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oopsylonInactive for 20 days

Sep 17, 2025 7:02 am
Sep 17, 2025 7:02 am
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You are both around the same time, that same night that Persephone is freaking out poor Viviana [ref], and there is a body in the park, and the same time that Emma is cooking and eating exotic lamb [ref].
Okay great!
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Or have them both come to you and get entangled in your Web? (Though, technically Max already 'came to you for help', triggering the Web mechanic.)
I don’t think Benji would invite Alara over to his flat with Circe there but he could ask them to come meet him at Piccadilly, sure
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You planning on heading to Piccadilly to practice?
Yep!
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Can you even play Avril Lavigne on a violin?
Of course! I don’t know that Benji would have any Avril Lavigne in his repertoire already, but I think he’s a skilled enough musician that he could arrange some Avril Lavigne songs for violin for himself. It’s probably a bit quick and dirty because he’s trying to be ready in time for the rescue mission with Frank and Ernie ‘tomorrow’ but I think he could cobble something together
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...Circe may want to come with... and there may be complications at your Harbour as well as visitors...

...That is tomorrow morning, so it may take a while to get there?
I was just trying to rush through the time between a bit so that Delirium wouldn’t be left waiting, but if you want to throw in some complications/visitors (and if Delirium doesn’t mind a bit of delay getting to the café scene), that’s fine with me!

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 17, 2025 7:23 am
Sep 17, 2025 7:23 am
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Delirium says:
... I'd rather not wait, because who knows how long it's going to take. we can play out what she found on the backup drive, assuming Emma brought her laptop with her to the coffee shop ...
OK. Though You seemed to skip from 'last night' looking at the drive to 'the next morning at the coffee shop' [ref].

If you want to be looking at it 'tomorrow' that's fine, but it excludes the others. You can use NPCs.
Delirium says:
... There is also the call she is expecting from Dr. Moss. ...
Yes, that will happen in the morning... I was thinking of doing it when Beji was there, but only because it looked like he would be with you first thing in the day. We can do that 'before he gets there' just as easily.
Delirium says:
... find out where he was last seen. Then she plans to drive over there and investigate ...
OK... we will have to see how we can make anything still be relevant weeks later. We can come up with something.

Do you have any thoughts about where it will lead you?
Delirium says:
... hopefully with any other PCs who would like to join ...
Sure. The more the merrier. :)

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 17, 2025 7:24 am
Sep 17, 2025 7:24 am
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oopsylon says:
... I was just trying to rush through the time between a bit so that Delirium wouldn’t be left waiting ...
There is stuff happening 'tonight', and Emma has things to do while she waits.
oopsylon says:
... but if you want to throw in some complications/visitors ...
Mainly: You have been neglecting your busking station... and it is a prime location, so there is someone else there (the dirty squatter), what with your having been gone for days.

I don't have time to post about it till later, but if you want to make something up and show us how you deal with the interloper, go for it.

Max, and possibly Alara, can come join you if we all want that, or you can swing by on the way.

When you encounter her, you can roll Put a Face to a Name with Alara if you think you would know her (another vampire within spitting distance of your home). She is Night.

If you want to get involved in Max's thing, we may find it relates?

Emma

DeliriumInactive for 20 days

Sep 17, 2025 8:06 am
Sep 17, 2025 8:06 am
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vagueGM says:
If you want to be looking at it 'tomorrow' that's fine, but it excludes the others. You can use NPCs.
I didn't understand; exclude who and why, and which NPCs?
vagueGM says:
Do you have any thoughts about where it will lead you?
ultimately, to where Eliot is right now. A Faerie realm, perhaps? But for starters, the woods near the road on the way to Arundel?

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 17, 2025 9:32 am
Sep 17, 2025 9:32 am
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Delirium says:
... exclude who and why ...
The other PCs, since you have skipped ahead of them to the next morning.
Delirium says:
... and which NPCs? ...
Any you want if the PCs are not available. The phone call with Moss, maybe, or Henry, maybe?

Bev is still absent, though.
Delirium says:
... ultimately, to where Eliot is right now. ...
Sure... ultimately, but the data on the old backup drive can't tell you that. :)
Delirium says:
... A Faerie realm, perhaps? ...
Impressive as these car-trackers are... I don't think that have that on their maps. :)
Delirium says:
... the woods near the road on the way to Arundel? ...
Or, maybe, somewhere closer to home. The game intends us to keep most of the play in the city hub we are playing in. So he did not get far, and you won't have to go far to follow up.

Emma

DeliriumInactive for 20 days

Sep 17, 2025 9:57 am
Sep 17, 2025 9:57 am
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Let's go with checking up on Bev.
vagueGM says:
Impressive as these car-trackers are... I don't think that have that on their maps. :)
I intended her to follow the bread crumbs till she eventually gets there, or finds him, now that she knows where to start

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 17, 2025 3:22 pm
Sep 17, 2025 3:22 pm
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vagueGM says:
Do we want to 'impress' her (and also dismay and frighten her a bit) with your 'display of demonic ...' um ... demonicness? We could roll Let It Out if we want to trigger that and see if it drives you towards the completion of you Job.

Else, how to you envision Viviana reacting?
How could Let It Out drive me toward completion of the job?

As for her reaction, I think a mix of horror and concern? I am not sure yet. I don’t want to lose her here, though. So perhaps she will see it as proof of my sincerity when I saw Pers wants to connect with her — a sick kind of demonstration of affection? And honestly, Pers being so visibly a hot mess may lead her to feel much more comfortable sharing her own pathologies and personal secrets.

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 18, 2025 8:07 am
Sep 18, 2025 8:07 am
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Drgwen says:
... How could Let It Out drive me toward completion of the job? ...
It was just an option, if you wanted to try see if you could impress her with some demon aspect, give you a way to talk about things?

• impress, dismay, or frighten someone with a display of demonic fury

It's there if you want it. I don't know how you 'planned' to broach the subject. If you are still happy to take your time and wait for your 'reward' that is possibly better.
Drgwen says:
... perhaps she will see it as proof of my sincerity when I saw Pers wants to connect with her — a sick kind of demonstration of affection? ...
Yeah... though cutting the mark to get your emotions back is not exactly a 'normal' thing. :)
One wonders: Does this reveal something of your demon side? Does that impress her? Or scare her away (for a while)?

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 18, 2025 5:38 pm
Sep 18, 2025 5:38 pm
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So, how about this? Viv freaks out, Persephone tries to calm her with a Let It Out. Can she heal with that? If it works, Viv would be calmed and amazed and more open to the whole supernatural thing.

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 2:45 am
Sep 19, 2025 2:45 am
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Drgwen says:
... Let It Out. Can she heal with that? ...
Let's take a look...

Let It Out [ref] Abilities:
 • imbue your touch with demonic corruption (2-harm hand ap)
 • impress, dismay, or frighten someone with a display of demonic fury
 • move through or past a physical obstacle created by mortal hands
 • summon your dark patron's attention directly on your location

No, no healing for the Tainted.
Drgwen says:
... calm her with a Let It Out. ...
Not sure about 'calm'. :)
But relative to freaking out, yeah, we could say that.
Drgwen says:
... amazed and more open to the whole supernatural thing. ...
That was my thought, it could serve as a foot in the door, a way to start taking about the supernatural.
Of course, though, remember that Let It Out [ref] involves dice, so there is risk of it going badly. But, absent some roll, she may freak out at your self mutilation and it may not be as romantic as you think it is.

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:07 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:07 am
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OK so I'll do a Let It Out roll, and I will brace myself for the worst...This is assuming that Let It Out is available to me. or is it on the banned list from my Patron?

If I can do it, I could "Impress" Viv. Is there any good reason why I would want to summon my Patron's attention?

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:13 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:13 am
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Drgwen says:
... This is assuming that Let It Out is available to me. or is it on the banned list from my Patron? ...
We could let the dice decide, they have been the arbiter of the 'banned list' so far. But I don't see how this has anything to do with your Dark Patron, this is about you being 'impressively demonic' (or just strange), we are sort of using this roll to determine her reaction to the actions you have already taken.
Drgwen says:
... Is there any good reason why I would want to summon my Patron's attention? ...
I don't think so? Not anymore, anyway. You could have summoned your Dark Patron if you felt Wentworth's mark was interfering with your Job, and they may have taken action to remedy that... but you took it into your own hands.

If you ever do want their attention, you can always try rolling and risking the wrath of the dice, though.

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:38 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:38 am
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OK hmm, I would like to see the results of the roll before I narrate how Viv reacts? Should I roll here?

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:39 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:39 am
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Drgwen says:
... Should I roll here?
Let's keep the rolls in the RP.
You can add it to the post where the event happened.

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:42 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:42 am
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Ok I’ll edit the post and add the roll

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 19, 2025 3:46 am
Sep 19, 2025 3:46 am
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I rolled a 4 on Let It Out. Of course.

I think we need to discuss seriously whether her Patron would just claim her soul and drag it off to hell, because she is nothing but a liability for him up here.

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 4:04 am
Sep 19, 2025 4:04 am
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Drgwen says:
... I rolled a 4 on Let It Out. Of course. ...
Of course you did. :)
Drgwen says:
... I think we need to discuss seriously whether her Patron would just claim her soul and drag it off to hell, because she is nothing but a liability for him up here. ...
Ha.

Your Dark Patron is subtle and manipulative, so who knows if you are not, maybe, doing exactly what they want. :)

Clearly Viviana is not impressed [ref], but that need not be the end, you may still be able to salvage this situation, through your actions, you may just have to realign your goals with what is happening...

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 4:05 am
Sep 19, 2025 4:05 am
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Morphling says:
(in RP) ... She has transformed. Immediately she spins to Alara, lupine eyes wide. "Alara!" She growls. "Uhh... don't worry, ..."
I am not sure you can still talk to people while you are a wolf... you are a wolf, after all. As the playbook says: "You are a primal, feral, deadly wolf", later you can learn to control your transformation more and not appear as a terrifying beast, but even then you tone it down and become a dog... there is nothing that lets you form and speak human words, right?

I can have Alara react to your transformation, and you may get a chance to try say these words again if you can turn back after losing control, and if she is still there (which will depend on what you do in the interim).

Persephone

DrgwenInactive for 20 days

Sep 19, 2025 4:08 am
Sep 19, 2025 4:08 am
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OK not sure what to do here.

Option One (breakdown): She could break down and have another PTSD episode, leading Viv to call an ambulance and flee (doesn't want to be associated with this). It would be an uphill battle to win back her trust. This would involve more descriptions of a trauma response, plus self-harm consequences. And given the diagnosis last time she was in hospital of self-harm and insanity, it is imaginable she'd be back in that situation.

The problem with this is that it basically puts Pers back where she was before the last few scenes, and that feels really frustrating.

Honestly, I am not sure what to do. I've always kind of joked that I am dice cursed, but I've never had such awful luck with one character before. I don't know how to dig her out of this hole. It's getting depressing, tbh.

vagueGM Inactive for 29 days

Sep 19, 2025 4:11 am
Sep 19, 2025 4:11 am
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Drgwen says:
... I don't know how to dig her out of this hole. It's getting depressing, tbh.
While she might want to flee, she hasn't, yet, which was nice. Why not try talking to her?
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