>>18177425

Howard and Philips rush out the door, blowing past Ashwood and is lawyer. Acting fast, you scoop the skull off the table in the conference room, give it an under-hand pass to Ashwood, who catches it, then go tearing out of the room after the detectives. You catch up to them in the bullpen, as they're getting into full gear, coats, vests, guns, badges, car keys. As you skid to a halt you can also see Detective Philips pulling a long item wrapped in brown sack-cloth, maybe four feet long, from under her desk.

>Wat say?

(Clearly starting an hour before you normally do it not the way to get people in your thread)

rolled 15 = 15

>>18177550
na its cool just diden't expect you

"so I am guessing its bad? just wondering leave town , country , or planet bad? "

"What can I do to help?"

>>18177474
"Is anyone going to fill me in on just what was in the Box?"

>>18177550
QUICKLY DO SOMeTHING

>>18177474
"So, where are we going?"

Make it clear that we never even considered the possibility that we would be staying behind.

rolled 88 = 88

>>18177550

we should probable call them FBI guys or is this them?

>>18177580

"So, this is bad, right?" You ask. "Yes." Is the response you get. "Okay, like, how bad? Do I want to leave town? The country? Do I need to go to space?" This question actually stops them, and now you're pretty sure that Philips long object is a longsword. "Okay, lemme give you the short version," Says Howard. "The Black Rock Box is a pre-human artifact. If Red knows how to use it, she can operate it as a beacon, to contact her patron's home universe, basically skip the steps in ritual summoning requiring the giant circles in the earth and the dozens of cultists chanting. It's a focus." Philips interjects, "But it's not set for one Outsider. She'd need to know what configuration to put it in. And she'd still need the power to bridge the gap."

You nod, taking this in. "What can I do to help?" You say, as they start walking fast to the elevators, to go down to the parking garage. "Listen kid," Says Howard, "You done enough tonight. We're gonna go to the museum and see if the fucker's actually stolen. From there, we'll probably need to wait until morning to check with the Arcanomath professor on Campus, see if any of their students could operate the box. You should go home, get a good night's sleep, so you can look out for you and yours." The elevator door closes at this point, leaving you wondering what exactly to do next.

>>18177641

The feds are here on an entirely different case, which is Dr. M. Syrpent is involved in that, but not directly, and there wasn't any direct intervention on the good doctor's part this time.

>>18177608

Off-topic, but what the hell is that from anyway?

>>18177664
"As if I COULD sleep knowing that." turn back to Ashwood. "So, feel like living up to that family name of yours?"

>>18177664
To Dresde- uh, blackstaff´s office!

>>18177696
It's BlackTHORN, Mr. FreudianSlip.

>>18177664
Well what's Ashwood doing? Also what time is it? We might consider contacting Blackstone, he looks like a guy who knows his shit

>>18177721

You left Ashwood in the dust, he's probably like, only just now go to their desks.

And it is 9:30.

>>18177696
>>18177711
>>18177721

Wouldnt it be easier to just call him Dresden-expy?

also let not forget that Ashwood owes us (I still want to know about grandma Ashwood and see how the skull reacts)

>>18177741
Or you could just, like, remember his freaking name. Is that so much to ask?

>>18177754
Well, yes.

I'd say try to contact Blackstone

rolled 13 = 13

>>18177736
to Ashwood
so that was weird wanna grab a beer?

>>18177819
>>18177696
>>18177721

Don't suppose anyone recalls If he gave you a way to contact him?

rolled 56 = 56

y contact blackstaff when we got a magic WMD of knowledge right in front of us?

>>18177842
I had to check the archives to avoid calling him selfdefence dresdenguy but I'm pretty sure he didn't give us a business card. We could ask Jeanne

>>18177550
>reloading /tg/ once in 10 minutes or some for the last 3 hours
>somehow miss this thread

Damn.

>>18177842
Yeah, he gave us his business card. Why is everyone so confused about that? Call him. He can help. And, just as importantly, he can tell us what WE can do to help. Let's also get Johnny and Roxy on a line and tell them what's going on.

>>18177937
http://catalog.neet.tv/tg/

>>18177664
> we'll probably need to wait until morning to check with the Arcanomath professor on Campus

"Why do you need to wait till morning. This is obviously serious stuff, wake him up at his home if need be"

>>18177954

You dial Blackstone. He answers. "Yup?" Huh, the man only grows more mysterious. "Professor? It's me, Daniel." The line gets silent, and you can tell Blackstone is listening intently now. "Yeah, Dan. What do you need?" He says it like he knows you've put your foot in something, and want to know what it is. You summarize what happened, and what you know.

>>18178068

"Okay. Is there a question in there? Because I don't mean to sound rude, but its night time, and I need to get up early on the weekdays. Sounds to me like you've got all the info." "Yeah, but this is bad, right? Like really bad?" You reply, trying not to sound too freaked out. "It's not that bad." He says. He pauses for a second, then continues. "Okay, on a normal scale, it's pretty bad. But on the supernatural scale, its less bad than you'd think. The box is a shortcut, apparently. Reduces ritual casting time and other requirements. But she still needs major mojo to pull even a piece of that thing through. More mojo than single human being could muster on their own without turning into a pillar of salt, or something. You can cut down on the requirements when doing it when the barriers between worlds are weak. Closest thing that would be is a couple nights from now, they'll be a total lunar eclipse that will intersect with midnight. This is a significant time, I know almost every Arcanist and Magister on this coast are saving their best tricks for that night. But she still needs the power source, even if its easier. Plus, the detectives told you, they don't know if she can operate it." He pauses. "I think this is a little over your head, grasshopper. I'd do like they say, grab some dinner, and get a full night's sleep, wait until daylight. Everything from spookytown is weaker in daylight. Since I know it'll make you feel better, I'm gonna hop on over to the Museum, and help out those detectives. At the very least, I can help them talk to Professor Ellsworth before tomorrow morning." He hangs up.

(What, you guys get your wish and it wasn't what you wanted?)

Well shit. Alright then go back home, phone johnny and roxane to brief them about what happened. Then go to sleep, tomorrow we'll get shit done

rolled 75 = 75

>>18178126
nope seems right now lets see is ashwood wants to grab a beer

>>18178147
Why do we need to drag Roxxy and John in everything we do?
I can understand Roxxy, but John is wholly mundane. If we keep at this shit, he is going to die sooner or later and it will be our fault.
Oh, and don't go 'we are just telling him stuff'. You don't think he would be inclined to join us in withchunt if we go on one? Even if he doesn't, better not risk it.

>>18178074
Blackstone knows his stuff. Lets just get home. I bet we have classes tomorrow.

>>18178161
>>18178147

You walk back to Ashwood. He just arches eyebrows at you, the question left unstated. "We should be afraid, maybe, but not yet. They'll know by morning. I called Professor Blackstone, y'know, from Esoterics, and he said he'd go to the Museum and help." Ashwood nods, not at all moved by your name-dropping. "Right. Well, Mr. Graves has informed me my Grandmother's plane shall be arriving within the hour, so we were about to head over to the airport with the limousine. Did you need a ride anywhere?"

>>18178211

>I bet we have classes tomorrow.

Nope, officially off last week. Celebrating this is why Dan and Johnny went to the club friday night.

It hasn't been established if Dan has signed up for any Summer classes, though.

rolled 3, 5 = 8

Rolling doubles

>>18178233
Would be nice if we can get a lift back to our dorm.
We must be tired at least.

>>18178242
I see.

>>18178233
"Sure. My place, if it's not any trouble."

>not going to see the biplane
holy shit why /tg/?

>>18178270
because we are not invited?

After a long plane-ride, when you arrive in middle of the night the only thing you wanna do is to get to your destination and have a rest, not meet a overly exited kid fanboy.
We'll inconvenience people by being htere.

>>18178259
>>18178254

"Yeah, run me down to the monorail, so I can go home. I'd ask to just go on back to the dorms, but that's like the complete opposite direction from the Airport." You say. Ashwood nods. "Alright, if you have everything, we'll just get going. All due respect to the constabulary, but I don't feel welcome here. I don't know if its the money or the metahuman ancestry, but I'd like to take my leave. Mr. Graves has the limo out front." You nod in turn, and follow Ashwood back to the lobby.

As you get ready to go down the steps, a voice calls out. You turn to find the captain there. She holds out a credit chip. "Here. Much as I don't approve of amateurs, the Mayor and the Commissioner prefer it if we encourage people like you to keep helping when you do. Here's 500 cash, for Miles Malek. Word came down the tubes, he's from Chicago, tried to zombify a T-Rex skeleton after breaking into another Museum. He failed, so he came here to get some better juju. He's awake and copping to the whole thing now, and the Wolf Girl has agreed to flip on him if we just kick her out of the country and never let her back." You take the chip, and pocket it. "Thanks, Captain." "Don't thank me, kid." She says, as she turns to walk away. "I don't make policy, I just follow it."

Your phone rings. You've got a text, from a number you recognize as the one Detective O'neal gave you. It says simply "Doe, Adam".

>>18178373
>"Doe, Adam".
Implying I know what that supposed to mean.

Come on, woman, you can type 160 characters for a message. Be more precise!

>and the Wolf Girl has agreed to flip on him if we just kick her out of the country and never let her back

I half-hoped she would become our body-guard somehow

>>18178428

Maybe tomorrow you can visit her in the holding cells and work out a different deal. For now, she's cool with getting shipped back to Belgium and taking her chances in the EU.

>>18178428
Must be the kid Eve grabbed, and filled with the Cyrean cybertech.

>>18178466
So that's his name? Adam Doe?
Okay. Send her quick "thx"
Tomorrow we could search for him on the web.

>Booyah, MRQ!
>>18178459
Oh cool, that means I can get myself a wolf girl to keep me company here in Belgium.

>>18178373
Probably the name of the kid yeah, we should look it up when we get home. We can contact him tomorrow.

>>18178428

(+2 Wealth for the Credit Chip)

You shoot O'neal back a text, then put your phone back away, then follow Ashwood down the steps to the ground level, then out onto the street, where a limousine is parked, engine on, Driver standing by. He opens the passenger door, allowing you and Ashwood to get in the main section, with Mr. Graves.

Ashwood immediately opens up the bar inside, and starts checking the stock. "After a night like this, I think a good stiff medicinal drink is in order." He looks up at you. "Pick your poison, Fortesque? Gin and Tonic, Brandy? If you want to be real high class I believe there are port and cigars."

You notice a Wayland-Utani catalog sitting on the seat beside you. Its the Spring 2012 issue.

>>18178549
Wait, 10k gave us 10 wealth, but 500 bucks gives 2? Not that I'm complaining, but it seems a bit funny. Oh well, I guess we have to get our wealth from somewhere, and the cyrean stuff and the armour probably did account for all of the 10k...

Anyway, I'll have the Gin and Tonic please. Then browse the catalogue.

>>18178549
Lets get brandy but don't smoke (I say we aren't a smoker)

Check the catalog for anything interesting.

>>18178570
I agree. Dan hasn't smoked so far, and it wouldn't really be in character for him to suddenly be a smoker now.

Whiskey I'd say. Also ask if you can bowwor that catalog, we might find something useful to waste our credits

>>18178570
[btw, I really don't care what we drink. It could be Gin&Tonic as >>18178568 suggested for all I care]

>>18178585
NO! let us have a grand debate derailing the quest about which drink is better!

(seriously though, same here, I haven't even tasted any of the ones mentioned, I'm more of a beer guy)

I just said whiskey because of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeovTxMwrhY

>>18178570
I can't into booze, but I'm all for checking that catalog

Is the suptg archive automated?

>>18178634
You mean if it automatically archives threads? No.

For that you need http://archive.foolz.us/tg/

>>18178634
No, but there's no need to archive immediately, usually

>>18178664
>foolz
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+1 for whiskey

and just because Dan doesn't smoke now doesn't mean he can't pick up the habit. It's just as likely he doesn't do it because the only affordable cigars are the ones that taste like cardboard. Or perhaps he's just never had one offered to him before. College is a time of change and experimentation.

No reason to turn something down just because Dan hasn't done it before.

>>18178592

(I know exactly Jack and Shit about Alcohol, but I know which drinks are sufficiently British for a member of the aristocracy to keep in his limo.)

You take a Gin and Tonic, remembering that those are good in warmer months. Graves declines, though a skull in a bag recommends Schnapps until it is thumped with an elbow. Ashwood sets about making the drinks, while you pick up the catalog, and begin to peruse it.

It's a mail-order catalog, advertising all the usual amazement and excitement within its pages. You've heard Wayland and Utani mentioned before, and know that Professor Wayland, head of the Metascience dept has a stake in it, or is some how related. It is usually described as a regular modern Sears-Roebuck. It starts off with the normal mail order shit for nerds and survivalists. Tolkienian cutlery, multitools, utility lights, hiking backpacks, fancy gun holsters, tactical bacon, MREs, etc. Then it gets weirder. It starts offering military and police surplus, from body armor to riot shields, along with stun-guns, handcuffs, pepper sprays. Some of this stuff is made by Wayland-Utani, others only sold through them.

Before you can get any farther, Ashwood hands you your drink. You accept it with thanks, and start drinking. Before you can find your place in the catalog again, the limo pulls to a stop, and the driver announces, "The Monorail line, sir."

>Take the Catalog with you?

>>18178704
>No reason to turn something down just because Dan hasn't done it before.
I… suppose you have a point. It certainly hasn't stopped us so far.

>>18178724
Ask first, but yeah.

>>18178724
Ask him if it's OK to do so, we don't just take stuff like that.

>>18178724
>>Take the Catalog with you?

Pretty sure we can look up all that shit on internet if we want to. Why take the catalog?

>>18178770

Because I said so?

>>18178724
If Ashwood doesn't mind, I say.

>>18178790
umm, umm

>>18178724
uuuh multitools. I'm a bitch for those.

>>18178770
I was going to say because it's not out yet, then I noticed that we're in 2012 spring. Well maybe its blue blood special edition, idk.

>>18178791
>>18178767
>>18178745

You finish the G&T, and hold up the Catalog so Ashwood can see. "Can I borrow this?" You ask. He waves a hand dismissively. "Of course. I've ordered everything I need out of it. New one'll be out soon enough anyway. In fact," He pauses, and fishes around, until he pulls out one of those key-chain membership card things and tosses it to you. "Got a couple of these with my last order. Free trial membership card. Good for 6 months. Gives you the member's discount and lets you earn points to get certain items no extra cost." You examine the card, then pocket it. "Thanks, Ashwood." You close the door, and get on the monorail headed back to Campus.

>>18178852
Ashwood really can be a bro... Sometimes... when he's not being an upperclass snob. I guess once you get a bit closer to him he's not that bad anymore.
Also, before anyone says we parcours back home, it's been a long and tiresome night, I prefer we take the monorail.

>>18178852
>>18178894

WE'RE A WIZZARD
LETS TELEPORT BACK HOME
WEEEEEE

>>18178928
We don't have a teleport spell. Only elemental spells iirc (not sure about that though)

>>18178894
Quite so.

>>18178724
>tactical bacon
Wait, wait. What?

>>18178936
http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/wacky-edibles/c399/?itm=tactical_bacon&rkgid=274402663&cpg
=ogc1

>>18178934
I'm not quite sure how magic system works here. I thought we can pretty much do any spell we can think of, right?

>>18178936
Lol, I completely read over that... It's for carpet bombing enemy territory with I think, so they'll start eating the bacon and not paying attention when you invade.

>>18178940
>Pheh, spoilsport, I like my version better.

>>18178953
Any evocation.

>>18178953

Within the frame-work of spells you know how to do.

Magic is all about arbitrary boundaries man.

>>18178953
Yeah, but we only have points put into the evocation school so anything we think of outside of that is guaranteed to fail due to no dice.

>>18178967
And right now we only know elemental stuff right? At least, I can only remember us using earth grasps, earth pinpointing, air running boost and air muffle/hold

>>18178989

Yeah, Evocation is using the elements.

>>18178958
Your version is totally better

>>18178852
Let's see if the catalog has any nice helmets. Maybe one covered in scales made out of lab-grown Cyrean crystal? If not, any decent helmet that we could get painted Cyrean-Blue and carry around in our bag. It would be good for riding bikes, extreme car races, and not-getting-one-shotted.

>>18178967
>>18178999

So what would teleportation spell be?

>>18179043
Conjuration I think.

>>18178999
Are there any big magics we might want to try out on the eclipse? If not, let's look up some neat rituals we would like to try out.

>>18179032
That's a damn good idea. They might have some really nice helmets in there.

>>18179058
Probably outside of our price range, though. Still, doesn't hurt to check.

>>18179052
If not its own separate Miracle

>>18178852

As you ride the monorail back to the University, you flip more through the catalog, noticing for the first time the way it is categorized. Mundane up front, followed by Surplus, then Superscience, Anachronism, Occult, Magitek and Exotic.

Flipping through W&U, you find all manner of things, some of which you're sure cant be legal. A man-portable railgun which runs on D batteries (Woops, that's half a dozen D Batteries. Per shot. Ammunition sold separately), focused speakers for psiops shit, along with CDs of "Worst Music Ever". You find Alchemical potions, custom ordered ammunition made of silver, meteoric iron, jacketed with gold, or radium, or even more exotic, like bullets which are actual gel laced with curare, or fire darts made with a solution from a lightning-split oak tree. T-Ray glasses (emitter sold separately), you're very own pair of Hydrogen and Anti-Hydrogen atoms, modern english translations of a number of occult books (Including some of the fun ones). Even weirder, it seems like Wayland-Utani can deal in metahuman enhancement technology, offering several canned gene therapy or chemical treatments, cyber and bioware augmentations, and a service to find doctors to install your enhancements. Apparently its pretty much the magazine for members of the greater metahuman community.

You're back on Campus now. Since its edging near 10, the food court wont be open. You'll have to either try and dig something out of the fridge back at the dorm, or walk off campus again.

>>18179081
Are there any human-made power modules of the same sort as our Wisp? Also, I'm definitely interested in the helmet questions mentioned above. What kind of gene therapies are we talking? And how exorbitant are the prices on all that stuff?

>>18179105
This.

Also, I'm inclined to look up Roxanne, but as has been said before, we don't want to worry her with all that has happened tonight (yet). Any thoughts about this?

>>18179120
I think we should keep our friends in the loop. Not right now, though. Later, during the day, when people are awake. After all, if we're not going to chat with our friends about what we've been involved in lately, what's the point in even having friends? We will, though, downplay the danger we were in. We don't want our friends freaking out about how we could have been killed.

Oh, and let's make sure to go free running again tomorrow afternoon.

>>18179105

Nope, not even in Exotic. The catalog sells Amaze Co. Labs products, but the Psi Program modules appear to be an off-world thing only, where there is a shitload more demand.

The Gene Mods are exorbitantly expensive, for Dan. The cheapest, with his Members discount is basically "Fix your own genome" (Which cleans up random genetic errors by wear and tear, and reduces the presence of genetic defects and diseases over a number of years) is 4 Wealth points. The cool stuff, like "Become an Olympic Athlete" or "Become World Chess Champion" are like 8. With discount. Not counting the fees the doctor would charge to legally boost you with the stuff in a safe environment.

You guys are going to have to narrow the field on helmets. They have riot helmets, ballistic helmets, WWI tin-hats, medieval plate helms made from modern steel.

>>18179158
Well, first of all, are there any helmets that are made using Cyrean crystal but Human designs, so that it has, like, adjustable padding for a one-size-fits-all fit or something? If not, some kind of ballistic helmet - something that has HAR so that we wouldn't necessarily die outright by getting shot in the head.

>>18179120
I'm inclined to let Roxy and Johnny wait till morning.

>>18179081
Assuming the dorm fridge isn't being kept well stocked, let's get going.

>>18179158
Preferably something cyrean, keeping up with our general theme, but for the rest, something reliable and preferably also protecting our face, imo.

>>18179141
I agree. We should play it off like we never really were in any real danger. We probably won't convince them, but it's the thought that counts.

>>18179195
Good, then it seems we're in agreement about telling them and how and when.

We should get better batteries for our mecha. At this point it is running on old car batteries.

>>18179228
Yeah, we should do that at some point. We could have stolen some from the Cyrean weapons at the museum, but nobody thought of that until it was too late. Not that it matters much, since a huge portion of the thread was yelling not to steal things from the museum at the time anyway. I agree, though. We should try to get some better batteries when we can afford them. I don't think $500 is enough to afford them, though.

>>18179195
>>18179176

There are no Cyrean helmets, or ones made using their technology. Mostly because they took all of the tech they use to make it back with them, or it has been co-opted by governments for study. Or left in the burned out ruins of their stuff. Earth shot down some Cyrean vessels, most of which landed in the ocean. Want to go deep sea scavenging?

You can get a ballistic helmet, like what militaries, counter-terror and SWAT use. The counterpart to Kevlar vests which have the ceramic or steel plates sown in the pockets. HAR 1. Normally I'd take a point of Wealth for this, but the membership discount makes it negligable enough that I wouldn't count it.

>>18179277
Anything with HAR 2 or 3? If not, let's get that and some Cyrean Blue paint from the store.

>>18179292
Yeah, good plan. Still, we gonna do that now? I was thinking of waiting with actually ordering anything until we meet up with Roxy and Johnny, so they could suggest things for the mech etc.

>>18179292

Not unless you want to buy another set of Power Armor. HAR 2 is like, and 1'' of steel plating. The breastplate you're wearing is equivalent to light tank armor.

>>18179251

Quoting from way back in thread 4.5

>"Well, if you just want to run the ICE," She taps the engine block. "Some of those new High-Capacity Capacitor batteries would be nice. I think brand new ones this size are pretty expensive, but would last 40-50 years. Or, you could get some similar sized ones from a few generations ago, which will last us like 10 years." She pauses to consider, and also to chuck the second battery into the pile. "Now, if you want to switch to electric, which I've seen some done on the internet, most efficient would be to build a microfusion plant. At this size you could build a much smaller reactor to power all this, which cuts down on the risk of critical damage to the power source. That'll require you to buy a permit though. Federal one too, since you want to take it across state lines. If you don't mind the size though, you could get a fuel cell like most people are using these days. Fuel cost is the same, hydrogen." She pops some more parts out then looks over her shoulder at you. "Here, give me a hand pulling out the engine block." You do so, and set it on one of the sides of the crate.

>>18179309
Nah, we're just putting together our list. We should know what we want to buy in advance. Hmmm, I wonder... Can we order the things listed in the catalog online? If so, do you think we could just straight-up order a helmet that's already in Cyrean Blue? I would imagine that a world war with the Cyreans have caused the colour to be fairly ubiquitous.

rolled 50 = 50

>>18179333
lets just give scenic girl the catalog and the credits the membership card "lets play pimp my power armor"

>>18179358

Not in the straight Cyrean blue, but you can get a lovely "Cyrean" camouflage pattern in blue-indigo-violet.

(Color options are listed for the items)

Basically, the Catalog works much like you've been using it. If you're looking for something, just say, and I'll tell you what they've got and for how much.

>>18179428
Are they Cyrean tones of blue-indigo-violet? If so, I think that's probably our best option.

>>18179490
I think atm we're just waiting to arrive home.

>>18179490
Are there any online resources we could use for looking up new rituals? I want to see if we can find anything cool to do during the Eclipse.

>>18179549
We're off the monorail, there was the question of "Wat do for food?"

>>18179606
Go to a Frickleburger and order a Big Nasty.

It's exactly what it sounds like.

>>18179428
In that case, I dont suppose they have anything in the way of special clothing, something that could maybe hide our ever increasing ultraviolet tatts?
Speaking of which did we gain anymore cyrean tech lines from the barrier mod?

>>18179606
At the end of >>18179081

>>18179648

Not that you've seen. Of course, you're walking around in pants and a Cyrean breast plate. Which has scuff marks from bullets.

Also, no real need for special clothes, sleeves seem to do it.

>>18179648
That's a good pair of questions. We should totally look into that. We might want to try to find a light long-sleeve shirt specifically designed to not allow light through. After all, our lines being visible through our jacket was a big issue in the dark when we were trying to sneak around.

>>18179664
That's actually a good point, there. Regardless of food, we should at least go back to our room for a new shirt.

>>18179659
Hmm, missed that.

I'd say, just go to the nearest food thing, order something random and go back home. I don't think this (ingame) day will hold much more interesting.

>>18179695
>>18179664
Oh right, yeah, let's get a shirt first then. Maybe we'll get some snarky comments from our roommate or Cheryl. (or make snarky comments ourself)

>>18179727
>>18179695

You decide you need a shirt, first. Since you're walking around campus all glowy and armored and stuff. You stumble back into your room, very hungry and tired, and find Dave and Cheryl sitting on your poor couch, watching black-and-white horror movies. They both look you up and down. "Long night." Is all you say. "Interesting new fashion, Daniel." Is what Cheryl says, clearly trying to distract herself from how weird this it. Dave just nods. "It's cool. My sister is a medicine woman. She can turn into a coyote." "That's very interesting Dave." You say, sincerely. "If you'll excuse me, I need a new shirt. I cut off my last one after it was caked in clay dust. Then I need to eat. " Dave holds up a bag from Red Lobster. "Brought you home some cheesy biscuits to go." "Truly, I can call you my comrade, David." You proclaim solemnly, take the bag, and go into your room.

>>18179787
He's a good man.

>>18179787
OH GOD YES. FILL OUR STOMACH WITH THAT. Then spend an hour or so looking up neat rituals we might want to try on the eclipse in order to wind down after the exciting night. Also, look up Adam Doe. Then sleep.

>>18179815
I'd suggest maybe some wards. As heavy duty as we can manage.

>>18179787
AND LO, LET THERE BE LOBSTERS!
And so it came to pass that deliciousness was added to the world.

>>18179828
Oh, that's a really good idea. Warding our dorm apartment.

>>18179815
>>18179828
These, with Adam Doe as our priority imo.

Order some chinese or something. Those biscuits are not enough.

>>18179815
>>18179840
>>18179828

>implying you wont be very busy eclipse night

Having eaten, showered, and changed, you settle down at your computer to do some research. You want to bone up on your rituals before your next tangle with red. But first, you decide to look up Adam Doe.

(2x10 and 3x7 on Research)

After some googling, and narrowing your google searches, you find a little about Adam Doe. Judging from his Social Media presence, he lives in an apartment above an electronics store in the Shopping District. His day job is as a bike messenger, and the rest of the time he spends moderating and managing the electronics store's website and forums, under the handle "Longsword". You also know he's in the Metahuman Registry Database, which means he has stuff going for him people need to be aware of, but can't just pull the specifics off the internet. Some stuff from his high school yearbook notes that he was on the fencing team.

(cont)

>>18180036

(3x1 and 3x9 on Research for rituals)

Now you turn an eye toward Ritual magic. After cross-referencing a couple sources, including the Universities own databases, you synthesis some information and draw some conclusions on Wards. First, there are two kinds, temporary and permanent. Temporary can last from hours to days depending on how you do it, Permanent will last for as long as the array you use is unbroken. And since for it to be permanent, you have to make the symbol out of something permanent, like make silver sigils or golden pentacles. For temporary, what you'd have to do is either draw one big circle, or arrange warding symbols in a mostly circular pattern around the zone you want warded. You tie it to a central symbol in the dead center, and to the ritual from there. Any kind of mark will do, but they recommend something semi-permanent, so it doesn't rub off easy. How long it lasts depends on what you make it do. Simple alarms will last a number of days before wearing off. Stronger stuff, like the kind that bites back when someone spooky or unauthorized tries to cross the line may last days, unless it trips.

(You've got enough on the Research to look up another kind of Ritual with the same roll)

>>18180045
Perhaps something more specific to outsiders? It's not going to help much if Syrpent just walks up and warps our circle so badly out of shape that it stops working - or something similarly mind bending.

>>18180045
Hmmm, I kinda want to set up some temporary wards in the apartment for practice. One that sends us a mental ping of someone unauthorized enters and another that hits someone right in the Willpower if they're unauthorized and fail a Stability check. This is more practice for some theoretical later date where we would set up permanent ones, rather than anything else. We can use printer paper, a sharpie, and some tape to put up some ward sigils around the place, right?

Anyway, as for other ritual types... Hmmm... I dunno, could we do something like do a ritual that makes our ghostknife cut magic or something? Something that lets it cut through magical barriers as easily as it cuts through physical ones?

>>18180080
seconded.

>>18180094
The nice thing about wards is that you can always build them up more.

>>18180045

Research some general ability enhancer or luck magic ritual.

Ideally something quick we can do every day that would boost our chances of not dying.

>>18180094

Mechanically, wards work normally as, "draw stuff, spend willpower, roll". In the case of a basic alarm kind of thing, its just the 1 WP to start with, and you roll Mind+Occult, and it lasts width days (Height will matter for detection and dispelling) +1 additional day for each extra WP you spend.

If you want to have it drain WP, same thing, only the check you roll on Occult is what the person crossing it has to beat with their Stability. The amount of WP you put into it is how much they loose if they don't make the check.

If you want to learn an Item Enchantment ritual, that can be your other one.

>>18180136
Let's definitely go for an alarm ward that bites a person's willpower. That sounds like it would be easy, good practice, and simple to change/refresh/upgrade as needed. Even if nobody ends up ever tripping it, it should be good Occult practice.

>>18180136
Oh, we can enchant items?
Can we enchant our breast-plate?

Eitherway, we should learn this ritual.

>>18180136
Can we combine Enchantment with our Evocation abilities?

>>18180193
>>18180178

Okay, Enchantment is going to be a bit harder. Do perform, not to learn. In addition to the normal magic array to do the enchanting, you'll also need an item to enchant (duh), you'll need to use some of your incense up, or get some candles or something, and you'll need a medium do put the enchantment in. Some kind of oil or powder you can put the weapon in or put on the item, something you can draw symbols on it. If you you had the right knowledge or occupation skill, you could do the enchantment as you made an item, which is how Magic people normally enchant stuff.

This means spending wealth, doing favors, or putting up with shoddy temporary enchantments.

>Can we combine Enchantment with our Evocation abilities?

Yes, you can use magic you know to create the enchantment. Like Fire magic to give your knife the "Burn" quality, or something. Still need the medium.

>>18180235
Lets just learn the ritual for now.

>>18180281

Done.

Sleep nao?

>>18180235
Hmm, that seems like an awful lot of effort for not much benefit.
I'd much rather get Enchant as a spell or something else we can do on the fly, even if it would be less powerful and/or shorter duration.

>>18180311
Yes. Time to sleep.

>>18180235
Yeah, let's learn the ritual, even if we won't be using it any time soon, and then get to work on some temporary wards. My vote for an enchantment, if we make one, is getting some blue, white, and brown hemp threads and doing some careful weaving/knotwork to make ourselves some Air-enchanted laces which negate fall damage.

Intricate, colourful knotwork would be an appropriate medium for enchanting-while-crafting, right?

>>18180235
Neat. Let's make a levitating notebook.

>>18180319

I guess. If the knot work was special in some way. Like, you made the strings in arcane symbols, or wrote "abracadabra" in knot-language, or something. Or the dyes were designed to hold the magic.

>>18180372
Fantastic, so we just need to plan out what the design will be in advance so that it will feature arcane symbols. Let's set up a really basic ward, one that will just wake us up if someone unauthorized comes in, and then go to sleep. After the night we had, we don't want to get ambushed in our sleep by any baddies. Tomorrow, we can get some thin hemp cords and make better wards and talk to our friends and order our helmet and get a big breakfast and stuff.

>>18180399

The whole dorm, or just your bedroom? No difference in the cost, just that Dave may wonder why you're chalking marks all over your dorm.

>>18180411
Can we put the marks on printer paper with a sharpie and just tape them onto the walls? If so, do that. If he asks, say 'wizard stuff.'

>>18180411
Have we even told the dude we're meta yet? We're living with him, he kind of deserves to know.

>>18180411
"Its protection against ghosts, duh"

>>18180426

Yes.

>>18180427

Not in so many words, but you did just walk in all a-glow earlier, and he gave you cheese biscuits and told you his sister knows how to transform into a coyote. He's probably cool with it.

>>18180372
You can make some pretty amazing patterns using various knots, thread colours, and pre-planning if you have sufficient patience to actually do all the knotting. It's even easier with some tiny, tiny beads.

>>18180469
Then let's do the printer-paper-tapey option. Also, explain that they're only temporary, if he asks. Otherwise you would be using the sharpie on the wall itself.

>>18180486
>sufficient patience to actually do all the knotting
This is my only problem with the plan. The world's going to potentially end in three days and we're going to spend several hours knitting rainbow shoelaces?

>>18180512
It's the sort of thing you can do while you're out and about, like the people who knit while waiting for the bus or in class. It's also something you can easily stuff in a pocket and continue later. It takes a while to do, but not necessarily in a single sitting - unless, of course, the ritual requires it to all be in the same sitting. If it does, then I agree, we should only do this if we somehow find ourselves with a few hours of free time. If not, then we can just do it over the next day or two whenever our hands aren't being occupied.

>>18180530

Nope. The actual ritual to make it magic will take you ten minutes, but building the medium to hold the enchantment can be done any time. Making it yourself is also a step to a permanent enchantment.

>>18180491

(1 WP Spent)
(2x6 on Knowledge (Occult), so the ward will hold for 48 hours)

You go around the dorm, placing sharpied arcane symbols at regular intervals. When queried on what you are doing, you simply say "Wizard things". And Dave raises no more objections. Cheryl tries to ask questions, but Dave shushes her. Apparently he knows a thing or three about wizard things.

>>18180587
What kind of ward did we set up?

Also, a question, does willpower regenerate over time even if we don't pursue our Passions?

>>18180587
Well then, tomorrow, after a big fucking breakfast, let's stop by a hobby shop and get a small spool of white, a small spool of blue, and a small spool of un-dyed thin hemp cords. Shouldn't cost more than a few dollars. Then we can start doing the knotwork. We should reasonably be able to finish the thing in a single day just by working on it while our hands are free, like on the subway and such. Once we do that, we do a ritual to hook it up with some Air Evocation to cushion our landings. If we have feather fall shoelaces, we'll need to worry about fucking up with parkour a lot less.
>>18180620
I think we set up a simple ping ward, since we only spent one willpower.

>>18180620

The alarm one was the one specified. Dan will get a mental signal if someone who is not okay crosses the boundaries while its up.

Also, yes. You gain back up to your Base Will after a full night's rest. Dan also heals all shock. Which is good because he's got a big knot where that golem slugged him in the head earlier.

>>18180669
>>18180587

Lets go to sleep then.

>>18180677

Sleepy time.
You dream.

You're running naked through a desert of red rock, the color of rust. Or blood. The sky is red too, but not blood red. It is eternally the crimson of a sunset. In the distance, through the thin atmosphere, and the reddish-brown clouds of dust lingering in the air, you see the stars, shining red, each one a world it has taken. You run from it hunted, knowing the Lord of Blood, King of Crimson will take you. He will take your blood, take your heart and soul, then take your world, adding it to the dominion within him. You cannot see him, but you know he is behind. You duck behind a massive red rock mesa, and try and catch your breath, the very air singeing your skin, making you feel burned to the bones. You edge around the side of the mesa, hoping to find a crevasse or a gully to hide in. Suddenly, he is there! A whirling maelstrom of blood, a flying cloud of red with a central slit eye, staring deep into your very soul." ZUUL, MOTHERFUCKER, ZUUL!" It shouts into your mind, and extends its terrible tendrils to drink the life from you.

Your clock alarm is going off. It rouses you from an unsettling sleep, filled with vaguely remembered dreams. It is now 8 AM on Monday morning.

>>18180816
Time to go get a big fucking breakfast, stop by a crafts store, order that helmet, and then give Roxy and Johnny the rundown on what happened last night while going out of our way to downplay the danger we were in.

>>18180816
>>A whirling maelstrom of blood, a flying cloud of red with a central slit eye, staring deep into your very soul." ZUUL, MOTHERFUCKER, ZUUL!" It shouts into your mind, and extends its terrible tendrils to drink the life from you.

Oh Lord I should not be laughing this hard at this.

>>18180816
>>18180863

why don't we go to gym and lift some weights?

>>18180899
We might do that after chatting with our friends. We do need to meet with that parkour gang again today, though. We skipped out on running the Downtown course yesterday. We should really do it today. We should either lift weights before that, if we have a fair bit of time before noon after we finish with our morning plans early, or after if not.

rolled 70 = 70

>>18180915
Oh. We should also call the detectives and see what they found.

>>18180943
"Oh well actually it's still there. Guess we worried for nothing, but we'll keep an eye out."

As if. What do you THINK they found? It's fucking gone, and we've got a few days to either unfuck ourselves or amass enough power to go toe to toe with a god from another dimension.

>>18180863

What's for breakfast, Anon?

You can roll down to the shopping district for the supplies after that.

Probably hit the college's gym/weight room before that, since it's closer.

>>18181000
Eggs and bacon? Doesn't really matter.

Yeah, lets hit the gym first. It will take only an hour or two.
Hopefully Dan knows how to properly do the SQUATZ

>>18181000
Meats. After last night, we probably need some serious protein. Hamsteak, sausage, bacon, whatever. Eggs too. Toast?

>>18181024
A little extra carbs couldn't hurt. Probably.

>>18180990

>amass enough power to go toe to toe with a god from another dimension.

You're covered for that, broseph stalin.

>>18181038
>>18181024
>>18181019

I really meant "where are you going to get breakfast". Dan doesn't have Knowledge (Cooking). And also the dorm doesn't have yonder stove. So you'll have to dine out.

>>18181040
So, if the gym is close, is the plan for today:
1. Breakfast
2. Gym
3. Arts and crafts
4. Order helmet
5. Talk to friends
6. Parkour
7. Finish laces
8. Enchant laces

>>18180990
if we fail to stop the summoning we are pretty much fucked anyway.

....Actually, I think Dr.Monreau will pull the kill-switch before Red can summon that thing. ending the humanity is not her plan.

>What? You thought she didn't put a kill-switch in us?

>>18181060
I guess I should have gone with my original, "Food court" post, then. Theoretically save a little money, and it's pretty convenient if we're gonna hit the school's gym.

>>18181060
Man, lets just go to the College's cafeteria or something.

>>18181071

(It has been clearly established in previous threads, Dr. M's killswitch is Dr. M)


>>18181080
>>18181088

You go to the cafeteria. They serve breakfast. Okay, so your choice is between military style, where all the shit was prepackaged and prepared just now, or the handful of fast food restaurants. Since you want actual food, you use the cafeteria. You bring your own cup of coffee though. You had cafeteria coffee once. Those were dark days.

You then head on back to your dorm, and put on some sweatclothes so you can utilize the gym without drawing stares. You've never really used the weight room before. So many devices. You're not sure which one to do first.

>>18181198
There should be someone we can ask. We can say we're a first-timer.

>>18181198
> So many devices. You're not sure which one to do first.
First. don't use devices. They are shit.
Only use free weights. Get some advice on proper stance when doing things like squats and deadlifts.
Do not overwork yourself for your first session. Do this in moderation or you'll injure yourself.

Also, get a warm up on running machine or rowing boat for 5-10 minutes

>>18181210
If someone says to use devices/machines , ignore their advice.

So I was wondering, are all Outsiders LORD OF BLOOD, KING IN CRIMSON-tier evil bad dudes, or are there some nice friendly ones who just want to see a different world for a while?
Because 'Daniel Fortesque, Tour Guide for Extradimensional Super-Entities' would look GREAT on a business card.

>>18181245
I'm sure that in real life, you know what you're talking about. This however, is fiction fantasy and there are super scientists running around. It's entirely possible that the machines work at least as well as the free weights, if not better.

>>18181272
I was under the impression that this is just a normal gym.
If that's true, then okay, use the devices.

>>18181267

Some of them are nice. Or at lease neutral. They mostly stay home because its a huge pain in the ass to jump realities like that. Some of them may have migrated to local space already. Of course, there are some things that exist entirely different than us who slip through dimensions as a Day Trip. Or who do it like breathing.

>>18181277
It's a gym at a college full of metahumans. I'll be amazed at Omega's lack of creativity if it's a normal gym.

>>18181306
Or be amazed by his creativity in that it is. They just have really, really heavy, dense weights at the high end of the spectrum.

>>18181318
>>18181306

Oh, you guys want the metahuman gym? That's a different room entirely. Would have to be, wouldn't it? People with cybernetics would need entirely different exercise equipment, even if just to handle the wear and tear.

>>18181334
Nah, we don't have superhuman strength. The regular gym is where we belong.

>>18181334
Lets do the mundane one since we are a body 3 only which I suppose is just a bit higher than average human.

and this still stands >>18181245
If Dan doesn't have that knowledge, he should seek advice from someone to gain it.

>>18181334
Let's just dick around in the normal one for a bit, see if we actually need the Meta one.
But yeah, see if we can get some help or something.

>>18181352
someone who doesn't look like a guido pumping his biceps, I mean.

Exercise happens. Unless you guys want Dan to do something specific, he does things. You runs on some treadmills, you some weights, you even try some of the machines, because, what the hell, you don't know what you're doing. He listens to some Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets while he does.

Body is now 4. You could spend some time upping Athletics, Endurance, or Brawling here, if you wanted.

>>18181394
>Athletics, Endurance, or Brawling here, if you wanted.

ATHLETICS!

Also, no will bonus for self-improvement?

>>18181394
Athletics.

>>18181394
Let's up Endurance. Best we not get tired to easily, yeah? Ideally keep it equal to or one point greater than athletics.

>>18181394

In case you're curious, the table for Body says Dan can now Lift 400 lbs, throw a 50 lbs object 10 yards, and sprint 15 yards in a single action, and jump 1 yard high and 5 yards distance.

>>18181394
Endurance. Should make it easier to get more athletics later if we have better endurance.

>>18181394
I vote Endurance.

>>18181407

>Also, no will bonus for self-improvement?

Fixed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVa43uOsuc&feature=related

What Dan listens too while he does this.

>>18181394
Endurance

>>18181473
>>18181435
>>18181430
>>18181416

Endurance upped, woo.

It is now 9 AM. Where to next?

>>18181491
Let's take a sniff of our armpits. If they smell, the shower. If they don't yet, craft store time

>>18181506

You did a work out to train endurance.

Yes, you smell.

>well showeeri

I think that's what they'll do, captcha.

>>18181506
Of course they smell. We need to to shower.
It'll take only 5 minutes, besides, we need to get back to our dorms for proper clothing and our breastplate (never know what will happen)

after that we can visit the storre

>>18181506
>>18181530

Shower taken, gear got, shopping trip made.

Hey, you're in the shopping district, where that one guy lives.

>>18181626
Let's start knotting and weaving while we walk, then show up at his place unannounced.

>>18181626
Goodness, is that some sort of hint? Let's give him a visit.

>>18181626
How convenient.
...
Why do we care about this guy again?

>>18181647

HE HAS AN EERILY SIMILAR ORIGIN STORY

WHICH IS TOTALLY YOUR FAULT

>>18181647
he has similar history as us

lets visit him

>>18181639

Before we move on, any particular symbology or pattern you're using, or just gonna stuff in the usual post-modern grabbag of occult symbols?

>>18181685
Some swirling patterns that seem reminiscent of gusts, some nahuatl lettering/symbology relating to wind, air, and feathers, that sort of thing.

>>18181706

(Wonder Anthropology Powers Activate?)

>>18181656
>>18181647
>>18181646
>>18181639

You walk through the Shopping District, knitting as you go, having to unstitch it a couple times and start over, until you find the place called "Radio-Mart", where this Adam Doe supposedly lives. Its one of the many smaller businesses in the shopping district, with apartments above, traditionally where shop-owners live. This one has a staircase outside of the actual shop right up to the second floor, so you can cut out the middle-man, as it were.

>>18181786
Walk up, knock. When he answers, we need to introduce ourselves, then say we're there to talk about what Ms. Moreau did to us. Then we slide our glasses down our nose to show our glowing eyes. He should get the picture from that.

>>18181809

Your cracked sunglasses?

Because remember, they're totally cracked from that reality shaking word Syrpent said last night.

>>18181825
Yeah, those. I assume we've still been wearing them despite the crack. Otherwise, people are getting the GLOW EYE.

>>18181825
So we're walking around with glowing eyes?

We need to get a new pair soon

>>18181825
Let's get a new pair ASAP.

>>18181855
>>18181842
>>18181841

Regis gave you the pair originally. His store is also in the Shopping District.

>>18181825
We're in some sort of shopping district, right? Let's just buy a new pair. Cheapos if they serve their purpose and don't look terrible.

>>18181871
*Anonymous samefags to post*

Yeah, good idea! We can do something easy, like that!

Hurray that anon, he had a good idea!

>>18181893
>multiple people agree on an idea
>THEY MUST BE SAMEFAG
Shut up, faggot.

>>18181948
I thought he was replying to himself to samefag. Maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, it's not a bad idea. We've been walking around with cracked shades all day and last night, it is a thing we should fix.

>>18181893
>>18181871

(IT IS DONE)

>>18181809

You knock, you hear nothing inside. You notice a bike rack by steps. It is empty. Oh yeah, he works a day job as a bike messenger, doesn't he? You forgot that unlike you, a Adam has a day job. Well, if he's not home, you could probably leave a message for him downstairs at the store. Or you could just go back to your business, and leave it for another day.

rolled 95 = 95

>>18182010
Lets just get on with our day.
What's next on our planning list? Visit our friends?

I wanna see how our mecha is doing. Really want to go to that expedition.

>>18182034
Visit/contact, yes. While knotting and weaving up this soon-to-be-enchanted shoelace while our hands are free. After that, we planned to try to find that parkour gang and run downtown with them.

>>18182010
Go get some more glasses. If we're gonna be crazy knitting wizard on the train, we may as well not look like a hobo.

>>18182139
We're not knitting, we're knotting. It's macrame.

>>18182034
>>18182055

You remember that Johnny was actually planning on getting back to his own dorm today. But now you're wondering what he'll do with the Hammer then. Just then, your phone rings. It is Johnny, oddly enough. "Hey, O' fearless leader." He says. He's only mocking you a little. "What is it?" You respond, acting all cold and managerial, to get back at his snark. "So, our new bucket of bolts, which I painted, BTW, is apparently street legal. Which will save us both a whole lot of time hauling it back to campus." You nod into the phone. "Okay, so bring it on back. One of the lab buildings has those storage rooms and workshops. I'll get Roxane to open one up and will stash it there." "Yeah, small problem, chief. My leg is still pretty bad? I'm not supposed to put a lot of weight on it yet. Hence the cane. And the Hammer has pedals and levers." You think you grasp what Johnny is getting at, but you spell it out to make sure. "So, you want to go on a leisurely ride through the Monorail back to campus. While *I* have to ride out to the suburbs. Learn how to drive a set of Power Armor from the Korean War, and take the long way around through the streets and get it on Campus?" "That about sums it up."

rolled 34 = 34

>>18182192
Oh woe be us, we get to ride a mecha

>>18182192
Siiiiigh.

>>18182192
Perhaps our favorite science genius girl might have some pointers. We wanted to tell them about last night, any way.

>>18182192
"I'll meet you half-way. I'll ride out to where you are, then you ride on its shoulders while I drive it to campus. I've got some things to chat about - last night was interesting."

>>18182224
>>18182212
>>18182209

"I'll do it." You say. "But only because I get to drive a giant robot." "That's my boy." Johnny hangs up. You dial Roxane, hoping that by 9:30 on a Monday, she is awake and functional. You pull out a hands free set so you may continue to do knots while talking.

"*Yawn*, 'Morning Dan." Comes over the line. "Good morning, Roxy." You say cheerily. "Does this have to do with how you had a fight in a museum last night, or something else." You skip a beat, totally fucking up one of the knots. You hastily undo it while you ask "How do you know about that?" "It was on the 11 o'clock news. You were blurred again, or on shitty security camera footage, but I could tell it was you." She pauses for a second, as if trying to remember something. "Hey, did a cat girl shoot at you with an assault rifle?" "Wolf-girl, and it was a machine gun. And she didn't just shoot at me, a couple rounds bounced off my armor. Left some nasty scuff marks I need to buff out." "Oh, hey!" She says "The Engineering and Chemistry departments got together last summer, and whipped up some amazing stuff. Takes the scuffs and scratches out of all kinds of things, and also makes it shine. It'll clear those scuffs right off." You bob you head a little, smiling and nodding even though she can't see you. Maybe you can do that while the Hammer is being stashed. "I use it on my hair, actually. Really brings up that natural shine." You're glad you don't drink things when making causal conversation with Roxane. It'll take a while before you get used to the stuff she just blurts out because she forgot to disconnect her brain from her mouth.

(cont)

>>18182416

"Right, anyway, so Johnny needs me to pick up the Hammer, because his leg is still bad, and he can't work the foot-pedals properly, since he needs to stand up." You say, steering the conversation back in the direction you want. "Okay. Well, you know how to operate it, right?" "Err, sort of? There are only so many controls, right?" She sighs. "Okay, get some paper, or something, I'll tell you how to make a cheat sheet." "Hands are busy." You say. "Doing what?" She asks, a little skeptical. "+1 Shoelaces of Feather Fall." You say, with your straightest face. She pauses for a second. Then comments, more to herself, than anyone. "Wizard one night, and he's already making magical knickknacks."

>>18182419
"Wouldn't be a wizard if I wasn't!"

>>18182419

After getting finishing off a section of knot-work, you write down a cheat sheet as per Roxane's instructions, so you at least know which pedal is slow down, which is go fast, and which ones are 'do a sweep kick'.

"Right, got all that down." You say. "Good," she replies. "Try be careful in traffic. Remember to use the proper hand signals. The whole 'Power Armor' is street legal thing is a technicality, anyway. And it only works on roads where you can make it to at least the speed limit." She says. You pause for a second. "What is the land speed of a Mk I Power Armor suit?" You ask. "Normally? Like, 25. On a slight downward grade. I made some modification and repair to the engine with modern parts, so your maximum speed is going to be about 35." You sigh. "The long way around it is." You change the subject. "Anyway, remember to get a storage unit ready. We can make any more modifications there." "Yeah, yeah, I remember. Your phone will have terrible reception in the can, so remember to turn on your radio, and leave it on the station. I can call you with the number using some of my old radio equipment." Right. Radios. The Hammer has a set installed which Roxane checked, because in a combat situation there's no other way in hell for the pilot to hear anything, encased in a laminated steel can with a truck engine strapped to its back.

>>18182530
how about we do ULTIMATE KNOWLEDGE to know how to drive even better?

>>18182591

No. Driving is not knowledge.

>>18182613
Commonly known tips and tricks on handling this specific model of power armour?

>>18182613
Can we use our vast cosmic knowledge to plot out a specific course to take?

>>18182635

That would probably just overlap with the information you have via Roxane's cheat sheet.

>>18182642

No, but you do have the Navigation skill, if you are insistent on utilizing it.

>>18182657
I'm not insistent, but I also so no reason not to. It would be good to have a route in mind with minimal traffic and consistently low-moderate speed limits.

>>18182657
>>18182698

Let's not use it for that. Just hop in and go.

It's as if you want to use power just for the sake of using power. Down that path lies madness.

>>18182657
May as well?

>>18182703
Dude, this guy:
>>18182698
Was suggesting a mundane Navigation roll to make sure we had a route in mind for how to get from there to campus.

>>18182718
>vast cosmic knowledge via pact with a spirit of knowledge
>mundane

Okay.

rolled 82 = 82

>>18182698
Don;t see any harm in doing so. If we fail, we lose nothing anyway

>>18182731
Dude, he was suggesting Mind+Nagivation. That's a mundane skill. He was not suggesting the VAST COSMIC KNOWLEDGE power. You've gone full retard.

>>18182731
Plain old navigation check, not VAST COSMIC KNOWLEDGE OF GOOGLE MAPS.

>>18182743
Oh I just linked the wrong post was all.

I meant to say that to >>18182642 , not >>18182698

>>18182703

(Skill roll. Not quite the same thing. Lots of you are eager to pop the COSMIC KNOWLEDGE thing. Forgetting that it is limited to "Knowledge")

>>18182530

You arrive at Johnny's house, to find him waiting. He points at your new, cheap sunglasses, the silent question being "Dude, wtf. We had a 'Red Oni, Blue Oni' thing going on." "My old pair broke last night. I don't know how to fix them." You say. You recap your museum experience briefly. "Dude," Says Johnny. "You're magic. Can't you just magic them?" ...You don't know, can you just magic them? Something to do later. Whatever, time to drive robot thing. You climb into the cockpit. It's a bit small, but you have enough room to stand, and operate the levers and pedals. You also see the controls Roxane rigged for the sensor suite.

>>18182752

(Aw man, that should have been Horme's unique Miracle. The Google Maps app, FOR YOUR BRAIN.)

>>18182783
...huh. We should look up a ritual for repairing things. That could come in handy.

>>18182804
Like the mecha, once we break it.

You are in a giant robot suit.

Wat do /tg/?

>>18182917
Go through a drive through.

>>18182925

Little early for lunch. Also the cockpit opens up, so you'd have to like kneel down to get below the little windows. It's just not very practical.

The Hammer does have four cupholders, though. You're pretty sure those aren't standard.

>>18182943
It may not be practical, but it is amazing. Even if we just get milkshakes, it will be worth the looks we get.

>>18182917
Just go to the place where we can do the thing with the stuff.

>>18182958
It must be done.

Oh, I forgot to mention, Johnny painted the Hammer candy apple red, with gunmetal grey highlights. It is so very shiny.

>>18182943
Plainly, these cupholders are a challenge. We can't back down from it.

>>18182998
Ballin'

>>18182998
Baller.

>>18183004
>>18182974
>>18182958

You hold your phone open up the cockpit, download instructions to the nearest Steak and Shake, and take off, making sure to pop the seals on the cockpit while you do. It's horrendously noisy with the hatch open.

(2x8 on Drive check)

You wheel on in to the drive thru lane, and decide to match external speak with external speaker. "How may I help you?" Some poor, unsuspecting high school or college kid says. You weep for their sanity when you pull around. "Yeah, I need three large milkshakes. One of each kind?" You mean, of course, the holy trinity of Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry. After getting your order, you dig the cash out as you wheel on around, and kneel the Hammer (Which is really hard because the legs are almost rigid protrusions), pop the hatch, and pay your money and take the milkshakes from an astonished fast-food wage-slave. You give them a thumbs up before clambering back in your cold war era machine, standing it back up, and wheeling on out.

>>18183014
>>18183019

Ballermind

>>18183113
Glorious

>>18183113
haha

Enjoy delicious milkshake and drive to college

>>18183113
Delicious. Are we near enough to campus that the shakes won't be melted by then?

>>18183154

The Power Armor is air-handled. Otherwise you would die because it would be like sitting inside an oven. There's an Internal Combustion Engine inside a steel armor box like, a foot behind you. Roxane actually made lots of little modernizations, just didn't mention them to anybody.

>>18183205
Right, but if it's above zero degrees Celsius in there, they'll still be slowly melting.

>>18183154
>>18183144
>>18183143

(2x8 again on Drive)

You sip your milkshake, rolling on down to the college, pulling up into the main gate, and heading for one of the ancillary lab buildings, which also houses ground floor work-ships and storage units. As you pull up, you realize you haven't turned on the radio yet. So you don't know which unit to pull up to.

OPTIONS:
>Knock on each door 'til you find the right one
>Turn on the radio
>Fuck it, this is what Ground Penetrating Radar is for!

>>18183258
Radio.

rolled 95 = 95

>>18183258
turn on the radio AND the radar

>>18183258
>✓ Turn on the radio.
The ground-penetrating radar would be cool, but I don't really want to risk point that at a living person by mistake if we don't have to...

>>18183258
Radio is obviously the best option, but we may as well test out the RADAR as well.

>>18183273

You're thinking of the X-Ray emitter. Ground Penetrating Radar wont hurt anybody. Its just more radio waves.

>>18183258
[x] Radiodar.

>>18183311
Ah. Good. Then the only reason not to use it is so we don't piss off air control towers.

>>18183272
Indeed!

>>18183335
And there are a lot of those in the middle of a city...

>>18183352
On the edge, probably, and ground-penetrating radar will probably show up from that far away. That said, I'm not saying we shouldn't use it. Just that it's the only reason left not to use it. Let's troll some radar dishes.

>>18183258

You flick on the RADAR, which boots up on a little screen Roxy added to the sensor interface, next to the camera feed. You let it run a couple of sweeps, while you unhook the radio and turn that on. You find some solid enough objects to be people in some of the work spaces, dialing up and down the resolution on the radar image. Then you switch it to the first person view, which narrows your field, detecting some people shaped objects in workshop 825. You dial the resolution as high as it will go, and hope nobody inside that workshop has any fillings. You think one of them is wearing a top hat.

You speak into the Radio. "Hey Roxy." "Dan! Where have you been? You forgot to turn on the radio, so we were-" You cut her off. "Just wanted to let you know, the RADAR works." In the confines of your suit of armor, you grin your best troll grin. What better way to start your day?

METAHUMAN RENAISSANCE PART 15, END.

rolled 28 = 28

>>18183464
thanks bro

when is the next time?

>>18183464
Fantastic. Now we need to talk to our friends, order our helmet, finish our knotwork, go free running, enchant our knotwork, meet Adam Doe, make better wards... And that's just what we already have planned for today.

>>18183482

Tomorrow. Same bat time, same bat channel.

>>18183494
>helmet
Personally, I think this is stupid. Unless we can get a full Cyrean one, it would totally not gel with out theme at all.
If we really want to protect our head better, we should work on a shield spell.

rolled 68 = 68

>>18183530
Phanksh, man, buth why didsh you bfreak mah jawf

>>18183532

You have a theme now? I thought you were just a dude, getting by in life, wearing armor because people keep trying to shoot him.

>>18183532
and I think it's stupid to get shot in the head.

Guess which one the majority is going with?

>>18183532
It comes in Cyrean colours. Also, we don't know any type of magic that would work for that - Evocation is elementalism and rituals take too long to set up. We would need to learn an ENTIRE NEW SCHOOL OF MAGIC, not just a spell. Let's get a helmet which COULD SAVE OUR LIVES instead of not getting one because it isn't cool to wear helmets.

That said, we should definitely train up Barrier. We'll let Johnny punch us for a while to train it up. We're a little busy for that today, though, so let's get a fucking helmet in the mean time.

rolled 34 = 34

>>18183532
>>18183556

I don't think we have a theme.
Unless it's a 'take the most practical approach and ignore silly aesthetics' theme

>>18183585
We definitely trend towards Cyrean Blue when possible, but that's a trend with an emphasis on 'when possible.' In this situation, I would rather have something to keep from getting killed than forsake it because it's not made of Cyrean crystal plates or something. Yeah?

So, anyway, as usual, you can ask questions here until the new thread drops.

This thread has been archived, so don't forget to upvote.

rolled 12 = 12

>>18183723
I don't really have questions.

>>18183723
Do you have any colour swatch pictures of Cyrean Blue, Indigo, and Violet? I would rather like an idea of the specific tones in question. After all, there are wide variations of each of those.

>>18183723
Which ORE system book would you suggest to pick up for reading up on the system?

>>18183761
It's based on Wild Talents, I think.

Would it be possible to set up multiple overlapping wards over time?

When is the next meeting with the Evoker's Club?

Would a faceplate offer the same protection as a helmet mechanically? If not, how would it differ?

How would you describe Roxxy's ass?

>>18183772
Wild Talents is ORE based, as I understand. There's also, I understand, several ORE based games, and I'm curious if there's a "best" one.

>>18183788
>THE ASS WAS FAT

>>18183790
I know, I'm saying that this is specifically based on the Wild Talents ORE. That said, the common opinion is that Reign is the most polished version of ORE. This is likely due to the fact that it's the newest. Other interesting ones are Monsters and Other Childish Things and A Dirty World.

>>18183788
I think that a faceplate would offer literally no protection, since it leaves basically your entire skull exposed.

>>18183723
How difficult would it be to make a spell that would provide comparable protection to a ballisitics helmet?

>>18183820
I think it would require learning an entirely new school of magic since we don't actually operate on spells. The only 'spells' we know are rituals, which require a long time to set up. As such, we would have to learn an entire new school of magic to gain that new effect.

>>18183805
Oh, yeah, I was already aware Omega's using Wild Talents as the basis for the quest.

>>18183816
I guess it could negate called shots to the face?

>>18183867
There are no called shots to the face. Only x10 shots to the head.

>>18183788

>Would it be possible to set up multiple overlapping wards over time?

Yeah, sure, if you want to spend the willpower.

>When is the next meeting with the Evoker's Club?

Saturday

>Would a faceplate offer the same protection as a helmet mechanically? If not, how would it differ?

Nope. Well, actually, technically yes, since it would offer LAR like a lot of helmets, but it would be very low. Like, LAR 1 or 2 no matter what you do, unless you've got like a welding mask on.

>How would you describe Roxxy's ass?

My ass vocabulary is limited. Uh... superlative?

>>18183914
So a face plat would offer LAR 1 compared to the ballistic helmet's HAR 1?

>>18183914
>superlative

>>18183939

Yeah. LAR 1 means it drops all Shock damage to 1, and converts one Killing to Shock. So bullets still kill you.

>>18183989
And what would HAR 1 do, negate all shock and negate one killing?