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[Tiruin]

((I've bad net! Didn't get the time to see the forum lately!))

Great, so it seems introspection won't work that well since our Logic scores are low. We have the advantage in socializing--and we won't do much just sitting around OR reading; we need to interact, either through online means or offline. We are also very good in perceiving things and searching *specifically through a vast search engine*.
...I believe it is best for us to begin our search.

Use perception--what's the best place to PROBABLY search for knowledgeable people [we] can chat up with?
Planning to go out of home and do that.

[Sosoku234]

Maybe try conversing with the sentient reflection. If that doesn't work, go along with what Tiruin says.

[Fniff]

Wait. We're already anxious. Talking to a sapient mirror version of ourselves might just push us to a terminal freak out point. We need to take precautions.
Before talking to the mirror, get some booze. Drink enough to get a nice bit of Dutch Courage but not enough that you're incoherent. Talk to the mirror about who it is, what it wants, and whether or not it's going to kill and replace you. Be polite, firm, and try not to wig out.

[Wrex]

You go into the liquor cabinet, and get a nice, big slug of Captain Morgan in you. You and the cap'n make it happen, if "it" is talking to your inexplicably winking reflection in the mirror. You briefly question your sanity, and have another shot. Mmm, Rum.

You return to your bathroom mirror, yank the towel off, and make stern accusations at your reflection in the mirror.

Nothing seems to happen. Your reflection continues to mimic your movements perfectly, as it always did.

But why is the mirror so...dirty? And why does it smell like smoke? Why is the inside of the towel coated in ash?

Disturbing.

A quick google search doesn't seem to do much- it'd be impossible to seperate the wheat from the chaff. But you /do/ find records of the warehouse existing. It's not in any official database, but sites dedicated to local occult hotspots (Every town has that creepy house on the hill, after all) do indicate something off about it. Something about clean water clouding over nearby. Strange, but a possible, if dangerous lead.

Health: Unharmed
Mental State: Focused

Gear: Coat, 6 units storage.

Glock: Deadliness/Moderate Range/Short, One unit.
Phone: Full batteries.

Spoiler:  Rolls (click to show/hide)

Poison resistance test for booze: 1 Success. Toxin delay increased to 10, making it harmless. No hangover for you

Information roll: 2 Successes. You recieve a possible lead!

Spoiler: Sheet and stat explanation for the overly curious (click to show/hide)

Whenever you do something, I add the requesite stat and skill, and roll some dice. Each dot gives a 33% chance of one success. If you want to skip it (I don't blame you) just know thgat you're really good at talking

Health: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Physical

Strength  **  Muscle power and Endurance
Agility   ***  Reflexes and physical mobility

Mental

Logic      **    Mathmatical and scientific ability
Intuition  *** The intuitive sense

Social

Willpower ****  The strength of your will and general stubborness
Charisma  ***   Your ability to relate to and manipulate others

Luck: *** Used to not die.

Skills

Social
 
Persuasion   ***** Essentially, lying. You may prefer the term "Sales"
Empathy      ****  What are they going to do next?
Animal Ken   **** How good you are with puppies. And other less nice things
Intimidation ****  Threats, are explicit or implicit
Beauracracy **** Untangling red tape
Expression   ***   Art and other ways of showing yourself.

Physical

Combat       ***      Killing, by fist, blade, or gun.
Perception   *****  What you saw, smelled, tasted, touched, or heard
Larceny      ***      How you Triangle Button a car
Drive        ***        How you don't drive that car into a wall
Stealth      **         How not to be seen
Survival     ***      How not to starve to death.

Technical
 
Artisan (Metalwork)        **       Building things from steel and other metals
Research (Internet)        ****   Google-Fu
Electronics (Software)     **      C+. Java, all that horrible stuff
Medicine (First Aid)         ***     How not to bleed out.

[TheBiggerFish]

And there's fire, too....Huh.

[StrawBarrel]

Watch TV.

[Tiruin]

Research how the people with those occult findings...retrieved their findings. Get out of home and start inquiring at the most credible source, acting as an investigative journalist.

((This is...very mysterious, I am unsure how to proceed other than getting direct to the point with info to work with. I love this game.))

[StrawBarrel]

Research how the people with those occult findings...retrieved their findings. Get out of home and start inquiring at the most credible source, acting as an investigative journalist.

((This is...very mysterious, I am unsure how to proceed other than getting direct to the point with info to work with. I love this game.))

+

[Fniff]

Nana always said that ghosts hate salt. We may not be dealing with a ghost, but we're certainly dealing with something on the occult side. Pour out a ring of salt around all the mirrors in the house but especially around the ashy one.

[Sosoku234]

May be worth touching the mirror to see if there is some residue on our side.

Nana always said that ghosts hate salt. We may not be dealing with a ghost, but we're certainly dealing with something on the occult side. Pour out a ring of salt around all the mirrors in the house but especially around the ashy one.

+1, might save our life later on.

[TheBiggerFish]

Nana always said that ghosts hate salt. We may not be dealing with a ghost, but we're certainly dealing with something on the occult side. Pour out a ring of salt around all the mirrors in the house but especially around the ashy one.

+1, might save our life later on.

+7.

[Tiruin]

May be worth touching the mirror to see if there is some residue on our side.

Nana always said that ghosts hate salt. We may not be dealing with a ghost, but we're certainly dealing with something on the occult side. Pour out a ring of salt around all the mirrors in the house but especially around the ashy one.

+1, might save our life later on.

Wait, where did we get this info o_O We can't assume widespread folktales here are the same over there unless we have a hint about it.

[Sosoku234]

Wait, where did we get this info o_O We can't assume widespread folktales here are the same over there unless we have a hint about it.

(I just had a brainwave.)

When we woke up in the warehouse, we had this disconnect of reality. Maybe, we accidentally opened a portal in the mirror and transported ourselves to the warehouse. It was coincidentally on fire at the same time. That is a pretty plausible explanation, what with the soot on the towel.

Maybe we should go touch the mirror instead of putting a salt ring around it. See if we don't go anywhere.

[TheBiggerFish]

Wait, where did we get this info o_O We can't assume widespread folktales here are the same over there unless we have a hint about it.

(I just had a brainwave.)

When we woke up in the warehouse, we had this disconnect of reality. Maybe, we accidentally opened a portal in the mirror and transported ourselves to the warehouse. It was coincidentally on fire at the same time. That is a pretty plausible explanation, what with the soot on the towel.

Maybe we should go touch the mirror instead of putting a salt ring around it. See if we don't go anywhere.

-1.

[Wrex]

You touch the mirror's surface. it ripples slightly and gives way.

You withdraw your fingers, and hastily dump a salt shaker on, around, and near the mirror, being sure to get a rough circle. Nothing seems to be happening, but it's hard to tell.

But you have an idea. You quickly begin research on what happened to those various authors, and you find some....interesting correlations.

Some of them wrote often of Fires, Ashes. A scorched existence just inches away from us. And cooincidentally, all of them died in a fire.  Paging through their demented rantings, one thing stands out. They all advise sand, clean sand, for "Disrupting the flames of Hel". melodramatic? Certainly. But it sounds useful. You put a ring of sand as well as salt around all the mirrors in your home. Can't hurt to be careful, right?

Spoiler: Rolls (click to show/hide)

 5 Successes! Amazing Success! Forbidden Knowledge Achieved.

Health: Unharmed
Mental State: Focused

Gear: Coat, 6 units storage.

Glock: Deadliness/Moderate Range/Short, One unit.
Phone: Full batteries.

Spoiler: Sheet and stat explanation for the overly curious (click to show/hide)

Whenever you do something, I add the requesite stat and skill, and roll some dice. Each dot gives a 33% chance of one success. If you want to skip it (I don't blame you) just know thgat you're really good at talking

Health: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Physical

Strength  **  Muscle power and Endurance
Agility   ***  Reflexes and physical mobility

Mental

Logic      **    Mathmatical and scientific ability
Intuition  *** The intuitive sense

Social

Willpower ****  The strength of your will and general stubborness
Charisma  ***   Your ability to relate to and manipulate others

Luck: *** Used to not die.

Skills

Social
 
Persuasion   ***** Essentially, lying. You may prefer the term "Sales"
Empathy      ****  What are they going to do next?
Animal Ken   **** How good you are with puppies. And other less nice things
Intimidation ****  Threats, are explicit or implicit
Beauracracy **** Untangling red tape
Expression   ***   Art and other ways of showing yourself.

Physical

Combat       ***      Killing, by fist, blade, or gun.
Perception   *****  What you saw, smelled, tasted, touched, or heard
Larceny      ***      How you Triangle Button a car
Drive        ***        How you don't drive that car into a wall
Stealth      **         How not to be seen
Survival     ***      How not to starve to death.

Technical
 
Artisan (Metalwork)        **       Building things from steel and other metals
Research (Internet)        ****   Google-Fu
Electronics (Software)     **      C+. Java, all that horrible stuff
Medicine (First Aid)         ***     How not to bleed out.