Ложь Тысячелетия / Lies of the Millennium: Глава 18 + результат

Turn 18

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 13:26

"Time passes, the shadow on the sundial moves."

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 13:30

Because of reaching the limit of Enlightenment, which the fragile human mind cannot stand, a roll for the consequences is made:

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 13:30

Required: 70 (80-10 (Contentment)). Roll: 95. (I don't get it, are you charmed?! Ffff...)

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 13:31

You woke up, feeling something hard on your face, smelling of fresh ink. A pain shot up your neck as you struggled to get up and open your eyes, trying to understand where you were and what had happened. Your memory, treacherously perverse, retained hints of a revelation ... Oh, right. Most likely, it was the same thing that led to that self-written treatise on the Moth!

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:17

... But in that case, where is the manuscript, and what is a map of the city in front of you that exceeds your height in both length and width? And what are these notes with stickers covered with strange explanations? Some streets, alleys, and marked houses, crossed by thin lines at strange angles are accompanied by geometric drawings, poems, and formulas that have no application in the normal sciences.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:17

The growing migraine of trying to make sense of one's notes almost made you regret missing the Shining of the Clear Mind from the depths of consciousness. Despite the possible consequences, making sense of the incomprehensible notes would have been much easier with its help!

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:18

Through the oppressive headache, a vague memory of how, in a fit of inspiration, you decided not to take the bus home but to walk a shortcut. You don't know what impulses were guiding your dim (or overly enlightened) mind, but you eventually managed to get home by some alleys, outrunning the bus by almost ten minutes.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:19

This incident, like the strange map, needs to be investigated.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:19

Received:
- Shortcuts map (needs research, opens a new location?).
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/29/article-1223790-07013122000005DC-358_964x499.jpg

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 13:45

Opening the box: ??? - 1d3: 1, ??? - 1d6: 4 ...

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:16

To be perfectly frank, when you opened the box, you expected something more... powerful. However, the box contained only a strange-looking clock, no, a compass? With a winding mechanism and four, two... three hands? Through a dial divided into twenty-four sections, a moving clockwork is clearly visible, but the parts just don't move right!

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:25

Barely taking your eyes off the unnatural thing, you suddenly realize that you haven't even touched the crown, and yet the device works. "Still," or "Already," that is the question. Just as you were finishing that thought, there was a quiet ticking sound that certainly wasn't there before. The hands of the device suddenly began to move in different directions almost independently of their position in space, and the gears broke the laws of geometry a couple of times in a second. Trying not to think too loudly, you return the Compass Clock to the box, deferring the matter to that beautiful moment when the headache subsides.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:25

Received:
- Path to the Horizon! (Expedition outside the town).

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:26

Souvenirs (Requires 95): 56 Nothing.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:26

Faction Interest (???) (Requires 10 (20-10 "Contentment")): 2 Almost a critical failure.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:27

An early graying detective from a once-powerful, and still almost obscure, organization (now operating under the guise of a department of a much better-known and more public institution) picked at random from a stack of cases a report that was already stained with something. He took a sip from his mug of very trashy instant coffee, which had also cooled down to room temperature, grumbled and, after logging on to the ancient office computer, plunged into the depths of the department's database.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:27

It will take some time...

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:28

As a result of increased anomalous activity in the city (including the failure to investigate the Cannibal Cult), the Bureau has allocated additional forces to suppress the actions of occultists. Possible events ??? and ???

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:28

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Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:28

Rapid warming is accompanied by winds bringing the smell of rotting algae and rotting seafood from the sea: after the Leviathan attacks most of the ocean fisheries have given up, and the depleted ecosystem has begun to regain its footing. The short spring break is over, and exams are approaching. (-1 mind action per move for study, +1 fund every 2nd school week)

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:29

You have four body actions (B), four mind actions (M), and four passion actions (P). Cultists may perform one action from a special section. You have 16 funds at your disposal (all available accumulation).

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:30

Influences:

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:30

- Visible Vitality - Heartbeats like thunder! (+15 to body rolls) 3 Lv.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:31

Turn 18 Results

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:43

Leaving aside a few minor setbacks, this past week has been extremely rich in pleasant revelations. A generous stream of knowledge came down and through it, the power grew! For once the future looks bright and serene, full only of new achievements and victories. One can only hope that this glimmer of Glory is not a mere mirage...

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:44

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Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:44

Work:
[X] (B) This body is my 4.
Requires 7 passes, chance of success50%. (On completion +1 body action, increase vitality)

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:44

Required: 50. Roll: 93 + 10 (Decreasing Growth Burst.) + 10 (Gym Pass) + 5 (Natural Development) + 10 (Workout Plan) + 15 (Visible Vitality) + 2 (2d6 (1, 1) Words that Walk) = 145 Artificial Crit!

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:46

No matter how many approaches you make, and no matter how much you play tricks on your body, it seems to be not enough. At least there is no other way to explain this endurance, this hunger, which can be satisfied only by a new workload, the next bar, one more spurt. And again. And again. And again.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:04

At some moment you realized that that pounding in your ears was not your heart at all.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:08

More precisely, so is it, but not only. The pulsating songs are echoes of the Restless Heart, beating to protect the skin of the world we understand. To the end of the week, the influence of the principle of continuation and preservation pulses in your blood.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:09

Received:

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:47

- Influence of Heart - Pulsing Airs. A rising power; a reassuring energy. [Influence of 6 levels: Impossible to mistake. Can be used in some rituals for summoning underlings.](Power 6)

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 14:49

[X] (B) Mastering the Edge. How to Make a Fist.
Requires 3 passes, 60% chance of success. (On completion will receive a trait combat statistics, + open access to the next stage, +variable)

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:11

Required: 40. Roll: 34 + 10 (Hardened Physique) + 15 (Visible Vitality) + 8 (2d6 (3, 5) Words that Walk) = 67 Pass.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:13

You seem to be the one who is supposed to be taught how to throw punches, but for some reason, you are the one who has to fly around the room from all kinds of throws, grabs, and just plain slaps. When you subtly hinted this to your mentor, he just laughed and asked: How am I going to learn how to punch properly if I have no idea what effect it will have on my opponent's body?

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:15

After watching the intense work of thought on your face, Martin nodded to something and sent you smashing your fists against a brick-crusted pear.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:15

Life is pain. And pain is a good teacher.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:16

[X] (B) Sheltering. During your search, you came across a vacant warehouse in surprisingly decent condition for many years. With some effort, it can be tidied up and arranged to become a proper cult shelter. 2 passes are required, with an 80% chance of success.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:41

Required: 30. Roll: 35 + 10 (Hardened Physique) + 15 (Visible Vitality) + 11 (2d6 (6, 5) Words that Walk) = 71 Pass.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:42

After another week, the cleaning is bearing visible fruit, the amount of dust is not too much higher than usual for your room, and it's time for the next step. All the hinges are thoroughly oiled, the light window above the entry door is covered with a layer of plywood covered with a dark cloth, and both doors are draped with heavy, sound-dampening old curtains.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:42

The outbuildings are also equipped with a couple of old chairs found in the attic and brought into acceptable shape, and the ancient plumbing and electrical systems are cleaned up with cleaning agents, replacement of dried rubber parts and a large skein of duct tape. The hardest part is left: discreetly create a tapping into the network and reconnect the water supply. After that, all that's left is the little things, like screwing in light bulbs and setting up a seating area for meetings with cult members...

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:43

[X] (P) The creation of art.
It takes 1 pass, and the chances of success are 80%/60%/40%/20%/5%

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:43

Required: 20/40/60/80/95. Roll: 11 x 1.5 (Emotional Fountain) + 10 (Wild Imagination) + 5 (Painter) + 5 (Good Paint Set) = 37 Pass.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:43

Lately your art... to put it mildly, doesn't shine. It seems like it's about to get a lot better. But it's not. It's like there's a little touch missing, a twist, something that would make the work stand out among the others.

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:44

You stepped away from the easel, taking another critical look at the layers of dried paint that were forming into an image of an empty, gray city under a blinding, multicolored sun surrounded by halo circles. As you blinked, your eye saw for a moment a different picture-the white wasteland beyond the Door of the Dead, the stairs of the Abode made of blue stone that rise upward, and the almost blinding, bleeding sun whose face crosses Wound

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:45

The illusion disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Shaking your head to dispel the vision, you reached for the newspaper and a roll of twine to wrap the painting. And all the way to the familiar store, the obsessive thought did not leave your head: "What nonsense! After all, Glory is not visible from the pale confines..."

Camrad_RIP 16.06.22 в 15:46