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beansideAnd, that fast, the weekend's over.
Didn't do much of anything yesterday aside from Monster of the Week. We managed to finish Shang-Chi, which was probably the accomplishment for the first half of the day. Paid some bills, whoo. Now that I've got a viable alternative to cable, I really resent that big payment. But, until we get an alternative to Dad's earphones, which are hooked to the cable box, we're kind of stuck.
Unfortunately, his current ones don't seem to work with the TV, which makes some sense, as the earphones are old and the TV is about 6 months old. Since none of us want to have the tv up loud enough to shatter eardrums, we need to get him good earphones. The ones I had didn't have enough volume. We've got a pair that we're going to try that are supposed to be "enhanced" volume, just no money to get them before next payday. They better fucking well work--I'm really afraid that's going to be the sticking point.
The cat is very loud today. None of the food I have provided seems to make him happy. He's making me crazy. I wish he'd just lay down and take a nap and stop yelling. It's Sunday, and that's supposed to be a quiet morning.
Last night we had Monster of the Week!
This week was a continuation of the last where the intrepid Chaos Gremlins looked for more information about the manticore who was eating homeless veterans who resided at the nearby shelter. They were looking for Eli a veteran who had found one of the bodies. In the interests of finding him, the Divine again teleported to the shelter, trying to find an item of Eli's so they could scry on him. Unfortunately, a bad roll meant that they didn't find anything.
With that failing, they went to the Varg's house, trying to get more information about the heavily fortified stable. They were caught, and retreated to the roof, watching the security search for the intruder. In the interim, the unpleasant teen daughter snuck out and teleported just beyond the house wards. The Divine went down to the stables, and found a helpful groom who offered to drive them back to their supposedly broken down car. Having checked around the stable and ascertained that the manticore was not inside, they waited til the groom's back was turned and blipped back out.
In the meantime, the rest of the group patrolled the area around the shelter ready for trouble. They found it, as the Manticore showed up and attacked a prostitute. They managed to trap it and banish it, but found that the banishment spell only worked so far, before there was a snap back effect, and it was back in their reality.
A really high roll on a scrying spell meant that they found Eli getting food from the local Chinese restaurant. The Divine was sent to spy on him.
With one lead remaining, they went to check out one of the therapists from the shelter, who a prior scry had informed them that she had company.
The spell slinger attempted to play drunk and a little obsessed, but the girl put the whammy on him and he left without ever getting in the condo. Once this was dispelled, they were up for some breaking and entering.
A quick silenced broken window later, and they were in her altar room, complete with a transformation spell on the altar. They broke the spell and were hit with a wave of putrid smell. It was determined that there were human remains in the cauldron.
They confronted the woman, threatening her repeatedly, and she finally broke down and spilled the beans. She was in love with the Varg daughter (who is not quite 16) but if she isn't a manticore, the parents will not even consider her as a suitor. The spell was to transform her into a manticore so that they can be together. She was under the impression that the daughter was supplying her pig parts.
After much discussion, they go to the Vargs with their suppositions, and find that the family is all manticores. The Vargs agree to control their daughter, and promise that they only eat willing sacrifices from a cult that worships them. The Spell Slinger lets the Council of Wizards know about the creatures, and the team reluctantly leaves them alive.
They do however kill the douche who put the mind-altering spell on the homeless shelter.
We leave it there, with a little recreational murder, as a treat.
And now, it is time for more coffee and work! Have a good Sunday, y'all.
Didn't do much of anything yesterday aside from Monster of the Week. We managed to finish Shang-Chi, which was probably the accomplishment for the first half of the day. Paid some bills, whoo. Now that I've got a viable alternative to cable, I really resent that big payment. But, until we get an alternative to Dad's earphones, which are hooked to the cable box, we're kind of stuck.
Unfortunately, his current ones don't seem to work with the TV, which makes some sense, as the earphones are old and the TV is about 6 months old. Since none of us want to have the tv up loud enough to shatter eardrums, we need to get him good earphones. The ones I had didn't have enough volume. We've got a pair that we're going to try that are supposed to be "enhanced" volume, just no money to get them before next payday. They better fucking well work--I'm really afraid that's going to be the sticking point.
The cat is very loud today. None of the food I have provided seems to make him happy. He's making me crazy. I wish he'd just lay down and take a nap and stop yelling. It's Sunday, and that's supposed to be a quiet morning.
Last night we had Monster of the Week!
This week was a continuation of the last where the intrepid Chaos Gremlins looked for more information about the manticore who was eating homeless veterans who resided at the nearby shelter. They were looking for Eli a veteran who had found one of the bodies. In the interests of finding him, the Divine again teleported to the shelter, trying to find an item of Eli's so they could scry on him. Unfortunately, a bad roll meant that they didn't find anything.
With that failing, they went to the Varg's house, trying to get more information about the heavily fortified stable. They were caught, and retreated to the roof, watching the security search for the intruder. In the interim, the unpleasant teen daughter snuck out and teleported just beyond the house wards. The Divine went down to the stables, and found a helpful groom who offered to drive them back to their supposedly broken down car. Having checked around the stable and ascertained that the manticore was not inside, they waited til the groom's back was turned and blipped back out.
In the meantime, the rest of the group patrolled the area around the shelter ready for trouble. They found it, as the Manticore showed up and attacked a prostitute. They managed to trap it and banish it, but found that the banishment spell only worked so far, before there was a snap back effect, and it was back in their reality.
A really high roll on a scrying spell meant that they found Eli getting food from the local Chinese restaurant. The Divine was sent to spy on him.
With one lead remaining, they went to check out one of the therapists from the shelter, who a prior scry had informed them that she had company.
The spell slinger attempted to play drunk and a little obsessed, but the girl put the whammy on him and he left without ever getting in the condo. Once this was dispelled, they were up for some breaking and entering.
A quick silenced broken window later, and they were in her altar room, complete with a transformation spell on the altar. They broke the spell and were hit with a wave of putrid smell. It was determined that there were human remains in the cauldron.
They confronted the woman, threatening her repeatedly, and she finally broke down and spilled the beans. She was in love with the Varg daughter (who is not quite 16) but if she isn't a manticore, the parents will not even consider her as a suitor. The spell was to transform her into a manticore so that they can be together. She was under the impression that the daughter was supplying her pig parts.
After much discussion, they go to the Vargs with their suppositions, and find that the family is all manticores. The Vargs agree to control their daughter, and promise that they only eat willing sacrifices from a cult that worships them. The Spell Slinger lets the Council of Wizards know about the creatures, and the team reluctantly leaves them alive.
They do however kill the douche who put the mind-altering spell on the homeless shelter.
We leave it there, with a little recreational murder, as a treat.
And now, it is time for more coffee and work! Have a good Sunday, y'all.
