session date 25/07/26 * we heal up and restore willpower * cog upload: 'immortal, hyperintelligent, teleporting cow: an investigation' * we rock up to the safehouse and notice.... * something has been pinned to the door, martin luther (king) style * its pinned with an oddly shaped knife * its like a weird ankh with spikes * the note states the following, in 3 words assembled from cutouts: WE ARE WATCHING * Lee brings up the cctv footage, and we carefully enter to avoid any traps * A floating knife and piece of paper enter the frame and are driven into the door * we add a photo of the knife to the conspiracy board * peter walsh concludes: its the sword of caine * we discuss future plans and a name emerges: new sabbath shovels * Norton wants to pick up his postcard (stop by his shop) * we stop by spoons * when lee orders alcohol it comes out as evil black smoke * 'Shouldnt have eaten at mr burger' * Lee mentions how he saw the smoke * Peter remarks that he has seen it multiple times and its only been him * Peter investigates king breweries to see more, looking at companies house he sees that they are owned by Premium Oil Holdings UK * They are owned by Avalon Incorperated, who are owned by Endron Internation, who are part of the Pentex company * Peter walsh tries to find the mystery shop by wandering with wanting to find it, to figure out why Lee can see the smoke * Walking down some road in Hemsby, between the Mirage and something i missed, there is a shop that seems out of place. Its made of ornate white marble, sandstone accents, a collection of large water features out front and palm trees. * 'The travelling Shoppe' * We are greeted by our strange friend baddab * She mentions the word 'Fomor' * THey say it makes sense that Lee sees black smoke * We ask to find out more * We joke about home alone and Lee and Peter walk into the back to find a book * Peter actually mentions he has finished a book and he goes off to sign it * MEANWHILE john goes up * 'I heard you had a run in with one of my friends!' * She laughs at John about the coin drawer and catepillar * John mentions the lecturer in folklore, turns out they're a changeling/fae too * He has an overdue book * The fireflies are relaying all of the sound * John asks about the doggirl, Emily, a Pooka * Dont refer to Emily as a Pooka in public! its against the 'rules' apparently * We're in the list of notable people for basically everyone apparently! * Marvolo is the town bike apparently? wild * They coin a term for the sound when shaking stuff for norton; 'glimmering' * Its probably Norton 'hearing' (more like manifesting) disturbances in reality * Some things are more real than other things, some things are less real * discussions about reality ripples on a lake * read MAGE * we break character and realise we're all in a homestuck * we talk about the noosphere and how world events impact how baddab feels and their ability to leave * LEE STEPS THROUGH THE DOOR INTO THE LIBRARY ZONE * around him, the bookshelves morph into a verdant forest * as he looks over his shoulder to shout back, there is just more trees * He hears the calls of deer and elks, birds flapping their wings * he sees a desire trail down the forest, and tries to follow it * AS he takes his first step he is instantly transported back, and Badab apologies and says it was a problem with the umbra that wont happen again * he finally reaches the book shelf * THe book is titled 'On the taint of the wyrm by the glass walker tribe' its a black and white a5 zine like a protest zine * low tech low budget * while climbing to the next book he notices the word garou * The next book is titled 'Kin and Kinfolk and their positions in the Garou Nation' * the firefly leads him back * PETER * reaching the kindred section, he does a practice front roll that he wanted to do to practice * Its a simply bound book, bound in some form of leather but it doesnt seem to be any leather peter knows up. THe title and author a gilt * 'For all those who have seen what they shouldn't have, keep fighting for all you care about' - Cameraflash (picture of a camera flashing) * Peter walsh tries to do another roll, and fuck it up falling over and huritng his back * screaming in agony, it gets in teh way of john and badab's conversation * badab points at johns chest and tells him to look at his chest * John stubbonly refuses * Norton tries to convince him there is smoke coming out of his chest * peter and lee enter the scene * Badab mentions there is a hole in this chest * john feels his chest and feels a hole * He looks down, no hole * a flicked nose instead * owned *