Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

The real question is, does McAnally card presumed Archfiends?

If only there was a CoD-run bar in town, we could definitly get by while claiming to be older than their fragile mind can imagine or some such shit.
Mac is not so easy though.
Fairly sure that there are places run by white court. But we don't want to bring our low willpower friend there unless we are actually trying to bait them.

Fairly sure Thomas wouldn't recommend a place like that.
 
The real question is, does McAnally card presumed Archfiends?

If only there was a CoD-run bar in town, we could definitly get by while claiming to be older than their fragile mind can imagine or some such shit.
Mac is not so easy though.
Rosie still reads as mortal, and would probably trigger the "you are not allowed to bring your own food" rules if we go that route.

I think we have the following realistic options:
1) Harry and/or Mouse
2) Call Lydia
3) Call Cindy (possibly while also calling Lydia)
4) Maeve. Maeve. Maeve.
 
Does it happen to be DnD night for the Alphas?

[X] Alphas, friends of Harry, close to you in age and they work to keep monsters off the street near the University, they sounds really cool
 
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"No, it's actually a me thing, it is a 'me being very weird' thing in fact." As Bob had explained it flight was very hard for wizards because normally wind capable of lifting a person off the ground would also lash out at everything around said caster creating basically localized hurricane conditions. On top of that even if one could manage the flight it would make air, fire and water based evocation basically worthless because all those transmitted through the air. The spirit had concluded with: 'maybe Merlin could do it but he probably had better things to do with his power'. You of course don't have to do any of that stuff. It feels like nothing so much as releasing yourself from the bounds of Earth, like this is your natural mode of locomotion and gravity's an imposition.
Which is a interesting setting choice that we are breaking. Thematically flight is generally the thing that separates genes between street level and over the top super heroics.
 
Which is a interesting setting choice that we are breaking. Thematically flight is generally the thing that separates genes between street level and over the top super heroics.
It's interesting that flight is air manipulation. Harry does gravity manipulation regularly. Yet there's no gravity manipulation flight. I'm guessing that not many (if any) wizards are aware of general relativity and how gravity works. Maybe also look at ion propulsion. Basically, I think wizards could achieve flight, but they are brute forcing it, instead of doing something more elegant.
 
OOC: You almost got caught there which would have been an... interesting conversation. But lucky for you equal dice on stealth vs alertness means stealth holds.
We might want to get NSS if we plan on continuing to be so blatant in using our powers. Which we almost certainly are. They are too useful to not use.
It's interesting that flight is air manipulation. Harry does gravity manipulation regularly. Yet there's no gravity manipulation flight. I'm guessing that not many (if any) wizards are aware of general relativity and how gravity works. Maybe also look at ion propulsion. Basically, I think wizards could achieve flight, but they are brute forcing it, instead of doing something more elegant.

There is also the fact that flight is one of those things most likely to kill you if you do it wrong. Or ever make a mistake. Wizards with the power to hurl human bodies though the air generally don't have the fine control to do it gently and the curve for learning looks like a clift.
 
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It's interesting that flight is air manipulation. Harry does gravity manipulation regularly. Yet there's no gravity manipulation flight. I'm guessing that not many (if any) wizards are aware of general relativity and how gravity works. Maybe also look at ion propulsion. Basically, I think wizards could achieve flight, but they are brute forcing it, instead of doing something more elegant.

The problem with trying to fly with anti-gravity is that wizard magic works on an action reaction system (like tossing up a pillar of fire to frezee a lake). You need to make something heavier proportional to what you are lightening. While you could pick say the nearest streetlamp for the purpose that means you are tethered to it now which does not make for very useful flight. The ideal would be to use the whole planet, but no mortal mind can contain the whole planet as a magic sink.
 
The problem with trying to fly with anti-gravity is that wizard magic works on an action reaction system (like tossing up a pillar of fire to frezee a lake). You need to make something heavier proportional to what you are lightening. While you could pick say the nearest streetlamp for the purpose that means you are tethered to it now which does not make for very useful flight. The ideal would be to use the whole planet, but no mortal mind can contain the whole planet as a magic sink.
Maybe Harry could have used his mini Chicago to treat all of Chicago as a magic sink. Only would allow flight in the city, but that could still be useful. Of course it still runs into the step learning curve and fatality likely to result if you mess up when redirecting that much force.

Edit: Actually likely still doesn't work if he wants to fly away from the model.
 
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[X] Swing by Harry's place to pick up Mouse for a night on the town. We'll take him and Rosie out for ice cream, then just enjoy a few hours of freedom. If that also involves Mouse riding around with his head sticking out of Black Rider's sunroof, then so be it.

[X] Meet with Harry and Mouse for ice cream, or if Harry's not in the mood just with Mouse

Oh, I love this.

I do really, really want to finally go meet Rose of Autumn and start getting to know some minor talents, though. Is it possible we could do this, and then after ice cream and a bit of joyriding, ask Rosie and Mouse if they'd like to go say hi to Rose of Autumn? That way, we get to make sure that Rosie has a good time and that her night out won't be completely taken up by minor talent networking, and having the Goodest Dog along would probably help to ensure that Rose of Autumn won't freak out when we show up -- which is good for us, but more importantly, it helps ensure the meeting will be pleasant enough to be appropriate for Rosie's night on the town.
 
[X] Swing by Harry's place to pick up Mouse for a night on the town. We'll take him and Rosie out for ice cream, then just enjoy a few hours of freedom. If that also involves Mouse riding around with his head sticking out of Black Rider's sunroof, then so be it.

[X] Meet with Harry and Mouse for ice cream, or if Harry's not in the mood just with Mouse
 
[X] Swing by Harry's place to pick up Mouse for a night on the town. We'll take him and Rosie out for ice cream, then just enjoy a few hours of freedom. If that also involves Mouse riding around with his head sticking out of Black Rider's sunroof, then so be it.
 
The problem with trying to fly with anti-gravity is that wizard magic works on an action reaction system (like tossing up a pillar of fire to frezee a lake). You need to make something heavier proportional to what you are lightening. While you could pick say the nearest streetlamp for the purpose that means you are tethered to it now which does not make for very useful flight. The ideal would be to use the whole planet, but no mortal mind can contain the whole planet as a magic sink.
When I was talking about using general relativity to fly, I wasn't talking about making something lighter, oh no. I am much more ambitious. And note that the design in the link has the whole "one thing up, the other thing down" balance inbuilt.
 
When I was talking about using general relativity to fly, I wasn't talking about making something lighter, oh no. I am much more ambitious. And note that the design in the link has the whole "one thing up, the other thing down" balance inbuilt.

Most wizards young enough to even potentially have that frame of reference for that do not have the power to attempt it, but in theory that is something the newest generation of wizards could eventually do.
 
What about the Mistborn 'solution' of taking your gravity manipulation focus with you, has any wizard killed himself flinging gravity coins around. Lol such as unreasonable propulsion system if you're a mere mortal.
 
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Well, I guess I might as well just vote for it and see if it's an option that way:

[X] Swing by Harry's place to pick up Mouse for a night on the town. We'll take him and Rosie out for ice cream, then just enjoy a few hours of freedom. If that also involves Mouse riding around with his head sticking out of Black Rider's sunroof, then so be it.

EDIT: subsequent posters make good points! Scratch this bit:
[] While we're out, ask Mouse and Rosie if they'd want to tag along while we meet Rose of Autumn, and look into doing that if they do.
 
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[X] Swing by Harry's place to pick up Mouse for a night on the town. We'll take him and Rosie out for ice cream, then just enjoy a few hours of freedom. If that also involves Mouse riding around with his head sticking out of Black Rider's sunroof, then so be it.
[X] Meet with Harry and Mouse for ice cream, or if Harry's not in the mood just with Mouse


Also, working on what to say to her parents when they find out (because let's be honest, that's going to happen sooner or later).

Is there something like an Alcoholics Anonymous, but for people struggling with other drug addictions? We could say that we (meaning Molly) found something to that effect, and thought that it would be helpful for Rosie?
IDK, just spitballing here.

Might cause issues if they decide to grill her on what she did/learned there, though.
 
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I wonder if our flight works under the principles of the Alcubierre drive? After all we have plenty of negative energy.

Incidentally is flight finally something we can do better than Solars? I know that they generally didn't need to fly because they jump good.
 
Is Molly geek enough to be able to suggest this to Harry?

No, that would fall under Academics since it is a matter of physics, even if rather out there as theoretical models go

I wonder if our flight works under the principles of the Alcubierre drive? After all we have plenty of negative energy.

Incidentally is flight finally something we can do better than Solars? I know that they generally didn't need to fly because they jump good.
  1. It works on the principle of 'I am my own frame of reference'/I am vast, I contain multitudes.
  2. I do not think Solars get flight at all
 
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I'd avoid McAnallys like the plague for now. Until we have a chaperone in good standing with us.

Because someone that feels like an Unbound Demon Lord strolling into that is bound to lead to awkward misunderstandings.

Same with visiting Rosie I think. Lets keep it perfectly safe.

So Harry or Thomas.

Thomas may be problematic because I'm somewhat paranoid that Lust/Desire demon interacting with a recovering drug addict may cause issues.
 
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