Mayday Plays - Vegas By Night: Episode 28: One Spot

Episode Date: April 5, 2025

With the Silver Dollar complete, the New Generation sorts some business in the city. CAST Amanda as Jackie Santana (Banu Hakim) Eli as Niles (Caitiff) Lev as Mal (Lasombra) Zakiya as Sybil Geier (Gangrel) Sergio as John Burrows (Ravnos) Vince as Raguel (Salubri) Caleb Miller as The Storyteller -- 👕 MERCH: http://ko-fi.com/maydayrp & https://mayday-merch.printify.me/products 💵 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/maydayrp 📰 Join our newsletter: eepurl.com/iIVUjo 🎙 Listen to us: 🟣 Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mayd…ys/id1537347277 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5vdTgXoqpSpMssSP9Vka3Z?si=97a6a19d71cf4be0 🟠 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mayday-roleplay 🌟 Other Socials 🌟 🐦 Twitter: http://twitter.com/maydayroleplay 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/maydayrp/ 🔴 Website: http://maydayroleplay.com/ 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maydayroleplay 👾 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maydayroleplay 🔵 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maydayrp Thanks for your support!

Hello, folks. I've just been subjected to a lot of mental damage, so you'll have to forgive me. Good morning, Kindred, and welcome back to Vegas by Night. May Day Roleplay's Vampire the Masquerade Chronicle. Look, I know that life might be hard. Maybe you just fed an ageless twink to a big pterodactyl. Maybe a nameless young woman your boss stole is put on a videotape. Maybe the world's first wife guy is living in the pit of your soul. Maybe you have an addiction to touching every shiny object regardless

of their ability to blow your hands off. Maybe you have visions of dead nirvana so strong that you're constantly having to remind people you're not in a cult. Or maybe you just said goodbye to your first love, your convertible. Whatever the trouble, you're here now and I'm here to make it worse. If you're not familiar with us, you can watch season one of Vegas by Night on all of our major platforms. And if you want more than Vegas by Night, all of our backlog is available on YouTube, Twitch, VOD, Spotify and Apple Podcast. While you're there, please consider writing us

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Please take care of yourself and be aware. Let's get started. Humanity was cursed, and this curse brought the Clan of the Rose to paint on crushed red petals in the first dawning of our city. Arikel, whose name still falls like the Grand Drape to the start of our play, drew attention like no other even as a mortal. She was beautiful, worldly, and talented, but her eyes rarely bothered with anything past her art. Invited by her most superior into the

tower that roosted in the center of Enoch, she was offered a chance to display her worth and mural. The mural, beautiful and all-encompassing, blindingly honest as its creator, drew the ire in the empty heart of the first to bear the curse. It depicted the magnificent start of our empire, the creation of Enoch, into its flourishing present like a rose to bloom. Then the wilting of that dream in a future yet to come, our world on fire in some distant future yet to pass. Driven to an unimaginable rage by the fear embroiled by that canvas, Arakel was embraced

by the first, and made to suffer the blindsided obsession of her art to pay penance in her blood. And now the artisans amble through life in search of purpose in their art, like any poor busker might. The toreadors suck dry the creativity of the world and hoard the same as dragons the wealth of the human soul. Lost in their pursuit of meaning, the rest of the world and its demands are unconcerning to their appetites. Only creation can bring them back to humanity. We will sap more than blood, steal more than life. We will climb into your bed and drink your dreams free from the marrow.

We will swallow everything that might make you worthy, purely in effort to keep ourselves entertained even for precious few years. The worst is, we will promise the rest of the world, with no intent to keep our word longer than it takes to steal everything you are. We will take the parts of you that you loved. We will hang them on shelves like trinkets. We will forget to whom that love belonged by the time the dust has collected.

We will kill our darlings. Welcome to Vegas by night. ["The Last Supper"] I'm going to be a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a

little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it.

I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it. Welcome back. Let's introduce our cast and see if we can do it as well as we did last week.

My name is Caleb James Miller. I'm going to be your storyteller tonight. Hi, I'm Amanda and I'm playing Jackie Santana. My name is Eli, I'm playing Niles Ames. I'm Lev and I play Mal. I'm Sergio and I'm playing Burrows. I'm sex. So close!

No! Oh, so close! No! How? How? How? That's awesome! I may be Vince and I may be playing Rygel. Once again, I am secure and I play Sybil.

Oh, beautiful, beautiful. Okay, we'll get it next week. Once again, I am secure and I play simple. Beautiful. Beautiful. Okay, we'll get it next week. That's right though. That's right for us. There's always next week or next time. It makes sense that all it takes is for one of us to leave and the whole dynamic changes come back and it's all the same again. Okay, we have a recap this week from Burrows. Lord forgive me, I've done a lot of bad things and not a lot of time and well it's been awhile

since you and I had a heart to heart. I knocked over the silver dollar and a few hours later ate it and taken the second life of a young kindred named Adon. But my biggest sin of all was having to toss my sweet baby blue. I bought the car first thing after I dragged myself out from that damn mausoleum double H rots in. Blue isn't normally my color, more like a red or a black or a white, but it was such

a pretty thing and well, I just had to own it. And now it's probably rusting in some desert police lot. Still, I won't deny the thrill of it all. That job, catching up with Adon and even wrecking Baby Blue. It was a thing you see in the pictures like those MGM ones I used to be in. You gotta understand, I've been losing for so long, I forgot what winning felt like.

And last night it reminded me that it feels damn good. Almost better than the loss. And remember Lord, they started it all by making this personal. Ragel explained that all that money would be too much heat on us and it'd be better suited planted on the Hakata, but to keep it out of sight while we figure out how to do that, we'd keep it at Niles' bubblegum mansion. And that is where we did Adon, by way of feeding his carcass to spoons, or whatever it is now. Yeah, Big Wheels is turning, and they got a long way to roll, but they rolling all the

same thanks to John Burroughs. And my coterie, of course. Hell, I'm damn lucky that there's enough beef between Vegas and the six of us that knocking over a Camarilla casino ticks everyone's boxes. I wanted to frame the Puttanescas and by extension the Hakata. Niles owed the Anarchs a favor and Symbol wanted to stick it to Adon's family. Ragel, like his sire, seems to have embraced a sort of jihad against Vegas. And I'm pretty sure Mal's just in it for the LOLs. Honestly, if all the Banu Hakim are as ride or die as Jackie is, I think I'm gonna get me some new judge friends. Yep, it's all coming together now like a fool's gold loaf sandwich. You know, sometimes with all this polyticking,

it can feel like I'm the loneliest vampire in Vegas. I mean, hell, I got bit and then thrown into a hole for like 30 years. I don't know shit about kindred history or etiquette or what you're not supposed to do. I can barely keep up with it all. But tonight, Niles set me straight on all of it. But then they asked me permission to do one of those things that you ain't supposed to do.

I said yes without fully understanding what I was committing to. But after they drank from me for the second time, I finally understood the gravity. It was more than just some top-off for them. understood the gravity. It was more than just some top-off for them. Niles was promising something, to become more than just friends. They're not the first person to throw themselves at me, but here in this life it means a lot more than just the adoration. More like a loyal hound who can no longer say no. For now, I'm gonna step back from the limelight for a minute, let the others More like a loyal hound who can no longer say no. For now, I'm gonna step back from the limelight for a minute. Let the others steer the ship for a while. We gotta let the heat off.

We gotta pay our respects to Slo and everyone who helped us. Make sure there's no loose ends with those puttanescas. Make sure they get what's coming to them. Brick by brick, we're gonna make this city ours. Oh, and Lord, I hope you're taking care of Lydia for me. She was a good old gal, and hell, she deserved a lot better than what I could offer her at the time. It'll be a great regret of mine that she can't see this glorious empire we're building. I'ma make sure that for the next one, I am better positioned to support them the way they deserve. Yeah, I think this whole pretending to date women that look my age just ain't the right angle no more. If I'm going to keep climbing the ladder, I need a young vivacious girl that

can keep up with me and my new fast paced lifestyle. You know, the best part of all this winning I've been doing lately is I barely hear that voice in my head so damn much. You know, the one that's constantly telling me to do bad things. Who knew if you just listen to it once in a while, it actually shuts up? God, I'm afraid of the monster we've made. Oh no.

Uh oh. Beautiful, that was fantastic, John. I would like to ask at this point, have any of you made any changes to your sheets that you would like to declare in front of the group? You can always save it for a dramatically appropriate context as well. In addition to that, it should be noted, uh, our hunger scores, uh, at least where we left it. Um, let's check in with our group from last,

uh, session, and then we'll check in with Zach and their time in between. Uh, so what are our hunger scores looking like, gang? Okay, we've got four for Ragel, one for Burrows, two for Jackie. You said it got down to one. One for Mal and one for Niles. Okay, all right, we're kind of top heavy,

but we've got some low scores there. I'm proud of you guys. I did put a dot into subterfuge just because I've been doing so much lying lately. Nice. Yeah. That is very true. A lot of lying out of this group Recently say something I've been forgetting to do is if I if my hunger is less than three I there needs to be a penalty to my roles because I have the asceticism Thank you for reminding me. I'm making track of that

I'm gonna track of that. I'm gonna write that down right now. Cause I routinely forget that as well. Okay, Sybil, would you like to fill us in just routinely on where your hunger score is at in the remaining nights since you saw that VHS? Yes. So Sybil's been doing some digging, which has resulted in a boost in technology and survival. So now there's a dice pool for those. That's great. But let me go through my notes.

I'm so sorry. That's all good. Okay. So based on the research that she did between the things, do we want to talk about it now? Just hunger score for now. And we can bring that up when we get to your scene the next night. Okay, then she's got a healthy hunger of three.

Healthy hunger of three. And you're looking a little healthier, right? We took down some aggravated damage. Yes, yes. Beautiful. Okay, we zoom in from the night sky of Las Vegas as that camera peers away from what essentially, according to John Burroughs, is a newly founded master and hound relationship.

We zoom up from John and Niles outside of the police station and over the skyline of Las Vegas until we zoom ourselves down into the depths of this place below the meadows where the roots sink deep into the tunnels that are both sewer system and old flood system to avoid taking the city down with it. We follow through many of these tunnels, of which the engine has called home many times until we appear in front of the doors to Little Vegas, where three eyes meet one and the terrifying giant that keeps the door Bront, at the front of Little Vegas, opens that massive gate for Ra'Gel and Jackie to make their entrance into the

Nosferatu Haven that exists just under the Strip. Your intentions here are your own. I believe we came here to speak with Bugsy and to get some investigating done in the direction of some books we've come into contact with. And of course, as always with Jackie, there is some rituals to be done. I release this beautiful world to you. Little Vegas is, as it always is,

a light with these incandescent old slot machines that line the bottom floor of this domed out exterior, the bar in the far left with old broken down signs from the many casinos that did not survive into modern nights, and the many Nosferatu and surprising amount of unhoused mortals that call this place home as well, who every time you find yourselves in this room, you wonder how it is that they keep so many under their thrall without worry for the beautiful masquerade that keeps over our

little dance here. Ragel, Jackie, it's yours. Um, uh, I'm gonna, I'm looking around the room and I see the bar that, um, is just right off to the side. I'm going to kind of tap on, uh, right. I'll be like, I'm a little peckish. Do you mind if I just, I just gotta get a little something in me really quick before we see Bugsie? Yeah. Yeah. Do your thing. Yeah. No. And if I get any hungrier, I I'll just start bleeding from places and I don't want bugs. I'm trying to keep a respectful appearance for him. That's fair. That's fair um Okay, I'm sorry I gotta ask

What happened to you When I last saw you, when you were live, you were on a different path. How the hell did this happen? Oh. Yeah. I was doing a piece on- BarQube 2, please. I'm going to point to the BarQube 2. O- if you have them.

As you arrive here at the bar, you're casting that question in the direction of Ragel, and Ragel is picking at himself, trying not to answer. The bartender comes over, this scraggly, skinnyed out Nosferatu woman, a woman who has this large hump on her back that almost looks like a second head is growing out the side of her right shoulder. But she does, in fact, fix you two blood bags out in front of you with taps to enter into your arteries, your vessels, and then leaves you to it. The neon glow underneath the bar, illuminating the conversation and casting this strange, strong blue light under Ra'Gel's face that causes long shadows across his

brow. Cheers, but yeah. Continue. Sorry. No, no, no, no. Yeah, I was doing a piece on LVMPD, the major crime squad, corruption. There was allegations that they were running drugs for the Sinaloa cartel. Look at you. They got me dead. Oh, no, no, no, Oh, they got me dead.

Oh, no, no, I know. But that's that's a great case from what that's like. That's exactly what we were like. You kind of wanted to do them. Like I'm proud of that. Of course, I didn't dead, but still, I appreciate that. Yeah. Yeah.

It bugs. He actually called me out to the middle of the desert, middle ofie actually, uh, called me out to the, uh, middle of the desert, the middle of the night saying he was going to reveal everything to me. So I took the call and, uh, the guy in charge of that squad captain, uh, underwood ambushed me on the way, put a bullet in me, mo curve found me. And that's how I ended up a salubri instead of a nasvaratu. It was this close to being real ugly. I'm gonna look around like, what you mean? There's definitely some looks at the bar as mentioning just how ugly the patrons are.

I mean, you got a third eye, so we got to be careful with that. Tomato potato. That's true. Yeah, you're right. Fair, fair. I'll be honest, I I of all people, I kind of I I don't wish that for you, but. Hey, I won't. It's actually it was it was a great pleasant surprise to see a familiar face though sam yeah how did you end up uh ironically um i too was getting i was tracking down something, uh, basically some, I was, I got too eager, kind, uh,

was approaching some, uh, basic soldiers, basically doing things they shouldn't be doing, let's just say gang mentality almost got me almost got me it almost he they they were they were about to kill me. But when I tell you it was a bloodbath that I was not expecting we just got attacked all around. I can still the best way I can describe it is a fog of bloody mist. That's how fast and lethal it was. And next thing I knew, I'm in a cave with the person who tried to kill me and Uzama,

my potential sire, potential my future. And I was given a choice for if I would like to see basically the justice of the crimes being carried out. And frankly, I took it. It's a hard deal to pass down, turn down. I was dead. There was no way I was going to live if it wasn't for Zama. So how could I not save my life or online? Was this Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Kurdistan? It was Iraq. Yeah.

I won't lie. I do miss some of the food there. I wouldn't. But it's a weird place for me. Both good and bad. Yeah. So basically Middle East and South America, kind of interesting places for us to probably do a board for a little bit. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. One hundred percent.

There's something I wanted to ask you. Yeah. Blood magic sorcery. I don't know what the proper term is, but that's like your wheelhouse. Yeah. It was probably the weirdest introduction, but it was definitely effective. And honestly reminds me of chemistry class. That's the best way I can kind of say it, but with actual results. The thing about that I've come to be fascinated by blood is how we all know how important this glass, this O negative is, but do you know that I can take this life giving property and then just make it into a weapon of our own? It is the most powerful thing. And it's kind of a beautiful

study. It's a hyper fixation of mine if you haven't guessed it. And I want to find out what else we can do with it. And I may have something for you. Oh, really? Mocha and I picked up a book in Louisiana and we need blood magic to make sense of it. And it's a, but it's kind a potential path to Golconda. Oh, why definitely would like the Do you know the basements in the club? Yes. I've Yeah, I've rented that out. That's actually going to be my lab right now. Oh, okay. Yeah. If you can bring that book over and we'll actually, because let's actually,

we can actually take a look and see if we can crack that sucker open. Where'd you find it? But where'd you find it? It was given to us. Oh, chica, chica, what else? It gossip girl. What's that? What explain? Oh, if I can interject very quickly, please. Jackie.

Yes. He's very paced when he tells you that. He's very clear with that intention. Could, Jackie, I'd like you to roll a Insight plus Wits, and Ragelle, I'd like you to roll a Composure plus Subterfuge. With the blood, can I take one blood, the red dye away, because I had two hunger, but I was drinking, can I just take one?

Yes, you're drinking right now, you can take one hunger away with the amount you drunk drank at the bar, drunk drank. Sweet, that's a good pool. Oh shit. Four, six, seven. Oh. Two successes.

Inside him. Raquel, you feel the harsh stare of the judge across your way. Jackie was imposing before you'd ever truly knew her when you were just two mortals fighting it out in your careers. She's even worse now. There's something cold behind the eyes

that makes you feel like a kid in trouble in school or like you're being tossed into the back of a police cruiser, makes you feel like a kid in trouble in school or like you're being tossed into the back of a police cruiser or even worse like you're about to go away for life and Jackie is constantly on the edge of delivering that judgment to everyone including you and so the words fall and they fall in An illusion of honesty, Jackie, but you get the feeling that he gave it to us is not exactly the full truth here. I get what you mean.

But like I said, to my lab is open. And honestly, I would like to know a little bit more about MoKUR because that is, because honestly, I just got to, like I said, I'm trying to get to know the area a little bit better and I don't know that much about them. You remember the Kurds? Yeah. He's the Kurd.

He's an insurgent. I can't put it any more plainly. Fair enough. Fair enough. I don't know where that puts him and me in context with what your job is, but I mean, I'm not going to lie to you about that. That's you're going to see that soon enough. You're not. I'll tell you this. You and Moe Kerr were not the reason why I was sent out here.

Okay. And that I can be 100% honest and upfront with you. If you really want to know. Let's just say the Camarilla has been sticking their nose in our territory, and they just wanted me to come out to establish a base here to also get our presence known. Bano Akeem is more isolated, we're aware, but we're making a branch out, we're expanding. We're not taking over, we're not trying to do that.

But I can, let's just say our presence definitely needs to be felt elsewhere. You're, and you've been aware of... Yeah, it's. That's a topic for another time. But if you ever do want to just like. If you're also looking to expand into blood magic. That that that's going to take another thing. Just that that's a little bit more work, but it's not something I'm 100% against. So like I said, if you have any questions or anything like that, my lab, that's always open. This fucking third eye is more than I need right now, but

and everything that comes with it. Not gonna lie. I'm kind of I'm Very grateful that I didn't come across mocor. That's a little vain and ass. Holy. I'm lying me. I'm sorry. That's fair. Sometimes I uh, Sometimes I wish it was Bugsy that got his hooks in me first. But I've- I like Bugsy.

I do too. I hesitate to call myself a true believer at this point, but with what I've seen, I don't think I can afford to be anything other than that. You know what? Look, I wanna we're, I, you know what? We, I, I have, look, I want to talk more about some of those visions and dreams that, and I know we just, um, but that's not tonight.

We're here to see Bugsy and frankly, um, rather get that off my play, but I would like to, let's keep, keep talking about that. I think we can compare notes and what's the play by the way, we, uh, I know you probably want to ask about Fontainebleau. The dev. I here's honestly I. Bugsy right now I his I just like to keep him up to date and I want to build a better I actually think the bono came and the Nasroth too can have an extremely tight bond in the Alliance and I want to basically see if there's any extra fate like any favors

that can be done in exchange for helping me out. I agree with that Bugsy you know he's he's an underb, but he's a man of his word. See, I like, I think that's why I love him. Why are you here for him? Oh, I'm going to see if they can hook us up with some information on Putnetska bank accounts. That's right, that's right. I'm gonna down the rest of my O negative and then just be like, all right, I got my nerves up, are you good? I'm good to go.

Thank you. Take out some cash and put it down. A little extra money. Sorry for my friend's attitude earlier. And then just slide that over. And wouldn't be the first time I've been called ugly. And she slaps her hump. She takes the cash.

Well, to him, to others, get a winking nod. She gives you a look like maybe you're not her type somehow. It happens. And then waddles away. She's going to spin our blood next time. The two of you are making for the center of the room, for those steel-graded stairs that extend up almost to this watchtower. Not unlike the house that you all broke into in the Silver Dollar Casino,

but instead of the beautiful Roman architecture that came along with Adon, it is the soiled, browned, rusted metal of these little Vegas architecture pieces. You walk all the way up and you can see just as you're reaching the door into Bugsy's office, his bodyguards have obviously moved out of the way for you. Many of them looking close to Brontes,

almost as though they could be siblings, but none of them as nearly as imposing as the cyclops that keeps the gate. But as you're closing in on that door, that windowed, almost utility door, you see that Dharma, the Medusa, the Gorgon that works alongside as Bugsy's first child and underling moves past and through the door and looks behind her mask, that beautiful, almost pewter metal mask, surprised to see the two of you.

She looks to the two of you and says, good evening, it has been a moment since I've seen the two of you last. Excuse me, I have pressing importance to take care of. Yes. Let's not get in your way. Yes. Good to see you, Dharma. Good to see you as well. I hope to see the two of you in Elysium soon enough to make some appearances in the effort of your endeavors.

She presses that with almost an air of body language that leans into you, that makes the two of you feel as though that is more suggestion than it is nicety. And then she begins to flit down the stairs and at about half she reaches into her gauzed, beautiful draperies over her body and pulls from that soiled, almost pustule skin on the side a Nokia phone from the hem of her skirt. It is an old brick, one of those you could kill a man with if you threw too hard. And she immediately, fervently starts punching in a number and calling, fitting it to the side of her mask and the speaker to just under.

She seems in a fervor as she descends down the stairs. Hmm. You know, look, I was going to say weird is. Yeah, that's the understatement for that. I guess we got to go to Elysium unless we want her. Is her. Yeah, probably. Fucking hell. All right.

That's it. Bugsy, in his beautiful elephantitis ways, is seated behind that waterlogged wooden desk that no doubt must have been from one of the old casinos. Something that has survived the 60s just as Bugsy has. He is in a new tux tonight. You wonder how it is that he dressed in it with his immense size, but it is as torn and as fettered as the last, but in a shocking Sinatra

white with a matching black bow tie that has come loose around his bulbous neck. And that watery third eye of his that is attached to the second globe does wander over in your direction as he claps his hands together and welcomes you into the room. Oh, hey, isn't it a couple of my favorites, the engine, the people who like to shit where they eat and then light that shit on fire. Welcome, welcome. What can Bugsy do for the two of yous?

Welcome. What can Bugsy do for the two of yous? Bugsy, I'm gonna reach over, shake your hand again, be like, it's great to see you again. We just needed to stop by. Jackie, there is an immense waddle, like a turkey's gobble in his arms as he thunderously claps his hand into yours and shakes. And you can see the fabric of the tux

is fighting against the mass gelatinous size of him. I like the new tux. White work. I was always told by my mother that I look good in white because I'm such an angel, you know. No. We had some company earlier and I wanted to make a show of it

because it's not often somebody comes from up where they piss down to where it lands. Everything good? Yeah, things are good. Things are good, just some rumblings around the city about, you know, it's a very pissed off venture. Is there anything we can, is there anything I can help you with?

Anything that you need to... I don't know how any of that would have anything to do with you two. And he gives you a very pointed look between the two of you. If you need any... If you have any assistance, you've helped me and then there's a reason why I'm here to... There is another reason why I'm here to, there's another reason why I'm here to see you, because-

Listen, this is not the first time that a human spreadsheet has been angry at us. We'll get through this. It just means a little talking, which is what everyone in this city loves the fucking most. Talk, talk, talk, talk. Well, I don't wanna take up all your time with talking too much, so.

I'm trying to look up something, and I know that you might have info on that. I know a little about a lot. Maybe I can help you. Okay, the name, the name. Jackie's looking off to the side. I'm sure like what is the name? Cause he's having a brain first. Like what is the name of the casino? Raquel will speak up. Thank you. Fontaine blue. I'm looking for the, I've been... I was given information about... Braggel... Fontainebleau, correct? Fontainebleau.

Thank God. I keep thinking Fountainbleau. It's not Fontainebleau. And I'm... There's something there that is very... There's something there that the Bano O'Keefe would like to get access to. It is, honestly it's a dev kit. And this is in support of our LaMia inquiries with the Saints Tears. Is it? It is. We identified that this, we spoke with PDF. I'm sure PDF already let you know. We looked into this encrypted program that we couldn't get access to called Hound Dog. And it seems like the dev kit that may or may not be

at the Fontainebleau is really our only way to crack it. Which generates additional leads. He is obviously knit in the brow. He's quiet. His whole demeanor sort of changes. And you can see that there's this big gulp in his throat just at the thought of the name. And he takes his hands where he had been gesticulating before in what you imagine maybe a thousand years ago would have been an Italian American. He puts his hands down onto the desk and he folds them as if he's trying to keep them contained. He says, the Fontainebleau, that's, I mean, if it's gonna be anywhere, it might as well be there.

And you're sure that what you're looking for is in that place? The source, the source is good. The intel is from a good source. Well, listen, you two are not adverse to digging up graves, you shouldn't. So maybe the Fontainebleau would be perfect for your group. The Fontainebleau has been through more than a lot of places in Vegas, can say.

And that's talking about a place where everything goes out of business every other day. It's been in the family for a very long time. But it's from grandpa, not from papa. It's from the old administration when cost was running things. We haven't touched that place in a long time and it's dangerous and it's mine or at least it is now. It's a casket. Listen, if you're asking me for permission, then you already know that it has something to do with me.

You have it, and if you need to go in there, you need to go in there. But you need to have an understanding that the Fontainebleau is a place where ghosts go to die, to wither. We stopped sending people there because they stopped coming back. Arthur Cost had a deal with one of my men, a PDF before PDF.

And whatever it is that he did for Arthur Cost, he did it for him at the Fontainebleau. They kept that hotel abandoned, lost to time, and whatever operation that was happening in between was masqueraded behind that attempt to keep that business alive but when Arthur Cost didn't want you to find something it's because he didn't want to see it himself so whatever happened it's not good if the dev gets there it's because no one can get to it So I would say exercise all the caution in the world my friends No if we have an opportunity to Clear it make it more of a Permissive operating environment for you and your people.

Would that be something of use to you? I've always wanted a Fontaine Blueback. If that's the boom that's on collateral for your permission to enter, then I think that's a fair trade. Whatever happened there, I want to know about it. And if you can return it to my hands without somebody losing their fucking life over it, then of course, I think we have a deal I'll run it past the rest of the group, but I'm sure they're gonna be on board and because you've been good to us and I'll do what I can to make it happen

your your Goth friend What's your name now now that one uh hangs out in the church i would take them okay yeah noted oh god there was um there was one other thing i wanted to ask wow you people are full of fucking asking me for things, huh? You got no other friends in this fucking city? You got to come down here and talk to the shit people? First of all, you are not a shit person. You are king of the shit people.

I am king of the shit. I like that. We're going to get a big banner over Little Vegas. This is king of the shit. I would very much be interested in. Identifying any offshore Putin, Eska bank accounts. Oy oy oy now where I why on God's green Earth would you be interested in Putin Eska bank accounts?

Because they pissed arterios and I want to piss back. Hmm. OK. All right. You're speaking my language. Listen, we Nosferatu, we're not a nefarious type. We're not spies. We're not information gatherers.

We've never done that before in our entire lives. But we have a very complex information gathering structure that may or may not have to do with a lot of reconnaissance and information gathering. Listen, I don't have it on hand, but if someone were to ask very nicely and kiss me in the right places, yeah, I might hand that over. It's $1.9 million and I can promise you a cut. It's just money, huh? Just money.

I just want them to look like they've got plenty of shit on their face. God, you best come correct if you're coming for a Buda Naska. Listen, I'm not interested in money. I don't know if you know, but I don't live in a place where money really matters. That's fair. I'm willing to give you this, but I gotta have something on the table that I want. Can it be something I promise you myself individually?

Well, now that's interesting. Selling yourself is a whole other thing. It is the first profession. Ah. Oldest and best. What are you offering? Or can Jackie not hear this? Do I need to send the reporter out of the room? Oh. No, no.

She's good. Honestly, whatever you want. Whatever I want. Visions. I've been having a lot of those lately. I could try to find something for you. Know something for you. There is something you could do for me. It's a big ask though.

Believe or not, Bugsy, I actually trust you a lot. And I have no doubt that it's something that I would be able to provide. Okay. Okay. Okay. Listen, I'll wire you the information as soon as we have it and then you and I can have a private discussion when you're a little less indisposed. If you're going for the Fontainebleau

and you're dealing with the Putinescas, God bless me. Bless you, bless you. Whoa, oh, it's not often I do one of those. His whole body quakes. Listen, if you're going after the Pudinuscus, who strangely

just had a very interesting outburst in the center of Las Vegas directed at the Ventrue who are angry. Huh. Listen, I can help, but you're going to have your plate full until after so we can talk about what you owe me then let's do this yeah we're looking at the Fontainebleau I'll come back with news either good or bad or indifferent

and then you and I can have a conversation after okay beautiful there is a dead drop and playing in Hollywood You're gonna go into the second restroom on the right. It's a woman's restroom. So, Raquel, get a nice wig or send Jackie in. I'll get those. In the third stall, by midnight of the next night, I'll have something for you under the toilet. Just where you like it, Roggell. Should have all the information you need for your crusade on the Putanescas.

Thank you. Very good. I mean, this sounds like business, folks. It does. And I'll extend a hand. He puts that big flabby, I mean, his whole body shakes the second that he moves it over, and he shakes you from forearm, really heavy shake. Says, you two just stay safe and come back

from the Fontainebleau alive like nobody else has. You got it. All righty. Have a great evening. You too, Jackie. Keep it up. We need more good reporters in this town, you two. Only a matter of time before the two of you are working at the sun. Bada-bing.

See you, Bugsie. See ya. Go with God. Take our leave. I'm gonna rag out. I'm gonna kind of wait till we're a little bit, a little, pull you away for a little bit and look back. How do you feel with that? I feel good.

Maybe I'm naive as fuck and this is going to blow up my face or bite me in the ass one day. I was kind of hoping that Fontainebleau would been a big enough boom, but we'll we'll keep that. We'll keep that. I'll help you try to get that done. So the way I appreciate that The way I see it

this was a man who never had to tell me that he was looking to turn me and that he was luring me out to that desert to fucking Make it happen. He'd never had to tell me that he was under no obligation to do that. Yeah, I Trust him for better or worse And he has been good to us. Absolutely. All right. No, I just wanted to be sure that you were okay with that.

Are you going to tell the others or no? Oh, 100%. Okay. Yeah. I don't know if you wanted me to be quiet about that. So. No, I am trying to be the better example for this coterie and secrets don't make friends. That is...

That's a statement I don't necessarily 100% agree with, but I'll leave that be. That's fair. To build trust, you gotta give trust. At this point, there's something that throws both of your hackles up, especially yours Raquel. You can feel a twinge, a drop of blood drop from your third eye. Jackie, you see it first as Raquel has more of a sight on Little Vegas than you do with the positioning of the two of you at the outside of this door.

Raquel, could you make a wits plus auspex roll? And Jackie, could you make a wits plus awareness roll? I can indeed. That's a pretty good roll. That's a pretty good pull. Six successes, baby. Two. Jackie, you're in conversation with Raquel. He's just said something that touches almost to the soul of who you are. The only disagreement is on whether you should be honest or secret.

And as you're realizing that the two of you are far more similar than you are apart, you're distracted. You're seeing the mortal in him. You're remembering reading those stories and thinking that this man was doing what you were doing at a local level. That rivalry that was sparked on mutual obsession. But it's clouding your judgment. Ra'gel, as always, you are clear. And as that thin trickle of vaite hits your forehead, you see the gates of Little Vegas opening and Brontes pulling the door free and an individual walking alone into Little Vegas.

He wears a waterlogged black suit underneath a black vest, bulletproof, you're assuming, embroidered with rock security. He has shoulder-length black hair that is slicked back with a large, neatly kept black beard. You imagine that he is of some form of Middle Eastern descent, a beautiful angular man who immediately has this imposing presence in the room. And he is stepping into the center of Little Vegas as the doors shut behind him. And he is, with six successes, you can absolutely discern that he is scanning this place, almost with Terminator-like determination. He is rigid and still, and he moves in strafing straight lines

with no serpentine movement to him whatsoever. He is all corners, this one. Is there a way? Raigel's gonna attempt to, he's gonna grab Jackie's hand, and if they're not in a place where they're currently locked down and can't maneuver, gonna try to skirt around the outside, around and away from this guy

and make it beeline for the gates. Got it, so to put this into perspective, you guys are up on this tower. There's this sort of circular staircase, spiral staircase that goes down to the middle. He is to the east through the main gate of Little Vegas. There are these sprawling points at every point of the compass, essentially, where you could extend out into the sewers. You do not want to be even perceived by this man. The two of you are trying to exit out the nearest opposite exit. Yes.

Okay. Could the two of you make an attempt at a stealth plus dexterity roll? I can do that. Or actually, let me clarify this before we roll. The stealth that you're purporting here, are you physically trying not to be seen, or are you trying to be inconspicuous as you leave?

Is this, I'm blends. Okay, so we're blending in with the crowds of Little Vegas. In that case. Yeah, he might clock us, but I don't want to give him any reason to stay on us longer than necessary. Like I want him to look past us. Okay, let me get composure plus stealth then

for the two of you. Okay. Rather than dexterity. Can I? Oh, thank God. Three successes. Three successes. No. Thank God. Three successes? Three successes. Nope.

Two successes. Shoot, I'm gonna go ahead and burn a willpower. Okay, that got me up to three. So three successes. Got it. The two of you managed to blend in racing down the stairs and then finding the table games to the north of the complex here and using the sort of frenetic movements of everyone playing craps and card games and everything along the side to hide behind these bodies and to weave in amongst the crowd.

And you do see that he scans over that area and does not seem to spot in on the two of you or pursue when you're frenetically looking over your shoulder and trying to engage. It seems as though you have an easy exit through the northbound tunnel. Head now. Okay. Take time. The two of you, as you are heading out into that north tunnel, as you get through the gate and the bodyguard keeping watch there, you're left out into the tunnel system that extends out into the rest of Vegas.

You're sort of on the opposite side of where you would like to be if you were going back to Mokur, so you have to double back almost in a similar fashion that the Kingsters had to do after their buddy cop movie went to shit. But you're in a good place for that. The only issue is that you're starting to hear the call of dawn. That beast in you is starting to vignette at the edges of your eyes and you're starting to feel very tired. You're getting to the end of your rope when it comes to the time you have left on this day, on this earth.

Is the intention to get back to Mokur's? What's the intention here? If I get a look to Jackie, you feel that, right? Yeah. Is it closer to Mokur or, I know the club has an entrance from the sewers into the bottom lab. Is that-

We're way closer to Mo'Ker's. We're way closer to Mo'Ker? Yeah. Okay, then we're gonna head to Mo'Ker. Okay, in the interest of making sure that this goes quickly enough that we can get into our next night, could I get a athletics plus dexterity from the two of you

unless we are going the stealthy approach? No, I'll just... Yeah, athletics plus dexterity, that works. Yep. One success. Let me burn a willpower and... Got it. A little three.

Can I burn... Oh, God. Jesus, I want to burn another willpower. That's two successes, it's about as good as I'm gonna get it to only pull three. Yeah, because I got two successes too. It is close to, by the time that you arrive at Mokur's, to the point where you can feel that you're running on the last hour, 30 minutes of nightlife you have,

and you can feel physically that your body becomes sluggish. At times it feels as though you're dragging your ankles, you're picking them up physically and putting them down physically. It almost feels like manual breathing, a panic attack running through the roils of your blood, but eventually you do collapse into the sanctity of that pressure locked Mokur's chamber on the side of the sewers that even that man would not dare to walk in alone. And the two of you fall into a fast protected sleep, not knowing quite where Mokur is, but perhaps he's sleeping under you in the water below. With that, we are going to move into our next night,

reuniting all of the NGen and pursuing full concerns here. Before we do that, we're gonna take a 10 minute break, and then we'll be back with more. Stick around. That's so cool. Hello. Hello. And welcome back

to Las Vegas by night. That's what you're on. Okay. We are moving to the next night. I'd like everyone to rouse, or not rouse, I'd like you to rollouse, or not rouse, I'd like you to roll to see if you've become hungrier in your deep sleep.

Do a rouse check for me. I succeeded, did I get hungrier? Same. Okay. I succeeded, but I do need to roll three additional rouse checks to heal some aggravated damage. Yes, yes, so this also applies to Sybil. If you'd like, this would be your next night of aggravated.

You both will roll three rouse checks to get one aggravated damage back. Okay. So I do get hungrier by one, assuming that the blood bag I had in Little Vegas dropped me by one. Yes, so the blood bag slaked you and Jackie by one. Actually, you're not a bagger, are you Vince?

You're supposed to be drinking animals. We'll say, you know what, the Nosferatu absolutely have some rats on tap. We'll say that you had a rat instead. We'll slake one hunger for the two of you because I didn't amend to that then. So yes, you're up by one, you said? Yep, so I would have dropped by one to three,

I passed two rouse checks, failed one, so I'm back up to four. Got it. I failed two rouse checks and passed one. Okay. So I think that means my hunger is five? Yeah. Let's discern whether you ate in the days you were passed.

So to determine whether you're about to have a frenzy or not, Sybil, give me, how would you have eaten? Do you think, you'd probably just call the carrion house, right? Secure your, so let's roll manipulation plus your points in either the carrion house right now it's your your so let's roll manipulation plus your points in either the carrion house or an F and let's see if they were able to make that happen for you while you were resting up and investigating okay

great okay four successes with four successes we'll say you have eaten at least twice. So remove two hunger. We'll say you're at three. Cool. Cool. Okay, so that leaves us all at a point where no one's killing themselves. That's good. Always a plus. Let's start that next night. We wake up in the carrying house, in the locked room that Sybil calls their office, that Sybil uses when it's most needed. It's the same place that Niles had to rest up not so long ago when an unfortunate circumstance of this

line of business meant that they were exploded. And now, unfortunately, Sybil is suffering a similar fate. But the good news is, Sybil, is that you're a little closer to the truth. Last we saw you, we saw that you had witnessed the VHS tape that was found within the Silver Dollar Casino deep in the bowels of Little Vegas, courtesy of PDF. And as such, in the days preceding, you have learned some new information, or at least pursued it.

Do you wanna fill us in, Sybil, on what you've been accomplishing while the others were chasing down Adon and moving into the next night? Yeah, I think in the time while the chase was being handled, F has since moved a standing desk into this room. So Sybil has her little mobile business station and has been watching the VHS tape basically on loop and sort of sending F to inquire about who that girl is, why

Lucius is even tied up with Teresa in the first place, which makes sense, but she just can't quite which makes sense, but she just can't quite connect the two pieces. So it's been obsession over that for hours and hours and hours. She still has, like, a good amount of burn on her face. And I think, like, on her left hand, the hand that wasn't behind Ragel while she was feeding, like the skin on her fingers has sort of melted together. So she's got kind of a permanent talon arrangement on one of her hands but she's she's typing away okay um it has been a fervor of information for simple you have always been attached to the need to know and

the need to understand and even more so like all good corporate Americans the need to act and the the Loop that you have performed for yourself on your computer of that girl crying in the center of that Cell essentially with the CCTV pointed towards her from that upper right corner. Just a constant 15 second loop of her getting up out of her chair, moving to the other side, coming back and breaking down into tears, sobbing into her hands.

And you have been watching it over and over and over again to try and find a way that this connects to you, to your life, to everything that has happened to you since you died. And as such, the only information you have picked up so far is what you have now paused in on, and that F is searching into as well. On the left forearm of the girl. She brings her hands up to Saab, her face covered in this mat of unkempt hair, long and brunette. Right along the top of the wrist there

is a tattoo, very plain to see. At first, it was hard to zoom in on, hard to understand what it was depicting because of the state of the VHS tape, the state of the material. But after you and F have managed to scan this through, make it a digital file on top of your computer, and then run it through multiple up scalars to try and get some version of resolution out of the film You now have an understanding of what it is depicting. It is a

beautiful red blood drop almost in a wood cutting style and it is easily recognized as a property of the circulatory system. The blood doll system ran out of Las Vegas, out of almost every major city in the Camarilla, to distribute valuable blood dolls to very important individuals. like you Sybil, like so many, have fallen victim to the system that you parasites create. And right now, that is the only lead in terms of her identity. The second piece that F has discovered through siphoning through so many of your files from when you first started working under Teresa and the involvement of you and her company is that you've discovered a paper trail yourself in what F has prepared for you.

Involving Teresa and working directly with Lucius' essentially his LLC, his company that controls a huge sum of shareholder pieces in almost every major casino on the strip, as well as in businesses that he has started himself. And so, Teresa had been working directly in communication with them as a client, and you working under Teresa. But at surface level, where you told us yourself that you thought it made sense that they would be connected, you couldn't find the connection between them and what they were doing in their unlife.

Lucius being a Ventrue, her being a gang roll, you two coming from very separate stories and Teresa's obvious disdain for him for as long as you've known him, it just didn't make sense. Until F has located a series of business interactions between them that have direct receipts in which it seemed as though Lucius was depositing large sums of money directly into Teresa's bank account. This took pouring through Teresa's personal information personal laptop in in order to salvage some of the pieces of her leaving. When she left your life, it was in such a state

that she left almost nothing behind. But one thing she never truly let go, just as you haven't, were the numbers. And these ones don't lie. For as long as 15 years, Teresa was receiving, on the same day of every month, about $3.5 million directly from an account associated with Lucius's company. Do I get...I think the next thing that Sybil does after getting that information is

Confirming that the account is dead that there's no more transactions Based on the date that Teresa disappeared Okay, give me a wits plus Technology or a wits plus finance whichever is higher for you Okay They are the same now a wits plus finance, whichever is higher for you. Okay. They are the same. Now, that's three successes. With three successes, looking into that bank account, you have F make some calls

in direction to the account itself. He masquerades himself as attempting to send wire money through to that account number and confirming that it is correct. and what it comes back to that indeed the number is correct and that it can still be verifiably interacted with. The bank account that you are looking into now which is a personal line from Teresa's that you weren't privy to as her underling, is still active. Was not closed out when she died. I see. She's gonna check for it.

It just looks like money is going into the account. It doesn't look like, you know, no one's buying drinks at a certain 7-Eleven or something. No. The receipts here look like she was keeping track of the money, this direct payment. It's receipt after receipt after receipt of almost like statements from each month directing the money itself. They do stop at the time of her disappearance, but the account itself is still active. You're not sure whether she's still receiving this

on each day, but you'll know essentially at the end of this month, if you were to track it again, if you were to gain access to this account, if you were able to see in and see if on the same date, which looks to be the 27th whether that money drops or not. Okay then the next thing she does is probably call F. Okay in a quick phone call over he picks up on the other side of his line. He sounds scrambled as though he was fighting to get to the phone to answer you as quickly as possible.

But he takes a deep breath and composes himself. He says, hey boss. I need you to look at the, any of the girls that are still at the carry-on house and see if they recognize the face of the woman in the video. She has a similar tattoo as most of them would, but if they've seen her or have ever seen her, we need to figure out exactly where she is. Understood. I'll make sure that it tracks through all of them. Is this covert?

Do you want me to make sure nobody knows we're doing this? Girls are sworn to silence? Yes. Okay. Always, yes. Good. I'll get started. Do you want me to work through to the Cirque? Should I send something to SLO? No. This is just us?

Yes. Okay. Can...um, excuse me. I don't want to speak out of turn. Can I ask you a question? Yes. You know that I'd like to know the underside of things. I want to learn the same way you're learning and obviously there's a lot here. If you could show me the dotted line here, what's, what are we doing? What's, what are we doing? What's going on?

It's complicated. I'm trying to find the way that I'm your boss. Someone was my boss and I need to find out where they are. Okay. This video is the closest I've gotten in months is that her the girl in the video or well, yeah the Yes, the woman in the video is the one that we're looking for Okay, okay, so we find your boss They join up with us and no bigger for it.

No, no, it's actually I need to know where she is for personal reasons, but no one else should know where she is. If the wrong people find out, then. I could potentially go away in a permanent sort of way, which would then put you in a permanent sort of way, which would then put you in a pretty bad spot. So we're protecting her to protect us? Yes, yes. And as soon as that's not necessary,

I don't really know what I'm gonna do. I honestly haven't thought about it. My brain right off the dome says killer, but maybe there's something better to do. Oh, okay. Yeah. You know what? Takeover. Fuck. Yeah. Yes. Yes. In a corporate way, in a very corporate way, not at all literal. I've I've been in a bit of a research hole for a few days. Uh, so I'm, I'm sorry. I'm being a little bit more real than I should, but yes,

yes, that's the plan. Find her. don't tell anyone. Find the other girl, don't tell anyone. And then maybe like one of those mug warmers for the desk? Yeah, yeah. Do you want the logo on it or is this just your aesthetic? Just for me, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I'll get you a mug warmer, and then I'll find where this missing woman is. I wanted just one more question, and if I'm overstepping, put me in line.

This has to do with the other business, right? The circulatory system, the one you came from? Yeah, Yeah, I'm technically still working for it. But yes. You don't think that, like, your new boss has anything to do with your old boss going away? The old guy? I think he's more interested in being entertained, and I think this is all very entertaining for him. So I don't want to put that off the table just yet. He might be involved, but it might not directly be for malice. It might not even be with an intention other than to see what happens. Well, maybe he's the way we get to her then. Yeah, I just I'm a little nervous about that relationship right now.

I just need to make sure that there isn't any fires to put out first. But I I think that's a good idea. Good job. I think that's a good idea. Good job. Thanks, boss. Yes. Thank you. I appreciate that. I'm just trying to do my best.

That's a requirement. How are you? Life is good. I mean, we're bringing in some good numbers. Everyone has been coming back with a lot of great efficiency in terms of what we're trying to accomplish here. I feel really fulfilled. You know, I'm just trying to keep the grind set.

And outside of work. Good. I feel don't take this the wrong way, but alive. I feel alive. It feels like I was asleep for a really long time and then I just started to wake up. And now it's like I just started to wake up. And now it's like I want every second of it. That's good. That's good. Is that how you feel?

Currently? No. She looks down at her hands. I'm still kind of waiting for a lot of my skin to come back, full transparency. We'll get you there. Yeah, yeah. Okay, boss, I've got some girls to interview. I'm gonna line up some meetings and I'll let you know how they go.

Sounds good. Oh, you have a message as well from those, I don't know what to call them, friends? They're just checking in. The loud one, the one who sings, just seeing if you could check in. So when you get a chance, maybe reach out. I think they're worried about you.

Fair enough. Okay. I'll see you about it. Beautiful. We peel away. We pull back to the individuals that have left this night. John and Niles, where exactly did you guys bed down for the night? Some place I haven't been in a while.

Yeah. Niles, you got any ideas? I mean the only place I have is bubblegum mansion and the other place is uh, well, technically I have three places. If we include where I go to eat. Well where do you go to eat? I have a place Well, it can't be as bad as bubblegum mansion let's go there Okay, um sure The only way to get there would be... I don't think we can walk there.

I will say that you probably brought your bike knowing that we were giving up the convertible. Yeah, okay. Then yeah, let's say you'll have to ride on the back of my bike if you don't mind that It's been a while since I've been on a motorcycle. Let's do it. Okay, cool. Then yeah, I'm going to I guess we're gonna bunker down at the fountain Okay. All right It's a longer drive out to the fountain being that you are local just off the strip at the police station But driving through you guys bed down in that strange suburb of Somerset at a, what you see boroughs as a foreclosed house among many other little McMansions. And Niles parks notably down the street from the location and walks you up.

Yeah, Burrows probably looks around confused as to how Niles has access to this place, but he's not going to ask too many questions. It's getting close to that hour that it's just time to bed down. Yeah, I'm going to take him towards the back of the house. Is there a bed or something I can lay in? Unless Niles has made some major changes to the basement there. No, you're gonna have to rough it. Like on the floor?

Yeah. All right, well at least come here and cuddle with me and keep you company. Okay, I guess. But before I open the door, remember the things we're working on. Empathy.

What, you or me working on it? You. You. Definitely. You. I... come on. I'm just gonna walk him into the place. It's extremely cold when you walk inside there. It's a complicated process. You watch as Niles essentially has to use a keypad to get to the walk inside there. It's a complicated process you watch as Niles essentially has to use a keypad to get to the other side there and as Niles describes it's extremely frigid

inside of a freezer cold on the other side and you can already feel your body building, you know, some edges of frost as the door shuts behind the two of you and in the center of the room is that almost chained up corpse, this wired in and pierced woman that is wrapped in almost like butcher block tape, like translucent gauze, like she's a wrapped piece of meat behind it. And then there is this spigot and fountain in the center in front of it that is slowly drip feeding vitane to the center. She's beautiful. She's well preserved. She has a stake in her heart. She does not look like she's waking up anytime soon. And this must be where Niles, uh, has lunch. If you wanted to know how I've been resolving the hunger issue, um,

I've been helping Ellis and Ellis has been helping me so There you go This is actually kind of ingenious and I'll kind of walk closer Not coming off as horrified as maybe he has in the past. I mean in genius yes, but at what cost is the thing I always think about? Yeah, I can imagine you're in pretty deep with Ellis. Who is she, do you know?

I haven't bothered to ask. Yeah, probably from the past. Yeah. So wait a minute, if you got her on tappedpped, why did you take from me to that? Uh, because I don't know who this person is unless I wake them up, but that would disrupt the supply chain. So I needed someone to teach me more than the accessibility to blood. Oh, I see. It was about learning what I could do. I gotcha. Yeah.

Well, I always liked sleeping with the fan on, so I don't think the cold bothered me so much. Yeah, if you're... if we had to absolutely find a new place, This is the only other place I have. It's good to know. I'm glad you showed it to me. All right, well, let's do it, huh? Sure, sure, sure, sure. Find a corner. Do you two sleep in the two corners

of which she can watch over or are you sleeping behind her back? I don't wanna look at her while we... Yeah, I don't think Burrows does either. I think Burrows insists like he'll walk over to another room or something, try to find some carpet at least. Yeah. The nature of sleep for Kindred is not such that you fight to sleep. It is something that happens instantly for you when it becomes close enough because you don't sleep. You die for another day when they come back the next night. But there is an interesting quality to being ready for that as the vignette begins to close on your eyes. This room especially adds to that morose

quality because it's akin to being at a sleepover when you were younger, and someone left the faucet running just enough for drops of water to collect in the basin. And the last few things you hear before the two of you drift off into the next night is the drip, drip, drip of this woman into the fountain. Up at the two of you fall asleep and enter into that next night, the same night that Sybil is investigating the blood drop tattoo and the two of you awake to the same sound, the drippings the next day. What is it that John and Niles are up to in this new night? Burles is gonna get up, give himself a stretch, and turn to Niles and say,

listen, I need a night to just get a couple things done. How about we meet up at the club with the others in a little while? Sounds good for me. I have to take care of a couple things. Alright, alright. Well, if you see any cars on sale that look like they might be up my alley, you let me know because I'm in the market. Sure, I can ask around. No, no, you don't have to ask around. So I'm not asking a favor of you. I'm just saying if you, you know, if you see something cool, just just let me know.

Oh, OK. Yeah, sure, sure. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like looking past you at the basin because I'm waiting for you to leave so that I can eat. Yeah, you know, this whole thing between you and me, we don't have to make this a whole weird thing where like you gotta say yes, sir, and all that kind of stuff. You know what I mean? Let's keep it cool. Yeah, yeah, I expected we were just going to pretend it didn't happen. But yeah, it'll be fine. Nobody has to know. Yeah, yeah, no one has to know.

I'll look back at the fountain, look back at Niles. All right, I'll see you later and I'll just go out the front door. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Excellent. just go out the front door. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Excellent, yeah, and as soon as Burrows leaves, I'm gonna drink so I can keep at that one hunger that I am at before I leave. Okay, beautiful. Could you just give me a current willpower

plus a third of your, yeah, a third of your humanity rounded down just to prevent yourself from draining the entire basin. It's a very easy way to diabolize another person. Could just keep drinking. Okay, three successes. With three successes, you manage to keep yourself from going too far. You drain to one hunger, and then barely wrench yourself free from the basin. As that cold, freezing vitae enters into your blood like an adrenaline shot. And you have to stop yourself from staring

up at that woman, dreaming of adding another soul into that little party in your empty heart. Yeah. I put the basin down and start heading out. I think I'm going to text Hugh and just see where he might be and he drops you a message that says something akin to up north in the desert being Alice's bitch. Uh, send a sad face back to him. And just let me know when you're back in town then. And just let me know when you're back in town then. He sends you like six separate heart eyes. Following that it says, please stay alive, parentheses, or whatever we are. And then the next line reads, and stay off the strip tonight. Bad vibes. tonight. Bad vibes. I'll send a black card back. Yeah. I think Niles is going to head out from here, at least, for the

time being. Do you have a direction in mind or should I jump to John here? Jump to Burrows. Okay. He's driving off. You're not gonna like to hear what I have to say. I don't think Burrows is gonna do much more other than go hit up a couple of

restaurants, bars. He's probably going to go to a buffet and then top it all off at like his favorite pizza place. And then he's going to probably go out drinking maybe do a little gambling. He's just kind of like looking for some trouble. Probably he's flirting really hard with every waitress that comes by, that kind of thing. Yeah. You end up, before inevitably the group comes together, at a really seedy bar, north of Fremont, a local joint,

not somewhere that most are going to end up at. But you remember from old statement days when this place was your kingdom, and you needed a place to prove to somebody you knew the area. It is classic old Vegas. It is a dive bar with nothing going on. There are these light up slot machines and card games that are at the bar itself so you can bet as you drink and there are these old timers all around it and there is this collection of people who have made this place their entire personality for as long as they've been alive The beer is cheap and the food is greasy and it's maybe the third meal you've packed into this night, Burroughs

but the most notable thing about this place is Someone who feels entirely out of place in it. In the back booth, back corner, there is this beautiful but painfully trashy young woman. She is in this large, what you assume is fake fur from your eye. You've bought so many real ones, it's pretty easy for you to tell when it's fake and

Underneath she is wearing next to nothing This bikini strap top that goes over just barely hiding any of her cleavage Might as well be pasties at this point and then a line of these very ornamental tiger tattoos that ride the sides of her into her hips. And then basically a panty bottom thong, essentially. And these large pumped up heels, pink to match the bikini underneath. She is in the back of that booth, glitter on her skin, enough that you know that if you were to touch her too long you'd walk away with it. Makeup is smeared because she is crying into her hands with a half-drunk beer in front of her.

You can already tell from this distance of 30 feet that she's probably intoxicated beyond all belief. And there is a separate jacket left on the other side of the booth, a man's jacket, and she seems absolutely distraught in that back booth. Burrows looks at her down the way and kind of a wry smile rises on his face and he's gonna order a drink, probably a martini, and make his way down to her. And I think that I would like to kind of fade out from there when we meet up with the rest of the team.

We'll see how all that kind of shook out. Okay, absolutely. So we'll sort of fade to black here. The last we'll see is you're bringing up that glasses as you get so much closer to her, the glitter climbs to her platinum blonde hair and you can see just peeking at the top, maybe what interests you the most. She's been dyeing her hair for so long, but she hasn't dyed it recently. There are these dark roots that sit at the top, peeking at who she's really supposed to be. We draft. Maybe we ended with she just hears my voice. Hey, I'm Burrows. What's your name? Chardonnay. And we'll pull away.

We are going to peel back to Mal. Mal, where did you sleep for the night? In the church? Yeah, after slaking some hunger, I slunk back to the church and climbed into the bed that once housed three of us. Beautiful. You slept in that church.

You've awoke as much as you can as the parasite that you are in the next day. You are in the church itself. Is there anything you'd like to accomplish before Burroughs calls for a group call at the club? Mal doesn't really know anything that's going on. Everyone just kind of went their separate ways and Mal doesn't have a way to stay kind of connected with everyone. So I think for a little bit they work on their art project on the wall. Once they kind of run out of materials for that, they're going to go downstairs and start just kind of hauling stuff out of the basement so that it's a little bit of a blank slate for whoever needs it maybe as like an extra bedroom kind of situation. Got it.

Okay, beautiful. So you're doing a lot of work on the church in the meantime, cleaning things up. Just to peel from you for a moment, Ragel and Jackie, what's the movement after the two of you leave from Mo'Kurs? I don't like that we woke up on top of each other because I feel like we both just dropped because of the sun. We just both like, it was not graceful in my opinion.

Unintentional cuddle puddle in the middle of the room. Kind of, like, faced out, like, we'd just, like, both plop. I look around, do, uh, and I'm... This is, I'm looking around, because this is the first time I've been in this area, and I'm seeing this bloody area, and I'm like... So this is Moe Curse spot. Good morning to you too. Morning. Off me though please.

Sorry. I got to get to the I'm going to head to the club if you need to talk to your sire. Because yeah, I was gonna I was gonna ask I don't personally recall but this may be more for Zekia but would Ragel know where the carrion house is? Yes. I think you're muted. Okay. Yeah, you wouldn't know where the carrion house is. Okay. I'm gonna go I'm gonna go over the carrion house is. Okay.

I'm going to go over to the carrion house. I'm going to see if I can check in on lockdown civil, see where they're at. Jackie's going to the club to her lab. Okay, so I'm going to put it at this point that Jackie, Niles, and Burroughs are convening at the club. Mal is at the church. Raquel is going to the Carrion House just to keep us all on track.

Ra'Gel, you arrive at the Carrion House, you've been there once before, it was when Niles had that little explosion trouble. But you know that it's Sybil's place of work. Yeah, I'm going to, I don't know what this setup is like, if there's like a reception area or reception desk I got to check in at. Definitely, definitely. Yeah, there's like a very small reception area where it implies people work and then

a back room that is both Sib's office and kind of their like makeshift apartment because they don't really leave. Yeah, Raigel is going to go check in at reception. You're introduced to F, the person you met once before who is the end all be all for everything that happens at the Carrion House currently. He does ask your intention for being there as he's typing away at the computer behind. Yeah, Ethan, I'm here just to check on Sybil. Okay, I'll ask if Miss Geier is available to speak right now. Excuse me. And he kind of wheels away from the computer and he picks up the phone and he calls into the next room,

into Sybil's room and goes, I know with the way you look, you weren't looking for guests, but one of your friends is here. Which one? Beanie? Fuck. Oh, we like this one.

This one's fine. Okay, okay, we like this one. This one's fine. Okay, okay. I'm gonna send him through. Mm-hmm. And he hangs up and he wheels back. He says, she is available. So you can just go straight through into the next room. Ethan, by the way.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Ethan. And he puts out his hand. He goes straight back to typing on his computer. Have a good one. You too. Sybil, what's the state that Raigel finds you in? She's got a pile of research and just like detritus everywhere but a pacing track around the office, is on the

phone, or at least wrapping up a phone call by the time Ra'Gel is at the door. She looks fucked. The only thing that looks intentional and put together is probably the like, very, very cute, like pink bonnet on her head. Everything else is a mess. It's a mess. Dug in the bonnet. Snatches it off. Thank you, thank you so much. How, yes, what, how are you? I'm better now that I know you're okay. Thank you.

The bite's fine, you're fine. I'm good. Good. Good. And everyone else is also fine? Yeah. Yeah, we made it out. Okay.

Okay. And like minimal, we, it sounds like, it sounds like a success unless you're the only one that survived. No, no, no, we all, we all survived. success unless you're the only one that survived. No, no, no. We all survived. Some shit went down on the strip, but those loose ends ostensibly have been tied up. I'm sure you saw the news. I did. Yeah.

I did. Okay. We're looking at potentially offloading the money into Puttaneska accounts to seal the deal. That is, that's for the best. That's for the best. Okay. Bugsie's looking into it for us. He's gonna get back to me tomorrow night.

Was it tomorrow, Caleb, or this night? Was it tomorrow Caleb or this night? He implied that you might have something tomorrow night. He may have something for us tomorrow night. And we're looking in, well, I have to run it past the rest of the group, but we may be looking into a place called the Fontainebleau Hotel. There might be a dev kit there for us to potentially get access to that hound dog program from the transport yard. Okay. Bad news, though. It's it's people have a tendency to go there and not come back. There it is. Okay. That's watching in territory. That's a familiar

song. Okay. I was a little worried because it was only like, we've succeeded and we've done good and everything's taken care of. But there we go. That actually. Yeah. But we killed two birds with one stone though. That's our boon for Bugsy. So if we- Spoons? Okay. Spoons is great. Spoons 8-8 on. Spoons is doing good. Oh my god. Yeah. Oh my god. It was pretty cool. Spoons is great. Spoons ate Adon. Spoons is doing good. Oh my God. Yeah. Oh my God. It was pretty cool. Spoons is big. Weird question. Sure.

Did Adon in his entirety is gone? Yes. Okay. No ashes or anything. Nothing. Nothing. That's going to come back to us. That complicates stuff too. But okay. No, that's a win. That's a win. I think we have his clothes. I think Burroughs took his clothes. Cool. Cool. There just has to be something. Yeah, that's gonna end up in a Putin, S.E.V. or stash house or something. Okay. If there could be just sort of a like a little piece or something. Oh, yeah. Souvenir. I'll get rid of it. It'll go away. I just I like to have a

little little piece. We got something for you. And I wanted to give this back to you in case you didn't want this floating around. And he'll pass over the newspaper article with Natalie's name. Natalie's name. like that. So, uh, I thank you. I wouldn't have dug because I respect you too much, but I appreciate this. Of course. Of course. I appreciate that. I'm kind of caught up with something right now, but it's F is handling it a little bit. So I'm free to step away to handle this Fontainebleau stuff. All right. What can I do to help? Okay. Okay.

Okay. How much do you know about my sire? I know enough to know that things I did on bad terms and she may have met the final death, may not, but for debate. She's not dead. At least unless something has rapidly changed in the past couple of days. She's not dead. I could assume, I assumed as much when you kind of vanished with the VHS with her name on it and just went off the grid. Yeah. Well, there was it was in part because of that. But also, I don't business first. Yes, she's I'm trying to find her before anyone else in the Camarilla does because as soon as she's found, I'm pretty sure I'm dead too. So make sure that doesn't happen.

Full stop. Right. Thank you. Right. Give me your hand. Why? I'm going to do something. Not to you with you.

No, that sounds I'm going to, I'm going to try something. Okay. And first hand. I'm gonna I'm gonna try something. Okay And We're gonna take it and reduce some sweet sweet aspects action, okay, right cool cool. I thought so. Yep All right. What are we doing here? We're gonna go with Premonition which is resolved plus aspects. I'll roll that now. And that is... that is four successes. Okay. Yeah.

Focusing on Teresa. On Teresa, okay. Give me just one second. Yeah, I know, sorry, the premonition kind of throws, can throw the old storyteller for a loop sometimes. I just have to remember what I have to tell you. No. And you did your rouse check as well? I did, succeeded.

And no penalties, because I'm at a hunger of four. You are greeted with a vision of shaking hands. The first hand shaking is of a peach colored blazer at the wrist and a flounced white dress shirt underneath. freckled, pale and white, shaking with that darker hand, and contains on their forearm the same Roman numerals that you saw in the bottom of the silver dollar. It then expounds to a new image. You are a bird, a large bird, a flight, hooked talons, large wings, flying over the Red Rock Desert. And you are seeing through that bird's eye. It is hyperzoomed in on the desert below. You are tracking something

and flying a bird's path to it over multiple valleys To what seems to be a building placed out of nowhere in the center of the Nevada desert That is where you are with every light on and it is maybe ten stories high. It's like an office building out of place. That bird's eye view flies into the top floor and the second that you crack through the windows. There is this moment that not only you come into consciousness,

Ragel, but you too, Sybil. For a moment, the eyes blacken over for what was just a brief second of you looking at Ragel as the blood begins to free from his third eye and he sees this vision. You were waiting for the answers until you yourself fell into this meditative black across your irises and the two of you are now seated in a singular room which feels almost like an interrogation room with the same interrogation room that John just found himself in across the place from The administrators of justice we call law enforcement

on the other side Is the woman from the cell? You can tell because your eyes sort of zoom in on that blood drop on her left forearm. She is sitting across from you. The hair on her head is so far onto her face that you can barely make out her features. Save for her lips that are dyed a sickly sort of purple black. And you can see that veins are climbing across her face. And there is a level of white noise that surrounds her. It feels as though figures

of noise are existing standing behind. And she looks at the two of you, making direct eye contact. And she says very openly, do you want to see what's in my jar? And she reaches down and underneath the table that the three of you sit at. And she heaves up this massive clay pot that almost looks like a vase, a vessel. One you would see old statueed fountains used to pour water into the fountain's basin. She picks it up, it's larger than her body, and the second that she lifts it from the ground, her forearms snap and become two and elongate, almost like the way

you've seen Niles' body change in the past. But she wrenches it up and as she begins to lift, she begins crying, crying violently, these bloodied tears that climb down her face and escape out from under her hair. She looks at the two of you. She says, you won't like what's inside, but you'll need it. I'm so sorry. Would you like to see what's in my jar? And she begins to pour it onto the table and the second that the pouring begins, the second that the jar incants itself in the direction of both Ra'Gael and Sybil, there is a light inside so shining that you feel yourself burning as if fire has reached you.

And it burns you away so much that you feel that this must be close to final death, or at least the feeling of it. And then you are snapped back into reality, looking at each other. Okay, Sybil is back on the track, back on the lap around the office. What woman had a son in a jar. Why would we need that? Why would we need the son? Okay. Do you have any idea what any of that means?

No, but we know where to look. I guess we do. I guess we do. Definitely some imagery that's recurring, like with all the others. Question for the storyteller, when you mentioned the figures of noise, like the white noise, similar to the figure that was in the diner and one of Ra'Gel's earlier visions. Ra'Gel, you are searching past to all of these.

You house so many of them. Since you came out of that casket in Colorado, you have seen so many visions of what could be the future, the past, the present, or nothing to come to pass. Give me a wits plus your aspects level, and let's see if you can recall whether you believe that those two images are linked. That's a six. That's a six.

That's a six success. Six successes. You feel firm in believing that those three figures are a form of the one figure that you were exposed to in the diner vision, the one that held the door open and invited someone in. You believe that this is an extrapolation. The key differences in your successes is as you're racking your brain, you're trying to remember exactly what you just encountered with Sybil.

Sybil is not privy to the level of cool that you have for being subjected to this, but this is your everyday. Those three figures feel distinct from that last vision, but of the same components. Like, three people wearing the same costume as the first, or coming from the same blood, the same family, the same place, the same. You would consider them to be different members of the same creed. be different members of the same creed. They're La Mia. I had a vision early back, I think I told you all this one, but it was Underwood with a figure that was white noise holding open a door.

They're the same but different. I think that was the Lamia we took out. I did not think that these would all be potentially connected. I didn't either. Okay. And there's potentially more of these Lamiya or this is all different interpretations of the one that we killed?

No, I think it's I think it's more. Same tribe, same clan, same family. Same tribe, same clan, same family. Clay pot, Saints Tears, the veins around her mouth. That's Saints Tears shit. If I remember right. There's a wild fairy untested, but the circ deals in blood in what vampires need to eat. And Saints Tears were at some point intentionally mis-marketed as something that vampires should eat. SID I know, Nosferatu, so scratch one back scratch the other. It would be a good way to get rid of them. Some sort of mysterious tragedy. But why the fuck would a

gangrel also want that? Nosferatu do have it worse, but gangrel don't have it great. This is this is out of left field and I have nothing to back this up, but it all ties back to the door. It has to. Because that first Lemia was the one holding the door open for someone that didn't arrive yet. And I was told could not be allowed to arrive. Okay. yet and I was told could not be allowed to arrive. Okay, so not just for a, you know, vacation Bible School mission to keep the door closed. It's a

very real danger of more Saints Tears and I guess all of the Nosferatu in Vegas. Well, and then the end of the fucking world as we know it because we're gonna have Gangrel running rabid and with Sentinel at the front line. I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't know if that's something I don't want yet, but I know it's not in our best interest or at least not in the coterie's best interest right now but I'm right Teresa's involved she's got a vested interest in fucking with the camera alone what better way to do that than let something out it's gonna let the gang girl take some form power. But you need to understand something. That's the

end of everything. That's it. There's a an unfortunate business perspective that if if you go out when you're winning, then you can never lose again. when you're winning, then you can never lose again. You know, and like I said, I don't agree, but I see how we got here. I'm gonna do something real reckless. Okay. Raigel's gonna start taking his shirt off.

Oh. And Sybil takes a step back. So. Just hold on. And Sybil takes a step back. Just hold on. And on his back is the tattooed vision of Vegas with the Keeper. Meteorite, rock, stone in the middle of it, with the swarms of gangrel, of wights, of sentinel, of the bodies, of the fire, that purely apocalyptic vision in rough black and white. Like, it's almost amateurish, but there's almost like a Renaissance style quality to it, I assume.

In my head, Cannon Mokur is the one who did the tattoos when Ragel recited it back to him. That's what's coming. That's what I saw. Hmm. Less, less cool than I was referring for sure. So for some reason, there's a shit ton of other tattoos on them. But that's the one on the back. Yeah. OK, OK. So now it's it's more than just figuring out who this girl is, more than figuring out where Teresa is.

Lucius feels untouchable right now. Well, I don't know if you saw it, but I think it was before you joined me but peach colored blazer White shirt shaking hands with the mark of the beast Mm-hmm six six six Okay, cool cool. My boss is trying to end the world former boss former boss is trying to end the world Cool. Cool. My boss is trying to end the world. Former boss. Former boss is trying to end the world. We'll give her a chance to explain herself when we finally catch up with her, because we owe you that much. I owe you that much.

But she's not going to be able to walk away from this. That's completely fine. I was just explaining that to my assistant. That's completely fine. I was just explaining that to my assistant. Actually, to circle back to why I would like some sort of souvenir from Adon. I don't really know where this came from. It could be corporate. It could be kindred. But there's a sort of instinct to not only defeat enemies, but to consume them. So if there's a way that I can take my former boss out and also just...

I don't care the way that Niles does it. It's not about getting anything in return. It's about eliminating all of the trace of her from existence and memory. And I don't think we digest things. So it's just going to be here. That's what I want. Yeah. Yeah. OK.

It's yours. Thank you. Then I think I think. My third quarter just got really busy. I think. Those profit margins are going to be way down, but. That's OK. We're a nonprofit. Right. There you go. Put the shirt back on. Yeah. Super awkward.

Yeah. Honestly, the news took it away. It was awkward, but it's fine. Thank you. Thank you. You don't have to thank me. Ever. Good work deserves a good reward. If there's anything I can do, always. Stick around. Plan on it. I gotta go see our resident goth girl person. Go see our resident goth person. I'm so glad that they're alive. Honestly, it's been a few days and I get so worried if I don't see them. So let's let's do that Let's do that. Okay Are the two of you heading to the church then Yeah Yeah

Beautiful you cross track around town until you find your Technologically inept goth Grandperson inside until you find your technologically inept goth grand person inside. Hey, we were gonna roll over to the club, figured you'd want some company. Oh, yeah. I had no... I really didn't know what was going on with everyone because... obvious. Actually, this is nice because I did want to talk to both of you. Together is gonna be awkward, but. Oh, we can split. No, it doesn't matter. It's fine. Whatever. It's well, listen, Sybil, you mind showing real quick? I got to go get a book from upstairs. That's totally fine.

Now you want to come with? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just like keep your shirt on. Maybe. What would you do? I'll show you. Do I want to see? Yeah, you do. Sybil, tell her how much of a show it was. Tell them how much of a show it was. It was pretty good, it was pretty good.

I'm feeling good after. I feel indicated. What happened? What did I miss? Oh, just you wait. Go get the book. Okay, there's not any seats because I've moved everything to the side, but if you want to break some shit, you're welcome to,

just not like the windows or. That's too ambiguous for me to embrace. I'm just going to stand against the wall. Thank you. Sybil, you do see that there are a number of objects in this church that have been like karate chopped down the middle, which seems as though Mal has been taking their own suggestions.

Okay, okay. She might kick a chair over once she's sure they're going. Yeah, there's a little- A lot of the like religious paraphernalia has come down, so any of that is fair game. Okay, great. You good? Yeah, yeah. Are you good? Are you good? You got fucked up.

Oh, I got plenty fucked up. But yeah, I'm recovering. I want to just, I want to, Mal just like does a full like look over him. Like kind of like they're trying not to seem like they care very much, but very like up and down, not, not as subtle as I think I'm being. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Kind of like they're trying not to seem like they care very much, but very like up and down. Not as subtle as I think I'm being. That's fair. Good. That's good. That's good. Look, we got to have a signal or something that like you're not coming back. Okay. Because I can't get messages and I clearly have abandonment issues that didn't need to be said out loud,

but usually I'm the one who goes away. So you got to tell me when you're going somewhere. I will. And if I can't tell you verbally, I will. You know that stop sign right outside? Yeah. Right in the corner. I'll leave a black chalk mark on the back. Okay. Yeah. Right at the corner. Yeah. I'll leave a black chalk mark on the back.

Okay. Yeah. And I'll do the same. If I go somewhere. Okay. Well, that's good. We got that out of the way. Because I can't text you.

No, you can't. No one can. Well, I mean, someone someone can but that's not clear or specific. Doesn't matter. I need your help besides the please don't go anywhere without telling me thing, which don't tell anyone. I won't. Okay. Do you need anything, first of all, before I ask you to do to help me? What's up?

I missed you. Ew. No, I didn't. I missed you too. Yes, you did., no, I didn't. I missed you too. Yes, you did. Fuck off, Sib. I missed you too. I'm gonna get the book first from my little hidey hole under the floorboards

in Ragel's room. This is going to, this is Golkonda stuff. Once a tome, so Jackie's now be translated. Could help with what Jackie's good people. You trust me, right? Yeah. Trust me when I tell you that Jackie is underneath all the bullshit and the swagger is a is a good one. And I tell her the same thing about you. That's just a lie then. No, it's not. But for the sake of brevity,

Rygel is gonna break down everything he just saw in that last vision. And then to drive home why it's important. Mal, please don't fucking freak out. I'm gonna take my shirt off for two seconds. Oh. Two seconds. Oh. Two seconds. Fine, fine.

And show the sprawl on the back. Oh, fuck. Yeah, that looks gnarly. Can I ask a question that's gonna- So that's why, oh, go ahead, please. No, I was just, can I ask a question that's going to... Oh, go ahead, please. No, I was just... Can I ask a question that might piss you off? Yeah.

What would be so bad about all of it ending? What are we saving? We're saving our capacity to do and be better. You have people out there you care about, right? For now. But when they're gone, I don't. This speeds that up and it makes sure that they die in the worst possible way we can imagine. As chattel.

And what about in 70 years? What about in 70 years when they're gone? I don't want that to happen to you. I don't want that to happen to Jackie. I don't want that to happen to Burroughs. I don't want that to happen to Niles. I don't want that to happen to you. I don't want that to happen to Jackie. I don't want that to happen to Burrows. I don't want that to happen to Niles. I don't want that to happen to Sybil. What's up with you? What do you mean? What's up with you?

You've got like human-ness left in you. And you don't let it get sucked out by all this bullshit. Cause I don't like the alternative. So we just have to fight for the rest of forever? Yeah. That's miserable. Is it? Yes. I don't know about you, but I can't leave this city that I was brought to without any saying it. Someone put me in a box and then they said, you can't go anywhere.

This is where you live. You live under someone's thumb forever. And I know I'm not gonna get anywhere by acting like a little shit all the time. And if I play their games, maybe I'll get some power. But I don't wanna be like them. I don't wanna take that mindset seriously. So if I'm a little shit, at least I know I'm not them.

And then I'm just stuck being a little shit and it's this fucking cycle. What do I, how do you fucking live like this? Not live like this. The fact that we're even having this conversation is all the validation we should need to know that we are not like them. Oh my fucking God.

Because they don't have conversations like this. And we're gonna change things. And we're gonna keep that door shut. Mo'Ker has been right about a lot, and one thing I can get behind is that the towers are going to fall, one way or another. How do you know if the tower's falling isn't gonna be worse than the door? fall one way or another.

How do you know if the tower's falling isn't going to be worse than the door? Everything's a gamble. There is no sure thing anywhere at any time. Everything's a risk. This is which alternative are you more comfortable with living with? Yeah. Sure. For now. I know it's not an easy conversation to have and I know it's not an easy conversation to have, and I know it's not an easy thing to wrap your head around, but this hell on earth...

I've never seen a bulb that isn't even fully developed, dude. Yours? Yeah, this thing in here? Not even all the way fucking cooked. How old are you? Were you? How old do you think I was? 19? Were you? How old do you think I was?

19? Wow. Yeah, yeah, that's it, actually. No shit. Yep. I don't want to say 17, because that'd be insulting as fuck. 18 didn't feel right. No. Didn't even hit two fucking decades.

Well. If I could choose being 19 versus being a 32 year old with bad knees, I'd probably take a 19 year old. At least your brain works, sort of. Your brain works just fine. I don't know. End of things all sounds kind of good right now. I'm tired. It's the easy button. I haven't pushed the easy button my whole life why can't I push it just this once?

Because everything dies. I can only hope. You don't mean that. I do a little bit. A lot of it. Well, I'm gonna get you to where that doesn't seem like so much of a good idea anymore. No, don't worry. I made a promise. Long time ago. That's more important than pretty much anything else, so you don't have to worry about that. I'm real good at staying pissed off, so.

That does not surprise me. Sorry, I, yeah, no, I mean, whatever. Whatever. I kind of like lean into his shoulder and just drop my head on his shoulder. I went on a date with Bride and it went really bad. You fucking did what now? I went on a date with Bride and it went really bad and I wasn't even trying to go on a date with her. Now I can't go back to the one place that I like.

Number one, why? Number two, how? Well, I gave her a lot of gifts because I realized that. I was trying to get on her good side. Oh, you did. I did. And then she took it the wrong way because I wanted to talk to one of her bouncers and she doesn't let me talk to one of her bouncers, which is part of the civil conversation later.

And then she thought I wanted to take her on a date and I didn't know how to say no without fucking myself in that direction. So I said, sure. Yes, I want to take you on a date. And then I realized I couldn't call a cab and I couldn't use a credit card and I couldn't take her to a bar. So instead I drove her out into the middle of nowhere with one of her own cars and sat on a mausoleum roof and looked at the stars and she hated it. She couldn't even drink the blood I brought. So it's bad, help. Well, I mean-

So it happens when you leave. It's the thought that counts, right? I mean- Not to bride. Okay. Here's a great, great, great question. Why not just be honest? I'm so fucking scared of her.

So am I. She has her fingers in so many fucking pies that I like. She she's on both sides of it and maybe other sides that we don't know about. I don't I don't I don't know how I don't know. I don't know what she does or who she does or how she does. But she's so take what you just said. Apply that to you keeping the charade up. You don't think she's gonna see right through that and see that you don't

really want to be there. This is what I'm talking about with fully developed brain. Holy shit. Yeah, for sure. So be honest. If anything, she'll respect that more. What if she kills me? I won't let that happen. Then she'll kill you. I don't want that. Well, be as sweet as you possibly can be as honest as you possibly can. There is there is a very sweet person underneath all of

this. Yeah, and that person died off the side of a bridge two years ago. No, they didn't. They're supposed to. Well, maybe that's step one. Realizing that person is still there somewhere. And there's no reason to kill them dead. They're so fucking corny. Yep.

But I'm right, though. You're so fucking corny. Yep. But I'm right though. You didn't make them. Mm-hmm. I will go with you if you need to go talk to Bride, but I'm sure Sybil has got some ways to maybe work that out. Yeah. I was just gonna, I was just gonna add,

you'll see what I was gonna ask. You might not, you might, you might tell me it's a bad idea and then I'll figure it out from there. But let's go talk to Sybil. I wasn't listening, but I heard my name a few times. Should I just come to where you are? Yes. Yeah, fine, come up. Great. Don't look at anything on the wall.

Complicated, okay. You walk in and there is a huge like, it just looks like someone has like licked different pieces of, it hasn't been like it's been licked but like, it just looks like someone has like, you know when you lick a piece of paper and you stick it to something and it kind of sticks? It looks like that and it's all kind of like different colors. It's really green at the bottom and a little bit of like brown and red. And then as it rises,

there's like a big yellow bit in the center that kind of goes out to like orange and pink and purple and then like a black at the very edges. You can, it's fully visible and not at all hidden. Okay. Okay. Okay. Nice. You didn't see it. Nope.

Saw nothing. Sybil, I have two favors to ask of you. After both of which you can request, pretty much whatever, what am I gonna do? Don't say that, but yes. The first is can I have a job at the club? The club we all have, we all own together? Yes. Yes.

Yes. Great. I have- Thank you for asking. I have like $800 total. And that's not a lot. That's fine. Yeah, no one has inquired about the running of the club. So I've just been running the club, but we all have the club. Cool. I want to help and also get paid for it, please. And thank you. Okay, great. Can you like, be a bartender? Can you like, I can pour things.

Busk? You want me to like play an instrument? Sorry, bust tables like like, Oh, bust tables. Yeah, I can. Honestly, that's probably a better shot for me because I will not pay attention to what I'm pouring or how much I'm pouring. I knew there was follow up questions about the pouring because you did not specify into a cup. and that is a red flag as a manager. So, yes.

To answer your question, yes. Great. Thank you. The second one is a little bit more complicated, and Raigal may tell me it's a really bad idea. Can I borrow Felix for a night? Or even part of a night, or really just like an hour? Why?

So you know how I want date with bride? Yes, you want to take Felix with you on a date with bride? No, I don't. I don't wanna take Felix with me on a date with bride. I wanna use Felix to get a message to someone who's in asylum because I'm scared to go back because the bride date went so bad and I need to talk to her about it, but I'm so scared. Oh, yeah, well, yes. In short, yes, you were gonna do whatever I wanted

to ask me to work at a place that you own and to have my employee deliver a message, whatever I wanted? Yeah, I'm really, I'm not business minded at all. I'll tell you what, I will do both of those things. And we will have a talk about negotiation. Great. I would love to learn. I'm, I'm kind of coming to the realization. I've been really honest tonight, and you two are the only one here to see it. And I'm okay with that. But I of coming to the realization. I've been really honest tonight and you two are the only one here to see it and I'm okay with that.

But I've come to the realization that I don't, even if I was the age that I was supposed to be, I wouldn't have even graduated college yet. So I'm really lost. I'm really fucking lost. You know what? You know what? That's okay. You need a mentor.

Probably. You get that honor. You need a business mentor. I think I've got a lot of people like lined up that I could ask to mentor me. And I think all of them would get really mad at me really fast. Yeah. Yeah. That's, you know, I can't guarantee that that won't happen, but I won't fire you. Okay. Yeah. You two have to promise me something. Yeah. Yeah. For this to work, maybe for five minutes a day, we let these masks drop a little bit

and we be honest with each other. And we be who we really are. Does this count as my five minutes today? It does. I've already had my five minutes then. You have, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I monopolized that. No, it's okay, it's fine.

It's better. The lower amount of witnesses, the better. Your is better. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So great. It's fine. It's better the lower amount of witness is better. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah So great peep show Now wits plus awareness. Oh fuck Rot row spaghetti owes. Oh, I'm not muted. Sorry Regal just says that right row spaghetti. It echoes throughout the church. Would you believe no successes on my sixth die pool?

I'm going to use a willpower. I think that's a good idea. Oh, no, I'm sorry. There was one success. It was hidden by the corner of my dice. We're at one. All right. Four. Okay.

On the second floor, as you all are discussing in the threshold of the door that Ry-Gal is taking the book out of, you guys can see down through the little wooden steps to the main floor. But Mal, being the one facing towards the balcony, them on the other side, you have a better view of the first floor. And you see her. You haven't seen her in a long time. Not since what happened in the basement.

But she's there. This strange oblivion flower in her hand, like she's been picking daisies in a place that you don't know exists. And she currently is skipping in these weird figure eights in the center of the pews down on the first floor, where the pews used to be at least, as if she's going up and down the aisle. There's like a there's a moment of instinct to just like vault the balcony and run over. But instead of doing that, Mal, not taking their eyes off her, grabs Ragel by the shoulder and turns him and with the other hand points so that Sibyl can see too. What do you see down there?

Right now? What do you see down there? Right now, what do you see? I see a young woman's, I'm assuming I see it. For the two of you, what you're seeing on the first floor is almost like the wind has caught a plastic bag. It is the disturbance of dust on the floor. It's as though the push and pull of a cool breeze has fought its way into the center of the church.

It's like a dust devil or something. Yeah. You don't see a kid or a daisy or anything like that? No, I don't see any of that. her daisy or anything like that. No, no, I don't see any of that. Mm-mm. This shadowed child is dancing, almost maypole dancing

in that strange figure eight and she's dancing her feet across. Raigel and Sibyl, you guys are able to see that there are physical footprints being pressed into some of the dust of the first floor. It's almost as though you're seeing new dance routines being made, um,

in figure. You had a question where I go? Yep. Going to peel off the beanie and use sense the unseen. See if that does anything. Okay. With sense the unseen, is that a rouse check for you? It is a wits plus aspects. And that is, go ahead and give me that. Okay, with three successes it takes the bleeding of your eye to make that form real but even then where Mal is seeing a fully formed creature of black dripping darkness similar to when you've seen Mal trap into shadow.

For you, it is this silvery outline of a form. It does not take shape to a little girl so much as it does the silhouette of something that size. But you do see it now. Silhouette. Yeah. What is that? Who is that?

I don't know entirely the what. The who seems like an intentional manipulation of me. For lack of a better. Yeah. Probably my sister. Hello. Over the balcony. The hello echoes throughout the second floor down to the first and it reverberates back at you I'm gonna go down to her. I Given I've held the instinct off long enough. I vaulted I vault the balcony and jumped down to the floor. I

Like so many times before the second that you become close to where she was, she is now ported away. But the skip continues. She's now sort of dancing in those rhythmic circles in a much tighter threshold, in the threshold of the front door to the church, as if she's playing tag with you. I'll kind of call over my shoulder. She's led me a couple places.

She led me here, I think. I'm going to follow her. I can meet you at the, I'll meet you at the club. You don't want one of us to go with you? Exactly. That's up to you. Whatever you want to do. Sibyl, you good backing her up?

Backing them up? Yeah. Whatever you want to do. Sibyl, you good? Backing her up? Backing them up? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. We'll follow- We'll give you a little distance, but- Yeah, not close behind, but with an eye shot. You are pursuing Mal, I'm assuming?

Yeah. Okay. As you connect with the door threshold, she again jumps. And this time she is now in the middle of the street outside of the abandoned church through the sort of parted gates the group of you used to enter and exit. You can see her through what little of the privacy fence on the chain link allows. But it looks like she's hopscotching in the center of the street. And as you're watching, you can see that this pickup truck going 55 in a 40 zone drives

straight through her and it's as though nothing happens. She hopscots straight through, throwing this oblivion stone, this small rock of pure shadow further along the road. I'm gonna try something. Okay. Mal, seeing that she's been passed through and she doesn't seem to have a solid form, Mal drops into a puddle of shadow on the floor. I'm gonna use Tenebrous Avatar to try and get closer to her.

Okay, you're essentially trying to jump into her shadow? That's unrefined. I just wanna become shadow like she is and see if that'll make a difference. Like she is, see if you can catch up better. Okay. Yeah. I fail only one of my Rouse checks. Okay.

With that being said, what does this look like as you become this Tenebrous avatar? As she kind of like throws the hopscotch stone, I think Mouse starts doing the pattern of hopscotch and as they jump, their body just becomes less and less corporeal and just kind of ports out into this black sheet of vaguely mal-shaped nothingness that kind of sweeps forward in the hopscotch pattern that the little girl is doing. As you become this form, you realize it's maybe the first time that she's physically regarded you. She looks at you as you tangle into her game and there is this

reverberated strange many-voiced laugh of a child in play that absolutely does sound like her, Mal, somewhere deep in the sound of it, past all of the layers of whatever the shadow is cloaking it. And she begins hopscotching away from you, but rather than porting, you can now see her movements. She's almost gliding along the floor, chasing the same shadows that you do. What I need from you is I just need a dexterity

plus whatever points you have in Oblivion to keep up with her. And I will say that Ragel and Sybil, it becomes a lot harder to track these two as Mal gives ghost to the Tenepris avatar. But you guys are doing your best. Six successes. Six successes. You manage to keep up with her.

She keeps you in this game of hopscotch, of you jumping from the stone to stone to keep up and following through across three or four blocks before we come to a stop in an alleyway between an outlet mall and a separate bar and this long alleyway that stretches the outlet mall. there is a drainage pipe, essentially a drain in the center where the water collects when it rains or floods. And she seems to be standing on something that is directly adjacent to that drain and she's laughing in your direction and it grows in laughter, in joy, in playfulness. It's almost like when a kid has a secret but doesn't know how to keep it and she's standing there on that form. Not too long after that, Sybil and Raquel are able to keep up, but you're sort of at this standoff where you're at

the beginning of the alleyway and she's standing on this paper. So she's standing on a piece of paper? Yep. Mal kind of crouches low, like when you're playing tag with a little kid, and kind of jukes to one side and jukes to another, and then starts running toward them. They're going to catch them up and tickle them or something, just to kind of see what their secret is.

She tries to juke with you and juke again. And the second that you start to run after her, you do see that she's running in the opposite direction and laughing even louder, a kid not trying to get caught. But the second you get close, she disappears entirely. And you find yourself a shadow but the second you get close, she disappears entirely and you find yourself a shadow in the center of the alley sort of hovering over where she was alone again. Mal feels the like loss of it almost like it's like it's all over it like they're like they've been embraced

all over again and they know they can't go home all over again it just kind of like sucks the air out of them and they keep looking where she was and there's probably stay there until the sun came up there's a small orange flyer over where she was standing. It's smaller than a traditional size of paper, something you'd hand out on the corner. It's an advertisement in big letters that reads S.O.S. And under that in colon reads secular organization for sobriety. There is a depiction of a fold out metal chair and next to that a rendition of coffee and donuts. It says that it offers a place to seek sobriety every night at 11 p.m.

and gives an address for a rec center south of Vegas. And the tagline at the bottom reads open late because it's never too late. Uh, Mal will kind of drop out of this form and scoop up the flyer. After so much vulnerability, not really knowing how to approach the other two. So they just kind of lean back against the wall and hope someone else makes a decision for them, either to leave or to come toward them. Because they're, I think, like, what is it,un locked or something? You good? Uh huh. OK.

I already did my five minutes. We bumped that to ten. You said. I didn't agree to ten. And that's negotiation. There you go. See, the mentorship begins. What you got there? I'll hold it out and show them the the secular organization for sobriety flyer. Huh? I never explained to you what was in the basement, I guess, because you were somewhere else. But there was a girl down there and she had this something in her, like a, it was, I don't,

I wish I knew what it was and I don't even know how to describe it because it was gross and creepy and I kind of want to see it again because I don't know what it was and I don't even know how to describe it because it was gross and creepy and I kind of want to see it again because I don't know what it was but it seems cool. But she was like a party girl and now it's been like a year since or it had been like a year since she disappeared now she's back in her life. I'm wondering if this is about her, essentially, the girl that was in the basement of my church. Okay. So, there, there's the honesty. There you go. Want to check it out?

Uh, maybe another night. Okay. Whenever you're ready. Yeah. We got, we got stuff to do. You have tidings of ill Omen to share with the others and they're waiting on us. And there's a book that Jackie needs. I'm sure you don't want gokonda out in the world. What did you say?

I said gokonda. I said you say? I said Go Kanda. I said it right. I thought you said Wakanda. I'm sorry. No, I did it right this time. I thought about it. I really thought about it. I'm trying to be the good person you think I am.

With these thoughts of Wakanda and Mal finally addressing their need for sobriety. We will pull ourselves away from this alleyway as all points converge on Club Canaan the night after or two nights after a night of extreme opening night success. We're going to take a quick break and then we'll come back with some group play and deciding where we're going next. We'll be back in about five, 10 minutes. Oh, hey, raw salmon. We flash forward to Club Kanan. The trouble about your club, now as it seems,

is that it's open. And what used to be a big empty space in the middle of nowhere with no furniture where all of you could plan all of your beautiful strategies is now become a local hotspot in Naked City. You arrive both positively and negatively to a pretty large crowd tonight, facilitating themselves at the bar, listening to music, seated at the tables, the booths, there's even some people trying to dance in the middle, and the DJ that Sybil has hired to appear

multiple times a week is busy spinning. So that means, what is the interaction for all of us? What is it we're doing as we're entering into the bumping Club Canaan? I feel like we could just make our way through to the basement. If that's not I don't think that's like a public space. So Sybil's wading through the crowds here and trying to get to the steps down to the sub level. Yeah. Beautiful. Mal is taking empty glasses off of tables as they go

to try and show that they're a self-starter go-getter. Very good. Mal is starting their job already. And just ends up juggling a bunch of glasses with nowhere to put them. I love that. I think Niles is just shuffling through the crowd trying to find a way to get past all of that downstairs. If you like, I don't know if anyone's entered, but Jackie's already in her, when you enter the lab, she's going to have one of the bodies already kind of out, one of the bodies that is in the ice

box, the thing with the morgue type thing. And I'm going to actually start, like you're going to see me tap a couple of vials, like an IV, but I'm going to tap a couple of vials like an IV but I'm gonna get a couple of vials of blood you're gonna see me actually probably mid-working extracting blood. Copy that. Yeah that's fun. I think Burrows is one of the last to come down but he's not alone he's got this bleach blonde bimbo with him and they're just giggling and laughing the whole time they're going but he's not alone, he's got this bleach blonde bimbo with him and they're just giggling and laughing the whole time

they're going down the steps and Burrow sees Jackie and immediately like, whoa, hey, all right, hold on one second. Woof, I'm gonna shove that fucking body back in there so fast, like a woof. I cover the eyes of this woman. What are you doing? Stop. I just wanted to introduce you to all my business associates. Everybody. Oh my god. You're a freak. This is everybody.

Chardonnay. Hey, we met tonight, but Hi everybody you can call me shardy Shardy shardy But hey listen once you go dance upstairs while I do some business with these guys. Oh, dance up there? But you can't watch from down here. Don't worry, I always got my eye on you and I'll actually like slip him like 200 bucks. Why don't you get yourself a drink?

Oh my God, thank you. And she reaches in and gives you a big old lipstick kiss on the side of the face there and then just hops her little ass up the stairs back up to the top floor. Really? And then Burrows just kind of turns to the others like, can you believe how lucky I am?

Really? Mm. That is, like. Niles, sharp ass look. This is cool. Burrows, I just expected somewhat a little better. I don't know why. I don't know why that disappoints.

Really? Charity. Speed. She own speed. Okay, that's what she oh my God. Let's not judge. Okay. You know, God, is she permanent member here?

I can tell you I'm deeply in love. I can say that she's maybe a few years older than Mal judging from the vision. Does Shardy have a job because we don't make money if we buy people's drinks? Yeah, yeah. She says she does this thing online called OnlyFans. You heard of. Yeah. Yeah. She makes she says she makes good money. So she just I believe you. I'm sure Well, anyways

Surprise you guys get some invites in the mail. Okay, I gotta say, you know what? I mean you're taking neck romancing you to a new level. So I'm impressed Counts as necromancy And yes, cradle robin counts as necromancy. Good. God. Damn. You're lucky. I don't know what that word means Yeah, yes You're all so wowed over by her I was more shocked that you know, you brought someone down into our special place that you know with the bodies coming out I would like how about this if we bring in shardy or anyone else give it a little bit of a knock or a heads up. That's all me

I all admit it I gotta admit I just been having a little bit of a crazy night celebrating, you know. You're in love. Exactly. Okay. Yeah, you're in love. Jackie, this is for you. Passes the buck over. Real quick, just on our extracurricular activities involving a certain casino, talk to Bugsy.

Bugsy's going to get us some information by midnight tomorrow at a dead drop regarding bank accounts. And there is another thing that I will may need some assistance if anyone is willing. I have to do some reconnaissance at this abandoned a hotel called the Fontainebleau. Also at Bugsy's request, and I do know that if we help solve that and maybe get the Nasroth to access to that hotel and building, it could be considered a major boom. So if that's something you're interested, I can go into more details. But I mean, sounds easy enough in abandoned hotel. How bad can that be? The fact that even Bugsy got scared and saying that there ghost in there and stuff like that.

I'm just wrapping it up. But yeah, Bugsy was spooked. Long story short, Alfred cost Alfred cost the previous Arthur Arthur cost. Sorry, Arthur cost sorry, Arthur cost use that as a place to drop things even he was scared to look at and maybe set up some security measures. I'm not entirely clear. But the long and short of it is that anybody that tended to show up there doesn't come back out. But bugs he has a

vested interest in regaining control over that location. Also the dev kit we need to crack hound dog is in there. So we get the dev kit, we crack hound dog, we continue chasing those Lamiya leads on the Saints tiers while also getting in good with Bugsy with a major bone by clearing it out. And it falls within our watchmen charter. Question about that actually is this this information is just about the putinesque bank accounts but could it be used to uncover other financial information that might not have anything to do that I'm so for it. I mean, I was yes, I'm for it. I mean, yeah, the intent was to use it to find a way to get

the money in there. But I mean, if we've got access to the numbers, and we've got people who can help us get access to transactions, we can probably see which way money is flowing into. Great. Good. Earl steps over to a chair and kind of sits down. Well, I mean, if we're going to do that, we're going to need to be prepared. It sounds like we might need to hire an exorcist or something.

Or your own ghost. That is definitely a possibility. Yeah. What? something or your own. Yeah, what bugs the Malia like this bugs the specifically recommended we bring now. Oh hell. Yeah, I like bugs. I like scary shit. Let's go. I mean not right now necessarily.

No, no, no, no that. It's been very excited. Well, I mean we we did pull something off. Thanks to slow. Don't you think maybe we should stop by and say hi to him? Yes, I mean, we did pull something off thanks to Slow. Don't you think maybe we should stop by and say hi to him? Yes, I agree with that. Definitely. They also kind of haven't shown face at the Elysium in a long time.

Oh yeah, Dharma specifically asked that we make an appearance at some point. I would prefer it be after the Burns heel. Just. Yes. Yeah. Oh, just save literal face. Mm hmm. That's. I was going to say there's still some things moving and shaking.

I mean, it'd be nice to have an idea about how we put that money where it needs to be. Uh, I have some rags on me, some bloody rags that need to find a home in somebody's trunk, somebody's car. So. Well, we've got a wasn't there another. So how much longer you need to. Can we get you some extra blood to help you. Patch up a little faster.

Oh, I've got my own supply. I just need maybe maybe a night or two. I have other things to do, honestly. So if if I need to, I don't have to go to Elysium. But as the only you know, registered Camarilla that might be best. You talk better than most of us to them anyway. Yeah. I mean, you and Burrows, but Burrows kind of puts his foot in his mouth sometimes. No offense, John. No, no offense taken. Niles, can you think of anything? Well, I mean, with the silver dollar done, I mean, we don't know what the fallouts in

done. I mean we don't know what the fallouts in regards to the the Anarchs if we're still looking to maintain our relationship with them, Ellis did ask me to look into something. That red rocks thing huh? Yeah there's some stuff going out in the the desert that he wanted us to connect with the gang girls out there. Look into it. That might be good. I had another vision involving that. And I will recount the vision of the office building with... I won't give any context without Sybil's explicit, you know, agreement, but I'm going to say the vision was about the building, the woman in the interrogation room, the figures of vision

of white noise. I'll add the context for that. The jar, the whole shebang. Yeah, I appreciate the discretion. But yeah, there's a chance Teresa's participating in the end of the world. The gang girls we saw in the desert, all of it is probably the same. So do you think she's like running the gang girls out in the desert? I don't think she's that direct. She's further management. CEO. I think I need a little bit more clarification about this whole end of the world plot.

Because I know, I feel like I've been tied up a little bit and I'm going to need to be caught up on some key pieces right now. And especially since I am asking for your help, I will exchange help, obviously, but vice versa. But I do need to be caught up on what the hell did you just mean by end of the world? I mean, at this point, Jackie has proved they're pretty much ride or die. So don't we feel like we can let them in? I agree. Yeah. Burrows kind of rotates his chair knowing that the best kept secret in Vegas is about to be explained.

It doesn't really feel like my secret to tell. I did realize I kind of poked at it first, but. No, I feel I just this is the first time that. Sybil's being modest. We were all there. Yeah. Yeah. It's Kind of Niles secret. Niles, are you good with it? I'm going to look at Niles.

I go stand behind Niles and kind of like back them up, even though I'm smaller. I mean, at this point, it's just been blurbed here and there. So fine. Whatever. I mean, I've finally met Spoons and I've heard of your sire, Lada. Is that correct? So at this point, you might as well just. Yeah.

Rose, you want to do the honors? I mean, you know, if I can remember the good details, but I mean, basically, Lada's not really your sire, are they, Niles? Let's just, let's just say that she is. All right. For all intents and purposes, but. All right. Yeah. Just ripping the bandaid off. Yes. Yeah. Just ripping the bandaid off. Yes. Yeah.

At the bottom of Lake Mead, there's this Zameetse who is guarding some kind of door that we think if we open it up, it'll be the end of the world. Margal knows it'll be the end of the world. Yeah. And it's connected to the like, And it's connected to the, like, miles of, like, ghosts or, like, whites and feral gangrel in the desert. Oh, yeah, yeah. There's also that key that came with with Ragel and me from Denver. Yeah.

Which Kur has. Yeah. Which is not Mo'Qurr. Might be related to the Cirque system and might be funded by Lucius, Adon's boss, working with my old sire and boss, former boss. Who wants to bring about the end of the world? Sure. But but Lauda is guarding the door and has been for decades. She's got her own. Who else knows about her? I don't really know anybody does.

Not even when we told the sheriff, I don't think. I don't think Cisco knows now. People don't know the location of the door. Jack is going to grab some blood bag and just kind of drink it. Like just like like we told us and like, OK, we don't know the location of the door. Jackie's gonna grab some blood bag and just kind of drink it. Yeah. Like, just like, like, he told us and like, okay. We don't know exactly what's behind it, but we can guess.

Sentinel. Probably one of those old ones. Sentinel. Yeah. Sentinel. They can't really know about the door. They don't know where it is. They have the means to open it because they have the two keys.

I think it's two. Neither do the Anarchs. Do they know? Neither do they, they don't know the location. But they know of the door though. Yes. The Anarchs know of the keys, not necessarily the door, but obviously after your interaction with Alice,

they're a little more up on the game due to all of you. Yeah. They view it as a source of potential power. They don't understand and will not listen to what it actually is. Are both factions trying to open the door? Yes. Fuck. Yeah, as a judge, I think you can see the predicament we're in. We don't want that door open, but.

I don't know. It's also the most powerful bits of information we have. It also all ties back. Look, the point of the masquerade is to make sure that our world is separate from theirs. And as far as I'm concerned, that is the number one law. And bringing about the end of the world is definitely going to reveal, which I think is something that we would probably all like to avoid. Wow. Everything is tying back into this, right?

We've got Hound Dog from the transport lot, which ties into Fontainebleau, which ties into the Lamia, who are connected to this intimately. We've got Red Rocks going after the gang rule driver seeing what's going on out there. And then this random ass office building that's in the middle of nowhere. That's all that's all tying in in some way shape or form. If I can make a list of priorities visit in slow feels

pretty quick and important. I agree. I think finding a way to quickly dump Adon's clothing that I have somewhere would be quick and nice and get over with. Then, you know, I'll take care of that. Hell, yeah. We just need to get it somewhere where it's clearly in the hands of the Pudin. Eska's and I can make a call.

Yeah. What do we think about me just calling the sheriff and like pretending it's not me and just say, hey, anonymous tip. Yeah. Anonymous tip. Yeah. How about not your voice? I can mask my voice. Get shardy or whatever. Yeah.

As much as I care about shardy, I mean, my last relationship ended up quite poorly because they got a little too close. So I don't know I Keep a bit of a distance. I see smart smart All you know take out from my my Back there some of this bloody clothing. I imagine like a white suit or something and hand it over to you, Zach, or Sybil. The scarf is most notable among them.

That scarf with the ax binded. It definitely was on, ate on, on the day of his death. So, clear indicator. Sy on, ate on, on the day of his death. So, uh, clear indicator. Simple piece of advice. Maybe, maybe burn it a little bit, make it look like somebody tried to dispose of it. That I can do. I don't even have to be the one to deliver it. Um, I can, I can ask some, well, honestly, at this point, it's going to be either rats or

bees, but I can burn it first perfect all right we got her we got her not playing yeah i say i don't oh i don't want to throw a wrench into our plans but you're about to i'm about to because i don't know if i can i don't know if i can go with you to Red Rocks because I'm not allowed to leave Las Vegas. I mean, how hard and fast is that rule? Well, Lake Mead was technically outside of Vegas. I was gonna say. Yeah.

Huh. You were naked the whole time there. And this is a specific watchman request, if I'm not mistaken. It's in line with what we've been asking. Yeah, but it's from the Anarchs. That's right. And I can't tell the cam if they want us to be in their little pocket because

that's the only way I survive. If there is some kind of thing out in the middle of the desert that would affect the city. I would say unless you're worried about them using blood magic to inquire about this specific thing, put it in the closet with the rest of the shit. We're not telling the camera. Yeah, exactly. Well, when did you stop? When did you start following the rules, Mal? Well, they've been promoted.

Yeah, I have actually. And I like jingle like Joss, all the glasses in my arms. I'm the bus person here now. So. But Greg respects my name. Thank you. I'm the bus person here now, so. Congratulations, ma'am. Put some respect on my name. Thank you. Don't we all own this place? Yes.

Wait, do we all have shifts that we're supposed to actually do? No. Oh, thank God. No. Burrows will lean over to Niles' head. Let him have this. Oh. I suppose once we get all that done,

maybe we'll look into Red red rocks first and then follow up a Fontaine blue because we know we're walking into a Fontaine blue. We need to we know we need to be prepared for that. Red rocks a little bit of an unknown. So maybe we tackle that first. That's been on the to do list longer. Slow deliver the scarf. Red rocks, Fontaine blue.

Sounds like we got a hell of a night playing. Are you gonna leave Shardy behind? Are you bringing her along too? I'll call her an Uber and let her get home. Do we wanna use Ubers anymore? No. What, are we using Lyft now? I think old school taxis, we call them up.

I mean, they're still old faithful. What's wrong with an Uber? I think Shardy will, we call them up. I mean, they're still old faithful. What's wrong with an Uber? It's that it's tied to you. What? What do you mean? If you if you get a cab in cash, it's fine. But your Uber, it's it's your like you have to put in an email address. And they could track you to do that because the whole.

All the crime. We briefly discussed this or Niles and I did, and I think it might be compromised. Oh, we've had weird. We've had weird interaction like that. Who was that dude that we were in with when we were going to Silver Dollar? He was weird. Yeah, I don't know.

John or whatever. Caleb's having a fit. Well, all right. Just look, Uber's given just bad vibes. All right, sorry. We talked about the different things that could be participating in the end of the world and Uber might be actively contributing to it.

As we are having this conspiracy theory discussion on the fact that Ubers will contribute to the end of Las Vegas, John, you receive a text message. It's from an unknown number. It appears on your little notification badge and it reads, big things are happening. And then not an emoji smiley face, but one of those old timey colon space parentheses. And then right below that, a second message blurbs up and the notification goes off on your phone

and it reads, we should meet and discuss the future of the Meadows, dash slow. Speak of the devil, and I'll show everyone on my screen. Oh, there you have it. The last message reads, come to the circulatory system. You need to be seen by many. Shit. Oh, all right.

This last one, I understand a little bit less positive, negative, neutral. I would say it's good. Whenever the Camerilla says something outright, not in a like flirty, dangerous way, it's usually more dangerous. Direct communication is a red flag. So maybe we should wrap up and just head on down. Feels to me this might be alibi building. Yeah, absolutely. The final message is another colon space parentheses a little smiley face and we

will leave our session there for the night and come back in two weeks to find out what that smiley face means when we speak with slow we get the red rocks running we blame some put in Eskis and we start the inevitable climb to the next fall. It's all turning out engine. And there we go. The engine keeps burning. Thank you all for being here. Thank you guys for sticking it out with us. We have a blast with all of you as we always do.

We'll be back in two weeks with the continuation of Vegas by night. Thank you all. Thank you, Caleb. Good game. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good game Great game guys Thanks for watching!