An ugly office building

[Katrine]

It was very new to her, why would the mirror just shatter like that? Cloud Dancer did not seem to want to waste any time on it and so Katrine followed her trying to find something that would catch her reflection, so they could cross over

[Hands of Mercy]

Hands of Mercy snarls as he feels the gauntlet so strong, holding him back from the Umbra, and as the mirror shatters, he snarls some more. To his mind there really wasn't much to recommend the scab to anyone. Lacking a mirror now, he focusses himself and reaches again for the Umbra, determined not to let the damned spiders keep him from it.

((Blowing a Gnosis.))

[Shehrazad]

At the expense of their Gnosis, the three were finally able to make it across the thick gauntlet without too much difficulty.

<The other side>

((katrine on 2 gnosis, hands recovered one from meditation after offering his to stonetooth, so is back on 2 gnosis))

[Shehrazad]

Later, during the day.

Zachary and Simeon return to the office building during the day. Very little has changed. The building is still as ugly as ever, and it is as busy as an arms company is expected to be this time of day.

(Full description on first page. It hasn't changed.)

[Zachary]

Zachary looked at the building, his eyes moving from one place to another carefully. His job was to notice things, so he did all he could to get a clear view of things. Still a bit on the edge after what Jona had said, Zachary tried his best to look as harmless as possible. Keyword was tried.
"Hmm, orders,sir?" Zachary muttered to Simeon.

[Simeon]

The time spent getting to the building Simeon put to use thinking. Being a Strider and all he was used to long periods of travel and his own thoughts, and as such had learned to tackle several ideas at once. The altercation in the kitchen was even more proof the Caern was lacking in unity…but he already had grabbed an idea for that, all he had to do was wait for the Moot.

Another concern was Wish…he really seemed to lack a lot in areas where one had to deal with people and maybe even with the tribal differences. Hell even Kamut had shared a secret grin when Simeon had poked fun at the Shadow Lords and their need for secrets. He wasn’t one hundred percent sure how to deal with that, but he was thinking on it and playing with a few ideas. But with so many Get about, the boy needed to learn, or the Get would teach him the hard way. Which wasn’t always bad, just painful and usually humbling.

Reaching the building he looked it over as well, it was the same as the day before it seemed. Just another place of business with it mass of humanity moving along like sheep. It was scene like this that always made him thank his Gypsy nature, he’d die in a blue collar job. “Well, first we make sure the morning shift has started and that most everyone should already be inside. Then with map in hand we will wander up and look very, very lost, looking at the map I have and the buildings address. After a few moments we will look resigned and move inside to ask directions.” He looked over at Wish to make sure he understood this bit. “Oh and I need your real name, can’t say ‘hi I am Simeon and this is my cousin Wish and we are lost. Sounds dodgey.”

[Zachary]

Zachary nodded, he trusted Simeon enough for this.
"Zachary, Zachary Bosch" he said and put his hands into his pants pockets and slumped a little.
" I understand" he said, trying to imitate few teenagers he had seen in his school. Not suvvesfully, but he swore older people wouldn't care.

Zachary looked around him carefully.

[Simeon]

Simeon watched as Wish ‘tried’ to make himself look like an average teen, it didn’t quite work. There was still too much that ‘air’ wildness that many garou possessed. There was no way the kid could be inside and make Simeon’s gambit work successfully. Whom ever Simeon was dealing with would feel like a deer in the headlights of a car…literally.

“We are going to have to work on a few things…But no time for that now. What I need for you to do, is stay outside the main door and keep watch.” He gave Zach a slight smile “You have too much of the rage all or kind have…I won’t be able to get anything useful in information with you too close. But, since we know the spirals put what ever it is there…then they may be keeping tabs on it. Especially if they know or found out we were nosing about. So a look out outside is a needful thing.” Normally he might not have explained it in such detail, but he already gathered the kid had a few issues, and a long wordy explanation would prevent, he hoped, the Ahroun getting all mule-like on him.

[Zachary]

Zachary gave a quick nod and smiled at Simeon, the strider had understood his problem. The ahroun leaned agaisnt the wall and slumped a bit more. " I cannot sense the Wyrm, but I will look around none the less" he said. Then he appeared to remember something " uh, sir, what if I see something suspicious? I cannot just run in..."

[Simeon]

Simeon thought a moment. "You have a mirror? If so you could flash one...or if you could move close to the door where I can see you. And if it is serious, just come on in and say you think you saw the tour bus....Then I can smile and be polite and leave." He gave Wish a searching look to make sure he understood and to gage if the kid could do it.

[Zachary]

Zachary shook his head at the first one, but nodded with the two others.
"Only reflective thing I have is my knife, but that is out of the question..but, to two others, I will do them, sir" Zachary said and smiled happily as a puppy. He was doing something he knew he could do, and was glad Simeon had given him a chance to prove himself.

[Simeon]

Simeon smiled and gave Wish a comradely slap on the back. "Good...cause I am counting on you to make sure nothing gets me while I am working my whiles on who ever is at the front desk."

With that, he headed off towards the front door. As he got closer he let his face shift into one of the hopelessly lost tourist as he took a rumpled map from his back pocket. He made a big show of looking at it, then the building and then back down as if something wasn't right. Which It wasn't. he had deliberately found an out of date map, that would further his act.

With an exaggerated sigh and slight slumping of his shoulders he plodded up to the door and entered. He closed his eyes in appreciation as the warm air of the building washed over him, just as any semi chilled person would. Then, he peered around, letting his eyes adjust to the lighting inside, looking for the reception desk.

[Zachary]

Zachary smiled and nodded at Simeon.
"Best of lucks, sir" he said. Then he began to look at the area that was given to him to look for.

(( The perception rolls for suspicious things goes here))

[Shehrazad]

As Zachary and Simeon talked, people continued to walk down the street and around the building. Nobody paid much heed to their conversation, although people seemed to be avoiding getting close to Zachary. Some of them crossed the streets just to avoid passing him. Zachary was blissfully oblivious to all this, of course.

The inside of the building was just as drab and grey as the outside. The carpets on the floor looked like they haven't replaced for a long time. A young blond woman sat behind a reception desk reading a book, and looked up as Simeon walked in.
"Hello, how may I help you?" she asked cheerfully.

[Simeon]

Turning towards the voice, as if he hadn't already seen her, Simeon smiled brightly as he walked over towards the desk. He fumbled with a English to German book as he spoke in halting, badly pronounced German. "Yes...I am lost. Can you help me?" He moved closer and setting his rumpled map down as well on the desk. Pointing to a location close by that had a semi well known 'pub', he gave the girl a sheepish grin. "I, need to be here."