I hate to say it, but god moves in mysterious ways.
You propably can't force him to act due to a technicality, unlike Mab.
I suppose. As much shit as the fey (rightfully) get for the whole technically the truth thing, there's something to be said for the dependability of their contract law.
Who says these aren't his business hours? I mean, when talking to shen he was certainly acting in his capacity as the Knight. And the situation does warrant a Knight being sent. I am fairly sure the angel in his sword is all for keeping an exaltation out of Kakuri's hands.
I was under the impression that right now we had Micheal, father who happens to have a sword, rather than Micheal, Knight of the Cross.
I'm not sure what the Angel wants actually matters. It looks to me like they're locked down even worse than the fallen in the coins as part of the rules lawyering Uriel is doing to interfere in the first place.
On that subject though, I'm tempted to try doing something nice for the sword-angels he we have some free time. They've given up a lot, and been through some serious shit, to help innocent people.
What do you even do for a being like that though? Make a sheathe with its wielders' names on the inside? Something to let them talk? A nice whetstone?
Any sane being that knows what an Exaltation is will want to keep it out of the hands of anyone who would abuse its power. Those things are the greatest magical superweapons ever built, you don't want that in the hands of anyone you don't trust if you have literally any other option.
An interesting side note here is the timing of all this. DF mantles all have their own personal rules, but most of them also state you can kill the bearer and potentially take them for yourself on Halloween.
If you're hunting something you don't really understand and want to be sure, then working with the most general possible rules would be tempting. As far as we know it wouldn't make a difference, but it's interesting that they were willing to wait this long and don't go for that potential advantage.
Adding it in then.
In real life it was fair to mostly cloudy, if that matters.
[X] Plan: using what we know v 0.4
-[X] Spend as much time as possible dispersed in a bleach bottle while traveling and not otherwise occupied to restore your essence levels
-[X] Have Michael call Charity and get her to call the school and excuse us for a day
-[X] Ask questions to get a better understanding of the situation
--[X] Using the video recordings of 12 wan kuei we have:
---[X] "Who among the forces of Kakuri sent on this mission is planning to use your power to free themselves of Emma-O?" If the question reveals that at least one of the traitors was caught on camera, use their recordings for the next questions
--[X] "How are the ones trying to escape Emma-O's grasp through this mission plan to accomplish this?"
---[X] "What are the ways to contact those planning to escape Emma-O's grasp through this mission without alerting those who are loyal to Emma-O?"
---[X] "How do the forces assigned to this mission fight (what are their fighting styles and abilities?"
---[X] "what are the abilities of the Kakuri's Will on Earth"
---[X] "What are the kakuri forces' plans for the day up to the planned confrontation with us"
-[X] Get Harry in an attempt to turn the ley line trap around
--[X] Make him take Mouse with him as a bodyguard
--[X] Call Thomas and ask (not order) to also go with Harry
--[X] If he needs your help, set up a meeting for after you drop Bùshì Tùzǐ off. He can start researching now.
-[X} Call Maria and ask her to make the weather as sunny as possible. You'll be willing to pay for any reagents and other expenses, and a hefty bonus on top of that if she tries.
-[X] Have your Cyberdevils track the plans for South Works Steel Mill.
-[X] Get Bùshì Tùzǐ to safety, it might give away the game, but making sure she does not get another visit from the Akuma is more important
--[X] To the Last Station
-[X] Contact the traitors. In exchange for turning on their comrades, and bending the knee, without surrendering their souls, you'll extend your protection and guard them against Kakuri's wraith
--[X} Excellencies to negotiate as appropriate
-[X] Enough playing around, as soon as your preparations are complete and essence is recovered, go straight to South Works and clear out the enemy
--[X] Coordinate with SI and Harry the timing, so your assault coincides with his disruption
--[X} Make and distribute images of enemy forces to SI and explain how they are not equipped to fight those and should avoid contact at all costs. If needed, use TTC.
On the plan:
If we're not going to take the Jade dogs we should still tell them to get ready for trouble, especially if we're going to stash Tuzi there. It's possible someone could try to go after her or them.
Also probably worth getting some olive oil and having Molly periodically anoint herself. If we're in crisis mode then the modifier matters more than looking weird. Ideally we'd make some equipment to hide it, but we're pressed for time.
I also think it'd be worth considering how we want to take out the vampire den. I'd rather not charge in ourselves first if we can help it.
A cyber devil in a delivery truck smashing the walls down would be a nice entry point, and an excuse for the cops to keep people away.
If we prepare some thermite in advance, which is very simple to do, we could make it even less pleasant.
We could extend that in other ways too. If we're fighting on multiple fronts, then some confusion could help us.
Having some cyber devils cause messy but nonlethal crashes at the other locations we know they're using at the same time would make it harder for them to move around and respond.
