Freedom City PBP

[Shalimar]

Century Girl

"Thank you." the superhuman girl said when Entrapper agreed to go with her to help find the little lost and possibly kidnapped girl. "I think if the girl has been gone for over a day it might be deliberate by somebody. They probably searched the Zoo all the way by now, but maybe not." the blonde said before standing up and offering Entrapper her hand, intending to fly the duo to the zoo once he took it. Even with the armor he wouldn't weigh anymore to her then a flea would to a dog.

"This maybe a little undignified, but its the quickest way to get there," the girl says, picking up the armored hero in the proverbial honeymoon carry, her arms under his bottom and back, holding him to her chest, unless he has a problem with it, she'll carry him to the Zoo as qickly as possible, hitting almost 2,000 miles per hour in their flight.

 

[Tonguez]

Bastion

"Yeah nothing much about who the attackers were" Sebastian follows up on Nanites reply "we did our job too well, the attackers are still unidentified and I'm not even sure what they were after. I thought it was my research but it may have been something else, perhaps even information on our friend Nanite here"

...

"Trenton Cobblery?" he continues after the radio reports "did you guys hear the radio yesterday? I can't be sure but I'm sure they mentioned your names. I definitely heard Glory mentioned"

Looking up at the young god and around at the others Sebastian suddenly realises that he is the only one without a secret identity to speak of. Glory and Nanite are both in costume and Mnemonics whole origin is a mystery.

"I need to get me a costume" he mutters to himself...

 

[hero4hire]

"Some times this city is just too weird" Sebastian grinned bemusedly as Mnemonic joined him at the table and he put the magazine aside.

"I sent an article in to them last week and was just checking to see if it had been printed" he explained "it was a consideration of 'Magic' as a fifth fundamental force and the basis of Inter-Dimensional Stabilisation.

I find magic fascinating" he continued "of course there are purist who would refuse to relegate it to the realms of mere science, but I'm sure that at a quantum level it is just another force which some how the psychic mind is able to manipulate, like these folks with their rituals and potions..."

"Yes an interesting take on Mysticism and the Occult...Some purists might call the point of view naive. Trying to quantify that which derives its true strength in mystery." Ras then smiled. "Of course I am no Purist."

"Wait did that article you just threw to the side list 3 live chickens or sheep, 2 dz. Black candles, 2 garlands of lilies and roses, preserved bull testes, 3 jars of pickled fingers, and 2 oz. crushed ruby powder???" Mnemonic asks, reciting the list verbatim despite only glancing at the magazine for a split second before it was cast aside. "That seems familiar."

OOC: Knowledge Arcana +9 due to Eidetic Memory, Mental Quickness to Take 20 for a 29 total. What exactly would these ingredients be used for in combination?

 

[ByteRynn]

Glory scowls with concern upon hearing about the radio ads.

"Going out of business by day and running sales by night? I am quite certain I have never purchased shoes from that particular establishment. Perhaps it is a coded cry for help of some kind? At the very leat, if they are taking advantage of our good names...however good they may or not be at this point...we should at the very least earn a pair of shoes for our troubles of investigating. I have an engagement tonight, so perhaps we could look into this sooner rather than later?"

 

[Graf]

Entrapper pulls out some money from one of his bandolleer pouches and tosses the correct amount on the table. "You're right, a day is a long time."

"Don't worry. My dignity has taken much worse," he says as he's hoisted up in the air.

He clenches his fedora tightly as they zoom toward the zoo.

 

[Insight]

OOC: Knowledge Arcana +9 due to Eidetic Memory, Mental Quickness to Take 20 for a 29 total. What exactly would these ingredients be used for in combination?

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It sounds like some sort of homespun voodoo to Mnemonic. Perhaps to entreat the houngan deities, perhaps someone read the list of ingredients in a book, or on the Internet. Mnemonic doesn't think it sounds terribly credible... though the ruby powder...

Mnemonic remembers hearing of a spell ingredient list such as this published in a heretical Franciscan friar's notebook from the 1800s. The friar had supposedly been on a journey to the afterworld and back, and the entire trail back was outlined on both sides by crushed ruby powder. Fr. Josephus of Agal, the friar, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church upon the discovery of his tale, and lived out his days tending to a vineyard on the isle of Malta.
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[hero4hire]

"Hmm." Mnemonic says rubbing his chin. "Most of these ingredients are used in the Haitian Religion Vodou when a Houngan or Mambo entreats the Ghede Loa or Spirits of the Dead.
But the crushed Ruby is very interesting. Ruby is not normally used in such rituals but I do recall one Friar Josephus of Agal, a Franciscan Priest who was excommunicated for Heresy.
He recorded in a Diary -slash- Notebook that he had used Ruby Dust to Mark a trail for a journey he took into the Afterworld."

 

[hafrogman]

Nanite looks vaguely disturbed at the prospect. He shudders involuntarily.

"People can do that? Just walk into whatever lies beyond like that? Magic is some freaky stuff."

 

[Tonguez]

Nanite looks vaguely disturbed at the prospect. He shudders involuntarily.

"People can do that? Just walk into whatever lies beyond like that? Magic is some freaky stuff."

"Well I have a theory on that" Sebastian replies "I haven't looked into post-mortem psychic persistence very much, but I beleive that what we call the after life is a hyperdimensional space which exists at a higher frequency than our normal world. Magic creates transdimensional instabilities which it might be possible to cross through on a psychic if not a physical level. I have a theory that things such as Loa are inhabitants of the other diemnsions who have historically had encounters with humans subsequently been deified.."

After Glory makes his comment
"Going out of business by day and running sales by night? I am quite certain I have never purchased shoes from that particular establishment. Perhaps it is a coded cry for help of some kind? ... I have an engagement tonight, so perhaps we could look into this sooner rather than later?" Sebastians attention is diverted

"a cry for help? hmmm well I suppose we could go take a look at the shop. As much as I enjoy discussing magic, I'm not sure what benefit it my have.
If your right" he indicates Mnemonic "then the list sounds like an amateur mixing traditions and dabbling with black magic rather than a real Hougan"

 

[hero4hire]

"Well I have a theory on that" Sebastian replies "I haven't looked into post-mortem psychic persistence very much, but I beleive that what we call the after life is a hyperdimensional space which exists at a higher frequency than our normal world. Magic creates transdimensional instabilities which it might be possible to cross through on a psychic if not a physical level. I have a theory that things such as Loa are inhabitants of the other diemnsions who have historically had encounters with humans subsequently been deified.."

"Yes there was a fascinating Thesis by Dr. Alexander Atom on Other Dimension Mechanics that theorized that such dimensions can be traversed by means of Psychic Resonance as Opposed to Vibrational Attunement. However an article by Dr. Adrian Eldrich did have a excellent rebuttal on the inability to Quantify the Human Soul."

After Glory makes his comment
"Going out of business by day and running sales by night? I am quite certain I have never purchased shoes from that particular establishment. Perhaps it is a coded cry for help of some kind? ... I have an engagement tonight, so perhaps we could look into this sooner rather than later?" Sebastians attention is diverted

"a cry for help? hmmm well I suppose we could go take a look at the shop. As much as I enjoy discussing magic, I'm not sure what benefit it my have.
If your right" he indicates Mnemonic "then the list sounds like an amateur mixing traditions and dabbling with black magic rather than a real Hougan"

"Alexander Pope said A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It may be some sort of Code or Message. It doesn't make sense to advertise for Ruby Powder. But who am I to pass up..a Sale on shoes was it?" he adds with a smile.

"Did you know 88% of women buy shoes one size too small, and the number of Pairs of shoes owned by the average American woman is 30?"