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<center>'''''<div class="character-page_quote">The stranger at my fireside cannot see the forms I see,<br>nor hear the sounds I hear;<br>he but perceives what is;<br>while unto me all that has been is visible and clear.</div>.'''''<br />
'''– [https://poets.org/poem/haunted-houses Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Haunted Houses]'''</center>

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== The Man ==

* Day trader. Freelance.

* Passionate nerd about infrastructure of all things. Want to hear all about trains? Roads? Bridges? Our crumbling sewer system won't someone think of the children for god's sake? Coda will happily go on about it. At length. He goes to city hall meetings as a concerned citizen. It's a whole deal.

* Drives a Rivian R1S.

* Has been in San Francisco all his life.

== The Mage ==

* Euthanatos Lhaksimist

* Awakened 10 years ago.

* Apprenticeship for 5. His mentor's name is John Random.

* John is a curmudgeon. Coda often got on his nerves. John went on vacation almost immediately after declaring that Coda was a Chela now. Call him only if the world was ending, that sort of thing.

* Coda himself had a stellar reputation for being a high integrity fellow until Rune. He chased the (Nephandus? Maurader? Rumors aren't clear) Morrigan all the way to New York. Morrigan died in the confrontation. As Morrigan and Rune had shared a twisted mentor, Coda brought Rune in.

* Coda did not approve of Rune's sentencing. He fought against it. He said Rune was innocent. He visited Rune regularly. He may have used up some political capital to make the sentence lighter than it was.

* Coda's reputation is now okay-to-neutral-to-not-great. He's been living with Rune for five years, for his own reasons, working closely with him. Those who are inclined to judge Rune harshly are inclined to paint him with the same brush. On the other hand he's still known for high integrity, and he is known for being a pretty damned good investigator and person to have on your side when you've got a problem. YMMV, Your Opinion May Vary.

* Big math nerd. A lot of his magickal practice is rooted in mathematics, sacred shapes, sacred numbers, equations, probability, statistics. This includes things people don't normally think of as math, like music.

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<center>'''General Roleplay Hooks'''</center>

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*'''Day Trade the Day Away''' - Need your money managed? While Coda mostly makes his own money for himself he does have a professional trade account and can take on clients. He doesn't, not often: he's discerning about who he'll help. But those he does help? Have a tendency to make bank.

*'''Dances Like Commander Shephard''' - It's awful. Really. And he wants to figure out how to do it better. Are you the one who can help?

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<center>'''Specific Roleplay Hooks'''</center>

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*'''Unlikely Investigator''' - Day trading pays the bills. What he's really passionate about is helping people who need it. Finding lost items. Finding lost people. Sometimes trying to solve the murders of people nobody else cares about. If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and so on. He does, in fact, have an active State of California Private Investigator's license, though you won't find him actively advertising his services as such anywhere. He uses it for things that capture his own interest, or, at times, receives a referral from a friend of a friend.

*'''Infrastructure Nerd''' - Do you also have a passion for infrastructure issues? Are you involved in local politics? Coda's a concerned citizen and a dedicated nerd for all things civic infrastructure. He's very involved in local politics as a result.

*'''Are You a Haighter?''' - Coda lives somewhere in Haight-Ashbury and is often seen in shops and businesses around the neighborhood. Maybe we've run into each other?

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[[Casefile:_Jeir| Case 001 - Jeir]]

[[Casefile:_Alley_Shenanigans | Case 002 - Shenanigans in Clarion Alley]]

[[Casefile:_Atkinson| Case 003 - Atkinson]]

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'''[[Rune]]''' Best friend. Greatest liability.
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'''[[Liliana]]''' Feisty, flirty, ferocious, fun.
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'''[[Khoi]]''' One never knows what to think.
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'''[[Corinna]]''' Owe her one.
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'''[[Brey]]''' Sensible, reliable, and down-to-earth.
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'''[[Lauren]]''' A fine ally.
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'''[[Scarpia|Jack]]''' Did he just dance his way through a rescue?
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Played By:'''</font>
| Aarón Díaz
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Apparent Age:'''</font>
| 30
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| 6'0"
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| Black/Green
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black:>'''Date of Birth:'''</font>
| May 4, 1991
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black">'''Occupation:'''</font>
| Day trader. Wizard. The latter makes the former pay the bills.
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| class="left" | '''Nature:'''
|Idealist
| class="left" | '''Demeanor:'''
| Director
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| class="left" | '''Faction:'''
| [[Chakravanti]]
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| Lhaksimist
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| class="left" | '''Chantry:'''
| [[The Party Pad]]
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| class="left" | '''Cabal:'''
| TBD
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[[Logs: Let's Grab a Piano | Let's Grab a Piano]]

[[Logs:_Wrong_Place,_Wrong_Time | Wrong Place, Wrong Time]]

[[Logs:_Not_USB_Sticks | Not USB Sticks]]

[[Log:_Here,_Kitty_Kitty | Here, Kitty Kitty]]

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[[Logs:SFOH Halloween Party | SFOH Halloween Party]]

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Devrex:

PCs: [[Coda]], [[Rune]], [[Liliana]]

NPCs: None

Summary: Having been told that Liliana might be joining them in a dangerous hunt, Coda and Rune set out to learn a little more about her.

= Log =

The hour is pretty late for the normal person to be out and about shopping for books however that does not stop this store from staying open. There is an occult shop heading upstairs after all for those who know how to follow the clues and those into the occult do keep rather odd hours. Liliana is sitting upon the counter, one leg dangling off the side while her other foot is on the counter, leg bent at the knee with a book resting upon it. There are no other customers in the store but soft, relaxing music plays softly throughout the building.

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The hour is pretty late for the normal person to be out and about shopping for books however that does not stop this store from staying open. There is an occult shop heading upstairs after all for those who know how to follow the clues and those into the occult do keep rather odd hours. Liliana is sitting upon the counter, one leg dangling off the side while her other foot is on the counter, leg bent at the knee with a book resting upon it. There are no other customers in the store but soft, relaxing music plays softly throughout the building.

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When one is a bit of a night owl, late is kind of relative anyway. Coda certainly fits into that category. Not that he doesn't look like he's all dressed up and ready to go to work in an office somewhere: he nearly always does. Stepping in with Rune, he pauses to look all around the shop; it's a pretty place, with plenty to look at.

"I keep finding all these little places I've passed a dozen times and haven't ducked into yet. I have to say this is one of the cooler ones," he says. It stands both for idle observation and for greeting to the proprietress at the counter.

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Rune steps in behind Coda, looking around the shop, stepping past a couple of the other customers as he peruses the wares on offer. "I mean, I'd say that in San Francisco occult shops are as ubiquitous as chinese food, but like chinese food, they all have what you expect, but none of them ever have ''everything'' that you want. You gotta mix and match these things."

Glancing over to the counter, though, he sees the tiny firebrand in what appears to be a yoga pose of some kind, giving her a little wave of greeting. "Made it," he says. Because there was an invitation extended, naturally. Who cares if it's been almost a week?

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Liliana hears customers come in and she peeks over, pausing in whatever she is studying. Downstairs it would seem this is your everyday bookstore, not an occult item in sight, unless you count the strange carvings of different areas of the floor! hmmmm interesting! There is a giant willow tree though with a little house built into the trunk with the children's section inside of it.Liliana hops down off of the counter and gives a friendly wave to Rune and Coda. " Well hello gents. Glad you finally made it. Come to see if you can solve the puzzle to locate the hidden passage way to the special shop?" the tone she uses makes it sound like she is perhaps a mystery dinner host or a ghost tour guide or something but her bright smile shows she is glad about seeing them.

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"You're not wrong, my friend, you're not wrong," Coda says to Rune.

As Liliana makes her appearance, Coda laughs in easy-going fashion and says. "Well. I personally cannot leave a puzzle alone, so if you're going to make us solve it vs. actually leading us there then I suppose I can pass a little time that way. Though that might cut into conversation time. And buying things time."

He grins at her. "That's up to you. Strictly as a business decision, of course."

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Rune, though, seems interested in the puzzle game. Because of course he is. "I'm game," he tells her, looking around the shop. "Any where in particular that someone should start looking? Or is the starting point part of the puzzle too?" His eyes flow over the titles of the books and wares on display, looking for anything that stands out. In a word, or a color, or even the orientation of the books themselves.

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Liliana laughs softly to Coda and says " Its incredibly obvious and easy so I assure you it wont take any time at all. If you dont get it in a few seconds I will just show you. I designed it this way to make those coming feel a little accomplished or part of a secret even though its not a secret at all really. " She turns her smile over to Rune and seeing he seems interested she says " I've found that in life the answers we seek are often right under our noses!" The books on the shelves seem to be well organized but there seems to be no occult clues there, just an amazing organization system!

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Coda grins as Rune takes up the challenge, and he doesn't jump in to start solving it. Instead he spots a copy of ''Psycho-Cybernetics'' by Maxwell Maltz and plucks it off the shelf, apparently intending to buy that one. Given he doesn't even look at the flap it's probably one he was thinking of reading anyway.

Still, curiosity is one of his defining features, and while he forgets to look for the secret door what he does end up doing is crouching down to run his fingers along the floor carvings, his eyebrows shooting up in surprise. He traces his fingers over them, looking thoughtful, but doesn't ask about those. Indeed, until the mystery of how to get up to the Occult Shop is solved he isn't ready to ask anything at all yet. He straightens.

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Rune gives her a little grin, eyes still running over the various bookshelves. That is, until he comes to one in particular. Stopping in front of it, a small smile starts to form, an eyebrow raising. "Harry Potter," he starts, reading off the titles. "Wizard's Hall. Beautiful Creatures..." He points to the shelf, that little smile quirking a bit. Reaching out a hand, he runs his fingers over the books, examining the titles, pressing against the wood of the shelves lightly so as not to damage it, in case he's wrong...

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Liliana sees Coda with the book he chooses and she gives him a soft smile though stays quiet while they look for the puzzle. When Coda bends and studies the carvings on the floor her eyes seem to twinkle with joy, he's on to something! Her smile grows but seeing Rune is headed towards the back bookshelves she follows gracefully. When he starts looking over the shelf with the theme to the books and carvings to match those on the floor leading back there she starts to bounce a little with excitement. When he pushes upon the carving on the right side of that shelf there is a "click" sound and the bookshelf gives way, shifting and opening up to reveal a staircase leading upwards. Liliana claps her hands and says "Bravo! you have found it! Come on up and look around!"

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Coda looks briefly startled to realize that the carvings were actually part of the entire puzzle in the first place. "Quite clever," he says warmly. "You must have looked for some time to find you a contractor willing to build you a secret passage."

Once Rune goes up he will too, since he was well behind the other man, the book tucked now into the crook of his arm.

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Rune steps back as the shelf swing open, looking at the set of stairs, making sure that the books don't actually come ''off'' the shelf. "Very clever," he agrees, heading up the stairs and taking a look around at what's on offer in this little hidden nook of the shop. "Nice selection," he reports, stepping up to one of the shelves and pulling down a shining black paperback with silver lettering. ''Witchraft in Theory and Practice'', by Ly DeAngeles, thumbing through it as he looks at the diagrams and headings. A slightly more practical, scientifically minded treatise on the practice of magic focusing on history and symbolism, rather than sappy spirituality.

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Liliana bounces her way up the stairs with them, closing the shelf behind them and even flicking a lock so they can have some privacy. She shakes her head to Coda's comment about the contractor and says " It already had the second story when I bought the building I just had the door handmade to be a bookshelf. Money will get you most things you want and when that fails... well, im convincing." She says with an amused little grin. She seems more relaxed and comfortable up here and she goes over to where the tea pot is and informs them " I'll make us some tea. We won't be interrupted up here I locked the door for some privacy. You guys look around all you want or just chill in the cushions and chairs. " She peeks at the book Rune holds and says " Oooo good choice! I like that one! Isn't it cool how magic is so different for each and every person? their magic catered to their beliefs and the way they view the world?"

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Of the two of them, Rune is probably the one who needs a bigger stack of magickal supplies; and thus the selection only gets only a cursory glance from him for the moment. "Tea would be lovely, thank you." He settles into a papasan chair, and there's Liliana with an opener.

"Do you practice, Lili?" he asks, tilting his head to one side. "Not everyone who offers occult items for sale does, after all. Even enthusiasts who enjoy reading the literature do not, always."

Locking the door and giving them privacy: the key to getting Coda to skip beyond anything but the most surface of small talk. Not that he's trying to cut Rune off from his own commentary or questions of course. He just takes advantage of the opening when one presents itself.

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Rune looks over at Coda, giving the man an amused smirk as he gets straight to the heart of the matter. "Efficient," he offers to Coda, and then, over to Liliana, "Yeah, tea would be great." Though he takes the time to answer her questions, too. "It can be pretty amazing," he says. "Frustrating, too. The thing about magic is -- it's all based on belief. So if two people's beliefs come into conflict, things have a tendency to get ugly. And with magic -- well. You're dealing with unusually willful people. There's no real orthodoxy. Soooooo..."

The thought there is clear enough. Conflict is the rule of the game.

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Liliana gets busy making a pot of tea with the help of a hotplate and soon the delicious scent of herbal tea with hints of fruit mixes in with the other scents of the shop. When Coda asks if she practices she arches a brow ever so faintly and she says " I do. Im sorry I was under the impression you were friends and um..." she tried to think of a good word to use and decides upon " associates... of Khoi. He apparently already spoke to you about Je... crap what did he call it... the ebay scammer or something? Did he also not tell you who I am? " She pours the tea into three china cups and places them on a tray with a bowl of sugar and a bowl of honey as well. She walks over and sets the tray down, offering a cup out to Coda and then to Rune. " But yes, But not in the same way you boys do if you are what I think. I was born with mine. You awoke to your's. Yes?"

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"Am I not always?" Coda asks Rune, of the efficiency. Yes, he heard the subtext there, and he only offers an unruffled smile in return. After all...

It got where he wanted to go, anyway.

"We are associates of Khoi's," he agrees. "And we have heard about Jeir, you don't have to call him the ebay scammer. He told us very little about you that was...hmm. Forgive me. Coherent? And since he has proposed that you come with us to do something about Jeir, it seemed prudent to get to know you a little better, and to know what your skillset might be."

Born vs. awakened. He gives a slight nod to confirm the answer to her question, but looks back over at Rune as he admits slowly, "I'd never heard of anyone who was just. Born with it. Before."

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"Associates is a good word," Rune agrees, some amusement there. "And no. He didn't tell us anything about you. Though half the time I'm convinced that he doesn't even know who ''he'' is," he agrees, piggybacking on Coda's statement that Khoi sometimes gets a little incoherent.

Still, there's tea, so he puts the book down, going over to have a seat and get to work on that. "So you follow the same practices as Khoi, one assumes?" He brings the tea up to his mouth, then stops, suddenly pensive -- "...and if so, should I be driving after I drink this? No judgment. Mere practicality."

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Liliana ah's and nods to Coda's words, taking her own seat and getting comfortable. " Yeah, Jeir is a prick and I told Khoi if he didn't let me come along to stop this a-hole I was going to make him beat himself up." She gives a sweet smile but then says " I am a psychic. I am able to effect the mind and thus the body in many different ways. I am able to shield my mind and I have telekinesis abilities. Khoi wants to get me to join your group. I have already done a mission for him to get him intel of Jeir. " She laughs a bit at their comments about Khoi and says " Yeahhhh Kinda makes you wanna shake him sometimes." She shakes her head at Rune's question though and says " No, I dont do things the way he does. I'm noticing a lot of differences and it's just tea, I promise." She flashes him a reassuring smile before looking back to Coda " The telepathy started at a very young age. It wasn't something I could control. It was maddening and hurt, so many voices at one time. I was to young to know it wasn't normal. Kinda why my parents kept me out of school and secluded to the estate."

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Coda, who had already taken several sips of the tea, does pause until Rune gets the answer to that question, because he had *not* parked in a good spot for 'just leave your beloved Leaf there overnight and get an Uber home when the tea turns out to be psychedelic.' There wouldn't have been judgement from him either, but it could very well have offered some logistical issues.

When Liliana assures that it's *just* tea he goes back to drinking it with an air of relief. He's listening to every word out of her mouth, and he nods slowly. "Ah," he says, and, and, well, some of what she says puts him a little more at ease. "Thank you for the explanation. Have you known Khoi for very long? Or did you meet because of the Jeir incident?"

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Liliana takes a few sips of her tea but she shakes her head at the question about Khoi. " I met him recently when I moved to town. I was taken by Jeir a few weeks after we met.So, while I was in the shipping container I was reaching out with my mind to scan for people. After over a day of being forced to just stand there I finally pinged on a mind. A mage named Tyler. Him and two others came into the container. The spirits inside of us forced us to attack. I was able to mind control my two employees to lay down and stop attacking. Khoi showed up when it was over. I rewrote my employee's memories so they wouldn't remember getting taken. It was horrible. But they think we went on an employee team building trip. So don't ask them about it they aren't like me."

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"Do not worry. I had no plans to retraumatize them further by asking them about things they were unlikely to understand," Coda says, raising his hands and pat-patting the air a little bit. "It's not even necessary when you're already providing the relevant details. Including quite a few that did not make it into the file I received."

He looks at her as if seeing her through new eyes though, slightly narrowing his own. "Your own resilience is commendable. That is quite the thing to live through, to go through."

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Rune has been strangely quiet, just taking in what the others are saying. Especially Liliana. Just taking in all those little details, the ones she puts out there, the things she might be leaving out, filling in the holes in his head as he goes. "That's quite the tale," he says, finally, sipping at his tea. "And quite the risk." A meaningful glance to Coda, there, but whatever he's thinking he keeps it to himself for the moment. "So. You and Khoi. You're -- close?" Though that isn't ''quite'' the word that tone conveys. But it's the politest way of asking he knows.

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Liliana blushes and looks down as Coda speaks of her resilience. " Well, Its more that Im stubborn...Senor Pedro was kind of a dick in my head and I figured if he was going to be a jerk and possess me I was not going to make it nice for him either. He would tell me how he was going to rape and kill me, even after they saved me from the shipping container Senor pedro continued. He hated me, hated all Americans. He would scream at me in my head and make sure I didn't sleep. So I just projected American patriotic music back at him. Wooo it made him mad. I'll be honest, I still wake up thinking that spirit is back inside of me. Never experienced anything like that. That is why I want to go after Jeir. He did that to me. He was going to use me to kill people. " She shudders, crinkles up her nose and rubs her arms a bit just remembering but Rune's question distracts her and she chuckles " Ah, no. Honestly I barely see him but he wants to see if my avatar wakes up." She then asks " What do you mean quite the risk?"

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Now it's Coda's turn to shoot Rune a look. Right at that question he asks. It's amused and wry, his lips curling into a slight smile. Eyebrows shoot up and he looks down into his tea.

Granted that smile fades awfully quick when Liliana starts talking about the spirit that inhabited her and what it was threatening, replaced with something deeply concerned.

Something else she says deepens his frown even more, but he keeps that one to himself. She's asking Rune a question, and for now he's inclined to let Rune do the talking, absorbing what she's said, thinking it through.

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Rune just gives a small shake of his head. "Just that it was risky, putting yourself on the line like that. It could have gone down very differently. And it sounds like you didn't exactly have much in the way of support, if you had to tug at someone's mind from the outside, and then endure an attack, and a possession." His tone is relatively flat, for the moment, level, calm. "I've seen those scenarios end bad, more than they end good. The good endings are a mixture of incredible skill, and incredible luck. Seems that you have a bit of both."

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Liliana cocks her head to the side and studies Coda and his frowning for a moment but then she holds up her hands and says " Seriously, I mean he's a nice guy but im not even sure we're on the friends level yet. More like associates. Meh, more like I do shit for him and he makes empty promises to get me included." She laughs at that but then she looks to Rune. She seems confused and says " I didn't have a choice is was that or have three people have their butts kicked and my employees potentially killed. Hmm. Maybe its best it I rewind. So, I was here, at the shop. Well downstairs... we were closing up and a guy that came into the shop earlier in the day walked up to me and my employees. Right away we all three were possessed by these spirits. The difference between me and my employees in this is I could mentally interact with the spirit taking me over even if I had no control over my body. We were made to load into a van and it left. it was Jeir and he was talking about how we were going to go shoot up this place on memorial day. The spirits possessing us were going to force us to walk into a crowd and start shooting. I hardly knew anyone where. Two people, Khoi and Tyler. I didn't even know tyler was a mage. I had noone that would know I was missing, noone to look for me. So I stood in that container for over 24 hours. We didn't get to sit, or eat or drink or pee just stand. So yeah, I was grasping for any mind I could get."

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Coda's frown has only grown deeper through this, and he's exchanged a few glances with Rune throughout the narrative. His mouth tightens, his brow furrows all the more.

"Have you received support? Any kind of warding, for example, to ensure that you do not just get possessed again if you truly do choose to re-enter this fray? It is not, sadly, among my talents at this time, but...it seems like something that ought to be done. If only to put your own mind and heart at ease. And...to clarify...Khoi recruited you to check the fireworks company employees ''after'' you were kidnapped, and did not try to involve you in this affair before? Or had Khoi already approached you prior to Memorial Day?"

He frowns thoughtfully and says, "The van. It came up to this shop. Do you have external security footage for your store? Did you capture a license plate number? Or even catch sight of a partial plate?"

He's also already glancing outside, as if wondering whether there's a chance in hell anyone will have exterior footage for the day before Memorial Day still, if Liliana herself doesn't.

---

Rune gives a little nod to Coda's words, voicing some of the concerns that brought about that particular look. Because there are important points to differentiate in there, somewhere. Still, he sips at the tea, and asks a follow-up question of his own. "And how are you doing, after something like that?" A bit of genuine concern, there. "Having someone else in your head for that long can be -- unsettling." His mouth presses into a line, a memory there, clearly, that isn't one bringing about any smiles any time soon.

---

Liliana narrows her eyes and says " I know what you're getting at. It was ''not'' Khoi's fault I was taken. So, don't go there. I was in his head, Jeir's. I know why he chose me. It was a total chance opportunity. He came into my bookshop looking for local history books. He saw the three of us there and just thought we'd be good for it. He left to prepare and came back at closing." She winces at the camera question and says " Don't have exterior cameras only exterior but his location has already been found. Well they think. He struck again with other people at a factory. Two employees set it on fire. I used my abilities to walk into the police department, spoke with and read the mind of the arresting cop then convinced him to let me speak to the arrested guy. Got into -his-mind and that is when we discovered it was Jeir. Got his address and Khoi did some digging." At the question of how she is she shifts a bit and says " Im fine. Im good. Just... fuck that guy, but Im fine. " She is also a bad liar.

---

"I'm getting at nothing, other than an attempt to establish a timeline," Coda says, shaking his head. "And to nail down facts. Such as the potentially important one you have just provided: Jeir made an apparent attack of opportunity. Local history books, you say? Which local history books did he ask about? That could be important as well. Did he buy any?"

He glances over at Rune as well, and that's a quick check-in glance. A non-verbal 'you good?'

As for her and her lying, well. All he says to that is: "I would not be fine in your shoes. I cannot imagine judging anyone for not being fine in your shoes." But leaves it at that.

---

"Most people would have been a gibbering mess," Rune admits. "Me included. You're holding up remarkably well." He gives Coda a glance in turn, offering a small smile. Apparently, at least one of them has had a bad experience with something very similar in the past. But his attention is mostly focused on Liliana. "As a matter of precaution," he starts. "You should know that the man you met is -- quite powerful. Even by our standards." A small beat there, to let that sink in. "There's a very good chance that this could end very poorly. If that were to happen -- do you have a plan to escape?"

Naturally, though, Rune's phone would choose that precise moment to start ringing. He looks down at the thing, narrowing his eyes with a sigh as he looks over to Coda. "Work. Sorry, I need to take this." And with that, proceeds into a corner to have what will prove a very boring conversation about scheduling and picking up shifts.

Seems that magic can't cure everything that ails ya, after all.

---

Liliana crinkles up her nose cutely but she says " Okay so Im not the best as I said I have nightmares but like, for the most part I am alone in this city. I see Khoi once in a blue moon, my family is not here and I am too new to town to have friends so basically, sometimes life sucks and fucks you up but suck it up, push it down and ignore it. What you can't ignore, well, pot is strong. " She looks over to Rune and tells him " Im sorry if talking about this brought up your own experience with stuff like this. As for him, I know it can be dangerous. Im willing to take the risk. I've been pushing myself to grow my abilities. I wanna help. As for getting out, just my abilities."

---

Coda pulls out a small notepad and a pen...instead of doing this with his phone like a normal person...and writes down his number. He leans forward to offer it to Liliana. "Text me yours," he suggests. A few more people that she knows, at any rate. "Even if we do ask some hard and irritating questions, you're not ''quite'' as alone as before, I think."

A pause, and he adds, "Before we go," because it does seem like a conversation that's wrapping up, "I want to ask you about something else. That day in the alley. With the angry woman, and the young man who was filming. Did you pick up on anything strange with your abilities that day?"

---

Liliana will pull out her phone and types the number in then sends out the text before she looks back up at Coda " I read the guy's mind. He was innocent. That woman was like furious in an unnatural way and then Corinna was the same. I completely think it had to so with those hate crimes going on around town.

---

And thus a new angle is introduced.

"Hate crimes? What hate crimes?" Coda asks, leaning forward, frowning sharply.

He glances over at Rune with his conversation about scheduling and the like going on over there, but Liliana still has his attention. He must have missed this news report...he doesn't always catch everything in current events, like most people.

---

Liliana seems surprised he doesn't know but she says " There has been a lot of hate crimes and out right attacks of Asian people here in town. Like a really big uptick. Its very strange. I'll be honest Im a little worried for Khoi.."

---

"I'll have to pull the news stories," Coda says, with a nod of his head...jotting down a little note in his notepad. God knows what he was paying attention to other than that but they live in an age of distraction, wherein there are always things to tear attention away from any one thing. "The rage did rather seem to focus on that one target though, that day. But not on Khoi. Not that day. A thing worth keeping in mind, one way or the other."

---

Liliana hops up and says " I keep the things I wanna investigate." she goes and grabs what looks like a scrapbook and comes back over to him. She opens it, flips to the page then holds it out to him " two elderly woman stabbed and one punched in the face in broad day light. 80 something year old man fatally shoved onto the ground. In seven months at least seven elderly Asian people have been brutally attacked. "

---

Rune hangs up the phone, offering a bit of a sheepish look. "Sorry," he explains. "Boss gives me a lot of flexibility, given -- well." A quick bounce of his head to indicate 'we may be getting ready to go into a park to look for a crazy spirit-enslaving wizard and you know, that seems like a normal weekend'. Still, he managed to catch at least some of what she said before he got on the phone. "That -- thing, you talked about? Toughing it out, pushing it down?" He shakes his head. "You wanna be careful about that. People think it builds character, but what it really does? Is crack the mind." He stuffs the phone back down into his pocket. "And, you know. Given that what you do requires a fair degree of clarity and control... nothing good lies down that path, in the long run."

---

Coda's eyebrows flicker up in swift surprise as she's able to pull the news stories for him. But he wastes no time looking through them, jotting down the facts just in case they become relevant. "This is an interesting cipher you've got built here," he adds, absently, though not in a way that suggests he thinks he has the right to hear all about it. "The alley incident does not fit this pattern," he notes. "I'd hesitate to say it's not relevant but I hesitate to say that it is, too. Still, I appreciate you bringing it to my attention."

Then Rune is bringing up some frankly excellent points. He puts the album aside and nods solemnly in agreement with what the other man has to say, giving Lily another long concerned look.

---

Liliana gives Rune a smile when he returns and chuckles "Where do you work that you can tell your boss you're hunting a bad magic man?" She says to him but she does crinkle her nose at his words and she looks down. " I mean, its not like I can go to a therapist and be all ' so Im having trouble coping with the fact I was kidnapped, possessed by the spirit of a racist hispanic dude who hates America and held captive. They'd lock me away. Its why I don't do doctors. In the fire at the restaurant, which I also think was Jeir by the way, when I was burned I didn't go to the hospital I don't do doctors." She shudders at the though but then she looks to Coda and grins " Thanks. Im a linguist. kinda obsessed with languages. Older the better. " She hm's and thinks over what Coda says and has to agree. She runs her fingers through her hair again but says " Yeah he was in his thirties not elderly. Oh, by the way they erased the videos, I mentally compelled them to and then while you guys and that hot missionary dude were dealing with Corinna I altered the memories of the couple taking pictures and the teens. I made it so they didn't hear any mention of spies or anything special and I changed the named they heard going around."

---

Rune looks momentarily taken aback by the question. His eyebrows raise for a second, posture tensing a bit. It's not that what she's saying isn't accurate. Just that he didn't actually say that out loud. And definitely not to his ''boss''. Yet she seems to know it anyway.

The upshots of being a psychic, one supposes. Though it does tend to make paranoid wizards even more paranoid about what secrets she might be accessing.

Which is ''certainly'' enough to put him off being quite as talkative, but not entirely. "You -- should probably be very careful about telling people you can read minds and erase memories," he suggests, voice tense. "There are some of us that don't take kindly to that kind of thing. In a violent way."

---

Coda puts his tea aside, tucks his notebook away, and stands up. He just shifts, hands in pockets, standing beside Rune in response to that tension. His face has gone to a polite blank for the moment; a man doing his best to conceal his emotions in every way, his reactions in every way. He doesn't interrupt, giving Liliana her chance to answer.
---

Liliana is looking at the scrapbook so she misses it at first. " Oh I told Khoi I wouldn't do it to anyone like you guys. He said its a violation and yeah I can see how it could be. So I don't go digging. I asked Khoi if he wanted me to before I changed anything in those people too. Now, there are times I can't help..." as she is saying that she looks up and sees Coda isnt sitting any more and then tension hits her in the face and she actually looks pained for a moment. " You didn't say something that I commented on didnt you? " She doesn't even to seem to know what it was ! She frowns and her shoulders slump a bit " I told you, I was born with it. I can't always control it but I don't actively -try-! Im sorry fellas. I really am. I don't know why some things get through. Im sorry to which ever one of you I did it to." Her bottom lip pokes out in a pout and she seems truly sorry and sad.

---

Rune shakes his head. "Just --" A long sigh, here, and a glance at Coda. "Just maybe remember that these are people. Not USB sticks. You can't just erase a memory and have everything be fine. When you're done, you end up with a different person. An altered person. And that -- is the kind of thing that gets people like Khoi into some seriously dire predicaments." All humor is gone from his face now. "So trust me when I tell you that, if it isn't an emergency? You don't want to get caught doing that. It won't go well. For any of us."

Looking back to Coda, though, he offers, "I think I've heard what I need to, though. She's not helpless or defenseless, so. I think we're in the clear."

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Logs: Not USB Sticks

2021-08-21T21:15:22Z

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Coda

2021-08-21T18:13:23Z

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<center>'''''<div class="character-page_quote">The stranger at my fireside cannot see the forms I see,<br>nor hear the sounds I hear;<br>he but perceives what is;<br>while unto me all that has been is visible and clear.</div>.'''''<br />
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== The Man ==

* Day trader. Freelance.

* Passionate nerd about infrastructure of all things. Want to hear all about trains? Roads? Bridges? Our crumbling sewer system won't someone think of the children for god's sake? Coda will happily go on about it. At length. He goes to city hall meetings as a concerned citizen. It's a whole deal.

* Drives a Nissan Leaf. The perfect car for an environmentally conscious guy who can't afford a Tesla!

* Has been in San Francisco all his life.

== The Mage ==

* Euthanatos Lhaksimist

* Awakened 10 years ago.

* Apprenticeship for 5. His mentor's name is John Random.

* John is a curmudgeon. Coda often got on his nerves. John went on vacation almost immediately after declaring that Coda was a Chela now. Call him only if the world was ending, that sort of thing.

* Coda himself had a stellar reputation for being a high integrity fellow until Rune. He chased the (Nephandus? Maurader? Rumors aren't clear) Morrigan all the way to New York. Morrigan died in the confrontation. As Morrigan and Rune had shared a twisted mentor, Coda brought Rune in.

* Coda did not approve of Rune's sentencing. He fought against it. He said Rune was innocent. He visited Rune regularly. He may have used up some political capital to make the sentence lighter than it was.

* Coda's reputation is now okay-to-neutral-to-not-great. He's been living with Rune for five years, for his own reasons, working closely with him. Those who are inclined to judge Rune harshly are inclined to paint him with the same brush. On the other hand he's still known for high integrity, and he is known for being a pretty damned good investigator and person to have on your side when you've got a problem. YMMV, Your Opinion May Vary.

* Big math nerd. A lot of his magickal practice is rooted in mathematics, sacred shapes, sacred numbers, equations, probability, statistics. This includes things people don't normally think of as math, like music.

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*'''Day Trade the Day Away''' - Need your money managed? While Coda mostly makes his own money for himself he does have a professional trade account and can take on clients. He doesn't, not often: he's discerning about who he'll help. But those he does help? Have a tendency to make bank.

*'''Dances Like Commander Shephard''' - It's awful. Really. And he wants to figure out how to do it better. Are you the one who can help?

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*'''Unlikely Investigator''' - Day trading pays the bills. What he's really passionate about is helping people who need it. Finding lost items. Finding lost people. Sometimes trying to solve the murders of people nobody else cares about. If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and so on. He does, in fact, have an active State of California Private Investigator's license, though you won't find him actively advertising his services as such anywhere. He uses it for things that capture his own interest, or, at times, receives a referral from a friend of a friend.

*'''Infrastructure Nerd''' - Do you also have a passion for infrastructure issues? Are you involved in local politics? Coda's a concerned citizen and a dedicated nerd for all things civic infrastructure. He's very involved in local politics as a result.

*'''Are You a Haighter?''' - Coda lives somewhere in Haight-Ashbury and is often seen in shops and businesses around the neighborhood. Maybe we've run into each other?

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[[Casefile:_Jeir| Case 001 - Jeir]]

[[Casefile:_Alley_Shenanigans | Case 002 - Shenanigans in Clarion Alley]]

[[Casefile:_Atkinson| Case 003 - Atkinson]]

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'''[[Rune]]''' Best friend. Greatest liability.
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| Aarón Díaz
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| 30
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| 6'0"
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| Black/Green
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| May 4, 1991
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| Day trader. Wizard. The latter makes the former pay the bills.
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| Director
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| [[The Party Pad]]
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| TBD
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[[Logs: Let's Grab a Piano | Let's Grab a Piano]]

[[Logs:_Wrong_Place,_Wrong_Time | Wrong Place, Wrong Time]]

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Logs: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

2021-08-21T18:12:51Z

Devrex:

PCs: [[Coda]], [[Rune]]

NPCs: None

Summary: What was supposed to be a fun night turned into anything but. Rune tells Coda there might be trouble ahead.

= Log =

It's late when Rune gets back. Keys in the door, then in the bowl next to the door, jacket shrugged off and set in the chair. His hair is pulled back, flattened by the helmet that he was assuredly wearing as the very-not-quiet bike pulled into the garage. Except, rather than being in the chipper, cheery mood he usually comes home in after a night out, he seems exhausted, and more than a little frustrated, heading directly to the fridge to grab a beer.

Whatever went down tonight, it's a look that Coda would know well. Frustration, exhaustion. And no small amount of fear.

---

At first, Coda isn't paying close attention; he's got his reading glasses on. The ones that he doesn't admit to anyone else that he wears. He's got some paperwork spread out on the kitchen table: file folders that he's neatly labeled, public records that he's pulled, print-outs of photographs that he's taken. Some of his self-appointed investigations never go anywhere but everything gets a file, and sometimes years later he's able to pull that file and go aha, we saw this two and a half years ago and it turns out to be useful.

"Abuela sent home some tamales if you want them," he says, and this is born out by the fridge is packed with tupperware. 'Some tamales' is usually 'all sorts of food' every time Coda goes to see them and this is no exception.

But ''something'' about the way Rune has come in makes him actually look up, and he does so over the tops of those glasses, noting the signs. It's the fear that has him taking them off entirely, has him narrowing his focus. His tone turns from absently welcoming to something both gentle and worried. "Hey. What's wrong?"

---

And 'some tamales' aren't missed by the other mage. He takes out one of the tupperware containers, pulling back the lid and giving them a little touch to see if they're still warm. Judging them 'warm enough', he already starts to load some up onto a plate.

Though it's probably a bad sign that he ''jumps'' a little when he hears Coda's voice, like a man coming out of a trance. He doesn't answer right away, though, scooting the beer and the plate over to the counter, which he promptly takes a seat on. "Soooo..." he starts. Also not a good sign.

"You know how when bad stuff goes, there are always that handful of people who question whether I was there, and if I had anything to do with it?" Because, you know. That's his lot in life. "Well, uh. Bad stuff went down. And I was there. Aaaaaaand no, I didn't have anything to do with it." Beat. "Sort of."

---

Coda gives Rune this long look, but it's not a look of distrust or a look of skepticism. He chose to put his trust in Rune a long time ago and so he jumps to no conclusions. He rises and comes to the other side of the counter, claiming a beer for himself.

The moment of quiet he takes for himself is pretty standard too; a thing he does where he centers himself against whatever's going to come. He takes a sip of his beer, then speaks.

"Okay. I'm listening. Start at the beginning?"

Quiet and grave.

---

"So," he starts again. "You know there was a thing tonight at the Chantry?" A raised eyebrow here. "Atkinson and the other guy, duking it out, right? Lots of people showed, and you were gone, soooo. I decided to go watch." An unusual thing in and of itself. He usually avoids members of the other traditions when Coda is gone -- for his own safety and the safety of others, in case things ever turn violent.

Seems that he decided a room full of witnesses was safe enough.

"So, Khoi and I are there, watching the fight, right? And Atkinson is this buff trainer type, maybe twenty. Hermetic. And Stephenson? is this like, sixty year old academic with elbow patches. And these two are giving each other a walloping, man, tense as nails. You really should have seen it, it was glorious --"

Right. There is a point here. Clearing his throat, he continues. "Well. It was going well, right until the end. Could have gone either way, but there was a big flash, and a blinding light, and Samuels? is there, dead on the ground, a whole blown straight through him where his heart should be..."

---

Coda's eyes go wide. "Sutherland," he supplies, in a way that suggests he doesn't think this is the most important detail in there but he's unable to avoid reporting on a fact he knows. It's absently said, but put out there anyway. "Ronny Sutherland."

He shakes his head in a way that suggests he's trying to process that, his frown deepening. "Horrifying. Please, go on."

He had opened his mouth before that ''please, go on.'' He's got questions already, lots of them, but he schools himself. Rune may well answer a fair portion of them with the rest of what he has to say, after all.

---

"So, everything erupts into chaos, right? And everyone is calling for blood. Doesn't take magic to know that the room is about to turn *fucking ugly*. So, me and the fucking Space-Cadet," his nickname for Khoi, "... we get Atkinson and shuffle him out of the room before anyone can try to fuck him up too bad, right?"

Perhaps a noble intention. Also a shortsighted one, given Rune's history -- a thing that he likely thought of later, given his general demeanor right now. The accused-nephandus and the burnout who probably can't remember the last twenty minutes are likely not the people that you want shuffling your cheating murderer out the door.

"So, anyway, we get him off to a little side room, and he says he did it. He had to. He can't talk about it. And he wants us to call the Quaesitor." The Hermetic Judge, of a sort. ''Also'' not exactly the person you want involved with a person like Rune.

"Anyway, long story short -- that happened. And, you know. These people. They aren't gonna let that sit." He gives a self-conscious little grimace. It always goes the same way. A whisper here, a sharp word there, and the rumor mill starts to fly. It's not their first go-round with it.

"Oh," he adds, unwrapping a tamale. "I, uh. I also bet on Atkinson."

Because of course he did.

---

There's a sharp intake of breath at the ''we got him out of there.'' There's a sharp intake of breath at ''I bet on Atkinson.'' This is as good as a string of curses from any other man.

But then? Coda places his hand briefly over the lower half of his face and drags it down sharply. Drains the rest of his beer.

Then he stands up and gets a legal pad and a pen and sets it down on the counter. He sits back down. He writes down everything that Rune just told him.

"Okay. This is not unsalvageable. We'll have to do some damage control but it is not unsalvageable."

That is is as close as Coda will ever get to saying ''it will be okay.'' Coda doesn't believe that everything always turns out okay just because it ''should'' and he doesn't believe in making promises he can't deliver on.

"I have questions. Many questions. Are you ready for all of them?"

He sounds as composed as ever.

---

No," Rune says, shaking his head. "Not even a little bit. But ask anyway."

His own body language tells the story. The kid that knows they're about to get 'I'm not mad, just disappointed' lectures from a parent when they ''know'' they fucked up, somehow. Even if they were well-intentioned.

Rune stuffs one of the tamales in his mouth, though, and that? That seems to make up for it a little bit. Chicken and masa and olive, this one, the flavors blending together with the oaxaca cheese that Coda's grandmother sprinkles in with the masa, a touch of spice to the mix without being overpowering. It's enough to almost make him, very temporarily, forget the big pile of shit he managed to step in just for having the audacity to exist in the wrong place at the right time.

Still, there's work to be done. And probably a lecture to be had. "Hit me."

---

He ''almost'' misses the body language in his focus. Almost. But he's known Rune for a long time. And so he does spot it. He hesitates, and he says, "For the record, you have done nothing wrong. Wrong place, wrong time, big heart. What were you supposed to do, let them tear him the accused apart before anyone had even heard the facts of the case?"

He means it, but he also sounds like a man who is preparing a defense, and maybe he is.

"Who set the certamen circle? How many Certamen Marshalls were on hand, and who were they? What were the terms of the duel?"

---

Rune relaxes a bit as Coda tells him he did nothing wrong, some part of his guts uncoiling in a way he wasn't aware they were even coiled in, the tension draining out of his face as Coda does exactly what Rune should have expected, but manages to never expect anyway. It's just in his nature. Or his past. Something.

"At least two marshals. Maybe three, if the dude as big as a bulldozer was a marshal and not just -- uh -- being a badass. They're the ones that set the circle. Officiator was some kinda spirit, I think. Mantis-lookin' thing. Ordered that Atkinson be detained."

"As for what they were fighting about?" He offers a shrug. "Beats me, man. I just went there to see the fireworks."

---

Coda says, "We'll need to find out their names, and which one of them summoned the officiator. I cannot help but draw a parallel to the fact that there was a spirit officiator to a nephandus who is wandering around summoning spirits and forcing them into people so he can commit murder through them."

Coda writes furiously, frowning. "Next question: did the Quaesitar come and collect Atkinson? Has he at this time been detained? And by little side room you mean a room in the Chantry, meaning he never left the premises?""

---

Rune gives an appropriate answer to whatever the conclusion of the future scene would be, as it has not happened yet. Once that's done, he shoves another tamale into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully. "I'unno, ma'," he starts, pulling all the corn to the side as he tries to talk. "Dude didn't look possessed. And it kinda seems like he knew exactly what he was doing. Said he couldn't talk about it."

---

"Couldn't is an interesting word choice, but it could mean anything from making some sort of vow to being under a geas to having an emotional response," Coda agrees, tap tapping his pen against the legal pad. He frowns thoughtfully and says, "Alright. Who else was there that night? The other spectators. Everyone you can remember."

A pause.

"And everything you can remember that they said or did that led you to the conclusion that Mr. Atkinson's safety was imminently at risk and that you needed to remove him from the immediate source of the problem, and what led you to draw the conclusion it should be you and Khoi instead of the Certamen Marshalls."

A faint smile touches his lips again, weary and wan. "You have time to chew and swallow though. Just because I'm asking 30 questions at once doesn't mean you should have to choke on your food."

---

"A lot of people I didn't know," Rune admits. "Either out-of-towners there for some bloodsport..." A word that draws a wince as soon as he says it, the connotations of that becoming clear just ''after'' they should have ... "or the folks that don't show up for the regular meetings. Old lady behind us, was kind of a badass. In a Grandma Kitten sweater but you could feel the energy bristle off of her."

When asked what pushed him to think he and Khoi would be the best answer, he hesitates a little. "I mean -- nobody else was doing it? Even the marshals just kind of stood there. And -- I mean. If it wasn't for us, it was gonna end bad." A little shrug. "The marshals were trying to keep the crowd under control. I think." In truth, he didn't even *see* them until it was time to clear a path, but that's a fact he'll remember later.

---

"Good. That's a good reason."

Coda exhales and says, "I think your actions are above reproach here. You didn't help him escape, you got him away from a bloodthirsty crowd. I'm going to try to get a record of the bets but I suspect probably it was about 50/50 or 60/40. Your winnings are probably forfeit anyway...murder was not supposed to be on the menu. So. You did not stand to gain financially, either. You were sitting in a crowd with dozens of people and you haven't progressed far enough to be capable of pulling off the crime. The Certamen circle is supposed to keep ''anyone'' from interfering. That spirit asked that Atkinson be detained, ''not'' you. Hold that in your heart and mind, because you cannot afford to look like *you* think you are guilty."

He frowns and says, "But I think you should be wary of Khoi from here on out. Very wary."

---

"Wasn't a winning, really," he notes. "I bet a Boon. With the Space Cadet. Because I was pretty sure Atkinson was gonna wipe the floor with him. That or Space Cadet would forget we had a bet." Which, in fact, he ''did''.

Though at the mention of being wary of Khoi, Rune gives a little nod. "Yeah," he agrees. "I think it'd be best to keep my distance. Neither of our reputations stand to gain if we keep running into random trouble when we're together." Not that they can entirely avoid that. "Though we did promise to go help him hunt down the Nephandus. And, you know. That -- could help both of us." Socially, anyway. Maybe not in any other way.

---

"And it's the right thing to do," Coda murmurs, of the Nephandus and their hunt for him.

But he doesn't veer there, staying right on Khoi. "I think he tried to set you up." Coda says bluntly. "I felt him working his Arts last night. He's skilled. Powerful. I'm having a hard time believing he's as aggressively stupid as he pretends to be. I think he knew how bad that move would look for you, and I think he knew that he could then turn around and defend you and make you look even worse by dint of ''his'' reputation...which is too high and too idiotic and too brain dead to be a reliable witness."

Coda narrows his eyes and says, "And the way he repeatedly snubs you, the way he and Corinna are joined at the hip, the little look he gave when I suggested you go with Mr. Santana for our investigations into those two locations...he is ''not'' your friend. He could have done it just because he thought he'd be doing a good thing, getting the dangerous nephandus Rune off the streets for good through some political angling. Or for some deeper purpose that I don't begin to understand."

---

Rune nods, giving a firm "Right," at the idea of the hunting of the Nephandus.

But then that resolve starts to melt a bit as Coda lays his theory out, shoulders slumping as the possibilities start to flow, shaping a reality that the man knew, somewhere, in the back of his mind to be possible -- probable, even -- but never quite solidified into reality. "Right," he repeats, this time with far less gusto than before.

Still, he manages a little smile. "Guess it's easier to stay out of trouble that way. And hey," he offers brightly, "gives me a reason to just wear basketball shorts all day. Less laundry. Silver lining?"

---

"What are you talking about? You can't hide either," Coda says softly. "That's been our mistake I think. All this time. We've kept to ourselves, minded our own business, and...we have no friends. No allies. No clout here. We have to change that. Just because I don't think you should be alone with Khoi doesn't mean I think you should lock yourself away in here."

He tosses down his pen and says, "I think? We should be thinking about how to clear your name for good. Maybe even get that mark off your back, if that's something you want."

---

Rune shakes his head. "We both know that they're never gonna allow that," he tells the other man. Probably in regards to removing the mark. "You don't put something like that on someone and then close off every avenue of removing the damn thing if you're ever planning on *undoing* it," he sighs. A helpless little shrug there. "But. We can try." The smile softens a bit here. "Worst case scenario we can make a ''few'' friends. Maybe ones that aren't so..."

Yeah. Whatever that descriptor should be, English doesn't have a great word for the full scope of it.

---

"Rigid? Judgemental? Stuck up their own asses?"

Apparently Coda has a few. Even if they are inadequate.

He rubs a hand over his face and says, "Lauren. She's willing to give you a fair shake. You're in a situation where you're alone with Mr. Santana. I suggested it because I didn't see better alternatives. I didn't trust Corinna and Khoi at your back and I still don't, but if anything happens to him..."

He shakes his head. "But Lauren at least seems to be reserving judgement, and said herself that it's all hands on deck for the Nephandus. If she goes with you two she gets a chance to know you better, see you in action, and anything positive that comes out of that, any heroism you display, when she describes it? More credence, coming from her. I think you should seek her out and ask her to come with. I think it should be you and not me. Our out-chantry ally has admitted to being a poor hand in a fight and we want to ensure his safety. I don't know how good she is in the field...she uses her wiles to ensnare her targets more often than not...but I would be shocked to meet any Chakravanti who is not a fair hand in a fight."

---

"Didn't Sun Tzu say something about the best way to win a fight being to never engage in one if you can avoid it?" A little half-smirk here. "Don't underestimate the efficacy of 'wiles'. They've gotten me out of more than one situation that could have gotten ugly." And if he fails to mention all the times that his 'wiles' have gotten him *into* hot water, well, none the wiser. Right?

Still, he frowns a bit. "So. Two unknowns. Also means that I could get my ass handed to me out there and they'd get a medal and I'd get a quiet grave somewhere nobody would bother me, because they'd never find me." He bounces his head a few times, weighing it out. "Could be worth it. Witnesses, either way."

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PCs: [[Coda]], [[Rune]]

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Summary: After meeting with [[Scarpia]] and [[Rebekah]] about a certain tiny pink piano, Coda discusses the situation with Rune.

= Log =

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"Huh, they gave us an extra sandwich."

But aren't just little lucky things like that *always* happening to a pair of luck mages? In this case it might be the fading effects of a generalized luck spell that Coda threw on himself last week.

Either way, it's a nice night Coda is hungry enough to just settle on their front porch steps to just dive in. Sometimes he prefers it to the back yard, even as nice as that space is, because he kind of likes to people watch, and feel part of the neighborhood, and wave to their neighbors as they pass.

And he hadn't wanted anything fancy, just some sandwiches from a local place that makes really good sandwiches, along with some iced tea.

He shoots Rune a rueful look. "So I apologize. That got really weird, really fast just now."

---

Rune stretches out on the steps, legs fully extended in front of him as he leans back on his elbows, offering an exhausted little post-work sigh of relaxation and relief after a crazy night of being on his feet. Feelings that he could easily bypass with little more than a scratched symbol on his wrist with one of the bics in his apron.

But he almost never does that. For a man with enough magic to almost never feel discomfort -- he doesn't seem to mind.

Reaching up to pull the tie out of his hair, he shakes out those curls -- untameable, like a lion's mane, no matter how much effort is put into it -- looking over into the bag. "Burger, or chicken?"

---
"Chicken, please," Coda says. A quick, fond smile touches his face as Rune shakes out his hair, there and gone again.

He leans his back against the stair railing, looking just as comfortable as he does in an office chair or anywhere else. "Did you have a good day at work?"

There's another quick touch of chagrin--distracted first by the weirdness and then, frankly, by his hunger, Coda had forgotten to ask before.
---

Reaching for the bag, Rune rolls his eyes. "I meant the ''extra'',' he teases, looking to see what all is available -- though he does hand Coda the requested chicken, fishing out a burger for himself as he carefully unfolds the little foil wrapper.

(The extra is, of course, Chicken, the Euthanatos' resonance winning that particular battle of universal chaos.)

Taking a healthy bite out of the burger, he reaches into his apron, pulling out a stack of bills that he quickly counts before handing them off to Coda. "Fwee Hunneh Fi'iy Thoo," he tells the man around a mouthful of burger, eyes bright. Which, in non-Barbarian is Three Hundred Fifty Two dollars, paid toward his share of the household expenses.

---

Now it's Coda's turn to roll his eyes, though good-naturedly. "Thank you. Though, I wasn't asking for you to cough up the funds, I was asking how your day went," he says gently.

But he takes the money, those bright eyes telling him that there's some pride behind being able to bring that much in. "Though I guess the answer is the same in this case: if you made this much in tips it must have been a *great* day."

He puts the money into his wallet, and juggles out his smart phone for a moment. He hits a button, a pre-written app, and then reaches into his pocket to produce a receipt book and a pen. He insists on writing a receipt up, every single time, and he does this time, putting his sandwich aside to do just that in a precise, neat hand. He slides it across to Rune.

"Don't forget to file that," he murmurs. Almost apologetically, for the reminder...but he reminds all the same, the same way he always reminds.

He puts the receipt book and the pen back in his pocket and closes out the app.

---

Rune tucks the little slip of paper safely into his pocket, smoothing out the apron so as to not crease it. A search of his room would reveal that he does, in fact, file them. In a manner of speaking. There is a pencil case in his closet that contains all of the rent receipts, neatly put away -- with a short description of how the day went written on the back. Memorable events, or fleeting impressions. A diary, of sorts.

Perhaps a strange place to keep one, but Rune has his rhymes and reasons.

"Was alright," he answers. "I mean, entitled assholes are entitled. And assholes. But they at least tip well, usually." He gives a little shrug. "I mean, they tip ''me'' well, anyway. Usually." Not always.

The man has one of those faces that just implores you to trust him. Always with the little reminder of someone you know. The first time you meet him, anyway. It fades in time, but his charisma is enough to make up for that.

If it weren't for the fact that his life outside of work is messy and fraught and makes attendance an *issue* sometimes, he could probably have been promoted to floor lead by now. But such isn't in his cards.

---

Coda listens as he works on that sandwich--he really was hungry as all get-out, and it's rapidly disappearing. Still-faint laugh lines crinkle a little at they tip ''me'' well anyway. "As well you're dealing with the entitlement that has money. Otherwise you'd just be dealing with poor assholes who can't tip well."

He tilts his head up thoughtfully and says, "Speaking of rich assholes. I'm thinking about just...snagging this silly piano for those people, if it hasn't been smashed up. I think it's just small enough that I can. At first, I thought...just investigate the old fashioned way, it's not worth the trouble of the set-up."

Was it worth the trouble of the investigation? Even he's not sure.

"But now I'm starting to think...it might just keep those people out of trouble. Calm them down, steer them out of whatever bad ideas they've got brewing. I walked out of there with an uneasy feeling though. I didn't really try to get a deep reading on them."

Coda rarely just uses his Arts to start reading people, or to start trying to get a reaction out of them, unless they've earned his enmity, much like Rune doesn't magick his discomfort away. It strikes him as unethical...and also as a whole lot of sensory input to put up with, without much gain, most of the time.

"What do you think?"

---

Rune is still working on the burger, enjoying their time out front, people-watching, as he enjoys everything else. Rune, for all his eccentricities, tends to be something of a simple creature at heart. But the smile fades a bit as he starts considering the investigation once more.

"Dunno," he sighs. "You wanna keep 'em out of trouble, but. I have a feeling that those people ''are'' the trouble. Piano theft or no."

Glancing over to his friend, he asks, "How did you even ''find'' that crew, anyway? And what was the deal with all of -- ''that''?" ''That'', naturally, being the jars. The specimens, and the overkill on the macabre. "I mean, they don't strike me as the next Cerridwen, but ..." He pauses there a second, mouth pressing tight as the words escape too late.

He's not a good one to judge the next Cerridwen. He wasn't even a particularly good spotter of the ''actual'' Cerridwen.

"Just ..." A deep sigh, the cat already out of the bag. "Are you sure?"

---

"They put fliers all over the neighborhood, and I thought there was a story there. I mean. They're worried about this tiny piano. It's worth, literally, $61.00. They could replace it in a heartbeat but they say it has sentimental value...and more than that they say that it's the principle of the thing. That they've been bullied. But somehow the person bullying them is the owner of an exclusive club. One moment they're all members of the club, the other Jack is poor and the owner picks on him and he doesn't have good shoes to wear."

Coda frowns, picking apart the inconsistencies once more giving him a step away from Rebekah's emotional appeal. "This guy Jack, he says he wants to confuse and annoy someone...the club owner I guess...he was very difficult to understand...but also that he wants his property back."

Is he sure? It's ''evident'' he's not sure.

"The shop actually didn't bother me. Some people like those little curios. Kind of weird leaning straight into the death theme vs. all the other Victorian items one could sell, but not unheard of. Not to my taste, but." He shrugs. Nothing about the Death motif is ever going to ''phase'' him, at least.

---

Rune listens, the look on his face pensive. Closing his eyes, he leans his head back, looking up at the sky without looking -- that little tell that shows that there's a struggle going on in there, somewhere.

It takes him a second, but finally he lets forth a little frustrated growl. "Alright," he sighs. "Options. Option 1," he holds up a finger. "We fuck off and get the hell away from the whole damn Addams Family. Except, if they're innocent, then we're leaving them at the hands of a merciless bully after they've asked for help. And if they *aren't* innocent, then we're letting someone else walk into that lion's den, maybe completely unprepared."

That second finger goes up. "Option *Two*: We help them. We potentially help a group of innocent people fight back and take a stand, which, admittedly, is the morally weighty thing to do. And there could be some profit in it. And if they aren't --" A frown. "Well. We're definitely walking into something fucked up, in that scenario. Who knows what. But ..." A little 'nggggh' sound. "We're -- the best equipped for it that I can think of."

He reaches up, rubbing at his right eye with the heel of his palm. "Lucky us."

---

"Then I'll get it set up tonight, and maybe make some weirdos very happy," Coda says, smiling. While Rune might not have spotted the actual Cerridwen, what ''Coda'' chalks that up to is the fact that he had no knowledge or frame of reference to do that. He finds the man's reasoning to be pretty decent most of the time.

At first, five years ago, admittedly, when he'd ask the man for his opinion on such things, it was to find out more about how he thought. To maybe in fact encourage the exercise of thinking things through a little more, as Coda perceived the other man maybe...needed a hand with that.

These days? He values Rune's opinion and knows that if he himself is about to truly walk them over a cliff because of his own flaws, well...Rune will say so, and will hit them with the logic that pulls them back from the edge.

---

Rune can't help but give a little snorting laugh at that, rolling his eyes playfully. "Mister, I ''am'' one of the weirdos, and you just fed me, so. I am content. If that was the goal, then we're already there. Call it a day."

Reaching into his back pocket, he pulls out a mostly-battered box of Marlboros, lighting one for himself and setting the pack between them. In case Coda wants one. If he can find one that isn't broken. Though Rune is always willing to share. It'd probably be a bad habit if either of them had to worry about cancer or heart disease ever again.

"So. Next question," he muses. "We find this piano. And -- then what?" A glance to Coda. "we can't just teleport the damn thing to their little house of horrors. And..." Rune turns to look at the street, glancing skeptically at the blue Econo-car there. "Your Leaf only just barely fits the purse you apparently keep your balls in, now...." Spoken with that good-natured teasing that he always offers up when talking about the car.

---

"It's 13 inches by 17 inches by 9 inches according to the flier," Coda says thoughtfully. "It's pushing it, but I ''think'' that's just small enough for me to just...grab it and bring it to me."

He accepts a cigarette. He accepts one of the broken ones though he palms it so it only looks bent. He runs his fingers slowly along it as if simply "straightening" it, humming a soft tune under his breath...F in the key of middle C, associated with the #4, associated with matter, on a 1/4 beat to reinforce the matter connection, all to the goal of knitting that paper back together just enough. He's not even transmuting it, he's just rejoining molecules to molecules.

The cigarette still looks a little uneven in the middle, but it's good enough for Government work. Waste not, want not. He lights it happily, inhales deeply, blows out a slow line of smoke with every evidence of pleasure.

"And if that's the case we just...bring it to them. Even my Leaf can handle something roughly the size of a breadbox you know. That said...I'll want you there in case something crazy happens."

A good natured, easy-going smile as he adds:

"You know. My balls only need a purse because they've grown large enough these days to require additional care. If you weren't vibrating your own off with that crotch rocket of yours you might know something about that."
---

Rune gives a little nod. The fact that his presence is requested doesn't even seem to surprise him. At this point, he might be surprised -- and a little suspicious -- if Coda tried to leave him behind on one of these little adventures if there's any sense of 'weird' to it.

He spins his pen easily between his fingers, thinking it over. "So. We thinking -- kitchen table, then? For the grabbing it and the bringing it back?" Though he does stop a moment, completely unfamiliar with the Mysteries of Correspondence outside of the broadest general knowledge. "Do you even know where to grab it *from*? Seems like you'd need to know *where* the thing is before you can bring it *back*. Unless you can do that too?" Though he's quick to add, "Sounds exhausting, though. Especially if your balls are so heavy they require a bag. Thankfully, me and my crotch rocket keep mine at a manageable heft." Beat. "And her name is ''Chelsea''."

---

The motorcycle gets the comment first, his lips twitching. "All the shit you give me, about my beautiful Leaf, and how theoretically it means I cannot get laid. And yet you're the one naming your giant vibrator on wheels?"

Mildly spoken, laughing sally aside, thinking about the problem of getting this done is far more of an intriguing conversation.

"It's ''somewhere'' in Space," Coda says thoughtfully. "And it's a unique item, which I have a photo of and an exact description of. It's just a matter of homing in on the object. I know where we are. I know it's ''somewhere.'' I know what it is. Kitchen table would work. Thinking of layering in a luck spell so that nobody is in the room where it is when we go looking."

And since that means they can do the spell together, making it that much easier, that seems all the wiser.

---

Rune gives a little nod to that. "I can probably do a quick read," he suggests. "See when the best time to move would be. Don't know how accurate the answers would be with so little information but." He offers a little one-shouldered shrug. "Better than going in completely blind."

Not that they're all that *far* from completely mind.

Magic, kids. It cannot, in fact, solve all of your problems. Magic is often ''the'' problem.

Irony.

Standing up, Rune stretches lazily, tossing the cigarette out onto the sidewalk as he turns toward the house. "Guess it's time to go change." Looking back over his shoulder, he asks, "You need me to break into my stash for anything? What do we need? What're we missing?"

---

Coda puts out his own cigarette but holds on to it to throw away in the trash in a moment. He picks up the spare sandwich and considers the question of Rune's stash, mentally writing and rewriting the spell, the order of events.

"I don't think so unless you need something for throwing the cards," he muses. He can write all over the kitchen table while Rune does that, and then trigger the spell at the appropriate time. "I haven't done the mathematical descriptions of your stash recently enough to make those connections off the top of my head, anyway."

---

Rune gives a shake of his head. "Nah," he says. "Drugs are good sometimes. But right now, I'm thinking -- a quick scrying bowl. Ink and water. Nothing fancy. It'll give us a rough answer. And then I'm gonna take a long, hot shower and wash the work off of me. Thank ''god'' ritual ablutions in the modern day don't require dunking yourself in a freezing fucking river..."

He takes off his apron, stripping out of his shirt as well, throwing them both off to the side. Though as Coda starts to talk about the ''mathematical descriptions'', Rune just turns to look at the man, eyebrows knitting with amusement. "You are ''such'' a nerd," he laughs, though there's no judgment in there. If anything, the years have proven that Rune is more fascinated by Coda's methods than judgmental of them, even if he rarely understands the depth at which the man's mind works.

That doesn't stop him from studying the calculus book, though.

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Coda

2021-08-17T03:18:57Z

Devrex:

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<center>'''''<div class="character-page_quote">The stranger at my fireside cannot see the forms I see,<br>nor hear the sounds I hear;<br>he but perceives what is;<br>while unto me all that has been is visible and clear.</div>.'''''<br />
'''– [https://poets.org/poem/haunted-houses Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Haunted Houses]'''</center>

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== The Man ==

* Day trader. Freelance.

* Passionate nerd about infrastructure of all things. Want to hear all about trains? Roads? Bridges? Our crumbling sewer system won't someone think of the children for god's sake? Coda will happily go on about it. At length. He goes to city hall meetings as a concerned citizen. It's a whole deal.

* Drives a Nissan Leaf. The perfect car for an environmentally conscious guy who can't afford a Tesla!

* Has been in San Francisco all his life.

== The Mage ==

* Euthanatos Lhaksimist

* Awakened 10 years ago.

* Apprenticeship for 5. His mentor's name is John Random.

* John is a curmudgeon. Coda often got on his nerves. John went on vacation almost immediately after declaring that Coda was a Chela now. Call him only if the world was ending, that sort of thing.

* Coda himself had a stellar reputation for being a high integrity fellow until Rune. He chased the (Nephandus? Maurader? Rumors aren't clear) Morrigan all the way to New York. Morrigan died in the confrontation. As Morrigan and Rune had shared a twisted mentor, Coda brought Rune in.

* Coda did not approve of Rune's sentencing. He fought against it. He said Rune was innocent. He visited Rune regularly. He may have used up some political capital to make the sentence lighter than it was.

* Coda's reputation is now okay-to-neutral-to-not-great. He's been living with Rune for five years, for his own reasons, working closely with him. Those who are inclined to judge Rune harshly are inclined to paint him with the same brush. On the other hand he's still known for high integrity, and he is known for being a pretty damned good investigator and person to have on your side when you've got a problem. YMMV, Your Opinion May Vary.

* Big math nerd. A lot of his magickal practice is rooted in mathematics, sacred shapes, sacred numbers, equations, probability, statistics. This includes things people don't normally think of as math, like music.

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<div style="background-color:black; line-height:300%"><font style="color:White; font-size:14pt; font-variant:small-caps">'''RP Hooks'''</font></div>

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<center><br>'''Don't see an RP hook you like? Page me! Maybe I'll see an RP hook '''I''' like on your page. Or we can brainstorm a little. I'm generally happy to RP with anyone. My times are Sundays, then Tuesdays through Fridays between 5 CST and Whenever.'''</center>

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<center>'''General Roleplay Hooks'''</center>

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*'''Day Trade the Day Away''' - Need your money managed? While Coda mostly makes his own money for himself he does have a professional trade account and can take on clients. He doesn't, not often: he's discerning about who he'll help. But those he does help? Have a tendency to make bank.

*'''Dances Like Commander Shephard''' - It's awful. Really. And he wants to figure out how to do it better. Are you the one who can help?

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<center>'''Specific Roleplay Hooks'''</center>

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*'''Unlikely Investigator''' - Day trading pays the bills. What he's really passionate about is helping people who need it. Finding lost items. Finding lost people. Sometimes trying to solve the murders of people nobody else cares about. If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and so on. He does, in fact, have an active State of California Private Investigator's license, though you won't find him actively advertising his services as such anywhere. He uses it for things that capture his own interest, or, at times, receives a referral from a friend of a friend.

*'''Infrastructure Nerd''' - Do you also have a passion for infrastructure issues? Are you involved in local politics? Coda's a concerned citizen and a dedicated nerd for all things civic infrastructure. He's very involved in local politics as a result.

*'''Are You a Haighter?''' - Coda lives somewhere in Haight-Ashbury and is often seen in shops and businesses around the neighborhood. Maybe we've run into each other?

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<center><br>'''Despite being a licensed PI, Coda doesn't advertise himself as any sort of an investigator. He may not be running an investigator's business, but he keeps extensive files on things he's looking into at his file cabinet at home.'''</center>

[[Casefile:_Jeir| Case 001 - Jeir]]

[[Casefile:_Alley_Shenanigans | Case 002 - Shenanigans in Clarion Alley]]

[[Casefile:_Atkinson| Case 003 - Atkinson]]

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<center>'''It's not what you know, it's who you know...'''</center>

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[[File:Rune1.jpg]]
'''[[Rune]]''' Best friend. Greatest liability.
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<div style="line-height:300%; align:right"><font style="color: black; font-size:14pt; font-variant:small-caps">'''AKA...???'''</font></div>
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| Aarón Díaz
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Apparent Age:'''</font>
| 30
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| 6'0"
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| Black/Green
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black:>'''Date of Birth:'''</font>
| May 4, 1991
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| Day trader. Wizard. The latter makes the former pay the bills.
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| class="left" | '''Nature:'''
|Idealist
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| Director
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| [[Chakravanti]]
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| Lhaksimist
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| class="left" | '''Chantry:'''
| [[The Party Pad]]
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| TBD
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Casefile: Alley Shenanigans

2021-08-14T21:11:05Z

Devrex:

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| Early August, 2021
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| '''Timeline:'''<br><br> 1. On <DATE, TIME> a Black female, identity unknown, chased an Asian male, identity unknown, out of a building in CLarion Alley. He was recording her on his phone.<br><br>2. She claimed he was following her, harassing her, spying on her.<br><br>3. He claimed he only brought his phone out when it looked like she was going to attack him.<br><br>4. As various individuals tried to diffuse the situation with varying degrees of effectiveness, Corinna suddenly decided that Asian Male was an actual spy. She tried to pull her gun on him.<br><br>5. Rune, Sam, and Khoi restrained her.<br><br>6. There was a Mind Magick effect on the Black Female. Attempted to dispel it.<br><br>7. Could not detect a Mind Magick effect on Corinna, but others were casting Mind effects at the same time. Could have been too difficult to detect with other resonances flying around. Plus by then I had a raging headache.<br><br>8. The next morning the paper ran a story about a defaced mural in the alley. "You Left a Mark" by Jalen Butler, a mural that was supposed to document the lives of homeless LGBTQI+ youth. Rune thinks the defacement may have been a potential attempt to disrupt an occult symbol that might have been hidden in the mural.<br><br>9. Possible connection to [[Casefile:_Atkinson|case 003.]]<br><br>'''Persons of Interest'''<br><br>* Jalen Butler, the artist behind the mural.<br><br>*The defacer, if they can be found.<br><br>*Brian Mescaline, artist who maintains the "Mescaline Boutique," who spoke out against Butler. "There's literally a sig right when you walk in that says contact CAMP to paint in the alley. Butler could have solved his problem with the power of actually reading. Probably someone painted over his shit because he cut in line."<br><br>*Owner of building where Jalen painted. What did he see? Surveillance tapes? Did he actually ask Jalen to paint over graffiti? What did the graffiti look like?<br><br>*CAMP representative. Did Butler even try to apply to paint in the alley?
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| '''Physical:'''<br><br>*A photo of the defaced mural.<br><br>*Photo of un-defaced Mural, from Butler's Instagram account:<br><br> Y''ou Left A Mark was about a 6' x 8' work celebrating three people through portraiture, with their names. Two of them sit on a large, rolling suitcase, and another on the asphalt. On the left, a feminine person who is not conventionally passing, grins through a black eye and chipped teeth, their arm around their friend whose missing foot is wrapped in duct tape. It's a painful disarticulation at the ankle, and its implications are heroin, not hospital. In the center, the youngest of the trio holds a cardboard sign: "Please help feed our eating addiction!" Despite their gritty circumstances, Jalen's exuberant colorblocking and blending has catapulted their likenesses into a surreal world of glamor, like the floating editorial world of J.C. Leyendecker. The whole mural is full of light and atmosphere, with lush, saturated color.<br><br>The comments on the image are mostly an outpouring of support and outrage on Jalen's behalf. Stuff like, what a wonderful piece of art! Who would possibly paint over this? Someone should "do something" about CAMP's "monopoly" on the alley. They should have Jalen put it back. CAMP representatives are pieces of shit. CAMP is lying about not knowing who did it. XYZ did it. No, ABC did it, and we should kick their ass -- that sort of thing.''<br><br>'''Magickal:'''<br><br>*A Mind effect running on unidentified Black Woman.<br><br>*No resonances detected at defaced mural site.<br><br>(Redacted) detected unsettling amounts of anger coming from Unidentified Black Woman and Corinna both. Note: with the blessing of (Redacted), (Redacted) took some steps (redacted) which (redacted); keep a close eye out for (redacted).
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| '''To Do:'''<br><br>*Talk to Jalen Butler<br><br>*Talk to Brian Mescaline<br><br>*Talk to owner of the building that Jalen painted<br><br>*Talk to CAMP<br><br>*The OUTRAGE stands out. Outrage farm? Spell to generate and direct massive negative energy as a weapon? Alley thing a test? Whereis beneficiary?<br><br>'''Auxilary Notes:''' Liliana has a file on hate crimes conducted against elderly Asians and initially postulated there might be a link between these incidents and the Clarion Alley incident. I am hesitant to draw a conclusion in that direction as the incident at the alley does not fit the pattern of these hate crimes, but am making a file note just in case it becomes important later.
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2021-08-14T00:14:13Z

Devrex:

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| '''Timeline:'''<br><br>1. On <DATE, TIME> the Chantry hosted a duel between Ronny Sutherland of the Order of Hermes, bani Bonisagus (challenger) and Joss Atkinson of the Order of Heremes, bani Tytalus.<br><br>2. There were apparently two Certamen Marshalls on site. The Certamen circle caster is unknown. A spirit of unknown nature and origin was called in to adjudicate the duel. <br><br> 3. According to Rune, the duel was going hot and heavy and the crowd was having a good time. <br><br>4. Rune described a big flash, a blinding light, then Sutherland was dead on the ground with a hole blown through his chest where his heart should have been. <br><br>5. The room erupts into chaos. Everyone starts calling for blood. ''An unusual response for otehrwise disciplined mages. Why straight to blood? Is there a link to [[https://modernnights.bigdamnmush.com/index.php?title=Casefile:_Alley_Shenanigans|Case 002]]? Mind effects that make people more aggressive, right by the Chantry?''<br><br>6. Rune determines that the room is about to turn ugly. He and (Redacted) get Atkinson and shuffle him off into an alley on the Chantry premesis before anyone can try to harm him. The Marshalls were attending to the crowd.<br><br>7. Atkinson confesses to the crime. According to Rune, he said he '''had to do it''' and he '''can't''' talk about it. Atkinson asks them to call the Quaesitor. Rune did not think that Atkinson seemed possessed in any way (no probable link to Case 001 at this time).<br><br>8. Many of the spectators were out-of-towners.<br><br>'''Persons of Interest:'''<Br><br>*Rune remembers at least two Marshalls on-site, but didn't see them at all until after things got ugly. Who are they?<br><br>* The spirit was "some sort of mantis looking thing." Who summoned the spirit? Who was the spirit? Spirit did call for Atkinson to be detained.<br><br>*There was an old lady behind Rune who Rune thought was a badass. Who was that? Grandma Kitten Sweater. Might be good to find out what she knew or observed.<br><br>*(Redacted). What did he see?
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| '''To Do:'''<br><br>*Pull the betting records, see the percentage that betted on Atkinson vs. Sutherland. Less an investigative To Do and more of a CRA to-do.<br><br>*Find out who set the certamen circle.<br><br>*Find out the names and ranks of the Marshalls. Talk to them if possible.<br><br>*Find out who summoned that spirit and that spirit's nature. Find someone to talk to the spirit if possible. (Redacted) might know who to talk to.<br><br>* Find out what the terms of the duel were supposed to be and why they were dueling in the first place.<br><br>* Find out about Atkinson's family, friends, enemies, homelife. Is it an alieas?<br><br>* Find out about Sutherland's friends, family, homelife, enemies. Is it an alias? <br><br>* Who cleared the out-of-towners and spectators? Who was on the guest list? Anyone of interest? <br><br>*Find out what (Redacted) remembers of that n ight and what he thinks.<br><br>* Examine the room where the duel was held, if permitted to. Oh who are you kidding? Find someone who is better at magick than you to do this. Which is basically everyone right now. Damn it.<br><br>* Find out if any other locals were there and get their impression of events. <br><br>*Find Grandma Kitten Sweater and talk to her. <br><br>
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2021-08-14T00:06:28Z

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<center>'''''<div class="character-page_quote">The stranger at my fireside cannot see the forms I see,<br>nor hear the sounds I hear;<br>he but perceives what is;<br>while unto me all that has been is visible and clear.</div>.'''''<br />
'''– [https://poets.org/poem/haunted-houses Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Haunted Houses]'''</center>

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== The Man ==

* Day trader. Freelance.

* Passionate nerd about infrastructure of all things. Want to hear all about trains? Roads? Bridges? Our crumbling sewer system won't someone think of the children for god's sake? Coda will happily go on about it. At length. He goes to city hall meetings as a concerned citizen. It's a whole deal.

* Drives a Nissan Leaf. The perfect car for an environmentally conscious guy who can't afford a Tesla!

* Has been in San Francisco all his life.

== The Mage ==

* Euthanatos Lhaksimist

* Awakened 10 years ago.

* Apprenticeship for 5. His mentor's name is John Random.

* John is a curmudgeon. Coda copes by seeming to take very little very seriously. John went on vacation almost immediately after declaring that Coda was a Chela now. Call him only if the world was ending, that sort of thing.

* Coda himself had a stellar reputation for being a high integrity fellow until Rune. He chased the (Nephandus? Maurader? Rumors aren't clear) Morrigan all the way to New York. Morrigan died in the confrontation. As Morrigan and Rune had shared a twisted mentor, Coda brought Rune in.

* Coda did not approve of Rune's sentencing. He fought against it. He said Rune was innocent. He visited Rune regularly. He may have used up some political capital to make the sentence lighter than it was.

* Coda's reputation is now okay-to-neutral-to-not-great. He's been living with Rune for five years, for his own reasons, working closely with him. Those who are inclined to judge Rune harshly are inclined to paint him with the same brush. On the other hand he's still known for high integrity, and he is known for being a pretty damned good investigator and person to have on your side when you've got a problem. YMMV, Your Opinion May Vary.

* Big math nerd. A lot of his magickal practice is rooted in mathematics, sacred shapes, sacred numbers, equations, probability, statistics. This includes things people don't normally think of as math, like music.

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<div style="background-color:black; line-height:300%"><font style="color:White; font-size:14pt; font-variant:small-caps">'''RP Hooks'''</font></div>

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<center><br>'''Don't see an RP hook you like? Page me! Maybe I'll see an RP hook '''I''' like on your page. Or we can brainstorm a little. I'm generally happy to RP with anyone. My times are Sundays, then Tuesdays through Fridays between 5 CST and Whenever.'''</center>

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<center>'''General Roleplay Hooks'''</center>

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*'''Day Trade the Day Away''' - Need your money managed? While Coda mostly makes his own money for himself he does have a professional trade account and can take on clients. He doesn't, not often: he's discerning about who he'll help. But those he does help? Have a tendency to make bank.

*'''Dances Like Commander Shephard''' - It's awful. Really. And he wants to figure out how to do it better. Are you the one who can help?

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*'''Unlikely Investigator''' - Day trading pays the bills. What he's really passionate about is helping people who need it. Finding lost items. Finding lost people. Sometimes trying to solve the murders of people nobody else cares about. If you've got a problem and no one else can help, and so on. He does, in fact, have an active State of California Private Investigator's license, though you won't find him actively advertising his services as such anywhere. He uses it for things that capture his own interest, or, at times, receives a referral from a friend of a friend.

*'''Infrastructure Nerd''' - Do you also have a passion for infrastructure issues? Are you involved in local politics? Coda's a concerned citizen and a dedicated nerd for all things civic infrastructure. He's very involved in local politics as a result.

*'''Are You a Haighter?''' - Coda lives somewhere in Haight-Ashbury and is often seen in shops and businesses around the neighborhood. Maybe we've run into each other?

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<center><br>'''Despite being a licensed PI, Coda doesn't advertise himself as any sort of an investigator. He may not be running an investigator's business, but he keeps extensive files on things he's looking into at his file cabinet at home.'''</center>

[[Casefile:_Jeir| Case 001 - Jeir]]

[[Casefile:_Alley_Shenanigans | Case 002 - Shenanigans in Clarion Alley]]

[[Casefile:_Atkinson| Case 003 - Atkinson]]

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<center>'''It's not what you know, it's who you know...'''</center>

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[[File:Rune1.jpg]]
'''[[Rune]]''' Best friend. Greatest liability.
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<div style="background-color:black; line-height:300% text-align:right "><font style="color:White; font-size:14pt; font-variant:small-caps">'''Bio'''</font></div>

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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Played By:'''</font>
| Aarón Díaz
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| colspan="2" | <center><hr width="250px" style="background-color: black "></center>
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Apparent Age:'''</font>
| 30
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black ">'''Height:'''</font>
| 6'0"
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black">'''Hair/Eyes:'''</font>
| Black/Green
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| colspan="2" | <center><hr width="250px" style="background-color: black"></center>
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black:>'''Date of Birth:'''</font>
| May 4, 1991
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| class="left" | <font style="color: black">'''Occupation:'''</font>
| Day trader. Wizard. The latter makes the former pay the bills.
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| class="left" | '''Nature:'''
|Idealist
| class="left" | '''Demeanor:'''
| Trickster
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| colspan="2" | <hr />
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| class="left" | '''Faction:'''
| [[Chakravanti]]
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| class="left" | '''Subfaction:'''
| Lhaksimist
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| class="left" | '''Chantry:'''
| [[The Party Pad]]
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| class="left" | '''Cabal:'''
| TBD
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<div style="background-color:black; line-height:300% text-align:right "><font style="color:White; font-size:14pt; font-variant:small-caps">'''Gallery'''</font></div>
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