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    Quote Originally Posted by GKnightBC View Post
    "If you'd like , I can try and find you stuff on eBay that he can grow into? Lots of server gear and such available cheaper than market. I've built systems for clients that way, before." Jeremy offers to Blaze.
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    What would I roll for that kind of thing? Computers+INT or something? If it helps, he could take a few hours for the extended action bonus.
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    Computers+INT+Patient (7d10)[9][3][8][7][8][10][3](48) Any tens? (7d10)[1][10][2][2][4][1][5](25)

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    Bear scratches his chin as Databolt comes up, before the group goes back to talk to him, "Yeah, I promised good broadband and that they could hog 70% of it uncontested for 2 weeks straight. I figured it would be easier to pay them in access more easily and cheaply than further hardware upgrades."

    "Meant to take care of that a long while back, but thing after thing kept coming up. Past time to make sure it happens"


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    (OOC: Well now technically, since everyone is joining in, I should make this an assisted roll, which would mean only one person is a primary, and everyone else's successes just add dice to their pool... but I'm feeling too nice right now for that. I count 6/8 successes now)

    Fortunately for Joanna, Bear and especially Jeremy join in. Jeremy seems to know right away what needs to be done, and helps lay out schematics and a list of supplies that will be needed to upgrade everything as promised! He shares the list and a few websites that the group can search for the listed supplies, and pretty soon, most everything needed has been identified and ordered. Parts will need to come in and be assembled, but then the group should be good to go!

    (OOC: I'm going to cut off other players from rolling here, since the point of an extended action is that it should take time, and because I don't think the group will be able to source all the hardware locally. What we'll say is that all the parts will have come by the next bit of downtime, and we can have someone roll for assembly for the last two successes)

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    'Good to meet you Micah.' Joanna nods 'Is it always this busy?'
    The man looks Joanna over quizzically for a moment then says, "Well, I mean we do decently, but I think there is a decent crowd building already to see you guys perform." He chuckles uncomfortably then adds to Joanna, and also eyeing Jeremy, "And you are? I don't think I recognize you from the last time the band performed."
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    'Thanks Jeremy. I was thinking about finding an Amazon warehouse to visit after hours but maybe I shouldn't push my luck.'

    --‐-------

    To Micah to mollify him. 'Sorry, I'm new here. And to New Bedford even. I think I was expecting a smaller bar, but this is pretty cool.' She'll offer her hand. 'The guys needed a bassist. I'm Joanna.' She didn't particularly want to talk about why the band needed a new bassist.

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    The guy's eyes kind of light up when Joanna mentions she is with the band. "Oh no, no need to apologize," he says, "I just didn't recognize you." He offers a self-conscious hand to shake. To the entire group he says, "Well let me know if you need any help getting set up. We've got some staff here who can help... and uh, well the drinks are on us tonight!"
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    'Thanks Micah. I think we'll take you up on that.' Joanna felt that she was probably too busy to drink much tonight but the wolf blooded would probably appreciate it. She'll will help carry any gear into the venue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bennosuke View Post
    The guy's eyes kind of light up when Joanna mentions she is with the band. "Oh no, no need to apologize," he says, "I just didn't recognize you." He offers a self-conscious hand to shake. To the entire group he says, "Well let me know if you need any help getting set up. We've got some staff here who can help... and uh, well the drinks are on us tonight!"
    A bit excited at the prospect of playing 'professionally' with the band, for the first time, he remains relatively quiet as they set and tune up. "Hope my practice pays off. I may need those free drinks afterwards." He says to Joanna after Micah leaves.

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    A bit excited at the prospect of playing 'professionally' with the band, for the first time, he remains relatively quiet as they set and tune up. "Hope my practice pays off. I may need those free drinks afterwards." He says to Joanna after Micah leaves.
    Quietly, 'Aren't we hunting tomorrow though? How are we with hangovers anyway?'

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    Blaze

    "We need to decide if we're going to do a ritual with this gig or not," Blaze said, "'cuz that was the original plan, but now I dunno. I'm thinkin' we should hold off for the time being until we learn some more. Plus we don't know if one of them are gonna be in the crowd. If they are, we'll tip our hand by having the ritual out in the open like that."
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    'I'd like to think between all of us we should be able to smell one of them if they show up tonight, but I'm open to persuasion. The ritual stuff is your call though.'

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    Hopefully no one notices the way Joanna lifts her head to the sky and begins snuffling. She is relieved that she cannot pick up the slightest scent of other werewolves in the building! However, there is the faintest rotted fishy odor distinct to many of the New Bedford locals who carry the stranger, fishier characteristics. This smell is faint; Joanna does not get the sense that there are any fish-frog men lumbering nearby, but maybe a few of the locals here carry the taint of the Idigam.
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    Joanna isn't going to make a habit of doing this in front of people, but she's not that worried about what it might look like.

    'Nothing but fish.'

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    "Perhaps the Reveller's influence will wipe away some of the fishy-ness and save these people from the Idigam. It's worth a try, right?"

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    Bear laughs at that, patting Jeremy on the back, "Don't know about that, but we'll definitely wake them up a bit. People in this town seem half asleep a lot of the time."
    "No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." -John Donne-
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    Quote Originally Posted by GKnightBC View Post
    "Perhaps the Reveller's influence will wipe away some of the fishy-ness and save these people from the Idigam. It's worth a try, right?"
    'The Reveller smells better anyway.'

    Joanna is mostly focused on remembering the band's songs, but will take the opportunity to take a few photos of the venue where she can. She was going to put off telling Beth about joining another band until there was she actually had a gig to report.

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    The pack continues with setting up their equipment; plugging in amps and microphones, checking sound levels, and tuning strings. As they prepare, the indoor space gets more and more crowded filling with a mostly younger crowd of college students and locals. Chaz even shows up with a good sized group of friends, many of whom are familiar to the group. There's also a good population from the local Punk scene, many of whom have been at the band's prior concerts.

    Micah comes back regularly to check in on the group and offer them water, wine, and anything else they can think of. He's polite, if not a little eager, but also makes sure to give the band and their "roadies" adequate space.

    Soon enough, an hour or-so has gone by, and it's time to perform. Micah gets up on stage it introduce Cry Wolf, and though he looks rather out of place standing among the leather clad punk Uratha, manages to whip the crowd into an uproar of applause as Kara steps up to her microphone as lead singer.

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    Alright, I think there is enough time before the performance begins, in case any of you change your mind; may I remind you about the Pack's Bane:

    Each Uratha must perform one hedonistic act per month, giving into their vices and throwing caution to the wind. This can include a particularly debased stage act, that a conservative public member may consider "inappropriate or pornographic".
    Which as far as I have documented, not anyone has completed yet... though please speak up if I missed something!!! If you do want to attempt something, we can either resolve it with a simple roll, or run a parallel scene as appropriate.

    Otherwise, let's roll for tonight's performance, and more specifically for the Hunting Rite. I am going to have everyone roll either Dex/Presence + Expression (plus any skill specialty if specific to performing or playing your instrument). Goal is 10 successes. I will roll for Kara. (9d10)[9][8][6][9][5][9][3][8][3](60)

    EDIT: Well there's 5/10 of your successes right there!

    As always, can I please have you describe your character's performance with/after your roll. Special bonus for the player with the most successes.

    I am going to nominate Blaze, Rite Master here, not that it matters, however, the pack needs to finalize whom/what this Hunting Rite is targetting.

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    Joanna is professional enough not to want to get hammered before a gig. This wasn't the seventies after all, but she will take a little wine while they were all setting up. It felt weird to be going on first, 'Maybe we could get a support band for next time. Assuming there's anyone around here that's any good.'

    She'll nod and grin at Chaz if she has the opportunity to make eye contact. If Joanna has the opportunity to see him before the gig she'll try to meet him in the crowd. 'Hey, you made it.'

    Before they're announced she'll take a quick picture of the audience from an angle that shows that she was on a stage. She'll send this on in a text to Beth, 'So, I have a gig. Long story.'

    When they started it was easy to relax into it. Joanna's job as the bassist was really the easiest. She just needed to keep up with the others and focus on the tune. Normally in this situation she concentrated on her playing and on watching the audience's reaction but here, it was hard not to get caught up with watching Kara, whose attitude was infectious.


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    Beth is Joanna's touchstone in Boston and former bandmate.

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    Jeremy sticks to water, regardless of his previous statement, and lets the music flow into his fingers as they dance across the instrument. Taking his lead from Blaze as they play, he feels the Reveler's spirit join the weave and grins less nervously. A sudden hunger grips him, and his eyes scan the crowd, a thread of hunting prey twining into his music.
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    Dex+Expression+Keyboard (6d10)[10][4][6][1][9][8](38) any tens? (6d10)[2][3][3][5][6][8](27)

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    Blaze

    They hadn't played a gig this large... ever, and Blaze basked in the energy of the crowd, using it to fuel his drumwork.

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    I don't know the first thing about music...
    Drums: presence + expression + drums specialty: (8d10)[1][2][6][5][10][7][10][4](45)
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    Bear throws himself into his guitar, sliding through the riffs they'd worked out as they go from one song to the next, working the steps and gestures of the Siskur Dah into the performance. He can feel the energy of it all, and the thrill of it all drove him on. He'd missed this, badly, and the anticipation of the hunt only added to it all.

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    The band open up with a cover of The Sex Pistols, a familiar song that almost everyone and their mother has heard, to get the crowd's attention and interest right away. After what has seemed like months of Kara being a shadow of herself, the young Uratha really comes alive in front of the crowd. The audience seem to lock in as one the moment she hits her first note, rising high and rough into an almost howl. She struts the stage, locking eyes with people in the audience one after the other, winking and pouting and sneering at each member of the crowd; the consummate performer.

    The band then goes into a few of their classic songs, before Blaze takes the group into Sister Daas, the band's instrumental number meant to symbolically represent the sacred hunt. This time, the song stars with a rhythmic drum piece that sounds like the steady gallop of racing feet... or paws. Bear's guitar joins in, slashing chords that sound like the growls and howls of a pack of wolves. Kara's vocals join in; guttural noises in a call and response to Karl's guitar. He is playing the pack, she is playing the chased Pure. Joanna's base thrums along steadily, and Jeremy plays staccato fills on his keyboard, filling in the spaces between Bear and Kara. The song builds and builds and builds as the song takes shape around the harrying, cornering, and killing of a mighty foe. At the end of the performance, not only is the crowd cheering, but the pack can feel the ethereal unity amongst them, created by the completion of the rite. Like a web of Essence, the Anchor Wolves could feel the mystical singular desire to hunt and an unnamable certainty in their victory over The Pure.

    But, as the applause dies down Joanna catches sight of a familiar figure; THE ENEMY. One of the Pure, the young man with the shaggy brown hair is standing up against the lip of the stage, a curious smile on his face. He is dressed in a pristine black leather jacket that looks expensive and perhaps worn for the first time, and a pair of dark blue designer jeans. He catches Joanna's gaze, and the smile broadens.

    (OOC: Rolled a 1d4 to decide who would catch this

    EDIT: With the rite completed I have updated everyone's character boxes with the "Siskur Dah (The Pure)" condition.)
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    Joanna is rusty and knows it. Her playing might best be described as enthusiastic. Thankfully, with Kara and the others here all she has to do is not **** up too much. She'll relax in to the effects of the ritual and start to enjoy herself.

    At least until she saw the Allen kid in the front row. She'll only nudge Bear to get his attention before checking the crowd for the rest of the Pure.

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    Bear subtly nods and keeps playing, unconcerned for now. It was a little late to focus on the watcher. Either there'd be trouble later or there wouldn't. Job now was to pull this gig, and the ritual, off well. They could chase down the intruder afterwards.
    "No man is an island, entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." -John Donne-
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    With this interaction, the other band members are able to pick up on what is going on with Bear and Joanna, catching site of the Pure werewolf in the crowd standing there rather unabashed.

    (OOC: Will give the other players a chance to decide if they want to do anything, and otherwise will just move things to after the performance. @TC and GK, please let me know in Discord if you don't want to do anything and don't have anything you want to post so I can go forward with this)
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    Once she's alerted Bear Joanna is going to watch Corey closely while she's playing. She's perturbed by the fact that he made it in here without any of them noticing but the idea that a Uratha could do something unexpected wasn't exactly surprising. Whatever he's here for Joanna isn't sure it could wait till after the gig.

    In the break between songs she'll go looking for any of the Wolf Blooded who might be backstage. James King would be ideal.'You see that boy in the front row? He's one of the Pure.' There's was no way the wolf-blooded weren't aware of the general situation. 'Everybody keep an eye out, but if someone wants to get in his way if he tries to leave. Do not start anything though. I don't even know what he wants.'

    There wasn't really time to have a conversation. Joanna will return to retrieve her bass but will squat down in front of Corey so they could be close enough to exchange words even if they were playing. 'Enjoying the show Corey?' She'll use his name just to see how he reacts.

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    James King is indeed one of the Wolf-Blooded hanging "backstage"; in this case standing behind one of the curtains drawn up on either side of the makeshift plywood stage. He nods dutifully before poking his head around the curtain to identify his target, eyes narrowing into a hard glare. He exits around the far side of the curtain before coming around to the side of the building, where he might have easy access to the crowd closest to the stage.

    There wasn't really time to have a conversation. Joanna will return to retrieve her bass but will squat down in front of Corey so they could be close enough to exchange words even if they were playing. 'Enjoying the show Corey?' She'll use his name just to see how he reacts.
    The werewolf stays in his spot as Joanna comes to him at the lip of the stage. He keeps eye contact with the bassist, a bemused grin on his face. The question doesn't seem to faze him, and he earnestly replies, "Yeah, this is great! I mean, it's not really my scene... more into EDM, but you guys really rock!" He practically has to yell to be heard over the applause of the crowd between songs, and now most of the front row are at least watching the interaction between Corey and Joanna, the closes with a fair bit of curiosity on their faces as far as Joanna can see. But the strange thing is that Corey seems sincere, there is no threat, malice or irony in his words, and he's smiling up at Joanna.
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    Joanna looks sceptical, 'Is blondie here?' she said, referring to the unnamed third member of the Pure pack. 'I can't see this being something that the Professor would be into.'

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    The question causes Cory to grin; a handsome charming grin. With a wink he says, "They don't know I'm here." He shoves both hand in his pocket and shrugs, very smug and pleased with himself. He nods back up at the stage and says, "I think they are waiting for you to start again. But wait, what's your name? You already know mine."
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    Joanna is unfazed by his charm. 'Stick around until after and maybe I'll tell you.' She'll get back to playing.

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    The rest of the performance goes well overall, though there is at least among some a sense of unease with the Anshega watching from his spot at the lip of the stage. When the band finishes their last song, the crowd erupts with applause, and Cory joins in with them, though it's clear to everyone on stage that he has his eyes now focused on Joanna.

    When he catches her eye, he gives a warm grin, then nods his head towards the exit. Even with the audience on their feet, he seems to move effortlessly through the sea of people, and exits the building. James King comes rushing up to Joanna, offering to take her bass and says, "Do you... do you want me to follow him?"
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