EVENT D2EM - Getting the Geist of it

[Vala Roke]

Vala accepted Tomin's help and hopped on the ride to where the culprit hid. This almost seemed like an open and shut case, considering that this was the work of one person and not an entire crime syndicate. How hard could it be? Well, plenty, apparently. Sometimes a cornered rat was capable of much more than a smug criminal who had the number of a fancy lawyer. This one probably had little ways of getting out and he knew that. It was best to be careful, even if they had the numbers game. They would get this guy, absolutely, but let's ensure they all went home tonight.

It seemed Martin couldn't entirely skip town after all, which wasn't surprising considering that Mandalorians made things rather difficult on both sides it seems. She was not interested in making deals, only shutting this case and moving to the next. It might have been a bit crass but it kept her nose clean and her baggage minimal. She sometimes wondered how dirty cops who were able to do such a thing are able to sleep at night. Under a lot of credits, probably.

Then, the geist appeared...okay, she took back what she thought earlier. She didn't think they would get both this investigation. Now the found herself not really wishing this was actually a geist. Despite the circumstances catching her unawares, she managed to maintain her form and keep her wits about her.

"Damnit!" she called out and quickly reached for her blaster to follow after Tomin's lead with the situation, following up her attack with one of her on. Vala was able to strike the geist successfully with her shots.

Day 2, Getting the Geist of it, Discipline (Willpower)

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: -2

Day 2, Getting the Geist of it, The Boost!

Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 1

Take a strain!

Day 2, Getting the Geist of it, Range(Light)

Net Successes: 2; Net Advantages: 0

Success!

[Othym]

Othym follows the trail to the doonium mine, long since abandoned. And long since a hideout for those who didn't want to be found. With the storm raging, they hurried inside, eager to find their qarry and get out of the cold.
Satisfaction turns to horror though, as he sees the figue coalesce behind martin, many hands, many masks. Othym racks his brain to try to dig up some memory of, whatever this was, but nothing comes.
Instead he stands frozen by the cold and fear as the figure looms over them, hands grasping faces, each of them frozen in an expression of horror. Each their last.
He holds his lightsaber but cannot find the strength to ignite it.

His voice cracking, he tries to project over the sound of the wind, and the blasters.
"Oh Giest - long are you known, and revered here as a mighty force of nature. We did not come here for you, or the face you now hold. Leave us in peace, and we shall leave you." he spoke through gritted teeth, struggling not the add the natural -we mean you no harm- as the blasters echoed through the cavern.

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Geist feat check (Discipline)

Net Successes: -1; Net Advantages: 1

Geist deceive check

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: 0

[Sirina Kichi]

Sirina had been all but convinced over the course of this investigation that all her childlike interest in the Geist was misplaced-- that the whole thing was simply mundane. But all the restless, sleepless nights of her childhood, brought on by nightmares about all the scary stories told about the Geist flood back and multiply manifold when the thing itself manifests behind Martin.

In a moment of pure fight or flight, Sirina whips her blaster rifle from her shoulder and sprays wildly at the Geist while crying out wordlessly. Her form is terrible, and she doesn't so much as bother to line up a shot, but running on pure instinct and practice she's able to spray a barrage of bolts at the Geist with her finger locked in on the trigger.

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W: 1/14
S: 3/13

D2.E: Geist. Discipline roll vs Average (Downgraded by BGH Talent)

Net Successes: 0; Net Advantages: 0

Am spooped, flipped a Destiny point to upgrade

D2.E: Geist. Ranged Heavy vs 2x Upgraded Average, 2 Setback.

Net Successes: 1; Net Advantages: -2

Success! Pass on a Setback

[GM Nicha]

The Geist floats forward, an empty hand outstretched towards each of you, a feeling of terrifying icy numbness spreading across your faces.

Then Tomin's first shot hits it and it looks confused for a moment, it's masks rippling in uncertainty. Then Vala's bolts start landing and its forward progress slows to a crawl, bits of darkness are blasted back onto the icy walls behind it before dissipating like smoke.

It seems to gather its strength for another advance but Othym's words distract it for another moment, all the masks mouthing different questions. And then Sirina's fire is added to the barrage.

The darkness of the storm is lit bright by crimson as the blaster fire pours on until a chance bolt ruptures one of the creature's masks. There's a long high pitched and all too human scream of pain and then the geist retreats back into the mine in an instant.

Where the cracked mask was dropped there's now the empty indent of a human body in the snow. That could easily have been you.

But not today.

((Confrontation successful! Nice work everyone!))

[Tomin]

The temptation to chase it down and end the threat for good is a strong one, but could probably use backup that isn't readily available. Also, it could be some extremely rare natural creature that ought to be studied before deciding how to handle the threat it represented, right?

Tomin instead moves to the almost certainly dead man to check on that that almost certainty part. One eye watching the shadows in case of movement. "OK, I definitely did not expect that. Sort of reassuring that it's affected by blaster fire though."

[Vala Roke]

Vala caught her breath as the apparition vanished and she snapped a glance at the others to get an idea of what they were dealing with here. They started with a geist case and actually ended with one, which was quite unexpected. "...okay, what do we do now with this? What sort of prevue does that even fall into? Probably not mine," she said with a shake of her head.

[Tomin]

Tomin shakes her head. "Honestly, probably the Archive to start with. Verified Geist encounter and all. They can get some folks on it to find out if this is like...spiritual manifestation that just needs to be shut down, or natural creature that needs to be managed. Or.." she looks to the person-shaped indent. "Something else entirely. It looks like this one at least is not actually coming into town to eat people, so warning folks away from here for the time being is the first step." It felt very odd to be talking about a childhood legend like this.

"I'd seal it in if we had a good way to do it." Stepping back toward the frozen speeders, she adds, "For now I think getting the speeders warmed enough to run is the first order of business. Least it's the time of day where we're getting warmer instead of colder, so we probably won't freeze first."

[Vala Roke]

"I feel explosives are almost appropriate here but I'm going to guess those are reserved by the military and not free to be used for ghost fighting," she shook her head and looked to the others curiously. "I'll leave it to you to find out if this is connected to the Archive if you want. I'm not exactly caught up on the archeological attraction around here. But yes, let's go. I'd hate to find out that this wasn't the only one."

With that, she gave another glance around the place to see if she jinxed herself again before moving on.

/exit