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.