2019.04.04:Gaol Gone Wrong
| 2019.03.19: Gaol Gone Wrong | |
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| Jasmine and Cody explore the secret chamber below the library | |
| IC Date | April 04, 2019 |
| IC Time | Afternoon |
| Players | Marshall,Jasmine, Cody, Teagan, Lilian, River |
| Location | House of Keys |
| Spheres | Mage |
House of Keys - Lobby
Lilian tilts her head and takes her time to check out the statues, then look about her seeing well, people just passing it by. That is strange, so she heads to the doors of all things to peer into them if there is any glass, then test if it is unlocked.
River makes her way inside the building and into the main room as she looks over a note and grumbles about something that seems to upset her.
Lilian when River just heads in she moves to follow calling out, "Hello?" with a look about the place pausing to talk it all in, and looking to where she heard the voices she thinks inside, then moving back to the doors real quick to well close them.
Lilian moves to where she hears the voices, calling out again. "Hello." seems the Library is the way, though she does take in all she pasts pausing in her walk here and there to check out pictures, statues anything interesting.
Key House - Library
It's a new day and the Scoobygang is all here once more. For her part, Jasmine is dressed in the similar Lara Croft-style chic though she's changed her t-shirt to where it says "BAE IS NOT MY NAME." Now that they've all reconvened, she looks at the case and reaches out. "I guess I'm volunteering as tribute."
Cody shrugs a bit " That's hte most important thing of a sacrifice. that the lamb be willing." he teases with a slight chuckle. Though he readies to react in case he has to. Hand on his trusty athame.
Teagan's hair is done up in a ponytail, clearly ready for some dungeon delving, she readjusts her glasses and gets a second look at the case. She's definitely ready for something to explode, and cautiously waits at a safe distance away.
As Jasmine reaches for the case - apparently a hidden door by the way that it clicked and popped away from the wall of bookcases by a fraction of an inch, her fingers are brushed by a cold, chilling breeze that seems unnaturally frigid for this climate.
Teagan's attention is suddenly drawn to something outside of the room. She twirls around, facing the direction of the sound, and stares into the darkness in front of her. "Uh... Guys? I don't think we're alone in here..." She speaks quietly and carefully, as to not alert anyone outside of the room.
Cody glances to Teagen and his eyes narrow slightly. "What makes you think that?" he murmurs softly. "outside of us, at least yesterday there were no other consciousnesses present."
Brrr. It's getting cold in here. There must be some Toros in the atmosphere? Feeling that cold brush, she nosewrinkles and lets out a breathy gasp, wrapping her arms around herself for some warmth. Jasmine bites on her bottom lip as she takes in a long and deep breath. "When I was trying to unweave the barrier in the lobby earlier, I think something sneezed on me. And now it's just gotten hella cold. The two related?"
And of course, Jasmine goes back and opens the damn thing she was trying to open. Cause YOLO.
Or rather open the door. Silly Jasmine.
The case swings open to reveal a pocket space between the bookshelves and the stone, exterior wall of the building. No wider than a yardstick, the space turns sharply to the right and heads down stairs. Dark...creepy...cold...stairs.
Key House - Lounge
Lilian does not sense a thing, but she looks to River, "I hear people some where in here" looking about the place then taking a walk about the library to find the people why not, "Hopefully not trouble, or vandals."
Lilian looks to River, then hearing the people sighs. "Got to wonder on things like this." moving to well do something simple with a sigh, try her little flashlight first from her satchel purse, then with a sigh move to something simpler. "What a time for batteries to go out." as she then pulls out a candle and just lights it.
River says, "So seriously what is it with mages? Never hear of an elevator and wall lights?"
The candle is a simple scented taper, and well the wrappings are on the floor now. Gardenia seems to be the scent, "Still getting settled into the office bought these baby cause man my office smells like total man funk." from Lilian. "Hell if I know I am new to this shit."
River whispers to Lilian "Want night vision?"
River follows Lilian and the sound of voices inside the library as she peers around.
Key House - Library
Teagan's eyes dart over to the newly opened secret door, and then to Cody. "Well, either we find out now, or we go down the creepy staircase. They both sound about equally as bad to me..." She shivers slightly at Jasmine's mention of the lowered temperature. "Maybe you just have a cold?" She jests, trying to make some light of the situation.
Cody frowns a bitr and pulls out a single leaf and places it under his tongue
There's some rote mudra formed as she makes weird gestures for a few moments. A soft theurgic spell in ENochian can be heard under her breath as she starts giving herself a different vision of light as she asks for Gabriel to illuminate the way. "Well, I guess we're going down the dark creepy stairs. Follow me. I'm going hyperspectral."
"!!!!" There's a little yelp as her vision continues to shift. Putting up a finger, Jasmine bites on her bottom lip. "The stairs are covered with some really cold black glass thing. Is it obsidian? But whatever it is, that's what's going to be the cause of me becoming a frigid bitch." she whines, glancing to Teagan with squinty eyes before making her way down. "So be careful, y'all."
Cody murmurs " No traps or any type of mechanisms in the stairway or walls. Just seems to lead to the basement. Nothing ever good is in an abandoned basement." he says with a slight scowl.
Hearing that someone is at the door, Jasmine hrmms for a few moments, nosewrinkling. She's furthest into the stairwell as she looks up behind her. "Someone close the secret passage?"
Teagan backs up towards the staircase, keeping her eyes on the door to the lobby. She gives a confused look to what she can see of Jasmine as she says something about going hyperspectral. As the door creaks, she jumps and shifts her attention back to it. "Please don't hurt me, I am very poor!" She squeaks, turns around and runs towards the staircase. It only takes her a second to stumble over something and and hit the floor with a thud. There's a quiet "Shit." let out as she tumbles.
Cody cocks his head to the side as he apparently is staring off into space. "Hmmm... I wonder if that is where they went?" he murmurs." Almost looks like a defunct portal apparatus, I'd guess but I'm not a hermetic soo I may be wrong." He murmurs. Then Teagan faceplants. "You alright?"
Nosewrinkling for a few moments as she looks back to the others, there's aother hush and purses her lips. "There's others here now. Someone just did a spell of some sort. Can't tell exactly what flavor, so be careful."
Cody listens for a moment " I know that voice." he says softly. He heads up the stairs.
"No..." Teagan grumbles to Cody, face still firmly planted on the floor. Getting up, she sighs in frustration as she notices that her glasses have cracked quite significantly. She glances behind her in hopes of seeing anything before facing Cody and Jasmine. "Well, I'm still alive, so I guess we can cross murderous intent off of the list of potential things our new friends want. Unless they're in it for the long con." Dusting herself off she takes her glasses off, and lets out another heavy sigh upon seeing the state of them. "God dammit." she mutters and follows the others up the stairs, a bit wobbly.
At least someone knows something. Jasmine phews as she looks to Cody and then Teagan, as she follow behind the Verbena. "I guess we're making a new acquaintance." she offers with a shrug, whining as she looks down the stairs and hrmms. "Or I could let him take care of things. I'll scout ahead!" she does in her best Teemo voice as she decides to go against the grain and head downstairs. Hopefully she doesn't die.
Making her way down the stairs, Jasmine loses her footing on the slick cold black glass. The last that can be heard from the stairwell is "OH SH....!" before the sounding of oomphs and a wheee or whatever's left of it can be heard.
Cody looks over his shoulder and shakes his head. "River?" He calls out.
Seeing even less, Teagan squints into the darkness. "Who's River?" she asks quietly, looking up at Cody.
Key House - Archives
And...as you step up and through the 6 foot circular void the cold is just amazingly potent. This is not California weather by far. You're in a place that -BELIEVES- in winter.
...and then nothing.'
Jasmine can recognize the many layers and layers and LAYERS of silver-filled inscriptions around the many shapes of the structure. It's not a portal at all...
...it's a prison.'
Key House - Library
River walks up and says "Im a River." She grins impishly and says "Verbena Sorceress." She looks around her eyes easily adjusting to the darkness as she adds "Someone not pay thier electric bill?"
Cody glances back to Teagan "She's good people. met her at one of the gatherings." He smiles up to River " Hermetic trust fund must have ran out. We are adventuring, careful steps are a doozy. "
Hoping there's a person in front of her, Teagan extends a hand. "Teagan. Not a river." She smiles at the human-shaped blur in front of her. "Nice to meet you! Sorry for screaming earlier, I'm not exactly used to this whole skulking business."
River looks around and ask "So anyone else want night vision? She waves a hand to see whos blind and isnt. "I mean I think I can manage everyone."
Cold wind, a blast of frigid air, blasts up from the secret stair and blows the secret door open.
Cody smiles to River " I'm fine but Teagan but need it." He feels that wind He spins around drawing his athame in one swift motion. He moves towards the secret blown open door. "Jasmine?" he calls out and starts to head down the stairs again.
"Night vision or no night vision, I'm pretty much legally blind without these things." She gestures to her broken glasses in her left hand. "So unless you happen to have a spare pair lying around, I won't be doing a lot of seeing."
What exactly was happening downstairs. After slipping and falling and making a general ass of out herself, Jasmine stumbled upon a rather large pyramidal object. Doing a little bit of a ditty, she jumps in and out of the void a few times, feeling several bursts of cold wind, and probably freezing and getting a little signs of early frost bite along the way, but now she's just standing outside the object, her teeth chattering.
Hearing her name, there's a eureka moment as she shouts as loud as she can. "This place! Down here is a prison! It's like Winterfell but without the ice walkers. The different rooms, there's something off and wonky. The flows of energy are making the rooms out of whack. There should be balance! I think we might have to do something to power the node." a beat. "Or you know, lift the barrier that leads to the center room. I'm pretty sure there's some Song of ICe and Fire shit going on, and I'd bet good money that there's a dragon here somewhere, and bitch, I'm gonna be khaleesi."
And then suddenly she remembers. "And DONT SLIP ON THE BLACK GLASS!"
Cody carefully treads down the stairs, his corr effect still going.
River looks to tegan and smiles "Um I can fix that for awhile atleast? I mean a few options. Either change the shape of your eyes to a healthy eye or give you like sonar/radar vision. I mean its perfectly safe and wears off natrualy in an hour."
"What, like a bat? Does it hurt?" Teagan blinks a few times, and something in the room catches her attention. Furrowing her brow, and squinting a little, she turns her attention back to River. "Alright, that sonar thing sounds cool enough. Just promise me I won't explode." She smiles.
River laughs and says "No youll be fine. She then makes a gesture with her fingers as she draws a glyph in the air
As the charm works its magic upon Teagan her eyes widen, and she looks blankly into the room ahead of her. Mouth agape for a few seconds she eventually vocalizes a "Woah... This is trippy." Refocusing her attention to the shiny thing in the floor she shuffles over to it. "Now. What's this?" Taking a knee, she picks the thing up and inspects it.
Teagan seems to have found a coin, about the size of a quarter but thicker. Hand struck, the coin appears silvery and overly bright - as though it's not, nor could it, be tarnished. On one side is a portrait of a man's face, on the other is a strange rune - cut into the coin rather than stamped.
Lilian comes back in from well where ever she went and looks about to see who all is here still. Then with a look about waves to the new and nods to River, "Sorry forgot an appointment had to make the run and back. So...what gives here?"
River shrugs and says "I dont know, someone loves the night life?" She then turns to follow the others as she says "Seriously lights are not a profanity."
Stepping to the side, she nods. "Go for it. Like I said, it's a jail, so don't step inside. It's like polar vortex cold in there." Jasmine replies rather matter of factly.
Teagan looks up from the coin she's just found to turn to look at Lilian as she enters. Confused, she gives River a look, before cautiously speaking up. "Uh... I found a coin! I'm guessing your River's friend?" She gives the woman a warm smile before focusing her attention on the coin once more. She flips it over a few times, and gives a couple of cursory tosses before stuffing it in her pocket. "Mysterious."
Lilian nods, "I am River's friend, and you are? Also what is this place it feels...like well, I should just read the past of the place or something." with a tilt of her head and wink to the young woman.
Key House - Archives
Cody frowns a bit "Jasmine, is that thing below where hte fountain is you think? I am thinking that the fountain is the key to it all. Pun intended. It would make sense with the metaphor of power I think.
There's a bit of hoarfrost on her skin. Her teeth are still chattering a bit, and she's working on trying to warm up without the use of magick. It was her idea to jump in and out of magic jail afterall.
"It's entirely possible but there are three animals. Do you think if the three of us touched one of the keys at once something would happen? I don't come from an honored lineage, but I do come from a prideful and proud Shadow Lord family."
Cody nods his head " It might. I'm not a hermetic but my blood is from a powerful and old family. However not too long ago I found out about my Fianna heritage, so I'm guessing that side of my family is not remarkable. Cody pauses and thinks "How much do Hermetics value 3's?" he asks
"There's the three layers of magick. Goetia, Theurgia, and Magia. Then in the realm of the kabbalah, three is the number of Manifestation, and is identified with the Sephiroth of Binah, Understanding. The number three represents triplicity, and 3-dimensions of being, Time, Space and Matter. Also, the number three corresponds to the first Pythagorean solid, in crystal form. This number symbolizes primordial organization, and it's shape is the Triangle of 3 sides. Three is the number of the Ancient Mother, and denotes Matriarchy, and Karmic power."
Yeah, she's going on her soliloquy now with lots of useless facts. She'd make an absolute killing in jeopardy though. "But, if you wanna go like really basic? Hermes Trismegistus. Thrice Great Hermes. Mercurius Ter Maximus. Basically, he's the amalgamation of the Greek god Hermes, and the Egyptian god, Thoth."
Cody considers for a few moments. "One fully awakened mage per key perhaps. " he muses and glances " mind if I take a gander with this thing?" he asks Jasmine. "Afterall it is definitely hermetic in design."
Cody nods his head and ingests a bit of herb and breaths deeply for a moment, the smell of autumn fills the air
Cody frowns a bit " It was powered until recently. I think it failed when the defenses and wards went down. " He says softly.
"That makes sense, I mean it was hidden from view until it popped into existence." Jasmine offers as she frowns and takes in a long and deep breath. "It's cold down here, shall we head back up and share with the others? They might be getting worried."
Cody glances and murmurs " I wonder what would happen if... " He draws his dagger and slices his hand, then using his wounded hand to grip the handle and touch it with the blade.
Key House - Library
River says, "Lil need nightvision?" She then frowns and says "Seriously its like a nerdy scooby adventure." "Oh! Yes, sorry! I'm Teagan. I, uh- I'm... here, too." Teagan is fully aware of how horrible an introduction that was, but figures it's probably best not to elaborate in case she'll embarrass herself further. She gives River a glance as she mentions Scooby Doo, and swiftly adds: "We're just missing a dog!"
Key House - Archives
As Cody opens the skin on his hand, spilling his blood to offer his own quintessence to the structure it's like grabbing a live wire. His body goes instantly rigid and he can't move. A nimbus of silvery-white light envelopes the man and he's lifted off the round by about an inch.
A low, deep rumble can be heard from deep within the house - like some ancient creature were slowly stirring from slumber and did -not- want to wake.
Key House - Library
Lilian nods as she looks about for something, well ok Lanterns, "No I am fine until the sun sets, thinking well there should be some sconces or lanterns one can light with a bit of forces about here some where." then to Teagan, "And you had to mention the lack of a Dog." in a low wry tone.
A low, deep rumble can be heard from deep within the house - like some ancient creature were slowly stirring from slumber and did -not- want to wake.
Key House - Archives
Face meet palm. Did she or did she not mention that it was a jail down here. Before she can say anything, the effect takes place as she squints and curses under her breath. "This is a Quaesitor designed oubliette. We are the judges, the jury, and the executioner of the Hermetic Order. This is a magickal gaol and now... you're like..." There's a beat for a few moments as she tries to come up with a good word for it. "Impotent." Her mind is rushing. "Come on, there has to be a passphrase to not keep you fucked." And that's when she starts chanting as many Enochian phrases that she can think off, asserting her authority as a Praetor within the Quaesitor.
A low, deep rumble can be heard from deep within the house - like some ancient creature were slowly stirring from slumber and did -not- want to wake.
Cody frowns a bit " I was hoping it would spark a bit more power into the node. Guess I'll have to visit a friend and see if she'll allow me the use of hers and recharge my reserves."
Key House - Library
River calls out mimicing Eddie Murphy. I have the KNIFE..... Now turn on the damn lights!" She grins as she is probibly joking.
Key House - Archives
Her eyes widen as she hears the growl and she points upstairs. "Let's get back up. And yeah, you got lucky it didn't have the souljar spell or you'd be unable to perform magick for a bit as well." With that, Jasmine starts to rush up the stairs.
Cody takes a more leasurely pace and carefully heads up stairs
