When we left off, our adventurers were chatting with the police officers in the park, one of whom has the Sight and appears concerned by the magic circle, the other of whom is writing this off as a prank by some kids. Unbeknownst to them the fire elemental you subdued is happily burning away in a grill nearby. It is about midday and partly cloudy. Sherri has just approached the officer checking out the circle.
"Ah. Sorry. Of course." The officer rises from looking at the circle, still looking mildly concerned, and takes out her radio. "It looks like this is handled. What did you say your name was again?"
The other officer is wandering back off towards the police car and looks like she just wants to call it a day.
"Oh, I don't think I introduced myself, dear. I'm Sarah, I already spoke to your lovely colleague over there, what a dear, I was just passing through."
The officer squints and gives you a bit of a searching look as something seems to occur to her, and for a moment her eyes flick back down to the circle and then back up. "Yes... of course. Sarah what? If you don't mind."
The suburban mom police officer heading back to the car seems familiar and like she's been on the beat around here before, but the one talking to Sherri rings no bells.
"Of course I don't mind, dear. It's Wraith. I've already gotten all the comments about being able to see right through me, I'm afraid, so any new jokes about that will be rather difficult to find..."
The officer smiles cautiously, seeming to buy it. "Oh, jeez, you have a name like that too? My name's Marsha Beaver. You have any idea how much kids picked on the bucktoothed girl named Beaver in elementary school?"
(@Sciborg once you've resolved Sherri's roll, may I roll Arcana? Now Fin knows rituals I'd like to see if she realises she knows rituals. Also don't know if the officers notices the 'oh crumbs')
@AncientSwordRage You look at the circle closely and suddenly something pops into your mind, although whether it's from your own well of magic or the knowledge the Gesta grants you, you're not certain. This ritual circle strongly resembles the aftermath of a modified teleportation circle (5th level conjuration) that was used as a one-use ritual, probably from a scroll. The graffiti is written in a language you don't understand, but it looks demonic or planar in origin.
"Well," Marsha says, giving Sherri another quick, searching glance. "If everything's calmed down now then, we should be all right. You have a nice day now, Ms. Sarah Wraith, and call us if you need anything."
The way she says it implies a slight bit of wink-wink, like I know this is Otherside stuff but I'm not going to question it.
Sherri and Fin, you both catch a snippet of Beaver's radio as she gets in the car and it goes off with a crackling sound: "...situation at the station, get back right away. The two we had in holding are gone." She hastily ducks down to mutter an affirmative before getting in. The car pulls out of the parking lot and you hear the sirens kick up as it drives away: WEEEEEEEOOOOOOOO....
"First of all, sweetie, that's a bit creepy that you're disguised as Shae. It's weird. Secondly, if I had 'played along', that would have implicated me as being a possible perpetrator of arson! I had just claimed not to be around here, dear, you showing up and talking about fire would not have been very convincing! You have to think things through, dear."
Fin positively bristles then transforms back to look like herself
"I did think things through! I can't let the police see me! I'm sure they'd be happy to arrest me if they knew who I used to work for. It's you who didn't think things through."
"Fin. Darlin- God, Teri, you scared me - if I just said that I was not here, to the police, and then you come and say that I was here, what do you think is going to happened, exactly, sweetie?"
Sherri gestures to her ash- and soot-free self. "It does seem to have worked, love, wouldn't you say? I don't think I've been arrested yet, unless I just haven't noticed."
