[Teafo]

Collin grimaces with every step as his feet crunch across the gravel, but he knows that he needs to get closer to the stones to find out exactly what they are, and what significance they play. Once he reaches the hedge row he is able to move a bit quicker, trying to get within hearing distance of the men once again.

[Csjarrat]

The gate they passed through was going to be an issue,
through it, over it or around it?
locksmith/hardware test if through it, climbing test (hits limited by infiltration) if over it, infiltration if around it.

[Teafo]

Well seeing as I don't have either climbing, locksmithing, or hardware skills, looks like i'm going to be defaulting. I'll go with locksmith
agility 3 - defaulting 1 = 2d6, 1 success

[Csjarrat]

The old manual lock is pretty rusty, and given a hard enough wiggle, comes off the panel in the old wooden fence with a crack. You wince as the sound reverberates but the police have enough of a lead on you to be out of earshot.
The old gate creaks and groans as you open it and every crunch of gravel sounds like a thousand fire trucks as you desperately try to be quiet.
The police are talking shop, you don't gain much information from listening in, but you infer there is a heavy police presence in the area.
You begin to make your way down the pathway to the field and can make out the stone blocks through the early morning mist. Something about them just feels, chilling, a feeling of dread begins to tickle at your senses. the closer you become however, the more "awakened" you feel. Its hard to put into words, but you feel more powerful

Audio only perception test please and the final infiltration test for the approach to the stone circle, don't forget any wound/sustaining -ve modifiers

[Teafo]

Casting Clairaudience to get a closer ear
Magic 5 + spellcasting 4 = 9d6, 4 successes
Resist Drain
Willpower 3 + Charisma 3 = 6d6, 5 successes no drain damage suffered
Perception
Intuition 3 + Perception 2 = 5d6, 1 success
Infiltration
Agility 3 + Infiltration 3 - sustained spell 1 = 5d6, 1 success

[Csjarrat]

Your careful focus on not making too much noise while you follow the police pays off, they've clearly not noticed you as you round the side of the house and take cover in the hedge.
The mana weaves and melds to your will effortlessly, though before you have time to realise why it felt so easy, the back door slams behind you and you hear the whistling old gentleman crucnhing along the gravel, heading towards the officers. and you....

[Teafo]

Drek! Collin almost shouts out loud, but instead immediately begins looking for a way out. He's stuck, the old men on one side, the police on the other, the crunching gravel underfoot and the hedges along the side of the path. The hedges! the thought jumps into his mind unbidden. He immediately dives over the hedges, praying that no one heard his attempt and remains unnoticed.

[Csjarrat]

6d6.hits(5)=2
Infiltration test at -2 for rushing/distracted, threshold 2.

[Teafo]

Agility 3 + Infiltration 3 - Rushing/distracted 2 = 4d6, 2 hits

[Csjarrat]

Diving into the hedge, you lay low, hold your breath and try not to move.
The whistling gentleman crunches on past you as your lungs burn with the strain, seemingly unaware of your close call.

[Teafo]

Holding his breath until the man has passed, Collin finally releases the pressure in his lungs once he is sure he is out of hearing range. Now on the other side of the hedge, he crawls his way along, keeping the hedge between himself and the three men. His clairaudience spell still active, he creeps just close enough to find out what they are talking about by the strange moving stones.

[Csjarrat]

So sir, you're absolutely sure these have moved?
Yes, without a doubt. look at the bare patches of grass here, here and here
One of the policemen could be seen taking images with a professional looking camera
Look officers, i have photographic and historical evidence that these are now in a different position. Something about the area just feels odd too, do you feel it?

No sir, i just feel baffled as to why someone would do this. Have you made any enemies recently? any history of other items going missing?
No,No, not at all! Some of the others in the village have things go missing, and they say something is savaging the cattle at night but i've not seen anything to that effect.
Okay, look we'll have to file a report and come back with the full investigation team. As you can imagine, things are a bit hectic at the moment so it might be an hour or so before we're back. If you could send over those historical records, it would help a lot. In the meantime, please close the pathway and keep anyone from interfering with the area. we must now treat this as a crime scene.

Certainly gentlemen, I will do.

The three of them headed away from the stone circle and back towards the house, passing your hiding spot again without breaking stride, still deep in thought.
The rumble of the bike engines and slam of the back door meant that you were in the clear, though the stone circle could easily be overlooked from the back windows of the estate.

[Teafo]

Once the men leave, he quickly scans the area to make sure no one is looking and takes a few snapshots of the rocks and where they used to be, detailing that they were not in fact drug to their new location. Once he is satisfied that the shots are at least decent, Collin retreats to a safer hiding location and opens his mind's eye to the astral plane to see what he can detect on the other plane.

[Csjarrat]

As you shift sideways to the astral, you are overcome by a feeling of doom and fear.
The standing stones glow an otherworldly glow and you feel much more powerful the nearer you get to the stones.
for clarity the area within the stones is an aspected domain with +2 background count. you don't know the aspect without an assensing test
You notice that the largest stone has some kind of inscription on it, above a small flat recess and is obscured by a large cylindrical hazy astral wall

[Teafo]

Collin slides back into his normal senses, and shakes his head to clear the sudden rush of magical noise surrounding the entire area. Unable to accurately assess just what kind of noise is floating about, he instead decides to see if he can get a closer look at the symbol carved on the stone.


No assensing ability... definitely something to look into getting after this mission, as I can't default on it. So instead, move closer and see what the symbol looks like after making a quick look to make sure no one is looking from the house