Session 47
Mallick was in the Red Court action and is taking his
R&R in Ireland. When it’s over, he will be relocated to the West Coast
under Warden Ramirez. He is doing a few odds and ends there for the
White Council. He’s taking a cab back from a party at a pub on the coast
to his hotel. Cab comes around a narrow road and he sees the signs of
an accident and several people on the side of the road. He sees where
another car had gone off the ditch. He sees unconscious or dead people
and that there was some sort of altercation. He also senses that there
was magic that was used.
The taxi driver slows down and pulls off the side of the
road, then gets out. Mallick sees Connell in his bloody and shredded
clothes not seeming to be injured, Rhapsody in her change of clothes of
sweats and a baby doll T-shirt, Sheri is unconscious. He does notice a very
large humanoid form in the ditch and sort of hidden.
Connell goes to the cabbie and shows his ID and says that
the ambulance is on the way and do not want to hold . Mallick sends the
cabbie off. Connell sees Mallick’s sword on his back and Mallick
notices Connell’s shoulder rig. Mallick offers his hand to Connell. Mallick
does notice that Connell gives off a magical vibe, but that it’s cold
and he does notice that Connell looks to his eyes.
“I’m Warden Mallick?”
“That some sort of Irish government thing?” Connell asks.
“Warden of what?” Rhapsody demands as she gets up,
standing protectively
over Sheri and Daniel, holding one of the tiny arrows.
Ashley says, “White Council? I think he’s all right. We
should get Sheri and Daniel into the car.”
Mallick says, “Maybe we should discuss this somewhere
else.” He looks to Ashley, “We should hide the body. Is the cop clued in?”
Ashley nods.
Mallick uses his magic to cover the body of the giant in
earth.
“Oh, not just a sword swinger,” Connell mutters.
Ashley, “He’s a wizard. A cop basically.”
Connell accepts this and nods.
They head towards Ashley’s house.
“What is the White Council. What’s a Warden?” Rhapsody
demands.
“And who sent you?” Ashley asks.
“Well, I was on vacation... supposed to be on vacation.
The Council is the governing body for wizards, which you should be aware
of...”
“I’m not a fucking wizard,” Rhapsody grumbles.
Mallick gets a strong scent of the sea, getting the sense
that they are all linked and on the same journey together, and stuck
with each other. He decides to use his Sight and focuses his attention on
Connell, who he’s squished against. He Sees that he’s seated next to
an undead thing that doesn’t smell bad. He smells like incense,
preserving spices like an Egyptian mummy, his face is water logged, there are a
lot of wounds and there is a calmness in his eyes. There is no feeling
of menace, but the man is dead. His skin has runes that he recognizes
them as Ogham, ancient Irish runes for the ritual that sustains him, he
suspects. Ashley is a seelie fey, radiating warmth and looks a bit
more angular and sharper of feature. She has a warriors caste. She is
strong and moderately powerful. He looks to Rhapsody and sees feline
eyes. Turning his head, he sees her feral, tiger form, giving him a
look of ‘don’t fuck with me’. Daniel has the glow of a powerful
practitioner and radiates heat, a contrast between fire and water,
thinking he may be a Summer Court vassal. Sheri radiates as though she is
angelic, with a calm peaceful presence. She has Native American paints
running on her arms and face. In a duffle bag near Rhapsody, there is
super glowyness.
They get the spiel about the White Council. Rhapsody
mutters about someone sleeping on the watch.
They fey don’t fall into the White Council’s jurisdiction
and Mallick is not sure about the undead. Connell looks confused at
that.
Rhapsody is incredulous at the whole explanation of
‘guardians against the supernatural’. She asks if the White Council and the
Wardens are all cracked up to be, good allies to have or what. Ashley
says they would be good to have as allies especially with what has been
happening. Ashley pulls up to the bed and breakfast stating she wants to
see Mallick’s accoutrements, i.e. his Warden cloak.
Daniel wakes up and starts to work on getting himself
healed and Sheri healed back up, both still sore and Daniel having a
headache. Mallick did feel the magical work going on. It wasn’t violating
any of the Laws.
With Ashley’s help, Mallick explains a bit more about the
Council and Wardens to Connell’s satisfaction that Mallick is a
fellow cop.
Rhapsody explains to Sheri and Daniel about the new
tagalong. Sheri goes to scan him and Sees him as a cop who likes to have a
good time.
Mallick says that he wasn’t sent, but he’s here now and
can help.
Daniel asks about the meeting they were supposed to go
to. They don’t know what happened to Madden. Ashley gets on the phone
and calls Madden, but it goes straight to voice mail.
Ashley wonders why Madden was taken.
Mallick gets a short version about the Altalal and
Balial.
Rhapsody goes to see about getting the GPS on Madden’s
phone. Daniel goes to call Det. Frasier. He asks if Frasier has heard
from Madden. Frasier will go over to talk to the others.
Ashley thinks they were attacked by wild fae.
Rhapsody heads out and passes by Frasier.
The Detective arrives and enters. He is introduced to
Mallick and wants to see ID. Daniel fills him in on what happened. Frasier
thinks it was a court job. Sheri points out that the mother or whomever
needs to be moved.
Frasier throws a plastic bag on the table that has a
necklace with a clay medallion, roughly molded. It’s a shielding
medallion against scrying.
Mallick takes it and goes to a mirror to do a spell to
try and see back in time to when the medallion was used. He etches sigils
in the mirror and invokes his spell. The mirror grows cloudy and he
sees the hand of Madden holding the medallion up in the car. He mutters
something to invoke the medallion and Madden looks up into the mirror
and takes a knife to his forehead and cut across it. He ducks and
then the mirror unclouds.
Ashley reveals that Madden was against the party doing
what they come to do. He didn’t like Myrridan. If Madden was injured or
lost, the rest of the Council might be too nervous to proceed. He takes
himself out of the equation to make them skittish about going forward.
He has the pull to use wild fae and the IRA to help with
the vanishing.
Meanwhile, Rhapsody pulls up a ways away from the scene.
She heads back on foot through a field and hedge as the last of the
police vehicles are leaving. She heads to where the Jaguar was. Rhapsody
sniffs and finds some traces of Maddens blood to a line of trees. She
starts to track and it grows faint, hard to follow. She finds footprints of
shoes and then they end at a large oak tree.
She walks around the tree, investigating. She finds
nothing and heads back to the crash site and combs the area thoroughly to
make sure nothing was missed.
The rest of the group heads to the auto yard on the way
to the crash site. Mallick gets some of the blood in a vial.
Ashley calls McCarthy. “She wants a meeting with us.”
“’Cause those work out so well,” Daniel grumbles. “Her
place or ours?”
“Her place.”
They head to the scene. Rhapsody comes out. She leads
them to a tree. Daniel informs Rhapsody of their working theory of Madden
trying to spoil their chances.
Mallick is trying to see if there is a thinning of the
barrier then opens the Way. Frasier declines going in. Mallick says
‘do not accept anything from anyone’.
Sheri grins, “Even advice from wizards.”
Mallick sighs.
They arrive into a copse of trees. The sunlight seems
heavy. Rhapsody takes a deep inhalation and smells all sorts of wildlife,
but does not smell Madden’s blood. There does look like something has
passed through the deep leaves.
Rhapsody removes her clothing and puts into her backpack
before shifting to her tiger form. Mallick clears away dead leaves, draws
up a circle and does a basic tracking spell using smoke as a visual
trail sign.
They move along the path and Rhapsody uses her claws to
mark the trees. At the edge of a clearing, there is a voice from the
branches above, a high and needling sound.
“Where art thou going, strangers?”
“The queen has given the White council permission to use
the ways and we are acting upon that grant.”
The creature hops down, it looks like drider with a
sprite body.
The creature goes in front of the group and says that the
treaty has been rescinded. The creature wants to have payment. He
creature wants to know if the ‘friend’ is tasty.
Mallick offers the spiderfae spam and Vienna sausages.
Sheri agrees and gains the spiderfae’s attention. Mallick tosses the spam
to the fae, who sniffs at it. He agrees to let half the group go for the
spam, but wants a thimbleful of blood.
Rhapsody sits on the trail, tail flicking. The spiderfae
wants her blood. She gives her blood into the thimble. The little
fae deliver the thimble of blood to the larger fae. He licks the thimble
clean.
They come out of the wood and a cold wind blows over the
group over the moors. In the distance is a tower.
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