[Absolute Power] Seven Pillars - The Silver City

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Thread locked while I make some arrangements.

• Leif
• Ruse
• Kenric
• Octavia

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  The Park
  
  
  Seven Pillars is a fine place, in its way. But sometimes a man just has to get into the wild.
  
  
  Not that you had any such luck; no leaving the city without more study, they said. But there's a park, the great green park enclosed by a glass dome, taking up a sizeable chunk of the inner city. Once off the beaten path, there are animals here. A hunting ground.
  
  
  And now you hunt something like a wolf, but larger, smarter, and with too many legs, at least until your mentor calls you back...
  
  
  
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  Galen Memorial Hospital
  
  
  "Now, Ruse, keep your calm, and lay your hands on his side." Arcas says, smiling under his moustache. "You don't have to try and cure him now, just see if you can sense the problem."
  
  
  The young man before you is asleep, or unconscious, and you can feel his fever from near a pace away. The warm stone and wood walls seem to breathe in time with his laboured motions.
  
  
  
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  The Cells
  
  
  "I'd like you to focus now, Kenric," Master Twillain says, his voice echoing softly in the enclosed space. "Here we are removed from all external noise, all thoughts but our own. I want you to try and ward your mind against attack. Try a visualize the landscape of your mind. Can you tell me what it looks like?
  
  
  
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  Librarium Immer
  
  
  The incessant scratching of quills. The soft oratory of recorders. The whisper of ghosts. The library is never entirely silent. Mistress Kira asked you to wait here whilst she sought a particular volume, and so you do. But you have training with Master Montgolfier soon, and she's going to make you late if she's gone much longer...
  
  
  

 

[gatherer818]

"I... I think it's a house." Kenric isn't sure if he's only seeing things because he wants to or if he's actually picturing his own mind. "It reminds me of the house I lived in... before. It's hard to tell, but I think it's the same one. It's definitely a building with rooms and furniture, and each room is different. I'm pretty sure it's mine."

 

[Monalfie]

Frowning at the heat of the body before him, Ruse glanced over at Arcas before moving closer and rolling up his sleeves. As though I need reminding. But he had to admit to himself that he might have very well attempted to begin healing without the joking admonishment. It was bothersome to be reminded of his present limitations in regards to magic. He slowly reached out to place his hands on the fevered flesh, closing his eyes to focus on the sensations at hand. Slowly he tried to extend feeling towards the body in an attempt to discover what he could.


"Feels like I can sense the disease, a wrongness in the body." He mumbled with slight uncertainty. "Perhaps a pneumonia?"

 

[Alexandra]

Octavia; the Diamondsoul


Octavia squirms uncomfortably in her seat, acutely aware of the passage of time.


Five more minutes, she thought, then I will have to look for her and tell her I need to go.


Being on time for classes was up to each individual student; though some of the more...eccentric behaviour of a number of the tutors could make this difficult.

 

[Kasheal]

It was so refreshing to finally get out, well so to speak. Leif crouched once again examining the tracks and a smirk appeared as it was apparent that he was closing in . The beast had lead him on quite a chase and he would almost be sad to see it end, of course the trophy he claimed would make up for it.


Getting a head of yourself again, got to actually gut the thing first He berated himself as he continued to creep through the trees. He tightened his grip on his axe, his arrogance had once again made him chose the cruder weapon over a much more logical longbow, after all a kill wasn't a kill if it was from a distance.

 

[Grey]

• Kenric
• Ruse
• Octavia
• Leif

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  "Good. Very good. That is correct. Do not look too closely yet, for the shape and nature of that place can tell you truths about yourself for which you may not be ready. Try to imagine that the door is locked and barred, the windows shut tight. Raise a wall around it all. Focus. Try to keep it harmonius."
  
  
  
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  "Excellent," Arcas continues to smile. "That is quite correct, but it is not all. Try to trace the infection, for it not his only sickness though the two are related."
  
  
  Spoiler

  Please roll Intuition + Logos/Medicine
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  In a susurrus of ridiculous skirts, Mistress Kira returns with a slim black volume. Behind her intricate silver mask, her expression is unreadable as usual. Her voice is no less even.
  
  
  "This is a test. When you can read this, I have nothing more to teach you."
  
  
  
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  You arrive at the edge of a clearing with the beast's lair obviously at the centre - a leathery mass of vegetative matter and animal hides. It is indeed a curious creature you hunt, of which there is now no sign, or obvious entrance to the man-sized nest.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Please roll Intuition/Awareness OR Investigation
  
  
  

 

[Kasheal]

Leif approached a lair cautiously. Not seeing an entrance he scanned the ground quickly to make sure the thing wasn't capable of burrowing, he then returned to making a circle of the lair.

Spoiler

Well I got a 2 and an 11 so I believe that gives me one success.


http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4004110/

 

[Alexandra]

Octavia


Taking the book, Octavia looks at it for a long moment, in interest.


Suddenly remembering her next class she looks up;


"Mistress Kira, I have to meet Master Montgolfier for a lesson now....when do you need me to bring this back to you?"

Spoiler

Octavia will totally see if she can read the cover when it's handed to her, if indeed there's something there for her to read. Other than that, she needs to get to her next lesson...

 

[gatherer818]

Kenric takes several moments envisioning his home being protected, no longer open to invaders like the ones that murdered his family. Walls of stone, enchanted fences, metal shutters on the windows with heavy locks. A handful of armed guards - looking suspiciously like the guards Kenric met at the platforms when he first entered the city - make a last touch before he speaks. "Ok, it's as safe as I think I can make it, Master."

 

[Grey]

• Leif
• Octavia
• Kenric

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  You see movement out of the corner of your eye, to the left, but you hear something to your right, too. Hm, perhaps it and its mate are circling you...
  
  
  
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  She shakes her head almost imperceptibly.
  
  
  "When you can read it."
  
  
  The cover is black and unadorned.
  
  
  
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  "Very well - now try to concentrate on defending it."
  
  
  Spoiler

  Please roll Willpower + Composure, Difficulty is 11 - Logos

 

[Alexandra]

Octavia


Scrunching up her mouth a little, she opens the book, suspecting the pages are blank.


She frowns; concentrating.


Octavia begins to try and see if something written is hidden somehow....initially suspecting Heartwright magic; they have a talent for making things...not invisible...but making them repel sight....

Spoiler

You have mah roll in the other thread. Weird dice. If it's not a Heartwright, then she's going to have to wrack her brain as to what other kind of Pattern could make things invisible. Beyond that...well, she'll get to the weirder notions in time.

 

[Kasheal]

Now this was interesting, if he got caught between two of them it could be problematic. Deciding that his ears were less likely to to fool him he charged off to the right directly towards the sound with his weapon ready. If he could take out one before the other had a chance to join in he should still be able to keep control of the situation.

Spoiler

Rather late response sorry.