2023.05.31 Vul-pires!
| 2023.05.31 Vul-pires! | |
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| A dozen vampiric, Wyrmy vultures attack our heroes with beaks, puke, and all manner of hijinks! | |
| IC Date | 05.31.23 |
| Players | Evan, Iris, Kierik, Memo, Trey |
| Location | The Temple of Bast |
| Spheres | Garou, Bastet, Ratkin |
Temple of Bast - Temple Of Bast
Stepping through the natural stone opening into a large cave near Tefnut's Rest, one is transported to an ancient Egyptian temple in modern times. The natural stone of the cavern has been carved, flattened, and sculpted into ornate pillars and friezes. Brilliant paints cover the walls in detailed depiction of the cat goddess Bast, pharaohs and priests paying their homage to her, as well as simple Nile grasses and flowers along the lower walls. Colorful silks drape and flutter in soft breezes and occasionally, lending their beauty and touch of shade to low and wide benches near the walls with very comfortable padding.
In the center of the chamber's ceiling is a large square opening that allows sun and moon light to move throughout the room and touch water grasses and lotuses growing throughout a square pool of pure water directly under the opening. The pool is only a foot deep and the temperature is cool enough to beat the day's heat with a soak, attracting frogs with its greenery that sing at night and abolish insects. Standing at the edge of the pool is a massive statue of the cat goddess Bast in just the right position to see the moon's passage nearly year round. Bedecked in flowing silks and precious gems, she holds a golden ahnk in one hand and a bowl overflowing with water in the other, sending a soft rainfall of water into the pool. A slow trickle of runoff flows over the pool's edge and into small holes, letting it return to the earth.
This room is allowed natural lighting from sun and moon without disturbance, although through a carved, painted, and straightened hallway towards the back of the temple, one encounters a Ra's Lotus fetish. The Sun spirit within lights the area with bright daylight when motion is sensed, allowing safe passage deeper into the area. Incense burns and sends soft, smokey patterns wafting across carved furnishings crowded with offering dishes, prayer scrolls and scupted statuary.
So, this temple is maintained by the Bubasti, hence all the sweetass Egyptian motif. Great place to go get a little insight about the Bastet, or about death, given the catacombs located underground down at the shrine to Osiris. It's fairly newish, the place ain't exactly packed with dead guys or anything, but the walls do have a lot of detail about death rites and ancient practices pertaining to death. And if you're in a pack serving Meros, it's not a bad place to go visit and take a look at. Respectfully of course. And if you're friends with the gregarious weirdos, then it's a great place to get dragged to for tourist stuff. And if you're a rat, well, the world is your oyster, or your big mac, whatever. Rats get around, is what I'm sayin.
It's getting close to dusk, still bright enough to see things just fine in homid, but the sun's getting real close to touching the horizon and shadows are getting really long out there in the big wide desert. Night bugs are coming to life and singing the song of their people, the breezes are getting chilly as the day's heat escapes, diurnal birds are settling down for a nap while their nocturnal cousins, owls and such, are getting ready to go hunting. Bats get their flutter on, moths find any excuse to try flying directly into your mouth, it's good times. Iris, with whatever companions in tow, are approaching the temple and doing whatever yammering and chit chat tends to happen on a hike. She tells her friends, "And then *I* says, 'rectum, nearly killed 'em!" Service to Tommy Boy fans has been done, you're all welcome.
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Evan was hanging out with Iris, discussing what Rite Evan wanted to work on learning next when Trey showed up so the conversation went from Funerary rituals to A shrine to Osiris at the temple of Bast and like often happens when he spends time with Iris it winds up with Evan finding himself somewhere new. Looking over at the temple as they approach has Evan going "This is so cool."
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Trey has a bouquet of flowers in one hand, wrapped in a reused grocery bag. He gathered them himself, a surprisingly artful collection of wild-growing Califlora. Of course he brings an offering to Bast, and to all the gods in her pantheon. But mostly to Bast, because cat. The flowers were double-bagged for safety, so they turned out mostly intact after the long trip out here. The rest of the offering, including the skulls of small prey that are distinctly NOT rats, is in his backpack.
"The desert is most beautiful by night, really," he offers with a smile. "And this place is generally pretty quiet. Mostly it's my folks here, and our kin, but anyone respectful's allowed."
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Whatever brought Kierik here, who knows? He's here though. He's brought a squirrel as an offering. He looks up as others approach. There's almost a 'caught' look in his eyes. He looks around and shrugs a shoulder. He waves to the incoming crew.
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Don't worry, Kierik, none of us will tell the other Ratkin he was being respectful to a cat goddess! Iris waves enthusiastically at the stranger while she and the dudes cross the threshold into the actual temple. No paranoia from her, if that guy wasn't supposed to be here, then something bad would have happened to him. Thus, friend not foe. "Hello! Not interrupting, I hope?" she asks, stopping just inside for a good looksee around, a big dumb smile on her happy, scarred face. "I'm Iris, elder Garou Theurge. This is my packmate Trey, and my not-packmate Evan." Keeping the introduction short and sweet, she doesn't have to do all that annoying introductory crap unless she's talking to another wolf, so that's awesome.
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Listening to Iris, Kierik looks from one to the other. He nods to Trey with a faint smile. He looks back to Iris. "Kierik Hormell, Voto Knife Skulker, child of Momma Rat." He tells them.
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Evan is not carrying any sort of offering. He is wearing a backpack and guitar case hanging from a strap though. He nods and smiles at the ratkin "Cool, first of your people I've met. So many interesting folks around here and It has only been a month."
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Trey fingerwaves at Kierik, remembering him and offering that same non-toothy friendly smile he's given before. He turns to Iris and Evan and notes, "We met through Irsa a ways back about those images about the idiots trespassing in the sewers." Just a footnote. He chuckles and says, "I hope Bast likes hyacinths." He grins at Evan and notes, "Oh, within three it'll all seem normal."
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"Oooh, no kidding?" Iris says, caught a bit off guard. She wouldn't have expected a rat in a cat house, but there he is! "Welp, great to meet you, hopefully we stay chill and buddy buddy. Um..." she drags her purse around in front of her and digs around through it, eventually offering Kierik a box of jelly beans. The novelty 'every flavor beans' from a Harry Potter thing. They're not naturally plucked from the ground and thus she'd never eat them, but it pays to have friend gifts in your bag when you meet people that generally have a problem with you and yours.
"Happy birthday." she says while offering the box to Kierik. "Oh that's great!" she says when Trey mentions knowing the dude. "I bet she does, and you'll find a good spot to pay them around here somewhere." There's tables, altars, benches, plenty of offering-approved zones. "You know, I heard the guy that built this place was actually *from* ancient Egypt. Like... Got mummified or something crazy like that. I think I heard he went on walk-about to go figure out the modern day a little bit, though." she tells Evan. And, well, everyone else, but still.
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A squint at the box and the exclamation. He takes the box and sniffs it. Then he opens it and tries one. He makes a pleased face. He smiles back. He's friendly enough as it is. He listens to Iris and looks a little surprised.
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Trey nods and looks thoughtful as he peers around him, trying to decide where best to leave his bounty for her. "Seriously? Mummified? Huh. That's a fact to file away for later research," he notes, a little perplexed, brows rising for a moment. "I have some people I need to ask about that..." Cat: distracted, as always. He paces a little into and around the room, and his slight sway suggests a tail that isn't there. Maybe a little nubby one? "Well, figuring out the modern day is definitely not a small thing. I'm still trying to make sense of things like cigarettes and Post Malone."
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Evan gawks at Iris in astonishment but then snickers at Trey "Those aren't even things human born folks from this era really understand. And I grew up in a fairly urban sept so I'm more up on pop culture than a lot of garou. Mostly music but that still counts."
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Iris can only shrug at Trey in a theatrically dramatic way and say, "Don't ask me, man, Bubasti death rites are a total mystery to me and basically everyone else that's not also a Bubasti." She finds a spot she likes and digs in her purse again, eventually coming out with a rolled of bandages that appear rust colored due to the shit tons of blood they've been soaked in. She gently sets the roll down, takes a second to make a little 'thanks for all the kitties' prayer, and then leaves the talen to degrade naturally.
"Post Malone seems ridiculously sweet. I saw an episode with him on Day Drinking with Seth Myer, it was adorable." Her thought is interrupted by an obnoxious "AAAAHHH!" from a particularly noisy bird, a turkey vulture up on the skylight up above Bast's statue. It stares down into the table with a predictably grumpy vulture face.
Mercy's Messenger uses a charge on item 664982 (Type:39/Fetish): An offering at a temple
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A wrinkling of his nose. "Those are things best left alone." Kierik says to Trey. Like, they're both unhealthy for you. A look to Iris, like she grew a third head when she talks of day drinking and Seth Myer. Probably not someone up on pop culture at all. He does pause in silence when Iris does her prayer. Very polite, atleast.
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Trey casts his gaze up at the vulture and says, "No, you can't eat her, she's my packmate. And she's not dinner." How brave! Kierik's remark is greeted with a sage nod and he blinks at the Seth Meyer thing as well. "Oh, the TV guy. I thought you meant in an actual bar, and I was going to ask which one." He smirks and begins to gather small bunches of flowers into artful little arrangements, leaving a few at each spot to spread their fragrance and color wider in the temple. At the spot where her statue rests, he crouches, lays the flowers there, and goes silent, blissfully silent, for a time, as he communes with the Cat Goddess.
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Evan grins as Iris tells her story and then waits with respect as the others make their offerings and he asks "Does the Lady like music? Its the best thing I have to offer but I wouldn't want to offend if that's not her jam."
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"When *don't* ladies like music?" Iris says, and then jumps back a bit when a big, fat vulture body flappy-thuds onto the temple floor near her. "Oi, bird butt!" she accuses the creature, which just hisses at her menacingly, and straight up snaps its beak at her. "Hey!"
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Evan rolls Perception + Alertness vs 6 for 2 successes.
4 +7 +10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls Perception + Alertness vs 7 for 5 successes.
3 4 4 5 +7 +10 +10 +10 +10
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Kierik rolls Perception + Alertness vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 2 +7 +8 +9 9
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Trey rolls Perception(3) + Alertness(3) (6 dice) vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 2 2 3 +10 10
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Looking up at the vultures, Kierik squints and seems to be staring. He makes a face, "I think these vultures have found something." He says. "Too much blood." When the vulture drops to the ground, Kierik hops back and looks around, going to Defcon 5.
Trey loses one Gnosis
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Trey rolls Perception(3) + Enigmas(7) (10 dice) vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 3 3 3 4 5 5 +6 +7 +10
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Evan frowns and looks up at the Vultures in the skylight "Those ones up there look pissed. Should we go? Are they sacred temple animals or something? I don't know how this works and would hate to start a war on accident." Mercy's Messenger pages: So much Wyyyyyyrm!
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Trey stands up slooooowly. "There's more of these cocky pricks and they're heading for us. I think these are something... not-normal." He turns, wrinkling his nose to catch the scent and then sneezes. "Uh, this is reeking of the Unmaker here..."
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Normally this is where Iris would blah blah blah about vultures of northern Africa and their deific status and so on, but instead she screams, "WHAT THE FUUUUUUUCK!" The first blow in this conflict has been struck, and that first blow is projectile vomiting at Iris. Like... That is a LOT of vomit, and holy shit it smells so, so bad. I mean they eat carrion, but seriously. And this is how the elder is taken out of this fight because otherwise there wouldn't be anything for you guys to do! No, for now, she's helplessly dropping to hands and knees and being sick herself. Just... oh my god, so much vom.
MEANWHILE! Several vultures drop down from the sky light, and a few others march in through the front archway, their wings spread out just a bit, that 'look bigger than I really am' sort of thing, that menacing vulture waddle-walk. They're coming for us! OH GAIA, THEY'RE COMING FOR US!
Trey has rolled initiative: 12
Kierik has rolled initiative: 28 already includes +10 for Spirit of the Fray (add another +10 if Gnosis spent)
Evan has rolled initiative: 17
Mercy's Messenger has rolled NPC initiative: NPC vulture flock goes on 15
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Kierik rolls Charisma + Intimidation vs 6 for 5 successes.
3 +6 +9 +9 +10 +10
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Evan's EFFECTIVE RESIST_TOXIN is at least 1
Evan loses one Magical Essence
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Stamina + Survival vs 6 for 4 successes.
3 4 4 5 +6 +7 +8 +9
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Trey loses one Rage
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Dexterity(7) + Brawl(2) (9 dice) vs 6 for 4 successes.
1 2 4 5 +7 +7 +8 +8 9
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Backing to the wall, Kierik narrows his eyes, which glow red a bit. He starts chittering like a fiend. The sound is subsonic and seems to unnerve the vultures.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Strength(5) + 5 (10 dice) vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 2 4 4 4 5 +6 +9 +10 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 5 +7
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice backs one step up to make some room, and then forces himself swiftly into the Saber-Toothed cat form. With a rapid pounce, he rakes claws into one of the turkey vultures and rrowls angrily as he wounds the creature!
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Kierik rolls Stamina vs 6 for 2 successes.
4 5 5 +8 +10
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Kierik rolls Stamina vs 6 for 2 successes.
1 2 +7 +7 8
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Stamina(5) (5 dice) vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 4 5 5 +10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Stamina(5) (5 dice) vs 6 for 2 successes.
2 3 4 +6 +9
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Stamina vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 1 3 +6 8 10
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Stamina vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 1 3 4 7 10
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So there's more than just the birds at the sky light, there's also birds invading the front entrance of the temple. A vague 'roughly ten' birds, vague so that I don't accidentally over or under power the encounter crazily. They're legitimately shook by the sound coming from Kierik, puffing their feathers in a show of 'you don't scare me!' even though he totally does. Bloody birds, their feathers matted with the stuff, there's even some stray flesh stuck here and there on a few of them. Their bravado, in this moment at least, is just an act, when they try to attack those that look like a danger to them, they're.... clumsy and ineffective, not entirely willing to get in close at first. But one did manage to clip Trey with a scaley, taloned foot. Feathers be flying in the temple of Bast, and one could say that her statue looks entirely disapproving.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice is pissed even more at the injury, slight as it is. He lets out an ear-piercing, bloodcurdling scream of fury, that wound on his side managing to give him the power of his Rage back. He tosses his head and prepares to lash out once more!
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But that's alright, the chittering dies down and Kierik looks rather unhappy at the invasion. He hisses a bit and slashes at the vulture attacking him, but he's also moving to attack the one who puked on Iris.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Stamina(5) (5 dice) vs 8 for 1 successes.
4 5 6 6 +10
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Collector-of-Tales will take advantage of the enemy's posturing to shift into hispo and embrace his tribal legacy of having blood in his alcohol stream, limiting the ability of the toxic vomit attack to affect him as he transforms into a hulking reddish brown direwolf. "
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Kierik rolls Dexterity + Melee + -2 vs 4 for 6 successes.
2 3 +5 +5 +6 +8 +8 +8
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Kierik rolls Dexterity + Melee + -3 vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 1 -1 4 5 7 8
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes.
3 5 +6
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Kierik rolls Gnosis vs 6 for 4 successes.
2 3 4 +6 +7 +9 +10
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Dexterity + Brawl + 1 vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 1 -1 -1 4 5 5 5 9 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 4 successes.
+6 +6 +9 +9
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 2 successes.
4 +6 +7
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 2 successes.
3 5 +6 +7
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Kierik rolls Stamina vs 6 for 4 successes.
2 +6 +6 +7 +7
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 +6 +8 +9
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Stamina vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 -1 4 4 5 10
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Collector-of-Tales takes 4 levels of damage.
Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage
Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage
Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage
Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
3 +7 +8 +10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Stamina(5) (5 dice) vs 6 for 0 successes.
1 4 4 4 6
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The vulture that Trey hurt, all broken winged and bleeding, just... regenerates itself. Its wing snaps back into shape, a few crushed bones snap back into shape, and then it just DIVES on the thing closest to it, another bird, ripping it with its beak and straight chugging Vulturaid. That bird falls and is in about as bad a shape as its buddy was prior to the attack. No honor amongst undead thieves, eh? This... may cause a cascading effect, we'll see. Other birds take swipes, and those little fuckers claw and bite HARD. They vant to suck your bloooood!
Treads-on-Thin-Ice takes 4 levels of damage.
Treads-on-Thin-Ice heals 2 levels.
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Collector-of-Tales goes in for a Direwolf Chomp on one of the vul-pires, and the bird hops to the side and thwaps Evan in the face with its wing and stabs him in the neck with its beak. A Yelp of pain echoes through the temple.
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The sabertooth lynx turns to a nearby vulpire, as if to bite -- but the damned thing beats him to the punch -- or the peck -- and takes a nasty chunk out of his forelimb. He yells loudly and licks the gory wound, stopping the blood but availing him of no further combat accomplishments.
Collector-of-Tales gains one Magical Essence
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Now these things are pissing off the Skulker. He glances to the shrine and then back to the birds. His form grows into something out of the Secret of NIHM! He continues to slash away with his Dagger! Uh oh, Mickey's pissed!
Mercy's Messenger has rolled initiative: 27 already includes +10 for Spirit of the Fray (add another +10 if Gnosis spent)
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee + -3 vs 4 for 7 successes.
2 3 3 3 +4 +6 +9 +9 +9 +10 +10
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee + -4 vs 4 for 3 successes.
1 1 2 2 3 +4 +8 +9 9 9
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee + -4 vs 4 for 8 successes.
2 3 +4 +5 +6 +8 +8 +9 +9 +10
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee + -5 vs 4 for 6 successes.
2 2 3 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8 +9
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
5 +7 +8 +9
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
3 +6 +7 +7
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 +7 +9 +9
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Shadow Fury loses one Magical Essence
Shadow Fury loses one Magical Essence
Shadow Fury loses one Magical Essence
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1 3 5 5 +6 +6 9
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Shadow Fury rolls Gnosis vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 2 5 +8 +9 +9 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls Intelligence + Medicine vs 2 for 9 successes.
+2 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +7 +8 +10
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Mercy's Messenger loses one Magical Essence
Mercy's Messenger loses one Willpower
Collector-of-Tales heals 4 levels.
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Trey gains one Rage
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Dexterity + Brawl + 1 vs 6 for 4 successes.
2 2 2 3 5 5 +7 +8 +9 +10
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Strength + 2 + 3 vs 6 for 6 successes.
1 3 3 +6 +6 +7 +7 +7 +8 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes.
4 4 +9
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Dexterity(7) + Strength(5) + 1 + -2 (11 dice) vs 6 for 5 successes.
1 3 4 4 5 +7 +7 +8 +9 +10 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 +9 10
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Trey loses one Rage
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Strength(5) + 1 + 4 (10 dice) vs 6 for 6 successes.
2 3 3 4 +6 +8 +9 +9 +9 +10
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Shadow Fury gains one Magical Essence
Shadow Fury gains one Magical Essence
Shadow Fury gains one Magical Essence
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 +6 +9 +10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 4 vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 3 3 +10
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Shadow Fury rolls Stamina vs 6 for 4 successes. 1 5 +6 +8 +8 +8 10
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Shadow Fury rolls Stamina vs 6 for 1 successes. 1 4 4 5 5 +7 9
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Shadow Fury rolls Stamina vs 6 for 4 successes. 2 2 5 +6 +8 +8 +10
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Shadow Fury rolls Stamina vs 6 for 3 successes. 1 2 4 +7 +7 +7 9
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes. 3 5 +9
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Collector-of-Tales rolls Stamina vs 6 for -1 successes. -1 2 3 4 4 5
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 2 successes. 2 +8 +9
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<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Stamina(5) (5 dice) vs 6 for 1 successes. 4 4 5 5 +9
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Collector-of-Tales takes 2 levels of damage. Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage Collector-of-Tales gains one Lethal Damage Treads-on-Thin-Ice takes 2 levels of damage. Collector-of-Tales loses one Magical Essence Collector-of-Tales loses one Magical Essence Collector-of-Tales gains one Magical Essence Collector-of-Tales loses one Willpower <---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======---> Collector-of-Tales rolls Dexterity + Brawl + 1 vs 6 for 4 successes. 1 2 3 5 5 +6 +7 +7 +8 10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Dexterity(7) + Brawl(2) + 1 (10 dice) vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 2 2 4 4 5 +8 +8 +9 10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Strength(5) + 1 + 2 (8 dice) vs 6 for 3 successes.
2 2 3 4 4 +7 +7 +10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 2 successes.
4 +8 +10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls 1 (1 dice) vs 6 for 0 successes.
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Dexterity + Brawl + 1 vs 6 for 2 successes.
1 1 2 3 5 5 +7 +8 9 10
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1 1 2 3 4 5 9 9
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The birds, oh the birds! They THOUGHT they could handle this, but now it's dead undead vultures just... just everywhere. The floor is covered in blood, some puke, and a shit ton of feathers and limp bird bodies, though there's still three managing to hold on to being upright. For the moment. Iris is dry heaving, the worst of the vom attack seems to have passed, but you simply can not jump up and be helpful immediately after forcefully purging. Hurling String out at Evan to heal him was the best she could do.
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Collector-of-Tales retaliates hard on the vul-pire that stabbed him in the neck, snarling >>No. This how!<< and biting its head clean off. Then in a blur of rage driven speed he keeps going and takes a chunk out of another's wing joint and again to try and finish it off but his teeth close on the part he has already destroyed, doing no further damage.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice lashes out at the bird that attacked him, biting the fuck out of it... or well, grazing it with his teeth, it seems. He is not a happy kitty. It is not Trey's good day, it seems.
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Once in crinos form, Shadow Fury goes crazy slashing at Vulpires with no regard for safety. After stabbing three of them, he pauses to take stock of the situation, preparing to go on further. His eyes glow red.
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 4 for 6 successes.
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Shadow Fury rolls Gnosis vs 6 for 5 successes.
2 5 +7 +7 +8 +8 +9
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 2 successes.
4 +9 +10
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Dexterity + Brawl + 1 vs 6 for 6 successes.
4 4 5 5 +6 +7 +8 +8 +9 +10
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Collector-of-Tales rolls Strength + 2 + 5 vs 6 for 7 successes.
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 0 successes.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Dexterity(7) + Brawl(2) + 1 (10 dice) vs 6 for 5 successes.
1 2 3 3 +6 +7 +7 +8 +9 10
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice rolls Strength(5) + 2 + 4 (11 dice) vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 1 1 5 5 +7 +7 +8 8 10 10
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4 +6 +7
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Man, Lyric is going to be so upset when he randomly shows up later and is all what the fuck did you DO?! The bird on Kierik flops and begins trying to heal itself, the one on Trey shows off its bird arm pits and hisses viciously. Everything else just stiiiiiiinks. Iris is just now starting to regain the ability to get up onto her feet.
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 4 for 10 successes.
1 2 2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +7 +7 +10 10
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Shadow Fury rolls Strength + 9 vs 6 for 3 successes.
1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 +7 +7 +8 8 9 10
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Mercy's Messenger rolls 3 vs 6 for 1 successes.
2 4 +7
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Shadow Fury rolls Dexterity + Melee vs 4 for 10 successes.
1 3 3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +9 +10 10
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Shadow Fury rolls Strength + 9 vs 6 for 6 successes.
1 2 2 3 4 5 5 +6 +6 +7 +8 +8 +9 10
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With the speed of Rage, Shadow Fury starts slashing with deadly precision. He knows what he's doing with that oversized canine. Once all the birds are gone, he looks around, taking stock of the situation.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice is fuming; he bit that damn vulpire but couldn't kill it... what kind of cat can't kill a damn vulture? okay, so it was also a vampire, but still, he's not happy. Of course, he's also hurt, and that probably contributes.
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Collector-of-Tales is not experienced enough to have the deep reserves of rage to keep going as fast as he was but he does manage to land another direwolf chomp and finish off his last birb. And then panting to catch his breath he focuses on just regenerating what's left of his wounds.
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Iris is nearly in tears, painted head to toe in gore, her hands up and fingers splayed. "...Someone cleanse me." she says in a 'I don't know whether to cry or frenzy' sort of voice. String will NOT return to her, and just hovers in the air on the far side of the temple. Oh goddess, that poor temple...
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Trey winces as he shifts up to homid, one arm gored to the bone, and says, "Gonna have to cleanse this whole place and all of us... if you just give me a minute to put this back..." And he holds the skin shut on the wound while it heals, watching to make sure everything lines up right before it's done.
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Looks around and then shifts back down to homid form. He looks around, "I can clean most of this up." he says. "As to Cleansing?" He nods, "I need some water, but know the Rite well."
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Evan shifts back to his human form once he's healed and he nods to Iris "Yes Elder." and he rummages through his backpack for the supplies he keeps on hand for a Cleansing Rite.
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The temple is pretty well hidden on the outside, but with some directions from another shifter, it's totally findable. Inside the temple, it's gorgeous and Egyptian and COVERED in blood, dead vultures, and some vomit. Iris is fucking *covered* in it. She looks like Carrie right after the whole pig's blood bucket fiasco, and isn't sure if she wants to cry or frenzy. People are getting out of crinos, chatro and hispo. Except Iris. She wants out of vomit, but there isn't a shift code for that. String wont go anywhere near her.
"Don't pollute the pool." is all she can manage to squeak out just this second. Fortunately, Bast's pool is so far untainted by the feathers, blood, and dead birds. That's mainly just all over the floor between the pool and the entrance. It smells pretty awful in here right now.
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Memo arrives on the scent of shennigans leading from the sept. The young Shadow Lord navigates by the light of a zippo, clearly unprepared for what he walks in on. He manages to restrain himself enough to just wrinkle his nose at the gore but his steely eyes narrow as the well up with water. There is a muffled, "Ugh", before he summons up the resolve to call out to the group as not to startle anyone, "Hey!".
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Trey says, "I have a bottle of Gnosis water if it's needed to do this." He looks distastefully at the dead birds and begins to collect bodies and pile them into... yes, a lawn and leaf bag he pulls out of his knapsack. What the hell *doesn't* he carry? He's filthy and covered with ick, as well, and does not look happy about this. His shirt, which was his current fave, is ruined. He'll never get all the blood out of that 'I DO WHAT I WANT' tee. He's also got a gory healing wound along one arm that looks almost like it was pecked through to the bone. He looks to the door, about ready to fight again, and then relaxes. "Guillermo," he says with a sigh of relief. "I'm so glad you're not a wyrmpire bird."
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Evan nods in recognition to the elder's directive and checks in with Kierik and Trey to see if they need any supplies "We should be fine with the spring water I brought from the caern, either of you need a willowbranch? I've got extra." Memo gets a wave "Hey there! Do you know the Rite of Cleansing? We've got a bit of a mess to clean up."
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Also covered in gore is Kierik. He's still got his dagger in hand. He looks at the mess, "Just gather the bodies, I'll take care of them." he says. He looks to the door and then tenses before realizing the others know this person. He twitches his nose a bit and takes a breath. "I did not bring any ritual supplies." He states matter of factly.
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Iris greets Memo with a "Hurk!" sound, and she slaps a hand over her mouth. Then she remembers where that hand has been and whips it away from her face, making some disturbing noises mixed with "Nopenopenopenope!" whispers to herself, willing her gut to calm down and not explode again. Not that it could, she couldn't throw up again if she tried, the girl is empty at this point! She's got those post puking fit shakes doing on. "Mem-hurk! Memo... Kierik... friend-HURK FUCK!" She ends with an unsavory belch.
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Memo shakes his head a little as his eyes dart around the scene, soaking it all in on closer inspection. He manages a distracted nod when he is addressed, muttering "I'm happy to not disappoint..." toward Trey. Snapping back a bit he shakes his head at Evan, "I'm afraid not." chewing his lip apologetically while he watches the other Galliard a moment. His brow arches turning to Iris, his mouth twisting into a disgusted frown, "What can I do to help Mercy's Messenger-rhya?".
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Evan grins at Memo and offers him a branch after giving one to Kierik "Want to learn it? This is a good opportunity I think. I can walk you through it, its fairly straight forward as long as you know the basics of the spirit pacts that allow rituals to work."
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Kierik rolls Charisma + Rituals vs 7 for 0 successes.
1 2 2 2 3 6 6 6 8
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Trey rolls Charisma(4) + Rituals(4) + 2 (10 dice) vs 7 for 5 successes.
1 2 4 6 +7 +7 +8 +8 +10 10
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Evan rolls Charisma + Rituals vs 7 for 1 successes.
2 2 3 3 4 4 5 +10
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Trey has a branch of his own, and once everyone else is set up, the group of assorted shifters works the cleansing ritual on the entire space and everyone in it, scaring away the wyrm taint with howls, yowls, chitters, and Gaia only knows what else.
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"Help Evan with the cleansing rite, and then um. I'll... Get a mop." Iris just wanted to explore some cultural imports, see something beautiful, pay respects, but that didn't work out! To her credit though, she still hasn't frenzied, but she's freaking out a LITTLE bit. She doesn't move from where she's standing though, not yet. Don't wanna track any taint outside the area, and just does her damndest to stay patient and wait while rituals are carried out.
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Maybe it's he's trying to do it in homid form? Kierik takes a branch and starts following the others around the circle, squeaking and screaching like a rat to scare off the taint.
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Memo doesn't know the ritual and is still adjusting to the nightmarish scene surrounding him and his peers. The Shadow Lord kneels from his vantage and removes a sliver of graphite and his note pad. With trembling hands he starts to outline the ritualists on his page, solem figures in sooty lines of black wielding branches and purity against their most ancient foe.
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Evan does go to Crinos form for the rite, and his howl...carries. The tone is clear and bright and audible for a long long way. Its not the most expertly done rite but he's enthusiastic, howling is one of his best skills!
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Hooray, the warriors of Gaia survived and not only murdered Wyrm creatures, they also definitely removed any scrap of taint that might have been left behind! Now there's just a REGULAR gory murder scene of dead vultures and vomit! "I have no idea where the cleaning closet for this place is, I'll... be right back. I'm gonna go get stuff, we have *got* to clean this place up or Lyric will absolutely rend us limb from limb! Plus I'd feel super bad." And with that she rips a moonlit hole through time and space so she can run back to the manor real quick and steal all of Branton's mops, buckets, and rag towels. Plus it gets the elder out of the room for a minute so everyone else can talk without authority around.
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Kierik looks at the pile and then to the others. "If you will stay back, I can deal with the bodies." He tells everyone.
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Treads-on-Thin-Ice has the bag o' dead birds prepped, at least; he may be free of wyrm taint, but he's gonna need to be hosed off at this rate. "I wanna know where the hell these things came from," he says, and eyes a dead bird with a baleful yet pensive air. "Are the vampires making more of their kind out of the local wildlife now?" He backs up to let Kierik deal with the bodies, content to get that problem handled.
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Evan nods as he steps well clear and considers "Should we move it outside? I don't know if what you're going to do is going to make much in the way of fumes or smoke.?"
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Iris is not back yet. Halfway there though! She'll get back in a turn or so.
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Stepping foward, Kierik kneels down next to the mass and starts to chitter. He does this for several moments and expends some Gnosis. He steps back. Soon, more chittering can be heard and suddenly there is a swarm of rat spirits swirling around the bodies. Kierik watches this with a faint grin and simply says, "Do not get close to the pile."
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Trey backs up and watches without any real gross-out showing in his face. He nods and says, "Efficient," with an air of approval, watching as the spirits make short work of the revolting twice-corpses. It might even be a little bit creepy.
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Evan gets wide eyed as he watches the swarm of rats do their work and quietly says "Guess that's a no then." before turning to Trey "I actually know fuck all about Vampires. Or whatever the fuck those were. Maybe Iris will have a clue when she gets back?" ".
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Iris gets back when the birds are like halfway devoured by the rat spirit swarm. Hopefully no one was standing where her earlier bridge was opened, cause that's exactly where she puts it for her return trip! When she comes through she's wearing a teeshirt and a pair of men's boxers, but no shoes still. She's not *clean*, but she did hose herself off real quick before returning, so she's at least less drippy and gross. Just soggy and mostly gross. She has in hand several mops, buckets, some of that real good, real eco friendly soap, scrubby brushes, and a sack full of junk rags. Maybe it's not all needed, but she grabbed whatever she thought might be needed. "So I figure if we can get the temple cleaned up, we can hit the kin house for a Cleansing shower and a change of HOLY CRAP THAT'S AWESOME!" She just noticed the sack o' rats.
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Trey nods again, watching the last of the devouring, studying its strange secrets. He says, "I know some; if you want to hear some of the lore I've picked up, I can share." He includes Kierik and Memo in this as well, noting, "There's an elder named Mocks-the-Dark who's a genuine expert on the subject if you can catch him, too." He grins as Iris returns with cleaning materials, and her reaction makes him laugh. "I know, right?," he agrees. "We were just talking about learning about vampires."
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Memo drops his graphite when the horde of rats rises up to cleanse the corpses in a flurry of teeth and a symphony of squeaks. He reaches down to collect his instrument when Iris bursts back in, leaving him to abandon the picture to offer the Elder help with the mundane cleaning supplies.
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Yes, the Rat spirits are efficient in what they do. In less than a minute, the bodies are gone. Not a beak or feather one is left. The bag is still there and anything not left on the pile is still there. Kierik smiles a bit and looks to the others. "That was the easy part." He says.
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Evan grins and joins Memo in helping with the cleaning supplies "It occurs to me that we should maybe get a shovel or two and wheelbarrow to scoop some of this residue into. So we can bury it off site. Just because its not Wyrmy any more doesn't make it not gross."
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Iris looks down at the stuff she's handing out to those reaching for it. "Shit. I *should* have brought a wheelbarrow, shouldn't I?" She looks around and says, "Um... Well, MAYBE it'll all fit in the buckets. Start there, I'll grab a 'barrow in a sec. Before I do, does anyone here know how to Create the Element of water? If not, I can do it, but experience builds character." She also stops to give Memo a smile and say, "Hey, thanks for helping us out, by the way."
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Trey joins in with the cleaning process -- I mean, this is *Bast's* temple, and he's offended on Her behalf -- "We'll get what we can into the buckets, and if we run short, we can go back for the wheelbarrow." With that, he's starting to get the grossness up from the floor, using the now-empty trash bag for dumping the... nastiness that is more solid and the bucket for the more liquid stuff. He mutters, "I need a 'clean up vomit' Gift..."
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Memo takes his cleaning implements up and starts to work right away, clearly the Shadow Lord is not above some manual labor. At Iris' questions he responds with an apologetic shake of his head. His nose wrinkles at some of the newer scents kicked up by their cleaning, "Cinnamon works wonders for the long term smells.". Even though Iris mentioned the birds Memo looks at Evan when he asks, "Vultures?".
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Kierik does go about cleaning up. He's also watching the others closely. Sometimes you can beat the paranoia. But at some point, he simply isn't here anymore.
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Evan nods at Memo "Except they were wyrm twisted. And trying to stab us with beaks and drink our blood. I was calling them 'Vulpires' in my head. What do you think?" Then to Iris he shakes his head "I'll add it to the list maybe? Don't think its going to be pretty high priority though, my training schedule's been pretty packed lately."
Mercy's Messenger loses one Magical Essence
Mercy's Messenger loses one Willpower
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2 3 3 3 4 +6 +8 +10 +10 +10
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"Sounds better than 'vamtures'." Iris opines while moving to where she can put Bast's pool behind her and reach out with her spirit to conjur up water from nothing and get it sweeping away from the pool. She does a LOT better at this than she thought she would, a gentle wave of water washing across most of the floor to aid in mopping and get any stray feathers floating out where they can be scooped up. "Okay, so, wheelbarrow, cinnamon incense aaaaand... Anything else I should grab?"
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Memo smacks his lips listening to Evan, a similar gesture one might make after being asked to try a chef's soup. An approving nod before he responds to the other Galliard, "I like it. It has a toothsome ring.". Memo looks over the mess in it's varying degrees before shrugging at Iris.
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Trey asks, "Peppermints if you have any. I have the most revolting taste left in my mouth." He wrinkles his nose and then gives Memo a momentary odd look, then goes back to cleaning. He looks up at a statue of Bast and says, "I promise you we will get this cleaned up."
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Evan nods at Iris and grins at Memo as he sets to work, scooping out solids and getting the watered mess with the mop and bucket as he comments to Iris, agreeing with Trey "GODS yes. That was so gross. I know I communed with a trash spirit to learn how to resist toxins but this was still super duper gross."
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"Ooookie dokie." Iris tells the trio as she turns to where she's been bridging and gives the spot an exasperated look. "Don't drop cosmic horrors on us, I know I'm pushing my luck but come on. Have a heart." she tells the air, and opens a bridge again. She's using a gift, not a totemic favor, so there's a 1 in 10 chance she opens a bridge that drops monsters. Not today though, it's too late for that BS, so she gets lucky for now!
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Iris comes back much more quickly, she doesn't have to ask Branton where cleaning stuff is kept, just jump through a window, grab some stuff, and hit the garden shed. She returns with the promised wheelbarrow, some listerine and some hard candies, and incense. Hooray! Cleaning may take a few hours, let's face it, if they wanna do a GOOD job, it's gonna take some work, but they got them fightin' muscles so they can totally do it. Showers later, clean clothes, hot food at the caern and a good night's sleep? Just another day in the life of Gaia's warriors.
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Memo brushes with the skill of someone who grew up on a ranch. The Shadow Lord seems to have made peace with the gore, taking breaks from the swabbing to add angles to the sketches in his notebooks. "Is this place Cat territory?" he asks aloud seemingly unsure who is still here.
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Iris also stops to take a break while the boys are out dealing with a wheelbarrow. "Yep! I think the Bubasti tribe of Bastet maintain the place, and the hugeass Balaam named Miguel guards the place. Nice, isn't it? I wanted to see the death shrine downstairs, but... later, I guess."
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Memo mouths the words, Bubasti, Bastet and Balaam a few times before his attention reaffirms on the elder. "It certainly is not without it's charm. Death shrine?" he looks at the ground. "Do the cats keep contact with their Ancestors as we do?".
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"I think they do, but maybe a bit less than Garou in practice." Iris answers, having a drink of water from a bottle and offering it to Memo if he needs some hydration. "We lean on our ancestors more, and they're more pushed into being very independant. But even so, you sometimes still need to reach out to the elders beyond. There's a shrine to Osiris below, so I'm told. The Egyptians were really respectful and reverent of death and their dead. Very rich afterlife beliefs and such."
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Memo accepts the water with a nod, taking a drink and handing it back. "So many of us bear our dead I wasn't sure how common the practices were. My knowledge of the Fera is mostly centered around the second war of Rage and little else. I have been trying to track down more experienced Galliards to continue my education." he shrugs as if acknowledge the beginning of a ramble.
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"You can get a lot of information from Theurges as well, weirdly enough." Iris offers, "We have to get to know the other races in order to comprihend and reverse engineer their magics, but we probably don't spin it in a very entertaining way. I think on our end it's mostly like... behavioral science and mystical mechanics, which doesn't translate very well into a good story. Good for you for working on learning more, they're fascinating peoples and we did them pretty damned dirty, it behooves us to repair some of our past misdeeds by getting to know them. Not gonna lie though, Ratkin make me super fucking nervous."
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Memo looks toward the direction the Ratkin who was here exited. "I have overheard the odd elder in my tribe speak of the true children of Rat in surprisingly glowing terms. It certainly was unexpected. I sadly have too little experience or knowledge to have a real opinion. Yet. I do agree with the need to correct old sins.".
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"They're..." Iris says, and pauses, thinking about how best to phrase things. "Horrifically amazing. I mean, truly, truly amazing and terrible. You've probably seen Ahroun go at it in an all out dance of war and death, but you haven't seen true savagery and brutality until you've seen a rat pack in action. They make us look clumsy and awkward, despite the shape of their bodies and smaller size. Which is what is so horrifying about them. I'm not saying they're psychopaths buuuut... I'm kinda saying that. We did that to them though. I mean we trounced the cats and enslaved the birds and straight wiped other folk off the face of the earth, but we drove the rats into the deepest depths of chaos itself after cutting their peoples' heart out, and they remember it. Like they remember as if they were there when it happened."
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Memo remains silent as he does the bloody dance with the mop Iris provided. The Galliard remains quiet as he works ruminating on what the Elder has said and what he has witness tonight.
