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Player37 | Yes. |
DM | "Hands?" |
Player7 | (laughs) (laughter) |
DM | "It is within my esteem and authority of Candela Obscura to forge this circle, the circle of--" What are you naming your circle? What have you decided previously? (laughs) |
Player833 | The Circle of the Vassal and the Veil. |
DM | You feel almost like you're holding every hand in this circle. |
Player37 | Whoa. |
DM | "Well." |
Player833 | You'll get used to it. |
DM | Do us proud." |
Player37 | Okay. |
DM | We need no heroes." |
Player37 | Oh, okay. |
DM | Puts her coat back on, pulls out a thick cigar, and lights it and kind of-- "Let me know what you find when you're done." Gives you a nod and she leaves out of the chamber, leaving the four of you to (laughs) catch up a bit, if you'd like. |
Player833 | (sighs) |
Player37 | H-H-How do you all know each other? |
Player833 | And you, I wish you weren't here. |
Player7 | Well, that's not very kind, Charlie. |
Player833 | However, if he is going to be with any circle, I would rather he be with mine. |
Player641 | Secrets at the outset? I like it. |
Player833 | Mm. |
Player7 | Did you work at the Sight Unseen? |
Player37 | Yeah, I've been-- W-W-We met-- |
Player833 | In a manner of speaking. |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player833 | Yes. |
Player37 | I've known Charlie since I was about 10. |
Player7 | Wow. |
Player833 | So. |
Player37 | So what do you do? You go out and then you-- |
Player7 | Oh, yes. |
Player37 | How does this even work? |
Player7 | So this happened at his apartment? That's what the envelope said? |
Player37 | I go in there and he's sitting by his furnace, and we're filling it up to get warm, and then he puts in a piece of charcoal and then it just explodes and everything's blue and there's ice, and-- |
Player641 | Did you say blue? |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player641 | Everything as in...? |
Player37 | It had a hue. |
Player641 | An energy? |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player641 | That was blue. |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player7 | I don't think that was charcoal. |
Player37 | I was outside of my body and I saw my body and then, and then I woke up, and all those people were there and Donald was gone. |
Player641 | Hmm. |
Player7 | So they were still there when you left? |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player833 | (sighs) We might be too late. |
Player37 | Aaron-- |
Player641 | We're familiar. |
Player833 | Yes. |
Player37 | No good? |
Player641 | Mm. |
Player833 | Did Donald have any other friends, relations, people that you knew of? To ask the obvious question, any enemies? |
Player37 | Not that I can think of, I mean, he was just a normal guy, and his sister was coming to town. |
Player7 | When? |
Player37 | I don't know, I just, that she was coming soon. |
Player7 | And he lived in The Steel, correct? |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player7 | Do you know where he did his shopping? |
Player37 | Oh, yeah, yeah, because sometimes I would help him out. |
DM | He'd occasionally go shopping, and there's different marketplaces around here, fairly simple, but anything specifically, he had friends that used to work in the industry, or adjacent to it that would just find what he needed for a good price. |
Player37 | I was one of them. |
Player833 | And you've never met any of them? |
DM | Not really. |
Player37 | Not well enough. |
Player7 | We should probably go home. |
Player833 | (laughs) I saw you dive to check, by yourself to check on this particular material we found on the young man. |
Player7 | Yes. |
Player833 | I suspect this is not your first circle working with, right? |
Player7 | Oh no, actually, professor and I have worked together before. |
Player833 | Oh, wonderful. |
Player641 | Yeah, truly you are-- |
Player7 | You're so kind. |
Player641 | But yes, we've had some experience in this department. |
Player833 | In that case, I don't need to warn you not to do that again, do I? |
Player7 | Thank you, Charlie. |
Player641 | Young man, do you have any education, by any chance? Did you go to school? |
Player37 | I mean, yeah, I have, I had education on, oh, on the street. |
Player641 | Oh, sure. |
Player833 | Oh, your education goes far beyond book smarts. |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player641 | Are you familiar with the term, a hypothesis? Do you know it? |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player641 | Great, I'll help you, but obviously you know, and it's like a educated guess. |
Player37 | Yeah. |
Player641 | Before you have all of the information. |
Player37 | Did you also need some help pulling that stick out of your ass? |
Player7 | (laughs) |
Player641 | Oh! (laughs) |
Player37 | Because I actually know what a hypothesis is. |
Player641 | Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult your intelligence, or knowledge. |
Player833 | (skeptical noise) |
Player641 | So, if you had one for this particular scenario that you experienced tonight, what do you think happened? Was it the charcoal? |
Player37 | (scoffs) I don't know, I don't-- |
Player833 | Do you remember anything that wasn't as it should be when you were there at that moment with Donald? |
DM | So make a Focus test for me. |
Player37 | Okay. |
Player7 | How's your Focus? |
Player37 | I got one, so that means I roll how many again? |