Catching up.
COMMENTARY
-So extraterrestrial life. None of which has been to Earth, or has any relevance to Earthside affairs afaik.
-The life thing basically is Catholic/Christian creation myth, with a sidepiece of the Flood destroying the nephilim.
People focusing on the jaguars thing as a sign of Mesoamerican significance are missing the fact that its very similar to the Flood myth of the Old Testament, and several other cultures as well.
Murdering the Red Court is certainly on our list of things to do; this doesnt really change anything there.
-Brown University. Over in Rhodes Island.
Founded in 1794.
Exactly the sort of information I expect that would be in the supernatural grapevine anyway.
Perhaps Im being a little grumpy, but I still think we burned questioms to no real utility.
At least the QM had fun.
Now that we have all of those coordinates for the locations of life throughout the universe, could we conceivably reach some of them using the NeverNever as a shortcut? If possible, it seems like something that would require us to delve incredibly deep into the NeverNever, so the danger would probably be appropriately outrageous. A long-term stretch goal if there ever was one, years from now when we're powerful enough to want to explore a bit further afield than our own cosmic backyard.
The use of a base 8 numbering system implies there's at least some intelligent life, but that doesnt mean that there's technological life, or carbon-oxygen life. An Avatar-style intelligent ecology like Pandora would be life. Space whales grazing on the currents of solar wind would be life. A society of energy life forms on the surface of a star would still be life.
All of which would be fascinating in an intellectual sense, and none of which have any relevance to us in the next couple of decades.
This seems workable. I mean you would still have to pay for the power, but you could certainly draw it and it would take a hell of a lot less time than figuring out how to plug a microwave into the Dragon Line.
Much more prudent to arrange taps into physically adjacent power lines, I think, than to try to arrange a dedicated line from a property that can be linked to our civilian identity. Especially since there are hard limits to what energy draw is reasonable in a residential or light industrial neighborhood.
Then diversify power sources next time we upgrade the Dragons Nest to Tier 2.
I mean, Last Station is historically, structurally, and more importantly, thematically linked to the Chicago rapid transit train system, which runs on 600 volt direct current. Molly can pull power from there and it would probably be well within the margin of error of routine power losses.
Peak electricity use of the Empire State Building around 2010 was allegedly 9.5MW according to Scientific American.
We can come in much, much, much lower than that.
I'm really starting to get into that "God is an overgrown Siddie" theory.They must be pretty careful right now, another Exalted showing up, one very hard to manipulate via Fate, can be a big asset, but could also ruin the whole deal.
Doubt that very much.
Sids dont wield the sort of power that angels do, let alone the White God.
2) Murphy's armor we should be making. So, barring magical materials, the strongest and lightest material we are likely to use is carbon based (carbon nanotubes, diamonds, etc). The strongest mystical carbon we are likely to get would be willingly sacrificed human ashes. We should aim for ones with the strongest resonance to Murphy. What does this mean in practice? If I was disregarding social issues, I would aim for Murphy's father's ashes (with Lydia talking to his ghost to get his agreement). However, that's basically impossible. Plus he's a suicide victim, so his ghost might be in hell (rescue him as a favor to Murphy? Something to think about).
1)That does not follow. Dresdenverse craft isnt big on the use of human remains.
Neither is Exalted actually; ghosts and souls sure, but human ashes no.
Dunno WoD well enough to speak definitively.
Regardless of which, Karrin certainly isnt going to be thrilled to be wearing her father's corpse.
Nor will her family be enthused that someone desecrated the grave and made off with the body.
Not exactly Balenciaga.
2)Captain Jack Murphy allegedly committed suicide. Whether that was suicide or "suicide" has never been addressed in the story.
Nevertheless, as of Ghost Story his soul was explicitly working for Uriel's shop in some sort of covert ops halfway house for the dead who werent ready to pass on to the afterlife proper. Dresden met him.
He's not in Lydia's jurisdiction. His ghost isnt floating around to be summoned.
3)Until we have Exalted Crafting or Enchantment?
We actually cant make any armor for Murphy thats better than her standard kevlar vest for day to day work.
Thought it was stated they had them sealed away, but the gods were still alive.
Most likely caught them in a vulnerable position, and used magic to seal them away.
The RPG and part of Changes imply the gods are alive, just imprisoned.
It's really not as it's a very easily exposable thing which our enemies could use patsies to poke holes at. We can win the lottery then go into different businesses.
If you're not passing synthetic stones off as natural and are paying your taxes, there's literally nothing to poke at.
Thats precisely why we voted to simply claim to be selling synthetics.
Do not mistake a preference for a low profile for actual legal liability.
COMMENTARY
-North Lawndale is 90% black, with a median household income of $26k.
en.m.wikipedia.org
-Basically, this place is poor as shit.
White blonde Molly with her hundred kay Merc sportscar are going to stand out like a cassocked priest in a whorehouse.
Very high chance of breakins, or activities masquerading as breakins, if any rumors about diamond testing get out.
Im halfway expecting someone to try to steal our car tires, like how Jason Todd first met Batman.
-$20k cash for a four thousand foot facility? With a parking lot?
Asbestos or not, either the seller is desperate, or Thomas is a very smooth talker.
Maybe both.
-The cameras are gone? Yeah, I have questions about who owns this place now,
That, and the fact that the steel table on which the body was allegedly dismembered wasnt confiscated and in police forensics is very much a sign that the fix is in.
Im betting that because we are buying this place through Thomas, they are unaware of any limks between the new buyer and the Greene case. I really want the receipts and financial records of the person or corporate entity who owned this facility before us.
-The perpetrator was either a shapeshifter or an illusionist. Could put up a veil.
Made sure that Greene died in agony over ten seconds or less, which suggests either animus or sadism; a victim taken by surprise should have died without even knowing what happened.
This sounds very much like Greene got murdered by one of the fetches from Proven Guilty.
Alternatively, a Malvora-adjacent Whampire, assuming that there was one with magic capabilities. Or a wizard.
But probably a fetch.
So uh, why do we want to talk to the widow? Is it just out of abstract desire to do what seems right, or is there something we are planning to get out of it? Because from my perspective it looks like we would be causing her extra grief for no real purpose.
Because Molly gets her best information face to face.
If the dude was murdered under a veil in his own backyard, either his wife didnt notice any blood in their backyard, it was cleaned up before she got home, or she cleaned it up. All are important pieces of information.
