chanting words in the ancient language in preparation for casting a spell.

OOC: Mantra Yantra for a +2 to his spell, preparing to cast Wards and Signs.

OOC:
16:17, Today: Sharvara rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+7),1,3,4,6,7.  Resolve+Composure, Catching Up .
16:15, Today: Sharvara failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD, Chance Die system with a target of 10, rerolling 10s.  Chance Die - Gnosis at Penalty - Catching up.
16:14, Today: Sharvara failed (no successes) using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 3,2,4,1,2,7.  Wits+Composure - Catching Up.
Also activating Death and Matter Sight

Sharvara had not even gotten around to making introductions before things seemed to go sideways. Unsure of exactly what was happening but going off his past training and instinct he searched for a defensible corner and cover behind furniture. He allowed himself a moment to active his Mage Sight.

The wind suddenly stops, leaving an eerie quiet in its wake.

Each of you finds yourself lost in emotional memory, momentarily blind to the outside world.

Each of you, please roll Composure + Resolve to return to the present mentally.



If you have any unveiling/knowing spells active please list them in your next post, you can send them as private lines if you'd like to keep your spells discreet.

Grandfather. Strawberry remembered his smell of wood and chewing tobacco. Sitting on his lap. He was talking to her and in her memory she could understand his words even though they were in the old language.

ooc: no successes rolled. Again. Pierce Deception with extra reach (seeing true) (Prime 1) active though. And Spirit mage armor, which might give me extra dice if the threat is spirit-based.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:50, Fri 11 June 2021.

The sound of a helicopter, the smell of napalm, the taste of blood in his mouth. Sensations from a time he barely remembered flashed through his mind as something tried to encase his consciousness in an illusory cage.

But those times were long behind him, and the illusion was ripped apart with a exertion of will before it could take root. Whatever was doing this would have to do a lot better than that.

performing the mudra taught to him by his order, Vagrant finished casting his protective spell. He could only cover ten people with it, and there were twelve of them in the house, so he excluded himself and Aegis. It was an Arrow's calling to take on the risks in these situations after all.

"Throwing up wards" he yelled out as an after thought, probably not smart to cast spells on stranger out of the blue when tensions were already high.

19:05, Today: Vagrant rolled 4 successes using 10d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 7,7,7,10(+2),6,10(+8),9,4,2,3.  Resolve+Composure.

19:19, Today: Vagrant rolled 1 success using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 6,1,4,8,7,6,2.  Wards and Signs, Reaches: switch PSF to Potency, advance spell duration, advance scale, scale +1.

Effect of spell: +3 withstand for an hour/scene for everyone except Vagrant and Aegis.

Something about what's happening, and being in a strange house...

Konkretus is a kid of 15, standing stock still on top of a table, in the house of a friend who's away with his parents on vacation.  He'd thought the dog would be being boarded, or if not he'd thought it would remember him, and be cool, but there it was, pacing around the dining room, looking up at him hungrily, a growl like a hellhound grinding in its throat and actual drool hanging from toothy jaws.  He knew how to get out of this... a leap onto springy legs, bouncing him onto the couch in the living room, another bounce and back-somersault taking him through the big window, hoping the leather jacket on his back would be enough protection, then a short sprint to the butternut tree before Janus, the rottweiler that weighed more than he did, realized what was going on.  But he was frozen, running through the sequence in his mind over and over again, but aware of all the things that could go wrong, and how much it would hurt if it did.

But, wait a minute... that had already happened.  He still had the scar on his back, but it went fine...

The young mage focused again, mentally shaking off the memory, again focusing on his mage sight.  But as the scary old Arrow summoned wards, he realized something dangerous might be happening, realized he shouldn't have had his guard down here, even if it was rude to pry... and he used his will to expand his senses.


07:22, Today: Konkretus rolled 2 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 9,8,3,6,7.  Composure + Resolve.

07:43, Today: Konkretus rolled 3 successes using 8d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 4,5,3,8,8,10(+1),7,1.  Gnosis + Space + Larceny.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:47, Fri 11 June 2021.

That smile. It was enough to disarm him each and every time. She held an allure over him stronger than any succubus he had encountered in the Nine Hells. The smell of lemon haze and the sheets of the hotel room filled the air. Wait. This moment had already passed. This wasn’t the memory to toy with.


16:31, Today: Virgil rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 8,2,5,1,6,1.  Composure+Resolve.
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Morrigan responds to Virgil with a shrug while she grabs a beer and cookie off the living room table.

She loses herself in thought like the others dwelling on her last sleeper romance.

The wind picks back up softly rattling the windows.

Virgil stands from where he stood and walks slowly towards the door, ignoring the rest of the mages gathered.

Strawberry too stands and joins Virgil at the door of Morrigan's sanctum.

Konkretus joins the other two, standing before Morrigan's door.


Vagrant also joins those gathered at Morrigan's door.

Sharvara joins the other mages in Morrigan's foyer.

Morrigan walks slowly towards the door of her sanctum joining the others.

17:37, Today: Storyteller, for the NPC Morrigan's Gluttony, rolled 4 successes
17:25, Today: Storyteller, on behalf of Morrigan, rolled 3 successes
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Those lips. He could stay lost in her kisses for days. Her raven colored haired draped over him in a mess of passion. He pushed her away. This wasn’t real. She’s gone and there’s no way for her to come back. Virgil then began muttering an incantation as whispers filled the room and the shadows grew darker.

17:53, Today: Virgil rolled 1 success using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 7,5,7,9.  Clear Thoughts (Mind 3-3) casting time 1, no Yantras.

18:04, Today: Virgil rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+5),9,1,3.  Clash of Wills .
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The wind blows gently in the background, softly drifting against the seaside cottage.

Virgil awakens from his emotional daydream to find himself standing in front of Morrigan's door with a copy of himself standing before him.


Virgil's copy grabs him in his confusion and begins to slowly drain his mana. - 1 Mana Virgil

The smell of fresh urine, a scream, the sound of blood dripping; those were the memories that started to flood Aegis' mind before his willpower pushed them from his mind and brought him back to reality.

17:21, Today: Aegis rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 6,9,5,3,10(+4),6.  Composure + Resolve.

“I reeeeally don’t like when people mess with my mind.” His fingers no sooner clasped around the grip of his katana before it sliced quickly through the air, with a trail of violet energy, across the body of his imposter. “I’m even more touchy about my personal space. Devour.”


18:51, Today: Virgil rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 8,1,10(+2),7.  Sword Attack, +1 Willpower, Devour.
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The memory encased him once again, somehow more complete this time. He was fully back in the jungles of Vietnam this time, towards the end of the war when Uncle Sam was losing patience. His platoon had been assigned to a rearguard action, which was pretty much as shitty as it sounded. It was nostalgic in a way, there were details in this recreation that he had long forgotten. Oddly he was aware that this was a recreation, or at least not reality, perhaps because he had already shrugged off the memory once before. Which was why he knew he didn't want to spend another second in this particular memory, they hadn't been moving fast enough and things were about to go sideways in a bad way. Ignoring the sounds of bullets whizzing by and the screams of his platoon that he get his ass moving, Vagrant closed his eyes and cleared his mind as he sought a meditative calm. With an immense effort of will he once again dispelled the illusion.


20:49, Today: Vagrant rolled 6 successes using 10d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 9,10(+3),10(+1),8,2,2,2,4,9,10(+6).  Resolve+Composure. Spent a willpower.

Strawberry tried to focus on the parents. Grandpa's hands, with their broken nails. His songs. His back with the crisscrossing white lines made by a white educator's whip. She tried to snap out of it, because something about it...

ooc: wp point spent. 4 successes rolled.

As Virgil strikes his doppelganger it disappears, drawn into his sword like black smoke cleared by a breeze.

Strawberry, Vagrant and Aegis are able to clear their minds and escape from the memory.

As they return to their senses they find themselves standing in front of Morrigan's sanctum's front door surrounded by some of the other mages gathered as well as Virgil with his sword drawn.

They too now stand before mirror images of themselves, Strawberry's reflection wears an impatient scowl, Vagrant's towering clone radiates poise and resolve while Aegis's copy wears an expression of doubt, its body language speaking of hesitancy.

As the three mages return to their senses, their copies reach out and embrace them, draining a single point of mana.

Strawberry's copy whispers to her, "Please don't send me back, I'm finally free."

Vagrant's copy speaks in a gravelly whisper, asking him, "Help me."

Aegis's copy quietly cries as it embraces him, "Thank you, I am free."

Of course Vagrant's first instinct with regards to the copy was to lash out. All signs pointed to this being some kind of attack, except for the words whispered by his doppelgänger.

If he was still the person he was in the memories this thing had showed him, then he probably still would have lashed out. He was not okay with people invading his personal space. On the street that kind of behavior never led to anything good and needed to be shut down right away.

But, he had also met people who acted out in ways that would seem offensive to most that were really just cries for help. Some people just lacked the ability to communicate any other way.

So, repressing his violent urges, he activated his Mage Sight aligned with his Prime arcana and focused on the copy that was embracing him, hoping to glean something from him.

13:21, Today: Vagrant rolled 2 successes using 2d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 2,10(+8).  Revelation on copy, 4(Gnosis+Acanum)+1 mana+3 (1 willpower)-6 opacity.

He leaped, and it went perfectly, landing on the floor with legs ready to leap again, onto the couch, and the back somersault through the window, a shard of glass slicing his leather jacket in half and cutting a deep, long cut in his back.  Suffused with fear and the thrill of parkour, adrenaline pumping through his body, he ran across the yard and jumped into the tree... but something was wrong.  This had already happened.  He closed his eyes, shook his head to clear it, and when he opened it he was back on the table, the huge dog circling, waiting for him to come within reach.  No... something was in his mind.  He looked inward, using magic to unravel the emotions bound up in this moment, but he couldn't focus, he was too caught up in the fear, too confused, and the magic was not obeying him.  So, instead, he just pushed, flexed his mental muscle as hard as he could, trying to break the strange bonds that were tying it up.

10:35, Today: Konkretus rolled 5 successes using 8d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 4,9,10(+8),2,2,7,10(+8),2.  Composure + Resolve spending 1 WP.

10:30, Today: Konkretus failed (no successes) using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 5,2,6,7,4.  Improvised Mind Spell to Unravel unnatural emotions, 5 (Gnosis+Arcanum).

It was a night that she would never forget, for it was the day of her birth and as she took her first breath of air.  Her mother took her last and the new born baby could see a slight smile of joy upon her mothers face before eternal rest fell upon her.

This was a vision, it had to be for how could a baby remember such an event, the day her mother died.

Isis tried to gather her thoughts and wonder what was happening or who was trying to pry into her past.

She listened as some spoke and others were completely silent but the expression on their faces was enough to tell her that they too was suffering from such Arcana.

When others moved she didn't fully know what to do but she thought it would be best to stay close just in case things get out of control.

19:01, Today: Isis rolled 4 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 3,10(+8),9,5,4,9.  Resolve+Composure - Spending WP.
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Sharvara is back in the desert, going room to room, the comforting sound of CLEAR from the lead man. The memory is about to head to a bad place when Sharvara is able to snap back into clarity and the current situation.

"What the hell was that." He says alarmed and out loud to himself and checks his surroundings and fellow Mages.

OOC: 15:04, Today: Sharvara rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 1,4,2,8,8,6.  Resolve+Composure - Spending WP.

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While Kairos had initially begun to notice whatever was happening, he was similarly drawn into the memory chase with the others. Though his seemed to have lasted a fair bit of time, when he came out of his, he looked around quickly and especially towards the copy of himself with a frown. Certainly not what he had expected to say the least!





OOC: 08:16, Fri 11 June: Kairos Mortrose rolled 3 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 8,3,9,3,8.  Composure + Resolve.

Went ahead and posted his 'coming around' post instead of waiting for some PM clarifications. Didn't want to hold things up for too long.

Aegis instinctively pushed his clone away, yelling, "Get the hell off of me..." and then stopped abruptly when he noticed it was an exact clone of himself. "Who, what, the hell are you?" He focused his eyes on the clone, trying to determine if it was a living creature or something else.

Instant action to activate active Life mage sight. Spending 1 willpower and mana and attempting a revelation, but failed.

17:42, Today: Aegis failed (no successes) using 2d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 7,5.  Revelation on copy, 4(Gnosis+Acanum)+1 mana+3 (1 willpower)-6 opacity

As Aegis pushes away his copy it bumps into the door knocking it open. As the door opens it flees out of the door knocking Brownie over in its haste.

Brownie stands on the porch staring in at quite a strange scene on the other side of Morrigan's door as he's barreled into by one of the many pairs of twins in this house.

Virgil stands there surrounded by the others and their twins with his sword drawn.

Strawberry and her twin embrace in the foyer near the door. "Thank you, this is more than I ever dreamed"

Konkretus stands before his twin as it too embraces him while whispering "Thank you, Thank you." (-1 point of mana)

Vagrant and his twin watch each other


Sharvara returns to the present and is greeted by a tight hug from a man wearing his appearance. As this man grips Sharvara he whispers to Sharvara "Don't worry Dev, with me here they'll feel your wrath" (-1 point of Mana)

Morrigan also snaps out her confusion and immediately pushes off her twin just as she reaches to grab her, "Don't fucking touch me" she screams.

Isis snaps to her senses too gathered in the foyer with the other mages and is embraced by her twin. During the embrace, her twin whispers to her "Come with me, join me. They are powerless before your beauty, wracked with yearning. They ache for your guidance."


Kairos too recovers his wits and comes to his senses hugging himself in Morrigan's foyer. (-1 point of Mana) The twin users Kairos's sleeper name, his true name as he addresses Kairos, asking if he can stay like this, stating this condition is addictive.

Hunter too recovers his wits having been lost in the emotional memories(-1 WP, -1 Mana). He's situated further back in the house, in the living room. As he comes back around he see's a copy of himself gripping his wrist. The copy whispers "You don't deserve any of it, not the way you lie to them. I'll tell them the truth and then see if they still accept you."

Sparrow too recovers her wits having been lost in the emotional memories (-1 WP, - 1 Mana).
She awakes to find a copy of her calmly laying down with it's head in her lap. As she stares down at herself, the copy whispers "What are you really trying to do here? No one needs you. Just run away again like always."

Still unsure how her other self can be a spirit, she attempts to command it. She utters powerful words in the language that predates times:

"Spirit, I command thee: Stop draining my mana and stay here so I can fugure out a way to help you." The last bit is not strictly necessary, as she knows, but she hates the business of commanding spirits and prefers finding mutually agreeable solution. If the white man had spent more time listening to the spirits, America wouldn't be the sad toxic landscape of today. She tries to justify her spell by telling herself that you can't negotiate with someone attacking you.

Carefully, she eyes the form before her, hoping it will heed her command, her face an inscrutable mask hiding her discomfort and her insecurity.

ooc: I know you posted an official form for casting spells, but I can't find it. Sorry.
Command spirit (Spirit 2 spell) with 2 of 2 reaches: Instant, advanced duration; -2 to bolster potency
+1 potency because of spirit 3 rather than 2
Dice pool: Spirit + gnosis -2 +2 high speech yantra = 5 dice
1 success rolled

Konkretus is not immediately alarmed, more confused, and he returns the embrace, not wanting to reject himself.  He murmurs, "Who are you?  What are you?" and reaches out to the other being's mind.


10:33, Today: Konkretus rolled 3 successes using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 2,9,1,7,5,10(+10,7),5.
Read the Depths (162) Mind 3/Gnosis 2/Yantra Investigation 2.

Vagrant's eyes widened in surprise at what his mage sight revealed. Whatever this thing was, it wasn't an illusion. From what he had heard from other mages the magic involved in creating a living, apparently sentient, being was not beyond the realm of possibility for masters of prime magic. Yet, this didn't feel like something conjured up by an awakened.

"You asked for help... help with what?" he asked cautiously.

Aegis looked on incredulously as his copy ran off. "Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on?!" he pleaded. He debated running after his clone, but for now, it seemed better to stick with the group in case somebody needed help.

Isis took a moment and looked at the figure before her and smiled briefly "You are not my sister.  Who are you to use a false face of my sister to speak to me. she boldly said as she looked the figure up and down and as she did she also listened to what everyone else in the foyer was saying.

Turning to Aegis "I have the slightest idea, maybe we can get more information from our hostess.

Virgil snapped his sword back in its sheathe as he assessed the chaos all around him, intently focused on the sympathetic connections in the room. He then looks to Brownie. “Stop that.... whatever the hell it is.” He looks back to the room full of people and their doppelgängers. “When y’all are done cuddling, can you push those things away so I can strike?” Virgil gripped his weapon and began to focus.

21:56, Today: Virgil rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 3,9,2,10(+3).  Incognito Presence (160) Mind 3/Gnosis 1, +1 Reach .
21:54, Today: Virgil rolled 3 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 10(+7),8,2,9.  Mental Shield (160) Mind 3/Gnosis +1 reach for protection against MInd Arcanum.

Shavara feels the pull of mana leaving his and cringes at the touch, focusing his resolve, he continues to hug back the 'thing' sharing his face. "What are you?" he whispers back as he lets the Imago form in his mind, letting the bullet he carries around his neck touch the creature in the embrace, reading the fallen nature of the 'soul' of this creature.

OOC: Soul Marks [128] (Improvised, Death 1/3) - Casting Time - Potency 5 (-4) - Dedicated Path Tool (Bullet/Coin), Spending WP
Effect: Withstood by Resolve, Remaining Potency reveals soul marks in this order; Is subject a supernatural being, Has subject had soul tampered with, Persistent Conditions on Subject, Is the subject Awakened.
Die Pool = Death 3 + Gnosis 1 + Yantra 1 + 3 WP - 4 Potency increase = 4 Die Pool
21:14, Today: Sharvara rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 9,1,8,3.  Soul Marks - Spending WP.

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Hunter stood in front of the warehouse, failing to see what the damn angel wanted him to see. "Pierce the Lie!" Anduriel roared, brandishing his flaming sword. Dutifully, he did so... and paused. He had penetrated the illusion all right, but there was another one behind that, a stronger one. Moving through that, he found himself back in Morrigan's house. Shit, thing had gotten him! Smashing his dupe back, he denied it "Yer ain't real bub" and ploughed through the last threads of the not-a-spell.

Okay, that was how it worked. "Listen up you lot" he shouted. "That" he jerked a thumb at the wind "is witch weather, caused by a fucking big effect. Cain't call it a spell, cos it ain't awakened magic. Summat else. Anyways, it is big, mean, an it comes in two parts. First part is a nobbler, gets you lost in memory. That lets the second part that kinda-sorta Scours you fer power by making a dupe of you get at you easy. It is Archmagey level magic an it is centered three mile North-West of here. Fust things fust, you gotta get the leech offen yer back. Them dupes. Jest deny them an hit them, gets rid of them. Second, we needs Mind protections."

"Where is our'n Moros? Moros, step up!"

Aegis's copy scurries off the porch, rolling down the stairs and only standing to run once he hit the ground. As he runs Aegis feels a pull on his mana(-2 mana) while anyone watching can see a soft light glow around the copy as it flees. (This triggers peripheral mage sight)

Isis's copy laughs as it walks to the kitchen, before stepping out of sight it, she says to Isis, "Who am I, indeed." Isis, you feel a pull on your mana (-2) (This triggers peripheral mage sight)

Virgil as you watch the room cloaked in a veiling of mind you feel a pull on your mana (-2 mana), your sword glows slightly. (This triggers peripheral mage sight)

Strawberry, your twin stands before snarred in the chains of your magic. It lashes out with a wave of something (This triggers peripheral mage sight) but it stands before you still, unmoving.

Konkretus, your twin's mind open before you.  You and your twin glow slightly while you feel a slight pull on your mana (-2) (This triggers peripheral mage sight)

Kairos, your twin takes your silence as consent. "Thank you" You feel a pull on your mana (-2) and the twin glows slightly. (This triggers peripheral mage sight) He then walks to the back of the house and out onto the beach.

Sharvara, your twin clings to you tightly. You feel a pull on your mana (-2) and he glows slightly. (This triggers peripheral mage sight) Your soul marks reveal this being lacks a soul entirely, you also learn it has a persistent condition of "Wrath"from the markings it does bear.

Vagrant, your twin replies quietly. "Help with not being trapped as one, help with being alone, help with not hurting anymore. We were together in a terrible place." Vagrant, you feel a pull on your mana (-2) as your twin glows slightly.

Morrigan's twin gets up and quickly runs out of the door joining Aegis's copy.

Hunter, your twin follows Morrigans. You feel a slight pull on your mana (-2 mana). You can see your twin glowing slightly as it flees.

Konkretus communes with his double.
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Vagrant frowned as he felt an even greater amount of magical energy being sucked away by his double. He didn't like the ominous glow that the other him was taking on, nor did he like the vague half answers he was getting to his questions.

"Look, I want to help you. But I'm going to ask you this nicely exactly once: stop draining my mana without permission. And if you want permission, you're going to need to be a lot more clear about what you intend to use it for"

As he spoke Vagrant's hand drifted up to the dogtags hanging around his neck, his thumb rubbing them a few times.

OOC: Activating my dedicated tool (dog tags) yantra in preparation for casting

Sharvara feels the pull of mana from his pattern, and with the realization from the spell, makes the attempt to shove his double away from himself.

"They are souless copies, don't try and reason with them. Who's looking for a Moros." He shouts the above for the rest and tries responding to the other clear voice barking out instructions.

Strawberry takes a step back and fixates her spirit twin. She has it, and now she needs its name and its weaknesses.

She could of course go the polite way and speak with it, but her impatience gets the better of her and she decides to rip the knowledge out of the spirit without asking. She touches a hand to the pendant around her neck and commands the spirit to reveal its nature. She brushes aside the shame of being discourteous to a spirit, but taking the direct route feels good, damn good.


Know Spirit [page 180] (no Praxis/Rote, Spirit 1/3) - Reach used: instant, sensory, advanced potency. Yantra: High speech, personal tool.

Name and bane are her priorities. She uses a wp point (which she might get back because she acts impatiently - not sure if/how this is the right way to do it. I took a -2 to potency to learn more (cancels out High speech)

19:28, Today: Strawberry rolled 3 successes using 8d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((8,4,1,2,6,8,9,6)).

 (Praxis, Prime 3) - Casting time 1 reach. Potency 3, others standard. Dice 7. Dedicated Weapon (+1, -2 Paradox, 8 again)
16:01, Today: Hunter rolled 1 success using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling on 8 or more with rolls of 2,4,2,8(+6),6,6,3.  Channel Mana .
3 Mana taken from his double, moved to him.]

"Oh no you don't thief!" Hunter roared, his Asp snapping out as he leveled it at his double. Firefly sparks gathered around the double, then dispersed harmlessly. Hunter's shoulders slumped. "Damn, nothing works on these things."

"Over here" he replied to Sharvara. "These things is drawn from our mind somehow, we needs to block that. Not trained in Mind. In other words, help!"
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"Bastard", Aegis called out as he felt the mana being pulled from him. He rushes out the door and leaps off of the porch, executing a forward flip over the rail as he enhances his body to better chase the copy down.

Casting Honing the Form - Dexterity is now 5 for the scene

Honing the Form (Dexterity) [MtA 150] (Rote, 3/3[5 from Rote]) - Change Spell Factor to Potency 1, Move Duration to Advanced 1, Casting Time 1. Potency +2 (-0). Rote Yantra [Athletics] (+3).

18:16, Today: Aegis rolled 2 successes using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 4,2,9,1,1,1,10(+5).  Honing the Form.

Isis didn't like the false copy of her sister or was it a copy of her, in either case she stared at it as it walked away trying her best to study the being and wondered who created it and what is draining her Mana. Seeing that its not going to the copy but its going somewhere....

Walking to the kitchen as well to keep a close eye on the copy and being ready to cast a Spell upon it to Dispel it.

Spending a WP to determine its being.  (scrutinize)

Konkretus, high speech unravels itself within your mind as you become aware of the answers you seek. You lose another point of mana (-1) and the copy of you glows slightly. Your mage sight registers something.

Vagrant, your double whispers back to you "I am free now, that is all I need." He steps back away from you before he turns a walks out the door. As he crosses the threshold he shimmers before fading from sight. (This pings everyone's mage sigh)

Sharvara your double moves back quickly after you shove it away. You yet again feel the pull on your mana (-1) and see the double glow slightly. It quickly runs for a nearby window where it jumps through and before hitting the glass it shimmers. (this pings everyone's mage sight)

Strawberry your twin stands before fixated by your commend. It cries out in a strange tongue and you feel a wave of power wash over the area (This pings your mage sight). You can hear a strange, quiet scratching noise and start to see a few cockroaches in the house.  "Free me from your command, mother witch. I am new to this world and wish to see more of it. I grow impatient."

Hunter, you gain no mana from the spell. You can feel it grip the creature only to find nothing it can hold, the pattern for mana that it seeks not found in your double. "Thief, you steal their future and seal their doom with your lies. I will show you their true beliefs" Hunter, as your double says this it slowly backs away to the nearest window, you feel a familiar pull on your mana (-1 mana), and like Sharvara's double it leaps towards the window before shimmering and disappearing (This triggers everyone's mage sight) A hazy outline can be seen running further away from the house by those with twilight sight attended to death/mind.

Aegis you see your copy in the front yard next to Morrigan. Your mage sight sings of various phenomena as you close in on the pair. You feel a familiar pull on your mana (-1 mana). Morrigan grabs your copy and both shimmer before fading from sight. (This triggers your mage sight as well)

Isis, as you turn the corner you only catch the fading image of your twin. You too feel a familiar pull on your mana (-1 mana). It is long enough for you to scrutinize it with your active mage sight - You learn it not awakened magic, it is mere minutes old and most resembles a practice you are unfamiliar with (Gnosis+Int to make sense of this)

Kairos, you learn of the spirit as you plumb its memory. All are fresh to you, the newest you have ever seen memories. You feel a familiar pull on your mana (-3 mana) As you study your copy you see it slowly fade from sight. (This triggers your mage sight) You continue to see a hazy outline run through a nearby wall and out of the house.

Virgil, you continue to feel a strong pull on your mana into your sword which glows slightly (-3 mana)
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Isis wasn't surprised when she noticed it vanished but it also allowed her to come to some sort of conclusion. Something or someone was draining Mana from them but who and where was it going.

23:14, Today: Isis rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 9,10(+3),6,3.  Gnosis+Int.

Sharvara curses loudly as the rest of the copies get away. He takes a quick breathe to compose him, and tries to respond to Hunter with a leveled response. “Sir, wrong Path, I have no skill with Mind, focus yourself, the immediate battle seems at a close. Don’t panic under pressure. ”

After the light chastising, he looks at Strawberry, “How long can you keep it trapped?“ He rests a hand on his sidearm in it’s holster under his shirt, making sure he can draw it in an instant should the last copy get loose.

Konkretus pulls back from his mental contact.  He speaks quietly, half under his breath. "A spirit.  It's a spirit.  How strange."  He seems distracted, staring out the windows into the front yard, and he concentrates as he does so, working magic.  "There's something out there..." he says, then takes off running, out the front door, vaulting down the steps, seeming to be in hot pursuit.
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Strawberry tells the spirit: "You can come with me. Spirits have places where they belong and I have the perfect place for you. Run off or attack me and I will call you back from wherever you may hide and end your existence. We can talk about the rules on the way."

She is quite sure that she will have to move fast to give impatience a place where impatience is common and seen as something positive: A sports arena for some kind of team game. Of course she could just exterminate the poor thing, but each spirit has a place, her grandfather had always said. Killing the poor confused thing would be against her people's ways.

She already has her phone out and googles for something local that sounds promising.

ooc: Int + computer + phone (1 resource, so I assume one die). 2 successes, even without the phone bonus. Can spirits change their appearance?

Isis comes out of the kitchen after discovering her copy has vanished and surely so did the Mana that it was draining.  Turning to see what Konkretus said and then as he ran out the door she wanted to discover who was draining their Mana as well and she followed behind him.  Seeing that he might have a lead on who this culprit is.

Vagrant could best sum up this whole series of events as deeply confusing, but if what the others were saying was true and these body doubles were some kind of spirits then he supposed it wasn't so surprising that he was out of his depth.

"Spirits aren't really my specialty." he said as he followed the others outside, "but whatever these things are, the magic I observed around them resembled the practice of making. They're newly made too, no older than a minute."

Konkretus you join Aegis in the yard in pursuit of the spirits. Trailing behind you at normal speeds are Vagrant and Isis.

All of you sense something lingering in the yard, multiple strange things teaai g for your attention just beyond your mundane sight.

Konkretus your enhance sights allows you steadily trail the copies as they flee. Shortly after the leave the house itself the vanish from twilight. Something in the area where they were last seen draws at your attention.

Strawberry, you search for a location that would resonant with impatient. You find two potentially viable options, a local math tutor program that employs teen ages with young children and a popular weight loss group program office. You notice an abnormal number of insects in the house, ants crawl around while strange smaller winged insects buzz around around the air. They prove a nuisance now imposing a -2 distraction penalty to all inside the house

Konkretus heads to the area where he lost the trail, examining it with his enhanced senses and magesight.

Virgil rushes to the kitchen and finds the smallest cabinet he can that his sword could fit into and tosses it in and shuts the doors behind. “Morrigan, dear, would it be too much trouble to ask you to lock this up for me? I’d really appreciate it.” He too then dashes out the door, following everyone else, while actively searching the area around him with his mage sight.

Vagrant begins to search the area with his active mage sight to see if there is any phenomenon in particular that stands out for deeper scrutiny.

Konkretus and Vagrant, you each pick up on one thing in the area.

Konkretus, you study the space where the spirits left.

Vagrant,  you study the traces left in the yard.

Gnosis + Arcana - Opacity 4

Virgil, Morrigan stomps into the kitchen where she retrieves your sword before stuffing into a deep freezer further in her kitchen. She also pulls chains around the freezer and secures them with a large sturdy looking lock. "Done"

In reply to Chronicler (msg # 124):

Failed.

21:37, Today: Konkretus failed (no successes) using 1d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((4))

Noticing something in the yard, Vagrant activates his focused mage sight and begins to scrutinize what he has found.

06:20, Today: Vagrant rolled 2 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 6,8,1,9.  Scrutiny with focused mage sight.

Many of the mages stand outside in the yard, gathered loosely. There is a spot near Vagrant that hums with something supernatural.

Konkretus studies the area through his enhanced vision, he grapples with the point in space where the spirits disappeared.

Isis, you see no traces of the stolen mana. Only the mages here carry any and each of them carries a reduced pool after their encounters with the spirits.

Aegis, you can hear the wind through the trees as you stand in the front yard. You can still see the space where the spirits slipped from your sight.

Virgil, Sharvara and Hunter still remain in the house with Morrigan.
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Morrigan talks with Virgil, Shavara and Hunter quietly in the house.

She ask, "That was strange, I have wards against ghost but none for whatever those were. They fled on foot in twilight. Why do they look like us? Are you going after them? I need to check on the hallow. Are any of you competent in Prime?"

Sharvara responds to Morrigan. “I’m not sure, one person was saying they were Spirits. This young man seems to have gotten a good read on them. All I could tell was they did not have a Soul.“

He slowly lowers his hand away from his gun, “I unfortunately can’t do anything with Prime. I’d be best following the others or playing bodyguard while you check the Hallow.”
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Isis looked at the spot for a moment and then she utter a spell/Rote that would allow her to see what has happened here in the past.  Then she wanted to study the area so that she might know when best to aid the others with the prefect time to do what is best.

17:09, Today: Isis rolled 6 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 9,10(+10,10,9),8,5,6,6.  Perfect Timing.

17:08, Today: Isis rolled 1 success using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 7,9,5,2,1,5.  Postcognition .

Konkretus shakes his head in frustration, and rejoins the group.

"I tried to understand the mind of the double, but all I could determine was that it was a spirit.  Its form seemed to be related to my nimbus."

In reply to Sharvara (msg # 129):

"I don't need you to guard me in my own house, not now after that. I know to be prepared and if that deep freezer tells you anything, I am prepared."

Morrigan says from the kitchen. She then walks to the living room, her heavy footsteps felt throughout the house.

She drops down on the sofa and rubs her temples before saying to Sharvara,

"I need someone with prime to check the Hallow. Sharvara, can you get someone to join me there skilled in prime. If anyone needs me you can also find me there."

She stands when she finishes speaking and walks out the backdoor to the hallow.

Vagrant stares intently at the  magical disturbance in the yard, slowly circling it as he tries to take in every angle.

After several seconds he feels he has made some headway, but senses that pushing any further would risk contaminating the anomaly with his own magical signature.

Taking a step back he dons a thoughtful expression as he considers the best way to approach the next step of his investigation.


20:00, Sat 10 July: Vagrant rolled 1 success using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 1,6,10(+3),6.  Scrutiny roll #2.

05:54, Today: Vagrant failed (no successes) using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 7,1,5,4.  Scrutiny roll #3.

05:54, Today: Vagrant rolled 3 successes using 4d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 8,7,10(+9),5.  Scrutiny roll #4.

With the earlier roll that is 6 successes total, which I believe lowers the opacity to 3.

Sharvara looks around at those few people left in the house, "Well, anyone with Prime please follow Morrigan. "

"I'm going to try and work some Fate and point us in the right direction." He then begins moving his hands in the motion of the rote his mentor taught him as the sound of High Speech hits everyone ear's.

OOC: Serendipity [MtA 135] (Rote, Fate 1/1) - Casting Time 1, No additional Factors. Rote Mudras (+3), High Speech (+2)
Die Pool = Gnosis 1 + Fate 1 + Yantra 5 = 7 die, no mana due to Rote casting
Effect: Upon casting, the mage receives a clear omen that suggests a course of action that will lead her closer to their goal. Stated goal for this casting "Discover source of attack".

16:03, Today: Sharvara rolled 2 successes using 7d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s ((6,4,10(+8),1,6,6,6)).

In reply to Sharvara (msg # 134):

Hunter nodded, happy to have something that he could do, following Morrigan to the Hallow. Once there, he studied it.

Prime sight already active. Shall I roll Perception?

Hunter, you join Morrigan at the hallow. It's a quiet place on a hill overlooking the beach and the ocean beyond. Your mage sight highlights this hallow can be used as a yantra for related casting and while this may be a hallow there is something off about it. You can both reveal what you see and begin to scrutinize it - opacity 3.

Morrigan says to you "Do you know what they did to it?"

Sharvara, you get a random notice on your phone about a youtube video on tracking elusive wild game through dangerous environments.

"It's sneaky, but I am on it." Hunter replied.
"Got it. they have..." (to be edited)
"Hang on, I will do a detailed scan" he went on. "Hang on, nearly, nope, too well concealed."

Aegis patrols around the yard, feeling a bit out of his element. Solving puzzles wasn't exactly his forte, so he figured the least he could do was try and find out where the copies may have disappeared to and making sure nothing gets back in from the yard.

After having poked and prodded the mystery with his mana as much as he was willing to risk, Vagrant decided it was time to try and reveal its secrets.


Spending a Willpower and Mana for +4 on revelation, that gives me a dice pool of 8 - 3 opacity = 5:

20:57, Today: Vagrant rolled 2 successes using 5d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s with rolls of 8,3,8,4,7.  Revelation on mystery.

Sharvara smirks at the omen from the threads of Fate. "Subtle." he says quietly to himself.

He yells in the direction Hunter and Morrigan left, "Getting an Omen we need to hunt these things down to find the source, come follow us after, yeah?"

He makes a gesture to Virgil to follow him and goes outside, making a beeline for Vagrant and the others following the trail.

A soft breeze can be felt blowing out to sea.

Vagrant you see a mix of mysteries scattered upon the house and yard, all fresh, mere minutes old. None of them are awakened magic, and most resemble the practices of weaving or perfecting.

You see a mystery lingering on the house itself, a mystery lingering on the doorway, and a mystery lingering near you in the yard.

Sharvara, you're able to join Vagrant, Aegis, and Konkretus in the yard.

Virgil do you remain in the house with Strawberry? There are alot of insects crawling and flying around the house.

Aegis as you patrol around the yard Sharvara joins you, while Vagrant paces and Konkretus. As you process Konkretus's words, "It was a spirit.  It's form seemed to be related to my nimbus" did you want to make a gnosis+arcana roll to see what your options are?

Konkretus, Sharvara joins you while Aegis and Vagrant pace around the yard.

Isis, you cast your sight back to the past. Which moments do you want to review? You can see everything in the scene again and apply mage sight/perception checks.

Vagrant explains to the others everything that he has learned from his observations and then falls in with Sharvara.

He's still not sure about this whole 'hunting down' sentient beings plan, no matter whether they're spirits or anything else. But Sharavara seems to know more about what's going on than he does and examining the mysteries around the house hasn't really cleared things up for him so he's willing to follow the other's lead, for now.