Upon arrival the power plant is under normal operations. All lights are on and not an electron is out of whack...

I watch as the other Mage exposes tattooed flesh. We have at least three minutes before Greenie comes through so i have to ask...

'Do those really help, or should i lose my top and we can compare tats here to kill time?'

Its half sarcasm half honest offer. of course rumor has it i got half my tattoos done in a maximum security lockup...

*grins coyly*

They are a bit more than for show, but i ruin more shirts when i use it to it's potential.  I'm sure that you'll see that tonight.  But I recommend that you don't stand behind me if you see me going all "glowy"

It's almost time...

As the power goes down Vincents starts to sprint towards the slowly opening gates, muttering under his breath as his eyes shift to the dark vision.  He knows where to go.

"Make sure to keep your wits about you, i don't know whats here."

'Yeah..' I dont know what Vincent has planned, but charging the gate looks like a terrible idea... Even with the lights off there are still guards.

As he gets close he can hear one yelling about the emergency generators.

I would have preferred a more stealthy approach but hopefully Vincent has something in mind...

I take off after him after seriously considering tackling him and making him reevaluate... I can always mindfuck the guards into submission.. assuming they dont raise an alarm or just shoot him dead...

Sprinting towards the gate Vincent pulls out a piece of chalk and stops short of the main gate to the power plant.

Kneeling down Vincent beings drawing an intricate circle, chanting as he goes.  As Gand approaches Vincent he notices that seal tattoo'd on Vincents back has begun to glow a faint blue.  

Standing back up Vincent takes out his bronze amulet and holds it directly in front of him, those listening in would catch the occasional recognizable name....Raphael.....Uriel.....Tetragrammaton...

Vincents voice grows slightly and as his incantation passes over the name Michael the great seal on his back begins to burn a brilliant blue but seems to create no shadows.  (Anyone with one dot in spirit would see a great winged Angel standing behind Vincent wreathed in flame carrying a shield and sword).

As Gand approaches Vincent begins to conclude his Evocation.

(Summoning an elemental spirit (darkness), Spirit **, Forces *, Spend a dot of willpower please, Two foci, unique, and unique-irreplacable (seal), and a significant (4 dots in knowledge of the Host) knowledge of controlling spirits and daemons)).  

(OOC: This one i know he can do, but you'll have to roll for meh )  

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(Okay, Rolled you two successes on the effect. Problem is one of the guards at the gate has spotted us... so you garner 3 paradox. affect of which will be decided when the effect dissipates. )

Vincents effect goes off without any kind of supernatural hitch... But one of the guards either saw us coming, or heard the chanting.. Or maybe he heard me going. 'Vince.. Vince, they have guns, what kind of a fucking plan is this?..'

Yes, im a skeptic. But im ready to cover the chanting, shirtless man if i have to... My pistol is in my right hand, held in teh small of my back. Out of sight...

(OOC: woo! Dox!)

"Shit!"

Vincent mutters to the swirling pool of darkness that just appeared in front of him.

"Cloak our path"

Vincent grabs Gands arm as the entire area is suddenly engulfed in what could be described as a pool of deep swirling shadows

"Can you do anything about the guard?  I'm kinda busy right now"

Vincent starts walking through the swirling darkness toward the central core of the power plant, making sure Gand doesn't get himself lost.  Curiously enough Gand can see Vincent's faintly glowing tattoo through the shadows.

(Assuming Gand wouldnt be able see through the shadows... )

'Yes, yes.. just let go of me.. ill deal with the guards, you get inside. '

I slap Vincents arm off me and drop to one knee. I hope to god the shadows will go away as i quickly, with the accuracy of habit, remove and light a cigarette from my coat.

I used to do this to get people to leave my club. Locking onto a panicked mind is a simple affair.

As one guard begins to radio in about the disturbance i suck ahrd on the cigarette until it glows red, then stick out my tongue and brace myself... One deep breathe out.

The other guard approaches me, drawing a taser, but my first concern is the one on the radio. I stare at him and jab the cherry end of the cigarette onto the tip of my tongue.

His words: ' security office we have a..oh jes-uNNNGHHHHHH...'

Its very hard to speak with a red hot cigarette on your tongue.
As far as the guard with the taser. His advance stops when he sees the .357 automatic in my right hand raise in his direction.

Vincent has a head start at least... but the gaurds inside have heard enough to know -something- is going on....

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Ahead of vincent he has options. There is the obvious main access door, and there is also a more discreet garage. Presumably where the big wigs of the plants sleeper workforce get to park out of the rain. Garaunteed to be access stairs and elevators either way he goes...

(OOC: 3 successes and Gand would have been blinded as would have everyone else )

Running through the depths of swirling shadows Vincent clears his mind, memorizing the path he takes.  A garage with named parking spots to his left, main entrance to his right, Vincent decides to make a bee line towards the garage.  

Upon arriving in the darkened and vacant garage the shadows slowly begin to disperse, the spirit that manifested before appears to Vincent...

"My debt has been repaid Dark of the Hidden Seal, and my boon to You has been lifted. Farewell"

Vincent bows deeply and thanks the Spirit for his assistance.  He hears the muffled scream of a guard and advances towards the door.  

**Reaching out with his keen awareness of magickal effects, is Vincent able to sense anything**

The lab is like a beacon to Vincent. It might as well be a black hole drawing him in... He will be sensing serious quintissence and heavy chaotic resonance... which is VERY odd for an etherite lab...

Whatever is going on down there, its going to be bad.

The elevators are of course unpowered during the blackout. Vincent knows he needs to go down, the lab is directly below the main reactor of the powerplant...

Next to the elevators are the stairs. a faint emergency light glows in the stairwell and above the heavy elevator doors, barely enough to see by.

Vincent would also know that the only way into the lab is via the elevators... or in this case, the elevator shaft.

Vincent slowly creeps through the darkened power plant, finally being able to sense the Lab he makes his way through the shadows towards the central elevator shaft.

Upon arriving at the elevator (hopefully undetected) Vincent goes about opening the roof hatch on this particular elevator. Upon hoisting himself on top of the darkened elevator and surrounded by red light he spots what he is looking for, the Maintenance ladder.

Grasping onto the ladder Vincent takes a moment to fill his mind with one phrase...

"Gand, Get Safe..."

With that Vincent safely, but quickly, begins to descend down the long elevator shaft towards barely audible alarms and pulsing red light.

Vincent would have very little difficulty avoiding the guards in the facility. Each one is loudly talking on a radio and carrying a flashlight.

Vincent can assume Gand is alright... One of the final walkie squaks he hears before he begins his descent is

'Gary at the front gate... dont worry about us, it was just a fucking racoon after Bills sandwich... everything normal outside.' Gary's slight monotone might offer a clue as to how mindfucked he is...

As Victor descends the feelings only get worse. Whatever happened here is jerking the usual pattern of the place all out of whack. Chaotic, dangerous resonance ebbs in waves from the labs...

At the bottom of the long shaft Victor can pry open the elevator doors and enter the main chamber of the Etherite lab...

(This thread will continue under: 'Into the cold air', which can also be found under this location. Draconis and Pelayo are both already aware/in the thread and will join you.)