January 16, 2022

Another cold day passes in Miami. The clouds skitter across a deep blue sky all day with a constant breeze that bends the palm trees and swishes sand back and forth across the streets.   The kith are restless tonight with several of them meeting: Andreas met with both Chloe Abilene, a yoga instructor who also happens to be a satyr much like themselves and with Baroness Shayleigh May-Lee . The two of them invaded the Caribbean Marketplace and discovered a young Dreamer being harassed by an Autumn Person: the dreaded Karen.   Thankfully, the two of them were able to scare off the dangerous banal soul and even bought some shell necklaces from the high schooler, before parting their separate ways.   Shayleigh also met with Mohammed Pendragon and his daughter Clara, and the two of them made a deal: Mohammed would be an ally to Shayleigh and assist her in ruling her community, but in return she would teach Evan Pendragon  how to rule. Shayleigh readily agreed.   Speaking of Evan, he, Gail and Danny Flynn set off on their fetch quest. Though only just starting out on their journey to harvest materials from the Dreaming, they have already encountered their first obstacle and handily beaten it. They continue on, talking and enjoying this place of peace and relief for their fae souls.   Gail spent the first half of her evening, before meeting up with the other changelings, speaking to the priest Gabriel, questioning him about a man that she encountered at a pawn shop (the vampire Corneliu). Gabriel interpreted the vampire as a demon, which the faithful Gail agreed with. She even enchanted the mage so he was able to see her chimerical companion Glatistant, the questing beast. It was a moment of great shifting within Gabriel – and he went on to paint something magnificent to commemorate the moment.   Corneliu , on the other hand, went home after his strange encounter with the changeling girl and spent most of the evening talking with Anubis – who once again is happy to be his confidant. Could there be something more between them? Lucien certainly thinks so – and when he came to meet up with Lazlo for an evening drive, he did not hold back from teasing his old friend about the potentially budding romance between Anubis and Corneliu.   On another side of town, the vampires look to bring themselves to accountability for their actions. Thomas Blackwood  asked his good friend Wolfgang for help returning to the path of humanity, and in return Wolfgang asked for help subduing the Assaku girls: "Seeker" and Kadenz.   Wolfgang and Leon took some time both to feed, but also speak on the nature of vampires’ inherent morality. How that intersects with their need to survive and feed on humans. Wolfgang especially had a rough night, seducing a woman (or a few) to feed on before the sun could rise, and it left a distinctly bad taste in the professor’s mouth.   There are other vampires, however, who do not feel so strongly about such things. New arrival to the Miami scene, Dhakir the Setite, slunk into the Shining Moon Club and came face to face with party girl and general nuisance Missy Jeong. She entertained his advances for naught but a few moments before ditching him for some other man stupid enough to take her drugs for her.   Dhakir, witnessing Missy’s feeding, invites her to join the Setites. While reluctant, the promise of more intoxicants excites her enough to agree to show him around. As a sign of good faith, Dhakir brought another partier over to share with Missy. Unfortunately, the other vampire was not quite so cautious, and Missy managed to not only coerce the poor mortal into overdosing. Instead of letting the mortal die, Dhakir chose to ghoul her and left with a new friend in tow. Missy went on her own way, almost certainly to cause more trouble.   Not all were so lucky to escape the clutches of death this day, however. The mortal Gabriel received news of his mother’s passing and has shut down his shop temporarily to grieve her. While wandering the city in a state of shock, he met with the Brujah Corinthia Banner, who comforted him in the midst of his grief.   A mysterious figure has claimed their fourth victim, but hardly anyone seems to be looking for the source of this disturbance. Perhaps because Florida is already a place of such weirdness and mystery that a disappearance is as natural as seeing a gator unless a sink hole causes it, and then that’s just Tuesday. Still, it is disquieting to watch the body count rise.   Percival and the werewolf Vidar started out the night looking for the people who kidnapped the mage the previous night, but did not have much luck. There was little to go on, and both eventually joined with the other Garou who were investigating where the Mark came from.   After a false start at the Vagabond Motel (a truly dreadful, but mundanely dreadful place), they gathered outside of St. John Bosco Catholic Church . Though it seemed perfectly normal, Silence’s reconnaissance led to the discovery of a bloody basement full of dark magic and sorcery. The group was also able to determine that there were both guards inside and outside of the church… and that it was warded against their kind.   Claire attempted to enter through the Umbra and nearly got herself killed for it, far advancing her curse and rendering herself nearly useless in combat, and Vidar entered into the Umbra to speak to a magpie spirit. The spirit was able to give some useful information, but requested in turn that Vidar cease the shiny bell from ringing out.   Vidar agreed, and gave the magpie two items: one that belonged to his mother and one to his father. He begged the magpie to keep them safe, which the magpie agreed to.   Stepping back into the mortal world, Lou and Tito were nominated to go up and silence the bell. While their work went quietly, the rest of the team was not so lucky.   Finding the basement entrance was easy enough, but a church goer tried to stop them from entering and Claire stabbed her to death immediately, spurring the disguised security detail to spring into action.   Tito managed to distract the sniper, but unfortunately the others are not so lucky. Caught in a hail of silver bullets, it now becomes a question of who stays and who goes, and whether going means going beyond the veil.   They eventually fought their way to the underground crypt, finding it empty - abandoned by it's master. While they were able to break the curse upon their own, not only is their afflicter still out there, but now the hunters know of a massacre that must be investigated.