Why do they need to expedite resources to make something up, when a perfect opportunity is right here, and their operations are entering a time-critical stage?
Because you want a urgent response.
Like I've pointed out, the Las Vegas police have an actual record for ignoring high profile cases for two decades.
And even normal mundane police cases by diligent detectives can take months to build.
Police work is not like TV.
If you arent caught in flagrante delicto, and the cops dont have evidence that you are about to commit a crime, the police are going to need to do investigative work, build a case, take it to a judge or grand jury and get an indictment.
They cant just pull you off the street and into a cell, at least not legally.
And certainly not if you are someone with the money or pull to make a fuss about legality.
Las Vegas, for all its issues, does not have the law enforcement issues of the backwaters of the Deep South, and a party of mostly sympathetic white-presenting wealthy women are a horrible legal target for any prosecutor or DA.
Mental defenses weren't mentioned in the rules, and we successfully affected MIchael.
Michael doesnt have innate perfect defenses.
At least two people here do.
One: By the text of the charm, Molly interacting with them voids the Charm's effects on them.
If she tells them to wait for her a couple blocks away, by the text and apparent intent of the charm, they will remember.
Two: At least two members of our party have UMI defences against this sort of fuckery.
Lydia is an Exalt, has Willpower 10, and has both Thoughts of Oak and Righteous Lion Defense.
Thoughts of Oak Defense (••)
The Exigent solidifies her desire and duty, pushing away any externally-imposed thoughts or feelings.
System: Reflexively spend 1 Essence to utterly reject all thought and emotion-altering magic from a specific character or source for the rest of the scene.
Righteous Lion Defense (•)
The Exigent feels the call of duty and family in her Essence and will not be swayed from her path.
System: Any attempt to cause or force the Exigent to betray, undermine, or abandon her Intimacies automatically fails
Lash is a Demon, has
Willpower 8, and has
Resistance to Illusion as part of her innate powers.
Demonic Powers
Immunity to Mind Control and Possession
Resistance to Illusion: Demons can always roll Perception+Awareness (Dif 7) if in the presence of any illusions or supernatural concealment. If the roll is successful they see through the artifice.
Resistance to Lethal Damage: The demon can soak lethal damage while in the Apocalyptical Form
Healing: Spend one Faith point to heal either one level of Lethal Damage or all Bashing Damage, this takes a turn of full concentration without other actions
Supernatural Awareness: The demon can always roll Perception+Awareness (Dif 7) to notice the spritual feeling of a place and to notice nearby magical effects, demonic power etc. Weaker than the Sight, but constant
I expect both of them to see through it, especially if Molly tells them she's about to do it.
Harry is a Mage, has Willpower 8, plus either an Intimacy or a Merit that occasionally raises his effective Willpower to 11 and the mental defences to survive Sighting a naagloshii.
So similar chances.
Our party is largely made up of the occult one percenters of this setting.
Stuff other people dont even get a roll for, they will.
