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#Post#: 406--------------------------------------------------
First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: EvilSqueegee
Date: December 20, 2024, 7:22 pm
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[center]VIII[/center]
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VIII climbs into the roomy, spacious back seat of the black SUV
and rolls up the tinted windows, closing off the view from the
outside in.
“Jarvus, please take us to PMHH,” she says politely. The figure
in the front seat, whose face is juuuust out of view in the
reflection of the rear-view mirror, nods.
VIII presses a button and the window between the front seats and
a window slides up, giving the group some privacy.
“This won’t take long,” she says as the car pulls out of the
airport hangar and navigates off the tarmac and through a few
curving roads. The chauffeur drives them into a parking garage,
heading underground and pulling into a completely empty floor.
The car pulls into a parking space and shuts down. VIII climbs
out and motions for the others to follow, walking away from the
car and back the way it had driven in -- up the entrance ramp.
Her heels echo off the concrete walls of the empty parking lot.
When the group emerges, it’s colder than it was in the hangar.
They can see their breath. They aren’t where they should be.
They are, in fact, standing next to a sign that says in big bold
letters:
PORTSMOUTH MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
“Right this way,” she says, leading them into the building
through the rotating glass doors.
The Hospital is sterile, pristine, modern. White furniture with
chrome accents fill a white lobby. Beautiful nurses in white
uniforms walk through, discussing their cases and consulting
clipboards. The receptionist sits behind a white countertop,
wearing a beautifully and richly red pant-suit.
VIII, in her blue uniform, makes directly for the receptionist
and explains who they’re here to see. There’s an exchange of
hushed words and a look of recognition. VIII then turns to
Morena and Hausos, motioning for them to follow.
The hallways of this place are confusingly monotone and
everywhere looks the same as everywhere else. It’s as if entire
sections of hallways have been copy-and-pasted down on the map,
and VIII takes a circuitous route through them.
((Wits + Occult to notice that she’s actually tracing a rune on
a grid-like map as her route.))
Eventually, the trio will arrive at the padded holding cell
containing two sisters, obviously related just by looking at
them through the viewport on the door: A pair of redheads. The
floors, walls, and ceiling inside are all marked with arcane
circles.
((Int + Occult to understand what the circles do.))
((Wits + Composure. One success nets you Obscured information,
Three nets you Secret information, Five nets you Incredibly
Super Top Secret Information.))
#Post#: 408--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: crowgokek
Date: December 20, 2024, 7:47 pm
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[center] Meadow Hammersmith
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Love is a doing word.
Striking Looks[/center]
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Now, I know we didn’t go all the way to Maine in a five-minute
drive. Or, I guess we did, but the drive was not the important
part. That was smoothly done, and if I had any knowledge of the
magics involved I’d probably be even more impressed.
Right now all I can think is how cold it is. I wrap my parka
tighter and shiver a bit. I should really move south, but all
the best education is on the upper east coast.
I follow easily, having learned in med school to keep up with
doctors who have swift strides, and I note the pattern she’s
making. Clever, that. I’m not sure I could map something like
that out in my head.
The circles are wards, and peering into the room, I see the line
of salt around the edge, though they’ve masked it well. I nod
absently, biting my lip. Precaution against possession; if
they’re soulless, they’ll be vulnerable.
With a deep breath, I focus my gaze on the two figures and draw
on the magic the Circle invests into its acolytes. I see them,
everything about their physical aspect. I see no point to
looking at the Spirit; it would likely be a void in there, with
all the wards. A small sound escapes me as I see the damage that
was done to them. In the end, I have to look away, taking slow,
deep breaths.
There are times empathy and compassion are as burdensome as
remorse.
#Post#: 409--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: BIGDoor82
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:04 pm
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[center]Sam “Morena” Aronov
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I put a spell on you, and now you're mine![/center]
Thyrsus Witch | LF Witches to form a Coven
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The ride was a lot faster, weird. I figured we'd be getting on a
plane, but we just drive, and it only takes, minutes? That's
some powerful craft.
When I see my breath I pull my jacket tighter around me. "Fuck
it's cold." I say with a shiver.
Once we're inside I notice Corbin isn't with me... He's on the
ground outside, so I walk over to him. "Are you okay?" I ask the
bird. "Wards against spirits. I can't enter." I says to me in
his thick Bostonian accent. I nod to him. "Wait at the car. This
shouldn't take long." He flies off, and I go back inside.
"Sorry. Corbin's being kept out by wards." I still don't see
them... Weird.
As for the soulless? Is it bad I wished they wer...wait. I walk
over to VIII. "Maam, where are the dead being kept?" I assume
the morgue, but I don't know if it's here or not. That is
something I can do. I can speak with the dead. Why didn't I
think of that earlier? "I'd like to see the bodies." Sure,
sounds gruesome, but life isn't pretty, and death is part of it.
#Post#: 410--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: EvilSqueegee
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:10 pm
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[center]VIII[/center]
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“We never recovered any bodies,” VIII says to Morena. “They’d
been incinerated. I will go see if we can find their ashes for
you, though. Wait here and assist Hausos, I’ll be back in a
moment.”
With that, VIII heads off the way the group came.
This leaves the two mages alone, with an unlocked door to the
padded cell. The two redheads within it stare idly at the walls,
doing… nothing.
#Post#: 411--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: crowgokek
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:48 pm
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[center] Meadow Hammersmith
HTML https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qKlaNuhaJp97ZkTbFjIIfWllubVa1V7l4HqQWwqRQh4/edit?usp=sharing
Love is a doing word.
Striking Looks[/center]
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As VIII walks away, I’m chewing my lip, my blue eyes skating
between the closed door and the mage walking away. Finally, as
she turns a corner, I make a decision.
“I’m going in,” I tell Morena decisively. She can either come
with me or keep watch.
I slip in the door, stepping carefully over the line of salt and
tracing my eyes over the circles. Those wards should hold.
Walking quickly to the two patients, I kneel and look into their
faces.
“I can’t do much for you,” I tell them. “But what I can do, I
will.”
Placing one hand on each face, I tell them, “We’re trying to
find the person who did this to you. Anything you can tell me,
anything at all, might be the key to doing that. I promise you
we will do everything we can.”
It’s tempting to promise them the moon. Tempting to tell them we
would get him, and stop him. But it’s something you learn in
medicine: don’t make promises. Don’t give false hope. It can
kill as quickly, and as surely, as despair.
((Meadow rolls Presence+Empathy for 3 successes (10, 8, 4, 3, 3,
3)))
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Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: BIGDoor82
Date: December 20, 2024, 8:53 pm
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[center]Sam “Morena” Aronov
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I put a spell on you, and now you're mine![/center]
Thyrsus Witch | LF Witches to form a Coven
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Ashes will do, I think. I'm still learning Death magic, but I'm
confident it should work. So I nod when VIII leaves to go get
them for me.
When Hausos goes in I lean against the door frame and keep
watch. I listen as she speaks to them. Otherwise, I watch people
and just...listen.
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Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: EvilSqueegee
Date: December 20, 2024, 9:30 pm
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“Are you Awakened?” one of the girls asks, tilting her head.
There’s no curiosity in her voice. No… emotion. It’s inflection
is definitely a question, but there’s nothing behind it.
“I was going to Awaken,” says one.
“No you weren’t, Eleven. I was.”
“We both were, Twelve.”
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The sounds of footsteps slapping onto the linoleum floor echoes
down the hallway. Morena is soon to have visitors, it would seem
-- orderlies come rushing over to the room, but they don’t
enter.
“Are… is… they’re talking!?” one of them finally pants, bending
over and resting his hands on his knees.
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Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: crowgokek
Date: December 20, 2024, 9:41 pm
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[center] Meadow Hammersmith
HTML https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qKlaNuhaJp97ZkTbFjIIfWllubVa1V7l4HqQWwqRQh4/edit?usp=sharing
Love is a doing word.
Striking Looks[/center]
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I honestly didn’t expect much of a response, but I roll with it.
And another thing you learn in medicine.
Don’t lie.
“Yes,” I tell them. “I am called Hausos, named for an ancient
goddess of the dawn, of renewal and rebirth. I am sworn to heal,
to restore, to care for the lost and hurt and abused. And like
any healer, my first concern is to stop whatever is causing the
injury.”
I meet their eyes, looking between them, my own blue and deep
and sincere, a pair of summer skies framed by golden hair and
sun-kissed skin. I’m not unaware of the orderlies arriving, but
I can’t rush this, and I don’t dare look away or show that I
might be worried.
I am here, now, and exactly where I need to be.
#Post#: 417--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: BIGDoor82
Date: December 21, 2024, 9:06 am
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[center]Sam “Morena” Aronov
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I put a spell on you, and now you're mine![/center]
Thyrsus Witch | LF Witches to form a Coven
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--- Quote ---
> Manipulation 3 + Persuasion 1 + WP
9, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1 = 2 Success
--- End Quote ---
I push myself off the door frame to stand upright, not that that
makes me any taller. "Yes, they are, but the doctor is with them
right now, so you'll have to wait until she's done with them." I
say, blocking their way. Of course, if they wanted to, they
could easily move me. They're big ass orderlies, and I'm a 5'5''
120lb girl with no muscle strength to really speak of, but I'm a
good liar.
I look over my shoulder at at Hausos. "Orderlies are here, Doc,
in case you need 'em." I say to keep the appearance of the
charade going and give Hausos more time.
#Post#: 419--------------------------------------------------
Re: First Team 2: PMHH
DIR By: EvilSqueegee
Date: December 21, 2024, 2:07 pm
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[center]Eleven and Twelve[/center]
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“The surgeries are over with,” says Twelve, calmly.
“Both the physical and the mental,” says Eleven. “Everything’s
already healed up. We’re ready, now.”
“Do you know if he’ll be coming back to Awaken us?” asks Twelve.
“We’ve been good.”
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The orderlies catch their breath, waiting outside -- for now,
Morena has done a good job delaying them.
“They haven’t said a word since they got here,” says one of the
two orderlies. “We figured they were mute!”
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