*Her eyes flutter closed as the scent of blood permeates the air and a smile brushes her cold dead lips. She then watches him die, to her it is quick of course but none the less enjoyable.

She does not drink from him, she doesn't touch him after she has ended his sad little life. She knocks three times on the door with slight pauses in between and Devin would of course open it.

Devin approaches the man and checks his pulse with hands covered in latex gloves. Once he is sure the man is dead he gives Bellisa a nod.* Good. Now wash him with bleach and have him disposed of.... somewhere he will be found. Then clean this office please. *She pats Devin's cheek almost tenderly, mostly to appease the hulking man who craves her attention. She gives him specific instructions on how to leave the body.* Once you're finished come find me dear.

*Devin would of course do exactly as she asked, leaving the Reverend naked and bleached of all evidence in one of the local parks. He would be careful to take a rocky path so as to not leave footprints when he dumped the body in a shadowed spot that in daylight would be used. During the night he knows this park is seldom used, not many people out strolling at 1am in the ritzy neighborhoods.

He'd be dropped off by one of the church members, lugging a large hockey bag out of the trunk before waving the man off. Once the body was disposed of he'd walk the 7 blocks back to a main street, pour a little beer on his shoes and take a sip or two, then hail a cab looking like one of any drunks coming out of the bars that evening.*

10-27 20:31:20 Kane rolls 6 dice to Bend Light 5,7,6,10,2, 7,5 (4 successes)

Mere moments after Devin exits the building, Belissa will hear an odd shuffling noise from inside the office with her.

[Roll Perception+Alertness, difficulty increased by each of Kane's successes, so difficulty 10, and beat 4 successes]  

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2008-10-28 10:38:59 Bellisa Damita rolls 6 dice to Perception/Alertness (Diff 10) 5,5,8,1,1, 5 (BOTCH x 2)  

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The faithful are to me as burning candles in a darkened room, at times I can see their illumination to the exclusion of all else.  My Herald is one such shining example, his diligence and persistence almost make me want to believe that his kind are worthy of redemption. Almost. At his insistence, I followed the exploits of Mr. Quade since his arrival here. He too was an exemplary member of his forsaken tribe, for what that is worth. I had actually made up my mind to reveal myself to him, perhaps even offer him a Pact. Indeed, I was in the midst of making preparations for just that when Gregory's incessant cries alerted me to the situation here.

Of course I knew that the situation was occurring, I knew of this days ago, just as I knew of the other futile attempts to cut short his life. The hammer-wielding fanatic, the pipe-bomb, all foreseen. I very carefully selected this moment for my Revelation because it would have the most psychological impact on the holyman whose faith had been so thoroughly abused in recent weeks. I had it all worked out, I was going to allow the marked-one to abuse him a bit, break down his ignorance a bit, and come swooping down in all of my Angelic righteousness to save his sorry ass and infusing him with awe and everlasting gratitude. Much as I had for Father Gregory. Divine intervention, it works every time.

Only this time, something went wrong. I saw the weave, I analyzed the pattern it was NOT supposed to go down this way. I had more than enough time to come in on my white horse before the moment she was going to kill him...

Just as I was supposed to have had enough time to save Gregory the second time. Someone is operating outside the wheel of fate. Someone is cheating the dice. Yeah, I know what Einstein said. FUCK Einstein, he didn't know half as much as he thought he did, God does play dice, or did. Either way, someone just screwed me out of a meal-ticket. Again.

So when I show up, about a half a second after he started calling for me, Gregory is just standing there, pointing, and acting like he doesn't even see me. Apparently he is not a multi-tasker. So in the precious few seconds it took me to realize that something managed to un-write about half a minute of Quade's destiny, it was all over. Months of information-gathering, weeks of machinations all brought to ruin in six lousy seconds. Infuriating does not even begin to describe.

Stepping across the veil which separates the living and the dead, I warp the visible spectrum of light around my frail, borrowed form and draw back the holy hammer to smite this wretched, hollow impostor with the Wrath of God.

10-27 20:31:20 Kane rolls 6 dice to Bend Light 5,7,6,10,2, 7,5 (4 successes)

10-27 20:31:47 Kane rolls 10 dice to Fire of Heaven 6,4,7,4,9, 8,6,9,9,2 (6 successes)
10-28 16:36:23 Kane rolls 8 dice to Additional Ambush Dice 4,5,6,6,4, 9,7,1 (3 successes) [Ambush is a contested roll, with the attacker adding any successes over the defender's roll to their free attack, so 4, plus 2 for the double Botch, plus 2 for attacking from behind, with a grand total of 9 successes.]

It was my intention to simply incinerate the would-be Queen-of-the-Damned where she stood, leaving everything else untouched, but Hubris has ever been the curse of my House. In this moment, it would seem to have gotten the best of me. Instead of a single, directed gout of heavenly flame, the seething amalgamation of fire and electricity (your mind might best understand it as white-plasma), erupts in every direction, turning all it touches within a twenty-foot sphere instantly to ash before the flames douse themselves. For a moment, I am relieved that Father Gregory is already dead.

[On the off-chance that Belissa has Fortitude, she may attempt a soak-roll at difficulty 9 against 9 aggravated damage. If she does not perish, she would then make an immediate Rotschreck roll, Diff. 8]

(No fortitude. From your post I'm reading that means she doesn't get a soak so she is dead.)

Bellisas horrible and instant Immolation leaves no trace of the elder kindreds existance save for her Daggar, with Reverend Desmonds blood flash-seared onto the black blade.

The skin-sack I am forced to inhabit begins to plummet downward as the floorboards beneath me are vaporized along with everything else around me. I must remember to be more mindful of the bothersome hindrances of this host.

2008-10-30 17:40:26Kane rolls 6 dice to Manipulate Gravity 10,1,10,1,2, 6 (1 success)

With a thought, I command gravity to look the other way. Drifting slowly now, down through what must once have been a basement and into the newly formed crater below, my thoughts take me back to Gomorrah. It was all so senseless. So unnecessary. The memory nearly brings me to tears.

2008-10-30 17:33:35Kane rolls 3 dice to Conscience (Diff 8) 8,5,2 (1 success)

Wretched little monkeys, warmongering is all they have ever excelled at. Give them thumbs and they will make a club with which to split their brothers skull. They never learn. These are the only seeds that shall ever be reaped from such a crop. She got what she deserved.

2008-10-30 17:28:46Kane rolls 5 dice to Perc+Alert (Diff 7) 7,9,3,9,7 (4 successes)

When my feet touch the scorched earth, I look down to see her crude little weapon resting in the ash. Odd that it should have escaped my vengeance. Before I can kneel to inspect it, I feel Father Gregory's panic and confusion well up once more. The bauble is insignificant in comparison to my ward and is quickly forgotten as I move the curtain aside once more, that I might ascertain the nature of his current crisis.

2008-10-30 18:35:57Kane rolls 10 dice to Step Beyond the Veil 9,9,9,9,9, 7,1,1,7,7 (6 successes)

I am immediately made aware that the forty foot sphere of the building which my darker nature has just annihilated has crossed the barrier, along with all of its accouterments. In a blink, I am at his side to discover that it was not fear, but elation which was the source of his emotional outburst. He appears to be thumbing through a large Bible.

“What is it Gregory? You act as though you had never seen one before.”  

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 "N,N,Not Here my angel, not here," in a stuttering voice. "They take them away, I must protect it. It is precious, I could scarcely remember the word made flesh, the divine fire had escaped me. I thought god had abandoned me, but now I know his will was made. The heretics shall rejoice and sing praise to his servant. You are god's wrath made flesh and I have witnessed your fury, as Jeremiah did so long ago. From this pulpit we shall start a fire that can not be stopped, it will cleanse this world and all others," with a maddening and ferverous glint to his eyes.

He stands before the alter, an old bible caressed in his hands.

I have already informed the priest that my function as an Angel was that of a muse; a messenger of the Almighty. I just never got to the part where I was expelled for taking side with the Morningstar. I bite my tongue when he makes reference to the Word of God, struggling not to tell him that God had almost noting to do with what is found amongst its pages, but that it was myself and my siblings which inspired the passages therein. It might have been beautiful, had we not been at war for the souls of all mankind.

But that can wait.

He is not yet ready for the truth. Right now, it is the rebuilding of his faith which matters, and I can feel the holy flame radiating from him, warming my cold soul, inspiring me to inspire him.

"The divine fire will never leave you, Father Gregory, you are chosen. Remember you well the book of Ezekiel, my Herald:"

"And the word of the LORD came to me saying, “Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you rejoiced when My sanctuary was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk."

“I will make your royal city a pasture for camels and a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.” ‘For thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel, therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.”

"There is a blight upon this city, and upon this world. The children of Cain have run unchecked for far too long and they forget their place. We, my Herald, shall remind them."

2008-11-28 07:45:19Thorston Kane rolls 5 dice to Perc+Alert (Diff 7) 2,9,9,8,2 (3 successes) [Supernatural Awareness]

As soon as the prophetic ultimatum is issued, that feeling hits me again. It has happened many times since my arrival here, usually just before something goes horribly wrong. It isn't so much of a headache as it just feels like the back of my skull has just excreted its contents, warm and wet, down the nape of my neck leaving a hollow lightness at the back of my head.

Whatever it is that has been thwarting my well-laid plans is moving again, exerting its will upon the pattern.

“There is something that I must attend to Gregory, I shall return to you soon.”

Here, behind the curtain, I am able to force even this weak body to move at the speed of thought. In an instant, I am gone.