Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

6th of July 2006 A.D.

You think about it for a moment, not just taking it of course, but maybe you could talk to mom about it. Distantly you can hear Hank crying in the kitchen, probably about not wanting to drink his milk again because he does not have the right cereal to go with it. Nope, mom does not have the time for this. Especially not after all the trouble I made, you think guiltily.

A few moments later you find the gloves, motorcycle gloves you think Daniel had worn them for Halloween three or four years ago, but they fit you just fine and the dark leather goes well with the black well everything you are wearing. You get into the Beige Wagon turn the key and flip off the air conditioning you will likely never need again. The little Toyota Echo your dad had gotten you when you passed Driver's Ed was nice and you are grateful and all, but you would really like it if your parents let you paint it a less boring color than the one it had come with. Gift horses and dental check-ups Molly, you remind yourself, briefly confusing Usum. Not everyone gets a car when they are sixteen.

In fact the only reason you got this one was your dad helping out a guy who owned a dealership in Des Moines with something nasty. You do not know what it was, but you do know it had been 'off the clock' and nothing to do with what Dad had been sent to Iowa to do because mom had been upset over the risks he had taken. The guy had insisted in giving dad a good deal on a car to drive home with hence Beige Wagon. She was really cute and the number of jawas who fit inside was strictly limited so you only had to drop off Alicia at Saint Vincent along the way.


"Don't punch anyone I wouldn't punch Leech," you call as you roll in front of the school.

"So like most of the school?" she snickers. "You know the Sisters still talk about you like you the boogieman or something, the sorts of things you used to do to your uniform not to mention those magazines you brought to school."

"There's a reason I go to public school now and it isn't for the cafeteria food let me tell you," you roll your eyes. "Four years in there and you'll get sick of it too."

"Did you actually smoke on school grounds?" she asks, lowering her voice her voice such that you could probably hear it further.

"No." After a moment you add. "I may have been the lookout for some girls who did. Pro tip, its a thankless job and they will sell you out to the principal when, not if they get caught."

"Right I'll keep that in mind if any of my friends take up smoking," she giggles at the thought.

It's more likely she thinks. If there is one thing going to Saint Vincent had taught you it's that whoever had thought single gender education was more virtuous or somehow less distracting to the students had clearly never met a teenager in their lives, or possibly another human being. The bigger the list of rules is the less likely any of them are to be followed. There is a reason you think that even God stopped at Ten Commandments.

After ducking down a few side-streets and getting yelled at by some asshole who really needed to be at his destination thirty seconds earlier and to heck with road safety you make it to school fifteen minutes earlier than usual on account of the whole 'waking with the sun' thing.

Lakeview High was one of those late nineteenth century red brick buildings with the pretensions of being a lot older and grander, like whoever paid for it had seen an postcard from an Ivy League College once and said 'make it look like that with the funny towers.' What invading army it would need crenelations to guard against is anyone's guess


"There are all manner of powers loose in the city, surely guarding the bright souls of the young from them is worth some considerations," Usum whispers in your thoughts, an uncomfortably reasonable reminder.

The moment you get out of the car you realize this might have been a mistake as the bustling crowd of students making their way part around you wide-eyed and muttering.

What if anything do you tell your friends about your absence and how you have changed?

[] Nothing, they are safer not knowing

[] Talk about the attack at Splattercon!!! that was in the news right? (Charisma+Subterfuge)
-[] Write in stunt optional

[] Hint at the truth, see if they bite, ignorance certainly did not protect you (Charisma+Empathy)
-[] Write in stunt optional

[] Write

OOC Between dropping in appearance due to the spooky factor and the aura of frost you had to roll straight appearance on your one die not to draw any looks as these are kids who see you every weekday. If you had perform you could have rolled that plus appearance and sort of acted out 'I'm normal' but you do not. On the plus side it's not a botch.