EVENT #12: INVOCATION - COORDINATION POST (PART 2)

[abraxasmods]

Event #12 - COORDINATION ( 2 )

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JOSSELYN CREED

[abraxasmods]

[carmesi]

Player Name: kira
Character Name: wanda maximoff
Other characters involved: adjacently, natasha + lucifer, michael

Action: wanda learned through natasha that josselyn has brothers throughout abraxas and that they've been "managing trade negotiations" between factions. natasha will have told wanda that the brothers didn't seem to have known about what she was planning. they shouldn't have to answer for her crimes, but wanda thinks it'd be prudent to have them around, so that should josselyn be cagey during wrap-up/interrogation, perhaps family could bring something out of her or they could get some information from them regarding where she is, her efforts, or state of mind.
Thread: where michael and wanda find out about josselyn through scrying, their informing the council about her, thread discussing with natasha about the creeds, the bros ain't so bad
Notes: not particularly something wanda would actively be looking into, but she'd mention it to the council 👍

[abraxasmods]

The Council would receive her information, informing her that they will indeed be reaching out to the other factions to make contact to the other members of the Creed family. The Council is aware of the brothers in Thorne and the Free Cities, as they left to manage trade negotiations with the Council's blessing.

Faction officials in the Free Cities and Thorne will use this information to speak to the brothers, in an effort to locate Josselyn while the Summoned are focused on rescuing the prisoners.

Though the brothers aren't in trouble yet, their connection to Josselyn might cause them a bit of trouble moving forward. Officials will be watching them closely for now.

[carmesi]

Player Name: kira
Character Name: wanda maximoff
Other characters involved: alucard, michael, claire, eddie, carl

Action: josselyn's warded door is a big pain in the ass, but they have some items/clues and will try to make use of them. these are the items they currently have:

1. enchanted ledger (found by carl and eddie)
2. black substance sample (collected by wanda)
3. jars and books from the house (collected by michael and claire)
4. blackened root and blood in a bottle inside a book (found by alucard)
5. the symbol from the abduction sites/wanda's vision
6. the name of the god nikodaemus (brought forth by kyle)
7. information from the council about what they might need to open the warded door

we're thinking they need to engineer the black substance, but before they start guessing at proportions from each jar, etc, wanda would like to have a look at the enchanted ledger. she'll be able to see that the ink contains an enchantment, hiding some of its contents. in my mind, timeline-wise, this is after her pact with soris...? not sure if relevant.

ANYWAY, for starters, she will be using her magic to try and remove the enchantments to get to the real contents of the ledger.

Thread: enchanted ledger is found, collection of the substance and noticing the strange symbol around, vial of blood being found, nikodaemus name, information about the warded door, jars and books found in the house.
Notes: granted, whether this affects anything in the event or has a bigger significance during the wrap-up (or beyond), it's good. there were probably more people involved in this but i'm not even sure i got all the threads i wanted to get lmao ;-;

[abraxasmods]

Using their combined discoveries, characters can uncover the following:

1. Wanda can invoke either her patron or Nikodaemus to dispel the enchanted illusion on the ledger. If she doesn't want to use her patron, she or someone else could logically surmise that the illusion spell on the ledger might be protected by the same god invoked for the illusion around the Thornean peninsula.

2. Dispelling the illusion reveals several recipes. One of these is for the black substance. They can easily identify the correct recipe since it's the only one involving the black root and blood found. Further, the other listed ingredients match the ones in the bottles recovered by Claire and Michael.

3. They can use the sample they have to compare and ensure they've recreated the substances successfully. If the consistency, smell, and color matches, then they've done it correctly.

4. By painting the symbol found at the abduction sites onto the door, they'll successfully open it.

Once inside, they'll find the following:

1. Personal possessions belonging to Josselyn, which may be important for scrying. Items include a silver locket, a bone charm, and another bottle of her blood. The Council would receive this from the group if they hand it over and will use it to aid in their search for Josselyn.

2. Pieces of evidence including a ceremonial dagger, one of the pronged masks, and multiple illusion-type spells recorded in notebook. They can use this evidence to prove Josselyn's involvement to the factions beyond a doubt.

3. An early base of the recipe used to create the gelatin product used in the rituals. The product in this recipe is a thick liquid instead of a jelly. Nonetheless, it may contribute to finding a cure if delivered to Nocwich.

[carmesi]

they'll be using their different skills to get it done. wanda will dispel the enchantment invoking her patron (don't wanna anger her with invoking niko, just in case), alucard and claire will work out the recipe with the measurements and ingredients, and alucard can give them the thumbs up on it smelling the same as the substance. michael will paint the symbol and wanda will point out any details he's missing.

once opened, as far as what they find:

1. they'll bring the personal possessions belonging to josselyn to the council so they can use it to search for josselyn during/after the event. enough scrying for wanda and michael for the time being.

2. the evidence will also be given to the appropriate authorities in order to prove her involvement.

3. claire will be handling the gelatin, and alucard will help get it delivered to nocwich.

additionally, if it's not needed for evidence, would they be able to keep the ledger? or — understandably — if the council/elders would want to keep it, if later on it would be possible for wanda to ask and peruse it. for reasons ? maybe. and in case it might help them with cure stuff down the line if there are lingering effects on those that were taken.

[abraxasmods]

A copy of the jelly recipe in the ledger will be delivered to Nocwich to assist with the cure. They may also receive a copy of that and the black substance if they feel it would help.

The ledger itself will be retained by the Council for now so they can go through it first. However, Wanda may have the opportunity to peruse the ledger in the future by visiting the Council to make a request. This can be for something related to the event or, due to her standing in Solvunn, they may grant her request for personal reasons.