The artifact acts pretty simply. One way or another, it convinces mundanes
that the user has every right to be doing something they would probably
otherwise take as exceedingly odd. Both sides love the artifacts, as they
help keep the War under wraps(though demons get a bit more mileage out of
them). Interestingly, there are a number of means to achieve the same goal
-- perhaps it's so natural for the Symphony to be 'left alone' that the way
is naturally smoothed for anybody trying to see to it that mundanes remain
so.
The most common core to the relic these days is a variant of the Ethereal
Song of Forbidding, which forbids victims from letting their thoughts dwell
on the user's actions. Alaemon favors those using his ethereal Song of
Deception, which makes it seem quite reasonable that the user is doing
whatever he is doing; and occasionally old relics from Mariel's days, with
the Ethereal song of Forgetting, pop up. Each will have slightly different
effects, but the basic use remains the same: the user goes about his
business as if everything is perfectly normal, and people in the area tend
to agree. Carrying a sword? Must be RenFaire. Hands glowing with green
fire? People really ought not to carry fireworks, but it's none of my
business. Flapping a pair of big fluffy wings? I just figured he was in
some kind of costume.
Mundanes will usually be the ones fooled -- it is not in the normal course
of their life for someone to be running a celestial War in front of them.
It is in the daily course of existence for a celestial, and it is quite
rational for him to be wary of odd people carrying pointy objects around,
for instance.
Relic: "Any Excuse..."
Song/#: 3/level
Convenience (can be worn): +2
Fragility (typical): +0
Total: 2 points + (level of song x 3)
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