It will rain again tomorrow (OOC)

Sorry to hear that, Ysolde! I’ve really enjoyed playing with you

Do you, the player, want to make up and pursue one of your character's goals? If not we can try to link you up with another character. Maybe with @Stalker05's permission we can pretend he said 'afternoon' and you can follow up and find them doing what they are doing now? Or we can ignore your blocking post and have Benji get you involved with their morning activities? They have to 'work' during the morning rush hour, but have a friend getting out of jail 'at 07:00' right in the middle of that peak time, just saying (a friend who just happens to work with 'lost items' 240m from your statue, also just saying:).

The demon assault was mainly for the Demon Hunter to get involved. If we are losing them we can fade that into the background. But you can also take up the task of dealing with them, either because they have your cross (and book) or because Rhiannon asks you to finish the job when she leaves.

Rhiannon mistakenly thinks they are here to take you back to hell [ref]. I say 'mistakenly' because her impression was part of the consequence/price of the Partial Success [ref], hence the demon's sense of 'satisfaction' [ref] at her getting that impression. You know that they can not drag you back to hell, but that is a secret.

They did target you, though, so it is personal. It would make sense if you wanted to take care of them, and get your stuff back, or just get answers.

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I am also struggling with your Scheme. I did not have anything from Jacob to base it on —new as he was— so I took the opportunity to introduce a Faction of Wild to fill out our ranks. Doing a task for them will get them on your side, possibly as an information source, but if you don't want to do that one, we can see about coming up with another.

However, you will need to provide me with the sort of things you want to be doing. Each Scheme is about the equivalent of a whole 'Level' of Advancement, so they are not easy or quick and all you have done is go to the lady who lost her book and try to ask her where it is.

One possible suggestion would be to go ask your friend, Dr Williams from the university if they have any ideas? You could maybe Hit the Streets (with Mortalis) and roleplay that meeting?
I am not seeing mechanical means of getting answers like this from 'your library' (you don't have the Staff or Regular options which could logically be used to answer questions), but I do see that you can Appraise and Forge things, so, if it comes to it, you might be able to pass off a copy of the book if you can't get your hands on it directly (fool an NPC who is promised something you don't have yet?).

I could have Benji call in his debt on Jacob to ask Jacob to pick up Lizabeth from the police station/keep her safe for a bit, if you would like to talk to her about the lost book @gnomius

They have my book, not my cross, right? The cross is the stuff they were theoretically looking for, but it was the book that was sucked into the portal.
Yes, Jacob definitely wants answers, and why that wizard who plays with demons was looking for that cross. I'm okay with following this thread, but I need Mark and his tracking spell for this one.
That sounds like an excellent idea, although I don't want you to lose one Debt (mechanically speaking) for something that actually benefits me. Returning Debts is supposed to be painful. :) So, if vagueGM agrees, you can just ask Jacob but I don't think that would count as paying a Debt.
No, no, I'm fine with this cheme, it's just that I'm a little bit dry with ideas. But Lizabeth is a good start, and I guess the other cameras we haven't checked yet would be my next step. Dr Williams is another good idea, I'll save that one for later, thanks!

They have my book, not my cross, right? The cross is the stuff they were theoretically looking for, but it was the book that was sucked into the portal.
Yes, Jacob definitely wants answers, and why that wizard who plays with demons was looking for that cross. I'm okay with following this thread, but I need Mark and his tracking spell for this one.
That sounds like an excellent idea, although I don't want you to lose one Debt (mechanically speaking) for something that actually benefits me. Returning Debts is supposed to be painful. :) So, if vagueGM agrees, you can just ask Jacob but I don't think that would count as paying a Debt.
No, no, I'm fine with this cheme, it's just that I'm a little bit dry with ideas. But Lizabeth is a good start, and I guess the other cameras we haven't checked yet would be my next step. Dr Williams is another good idea, I'll save that one for later, thanks!

Right, right. The cross what what they were looking at, not what they got (accidentally).

I assume you have, since then, moved the cross to your 'secure venue, impenetrable by intruders and thieves'?
We can link you up with Mark once you are done helping Lizabeth.
They are sorta meant to benefit you, in a way. One way that this situation is 'painful' is that you don't get the mechanical benefit of Marking Advancement for Night (Benji's Circle) since you already Marked that, Benji does get the benefit of Marking your Circle.

This is also what Debts are for, games where players help each other's character without reference to the Debt Moves often run into problems later when those become the primary driver for Advancement, in the early game Put a Face to a Name is the main way to Advance (and you can do that with Lizabeth when Benji approaches you about her).
Especially if you are about to Mark Mortalis with Lizabeth. Save Williams for when you can get double benefit from Hitting the Streets with him :)

No, it’s cool with me! Like vagueGM mentioned, I get to mark Wild for advancement this way :)

Okey dokey, I'll cross out a Debt then.
Hahahaha! Love it.

Both of you now only need to Mark your own Circles. :)

You may be ready to Study a Place of Power. If you want to narrate how you do that we can see what that reveals.

You can tell that this is the work of the Power Circle.
I have no plans for this, I was hoping for player input on what was going on, but can make something up if needed. Some possible ideas have to come to me as we explored.

Sorry for the delay! I’ve had a really busy weekend. I’ll get a post up tomorrow!

Quite alright. It happens.

@gnomius, are you deliberately refusing to or avoiding telling Kenedi your name? That is not helping your case to get her to release Lizabeth to you.

Now she wants to see some form of ID before continuing the conversation. Remember that you are a Forger, so you can easily have false-IDs, but also remember that she is an NPC that you may need to deal with again in the future, so fake identities will complicate that.

@oopsylon: We did not talk about it at the time, but you probably Owe Kenedi a Debt for her coming to you with information about Lizabeth [ref]. Agree?

Sure, that's fine with me!

Not at all, I'm fine with giving her my real ID (after all, I asked if I needed to sign any form, and I was going to sign with my real name). I don't see any reason why I should use a fake ID, riiiiiight? Now you're making me wonder! ^_^'

No, no. It was just that you were not giving her your name, even after she asked. I was needing to know if that was deliberate or if you just missed doing so.

Awesome.

That sound like it might be Hit the Street? They are Wild.

No doubt that you know them, but do you want to roll Put a Face to a Name to see how well you know them since this is the first time, on a high roll you might have a Debt you can call in or know something to motivate them, but on a low roll you might Owe them a Debt, complicating the situation. A Debt would mainly be useful as leverage to motivate them to answer you, and can add +3 to any attempt to Persuade (though you would effectively only get a +2, since you are already at +2 and the max is +4).

Your choice of going to Boadicea and Her Daughters while chasing three women is interesting, and adds layers to their response. Remember that NPCs are not there to serve your questing needs, they have their own motivations and need a reason to agree to help you unless it aligns with their interests.