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The Temples Operation In Belfast Ireland 250124

On a cold, moonlit night in Belfast, members of the Temple, including Colton, Novel, Declan, and Lenny, launched a daring operation to intercept an intelligence dossier, crucial for their fight against the local criminal syndicate. The streets became a battlefield as these skilled fighters, some with supernatural abilities, dove into the fray, their goal a single piece of documentation that held the key to dismantling their adversaries. The night was chaotic, with exchanges of gunfire, spectral soldiers materializing in the fray brought forth by Novel, and the air tinged with the smell of gunpowder and magic. Despite the frenetic combat, the camaraderie among Temple members was evident, their banter light-hearted amidst the seriousness of their mission.

As the battle reached its zenith, with the Temple members and undercover Interpol agents exchanging relentless volleys, the intelligence dossier became the focal point of a deadly game of cat and mouse. Colton and Novel, demonstrating remarkable teamwork and utilizing their unique abilities, maneuvered through the onslaught, narrowly evading capture and injury. In an unexpected twist, ghostly apparitions followed Novel, adding an eerie advantage to the Temple's arsenal. The conflict culminated with Colton securing the dossier amidst a flurry of action, a testament to the Temple's tenacity and skill. Victorious but weary, the members retreated, their banter echoing into the night, a reminder of the surreal and often unpredictable nature of their world. The operation in Belfast was not just a win against their criminal foes but a strong display of unity and strength in the face of insurmountable odds, with the mysterious dossier finally in their grasp.
At Thu Jan 23 2025, in the city of Belfast, Ireland

Mission: Intercept an intelligence dossier and bring it back to the extraction point.

As part of the Temple's strategy to uproot the local criminal syndicate in Belfast in a two pronged attack, the Temple will attempt to intercept an intelligence dossier outlining all the major players in Belfast's criminal underground. With it, targetted assassinations and blackmail will be much easier. This intel comes from a long running case attempting to bring down the syndicate by legal means, but the Temple would prefer violence.
This interception will come seperate to the warehouse strike the day before. It's possible the plan will change if that attack fails to gain any ground.


the streets of Belfast
It is night, about 13F(-10C) degrees, and the sky is covered by dark grey clouds. There is a waning crescent moon.


Colton says "Alright, Novel, we got Declan and Lenny for the Temple."
Declan charges toward van.
Lenny says "Declan any myself is here"
Colton says "Can't see any of the other soldiers around, but I'll meet you at the sedan to start off with."
Colton makes a supernatural leap to sedan.
Lenny says "Next time I'll make it bigger. You people weren't even in the group when I started this"
Lenny charges toward van.
Declan takes a knee behind the van.

Novel says "I'm going for the bus before they can get to it."
Colton says "Alright, I'll meet you there."
"I can't see the dossier." Lenny mentions as he settles at the van to look around the battle field. "We've got time to sit and let things to develop..but if we have to run down the Moore over there, we will have a bad time."

Colton charges toward bus.
"Well out of effective range," Declan says, nodding at Lenny. "Bummer."

Colton charges toward bus.
Colton says "God damn."
Colton says "What the hell was that?"
Novel strides his way through - confused, his expression tightening, in two places at once - a blade of scrap swinging out to slice through a spectral soldier that passes by him. "I'm - I was in a ghost patrol, and then..."

Novel suddenly grins. "I think they FOLLOWED me."

"Brought the motherfuckers to Belfast, god damn," Colton snorts. "That's one way to get the graveyard settled, I guess."

Novel charges toward bus.
Colton moves protectively towards bus.
Declan fires off a shot at Novel which completely misses him.

Novel produces a low, low laugh as he settles into cover. "Isn't it fucking great?" He says with amusement - and then, glancing over towards the bus. "...Seriously though, where's the fucking mcguffin?"

Colton says, very seriously, "The /dossier/, Novel."
Colton says "The very important dossier."
"I have silver for that dick." Lenny mentions aside to Declan, "Going to be hard to find a chance to use it though. I can't shoot that far."

Novel says with all the seriousness of a goon, "Right. Right. Important dossier."

Colton says "Fuckin' Lenny packed silver for me."
Declan fires off a shot at bus which damages it.

"Nadeless," says Declan back to Lenny, peering around the van. "So... going to engage the bus."

Novel says "Break cover and charge while Decks is reloading? Or we just hang out here?"
Colton says "Well, I'd normally like to make more of a game out of it, keep the dossier in play, but I can't see wherever the fuck it is. We can just rush 'em down."
Lenny says "I have extra nades."
Novel says "Sounds good to me."
Colton says "I do feel a bit bad, Temple got fucked over /hard/ by Venice."
Lenny levels his pistol at the head of Novel and squeezes the trigger to try and land a deadly blow sparks off the ground near his feet.

Declan fires off a shot at bus which damages it.

Colton charges toward Lenny.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at Lenny, it misses him.

Declan says "Thanks. "
"Oh you fuckin' bitch" Lenny scowls in frusteration as he's just narrowly clipped by the arrow, it quickly becomes obvious to him that was no normal arrow. "This poison shit's going to be a problem."

Novel notches back his crossbows with his pommel, and quickly fires a shot at Lenny, opting to jockey into a different position and readjust his grips, misses him.

Novel charges toward Lenny.
Lenny charges toward van.
Declan fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Lenny fires off a shot at Novel which sparks off the ground near his feet.

Lenny shoots Novel with a tranq dart.

Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at Lenny, it strikes the van he's taking cover behind.

Colton breaks into a big, wolfish grin and holds up two fingers in Lenny's direction. "Poison for silver," he calls out.

Colton moves protectively towards van.
Declan launches a tear gas grenade at Novel.

Declan fires off a shot at Novel which sparks off the ground near his feet.

Lenny fires off a shot at Novel which sparks off the ground near his feet.

Lenny holds up one finger back to Colton, its the middle finger on the hand not holding his pistol. The pistol hand is busy aiming shots at the charging Novel

Colton moves protectively towards van.
Novel charges out of the smog and gas, followed by fucking set of spectral knights charging along with him and then suddenly there's mages and flames and he BURSTS out of it. The man is grinning maniacally with blade in one hand and bow in the other.

Trading power for speed, Colton nimbly whips his weapon towards Lenny and it is parried by his a rusty machete used as a sword.

Novel charges toward van.
Declan launches a stab at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.

Lenny swings his weapon at Novel, it is parried by his blackened, curved blade of fused and polished scrap.

Lenny disarms Novel.

Novel disarms Lenny.

Lenny reaches for Novel in sudden grasp, trying to twist a limb painfully, strains his left elbow.


Lenny fades out of the nightmare.
Colton swings his weapon up in a wicked hack aimed at Declan and it is parried by his black ceramic knife.

Declan launches a stab at Novel, it is parried by his blackened, curved blade of fused and polished scrap.

"You don't have to just keep shooting poor Novel," Colton grunts, charging behind the van's cover to lash out at someone with his axe. Then he's fading away with a twist of limbs, and the werewolf lets out an annoyed grunt as he turns his attentions onto Declan.

"You don't have to just keep shooting poor Novel," Colton grunts, charging behind the van's cover to lash out at Lenny with his axe. Then he's fading away with a twist of limbs, and the werewolf lets out an annoyed grunt as he turns his attentions onto Declan in the creepier Templar's stead.

Novel sweeps his blade in front of him in a flurry at Declan, a feint, creating space as he moves to a better position,

Colton says "If I'm bein' honest though, Declan, I respect how much you show up for your people, even if you're punching upwards."
Colton swings his weapon at Declan, it is parried by his black ceramic knife.

Declan launches a stab at Novel, it is parried by his blackened, curved blade of fused and polished scrap.

Declan digs heels into the ground with his bayonet parry, sighting two engaging him close. He accepts his fate. "I can't only be a perv," he says to Colton in a hiss.

Novel opts to grasp his blade in both hands and draws back before shoving forwards with an abrupt, brutal thrust towards Declan, is parried by his black ceramic knife.

Novel studies Declan for a moment. "Hey! It is you, Decks! How have you been!" It's like he didn't even know what he was fighting. Is he high?

TO be fair he came with a legion of ghosts exploding around him.

Colton swings his weapon at Declan, it strikes his armor with bruising force.


Declan fades out of the nightmare.
Novel looks vaguely disappointed as the man disappears. "Awh."

"My bad," Colton apologises, cutting Declan down before the man can answer. "Got a little excited. I have /no/ idea where these guys are, though."

Novel says "I'm gonna assume they're off to the fucking south somewhere, all the way in the far corner, maybe?"
Colton says "I'll head south from here, yeah."
Colton makes a supernatural leap to alley.
Colton says "Yeah, they're towards the alley. Spotted."
Colton says "I see the dossier, too."
Colton says "Bit of a long run."
Novel says "Whatever. I've got lambrofeeties."
An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which sparks off the ground near his feet.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which sparks off the ground near his feet.

Colton says "Going to pull you a step closer."
Novel says "Useful. "
Novel is pulled towards Colton by an invisible force.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it sparks off the ground near his feet.

Colton moves protectively towards an undercover interpol agent.
An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Novel notches back his crossbows with his pommel, and quickly fires a shot at an undercover interpol agent, opting to jockey into a different position and readjust his grips, impacts against his armor.

Novel charges toward an undercover interpol agent.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it strikes his armor with bruising force.


an undercover interpol agent fades out of the nightmare.
Colton has an intelligence dossier.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton charges toward an undercover interpol agent.
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it misses him.

Novel abruptly snaps a shot at an undercover interpol agent, using his free hand to help brace the firing of the bolt, impacts against his armor.


an undercover interpol agent fades out of the nightmare.
Novel has an intelligence dossier.

Colton says "Not sure how I got the fuckin' dossier instead of you."
Novel shrugs. "I dunno, ghosts?"

Colton says "Alright, let's skedaddle, this should take a long minute. Yeah, probably ghosts."
Colton runs towards the extraction point.
Novel is pulled towards Colton by an invisible force.

Novel runs towards the extraction point.
Novel says "I wonder if they're going to get lost in the building again."
Colton says "Who, the agents?"
Colton says "Probably better for them if they do."
Novel says "Yeah. "
Novel says "Pretty funny, though."
Colton says "I gotta ask, you do have clothes and armour on under the poncho, right?"
Colton says "Just saying that if you told me you were freeballing I'd probably believe you."
Novel says "I do, except my boots keep fucking vanishing."
Novel says "I gotta figure out what happened to them."
Novel peels up his poncho.

Novel says "See? "
Novel says "Anyway I mostly got the plastic poncho because I was tired of doing the laundry and buying new clothes."
Novel says "Whereas a poncho, it gets bloody, you just shake it off in the rain or give it a quick rinse and you're done."
Colton says "I mean, I like the idea, but microplastics, man."
Colton says "Save the earth, wear burlap or something."
Novel says "Everything has microplastics."
Novel says "Genie's out of the bottle."
Novel says "And it's either this or it'll end up sitting in a dumpster somewhere."
Colton says "Could do like, a metalwork apron."
Colton says "Nice thick leather, au naturale."
Novel says "I -do- have a guy that takes garbage other people throw away in the back and does things with it."
Colton says "It's a good principle."
Novel says "I'm also starting to realize that the weird shit that happens to me is even weirder than what happens to most people."
Novel says "Fucking ghosts following me."
Novel says "The hell was up with that?"
Colton says "Not saying I've never left a bit of meat on the bone before I walked away from a meal, but let the rats have some scraps. Otherwise, waste not. I've never seen that shit with the ghosts before."
An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton says "There they are."
Novel says "At one point there was one of those... venice things... dragged into a nightmare. You know who I was fighting? Myself."
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it sparks off the ground near his feet.

Novel says "We were so fucking confused, then I woke up."
Novel notches back his crossbows with his pommel, and quickly fires a shot at an undercover interpol agent, opting to jockey into a different position and readjust his grips,

Colton says "Oh, they made me do that back in the army."
Colton says "Ripped me in two and made me cannibalise myself in the nightmare. Heavy shit."
An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Novel says "Holy fuck, really? Maybe that was it."
Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it misses him.

Novel abruptly snaps a shot at an undercover interpol agent, using his free hand to help brace the firing of the bolt, sparks off the ground near his feet.

"Yeah. The psychic training's one of the only things I can actually talk about." Colton pauses, then says aside to Novel, "It wasn't real nice."

Novel shrugs. "Sounds like it worked though. Guess war's even more fucked up then people really think about."

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

An undercover interpol agent fires off a shot at Colton which misses him.

Colton draws and quickly fires an arrow at an undercover interpol agent, it misses him.

Novel notches back his crossbows with his pommel, and quickly fires a shot at an undercover interpol agent, opting to jockey into a different position and readjust his grips, impacts against his armor.

An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.

An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.

An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.

"Well, I can't go into specifics," Colton grunts, "But most war's human stuff with just a sprinkle of the supernatural. It's more intelligence agencies that handle that aspect of it all."

Colton swings his weapon at an undercover interpol agent, it strikes his armor with bruising force.


an undercover interpol agent fades out of the nightmare.
Novel opts to grasp his blade in both hands and draws back before shoving forwards with an abrupt, brutal thrust towards an undercover interpol agent, is parried by him.

Colton says "Hang on, now."
Colton says "How the fuck did I get over here?"
Novel says "I have seen enough fuckers hit with a spray of bullets to realize that guns work just fine - what do you mean where?"
Novel says "Oh, that's easy."
An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Novel, it is parried by his blackened, curved blade of fused and polished scrap.

An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Novel, it is parried by his blackened, curved blade of fused and polished scrap.

Colton says "I was on the extraction point just a second ago."
Novel says "The nightmare rotated around you."
Colton makes a supernatural leap to an undercover interpol agent.
Colton swings his weapon at an undercover interpol agent, it impacts against his armor.


an undercover interpol agent fades out of the nightmare.
Novel sweeps his blade in front of him in a flurry at an undercover interpol agent, a feint, creating space as he moves to a better position, is parried by him.

Novel says "There was more space off to the west a moment ago, too."
An undercover interpol agent launches a stab at Colton, it is parried by his lumberjack's axe.

The Balanced&Anarchistic Alliance has proved victorious.