2019.10.05 Challenge for Adren
| Adren Rank Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Burt Challenges Alessio for Adren Rank | |
| IC Date | Between Sep 30th to Oct 5th, 2019 |
| IC Time | Not applicable |
| Players | Burt, Alessio |
| Location | City if Prospect & Garou Tech Haven Hangout |
| Spheres | Garou, Gaian |
Burt in Blue, Alessio in Black
An Important Note: The Following Scene did not take place in real time. Due to Timezone constraints, it was played out in @mail with missives sent and a final short @mailed out pose set.
September 30th
My name is Spider Catcher. I am a shaman of the tribe of Great Uktena. I lead the Ghosts who seek lost treasure in the tattered threads throughout the Scab. I have sought the secrets of the city and your tribe has shared them. Shoulder to shoulder with the Children of Cockroach I have shed blood to protect concrete and steel. And now that I am worthy enough in the eyes of the Garou Nation to challenge for Adren I have one more question for the Glass Walkers, for you. Do you hear my challenge?/font>
September 30th
A message is delivered to Burt via Kinfolk courier. It is a single piece of paper, printed by what looks like an old style dot matrix printer.
start missive
Your Challenge is heard and it is accepted, unless you find a more qualified candidate to Challenge.
I am Doubletap, Adren Ahroun of the Glass Walkers. I shall meet you at the chosen field to determine if you are ready to take up the mantle of Adren.
end missive
October 3rd
Another printed note arrives to Burt:
missive begins
Your Challenge for the Rank of Adren will be this. In four days you will bring me a token of the founding structures of Prospect. In so doing, you prove to me that you are truly a friend of the City, that you see in it its worth and the need to secure it and shepherd it from the taint of that which would bring it down.
missive ends
The final meeting would have been taken place in the Tech Haven itself, where Alessio would have been waiting for Burt to come and deliver what he found.
October 5th
Spider Catcher wastes no time returning with baubles. "I have often tried to see the city as you all see the city. I was raised on a Reservation, my first change on the edges of the colonized world. In my heart I still carry anger and bitterness over the history of this country and what it means for my people. But as I learned my place as a Garou I saw in the city a mystery. And I realized that many people are not their grandfathers. I saw then before my blooding a glimmer of what you and the Bone Gnawers must see despite what the other tribes may say about the Scab. I saw hope. As I tried to unravel the knot your tribe showed me all the places Gaia lives that sometimes other Garou are blind to."
The Uktena sets a variety of items on the table in front of you. Some freshly acquired, some it seems kept and treasured from his time here. First he sets down a musket ball "My friends in the academic sector helped me get this. It is a musket from the Presido founded by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. He founded this city and in so doing paved the way for California to be what it is today.".
Next a weather pamphlet entitled "The official guidebook of the Panama California Exposition". The Uktena gently taps in front "This may be the first sign of the cities birth. A token from Alonzo Horton who raised a city around a Spanish colony.".
He sighs placing pouches down next. "This is a handful of ashes from Cedar fire which scarred the city and scoured it's people. This next a hanful of earth from where the mountain crumbled during the last big quake. The city has suffered catastrophe yet rose again, life refusing to give. A reminder that people will endure tragedy. Love and Hope do not crumble or burn and a city is not only in brick and timber but the hearts of it's citizens.".
Next he sets a Comic Con patch, a US Navy hat with the CVN 71 designation, a class listing for UC Prospect and a fresh burrito. "There are things that have grown in this city that have touched the corners of the earth. A celebration of art and joy. A port protected my mightiest Navy in the world, a center for learning that people who have never seen the sea dream of attending and this.". He pauses chuckling almost embarrassed. "I have worked in many places and this is called a California burrito in many of them. It's a dish synomous with this place. A simple thing really just some good Mexican cuisine with a handful of french fries in the center. Something inherent to the soul of Prospect.".
Finally he sets down a self guided tour of the Prospect Zoo, a child's drawing and a clipping of some succulents from the garden above the Tech Haven."I organized the liberation of Prospect Zoo and claimed it for protection. We protect life that is disappearing from the world and keep ourselves to the diminishing wild in the eyes of the creatures protected therein. I found a fount of the Wyld and help shepherd it so it would help creativity and creation grow without overwhelming the city. And this is from the community garden. Normal people congregate above us helping protect something pure and beautiful born from the concrete and steel.
"A city is not a stagnant thing. It is born." he gestures at the first things. "It changes. It grows. Like us it shifts shape. But it's heart remains the same. I have seen it born, watched it grow and fell in love. I present the tokens of founding, the structures that define it's growth, healing and precious landmarks that define it. As I ran around today considering this challenge I realized something. I was not wandering around your city looking for it's worth. I was finding my place....in my home.".
Each item is looked at. Scrutinised. Carefully handled. And when the Glass Walker finally speaks, his eyes goes to the Uktena, "It is a rare honor to meet one of the Web Walkers. An Uktena who have chosen the City.. one of the Uktena who allies with those the others call Urrah. Despite this I was surprised that you would seek me out for this." he pauses briefly,
"I hears nothing but good things about you. I see nothing but benefits of having a Web Walker succeed, as you succeed. If it will benefit the City, then it will benefit us all. Some might say my Challenge was weak, lacking in meaning. To those, I turn my back." he motions to the items, "I tested you in this because I needed and wanted to be sure you understood the soul of a city. Of this city. You do." he takes another pause,
"You are what this City needs. You arrived as a Cliath and the City did not swallow you whole. You walked as a proud Fostern and the City found you deserving. You may now walk these streets an Adren. So say I, Doubletap of the Glass Walkers, Adren and Full Moon, defender of the streets."
After another brief pause, he adds, "And if you have it within your heart to honour the City yet again, take one of the items upon this table and petition a Spirit of the City to bind to it. Make a Fetish of a piece of the City of Prospect, that will make the Wearer and user of that Fetish be marked as one of Prospects true citizens."
