Water of Life Update
The characters left Chicago and, under Five's direction, rolled toward the valley that contains her (and Jesus') creator. En route, they dropped Hank off in a little town, because docelboze wasn't available last night. We'll catch up with him later.
The Prometheans turned off the highway into Bohn Valley National Park. Graffiti on the sign made it out to be "Bone Valley," and the name fit - the place was dried out and dusty. Marty jumped online and found that his employers (you know, the EPA) had actually inspected this place on schedule, which was a little strange. Jesus, BTW, was driving during this.
And then something jumped on the top of the RV! Jesus rolled to keep the rig on the road, and failed. The RV veered off the road but wasn't badly damaged (wasn't going anywhere, though). Jesus and Marty jumped out, and Marty immediately regretted it as a Pandorn with extra limbs, spiked like a mantis' arms, and big ol' wings carved him up. The other characters jumped out and fought, but it was damned hard to hit, and even when they did hit it, it didn't seem hurt (it has bezoars, and they were indeed Perfected). After taking large chunks out of Marty and Al, it fled. Five said that it was one of her "bad brothers," and it was probably going to get more. The characters piled into the RV and drove to a parking lot...but to get to Father Mazda, they needed to go on foot.
In the woods on the way there, they were attacked by more Pandorans, but these were much less powerful (although all of the characters were in aggravated damage before the end). They killed two, and Father Mazda showed up and drove the remaining two off. He welcome them to his home, and threw open his arms to give Jesus a big hug (Jesus gave him a handshake).
They spent the time talking about the generative act, and Mazda revealed that he'd created seven Prometheans successfully, but hadn't kept track of how many times he'd screwed it up. He's been making the Created since the 40s (though not here). #7, of course, was Jesus. #6 was named Sextant, and she was out seeing the world someplace. #5 was Five (duh). #4 was Rusty Nail, whom the characters met in Boston and who taught Jesus about the Refinement of Bronze. #3 was called Beast, and he's still present - he was Mazda's attempt to created a Golem, but he fucked it up. Beast was a crazed monster, and so Mazda trapped him in the mountainside (the characters weren't crazy about that, but Mazda said he didn't have the heart to kill him - Beast is still alive, though, and Mazda said that they could even find him if they'd like). #2 was named Sailor, and Mazda regretfully said that he was dead. #1 he called Primus, and he said that he'd written some years back to say that he was going to try to find the New Dawn. Mazda hadn't heard anything after that, and had hoped he'd made it.
Mazda, himself, said he'd given up the Pilgrimage, since he'd found something he'd rather do (make Prometheans and experiment with the generative act). Al expressed interest, and said that after his hellish treatment he wanted to get it right, which delighted Mazda. He mentioned that Al probably shouldn't try it with that stain on his soul (Torment), but did tell him how to correct it - going to the wastes. He told Al about a place nearby that he could use for that, and since Al's player isn't here next week, that's probably where he'll be (meaning we'll cover a month in one session).
Mazda was a little appalled at learning that Marty had left his creation back in Boston, but felt a little better knowing she wasn't alone. He listened with interest to their stories about their experiences, especially to Marty's creation of a Promethean out of a "witch" and Julia's tale of being dreamed into life.
So that's about where we left it. The characters decided to stay, Al decided to go to the wastes, and Jesus knows that there's a confrontation coming. He just doesn't know how it should go.
The Prometheans turned off the highway into Bohn Valley National Park. Graffiti on the sign made it out to be "Bone Valley," and the name fit - the place was dried out and dusty. Marty jumped online and found that his employers (you know, the EPA) had actually inspected this place on schedule, which was a little strange. Jesus, BTW, was driving during this.
And then something jumped on the top of the RV! Jesus rolled to keep the rig on the road, and failed. The RV veered off the road but wasn't badly damaged (wasn't going anywhere, though). Jesus and Marty jumped out, and Marty immediately regretted it as a Pandorn with extra limbs, spiked like a mantis' arms, and big ol' wings carved him up. The other characters jumped out and fought, but it was damned hard to hit, and even when they did hit it, it didn't seem hurt (it has bezoars, and they were indeed Perfected). After taking large chunks out of Marty and Al, it fled. Five said that it was one of her "bad brothers," and it was probably going to get more. The characters piled into the RV and drove to a parking lot...but to get to Father Mazda, they needed to go on foot.
In the woods on the way there, they were attacked by more Pandorans, but these were much less powerful (although all of the characters were in aggravated damage before the end). They killed two, and Father Mazda showed up and drove the remaining two off. He welcome them to his home, and threw open his arms to give Jesus a big hug (Jesus gave him a handshake).
They spent the time talking about the generative act, and Mazda revealed that he'd created seven Prometheans successfully, but hadn't kept track of how many times he'd screwed it up. He's been making the Created since the 40s (though not here). #7, of course, was Jesus. #6 was named Sextant, and she was out seeing the world someplace. #5 was Five (duh). #4 was Rusty Nail, whom the characters met in Boston and who taught Jesus about the Refinement of Bronze. #3 was called Beast, and he's still present - he was Mazda's attempt to created a Golem, but he fucked it up. Beast was a crazed monster, and so Mazda trapped him in the mountainside (the characters weren't crazy about that, but Mazda said he didn't have the heart to kill him - Beast is still alive, though, and Mazda said that they could even find him if they'd like). #2 was named Sailor, and Mazda regretfully said that he was dead. #1 he called Primus, and he said that he'd written some years back to say that he was going to try to find the New Dawn. Mazda hadn't heard anything after that, and had hoped he'd made it.
Mazda, himself, said he'd given up the Pilgrimage, since he'd found something he'd rather do (make Prometheans and experiment with the generative act). Al expressed interest, and said that after his hellish treatment he wanted to get it right, which delighted Mazda. He mentioned that Al probably shouldn't try it with that stain on his soul (Torment), but did tell him how to correct it - going to the wastes. He told Al about a place nearby that he could use for that, and since Al's player isn't here next week, that's probably where he'll be (meaning we'll cover a month in one session).
Mazda was a little appalled at learning that Marty had left his creation back in Boston, but felt a little better knowing she wasn't alone. He listened with interest to their stories about their experiences, especially to Marty's creation of a Promethean out of a "witch" and Julia's tale of being dreamed into life.
So that's about where we left it. The characters decided to stay, Al decided to go to the wastes, and Jesus knows that there's a confrontation coming. He just doesn't know how it should go.