Scounting for Talent
8th of March 2007 A.D.
"Damn this is cool," Olivia laughs as she edits thousands of wall mounted laser emitters vanish from perception with a snap of her fingers... well really with several hours of work painstakingly painting runes of focus and control all over the wall in tree-stalker blood, but you of all people can't fault her for being dramatic. "I can't believe you actually have tree octopi for the record," she adds looking over her shoulder.
"I mean they aren't technically..." Briefly you consider going into details about how tree stalkers have five arms and not eight, but really the only other thing one could compare a banded tree stalker to is a facehugger, so maybe
Internet memes are the better comparison. "That's not the 'forget you ever saw me' trick you can pull is it?" you ask instead.
She shakes her head. "I can just barely do that do that myself, edge of my abilities... You know if you're planning to break the Reds power maybe making more people like me's a good idea. Sure you can send some in from Sanctuary, but they aren't used to operating on Earth and they all need to have their history electronically inserted into the system. Don't get me wrong the Amethyst hand people are getting scary-good at that, but there is a limit on what you can do with computers. Earth isn't as wired in as over here. On the other hand if you empower people in the community and with a stake in it..."
"Er... Olivia, you do realize it's going to look like replacing one Court with another. When I awaken someone's Po it feels dark, almost but not quite like one of the Hungry Dead."
"So?" she shrugs. "We're not trying to look like, the cookie girls... 'girl scouts'? I've never been one, just saw them on TV."
You laugh, thinking back to less hectic time. "I have and trust me, if harnesing inner darkness would help them sell more cookies most of those girls would be on it in a flash."
"So what do you think?" your friend asks after a moment. "I could help..."
"No... you've got college and..."
"Fuck college," she cuts you off, the space around her crackling with black hairline fractures. "The Council is bad, its not representative it's opaque and it gives no appeal, but it's getting better, I've seen that. The Red Court, they're just monsters, they treat people like food, like toys, pretend they're gods. I've talked to Susan Rodrriguez since she came back to Chicago and it's bad over there. That's why I wanted to help set up the gate, it's a chance to help, but there are plenty of sorcerers in Sanctuary who can do this stuff. I am a very,
very good shot."
There's something almost haunted to the looks she gives you, but no less determined for all that.
What do you do?
[] Agree with Olivia's idea that she should liaise with the Fellowship in efforts to fight the Red Court,the first of a new kind of agent, taking advantage of your ability to awaken the Po
(Olivia will still be availibile for actions during turn plans, but she will be in more danger at a baseline)
[] Argue against it, she can do more good helping set up organizations like the Order of the Cauldron, getting minor talents the information and connections they need to stay safe
(Olivia will work organizing minor talents, focusing on improving her social and networking skills)
[] Write in
OOC: No rolls for this one. 
) since it's New Year's Eve and I won't have the chance to post.
