Re: The Lord of the Labyrinth, Sunday ritual and stopping a Gilgul IC thread 4

[Adley]

"Yeah I think it do, well sometimes at least. I can feel it that in the back of my mind, watching me as I go to sleep at night and I think it have have affection for me. I can not be sure off course, and it is a pretty twisted thing, it have thoughts of desires that would make most serial killers blush, but just sometimes it just well...looks at me in a way." The young mage said and looked like he was pondering the question. "Why do you ask Adley?"

"I'm trying to understand...some few like yourself have persevered, fought their darkness and are capable of tremendous acts of courage and love. I believe it might be important."

"Thank you...well I guess my dad will be mad I did not run, from the time he thought me old enough to understand he told me about the factions of mages and why I should stay way from the Traditions...Raymond muttered and looked down. "I do not know what I am, a monster perhaps, or maybe that is what I will become. But I...well I want to keep my parents safe."

"I do not think that someone that was entirely a monster would be able to sit here and do what you have done." As to the future...it was generally the trend unless...unless what had transpired with Susanna was able to be replicated in some way.

"I want to protect him Mr Roth-Hicks, I do but I guess that if I tried there is not a one in you in this room that could not toss me around like a rag doll if you wanted to, so I can only relay on mercy, please do not harm my son."

Adley looked at her. "I do not wish to harm you," he said simply. But he also knew better than to think the courts would have any mercy and his own could only extend so far in reach.

"...Adley will you please take the boy to the basement, give him the injection and see to it that he have what he needs, if he want any food or perhaps a book make sure he gets it, and then if you would kindly return to my office as there are things to discuss."

"Yes, sir. Is it administered through vein or muscle?" He eyed the syringe and thought it might be better to do it right there and then. But if his mother was going to interrupt it might harm the kid. Even so, he would rather find someone who was better at medical matters. They were going to have to be watched, all they needed was for the mother to escape and try to break her son out while everything else was going on.

"Please come with me, Raymond." He stood, reaching out to take the syringe and then waited for Raymond to get up as well, so he could escort him downstairs. In Greek he asked his mentor, "Who shall guard and protect him?"

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Colin:

"I'm afraid Chief Morgan did not say - though I expect that if it were a problem, he would have made some note of that. No, I rather feel it a safe bet the Sleeper in question is a Believer.

Francesca nodded.
"You are probably right, if there was a risk of Paradox, the Chief would have warned us."
The Euthanatos said.
"Though better safe than sorry until we know for sure, I will be watching my magick around this woman."

In any case, preparing a room should be a safe enough procedure, unless you mean to recreate a scene out of Disney," he said with a wink.

"Do I look like a fairy godmother to you?"
The death mage asked and grinned.

"By the way, you wore white last night, did you not? Thank you; it really does mean a lot - I'm certain Beatrice appreciated it."

Francesca looks at you for a while then she nods.
"I just hope she will be okey. Yes I wore white what happened to her was not right. I do not know if that...ritual...eve have a place, but this was not one of them, and when dealing with things we do not understand, it is better to err on the side of caution."
The Euthanatos said and sigh.
"It is far to easy to get caught up in what someone is and not she individual cases and make proper judgment."
The death mage said then she looked at Colin.
"How are you doing by the way, you saw all of it did you not? It could not have been easy to see a friend...go though that."
Francesca's voice was soft as she spoke, what had happened last night was still weighing heavily on all of their minds, and it had to be even harder for Beatrice's Cabal and loved ones.

Adley:

"I'm trying to understand...some few like yourself have persevered, fought their darkness and are capable of tremendous acts of courage and love. I believe it might be important."

Raymond nodded then he sigh.
"I would not know, I have never me one like myself, I only know I do not want my parents to be ashamed of me and my dad he have always been there and he will take no shit, I mean it is not like he have hurt me or anything, but whenever I was close to loosing control he would regulate, but those desires are there all the time."
The boy said and looked down.
"But I guess I for now have wanted my parents love more than I want to destroy and kill things."

"I do not think that someone that was entirely a monster would be able to sit here and do what you have done." As to the future...it was generally the trend unless...unless what had transpired with Susanna was able to be replicated in some way.

"Perhaps you are right."
Raymond said with a little smile.
"I still disobeyed my dad though, I did not run when he told me to and I worry that he will be mad at me when he see me."

Adley looked at her. "I do not wish to harm you," he said simply. But he also knew better than to think the courts would have any mercy and his own could only extend so far in reach.

"I am sure you do not Mr Roth Hicks, but it is not me being harmed I worry about."
The true believer said and looked at her son.
"I am no fool, I know what he is, I have seen it from the first time I held him in my arms. But I think he can become a good man, there is not only evil in him...please..."
The woman said sadly. Jeffry sigh and looked at the woman.
"Mrs Danbrock, I am sorry, we have our laws, and you know his potential for harm."
The old mage said softly. Marie turned to your mentor and said.
"So potential should be enough to condemn someone."
Raymond seamed nervous.
"Mom, remember what dad said, if you are ever in the presence of supernaturals take care not to anger them and stay out of harm's way."
The kid said nervously but Jeffry shook his head.
"I will not harm your mother young man, I am not in the habit of lashing out at sleepers, she is quite safe no matter what she say and I understand her anger, and her pain.."
The old mage muttered referring to the apprentices the union had killed.
"But I can not change the laws."

"Yes, sir. Is it administered through vein or muscle?"

"Muscle, though exact placement is not extremely important, it is apparently modeled after a substance some Technocrats use in darts."
Jeffry said with his lips thinning in distaste.
"I will try to get a hold of a few more of those cuffs by the time the boy need a second injection, but this is all we have for the moment."
The old war mage said.

"Please come with me, Raymond." He stood, reaching out to take the syringe and then waited for Raymond to get up as well, so he could escort him downstairs. In Greek he asked his mentor, "Who shall guard and protect him?"

Raymond eyed the syringe and shivered but he nodded.
"I am not going to resist."
He muttered then shrugged.
"Not that I suspect struggling would do much good anyway."
Jeffry replied in Greek.
"I will send Anton Von Hess, he might be just a Hedge Wizard but he is competent and used to dealing with teenagers."
The old mage said, and he was. Anton worked at the university as well, and while he seldom spoke to you or anyone, you had seen him around campus and a few times he had asked you for a ride to work, you think it was chemistry he taught.
"And he is a gentle soul, he will treat the boy kindly."

[Adley]

The boy said and looked down. "But I guess I for now have wanted my parents love more than I want to destroy and kill things.

Adley nodded, but said nothing more.

"Perhaps you are right." Raymond said with a little smile. "I still disobeyed my dad though, I did not run when he told me to and I worry that he will be mad at me when he see me."

More than mad, Adley thought but one thing at a time, they still had to find a way to get him out of the hospital.

"I am sure you do not Mr Roth Hicks, but it is not me being harmed I worry about." The true believer said and looked at her son. "I am no fool, I know what he is, I have seen it from the first time I held him in my arms. But I think he can become a good man, there is not only evil in him...please...

"I believe he is being a good man right now," Adley said. He knew the woman was upset and had every right to be. And he found that he didn't want to hurt Raymond either, or at least the parts of him that were good, that part of his avatar that may care for him. He felt compassionate for him, even though he clearly had a darkness.

Muscle, though exact placement is not extremely important, it is apparently modeled after a substance some Technocrats use in darts."
Jeffry said with his lips thinning in distaste. "I will try to get a hold of a few more of those cuffs by the time the boy need a second injection, but this is all we have for the moment." The old war mage said.

"Very well."

Raymond eyed the syringe and shivered but he nodded. "I am not going to resist." He muttered then shrugged. "Not that I suspect struggling would do much good anyway."

Jeffry replied in Greek. "I will send Anton Von Hess, he might be just a Hedge Wizard but he is competent and used to dealing with teenagers..."And he is a gentle soul, he will treat the boy kindly."

To his mentor he replied back in Greek, "Good; when he arrives I will see to getting him something to eat and something to pass time. His mother should be watched as well." Then he turned to Raymond and gestured towards the door to walk with him downstairs. "I am not a very proficient cook, but I will make you something to eat..."

[Tane Karyak]

Wednesday Afternoon:
Well, if anything happens just call me, alright? Well, i'm going to the common hall. Take care, then. Tane then put the note and went out.

Friday Morning:
I can say that of half the US in our "Race". said Tane with a smirk.

OK, help me open the doors and windows, it's messy. Tane asked and helped the inhabitant of the place close the bedchamber's door and open the windows.
Then Tane arranged two chairs one in front of the other. I'm about to sing you your very own song. You'll recognice it, and you can sing with me too. Tane said with a soft smile, and opened his hands palm up.

Whenever either of you are ready

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Adley:

"I believe he is being a good man right now," Adley said. He knew the woman was upset and had every right to be. And he found that he didn't want to hurt Raymond either, or at least the parts of him that were good, that part of his avatar that may care for him. He felt compassionate for him, even though he clearly had a darkness.

Marie Danbrock looked at you for a long time, she knew there was nothing she could do and she sigh.
"A child should not sacrifice himself for his parents."
She said angrily then she turned to her son and merely held him in her arms for a while. Raymond in the typical teenager fashion looked a bit embarrassed.
"Mom!"
He exclaimed, and the true believer gave half a smile at that and finally let him go.

To his mentor he replied back in Greek, "Good; when he arrives I will see to getting him something to eat and something to pass time. His mother should be watched as well." Then he turned to Raymond and gestured towards the door to walk with him downstairs. "I am not a very proficient cook, but I will make you something to eat..."

"I am sending one of the other Hedge Wizards to watch Mrs Danbock, just in case she is not a true believer."
Your mentor replied in Greek.
"At least they will not be harmed if seen."
The old mage said.

Raymond looked at his mother for a moment then he came with you.
"Anything will do, sandwiches is fine."
The kid said and shrugged, he looked nervous and his eyes darted around as you walked.
"You live here? I wonder how it is to live with others of your own kind. I mean I have never done that, well before the Nephandi I mean. Before that I only met another mage, other than my Dad once, and then we immediately had to move."
The widderslainte said.
"Are there many mages?"

You got to the basement, the one cell you had was occupied by your Marauder guest so one of the store rooms was prepared, but whoever had done the work had tried to make the place livable, a camping bed was placed in the room but it had proper bedding and the room had gotten a wash, but the fact remained it was a basement storage room, there was a bucket in the corner for waste. Raymond looked into the room.
"Yeah like I said, a dungeon."
He muttered though he stepped into the room and sat down on the bed, glancing up at you.
"So how screwed from a scale from one to ten where one is oh getting on my mom's bad side and ten is being hunted down by the vampires my dad fear so much am I?"
The kid asked and tried to put some humor into it but it was clear he was afraid.

Tane:

Wednesday afternoon:

Well, if anything happens just call me, alright? Well, i'm going to the common hall. Take care, then. Tane then put the note and went out.

"If something happens and I have the opportunity to do so Mr Karyak, I will make sure you are told."
Narim said kindly.
"Yes do take care and have a nice day.

Friday morning:

I can say that of half the US in our "Race". said Tane with a smirk.

Cita merely nodded.

OK, help me open the doors and windows, it's messy. Tane asked and helped the inhabitant of the place close the bedchamber's door and open the windows.
Then Tane arranged two chairs one in front of the other. I'm about to sing you your very own song. You'll recognice it, and you can sing with me too. Tane said with a soft smile, and opened his hands palm up.

Amadeus opened the windows of the apartment then he sat down.
"I usually do not sing allot Mr Karyak."
The Verbena said and glanced at you.
"Not in this life at least."

Whenever either of you are ready

"I am ready, this will be quite interesting."
Cita said she seamed quite exited to witness Tane's method as she had never heard of something similar before. Amadeus looked far less pleased but he nodded.
"Let us get it done and have a look."
He muttered in a gruff tone of voice.

[Adley]

Marie Danbrock looked at you for a long time, she knew there was nothing she could do and she sigh. "A child should not sacrifice himself for his parents."

"Raymond is helping to eliminate a threat to your family but also more than that, he is helping to stop her as well." It was a poor reward for doing the right thing, he knew. Save the family, save the city and possibly other magii from the Nephandi by taking their son.

"I am sending one of the other Hedge Wizards to watch Mrs Danbock, just in case she is not a true believer." Your mentor replied in Greek. "At least they will not be harmed if seen."

He nodded and then took Raymond out into the hall again.

Raymond looked at his mother for a moment then he came with you. "Anything will do, sandwiches is fine." The kid said and shrugged, he looked nervous and his eyes darted around as you walked. "You live here? I wonder how it is to live with others of your own kind. I mean I have never done that, well before the Nephandi I mean. Before that I only met another mage, other than my Dad once, and then we immediately had to move." The widderslainte said."Are there many mages?"

"It is hard to get an exact count of awakened. I can manage pasta as well, if you'd rather have that. Do you want anything to read?" He didn't answer anything about the Chantry, whether or not he lived there or not and took him through the most direct route that avoided any sensitive areas.

"Yeah like I said, a dungeon." He muttered though he stepped into the room and sat down on the bed, glancing up at you. "So how screwed from a scale from one to ten where one is oh getting on my mom's bad side and ten is being hunted down by the vampires my dad fear so much am I?"

Adley's lips thinned; they had taken it up to eleven, perhaps beyond on a scale of one to ten and he was reluctant to say so. He sat down on the bed next to him. "I know it might not mean much but I am sorry that you have to suffer through this. I meant what I said when I said you were brave and that I do not think you are a monster, at least not wholly or not yet. Though there is the darkness, you are not all that and perhaps neither is it, either. I'm going to have to give you this injection, then I will make you some food and bring you something to read."

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

"Raymond is helping to eliminate a threat to your family but also more than that, he is helping to stop her as well." It was a poor reward for doing the right thing, he knew. Save the family, save the city and possibly other magii from the Nephandi by taking their son.

Marie nodded, she was proud of her son, but she was also very worried about him.
"I guess he did the right thing but I...I am his mother Mr Roth Hicks, I want to protect my only child."
The true believer said sadly, she gave her son another hug before she let him go.

"It is hard to get an exact count of awakened. I can manage pasta as well, if you'd rather have that. Do you want anything to read?" He didn't answer anything about the Chantry, whether or not he lived there or not and took him through the most direct route that avoided any sensitive areas.

"I guess you are right, I mean it is not like we ae in the phone book."
Raymond muttered.
"Whatever is simplest is fine, I am not a picky eater."
The young mage said then he nodded.
"Yeah, thank you I do like reading, you sort of have to with my dad, he expect me to be fairly well read to say it like that."

He sat down on the bed next to him. "I know it might not mean much but I am sorry that you have to suffer through this. I meant what I said when I said you were brave and that I do not think you are a monster, at least not wholly or not yet. Though there is the darkness, you are not all that and perhaps neither is it, either.

Raymond looks at you then he nodded he did not say anything for a while.
"I...do not know really what I am. I have heard that voice of darkness inside of me for as long as I can remember. I think I was three when it started...and it is hard to know what are my feelings and what are his, I understand why the Traditions do not want someone like me with growing magickal powers and a slipping control over that darkness running around, I just do not think it is fair either, I mean I have killed some animals and I regret that, but other than that I have not done anything."
Raymond muttered.
"But thank you for what you said."

I'm going to have to give you this injection, then I will make you some food and bring you something to read."

Raymond glanced at you then nodded.
"I am not going to resist. I just don't like needles. I was sick allot as a kid, I begun using magick at three, I did not have control and sometimes I was seen and I would get really ill and there was nothing my father could do so I spent months in hospitals with the doctors poking and probing me, trying to figure out what was wrong, they never did but at least they kept me alive, my dad said it was strange, he had seen Awakened mages and I got much worse reactions than most."
The kid said then he pushed the sleeve of his sweater out of the way and held out a thin arm, he was clearly nervous though and looked away.

[Warpmind]

Colin smirked, "I'm certain you'd fit right in at conventions as a variant Disney Princess rather than a Fairy Godmother."
He looked down at his hands, "I... did not sleep particularly well last night, no. I still feel her vise grip in my hands; the only consolation is that I was able to stall long enough for Adley to halt the proceedings before too much damage was done. She's healing, and right now, that's all that is important."
He shook his head, "But, the rooms... if you'd be so kind as to prepare an attic room, I can prepare the other room Chief Morgan wanted."
He sighed, "Such a troublesome week, it seems, and it's not peaked yet."

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Colin smirked, "I'm certain you'd fit right in at conventions as a variant Disney Princess rather than a Fairy Godmother."

"Yeah especially when I build up more Jhor as almost all members of my Tradition do over time."
Francesca said and grinned.
"Well if Prince Charming needs killing I guess I can fit the role."

He looked down at his hands, "I... did not sleep particularly well last night, no. I still feel her vise grip in my hands; the only consolation is that I was able to stall long enough for Adley to halt the proceedings before too much damage was done. She's healing, and right now, that's all that is important."

"I heard her screams."
Francesca muttered and looked away and shivered.
"I hope she will be alright, poor girl. I mean there will be words about brining a Fallen into the Chantry without telling us, but at the same time, that Verbena is one of us, it is hard not to feel for her plight. I hope she will be alright."
The Euthanatos muttered.

He shook his head, "But, the rooms... if you'd be so kind as to prepare an attic room, I can prepare the other room Chief Morgan wanted."
He sighed, "Such a troublesome week, it seems, and it's not peaked yet."

"I will go and take care of it right now. And yes it have been quite a week and as the rumor around the Chantry say and from what that Hanna Larson said, the Nephandi is preparing a special treat for us on Sunday so I am sure more fun is to come."
Francesca said then she begun to walk off.
"Well then I will take care of the attic room, good day to you Mr Wainwright."

[Warpmind]

Colin nodded briefly, and set off to the basement, finding a vacant room there and beginning to tidy it up, quickly dusting shelves and so on - making sure it would seem more like a motel room than a cell, at least.

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

There are some camping beds in one of the store rooms, as well as bedding and pillows so you can set up a bed, and with a quick cleaning up you at least can get the room in a somewhat proper condition, it still looks like a cell, but at least it is fairly comfortable.

[Warpmind]

Colin grumped a bit at the decidedly spartan conditions, but eventually shrugged it off; any additional creature comforts could come later.
He then strode up to Morgan's office and knocked firmly.

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

"Come in."
You hear from inside the office. Chief Morgan was sitting behind his desk and he had a even more gruff expression than usual, and let's face it he normally did not look like sunshine and teddy bears.
"Ah Mr Wainwright come in."
The old mage said and indicated a chair with his hand, the chair was still warm as if someone had been in it not long ago, it seamed that the Chief's office had quite a bit of traffic today.
"We need to make a plan for how to bring in Hannah Larson, especially since new information have come to light making our Nephandi problem even more serious."
The war mage said getting straight to the point.
"Adley should be right back after he have escorted a prisoner to a cell."
The old mage muttered looking somewhat glum as he said so, he was obviously not to pleased about the situation.

[Warpmind]

Colin nodded, "Presumably, said cell would be the same, hm, guest room I prepared in the basement, then? And Miss Mandis is preparing the attic room. So, whose company have we acquired this time? And by more serious, how bad is it?"

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

"Yes that would indeed be the guest room in the basement Mr Wainwright."
Jeffry confirmed and nodded.
"Good Miss Mandis usually do good work as for our guest this time, a boy and his mother. The boy being a teenage widderslainte who have surrendered to us in exchange for a promise that we will keep his parents safe from Lisa Larson who had threatened them to get the boy's cooperation. It is due to this child we now have more information about the Nephandi's plans and a possible way to locate the Labyrinth itself...but off course, his surrender comes with a price, a price it is hard to send a fifteen your old boy to pay."
The Hermetic said and sigh.
"Now as for how much more serious our situation is, well if they boy is correct and the gaggle of fallen manage to pull of their mad scheme, well then how shall I put it, our goose is cooked, they are planning on bringing a Aswadim here."
Jeffry said in a grave tone of voice.
"Let us just say there is a good chance our new guest in the basement never have to face his cruel fate, as he along with the rest of us will be enjoying the hospitality of some hell or another come Monday."

[Adley]

Marie nodded, she was proud of her son, but she was also very worried about him. "I guess he did the right thing but I...I am his mother Mr Roth Hicks, I want to protect my only child." The true believer said sadly, she gave her son another hug before she let him go.

"I know, Mrs Danbrock." There wasn't anything that he could say. He didn't want Raymond to have to face gilgul either, not for trying to do the right thing. But there was only so much that could be done at the moment.

"Whatever is simplest is fine, I am not a picky eater." The young mage said then he nodded. "Yeah, thank you I do like reading, you sort of have to with my dad, he expect me to be fairly well read to say it like that."

"Very well," he said. He'd have to find him some entertainment fiction, not something he had much of on his own shelves.

"I...do not know really what I am. I have heard that voice of darkness inside of me for as long as I can remember. I think I was three when it started...and it is hard to know what are my feelings and what are his, I understand why the Traditions do not want someone like me with growing magickal powers and a slipping control over that darkness running around, I just do not think it is fair either, I mean I have killed some animals and I regret that, but other than that I have not done anything." Raymond muttered."But thank you for what you said.

It wasn't usual to have memories from such an early age, he did not think. But if it were true that he'd awakened so young and had been battling it for so long, he could not imagine how hard it was...Adley sighed and then nodded to him.

"I am not going to resist. I just don't like needles. I was sick allot as a kid, I begun using magick at three, I did not have control and sometimes I was seen and I would get really ill and there was nothing my father could do so I spent months in hospitals with the doctors poking and probing me, trying to figure out what was wrong, they never did but at least they kept me alive, my dad said it was strange, he had seen Awakened mages and I got much worse reactions than most." The kid said then he pushed the sleeve of his sweater out of the way and held out a thin arm, he was clearly nervous though and looked away.

"I'll also have to check over your personal effects...things you have on your person." Then he took the injection out and then reached out to take his arm and felt for the meatiest bit of his upper arm. Then he took the cap off and then used his other hand to hold his arm so he wouldn't flinch away and injected the stuff as if it were a vaccination.

// not sure if you need a roll for it, but dex check to not make a mess of the poor kid's arm: 0,0,3

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

"I know, Mrs Danbrock." There wasn't anything that he could say. He didn't want Raymond to have to face gilgul either, not for trying to do the right thing. But there was only so much that could be done at the moment.

Marie nodded she looked into your eyes for a moment then she said in a tone of voice that said she was not open for negotiating this.
"At the soonest opportunity Mr Roth Hicks you will explain to me what exactly will happen to my son, I know some of it but not all, what can be done to prevent it and how I can help him, I can not protect him but I will be informed."
The woman said her eyes narrowing.

"I'll also have to check over your personal effects...things you have on your person."

"I know you do."
Raymond said and sigh.
"I carry a knife, the one my father wanted me to drive into my own brain if I was ever cornered by you guys, I guess it will not serve it's purpose."
The boy said not saying whatever or not he would have used the knife on himself if he had been allowed to keep it.

Then he took the injection out and then reached out to take his arm and felt for the meatiest bit of his upper arm. Then he took the cap off and then used his other hand to hold his arm so he wouldn't flinch away and injected the stuff as if it were a vaccination.

Raymond winced sharply and jerked as the needle entered his thin arm, the he settled down for a moment before he gasped and grasped his arm.
"Shit that stuff stings."
The kid muttered then he looked around and shuddered.
"Yeah, I do not like it any better than when my dad prevents me from using magick with his powers, I sort of feel like a part of me is filled with cotton making it fuzzy...that is creepy."
Raymond complained.
"I wonder if this feeling of just having five senses is how it is like to be mom."

(OOC: Memories before three years old is not common? I did not know that.)

[Adley]

Marie nodded she looked into your eyes for a moment then she said in a tone of voice that said she was not open for negotiating this. "At the soonest opportunity Mr Roth Hicks you will explain to me what exactly will happen to my son, I know some of it but not all, what can be done to prevent it and how I can help him, I can not protect him but I will be informed." The woman said her eyes narrowing.

Adley sighed. "Ma'am, I will discuss matters as soon as the critical dangers that we are all currently face are mitigated and we have recovered somewhat; unless that happens, a conversation about such might be moot."

"I carry a knife, the one my father wanted me to drive into my own brain if I was ever cornered by you guys, I guess it will not serve it's purpose."

"You will turn that over to me, handle first. And anything else, I'll check over as well please."

"Shit that stuff stings." The kid muttered then he looked around and shuddered.
"Yeah, I do not like it any better than when my dad prevents me from using magick with his powers, I sort of feel like a part of me is filled with cotton making it fuzzy...that is creepy." Raymond complained. "I wonder if this feeling of just having five senses is how it is like to be mom."

"I apologize for the discomfort...before I awakened I did not feel...fuzzy, though I suppose I would not exactly know any better at the time," he said, musing. "I know you probably have a lot of questions but time is of the essence to prevent this crisis and to see if we can help your father." He checked to see if Anton had arrived yet so he could give him a few instructions and leave.

// Well, Adley isn't a biologist/neurologist or into child development whatsoever, so he could easily be wrong in thinking that, it's not like he had many kids to ask or reason to think about it - iirc oocly though research goes back and forth on how early a child might recall memories but keeps lowering in age, especially ones of events that are novel.

[Warpmind]

Colin arched an eyebrow, "Ah, a Widderslainte, and not a full-fledged Fallen, then... That, at least, might be possible to... hm... I suppose it is too much to hope for him to be cleansed, too?"
He stroked his chin lightly, "Now, what is an Aswadim? And what information has the boy provided? Anything about the time mages, perhaps?"

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Adley:

Adley sighed. "Ma'am, I will discuss matters as soon as the critical dangers that we are all currently face are mitigated and we have recovered somewhat; unless that happens, a conversation about such might be moot."

"Off course I understand that there is a crisis going on, I will wait but we will have that talk."
Marie said sternly.
"And please at least treat my son kindly, he is just a kid."
The woman said. Raymond did not look pleased at being called just a kid though but he said nothing.

"You will turn that over to me, handle first. And anything else, I'll check over as well please."

"Very well I won't resist."
Raymond said and sigh then he took a beautifully done switchblade out of one pocket and hands you, the knife was well made though with the blade retracted it was not easy to determine the quality of the steel itself. Other than that Raymond hands you half a packet of gum, a wallet containing about ten dollars and change as well as pictures of his parents and of Danielle, a credit card, a library card, a buss fee card and about five spent movie tickets, a mini flash light key chain with house keys and what looked like the key to a bike lock on it and a somewhat dinged up ps vita.
"That is all I have on me."
The young mage said.
"But I get that you have to check."

"I apologize for the discomfort...before I awakened I did not feel...fuzzy, though I suppose I would not exactly know any better at the time," he said, musing.

"I can not really remember not being Awakened, I mean I remember the accident I think it happened in, but really nothing before that."
Raymond said.
"And do not worry, like I said it stings a bit but not so much as to be a big problem, I am fine it is just a bit disconcerting, but it is not like I have not been kept from my magick before, my dad sort of use that as grounding if I give in to much to the darkness inside me...and it sucks but I'll be fine."

"I know you probably have a lot of questions but time is of the essence to prevent this crisis and to see if we can help your father."

"I understand, well right now I guess most off my questions are the ones I really do not want to know the answer to."
Raymond said and gave a wry smile.
"But at some time I would like to know more about people...like me mages...but yeah it can wait."
The kid said.

He checked to see if Anton had arrived yet so he could give him a few instructions and leave.

You see the Sons of Ether Hedge Wizard rounding the corner and heading in your direction about the same time as you peek out the door looking for him. The shy man give you a nod.
"I was asked to guard a young prisoner Mr Roth Hicks."
The linear mage said as he stopped in the doorway of the makeshift cell and peeked inside.
"Is this the boy?"
He said and gave Raymond a shy smile.

Colin:

Colin arched an eyebrow, "Ah, a Widderslainte, and not a full-fledged Fallen, then... That, at least, might be possible to... hm... I suppose it is too much to hope for him to be cleansed, too?"

"Well widderslainte are Fallen Mr Wainwright, they are born that way, but no the boy is not a Nephandus as far as I can tell."
Jeffry said then he sigh.
"As of now he is a widderslainte who is not even a member of the Traditions Mr Wainwright, it is unlikely he would even be afforded a trial, however even should the legal issues be solved, I don't know, this child is far more of what I would have suspected a widderslainte under control to be, he have a sense of morality and decency but he might still cut your liver out and eat it, he is not like Miss Alexander who while there is a darkness there she seam far less affected by it. I would wish the kid to be given a chance to try to be cleaned though but as of yet we neither have a method nor many legal ways not keep his Avatar intact."

He stroked his chin lightly, "Now, what is an Aswadim? And what information has the boy provided? Anything about the time mages, perhaps?"

"The Aswadim are a group of six extremely powerful Fallen, they are revered by the Nephandi and are sometimes called the anti Oracles. Now I do not know if they have the power of an Oracle, I certainly hope not, but they are far advanced Archmagi that are thousands of years old. I am not sure if the combined might of every Awakened in this Tribunal will be enough to defeat one of them if the Nephandi successfully calls him. Now as for what else the boy said, not much about time mages but he gave us some names, and he told us that the Labyrinth was in the Umbra and the portal to it's realm was in suburbia, in a hardware store or other metal shop which do give us allot more to go on. For now though, since Lisa Larson want her daughter to take part in that ritual we want to foil those plans, and perhaps the young lady can tell us a more exact location for her mother's little gaggle of devil worshiping willworkers."
Jeffry said then he added.
"Though the boy did say the same that Mr Dale did, that the Labyrinth's Caul was unwell...he also mention that a Caul chance time for the ones who enter, to have them suffer a thousand years of torture, in our young guest was far more explicit about such horrors than I would care to know...this however indicate that the creature, if that is the right term for the thing, have some element of the reality aspect of Time in it, which could explain why Larson are so desperately seeking for practitioners of that Sphere."

(OOC: Yeah reading up on it seams that no one agree. I know I remember events from before I was six months old, but just flashes and have complete memories from I was two, but apparently that is not common. Hum you learn something new every day. )

[Adley]

"And please at least treat my son kindly, he is just a kid." The woman said. Raymond did not look pleased at being called just a kid though but he said nothing.

Adley nodded; it wasn't as if he had any plans to do otherwise, unless the boy's demeanor or actions became threatening.

"That is all I have on me." The young mage said. "But I get that you have to check."

He took the knife, keys and game machine but passed back the rest of the items for the time being. "I might be able to give some of these back later." He didn't promise and wouldn't include the knife, not while he had been told to kill himself and had his hands free to do so.

"And do not worry, like I said it stings a bit but not so much as to be a big problem, I am fine it is just a bit disconcerting, but it is not like I have not been kept from my magick before, my dad sort of use that as grounding if I give in to much to the darkness inside me...and it sucks but I'll be fine."

He nodded. "I see."

"I was asked to guard a young prisoner Mr Roth Hicks." The linear mage said as he stopped in the doorway of the makeshift cell and peeked inside. "Is this the boy?"

Adley nodded to his colleague. "Yes, this is Mister Raymond Danbrock. He has given himself to our custody to help us defeat the Nephandi and protect his parents." Adley hastily wrote out a few lines on a notebook for Mr Von Hess's eyes and passed it to him as he came to the door.

"I will be back shortly with some food and then I will need to speak with the Chief, if you need us," he explained.

note: Please keep a close eye on him but be kind - he is a widderslainte though he is fighting it and trying to help us even though he knows there is risk. His magick has been constrained by an injection for now. I'm concerned he might try to harm himself or that his mother, who is here under watch, will try to help him get away. Contact the Chief or get help if anything happens.

He waited to see if the Etherite had anything particular to reply to the note and applied whatever security measures were applicable and within his ability for the situation before he hurried towards his apartment.

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Adley nodded; it wasn't as if he had any plans to do otherwise, unless the boy's demeanor or actions became threatening.

Marie looks into your eyes for a moment as if she want to see what kind of man was taking her son away, then she sigh and looks away deep worry on her face, she had always walked among giants, he husband was a Hedge Wizard, her son a mage, and right now she was powerless to protect her child and that clearly bothered her, though she said nothing else.

He took the knife, keys and game machine but passed back the rest of the items for the time being. "I might be able to give some of these back later." He didn't promise and wouldn't include the knife, not while he had been told to kill himself and had his hands free to do so.

Raymond nodded and took the wallet and gum back and slipped them into his pockets.
"I see. I have to say I do not much like this being a prisoner thing."
The kid said a bit nervously.

Adley nodded to his colleague. "Yes, this is Mister Raymond Danbrock. He has given himself to our custody to help us defeat the Nephandi and protect his parents." Adley hastily wrote out a few lines on a notebook for Mr Von Hess's eyes and passed it to him as he came to the door.

"It is nice to meet you Mr Danbrock, my name is Anton Von Hess."
The Etherite said politely as he took the note and read it.
"Hum.."
He said then he merely nodded to you to say that he understood.

Well other than locking the door, which Anton can do, and perhaps setting up some sort of ward to tell you if anyone leave the cell or perhaps to alert you to the health status of Raymond there is not that many security measures to make. Anton smiles to the kid and pulled a small travel sized chess board  from one of his pockets and asks Raymond.
"Do you play Mr Danbrock?"
The young mage nodded.
"Yeah me and my dad play at times sure why not it might be a nice way to pass the time."
Anton gave another thin smile at the boy's reply.
"I will have to close the door, but as you see there is a thin slit under it, enough to pass the board back and forth."
The Sons of Ether said as he begun setting up the board, if he had to watch the kid closely the best way to do so was to engage him in an activity.

[Warpmind]

Colin nodded thoughtfully, "Tucked away outside this world... Perfectly reasonable; it's what I'd have done, if I were able... Not an easy thing to navigate, unless you know exactly where the realities intersect, is it? Hardware store or somesuch... I don't suppose anyone has gone to work on the yellow pages?"
Leaning back in the chair, he let his train of thought skip a few stations, "The Caul is unwell, and has a temporal property to it... is it perhaps conceivable that Cauls are grown rather than built, and that this one is essentially immature? That would seem to make more sense than it being ill, I should think. Oh, yes, any luck in tracking down the missing Magi?"
He frowned a bit. "I can see pieces of the puzzle coming together, and I can start to glimpse the outlines of the missing pieces... If the Caul is not fully operational, and it is needed to summon this Aswadim, they would need some additional component; some catalyst. That, I presume, is where Hannah Larson fits in, though it would seem that might be a little... inadequate, power-wise. I'd surmise the Chronomancers would be not so much sacrifice as stabilizers for the Caul, leaving... something significant."
He arched an eyebrow at Morgan, "The Widderslainte, then?"

[Tane Karyak]

Friday Morning:
Ok, then. But you'll end up singing, everybody ends up singing. Tane said with a smile.THose people that thought they coudn't or shouldn't are the ones that sing the more.
Tane vocalized trying to find Amadeus' song, and when he found the first tune, it sprouted quickly from his mouth. Tane's song was a warrior's song, with the clash of wooden weapons and glorious screams, with the power of the waves and the reverence of a Shaman. In this case, Nassa's song was a medieval harvest song, maybe some other live's choice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habD3aC3NN8 (They are a group from my hometown. Medieval music from the XI century)
Soon flames sprouted from his hands.

[Anja Rebekka Schultze]

Colin:

Colin nodded thoughtfully, "Tucked away outside this world... Perfectly reasonable; it's what I'd have done, if I were able... Not an easy thing to navigate, unless you know exactly where the realities intersect, is it?

"It depends on your Paradigm exactly how you would navigate the Umbra but no generally finding something in the wast unreality of the spirit realms are not easy unless you know exactly what you are looking for, that is correct Mr Wainwright."

Hardware store or somesuch... I don't suppose anyone has gone to work on the yellow pages?

"I have just gotten the information myself but yes I am going to put someone on that task."
Jeffry said and nodded.
"One of our Virtual Adepts should be getting that task, digging up information is their specialty after all."

Leaning back in the chair, he let his train of thought skip a few stations, "The Caul is unwell, and has a temporal property to it... is it perhaps conceivable that Cauls are grown rather than built, and that this one is essentially immature?

"I do not know Mr Wainwright, I am no expert on Cauls, however we do know that they serve as portals to some sort of spiritual dimension of unspeakable horror, or at least we think they do, and also we know they appear to be organic, taking the form of a maw or more often a female reproductive organ vulgarly enough, so it is quite possible that they are grown indeed."

That would seem to make more sense than it being ill, I should think. Oh, yes, any luck in tracking down the missing Magi?"

"Yes indeed, well one of them at least. Master Jacqueline Eve Duvalier have been saved, she was wounded but not seriously and she is receiving treatment at Lux Itineris, Temaris however is still missing without a trace."
The old mage said and sigh.
"At least we got the bastard Nephandus who had kidnapped Duvalier, unfortunately we did not get him alive, he will be reborn and another child will suffer."
Jeffry said angrily.

He frowned a bit. "I can see pieces of the puzzle coming together, and I can start to glimpse the outlines of the missing pieces... If the Caul is not fully operational, and it is needed to summon this Aswadim, they would need some additional component; some catalyst. That, I presume, is where Hannah Larson fits in, though it would seem that might be a little... inadequate, power-wise. I'd surmise the Chronomancers would be not so much sacrifice as stabilizers for the Caul, leaving... something significant."

"It is hard to know exactly what their ritual will entail but yes, that is not to far from my own theories, though off course at the moment those theories are little but idle speculation, we need to know more before we can know the full extent of our Fallen friends' plans. If I know anything of ritual structure then Hannah Larson is not a vital component but merely part of the supplication, however we can not chance that I am wrong, and also I will not see another Avatar damned if I can stop it, I will sooner see the woman dead than inverted."

He arched an eyebrow at Morgan, "The Widderslainte, then?"

Jeffry raised an eyebrow at Colin then he sipped his coffee and nodded.
"Yes indeed, the boy, our new guest said something about Larson using him in the ritual because the only other known widderslainte was to well guarded, I am going to go out on a limb and say that she was talking about Miss Alexander, unless off course the Union have a reborn Nephandus among their ranks. In either case in might seam like a widderslainte is needed for the ritual, meaning we might get a visit from our Fallen friends' trying to claim one or both of the ones we have."
The old war mage said then he cracked a wry smile.
"Damn it feels strange to talk about our widderslaintes."
Jeffry muttered.

Tane:

Ok, then. But you'll end up singing, everybody ends up singing. Tane said with a smile.THose people that thought they coudn't or shouldn't are the ones that sing the more.

"You will find I end up doing very few things it is not my will to do Mr Karyak."
Amadeus said wryly as he regarded the Dreamspeaker.

Tane vocalized trying to find Amadeus' song, and when he found the first tune, it sprouted quickly from his mouth. Tane's song was a warrior's song, with the clash of wooden weapons and glorious screams, with the power of the waves and the reverence of a Shaman. In this case, Nassa's song was a medieval harvest song, maybe some other live's choice.

As you sing Amadeus song you get a feeling of timelessness, of life after life coming and passing with the same mind being reborn, a great river flows before you, massive, wild and beautiful, a torrent of raw power that flowed through the ages towards ever new goals and causes, this was a form the old Verbena's Avatar choose to take, or at least it was what you saw, a river wild and dangerous full of power and teeming with life. The soul was old and wise, a warrior's soul that while it would kill when need be also knew when peace was the better option. The Avatar was seen but it ignored you, it was content to flow through it's host, guiding him towards his eventual Ascension. You think you have seen all there is to see, all this powerful old soul is willing to show you when there is a second song, smaller, frailer, but there, a second Avatar connected to the raging river currents, and then you see her, a woman standing on the riverbank, a maiden dark of skin and hair, wearing a white robe with eyes full of wonder, a young Avatar, a companion for Amadeus' grand river that had followed it's larger guide through the mage's lives. This smaller Avatar showed more interest in you than the powerful old river did, her dark, beautiful eyes rested on yours as she curiously observed you, aware that she was seen by someone other than the mage that served as host for both her and her watery companion.

Amadeus' eyes was closed as you sang, the old mage did not sing himself, but a tear rolled down his pale cheek as he was moved by the experience, he had seen and communed with his Avatar many times, but that did not make each meeting less moving as he in your song and in his inner eye saw the great river that flowed in his soul, and the maiden who walked beside it.

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