7338/Making Magic Great Again

Making Magic Great Again
Date of Scene:	26 April 2019
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Kaelyn Silverleaf

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Doctor Strange has posed:
    Stephen Strange has had some issues lately, he's heard the knocking of the dark dimension at the proverbial door. The membranes between realities having been weakened by the Astral Plane incident and then by Nightmares attack on this reality. Then with curses and demons and angels ripe on this plane. Also with the Asgards having moved into Midgard, things are tipped. The scales have been unbalanced for far too long.

    Stephen stands in his sanctum before a large three dimensional one way mirror that has been touched with a spell of communication. He sees all those who have a capable and similar device as he communes with a handful of the world's mystics. "Things are set in motion that even the greatest amongst us can not foresee. I know those that have abilities to see into the timestream have been reaching a black fog preventing foresight from passing a certain point." The wizard begins. "I want to know how else people have been mystically handicapped and for how long."

Doctor Doom has posed:
"I do not make a habit of crystal balls and casting cards." Doom begins after a moment of silence to consider his response. "And I have otherwise not noticed any deficiencies or difficulties. Should I, I shall certainly inform you."

Doom himself can be seen in an environment one might assume to be a study that could be anywhere, but is likely Latveria. The style of the room doesn't resemble American fare. "What about you, Stephen Strange?"

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae is here! She just arrived and all. Or one might think its Kae? I mean the 3 foot tall anthro rabbit is wearin her normal clothes... and all, and she's 4 counting the ears! Least that's what she'd tell you! Kae looks pu at Dr Doom, then Stephen, and crosses her arms, her foot now thumping like a machine gun.. "Ummm Yeaaah, accident with the apprentices......" She says, her voice is the same anyway...

Doctor Strange has posed:
    Stephen shakes his head to Doom's inquiry. "No, I haven't had any issues, though I have been rather distracted by" The sudden appearance of a bunny-girl causes Stephen to stop talking and blink at Kaelyn's newest physical form for at least two seconds. "Um... anyways." Stephen says with a shake of his head as he recollects his thoughts. "By some issues that have been coming to my door step. Which if they're appearing at MY doorstep, there's some other issues taking place." The wizard remarks, knowing that everyone present in the 'call' knows about the Sanctum.

    A shadow begins to loom in the back corner's of everyone's rooms, a whiff of brimstone and sulfur waft through an errie mesh like portal that a large paw would slowly reach through and find the floor. One for each caster present in the meeting. No noises or anything else is produced, not yet at least.

Doctor Doom has posed:
Doctor Doom likewise gazes at Kae's rabbit-self, though his expression is entirely inscrutable due to the mask he wears. "Indeed." he says at length, agreeing with Strange's assumption. "At least, it bears looking into." He pauses again, and quietly observes the environs of the other mages through this connection of theirs, looking for signs that something is amiss on their end of things. Indeed, he definitely noticed something on his end.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae's ears lift up, then droop back, laying back like hair might... her nose evenw iggles too "Anyone smell brimstone?" She asks and glances around some... She then peers at Strange "Yeah not so long story on this one.. I'll be fixed by tomorrow..." She now glances -up- at Doom... "Uhh, yer kinda famous too.." She mutters, then realizes something. She gets a chair, one of the tall ones and stands up on it now... "Better.." She mutters...

Doctor Strange has posed:
    The paw reaches the floor and slowly climbs out of the portal before fading away, a large winged body of a lion with a strikingly different black feathered head of a large hawk looks back and forth through the rooms. Hieracosphinx, one for each of the major witches and wizards looms in the room looking completely alien in that's it's natural features in a chimera like arrangement. These beasts slowly take a seat upon the floors of the various magi like they own the rooms and one chirrups before it begins to preen.

    A female's voice begins to speak as Stephen was about to respond to Doom. "Dear mortals." The voice begins before a single figure appears in the crystal balls, overwhelming all by forcing her way into the views overriding every spell. "We are the High Magistrate. The oldest among the Elder Gods." The woman explains. "And we are to be casting judgement upon the realm of man."

Doctor Doom has posed:
Doctor Doom is nonplussed by all appearances. He spares a moment to look over the sphinx now gracing his presence, and then looks into his device to see this 'goddess' and hear her proclamation. "Indeed, then. Do expound if you will." he says, his tone dry as he assents to - only - hear her out.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae's ears lift, and droop, then her nose wiggles and she sighs... "OOoh can't wait to get...." Then well the sphinx thing... "Uhh, hi?" She says to them before the message and Kae tilts her head to the left now... "Judge realms of man..." Boy does she want to make a smart allecky comment at this point but she stops her self, putting both paw-like hands over her mouth to keep her from making a smart allecky remark...

Doctor Strange has posed:
    Stephen falls silent for now, he's the protector of this realm from things like this, so he'll allow the being to speak. "We have found that you mortals have been using magic without paying the proper tributes for using such powers." The being confides the laws man has broken.

    Stephen remains silent as he tries to peer past the vissage in the crystal ball, but finds he can't over power the pale face of the 'woman' of magic who claims to be the voice for such councils. "We give you one month to remedy the imbalance of magic that you all have caused, or you will suffer your debts ten fold." The goddess warns before the orbs and balls return to a mystical version of face time, and yet the hieracosphinx remain once the being issues her warnings.

Doctor Doom has posed:
"How very generous of them." Doom notes, his tone dry and icy as the antarctic. He turns, using his abilities first to examine the Sphinx creature that's decided to hang out in his study - presumably to find a way to evict the bloody thing.

"I'll not say another word, myself, until I have shown my 'guest' the way out. Do continue if you wish, however." he says whilst going about his examination; sensors in his suit, plus his own considerable magic abilities used in the mix.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae peers now at the sphinx and tilts her head... "Uhhuh... " She says and rubs at the back of her neck. "Don't we allready pay for use with equivical exchange, use of our own stamina, etc?" She says and rubs at the back of her neck "Or are they wanting crazy sacrifices to them now?" She asks, Kae is a more 'modern' type magical practitioner... That and she does enchanting, there's lots of exchange in most of her magics anyway...

Kae then glances from the Doom pic to the Stephen Pic...

Doctor Strange has posed:
    Stephen lowers his head and his hands find his forehead. "It seems that many of our collegues do not know of the cost of magic." Stephen says with a sigh as he looks to the sphinx that's in his study with a deep frown. "Victor, what can you sense off these creatures?" Stephen asks, not knowing what the scientific wizard might discover.

    The creature seems to take in the energies from Doom's mystical scan unconsciously as it continues to peck at its paws with its beak, slowly cleaning itself and getting comfortable in Latveria. The pulses of Doom's mystical interrogation do not return. It's not that there's no information sent back to Doom, it's that the creature wasn't even allowing Doom's spell to even finish it's purpose. It ate Victor's magic.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae umms "Am thinking, maybe magic and its users have changed since these very ancient gods and all, and maybe they're trying to get back in on things?" She suggests and tilts her head to the left now, ears flopping. She then pauses and sighs... "Yuuup it's gonna be nice when this wears off..... by morning I think.." She adds, before glancing back at the sphynx again "Sooo whyfore send these things into our abodes anyhoo?"

Doctor Doom has posed:
"I believe it is consuming the spell's energy; still awaiting data analysis from my other sensors." Doom replies with a hint of the unpleasant in his tone.

"It is, young one, because they are jealous things. They have laid claim to and hoard vast amounts of power, and dangle it before so called mortals like the proverbial carrot to wring obeisance from them. They know our potential out-strips their own, and so they seek to suppress our reach, mislead our search for knowledge, and use the unwary toward their own ends. And as you may have seen given the state of the world, we 'mortals' have learned our lessons well." His tone is wry, tinged with bitter-sweet amusement.

"We can no doubt find a way to comply with the demands, but I am not so easily convinced that every beast of eldritch might is forthright and honest with their claims." Doom says then, directed mostly at Strange. "So we pay this 'cost' of theirs, what then? How long until more demands are made, and to what ends do they use the power gained?"

Doctor Strange has posed:
    "I'm not sure Victor. I will have to study more and if possible, I will have to find a way to speak to the Magistrate myself. On my terms." Stephen says, crossing his arms before his chest. The wizard frowns once more at the new 'pet' in his house. Stephen turns away from the crystal ball like object and then steps back into view. "I will go begin my studies. I have things to work on. I'll ask you all to keep in touch and Victor, when you learn more, let me know as soon as you can." The Sorcerer Supreme suggests before he disconnects his side of the spell and he fades away.

Kaelyn Silverleaf has posed:
Kae glances to the SPhynx.. "Oooh I sooo hope my girls don't try to hug this thing." She mutters.... Though, anyone might get a glimps of a pair of hands, grabbing Kae, just before she dissapears off screen.. "I'm not a cute cuddly bunny durnit!" her voice can be heard, before another female voice can be heard "Yus you are!"

Doctor Doom has posed:
"Of course, Stephen. Of course." Doom says cooly, and now turns toward his 'guest'. The last words that are heard from his vector before the spell fades are: "Doom tolerates your intrusion only for as long as it takes to burn you from my presence, beast."