Battle at the Cabin

 

02/17/2009 

 

 

Search the cabin & find a shotgun with 10 shells. An old rifle, lever action, with 5 shots.

Carter has 24 silver rounds.

 

The group starts to build up defenses, putting furniture in front of the doors and windows. Gordon gets all the knives out of the kitchen and says "I want to put these where we can get to them, but not where they can get to them," as he moves around strategically placing the knives all over the house.

 

Carter loads up the rock salt rounds but is relying mostly on the silver bullets in the pistol.

Gordon is at the front door while Carter is by the back door.

Suddenly, Michael senses a presence. It is a blurry spirit shape. It doesn't look like a person. He can see another one moving towards Gordon. He quickly draws his dagger and moves to get between them. He doesn't make it as it tries to take Gordon over, but he is able to resist.

 

The other one physically tries to grab Michael but misses. Michael growls "Back Away!" to the spirit by Gordon.

To Carter, it is a guttural language, not English at all. The second one hits Michael from behind (3 points bashing).

Michael turns and slashes with the dagger. The hit was powerful enough to cause the spirit to fade. It didn't destroy it, just caused it to vanish.

"I drove one away, I'm not certain where the other one went..." as it re-appears and attacks Carter trying to take him over.

 

Michael, confused as to why it moved away in the first place, yells at the spirit "don't move" as he moves towards it. As he gets close, it turns into a man, a normal looking guy in his 40's. But his fingernails extend into claws and slashes into Carter. Michael notices, the spirit didn't move even as it slashed.

 

 Michael moves up and holding the dagger against the spirit, he calls out "surrender!" but it is too far against the nature of the spirit. This spirit seems to be made out of wrath, it will not stop attacking, or especially to surrender at it slashes at Michael for 2 points lethal. Michael has an idea as the shotgun blasts from Carter go off.

 

The shot was a glancing shot, part of the spirit disappears but it just looks angry.

Michael, just hoping the idea works, growls at the spirit "Leave us and go attack the Pure!"

The spirit stops, grins, and speaks.

"Yes...thank you" says the angrily grinning sprit as it vanishes.

 

"Keep watch, I need to look for something," says Michael.

"Watch for what? We can't see anything!" says Gordon.

"Oh, good point. Look over there...as he proceeds to tell the other two where to search as he keeps his eyes open for more spirits.

 

Suddenly, five more spirits show up. Michael, unsure if he can cause the other spirits to leave, asks "What are all of you spirits doing here!"

Gordon comes running out of the bedroom with two spirits chasing him, after Gordon has taken a few hits. Carter shoots wide and misses them both as two of the spirits attack Carter with one hits him. Michael takes another point of damage from the one attacking him.

 

Michael takes a chance, yells again in an odd sounding language to Carter and Gordon, as the two spirits  on Carter leave the cabin, headed in the direction of the pure.

 

The spirits change position, as one now goes after Carter that was at Gordon. One slams Gordon again, as bloody cuts appear on him. Another spirit hits Carter. And Michael also takes another point of lethal.

Michael again yells at two of the spirits to leave and go fight the pure. One does leave as the one attacking Michael moves over to attack Carter, who now as two spirits on him. As the claws hit, it rips Carters arm at the elbow and then his leg comes off at the thigh as he falls to the ground.

Gordon drives off a spirit with an attack, but doesn't destroy it as it vanishes.

Michael, causing his dagger to grow into sword size, he cuts at the specter in front of him and causes it to vanish. Michael knows it is not destroyed, but it is gone for the moment.

 

Gordon says "I think I just heard a car" as Daniel and Steven show up out front in Stevens Truck

Still working over Carters body, Gordon says "I have to cauterize the wounds, I don't know if that is going to help him."

 

The cauterizing looks bad, so Michael tries to help him. Fortunately, Steven is able to cast a spell to assist Michael, but even with that help, he passes out and goes pale from the blood loss. Michael realizes if he makes it through the night, he may live, but it's going to be touch and go.

 

Steven goes out to the car and gets the 1st aid kit. The cool part is that he just waves his hand and the tables and furniture move out of the way for him, and then back into place as he walks back in.

 

We are able to stabilize the two as Gordon passes out as well. But then three more spirits come back. Michael can recognize all three of them as the spirits he had driven away before. Michael, Steven, and Daniel all take a point of lethal damage from the attacks on each of them.

Steven hits one square with the shotgun, sending it away for at least a day to regenerate Michael thinks as he sees it scream and fade.

 

Michael again tries to order the spirits to leave and go attack the pure. The one facing Michael smiles and leaves out the wall. The one attacking Steven turns, looks at Michael, and then runs "through" Daniel as he also vanishes out the wall in the direction of the Pure.

 

Daniel feels as if a cold splash of water was thrown over his whole body.

 

Michael explains to Steven and Daniel that he does not know why the spirits are listening, but he thinks it is because of a magical totem in the cabin. They say they will keep lookout while he searches.

 

Finally, Michael finds it. It looks like a tiny drum. He puts it into his belt.

 

A half hour goes by without event. Carter still is not stabilized, although the fluids have helped. Gordon is out but there isn't much we can do for him.

 

Daniel mentions he could teleport back to the house, but that he can see some wolves outside the house. Since they are just milling around, the whole dozen of them, the group decides to take a break and Steven and Michael try to get some sleep while Daniel keeps watch.

 

While the two are asleep, two spirits appear. Daniel yells "GET OUT" but they attack instead. One of them swipes at Steven, but he rolls over and the claws go through the blanket missing him entirely. The movement wakes him up though. The other one swings at Steven, but he backs away and is also missed entirely.

 

Daniel aims the shotgun he was holding at the spirit in front of him, and shoots. Five solid rounds pound into the spirit and it vanishes. Michael wakes up at the sound.

 

Steven holds his hand out and his shotgun slides the two feet from where it was and lands in his hands. He fires, but misses completely (with 9 dice).

 

The spirit hits Steven again. Michael, shifting into Urshal form as he moves, draws his dagger forcing it to enlarge into a sword and slices the spirit (5 dice). The spirit vanishes, and Michael thinks it is gone for a full day at least.

 

Daniel decides to keep watch again, and lets Michael go back to sleep. Steven had already gone back to sleep without even asking.

 

Sunlight is streaming through the windows as Daniel suddenly startles awake. Looking around, he see's Carter also wake up. As he watches, Carter holds his hands up and rubs at his face. The odd thing is the missing arm is now back, but it is not flesh and bone but instead metal. His arm looks like a type of polished metal, although in exactly the same size and shape of his other arm.

 

Daniel, seeing this, grabs a magnet off the refrigerator and walks over and sticks it to Carters arm. Carter just smiles up at him in response as the magnet sticks to his arm. As Carter sits up, it's obvious his leg has also turned into a metal limb, as he then gets up and walks around.

 

Gordon then wakes up, and absent mindedly unwraps the bandages that are covering him, as if they are an annoyance and in the way. As he pulls them off, his skin underneath is pink and new. His wounds are gone.

 

 

"Whichever one of you healed me, thanks. Wait, I had a dream about Odin...he healed me. What happened to you?" Daniel asks of Carter

 

"I dreamt of the Roman god Vulcan." says Carter.

 

"Magic mushroom..." says Daniel as he wakes up Michael. Michael looks at his two formerly damaged friends and asks "Which one of your two mages healed these guys."

 

"Is that a Valkyrie thing?"

"No, these are my birthrights from my forefathers. Some birthright that was suddenly given to me."

 

"And apparently Odin has claimed me" Gordon says.

"Look, I can be completely on fire and not be burned," says Carter, as he holds a lighter up to his flesh and bone hand.

"Is this part of the weight and height gain?" asks Gordon.

"Yes, this started before and just finished now." says Carter.

 

Gordon stands up and goes to the railing, and easily leaps up onto the railing, jumps up to the second floor, runs back down, leaps up against the wall, bounces over the railing, and then lands.

 

"Ah, that is what Odin meant by I would be a little more nimble. I'm not showing off, just trying to figure things out. I don't know what this means, but I bet I could hit anything I shoot at."

 

"The fates told me that they were ancient Greek bloodlines that were stronger than normal so they chose me." says Carter.

 

"So I don't know if they chose me because of the bloodline, something I've done, or because of the battle we are in now, I'm just not certain." Gordon says.

 

"The wolves seem to be gone." says Daniel as he activates his omnivision and looks around outside.

"Well, lets get any items of value out of the house, and if it wasn't for the issue of a forest fire, I'd burn this place down to keep the pure from using it." says Michael.

 "Well, I can tear the house down." Says Carter.

 

Michael looks at him, smiles and says "That might be fun to watch. Let us get the rest of the items out and you can have your fun."

 

Putting the weapons in the truck, the party watches as Carter walks up and smashes one of the support beams in half with a single punch. The ceiling starts creaking as the beam breaks. He then walks over and grabs another beam and crushes it between his hands. The side of house starts to slump with this beam being broken. "You might want to wait outside on this last one" says Carter.

 

Everyone moves outside as Carter concentrates and a sudden explosion can be heard from inside the house. One of the walls bows outwards as the roof collapses. Most of the items miss him as Carter pushes them away. The few falling items that do hit him seem to do no damage.

 

Steven says "ok, he's badass. Let's get out of here already." Carter picks up a huge piece of timber and throws it at another wall collapsing it. Finally he comes out of the wreckage smiling, and the group mounts up and follows Michael to the bank.

 

As the group starts to drive into town, Michael is able to smell things unlike he was ever able to before. At once he heard something hammering, and when he looked, he could see that it was someone hammering on a barn. It sounded like the person was only five feet away, when he was actually over 100 feet, and he was hearing it while on the motorcycle. Animals, plants, things he shouldn't be able to smell he suddenly can.

 

Daniel, as he is riding past the vacation homes and other new homes, he keeps picking up thoughts. He didn't mean to, but he was realizing that he still was able to hear them. It was very strange, and outside his normal abilities. Daniel tries to cut down on the listening as he realizes it's odd. By just thinking that he wants to do that, he is suddenly able to.

 

Arriving in town, the group stops at a local breakfast shop and decide to eat while they wait for the bank to open. Carter is huge, so he looks intimidating to the people around him. But oddly enough, they look at the arm but then ignore it, like it is a prosthetic arm or something unimportant. Daniel is able to pick up these thoughts easily. He tries to push into people's thoughts that it is in fact a prosthetic, and without any effort, it immediately works, without really trying. He adds to the thought that Carter is a veteran and lost a limb in the war, and without even trying, the people are suddenly embarrassed for even looking at it. Daniel is impressed with the ease with which that worked.

 

At first the group was worried if people would stare at them, but Daniel was able to change anyone's mind without any resistance. He thinks he could have convinced them that aliens would land and steal their cows, but shrugs off the temptation.

 

Finishing breakfast, the group goes over to the bank. Michael goes in with Daniel, who pretends to use the ATM to watch Michael. Gordon also goes in to use the ATM. They leave Gigantor outside with the truck.

Michael goes to an assistant and shows the paperwork for the box.

 

"May I see some identification please?" she asks

Daniel, hearing this, thinks "You do not need to see any id."

"Oh nevermind, you don't need to show me any ID. Come along," the man suddenly says, and leads Michael to the vault.

Michael looks over at the two to see their expression at the ATM, Gordon is trying not to laugh.

 

It is one of the larger safety deposit boxes. Inside it is a crusader sword, and American Indian peace pipe with tobacco. A rubber duck, and a humidor with cigars. There are easily 15 cigars in it.

Michael puts the items into a bank carrying bag and leaves. He takes the key back in case he wants to use the vault again and walks out to the truck.

 

At the truck, Daniel looks at the bag. The carrying case, the humidor, the pipe and tobacco, and even the duck has magic. Michael for some reason put the duck in his coat pocket and the rest into the truck.

 

Steven and Daniel look at each other as they sense strong magic suddenly, and then both look at the duck.

"The duck has magic about it," says Daniel.

"Is it dangerous?" asks Michael

Daniel shrugs, indicating they will talk about it later.

Michael is not certain why, but he decides to keep the duck, even though it's power is undefined.

 

"You can't sense magic within the range of the duck." says Steven

"What's the range" asks Carter.

Backing up, he stops about 15 feet away and says "about 15 feet."

"Oh," says Michael, "Then I should keep it with the items then."

Daniel steps back, outside the radius, and can sense the people inside the radius, but it does mute the magical energy of the people inside the radius of the duck.

 

The group drives back to the Rayne house, bikes leading the way. As they are driving away, Gordon asks "Will pure be able to follow us?"

"Probably," answers Michael, "they picked up our scent back at the cabin. It is very possible to follow us, even in vehicles."

 

The trip back was uneventful. Steven cannot stop guessing what the items are even though he has no information, driving Daniel crazy with his conjecture. Once back at the Rayne household, they immediately start looking at the items.

 

Steven grabs the sword, and starts swinging it around with clumsily swings. Gordon stands up, grabs it from him, and literally does a very impressive routine spinning the sword around with full control the entire time.

 

As Steven looks at the sword, he starts going "whoa....whoa......wow" as he is looking at it and looks away in pain. "Ok, I just saw myself back at the crusade, and saw myself there using this weapon form there. I saw someone used this sword to kill vampires, and it was very good at killing them. I sense this has been in that bank for over 50 years. It was given to you for safe keeping. But it is going to take me some time to narrow it down. I wasn't ready for it and got a barrage and memories and seeing where it has been. It has been blessed by the pope himself." Steven is obviously shaken from the experience.

 

Carter asks "let me see the sword" as he takes it from Steven and starts swinging it around. He swings it easily enough, and seems to have not as much flourish as Gordon, but still with full control. He senses that if he was the correct person, that there is a special move the blade can do. He can't activate it, but senses that it can do something special.

 

Steven then looks at the pipe and the tobacco. Again, he starts saying "wow...wow...anybody who goes to a meeting that handles this, and is a mortal, they have to tell the truth. If they smoke with the pipe and agree to something, a spirit binds them to the agreement. Then they will be cursed if they don't follow through with the spirit of the deal. I get a sense that the three of us would have to abide by the conditions even."

 

"I can also tell that your family did use this, I'm seeing the same people again as before, using this with some wolves over 50 years ago. Now let me see that humidor."

Opening up a secret compartment pulls out some stocks and bonds. They are all 50 years old of course, but they are in fine condition. The stocks are just stocks, with some popular names. They are probably worth a lot. The cigars are odd. They are intended as gifts. When given as a gift, as long as you do not break some code of honor that I don't quite understand, they cannot harm you. Literally. I can see some image of the late 1800's where someone tried to hurt the giver of the cigar with a gun and the bullets bounced off him. There are 15 cigars, so I suppose you could give to that many people."

 

-----break----

SCION book, where the changes that happened to Gordon and Carter.

 

 What happened, the gods came down, visited their two scions, and blessed the rest of us, so everyone is more powerful. Not everyone is exactly certain how they are more powerful, but there are chances for more bonus successes. Gordon and Carter gets a certain number of successes whenever that attribute is used. Basically, the gods Hack.

 

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