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ShadowRun, SR4: Welcome to New York! | by LongFist | 2015-07-20 20:40:45 |
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The Current Situation Posts (CSP) SubThread | by LongFist | 2015-08-07 07:32:17 |
| CSP 028, Part I: |
by LongFist |
2016-02-07 20:42:03 |
Ace's voice enthusiastically pipes up on comms, "Two. Three. Nothing scheduled. This isn't Official. Out." A few wonder what the permit to host such a strange ritual would look like, and where you'd turn such a thing in to get it registered. "Primary. Three." you here Ace add, "Count sixteen, repeat sixteen robed and hooded figures dancing around the central barrel fire. This is in addition to our intended Target and twin bodyguards. Out."
Ahead of you you see the troublesome trio, Reggie and his lackeys, strolling forward. They stop suddenly, as if they might have struck something solid, and the ground at their feet glows a sullen ember red in a thin line where they stand, pushing against something. The lackey on the right leans into it, pushing as if against a great wind, and slowly he penetrates what looks to be a black shimmering curtain - for at that moment, at right there at that spot, you can see the bonfire (correction ya'll: it's not a barrell fire after all: it just looks like one from out here) as Reggie and the other lackey quickly slip through the "slot" as it slowly closes. In seconds you see their sillhouettes on the inside, moving purposefully toward the center again, but they no longer make any sound at all.
"Mister Magic," Ace rasps, "I can see sixteen robed dancers cavorting around that barrel fire, but not her specifically. I'll keep looking though. MonkeyWrench Out." The comms go silent once again.
"One to group." murmurs X voice in the comms, seeming somehow very far away. I" have judged the situation to be more threatening to us than dealing with target. I opt to disrupt the ritual then neutralize our payday. Anyone else agree?"
A few seconds pass as Reggie and his troops continue to slowly make their way towards the bonfire in relative silence. Off in the distance a siren squeals to life, but shuts off after a few seconds, probably a traffic stop. Horns blare way off in the distance, but that's traffic on the West Side as we know it. Everything else seems to have come to a standstill, like that moment when a snowfall just begins.
"Lee?" hums X's voice quietly, "What about Jill? Is she participating in the ritual? You mentioned some of the casters are less than alive. Does that pertain to her as well?"
Anyone familiar with Central Park can easily recognize the location as that of Arthur Ross Pinetum Playground, on the outer edge, anyway. Something appears to have cleared out most of the inner playground stuff to make room for the bonfire... ...and this ritual that they're performing...
Your group begins to assemble at nearly the spot where Reggie and the boys moved through. You judge it to be somewhere between 500 and 550 metres, more or less, but the most encouraging sign at that location is the sullen red ember-like tracery that pulses and arcs in the grass, apparently describing the edge of a really huge circle. When you reach towards the barrier all of the hairs on your body stand up like when you have too much static, just before it arcs to a doorknob or windowsill with a painful snap. As a result, you guys tend to linger just outside that range, at least for the moment.
(* Continued in next Post *) |
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CSP 028, Part II: | by LongFist | 2016-02-07 20:43:44 |
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Ace's actions... | by ShadowSystems | 2016-02-08 18:17:00 |
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X's Actions | by provinfistoris | 2016-02-11 12:46:40 |
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Block's actions | by rebill | 2016-02-14 13:34:06 |
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