Re: Meido (Play Thread)

[CodexGigas]

((Int+Lore or Survival))

[DagonXIII]

((KK. That will be 3 dice + 1 from excellency. 0 personal motes left. I'm would like to look for the temple of Suyra in particular.))

[The_GM]

The member 'DagonXIII' has done the following action : Dice roll

'd10' : 6, 9, 2, 3

[CodexGigas]

There were two temples to Surya in Meido, one serving as the (mostly symbolic) eastern gate of the Sacred Ward and one serving as a watchtower on the eastern wall of the city. In addition there were several public shrines in other wards, usually serving double-duty as a gate or watchtower.

[eagle788]

If your being followed Pell then maybe we should head back to one of our manses.

[DagonXIII]

Pall laughed. "I would be out of the way, but I already sold directions to some monk. Paid me enough to buy food for a couple years too." He shot Obsidian a Wild look and mouthed "Mortals don't have manses. Shh" He continued aloud, "Not like it was doing anything for me, either. I know you like to feel big an all, but I think some things are just beyond men."

"There's two temples to Surya, but I'm not sure which one we want."

[AlaskanWyvern]

Was Surya really worth it right now? There was already so much going on with travel plans that this might just slow things down. On the other hand, those other men with the bowls seemed awfully jumpy, so perhaps this was related?

"Well, let's try the closer one. I suspect that we might be able to follow a crowd once we get outside. I also suspect that our friends with the cult and the broken bowls might be behind it, whatever it is. Shall we?"

Flipper motioned to the door and reached for a leather waterskin sitting near the window. As he uncorked the bottle, an innocuous-looking dish of water near the window flowed out and into the bottle. "Is something finally going to happen?" it asked. "I'm sick of sitting here. The window's fun and all, but there's only so many times one can count the bricks in the opposite building."

"Eh, maybe?" Flipper replied. "Hopefully we won't need you to do anything, but just in case. You know."

[CodexGigas]

((Wits+Awareness on the way to the temple))

The descent through the smoke, noise, and occasional airborne noodles was unpleasant but informative. Information always lost accuracy as it moved across a city, but people seemed to be mentioning the temple on the eastern wall most frequently, something about a mendicant there just asking for trouble.

[DagonXIII]

((Has it been about an hour now? Anyway, Wits+Awa=7))

Well, if people were heading to the eastern wall, that's where he should go. He made a nudge to Flipper to express his intent, then fell back to attempt to blend into the crowd. Due to his size he normally stuck out, but there was a few things he could do.

((What would I roll to blend into the crowd?))

[eagle788]

Obsidian decides to hang back and make his way to the temple via the shadows to make sure they are not being followed. ((activating unseen wisp method)) He sees Pell drop back to blend in and decides to keep a close eye on him sense Pell thought he was being followed before.

((wits + Awareness = 7 + 4 (1e)))
((+ 3 specialty in scouting if it applies))
(( dex + stealth = 9 + 8 (1e)))

((personal 17/17 peripheral 16/26))((paid the extra mote for each))

[The_GM]

The member 'eagle788' has done the following action : Dice roll

#1 'd10' : 2, 4, 9, 10, 5, 7, 9, 10, 1, 8, 9

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#2 'd10' : 10, 2, 10

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#3 'd10' : 3, 9, 10, 9, 3, 3, 9, 4, 1, 10, 3, 9, 8, 10, 8, 1, 5

[AlaskanWyvern]

Flipper accepted the nudge and headed for the eastern wall, pulling forward slightly away from Pall and Obsidian. He didn't need to work at blending into the crowd much; since he was completely unarmed save for a utility knife, the very worst he looked like was a tourist following the action.

[DagonXIII]

((and my rolls. Dex+stealth=7))

[The_GM]

The member 'DagonXIII' has done the following action : Dice roll

#1 'd10' : 1, 6, 7, 7, 7, 5, 2

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#2 'd10' : 8, 10, 1, 3, 6, 5, 9

[CodexGigas]

((Dex+Stealth for Pall to blend into the crowd. Alternatively, Manip+Socialize to mimic the behavior of the crowd. Scouting applies if you're going ahead of the group, watching their backs doesn't))

[eagle788]

((ok ignore the 3die roll then))

[CodexGigas]

(( I still need a Wits+Awareness from Flipper, +1 stunt))

Pall and Obsidian effortlessly slipped into the crowd and the shadows, following a significant portion of the crowd headed east.

From his vantage point, Obsidian noticed a young boy following Pall and Flipper, but it didn't appear to be a conscious attempt at tracking, just eerie coincidence. He was never more than 50 yards away from them, but from the looks of it, he was too short to actually see them even from that close. By the time they reached the temple of Surya, Obsidian was sure the boy was tailing his circle members, but not deliberately and not through any means obvious to the scout.

[AlaskanWyvern]

((Right-o.))

[The_GM]

The member 'AlaskanWyvern' has done the following action : Dice roll

'd10' : 10, 7, 5, 9, 9, 6, 9, 6

[CodexGigas]

((You know that someone's watching you and Pall, but can't tell who in this crowd.))

The temple jutted from the wall, a blocky tower crowned with the five stacked roofs of a short, broad pagoda. The crowds had circled around a yeddim caparisoned in white and gold and a group of angry looking Immaculates. As Pall and Flipper got closer, they could see an extremely short cargo handler in a makeshift tabard that matched the yeddim's covering.

Despite the threatening stances of the monks confronting him, the cargo handler displayed the broad, blissful smile of the simpleminded.

He offered a string of prayer beads to the nearest monk, "Smile! Ignis Divine loves you!"

[eagle788]

Obsidian decides to keep an eye on the boy to be safe. So he stays close to the boy and makes sure no one is following him as well.

[CodexGigas]

((The crowd's all right in front of the temple, no one seems to be going in))

[eagle788]

((oh, well then))

[DagonXIII]

Ignis? That was a foolish thing to say to an immaculate. He turned to the nearest person and asked "What is going on?"

[CodexGigas]

"Whull, the yeddim wrangler there's been preachin' 'bout Sol wantin' to forgive us if we just ask, and handin' out them prayer bracelets, but some of those Realm monks came 'n told him to stop. He just keeps pluggin' those little beads though."

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