Where Borders are Not
21st of February 2007 A.D.
"I think we should do this through the proper channels or at least as close to it as circumstances allow."
Huh, Olivia must be rubbing off on me more than judging from how bitter that sounded, you realize. "Sure Lara could swing it, Thomas's sister, but Susan said she was wary of the White Court which is fair enough and as for the Council, their head paper pusher turned out to be working for horrors from beyond the veil of time and space, it's going to take them
a while to smooth that over so it might well come down to calling the Library of Congress in the end anyway. That being the case better to do it myself, I have more brownie points stored up from the Vegas thing and the Boston thing."
"The Boston thing?" Susan asks still a little off balance.
"The Wicked City, the Hell of Alienation and exploitation was meddling over here in the States."
Aggravating systemic issues that are still going to go off sooner or later, you
don't add. This is a happy moment not one to weigh down with all angst for the future.
"So you're sure these are the good guys?" se asks, her look growing more intense. It's not hard to believe she put a bullet though someone's head in Rio now. "Government spooks?"
"For what it's worth they've been around since the government was very different and they take a long view on things. Way I see it if an institution managed to keep the US from declaring war on the Faerie Courts all the way up to the Accords in '94 they have to be doing
something right."
"Being good at your job doesn't make you morally upstanding, especially when the job is cover-ups. Trust me I met the whole circus," she counters.
"Maybe not, but it does make one
rational, the Library have nothing to gain from playing games with the paperwork and a whole lot to lose."
The conversation is briefly interrupted by the sight of the kids coming down which is when you catch your first glimpse of Maggie hiding behind a slightly older boy who has to be the Mendozas' middle child. She looks a lot like her mother, but there are little hints of her father in her nose and the line of her jaw.
This one's going to be a handful, you know with Essence-bought insight. She isn't hiding behind the older kid because she's shy, she's getting a good look at everyone before she ventures out.
For his part Harry is trailing along as though he can't quite believe the literal flesh and blood child here before him, not in a vision or in a plan made half a world away, though he is quick to snap out of it when it comes to the plan. "Even if the ones you talk to are on the level I don't want to risk it getting back to Daedalus."
"Who?"
While Harry and Tiffany gets Susan up to speed on the would be Men-in-Black with dimensional ripping weaponry you marshal your arguments. Fortunetly they are very simple: "Harry the whole thing we are doing here is taking the Mendozas out of hiding. If someone wanted to find the people you cared about they would just have you followed and once they had an adress they could check their documents or lack thereof. You are not a target of opportunity, I'm not sure you
ever were but definitely not after what happened last week. If anyone serious goes after you they are going to pull out all the stops."
"That's not a very cheerful thought Molly," he points out, though he's not disagreeing.
"Darn it and I was doing so well."
***
Two hours and several thousand miles away —it had taken a bit of cajoling and a lot of explaining to get the family to pass though into Sanctuary to use as a bridge to Chicago, but you're an old hand at it my now— you dial Von Trier's number and explain you need paperwork for five people, two adults three children to be able to live work in the US with way to get citizenship in the process.
"Am I to assume from your tone that these people appeared on US soil recently?" The tone is so neutral is wraps back around to being suggestive.
"Yes, there was cause serious cause for concern regarding their safety in all areas controlled by the Red Court, the family adopted a girl whose mother is an active member of the Fellowship..."
A sigh comes through as a burst of static, loud enough to interrupt. "Is there a problem?"
"Yes, though I can hardly fault you for it. Over the last few years we have been getting constant lobbying from the expected quarters to declare the Fellowship of Saint Giles a terrorist organization. It is not a hard brush to wield unfortunately. Normally we lean on local NGOs to back up their character, especially religious ones. Certain segments of the political establishment are quite fervent in that regard. Over the last month though some outside player has decided to run a smear campaign on Catholic organizations the lines of which I have not seen in decades. One wishes leadership had more sense than that but when one's power depends so stringently upon the masses... Worry not, I can adjust this to being on a cartel hit list without any mention of the Fellowship."
And with that it's done. Your part at least. No doubt Harry will be spending quite a while warding the Mendozas' new home, getting to know his daughter, but for now you have an exorcism to perform and perhaps anoher Po to awaken.
It's been a busy month.
Arc Fourteen Complete
Triumphs
- Helped train young wardens 1XP
- Successfully dueled Ramirez 1 XP
- Discovered Drusus' spell and broke it 2 XP
- Made contact with Morgan and Company 1 XP
- Dueled a Lord of the Outer Night to the death and impresses upon his former entourage than they should depart 4 XP
- Saved a dying god from both the Red Court and destruction 3 XP
- Captured of Horace Shaw and Freed Cryrl 2 XP
- Unveiled more of the conspiracy 1 XP (Morgan did a lot of the heavy lifting)
- Dealt with the mad mage 1 XP
- Faught your way into the Hidden Halls 1 XP
- Passed though the Warden Ambush without harming them 1 XP
- Helped banish a demon lord 2 XP (McCoy did the banishing proper, Carlos was the distraction)
- Slew the corpses of ancient wizards/Captured Warlocks/Obtained some genuine surrneders 3 XP
- Dealt with Namshiel's thralls breaking the Curse of Mindfire 2 XP
- Disocovered the glamor hiding LaFortier and saved his life 2 XP
- Drove off Thorned Namshiel, denying him his prize 1 XP
- Tracked the Merlin 1 XP
- Dealt with thrall wizards 1 XP
- Offered insights to Harry which helped in his Enlightenment 2 XP
- 'Disarmed' the Veil-breaker 1 XP
- Swayed an Angel from her path 2 XP
- Refused the temptation of knowledge 1 XP
- Slew Drusus in his own Labyrinth 4 XP
- Persuaded dead wizards to place themselves in your power 1 XP
- Restored a dying god 1 XP
- Convinced Senior wizards to use the Book of Laws 2 XP
- Lydia persuades ancient knights not to rush into the middle of an unfamiliar war 1 XP
- Helped smooth over Harry's meeting with Susan 1 XP
Total XP: 0 (Unspent) + 49 (Earned this Arc) = 49
How do you spend your Experience?
Special
[] Alchemy: The Art of transmutation, not merely of matter, but mind and spirit. To all you have learned from Bob, all you have read in Harry's books the insights of an elder age are added, as steel is alloyed from charcoal and iron (Cost 3XP/Dot)
[] The Sight, birthright and peril for all who are born with a wizard's depth of understanding (Cost 13 XP Discounted by 2)
Mus study with Harry before you can make use of it
[] New Ability 3xp
[] Ancient sorcery spell 10xp
[] Attribute current rating *4xp
[] Ability current rating *2xp
[] Caste Ability current rating *1xp
[] Caste or Favored Charm Charm rating *3xp
[] Other Charm Charm rating *4xp
[] Willpower current rating
[] First dot of a Sorcerer Path 4xp
[] Follow-up dots in a Sorcerer Path current rating *3xp
[]Merit current rating *4xp
[] Remove Touch of Frost (
2 XP)
[] Buy down Nightmares (4 XP)
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OOC: I thought about putting this off until after the exxorcism, but that will not itself give any XP and you guys have been waiting for this a while now so here we are, almost 50 XP for you to spend from the many plots you kicked over this month. 
