[Lumen]

@HydroRaven:  I dunno how long all that took or I how far I got but like I said Kuren was in the process of going home to start test.  Just curious where I'm at when I get J's message.

Area knowledge Tokyo 2 + Intuition 5 + Qualia 1 = 8d6
8d6.hits(5)=4

Data Search 3 + Browse 5 + Analytical Mind 2 = 10d6
10d6.hits(5)=5

Both rolls on the address provided.

[Chrona]

By the way, that stunbolt i cast at pipebomb was at a -4 to be seen, so kudos to that shop keeper.

[HydroRaven]

@Lumen

Area knowledge gives you the same thing the others got, but you find out that the Japana-corps are battling for influence in this neighbourhood, with nobody really coming out the winner yet.

The search on the address tells you it seems a legitimate funeral home, with what seem like real "bookings" made in the past albeit not as frequent as you'd imagine. You ultimately learn it is owned by Renraku through a flowchart of subsidiaries.

[Muscular_Bevar]

can i ask questions from outside the ward??

[Chrona]

can i ask questions from outside the ward??

You and your spirit are outside it, so you can ask your spirit questions yes.

[Lumen]

Mundane ftw!  I could care less about wards

[Muscular_Bevar]

yeah but wasnt the point to grab a spirit of man to talk to the deceased?? what am i asking it questions about??

[Chrona]

yeah but wasnt the point to grab a spirit of man to talk to the deceased?? what am i asking it questions about??

The deceased and the situations surrounding it, you can try for info from any spirit of man, or in this case one using that hair to summon it but we have more chance of getting more complete info from the whole body, using which I may be able to summon a spirit of man that is literally the spirit of THE huMAN we want to know about. (this does not mean it is the actual person, but a spirit made from that persons thoughts, dreams and life somewhere out in the infinite number of metaplanes.

Basically you've summoned a spirit of man who has Ms. Kobayashi as a hobby, i'm hoping to summon a spirit who either thinks they are Ms. Kobayashi or is THE expert on her.

So ask you spirit what they know about her fate and how and why she died.


(Any of what i just said is of course completely up to Hydro, this is just how its gone every other time im a summoner)

[Muscular_Bevar]

ok, this is where i was getting confused, i thought we were using the body as a conduit for the spirit of man to retirieve the "soul" of the deceased so we could ask it wuestions (tbh i have never used spirits in this way in any of my games so was confused but happy enough to see where it got us)

[Chrona]

ok, this is where i was getting confused, i thought we were using the body as a conduit for the spirit of man to retirieve the "soul" of the deceased so we could ask it wuestions (tbh i have never used spirits in this way in any of my games so was confused but happy enough to see where it got us)

Its all fluff from here, you could potentially do it your way too, but J isn't actually religious, so he doesn't think there is a soul to get. Im very used to playing hermetics, and what i typed was a very hermetic view of how it works

[Muscular_Bevar]

yeah im kinda surprised J is shinto. just a thought but should he maybe be retcon'd to something more logical? (he seems more logical and doesnt come across so much as someone with a strong sense of self but maybe thats just me??)

[HydroRaven]

With the body your threshold for summoning a spirit that is closely affiliated to the deceased will go down dramatically. Of course, you know that the spirit summoned won't give you all the answers though

@Lumen

The back door has a maglock and so does the front. You find a camera inside the building, giving on the entrance.

[Chrona]

yeah im kinda surprised J is shinto. just a thought but should he maybe be retcon'd to something more logical? (he seems more logical and doesnt come across so much as someone with a strong sense of self but maybe thats just me??)

Its just part of his backstory, im hoping for him to become more spiritual as the game goes but that depends how Hydro writes the stories we play in.

[Lumen]

With the body your threshold for summoning a spirit that is closely affiliated to the deceased will go down dramatically. Of course, you know that the spirit summoned won't give you all the answers though

@Lumen

The back door has a maglock and so does the front. You find a camera inside the building, giving on the entrance.

So can I unlock it through the system or do I need to roll the autopicker?  I'll go ahead and set that camera to loop as well.

[Chrona]

So can I unlock it through the system or do I need to roll the autopicker?  I'll go ahead and set that camera to loop as well.

maglocks need a sequencer or card, so hopefully using the system.