Ravyn [Four Elements]:
The Four Elements is going through just another
Saturday...everything is running along smoothly, as per usual.
Travis Kennedy: Travis is in one of the
dorms with a duffel on his bed. It's being filled with clothes and hair
products. A large black leather book sits on the bed beside it.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
Kelton Michaels limps his way down the hallway of
the dorms. Unlike his usual, business casual get-up, he is dressed in his full
Hermetic get-up, robe and all. There's a quite serious look on his face as he
makes his way down toward the hallway.
Travis Kennedy: He finishes rolling his
clothes and setting them inside the bag, and he now picks up the large book and
stares down at it. He can't quite put it into the bag.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He comes up to the door and opens it, stepping
inside. He takes a moment, leaning on his cane, to observe Travis silently.
Travis Kennedy: He lifts the book up and
clutches it to his chest, and glances over to whoever just walked into the room.
He looks him over, from head to foot and back up again, and then turns back to
his bag, setting the book down inside of it.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Good evening, Ellenweorc." He nods a little bit.
"Going somewhere?"
Travis Kennedy: "Yes, Master Kelton."
He rearranges the contents of the bag so that the book is well protected from
bangs and scrapes.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Ahh. Where to?"
Travis Kennedy: He fiddles with the
zipper, trying to yank it up to close the bag, but it's stuck. "Just... away."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Where to?" It's less of a friendly curiosity
this time, more of a request of information from a Master to an Adept.
Travis Kennedy: He stiffens and opens his
mouth to answer, but he represses his natural instinct to obey a superior this
one time. He has to in order to get out. "A hotel."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"This interests me, Ellenweorc. Why are you
leaving the Covenant for a hotel?" He raises an eyebrow, watching him from his
lean in the door frame.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((lean against his cane))
Travis Kennedy: "I'm just moving out. I
haven't always lived here you know. I used to have an apartment as well."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Why the sudden move now? What led you to this
decision?"
Travis Kennedy: "Who knows." His eyes get
a dark gleem to them. "I'm not the most rational person, you must have figured
out by now. You can have Abbey if you want."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Indeed, she has already requested a new Pater,
after the incident at the nightclub last Sunday." The Deacon regards Travis
calmly, delivering this news. "She has already been removed from your tutelage."
Travis Kennedy: He sets his jaw. "Yeah?
Bloody hell." He picks up his bag and slings it over a shoulder. It's heavy, so
this takes alot of effort. "Nice to have been informed."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Set your bag down, if you do not mind,
Ellenweorc. We still have things to discuss, and I would not have your shoulder
give out on you."
Travis Kennedy: The bag is off and back
down on the bed before Travis actually stops to think about what he was doing.
"Master Kelton, Sir, what else is there?"
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"I have received a full report, from both Dragana
and Abbey, in regards to the event at the nightclub. I have not received such a
report from you...which is not surprising, I suppose." He gives Travis a dry
look. "However, their reports match up perfectly, as best can be done. They both
reported that you performed magic at that time."
Travis Kennedy: "I did. Sorry."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He frowns. "So, you acknowledge that you
specifically and willfully violated the direct command of a Deacon, leveled as
restitution for actions you have taken against the Code of Hermes and the
Peripheral Corrigenda?"
Travis Kennedy: "Yes." He sticks his
ungloved hands in his pockets.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"I see." He sighs, looking a little sad, and
nods. "Ellenweorc, you are not to leave the Covenant grounds, until such time as
the Covenant is able to call a Tribunal. While under this house arrest, you are
not to perform magic under any circumstances, whatsoever. Since you have
obviously disobeyed that request before, I must as that you hand over all your
foci, and am hereforth advising you that you will be under constant scans to
ensure that the decree is carried out."
Travis Kennedy: "And if I disobey?" His
voice is level.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Then you will be stopped." His gaze is as level
as Travis's voice.
Travis Kennedy: "Then stop me." He reaches
for his bag.
Alice Newcomb: Slips into the chantry.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He raises his cane toward the bag. ((I believe we
call this "Initiative Time."))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
9,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((13))
Alice Newcomb: She heads into the men's
dorm, quite shamelessly, looking for Travis.
Travis Kennedy:
1,
Travis Kennedy: (6)
Travis Kennedy: Travis is going to pick up
the bag.
Alice Newcomb: (Is the door open?)
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
The cane levels directly at the bag, the word
"Away" coming out commandingly in Enochian. ((Forces 3, Telekenisis, to shove it
out of Travis's grasp. Enochian to lower diff))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((Yes.))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
1,2,3,8,6,8,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
5,4,3,4,1,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((WP to prevent botch. Dayum))
Alice Newcomb: (awareness)
Alice Newcomb:
2,7,3,6,4,7,6,9,
Alice Newcomb: ((Or not. *L* But her radar
is up.))
Ravyn [Four Elements] -> Alice Newcomb:
((Kelton just did Forces magic. But you already
knew that. *G*))
Ravyn [Four Elements] -> Alice Newcomb:
((Or didn't. Gaah. ST brain-fart))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
Kelton tells the bag to go, but it just don't
wanna. Travis picks it up.
Travis Kennedy: Travis stands there,
waiting for Kelton to restrain him, with the bad over his shoulder.
Alice Newcomb: Wonders which room is his and
opens a door, some guy in his underwear objecting loudly. "Sorry!" Not that one.
Travis Kennedy: (Er, bag. He's the bad.)
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
The cane levels at Travis. "Put the bag down and
come with me, Adept. That is a direct order from your Deacon. You will not get
another warning, before I strike. Do NOT make me do this."
Alice Newcomb: Moves down the hall thinking
she hears voices and peeks into the room.
Travis Kennedy: "I'm not making you do
anything. You'd better stop me before I escape." He waits with the bag over his
shoulder.
Alice Newcomb: That doesn't sound good.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"You are an arrogant, snide, insolent fool,
Kennedy." The Enochian word for "Away" comes forth again, aimed at Travis. ((Tryin'
this again. Enochian to lower, plus 2 Quint in case the power of Chaos is mean.
Diff 6 - Enochian succ, WP spent))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
9,7,5,5,7,4,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((So diff 5))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
2,8,2,5,7,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((4 suc, which, with 1 to effect Travis's
pattern, = 3 succ to effect for the force of the throw.)) Travis is thrown back
against the wall. ((Soak...ouch. 7 damage, Bashing due to the fact that TK is
non-lethal))
Travis Kennedy: "I know..." He
grins at Kelton, and suddenly he's throw across the room. He smacks into the
back wall with a muted grunt and a bang.
Travis Kennedy:
7,4,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
Travis's world goes black, and he's unconscious
on the ground.
Travis Kennedy: He's down on the ground,
shuddering in pain.
Alice Newcomb: *Blinks and edges back, so
they don't see her watching. Juuust peeking around the edge of the door jam.*
Travis Kennedy: Or not. I guess he's out
cold.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
Kelton looks at Travis with a profound sadness,
leaning heavily on his cane. Without looking back, he speaks, quietly. "What can
I help you with, Alice?"
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((Sorry, poorly worded. He loses consciousness
momentarily...bing Dazed.))
Alice Newcomb: Doh! "I was... umm..."
Swallows.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He steps forward, watching Travis as he moves to
retrieve the bag and drag it across the floor toward the door, with much effort.
Alice Newcomb: She steps inside and moves
to help the deacon with the bag, looking over her shoulder at Travis, wondering
what he did.
Travis Kennedy: Travis opens his eyes and
coughs with a forced grin. "I'm getting used to this..."
Alice Newcomb: Kelton moves up mentally from
principal of the school to head bouncer. She's not so sure she wants to tell him
what she did yesterday.
Travis Kennedy: He's on the ground against
the far wall, not moving.
: ((aww... DRagana and ishachus were the
bouncers....*hides and goes quiet now*))
Alice Newcomb: Maybe he was stealing the
stuff in the bag.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He gives Alice a grateful smile, then looks back
to Travis. "Will you go quietly now?" His look says he's desperately hoping for
yes.
Alice Newcomb: ((Reserves the right to
re-evaluate everyone's place in the scheme of things as she gains more
experience. *g*))
Travis Kennedy: "Never!" It's said
dramaticly, like a pirate from a movie, in his quiet, pained voice. He coughs
out a laugh.
Travis Kennedy: The world is swimming
around him. He's probably going to pass out.
Alice Newcomb: Wonders what's in the bag.
Gold? It's heavy enough.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Then respectfully, I amend my previous
assessment of you, Travis. You're not a fool. You're insane." He moves forward,
and swings the cane, intending to smack Travis with it and knock him out. ((Dex+Melee,
WP spent))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
5,9,6,
Travis Kennedy: "Oh hell." He waits for
the hit.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((Roll soak))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
3,9,7,7,10,
Travis Kennedy:
4,4,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
And that is one SOLID blow to the noggin. Travis
goes out. ((3 Lethal, 4 Bashing.))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((That's the total damage Travis has suffered, of
course. *G*))
Alice Newcomb: Winces as the Deacon clubs
Travis. She really hopes he did something worse than she did, but doesn't see
how he could have.
Travis Kennedy: His head is smacked, and
it hits the ground beside him with a thud. He's laying on his side, out cold.
Alice Newcomb: Maybe she shouldn't tell.
What if he finds out? She could run away. But he helped her. Guilt, guilt,
guilt.
Alice Newcomb: Where would she go? What
about her parents, and school, and... everything.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A sigh and he moves to sit on the bed, wincing
heavily. He looks to Alice and smiles slightly. "Alice, my dear. Do me a favor,
please, and go summon two of the Acolytes on my behalf. Tell them to bring
gloves. Ellenweorc needs to be taken to the Certamen Chamber and restrained
there."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((restrained = detained))
Alice Newcomb: Nods and sets the heavy bag
down, then scampers off to find some help.
Alice Newcomb: She returns shortly with a
couple gloved acolytes. The two biggest guys she could find. She didn't have to
go far, since she's in the men's dorm. One of them has wet hair and is
shirtless. He's vaguely annoyed with Alice. Apparently he objects to women
prowling into the men's shower.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He's regained some composure, and he directs the
men to carry Travis, with gloves on, up to the Certamen Chamber and stand guard
over him, as well as not to make physical contact with his skin. They nod and
carry Travis off.
Alice Newcomb: Rolls her lips and
considers sneaking off, glancing up and down the hall.
Ravyn [Four Elements] -> Travis Kennedy:
Travis is healed enough by Deacon Dourinus to
where he stablizes, and gains his Incapactitated Health Level of Bashing back.
He is held there until his Tribunal comes ((Which I will get on and to ASAP)).
Travis Kennedy -> Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((So... he's awake? When will the Tribunal happen
do you think?))
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
Kelton looks to Alice, smiling a little, wearily.
"Now, Alice. What can I help you with?"
Ravyn [Four Elements] -> Travis Kennedy:
((He is awake. I expect that it will happen some
time this week...if I can't get it done in the next few days, I'll do it through
a Forum Post or something.))
Alice Newcomb: "I umm... yesterday... I
didn't mean to. He hit me with a hammer."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A frown. "Who hit you with a hammer, Anne?" He
pats the bed, next to him. "Sit down, please. Explain what happened."
Alice Newcomb: ((Alice)) She hesitantly
takes a seat. "He was in the store, making things fall and I tried to talk to
him. I just got so mad when he hit me."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((Gaah, Alice. I keep having an instinct to name
Alice Anne, and I don't get it.)) "What store?" He watches her, calmly, almost
soothingly. That father figure look. "Start at the beginning. Calm yourself.
Where were you, what fell, who hit you, and why did they hit you?"
Alice Newcomb: "I was in Ace Hardware.
There was a crash and we looked. Lots of stuff had fallen. Big stuff. Tables
knocked over. It didn't look like it could have just happened by itself, you
know? So I figured if I'd pulled that, I'd be out the door. So that's where I
looked, and there was this guy sneaking out. I asked him to wait and he made a
hammer hit me. I couldn't feel his magic, though. I don't know why."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Sometimes we can, and sometimes we can't." He
nods a little, shrugging with a ghost of a smile on his fact. "So then what
happened?"
Alice Newcomb: "I got really mad and... I
picked up the hammer and tried to throw it at him, through the plate glass
window. Didn't hit him though. Safety glass. The window only cracked. So I
chased him."
Alice Newcomb: Fidgets, growing
progressively more distressed as the tale nears it's conclusion. Don't cry,
don't cry, don't cry.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A slow nod, face calm. "And then what?" Nothing
is out of the ordinary thus far.
Alice Newcomb: "I...I caught him. And threw
him down... and choked him." Her breathing getting a little ragged as she tries
not to cry, eyes shimmering with the tears she's refusing to shed.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A frown of concern for the girl, and he reaches
out, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Is he...not all right?"
Alice Newcomb: Rolls her lips and blinks
rapidly, hands twisting the hem of her shirt. "He... he had convulsions and
died," she whispers.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He blinks at that. "I see." He
considers...convulsions for choking? "How long were you choking him for? Did he
lose consciousness while you were doing so, or after?"
Alice Newcomb: "I held him in a sleeper
hold. I'm not sure how long. Matt was trying to pull me off him and he got
loose, crawled a little and collapsed into convulsions. I looked and... his
brain hemorraged."
Alice Newcomb: "There was a lot of blood,"
she whispers, haunted by the image of the man's death. The vagrant tears
escaping her control and rolling down her cheeks.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
9,7,7,7,5,4,
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
((Was Int+Med; and sorry, spaced out)) He frowns,
listening. Cutting off a blood supply causing a hemorrhage? Vageuly possible in
theory, but...he shakes his head, smiling. "Alice, the odds that you were
responsible for this person's death are very, very slim."
Alice Newcomb: Sniffs, and lets out the
breath she hadn't realized she was holding, brushing at her cheeks with the back
of her hand.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"If you like, I can investigate, see what I can
uncover, hmm?" He keeps those kind yet tired eyes on Alice, smiling
reassuringly.
Alice Newcomb: Nods, sniffing again. "I
wasn't trying to hurt him... that much. I'm sorry." Looking up at him, glad he's
not swinging the cane.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Well, let's see what happened." He nods a little
bit to her. "I think, perhaps, a bit of restraint is in order, Alice, when you
chase someone down; however, I do not think this is your fault."
Alice Newcomb: She's been on drugs so
long, she never knew she had a temper underneath it all. Of course, a hammer
upside the head is bound to bring out the worst in anyone. She nods to his
words.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A smile in return. "Now, then. How are you,
Alice? Is everything going well for you?"
Alice Newcomb: Except for the killing people
part, she's okay. "I haven't seen my pater around." Gives her nose a final
swipe. "I've been invited to join a cabal."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
A sigh. "Lawrence has been...absent. I shall have
to address that. And excellent...which cabal would that be?"
Alice Newcomb: "It doesn't have a name yet.
So far, my friend Terry, Arlett, who I've met, but don't know very well yet, and
maybe a couple more of Terry's friends. We're all about the same age."
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
He nods at thjat. "Terry, I do not know...Arlett
is an excellent choice. And multi-Chanty Havens can only strengthen our ties to
the other mages in the city, which is, of coursse, a good thing. Good for you."
Alice Newcomb: She seems a little surprised
at the praise, especially after admitting she choked someone, possibly to death.
Hammer not withstanding. "I'll tell them I can then," she says quietly.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"Good." He nods. "Tell Arlett hello for me, if
you would. I haven't seen her since returning. She's a good person, and you caln
learn well from her.""
Alice Newcomb: Nods. "Yes sir. Is she a
member of the Order?"
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"No, she is a Son of Ether...another of the
Traditions. An old friend."
Alice Newcomb: "I'll pass your greetings
along," she promises. "Something happened today too.." Frowns a little.
Ravyn [Four Elements]:
"What was that?"
Alice Newcomb: "I over heard something,
and... I think the guy noticed. He was trying to get my car license plate
number. I think he might have gotten it. He's a lifer from San Quentin."