Re: IC: Wolves Glen Pub
Jack Preston
Jason T wrote:
> Gregory raises an eyebrow for a second on seeing that the floor is
> wood again, but continues back to the table he was at before and sits
> down.
((OOC: Point of order! Greg was fast asleep before the wooden floor
was turned into a mirrored floor, as per this post:
http://tinyurl.com/q7uyv ))
> He sets the plant down next to a small pile of miscellaneous
> items that was sitting there.
>
>
> He scratches his head and looks puzzled about something. "Jack? Did
> anything... unusual happen while I was sleeping? I had a really weird
> dream, and they don't usually get that weird unless they mean
> something."
>
>
Jack is rinsing the dust out of some coffee mugs. "Unusual? Nah.
Your brain probably registered the sound of me playing _Disgaea 2_ on
my laptop while you were asleep. That's a weird-ass game, but
addictive as hell."
> "Of course the House Rule takes precedence. Stories come first, and in
> this place they are guaranteed to be... interesting..."
Jack laughs. "Interesting is a relative term. Better to say that
they're guaranteed to be 'odd'."
He pours himself a cup of coffee and looks expectantly at Bain.
Jack Preston
jonatha...@gmail.com wrote:
> Bainram looks at Jack and waits. It's as if he is waiting for Jack to
> do something.
After Jack finishes tidying up behind the bar....
((OOC: Which doesn't take any time at all. Over the course of this
thread, every character that's wandered in and out has helped clean up
the place, so I imagine the Pub is practically spotless.))
....and pours himself a cuppa joe, he'll mosey over to where Greg's
sitting.
"Do you play cards, Greg? I've got a couple of packs in my bag if
you're interested in a game or two."
> In the meantime, he puts a small oblong on the bar. it
> looks like a PDA that has been laundered too many times. It is a dull
> grey and has more scratches, watermarks and dents than you would expect
> on any electronics.
Jack will take note of the PDA, but he doesn't comment or show any
particular interest.
Jason T
>After Jack finishes tidying up behind the bar....
>
>((OOC: Which doesn't take any time at all. Over the course of this
>thread, every character that's wandered in and out has helped clean up
>the place, so I imagine the Pub is practically spotless.))
>
>
>....and pours himself a cuppa joe, he'll mosey over to where Greg's
>sitting.
>
>
>"Do you play cards, Greg? I've got a couple of packs in my bag if
>you're interested in a game or two."
>
before. Not for money though - I didn't... ummm... leave home with
much more than pocket change."
Gregory finishes off the last of his sandwich and starts scooping the
miscellaneous stuff on the table into a small bag he pulls from
somewhere under the table. He starts whistling quietly in an
absentminded way as he drops stuff into the bag.
Gregory pauses to scratch an itch on his neck and in a very subtle way
the music shifts somehow.
((OOC: To catch the shift, roll against Performance (music of some
sort). Gregory rolled three successes to hide the music shift.))
((OOC: Mostly internalized magical effect taking place - Augmented
aura sight that includes the detection of active supernatural effects
and the residue of same in the auras surrounding people and objects.
All nine of the standard Mage Spheres involved. Six dice and a point
of quintessence spent and checking both Bainram and the entire Pub -
Base die rolls: 3, 5, 9, 5, 9, 2 ))
((OOC: Which ruleset is in force? The musical augmentation to the
magical effect either added four successes or brought the difficulty
down by four in case of anti-magic. Before applying the quintessence
point which also has different effects in different rule sets.))
((OOC: I have a pretty good idea what Gregory picks up from Jack, but
what does he pick up when he looks at Bainram and/or the rest of the
Pub? Note - One thing Gregory would both look for and recognize is
Wyrm-taint and it's near relatives.))
"You in, Mr Bainram?"
((OOC: Trying to act casual like nothing unusual is going on.
Manipulation and Fast-Talk dice get me: 8, 8, 4, 7, 6 ))
Jack Preston
Jason T wrote:
> "Sure. Might make for a nice break from the doom and gloom stuff
> before. Not for money though - I didn't... ummm... leave home with
> much more than pocket change."
"Well, no one says we have to gamble for money. We can probably find
something around here to use as chips."
> Gregory finishes off the last of his sandwich and starts scooping the
> miscellaneous stuff on the table into a small bag he pulls from
> somewhere under the table. He starts whistling quietly in an
> absentminded way as he drops stuff into the bag.
Jack goes over to his bag and pulls out two decks of cards. One is a
traditional 52-card deck, the other a Rider-Waite tarot deck. He sits
back down at Greg's table.
"What would you like to play? I've got a couple of standard Vegas
decks, of course. I also have a tarocchi deck, but I've only ever
played the four-player version of French tarot, although I understand
you can play with three people."
> Gregory pauses to scratch an itch on his neck and in a very subtle way
> the music shifts somehow.
>
> ((OOC: To catch the shift, roll against Performance (music of some
> sort). Gregory rolled three successes to hide the music shift.))
((OOC: I can't find Jack's character sheet right now--this is what I
get for 'cleaning up' the house--so I'm assuming he misses it.))
> ((OOC: Which ruleset is in force? The musical augmentation to the
> magical effect either added four successes or brought the difficulty
> down by four in case of anti-magic. Before applying the quintessence
> point which also has different effects in different rule sets.))
((OOC: I've been using _Mage: the Ascension 2nd edition_. That's the
ruleset that was used by players in this thread before it petered out a
couple of years back, so I assumed we were still using it.))
> ((OOC: I have a pretty good idea what Gregory picks up from Jack, but
> what does he pick up when he looks at Bainram and/or the rest of the
> Pub? Note - One thing Gregory would both look for and recognize is
> Wyrm-taint and it's near relatives.))
>
>
> "You in, Mr Bainram?"
>
> ((OOC: Trying to act casual like nothing unusual is going on.
> Manipulation and Fast-Talk dice get me: 8, 8, 4, 7, 6 ))
Jack opens the Vega deck and starts shuffling. "What's the game, boys?
Do we want to start with that American classic, five-card draw poker?"