The strength of the Dreamspeakers is, occasionally, a weakness. The Tradition most renowned for spirit mages are a fractious lot and that allows them incredible versatility as a Tradition; it also means that there was no centralized location for the Technocracy to decimate during the Reckoning in the same way that the Hermetics, the Choristers and others were torn asunder.
Unfortunately, this also means that they can be difficult to get ahold of.
Shoshannah has a plan, and when she calls spirits to her in order to get a message sent out she gets two spirits who can serve as messengers. Perhaps appropriately for the season, they take the form of a pair of crows with a sense of rot around them. Whether the rot is from the spirits themselves of the fact that they are the spirits of Carrion birds, who can say? But it is a supposedly-haunted park, so it could really go either way.
They listen, and they are swayed by Soshannah's request. They flap their wings once and are gone.
Those with Spirit within the city who have at least an rudimentary level of training in Spirit are visited by the spirits, who seek out those that can see them and deliver the message.
No one from outside of the city makes contact with Shoshannah. Whether whoever is inside the city makes contact with her...well, that is up to them.
[Basically if you have Spirit of 1 then congratulations, you get this message from Shoshannah! Assuming that you are in the general city metropolitan area (including the vicinity of the Chantry) as of November first, that is. If you are outside of the city then let me know where your PC was and I will let you if you got it.]
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Alyssa is in her apartment downtown checking up on a couple potential workleads over the phone when she hears the beep that says she has a text message. That's about when she looks over her shoulder, sees the strange dead bird sitting on her bookstand. (She has no bust of Pallas, alas.)
The occultist raises an eyebrow, as if to say Yes? and then receives the message. She knows no Shoshannah Mitchell, but she of course knows what a Dreamspeaker is. Interesting. As the bird flutters off she checks her text messages and smirks when she sees Connor's text. A few quick fingerstrokes and she's sending one back.
Names mean nothing 2 me. Dreamspeakers does. U and I should chat more. I got sum things U oughta know.
She sets the phone down and rubs at her eyes, then goes to do her own summoning. She already has a seal readied, kept underneath her bed and with a heavy scraping sound the sleeping surface is pulled away. She gets out her ritual knife (HIS ritual knife) and slices into her palm. Blood drips over the candles and before it's dried she lights them. The heat bubbles her liquid lifeforce and she presses her palms together, beginning the summoning.
What is summoned doesn't quite have a distinct form; it is more like shadow coalescing from the dark parts of the room. It hisses and approaches her and she narrows her eyes, grinning as it is trapped in the seal.
"Dumbshit. Now you're going to deliver a message for me."
The creature roars (as much as you can roar when you can only whisper) and throws profane curses on the Hollow One's head, but they are futile. It knows it will obey, and so does she.
And thus the shadowspawn appears in front of Shoshannah when she arrives back at Kalen's from her conversation with Sid. The creature draws out of collected shadow and stares balefully at the Dreamspeaker, then speaks in its sibilant, malicious tone.
Alyssa Solomon of the Hollow Ones says hello, and says that while she doesn't know the names you speak of, she feels she should make greeting. You may find her at [address of her apartment downtown], or by phone at [phone number].
And then it dissipates, its mission accomplished so that it can return to wherever Alyssa pulled it from.
Samael @ 6:02PM
[[Spirit 2: Messenger Spirit back! -1 specialty focus, -1 taking time. WP because it would be JUST MY LUCK.]]
Roll: 2 d10 TN3 (7, 10) ( success x 3 ) [WP] VALID
CourtCat @ 6:02PM
Witnessed!
Unfortunately, this also means that they can be difficult to get ahold of.
Shoshannah has a plan, and when she calls spirits to her in order to get a message sent out she gets two spirits who can serve as messengers. Perhaps appropriately for the season, they take the form of a pair of crows with a sense of rot around them. Whether the rot is from the spirits themselves of the fact that they are the spirits of Carrion birds, who can say? But it is a supposedly-haunted park, so it could really go either way.
They listen, and they are swayed by Soshannah's request. They flap their wings once and are gone.
Those with Spirit within the city who have at least an rudimentary level of training in Spirit are visited by the spirits, who seek out those that can see them and deliver the message.
No one from outside of the city makes contact with Shoshannah. Whether whoever is inside the city makes contact with her...well, that is up to them.
[Basically if you have Spirit of 1 then congratulations, you get this message from Shoshannah! Assuming that you are in the general city metropolitan area (including the vicinity of the Chantry) as of November first, that is. If you are outside of the city then let me know where your PC was and I will let you if you got it.]
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Alyssa is in her apartment downtown checking up on a couple potential workleads over the phone when she hears the beep that says she has a text message. That's about when she looks over her shoulder, sees the strange dead bird sitting on her bookstand. (She has no bust of Pallas, alas.)
The occultist raises an eyebrow, as if to say Yes? and then receives the message. She knows no Shoshannah Mitchell, but she of course knows what a Dreamspeaker is. Interesting. As the bird flutters off she checks her text messages and smirks when she sees Connor's text. A few quick fingerstrokes and she's sending one back.
Names mean nothing 2 me. Dreamspeakers does. U and I should chat more. I got sum things U oughta know.
She sets the phone down and rubs at her eyes, then goes to do her own summoning. She already has a seal readied, kept underneath her bed and with a heavy scraping sound the sleeping surface is pulled away. She gets out her ritual knife (HIS ritual knife) and slices into her palm. Blood drips over the candles and before it's dried she lights them. The heat bubbles her liquid lifeforce and she presses her palms together, beginning the summoning.
What is summoned doesn't quite have a distinct form; it is more like shadow coalescing from the dark parts of the room. It hisses and approaches her and she narrows her eyes, grinning as it is trapped in the seal.
"Dumbshit. Now you're going to deliver a message for me."
The creature roars (as much as you can roar when you can only whisper) and throws profane curses on the Hollow One's head, but they are futile. It knows it will obey, and so does she.
And thus the shadowspawn appears in front of Shoshannah when she arrives back at Kalen's from her conversation with Sid. The creature draws out of collected shadow and stares balefully at the Dreamspeaker, then speaks in its sibilant, malicious tone.
Alyssa Solomon of the Hollow Ones says hello, and says that while she doesn't know the names you speak of, she feels she should make greeting. You may find her at [address of her apartment downtown], or by phone at [phone number].
And then it dissipates, its mission accomplished so that it can return to wherever Alyssa pulled it from.
Samael @ 6:02PM
[[Spirit 2: Messenger Spirit back! -1 specialty focus, -1 taking time. WP because it would be JUST MY LUCK.]]
Roll: 2 d10 TN3 (7, 10) ( success x 3 ) [WP] VALID
CourtCat @ 6:02PM
Witnessed!
"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."
"Good men don't need rules. And today's not the day to find out why I have so many."