Green Flame Rising (Exalted vs Dresden Files)

[X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
[X] No Catch
-[X] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.
 
[X] No Catch
-[X] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.
 
Adhoc vote count started by Artemis1992 on Oct 9, 2023 at 12:03 PM, finished with 38 posts and 20 votes.

  • [X] No Catch
    -[X] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.
    [X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    [X] No Catch
    -[X] [Stunt]: Taking a deep breath Molly looked Lash in the eyes " Each of us is born into this world with at least one thing without let, loan, or lien, or at least should be"
    —[X] Gesturing to the mirror, she continued "Your mother may have failed you in that regard, but it's nothing some very pre-modern medicine can't fix"
    —[X] "I'm not going to try to help you by controlling your life, or exploit your situation for my own gain in the way of the fey. Instead I'm going to offer you a hand in friendship entirely independent of the one performing your surgery and hope that you choose to take it"
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    [X] True allience, you watch her back, she watches yours
    [X] Don't be an asshole to the best of your ability.
    -[x]Now I wouldn't say no to you swearing Allegiance. You know your worth and that value is about to skyrocket, but if you don't swear to me of your own volition because you think it's the best option I expect that you will end up being my most troublesome vessel yet.
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    -[x][Stunt] "Before you wanted me to convince Harry to swear an oath of fealty to me so he would always have some kind of safe harbor in case the wheels came off. I think that the same argument applies to you even better. And to be clear yes I am showing off."
    [x]Plan simplicity
    -[X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    -[X]Keep my secrets. Particularly the true extent of my information gathering ability and the time I fell victim to the enemy's machinations before I got my powers that led to me being taken by winter. Those aren't bargaining chips.
    -[X]Beyond that, do as you wish
 
OK, the leading vote has a decent showing already and the remaining contenders are not that far apart from the spirit of it, so I'm going to close the vote so you guys can start on the plan vote.
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Oct 9, 2023 at 12:10 PM, finished with 39 posts and 20 votes.

  • [X] No Catch
    -[X] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.
    [X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    [X] No Catch
    -[X] [Stunt]: Taking a deep breath Molly looked Lash in the eyes " Each of us is born into this world with at least one thing without let, loan, or lien, or at least should be"
    —[X] Gesturing to the mirror, she continued "Your mother may have failed you in that regard, but it's nothing some very pre-modern medicine can't fix"
    —[X] "I'm not going to try to help you by controlling your life, or exploit your situation for my own gain in the way of the fey. Instead I'm going to offer you a hand in friendship entirely independent of the one performing your surgery and hope that you choose to take it"
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    [X] True allience, you watch her back, she watches yours
    [X] Don't be an asshole to the best of your ability.
    -[x]Now I wouldn't say no to you swearing Allegiance. You know your worth and that value is about to skyrocket, but if you don't swear to me of your own volition because you think it's the best option I expect that you will end up being my most troublesome vessel yet.
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    -[x][Stunt] "Before you wanted me to convince Harry to swear an oath of fealty to me so he would always have some kind of safe harbor in case the wheels came off. I think that the same argument applies to you even better. And to be clear yes I am showing off."
    [x]Plan simplicity
    -[X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    -[X]Keep my secrets. Particularly the true extent of my information gathering ability and the time I fell victim to the enemy's machinations before I got my powers that led to me being taken by winter. Those aren't bargaining chips.
    -[X]Beyond that, do as you wish
 
[] No Catch
-[] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.

[] No Catch
-[] [Stunt]: Taking a deep breath Molly looked Lash in the eyes " Each of us is born into this world with at least one thing without let, loan, or lien, or at least should be"
—[] Gesturing to the mirror, she continued "Your mother may have failed you in that regard, but it's nothing some very pre-modern medicine can't fix"
—[] "I'm not going to try to help you by controlling your life, or exploit your situation for my own gain in the way of the fey. Instead I'm going to offer you a hand in friendship entirely independent of the one performing your surgery and hope that you choose to take it"


Edit: Never mind then.
 
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The only other catch I can think of is that she keeps looking after Harry... she's been damn good for him... and the normal 'try not to be too much of an asshole when you can avoid it' clause. *shrug*

We'll promptly hire her but that is a separate deal.
...
How fun do you think it is to swear in Enochian?
 
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VOTE
[X] No Catch
[X] BronzeTongue


RATIONALE
There's three arguments applicable here:
1)One is doing good for goodness sake, which is of particular reference to our Catholic PC.

Molly isnt charging the members of Cauldron, or making demands of them, in return for playing overwatch over their safety.
Molly gave Mab that information on Nemesis infiltration for free
Im not really seeing a reason why she would make demands of Lash here.


2)Its in Molly's own best interests that Lash has a body, and we dont want to put no impediments to her accepting one.
As a hard pragmatic calculation, the harder Lash is as a target, the fewer places and people we have to defend when shit finally hits the fan and the Nickelheads, or some of the Yama Kings, or any Outsiders, come to lay a claim to her and her knowledge.

Its the same calculus that comes into play with regards to when the Red Court, of all people, sent a covert action team to stop the Pathfinders meddling with Iku Turso.
Or with the Archive/Lara sending us that warning note on Nemesis infiltration of Winter.

We'd do it for free, but its not charity, its an investment in our local security.


3) There are also fundamental moral and ethical issues with trying to make binding agreements with someone who you have over a barrel this way.


EDIT
Vote closed. Seems alright.
 
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I admit I partially thought "What would Viserys do?" and then picked the opposite.

(By my understanding Viserys would have set up a contract for allegiance together with his evil lawyer/cleric)
 
Hmm, so, Tentatively something like this:
[] School
[] Kingdom (preparing for White Council arrival and possibly, if we can squeeze it in, taking either Lydia to the city of Endings, or brother Divsimar to the city of Swords)
[] Protections for order of Cauldron. Either home guardians like Bane (shouldn't need Dragon Nests, from the looks of it), or a singular guardian deity of the order as a whole (invite everyone, do a joint ritual). Might take two AP
[] Lash's vessel (1 AP +2 malcoffee extension APs)
[] Preparing for Christmas
[] Handling the traitor information to Dresden (maybe), or starting to make Porter a body
[] Call Monoc securities to extract mortal family members of the people we saved from Arianna - should be a matter of cash and a free action

Essentially a defensive turn, where we secure the home front.
 
We should probably give Dresden enough time to talk this through with both us and the mirror-mademoiselle because we pretty much just hit the dude with a narrative truck. He doesn't know if this was some weird as fuck trick or some other shenanigans. And we need to work out what the fuck the woman is doing right out of the gate since even Harr's couch is occupied most of the time.

But three decisions lined up before hand should be enough time.
 
No one seems to be against us using HellScry Charka or Naked Wicked Souls on Lash and it doesn't cost us anything, but for some weird reason we aren't doing it.
I am aware of the reason. I still find it frustrating.
What were you looking for?
I mean, I dont have any strong feelings either way, but as far as I can tell, you're simply suggesting we use it for the sake of using it.

The lady is functionally 2.5 years old, and has spent all that time in Dresden's head.
NWS is going to pick up anything of use with regards to Lash specifically.
And Hellscry doesnt appear to be necessary, since we havent had any issues reading her intentions.


We use the door bombs because they're high grade cheese. They qualify in theory as a constraint but if we really need out we can just go through a wall. It's also easier to put a cyber devil in charge of when we haven't rebuilt the whole space to our needs.

By contrast bindings have to physically impede us which is annoying, and if we get surprised we can't trivialize the trap by going around the working element.
Relevant ruling here:
The walls remain a functional constraint as far as I can tell.
Especially applicable in Undertown, since you cant exactly dig willy-nilly underground.

Physical bindings also apply constraints to your ability to do physical work.
It probably wouldnt impede design work, but actually building the thing?
Might be an issue, depending on how the QM rules.


On the bomb collar thing specifically, here's the ruling from when we saw the feds put them on those Jade vamps:
That quote was in response to, and I quote:
If someone got a collar like this on us, could we use the CCC bonus on Soak to resist the bomb and get free?
If the bomb wasnt a threat, it wouldnt really be an issue, would it?

That bomb wouldn't have killed us if we got tagged, but needing to soak it would have activated the thing.
Using one in the field would be an incredibly bad idea, but in a controlled environment a bomb collar is as much a threat to us in Molly's throne room as it is on earth.
The bomb doesnt need to be enough to kill us, but it does appear to have to be at least a credible threat of dealing harm.
Thats why its supposed to be a bomb, and not just a set of firecrackers.

If it wasnt a threat, there would be no reason not to use it in the field as well.
Trade offs that you're inventing whole cloth. They certainly haven't come up in our other similar abuses beyond the difficulties of arranging the situations required in the first place. One scene with an embarrassing schedule slip shouldn't be extrapolated into a flaw that stops us from interacting with the system normally.

You're clearly pushing this to make using the hell more impractical so we don't spend more time in it. We already have enough issues making use of the resources available without slapping more on top.
1)Respectfully, thats just not true.
It hasnt come up before because we have never tried to bend it to quite this degree before. We didnt use CCC when we were refurbishing Last Station either, which we presumably would have if your argument of doing it in segments was a thing.

You appear, in my eyes, to be trying to expand a 1-dot charm's applicability near arbitrarily.
And cheese has limits.


2)The Hell already limits us to equal time in and out, with a max of 5 days at a time in the Courts.
I dont have to push even if I wanted to. And your assertion is not true anyway; we arent going to fix the Rebellion issue from Earth, so we will have to spend extended time in there.

Not to mentiont that I've been a consistent advocate of Splintered Gale Shintai specifically so we can put a doppelganger there.



Less than a month ago, being 90 minutes out of contact was exploited to kidnap our friends and set up a hostage situation.
Its been less than two weeks since we discovered that opening a gate to the Brass Courts is apparently noisier than we had any reason to expect.

If the White Council could tell time and duration from Edinburgh, there's a good chance other heavy hitters can tell when Molly opens a passage, and can plan around it.

I do not see any reasonable way to safely spend regular, extended periods of time in the Brass Courts until and unless we set up a communication system first with our friends/allies/family so we can be reached at short notice. There's a reason why Interdimensional Cellphone is literally the first thing on my crafting list, even before better armor.


We should probably give Dresden enough time to talk this through with both us and the mirror-mademoiselle because we pretty much just hit the dude with a narrative truck. He doesn't know if this was some weird as fuck trick or some other shenanigans. And we need to work out what the fuck the woman is doing right out of the gate since even Harr's couch is occupied most of the time.

But three decisions lined up before hand should be enough time.
The counter-argument here is that you want to move fast enough that the opposition cant react.
This doesnt just affect him anymore.

Hmm, so, Tentatively something like this:
More like:
[] School
[] Kingdom (preparing for White Council arrival and possibly, if we can squeeze it in, taking either Lydia to the city of Endings, or brother Divsimar to the city of Swords)
[] Protections for order of Cauldron. Either home guardians like Bane (shouldn't need Dragon Nests, from the looks of it), or a singular guardian deity of the order as a whole (invite everyone, do a joint ritual). Might take two AP
[] Lash's vessel (1 2 AP +2 malcoffee extension APs)
[] Preparing for Christmas
[]Family time
[] Handling the traitor information to Dresden (maybe), or starting to make Porter a body
[] Rosie
[] Call Monoc securities to extract mortal family members of the people we saved from Arianna - should be a matter of cash and a free action


You want 4 AP on the Lash thing so we can be sure to finish it this turn, before anyone can get any ideas.
I dont know if the Monoc thing is an AP action
If it isnt, we need to get back some training time with Brother Dev.
 
Rosie's situation is mostly handled . Securing Order of Cauldron is more important at the moment.
Rosie's situation is not mostly handled; we just got her parents off her back.
Her pregnancy due date is January. There's a fair bit of prep that we have to be sure is done beforehand.

Cauldron pre-exists Molly. They already have wards and home protections as standard.
We might want to upgrade those things, but they are hardly naked at the moment.
And frankly, it would require a fair amount of social work with them first.
We should be getting good brother to visit our kingdom. The courts have magical martial arts which are explicitly by WoG more powerful than Qiao. We should at least be looking at those.
The Brass Courts have martial arts that dont appear to be calibrated for base humans; by your demographics, maybe a third of the population is human, and there's a lot of scions in that population.
Shih Arts are calibrated to be used by vanilla humans.

And if I recall correctly, we are bringing people across from the Brass Courts.
And Iris is here.
Taking him to the Courts is not an immediate priority.
 
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Winning Vote
Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Oct 9, 2023 at 12:10 PM, finished with 39 posts and 20 votes.

  • [X] No Catch
    -[X] Stunt: I think we have a common interest in opposing the Denarians, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth.
    [X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    [X] No Catch
    -[X] [Stunt]: Taking a deep breath Molly looked Lash in the eyes " Each of us is born into this world with at least one thing without let, loan, or lien, or at least should be"
    —[X] Gesturing to the mirror, she continued "Your mother may have failed you in that regard, but it's nothing some very pre-modern medicine can't fix"
    —[X] "I'm not going to try to help you by controlling your life, or exploit your situation for my own gain in the way of the fey. Instead I'm going to offer you a hand in friendship entirely independent of the one performing your surgery and hope that you choose to take it"
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    [X] True allience, you watch her back, she watches yours
    [X] Don't be an asshole to the best of your ability.
    -[x]Now I wouldn't say no to you swearing Allegiance. You know your worth and that value is about to skyrocket, but if you don't swear to me of your own volition because you think it's the best option I expect that you will end up being my most troublesome vessel yet.
    [X] Aligeance, swear an oath of fealty to you
    -[x][Stunt] "Before you wanted me to convince Harry to swear an oath of fealty to me so he would always have some kind of safe harbor in case the wheels came off. I think that the same argument applies to you even better. And to be clear yes I am showing off."
    [x]Plan simplicity
    -[X] Make common cause against common foes like the Denarians
    -[X]Keep my secrets. Particularly the true extent of my information gathering ability and the time I fell victim to the enemy's machinations before I got my powers that led to me being taken by winter. Those aren't bargaining chips.
    -[X]Beyond that, do as you wish
 
Arc 10 Post 8: Tis the Season
Tis the Season

29th of November 2006 A.D.

You meet the thoughtful look of the woman in the mirror with one of your own. The fine print is not all she is used to, of that you are sure, she is used to chains and bargains, to working her way around the letter of any agreement and considering no spirit but those that she can crush. Thus you answer simply: "I think we have a common interest in opposing the Knights of the Blackened Denarius, but we can talk about that when you have your body. The deal is freedom for you and Harry and I'll stick to it. If you ever stab me in the back, it will be for your own reasons, not because I tried to shackle you in the moment of your birth."

Her newly set smile sly and subtle, does not shift, looking for the next angle: "Well then that depends upon what power I might bring to bear once this... gift is given, for what is not power if not the difference between fight and flight?"

"Doing the right thing," Harry mutters sarcastically.

"Doing what you think is the right thing my erstwhile host is a privilege of power. Even you who did not seek it have gained it just the same, if that not so Warden Dresden?" She needles him back.

"Merlin says jump I ask how high," the wizard fires back.

"For a man so willing to faithfully answer the call of his superiors you seem to keep rather grey company."

If you hadn't cleared your throat they might have still been arguing past sunrise. The reminder that you have school has Lash laughing again, though not quite in stitches and Harry looking briefly bewildered like a man who's having trouble focusing his eyes almost. Maybe he's seeing too Molly Carpenters at once.

With a reluctance that neither you nor she miss Harry proposes that you take the mirror back to Sanctuary, not wanting to risk bringing Lash in this state anywhere near her progenitor. Weighing the mirror in hand and the prospect of passage in mind you reason that it would be safe enough to do so and the good people of the Five Cities know how to deal with spirits without... a security clearance. At the very least the art and literature of a whole other world should keep her entertained while the remoteness of the Courts should keep her out of any scryer's eye.

***​

1st of December 2006 A.D.

Cold fog off the lake clings to the ground as though autumn is reluctant to let go of its dominion to winter's grip when it had already been swindled out of a week by Mab, but Mom and Dad had fired up the fireplace anyway, its warm and toasty inside, the cabinets well stocked with hot chocolate packets from dark to minty to that Lucky Charms abomination Hope likes and which she had even gotten Hank hooked on recently. Why? Just why?

"It is not for us to wonder why," Dad answers with faux wisdom, having caught your most recent muttering of the day.

You just shake your head in disappointment at at the lack of support as you follow him out of the kitchen, though once you are out of jawa hearing range you add. "The thing Harry's been dealing with, hearing echoes... that's solved."

He stops dead, then remembering your first working of the old sorcery he asks: "Exorcism?" At your nod he offers a relieved smile. Another way to solve a problem the Knights face all too often, though you wonder what he would say if you told him that you could evict a true Fallen from a willing host. One question he does not ask is what had happened to the shadow, assuming you suppose than it had simply withered and died as they do when rejected utterly by the one who carries them.

As your thoughts turn to the promise you had made to Lash and sundry other plans and calls on your attention you are happy at least that you have more nights productive nights ahead of you. Neither you not your mother had come down with any ill effects from banishing the sandman from all but one of the hours of the night

What do you do?
6+2 AP Available (Extra AP from not sleeping may only be used to add progress)

School
Not that many months to go

[] Attend school you have friends at school and you would like the memories of senior year and graduation even if they won't be teaching you anything worthwhile (If neither School nor getting your GED is chosen Molly will systematically skip class)
[] Get your GED and get out, on the other hand you can think of better things to to with your time (Costs 2 AP, frees you from spending anymore actions on school)

Finances and Infrastructure
Though you are not tight for money you can think of places to make more

[] In the Sky a Thousand Eyes: If you see something you can stick a demon in it. It occurs to you that satellites are definitely something you can see with the right tools, though you are going to have to figure out which ones you want and what orders to give them.

[] A Big Score, your Crown isn't really made for picking out random numbers in a mundane draw, but it is still your power so you can push it that one time to win a lottery... any lottery. You will have to find the balance between payout and anonymity and some place to park the money but that seems reasonably doable with some help from mom and dad, and unlike some of your other plans they are unlikely to object to this form of cheating at gambling

[] Tools Redeemed: Thinking back on that paraphernalia you looted from the Fomori tantalizing insights come to mind... and more immediately relevant it will mean you can finally stop mooching of Harry's equipment. (Gain Alchemy Laboratory Halved XP price for reaching Alchemy 4)

Investigations
At least the cannibal isn't around here anymore. Progress?

[] Look into the Minor Talents of Chicago, so far you have been isolated from the supernatural scene of Chicago, now that you can get in touch with them without necessarily having your dad with you all the time the time has come to change that... though given how both Mouse and McCoy thought you were bad news at first maybe you should bring dad or Harry along to some of them just as an introduction
-[] Alphas, friends of Harry, close to you in age and they work to keep monsters off the street near the University, they sounds really cool
-[] Friends in Low places, she might work for Marcone but Grad was really cool and you are curious about her. Fortunately you remember the number dad dialed to get in touch with Marcone
-[] Spirit Speaker, Mortimer Lindquist is the real deal, a real medium among the fakes and unlike Pauline he is good enough at it, or just good enough at marketing to make a job of it. His books are pretty cool as well

[] A friend in need. You promised Rosie that you would help and so you will, with problems material and ethereal
-[] Dreaming True, Rosie is doing great so far, but she still needs more training before she can get a proper hold of her powers (2/10 progress )
-[] NEW Moving out, you are of age now and you certainly do not lack for funds, the sooner you get Rosie out of that house the better

[] Blackest Name: In the final ritual to help Arawn you invoked something old and hungry, something that seemed to resonate with the purpose of the ritual, its name writ in a long forgotten tongue. Thanks to Bob you now know it involves the would-be-Draculas of the supernatural world, the Black Court. Maybe Lydia can help

[] UPDATED Seek Siriothrax's hoard: Two decades ago your father was called to slay a Dragon, a being of incarnate power new mortals have faced and lived, by faith and by skill the creature was slain and your mother saved, but its treasure and its body were never claimed. Now... well now you have a place to stash said treasures out of sight of any who might look in askance of your claim to them

[] The Worst Wingwoman: Apparently Sandra had set you up to break the Laws of Magic as part of a plot against Harry and probably dad as well come to that. It's about time you find her and have a talk to her about that

[] NEW Higher Education: According to Od... that is Donar Vadderung Cambridge Massachusetts is in in a power void at the moment, one that given the power and influence certain factions of the unseen world could acquire by getting their hooks into the students early could be a lot of trouble down the road. On the other hand that very fact could be of great use to you. Check it out, see if you can establish a presence there. After all it is quite close by water.

Personal Training
You have been progressing in leaps and bounds in the study of the Qiao and you have been... exploding bottles less often in the study of alchemy. In both cases you are eager to learn more.

[] The Bridges of the Spirit, continue your training with Brother Divsimar not in the ways of the spirit but the mind, the Bridge of Dreams

[] Trading in lore, you have started down the path of learning alchemy from Bob... and revealing some of the deepest secrets of Yomi Wan, both very good things as far as you are concerned. (0/25)

Arcane Allies
For better or for ill you are starting to get a reputation in Chicago, best make sure it is more the former than the latter, at least with the more reasonable and trustworthy powers. As for the people who are neither... well you certainly seem to have an impact on them

[] Cauldron Bubble, your new friends in the Ordo Lebetis could use more help, maybe not as... enthusiastic as the last time, but they are small fish in a very big and scary pond
-[] See what's up with Helen, there is something eating away at Helen you are sure of it, something dark and strange, dark and strange is your specialty
-[] Online presence, one of the few advantages of minor talents over more powerful magicians is that they are more up to date with technology and less likely to make it explode. See if you can convince the others to set up a strong online presence, maybe even recruiting

[] UPDATED Contact the Librarians: Given that you are the sovereign of an interdenominational magical nation it might be worth having a talk with a branch of the federal government that is aware of magic, the one that didn't introduce itself by trying to frame Harry right in front of you.

[] NEW A Chat with Lady Winter: Maeve does not have the best of reputations, but to be fair it is hard to imagine most beings possessed by He Who Walks Beside would and you did save her from that. The fey might not know gratitude as mortals would understand it, but they know hatred and the meaning of common foes. A chance to strengthen ties with Winter is not to be discounted

[] NEW Introducing the Fivefold Courts of Fate: Even though you do not strictly speaking have to be present to shepherd around the White Council fact finding and diplomatic mission it would make a good impression to do so and you are sure Harry would appreciate it

Crafting
Dreams filled with brass and smoke, soul artifice of an impossible city, you reach for tools and so are made things wondrous and strange unseen in this Age of the world (Crafting may have as many AP assigned to it as you wish, success will depend on the rolls made during the action. One week of crafting time is worth 1 AP)

[] NEW A Body Angelic: Having vowed to make the best body you can for Lash you you will not shirk the challenge, body and soul forged in geomantic alignment to bear a shard, a face of angelic lore twice taken. May it come to a better end than the last time
-[] Write in number of AP assigned

[]
NEW Prodigious Artefact: Whether it be for Daniel or some other 'mere' mortal caught up in the world of vampires, warlocks sorcerers and demons you've had a thought for a working... a ring perhaps to grant a power both flexibile and strong
-[] Write in number of AP assigned

[] NEW Wheels of Fire:
As cool as Black Rider is you are sure you can make him cooler, look at what you had done with Mab's car with mere mundane means
-[] Write in number of AP assigned

Family time
As much else as you have to do, it's nice to spend some time with your family and it is rarely boring hanging out.

[] Heart to Heart, talk to your mother about what you guesses and what dad told you about her history, better to try to get it all in the open than to constantly try to step around that landmine. There is a lot more magic in your future, that much is for sure.

[] UPDATED So about those studies: You promised your brother a chance to look around the Five Cities, perhaps to study from some of the warriors or magicians of that realm

[] UPDATED Just relax: It's Christmas time, a time of gifts and laughter, joy and peace on Earth. While you have not yet managed the last bit you can at least do the rest

OOC: I hope all the gold letters aren't distracting, I just figured it would be helpful to see at a glance what had changed.
 
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In regards to crafting Lash a body I should note that she needs a proper given name that is more than just Lash. Though Harry and Lydia being present gives a good opportunity for each of the three to give her a name during a ritual.

Also considering how many threads Molly needs to deal with she may want to invest into multiple bodies or something.
 
Rosie's situation is not mostly handled; we just got her parents off her back.
Her pregnancy due date is January. There's a fair bit of prep that we have to be sure is done beforehand.
Which is why we'll be spending time on her in January, not december.
Cauldron pre-exists Molly. They already have wards and home protections as standard.
We might want to upgrade those things, but they are hardly naked at the moment.
And frankly, it would require a fair amount of social work with them first.
Cauldron predates Molly, yes, but Molly basically claimed them as hers. Molly being a member of the organization changes the whole paradigm and what they need to respond to and prepare for and be protected from.
The Brass Courts have martial arts that dont appear to be calibrated for base humans; by your demographics, maybe a third of the population is human, and there's a lot of scions in that population.
Shih Arts are calibrated to be used by vanilla humans.

And if I recall correctly, we are bringing people across from the Brass Courts.
And Iris is here.
Taking him to the Courts is not an immediate priority.
The arts are for those with separated / awakened (I forget the term) Po soul. Not sure if he has one.

[X] Plan It is a season of gifts
-[X] Attend school you have friends at school and you would like the memories of senior year and graduation even if they won't be teaching you anything worthwhile (If neither School nor getting your GED is chosen Molly will systematically skip class)
-[X] NEW A Body Angelic: Having vowed to make the best body you can for Lash you you will not shirk the challenge, body and soul forged in geomantic alignment to bear a shard, a face of angelic lore twice taken. May it come to a better end than the last time
--[X] 4 AP: 2 base + 2 malcoffee
-[X] NEW Introducing the Fivefold Courts of Fate: Even though you do not strictly speaking have to be present to shepherd around the White Council fact finding and diplomatic mission it would make a good impression to do so and you are sure Harry would appreciate it
-[X] UPDATED So about those studies: You promised your brother a chance to look around the Five Cities, perhaps to study from some of the warriors or magicians of that realm
--[X] Take Olivia with you too, to keep your promise. Residents of the Courts should be more familiar with training spirit-blooded.
-[X] UPDATED Just relax: It's Christmas time, a time of gifts and laughter, joy and peace on Earth. While you have not yet managed the last bit you can at least do the rest

So, like this. Get Lash her body in time for Christmas, and deal with stuff we have to deal with. Daniel we apparently have to do - I was assuming next turn, but oh well. @DragonParadox previously we promised Olivia to revisit her commitment to abandon her humanity by Christmas time. Does this need to be handled this turn, or can it wait until the next one? Assuming we want to keep our promise both in letter and in spirit.
 
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If the White Council could tell time and duration from Edinburgh, there's a good chance other heavy hitters can tell when Molly opens a passage, and can plan around it.
Again the first time a Gate was opened an entire world was brought into existence on the spot. It was probably a shitload noisier the first time than it will be every other time "merely" opening a Gate.
 
@DragonParadox, if we are taking Daniel to see prospective trainers and such, would we be able to take Olivia too, as a free action addition? I mean, the Courts should be suited for her to train in, if she wants to.
 
In regards to crafting Lash a body I should note that she needs a proper given name that is more than just Lash. Though Harry and Lydia being present gives a good opportunity for each of the three to give her a name during a ritual.

Also considering how many threads Molly needs to deal with she may want to invest into multiple bodies or something.
I disagree.
She can start well enough with Lash and then let it develop with herself.
 
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[]Plan Family Yuletide: 6+2 AP Available
-[][School] Attend school
you have friends at school and you would like the memories of senior year and graduation even if they won't be teaching you anything worthwhile (If neither School nor getting your GED is chosen Molly will systematically skip class):1 AP
-[][Investigations] A friend in need.
You promised Rosie that you would help and so you will, with problems material and ethereal
--[] Dreaming True, Rosie is doing great so far, but she still needs more training before she can get a proper hold of her powers (2/10 progress ): 1AP
-[][Arcane Allies] NEW Introducing the Fivefold Courts of Fate:
Even though you do not strictly speaking have to be present to shepherd around the White Council fact finding and diplomatic mission it would make a good impression to do so and you are sure Harry would appreciate it: 1AP
-[][Crafting] NEW A Body Angelic:
Having vowed to make the best body you can for Lash you you will not shirk the challenge, body and soul forged in geomantic alignment to bear a shard, a face of angelic lore twice taken. May it come to a better end than the last time
--[] 4 AP(2 AP + 2 Extra AP)
-[][Family Time] UPDATED Just relax:
It's Christmas time, a time of gifts and laughter, joy and peace on Earth. While you have not yet managed the last bit you can at least do the rest: 1AP
-[]Free Actions: Monoc Extractions:
Contact Monoc for extraction of the family members of Arianna's ex-servitors
-[]Free Actions: Training: Introduce Olivia to some of the soldiers you are bringing in as initial trainers as per your promise



RATIONALE
School is a given.

4 AP on A Body Angelic.
Average time of completion should be 3AP, but 1AP extra in case the dice roll wrong. We want this done quickly, and preferably before any other major supernatural can figure out whats up.

A Friend In Need because these are the last two months of Rosie's pregnancy, and we want to spend time with her during this difficult time.Dreaming True allows us to get her to improve her personal mental defences, in case someone tries to come at us through her like what happened to Dresden's associates in Grave Peril.

Thats also why I dont want to move her from her family home until after she's given birth.
Thresholds come with their own protections.

Family Time because its Christmas, and we havent spent time with family just chilling for months now.
We need to do this.

Introducing the Fivefold Courts allows us to spend time screening the White Council delegates for unwanted influences, and to act as an interface between the two sides to make sure everything goes smoothly.


EDIT
Plan superseded.
See new version on later page.
 
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I'd still like to go after Sandra, if we could fit it in.

Someone who's probably a Nemesis-plant and worked directly against Molly and Dresden should not be allowed to run free indefinitely.
 
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