As RedTail fades into the world he is thankful that his enhanced senses have worn off.  The acrid smells and far off noises would have been maddening, as opposed to just bearably disgusting.  He is pleased to see the ancient oaks and strong magnolias thriving amongst the strange objects he can only assume are used for worship.

He is surprised to see Rove, already solid and waiting for him on the other side.  This spirit is surely of great power, perhaps she will even serve as a totem some day to a worthy pack.

"Is this a holy place of the Two Legs?  I am glad to see that not all of Gaia's trees have been covered over here, they seem well acknowledged despite the false stone."

"If it is, you will soon find out." Caws the bird as she takes flight to go and perch on one of the statues to bring herself a little higher to survey the surroundings. It also means that she's closer to the Spider-Bait. Maybe he won't get arrested for talking to birds if she can stay close enough for him not to be raising his voice beyond just her ears.

Here it was pretty. She liked the trees, the oaks and especially the magnolias. It will be better when the weather gets warmer and the bitterness is gone from the wind. But all seasons had to have their say, its just the way of things.

RedTail looks around in sacred silence, expecting to see drummers and a two leg of the medicine way walking in and beginning a sacred dance, or perhaps motes of spiritual energy playing along the many altars and totems sprinkled about.

After several minutes of silence interrupted by a blaring car horn, a wry smile stretches on his mouth as understanding dawns.

"You teach well Rove, this place is no more sacred to them then their ugly man homes."

He leans his back on the statue that the raven is perched upon, a posture his kinfolk taught him is good for relaxing.  Kinfolk!  How could he have forgotten...

"Rove, can you find my kinfolk?  Her name is Jan Horner, she was a teacher here last I heard."

If anyone comes by and spots them, they will think it a bit odd that a bird was staying so close to a human man, but since its quiet here, and she's close enough anyway, she inches down with a small flutter of wings, dropping to a perch closer to Thorn's shoulder. Claws clinging tightly to the statue, she cranes her head to peek at his ear, checking for earrings and if there is none, shifts around with some small scratches until she can look at his necklace close up.

Her caws are quiet now, soft little sounds since she's closer to his ear. "Maybe."

Then, "Do you know the school name?"

"Or how to use a phone book?"

Easy stuff first. She tests his knowledge, wondering what sort of Wolf-Man she's dealing with. They could be a tricky and very fickle bunch. Best to go slow and cautiously, even if he doesn't really know what she is. It amuses her, this little game.

RedTails ears are not pierced, but Rove can see a small tuft of reddish black hair on the back ends of his lobes.  His necklace is a mixture of beads carved from wood and sea shells, a few small rabbit bones, a bit of deer antler, and what looks to be snake spine all strung on three braided straps of leather.

He struggles to remember a school name, but comes up with nothing.  

"I know not the name of her school, but I believe she is near the medicine way.  I did not know that phones could look like books, do they work like the normal phones?"

"You have much to learn Spider-Bait, not just how to stay out of sticky webs."

"If I tell you how to use the book, which has much information, you must tell me the story of your necklace."

Hopping up the statue, she creates a little distance before flying down towards the ground in an easy swoop. She waddles around, looking at various things on the ground, but mostly because she can't sit still and all this talk is boring.

"We need a city map."

"You must find the name of schools by the hospitals."

"Your Kin must be there or left some breadcrumbs for you to find."

"I need more man-clothes as well, my kin said that I will attract much attention without them."

RedTail holds his necklace up and gazes at it, letting the memories of it flow from him.

"My Father, Bites-the-Snake, gave me three leather cords on the night of my first change.  He said that two leggs and Garou sometimes keep things to remember, a keep sake he called it.  He said it would help me to begin using my man-mind.  The shells are from when he took me to the beach on two legs, the wooden beads I received at my first Pow-Wow, from my kin.  These bones here"

, he points to the rabbit bones,

"were given to me by a Two leg shaman, he said they would bring luck."

a hint of embarrassment crosses his face at this remark,

"The antler is from a Deer that was felled while food was scarce, to remember hard times.  These are from the spine of a snake that I spotted and killed that was nearing the pups."

His tale complete, he lowers the necklace again to his chest in a gentle and respectful manner.

"Will you now tell me of this phone book, and where we can find a city map?"

So many questions! So many questions she wanted to ask. But all in good time, she can come back to them later. First she had to make sure this one doesn't get ass raped by someone that thinks he's dressed up as one of the Village People. Who the hell lets uneducated come into the city? This is no good. No good at all. Where is she going to hide him?

Oh! Oh! She knows.

"I will take you to someone who will show you."

"We should go back to the spirit world for quick travel. I have no man pants." Cos I'm a girl. Well, a bird right now. But eh.

The bird leaps up into the air and begins to flap upwards.

"To the shadows and cross over."

2009-02-03 01:43:24 Lilah Rove rolls 6 dice to Gnosis [stepping sideways 8,6,2,2,10, 8 (4 successes)

The bird will be on the other side, waiting for him, sitting in on a branch. Raven always looses people, and now he can see why. To be able to flit between worlds so quick and effortlessly is a great trick.

RedTail likes this Raven, she does not waste time.

He hurriedly looks about the sculptures, looking for one that is reflective enough to aid his travel.  Many strange statues dot the park, some of two legs, and some are reminiscent of banes he heard described in stories.  Finally he happens on a strange configuration of arranged blocks made of polished steel, he crouches near the shady end and finds his reflection in one of the smaller cubes.

2009-02-03 02:06:41 RedTail rolls 3 dice to Gnosis [step sideways] (Diff 4) 10,2,10 (2 successes)

He fades into being in the Umbra, then looks to Rove.

"Lead the way, Rove Sky-Rider."

<ready action: follow Rove>

When he finally arrives, the bird slips off the branch, cawing out behind her. "Keep up Spider-Bait." While she does not fly as quick as she normally could, or as round about ways as she tends to be, she does lead the man. He will have to run to keep up. Her path is not clear but it would be.

On the edge of town there is a trailer park. A trailer park that contains one nasty looking man with good coffee and probably the closet thing to a friend that she has here.

Its a journey. But Thorn should not be unused to such a thing, and the Raven does not seek to loose him, always back tracking to keep the wolf-man in sight.

[off to Ironwood Motor Home.]  

--Last edited by Lilah Rove on 2009-02-03 03:09:37 --