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Threadmarks: 56: Interlude: Glenn Chambers: Wizard's, Knight's and a Hero (4/17/11)
Sunday arrived with a cooler, brisk morning. The plaza had been transformed: banners evoked medieval courts, fantastical landscapes, and floating pennants hinted at distant kingdoms. Glenn walked slowly across the cobblestone layout, noting positions for children, PR staff, and troopers. Today...
The plaza was already buzzing as Glenn arrived, clipboard under arm and eyes scanning for optimal crowd flow. Fountains caught the morning sun in fleeting sparkles, and banners flapped gently over the open square. Today's theme was deliberately whimsical: princess cosplay, designed to engage...
From: Deputy Director Grant Renoch grenoch@prt.gov
To: All Brockton Bay PRT Personnel
CC: Emily Piggot epiggot@prt.gov
BCC: Internal Intelligence Oversight inteloversight@prt.gov
Subject: Early-Stage Coordination with Wards
OVERVIEW
The April 9th Uber and Leet incident highlighted both the...
From: Deputy Director Grant Renoch grenoch@prt.gov
To: Head Office – PRT Operations ho-ops@prt.gov
CC: Emily Piggot epiggot@prt.gov
BCC: Internal Intelligence Oversight inteloversight@prt.gov
Subject: Full Internal Assessment – Uber & Leet Operations, April 9
To Whom It May Concern,
I am...
Threadmarks: 52: PRT: Dr. Grant Renoch, Deputy Director's Fireside Chat (April 10th, 2011)
[Title Graphic on Screen: "PRT Public Update – April 10, 2011"]
[Background: evening skyline of Brockton Bay; ambient city sounds fade under soft, unobtrusive music.]
[Camera cuts to the grandfatherly Deputy Director Grant Renoch at a simple desk. He sits comfortably, hands folded, warm...
Threadmarks: 51: PRT: Uber and Leet, April 9th 2011 Report
...operatives. The event was broadcast live across multiple online platforms, styled after the aesthetics and themes of the indie video game *Hotline Miami*.
The operation succeeded in spreading PRT and Protectorate resources thin. While the central spectacle produced significant property damage...
Today was a lot, so I'm just going to list out all the magic powers that were given and the basic theme of their spells in the order I gave them to people:
Missy (Wards) Creo-Ignem: Firebending, plus it's strangely cheap in terms of points for what it does.
Fox (Himself??) Rego-Mentem: This...
Well, now I just kinda feel bad…
Though Addison seemed happy enough about it.
…
He accepted the contract for the magic spells I can grant.
"By accepting this power, you agree that it shall remain with you so long as you serve Maeve Vidja Missy Byrne and in no way act against her; but if you...
"By accepting this power, you hereby consent to the following conditions: any use of it against Saga Tara Byrne, whether direct or indirect, or any continued association exceeding seventy-two hours with an organization opposed to her, shall result in automatic and immediate termination of the...
They put me in M/S quarantine…
There was a tense moment when that robotic voice commanded me to send the wolves away, but I just did a reply:all in the "Official" server:
"Heads up, from the M/S Quarantine Cell - If you assholes foam the wolfpack, then I'm done pretending to be restricted or...
Seems I'm not the only one branching out lately.
I found out that sis finally got over her endless pining for that chameleon, Dean.
I guess she and Addison have been spending most of their days together since their at the same levels in tutoring, so she finally got sick of his boyscout routine...
I guess Firewatch are getting antsy, since word has been that Uber and Leet are planning something in direct retaliation for the video.
Plus, supposedly, they built some surprisingly stable stealth tech in response to the cloak vials.
So whatever they're doing, the organizing of it hasn't been...
The great thing about the pack being Grey Wolves is that they're all around me sized.
I mean, I'm taller, obviously, but the average fully grown Grey Wolf is 100-110 lbs, meaning that I can pretty much go full Glomp mode on any of the non-puppy ones and know they'll be fine.
Plus, honestly, the...
I got something really annoying today.
I guess the Celestial Grimoire didn't want me to get too comfortable with the "40 wolves" kind of power, because:
Chat Room - SCP: Serpent's Hand
Base Cost: 100cp
Lore:
Shadowed hands that slip and weave,
Breaking rules the sane perceive.
Serpents writhe...
Ok, so I had this whole thing planned out for meeting Battery, Assault, and Sis on the boardwalk, but the roll today is just too wonderful, so I'm just gonna hope they count for manton and invite Sis to come pet them all with me.
Pack is Pack - Wolfwalkers
Base Cost: 100cp
Lore: Beneath the...
An hour or so across the water, then down into Kejimkujik. Trees spread like a living maze, lakes like polished mirrors between them. Remote, contained, quiet. A place where expectations could be gently but clearly shaped.
The flight was quiet. She didn't need to look back to know the girl was...
It turns out Narwhal is much less fun than her description would lead you to believe.
I mean, 7-foot-tall Amazon with glowing purple hair and a giant horn on her head.
Even if I saw something different, I'd been assuming certain things from that description.
Instead, I got… Emily, but with a...
I had lunch with Battery, Assault, and Sis again, so I guess this is a thing now.
But in the positive news, Fox is back, and I got to spend a while showing him my new cloak and the bigger bird form.
It was so nice, I think I could probably teleport straight to Battery's apartment, which is...
I was hoping for another magic system, or possibly more people to help Firewatch, since I know there's a good number of perks that are just pulling people from worlds where videogames are real and making them into your new minion.
My first roll was just another minor charisma thing.
I mostly...
Wow.
Lots of stuff happened last night.
Apparently, Coil and the Undersiders found out Lung was out of town because they attacked a bunch of his most profitable businesses.
Oni-Lee seems to have blunted the attacks of most of Coil's Mercenaries (through prodigious application of murder), but...