Session 2: The Hunt

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Aug 19, 2026 2:21 am
Deone will say, recognizing the Demon's immense musical talent "W-wow, Yiva, you didn't tell me there were musical d-d-d-demons. Is it gonna b-b-b-brainwash us with it's songs or something?"
Last edited August 19, 2026 2:29 am

Rolls

Perception - (3d6)

(516) = 12

Aug 19, 2026 2:50 am
[ +- ] Deone's perception roll
Aug 19, 2026 12:17 pm
OOC:
Don't know if you allow multiple skil rolls rn, but mystical creatures is more important to me than music

edit: I can not do a mystical creatures roll for the life of me; very sadge
Last edited August 19, 2026 12:17 pm

Rolls

perception tn 13 - (3d6)

(245) = 11

mystical creatures tn 13 - (3d6)

(365) = 14

music tn 14 - (3d6)

(425) = 11

Aug 19, 2026 12:29 pm
OOC:
sorry busy few days with work. Ahduval, just to back track slightly, you mentioned that Ethan could have assisted with a roll, how does that work? (just for future reference 😁
Ethan walks with the group feeling slightly uncomfortable with the sounds and mystic experience, but he tries to remain open minded but misses his opportunity to assist Yiva berating himself a little. As he circles around the blind corner Ethan’s eyes fall upon the surprisingly small, fragile figure, and he feels slightly at disadvantage due to its size. His own prejudices delaying his reactions, "I thought it would be bigger." he says staring . . .
OOC:
Rolls against General INT if I can PER Roll 13-

Rolls

INT PER Roll 13- - (3d6)

(521) = 8

Aug 19, 2026 2:25 pm
OOC:
@Mathfuric : sorry i always seem to be mixing up Ethan and Ronan, so ignore how Ethan couid have helped locate the 'demon'
[ +- ] Ethan's perception roll
Aug 19, 2026 2:29 pm
[ +- ] Yiva's music assesment
[ +- ] Yiva's perception roll
Aug 19, 2026 4:07 pm
Judging from the forcefield around the violin and the Ghost's devotion to playing it, Deone deduces that the stresses of being a violinist must've had something to do with the ghost's existance, like a lingering regret or something, as it was a common trope in supernatural manga"This isn't a d-demon, it's a g-g-ghost! Some musician girl must've drove herself to d-d-d-death playing it, and now wants revenge for her s-s-suffering" he pauses for a moment, realizing he may be making too many assumptions based on horror tropes, and looks towards Yiva, the proffesional in these matters "I-i'm not sounding s-s-stupid am i?"
Aug 19, 2026 4:23 pm
Ignoring Dione's questions and Ethan's comment, Yiva grabs at one of the several necklaces she wears, and with a swift pull it quickly grows into a full sized lyre. She cautiously approaches the girl, improvising a hopeful piece to complement her somber one, hoping to grab her attention. Hey do you need some help?

Rolls

PS Music TN 13 + 1 (perfect pitch) = 14 - (3d6)

(122) = 5

Aug 19, 2026 10:31 pm
The girl doesn't seem to notice Yiva. It does confirm some things for Yiva.
#1 The girt might be in poor health but she is no ghost.
#2 You will have to confirm with Alice, but you are leaning towards the girl having a number of psychological issues.
OOC:
you can ask additional questions about the girl for more information. or other actions.
Once the dirge is done, she will pause to listen and a coughing fit that one fears is going to make her fall,
the girl mumbles something not in English and starts in on Adagio from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor
Aug 20, 2026 3:21 am
Thanks Helsong. Her lyre shrinks down and becomes a small, if elaborate charm necklace in the shape of a wooden lyre that she puts around her neck again. Well I don't think she is magical, could be wrong. Though I'd hazard a guess that she either knows magic or that violin is some kind of artifact. Probably has some kind of psychological issues. Alice could probably get more info on that front; my talents with the mind fall more with tearing it up than analyzing it. I'll take a look at the violin and see what I can find. Try to avoid touching it though; if it's controlling her, she may get hostile.
OOC:
No clue which check here is more relevant or if both are. Or if I wouldn't be able to roll this check due to the failed check earlier. Feel free to discard one or both rolls if you don't think they would be relevant or allowed

edit: ...I can't roll a magic KS check to save my life...I swear I'm a sorcerer guys /j
Last edited August 20, 2026 3:22 am

Rolls

Detect Magic; discriminatory TN 13 - (3d6)

(652) = 13

KS Mystical World TN 13 - (3d6)

(665) = 17

Aug 20, 2026 3:52 am
Well you still don't know what she is exactly, but you definitely can tell the girl is using what magical energy she has to protect what looks to you like a cheap violin from the rain, but at the same time she isn't using that magic to protect herself.
Aug 21, 2026 3:34 am
Ethan watches Yiva carefully as the lyre collapses into its necklace form, impressed with her control of her arts. "I hope I can become such a master of my powers." he says more to himself.

Pulling himself back to the young girl his expression tightening as the implications begin to sink in.

"Yeah… I don’t like this."

His attention remains fixed on the violin rather than the girl.

"She’s protecting the instrument, but look at the cost. She’s soaked through, hypothermic, severely malnourished, hypoglycemic, and her lungs sound like they’re full of fluid. Yet she’s spending whatever magical energy she has keeping that violin completely untouched by the rain."

He glances briefly toward the others.

"That isn’t normal behaviour. Not even for someone who’s just… eccentric."

Ethan lowers his voice.

"I think the violin is draining her."

He watches the crimson aura surrounding the instrument.

"Think about it. She’s barely keeping herself alive, but she has enough energy to maintain a perfect magical barrier around a cheap-looking violin. Whatever is going on with her, that instrument aren’t just a possession."

He takes a cautious step closer, but deliberately keeps his hands away from the violin.

"I’m not touching it. Not yet. If it’s possessed, cursed, sentient, or otherwise controlling her, touching it could be exactly what it wants."

His eyes move back to the girl as another cough wracks her tiny frame.

"And if I’m wrong and the violin isn’t doing anything to her, we’re still standing next to someone who’s probably weeks away from dying."

Ethan’s expression hardens.

"Either way, we need to get her somewhere warm and get some food and fluids into her. Slowly. Carefully. Her body is in no condition for us to just start dumping things into her."

He pauses, listening to the unfamiliar words she mutters beneath her hood.

"But before anyone tries to take that violin away from her, I’d like Alice to have a look at her mind. If the instrument is influencing her behaviour, we need to know whether she understands what it’s doing."

Ethan looks toward the others.

"And if Alice finds out that the girl genuinely believes the violin needs protecting more than she does…"

His gaze settles once again on the crimson aura.

"…then I’m going to be even more convinced that we’ve found the problem."
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Aug 22, 2026 12:41 am
Hearing Ethan's muttering. Oh don't worry about the shrinking thing, Helsong did that far before she and I got together. It's more of a subconscious thought than any actual magic to shrink it. Quite frankly I'm kind of failing on the magic front tonight. She moves away from the girl as Ethan does get closer to her. She closes her eyes and seems to focus on something only she can see.

I can tell you that upon closer inspection I can see the magic flowing from her to the violin and not vice versa. So it's pretty likely that that is a common violin, pretty cheap too, actually all of her stuff is pretty cheap. Probably been living on the streets for a while. I guess it could be some kind of relic that gives her magical capabilities that she has to power or some kind of parasitic relic, but I doubt it.

Yiva takes a while to listen to her music. She's damn good though. She mutters Love to do a duet with her one day. Yiva sits back while Ethan conducts his assessment.

But the fact she knows magik is wierd. She could be one of those rare prodigies who understand some form of magic on an instinctual level. Could be a mystical creature that integrated into human society, some of them like to do that. Could have been taught magik by someone. I hope its that last one, as magik communities tend to be close knit...though I don't know anyone in the community around here. As I said, kind of failing on the magik front tonight as I can't make heads or tails of her signature, so any of those are a possibility, or perhaps some 4th option. Though Incan tell you her signature is pretty weak

Yiva stretches her arms above her head and opens her eyes. But that's all the help I can give. Perhaps someone else could tell us more.
Last edited August 22, 2026 12:43 am
Aug 22, 2026 3:33 am
Harper slowly approaches the girl, keeping her movements calm and deliberate so she doesn't frighten her.
"Hey. My name is Harper." She offers a gentle smile and gestures toward the others. "These are my friends. We want to help."
She studies the girl's condition with growing concern.
"You don't look very good..." Harper says softly. "What's your name, dear?"
Aug 22, 2026 4:40 am
for the first time, the girl responds to one of the teens , ignoring the comment , the girl answers Harper's direct question.
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The girl does not raise her gaze from the cobblestones of the alley, and the low volume she speaks in requires any listener to have to concentrate to hear her voice.

Harper also when concentrating also realizes that the girl is speaking in 4 languages interchangeably as in some of her words in the same sentience are in lightly accented (UK) English, perfect French, accented Irish, and accented Welsh, all in a perfectly pitched soprano ,
OOC:
I am just going to provide the translation that Harper forwards to the rest.
My name? my name is Elizabeth Wooding.

Harper also if she concentrates understand some of the other speaking she has been doing, again words swapping to one of the 4 languages mentioned earlier seemingly randomly swapping her language from word to word in the sentence. what others thought was Elizabeth talking to herself in some strange language, it seems to be in response to other people listening such as Yes, i can play that or my apologies i do not know that composition.

The only people that Harper can see in the alleyway is herself and the other teens and Elizabeth.
Aug 23, 2026 1:36 am
A few things happen at the same time.

12 men, enter the area from an adjoining alley, one of them is holding a box pointed at Elizabeth and exclaims, there she is, get her!

Elizabeth turns at the noise throws a red disk and makes one step into the disk, and is gone from the immediate area, taking her violin and case with her.

The 12 men are wearing similar clothing and all are bald, tattoos of snakes and swastikas are common on them. and they are carrying crude cudgels.

To attack a gang member roll 3d6, don't roll 18. These are what I call level one goons, so one successful hit will drop that gang member.
Aug 23, 2026 9:40 pm
The temperature of the air seems to chill, and a shroud of darkness covers Yiva for just a second, a mournful chord rings out from the darkness, and just as quickly the darkness disapates. And She stands with a full set of armour, seemingly designed for cold weather, with a set of blue, glowing runes emblazoned on it, that quickly fade. She is holding the same lyre from previously in her hand. (like the avatar picture).

Her voice swells Logn deyr, hríðin vaknar! and 4 goons at the back of the group are suddenly engulfed in the middle of a blizzard, that dies down as suddenly as it appeared.
Last edited August 23, 2026 9:41 pm

Rolls

attack - (3d6)

(212) = 5

Aug 24, 2026 5:50 pm
The sudden wind strikes perfectly at the 4 you aimed for and renders them senseless.
Aug 25, 2026 10:19 am
Ronan has been quiet, content to let the other take the reign on the investigation for now when they are suddenly attacked by thugs. He quickly rushes at the closest thug to give him a quick jab in the side.

Rolls

Attack - (3d6)

(316) = 10

Aug 25, 2026 5:02 pm
Ronan drops that opponent.
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