IC: Wolves Glen Pub
Jack Preston
> ((OOC: Please tell me Jack isn't Porthos fitz Empress in disguise.
> Eep!))
((OOC: Goodness, no--Jack's nowhere near as obnoxious! ))
<snippage>
> >"Babs, list the anomalies," Jack snaps.
> "ANOMALIES NOTED:"
>
> "PRESENCE CONNECTED TO SIM, METHODOLOGY UNKNOWN."
Jack frowns.
> "PRESENCE ORIGIN/SOURCE PROTECTED AGAINST BACKTRACE."
The frown deepens.
> "PRESENCE PROTECTED AGAINST ANALYSIS."
He rolls his eyes in frustration. You may be protected against
anaylsis, he thinks, but you sure aren't protected against a
super-magnet if you piss me off....
> "WORKING..."
> >He walks forward, until he's only a few feet from the figure, and
> >begins to slowly circumnavigate it. He studies the figure carefully.
> >
> The figure's attention seems directed at the Sim in progress. Jack
> cannot tell race or gender as yet, because the sleeves of the 'robe'
> hang down far enough that it's hands (if it has them) are hidden
> inside the sleeves.
>
> Closer analysis via magical senses seems to indicate both a genuine
> ghost/wraith and a hologram. Judging what exactly the mix of the two
> is depends on just how skilled Jack is at judging ghostly abilities.
>
> Whatever it is, it feels.. odd somehow. Not really like a standard
> ghost such as Jack has met in the past.
Jack sighs. This is going to take someone from House Thig, or one of
the cyber-knights from Technocracy 2.0 to figure this one out, he
thinks.
> >Once Jack has a handle on what he's dealing with, he'll walk back to
> >his original position. "Sanctum, my chair."
> >
> >For a moment, nothing. Then there's a brief change in the mirror's
> >reflection. The software fades to show a large room, as though viewed
> >into it from the celing. The room is filled with antiques, furniture,
> >bookshelves....
> >
> >It's gone. And slowly fading into the pub's reality is a nice, brown
> >leather club chair, obviously well-used.
>
> ((OOC: That's a neat trick! Little paradoxical, but still a neat
> trick!))
((OOC: Vulgar as hell, but things are always a little easier when you
can take your Place of Power with you.))
> >Jack sits down, steeples his fingers together, and waits for for Babs
> >to report.
>
> "WORKING..."
>
> "PRESENCE NOTED AS 'ASSISSTANCE/DATABASE PROTECTION'."
>
> "PRESENCE NOTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO SIM INTERFACE."
>
> "WORKING..."
>
> "PRESENCE RESPONDS: 'STATE THE NATURE OF NEEDED ASSISTANCE.' "
Jack thinks for a moment, tugging at his lip. Then he says,
"Hybrid display of Umbra and Tellurian. Increase sim speed by a factor
of three, center on Daath comet.
"Highlight the following Earth Prime locations:
"Buenos Aires.
"Lima.
"New York City.
"Moscow.
"Tokyo.
"Bejing.
"Johannesburg.
"Abuja.
"Addis Abbaba.
"Jerusalem.
"In the Umbra, highlight:
"Charon's Gate, Stygia.
"The Way of Iron, the Chasm.
"Lysander's Road, Hy-Brasil.
"The Grand Hall.
"Darkside Moonbase.
"Victoria Station in the Gernsback Continuum.
"Summer Grove Path.
"Mus.
"Doissetep.
Jack leans forward and says, "Go."