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Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)
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Arc 13 Post 39: Fire Without, Fire Within
Fire Without, Fire Within
13th of February 2007 A.D.
"I'm afraid this is the kind of story that starts with once upon a time because that's the only place it fits," you offer a rueful smile. "It begins with a story alive and aware of itself and a demon trying to make that story be 'and then all of Chicago burned'..." As the good Father watches with no small amount of worry you recount the whole thing, everything you know or have guessed about Eschtamidel his host Samuel Maskelyne and the means by which even that which has no compassion can stand against evil.
Somewhere in the middle of all that Detective Murphy brings out an old bottle of whiskey. Father Forthil takes just enough to be polite, but you grab a full glass and not for the reason you might once have. Alcohol has entirely lost the appeal of the forbidden, but Detective Murphy looks like she could really use someone to drink with. It's the story of monsters exactly, she must have made her peace with that after your talk about the Will and Eiko, it's not even the mention of the Fallen you think, but the idea that there is something of fire and destruction lurking just beneath Chicago, something she is entirely powerless to deal with, that would burn her by its very presence and that thing...
"It's like a discarded gun," she shakes her head as though in denial, but her words give lie to it. "This Embermane, a mountain of fire called up to burn the city, is just lying there like a still loaded gun some son of a bitch dropped on the floor." From the tone you guess she's thinking of some actual loaded gun that lead to tragedy that she had seen in her long career.
Not something you can help with really, the best you can do is point out that guns don't hold grudges, but old and vicious spirits do. Get him back his cup and it's even odds he'll start trying to immolate any Denarian he can get his hands on.
Father Forthil winces at the image and the smile it evokes, but he doesn't say anything as the silence stretches on and on. Finally you speak again: "So you'll help us find out more about Father Murphy?"
"Oh yeah Great Aunt Marry, that's my grandmother's sister must have met some of the people who knew him then there's papers and letters. I know two people in the family who keep that kind of thing but you shouldn't... we shouldn't lay all this out to them."
"Of course," you agree at once, but she's already looking towards Father Forthil as though she wants to ask a question, but can't bring herself to open her mouth. You don't read minds, at least not in this instance, but you read faces and motions and even read into silence. She wants to ask him how he deals with knowing that the best he might be able to do against a foe like that is die... a question she could never ask you.
"Humans were made to die, and to fear death," Usum's voice is soft, matter-of-fact.
Unbidden your thoughts go to the shard of light in Vegas, the one that might raise your peer. Could the woman before you prove herself worthy of that power?
As you watch her smoothly get up from the table, professional expression once more affixed firmly to her face you rather suspect she could.
Do you mention the possibility of getting more power to Murphy?
[] Yes
-[] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[] Awakening the Po... though not in front of a priest, there is no way to make that sound innocuous
-[] Write in
[] No, she can deal with this in her own way
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OOC: You basically figured out in a world with Exaltations on the loose she is more likely than most to have gotten one, that in another age she would have been a Heroic Mortal, maybe even Enlightened on her own.
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Goldfish
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[X] Yes
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Awakening the Po... though not in front of a priest, there is no way to make that sound innocuous
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Awakening the Po... though not in front of a priest, there is no way to make that sound innocuous
[X] Yes
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Awakening the Po... though not in front of a priest, there is no way to make that sound innocuous
and maybe some fleshcrafting-oh and cybernetics!can we get her a justice spirit as a familiar? What about magic armor... i think i remember something about fairytale upgrades?
yes,i admit it, i have a problem.
I want to turn every nice( or even ok)
human into a magic superhero.
maybe ill write a fanfic sometime. Im just really lazy.
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Awakening the Po... though not in front of a priest, there is no way to make that sound innocuous
and maybe some fleshcrafting-oh and cybernetics!can we get her a justice spirit as a familiar? What about magic armor... i think i remember something about fairytale upgrades?
yes,i admit it, i have a problem.
I want to turn every nice( or even ok)
human into a magic superhero.
maybe ill write a fanfic sometime. Im just really lazy.
Flesh crafting is ot ours to offer, but we could tell her about Lash.
Going into NeverNever for a power boost on a quest is a foolish idea unless one has no alternatives, and Murphy does
Silvereagle21
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[X] Yes
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
It was a joke, maybe we can talk to lash later, but what we offer is already overwhelming. I want to give her every upgrade imaginable( just cause i like upgrades) but i know its not a good idea. But thank you for reminding me of the dangers of fairytale upgrades.
I'd rather not put ourselves on a timer, or more importantly let the Library know more about the shard than we have to.
As an alternative, I'd like to propose my sword design*, Potentially something repurposed to brawl because she's an Akido master**, but functionally a similar item.
She's close with the library, so if we train her with our stuff they're going to get insights into the mechanics of our martial arts. We're already known to be a crafter of serious bullshit ability so the leak there is less significant.
More practically it also gives her power up front; she'll need to get used to it, but as a heroic mortal with a day job she can't just jump into our hell to live the apprentice life until she awakens her chi. I'm sure she'd learn quickly, but still on the baseline timescale.
It's more practical, effective, and secure for everyone involved by most parameters I can see.
* Last version here:
**I think she's actually given a rank of some kind, but I don't recall what it was.
She's close with the library, so if we train her with our stuff they're going to get insights into the mechanics of our martial arts. We're already known to be a crafter of serious bullshit ability so the leak there is less significant.
More practically it also gives her power up front; she'll need to get used to it, but as a heroic mortal with a day job she can't just jump into our hell to live the apprentice life until she awakens her chi. I'm sure she'd learn quickly, but still on the baseline timescale.
It's more practical, effective, and secure for everyone involved by most parameters I can see.
* Last version here:
**I think she's actually given a rank of some kind, but I don't recall what it was.
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Which charm do we awaken the Po through? Is it Inner Devils Unchained? If so, that charm specifically mentions we can take back our gift. We'd lose the chance for her to gain an impromptu exaltation, but it's not like there are many of those flying around anyway.
Speaking of, why is it impossible to receive an exaltation if your Po is awakened? I don't see how one prevents the other.
Exaltation shards have a known biases against people with mutations and/or awakened essence. For example the three created races the People of the Air/water/earth are called blessed races, simply because the solar's designed them to have the same chance of exaltation as a normal human.
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[X] Yes
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
-[X] Sanctuary Martial Arts, she already moves with the precision of someone who knows martial arts after all
ExvsWoD solar exaltations (I was talking primarily about them, since that's the one we are closest to) are very discerning. These are the criteria:
Inner Devils Unchained definitely counts, and even lingering effects ( @DragonParadox what are the lingering effects if we take back the blessing?), such as CoD status probably bar you from exalting as a solar in this latter age.
If you take black the blessing they are as they were before, when a charm says it does a thing that is a thing that will be happening. That is one of the defining traits of Exalted 'magic' as opposed to later day, far fewer edge cases.
Good night guys, see you in the morning as Murphy as we delve into the question of Father Murphy's odd travels.