Saturday, 30 October 2021

Vampire the Masquerade - V5 - Session Ninety Two - 'Resistance' (Part Three)

I'm currently running a Vampire the Masquerade chronicle using the 5th Edition rule-set for a small group of fellow role-players. These are the chronicles of their adventures.
Our chronicle is set in Los Angeles and features a small group of Camarilla agents sent into the 'Free States' to bring them back under Camarilla control. Over a year of plotting allowed the coterie to gain control of two North-Eastern Baronies and a large part of a third. Now they are moving on to the final stage of their campaign and have their eyes on taking over the entire city, either directly or by proxy.
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The now obligatory warning bit - Unlike my other RPG write-ups this one will contain swearing, sexual references and other references that might offend. If you can't tell the difference between real             peoples opinions and grown-ups role-playing predators who crave blood then this probably won't be for you. There are however a list of potential triggers listed before the introduction. I've also used actual photographs to represent some characters which I'll give acknowledgements to at the end if I've any idea who they are.
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The introduction to this campaign, the first story and all the other parts can be found at the following links and are in chronological order. If you'd prefer a summary of each session rather than read everything then there's a more detailed link page HERE as well as links to the first episode of each story in the blog sidebar.
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Chronicle One - 'Infiltrate L.A.' 
Welcome to L.A. - Introductory Session
Story One - 'Three Murders' - Part OneTwo, ThreeFour and Five
Interlude Session - One
Story Two - 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part OneTwoThree, and Four
Solo Session - 'The Neillson Library'
Story Two Continued- 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part FiveSixSeven and Eight
Story Three - 'Becoming Baron' - Part OneTwoThreeFour and Five
Solo Session - 'The Gather'
Story Three Continued - 'Becoming Baron' - Part SixSeven and Eight
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Chronicle Two - 'Foothold L.A.' 
Solo Session - 'Hostile Takeover'
Story Four - 'Countdown' - Part OneTwo and Three
Story Five - 'The Missing Chantry' - Part OneTwoThreeFour and Five
Solo Session - 'The Anaheim Assassination'
Story Six - 'A Meeting of Barons' - Part OneTwo and Three
Story Seven - 'The Carmelita Situation' - Part OneTwo and Three
Story Eight - 'The Blount Sisters' - Part One and Two
Story Nine - 'Blood Money' - Part OneTwoThreeFour, Five and Six
Story Ten - 'Anathema' - Part One and Two
Story Eleven - 'Predators and Prey' aka 'The Blount Sisters' - Part Three
Story Twelve - 'Aftermath' - Part One and Two
Story Thirteen - 'The Messiah Complex' - Part OneTwoThree and Four
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Chronicle Three - 'Incursion L.A.'
Story Fourteen - 'The Rant'
Story Fifteen - 'Ties of Blood' - Part One and Two
Solo Session - 'A Gathering of Roses'
Story Sixteen - 'The Southern Solution' - Part OneTwo and Three
Story Seventeen - 'The Baker Disappearance' - Part OneTwo and Three
Story Eighteen - 'Inevitable Betrayals' - Part OneTwoThreeFour and Five
Story Nineteen - 'The Marius Contracts' - Part One and Two
Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part OneTwoThreeFourFive
Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part SixSevenEightNine and Ten
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Interlude Session One - After Griffith Park
Interlude Session Two - Divide and Conquer
Interlude Session Three - On the Brink of War
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Chronicle Four - 'Conquest L.A.'
Story Twenty One - 'Veni, Vidi, Victor' - Part OneTwoThreeFourFive
Story Twenty One - 'Veni, Vidi, Victor' - Part Six, and Epilogue
Story Twenty Two - 'The Unbound' - Part OneTwoThree and Four
Story Twenty Three - 'The War Council' - Part OneTwoThree and Four
Interlude Session - Recon
Story Twenty Four - 'Resistance' - Part One and Two
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The PC's
Michael Tomassio - Toreador, 'Baron of the North East'
Vincent 'Vin' Ghast - Brujah, 'Constable'
Dr Daniel Matthews - Banu Haqim, 'Fixer'
Hope Romero - Gangrel, 'Census Taker'
Mr Hertz - Nosferatu, 'Seneschal'

The Storyteller
Garreth - Everyone else...

The player characters stats and backgrounds can be found HERE should any-one be interested, but be warned that the page is usually several stories ahead of the most recent write-up and may contain some spoilers. 

There's also some minor 'house-rules' HERE that have occurred as we went along.

If I think something needs a bit of out of character explanation then those will get a storytellers note that will helpfully be in red. Where particular NPC's have a mention in a faction profile you will be able to reach it by clicking on their name or faction beneath their picture.

Trigger Warnings for This Session: Suicide.

Introduction
Vannevar Thomas - Ventrue
Prince of San Francisco and San Jose
Having the entire resources of the kindred population of Los Angeles focussed almost exclusively upon the same goal is a rare occurrence, them cooperating with one another to achieve it is rarer still. Between the information brokers, political influencers and those kindred of a more social nature's contacts a clearer picture of Vannevars attempted invasion of L.A. has been established.

Over the last eighteen months, Vannevar has, through proxies, funded a number of building projects around Los Angeles. Each has been situated in an Anarch barony and have been used to covertly ship ghouls, kindred and materials of war into the city without notice. His taking of San Jose seems to have been either for the purposes of logistics or as a distraction from his grander schemes. Either way it coincided with several assassination attempts upon Anarch leaders, several of which were successful. Those that failed were more a matter of coincidence and fortuitous timing on the survivors part and the Prince has undoubtedly learned from those failures. It seems unlikely that such random elements will be allowed to interfere in future attempts.

Marius Walker - Gangrel
'Fixer' and Baron of Downtown
The other locations are also been observed in a variety of unobtrusive ways by the Gangrel of the city, using a combination of Animalism and shape-changing abilities, supported by packs under the control of Marius Walker. 

Marius had been given temporary control over the various baronies Gangrel scourges by the New Anarch Council in order to enable information to be shared quickly and efficiently.

The coteries newly acquired hacker, 'Zipper', utilising the computer system formally used by Jeremy MacNeil to monitor the cities police forces has been looking into the areas surrounding the Harper Construction sites. 

He has confirmed Daniel's suspicions that nearly every nearby building overlooking or situated near to, the sites has several office areas and apartments acquired by the aforementioned Harper Construction. 

Presumably these are lookout posts or possibly even bases for mortal and kindred followers of Vannevar that have infiltrated the city. This information combined with that provided by the various Baronies own ghouls scouting operations has enabled the recon groups to find safe approaches and staging points of their own.

The somewhat unpredictable, but brutally effective underground horde known as 'The Swarm' have been instructed by Marius to coordinate their patrols with Gary Golden, most influential of the cities Nosferatu so as to monitor any potential underground escape routes and check to see if Vannevars operations have extended underground.


Gary's contact is to be Quinn, eldest of the swarm mistresses surviving childer as this has been deemed far safer than using their notorious leader. Tilly Kelly, 'Mistress of the Swarm' is far too unpredictable to be a useful liaison. Mainly as she is both a serial diablerist, and quite, quite, mad.

Tilly Kelly - Gangrel, 'Mistress of the Swarm', Diablerist

The Nosferatu of the city have warned the Anarch Council that whatever is being planned by Vannevars forces is now dangerously close to being implemented. The Council has authorised one more night of reconnaissance and investigation but after that action must be taken. The only matter to be decided is exactly what that action will be.

Scene Twelve - A Convenient Death
Gloria Martinez - Brujah
Baron of Whittier and El Hermandad
As well as the impending assault upon Vannevar's forces, the coterie was also concerned about the activities of the unbound ghoul gang known as 'The Young Bloods', especially after their brazen attack upon the gangs protecting Baron Gloria Martinez. It was clear that they had made some arrangement with Vannevar's forces.

Daniel had contacted Michael's ghoul, Frank Atkins, who with the coteries help had ascended rapidly through the ranks of the Los Angeles Police department. 

His hope was that local traffic camera's may have captured some useful information about where the assault came from, and where the bikers headed to afterwards. Unfortunately Frank's information has raised other questions.

"Traffic Cams were down for maintenance during the entire time-frame of the incident between the Young Bloods and the various biker gangs of Whittier and as you can imagine there's a major shortage of witnesses willing to come forward about it. The weird thing is, the official who ordered the maintenance was found dead in their apartment the next day, apparent suicide. Judging from the time of death they must have made the decision pretty near to the time they offed themselves."

Both Daniel and Michael exchanged a look. It wasn't the first time that such coincidences had happened within the city.

Frank Atkins - Corrupt Cop
Ghoul of Michael Tomassio
Frank continued "Had a word with the coroner. Now he's basing his time of death around the time she phoned in with the maintenance order. Though he admitted that without that information, the time of death could have been several hours before...she also submitted all the appropriate documentation for the maintenance the previous night, came in specially, wasn't even her shift...no-one noticed anything unusual about her though..."

Frank confirmed that she was known as a diligent employee so doing extra work wasn't unusual.

"I've sent over the autopsy report, you might be able to glean more from it than our guy did."

Daniel was an expert surgeon and medical practitioner in addition to his skills as an assassin. Both these knowledges enabled him to glean information from the document that a less capable individual could have missed.

There was some bruising around the wrists and upper arms which due to it's minor nature had been overlooked as incidental. Daniel however was familiar with methods of restraint which failed to leave the obvious signs, this combined with their empty stomach led Daniel to suspect that they had been held prisoner for at least two days and nights making it impossible for them to have been at the office. Foul play was confirmed in his mind as he was sure that the bruising on their neck from the hanging was inconsistent with a self inflicted suicide. Though this was new information, it didn't really help them get any closer to stopping the Young Bloods.

Scene Thirteen - A 'Call' Home
Desdemona Moore - Brujah
Camarilla Praetor and Archon
Vin once more used the ritual he had been taught which enabled him to communicate with his sire over considerable distances. He could now activate the ritual with much less effort than the first few times he had attempted it. His curiosity was been piqued about just what else one might be able to use Blood Sorcery to accomplish.

After the contact was broken, he contacted the coterie to share what his sire had revealed.

According to Vin, his sire Desdemona Moore had been put on standby with a number of her most trusted Archons with the task of securing Los Angeles, should Vannevar succeed. More interestingly, she has revealed that Vannevar's recent issues keeping his city secure from both the Sabbat and the so-called 'Kindred of the East' has raised significant doubts about his ability to lead. Should he fail in taking LA it's likely that Sara Anne Winder, Ventrue Primogen will takeover as Prince. 

It seemed that the majority of the resources spent over the last eighteen months were based on promises around the spoils to be acquired from the taking of Los Angeles. Vannevar has pushed his credit to it's limit in boons and promised territory. Failure is therefore not an option for him, he has to succeed or risk complete and utter ruin.

She had also revealed to Vin some of the political elements being considered by the Camarilla.

San Jose at Night - Former Anarch Domain

If San Jose was on the table as a permanent and undisputed Camarilla domain then that would buy the coterie some extra time to fulfil their mission to 'take' Los Angeles. 

Storytellers Note - The coterie's three original members were originally sent to the Anarch Free States to undermine it. Whether this is still the aim of them all is now debateable but as far as the Camarilla is concerned they are still all loyal agents.

Los Angeles at Night - The Anarch Free States

If Michael can indeed establish himself as de-facto head of an Anarch Council with sufficient power to neutralise the Anarchs as a threat and continue to weaken them then the powers that be may be, at least temporarily, satisfied. Desdemona informed Vin that she would be more than happy to recommend a diplomatic option to her bosses should it be vaguely justifiable, but won't damage her reputation to do so. She then also wished him luck as well as subtly reminding him that it was she who he ultimately answered to, and no-one else. 

This last piece of information he kept to himself as despite Michael's reassurances he was still somewhat suspicious about his Baron's ultimate goals. It was entirely possible that he had 'gone native'.

Scene Fourteen - To the Moon and Back
Eleanor Braun - Gangrel
'The Sorceress', Childe of Marius
A meeting with Luna had been arranged via Marius's childe Eleanor Braun. The terms were for a meeting at the chantry in Downtown at a time selected by Luna, and are none negotiable.

Reasonably sure that he could strike a deal with San Francisco's Tremere Primogen, Michael agreed.

The Chantry, as before, gave off the disturbing air that it was both alive, and watching the coterie on the chantry members behalf.

The building had exhibited the ability to act independently on previous occasions and none of the coterie relished the prospect of entering the so-called 'United Chantry of Los Angeles', former domain of Tremere Primogen Maximilian Strauss.

The sense of oppression rose and fell as they navigated the rooms and corridors of the Chantry, the route changed yet again from their last visit. Though the various Tremere houses who made it their residence seemed comfortable, as if the changes were accepted or indeed not even noticeable to them, only to visitors. 

The coterie saw no-one else despite their being at least six other blood mages living within it's walls

Vanessa 'Ruby' Rubeus - House Carna
Regent of the Los Angeles Chantry
The escort Vanessa 'Ruby' Rubeus, the chantries Regent elect, guided them to the meeting but didn't enter with them.  Luna was waiting in a room that none of the coterie had ever been in before, a comfortable sitting room decorated in white and silver, almost as if it was a reflection of the woman within.

Luna was apparently middle aged when she received the Embrace and her hair had already turned silver. Furthermore, death had given her a smooth white alabaster-like appearance. She seemingly had a penchant for wearing older style dresses, given how relaxed she was in the one she's currently wearing.

Those elements, when combined, projected an image that they found vivid and unforgettable, as befitted a woman of her vast learning and achievement. She appeared to be using no disciplines, yet the coterie found themselves strangely fearful in her presence.

She greeted them formally but it was very obvious that she had no time for social niceties. Nonetheless, Michael introduced himself and the coterie members accompanying him. When prompted he laid out his offer of unimpeded access for Luna and the other Tremere of San Francisco to visit the L.A. Chantry and vice versa. She seemed unsurprised, as if this had been exactly what she had been expecting.

"I appreciate the offer of access to this facility and the research opportunities that would provide. I'm aware of your status within the Anarch community and have no doubt that you have or can gain the authority to make such an offer. The Gangrel's sorcerous childe, Ms Braun, implied as much and that her sire would facilitate such an arrangement."

Luna Demian - House Tremere
Regent and Primogen of San Francisco
"A most unusual example of his clan that one, One can only wonder if the quantity of souls he's drained is the reason why his childer are so...interesting...he is also surprisingly cordial to ones of my clan. A rarity considering the history between us."

It was Michael's opinion that Marius would strike a deal with the devil himself if the terms were agreeable, then turn around and stab him in the back as soon as it wasn't. He kept this thought to himself, but he was reasonably sure that a kindred of Luna's intelligence didn't trust Marius either. No-one with any sense did. He kept his word, but his agreements were usually phrased in such a way to give him significant flexibility in their interpretation.

After a brief pause, Luna continued. "I presume the price is a pact of none-interference of the Tremere of San Francisco, in your current plan to remove Vannevar's forces from this domain?..and yes, I'm quite aware that you know of his infiltrated forces and have been observing all and infiltrated at least one of his sites. The fact that I have chosen to keep this information to myself should tell you much about how I feel about this plan. You will also, no doubt, require my support in any 'peace' negotiations, presumably after you make at least some show of strength? As long as San Francisco itself is not threatened, I accept your terms."

Michael was expecting a 'but'. He wasn't disappointed. "Should word of our arrangement reach any kindred outside of our respective circles, I would of course consider the agreement to be null and void. I would also, on a personal note, be very upset indeed about such an eventuality."


He detected no threat in her tone, it seemed to be a completely matter of fact statement, yet he inexplicably felt the need to get out of her presence as fast as he could. At least it seemed that they had one ally in their plan for a diplomatic solution. All present however, left the meeting with a distinct feeling that they had been in the presence of a creature who would be as happy to see them dissected on a laboratory table, as seated across from her.

Scene Fifteen - Too Many Cooks
Michael lamented the fact that even the smallest task in the city required half a dozen meetings with other kindred to accomplish, given the number of Barons and pseudo barons within L.A. The fact that he was also communicating with his handlers in the Camarilla added another layer of complications. He was sometimes jealous of Hope's single-minded and usually horrendously violent methods of problem solving. Though he didn't always approve, at least preparation was minimal. Almost like pulling a pin on a grenade. Still, if their broad plan was to give Vannevar's forces a bloody nose before offering to negotiate then he had a lot of juggling to do.

Carmelita Neillson - Toreador
Camarilla Archaeologist and Archivist
He decided that Carmelita Neillson, Camarilla archaeologist and archivist would be his first call.

Getting a call through to Carmelita took some time as encrypted lines of communication needed to be set up and double checked. Michael discovered as usual that he was going to have to navigate Camarilla politics as well as those of the Anarchs.

Carmelita exchanged a few pleasantries before getting to the crux of the issue.

"Fiorenza is extremely unhappy that Vannevar has been operating in Los Angeles without her approval given that he knew she had an operation in place. She's also somewhat pissed with you that this plan had been going on for eighteen months without you or your coterie knowing...

He detected no blame in Carmelita's tone. She was merely stating a fact, and possibly giving him some advance warning of what was to come when he spoke to Fiorenza.

"...Even more concerning is that she's now convinced that Marius knew and did nothing, so I'd advise you to minimise any mention of Marius's involvement in your plans. Politically she'd like you to solve this problem with the minimum of Camarilla casualties. Though should Vannevar's own agents be brutally destroyed during the process she will ensure that you suffer no fallout because of those losses."

The casual ease with which kindred sacrificed one another, even when seemingly on the same side, bothered him a great deal. It was, however, something he had to deal with.

Fiorenza Savona - Ventrue
Camarilla Power Broker
Getting a call through to Fiorenza made the process of getting in touch with Carmelita seem trivial in comparison. After an hour of been bounced between one encrypted system and another, he finally got to speak to the lady herself. Fiorenza Savona, Ventrue power broker and confidante of the Justicars and possibly even, if rumours were to be believed, The Inner Circle itself.

As Fiorenza spoke, Michael realised that Carmelita's assessment of the situation had been spot on. "We need a diplomatic solution that minimizes Camarilla losses, well, with the exception of Vannevars agents, destroy them all if you wish. The Camarilla must gain something from the proceedings in order to both save face and legitimise my own more subtle plan."

Michael put forward his plan to use San Jose as a negotiating chip. Fiorenza seemed to be on board with this as a plan. "San Jose? Yes, if you can convince the Anarchs to give it up then that might do. No restrictions on what the Camarilla subsequently do with it will be acceptable though, unfortunately. It is larger than San Francisco, though admittedly less usefully located and after all, a million potential feeding vessels will certainly attract a number of kindred to the city. The best the Primogen of San Francisco will accept is the honouring of it's borders. How they utilise it will be none of the Anarchs concern. once it's ours, it's ours." This was what Michael had been expecting. He filled Fiorenza in on some of what he had planned for the negotiations if things went the way he hoped.

"Your wish to host any such meeting at your Succubus Club in Hollywood is intriguing. You certainly have a flair for the dramatic. Lets hope between us we can convince both the Anarchs and Camarilla to agree. You are aware, of course, that both will require some...motivation? I presume that you and your pet assassin have a plan? No, don't tell me. It's probably best that it comes as a surprise to me as well."

Isaac Abrams - Toreador
Baron of Hollywood and San Fernando
Michael sighed inwardly. Though what Fiorenza said was reasonable he knew what she was actually doing was giving herself plausible deniability should anything go wrong.

Given the complications of the political situation he was now embroiled in, he decided to give Isaac, his mentor within the Anarchs, a heads-up on some of what was to occur. Though he obviously kept his connection to the Camarilla out of the briefing.

Isaac seemed to be pleased that Michael had chosen to share this with him.

"I appreciate you sharing this with me, despite you being sure that I already knew. You are correct about San Jose of course, it was never of any importance outside of it's use as a barrier between us and San Francisco. Now that bird has flown, it serves no purpose to me."

It was also evident that he approved of the plan to force a negotiation. As Michael's Succubus Club was based in Hollywood, Isaac's approval was essential.

"If you can bloody Vannevar's nose sufficiently for him to be willing to sit down to a meeting then that may well be the best solution to the issue. Your Succubus Club? An excellent plan. The name alone should arouse the curiosity of both the Anarchs and the Camarilla. You have my approval and I'm sure that...other interested parties, will be intrigued enough to also approve. I presume I need not elaborate on that last point?

Michael was sure that Isaac was referring to Christopher Houghton, a Toreador of the fifth generation who had been influencing Los Angeles from it's inception. Speaking of kindred of influence, he supposed he'd need to keep Marius appraised too. Neither Marius, Victoria, nor any of his usual proxies were available for a meeting. He managed get a brief conversation with Victoria though it wasn't particularly reassuring.


"Go ahead with your plan and I'll try to steer Marius through it without disrupting it if I can. Expect some bodies to drop though, he is in a predatory phase and those you just have to roll with, or be rolled over..."

Michael sighed outwardly this time. Though it was biologically unnecessary, it made Michael feel better. He hoped Daniel was having some luck with moving forward the 'bloody nose' part of the scheme.

Scene Sixteen - A One, Two Combo
Jochen Van Nuys - Ventrue
Leader of the Camarilla Incursion
Daniel had decided that one set-back wouldn't be enough to force Vannevar's representatives to the negotiation table and that they needed to inflict at least two significant blows. Broadly speaking his plan was to assassinate someone of note, possibly Peter Kwan. He had discovered that Peter was the childe of Jochen Van Nuys, leader of Vannevar's forces within the city and therefore an excellent target if a point needed to be made.

The other part of his plan was to turn the construction site under which Van Nuys was hiding into a giant fucking crater, taking all the forces and resources within, with it. For this though he'd need some extra help.

Daniel knew of a kindred who could be useful in this regard. Equipping himself with all the footage he and 'Chick' had taken of the structure as well as his own notes, he arranged to meet the Malkavian architect, Dillan Matthews.

Dillan had designed the defences that protected MacNeil's computer system that the coterie had located and had also helped them penetrate the base of Victor Girard. He was also behind the design of many of the cities most impenetrable kindred havens.

Dillan Fitzgerald - Malkavian
Architect and Designer
He was obviously intrigued by Daniel's request 

"You want to collapse a half-built building onto an underground car-park containing a concealed kindred haven? How intriguing..."

Dillan watched the video of the reconnaissance on fast-forward on one computer while simultaneously converting the information into a three dimensional representation of the construction site on another. He marked several points of interest as he did so. A printer began to churn out several plan drawings on which Dillan made even more notes. The entire process had taken about an hour so far.

"I'll give you more detailed information tomorrow evening but this should enable you to make your preliminary plans." Said Dillan. Daniel thanked him then left.

He was amused that after only an hour leaving the meeting with detailed plans on how to collapse the building both partially and completely using an absolute minimum of explosives as well as detailed instructions on how to manufacture explosives from a variety of substances common to construction sites. The fact that he sketched out these plans in less than an hour and ten minutes led Daniel to believe that he had already contemplated the problem at some point. Either that or his genius and insight into this area of expertise was bordering on the terrifying.

Charlie 'Chick' Abbott - Banu Haqim
Scourge and Assassin
His next port of call was Charlie 'Chick' Abbott with whom he'd completed the initial recon mission. He had been given permission to speak to her with Santa Monica, the domain of Baron Voerman.

Charlie laid out the terms for her assistance. "Therese has given me permission to assist you with assassinating the leaders of the Camarilla invasion on the condition that you are willing to reciprocate in the future should I myself need assistance on an equivalent number of projects. I understand if becoming bound by such an open-ended boon is off-putting to you but her terms are quite none-negotiable."

She then handed Daniel a plain card with a phone-number embossed on it and a cheap burner phone. 
"Ring me on that number, using that phone if you require my help on those terms. An hours notice will be all I need..."

Satisfied that he had a useful ally in either the planting of the explosives or the assassination of Van Nuys's childe (perhaps even both), He decided to do some investigation of the place where Peter Kwan was based. Two explosions in the city would certainly arouse the suspicion of the authorities so this job would have to be done in a more personal manner. As it was getting late in the night, he delegated the task to his ghouls. He had weapons to prepare and his Baron and coterie to brief.

Scene Seventeen - Peter Kwan
Peter Kwan - Ventrue
Childe of Jochen Van Nuys
Peter Kwan had rented the entire top floor of a mid-sized, five story hotel building near Koreatown. He had guards on the roof, and protecting both the lift and stairs to his floor. Though they appeared to be unarmed from a distance, they were quite obviously packing concealed weaponry and judging from their confident movements almost certainly had a stockpile of more lethal weaponry somewhere. At least one more of his security personnel was permanently based in the hotel lobby monitoring comings and goings. 

Daniel's various agents, assisted by some inconspicuous observers provided by Vin, judged the numbers to be at least eighteen, possibly as many as twenty. Two in the lobby, two by the lift, two by the stairs, two on the roof and at least one guarding Peter's own room. These changed shift approximately every twelve hours though changeover times aren't consistent, presumably as a counter to anyone attempting to take advantage of a shift change.

Most worryingly, a hooded figure was sometimes seen nearby. One minute they're there the next they were gone. Nothing that big should be able to move that fast. Daniel suspected them of being Nosferatu, due to the concealing hood, though that didn't necessarily explain the speed.

The proximity to Koreatown was a concern. That area had been granted by Marius as a feeding ground to a creature known as 'The Nameless One', a fierce and territorial kindred who destroyed intruders as a matter of course. It would therefore be of paramount importance to avoid any accidental crossings into this area. At least by themselves. If Peter's men were to end up there, then that would be their problem.


The coterie was sure that the Council would approve their plan. Now they just had to implement it...


In Conclusion
I like to do a round-up of how the session went in these features but if you couldn't give a shit what I think then feel free to skip this bit...

It's certainly a bold plan. I was hoping to get to the actual 'mission' this session but I did give them one more night and they used it very well.


No if you'll excuse me I'm about to get myself put on another watch-list as I do some research into home-made explosives and building demolition...

Acknowledgements
Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Entertainment AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved.

I've used pictures of real people to represent some of the characters and art for others so in no particular order Michael Tomassio is represented by Matt Bomer, 'Vin' is Scott Adkins, Dr Matthews is Mads Mikkelsen, Hope is Deborah Ann Woll, Mr Hertz is Charles Dance, Vannevar Thomas is Bryan Dechart, Marius walker is Tony Curran, Tilly Kelly is Anna Paquin, Gloria Martinez is Ariadne Artiles, Frank Atkins is Michael Chiklis, Desdemona Moore is Amanda Donohoe, Eleanor Braun is P.J. Harvey, Vanessa 'Ruby' Rubeus is Leila Lunatic, Luna Demian is Andie MacDowell, Carmelita Neillson is Salma Hayek, Fiorenza Savona is Jamie Lee Curtis, Isaac Abrams is Gary Oldman, Victoria Anne is Lilith May, Jochen Van Nuys is Javier Bardem, Dillan Fitzgerald is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlie 'Chick' Abbott is Lena Headey and Peter Kwan is Steven Yeun.

Everything else is from vampire related folders and searches and is as far as I know is all of the 'fair use' variety. If there's something that you feel should be attributed to some-one then feel free to let me know and I'll happily add an acknowledgement.

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