Trial of Trials : Act 2

[thequestgiver]

There's something uneasy that can be felt in the city, and seemingly no end to the rumors springing up in the wake of the downtown explosion that leveled BOARD's headquarters. Stories of an odd sickness where the afflicted suddenly winds up anemic, their blood levels dangerously low, despite feeling fine that morning have already taken root, others of strange animals seen roaming at night, and horrible screams and gunshots in one of the parking garages....

The space where the ill-fated headquarters lays silent, an empty patch of dirt and gravel that seemed to attract those drawn to stories and rumors. Police have already had to shoo away opportunists with metal detectors, hoping to find something interesting in the impressively quickly cleared wreckage, and others have reported something that just feels... wrong, when they walk by the site. The ghosts of those who hadn't made it out of the collapse? Or something else? Noone can really put a finger on it to explain.

And meanwhile, under the cover of shadows, things unknown to those who still walk in the light continue to move. Whispers of the rogue mage and a treasure trove of information, of upsets in the vampire hierarchy, and sworn revenge on the mages who had used one of their own for their gain.

And deep in a hidden lab, BOARD's remains and allies continue to work, twisting all they can get their hands on to create the perfect weapon; made of the very things they wish to cleanse from the world. The loss of the incapacitated vampire elder was only a small one, with how much they had already extracted and drawn from it. And if the rumors of their knowledge being in the hands of their enemies were true? They would just have to speed up their projected timeline. Or simply slow down that of the world. After all, they were mages. Reality bended to their will, not that of those who opposed them....

Comments

[ordinarycitizen]

Ohhhh more contracts. The child likes the sound of that. She looks back at the woman she came with though, because the methods of attacking a person that she's been told so far didn't include punching (they were more along the lines of 'stab them in the eye').

"I don't think she has the weight yet to throw a good punch," Louise points out from where she's stepped away a bit to give the two Changelings room. Lottie is certainly heavy for her size and how old she is, but ...relative to her age and size is the key here. "Nor the height."

[chalicejoker]

"Good punching technique can be learned now, even if she can't yet do much damage." Hajime says, almost absently. "Stops bad habits from forming as she gets older; she'd be less likely to hurt herself in a fight later on that way. Think of it like a foundation."

[ordinarycitizen]

"...True." The fetch still sounds reluctant to admit that, though. Because if Lottie knows how to punch, what if she tries it when there's no point in it instead of getting to safety? Children aren't very good at judging situations...

"As long as you make sure that she still knows to run when the situation is serious instead of trying to punch someone."