Session 3 Downtime

After the sun had risen and all of the Coterie of the Damned had slipped into sleep, Lucrezia sits in her underground chamber writing out invitations to The First Meeting of the High Council. She delivers the letters to each of the Coterie and settles herself into a fitful sleep. Dreams dance in her mind almost every night now. She struggles to remember them and decipher what they mean. An alter to Frigg is carefully maintained next to her bed. Feathers, wool, and occasional thimbles of wine decorate the sacred space. Upon waking, Luci lights a candle and meditates on her dreams. Writing them down in detail and praying for guidance to find meaning. On the opposite side of the room sits an alter to Loki. Charred meat, a comedic poem, and a bitter fruit surround his sacred rune. Luci loves to sit and tell this alter of her adventures. She speaks to him as a partner in crime, imagining fun games to play to pass the endless years stretching before her. It was here that she received the revelation to bestow upon herself an honorific. "How did the nobles become noble in the first place?" she asked with a laugh. "They took it at the tip of a sword!"
 
The evening of the meeting, Lucrezia travels to the Great Hall early to prepare. It goes about as she expected. She is young and in many ways quite naive. Still a girl to most who see her. Even as a vampire she is still considered little more than a fledgling. It's considered perfectly acceptable to speak over her, and even though he had called the meeting it was a struggle to maintain control over it. Struggling to maintain her composure with Godric and Zacharaii, Luci finds a familiar, younger-sibling feeling in Damien. He's uncomfortable. Out of place. Her affection for him grows and helps her keep her peace in the face of frustration. When the meeting adjourns, Luci takes Damien to the side and consults with him about some of her dreams.
 
Luci spends most nights singing in the tavern, telling fortunes using her handcrafted runes, bones, or fire, and tending to minor wounds. While she occasionally receives a coin for her services, it's just as often gambled away on games of chance. Unwilling (or unable) to cheat at dice, Luci approaches the game as a way to make friends, not money.
 
Some nights, when the miners have gone to sleep and the town in silent. In the quiet under the stars, Luci can be found digging out a firepit and surrounding it with stones from the mountain. When finally built, the fire pit sits just outside the tavern with stones and logs to sit upon. Although Borgia is still thrown out of the tavern, Luci will occasionally invite him to performances around the fire.