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28 Jan 2021

Ep 47 - Voice and Body

by Anton Rossini

Thu, 28 Jan 2021
 
Anton awakes in his apartment. The last thing he remembers is Monique slamming her hand onto the green glowing ward.
 
He checks his watch: it is 8:30PM Thursday 28 January
 
A voice begins to sound in Anton’s head: “Hey buddy, how you doing? You had a hell of a night last night.” It continues to ramble but Anton refuses to engage with it. He checks himself for visible signs of harm or change and finds none.
 
There is a corpse on a couch, it is the La Sambre - Jonathan Colton (the ghost from the property that was causing the problem). He is injured and emaciated and completely exsanguinated. Anton feeds him once from a cut on his palm, but he remains in torpor.
 
He texts Larissa to find out where she is, and gets an address in Chinatown. Anton calls a car service and bundles the body up into a duffle bag, hauling it down and travelling to Larissa’s address.
 
Upon arriving, he finds Malady lying almost comatose, complaining about being “weak” and ready to die… so nothing new, although she does not look well.
Oxford returns to the room and tries to feed Malady raw meat, but she immediately vomits it up again.
 
Moments later, Colton bursts from the duffle bag and ravenously launches himself at Malady. Anton breaks a chair over his back, grabbing a fractured chair leg as Oxford wrestles Colton to the ground, and manages to stake him. Anton then invites Malady to feed on the corpse, but Oxford dissuades her.
 
Oxford and Anton agree that making Colton available to the Council - and, in particular, the Sheriff (Angie) - is probably in their best interests.
 
There is a knock on the door - it is Monique. She says that she has a letter for him regarding Clan business. Anton accepts the letter, and takes no notice of the odd interactions between her and Oxford (the latter follows her out the door).
 
“Mr Rossini,
It is a requirement of your clan that tomorrow evening within an hour of waking you make your way to the docks at North Ward Road. This is clan only. Please bring any ghouls or retinue at your disposal.
Nora”
 
Anton sends a text to Calidora, paraphrasing the instruction and expressing his concern that the Council have not been kind to his people previously. Anton receives two successive responses:
“Clan business”
“Praxis”
 
Anton, with Oxford and Malady, waits for Larissa’s return. He lets Carlo, Fredo, Sonny and Kinsley know they are required to attend a gathering at the docks tomorrow evening.

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