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=ASTER=
>3 AP: Track the smoke going from the nearby building fire; does it reach the sky? (Maybe use a flashlight or laser)
-Returning to the window, you peer upwards into the rising column of smoke, minutes pass as you patiently wait-
-You’re scanning for signs of physical obstruction, if the Theatre Drapes were indeed tangible then that fact should become unmistakable as the trapped smoke collects around the Spotlight -
=Perception Test=
=DC 18 vs 3d6+(Def/2)+Ap=
=18 vs 10+2+2=
=Failure=
- Your eyes track the mushrooming peak of the smoke cloud as it approaches what you hypothesize is the pinnacle of the bell-shape dome ensnaring your little corner of Serenade-
-With the Spotlight’s glare rippling through and across the smoke, you notice something peculiar-
=Def: The smoke is… arcing off course?=
-Upon crossing an invisible threshold, the smoke stack comes under the influence of an invisible force, dragged inexorably along a spiralling path towards the Spotlight’s epicentre -
Whereupon it vanishes from sight, consumed in the blinding folds of the shifting spirographic pattern, like water circling a drain-
=Def: “Well, that’s certainly an interesting development, but not what we were testing for.=
=Sub: “This was stupid. In the time it took for that to unfold we could have just walked to the boundary and broke it down.”=
=Def: “As ever, your contributions are as dull as a hammer. While I’ll admit that this wasn’t the result we had desired, it still provided us with useful data. With that said though… perhaps a little scientific rock-throwing is warranted.”=
>1 AP: Father said the phone lines were inoperable earlier, try out other electronics and see what is working.
-Checking each electronic appliance within the Observatory, you swiftly deduce that most devices are still in working order but are simply deprived of power-
=Def: “With everything going on its not a huge cognitive leap to conclude that whatever is going on knocked out one or two critical pieces of electrical infrastructure.”=
-Anything exclusively connected to the local grid is dead, however anything running off batteries (such as a wall clock or a cell phone) or fed by the building’s private generator(such as the facility’s main server hub) still functions normally-
-You recall that there is a utility service room on the first floor-
-You’ve never had reason to enter there before, but perhaps there’s a way to divert some power into the facility’s non-essential systems-
