Trial by Fire - IC Thread

[Random Word]

Perception 5 + Awareness 3 + 4m Per Ex 4 + Exceptional Hearing 2 = 14 (lop off the last two dice if hearing isn't relevant)
7 hits

Spoiler: Essence

Personal: 16
Peripheral: 24/38 (1 commited to Tiara, 5 committed to Perfect Symmetry)

 

[HumanPlus]

Detect ninja roll

Perception 5 + awareness 2 + 3 extra dice + 4 exellency

 

[Syvvaris]

Awareness

 

[jaydude]

Rolling Perception + Awareness. Also, I believe I still have Sensory Acuity Prana active. 7 successes.

 

[Psychie]

Here's my shot, but there is no way I can equal Rivers' roll.

3 successes

 

[Sherwood]

The crowd is swaying and dancing along with the music, several pulling up instruments and joining in the performance.

As you start to head towards the harbor and the hopeful safety of the Seagull, most of you spot the figure sitting on top of a massive hound, a dog at least as big as a horse, as he eyes the crowd. Rivers recognizes that the man is one of the three Dynasts that were pushing for them to be able to leave the ship and begin hunting for you. From your current position, you don't see the other two Exalts that wanted to leave with him.

 

[Psychie]

As Spider catches sight of the man on the giant dog, she frowns. That can't be a coincidence. She tries to shout over the crowd, "Guys, we have company! Look over at the guy on the giant dog! He's got to be one of the Wyld Hunt after us! We need to make a decision as to what we are going to do about him. Do we risk a fight, or do we try to blend into the crowd and slip past him?"

 

[jaydude]

"I'd rather not get into any fights if we can avoid it." said Kuaidao, as he eyed the man on the giant dog. "If we try and take this guy on, we might draw the attention of the rest of the Wyld Hunt in this city."

 

[HumanPlus]

Rivers rubs her brow, shakes her head and mutters "Then maybe not shout this out loud and point at him then"

She looks at the giant dog. Could that be the reason he'd found them so fast? She had masked her scent with her current form but even wearing masks, the others would not be able to avoid that thing.

Even in the shape she currently possessed she knew what she really was. Breathing in, Rivers focuses on her current form, letting only the barest trickle of the massive beast slumbering in her very soul through. The mere undertone of deep briny water escapes her pores, letting the hound know of her presence.
As soon as it notices her, she locks eyes with the trained beast. How dares something this small attempt to hunt her. Her pupils shrink to sharp points, changing from pale blue to taking a yellowish tint. Her lips part to show pointed teeth and a dark purple too long tongue sticking out moving on it's own like the tail of a separate creature, while dripping saliva that blackens the ground where it falls.
She directs summons all of the bloodlust from the serpent spirit that bubbles under her skin so that the crowd of people around her would resemble colourful scales of a much larger creature and directs it at the canine while thinking "Run, pup. For if you get too close, I will devour you whole and your rider too"

Spoiler: OOC

I would like to make a threaten roll towards the dog to get it off our trail.

I use Beast-King Dictates and 3 motes of presence exellency from my personal mote pool.

Beast-King Dictates
Cost: 4m; Mins: Charisma 2, Essence 1
Type: Supplemental
Keywords: None
Duration: Instant
Prerequisite Charms: None
Speaking with natural authority, the Lunar fills her listeners with the urge to obey. She rerolls (higher of Essence or 3) failed dice on a persuade, bargain, or threaten roll.

 

[Sherwood]

Rivers can immediately tell that this hound is no ordinary beast. It is a summoned air spirit known as a Hound of the Five Winds. They are known as powerful creatures with an unparalleled tracking ability. These creatures are quite able to hunt down a target across hundreds of miles of distance, and may be one of the ways that the Dragon Blooded are able to locate you.

As you watch, the spirit can be seen letting off a nasty growl, and begins to move its way though the crowds towards you.

 

[jaydude]

"So much for the smokescreen." Kuaidao said, referring to Bard's performance and the effect it had on the surrounding people, as he watched the Hound and its rider approach them. "We should move. At the very least, we don't want to get innocent people caught in the crossfire."

 

[Psychie]

Spider nods. "Agreed. Lets go."

 

[jaydude]

"Where to?" Kuaidao would ask. "That thing might be able to track us anywhere, for all we know."

He then scratched his chin in thought. "i know I suggested that we avoid fighting just now, but perhaps we could lure that animal and its rider to a quiet part of the city, and then ambush them. If we kill the creature, we deprive the Wyld Hunt of a means of tracking us."

He didn't know that the creature was a spirit.

 

[Psychie]

Spider nods. "You already know how I feel about this. We see one of the Dynasts by himself, only with this Hound to help protect him. I say we attack as a group and deprive the enemy one of their Exalts. Then we move out to the ship."

 

[Syvvaris]

"There are stories about a single Dynast killing dozens of new celestials by themselves." Thallus kept his words just above the noise floor of the crowd. "I'm sure your feat of killing a river kraken together is worthy of appraise, but this warrior might be able to kill many river krakens by himself. Let's hit one of the ally ways, circle back and get Bard, find someplace away from this Dynast and make an actual plan and not wing it."

 

[Psychie]

Spider looks over at the others and asks, "What do you think would happen to the Hound if we were to kill the Dynast on its back? I am thinking that we strike from surprise on the rider, since he is probably going to be the bigger threat. We then tag the dog-thing, and get the hell out of here to the ship and get out of this town."

 

[Syvvaris]

"I say we strike from surprise on the rider, have him kill us all since he's trained to hunt down celestials." Thallus had a hint of mockery to Spider's suggestion. "Or we strike from surprise on the rider, cause a big commotion that brings his friends and they each kill one of us."

 

[Sherwood]

The Hound and its rider are definitely heading your way. It is currently out at Medium range to you, and is continuing to move closer. Right now, the rider seems to be focused on Bard, since he is the one making the crowd go nuts, so it is possible that he doesn't know who the rest of you are.

Melinda looks at the group with curiosity in her eyes. "What do you plan on doing? The Dragon Blooded is on his way. I can help in a fight, but the decision needs to be made soon."

 

[Syvvaris]

"We have no plan, Melinda. That's why we need to get away and come up with one." Thallus looked at the others for a second. "By the way, Melinda is here."

 

[D. Rex]

Even with the Dynasts on the move, Bard showed no sign of stopping. Especially now that their eyes were on him. His fingers never ceased, and his tunes layered on each other making beautiful music. Only a master of ones craft could make such complex sounds from such a simple instrument.

"Tore a piece of my heart and I get it now..."
Bard continued, pausing his lyrics for just moment for a quick riff to ramp up the energy before laying on the hook.


"Baby! I love the way you move" bard sang as he began to dance. Tapping his foot and gyrating his hips. Daring other to move along with the music.

"Baby! I love the way you groove!" He gave a flirty smile at a woman nearby and shot her a wink.

"Come on everybody!" He shouted, before repeating the hook again to try and get the festive goes and dynasts involved.

"Baby, I love the way you move
Baby, I love the way you groove"


"I tried to talk to you just the other day," the enthusiastic exalt sang, pointing a finger at the Dynast on the dog, all in good fun as if trying to help immerse them into the song itself, as well as a silly spectaclefor everyone else. Performing a show offy little stunt of playing his lute one handed.

"You just laughed at me, and just walked away,
It's not getting better, like I saw today
Another guy in your arms, and I'm falling down..."

The last word hanging in the air as Bard bent over, taking his lute in both hands again and playing his heart into it. Building up more energy into the aing and letting the crowd know the hook was about to come again.

Spoiler

3 peripheral mts for masterful performance exercise and perfect harmony tech

Respect commanding attitude still active

+1 successes

Stunting
13 die

14 successes

 

[Random Word]

Maja weaves her way back towards the centre of the procession in time to hear Thallus' remark. "You might not have - wait, she's what?" Maja double-takes as Thallus points out Melinda. "If you're here to tell us it's time to run away, we figured that out," she whispers wryly, so as not to interrupt the performance. "Rivers says if we can get back on the ship she has a plan to get us out of here. I trust her implicitly."

Before she can say anything further Bard's performance reaches a crescendo and her attention follows as inexorably as tide follows moon. The music doesn't stir the soul; it uplifts it. Maja feels an upwelling of joy as intense as her Second Breath, too intense to contain. She whoops and cheers, laughing, whirling, gripped by an insistent, irresistible, undeniable feeling that sweeps the crowd. It eclipses all sensations less intense, reducing them to pale shadows, and in that transcendent moment Maja forgets entirely that they walk in the shadow of death; were it to even cross her mind she would not for a moment believe that any beating heart would not break irreparably to interrupt something of such sublime beauty.

+ Adoration (Bard's Music) [Major]

 

[Sherwood]

With Bard's performance keeping the crowd whipped up, the rest of you are able to start slipping away. The Dynast on his massive Hound continues to force his way through the crowd, trying to get closer to you, but for now, all but Bard is able to keep your distance from him.

At this point, you can see that the numbers of people on the side streets are thinner, possibly allowing you the opportunity to move faster in your bid to get away. Or, you can stick to the main road and hope that the Dynast will not go ahead and try to attack in the midst of all these people. What do you do?

 

[Psychie]

Spider is torn between wanting to run and get to the ship, stay with Bard and help protect him, and finally, turn to face the Dynast and do her best to kill him. Seeing her Solar bond up in full view of the Dynast, she finally makes up her mind. "I'm not going to leave you by yourself. You need me to help protect you. I'm staying here."

 

[HumanPlus]

Rivers gives Spider a nod. "Agreed. I would not be able to avoid serious collateral damage fighting here". She then looks towards Thallus "Seems a waste for all of us to spend our time fighting this one enemy. Shall we attempt to delay their attempt to follow us by the river and then meet up with the others afterwards? No matter if we choose to travel by land or sea ourselves, i feel confident i could find them again."

 

[Sherwood]

As everyone is struggling to come up with a plan, Melinda says, "I can help, if you want. I can cast a spell to get four of you out of here to a location either at the docks or at the edge of the city. I just can't handle all five at once; my Essence is not that powerful. It will take me a few moments to gather up the needed energy to cast it, and it will be quite obvious that a spell is going off to the Dynast. I just need to know who is getting left behind, and where to take you."