Arc 11 Post 46: Whispers of a Hidden Sun
Whispers of a Hidden Sun
12th of January 2007 A.D.
Three questions come to mind one after another, three flashes of fire in eyes unseen: 'What are the plans of the perpetrators of the events talked about here for the next twenty four hours?'
Attempting to infiltrate the temple of Ra the Descending, using the insights Mayeda was able to gain from the doubtful pallbearer, Lavender Fischer.
So he's alive then, you breathe an inward sigh of relief. An incubus who can work with a woman like Arlene is rare and worthy of rescue for his own sense. Yet if he is alive and had agreed to work with the Black Court Vampire why let the timer run out on delivering the box to the temple? Maybe he's being compelled.. The rest of it is if begs even more questions, the only name in the lineup that makes any sense to you is Ra, the sun god of Ancient Egypt, but 'the Descending' is not one of his titles referring to one's congregation as pallbearers raises all kinds of red flags.
Head lowered as if in deep thought you turn your attention to the letter you ask again: 'Where can I find the one to which this was addressed?'
A barrage of images assaults the senses: glitz and glamor, lights behind glass, lights under the waters of man-made canals, gondolas pass like shadows in the night, bearing the great and the wicked of Vegas about their affairs, La Serenissima writ small, veiled in beauty and armed with daggers sharp. There in the distance, a single Gondola moves carrying a pair of passengers, one fidgeting nervously, the other still as a corpse. Their gondolier does not wear the blue and white uniform but a long sweeping cloak and out from under it a skeletal hand is raised expectantly—the Venetian Canals.
The place where he had been summoned, the place where the other incubus had been slain, that at least makes sense. Though why would a supossed neutral place shelter something as dangerous and as corrosive to the balance of the city as a vampire of the Black Court? As you pick up the bullet and weight it in hand you give the others a small nod, 'I've got something'.
"What was the ultimate reason this bullet was fired?"
This at least carries no surprises: A warning and a threat.
Lost 3 Essence -> Now at 11/15
So we're dealing with a straightforward ambling cadaver, how refreshing. With that thought you pick up the rat skull and in as innofensife a tone as one can manage given the circumstances say: "I'm going to take this if that's OK to commune with its spirit."
Arlene's gaze sharpens to suspicion just as you had expected, but not at you, at Harry.
"It's just a rat," he says, managing not to sound too defensive.
For her part the priestess shrugs expansively as though dismissing a matter of little import. And we can believe that as much as we want to.
What do you do next?
[] Continue on with the plan, question the rat head to the Venetian Canals
[] Try to figure out who the Pallbearers of Ra Descending are, these people have a Black Court Vampire gunning for them
-[] Ask Arlene, she probably knows more, though it might raise the question of why you are asking about that now
-[] Ask Mutt, if he knows he'll tell you, but it's anyone's guess if he was paying attention
[] Write in
OOC: Really short, but given the information you guys got I wanted to give you the option to ask Arlene or for that matter question other sources about what you just found out before heading into what might be a confrontation with a vampire.
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