Ah right you can do that. I don't think the notion that you do not want to flare in public is at all controversial so I will be making that change. With that said Vote closed.
Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
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Ah right you can do that. I don't think the notion that you do not want to flare in public is at all controversial so I will be making that change. With that said Vote closed.
- Location
- Brazil
That's right, it's better to use willpower.
Arc 8 Post 17: In a Flash Revealed
In a Flash Revealed
10th of November 2006 A.D.
Adrenaline hits your bloodstream almost as quickly as you burn Essence, power unfolding like a flower made of steel as Dark Sun fans open on your left hand "Sniper, two o'clock" you bark, moving to put your shield and body between the sniper's line of sight and your companions, the light rain kissing your skin like an old lover. But even as you move, your right hand comes up in a straight line between you and the hitman, and with an effort of will you strike.
Lost 2 Essence (MHM and Occult Excellency) -> Now at 9/15
Lost 1 Willpower (ATB) -> Now at 8/9
For all its ethereal nature the attack is far more swift than it is subtle, yanking the man upwards to ruin his aim and then pressing in the sides of his throat until it cuts off the flow of air and conveniently enough also his ability to scream as you slide him down into an alley with a snap of your fingers. He looks young, is your first thought, light brown hair cut shoulder length and tied off with a bandana, dark eyes widening in panic and pain. As his hands go slack you cradle the gun in the same 'package'.
"Molly what the...!" Harry could not have sounded more shocked if it had been him you had knocked out. Even though the tone is far from approving it is gratifying to hear him sound so impressed.
"He's fine, just choked out," you say as you set the man gently down covering him with some cardboard and old newspapers
"Three points," Thomas chuckles darkly
"Molly, he could be human!" Harry hisses.
You almost get out an 'And?' before your head catches up to the rest of you. He is worried about you breaking the First Law and never mind that your power isn't mortal, that the Laws hold no sway over them. That is certainly not a point you should be making now. "He's just bruised, cross my heart."
For her part Liz looks less shaken than Harry, if not as carefree as Thomas so you are about to head off to see what you had caught you notice the curtains shift at one of the windows across from the roftop... a man lowering a camera. He must have been filming the sunset or something.
Darn, darn, darn!
What do you do?
[] Point out to Harry, he will be able to hex the camera into slag
[] Use Hollow Mind Possession on the camera so you can more subtly remove the incriminating footage then dive into a puddle with Rendered Villain Dispersal
[] Ask Thomas to go up there and persuade him to hand over the camera
[] Write in
OOC: I was not expecting you guys to make that perception check but you did so given that you are a single mote from flaring I think this warrants another vote despite how short the update is
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- Location
- washington
Probably not the time but we do kinda need to make it clear in harrys head that most of the laws of magic aren't exactly something we can break as their human magic specific. Heck they don't even apply to scions and such. Much less what we have. Given it still applies for outsiders and probably time travel not that we could time travel ourselves I doubt the qm would ever allow it not to mention nothing we have naturally allows it. Though time does vary in the nevernever wonder if there's anywhere in there you could walk in then walk out slightly before going in. Probably not. Definitely places you can go in for days and come out minutes or a month later though.
@DragonParadox, quick question - do we see any ambulances, medical equipment, power transformers etc around? Ie stuff that would be slagged should Harry use techbane? Other than the camera.
No ambulances, but transformers and such are more likely to be inside the building so you cannot say for certain if any are in range.
- Location
- Germany
[X] Use the already active MHM to smash the camera
Let's move on.
Let's move on.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
Exposed film erases itself if exposed to light.
- Location
- washington
Eh Harry's powerful but it's almost always safe for him to be near but outside buildings. Should worry more about street lights and vehicles and such if he's going full blast but not inside unless it's like hang up stuff or the entrance itself is technological.
Edit: even going full blast if not specifically targeted I don't remember almost anything a full block away from him being affected.
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We desperately need to check if he was an accomplice. Because I can see that. A sniper and a person documenting the crime. If this is the fanatics, they might be using this as propaganda. Either to show that "the demonspawn" can be killed, or to record the magic use for recruiting purposes.
So
[X] Ask Thomas to go up there and persuade him to hand over the camera
-[X] Have him check if the man is a random witness or an accomplice. If he's a random witness, convince them they witnessed something mundane, like a movie being filmed. If he's an accomplice, detain him for questioning and signal you
[X] See if you can identify sniper's getaway vehicle
-[X] If it's identified and starts getting away, have Harry hex it / stop it.
[X] Yog
This is a very fair point, especially since, from a meta perspective, "man with the camera" had a lot of dice to roll for a random civilian.
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fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
[X] Ask Thomas to go up there and persuade him to hand over the camera
[X]Yog
[X]Yog
[X] Ask Thomas to go up there and persuade him to hand over the camera
-[X] Have him check if the man is a random witness or an accomplice. If he's a random witness, convince them they witnessed something mundane, like a movie being filmed. If he's an accomplice, detain him for questioning and signal you
[X] See if you can identify sniper's getaway vehicle
-[X] If it's identified and starts getting away, have Harry hex it / stop it.
-[X] Have him check if the man is a random witness or an accomplice. If he's a random witness, convince them they witnessed something mundane, like a movie being filmed. If he's an accomplice, detain him for questioning and signal you
[X] See if you can identify sniper's getaway vehicle
-[X] If it's identified and starts getting away, have Harry hex it / stop it.
Since we didn't kill him does the evidence even matter?
It's not like any mundane is going to buy that a photo of us pointing at a dude who's floating in the air is actually real, and with Dresden around and capable of truthfully testifying we didn't break the Laws the council only tangentially gives a crap.
Depends on if he's a plant or not. Services like Dropbox existed by this point, so if they're competent and tech savvy it could already be backed up.
If that's the case it could already be downloaded by a partner and beyond the reach of even HMP. They might not be that tightly wound though, so there's still a chance we can get it if this was a setup.
If he's not a plant then destroying his stuff is unnecessary and potentially risks more exposure.
Since we need to verify either way we and a flare would be suboptimal we might as well start with Thomas.
We should restrain and disarm the guy while we can. Hollywood lies about how choking people out works; if we didn't do permanent brain damage he's going to be at least groggy within the first minute or so after blood flow resumes to his brain. Probably on the shorter end of that.
How active and belligerent he is will vary based on how tough he is, but we can't treat him as harmless quite yet.
We have Liz as spare hands to use, and it only needs to last for a few minutes anyway, so having her tie him up with his belt then empty his pockets would probably be fine.
That also frees up Molly to focus on defending against follow up shots or something if we need to.
[X] Yog
- Location
- Germany
Actually, protecting the masquerade is not our job, we did nothing criminal on camera and these kinds of things are usually considered fakes anyway when they go public.
We don't have to do anything about this.
[X] Move on
We don't have to do anything about this.
[X] Move on
I really don't want to involve her, though. Thomas, Harry and us are trained combatants. Maybe use MHM to tie him up? Right now, if the witness is a random witness and not an accomplice, she's not really connected to this.
Still, fair point on restraining the sniper. Also, depending on who they are, this might well be something we can get Murphy to help with - if the sniper is a human, and there are fingerprints on his rifle ( @DragonParadox is the sniper wearing gloves?) that should be something SI could use to hold him.
It's not about the masquerade. It's about our enemies getting more intelligence on us.
[X] Have Liz get back inside and out of potential firing lines
[X] Ask Thomas to go up there and persuade him to hand over the camera
-[X] Have him check if the man is a random witness or an accomplice. If he's a random witness, convince them they witnessed something mundane, like a movie being filmed. If he's an accomplice, detain him for questioning and signal you
[X] See if you can identify sniper's getaway vehicle
-[X] If it's identified and starts getting away, have Harry hex it / stop it.
[X] Restrain the sniper using MHM so we don't leave fingerprints
-[X] Have Clippy run facial recognition on him.
EDIT: Added Clippy running facial recognition on the sniper
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The sniper is indeed wearing gloves
So, not a complete amateur.
We should be thinking what to do with them. There are basically two routes:
1) If we confirm they are human, call the f*cking police (i.e. Murphy).
2) Move to extra-judical justice, stuff him in the trunk of our car and move to where we can interrogate him. The downside is that we pretty much will have to kill him afterwards.