File: Rage Across Pennsylvania (...).png (261 KB, 793x3524)

261 KB PNG

>This image contains all of the mechanics that have come up so far. Over the course of this thread, you may encounter additional mechanics or gain additional abilities.

File: Crinos Shenanigans.png (1.09 MB, 957x1302)

1.09 MB PNG

"If he says he can take the pain, he can take it." After you say that to Marley, you turn to Ella. "Patch up Isaiah and put a stop to the bleeding. Once he's ready to move, help him bust the patients out. The rest of us will take care of the enrichment center." The Amish girl shifts from Crinos into her human form with a frown on her face. She's not happy about this.

"I can still fight! We can't split up like this, not now!"

"We have to," you reply as patiently as you can. It's difficult, considering all of the rage that is churning inside of you. "I'm not gonna risk Isaiah's life by throwing him at the enemy when he's been shot full of silver and I know you can still fight, that's why I trust you to protect him if any other assholes come along while you're breaking the cells open. So, can you look after him?"

Neither of the Get are pleased with this outcome. They've both been told that they've been born for combat ever since they Changed and now you're refusing to let them fight. In the end though, you're the leader of this pack. They do what you tell them to, even if they're displeased about it.

>Ella gains 1 Rage. Her Rage is currently 6/10.
>Isaiah gains 1 Rage. His Rage is currently 7/10.

You leave the duffel bag with the Amish duo; it has everything that they will need in order to bust down the cell doors, if they can't find any keys on the corpses. Alex and Marley trail after you as you make your way towards the staircase that you emerged from, ready to descend into the depths of the intensive care unit. As you approach the stairs, you reload your rifle with a fresh magazine, since you don't want to run out of ammunition in the middle of a firefight. The hairless Metis looks at your gun with an uneasy expression.

"Maybe you should get rid of the gun," he suggests. "You're getting pretty pent-up and you're not going to be able to get rid of all that rage by squeezing a trigger. Things might get ugly down there and at this rate, you might end up in a frenzy."

"I appreciate the advice but if I need to take out a target from a distance, I want at least one of us to have a rifle. Isaiah's the only other one who knows how to shoot and he's out of action, so that leaves me."

"We're werewolves, Sam." Marley doesn't seem convinced by your response. "We're the apex predators of Gaia. All you need to do is shift into your war form and take down anything that gets in your way. I appreciate that you were born as one of the herd, but you shouldn't use human tools when fangs and claws are more effective. There's no need to overthink this."

"Are you seriously saying he should go Crinos when he's this close to going apeshit?" Alex glances at the Metis with a bewildered expression. "A single scratch would push him over the edge. It's a fucking terrible idea. Look, Sam... Maybe you should just sit this out with the other two. We can take care of things from here, yeah?"

Perhaps it's due to the connection that you share as packmates or maybe it's because of their heightened senses as Garou, but Alex and Marley are both fully aware of the rage simmering inside of you. Are you going to heed their advice?

>Stick to your guns. Just in case you need to eliminate an adversary from afar, you would rather continue to use the rifle. You'll just have to bottle up your anger.
>Unleash some of your rage on Marley. As an 'apex predator of Gaia,' he can take it. (This will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Shift into your war form, Crinos. You will be at your most effective at this form, though there is still a great risk of frenzying. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
>Help Ella and Isaiah liberate the patients. Alex is right, you should sit this out. You trust her and Marley to handle the enrichment center on their own.

>>5562596
>Shift into your war form, Crinos. You will be at your most effective at this form, though there is still a great risk of frenzying. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)

>>5562596
>Stick to your guns. Just in case you need to eliminate an adversary from afar, you would rather continue to use the rifle. You'll just have to bottle up your anger.

>>5562596
>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
Hispo is plenty effective of a combat form, and shooting is probably a bit less effective than going monster mode

>>5562596
>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
It's a solid compromise, we can close distance incredibly quickly like this.

>>5562596
>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
>"Ok, Hispo will be enough. We need to make it fast, Ok? I'll launch myself so fast they won't know what it hit them, and in the confusion you come in and trash everything up."
>"Ella, Isaiah. Make sure you wear the head gear, in case there's civilians or Pentex outside make sure they don't look at your face, the civilians won't think so hard what happened if all these poor people make it out and tell what they lived. Once you're done, keep check into the staff office and make sure no one from Pentex stop the computer from dowloading the files, but if it's to much then either make a run out of the facility and prepare a escape route or come and join us"
>"In our end we will try and seek some exit that we can take. Alex, use Mind Speak, we have to communicate for this and coordinate, it's important we update each other of what's happening."

>>5562665

Backing this.

>>5562596

Hench, do we have the same frenzy risk in homid and Hispo forms? I honestly don't remember the mechanics in the P&P game.

>>5562720
From what I remember of P&P you just spend willpower to quickly transform if you don't want to make a roll and that's it. I just chose that option because it says so, but our options to get our Rage down is to go Frenzy on command once we see all the Fomoris on the lower levels, or spam Exert on each fight.

How I see it, I say the best option is if there's some Big enemy or there so much enemies and have low health, is to tell our pack to run and then Frenzy to make sure we clean the room without targeting them

>>5562720
>The mechanics that I am using for this quest can be found in >>5562592.
>You will frenzy no matter what form you are in when you reach 10/10 Rage.
>Rage gain is doubled when you are in Crinos form.
>You currently have 8/10 Rage.

>>5562596
>>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)

>>5562594
>Stick to your guns. Just in case you need to eliminate an adversary from afar, you would rather continue to use the rifle. You'll just have to bottle up your anger.

>>5562596 #

Supporting.

Oops, my bad. Trying again.

>>5562665 #

Supporting.

>>5562665
+1
We should keep the gun nearby, though. If we do end up taking a point of rage we can retreat, shift back to homid and use it instead.

>Going with:
>Shift into your dire form, Hispo. It's not as effective as your war form but you won't have to worry about frenzying at the slightest provocation. (This will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
>"Ok, Hispo will be enough. We need to make it fast, Ok? I'll launch myself so fast they won't know what it hit them, and in the confusion you come in and trash everything up."
>"Ella, Isaiah. Make sure you wear the head gear, in case there's civilians or Pentex outside make sure they don't look at your face, the civilians won't think so hard what happened if all these poor people make it out and tell what they lived. Once you're done, keep check into the staff office and make sure no one from Pentex stop the computer from dowloading the files, but if it's to much then either make a run out of the facility and prepare a escape route or come and join us"
>"In our end we will try and seek some exit that we can take. Alex, use Mind Speak, we have to communicate for this and coordinate, it's important we update each other of what's happening."
>Starting work on update in a bit.

File: Pack Debate.png (751 KB, 948x643)

751 KB PNG

"Hispo will be enough. Ella, Isaiah, put on the masks. I want no one to see your faces and I want every last patient to get out of here alive. Once you're finished, check up here and make sure that no one's messing with the computers. If more Pentex goons show up and it's too much for you to handle, either make a run for it or regroup with us."

"Got it," Ella replies. Isaiah just lets out a pained grunt as the Amish girl focuses on putting a stop to his bleeding. Next, you turn back to the other two.

"We'll see if we can find some sort of exit down there. Alex, use that Gift of yours and link us up. We have to communicate and coordinate for this, it's important that we keep each other up to date." While you're talking, you make the sling of your rifle as loose as possible. Maybe it can hang from your neck when you shift into the dire form, allowing you to take it with you.

"Are you fucking serious?" Alex is flabbergasted by your suggestion.

"Yeah. You wanted a leader who could call the shots, so that's what I'm doing. Or do you wanna have a 'shitty little powwow' now that we're in the middle of a life-or-death situation?" She cringes a little when you remind her that this was her idea; she was the first person to suggest that the pack should have an alpha. On the other hand, maybe she's just scared of how close you are to frenzying.

"Okay, okay, point taken," Alex replies. "Fuck, all I'm saying is that we're probably gonna end up in another fight and if I bind our minds together like that, we're all gonna have one hand tied behind our backs. Sure, it's a good idea for when we've cleared out that shithole, but let's not handicap ourselves for no good reason."

"She's right," Marley says. Of course he's taking her side. "We won't be able to focus on the battle if we've got each other's thoughts rattling around inside of our heads. You're in charge so we'll still follow your lead, whatever you decide we should do. We're just offering advice, that's all."

>While a character is under the influence of Mind Speak, they suffer a -20 modifier on all rolls.

>Stick to your plan. You're going in with Mind Speak active. Even if it means fighting with a disadvantage, you want everyone to remain in contact with each other at all times. (Alex will spend 1 Will [Mind Speak].)
>Go in with Mind Speak active but turn it off as soon as it looks like there's going to be any trouble. Once you're finished fighting, she can reactive it again. (Alex will spend 1 Will [Mind Speak].)
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.
I was thinking in using the H&H Squad radios, but I don't think we know enough to manipulate it to choose a safe frequency that the team that might come here can just hear what we're talking.

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.
They raise good points.

>Back down

Better not make this harder than it has to be

>>5563296
>Stick to your plan. You're going in with Mind Speak active. Even if it means fighting with a disadvantage, you want everyone to remain in contact with each other at all times. (Alex will spend 1 Will [Mind Speak].)

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.

>>5563296
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.
Do not let our rage cloud our judgement.

>Going with:
>Back down. They're right, going down there with Mind Speak active is a bad idea. Alex can use this ability once you've dealt with any enemies down there, but using it before then is a waste of her gnosis at best and suicidal at worst.
>Starting work on update shortly.

Do we have a gameplan for getting into the clans (We) are interested on?

>>5563486
>When your Rite of Passage began, you were told what the different tribes expect of you. As long as you live up these expectations, you will be offered a place in that tribe once you finish the Rite.

>In order to qualify for the Uktena, you should seek knowledge before you take action, you should endeavour to learn from the enemy and you should seize the tools of the enemy so that you may come to understand them.
>In order to qualify for the Glass Walkers, you should use the technology of humans to your advantage, you should solve problems with ingenuity rather than force and you should avoid harming innocent humans or their infrastructure.
>In order to qualify for the Silent Striders, you should limit the suffering of the dying even if they serve the enemy, you should gather knowledge that could be used against the enemy and you should avoid unnecessary risks.
>In order to qualify for the Children of Gaia, you should seek solutions that do not involve violence, you should prevent the loss of innocent life and you should tend to the needs of those who have been wronged by the enemy.
>In order to qualify for the Get of Fenris, you should destroy the enemy whenever you encounter it, you should not act out of fear of violence or adversity and however you choose to destroy the enemy, you should excel.

>I will let you guess how successful you have been so far.

>>5563492
>Uktena
We passed on speaking with the weaver spiders and having an inside man, but we gathered quite a lot of info before going in using H&H uniforms and guns. We also looted everything
>Glass Walker
We burned the truck when we could have used it, even though there was a risk, we used a lot of guns, downloading thing from the computer and went through a medical meeting with fake information. Depends if they see the mercy killing as failing to avoid harming the innocent. Since we are saving the prisioners, we could argue that we don't know if it's possible. Our teacher never mentioned if it is, and said the opposite. But she has omitted information or told pure propaganda before.
>Silent Striders
We did some risky moves, but we did do thins to mitigate it. We also gathered a lot of information before acting and mercy killed the formori, ending their suffering.
>Children of Gaia
We haven't been unnecessarily violent, but we didn't do it completely peaceful as well. We also mercy killed the formori instead of keeping them alive. Don't even know if this mission would even be possible as a pacifist.
>Get of Fenris
Maybe? We are bringing the fight to the enemy and destroyed those tainted, but we have been way more calm about this then just rushing straight in.

I feel like we've been way too peaceful for get and too bloodthirsty for Gaia. The other 3 we kinda tripped at the finish line.
Glass: use car, guns, cloth to sneak in, but burn the truck, "harm" the women we stole the car from, etc
Striders: we didn't let anyone suffer but we haven't been particularly risk avoiding
Uktena: we did take some of their tools tried to teach guns and driving to our pack although not very successfully. At the same time we skipped a few chances to gather Intel before taking action. Of the first three, this one we probably screwed up most

File: Ahroun Gun 2.png (662 KB, 718x1288)

662 KB PNG

"Alright." A good leader always know when to defer to the wisdom of his subordinates. You heard Jasper Talks-Fancy say that once. "No Mind Speak. We can save that until after we've cleared the place out." With that out of the way, you shift into Hispo. The black uniform you're wearing is torn apart as you transform into a giant wolf covered in mottled black and brown fur. Your assault rifle hangs from your throat by its sling, almost like a loose collar.

>You spend 1 Will. Your Will is currently 5/10.

Once you have settled on all fours, the other two shift as well. Alex transforms into a towering monster with a glossy black coat, while Marley becomes a hideous abomination with sagging, leathery skin rather than fur. You'll never get used to how ugly the Metis looks in this form.

>Alex spends 1 Will. Her Will is currently 6/10.

You lead the way downstairs, leaving the Amish behind. Even if Isaiah is in a rough state, you trust that Ella will be able to take care of him. Together, they should be able to break the patients out and fend off any potential threats.

You lead the way, bounding down the stairwell while the others follow in your footsteps. You pass the garage and storage level and soon arrive at the second floor beneath it. The staircase opens out into a corridor, with four rooms on either side and a janitorial locker against the far wall. These are the 'patient rooms,' where the Fomori candidates are kept. The third floor looks the same as the second and so does the fourth. At least there's no sign of Pentex's minions on any of them.

The same can't be said for the fifth floor, where the 'enrichment center' can be found. When the stairs come to an end, they open up into a long hallway that ends in double doors. Just in front of that threshold, there's an overturned table that a pair of Hampton & Holt troopers are using for cover. A morbidly obese mutant stands before that makeshift barricade, a corpulent mass of flesh that's covered in blackened buboes and has a toothless void for a mouth.

Halfway down the corridor, three more Fomori stand shoulder to shoulder. Together, they serve as a living barrier that exists solely to keep you away from their gun-toting comrades. The only thing that the three monsters have in common is that they're all decked out in heavy duty riot-gear. One of them has a multitude of muscular tentacles that sprout from gaps in his armour, covered with bony spurs instead of suckers. Another appears to have a gigantic horn instead of a head, a wicked-looking protrusion that wouldn't be out of place on a rhinoceros. The third has a pair of immense eyeless snakes instead of arms, with glittering needles in the place of their teeth.

It looks like they've been ready for you for some time.

Rolled 24 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

"Open fire!" One of the trooper barks the order as soon as he sets his eyes on you. You don't waste any time either; by the time that the bullets start flying, the three of you have already thrown yourselves at the Fomori, all fangs and fury.

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100+30 and I will accept the best of three. The higher the roll, the better the outcome - but you will also need to beat my roll.

>The modifiers for your roll are:
>+20 for fighting in Hispo form.
>+10 for Exert.
>+10 for Razor Claws.
>-10 for significant numerical disadvantage.

>The modifiers for my roll are:
>+10 for monstrous mutations.
>+10 for being heavily armoured.

Rolled 6 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>5563616

Rolled 15 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>5563616

Rolled 68 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>5563616

>>5563623
Almost whiffed it bad goddamn

Rolled 32, 42, 53 = 127 (3d100)

>>5563620
>>5563623
>>5563625
>Your highest roll was 98, against my roll of 44. A sound success, but let's see how everyone else performs.

>In order, I am rolling for the H&H Troopers, Alex and Marley.

>The modifier for the Troopers' roll is:
>+20 for wielding assault weapons.

>The modifiers for Alex's roll are:
>+30 for fighting in Crinos form.
>+10 for Exert.
>-10 for slight numerical disadvantage.

>The modifiers for Marley's roll are:
>+30 for fighting in Crinos form.
>+10 for Exert.
>-10 for slight numerical disadvantage.

>>5563625

Well, you saved our hides anon.

90 vs 40 is a pretty good success though.

>>5563492
>>5563504

>Glass Walker
>Silent Striders
>Children of Gaia
I think we're on-track for any of these, and MAYBE stand a shot at Uktena (which is a pretty interesting option, even if I prefer Glass Walkers)

>>5563642
Nice!

>>5563891
We've been relying on human tech a lot actually, and we even tried to help Marley appreciate human civilization.
Besides we've been sparing innocent people and, in general, we are more rational than violent.
I feel Glass Walker is the choice that makes more sense.

Feel like it's between Glass Walkers and Silent Striders. Prefer the latter since it distances us from garou politics. Children of Gaia maybe take us and I feel like unless we fuck up horrendously the Get will take us regardless since we're an ahroun. Uktena seems interesting but I'm not sure we even qualify at this point considering we passed on negotiating with the weaver's brood.

File: Wyrm Servants.png (1.28 MB, 988x1311)

1.28 MB PNG

Rolled 77 + 20 (1d100 + 20)

>You, Alex and Marley each spend 1 Rage. Your Rage is currently 7/10, her Rage is currently 1/10 and his Rage is currently 3/10.

If this is the best that the Wyrm has to offer, then he doesn't stand a chance against the might of the Garou.

You throw yourself at the one with snakes for arms and crash into its body with all of the force that you can muster. The monster goes toppling onto its back and with supernatural ease, you slice through its armour and gouge out its belly with your claws. The eyeless serpents shriek and flail about uselessly, overwhelmed by the agony that you inflict on the Fomor.

Alex focuses all of her ire on the one that's festooned with tentacles. Seizing those writhing limbs with her fangs and claws, the black-furred Garou rips the tendrils from the mutant's body one after another, in a savage display of gore and violence. In a matter of seconds, she reduces the creature to a blood-soaked carcass.

The goons try to pepper the three of you with silver throughout your assault, but Marley thwarts their efforts. Grabbing the headless Fomor by its horn and seizing its belt with his other hand, the Metis lifts the abomination in the air and uses it as a living shield. Its body twitches and spasms as bullet after bullet slam into it, penetrating its armour in multiple locations and riddling the monster with holes.

Just when you have dispatched the frontline of Fomori and are ready to advance on the gun-toting troopers, the corpulent monstrosity finally acts. Its distended stomach convulses and a gush of tar erupts from its maw. The sheer quantity of the black ooze defies physics; in less than a second, the obese mutant has produced more than its weight in vomit. Everything in front of it is covered in the viscous substance, and that includes you. It sticks to your fur and slows you down, even as you charge towards the troopers and the rotund Fomor with your packmates at your side.

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100+30 and I will accept the best of three. The higher the roll, the better the outcome - but you will also need to beat my roll.

>The modifiers for your roll are:
>+20 for fighting in Hispo form.
>+10 for Exert.
>+10 for Razor Claws.
>-10 for being covered in adhesive vomit.

>The modifiers for my roll are:
>+20 for wielding assault weapons.

Rolled 88 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>5564388

Rolled 78 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>5564388

Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>5564388
Please gaia... Don't let me fuck it up

Rolled 21, 98, 73 = 192 (3d100)

>>5564391
>>5564393
>>5564397
>Your highest roll was 118, against my roll of 97. Pretty good.

>In order, I am rolling for the Fomor, Alex and Marley.

>The modifier for the Fomor's roll is:
>-10 for morbid obesity.

>The modifiers for Alex's roll are:
>+30 for fighting in Crinos form.
>+10 for Exert.
>-10 for being covered in adhesive vomit.

>The modifiers for Marley's roll are:
>+30 for fighting in Crinos form.
>+10 for Exert.
>-10 for being covered in adhesive vomit.

>>5564405

Alex going on a tear here.

>>5564417
>>5564405
I think we're all gonna graduate Wolfschool in one piece, anons!

>>5564439
Don't jinx it, we can celebrate once we get the wolf diploma.

File: Wendigo Mask.png (491 KB, 947x658)

491 KB PNG

>You, Alex and Marley each spend 1 Rage. Your Rage is currently 6/10, her Rage is currently 0/10 and his Rage is currently 2/10.

The mutant's vomit is barely an inconvenience. You wade effortlessly through the onslaught of black muck with the other two trailing behind you. If anything, the sludge obfuscates your approach and makes it harder for the troopers to aim at you. You might be a large target in this form, but you move far too quickly and erratically for these goons to hit you. The same can be said for your packmates; they duck and weave through the hail of bullets with alarming grace.

While you duck around the obese mutant, Alex simply ploughs straight through it. Gore and goo spray all over the walls as she annihilates the Fomor without losing any momentum and crashes through that overturned table as though it wasn't even there. One of the goons screams as you catch his arm in your jaws and shake him about like a rag doll, at least until Alex grabs his head in her heads. With a little pressure, she causes his skull to burst like an over-inflated balloon. As for Marley, the Metis descends on the remaining goon and slices him open from neck to navel with a single swipe, carving through the bulletproof vest as though it's paper.

"Hah!" Black-furred Alex lets out a triumphant laugh, though her current form makes her mirth sound like a guttural bark. "Pentex ain't shit!" If the doctor who you interrogated told the truth, you have eliminated every last enemy in the institute, except for one last operator.

>You, Alex and Marley each gain 1 Will. Your Will is currently 6/10, Alex's Will is currently 7/10, Marley's Will is currently 5/10.

"You did well," you snarl in the High Tongue, since you aren't capable of speaking English while you're wearing the shape of a giant wolf. You still don't have a great grasp of the language, but you know the basics. "Use your Gift." A few moments after you growl those words, your mind is assailed by thoughts that are not your own as Alex links the minds of the pack together. It takes a second for you to become accustomed to the strange new stimulation of this sixth sense. Even once you've become accustomed to it, you still feel dizzy and disorientated. It's hard for you to focus on reality when your head is so crowded.

>Alex spends 1 Will. Her Will is currently 6/10.

"I'll never get used to this," you hear Marley mutter in your brain.

"Oh, I'll make sure you will." You almost mistake Alex's smugness for your own. "Ella, Isaiah, you there? Maybe we should've let you come along after all, these Fomori were fucking pushovers."

"We're here," Ella replies. You can feel the presence of Isaiah's mind as well, but his thoughts are muddied by pain and weariness. "Most of these cells are empty. We've broken open a couple of patients but they're in a bad state. I'm keeping an eye on them while Isaiah breaks the others out."

"Good, keep it up. The three of us are going to have a look around down here, see what we can find. We'll keep in touch." Once you've shared that thought with the others, you spend a few moments tearing off the tar that clings to you. You rip off plenty of your fur in the process but thanks to your regeneration, it grows back within seconds. As soon as that's out of the way, you're free to explore.

Before you go through the doorway at the end of the corridor, you explore the other rooms that line the hallway once you've busted open their doors. A couple of them are offices, with desktops identical to the ones up in the lounge. You could crack them open and take their hard drives too, but there's a good chance that they're just connected to the same server. There's also a storage room filled with several steel drums and a few refrigerated tanks, but you're not able to make sense of the code that they're labelled with.

Finally, there's a control and monitoring room. From there, you're able to look through the CCTV cameras throughout the entire institute, including the intensive care unit. A brief glance at the myriad cameras reveals that the entire hospital has been evacuated; the overnight staff have shepherded all of the inpatients into the parking lot. A couple of police cars have already arrived, though it looks like the cops that came in them are standing by. Perhaps they're waiting for backup?

"Pick up the pace, everyone. We don't have much time left." With that in mind, you get to work breaking open the double doors. They're pretty sturdy, but they don't stand a chance against a trio of werewolves. As soon as you've busted open the lock, you step through the threshold and into the enrichment center.

It looks like something out a nightmare, like the fusion of an operating theatre, a desecrated church and a serial killer's basement. The only significant light source is a single naked bulb that hangs in the middle of the room, dimly illuminating the bare concrete floors and walls. Irregular spirals and twisted glyphs have been painted on every surface using blood, sewage, petroleum and other foul-smelling substances. At the far end of the room, there's a metal operating table with all sorts of leather restraints attached to it; it looks more like it's intended for torture rather than surgery. A cart that's laden with all sorts of monitors and unfamiliar devices stands next to the table, though they're all offline right now. It also carries a few tanks full of a faintly glowing fluid that you don't like the look of; the mere sight of the stuff makes your hair stand on end.

But in the very heart of the room, beneath that dangling lightbulb, is a display case that sits on top of a black acrylic pedestal. It contains an ancient jade mask that depicts some sort of demonic face, complete with fangs, tusks and bulging white eyes. If you have to guess, maybe it's Mesoamerican.

>You gain 1 Rage, while Alex and Marley each gain 2 Rage. Your Rage is currently 7/10, her Rage is currently 2/10 and his Rage is currently 4/10.

"This is fucking sick." Even if you didn't have access to her thoughts, Alex's disgust would still be palpable. "What sort of monster does shit like this?" While she's busy gawking at the horror of it all, Marley approaches the plinth to take a closer look at the mask. He doesn't dare touch the display case; though there's no security system attached to it, you can't fault him for being careful.

>Marley spends 1 Will. His Will is currently 4/10.

Suddenly, the Metis staggers away from the ancient relic and bares his teeth at it in a snarl. "This whole place reeks of the Wyrm," he relays to you, "but that thing stinks far more than anything else. It's evil." The Metis pauses for a second as he is struck by an idea. "Alex, peek into the Umbra for a second. Tell us what you see."

"What? Why the fuck should I do that?"

"Humour him," you tell her. When it comes to weird cosmic spirit shit, you trust Marley more than anyone else in your pack. He grew up learning about this stuff, after all. The dark-furred Garou grumbles for a couple of seconds before she gathers her focus and slowly slips into a meditative state. To you, it just looks like she's staring into space. In actuality, she's peering into the spirit world.

>Alex spends 3 Will. Her Will is currently 3/10.
>Alex gains 2 Rage. Her Rage is currently 4/10.

A couple of seconds after she finally slides into a trance, she comes crashing out of it.

"It's a fucking nightmare," she blurts into your minds. "There's so many Wyrm-spirits, there must be fucking dozens of them, all crowded around some twisted-looking altar and worshipping that thing." She jabs an accusatory finger towards the jade mask. "It's gotta be what's drawing all of these spirits to this hospital. But how did it end up so fucking tainted?"

"It could be a fetish," Marley suggests, still eyeing the artefact warily. "Maybe it has a powerful Bane trapped inside of it."

First of all, what should you do about the enrichment center?

>Leave the place as it is. The authorities will be here shortly. You should go before they arrive and let them to discover this hellhole.
>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.

Second of all, what should you do about the mask?

>Leave the mask alone. This is way above your pay grade, Harrower didn't mention anything about ancient Mesoamerican artefacts. You should focus on your Rite.
>Destroy the mask. If it's responsible for all of the Banes infesting the hospital's reflection, then it stands to reason that breaking the mask should get rid of them, right?
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

>>5564632
>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.
It's been evacuated, after all.

>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

>>5564632
>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.
>Destroy the mask. If it's responsible for all of the Banes infesting the hospital's reflection, then it stands to reason that breaking the mask should get rid of them, right?
Trash, all of this

>>5564632

>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.

I like our budding love of fire.

>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

We don't know what this is other than the enemy values it. Bring it back to the tribe to purify or destroy.

>>5564632
>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
I remember something Murphy telling about his rite and how he didn't burn it down because it would hurt the jobs of innocents.
Since I want to go Glass Walker, I'm picking this option.
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.
Better that professionals destroy this thing.
Just got to send someone ahead to warn the Caern, in case it risks exposing it.

>>5564656
>send someone ahead to warn the Caern
Adding this to my vote at >>5564639. Good thinking!

>>5564632

>>5564656

Backing this. I still think we should consider working to take this site and invert it into a Fomori-cleansing operation or otherwise actively battling Wyrm-influence.

It's not enough to set Pentex back a year, we have to actively set up a competing power structure.

>>5564632
>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.
Raze what we can, put our trust in the elders to figure out how to kill this thing properly.

>>5564686
Backing this as well.
(tho I prefer silent striders but they won't be opposed to this solution either I think)

>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

>>5564686
I mean, we're a teenager who hasn't even earned full Garou status yet. That may be ebyond our abilities.

>>5564756
Best bet for that plan to work would be for one of the Glass Walkers affiliated companies to somehow do a takeover of the hospital.
But I have no idea how they would do it

>>5564756

Oh I dont mean that we would personally oversee this, but in-character, we might go back to the caern with this idea and pitch it to the Glass Walkers, and maybe run some missions to help launch the project.

Of course, highly likely that we get shot down, but I think it's in-character to have the idea.

>>5564656
+1

I'm not sure of spliting, specially while carrying a beacon for Banes, which means surely Pentex are going to send the Black Spiral Dancers for this, but it's still a really good choice to at least send someone to warn the elders and send a pack to pick this mask up or meet us half way the Caern

But I seriously doubt they're going to do anything. Remember, this is a Initiation Rite, and even if they see we make our objective of dismantling things up, there's the fact that the Alpha of the Caern and surely our teacher is going to not allow anyone for this matter to help with the mask and see if we can make it.

Once we're near the Caern, at least some hours from it should go first, tell the situation and see what they say, because we have a Fetish with a powerful Bane inside that attracts other Banes. Unless we fight them the Umbra, they're going to follow us, and the BSD are going to use that as a lead to catch us. Once we're out, this is going to be a race against time and make a run to our Caern.

>>5564632
>put on the mask
>dance the black spiral

>>5564772
Begone, intrusive metatextual thoughts!

>>5564770
The idea I had was just to warn them that we are bringing it back and ask if it would put the caern in danger in the first place.
It could be seem as asking for help I guess, but I was trying to go for showing concern over the safety of the caern, since this thing attracts banes and may have a powerful one imprisoned inside, so it could end up acting like a trojan horse.

>>5564772
Is that a wild Banished Quest player?

>>5564784
Yeah I get it, it's just that i'm paranoid.ablut running around with the Mask even if it's the best choide to grab it and give it to another more specialized Pack to deal with it

1. The distance from the hospital to the Caern
2. Pentex or Black Spiral Dancers going behind os for the mask
3. If the Caern is already watching us somehow and are preparing things to destroy the mask.

It's like having a chunk of meat in the middle of the ocean near a group of sharks.

>>5564632
>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.
torch it all, building's already evac'd so we're probably good
>Destroy the mask. If it's responsible for all of the Banes infesting the hospital's reflection, then it stands to reason that breaking the mask should get rid of them, right?
way above our pay grade, so let's not bother with trying to recover it or learn from it

Why not give the mask to weaver's brood and have them deal with it?

>>5564632
>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

Breaking it is the last thing we should do, that's just asking to unleash whatever's trapped in it. We also shouldn't take it straight to the cearn. We don't have to split up, payphones still exist if you look hard enough. Do we know Sheepdog's number?

>>5564632
>Burn it all down. The flames might spread to other parts of the institute, but it's a quick and sure-fire way to dispose of everything.

We need to be thorough, and we can't just trust the police to be able to shut the place down once we're gone.

>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.

Should make sure to warn the caern first before we bring it to them though.

>Going with:
>Trash the machinery and the supplies. Ruin everything and make sure that Pentex will have to start this operation from scratch.
>Take the mask. You're not going to leave a powerful relic in the clutches of Pentex. You should take it back to the caern, in case anything can be learned from it.
>Will start work on an update later.

What do you guys think would happen if we wore the mask?

File: dio mask.jpg (66 KB, 1280x718)

66 KB JPG

>>5565544

>>5565555
>>5565544

>Quads replying to double dubs
Abomination confirmed

>>5565555
>>5565662
If there is an option to wear the mask if we or any of our friends are on the verge of death, you bet you ass I'm voting for it.

>>5565544
Bane possession, Wyrm corruption and turning into a Black Spiral Dancer.
My bet on first missions for bad end Sam would be to torture our friends and mom until they either get Wyrm'd, die or become suffering batteries.

>>5565706
>>5565711
Why on earth would we wear the mask if this sort of thing is the result, especially after what we've seen on this mission? The Wyrm and his minions are bad, and also gross.

>>5565716
See what happens, I dunno.
Could be fun.

>>5565716
>>5565744

Realistically Sam already has seen enough Pentex shit to commit sudoku before wearing the mask

>>5565716
Yeah, there's nothing good about the Wyrm, at least not anymore.
The Weaver's realm is a dystopia, but atleast there is still something good that can be salvaged from it.

>>5565716
Sometimes it's cool to play the bad guy, plus if we become a BSD our dancing skill swill get an insane buff!

>>5565828
>>5565744
But in-character, what motivation would our MC have?

>>5565831
In-Character I could see it happening in a desperate situation and relying on the limited knowledge Sam has on the spirit world. He was told by his teacher than Garou can consume spirits, it's speculated that mask is a fetish possessed by a very powerful spirit that attracts other spirits. Wearing it could lead to Wyrm spirits to be attracted to Sam which he could then consume or he could try to consume the spirit in the mask to gain whatever buff he could from eating them, which would be in a complete FUBAR situation. Another situation in which it could happen is if Sam is forced to wear it while Mom is held hostage since so far he's made it very clear he's willing to go to great length to protect her and keep her as part of his life even when it is ill advised. So if it's between wearing the jade and mom dying and there's no 100% way to safe her I can see Sam doing it.

>>5565844
Well, if such an opportunity crops up organically, we'll see how it goes. I'm not really in favour of hanging onto the mask indefinitely in the hopes of engineering a heel-turn, though.

How Scottish are we? Could always try to purify the spirit and try becoming a White Howler, as impossible as that is, it's just as likely as us willingly become a BSD.

>>5566060

Probably not at all, but I'm sure if we manage to pull that off we become Scottish by default.

File: Silent Strider Ragabash.png (378 KB, 954x663)

378 KB PNG

"We'll take the mask when we get out of here. The others back at the caern might know how to destroy it safely." Alternatively, Farsight Salazar might be interested in studying this artefact. By giving him the mask, you might earn the favour of the Uktena. "Right now, let's wreck this place. Trash everything, leave nothing that Pentex could use."

Alex doesn't need to be told twice. She smashes the cart full of machinery against the wall, shattering screens and demolishing delicate devices. As for the Metis, he unleashes his fury on the operating table, mangling it until there's nothing left but a heap of ruined metal.

Next, you head to the control room. Just in case the CCTV footage is saved on the machine rather than the servers, you ask Alex to get the hard drive out first. She's not that familiar with computer hardware and requires some instructions from you but as soon as she's fished out the drive, you trash everything else in the room and leave behind a chaotic mess of wires, circuitry, plastic casing and broken furniture everywhere. The offices suffer a similar fate.

It takes a little more time to deal with all of the materials that they've got in storage. Each steel drum seems to contain some sort of disgusting substance, from crude oil to congealed grease to coagulated blood. There's even a couple that are full of human waste. The only way to get rid of the contents of these barrels without flooding this floor is to pour them down the floor drain, one after the other.

"We're done," Ella lets you know through your mental connection. "There's just seven patients. A couple of them are unresponsive and the rest are... They're not well, Sam." You're not surprised. This is a psychiatric hospital after all, the people who are kept here are guaranteed to be mentally ill, especially in this part of the institute.

"Good. We're just finishing up down here. How's Isaiah doing?"

"I'm fine." The Amish boy's thoughts are clouded with pain and frustration, but they're still legible. "I'm up in the staff lounge, making sure that all of the monsters who worked here are dead. No one's touched your computer, by the way." Everyone who worked in this part of the institute played a part in this horrific conspiracy. Death is the least that they deserve.

"But what are we going to do with all of these people? We don't have anywhere to take them and... maybe we should just leave them here. The hospital will look after them, right?" Ella seems a little shaken.

"Fuck that," Alex retorts, "there's nothing to stop them from just starting this shit all over again. Besides, how do you know that Autumn won't just send them to another hellhole where they can be 'enriched?' We should take them to a local shelter or something."

"We just came to this town yesterday," you point out to Alex. "Unless you've been on the lookout for homeless shelters or something, how are we supposed to know where to take them?"

"Not to mention how much attention it would attract," Marley adds. "We should just let them loose. They can serve as a distraction while we shift into Lupus and sneak away."

While the three of you finish up your sabotage, the whole pack uses the mental link to argue over the best course of action. In the end though, your decision is the only one that counts.

First of all, how do you want to handle the patients?

>Leave them to their own devices. Those who want to try to escape can, but you don't want to waste any energy herding the mentally ill.
>Direct them towards the visitor parking lot, where all of the other inpatients and hospital staff have evacuated to right now. The institute can look after them.
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Tell them to follow you. You're not sure where you can take him, but they're your responsibility now. You need to figure out somewhere safe to take them.

Second of all, how do you want to handle your escape?

>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.
>Dress up as ICU patients and escape. If you're going to be seen, you want your pack to look like runaway nutjobs rather than masked criminals.
>Shift into Lupus and sneak through the employee parking lot. The Veil will be safe as long as you remain unseen (Everyone will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)
>Everyone should shift into Hispo and get out, as fast as they can. It's just a tiny breach of the Veil. (Everyone but you will spend 1 Will [Shapeshift].)

>>5566574
>Tell them to follow you. You're not sure where you can take him, but they're your responsibility now. You need to figure out somewhere safe to take them.
>Dress up as ICU patients and escape. If you're going to be seen, you want your pack to look like runaway nutjobs rather than masked criminals.

>>5566574
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.
Can't take care of the patients, scrubs are easier to hide in than straight jackets.

>>5566574
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

>>5566574
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Dress up as ICU patients and escape. If you're going to be seen, you want your pack to look like runaway nutjobs rather than masked criminals.

>>5566574

>Tell them to follow you. You're not sure where you can take him, but they're your responsibility now. You need to figure out somewhere safe to take them.

Maybe we can deliver them to the Amish or to a psych institute that isn't a Pentex operation?

>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

This makes the most sense to me.

Y'know what? I believe that maybe, thanks to the talk we had with the doctor the day we entered, it could be enough for him to speak up about what happened in the hospital.

But anonymous. Maybe we can call him in a phone (If he gave us one) or even sneak to him if we dress up like a patient. We can tell him to gather a few more trusted nurses and doctors that feels the same way as he, and write letters or maybe record what they experienced in this hospital with some voicechanger to try and stay safe, because if they just saw that for some reason there was this big attack to a hospital and the most sane patiences just speak of what happened, they will surely desqualify everything because "they're crazy already"

This hospital and Pentex needs a huge media backlash and people to talk about their abuse in that aisle of the hospital so there's some huge controversy, maybe Pentex is going to back down and maybe can be run again by some normal human without the influence of Pentex. Or hell, maybe there's some Sons of Gaia organization that has some hospitals in their belt to come up and steal this hospital and start cleansing it.

>>5566653
Pentex controls part of the media, also it risk breaking the veil, so going loud is a bad idea.
I also think that the doc isn't going to work since we passed the chance to turn him into an inside man. So we even have a way to contact him?

Anyway, I think we should save these ideas for when we return to the caern, and make so it's a suggestion to pass along.
It's a job for the clans to clean up for when we return, we don't have the resources or influence to do much ourselves.
But keep discussing and thinking them, because we would have to make a good case of it being worth the effort.

>>5566574
>Direct them towards the visitor parking lot, where all of the other inpatients and hospital staff have evacuated to right now. The institute can look after them.
Sadly, there's not much else we can do for them. We can maybe spread some rumours online about this place, tip off the police later... It won't shut Pentex down, but it might make this PARTICUALR facility and these PARTICULAR patients enough of a hassle that they abandon them to the care of regular, non-cultist psychiatric care.

>>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.
>>When we're away from the worst of the Banes, and the cops, find a mirror and GTFO into the spirit realm

>>5566574
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

>>5566574
>Direct them towards the visitor parking lot, where all of the other inpatients and hospital staff have evacuated to right now. The institute can look after them.
>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

>>5566574
>Direct them towards the visitor parking lot, where all of the other inpatients and hospital staff have evacuated to right now. The institute can look after them.

>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

Rolled 14 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>Going with:
>Encourage them to escape and run off into the night. Marley's right, you might be able to take advantage of the chaos that this could cause.
>Put on your masks and some spare scrubs, since most of your clothes have been ruined by all of the transforming, then run away.

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100 and I will accept the best of three. The higher the roll, the better the outcome - but you will also need to beat my roll.

>The modifiers for your roll are:
>-10 for Isaiah being hindered by his wounds.

>The modifiers for my roll are:
>+20 for wielding assault weapons.
>-10 for being distracted by the dispersing patients.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>5566969

Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>5566969

File: err.jpg (144 KB, 520x500)

144 KB JPG

>>5566981
>23 v. 24

Oh jeez. Come on, third anon, bail us out!

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>5566969

>>5566988
Well shit

>>5566981

Not good enough...

File: fml.jpg (82 KB, 650x940)

82 KB JPG

>>5566988
>>5566997

>>5566974
>>5566981
>>5566988
>Your highest roll was 23, against my roll of 24. A bad time for bad luck.

>Sorry for the slow pace recently. The next update will be in around twelve hours, hopefully.

File: [screams externally].gif (944 KB, 264x320)

944 KB GIF

>>5566988
Ooops

Oh shit.
Welp, maybe it's time to wear that mask afterall.

File: Tombstone.png (278 KB, 777x479)

278 KB PNG

>Marley spends 1 Will. His Will is currently 3/10.

As soon as you're done wrecking the enrichment center and have snatched the artefact, you all shift back to Homid and head back up to the lounge. Most of your pack have ruined their clothes with all of the transforming, with Isaiah being the only one who didn't trash his Hampton & Holt uniform. He's the one who gets to keep an eye on the patients on one of the lower levels, while the rest of you search for clothes to change into. Ella found some hospital gowns intended for the patients and put one on while she was looking after them, but they're not suitable for the outdoors. Instead, you find a box of spare scrubs that the staff kept around that you change into. You, Alex and Marley put on your masks as well, since you don't want your faces to be seen by anyone, not even the people you're rescuing.

While Isaiah is busy changing out of his stolen uniform, you pack away all of the loot in the duffel bag that you brought along. That includes the jade mask and the two hard drives, since the download has finished at this point. You also stash away that assault rifle and a whole bunch of ammunition; you never know if a gun might come in handy. As soon as you've finished your preparations and put an end to your mental communication, your pack herds the patients to the garage.

Ella was right, they're not well. All five of them seem detached from reality in ways that go beyond mental illness, and none of them have been looked after properly. Two of them are even wrapped up in straitjackets. It takes a lot of cajoling and insistence to get through to them, to get them to acknowledge your presence instead of staring into space, gibbering at monsters that aren't there or cringing at the alarm that has been wailing ever since your raid began. With some effort, you eventually get them to follow you of the hospital and into the darkness of the parking lot.

The chill of the night air and the prospect of freedom seems to knock some sense into a few of them, as they break into a run soon after they have been led out of the institute. The others require a little shoving in order to snap them out of the reverie but they stagger after the others in short order, whooping and wailing as they go. You give them a little head start before you start running in the other direction.

Well, you can't really run, thanks to the state that Isaiah is in. The silver that's buried in his thigh and his hip keeps him from moving faster than a hobble. Marley and Ella fall back to support the Amish boy's weight and try to help him along, but the pace is still excruciatingly slow. You need to get the hell out of there, but you can't even move at a jog.

You're almost out of the parking lot and out onto the streets of Tennyson when you hear the bark of gunfire come from somewhere behind you. With each shot, a small cloud of dust and dirt erupts from a patch of asphalt nearby as a bullet misses its mark.

You risk a glance over your shoulder in an attempt to spot the enemy, but there's no one there. The only sign of your assailant is the muzzle flash that you spot by the edge of the institute's rooftop. That's why the troopers by the garage weren't surprised when you arrived; the last goon from Hampton & Holt has been up there all night long, serving as their sentry.

Just when you're about to yell at the others to pick up the pace, Isaiah lets out a piercing cry of agony as he's struck by yet another silver-tipped bullet. The rooftop shooter was aiming at the Amish boy all along, with the intention of finishing off a wounded Garou. He slumps forward and only remains upright thanks to the support of Ella and Marley.

>Isaiah loses 1 Health. His Health is currently 0/3.
>Everyone gains 1 Rage. Your Rage is 8/10, Ella's Rage is 7/10, Alex's Rage is 5/10, Marley's Rage is 5/10 and Isaiah's Rage is 8/10.

"Isaiah's been hit!" A panicked shout from Ella confirms the obvious. In the darkness, you've got no idea where he's been hit or if he's got any chance of survival. Right now, you need to make a difficult decision.

>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Abandon Isaiah. He might already be dead and you'll move faster without him. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Try to draw the shooter's fire and shield the others while they get away. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Get your own rifle out and return fire, though you'll probably have trouble hitting the shooter. (Everyone else will spent 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)

>>5567659
>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Try to draw the shooter's fire and shield the others while they get away. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
Make sure to give the mask to someone else, in case we don't make it.

>>5567674
+1

>>5567659
>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Get your own rifle out and return fire, though you'll probably have trouble hitting the shooter. (Everyone else will spent 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)

>>5567708
+1, send some suppressive fire in the guy’s general direction while we GTFO. We don’t need to kill him, just escape.

>>5567659
>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)

>>5567659
>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Get your own rifle out and return fire, though you'll probably have trouble hitting the shooter. (Everyone else will spent 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)

>>5567708

Backing this!

This is probably the least bad option. Isaiah can still make it if the squad can dig out his silver once they're clear of hostile fire.

Rolled 88 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>Going with:
>Order Marley to carry Isaiah and just run as fast as you can. (Everyone will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Get your own rifle out and return fire, though you'll probably have trouble hitting the shooter. (Everyone else will spent 1 Rage [Exert] and this will require a roll after voting is locked.)

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100 and I will accept the best of three. The higher the roll, the better the outcome - but you will also need to beat my roll.

>The modifiers for your roll are:
>+20 for wielding an assault weapon.
>-20 for not having a clear view of your target.

>The modifiers for my roll are:
>+20 for wielding assault weapon.
>-10 for being suppressed.

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>5568137

Two more chances for someone to roll a 99 or 100

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>5568137

Well we are getting our shit rocked on the exfil, aren't we?

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>5568137
Fugg

>>5568150
>>5568145
>>5568142
>Your highest roll was 61, against my roll of 98. Unfortunate but sometimes, that's just how the cookie crumbles. I was going to roll for the rest of the team but honestly, it makes sense for the marksman to focus his fire on you. This should mark the end of the dice-rolling for now and a return to the narrative side of things.

>I'll start work on an update later.

>>5568162
>>5568150
>>5568145
>>5568142
Yeeesh. Welp, I think we might be captured, anons.

File: Spoiler Image (358 KB, 1009x1500)

358 KB JPG

>>5568340
There's only one way out I can think of to fix this,

Le wear mask.

>>5568340
Time to awaken our main character powers and reawaken the White Howlers, or rocket into BSD and be exactly the opposite of what we wanted to be.

File: Spoiler Image (1.83 MB, 278x278)

1.83 MB GIF

>>5568437

A Zombie hands Paul Saulman a bong. Paul Saulman hits the bong,The Bong is laced with MDMA. Paul Saulman is given instant brain damage due to how hard he hit it.

>>5568162
I just checked the last thread and we have full health. No need to put the mask on yet. This is probably a pretty bad hit though.

File: Ronin Nonsense.png (174 KB, 840x552)

174 KB PNG

>Everyone else spends 1 Rage. Ella's Rage is 6/10, Alex's Rage is 4/10 and Marley's Rage is 4/10.

"Pick him up!" As soon as you bark the command, Marley doesn't hesitate. He shoulders the weight of Isaiah and picks up the pace, running ahead with the others while you slow down long enough to rummage around in your bag for that rifle of yours. Thankfully, your pack has created enough distance that the marksman can't reliably hit you, giving you enough time to produce your own gun and return fire while the others run as fast as they can. You keep moving as well, but you can only run so fast when you're trying to shoot at something.

What follows is a fruitless exchange of bullets, as you spray the distant rooftop of the institute with as many bullets as you can muster, in the hope that at least one of them will strike your target. In return, your unseen assailant continues their assault, though their efforts are impeded by your suppressing fire. More clouds of dirt burst from the asphalt as bullets strike the ground around you, until one finally finds its mark.

Agony unlike any pain that you have ever known floods your brain as a silver-tipped round slams into your torso, just above your hip. The presence of that accursed metal makes it feel like there's a fire blazing inside of the wound, burning away at your insides.

>You lose 1 Health. Your Health is currently 2/3.
>You gain 1 Rage. Your Rage is currently 9/10.

Mercifully, you're out of the parking lot and quite some distance down the road at this point. You don't have much further to go before you're able to turn a corner around an apartment block, escaping the marksman's field of vision. The cacophony of gunfire comes to an end, leaving only the distant wailing on that alarm and the sound of approaching sirens. The others have stopped to catch their breath and Marley has set Isaiah down on the ground for the time being.

"How is he?" You try to keep the pain out of your voice, with one hand over your side in an effort to stem the bleeding.

"I can't tell, not in this light," Marley replies, still a little breathless and shaken. "All I know is that he's lost consciousness."

"Shit, what do we do?" Though the mask hides her expression, it sounds like Alex has completely lost all of her earlier confidence. As for Ella, the girl seems frozen with shock, overwhelmed by the entire situation.

>Find a hospital. Even if you find one in time, you'll basically be handing yourselves over to the police, but at least Isaiah will be in good hands.
>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.
>Get out of town. After everything you've done, there's nowhere safe in Tennyson right now. Even if it risks Isaiah's health, you need to get out.
>Step sideways. In the Umbra, you won't need to worry about the Veil or the police. Instead, your primary concern will be Banes.

>>5568659

>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.

Simultaneously send someone with a big wad of cash out to a veterinarian who would help some desperate kids?

We didnt think about this prior but carrying the mask, we're basically holding a massive "eat us" sign in the Umbra. Probably off limits until we can turn it over to the caern?

>>5568659
>Get out of town. After everything you've done, there's nowhere safe in Tennyson right now. Even if it risks Isaiah's health, you need to get out.
Time to GTFO. That or wear the mask.

>>5568667

No one wants to wear the mask except you BSD-kun

>>5568659
>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.
>Get out of town. After everything you've done, there's nowhere safe in Tennyson right now. Even if it risks Isaiah's health, you need to get out.
Get the silver out and then run
I hate captcha

>>5568659
>Get out of town. After everything you've done, there's nowhere safe in Tennyson right now. Even if it risks Isaiah's health, you need to get out.

>>5568659
>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.
Get silver out and leave
I think metis shift back into crinos upon death as you die in the form you were born in
We can't leave isaiah dead or alive to prevent any experimentation or breaking the litany

>>5568659
>Get out of town. After everything you've done, there's nowhere safe in Tennyson right now. Even if it risks Isaiah's health, you need to get out.
Sorry Isaiah "The Iceman" Amishton, the heat's too hot 'round here.

>>5568659
>>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.
We also need a way to burn this Rage. Isaiah might pull through but that won't help him if we freak the fuck out.

>>5568680
Fair enough.

>Going with:
>Head back to the motel. It's the safest place you know of right now and once you're there, you'll be able to tend to Isaiah yourselves.
>It's currently tied but I want to get an update done within the next few hours and >>5568691 prioritises the motel first, so I'll go with that.

File: Red Talon Lupus 2.png (484 KB, 924x630)

484 KB PNG

You stash your rifle away and lead the others back to the motel as quickly as you're able, hurrying through the streets of Tennyson and doing your best to recall the way. In the heat of the moment and with a mind that's clouded with pain and rage, it's difficult for you to recall the route perfectly, but there's no time for doubt. More than once you have to duck behind cover in order to avoid being seen by passing cars, including an ambulance racing down the road on its way to the institute.

At long last, you manage to carry the unconscious body of Isaiah through the night and back to the motel. You remained unseen throughout your journey, or at the very least unbothered. The masks come off before you set foot on the premises and you rush the unconscious Amish boy into one of your rooms you rented, as fast as you can.

"You should've fucking told us that you were shot too," Alex chides you as she gets to work digging out the silver that's buried in your hip. A few minutes have passed since your arrival and you've all settled down, with Marley examining Isaiah while the foul-mouthed girl tends to your gunshot wound. You're in no state to respond; you're too busy gritting your teeth and trying not to let the pain get to you. One more nasty surprise is all that it would take to make you frenzy, and that's the last thing you need at this stage of the mission.

"This is bad," the Metis murmurs as he surveys the bullet hole in Isaiah's back. Right now, the Amish boy is lying on the bed, covered in a cold sweat and breathing shakily. "It's gone pretty deep. I'm not sure if it hit an organ or not."

"Shit..!" You almost bite your tongue when Alex finally manages to pry the bullet out of you. It still hurts like hell but you feel better knowing that there's no more goddamn silver inside of you. Now when you transform out of your breed form, that wound should hopefully regenerate.

>Most werewolves are not vulnerable to silver in their breed forms. Your breed form is Homid. If you lose Health to silver in your breed form and shift into another form with regeneration, you may regain that lost Health. If there is any silver debris left inside of the wound when you shift, then it will trigger the new form's vulnerability and you will not be able to regain that lost Health.

"Can... Can you get it outta him, Marley?"

"I'm not a doctor, Sam. None of us are. If I cut into something that I'm not meant to, Isaiah could die." Once again, you're forced to reckon with the fact that you're just a bunch of teenagers. You might be werewolves with supernatural abilities, but you were thrown into this situation with almost no training. "It might just be safer to leave the silver inside of him until we can get him back to the caern."

"He was shot while he was in Homid, wasn't he?" Ella sounds a little hesitant as she asks that question. "If we can get it out and wake him up long enough for him to shift into another form, shouldn't it heal?"

"Good luck with getting him to wake up before he bleeds out," Marley replies. "Our best bet is to get him to someone who knows what they're doing, someone who we can trust. We don't know anyone in this town, or anyone nearby, so the caern's our only choice."

"This is a fucking mess," Alex murmurs and you can't help but agree. Sheepdog told you that the den mother will be observing your Rite through a lesser spirit. If Harrower really is watching, is she callous enough to let a kid die during their Rite of Passage? Are the Garou that heartless?

>Take the risk. Tell Marley to cut out the silver and patch Isaiah up as best as he can afterwards. If he's able to regain consciousness, hopefully the boy will be able to shift and regenerate that wound.
>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.
>Find a professional who can help. You could bring Ella along to convince them to lend a hand. However, this requires wandering through Tennyson, which might not be a good idea after everything that you've done.

>>5569265
>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.

>>5569265

>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.

Just need to get him back to the caerrn.

>>5569265

>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.

This is probably the least bad option. Get him to the Caern ASAP!

>>5569265
>>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.

>>5569265
>Find a professional who can help. You could bring Ella along to convince them to lend a hand. However, this requires wandering through Tennyson, which might not be a good idea after everything that you've done.

Someone mentioned bribing a vet earlier. Let's have do her thing.
I don't see how leaving him half dead is "playing it save" when we have that option
(what are the limits to her skill anyway, is there a resistance chance or did the h&h guys just had some drugs to protect against wolfy magic shit?)

P. S. Captcha being unreadable again...

>>5569265

>>5570091
+1 in this.

>Going with:
>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.
>Starting work on update in a few hours.

So, the nights almost over, and we're at 9/10 rage. We should probably do something about that. Too bad the vote closed while I was asleep.

>>5570612
We could use ourselves as a living distraction and enter frenzy to take the heat off of Isaiah and the gang, should push come to shove.

>>5569265
We do kinda know that one doctor dude we convinced to leave the clinic no clue where he went though and not sure if we wanna drag em into this so...

>Play it safe. You don't want to risk killing Isaiah by accident. Leave the bullets untouched and just stop his bleeding for now. The risk of death is lower but he will remain a burden in this state.

>>5571239

Yes, but he's a psychologist or psychiatrist and probably hasn't been in an OR since med school 20 years ago. Probably not the guy you want operating on you.

He's probably going to be our point person if the Glass Walkers want to reinvent the TPI though

>>5571329
While true if worse comes to worse he might be our only option for a doctor that doesn't turn ourselves into the police. At the same time he's an ok dude and I'd hate to have to get him involved in this, where he'll either end up dying or living with the Amish.

File: Pack Nonsense.png (336 KB, 968x686)

336 KB PNG

"Leave the bullets in him," you tell Marley. "Just make sure that he won't bleed out. Once we've gotten him somewhere safe, we can get someone who knows what they're doing to pull them out." This pack is lacking a lot of important skills. Only one of them knows how to drive, only one of them knows how to shoot, none of them have any real first aid training and three of them are completely ignorant when it comes to modern society. Outside of their supernatural abilities, they're basically useless. If you're going to stick with them, you'll need to beat them into shape once the Rite is over.

"Isaiah's not the only one who we should be worrying about," Alex remarks once she has staunched your bleeding and dressed the wound. "You're this close to freaking out on us, Sam."

"Yeah, and what am I supposed to do about that? Go outside and find someone to fight?"

"Hit me." For a second, you think that the girl is joking but she's dead serious. She just takes a couple of steps back, spreads her scrawny arms apart and leaves her scrawny self wide open for you to strike her.

"Why the fuck would I wanna do that?"

"The last thing we need is you going apeshit on us the next time that something goes wrong," she explains, "and it's not like I can't take it. Besides, isn't this what Garou do? They beat the shit outta each other to blow off steam all of the time, and to rile each other up too. Ain't I right, Marley?"

"She's got a point," the Metis murmurs, though he's too busy patching up Isaiah to focus on your conversation or offer further commentary.

"Do we have to be like all of the other werewolves?" Ella looks horrified at the prospect of further violence, especially within the pack. "It just seems so... unnecessary. I know that we had to fight each other when Harrower told us to, and that we need to kill the servants of the Wyrm, but do we really have to do this?"

"Do you have a better idea?" The Amish girl flinches when you ask that question. You didn't mean to snap at her but at this point, the fury bubbling inside of you influences everything that you say and do.

"We just need to be careful until tomorrow," Ella pleads. "We don't have to lash out at each other like animals, all we need to do is stay out of trouble until you can meditate again or something. We can be better than Harrower and the rest of the Garou."

"Now's not the time for all of that moral and pious bullshit, Ella. If anything goes wrong, anything at all, Sam's gonna frenzy. He needs this. So get the fuck over yourself and let this happen." The scrawny girl turns her scowling face towards you next. "Go on, hit me. I know that I piss you off; I annoy everyone, it's just what I do. So why don't you vent some of that frustration and just fucking punch me or something already?!"

>Bottle up your anger. Ella's right, you don't have to be like all of the other Garou. You refuse to indulge in this sadomasochistic nonsense.
>Make a fight out of it. You won't hit someone who isn't defending themselves. (This will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and require a roll after voting is locked.)
>Do as Alex says and take out some of that rage on her. It's a little barbaric but it's the Garou way. (This will spend 1 Rage [Exert].)
>Go overboard and beat her until she's barely conscious. She's literally asking for it, after all. (This will spend 3 Rage [Exert].)

>>5571378
>Make a fight out of it. You won't hit someone who isn't defending themselves. (This will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and require a roll after voting is locked.)
>We should probably go somewhere secluded first
>And you don't annoy me that much actually

>>5571381
+1

>>5571381

This is reasonable. We should probably shift into Glabro and fistfight though to prevent any serious harm.

Are we too jazzed up to meditate instead?

>>5571381
+1

>>5571381
+1

>bottle it up
Ella's right, we looked down on typical werewolf behavior until now, would be hypocritical to act like it now.
Try to > meditate asap
Sam has time and can get some points with the higher ups by "staying back to cover the packs retreat" and I doubt there is any rule we have to get back home together as long as we get home at all.

>>5571378
>Bottle up your anger. Ella's right, you don't have to be like all of the other Garou. You refuse to indulge in this sadomasochistic nonsense.

>>5571378
>>5571381
Support

>>5571634
Even the Garou can be right about some things. The fact is we’re a hair’s breadth away from frenzy and we need to vent our rage safely, be it through mutual combat or entering frenzy in an appropriate environment with nothing important nearby. Considering we’re still in a city being pursued by law enforcement and Wyrm servants alike, entering frenzy would be far too great a risk to the Veil and would also deplete our very valuable rage, which means our only option is to take our rage down by a little bit by fighting Alex.
Right now it’s not about the principles of doing things differently, it’s about doing what our unique biology requires. Allowing our rage to remain so high is a bad idea, and we might end up killing innocents or even Isaiah if we frenzy at the wrong moment.

>>5571378
>>5571381
Support

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>Going with:
>Make a fight out of it. You won't hit someone who isn't defending themselves. (This will spend 1 Rage [Exert] and require a roll after voting is locked.)
>We should probably go somewhere secluded first
>And you don't annoy me that much actually

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100+10 and I will accept the best of three. The higher the roll, the better the outcome - but you will also need to beat my roll.

>The modifier for your roll is:
+10 for Exert.

>The modifiers for my roll are:
>-10 for being a weakling in her breed form.
>-10 for holding back.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>5571849
>DC 11
Oh boy, we can’t possibly fuck this one up!

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>5571849

Rolled 38 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>5571849
And here's the third.

>>5571873
>>5571863
>>5571855
>Your highest roll was 53 against my roll of 11. Success.

>You spend 1 Rage. You Rage is currently 8/10.

"I'm not gonna hit someone who isn't a threat to me. If we're gonna do this, then we've gotta make a fight out of it." You've got your principles and you're going to stand by them, even if it makes Alex scoff. Her frustration is apparent.

"Seriously? You do realise that if I break your nose or something, you're gonna frenzy, right?"

"You couldn't break my nose even if you tried, Alex. Not in that form." Honestly, you feel a little bad about fighting the short, skinny brunette at all. Even Ella could put up a better fight than her. "We should go somewhere more secluded than this though."

"What, you wanna go outside and find somewhere more romantic to beat the shit outta me?" She shakes her head in disbelief. "Sam, the whole town's probably looking for us right now. This is the safest place where we could do this. Every step we take outside of this motel is gonna be a risk." With that, she raises her fists and shifts her footing as she adopts a boxer's stance. It's possibly the least threatening thing you've ever seen. "So, are we gonna do this or not? I'll throw the first fucking punch if I have to."

She does precisely that, shortly after you shift your own posture into a defensive one. Alex throws a few jabs at you but to be honest, they don't even hurt. You're not sure if she's holding back or if she really is that feeble. But even if you'll feel bad about it, you've got to unleash some of that rage. That's the whole purpose of this. So when you lash out at her, you don't pull your punches. In the heat of a moment, you seize a handful of her brown hair, still streaked with traces of washed-out green dye, and punch Alex in the face.

You don't just hit her once but again and again, not stopping until the sound of crunching bone drags you back to reality and you remind yourself that she's your packmate, not an enemy. You eventually let go of her and allow the girl to stagger backwards and fall on her ass. You've given Alex a bloody nose, a busted lip and the beginnings of a black eye that will grow much more severe as the bruising develops. You're pretty sure that you've fractured her cheekbone.

>Alex loses 1 Health. Her Health is currently 2/3.
>Alex gains 1 Rage. Her Rage is currently 5/10.

"Shit, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she says, though she doesn't sound it. She wipes away some of the blood leaking from her nose and some of the tears flowing from her eyes. "I'll be okay as soon as I shift. I mean, I've kicked your ass a lot worse than this back at the caern, didn't I?"

"That was different." You reach down to help the battered girl back up to her feet. Somehow, beating the shit out of one of your packmates when they're in their human form feels a lot different to tearing each other apart when you're both in Crinos. "And just one thing, Alex; you don't annoy me that much."

"But I do annoy you," she remarks with a blood-smeared grin as she pushes herself back upright with your aid.

"We're finished with Isaiah," Ella calls out abruptly. Rather than watch the two of you go at it, it seems like she went to help Marley tend to the boy. A frown of disapproval still lingers on her face though. "We've done what we can to stop the bleeding, but we need to get him to an actual doctor as soon as we can."

"There are healers back to the caern who can take care of him. We shouldn't mess around with the herd more than we have done already." Marley seems pretty eager to get back as soon as possible.

"Well, let's get going then." Alex rubs at her swollen eye and winces. Her words are a little slurred too. "I don't want to stick around in this fucking town for another second. The more time we spend here, the more time we give Pentex to send another team. We've got the fucking cops to worry about, too. If we can borrow someone's car, we should be able to get to the caern by tomorrow morning."

"Please, can we just stop stealing from innocent people?" Ella seems rather distressed at this suggestion. "We've exploited too many already. Can't we go back by bus or something, just like how we came here?"

"Oh sure, because we totally won't get any weird looks dragging a half-dead kid from one side of the state to the other on a bunch of buses." Alex can't help but roll her eyes. "Sam, can you please talk some fucking sense into her and make her realise that Isaiah's health comes before us obeying the ten commandments? The more time we waste, the less likely it is that he'll make it."

You've got a lot of decisions to make.

First of all, should you stay for the night or should you leave immediately?

>You should stay. Isaiah needs to rest and the cops are probably out looking for the culprits right now.
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.

Second of all, should you seek out a human doctor or head straight back to the caern?

>Find a doctor. Isaiah can't afford to wait for you to travel halfway across the state. He needs help now.
>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.

Third of all, how are you going to get around?

>Go by bus. You risk drawing a lot of attention by hauling an unconscious Isaiah around, but you should reach the caern within twenty-four hours.
>Steal a car. This is by far the quickest method, but a stolen car is likely to be reported... unless you use Ella's Gift. She's not going to be happy.
>Cross-country running, Hispo style. It'll take a couple of days to reach the caern but as long as you avoid towns, you won't need to worry about humans.
>Step sideways into the Umbra. You'll need to worry about Banes instead of humans, but maybe a spirit could help you reach your destination faster.

File: Men In Black.png (260 KB, 971x743)

260 KB PNG

>Oh, and an image I forgot to post.

>>5572152
>Find a doctor. Isaiah can't afford to wait for you to travel halfway across the state. He needs help now.
Ella can use her gift to keep the doc calm 'til they're done. Then...
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
As soon as Isaiah's stable, move. Maybe he can shift and regen tomorrow, if we're lucky.
>Step sideways into the Umbra. You'll need to worry about Banes instead of humans, but maybe a spirit could help you reach your destination faster.
This seems safest right now, banes aside. Not like we're in the thick of the institute with its fuckoff awful swarm of monster-spirits anymore, right?

>>5572152
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.
>Steal a car. This is by far the quickest method, but a stolen car is likely to be reported... unless you use Ella's Gift. She's not going to be happy.

>>5572187
>Not like we're in the thick of the institute with its fuckoff awful swarm of monster-spirits anymore, right?
No we're just carrying the thing that drew all the banes there in the first place. Umbra travel is a bad idea right now, and someone is going to raise an eyebrow at pulling silver bullets out of a kid even if we mind control the doc. No, we gtfo asap.

>>5572234
+1 Cant believe this all happened cause we lost a roll by 1 damn point.

>>5572152
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
>Find a doctor. Isaiah can't afford to wait for you to travel halfway across the state. He needs help now.
>Steal a car. This is by far the quickest method, but a stolen car is likely to be reported... unless you use Ella's Gift. She's not going to be happy.

>>5572152
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.
>Cross-country running, Hispo style. It'll take a couple of days to reach the caern but as long as you avoid towns, you won't need to worry about humans.

>>5572152

>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.

>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.

>Steal a car. This is by far the quickest method, but a stolen car is likely to be reported... unless you use Ella's Gift. She's not going to be happy.

ultimately, Isaiah could die if he doesnt receive medical attention very soon.

Ella doesnt have to use her gift but we DO need to get back to the caern ASAP, which means stealing a car asap.

We should probably try to prevent the car owner from calling in the theft, we dont want to wrangle with regular cops on the way down.

File: 846A953D-63D9-4C46-A560-E(...).jpg (156 KB, 800x784)

156 KB JPG

>>5572152
>Get a taxi/minibus back home
We are in a city, so there’s bound to be a long-distance taxi firm here somewhere. We can find someone with a minibus, get Ella to use her gift on them so that they ignore any weird shit and then pay them with the money we have left. It’ll be pricey, but it both gets us directly to the caern and avoids stealing. EZ.

>>5572746
Oh, I forgot the other two votes.
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.

>>5572746
To clarify, I’m not voting for the taxi to take us right to the caern, just somewhere relatively near to it.

Switching my vote >>5572470

To >>5572746

Taking a taxi or whatever would probably be acceptable to Ella and using her gift to make someone forget specifics of us would probably be less offensive to her.

>>5572746
I can support getting a taxi and making the driver just not question it.
We can even pay for the ride

>Going with:
>You have to go. Isaiah needs help as soon as possible and the longer you stay, the more danger you will be in.
>Return to the caern. You can't risk drawing attention or breaching the Veil by getting humans involved.
>Get a taxi/minibus back home.
>There's a tie between stealing a car and the taxi write-in but as it's basically a more moral version of the car-stealing option with almost no real disadvantages, I'll go with that. Goodbye, Tennyson.

File: Bone Gnawer versus Vampire.png (287 KB, 964x688)

287 KB PNG

"We don't need to steal anything." This remark earns you a baffled look from both Alex and Ella. "Tennyson is a city, right? It might not be a big one but there's gotta be taxis here. All we need to do is find someone with a minibus or something, and convince them to drop us off somewhere near the caern."

"When you say 'convince,' you mean that you want me to make them do it." Ella remains doubtful.

"Only if cash isn't enough." You're going to work with her morals, not against them. "Even if we've gotta use your Gift, we're still gonna pay them everything that we've got left. You're not going to exploit or take advantage of anyone, you're just gonna convince someone to do the right thing, alright? I'm not telling you to do anything evil or immoral, I just want us to get home before Isaiah dies."

The blonde girl eventually acquiesces and though her frown softens, it still remains. As soon as you've changed out of your stolen scrubs and into some ordinary (but still stolen) clothes, you make your way down to the front desk of the motel while the others prepare to leave. The same bored-looking woman from last night is sat behind the desk with her eyes glued to her cellphone. You check out, ask her for the number of a cab company and make the call using the motel's landline phone. All you ask for is a minibus; you decide against mentioning the details of your exact destination or the fact that one of the passengers will be half-dead.

It only takes fifteen minutes for the cab to turn up, though as soon as the driver lays his eyes on the half-dead boy in Marley's arms, he tries to back out of the job.

"Listen, what you kids need is a goddamn ambulance, not a taxi." He's a balding, middle-aged man with a bit of a weight problem, who's more interested in living a boring life free of trouble than lending a helping hand. Typical herd behaviour, you find yourself thinking for a moment. "And you do know that Mansfield is on the other side of the state, right? It would take five, six hours to get there and there's no way in hell I'm driving that far tonight."

You look towards Ella. After a second of biting her lip, she nods and steps forward.

>Ella spends 1 Will. Her Will is currently 5/10.

"We can't take him to a hospital. I know he doesn't look it but he's Amish, his faith wouldn't allow it." Is that true? You're not sure, but you don't disrupt Ella's pleading. You can hear the power in her words and you can see the driver's expression soften. "We need to get him back to Ladburg. Please, he's not well and we don't have any other choice. We'll pay you as much as we can though."

"I... Goddammit, fine. You should be able to lay him across the backseat, though one of you better stay back there with him to make sure he doesn't fall off."

The interior of the minibus is pretty spacious. While you stay at the back of the vehicle and watch over Isaiah, Ella sits at the front with the taxi driver - who introduces himself as Peyton - and answers any questions he has about your situation. She weaves an elaborate story, about how you're all Amish children who ran away from your home-town and tried to find a place into the modern world, only to end up in all sorts of trouble. For someone who is so moral, Ella has the potential to be a fantastic liar.

As for Alex, she sits with Marley and does her best to help him with his motion sickness and distract him from his nausea and his hammering headache. You can only hope that eventually, the Metis will become accustomed to travelling in vehicles. There's no way that you'll sacrifice something as convenient as cars just for the sake of a packmate's comfort.

It doesn't take long for you to leave Tennyson behind and end up on the I-80, speeding eastwards down the highway. Minutes become hours as time passes you by but you try to focus on Isaiah throughout the journey, to make sure that he's still breathing and doing okay. You did everything that you could for him back at the motel, so all you can do is hope that it's enough to keep him alive until he can get the help he needs.

>I want three rolls of dice+1d100 and I will accept the best of three.

>If the best of three is between 1 and 30, Isaiah will unfortunately pass away before you arrive at your destination.
>If the best of three is between 31 and 90, Isaiah will remain stable and his condition will not worsen or improve.
>If the best of three is 91 or greater, Isaiah will regain consciousness and retain it, so long as he doesn't engage in any strenuous activity.

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5575421

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>5575421

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>5575421

>>5575434
Wow, that’s a really nice roll. Isaiah might even drift in and out of consciousness.

I think he is going to make it

File: Glabro and Homid.png (1.04 MB, 1000x1314)

1.04 MB PNG

>>5575425
>>5575434
>>5575435
>Your highest roll was 88. Isaiah's condition remains stable.

Occasionally Isaiah wakes up long enough to groan and shift about, but he is soon overwhelmed by the pain and slips back into unconsciousness. He even tries to speak once or twice, but you can't comprehend the words that he murmurs in his delirious state. All you can do is make sure that he is comfortable as he is ferried from one side of the state to the other.

At this time of night, there isn't much traffic. Peyton turns off of the I-80 after three hours of trundling along the highway and heads up north, past Williamsport and towards Mansfield. From there, it only takes him twenty minutes for him to follow his GPS to the outskirts of Ladburg, the Amish commune at the edge of the caern. The sky's clear enough that the fields and farmhouses are illuminated by the light of the gibbous moon. Who could imagine that such an idyllic place is a breeding ground for werewolves?

"This is the place, right?" Leyton brings that minibus to a stop and glances over at Ella. "You need me to drive you kids to a particular house? Anyway, don't you worry about paying. I'm just glad that I got y'all home in one piece." His tune has changed a lot over the last few hours, though you suppose you have the girl's Gift to thank for that. If only people were naturally this kind.

"No, you deserve the money," Ella asserts before she stares expectantly in your direction. You fish out the last of the cash that you have left and hand it over to the driver, while Alex and Marley see to Isaiah and carry his unconscious body out of the cab. The Metis clearly isn't happy that he had to spend several hours in a moving metal box for the second day in a row, but he keeps his complaints to himself.

>Marley gains 1 Rage. His Rage is currently 5/10.

Once Leyton has been paid and you've said your farewells, he drives off into the night. Though your exfiltration from the institute might have been fraught with issues, your departure from Tennyson went as smoothly as you could possibly hope. Isaiah's still alive and you've got your bag full of goodies, including the artefact that drew all of the Banes to that hospital in the first place.

On one hand, you know that Farsight Salazar would want the mask for himself. He told you how the Uktena, seek to learn from the enemy by studying it so by giving this fetish to him, you would earn his favour and possibly a place in his tribe. On the other hand, almost every other werewolf that you've met has shown a hatred for all things tainted by the Wyrm and would prefer to see this artefact destroyed. Maybe you should give it to them instead. Ella has a third idea, but she sounds unsure about it.

"This is our Rite of Passage, Sam. We might have done what was asked of us, but... Maybe we should be the ones to break it?"

"I'm not sure that's a good idea," says Marley. "If it is a fetish, then it could contain a powerful Bane. We'd need to face that spirit ourselves if we destroy the mask and there's a chance that we wouldn't win that fight. We should leave this to a pack that knows what it's doing."

"But if we're the ones to slay whatever comes out of it, then we'll be the ones who receive the glory. No one could say that we're not worthy of being Garou if we kill a mighty Bane."

"There's no need for a fucking victory lap," Alex snaps. "Maybe we'd have a chance if Isaiah wasn't full of silver but as things stand, it's a stupid risk that we shouldn't take. We should let the professionals destroy that piece of shit instead, right, Sam?" All three of them seem to agree on one thing; that the mask should be destroyed. They might not be all that happy if you give it to the Uktena.

>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.
>Send someone to tell the sept about the artefact that you found. They will send a pack to destroy it and allow you to return to the caern.
>You will destroy the mask yourselves. You'll need to face whatever evil spirit it harbours but if you are victorious, you will have truly proven yourselves.

>>5575548
>New choice, prove your alpha male status by putting on the mask and fight the demon on his own turf.

>>5575548
>Send someone to tell the sept about the artefact that you found. They will send a pack to destroy it and allow you to return to the caern.

>>5575548
>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.
I'd also add that we shouldn't do it behind everyone's backs, if we're gonna give it to him, at the very least our pack should know and argue in favor of it being studied. Hiding it would just bite us in the ass later on.

>>5575548
>Send someone to tell the sept about the artefact that you found. They will send a pack to destroy it and allow you to return to the caern.
Can't afford to fight in this current condition
Bringing the mask in the caern might taint the caern and breaking it here will end in a bane killing multiple people

>>5575548

>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.

This is the reason that we took the thing in the first place.

>>5575556
>>5575583

Alright guys - we have a chance to research a Wyrm weapon and possible cleanse it for safe use. Even if we can’t cleanse it, have an Umbral buglight to draw in Wyrm spirits is definitely going to be helpful to have.

Destroying it outright doesn’t do much to help us and it would be bette to use it against the enemy directly, no?

>>5575612
>5575583
I'm changing my vote to
>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.

I think the mask is a bad idea for us to research given that we just finished our first mission but having it be researched by the Uktena is wise

>>5575608
The reason I voted to take it was to have professionals destroy it.

>>5575548
>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.
Too potentially useful to just destroy. We don't need to wield it as a weapon or anything, but the 'buglight' idea others brought up is a valid one, and studying it prior to destruction to better fight the Wyrm is also a good idea. Maybe someday we can even learn to cure banes?

>>5575555
+1 mask time beybeeeee!

>>5575548
>Send someone to tell the sept about the artefact that you found. They will send a pack to destroy it and allow you to return to the caern

>>5575637
Nah man, this thing is bad juju and I'll not vote to keep it around.

>>5575548
>Send someone to tell the sept about the artefact that you found. They will send a pack to destroy it and allow you to return to the caern.

We've got their hard drives, maybe there's some info on the them about the mask. Also, we've been pushing our pack a lot through this, we can throw them this bone.

>>5575548
>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.

>Going with:
>Find Farsight Salazar and tell him about the jade mask. He will come to collect it and will surely be pleased with you, even if others are not.

File: Law Skull.png (536 KB, 940x605)

536 KB PNG

"No one's going to destroy it," you say. Your pack deserves to know the truth. "The Uktena are gonna be interested in what we've found, so I'm gonna find Salazar and hand it over to him. He'll decide what to do with it."

"What the fuck?" Alex is the only one who verbally reacts, but the other two appear equally shocked by your suggestion. "You do realise that it's a Bane magnet, right?"

"Yeah, which is why it could be useful if we keep it intact, it could be used to lure minions of the Wyrm into traps and stuff." You're not going to back down. "It could have other uses that we don't know about either. Who knows what might happen if someone puts it on? If it's a fetish, what kind of spirit does it contain? We just don't know enough about it and that's why we should give it to the tribe that specialises in this sort of thing, so that they can figure out its secrets out and maybe take advantage of it."

"Well, you're the alpha," Marley says with a sigh, "so it's up to you. I hope you know what you're doing, Sam. We'll find somewhere comfortable for Isaiah and wait for you." None of them seem very convinced, but they're too tired to argue with you. At this point, everyone just wants the Rite to be over and you can't say that you blame them.

You jog down the moonlit roads of Ladburg and make your way to the forest's edge, into the eerie forest where you spent the last month of your life. Everything seems so lively and colourful, even under the cover of darkness. It's got to be three or four o'clock in the morning, but there are all sorts of beasts roaming around the undergrowth and swooping between the branches. No matter how much time you spend here, you'll never get used to the mystical, mysterious atmosphere of these woods.

You don't get too far before you're intercepted by another werewolf, one that you haven't met before. A gargantuan wolf with a scarred nose and dirty grey fur emerges from the shadows, baring its fangs at you. You raise your hands in a disarming gesture as you explain your presence to the other Garou.

"Hey, uh... I'm one of the cubs that was sent on their Rite," you explain, "I've gotta speak with Farsight Salazar, we found something that requires an Uktena's attention. Do you know where he is..?" You trail off hesitantly, unsure of how to speak with another werewolf in this context.

"This way," the gigantic beast grunts at you in the High Tongue before it turns around and leads you deeper into the forest. It occasionally stops to sniff at the air or the soil but after a few minutes of following the other Garou, you come across Salazar. Currently wearing the form of a slender wolf with ruddy red fur, he's fast asleep beneath the shelter of an oak tree's boughs. It is the middle of the night, after all. Before your guide departs, you tell it about the wounds that Isaiah sustained and ask if it could find a healer who could tend to him. The creature only responds with an irritated huff before it lopes off into the undergrowth, leaving you to speak with the Uktena in peace.

Thankfully, you only to say his name a couple of times before Salazar starts to stir. After a yawn and a long, languid stretch, he shifts out of Lupus and back into his human form, fully dressed in the same snappy outfit he was wearing when you first met him. You really need to figure out that trick.

"Qué?" The Uktena gives you a sleepy, somewhat irritated glare, at least until he figures out who you are. As soon as he realises who he is speaking to, he's suddenly grinning cheerfully. "Oh, if it isn't the Ronin's son! I thought you were off on your Rite of Passage. What brings you back so soon?"

"We found something," you explain, "it seems to be some sort of corrupted fetish, so I thought you might be interested in it. I didn't bring it into the caern though, since it attracts Banes and the last thing I wanted to do was lure tainted spirits into a sacred place. The rest of the pack is waiting with it outside of the forest."

"You're wise beyond your years, Samuel." For some reason, he doesn't seem particularly surprised by your discovery. "Lead the way, show me what you've found!"

While you make your way through the forest and return to the outskirts of Ladburg, you tell the Mestizo about the artefact, where you find it and what it looks like. It doesn't take you too long to trace your footsteps out of the woodland and back along the dirt roads, to where the others await. Ella and Alex both eye the Uktena sceptically, whereas Marley has enough respect for an elder and a superior to bow his head. As for Isaiah, he seems to be missing.

"A couple of the caern guardians came to pick him up and take him to a healer," Marley says when you ask where the boy went. That's a relief. You're about to ask for more information when Salazar clears his throat, reminding you of his presence and what he's here for. You better not keep him waiting.

You open up the duffel bag and after a bit of rummaging, you produce that jade mask and offer it to the Uktena. He turns the artefact over in his hands and examines it closely. Salazar shows no signs of curiosity as he inspects the device; he's more interested in making sure that it's intact and undamaged. You get the feeling that he knows exactly what it is.

"Wonderful! Not only were you able to deliver this device to me, but you kept it in pristine condition, truly commendable! I will see to it that it is kept out of the wrong hands." With those words, Salazar simply flicks his wrist and suddenly, the mask is gone.

"What the fuck? Where did it go?" Alex is alarmed by the sudden disappearance of the artefact; to tell the truth, so are you.

"Somewhere safe," the Mestizo says, "somewhere far away from here where it can do no harm."

"What, are you just going to lock it away forever?" You can't help but feel a little disappointed. "I mean, at the very least it could be used to ensnare Banes and lead them into a trap or something. What happened to wielding the enemy's weapons against it?"

"Before that is possible, my tribe must study this fetish and uncover its secrets. We must learn how it was made, why it was made and what it is capable of. Once we know all of this, then perhaps it can be put to good use. Until then, I believe you should be worried about getting some shut-eye. Sleep is a wonderful thing!" With that remark, the Uktena offers you a cheerful smile and turns to leave. All you can do is gawk at his back as he strolls off into the night with a spring in his step.

"Why do I get the feeling that we just got played?" Alex lets out a flustered sigh after she asks that question, rubbing her eyes.

"It doesn't matter," Marley replies, "and besides, he's right. We've done everything that we could. All we can do now is get some sleep and hear what Harrower's got to say when tomorrow comes."

"Do you think we did well enough?" Ella sounds a little anxious but more than that, she sounds tired. All four of you are exhausted at this point; all of your energy is spent.

How are you going to answer her question?

>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.
>You did poorly and you're to blame. You made a bunch of stupid mistakes and you should apologise for them.
>You did poorly and Harrower is to blame. She shouldn't have thrown you into this situation with no intel and equipment.
>Remain vague. Your opinion doesn't really matter, it's up to the den mother to decide if you performed adequately.

>>5576846
>You did poorly and you're to blame. You made a bunch of stupid mistakes and you should apologise for them.
I don't actually think we did that badly, but after Isaiah nearly died, it would make Sam to be uncertain.

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.
Mission complete
No casualties
Survived to fight and breed

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.
It certainly wasn't flawless, but we wrecked the operation, killed a bunch of Wyrm servants, and didn't even lose a man or break the veil egregiously doing it.

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.

>>5576846
>Remain vague. Your opinion doesn't really matter, it's up to the den mother to decide if you performed adequately.

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.
We all made it out alive, completed the mission and snagged the artifact. All in all, not that bad.

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.

I mean, for our what, second time leading the group on a mission? I think we did pretty well. Can't ask more of a cub then to bring everyone back alive and accomplish all your tasks. Are there things we could've done better? Yeah, but at the end of the day we gave it our all, and successfully completed our mission with no casualties on our side.

>>5576858

Backing this - I think Sam is probably hard on himself, if anything.

>>5576846

Friendly reminder to all anons that we’re going to pay those asshole beavers from thread 1 a visit once the pack has recovered.

>>5576846
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.
Tell them they all did well. If anything you did the worst by getting Isiah badly wounded.

>>5577479
>Beaver status update
Seconded and supported wholeheartedly.

>>5576846
>>Remain vague. Your opinion doesn't really matter, it's up to the den mother to decide if you performed adequately.

>Going with:
>You did good. Considering the circumstances, your pack did as well as anyone could have possibly hoped.

File: Garou Bongos.png (485 KB, 507x1030)

485 KB PNG

"We killed a bunch of Pentex assholes, we trashed their operation, we stole a magic mask and we're all still alive. If you ask me, we did pretty good."

"Not that good," Alex says in an attempt to bring you back down to earth. "We could've been a lot quieter. If we were, maybe Isaiah wouldn't have come this fucking close to kicking the bucket." You can't help but feel a little attacked, considering that you're the one who called the shots.

"Hey, we tried to get in quietly with those disguises, remember? How was I supposed to know that the goons from Hampton & Holt would figure us out so quickly, or that they had a fucking sentry on the rooftop?" She's about to retort when Marley butts in.

"There's no point in arguing over how we could've done better," the Metis remarks. "We did good enough and even though Sam made a couple of dumb decisions, I'd say that our success is proof that he's a decent alpha." With that said, he grins wryly in your direction. "Just don't let it go to your head, alright? You come up with some pretty stupid ideas sometimes."

"Yeah, that's why I keep you guys around, to talk some sense into me when I'm being a moron." You're not about to claim to be a perfect leader.

"I guess that why I'm okay with having you in charge," Alex grudgingly admits. "You take advice and don't just boss us around. If that ever changes and you become some arrogant jackass who thinks that he doesn't have to listen to his pack, I'm out." She looks towards Ella. "So, what about you? How do you feel about our glorious leader, huh?"

An awkward silence falls as the blonde averts her eyes and frowns in the direction of the caern for several seconds. "I don't know," she finally murmurs. You get the feeling that she doesn't want to share what she really thinks of you. "Can't we talk about this tomorrow? We should get some sleep."

She has a point. Rather than linger in Ladburg any longer, the four of you make your way into the forest and back to the glade that you have called home for the past month. Your familiar bivouac is there for you to crawl under and almost as soon as you've laid yourself down on the bedding of moss and leaves, you fall fast asleep.

Your slumber only lasts for a few hours before you've awoken by daylight and the grumbling of your belly. It's been ages since you last ate. Since it doesn't smell like Marley is cooking anything, you make the decision to shift into Lupus, sharpen your claws and hunt down some mice. They sate your hunger quite nicely and your new form also allows the injury that you sustained in Tennyson to heal.

>You spend 1 Will. Your Will is currently 5/10.
>You gain 1 Health. Your Health is currently 3/3.
>You spend 1 Rage. Your Rage is currently 7/10.

After that is out of the way, you take the opportunity to meditate. It's still quite early in the day and there's no sign of Harrower, so it's the perfect time for you to quell your rage and cultivate your gnosis. Your thoughts dissipate and the wild energy of the caern pours into the vessel that your mind has become, where it transforms your primordial fury into the mystical force that fuels your abilities.

>You lose 3 Rage. Your Rage is currently 4/10.
>You gain 3 Will. Your Will is currently 8/10.

Not long after your meditation comes to an end, the den mother finally shows herself. Despite your success and your safe return, her demeanour remains severe. Rather than congratulate you or offer you any respect, she barks a simple command:

"Follow."

The four of you obey and follow Harrower to the vast meadow, the place where the Garou of the sept seem to congregate. Several of them have already gathered and are currently standing around and chatting with each other while they wait. You recognise Sheepdog and Farsight Salazar, as well as Omar Never-Sleeps and Weeping Azalea. There's also a blonde of Amazonian proportions dressed as though she's the front woman for a punk rock band, with plenty of black leather and torn-up denim. You're not surprised when Alex gives her an excited wave; she must be the Black Fury who found the girl after her First Change.

Isaiah's here too. He looks a little pale but he's actually conscious, dressed in clean Amish garments that obscure all of her wounds he received. A faint smile crosses his face when he lays his eyes on your pack but before any of you can greet him and ask how he is, the den mother commands the five of you to stand in a line. Once you've organised yourselves, the other werewolves stop chattering and give your group their full attention.

"There will be time for ceremony later, if we consider you worthy of it," she begins as she takes her place among the older Garou. "We are here now to evaluate you. Who speaks for your pack? Who is the alpha?" She knows the answer but to make it clear for the others, you step forward. "Through the eyes of a spirit of the sky, I saw all that occurred. I know what you have done, but I want to hear the tale from your perspective. Tell us everything, Samuel Pullman. Start from the beginning."

You do as you're told and share the story of everything that you've done since you left the caern. You tell them how you gathered the resources needed to cross the state without attracting attention, how you saw the institute for the first time, how you questioned Doctor Pisarski, how you followed the truck full of Fomori and slew its occupants, how you assaulted the hospital and put an end to Pentex's operations there and finally, how you made your way back to the caern and what you did with the mask.

More than once, Harrower interrupts your story in order to establish certain unflattering details that you omitted. Every now and then, the judges ask you questions in order to clarify what happened and understand why you made these decisions, and sometimes they ask your packmates for their interpretation of events and how they felt about your decisions. Their reactions run the gamut, ranging from amusement to disappointment to satisfaction to surprise. Though you have no method of recording the passage of time, you feel as though an hour has passed before your report is finally complete.

"It's been a while since I've heard of a Rite of Passage that was so eventful," Salazar comments with a little chuckle.

"But they didn't do everything that was asked of them," the Black Fury asserts. You part your lips to reply, but Harrower silences you with a sharp glare. The adults are talking. "They neglected the Umbra and failed to get rid of the Banes that plague the hospital. The job's half-done."

"Did they, Delilah?" Weeping Azalea, a Child of Gaia and the surprisingly youthful mother of Marley, doesn't seem so sure. "They realised that the fetish was what drew the spirits to the institute in the first place. Now that it is gone, shouldn't the Banes disperse and return to their natural habitats? They may even turn on each other."

"I've got a question, why was that mask there in the first place?" Omar Never-Sleeps, the swarthy Silent Strider, doesn't look at you but instead narrows his eyes at the Uktena. "Hey, Salazar. You were the one who told the sept about the institute in the first place, right?"

"I was," the Mestizo replies uncertainly. "What's your point?"

"Why didn't you mention the fetish? Am I supposed to believe that you didn't know anything about a Wyrm-tainted relic when that's the sort of shit that your damn tribe revolves around?" Omar jabs a finger in the Uktena's direction. "You know what, I've got a theory. You knew that the mask was there but you didn't fancy your chances of retrieving it on your own. So you told the sept about the hospital but not about the fetish, 'cause you knew that they'd send a pack to destroy it. No, you wanted to make it seem like a nice and easy job for an inexperienced pack, one that you could trick into retrieving the relic for you, am I right?"

"That's ridiculous," Salazar scoffs.

"Not really," Sheepdog says, "it makes a whole lot of sense. That explains why you asked me so much about Sam and why you offered to make him Uktena, even though he's white."

"Can we please stop throwing around baseless accusations and focus on the matter at hand?" The Uktena seems a little nervous at this point, especially now that the other Garou are glowering at him. "We are here to determine whether this Rite of Passage was a success! I, for one, stand by my word. Though it is true that Samuel neglected the Umbra and did not pay enough attention to spiritual matters, his decision to recover one of the enemy's weapons so that it could be studied and used against the Wyrm was a wise one. I would be honoured to offer him a place among the Uktena!"

>You successfully qualified for the Uktena.

"I shall tell the high alpha of Salazar's deceit later," Harrower growls as she glares daggers at the Mestizo, "but he is right. We should focus on the matter at hand." She then turns to face you. "You should have ventured into the Umbra and slain all of those Banes. You knew of them, yet you let them live. You are fortunate that this is your sole failure. You displayed your commitment to Gaia when you chose to hunt the shipment of Fomori, when you could have let it escape. Whenever you fought, you fought well. You succeeded in spite of great adversity and I consider you worthy of the Get. You have passed this Rite."

>You successfully qualified for the Get of Fenris.

"See, I consider that whole business with the truck to be the turning point," Omar says. He focuses on you and already, his expression is rather apologetic. "If you didn't attack that truck, Pentex wouldn't have had a clue that you were coming. Yeah, you got rid of some Fomori but that doesn't change the fact that you made a choice, kid. You chose to give away your presence before you struck the killing blow. You gave the enemy the chance to react, to escalate and prepare for another Garou attack. You made things harder for yourself and that's exactly the sort of thing a Strider would never do."

"Sounds like cowardice to me," Delilah says. Omar pointedly ignores the Fury's jab.

"Now, I can appreciate your attempt at subtlety with those disguises, but... Well, that didn't really work out, did it? You did your best work when you went in loud, which just ain't how my tribe does things. There's some things you did right though; everyone you killed, you killed without cruelty. I admire that. I also like how you took those hard drives, it shows that you know the importance of intel. To sum things up, I'd be honoured to work with you if our paths ever cross again, but you just ain't Strider material. Sorry, kid."

>You failed to qualify for the Silent Striders.

"That was a bit harsh," Azalea murmurs, only to receive a shrug from the Strider in response. You just stand there, trying to keep your disappointment from becoming too visible as Sheepdog takes his turn.

"Like Omar, I'm going to be honest with you." The lanky ex-cop pauses to clear his throat before he gives you his evaluation. "You belong in the Glass Walkers, Sam. I lost count of the number of times when you used technology and society to your advantage. A lot of Garou kind of fixate on the whole 'werewolf' thing after their First Change, but you're still got a firm grip on your humanity. You used the herd as a resource but never cruelly; you respected human life from the beginning to the end. Finally, while it didn't always work out, you showed a lot of willingness to work outside of the box. If I didn't know better, I'd say that you were a born Walker."

>You successfully qualified for the Glass Walkers.

"You've got a point," Delilah says with a smirk. "Only a Walker would be stupid enough to use a rifle when they've got Crinos."

"Now, Delilah. There's no need for you to comment; it's not as though you're going to let the boy in the Black Furies." Salazar tuts. "However, I must agree that the Glass Walkers are the perfect tribe for him."

"I think that's the only thing we can all agree on," Omar concurs reluctantly.

"While that's true, we aren't here to choose for Sam. It's his decision." It's Azalea's turn. Her dreadlocks sway as she turns to regard you with a terse smile. "While I'm not sure how well you are suited to the Children of Gaia, I would be willing to give you a chance. You frequently used innocent people as resources, exploiting them and stealing from them whenever it would give you an advantage. I can't condone this. However, you never endangered anyone innocent and you never considered the possibility of leaving behind the patients that were being experimented on. Saving them was always a part of the mission for you, even though that was never explicitly said. Should you seek a place among the Children, you will be welcome. We would gladly give you the opportunity to grow."

>You successfully qualified for the Children of Gaia.

"Most Garou are not given this opportunity," Harrower says as she regards you with a stony stare. "Most of us are born into our tribes. You have a choice, Sam. I hope that you make the right one."

>Join the Uktena. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on mysticism and controversy. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to darkness, spirits and exotic forms of magic.
>Join the Get of Fenris. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on combat and traditionalism. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to improving your combat capabilities.
>Join the Glass Walkers. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on humanity and technology. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to technology, firearms and unnatural elements.
>Join the Children of Gaia. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on peace and altruism. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to healing, social interaction and pacification.

>Since this is the biggest decision that has come up so far in the quest, just be aware that I'll be keeping an eye out for potential samefagging. If there's a lot of 1-post IDs skewing the vote, I may take action.

>>5578520
>>5578523
>Join the Glass Walkers
Uktena is fine, too, but these lads really DO seem more our speed.

Using my handle and secure trip. Backlinking to >>5577689

>>5578520

>Join the Glass Walkers. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on humanity and technology. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to technology, firearms and unnatural elements.

We have expressed no desire to learn magic or pacifism.

We are Ahroun. We go full boar when it comes to combat. We think.

Before I was concerned over us fitting in with the Get but as we have seen with our pack the Get are more than a stereo type. I am happy with either one, but I still lean toward Glass Walker because I like city werewolves who are not bone gnawers.

>>5578520
>Join the Uktena. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on mysticism and controversy. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to darkness, spirits and exotic forms of magic.
I like that sneaky bastard Salazar, and I want to get the mystic powers to punch with the more dangerous things in the world.

I'm pretty sure my IP has changed, I'm >>5576898 and >>5575808

>>5578520
>Join the Glass Walkers. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on humanity and technology. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to technology, firearms and unnatural elements.

>>5578520
>Join the Uktena. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on mysticism and controversy. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to darkness, spirits and exotic forms of magic.

I don't think I've voted at all so far this thread, but I talked about the BSD and White Howlers. Personally I'd prefer Children of Gaia but I think this suits Sam's actions well enough.

>>5563504
>>5564450
>>5564656
>>5566661
>>5567674
>>5568691
Linking to what I think were my previous IDs in this thread

>>5578520

I am pretty tempted to pick Uktena but ultimately, I don’t think that it’s a good option for Sam - Glass Walkers seems like the natural fit here given our play style and his history.

>Join the Glass Walkers. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on humanity and technology. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to technology, firearms and unnatural elements.

Salazar does owe us a pretty fucking big favor for retrieving the mask though, so maybe we could collaborate with the Uktena on a regular basis even if we’re Glass Walkers.

>>5575608
>>5575612

I’m also this guy, by the way

>>5578520
>Glass Walkers

I'm the anon who made the pastebin last thread. Been busy with other stuff so I haven't been as active lately.

>>5578641
Very much in favour of teaming up routinely with Uktena, but we're our pack's alpha. Playstyle aside, it feels weird to join a tribe where we will forever be second-fiddle.

>>5578520
>Delilah, are you sure I can't be part of the Black Furies? *Joke and wait for the possible smack*
>Thanks for your comments, i'll try to keep them in mind next time (This is more like a "i'm sorry" line if we get smacked)
>If your alledged deceit it's true Salazar, I say it's fair that you owe our pack more than just saying sorry.
>>Join the Glass Walkers. If you join this tribe, expect a focus on humanity and technology. You will gain increased access to Gifts related to technology, firearms and unnatural elements.

Just tracking >>5562665 It looks like my ID changed