Nick "Nicodemus" Dalton (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nick_garou) wrote2014-07-14 11:32 am
nick_garou) wrote2014-07-14 11:32 am
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Travelin' Man
July 3-4--Visiting with Raul (Euthanatos) and Joey (Akashic) in Seattle
I tooled into Seattle on July 3rd, met up with Joey and Raul for a take-out dinner and to talk shop. They don't know what the riots are all about and haven't really poked into investigating them, as they don't seem to involve them directly. Instead, they're more worried about some violence happening in an area near an industrial park. People disappearing recently. Police too distracted with the ongoing chaos to really look into things. I lent them a hand with the legwork that night. A couple really nasty fomori living out of the sewers and preying on the homeless, drug addicts, and street walkers in the area. We waited until the next night, using the fireworks as cover. Like we'd done before with that clutch of vampires, I acted as overwatch, stealth-enhancer, and "shields" from afar while Raul went in with his pistols and Joey went in with a sword and his martial arts. It was quick and brutal and, frankly, the two fomori never even stood much of a chance. Joey ended up with a scratch and a bad bruise, but that was the extent of the injuries on our end. (And, really, why would you close in to hand-to-hand fighting if you had options and the advantage? Joey is a bit nuts that way.)
Raul again asked me about considering joining the Euthanatos, claiming my soul had a spiritual connection to that Tradition that I was denying. I again declined.
July 5-7--Visiting with Walter (Virtual Adept) in Phoenix, Arizona
The trip to visit Walter was long and the visit short. He'd chalked the riots up to a more aggressive spin-off of the Occupy movement and paid them no mind as they didn't affect him. We were doing some co-op experimentation with the Digital Web (which was mostly just Walter showing me more of the ropes) when I got a call that the DNA rescue operation was going down the night of the 6th. I asked Thomas if he wanted to Correspondence-hitchhike a ride with me to plunder a secret lab's database. He was pretty excited about that. I cautioned him that there would be garou present on the run and to not disturb them. Especially the short, invisible female that'd be summoning up water elementals. (Eyebrows were raised.) The op on my and SilverTip's end went off /almost/ like clockwork. A few hiccups here and there, but nothing we couldn't handle. Walter later informed that I ran with some really weird, really dangerous creatures--but he seemed impressed and excited about this whole DNA company thing. He might do a little digging on that front to see how deep that particular rabbit hole goes. I told him to be very cautious and quiet. He said he would. I hope that's the case.
Walter seemed interested in elementals after watching what Silvertip did with one, so I introduced him to Kargamis (my little Chimera familiar) and offered to let him use my Talisman to cross over to the umbra for his first time ever. He said it was a novel experience, but he preferred the predictability of the Digital Web to the spirit world. I can see the appeal.
Walther was thrilled with the stock tips I'd given him earlier. He'd used the profits to buy a bunch of new tech. He wanted me to keep him in the loop for any future predictions, and he offered to help me out sometime in the future.
July 8-10--Visiting with Tyler (Akashic) and his heavily Cult of Ecstasy crew in San Francisco
The trip to San Fran was long. Sore ass. Tired. I met up with Tyler and some of his crew from the chantry there. They'd been keeping an eye on the riots but hadn't really bothered looking into them yet. I got thanked, lots, for my stock tips I'd sent them earlier. A few members of the cabal had made some investments, got a good return, and... Apparently there'd been one hell of a party. I was tired and needed a break after the trip, so they offered me a place to crash and I loaned one of the Cultists with an interest in Life magic my cougar transformation ring to try out.
I could hear him and his Cultist girlfriend through the walls. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! Mind bleach!
The rest of the trip was not particularly useful, beyond a discussion I had with one of the mages about the subtleties of Correspondence magic. I've got some new things to try out in the future. Aaaaand I've a standing offer from the one Cultist to trade him for the cougar talisman, but he didn't have anything I wanted. Yet. I did, however, get a lead on a small cabal of Hollow Ones out in Portland who were looking to learn a thing or two about Forces and not having much luck getting someone to accommodate them. That might be a good opportunity to make some new friends/contacts.
I headed back to Saint Claire, arriving late on the 10th. More about that later.
I tooled into Seattle on July 3rd, met up with Joey and Raul for a take-out dinner and to talk shop. They don't know what the riots are all about and haven't really poked into investigating them, as they don't seem to involve them directly. Instead, they're more worried about some violence happening in an area near an industrial park. People disappearing recently. Police too distracted with the ongoing chaos to really look into things. I lent them a hand with the legwork that night. A couple really nasty fomori living out of the sewers and preying on the homeless, drug addicts, and street walkers in the area. We waited until the next night, using the fireworks as cover. Like we'd done before with that clutch of vampires, I acted as overwatch, stealth-enhancer, and "shields" from afar while Raul went in with his pistols and Joey went in with a sword and his martial arts. It was quick and brutal and, frankly, the two fomori never even stood much of a chance. Joey ended up with a scratch and a bad bruise, but that was the extent of the injuries on our end. (And, really, why would you close in to hand-to-hand fighting if you had options and the advantage? Joey is a bit nuts that way.)
Raul again asked me about considering joining the Euthanatos, claiming my soul had a spiritual connection to that Tradition that I was denying. I again declined.
July 5-7--Visiting with Walter (Virtual Adept) in Phoenix, Arizona
The trip to visit Walter was long and the visit short. He'd chalked the riots up to a more aggressive spin-off of the Occupy movement and paid them no mind as they didn't affect him. We were doing some co-op experimentation with the Digital Web (which was mostly just Walter showing me more of the ropes) when I got a call that the DNA rescue operation was going down the night of the 6th. I asked Thomas if he wanted to Correspondence-hitchhike a ride with me to plunder a secret lab's database. He was pretty excited about that. I cautioned him that there would be garou present on the run and to not disturb them. Especially the short, invisible female that'd be summoning up water elementals. (Eyebrows were raised.) The op on my and SilverTip's end went off /almost/ like clockwork. A few hiccups here and there, but nothing we couldn't handle. Walter later informed that I ran with some really weird, really dangerous creatures--but he seemed impressed and excited about this whole DNA company thing. He might do a little digging on that front to see how deep that particular rabbit hole goes. I told him to be very cautious and quiet. He said he would. I hope that's the case.
Walter seemed interested in elementals after watching what Silvertip did with one, so I introduced him to Kargamis (my little Chimera familiar) and offered to let him use my Talisman to cross over to the umbra for his first time ever. He said it was a novel experience, but he preferred the predictability of the Digital Web to the spirit world. I can see the appeal.
Walther was thrilled with the stock tips I'd given him earlier. He'd used the profits to buy a bunch of new tech. He wanted me to keep him in the loop for any future predictions, and he offered to help me out sometime in the future.
July 8-10--Visiting with Tyler (Akashic) and his heavily Cult of Ecstasy crew in San Francisco
The trip to San Fran was long. Sore ass. Tired. I met up with Tyler and some of his crew from the chantry there. They'd been keeping an eye on the riots but hadn't really bothered looking into them yet. I got thanked, lots, for my stock tips I'd sent them earlier. A few members of the cabal had made some investments, got a good return, and... Apparently there'd been one hell of a party. I was tired and needed a break after the trip, so they offered me a place to crash and I loaned one of the Cultists with an interest in Life magic my cougar transformation ring to try out.
I could hear him and his Cultist girlfriend through the walls. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! Mind bleach!
The rest of the trip was not particularly useful, beyond a discussion I had with one of the mages about the subtleties of Correspondence magic. I've got some new things to try out in the future. Aaaaand I've a standing offer from the one Cultist to trade him for the cougar talisman, but he didn't have anything I wanted. Yet. I did, however, get a lead on a small cabal of Hollow Ones out in Portland who were looking to learn a thing or two about Forces and not having much luck getting someone to accommodate them. That might be a good opportunity to make some new friends/contacts.
I headed back to Saint Claire, arriving late on the 10th. More about that later.