| From: | Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Multi-target rituals |
| Date: | Mon, 25 May 1998 22:43:30 EDT |
evamarie@**********.net writes:
> > IT did have some strange effects (Sam's ritual that is). How is this for
a
> > thought? The "dust" that Sam used in the books was nothing more than
a
> > "sighter" for the ritual, a mobile material link, for lack of better
terms.
>
> > As the waves of the magic expanded, it "ground out" into the Dust,
> igniting it
> > as a "Manifestual Effect", and allowing the Ritual Energies to do
their
> duty.
> >
> > -K
> Um, maybe were thinking of diferent rituals (or mey memory is quite
> bad)? In any case, unusual effects there are easly explained; A) Its a
> ghost dance B) Its a NOVEL. Neither follows normal SR rules. :)
> I don't remebr a Dust in any case, but I do remeber it resolving
> MANY
> diffrent plot threads at once.
>
Okay, a dance through the craze haze of memory here....
Each of the site teams were supposed to go through a series of steps to
"trigger" the materials, which was kept in a "medicine bag" with each
team.
Striper and the Thief had one, and it described the thief going through the
motions after they beat the one thing or two in their way.
It described Sam's sister and Ghost going through the motions on their end in
the downed Ocoola (sp?) once they had beaten the forces back enough.
It also described the -REAL- team (sorry, Sally, Ghost and Kam just were a
Runner Team, not a MERC team, and I think that is more my personal style) with
Sam's girlfriend going at it in the remote citadel, which for some reason
reminds of the "Navarone" movie. In that episode, the dear lady was nearly
killed, reached into the bag and tossed the sand/dust into the air, it caught
fire (manifestual appearance) and kept going from there.
Yeah, the first couple at least had some symmetry to their descrips, while the
last was something else. Of course, the lady (whose name I am just
forgettiing) was likely initiated as she did more magic than just about anyone
else and therefore could likely compensate for not "going through the
motions."
My thinking was the motions/dust were one set of establishing triggers that
would set off a particular "astral signature" which the "ritual" that
Sam and
the others were performing would recognize and literally "ground out" the
desired effects. THAT is what I am getting at with "grounding out to multiple
targets". There is some particular triggering mechanism or "astral flare"
that a given ritual responds to.
I am sorry, I know what I am trying to say, I am just not finding the words
for it right now...
-K
