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Be Cool
( • • Mind) The Book of Shadows 141 |
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Wendy "Spider" Jones always needed to feel hip to whatever scene she indulged
in at the time. Once she became Awakened, she realized that being cool was only a
matter of conforming to the views of other and that their moods and attitudes could easily be drawn out of them. "Spider" started by feeling out people by reading their surface emotions. Next she began to implant the feeling that she was "cool" into the minds of others around her. Finally she decided that she wanted to stop wasting time casting the magick each time she went out; it was bringing her too much Paradox. "Spider" found it was best to permanently cast the rote on a given bar or club. In this way, she was able to "be cool" at these magicked locations The Hollow Ones jealously keep this rote hidden from the members of the Cult of Ecstasy. Let 'em find their own [Using the second rank of the Mind Sphere, the Hollow One probes the emotions of others to see when he is considered "cool." Once the mage hits the right train of thought, he continues along it, using the same Mind rank to implant the impression that what he's saying is cool, no matter what he might be babbling.] [Hollow Ones have been known to cast this rote on places that they frequent. However, this leaves mystickal residue that can be detected by other mages. This practice is strongly discouraged by tutors, but many Hollows don't know any better. Such residue has lead members of the Technocracy to many Hollow One hang-outs.] |