Mage: The Awakening PbP - Nemesis

[Aenion]

"Hello?" Thessaly says hesitantly...unsure who she's calling. Maybe even Winnie herself. "Is anyone up here?"

She carefully puts a hand to the door and starts to push it open, stepping into the bedroom with some trepidation.

Morrigan was just closing the window when she heard movement behind her. She turned around, in her mind she was already diving for the gun on the bed, every movement playing out in her minds eye as fate guided her hands. Seeing Thess standing in the door, she let the spell fizzle, "Oh ... good morning ... I think," the startled woman greeted Thess, "What time is it?"

 

[Shayuri]

"Kind of early, I guess...I didn't look at the clock," Thessaly admits, visibly relieved to see Morrigan there.

"Uh...do you remember anything about last night, or earlier this morning? I think something's gone wrong...I remember talking about that artifact, and all of the sudden I was in the store and someone was coming in, just like a regular day, only I have no memory of actually...doing it."

She takes a deep breath. "I don't know where everyone else went either."

 

[Tokiwong]

Harlequin gets out of the car and looks at the Monkey's Paw.

"That's odd," he looks a little closer, "I see a customer but I don't see anyone at the desk."

Cautiously, Harlequin steps inside.

The interior is quiet, the customer barely glances at Harlequin and Cleopatra; he goes back to looking at modern druidic practices. Cleopatra turns to Harlequin, “This seems a little weird.”

 

[Festy_Dog]

The store was open for business, which in a way was a good sign. Harlequin approached the desk and looked over it for some kind of bell to ring when a customer wanted service. He was struck with an idea as he looked around, and called upon his mage sight.

He looked at Cleo, then himself, then around the store as he searched for traces of magic, traces of mind magic in particular on himself and Cleopatra.

 

[Tokiwong]

He looked at Cleo, then himself, then around the store as he searched for traces of magic, traces of mind magic in particular on himself and Cleopatra.

Harlequin rolls 1 success on 8 dice and activates the rote; he rolls 1 success on to find Resonance using his mind sight.

Although subtle, his mind sight can see receding energy from both himself and Cleopatra. The world is saturated with traces of the mind, the inertial force of intelligent thought and how it forces its will on the static world. But what truly draws his attention is something powerful… something ancient… and it is upstairs.

Cleopatra whispers, “I feel something… upstairs.”

 

[Festy_Dog]

Harlequin was impressed by Cleo's talent when she spotted the presence upstairs having only a few days experience at being a mage (two of which she couldn't remember), and no formal training. It wasn't a question of whether she was destined for great things, the question was how great.

"Good call," Hal responded, and after glancing back to doublecheck the customer, led the way upstairs.

 

[Tokiwong]

Harlequin was impressed by Cleo's talent when she spotted the presence upstairs having only a few days experience at being a mage (two of which she couldn't remember), and no formal training. It wasn't a question of whether she was destined for great things, the question was how great.

"Good call," Hal responded, and after glancing back to doublecheck the customer, led the way upstairs.

Cleo follows him up the stairs; he can hear Thessaly and Morrigan talking. Once up the stairs he finds the two mages standing inside what looks like a guest room.

Cleo visibly relaxes, “Well everyone seems okay…”

 

[Festy_Dog]

"That's you two accounted for. Either of you two seen Gawain?" Harlequin asks, then indicates Cymbeline, "Meet Cleopatra, or Cleo for short."

 

[Shayuri]

Thessaly looks a bit poleaxed, then smiles. "Cleo. Clever. I like it. As for Gawain, no...I haven't seen him. I came up here because I sensed someone...and something..."

She looks at Morrigan. "I guess it was you. But there was a feel of some kind of ancient magic too...I don't think it was anything you did."

 

[Tokiwong]

Thessaly looks a bit poleaxed, then smiles. "Cleo. Clever. I like it. As for Gawain, no...I haven't seen him. I came up here because I sensed someone...and something..."

She looks at Morrigan. "I guess it was you. But there was a feel of some kind of ancient magic too...I don't think it was anything you did."

Cleo says aloud, "Are you missing two days as well?"