Story IX - New Horizons

New Horizons, Chapter I: the Sacred Hunt

This story begins on Monday 5/9/21, at the Seat of the Nine, with the Eye finding that some doors have been closed, but opening some new ones themselves. New allies appear, powerful enemies come into focus, and a long-deferred reunion between Linda and her long-lost daughter causes so very much turmoil both within and without the Eye. Like so many other good stories, this one's climax centers around a dance-off. The Story ends on 5/23/2011.

Chapter I, part 1 - Story 9 kicks off with an unsuccessful divination seeking Amrita, and then the group gathered at the Culver Hotel all in one place for the first time since the Great Council to plot a course ahead.

Chapter I, Part 2 - The chapter continues with the group performing the Rite of the Totem and venturing into the Penumbra of downtown Los Angeles in search of a Totem spirit. A host of firsts, and a desperate fight for survival.

Chapter 1, Part 3 - The final portion of Chapter 1.: the hunt concluded, and new discoveries made!

Chapter I Blue Books and Scenes

• Seeing the Light - (Codes: NGI, Rating: R for graphic violence). Jeremy's head trauma brings on a little psychodrama... and opens his eyes. Set in the middle of Chapter 1.
• Forks in the Road - (Codes: NGI, R. Rating: PG). 5/10/11. Ro leaves Adrienne's place to check on Eel and Joseph at the Seat of the Nine. Some fallout from the past chapter is addressed, some plans (both long and short term) are addressed, and a discussion of the Brennan/McIntyre family's awkward situation is had...
• Seat of My Pants - (Codes: NGI. Rating: PG). A planned experiment in Digital Web shenanigans gets delayed because a wild Chorister has appeared! Ro used talk! Its, uh, super effective?
• Let's Do Lunch! - (Codes: NGI, Raging: PG). 5/11/11, Wednesday. Ro talks contacts with Adrienne's mentor Oscar.

Chapter I Book-Keeping Items

Adrienne: n/a

Candace: n/a

Gabriel: n/a

Jeremy: Awakened as a Mage.

Joseph: n/a

Kalluk: n/a

Linda: n/a

Ro: n/a

Ozy: n/a

New Horizons, Chapter II: Friday the 13th

This chapter is set appropriately enough on Friday, may the 13th. The Eye and assorted allies engage in a brutal raid on the Willow Studios underground club.

Chapter 2, Part 1 - The group gathers at the Seat to plan and then execute their operation against the sketchy underground "club" at Willow Studios.

Chapter 2, Part 2 - The actual operation at Willow Studios does and does not go according to plan...

Chapter II Blue Books and Side Scenes

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Chapter II Book-Keeping Items

Adrienne: 3/5 Willpower, 1 Quintessence. Active Buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells. -2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from her rote Fight by wire)

Candace: 3/4 Rage 4/6 Gnosis 6/7 Willpower. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Gabriel: 2/7 Willpower, 1/3 Rage. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Jeremy: Last appearance as a PC - player retired after this scene. 

Joseph: 4/5 Rage, 4/5 Willpower. Active Buffs (+2 dex, +1 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Linda: 1 Quintessence, 3/5 Willpower. 4 Paradox. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes. -3 difficulty on her attacks, -3 difficulty on her damage difficulty, sensory suite for her own spells.)

Ro: Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per her spells)(-2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from Adrienne's rote Fight by wire)(She put up a spell +3 in dex or stam, spread around, 1 for aggravated soak, for 6 months (17 total successes: 4 for effect, 9 for targets, 4 to Duration 6 months. Also +3 Initiative to whole group less Hypatia for 6 months: 14 total successes 3 effect, 7 targets, 4 duration, +2 firearms from Song of Heroes)

Ozy: Active buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells)

Annabelle: Hi! 5 Blood Pool. 

New Horizons, Chapter III: Linda Vista

May 13th, 2011. This chapter covered some of the aftermath of the prior chapter, and then turned to their plans for the future regarding a new base of operations.

Chapter 3 - the troupe's late-night exploration of the abandoned hospital and mental institution, Linda Vista Community Hospital, in preparation for their play to take the place over as a base of operations. On Friday the 13th. What could possibly go wrong? We ain't afraid of no ghosts!

Chapter III Blue Books and Side Scenes

• Slumber Party - Candace takes Hypatia home for the night, basically on suicide watch over the girl's trauma, and in the process she contributes to the delinquency of a minor.
• Mother's Anguish - Gabriel, Ro, Joseph, and Linda. Joseph asks for advice from his tribemates regarding his girl, which leads to an intervention of one kind, and then another. Said intervention ends up getting rather messy, and we get a glance at the conditions under which Krissy has been living. Trigger Warning: child abuse.
• Home Front  - Adrienne returns home in the middle of the night, and has to deal with the concerns of a worried husband.
• Space-Time Topography - The Technocracy takes an interest in the activities of our intrepid alliance. Hello, Morton and Ruish!

Chapter III Book-Keeping Items

Adrienne: 3/5 Willpower, 1 Quintessence. Active Buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells. -2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from her rote Fight by wire)

Candace: 3/4 Rage 4/6 Gnosis 6/7 Willpower. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Gabriel: 2/7 Willpower, 1/3 Rage. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Joseph: 5/5 Rage, 3/5 Willpower. Active Buffs (+2 dex, +1 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes)

Linda: 1 Quintessence, 3/5 Willpower. 4 Paradox. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells, +2 firearms for the night from Song of Heroes. -3 difficulty on her attacks, -3 difficulty on her damage difficulty, sensory suite for her own spells.)

Ro: Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per her spells)(-2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from Adrienne's rote Fight by wire)(She put up a spell +3 in dex or stam, spread around, 1 for aggravated soak, for 6 months (17 total successes: 4 for effect, 9 for targets, 4 to Duration 6 months. Also +3 Initiative to whole group less Hypatia for 6 months: 14 total successes 3 effect, 7 targets, 4 duration, +2 firearms from Song of Heroes)

Ozy: Active buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells)

Annabelle: 5 Blood Pool. 

New Horizons, Chapter IV: Project LY

May 14th, 2011.

Chapter 4, Part 1 - The Eye gathers at the Seat to interrogate the captured dog-shifter and see if it has any connection to "Project LY" in hopes of actionable intelligence to help their move against NDL to rescue little Krissy Lee. Other visitors show up at NDL in the later phases of the interrogation, propelling our intrepid group into a hasty deployment. Linda's past comes home to roost, and she has had enough.

Chapter 4, Part 2 - In the immediate aftermath of the battle with Gorm and his pack of Black Spiral Dancers, a pair of Technocracy agents (Dr. Morton and Agent Rush) drop in and put a stop to things.

Chapter IV Blue Books and Side Scenes

• Stop Running - Eel's Seeking, in the middle of Chapter 4, Part 1.
• Out of Control - Morton, Rush and Saint.  Begins in the morning of May 14th, then time-skips to the evening. The Good Doctor returns after his intervention in Chapter 4, and his life rapidly grows more complicated. 
• Found Cub! Needs New Home! (alternate: GDoc link) - (Codes: NGI. Rating: PG) May 14th, just after part 2 of the chapter. Iron Rain pulls Linda aside for a hard conversation regarding what is to be done with a certain preteen werewolf.
• Shelter - May 14th, after the chapter. Adrienne, Ro and Christi on Sanctums and Nodes.
• Do No Harm - May 14th, after Shelter above, and concurrent with Dog Days, below.  Rowena enters a Seeking, to reconcile the recent bumps and obstacles that have littered her path, and new insights open up. (her Arete 5 Seeking).
• Dog Days - May 14th, after Shelter and Found Cub. Gabriel, Adrienne, Iron Rain, Joseph and Linda - Adrienne and the pack grapple with what to do about DP-115.
• Challenges - May 14th, after Dog Days. Iron Rain, Gabriel and Joseph go to the Glittering Dreams Sept and take care of some Sept and pack business, like Rites of Accomplishment, Rank Challenges... oh, and making three really big asks of the Sept leadership. 

Chapter IV Book-Keeping Items

Adrienne: 2/5 Willpower, 1 Quintessence. Active Buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells. -2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from her rote Fight by wire)

Candace: 3/4 Rage, 4/6 Gnosis, 3/7 Willpower. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, per Ro’s spells)

Gabriel: 2/7 Willpower, 2/3 Rage, 1/4 Gnosis. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells)

Joseph: 3/5 Rage, 1/5 Willpower. Active Buffs (+2 dex, +1 stam, +3 init per Ro’s spells)

Linda: 0 Quintessence, 4/5 Willpower. 8 Paradox. Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells. -3 difficulty on her attacks, -3 difficulty on her damage difficulty, sensory suite for her own spells, Mind 1 multitasking.)

Ro: 1 Quintessence, 2/6 WP, Active Buffs (+1 dex, +2 stam, +3 init, agg soak per her spells)(-2 to difficulties to dodge for a day from Adrienne's rote Fight by wire)(She put up a spell +3 in dex or stam, spread around, 1 for aggravated soak, for 6 months (17 total successes: 4 for effect, 9 for targets, 4 to Duration 6 months. Also +3 Initiative to whole group less Hypatia for 6 months: 14 total successes 3 effect, 7 targets, 4 duration)

Ozy: Active buffs (+3 stam, +3 init, agg soak per Ro’s spells)

New Horizons, Chapter V: Visiting Hours

May 14th, 2011.

Chapter 5 - After the group gets back together at the Seat, Saint and Rush come to call. Hi guys, mind if I crash with you?

Chapter V Blue Books and Side Scenes

• Peer Review - Morton's interview with the Forsyths.  May 14-15.
• Operational Security -  May 14-15 very late. Saint has a tête-à-tête with Miss Eel, where certain operational concerns become evident. And then there's that little thing with Cullan and the rest of Nu Tau Kappa...
• Ties That Bind - in two parts. One on May 14, mostly Adriene and her husband, with the second part being on the 15th with Adriene, Ro, Eel, Joseph and Gabriel gathering some intel on the Procyons and related subjects via seership and scrying.
• What the Heart Wants - May 15, morning, around brunch. Ro, Joseph, Linda and Krissy - Ro reveals her coming departure.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way From the Bank - Monday May 16, afternoon. Iron Rain goes downtown to take care of business, and notices something amiss. The gang gets involved via text.
• Respect Your Elders - Tuesday May 17th. Gabriel goes to his Ancestors for advice.
• Anna Ever-Burning - A new Fang arrives in town.

New Horizons, Chapter VI: Gonna Make You Sweat

Saturday, May 17, 2011. Night

Chapter 6, Pt. 1 - The fateful night of the Glittering Dream Sept's moot. The entire Eye and some allies come by invitation to the auditorium for a very special evening and an awful lot of introductions, arguing and dancing. Anna comes on the scene and makes some waves.

Chapter 6, Pt. 2 - The latter part of the moot and the after-party. Anna takes an interest in where things go from here.

Chapter VI and Story End Blue Books and Side Scenes

• Call With Oscar -  May 17, 2011. - short discussion between Adriene and her Mentor.
• Rat Fink - May 17, 2011 - Isaac makes an appearance at the Moot, and shows an interest in the Procyons, in Hang Fire, and the Eye.
• Space Wolves - May 17, 2011 - Morton and Moon Shot after the Moot. Things are set in motion.
• Story 9 Epilogue 1 -  May 18, 2011. The Eye (and Anna) gather at the Seat to interview DP-115 some more and debate the way ahead.
• Story 9 Epilogue 2 - We Ain't Afraid of No Ghost! - May 19th (morning). The Eye goes to Linda Vista to evict a few Specters and close the hole they got in through. Things get a little tense.
• Erebus? -  May 19th, 2011 (Thursday afternoon) - Wherein Ro attends the ceremonial investiture of Hypatia as a Master, and picks a gaggle of high ranking Hermetic brains on the subject of a certain Umbral Realm... 
• Mistakes Were Made -  May 23rd, 2011 (Monday) - After the Disney weekend, some of the Eye returns to Linda Vista and finds Anna still there, having been tidying up. Architects arrive to start their thing, but more importantly to us, Adriene has a request regarding Félicité... and Anna has a group of very distinguished visitors from the OC.
• Story 9 Epilogue 3 -  May 23rd, 2011 (Monday), afternoon/evening - Iron Rain catches up with Robert Anderson, and Isaac comes asking around.