The Paradox
04/14/2009
************** 14 April 2009 *******************
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Gordon, Michael, Carter, Stephen, Daniel, Martina, Taliesin, Martin and the 2 other members of the cabal head over to the theatre to continue our conversation. Like a cute couple, Martina and Daniel hold hands walking in. Stephen lights up a cigaratte and Carter mimics vomitting.
We explain about the glyph that seems to be started when we superimpose the sacrifice sites on a city map. We ask for help from Martina and her group. Specifically in research and maybe at the actual performance of the ritual.
Martina asks how much we are trying to do. She also says that from what we describe that her group would have a difficult time defeating what we already have faced. The mage community as a whole might be able to help but that's the rub. As a community they are unsure what to do about Daniel and Stephen.
Apparently there is a lot about the mage community we do not know. Martina explains about the Exarchs and the legendary history of the mages and Atlantis. The Exarchs were powerful mages that got so powerful that they deemed themselves gods and passed over into the Supernal world who have followers (Seers) and can influence things in the material world. Banishers are mages that feel no one should have magical powers and they try to wipe out all other mages and if they die in the process ... oh well.
Martina and her group were unsure what to do about us because they were not sure if we were Seers or Banishers. We explain that were are not, but we're not sure if the rest of the group believes us. Gordon says that we may be the "unmakers" but they do not know what that means.
Carter brings up the prophecy that Daniel had which gives the other mages pause. Daniel explained that when they were entering McCormick Place he suddenly seemed to act as a conduit for a some force related the prophecy and that this sort of thing had happened before, but not for a long time. Martina and the groups buy it, but Gordon and Carter (with their Epic Wits) sense that there is a certain amount of the bullshit involved.
[JiMG has not sent out the part of the story yet that explains that the prophecy actually came from Martina but she does not know that - that story will be sent out soon since the in game story has now outpaced JiMG's text.]
More discussion and we decide the following action:
To either prevent or locate the next sacrifice, our group will take one of possible sites, the cops (with Julie) will take a second and Martina and her cabal, along with some help from the Skyfire Pack, will take the third. One site is at Navy Pier, one at the Watertower and one in the Gold Coast; 2 days from now.
Daniel asks if we think there is a Valkyrie connection here. Martina did not know of them, but wondered if they were connected to Malleus Maleficarum - which is a group that thinks all supernaturals are evil and need to be destroyed. Some even may have demon-blood [lightbulb for the group].
We explain Valkyrie and that we were warned about them messing around with trying to summon a Summerian God, which is what this whole sacrifice thing is. We are not sure what part they may play.
We hold a BBQ at the house to introduce everyone to everyone else. We also prepare in the way we know how - stock up on various rounds; rock salt, blessed, etc.. We also get some tranquelizer rounds, holy water vials and the like. Carter talks about rigging up some holy water explosives.
We also scout the locations.
Gordon notices that something has been carved into the side of the watertower and one on a tree - a rune of some type. Stephen thinks it looks like some focusing runes that might help, but he's not sure if it is more.
In preparations we also purchase a blessed cross that will tranform an entire body of water into holy water. We try and figure out a way to jerryrig a sprayer system so we can hose down the bad guys. We changed to that mode of thinking after everyone realized that the Chicago Water Tower is non operational ... duh! We decide on a used tanker truck with a power washer attached. or, as Carter said, "we have a roof-mounted, high powered ho".
As we approach the Water Tower we get a feeling that there is a barrier set up that makes people want to stay away. We don't get affected. Carter sets up the tanker truck and we wait. Daniel sets up a mind link with Julie and Martina to keep contact between the groups. We alert them that we have magical activity here.
We wait for the fun to start.
As we approach, we notice the ambush up ahead. We don't fall for it but they attack so it is a fight.
They appear to be Special Forces types with NVG and stuff.
Gordon shoots at the group, the bullet heads towards the enemy, stops, turns around and comes back and hits Carter - no damage but Carter still says WTF! Three of the enemy shoot at Michael for just a bit of damage. Michael then attacks and while it seems to be a solid hit, it is a miss.
Daniel activates some magical defenses and then alerts the group that he can sense that they have magical protections up, including some spatial warping fields.
Carter shoots them with the hose - which does shit since they are human and the magical protections turn the high pressure spray into a light mist. They are now wet. Seeing that not work, Carter reverts to his normal modus operandii - he jumps up into the air. Stephens truck runs away in horror.
Stephen uses his abilities and electrifies the area around them which shocks the wet bad guys which hurts them, smirking at Carter as he does so. Michael also kills one.
The bad guys shoot the hose up to relieve the pressure.
Daniel determines that the magical protections are coming from amulets or charms. Daniel convinces one of the soldiers to take off his protections. Daniel also senses that there are others behind the soldiers, but magic in the place is "wonky" as there seems to be an interference to magic.
Stephen tries to electrify them again, but is backfires and explodes in the group. Gordon, Daniel & Stephen take damage. Gordon shoots one in the neck with a tranquilizer - he stumbles and falls.
Stephen then gets shot to hell but Gordon helps him. Gordon realizes that the amulets have the symbol of Loki on them.
Daniel relays to the group that he contacted Julie and Martina to tell them they are being attacked. They reply that they are also being attacked: Martina by Ghosts, and Julie by Iron robot-type things (a la Iron Man).
Daniel & Stephen detect magical traps up a head and find a couple of runes creating a wall. They deactivate it and continue on.
Up ahead is a group of mages casting a ritual. Stephen almost uses telekenesis to disrupt them, but they are protected by magic.
Carter coordinates with Stephen and then jumps into the air. Stephen creates a wall of force above him that Carter uses as a pushing off point to gain extra momentum coming down. He then pile drives the apparent leader. As he does that, 2 of the other mages falter in their chanting. Carter notices that 4 of the people are blindfolded. As Carter attacks, the blindfolds are ripped off. The 4 are sleepers as the mages intentionally induces paradox.
Gordon shoots one of the mages with a tranq dart. The mana the mage is holding "spills" and adds to the paradox. Daniel attempts to make the sleepers forget that they don't see anything or shut their eyes to stop paradox. He gets 3 of them.
The last remaining mage invokes another paradox. There is a large explosion and we are all knocked unconcious even though Stephen tried to divert the magical wave from around us.
There is darkness and a long sense of falling.
Someone shakes Carter awake asking if he was okay, in a slightly boyish English accent. Carter wakes up and sees that the guy is wearing very old fashioned clothes. Carter sees the Water Tower but the rest of the skyline is different. His arm & leg are normal flesh & bone but he still has his strength. The others are there, but also dressed in old clothes. All of our "equipment" has been transformed into the equivalent period weapons.
Carter wakes everyone up.
Daniel takes a "kitchen magnet" from his pocket and sticks it onto Carter - it sticks ... everywhere (he had body armor up).
A man walks up to us and says "This may sound strange, but I feel that you may know me. My name is Seamus ... Seamus Rayne."
And there we stopped.
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<P><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=5>The Bookstore</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT size=4 face=Arial>04/07/2009</FONT> </P> <P> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The party begins the three block walk back to the parked vehicles from the McCormic place.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Mostly, the streets are deserted this far away from standard parking.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Standing about half a block away are some men walking on the oposite sidewalk.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Without using any abilities, Steven can see their aura and can tell that they are possessed by demons. He is more shocked that he can see the aura without turning on any abilities than their presence.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Seeing the group, the three men start walking towards the group. They all have bladed weapons under their coats, and as they walk the unsheathed weapons are obvious.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Everybody see those demons over there with the bladed weapons?" asks Gordon just to make certain nobody was caught off guard.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The group nods as Daniel makes the few innocent bystanders on the streets leave the area.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So, how do we remove the demons without killing them?" asks Steven quietly.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The group stands there, unsure what to do as the three men walk up.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So....you are the unmakers...."asks one of the demon possessed humans.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The group looks at each other, Carter shrugs, Gordon laughs.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"They are idiots..." says one of the demons in a snear, and the demons turn around in unison and walk away.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Carter tries to stop one by standing in front of him and says "Wait a minute, we are not idiots. We have just never heard that title before. Who are you looking for?"</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Are you sure you are not idiots? We just told you who we were looking for, and you are not them. Now let go of me..." he says, as Carter has put his arm out to stop the demon from going around him.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The figure twists himself to get out of Carters grip, and starts to walk away again.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Carter, frustrated, turns to stop the demon again by getting in front of him.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Michael tries to think about anything he might know related to "unmaker" and remembers there is a Sumerian myth about unmakers.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Just at that moment, the demons shimmer and vanish into thin air. Carter is standing there grasping at nothing where the figure used to be.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Again, unsure what to make of it, the group decides there is nothing to be done.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The group decides to check on the wolves left back at the mansion.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Arriving, the group can see that</FONT> <FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Doc is still working on one of the people there.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Wow, eight years of school down the drain," says Steven</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, he's not a vet," answers Carter</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Everyone bursts into laughter, except Michael, who is hopeful the pack didn't overhear.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The pack members are lounging around the house, all in pretty good shape as it was the human that the Doc was working on.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #548dd4">Jafar</SPAN></B><FONT color=#000000>, the leader of the <SPAN style="COLOR: #00ccff"><STRONG>skyfire pack</STRONG></SPAN>, asks "did everything go ok? Two of my people are downstairs watching the prisoners. They were tough to tie up with the demon blood. The first bonds we put on them they were able to burst their way out. But we came up with a solution." He grins, and Michael wonders if the method involved removing their limbs.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Steven goes downstairs to look over the prisoners. He can tell they used about an entire roll of duct tape to hold each prisoner. He turns on his supernal vision to look at them, and sees nothing special about them other than their demon blood. What he does see is the unnaturally beautiful, completely perfect woman with pointed ears standing in the center of the room. Immediately he things "Fey."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Steven walks back up and walks over to Daniel and points to his head, meaning to turn on the mental bond. Behind him, the woman follows. She is so graceful, she walks up the railing and leaps off landing in the center of the room. Once the link comes online, he tries to tell everyone what he saw. Unfortunately, he is having troubles talking coherently with his voice while using the mind meld. Daniel, realizing the problem, starts up a conversation with Doc as a distraction. The Fey, distracted by the new people, didn't notice his error.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">She frowns at Carter and walks around where he is without getting close, and walks over to stare at Gordon. Michael activates two world eyes and Daniel activates his third eye. Both see her. She seems to get bored and quickly dances her way back downstairs.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Michael quickly says in wolf speak that a Fey just ran downstairs. </FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Holly looks at the group and says "is it normally this strange here?" Michael just nods in reply as he shrugs.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Amelia says "wait a minute, an RPG couldn't' get through but a fey could?" She directs the question to Michael.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Not having the answer, he looks to Gordon.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"I don't know, the guards are still in place at the gauntlet?" asks Michael to Gordon</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Yes" he says, concerned about the question as he begins to look over the house wards.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Using the confusion to his advantage, Jafar quietly asks the room,</FONT> <FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So do we get to have vengeance against the prisoners downstairs? They killed on of our own."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, I'd like to ask them some questions. Although I don't have any now." says Steven absentmindedly.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Fine, then we shall take them." finishes Jafar. The rest of his pack smile in reply to this, realizing he just got what he wanted without making any kind of deal whatsoever. Michael, realizing the prisoners are in for a very bad time, tries not to think about the moral implications, realizing the will of this pack is a strong one.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"We should confront her. Turn on the full wards so she can't leave first."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Steven tries, and can tell there are holes in the defenses, they do not come online fully.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Uh-oh, they aren't working properly. There are gaps. The gaps look recent. More of in the past day, not the past hour." He motions over to Daniel and the two go to look at the wards together.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Everyone else just stands around uncomfortably, except Michael who seems to be taking the time to talk to the female werewolves present in the room.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">As best they can tell, the wards aren't diminished in capacity unless it was from 3 different fronts. They could easily protect one or two fronts, not three or four. They quickly realize that they could be repaired in three or four hours and that they need to get to it.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Doc is finishing up on the last patient, noticing that the pack is waiting patiently for him to finish up before they can leave.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Going back downstairs, the Fey is no longer visible.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">With that problem gone, the Sky-fire pack takes the prisoners and leave.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The wards are repaired in the lull in activity over the next few hours. Michael takes stock of the food eaten up by the pack, they must have been hungry.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Nothing much happens that night, so the group heads off to sleep, peaceful in the comfort the wards are back up and hopeful the main demon gone, that the rituals will stop as well.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">A couple more days go by. Daniel uses that time to help look into the Sumerian link that has turned up. Michael helps him during this time and seems to have a better knack at finding obscure items that help. They find a Sumerian myth about a time when the world will be destroyed or erased when the gods are not sure what will happen. It turns out to be a common thread, because it sounds like</FONT> <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><STRONG>Ragnarok</STRONG></SPAN> <FONT face="Times New Roman">as well. The two find several references to sacrifices to summon demons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> It's a long term thing that takes a month to complete and the final ritual will summon a demon lord. Suddenly, the two realize the summoning is probably not over, and the results are worse than they thought. Unfortunately, they have exhausted the resources of the library.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Suddenly paranoid, Michael uses his "two world eyes" to check on the gauntlet. At first, everything looks ok. But then, his vision bends and it looks as if there is bleed over from a third and fourth world! He staggers and just catches himself. He informs Daniel of what he just saw. Daniel's eyes get big as the implications take hold of his imagination. "Lets get the others"</FONT> (<FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Jon Goranson: just an FYI)</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Carter, Gordon, and Steven are downstairs chit-chatting about nothing important. It's raining outside as the weather has turned nasty. Suddenly, the phone rings. It's another sacrifice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> Julie asks if we want to look into it. It's already a couple of hours old. It's underneath in a tunnel, but there is some water running through the area, so a quarter of the area is already messed up. Steven relays the information and the group talks quickly. Daniel tells the group what they had found, and that he suggests we go to the occult bookstore for more information.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Steven tells Julie we will pass on investigating this crime scene, and instead will go follow up another lead....at a bookstore....because we are desperate. Well, he doesn't tell her that. Steven instead tells her that maybe we can find a pattern, as if the summoning are in the form of a demons glyph. A major summoning based on the summoning of a bunch of smaller demons.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">As he hangs up the phone, Daniel says "um, guys. The mage society in Chicago know about us. I have been trying to keep our endeavors from being noticed by the general population, but even so, some of the mages don't like us. And the reason I say this, is that Martina and some others at the occult book store are mages. Although we are ok with them, but not some of the others around the town."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000>So the group arrives at the store.</FONT> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #548dd4">Martina</SPAN></B> <FONT color=#000000>greets them happily, Martin is staring off in the distance avoiding the group.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Oh hi sweetie, how can I help you?"</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, we need some help, occult related. Sumerian demon summoning and such."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Steven pulls out the map as Daniel puts a small shell around the group.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Ok, so here are some areas of summoning that have been happening. It appears it is in the shape of a glyph, we think it is in preparation for the summoning of a demon lord, that may be a precursor to setting off Ragnarok. And someone is looking for the "unmakers".</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, I think I know someone I can call, who might know more about this stuff than I am. He isn't comfortable with you guys, but with something this serious, I think he might help." she says uneasily as the phrases of Ragnarok and Demon Lord fall from Steven's lips without any kind of hesitation.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">I'm sorry, what was his name?" asks Michael</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000>Oh, yes, his name is</FONT> <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #548dd4">Telisian"</SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So, is there something we can do or that we are supposed to be doing so people are not made as us?</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So what tower are you from? Wait, what are you saying, you don't even know what I mean by towers? The towers are points that are used to grab power. To learn about magic, when you awakened, your mentor would have taken you on a journey. What you saw would have been specific to you, but wherever you ended, you would have signed your name on the structure there - it may have looked like a feather stylus or a hammer and chisel, however, when you did that, that is what awakened you and given you the control that you have. So when you say this, it is like a mechanic not knowing where the engine is. You had to do this. I've checked up on you, you were quite the mages."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Listen, we had no mentors, our parents were killed, we just kind of were talking about this and signed our names in a book. There was no spirit walk or rite of passage, we just walked up in the attic and found a book there and signed it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN> There was no spirit walk or dream that I remember."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"But you signed a book? What was it called?"</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, it said the Rayne Tower...." thinks Daniel internally.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">The Rayne tower was a tower created by the Rayne family for their use. Each tower corresponds to one of the arcane forces, and this one is just theirs, and only the two of them have access to it.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">If any mages find out, they will want the tower, as a fifth tower of power. This is huge.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Both of them suddenly realize this, and keep quite.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"So what tower do you belong to?" she asks again, determined to get an answer, and thinking they just figured out where it comes from.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, I took it from a river once..." says Steven</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"That was mine. So what tower?" she asks again.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, probably the same as you then," Steven says, stammering, not knowing what to do and realizing he is getting in too deep.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Looking through the books, Michael is able to determine that not only does this bring the demon lord to this realm, it brings his physical body as well. He is not sure which of 3 demons come to the world, but it is one of three. The most obvious is Lucifer, with Methistopolies (lord of flies) and Baul (lord of destruction)</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153">Telisian</SPAN></B> <FONT color=#000000>enters the bookstore, and he doesn't seem to happy. "So...have we decided to help them then?," he sighs, "Fine, what is the issue."</FONT></FONT></FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well, the basic gist is that we think we have determined a pattern with the death of murdered kids around town." Steven then describes one of the ceremonies that we had encountered.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Wow, this sounds bad. We are going to have to go somewhere else. I called the council and they are sending some goons over."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"What? We haven't done anything to you?</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"You stole mana form us?</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"One time, and I didn't know it would be that big a deal</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well your mentor should have told you that"</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Well he didn't. So if you don't want to go to the mansion where do you want to go?"</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"I guess we can go upstairs," as the group moves upstairs.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Once there, Telisian says "so you haven't fought any hell-hounds have you?"</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Yes, we fought six of them that were being controlled by a woman."</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">"Wait, if all we want is somewhere private, why don't we go to the theatre. We can set up protections there and it is somewhat neutral ground. Plus, it is a power location, like the river, and I will share.</FONT></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Just then, everyone started talking funny and stopped moving, then eveything went black. This went on for about 15 minutes of disjointed communication. Was it Ragnorok finally happening? Nope, internet problems.</FONT></P> <P> </P> <P>Game canceled on account of bad internet on the Eastern Front ....</P> <P> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">0XP</FONT></STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A id=p-74ef24d65f611372bbc6601934560999bc1b8982 class=WikiLink href="http://dmgaming.pbwiki.com/Rayne" name=p-74ef24d65f611372bbc6601934560999bc1b8982><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0367ad size=3 face=Arial>Back - Rayne</FONT></FONT></A></P> <P> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><U><EM>GM Notes</EM></U></STRONG></P>
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- I got this idea a while ago to attempt a time travel idea. It would be near the time of Chicago's Fire. The idea was to have the player's think they were there for the fire when they were actually there for something else. This was to be the start of that.
- I was glad that the party chose the water tower as that was the one where I wanted them. So, I didn't have to force anything.
- The two guys playing Carter and Stephen had some good ideas and worked on a couple of unintentional combos.
- Still trying to figure out Scion and WoD as how to combine them. Some of it has come out and it has worked. The players themselves have had some good explanations for it! That's always fun!
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