<Storyteller> Sloan makes his way past you and into the bookstore, pulling down a
thick volume he sets it upon a table and flips it open
* Brianna watches Sloan intently
* Sloan quick reads and then looks back to the Cohort
<Sloan> "I take it, none of you know it's name?"
* Brianna shakes her head
* Angelo shrugs noncommitally.
* William shakes his head
* Sloan hmmms and continues to read
* Sloan walks back into the Sanctum
* Brianna glances at the title of the book he was reading
<Sloan> "Tick tock, do you anything about possession?"
<Storyteller> The statue begins to move and walk across the room, ticking and whirring
the entire time
* Brianna 's eyes widen slightly as she watches the moving statue
<Storyteller> "Nothing that you do not......" it says in a whispery voice
* Sloan takes some candles from the shelf and begins to place them at each point of
the pentagram
<Sloan> "I can take it from here," he says
<Sloan> "You may not want to be around for the spell, it could suck you into the
circle as well..."
* IronJohn looks at the statue for a moment
* Brianna watches Sloan set up the materials for his magickal effect with a hint of
longing and regret, then nods when he cautions everyone to leave
* Daniel_C backs away
<Brianna> "Let's get going," she says to the group and prepares to leave
* William frowns
<William> "We must be there when you destroy the shell."
<Storyteller> Remy looks back at Sloan
<Storyteller> "You'll watch over her?"
* IronJohn begins to leave
<Sloan> "I'm not summoning him, but what I am summoning you don't want to be near,
especially trapped in that circle with it."
* William backs away
* Angelo frowns.
<Sloan> "Yeah I'll watch over her." he says with a tinge of regret
* Sloan finishes lighting the candles and pulls a coin out of his pocket
* Brianna leaves the room
<Storyteller> The coin shines in the candlight even across the Shroud it gleams filled
with Pathos
* William backs out of the room
<Angelo> "Let's go."
* Angelo leaves.
* Daniel_C follows Angelo
<Storyteller> You exit the building and out into the street
<Brianna> "Where to now?"
<Storyteller> Remy looks around
<Remy> "Let's try and find dis thing. I want to know who wants Emily hurt..."
<IronJohn> "I agree."
* Daniel_C nods quietly
<Angelo> "Count me in."
<Brianna> "Where do we start? I know nothing about the Risen..."
<Remy> "It would probably be at her dorm..."
<Brianna> "That's a good place to start. Whereabouts is it, Remy?"
* Angelo thinks for a minute.
<Angelo> "Watch for a pale aura. And don't underestimate how tough it is just by
looking."
<William> "I believe I know why it requires an animal to be near it...."
<Brianna> "Do they exist in the spirit world or physical? Or both?"
* Angelo shrugs. "I wasn't paying much attention to my Reaper, unfortunately."
<William> "They are in the physical world."
<Angelo> "Kinda wish I had now."
<Angelo> "That sounds right... it's hard to be both."
* Brianna wishes that her kind, wise grandmother was here now to share some of her
knowledge of the spiritworld
<William> "They use their original body."
<Angelo> "All I know is they're bad news."
<William> "I believe that those who have Risen require an animal of some sort to
house the dark part of their soul."
<Angelo> "Well! Learn something new every day."
<William> "However, because this is apparently a spectre I would guess that the
shadow has control of the body."
<Remy> "Sounds better and better...."
* Remy looks concerned
<Angelo> "So what's the animal for, then? The light part of his soul?"
<Brianna> "And the spirit has control of the animal?" Brianna asks, still trying to
understand this creature
<Angelo> "It'd make sense, anyway..."
<IronJohn> "They can have the powers that we have when we are in the skinlands, and I
have been told that they can have some of the powers of the bloodsuckers a'well."
<William> "I can only assume that to be so."
* William frowns
* Angelo frowns as well.
<William> "This creature will be formidable."
* Brianna looks uncomfortable at the thought of a creature with both the powers of a
wraith and a vampire
* Remy begins to walk in the direction of Emily's college
<Angelo> "Let's get moving, then."
* Brianna follows Remy
* Angelo follows Remy.
* Daniel_C follows the others
<Storyteller> You follow Remy as he leads you thro several back alleys and streets.
You move carefully to avoid any unwanted spectre attention
* Remy stops
<Remy> "There is is..." he says
* Brianna straightens her mask and tightens the grip on her sword
* Remy points to an apartment complex with a large plaque that reads, 'Kings County
College Walker Dormatory'
* Angelo fingers the hilt of his gladius.
* Daniel_C loosens his sword in its sheath, relishing the feel of Nocturne's ornately
crafted hilt
* Remy pulls his gun and walks through the door
* IronJohn draws his guns
* Angelo follows right on Remy's heels.
* Brianna follows close behind
* Remy climbs the stairs and finally stops on the fourth floor
<Remy> "This is it..."
* William 's hand goes to his sword but he wonders what good it will do until the
thing's spirit has returned to this world.
* Brianna silently pulls her blade and waits for Remy to lead the way
* Daniel_C pauses
<Daniel_C> "It looks like someone beat us to the room...or at least forgot to shut
the door..."
* Brianna mouths silently, "What is it?" to Daniel
* IronJohn whispers "Something smells like the bottom o' a bilge pump."
* Angelo listens.
<Angelo> "I don't hear anything at all... from the room, or even from this floor."
* Daniel_C slowly draws Nocturne
<Daniel_C> "I don't like it."
<Storyteller> You each begin to realize these things one after another
* Brianna looks closely at the doorway, straining for any sound
<Angelo> "Yeah, makes me edgy."
* William points to the clock. "It is only seven o'clock. Why are the lights out?"
* Daniel_C begins looking around
<IronJohn> "Aie, tis queer, it tis."
* Remy enters the room bearing his gun
* Brianna follows suit, sword at the ready
* Angelo slips in behind them.
* IronJohn stands at the back, guns ready
<Storyteller> The room is pitch dark, the streetlamps illuminate this room, only
slightly casting strange shadows everywhere
<Remy> "Can anyone turn on the lights?"
<IronJohn> "Aie."
* William draws his broadsword, taking comfort in the holy force flowing through it.
<Storyteller> There is a click as the lights go on
<Storyteller> There are two large beds in the room, and two desks
<Storyteller> A door hangs ajar
* Remy looks about the room
* IronJohn covers the door we entered through
* Brianna glances warily about the room
* Remy walks carefully towards the door
* Remy peers in
* Daniel_C follows Remy
<Remy> "It's a closet..."
<Angelo> "Any monsters?"
<Remy> "No...."
* Angelo sounds as though he's only half joking.
<Remy> "He's been here, I know it...."
<Brianna> "Does anyone have a way to track it?"
* Remy looks at everyone
<Remy> "Check the other rooms,"
* Daniel_C heads for another room
<Angelo> "It's freaky, I didn't hear anything from ANY room."
<Angelo> "What the hell kind of college students are these, anyway?"
* Angelo heads out towards another room.
<Brianna> "Maybe they're on some sort of break.." Brianna suggests hopefully as she
follows Angelo
* IronJohn checks a room
* IronJohn finds the others "There is a dead lass in this'one."
<Angelo> "Hey!" Angelo calls from the bathroom. "Looks like a message."
* IronJohn joins Angelo
* William goes into the room Angelo entered
* Daniel_C joins Angelo
<Storyteller> You walk into the bathroom to find several bodies in a heap under a
running shower. A message is scrawled upon the mirror
* Angelo points at the lipstick on the mirror as everyone enters.
* IronJohn reads the message
<Storyteller> 'dead they are all dead'
* Angelo shoots a glance at the bodies in the shower, and looks mildly disgusted.
* Brianna looks over her shoulder, tears in her eyes. "We were too late.."
<Storyteller> In the other mirror another message
* William 's eyes widen
<Storyteller> 'she will be too'
<Remy> "NO!" Remy shouts
<William> "Can anyone reach through the Shroud? To touch the phone, call 911?"
<Daniel_C> "I can try..."
<Angelo> "I can dial, but I don't think it's gonna do much good now..."
* Angelo goes back into the bedroom, hunting for a phone.
<Angelo> "At least they might get somebody out here..."
* Brianna stands in the bathroom and closes her eyes
* IronJohn looks around some more
* Daniel_C follows Angelo out to the main room, hunting for a phone
<Brianna> "The killer... is left-handed. He left behind the murder weapon."
* IronJohn starts looking for the weapon
* Brianna blinks several times then opens her eyes. "We need to find it, it could
tell us where hs it."
* Brianna examines the bodies to find out how they were killed
<Storyteller> The phone falls off the cradle
* William looks around the bathroom
<Remy> "Dail it, I'll say the address...."
<Storyteller> you continue to look
* Daniel_C concentrates, and reaches out to push the buttons
<Remy> "Help us...." he says giving the address
* IronJohn re-enters the room "Aie found the weapon."
* Brianna looks around the apartment for anything that could have been used as a
stabbing weapon
* Brianna looks up when IronJohn enters
<Angelo> "They'll trace the call."
* Remy heads over to see the weapon
* IronJohn shows them
<Brianna> "What is it?"
<Storyteller> You can see the weapon, it's a very large hunting knife, and it is
sticking out of a victims back
<IronJohn> "Some kinda blade."
* Daniel_C blinks
<Storyteller> Police sirens sound off in the distance
<Brianna> "Can I see? I might be able to get a clue as to who the killer is if I hold
it."
<Storyteller> They are closer now
<Daniel_C> "Nice knife. A little more vulgar than what I prefer, though..."
* Brianna holds out her hand for the knife
<Storyteller> You can hear thundering footfalls run up the stairs
<William> "Lets get back to Sloan's quickly."
<Angelo> "This isn't going to be pretty."
* Brianna takes the knife and closes her eyes, concentrating
<Storyteller> A cop enters the room
<Angelo> "I agree with William. Is there anything else we can really do here?"
<Storyteller> "Oh jesus...call back up!"
* Brianna unobtrusively drops the knife before giving the cop a heart attack
* Brianna sways a bit on her feet
<Storyteller> Brianna's fatalism marks begin to writhe across her body
* Brianna shudders uncontrollably
<Brianna> "Oh no, Oh no..."
* William moves to Brianna's side
* Brianna grasps William for support, her open eyes unseeing
<Brianna> "I can see him!" she gasps. "Killing them.. oh, god.."
* Angelo frowns.
<Brianna> "It's a she! The Risen is a woman..I can see her in the mirror..."
<Storyteller> several policemen are there now
* Brianna blinks and her eyes come into focus.
<Storyteller> "The detectives are here sir," says one to the official looking one
<Brianna> "The knife she used.. is the one that killed her. She has black hair and a
long scar along her throat.. she was.." Brianna shudders.. "she was smiling when
she wrote the message on the mirror. Smiling!"
<Angelo> "Spectres..."
* Brianna covers her face, her raven black hair falls forward, obscuring her vision
<Storyteller> Two men enter the room, one is a tall man with dark hair and a prominent
nose, the other is an older man with brown hair and blues eyes
* Daniel_C mutters something to himself
<Storyteller> the official looking policeman shakes head,
<Angelo> "But why leave the knife? Wasn't this Risen planning to..." he looks at
Remy. "To use it on Remy's girl too?"
<Storyteller> "Your'e late, Logan. We got a situation here, seven woman dead. One of
them is a councilman's daughter."
<William> "Lets go."
<Storyteller> The older man looks around
<Storyteller> "Who made the call?"
* Brianna tries to pull herself together
<Storyteller> A policeman peers his head into the room
<Storyteller> "Detective Briscoe, take a look at this..."
* Brianna listens to the police, thinking that they might pick up on something that
she didn't
<Storyteller> The policemen talk, but nothing you don't already know...
<Angelo> "Maybe we better get back to Sloan."
<Brianna> "Good idea."
<Remy> "She couldn't know where Emily is could she?"
* Remy heads out the room at a quick pace
* Brianna looks at Remy. "She's in good hands, I think that Sloan can protect her."
<Angelo> "The message on the mirror was to put us off, I don't think she knows
anything."
<William> "And what do we do if he destroys the body? We may never find this thing."
<Storyteller> You head out onto the street, past the police cars and ambulances.
Making your way to the bookstore once again being careful not to attract attention
* Remy stops his body shaking
<Remy> "Emily..."
* Daniel_C looks at Remy
<Daniel_C> "What?"
<Storyteller> As you watch the bookstore you can see several spectres just outside it,
and a lone quick standing next to them, her hand upon the doorknob <Storyteller>to be continued...
