March 17, 2014
Perrin, a massive mute blacksmith is the latest to join the Cabal. The day after the group removes a curse from their Hallow they discover a Mage hiding in the woods, trying to re-cast the spell. Eventually they determine that he is from the Cult of the Doomsday Clock with plans to destroy the world; plans that might actually work. Across the world 24 cultists, one in each time zone, plans to perform a spell specifically designed to generate Paradox. The spell will be cast in front of a flash-mob crowd of Sleepers using cursed tass, targeting a pre-designated object that has been enchanted to amplify Paradox. The cultists are gathering tass and recruiting the flash mobs. Twelve days remain before the end of the world.
Meanwhile, the leader of the San Francisco Consilium visits the Cabal at their Sanctum. He gives evidence that the Santa Cruz Consilium (with whom the Cabal has been working) has been manipulative and underhanded and he offers to help the Cabal avoid the Consilium’s corrupting influence and work together toward the betterment of mankind.
Highlights:
- Sylver decides to take on the cultist menace directly and drives, solo, to Phoenix to the location of the cultist there. Things don’t go too well. Trying to sneak into his hotel room, Sylver accidentally kills the housekeeper and has to evade the police. Later he returns and tries to chloroform the cultist, but before the chloroform has any effect the cultist nearly kills him with a thunderbolt before hoisting him in the air telekinetically. Sylver is able to talk his way to freedom and returns home.
- A condition of working with the San Francisco consilium is destruction of all soul infused artifacts. Most of the Cabal’s artifacts are destroyed. Quinn, who had been diligently working on his own soul harvesting operation, decided to hang onto his “at least until the world is saved”
-MeiLing, the owner of the Magic Shop, returns to the group an artifact that she found in the Occultist’s equipment that she bought. It is an X-box controller that she believes controls the Pocket Realm he was using.
- The group discusses various ways of stopping the cultists. Honda writes a program that will automatically break into the Facebook pages used to recruit the flash mobs and randomly change the times and locations of the event. There is also talk of casting triggered dispel and mana siphoning spells on the focus points.