I'm a little behind on these. This is actually from the Feb. 19th session and is a direct continuation of the other post I have here since we were "time frozen" in the two weeks in between games.
Calin stood his eyes fixed upon the faint blue glow of the workshop room at the top of the Hedgerow, he knew somehow he had to get this place secured and this energy point into service for the Arrows. Standing in the awe of it, it took him a minute to hear a little of the racket downstairs. Deciding that this needed to be planned a little more carefully he headed down to check everything out. The bar was pretty well empty of patrons save for the motley supernatural crew that he had come to expect. The Shimmer Strikes were all there with their alpha, having come late to the party after Wacco had disappeared into that void. The topic of discussion: how best to get Eile back. It became apparent that going tonight would be a bad idea since the one person who knew where she was just vanished into a black hole.
Amid the talking and arguing a stranger walked into the bar, had a seat and ask for a menu. Nothing very remarkable but since he had arrived here Calin had taken to looking at everyone with suspicion. Rolling his eyes back a bit and shifting his focus he looked at the stranger with the eyes of heaven and that is when his heart sank. Calin jumped immediately as chills of fear ran down his spine. He had seen the strangers true nature. Large fiery wings stood out from his back and he was surrounded with a pure unblemished white light. "No. It can't be. One of THEM? Here?" he thought. "The denizens of the Aether should never be in this world!" Fear, anxiety, hate all filled his body till he was about to vomit. He remembered hearing Memento tell of an angel that slew his friend but had dismissed that as just an impostor pretending to be one of THEM. Now after looking at the stranger, even though it's form was wrong, he knew it had to be one of the Heavenly Host. Quickly turning from the stranger he looked at Giovanni the young Thyrsus mage that stayed at the cemetery house too. Breaking into high speech so others couldn't understand, he confirmed that Gio had noticed the same thing. Being a life mage Gio mentioned that the stranger was more full of life than he had ever felt before. After discussing that this could be the one who killed Walker Lee, Gio suggested that Avere be let in on what was going on. Calin moved toward Avere and ask if she would be able to recognize Michael if she saw him again. Asking her to open her mind he allowed his sight to overtake and fill her mind. She gasp at what she saw and immediately suggested that Ed be informed. Calin hesitated a little. He trusted Avere, but was unsure how much he could trust the wolves that everyone seemed so attached to. Putting his reservations aside he showed the true world to Ed, and that's when everything collapsed. Ed in a fit of recklessness decided that as an officer he had to take the stranger in for questioning. Calin pulled him aside and tried to reason with him, explaining that the stranger could kill him with barely a thought and if he were pushed to anger he could kill them all without much effort. The headstrong cur wouldn't be dis-swayed from his course of action and Calin braced for the worst. He watched as Ed approached the stranger and was told repeatedly to leave, both by the stranger and by the manager of the Hedgerow, but Ed persisted on. Sensing a boiling point Calin protected himself with a barrier of pure Prime energy, but it was all for nothing, as the stranger finally relented and simply allowed himself to be taken into custody. Then, as quickly as they arrived the shimmer strikes all fled the Hedgerow as if something was chasing or was about to chase them.
The next two weeks passed fairly uneventfully for Calin. He went about business as usual but with the thought of the stranger firmly in the back of his head. He stayed fairly quiet away from the group until being called by David one of Ed's pack. He needed help locating someone and possibly more. Calin agreed to help locate the people David was after but no more. An eerie sort of calm had descended upon Austin and Calin knew it was just the calm before the storm. If there was an Angel walking around town, death couldn't be far behind it.
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