The next day started bright an early for two of us. Calvin! had to see his agent about undoing the public relations nightmare his drunk dialing had caused. They agreed that he should just play it off as research/audition for an upcoming role. Some of the public might even have believed that.
Chloe's plan for the morning was to perform a ritual on the guns that Tommy had dropped off the night before. Entropy can be used to strengthen precision devices as well as hasten their decay. Since she's an Orphan, there wasn't a rule book to follow. So, she made it up as she went along. It involved dancing and very loud music. She put herself into the same mind set she would have at a club or rave and started the ritual. It seemed to work fine.
Not having to get up early, Brand was none too pleased to be woken up by the loud music. He yelled something down to Chloe but she didn't hear. He tried to get more rest but eventually gave it up as a lost cause. He headed downstairs to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, in the quiet Horizon Realm, Romulus woke up after a restful slumber. He wandered back to the Observatory proper to see what was going on. He and Brand met up in the kitchen. Thanks to Nate there was actually food available. He had decreed that we couldn't live on beer alone.
OCC: During the last Mage game, Ophelia (before becoming the Nephandi bitch from hell we all want to kill) had done one nice thing. She had cast a never ending beer spell on the fridge. Do you realize just how much money we have saved with that?
Romulus, who luckily didn't have to work, cooked up a late breakfast for the two of them. To show his appreciation, Brand tipped Romulus twenty dollars. Apparently he got the money by stealing it from the Fey club the night before. About that time, Calvin! got back from seeing his agent and Chloe had just about wrapped up her strengthening spell. They went inside and chatted a bit with the others. Then Chloe reminded Calvin! about his offer to put lotion on her tattoo. She had started to itch. They went upstairs and one thing led to another. Yes, Calvin! and Chloe had sex! Finally! And they spent hours at it, only stopping for Calvin! to make a quick trip downstairs for whipped cream and a couple of beers. Brand commented that maybe now Chloe would stop hitting on him (Ha! Keep dreaming Brand).
The rest of the day passed uneventfully. As it got later, just before sunset, Rebecca showed up and announced that she would going with us. There was something there she wanted to find. When asked what it was, she refused to tell us (remember that, it will become very important). Calvin! also made a call to Lethal, asking him to meet us at the coordinates provided by Rebecca.
When we all got to the street we needed to be at, we saw Lethal there with Fred and some other vamps. Calvin! told them that we would be going into the sewers to reach the Hive. At that, Fred and the others adamantly refused to go. The sewers were Nosferatu area. Lethal, seeing a chance to get even more street cred, was eager with conditions. He made Calvin! agree to letting him act in one of his future movies. Along with the vampires, Miko was there as well. She was our guide for the first part.
The group moved into the sewers and got moving. A couple of spells helped all of us to see. After a bit, Miko stopped and, out of the shadows, a Nosferatu stepped forth. He asked Miko about payment. She pulled a human baby out the bag she was holding and gave it to him. That did not sit well with Brand, Calvin!, and Romulus. Calvin! asked the ugly vamp what he would want instead of the baby. Michael (the Nosferatu's name) told Calvin! to offer something. Pulling the Fey ring off his finger, Calvin! asked if it would do. Michael happily agreed that it would do. The exchange was made and we continued on our journey.
The journey through the tunnels took quite a bit of time. There wasn't much talking. As we got deeper, the air seemed to get heavier; the atmosphere grew emotionally darker. Eventually we reached a point were Michael wouldn't take us any further. He told us that he would wait there as long as he could. He wished us luck and we set off, going further into the underground. However, we did take some precautions before going too far. Calvin! rendered the group invisible and Chloe cast a Time spell, making everyone faster.
With Romulus in the lead, everyone headed further into the tunnels. As we got closer to the Hive proper, Romulus used Spirit to look around. There were a few banes there, whispering something about food coming. After a bit, Chloe sensed some kind of Time disturbance. It was over an area up ahead. She figured that it was some sort of timed spell or anomaly hiding something unpleasant. It was. It was covering a pit across where they needed to go. Using Matter, Romulus 'hardened' the air over it and we crossed.
Further ahead, Romulus spied someone peeking around a corner. He called Brand, Calvin!, and Chloe up to have a look. They decided the best course of action would be to shoot the werewolf, which they did (Romulus had changed the bullets into silver before we got there). The werewolf was hit but not killed. Yelling in pain, he turned and fled. We all took off after him. Rounding the corner, we saw a group of humans and were creatures. One was holding an unconscious figure. More shots rang out as we fired. They turned to flee. To stop them from getting away, Romulus 'hardened' a wall of air in front of them. A couple of them bounced off the wall.
OCC: Now, here is where we get fucked. Just as a FYI, when we made the Calvin! and Chloe characters, Matt and I took the flaw Spirit inept. They cannot sense, use, counter anything having to do with Spirit.
Romulus and Rebecca felt something happening with Spirit. Shade (the Nephandi mage who uses that Sphere) was trying to send everyone into the Umbra (for those who don't know, the Umbra is the name for the Spirit world). Unfortunately, the two of them weren't able to stop the spell but they were able to shrink it's range. After a few seconds of vertigo, Calvin!, Romulus, Lethal, Brand, and Chloe found themselves in the weird landscape that is the Umbra. The group we had run into was also there. We also had a couple of other problems. There were two smoke-like creatures. One was the shape of a wolf; the other, shaped like a snake. There was also a mangy, bad tempered looking lion there. Not good.
From there on, the battle got hectic. Chloe saw the lion as the most unknown threat and cast Rend Pattern on it. She succeeded in killing it (a bonus of the Spirit Realm: no paradox!). Romulus used his super charged cattle prod on the smoke snake, managing to hurt it. Calvin! called down lightning on both of the smoke animals, which they didn't like. Using his friction spell, Romulus was able to get Casey away from the BSD holding her. Knowing that he was fucked, the werewolf who had been holding Casey frenzied and Chloe was his target. He saw her use Rend Pattern on the lion and really didn't want it happening to him. He managed to hit her, bruising her a bit but Brand came to her rescue, along with Lethal. Calvin! and Romulus were dealing with the smoke creatures. More of the enemy decided to run. Brand wounded the frenzied BSD and Lethal finished him off with a flurry of blows. That left the two Spirit animals. The snake looked wounded; the wolf was fine. Brand started pulling chunks out of the wolf. Lethal attacked it as well, killing it. The snake, rather then fighting, faded away. The fight ended with us putting the silver wounded werewolf out of his misery.
Romulus and Chloe went to Casey. He checked her over using first aid. She seemed to be okay physically. Chloe used mind on her to see how she was doing in that way. Casey's mind was full of rage, pain, fear...all that. Chloe was able to show Casey images of herself, Brand, and the others. She also projected the feelings of safety, calmness, and protection to her. That calmed Casey down.
Thus ended the session. We had Casey and defeated the immediate enemies. However, we were stranded in the Umbra. Not a problem for Brand and Casey, they could just step out of it. However, Romulus, Calvin!, and Chloe couldn't. Add to that, our only mage able to travel in and out of the Umbra is still in the real world...in the Hive. See where I got the "we are fucked" part of this. Cannot wait for what happens next!
But first, this coming Sunday is board game night and then it is Dresden. Just for fun, I am currently taking bets on which supernatural community we will get pissed off at us next. Vote for which you think it is in the comment section.
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