Session #13: Treaties, Negotiations and Selections

This was the first session back in the real world where everyone could share their information and figure out how to cope with the changes that have been happening in the city.  Unfortunately there was still plenty of hangover from when Sheriff FatherMother killed Detective Monroe in his sleep for fear he was a hunter (boss of Siobhan O'Baoill and potential lover of Seamus O'Baoill).  Professor Jasmine Hadley offered her a potential solution in exchange of the use of her stone to ward the main Elysium up at St. Kilda from any kind of nefarious Agatha Campbell or Taylor-Strix problems.

So then there were naturally plenty of back room wheeling and dealing that changed a few of the spots around, including swapping FatherMother and Novichkov's positions in a way that is arguably more fitting.  FatherMother is now Marshall in charge of dealing with external threats while Novichkov the scary Elder is in charge of internal matters and defence of the court.  The Emissary, Seamus O'Baoill, also won the right to add people onto a particular "Asset Register" where other vampires may not attack them lest it count as a direct attack on the court.

Siobhan O'Baoill even gave a speech based on the collated evidence she'd managed to gather so far on the Machine, while Seamus O'Baoill explained what was known of the potentially international police hunter cell that seemed to have been unleashed by Detective Monroe's death as well as the mysterious "Who is Caine?" attackers who seem to be spontaneously forming out of the general populace and which may be either possession or disease.

Jax confronted Taylor about a revelation regarding a threat against his girlfriend, Katharine's, life.  Katharine gave Jax purely good advice about how to entertain the gathering.  The Changeling from the Epcott door session left little jars full of Red Pills everywhere and Gustaf reminded people to list any offered resources with him.

Mattie Monroe, ever the entertainer, leapt around the corner of the building, shouted "Witness Me!" and sprayed his mouth with whipped cream -- then coughed up blood because vampires can't eat food without blush of life.  An actual canister of whipped cream and a blood pill were used to recreate the effect, and naturally I had been previously informed.

Faux and Mattie had a nice heart-to-heart with Talitha Salvatore and Geist boyfriend Nicks about Nicks' attempt to grab vitae from Mattie while everyone was away, and naturally while I played Nicks I walked around with my arm in a sling from when Mattie "responded".

Rowan gained a foster-sire as a last minute announcement, Zahra was reassured Master of Elysium after another busy session wrangling people, and far too many people dropped various disciplines so now there isn't a supernatural sense of safety and security making frenzies harder (no automatic failure on a 1 nor +2 to resistance rolls).  At least for the next week, unless people start behaving better.

Oh, and the Ordo Dracul learned they had to leave their old Chapter House behind due to its exploration by both changelings (damn you Darling!) and the police while the Ordo Dracul were missing.  People also discovered that Siobhan O'Baoill had been put on the Terror Watch List and will therefore anyone connected to her could well become a Person of Interest.  And finally the "Caine" situation means every Rack has taken a crippling blow -- dropping by a full point value and therefore less able to sustain the vampires present in Adelaide.

What else could go wrong?  Nothing, I'm sure.