Rescuing Shawn, Traitors and Bothersome Ghosts IC Thread 38
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Re: Rescuing Shawn, Traitors and Bothersome Ghosts IC Thread 38
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Shawn looked at you for a moment his eyes big and scared then he looked away again.
"Gifts from the vampires it seams."
Hildegard scoffed.
(OOC: I rolled initiative for you Nicole it ended op at 10.)
A tiny snort to this; Nicole finding the vampire's lack of backbone and self-respect particularly grating. The fact it was a vampire doing this made her suspicious that this was a trap of some form...
Shawn looked at you for a moment his eyes big and scared then he looked away again.
What the...?' she exclaimed, hearing the growling, instinct getting her to draw her pistol...
"Gifts from the vampires it seams."
Hildegard scoffed.
(OOC: I rolled initiative for you Nicole it ended op at 10.)
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"Nobody's useless. A very important person taught me that. Everyone can be useful in their own ways." Serge said with a a smile. "I'm sure there's plenty of ways for you to help others. Big and small."
"You've gotta be kidding me." Serge said, eyes widening as the spirits manifested in front of him. He quickly reached down and drew his own pistol in his ankle holster with his marked dominant hand whilst keeping his phone in his left, switching from Jon's app to his gallery and the many pictures he had saved on there.
(OOC: Init Rating = Dex + Wits + 1d10 = 2 + 3 + 3 = 8 )
Anja wrote:"You are good guys then Sir."
Shawn said with admiration in his voice.
"I wish I could help others but I am useless."
He muttered sadly.
"Nobody's useless. A very important person taught me that. Everyone can be useful in their own ways." Serge said with a a smile. "I'm sure there's plenty of ways for you to help others. Big and small."
Anja wrote:Further down the stairs you could all hear something growling and three spirits suddenly showed up on Jon's opp.
"That can not be good!"
Hildegard exclaimed and she drew her little lady gun. Shawn whimpered and his eyes where darting around nervously.
Nicole wrote:'What the...?' she exclaimed, hearing the growling, instinct getting her to draw her pistol...
Anja wrote:You got as far as the second floor, you where now behind the others, you got the door locked but then as you looked down at the others you saw two spirits in front of them, the spirits slowly manifesting as two massive black dogs, they looked like rottweilers the same breed as Mundi, but where Mundi looked like a gentle giant, with large soulful brown eyes, these two looked like demons with distorted features and exposed fangs in a snarl and they where just about to jump your party.
Anja wrote:"Gifts from the vampires it seams."
Hildegard scoffed.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Serge said, eyes widening as the spirits manifested in front of him. He quickly reached down and drew his own pistol in his ankle holster with his marked dominant hand whilst keeping his phone in his left, switching from Jon's app to his gallery and the many pictures he had saved on there.
(OOC: Init Rating = Dex + Wits + 1d10 = 2 + 3 + 3 = 8 )
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Re: Rescuing Shawn, Traitors and Bothersome Ghosts IC Thread 38
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He held in a swear as if holding his breath and nodded.
Time to hustle, double time. He was worried about Colin upstairs though...as well as the rest of them. Best make use of the time they had. As Shawn got spooked again, he moved a bit closer so Flicker could help him as Serge kept talking him down.
He moved so that Serge and Shawn would be covered by his shield and drew his gun as he tried to discern the targets...
// Initiative: 3 (dex)+3 (wits)+5 = 11
So there are 2 dogs with Colin and the hedge, and three with the group Adley is in?
Hildegard nodded she gently tapped Adley on the shoulder and pointed the phone in Serge's hand and what was happening on the screen out to the Hermetic.
"We better hurry everyone."
She said simply
He held in a swear as if holding his breath and nodded.
You will also then see the seven probably ghouls and the two vampires heading towards the front door. The residents met along the way though only glanced and your group and continued with their day.
Time to hustle, double time. He was worried about Colin upstairs though...as well as the rest of them. Best make use of the time they had. As Shawn got spooked again, he moved a bit closer so Flicker could help him as Serge kept talking him down.
Further down the stairs you could all hear something growling and three spirits suddenly showed up on Jon's opp.
"That can not be good!"
Hildegard exclaimed and she drew her little lady gun. Shawn whimpered and his eyes where darting around nervously.
He moved so that Serge and Shawn would be covered by his shield and drew his gun as he tried to discern the targets...
// Initiative: 3 (dex)+3 (wits)+5 = 11
So there are 2 dogs with Colin and the hedge, and three with the group Adley is in?
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((OOC: Initiative roll: Dex (3) + Wits (3) + 2 = 8. Could've been better, but makes sense with positioning...))
Colin nodded, "It's solid work. Very... spiky and unpleasant-looking. Ah, yes, I can see the ward's presence around you," he tapped his glasses, perched on his nose, "and believe me, I don't want to be the being that runs afoul of it..."Anja wrote:"Yes it last as long as the magic in the jar lasts. I make a new one each year but it should protect me no matter where I am."
Monica confirmed.
He stepped to the stairs with a half-victorious grin, then grimaced at the sight of the two spirit dogs, "Well, bugger... Those dogs are... not mundane dogs. Manifest spirits of some sort..."Anja wrote:You got as far as the second floor, you where now behind the others, you got the door locked but then as you looked down at the others you saw two spirits in front of them, the spirits slowly manifesting as two massive black dogs, they looked like rottweilers the same breed as Mundi, but where Mundi looked like a gentle giant, with large soulful brown eyes, these two looked like demons with distorted features and exposed fangs in a snarl and they where just about to jump your party.
((OOC: Initiative roll: Dex (3) + Wits (3) + 2 = 8. Could've been better, but makes sense with positioning...))
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"If you say so Sir."
Shawn said but he sounded rather doubtful.
The vampire party was getting closer, perhaps they had sent the spirit dogs to make sure no one left before they could get here.
Flicker danced over to Shawn's shoulder while humming, the vampire did not see the little spirit but he seamed calmer when she was around.
The two dogs are coming from the ground floor, Adley, Nicole, Serge, Shawn and Hildegard are on the stairs down to the first floor. Colin and Monica are on the stairs from the third floor down to the second so they are above the rest of the group.
"Indeed it is mean to shred any hostile spells directed at me while giving the caster a bit of a poke in the butt."
Monica said with a bit of a grin.
"You can see it? interesting can you see all sort of spells? Also thank you it is pretty basic folk magic."
Monica frowned, she pulled a crystal from her pocket and started muttering softly over it while clasping it with both her hands in a prayer position.
(OOC: Adley and spirit dog A go first, then Nicole, then spirit dog B, then Colin and Serge, then Hildegard, then Monica and last Shawn.)
(OOC 2: A sour jar was the first personal protection my teacher taught me and he had to ask my mother special preission to teach me something that involved bodily fluids seeing as I was a minor at the time.)
"Nobody's useless. A very important person taught me that. Everyone can be useful in their own ways." Serge said with a a smile. "I'm sure there's plenty of ways for you to help others. Big and small."
"If you say so Sir."
Shawn said but he sounded rather doubtful.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Serge said, eyes widening as the spirits manifested in front of him. He quickly reached down and drew his own pistol in his ankle holster with his marked dominant hand whilst keeping his phone in his left, switching from Jon's app to his gallery and the many pictures he had saved on there.
The vampire party was getting closer, perhaps they had sent the spirit dogs to make sure no one left before they could get here.
Time to hustle, double time. He was worried about Colin upstairs though...as well as the rest of them. Best make use of the time they had. As Shawn got spooked again, he moved a bit closer so Flicker could help him as Serge kept talking him down.
Flicker danced over to Shawn's shoulder while humming, the vampire did not see the little spirit but he seamed calmer when she was around.
He moved so that Serge and Shawn would be covered by his shield and drew his gun as he tried to discern the targets...
The two dogs are coming from the ground floor, Adley, Nicole, Serge, Shawn and Hildegard are on the stairs down to the first floor. Colin and Monica are on the stairs from the third floor down to the second so they are above the rest of the group.
Colin nodded, "It's solid work. Very... spiky and unpleasant-looking. Ah, yes, I can see the ward's presence around you," he tapped his glasses, perched on his nose, "and believe me, I don't want to be the being that runs afoul of it..."
"Indeed it is mean to shred any hostile spells directed at me while giving the caster a bit of a poke in the butt."
Monica said with a bit of a grin.
"You can see it? interesting can you see all sort of spells? Also thank you it is pretty basic folk magic."
He stepped to the stairs with a half-victorious grin, then grimaced at the sight of the two spirit dogs, "Well, bugger... Those dogs are... not mundane dogs. Manifest spirits of some sort..."
Monica frowned, she pulled a crystal from her pocket and started muttering softly over it while clasping it with both her hands in a prayer position.
(OOC: Adley and spirit dog A go first, then Nicole, then spirit dog B, then Colin and Serge, then Hildegard, then Monica and last Shawn.)
(OOC 2: A sour jar was the first personal protection my teacher taught me and he had to ask my mother special preission to teach me something that involved bodily fluids seeing as I was a minor at the time.)
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He looked at Monica, then at the dogs, then frowned, "Miss, I'm going to try to give your ward something of a boost. Might make it a little more aggressive against those dogs... and a lot more powerful."
Colin smiled, "It takes a little effort to see magic - but yes, when I do, I see all sorts of spells, lingering residues of spells, sometimes even a glimpse of what sort of person the one I'm looking at is at heart. Though the latter does take a lot more effort, and is generally considered a bit along the lines of violating someone's privacy. And nothing wrong with basic - some of the most effective spells are very much basic; refinement has its uses, but in the heat of battle, for example, well..."Anja wrote:"Indeed it is mean to shred any hostile spells directed at me while giving the caster a bit of a poke in the butt."
Monica said with a bit of a grin.
"You can see it? interesting can you see all sort of spells? Also thank you it is pretty basic folk magic."
He grimaced, thinking on his feet - perhaps he could scramble the spirits' bindings... but no, a Giovanni or Tremere worth their salt would be stronger than him, and they'd most certainly be able to counter his work as quick as he could do it, if not quicker, which left...Anja wrote:Monica frowned, she pulled a crystal from her pocket and started muttering softly over it while clasping it with both her hands in a prayer position.
He looked at Monica, then at the dogs, then frowned, "Miss, I'm going to try to give your ward something of a boost. Might make it a little more aggressive against those dogs... and a lot more powerful."
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"Hum...I see well that is a pretty practical skill Mr Wainwright. Is that about like what you showed me with your glasses? When we could see energies floating around my tools and around you and everything in my apartment?"
The witch asked.
"I got to learn that trick."
Monica nodded at that, her eyes a little unfocused as she was focusing on whatever it was that she was doing.
"Ok...that sounds like a good idea."
She agreed as she continued to softly chant.
Colin smiled, "It takes a little effort to see magic - but yes, when I do, I see all sorts of spells, lingering residues of spells, sometimes even a glimpse of what sort of person the one I'm looking at is at heart. Though the latter does take a lot more effort, and is generally considered a bit along the lines of violating someone's privacy. And nothing wrong with basic - some of the most effective spells are very much basic; refinement has its uses, but in the heat of battle, for example, well..."
"Hum...I see well that is a pretty practical skill Mr Wainwright. Is that about like what you showed me with your glasses? When we could see energies floating around my tools and around you and everything in my apartment?"
The witch asked.
"I got to learn that trick."
He grimaced, thinking on his feet - perhaps he could scramble the spirits' bindings... but no, a Giovanni or Tremere worth their salt would be stronger than him, and they'd most certainly be able to counter his work as quick as he could do it, if not quicker, which left...
He looked at Monica, then at the dogs, then frowned, "Miss, I'm going to try to give your ward something of a boost. Might make it a little more aggressive against those dogs... and a lot more powerful."
Monica nodded at that, her eyes a little unfocused as she was focusing on whatever it was that she was doing.
"Ok...that sounds like a good idea."
She agreed as she continued to softly chant.
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At the head of their little party, Nicole silently drew her pistol, took aim at the nearest "dog" and opened fire...
[Attempting 'Deadaim']
[Not willing to get stuck in 'Initiative Hell' which can happen with WoD pbp games. Nicole's "standing orders" are to simply shoot down the creatures until they're either dead, retreating or they're at hand-to-hand distance.]
[So the apartment building is four-storey, then? Thought it was three...]
- Anja's Post:
- The two dogs are coming from the ground floor, Adley, Nicole, Serge, Shawn and Hildegard are on the stairs down to the first floor. Colin and Monica are on the stairs from the third floor down to the second so they are above the rest of the group.
At the head of their little party, Nicole silently drew her pistol, took aim at the nearest "dog" and opened fire...
[Attempting 'Deadaim']
[Not willing to get stuck in 'Initiative Hell' which can happen with WoD pbp games. Nicole's "standing orders" are to simply shoot down the creatures until they're either dead, retreating or they're at hand-to-hand distance.]
[So the apartment building is four-storey, then? Thought it was three...]
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((OOC: This spell's probably going to take a couple of rolls to get an appreciable amount of successes, so that's going to last a couple of turns. Burning Willpower to pull it off, too. Hoping P2C2 will be enough to pull this off. Also, how much Tass is in the ring? Anyways, Arete rolls: 1WP+9,0,0 (Jesus!) - 1WP+8,0,0 (Double Jesus!) ))
Colin nodded, "I cannot teach you that trick - we work different kinds of magic - but I might be able to put you in contact with a few people who may be willing to take you on for a bit of mentoring... That's going to cost, though, and I don't mean necessarily in monetary terms."Anja wrote:"Hum...I see well that is a pretty practical skill Mr Wainwright. Is that about like what you showed me with your glasses? When we could see energies floating around my tools and around you and everything in my apartment?"
The witch asked.
"I got to learn that trick."
He cast a glance down at the dogs, then held up his Prime ring and the ritual dagger, working to channel some of the Tass from Shawn's ring into the ward for extra power, and trying to tickle a connection between the ward and the spirits, to convince the ward the dogs had malicious intent...Anja wrote:Monica nodded at that, her eyes a little unfocused as she was focusing on whatever it was that she was doing.
"Ok...that sounds like a good idea."
She agreed as she continued to softly chant.
((OOC: This spell's probably going to take a couple of rolls to get an appreciable amount of successes, so that's going to last a couple of turns. Burning Willpower to pull it off, too. Hoping P2C2 will be enough to pull this off. Also, how much Tass is in the ring? Anyways, Arete rolls: 1WP+9,0,0 (Jesus!) - 1WP+8,0,0 (Double Jesus!) ))
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Serge grimaced. He knew if they spent too long fighting the dogs the vampire party would catch up to them and he wasn't really fond of starting a firefight in the middle of an apartment building. He moved slightly, hoping to block Shawn from view of the dogs and quickly flipped through his gallery to a particular picture he had saved on there.
It was a picture of the Scooby-doo gang classically running away from a monster. It was such a common story beat. The victim runs and the monster chases. And he would make sure these monsters would follow the conventions set out for them.
He concentrated on the picture, imagining their group in place of the Scooby-doo gang, running away at full speed with the dogs chasing close behind them.
((OOC: Mind 3 effect. Causing a mental sight illusion where Spirit Dog B (if I can only target one) sees our group run away and feels compelled to chase after the illusion. If this works, the illusions will be moving away from wherever the group parked the car.
Arete Roll: 3, 6, 7, 7 )
Anja wrote:The vampire party was getting closer, perhaps they had sent the spirit dogs to make sure no one left before they could get here.
Serge grimaced. He knew if they spent too long fighting the dogs the vampire party would catch up to them and he wasn't really fond of starting a firefight in the middle of an apartment building. He moved slightly, hoping to block Shawn from view of the dogs and quickly flipped through his gallery to a particular picture he had saved on there.
It was a picture of the Scooby-doo gang classically running away from a monster. It was such a common story beat. The victim runs and the monster chases. And he would make sure these monsters would follow the conventions set out for them.
He concentrated on the picture, imagining their group in place of the Scooby-doo gang, running away at full speed with the dogs chasing close behind them.
((OOC: Mind 3 effect. Causing a mental sight illusion where Spirit Dog B (if I can only target one) sees our group run away and feels compelled to chase after the illusion. If this works, the illusions will be moving away from wherever the group parked the car.
Arete Roll: 3, 6, 7, 7 )
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"Are not just magic the same it is just different how one use it?"
Monica asked.
"Yeah sure that would be great but it depend on the cost I do not have much and I am even more skeptical on non monetary costs."
You hit the first dog, and it howled but just continued towards you, biting down on your leg, right above your booth, you could feel it's teeth sinking into your flesh and it hurt but it had not managed a very deep bite though.
The dogs, including the one that where gnawing on Nicole's leg suddenly howled, for those who saw spirits they where suddenly full of cuts, sliced open by broken glass shards, old nails, needles, razor blades and other unpleasant things, that did some damage and the now wounded dogs backed up quite a bit still growling. For those who could not see the spiritual the dogs was just suddenly wounded with lots of little cuts.
The spirit looked up, turned around and ran of, leaving his buddy to face the group of mages alone, it growled and barked as it chased something the rest of you could not see out of the building. Hildegard aimed at the remaining dog and fired a bullet into it, the spirit dog was getting pretty wounded now, it could not take much more damage before it would not be able to hold it's physical form any longer. Shawn started to cry but at least he did not collapse this time. Monica suddenly directed her crystal at the remaining dog and shouted in Dutch and the remaining dog howled again and backed of more to stunned to attack right now from the barrage of damage it was suffering.
(OOC: It is three floors, the first, the second where the apartment Shawn was kept in was located and the third where Monica's apartment is.)
(OOC: 2: Nicole I rolled all the attack and doge rolls for you and it comes down to one point of lethal damage, however due to your natural resistance of disease you do not get infected with the illnesses these carry.)
(OOC 3: That is quite a roll Warp and about the ring you do not know you have to do a spell to try to figure out the exact amount but it is quite a bit.)
Colin nodded, "I cannot teach you that trick - we work different kinds of magic - but I might be able to put you in contact with a few people who may be willing to take you on for a bit of mentoring... That's going to cost, though, and I don't mean necessarily in monetary terms."
"Are not just magic the same it is just different how one use it?"
Monica asked.
"Yeah sure that would be great but it depend on the cost I do not have much and I am even more skeptical on non monetary costs."
At the head of their little party, Nicole silently drew her pistol, took aim at the nearest "dog" and opened fire...
You hit the first dog, and it howled but just continued towards you, biting down on your leg, right above your booth, you could feel it's teeth sinking into your flesh and it hurt but it had not managed a very deep bite though.
He cast a glance down at the dogs, then held up his Prime ring and the ritual dagger, working to channel some of the Tass from Shawn's ring into the ward for extra power, and trying to tickle a connection between the ward and the spirits, to convince the ward the dogs had malicious intent...
The dogs, including the one that where gnawing on Nicole's leg suddenly howled, for those who saw spirits they where suddenly full of cuts, sliced open by broken glass shards, old nails, needles, razor blades and other unpleasant things, that did some damage and the now wounded dogs backed up quite a bit still growling. For those who could not see the spiritual the dogs was just suddenly wounded with lots of little cuts.
Serge grimaced. He knew if they spent too long fighting the dogs the vampire party would catch up to them and he wasn't really fond of starting a firefight in the middle of an apartment building. He moved slightly, hoping to block Shawn from view of the dogs and quickly flipped through his gallery to a particular picture he had saved on there.
It was a picture of the Scooby-doo gang classically running away from a monster. It was such a common story beat. The victim runs and the monster chases. And he would make sure these monsters would follow the conventions set out for them.
He concentrated on the picture, imagining their group in place of the Scooby-doo gang, running away at full speed with the dogs chasing close behind them.
The spirit looked up, turned around and ran of, leaving his buddy to face the group of mages alone, it growled and barked as it chased something the rest of you could not see out of the building. Hildegard aimed at the remaining dog and fired a bullet into it, the spirit dog was getting pretty wounded now, it could not take much more damage before it would not be able to hold it's physical form any longer. Shawn started to cry but at least he did not collapse this time. Monica suddenly directed her crystal at the remaining dog and shouted in Dutch and the remaining dog howled again and backed of more to stunned to attack right now from the barrage of damage it was suffering.
(OOC: It is three floors, the first, the second where the apartment Shawn was kept in was located and the third where Monica's apartment is.)
(OOC: 2: Nicole I rolled all the attack and doge rolls for you and it comes down to one point of lethal damage, however due to your natural resistance of disease you do not get infected with the illnesses these carry.)
(OOC 3: That is quite a roll Warp and about the ring you do not know you have to do a spell to try to figure out the exact amount but it is quite a bit.)
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Ignoring the pain from her leg, Nicole lashed out at the beast in the manner she'd been prepared for; her right hand, down onto the back of the creature's head [where it meets the neck] with full force, activating her claws as she did so...
[Thanks for PM assist]
[In previous post you mentioned 'ground floor'/ 'third floor'. This would mean it was a four-story. It's either 'ground floor'/'second floor' [UK] or 'first floor'/'third floor' [US].]
- Anja's Post:
- You hit the first dog, and it howled but just continued towards you, biting down on your leg, right above your booth, you could feel it's teeth sinking into your flesh and it hurt but it had not managed a very deep bite though.
Ignoring the pain from her leg, Nicole lashed out at the beast in the manner she'd been prepared for; her right hand, down onto the back of the creature's head [where it meets the neck] with full force, activating her claws as she did so...
[Thanks for PM assist]
[In previous post you mentioned 'ground floor'/ 'third floor'. This would mean it was a four-story. It's either 'ground floor'/'second floor' [UK] or 'first floor'/'third floor' [US].]
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The large black dog howled and then it sort of vanished before your eyes, as it could no longer stay manifested with all the damage it's constructed physical form had taken, all of this Nicole did not know though as she had not taken that many lessons about non coporial cryptids. What Colin and Adley will see though is the spirit dog going for the Hermetic, now just a spirit it ignored the targets that did not see it and headed for Adley readly to go for his throat.
(OOC: Ah here we call whatever floor is level with the ground the ground floor, so that would be the first floor, then a second, and a third and probably there is a basement as well though that have not come into play. And NP. Well you did enough damage on the spirit dog that it is no longer physical.)
Ignoring the pain from her leg, Nicole lashed out at the beast in the manner she'd been prepared for; her right hand, down onto the back of the creature's head [where it meets the neck] with full force, activating her claws as she did so...
The large black dog howled and then it sort of vanished before your eyes, as it could no longer stay manifested with all the damage it's constructed physical form had taken, all of this Nicole did not know though as she had not taken that many lessons about non coporial cryptids. What Colin and Adley will see though is the spirit dog going for the Hermetic, now just a spirit it ignored the targets that did not see it and headed for Adley readly to go for his throat.
(OOC: Ah here we call whatever floor is level with the ground the ground floor, so that would be the first floor, then a second, and a third and probably there is a basement as well though that have not come into play. And NP. Well you did enough damage on the spirit dog that it is no longer physical.)
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As Adley saw the hellish hounds, he grabbed for the dagger that was imbued with Quintessence, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Nicole dispatched one into ephemera and it suddenly turned on him and lunged; he tried to parry the spirit, bringing the blade up so that it would use its own momentum against it. For those who couldn't see the spirit, Adley brought up the blade swiftly towards an empty space, standing his ground against not even a shadow, muscles tensed as if a great weight were coming toward him.
// Melee+Dex (parry): 4, 5, 4 0, 7, 8
As Adley saw the hellish hounds, he grabbed for the dagger that was imbued with Quintessence, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Nicole dispatched one into ephemera and it suddenly turned on him and lunged; he tried to parry the spirit, bringing the blade up so that it would use its own momentum against it. For those who couldn't see the spirit, Adley brought up the blade swiftly towards an empty space, standing his ground against not even a shadow, muscles tensed as if a great weight were coming toward him.
// Melee+Dex (parry): 4, 5, 4 0, 7, 8
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It really felt like a heavy dog leaned against you when the spirit dog reached up on his hind legs and tried to reach your throat with it's hellish mouth, full of, as you now saw close up, teeth blackened by some sort of dripping fluid like a cartoon snake. The teeth never hit your neck though as the knife slid into the dog's neck, for a moment it struggled against the blade to reach you, then it tried to pull away as it realized it's spiritual form was wounded, however your knife was still in it's flesh and it howled as it tried to pull away.
Flutter who had been hiding in the hood of your sweater again suddenly dashed forward and a brilliant green light shone from her, only those among your party who had the ability to see spirits would see this light, but the spirit dog for sure saw it, for while the light was just bright to you it clearly blinded him and he howled again and snapped at the air, now wounded and blind. Flutter quickly fled back to your hood and hid again, you could feel her at your neck, a little glowing ball of green, growing spring in the middle of all of this decay.
As Adley saw the hellish hounds, he grabbed for the dagger that was imbued with Quintessence, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Nicole dispatched one into ephemera and it suddenly turned on him and lunged; he tried to parry the spirit, bringing the blade up so that it would use its own momentum against it. For those who couldn't see the spirit, Adley brought up the blade swiftly towards an empty space, standing his ground against not even a shadow, muscles tensed as if a great weight were coming toward him.
It really felt like a heavy dog leaned against you when the spirit dog reached up on his hind legs and tried to reach your throat with it's hellish mouth, full of, as you now saw close up, teeth blackened by some sort of dripping fluid like a cartoon snake. The teeth never hit your neck though as the knife slid into the dog's neck, for a moment it struggled against the blade to reach you, then it tried to pull away as it realized it's spiritual form was wounded, however your knife was still in it's flesh and it howled as it tried to pull away.
Flutter who had been hiding in the hood of your sweater again suddenly dashed forward and a brilliant green light shone from her, only those among your party who had the ability to see spirits would see this light, but the spirit dog for sure saw it, for while the light was just bright to you it clearly blinded him and he howled again and snapped at the air, now wounded and blind. Flutter quickly fled back to your hood and hid again, you could feel her at your neck, a little glowing ball of green, growing spring in the middle of all of this decay.
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"It's all right. It's all right. Your gonna be OK." Serge said turning to Shawn to try and calm him down. He saw Nicole destroy one of the dogs and breathed a sigh of relief before noticing his other cabalmate suddenly parrying and struggling with the air. It didn't take long for him to guess what was happening.
He swore under his breath, hating himself for not being able to do anything against the invisible opponent. He simply made sure to stand between Adley and Shawn, so that whatever invisible foe he was facing couldn't get to Shawn easily. He knew that Adley or Ms. Gottsheck could easily dispatch the spirit and got ready for that moment when the coast was clear.
Anja wrote:The spirit looked up, turned around and ran of, leaving his buddy to face the group of mages alone, it growled and barked as it chased something the rest of you could not see out of the building. Hildegard aimed at the remaining dog and fired a bullet into it, the spirit dog was getting pretty wounded now, it could not take much more damage before it would not be able to hold it's physical form any longer. Shawn started to cry but at least he did not collapse this time. Monica suddenly directed her crystal at the remaining dog and shouted in Dutch and the remaining dog howled again and backed of more to stunned to attack right now from the barrage of damage it was suffering.
Anja wrote:The large black dog howled and then it sort of vanished before your eyes, as it could no longer stay manifested with all the damage it's constructed physical form had taken, all of this Nicole did not know though as she had not taken that many lessons about non coporial cryptids. What Colin and Adley will see though is the spirit dog going for the Hermetic, now just a spirit it ignored the targets that did not see it and headed for Adley readly to go for his throat.
"It's all right. It's all right. Your gonna be OK." Serge said turning to Shawn to try and calm him down. He saw Nicole destroy one of the dogs and breathed a sigh of relief before noticing his other cabalmate suddenly parrying and struggling with the air. It didn't take long for him to guess what was happening.
He swore under his breath, hating himself for not being able to do anything against the invisible opponent. He simply made sure to stand between Adley and Shawn, so that whatever invisible foe he was facing couldn't get to Shawn easily. He knew that Adley or Ms. Gottsheck could easily dispatch the spirit and got ready for that moment when the coast was clear.
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"But they are coming...."
Shawn muttered nervously, the young vampire's dark eyes glanced at you then the gazed around nervously.
"They are coming...they are coming."
As you got into a protective position between Adley and his foe on one side and Shawn on the other Hildegard begun to sing, it was a soft, and yet demanding song, perhaps she was trying to banish the spirit dog, and yet you knew from having watched the Chorister do other spell work that often it took a little bit of time for her to get her magick going.
All the while this was happening all the residents of the building save the pretty black woman Colin had with him stayed in their apartments and the building had become dead silent, the residents had seen fights before and they just kept their heads down and prayed a stray bullet would not hit them or their children as they hoped the conflict would be over soon, there where no sound from the apartments as everyone just held their breaths and stayed out of the way.
"It's all right. It's all right. Your gonna be OK." Serge said turning to Shawn to try and calm him down. He saw Nicole destroy one of the dogs and breathed a sigh of relief before noticing his other cabalmate suddenly parrying and struggling with the air. It didn't take long for him to guess what was happening.
"But they are coming...."
Shawn muttered nervously, the young vampire's dark eyes glanced at you then the gazed around nervously.
"They are coming...they are coming."
He swore under his breath, hating himself for not being able to do anything against the invisible opponent. He simply made sure to stand between Adley and Shawn, so that whatever invisible foe he was facing couldn't get to Shawn easily. He knew that Adley or Ms. Gottsheck could easily dispatch the spirit and got ready for that moment when the coast was clear.
As you got into a protective position between Adley and his foe on one side and Shawn on the other Hildegard begun to sing, it was a soft, and yet demanding song, perhaps she was trying to banish the spirit dog, and yet you knew from having watched the Chorister do other spell work that often it took a little bit of time for her to get her magick going.
All the while this was happening all the residents of the building save the pretty black woman Colin had with him stayed in their apartments and the building had become dead silent, the residents had seen fights before and they just kept their heads down and prayed a stray bullet would not hit them or their children as they hoped the conflict would be over soon, there where no sound from the apartments as everyone just held their breaths and stayed out of the way.
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As Adley stabbed it and Flutter blinded it, he relaxed a little, picking up the pace again, "Well, that works..."
((OOC: Does the spirit dog have a collar? Also, gotcha on the unknown capacity of the ring.))
Colin smiled thinly, "Linear Magic works with Reality, using the loopholes in the laws of physics, while Awakened Magic sets the laws of physics aside for a few moments... Neither is inherently more powerful than the other, but your methods are more inflexible but reliable, whereas ours are... more flexible, but can bring a nasty backlash. Reality does not like to be ignored... And the cost might be to leave your ignorance fully behind, and get fully immersed in this stranger, larger world."Anja wrote:"Are not just magic the same it is just different how one use it?"
Monica asked.
"Yeah sure that would be great but it depend on the cost I do not have much and I am even more skeptical on non monetary costs."
He let out a quiet, impressed whistle, then slowly started moving further down the stairs.Anja wrote:The dogs, including the one that where gnawing on Nicole's leg suddenly howled, for those who saw spirits they where suddenly full of cuts, sliced open by broken glass shards, old nails, needles, razor blades and other unpleasant things, that did some damage and the now wounded dogs backed up quite a bit still growling. For those who could not see the spiritual the dogs was just suddenly wounded with lots of little cuts.
Anja wrote:The large black dog howled and then it sort of vanished before your eyes, as it could no longer stay manifested with all the damage it's constructed physical form had taken, all of this Nicole did not know though as she had not taken that many lessons about non coporial cryptids. What Colin and Adley will see though is the spirit dog going for the Hermetic, now just a spirit it ignored the targets that did not see it and headed for Adley readly to go for his throat.
S7trif3 wrote:As Adley saw the hellish hounds, he grabbed for the dagger that was imbued with Quintessence, wanting to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Nicole dispatched one into ephemera and it suddenly turned on him and lunged; he tried to parry the spirit, bringing the blade up so that it would use its own momentum against it. For those who couldn't see the spirit, Adley brought up the blade swiftly towards an empty space, standing his ground against not even a shadow, muscles tensed as if a great weight were coming toward him.
Anja wrote:It really felt like a heavy dog leaned against you when the spirit dog reached up on his hind legs and tried to reach your throat with it's hellish mouth, full of, as you now saw close up, teeth blackened by some sort of dripping fluid like a cartoon snake. The teeth never hit your neck though as the knife slid into the dog's neck, for a moment it struggled against the blade to reach you, then it tried to pull away as it realized it's spiritual form was wounded, however your knife was still in it's flesh and it howled as it tried to pull away.
Flutter who had been hiding in the hood of your sweater again suddenly dashed forward and a brilliant green light shone from her, only those among your party who had the ability to see spirits would see this light, but the spirit dog for sure saw it, for while the light was just bright to you it clearly blinded him and he howled again and snapped at the air, now wounded and blind. Flutter quickly fled back to your hood and hid again, you could feel her at your neck, a little glowing ball of green, growing spring in the middle of all of this decay.
He froze, ever so briefly, as the incorporeal dog lunged at Adley, "Bugger, it's still coming for..."Anja wrote:As you got into a protective position between Adley and his foe on one side and Shawn on the other Hildegard begun to sing, it was a soft, and yet demanding song, perhaps she was trying to banish the spirit dog, and yet you knew from having watched the Chorister do other spell work that often it took a little bit of time for her to get her magick going.
All the while this was happening all the residents of the building save the pretty black woman Colin had with him stayed in their apartments and the building had become dead silent, the residents had seen fights before and they just kept their heads down and prayed a stray bullet would not hit them or their children as they hoped the conflict would be over soon, there where no sound from the apartments as everyone just held their breaths and stayed out of the way.
As Adley stabbed it and Flutter blinded it, he relaxed a little, picking up the pace again, "Well, that works..."
((OOC: Does the spirit dog have a collar? Also, gotcha on the unknown capacity of the ring.))
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Monica thought for a moment then she looked at you and asked.
"So it is a bit like the difference between just buying some paint and a canvas and doing a paint by numbers set? You have less freedom with a paint by numbers project but if you follow the instructions and have a steady hand you will end up with a nice picture worthy of hanging on the wall even with no experience, but with just a canvas an paint you have more freedom but more things can go wrong?"
She asked.
Well the dog was blinded and confused and still stabbed so it might be possible to simple run past it now, in either case it's threat had been reduced, however soon the two vampires and their servants would be upon your party.
(OOC: They do not have collars.)
Colin smiled thinly, "Linear Magic works with Reality, using the loopholes in the laws of physics, while Awakened Magic sets the laws of physics aside for a few moments... Neither is inherently more powerful than the other, but your methods are more inflexible but reliable, whereas ours are... more flexible, but can bring a nasty backlash. Reality does not like to be ignored... And the cost might be to leave your ignorance fully behind, and get fully immersed in this stranger, larger world."
Monica thought for a moment then she looked at you and asked.
"So it is a bit like the difference between just buying some paint and a canvas and doing a paint by numbers set? You have less freedom with a paint by numbers project but if you follow the instructions and have a steady hand you will end up with a nice picture worthy of hanging on the wall even with no experience, but with just a canvas an paint you have more freedom but more things can go wrong?"
She asked.
He froze, ever so briefly, as the incorporeal dog lunged at Adley, "Bugger, it's still coming for..."
As Adley stabbed it and Flutter blinded it, he relaxed a little, picking up the pace again, "Well, that works..."
Well the dog was blinded and confused and still stabbed so it might be possible to simple run past it now, in either case it's threat had been reduced, however soon the two vampires and their servants would be upon your party.
(OOC: They do not have collars.)
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Colin pondered for an instant, then grinned, "I think I will keep that simile; it fits perfectly. I think I will run it by a couple of the Linear Magi at the Chantry, too, see what they think."Anja wrote:Monica thought for a moment then she looked at you and asked.
"So it is a bit like the difference between just buying some paint and a canvas and doing a paint by numbers set? You have less freedom with a paint by numbers project but if you follow the instructions and have a steady hand you will end up with a nice picture worthy of hanging on the wall even with no experience, but with just a canvas an paint you have more freedom but more things can go wrong?"
She asked.
He quickly checked Jon's scanner, and gestured for Monica to follow him, "The dog's blinded and wounded, I think you can pass safely, but hurry out the back door."Anja wrote:Well the dog was blinded and confused and still stabbed so it might be possible to simple run past it now, in either case it's threat had been reduced, however soon the two vampires and their servants would be upon your party.
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Monica smiled a little at that.
"Feel free to do so, and yes then I do think I get the difference you are talking about Mr Wainwright."
The witch looked at you, hesitated then she nodded.
"Be safe."
She wished before she pulled out a simple bussiness card from her pocket.
"Here is my number and the store name for my etsy store in case you want more candles."
Monica said handing you the card then she ran towards the back exit.
The rest of you are the woman with Colin hurry towards the back door. The dog was to blinded and hurt to do other than bark at her as she ran.
Monica smiled a little at that.
"Feel free to do so, and yes then I do think I get the difference you are talking about Mr Wainwright."
The witch looked at you, hesitated then she nodded.
"Be safe."
She wished before she pulled out a simple bussiness card from her pocket.
"Here is my number and the store name for my etsy store in case you want more candles."
Monica said handing you the card then she ran towards the back exit.
The rest of you are the woman with Colin hurry towards the back door. The dog was to blinded and hurt to do other than bark at her as she ran.
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'What the...?' the Etherite muttered, giving a tiny frown.
[Yeah, I guessed you'd simply mixed up Euro/American terminology. Well, that's my pedantic point of the week over and done with. *smirks*]
- Anja's Posts:
- The dogs, including the one that where gnawing on Nicole's leg suddenly howled, for those who saw spirits they where suddenly full of cuts, sliced open by broken glass shards, old nails, needles, razor blades and other unpleasant things, that did some damage and the now wounded dogs backed up quite a bit still growling. For those who could not see the spiritual the dogs was just suddenly wounded with lots of little cuts.
The large black dog howled and then it sort of vanished before your eyes, as it could no longer stay manifested with all the damage it's constructed physical form had taken, all of this Nicole did not know though as she had not taken that many lessons about non coporial cryptids. What Colin and Adley will see though is the spirit dog going for the Hermetic, now just a spirit it ignored the targets that did not see it and headed for Adley readly to go for his throat.
'What the...?' the Etherite muttered, giving a tiny frown.
[Yeah, I guessed you'd simply mixed up Euro/American terminology. Well, that's my pedantic point of the week over and done with. *smirks*]
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Re: Rescuing Shawn, Traitors and Bothersome Ghosts IC Thread 38
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"But their not here yet. And they don't know you've gone. And they won't know your gone. You will be fine." Serge said softly to him, switching the app from his gallery to Jon's map app to see where the vampire party were.
"And you guys yelled at me for preferring to take a bit of time." Serge thought pettily as he watched Ms. Gottschalk work, fidgeting slightly as his impatience grew.
"Wait? What? How?" Serge said, confused on how the women managed to walk through the air that Adley had struggled against.
"Is the invisible spirit down or something?" he asked, looking confused, glancing at Ms. Gottschalk to see if she was still singing.
(OOC: I don't think the other dog is there right? It ran out of the building chasing something that the others couldn't see.)
Anja wrote:"But they are coming...."
Shawn muttered nervously, the young vampire's dark eyes glanced at you then the gazed around nervously.
"They are coming...they are coming."
"But their not here yet. And they don't know you've gone. And they won't know your gone. You will be fine." Serge said softly to him, switching the app from his gallery to Jon's map app to see where the vampire party were.
Anja wrote:As you got into a protective position between Adley and his foe on one side and Shawn on the other Hildegard begun to sing, it was a soft, and yet demanding song, perhaps she was trying to banish the spirit dog, and yet you knew from having watched the Chorister do other spell work that often it took a little bit of time for her to get her magick going.
"And you guys yelled at me for preferring to take a bit of time." Serge thought pettily as he watched Ms. Gottschalk work, fidgeting slightly as his impatience grew.
Anja wrote:The witch looked at you, hesitated then she nodded.
"Be safe."
She wished before she pulled out a simple bussiness card from her pocket.
"Here is my number and the store name for my etsy store in case you want more candles."
Monica said handing you the card then she ran towards the back exit.
The rest of you saw the woman with Colin hurry towards the back door. The dog was to blinded and hurt to do other than bark at her as she ran.
"Wait? What? How?" Serge said, confused on how the women managed to walk through the air that Adley had struggled against.
"Is the invisible spirit down or something?" he asked, looking confused, glancing at Ms. Gottschalk to see if she was still singing.
(OOC: I don't think the other dog is there right? It ran out of the building chasing something that the others couldn't see.)
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He felt the spiritual weight of the thing against him, struggling against it, trying to keep it away from the others so there was a clear area to escape. He grit his teeth and continued to parry it tore itself to freedom, beware of it's glistening teeth. He grunted, "If you destroy...their physical...form...they return....to spiritual forms...and attack...again..." Then there was a sudden flash of light as a spot of green zoomed out in front of him and following that a series of splinters of something and howling..."Got to get out..." With all that noise, the vampires wouldn't be far behind.
// Flicker used Blind, it was super effective
2 - my computer is having some conflicts with a driver so fingers crossed nothing annoying happens
3 - do I need a melee or another parry roll if it's already impaled? Here is one in case I do: 5, 7, 3, 5, 8, 6
4 - I thought there were two left, one on Nic that she just shot and the one tangling with Adley, disincorporated
He felt the spiritual weight of the thing against him, struggling against it, trying to keep it away from the others so there was a clear area to escape. He grit his teeth and continued to parry it tore itself to freedom, beware of it's glistening teeth. He grunted, "If you destroy...their physical...form...they return....to spiritual forms...and attack...again..." Then there was a sudden flash of light as a spot of green zoomed out in front of him and following that a series of splinters of something and howling..."Got to get out..." With all that noise, the vampires wouldn't be far behind.
// Flicker used Blind, it was super effective
2 - my computer is having some conflicts with a driver so fingers crossed nothing annoying happens
3 - do I need a melee or another parry roll if it's already impaled? Here is one in case I do: 5, 7, 3, 5, 8, 6
4 - I thought there were two left, one on Nic that she just shot and the one tangling with Adley, disincorporated
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Re: Rescuing Shawn, Traitors and Bothersome Ghosts IC Thread 38
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The problem was one had run of and the other you could no longer see. Adley where fighting something but it just look like the empty air to you so there is nothing for you to aim for. You can fire in that direction but that will increase the chance a bullet will go somewhere it should not.
Shawn's eyes went wide and he looked around terrified. On the app you could see that the vampire party where getting ready outside of the front door, it seamed that they where getting into formation before moving in.
The Chorister was still singing.
"I believe it is a spirit Sir."
Shawn muttered.
From the dots on the app the vampires and ghouls where just getting into position before moving in. You continued to defend yourself with your knife but the attack had stopped as the dog tried to get his vision back.
"Agreed the thing is not likely to be a danger to anyone else here."
Hildegard stopped singing to say.
"We should run."
(OOC: Indeed she did.)
(OOC 2: Shawn cast a spell in the beginning of the fight where he sent a illusion of your party running and one of the dogs just went after it and it is still chasing said illusion.)
(OOC 3: No need for another roll.)
What the...?' the Etherite muttered, giving a tiny frown. Then simply turned her weapon towards the other dog and opened fire - aiming for it's head.
The problem was one had run of and the other you could no longer see. Adley where fighting something but it just look like the empty air to you so there is nothing for you to aim for. You can fire in that direction but that will increase the chance a bullet will go somewhere it should not.
"But their not here yet. And they don't know you've gone. And they won't know your gone. You will be fine." Serge said softly to him, switching the app from his gallery to Jon's map app to see where the vampire party were.
Shawn's eyes went wide and he looked around terrified. On the app you could see that the vampire party where getting ready outside of the front door, it seamed that they where getting into formation before moving in.
"Wait? What? How?" Serge said, confused on how the women managed to walk through the air that Adley had struggled against.
"Is the invisible spirit down or something?" he asked, looking confused, glancing at Ms. Gottschalk to see if she was still singing.
The Chorister was still singing.
"I believe it is a spirit Sir."
Shawn muttered.
He felt the spiritual weight of the thing against him, struggling against it, trying to keep it away from the others so there was a clear area to escape. He grit his teeth and continued to parry it tore itself to freedom, beware of it's glistening teeth. He grunted, "If you destroy...their physical...form...they return....to spiritual forms...and attack...again..." Then there was a sudden flash of light as a spot of green zoomed out in front of him and following that a series of splinters of something and howling..."Got to get out..." With all that noise, the vampires wouldn't be far behind.
From the dots on the app the vampires and ghouls where just getting into position before moving in. You continued to defend yourself with your knife but the attack had stopped as the dog tried to get his vision back.
"Agreed the thing is not likely to be a danger to anyone else here."
Hildegard stopped singing to say.
"We should run."
(OOC: Indeed she did.)
(OOC 2: Shawn cast a spell in the beginning of the fight where he sent a illusion of your party running and one of the dogs just went after it and it is still chasing said illusion.)
(OOC 3: No need for another roll.)
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