6129/Mages Have Protections...Artificers are Paranoid

Mages Have Protections...Artificers are Paranoid
Date of Scene:	07 January 2019
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Kaelyn Silverleaf, Jericho

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Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Late in the afternoon and all, and finally a certain, woman now turned massive centaur is tired of staying in her shop. So here's Kae, in a rather unfamiliar bodyl, wandering down one of the sidewalks and drawing the occasional gasp and oddl look... Ok so she stands out like a sore thumb. Kae pauses and looks around the place now curiously, tapping her chin. "Oookaaay.... " She mutters, then notes a restaraunt.... She remembers that one serving magic types anyhoo and knowing mages frequent the place, she wanders up and talks to the maitre'd explaining her situation and what she'd like for an order... She gets a wierd look from them and uhhs "Don't think a horse can sit at one of yer tables ma'am... so to go maybe?" She then stares and as another magic type takes note they talk to her and all three are chuckling a bit before Kae gets a nod.. Instead Kae's directed to one of the out-door seating places and Kae peers at it curiously before she shrugs and after a bit a blanket or two is dropped at the table for Kae to lay down, which she blinks at the thought, and shrugs before doing just that.

Seems the restauranteurs are going the extra mile to help out with her particular condition... Kae is meanwhile a bit aside her self, getting a wink from the mage who talked, then realizing something. Place is magic-user owned and operated.... She shrugs and just relaxes as best she can as she tugs her lap-top from a saddle bag and sets itup on the table. With her now laying her lower section down and all she's only a little tall for the table... She finds a way to make it work though.

Jericho has posed:
    Well. A full-on centaur in Greenwhich Village, and just right off campus, too. That's...not something you see every day. Okay it's not -that- weird, given it's New York and there are always mutants and metas and aliens and whatnot so while Kae did get some odd looks and stares and chuckles, at least no one's like running up to her every two minutes and trying to take pictures.

    Still, people seem...a bit on edge around here, and there appear to be a lot more police about than usual. She may or may not have noticed while she was inside the restaurant that some reporters were talking about a series of odd murders that had happened on the nearby ESU campus on a wall-mounted TV.

    At any rate, a blond-haired student, looking to be fresh out of his teens approaches her and taps her on the shoulder, then points at the chair that still remained at the table after the waitstaff had cleared some of the others to make room for her....now much larger lower body.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Currently, Kae's reading about the murders on the computer, and well kind of enjoying being outside the shop for once. She pauses in her reading as her shoulder's tapped lightly. She swivels neck and torso, that's rather flexible by the way and oh's... "Yeah sure, be my guest." She says and motions to the chair. "Have a seat..." She adds.

The redhead sighs and takes a deeeep breath, definately deeper than a normal human's, but she's not exactly human at the point.

Kae umms and offers a hand "Name's Kaelyn by the way." She says simply... "So whatcha think about these murders and all?"

Jericho has posed:
    From what Kae can determine about these murders from news articles online, the police are pretty much confounded at this point. They were all committed by different people using different methods, but all the victims were connected to one student, a Fredrick Thomas. They had begun at a party he was hosting about a couple of months ago, where it appeared that a bunch of people went from having a good time one moment to killing each other with whatever tools were available the next. This had taken place about two weeks after a break-in at the Bursar's Office, where a server room had been hacked and a bunch of student records had been stolen. Unfortunately, no one has yet managed to figure out just who had been responsible for any of it or if anything was connected at all.

    When Kaelyn agrees to let Joey sit at her table, he obliges and sits, setting down a plate of food and a sketchbook. Then as she introduces herself, he smiles politely and sticks out a hand for for her to shake, but doesn't reciprocrate the introduction nor says anything at all.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae pauses and looks to Joey curiously now, the woman tilting her head. She doesn't inquire about his name at this point. Simply reads up a bit more and taps her chin... "Wierd..." She mutters and then closes her computer down as her drink arrives... She then motions to Joey "Whatcha gonna have?" She asks curiously. And yes, Kae has a litteral pitcher of iced tea, this thing, considering her enlarged torso and changed lowers and all, looks kind of like a large mug to her. She begins sipping on the thing and sets it down while she looks over the menu...

She studies the person opposite her again curiously, as a small dragon climbs its way out of her backpack, this thing having slate grey scales, odd silver runes along its spine and some on its limbs, and well litterally internally faceted smooth amethysts for eyes...

It appears kind of living and not living at the same time... Kae pats the critter on the head, and gets chirped at " Yes Fahn. glad you like it out here too.. and yes I"ll order you something." She says and smirks a bit... At this point an auburn headed girl wearing something kind of steam punk-ish outfit wanders up and grabs another chair "Heya boss lady." she says, Kae smirks "Hey Wendy..." She then umms "Yeah, so Wendy? This is umm well.." She shrugs "The guy that just joined us to have a seat..."

Wendy, a girl looking like a college aged student smiles and nods, before adding "Hello person!" She says with a kind of perky demeanor about her.

Jericho has posed:
    At the mention of the on-campus murders recently, Joey seems to withdraw and tense up a bit. He seems frightened, but also distraught about something.

    He watches intently as she drinks straight out of a pitcher of iced tea, and then Fahn comes out and she talks to the creature. His gaze turns toward Wendy when she walks up and sits down, nodding politely to her as well. Then when she stalls due to not knowing his name, he takes a page out of the sketchbook and writes "Joey" on it, sliding it in front of them.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Recognition hits Kae's features and she sighs "You allright?" nope she's not insinuating anything about the young man at all. She looks things over curiously and then Wendy waves... "Oh Oh! I bet you can help Kaelyn!" Kae blinks and nods "Well yeah.. but I stand out....." Kae gances to Joey curiously..... "Sooo you need some help maybe?" She ask with a slight smile Kae then glances around curiously, and her lips move, the sound that comes out is wierd, kind of a barely barely audible whisper and in no language that's readily understandable...

Around the place there's a little ripple..... "There, now anything we say and all can be sure to be private.. Though folks can still see us... they just won't notice what all we say, less they come up to the table and sit down at it." She adds with a slight smile.... "Sooo, you need help? Wendy here seems to be volunterring me.... May as well do something."

Jericho has posed:
    Jericho seems hopeful at the idea that Kaelyn is willing to help, again watching intently as she mutters what he guesses must be some kind of spell to shroud the conversation from anyone not at the table as she had explained. He wonders if that would actually work on someone who was specifically watching him, though...or more than one someone.

    When she asks if help is needed, he nods, but again doesn't say anything despite her assurance of privacy, just sort of gazes at her intently. See, it's not audible conversation that needs to be hidden...He glances back down at the paper again, and writes something else this time, "ASL?" then looks back up at her expectantly.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae then ummms... "Oookay let me explain..." She's interrupted as Wendy pipes in.. "We could shout, scream hollar, and nobody would hear anything, no tech devices could even pick it up, they'd just get random static and there's no reading our lips... Also What Kae did masks things on a magical and astral level. The only time folks can see or hear what you have to say is outside those of us here at the table is when you direct the conversation at them." She says and Kae pauses... mouth opens, then closes and Kae motions to Wendy...

"Yeah, it's a privacy spell... and ASL? Sorry, I'm horrible with acronyms.... Anyhow, yeah, so I'm a sorceress, witch, whatever you want to call me and such... " Wendy then pipes in "She artifices, and enchants too! She's really really good, even fought in the DarkSeid invasion!!!"

Kae sighs "Ya want to hand em a printed resume?" she says simply.... She gets an impish grin from Wendy and Kae looks back to Jericho "I can genuinely help.... I can even maybe give you a few enchanted items to help defend you in an emergency if that helps."

Jericho has posed:
    Jericho listens to Kae and Wendy, but still doesn't say a word. He glances about nervously, as if fearing someone who may be or is actually watching, because she said people could still see them, right? He shakes his head and writes on the paper again, right below where the acronym was, "American Sign Language".

    The two women may notice that there are some shady-looking characters lurking about the restaurant. They aren't making any blatant advances and seem to be trying to blend in so as not to -look- like they're spying on anyone, but if someone were paying close attention, they don't exactly fit into the rest of the campus crowd, here.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae ummms "Saddly not really...." She looks to Wendy, who shakes her head "We understand a lot of langues, runes, etc, but well I've never learned ASL.." She says and notes the shady types, then grins a bit.... "Oooh I bet they'll be having fun not being able to figure out what we're saying or even really doing...." She says slightly... "And no any form of communication directed at those of us at the table will not be noticed or even understood by those outside the table..

Kae then umms "Soo yer mute or deaf?" She asks curiously....

Jericho has posed:
    Joey seems reassured at the affirmation that -no- form of communication could be understood by any outsider with whatever spell she had just cast. He nods, looking more hopeful this time, and writes an address located mear Midtown. If she looks it up, it's to Future Solutions, a research institute of some sort that is led by one Harrison Wells. It seemed he'd had the intention of writing down more after that, but his expression suddenly goes cold, and he stops, dropping the pen onto the table.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae tilts her head at the expression curiously, then taps her chin... "Umm I can maybe help with the ASL stuff, I don't know, but the internet does..." She says and then starts to look for her phone.

Wendy calls out "Ooh I know!" She gets out her phone and hands it to Kae... Kae blinks and shrugs, before looking up ASL on the device and messing with some things, then setting it screen up on the midde of the table... "There, that should translate whatever you sign... Tried to pick out a male voice for ya there.... Ummm, everything ok?"

Jericho has posed:
    Kaelyn's question does not receive any sort of response, instead, Joey suddenly seems to simply...disappear into thin air. At that moment, if she has any sort of spell or enchantment active that would warn her of incoming danger, they would be going ballistic at this point in time.

    Something very odd seems to happen to Wendy, the girl's eyes momentarily turning completely black with green-ringed pupils before she suddenly stands up and grabs a steak knife off of a platter that a passing waiter was carrying away from a recently-bussed table. Without hesitation at all, she brings the knife down toward Kaelyn, attempting to stab her in the neck!

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Ever see what happense when someone slams something into an immoveable object? There's a ripple near Kae but not quite as the knife slams into a shield that snaps into existance without any warning. Kae blinks as Joey dissapears, and then turns as Wendy grabs the knife and slams it into a shield... "Soo yeah, gotta work on Wendy's mental protections." She mutters and looks at them now...

"Sooo ya went from fairly unassuming to straight up psycho and took over my apprentice? I'm wondering how long you can hold onto her, she's pretty well trained...." She says and smiles a bit. Wow she's calm...

"Soo, just let me explain a few things to ya... Mages have protections, artificers? We're kind of more paranoid and more protected than some as we can make artifices that will activate on their own.... " Kae reaches out and tries to grab the wrist with the now probably bent steak knife in its hand, Kae's grip would be firm, probably impossibly so for most women, but then again, at this point she's part horse... "Soo you want to talk things over? Or are ya gonna get out of Wendy before she kicks you out then unleashes a giant magical can and all on you? Cause I'm sure she's gonna be pissed... I'm not much better off, but I'm not gonna hurt my student."

Jericho has posed:
    Welp, that definitely failed. The knife just sort of...snaps in half when it slams into the shield, and Wendy is left with just a handle with a bit of broken metal sticking out of it. And then Kae is grabbing her arm with that unnaturally strong partially horse grip. She stares at her mistress, powerless to do anything further. "H-help..." she whispers, before her expression changes again and she seems to return to herself. However, their new 'friend' doesn't reappear, and the suspicious men she had noticed earlier abruptly leave the restaurant.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae glances around curiously and hugs Wendy, when she's back to her self.. "C'mon hon, lets get you ack home... We'll look for that fellow later. Am thinking something's wrong with them." She says frankly.... When "Anyhow, lets get y'home and we can talk about it there..." She says and surges to her feet, putting some money on the table.... Kae would litterally carry Wendy home and all, putting her pupil on her back and walk through a portal...