Thursday, December 19th 2013, Week 1, Day 5
Vortanna:
Innsmouth turns out to be quite the lonely place. Sweeny was out of town when you arrived by train, but had foreseen your arrival and sent somebody to pick you up at the station. You are put up in a large suite in Sweenies residential compound which includes a well furnished bedroom, kitchen, and bath, and a large mostly barren living room where most of the furniture has been removed and replaced with training dummies.
You find a single book lying on your bed, it is old looking and has no title on the cover. A note, simply reading 'This book is on your situation, I'll be back tomorrow, -Sweeny' is taped to it. Deciding to start your day studying you flip it open and start reading. It is not an easy read; although it is in english alot of the terminology and word use is quite dated, and it is a highly technical book as well that seems to assume alot of prior knowledge. Luckily what you can understand is a whole bunch of Information and Theory on Eon Seeds.
It is believed that an Eon Seed somehow acquires the body and mind of an innocent mortal being from the realm in which it has been deployed to perform in. A mentally weak mind, or one that is unaware of its true destiny will eventually be driven to do whatever it has been sent to do. A strong enough mind, however, can ignore its calling and use its powers to achieve its own ends.
It is hypothesized that although an Eon Seed will favor casting spells that manipulate universal laws, with proper training it should be able to tap its internal supply in a broader fashion like any other internal mage. Some academics have gone so far as to speculate that Eon Seeds may be able to manifest bits of their destiny, desire, personality, and/or subconcious thoughts into the world as beings with god-like power.
Result = 9
Eventually you get sick of reading the difficult book, and decide to let out some pent up agression on the training dummies in an attempt to learn some new spells. This goes well, and by the time you are exausted you have learned two new cantrips.
+2 New Cantrips
Result = 23
You crash on your bed to exhausted to even bother changing clothes after your workout. Sleep does not come easily, Innsmouth just feels unnaturally cold and damp, but eventually you nod off.
Jeremiah:
You stay up late on the night of Francis' death, and put together a new Star Cloak to be given to Miles. You finish the job the job without incident, and sleep in an hour the following day.
-Materials
+Star Cloak
Result = 16
As soon as you get up and get breakfast in you, you head to your now well hidden portal and set about traveling to the Congo. Upon your arrival you track down the Ugyone, and debrief him on the situation in Arkham. The creature nods.
"Nothing I wasn't vaguely aware of. Nor is it of much concern to us here. No faction involved in that mess, excpet perhaps Goldberg's army, is expected to be a particularly threatening enemy nor an ally when the time for conquest comes. Use the Bloodrush to grow strong and wise by experience, and seek to spread immortality and faith by the sword."
It puts a paw on you, and stares into your eye. "We have patched up the hag you brought in. She is waiting here until we can get her set up in a proper coven. As she is your conquest, you are entitled to compensation from the conqueror for returning her to us. You can choose to waive your right to ransom, and will likely earn a point of favor in our god's eyes. If you would rather receive a material reward, you may request a compensation hearing with Alexander, the high priest in charge of this base."
The Ugyone flicks its tail and grins. "As for the Vichin you have brought into us, we have identified her as Eirl. We don't know how she became inactive, but she served Athena during the second conquest and has yet to work off her penance for doing so. She is not on good enough terms with her father to know of this compound; We will store her until she is ready to be awakened however. High Priest Alexander has ruled that her penance is almost served, and can be completed by servitude towards you for a time equal to the duration of your natural life, or ending 40 years after you obtain a greatly extended or imortal lifespan."
+New Opportunities
Result = 17
Returning home you corner the Jarl, and after a sharing a few drink, you manage to get him to teach you a general healing spell that most gods are able to support, as well as the corresponding ritual to prepare it. You go through a few practice runs and eventually feel that you have it down.
+New Spell
+New Preparation Ritual
Result = 19
Deciding to get some more traveling done, you spend some money to hop a teleport to Cambridge begin your investigation of local cult activities there. You ask around the enclave, and find the tavern where the Chaos Circle hangs out. You head on over, and instantly get alot of dirty looks. You know that many cultists have Piety detecting spells similar to your own...
As you take a seat, the talk shifts loudly to security systems and reasons as to why their secret hideout would make a poor target for theft. They don't give any specific details, and seem to just be trying to scare you off. Eventually one young woman, who must have detected exactly which god you worshiped, begins bragging about how she managed to turn up evidence depicting a battle in which the circle stomped a coalition of at least 8 Earth Gods and 'That outer being loser Vich Gor'Teerech'. She then begins to brag that she is writing a paper with her mentor Dr. Tulip on the event, which will go a long way towards discrediting the gods.
You smirk and leave. She must have failed to notice, or failed to understand the gravity of, the fact that you worship Aijorluk as well. The poor girl had just all but given you permission to rob and torture her. She also heavily implied that she was a grad student, and dropped the name of the professor she was working with, so you doubt that discovering her identity will be to difficult.
...That said, your encounter had also proven that it may be nearly impossible to blend in with the cultists. You might have to take what you want via third party, or with overwhelming force.
+New Opprotunity
Result = 9
Alice + Miles:
The pair of you get to work on a few practice duels. All goes well until Alice's pair of Backup Armlets begin to malfunction and begin shocking her! Perhaps she lost control of her emotions... or perhaps he armlets were a piece of shit.
The girl drops to her knees in pain, and Miles rushes to get the Armlets off before any real damage is done. The merchant eventualy manages to liberate his friend from the faulty hardware, but Alice is out cold by the time she is rescued, and it looks like her overall vitality may have been harmed as well... Furthermore it would seem that the malfunctioning armlets seem to have ruined the gems powering them.
Alice Skips the rest of her Forum Action!
Alice Loses 1 Point in the HP stat
I'd think twice about trusting those spare Armlets again if I were you...
-1 Blood Quartz
-1 Mage Emerald
Mile's Result = 11
Alice's Result = 7 (Crit Fail!!!)
Miles:
You decide to stay out of the Jarl's way while he tends to Alice, and cool down from your hectic morning with a trip to the Library. Deciding that some future training may well be in order, you ask the librarian about books on magical combat and internal reserves. Carl is quick to track down and show you some of his favorite books on the matter, and allow you to check them out for 14 days.
Fourteen Day Checkouts for the Following Books:
Mundane Tips and Tricks for Combating Non-Mundane Foes
Reenacting the Good 'Ol Days: Maintaining and Using Dueling Weapons of All Sorts
How to Get the Most out of Your Meerly Human Magical Reserve
Intro to Internal Magical Theory: The Basics of Reserves and Containment
33 Efficient Cantrips (And Tips to Use Them Efficiently)
You drop the books off at the Hostel, and then grab a teleporter to Innsmouth. Interestingly enough you find the crowds at the market. You track down Alan, and ask for a lesson. He agrees, and takes you inside a restaurant where you grab a table and practice de-embeading items. Alan is only able to the most basic and primitive of de-embeading techniques in the amount of time you have for studying, but at the very least now you should be able to physically claim items in beads that you purchase.
+New Ritual
Result = 14
Returning to campus, you visit the computer lab and try to purchase a plane ticket. For some reason however, the purchase just doesn't go through. After several tries a mech-sprite appears on the screen, pulls out a hammer, and smashes the browser and desktop with a cartoon hammer until the machine just gives up and BSODs. The blue screen displays an unusual message.
"You are going to have to be a bit more clever than that if you want to get in touch with Lynch. I AM a mystic you know. I can read your moves and will shut them down if I can afford to do so. Hope you enjoy your stay on every no-fly list ever Mr. West.
-Sweeny
P.S. It would seem that your darling Kathryn has finally decided to launch a counter attack against my allies and I. I foresee that the man she assigned to lead the assault is driven to get us, and doesn't give a damn as to how many innocent people he hurts to do so. Kathryn wouldn't allow that stuff to happen on her watch, she is a better person than either of us, but she will be too busy trying to hold down the home front to keep an eye on what.
I wonder who's side you will be on when her mooks express air their frustration and try to do what I have done to their home turf? I'd avoid the market in Innsmouth, they'd burn that to hurt me if I let them."
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