Vampire the Masquerade - V5 - Session Ninety Four - 'Resistance' (Part Five)

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 One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Interlude Session - One
Story Two - 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part One, Two, Three, and Four
Solo Session - 'The Neillson Library'
Story Two Continued- 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part Five, Six, Seven and Eight
Story Three - 'Becoming Baron' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Solo Session - 'The Gather'
Story Three Continued - 'Becoming Baron' - Part Six, Seven and Eight

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Chronicle Two - 'Foothold L.A.' 

Solo Session - 'Hostile Takeover'
Story Four - 'Countdown' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Five - 'The Missing Chantry' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Solo Session - 'The Anaheim Assassination'
Story Six - 'A Meeting of Barons' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Seven - 'The Carmelita Situation' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Eight - 'The Blount Sisters' - Part One and Two
Story Nine - 'Blood Money' - Part One, Two, Three, Four, 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 One, Two, Three 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 One, Two and Three
Story Seventeen - 'The Baker Disappearance' - Part One, Two and Three

Story Eighteen - 'Inevitable Betrayals' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five

Story Nineteen - 'The Marius Contracts' - Part One and Two

Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five, 

Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part Six, Seven, Eight, Nine 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 One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Story Twenty One - 'Veni, Vidi, Victor' - Part Six, and Epilogue

Story Twenty Two - 'The Unbound' - Part One, Two, Three and Four

Story Twenty Three - 'The War Council' - Part One, Two, Three and Four

Interlude Session - Recon

Story Twenty Four - 'Resistance' - Part One, Two, Three and Four

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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: Blood (Obviously), Murder.

Storytellers Note - The last session involved two characters, with some initial support from a third and this will involve a different two. This enabled me to focus completely upon each 'mission' and minimise the amount of downtime that would occur, bouncing between the two very different tasks.

Introduction

While Vin and Hope engage in their task to assassinate Peter Kwan, childe of Jochen Van Nuys, Daniel has enlisted the aid of one of Therese Voerman's Scourge for his own mission. 

Storytellers Note - The events of the previous session are meant to be occurring at the same time as those in this story. That other session can be read HERE if you missed it. 

The plan is to plant a number of explosive devices in the construction site that the Camarilla is using as a base from which to plan the invasion of the Anarch Free States.

Though they have many other such sites concealed in plain sight around the city, it is hoped that bringing their centre of operations crashing down upon the invasions leader will force the Camarilla to the negotiating table.

Scene Twenty Five - The Architect of Destruction

The Malkavian architect Dillon Fitzgerald has requested that you meet him on the way to your mission against the construction site concealing the leadership of the Camarilla invasion of L.A.

Given the importance of the task, he has agreed to supply you with the necessary demolition tools to guarantee the buildings destruction and also claims to have plans that will enable you to complete the task more efficiently.

He has invited you to Venture Tower where he apparently resides and has informed you to introduce yourself to lobby security as his guests and that they will give you directions to his apartments.

Charlie 'Chick' Abbott - Banu Haqim
Scourge and Assassin

Daniel had arranged to meet Charlie 'Chick' Abbott at Venture Tower and found her waiting for him as he arrived. Chick was, like Daniel, a Banu Haqim though unlike Daniel she was known as such whereas he had been masquerading as a Brujah since his arrival in the city. This was in part due to the fact that he was attempting to evade his own sire who now sought his destruction and partly to enable him to blend in with the other Anarchs. The Brujah were the majority clan within the Free States though Clan Gangrel were now a close second.

You have both been to Venture Tower before as security for your relative Barons during the war Council meeting and so are familiar with the lobby security. You have less hoops to jump through this time as you are apparently only going as high as the residential levels. The receptionist points you towards one of the elevators and informs you that Mr Fitzgerald's offices are on the ninety first floor.

"So this guy is one of Marius's?" enquired Chick.

"Yeah..." replied Daniel. "...he does most of Marius's design work. Havens, security, the occasional death-trap too, I imagine. He also does stuff for himself though. You know how Marius works. As long as his own projects take priority you can use the resources provided by him for your own side projects. I've heard that two thirds of the top tier Havens in L.A. were designed by him."

Venture Tower - Downtown
"Tallest Building in Los Angeles"

The elevator opens onto a spacious lobby area containing office style seating and low tables scattered with a variety of 'coffee table' books, mainly on architecture and related fields of expertise. To the left is an open plan office space which looks like a drawing office where half a dozen casually dressed individuals are apparently working late on various projects, though there is clearly enough space for at least twenty employees. 

An enclosed office area is off to the right. A sign nearby has the legend Fitzgerald Architectural on it. The slogan underneath reads The world leader in Architecture, Design, Technical and Construction Solutions.

You are greeting by a smartly dressed young man. His nametag identifies him as Theodore Cope.

"Evening, You must be the people here to see Mr Fitzgerald. If you follow me I'll take you to his office..."

Daniel didn't recognise him but he presumed that he was a ghoul of Dillan's. The messenger that Dillan had once sent to the gallery, Ewan Blake, was one of the individuals at work at one of the desks. 

Dillan Fitzgerald - Malkavian
Obsessive Architect

Theodore opened the door to the office but didn't follow them in. They got the distinct impression that he was afraid to do so.

Dillon's office is spacious. Containing a large desk, several cabinets and a large whiteboard along one wall covered with indecipherable mathematical equations and sketches of room layouts that make no sense to you whatsoever. Framed pictures along the opposite wall appear to be of buildings that couldn't possibly exist in reality due to their outlandish designs and elaborate mazes that also seem to be impossible for any sane person to solve. Plans are spread out over his desk and a somewhat out of place crate is alongside the desk. It has the logo of Mercurio's arms dealing corporation on it.

Both Daniel and Chick noticed that the office windows were made of one-way glass, enabling Dillan to see his employees at work but not vice versa.

"Welcome to the legitimate side of my business enterprise. If you take a seat I'll quickly run you through what I have for to assist in the task at hand..."

He opened the crate and emptied it's contents onto a side table. There were nine devices within that he arranged into a group of seven and a group of two. He first gestured at the seven...

"These are military grade explosives activated by remote control. Five should be sufficient if placed at the locations indicated on the plans I've obtained. However if you wish to be 101% sure of success then I would also recommend placing the final two devices on the upper floors, also where I have indicated. those will ensure that the upper floors integrity is disrupted enough to add their weight to the overall collapse."

Custom Explosive Devices

"and what are those?" asked Daniel, pointing at the remaining two devices.

"I was coming to that." replied Dillan. "The other two devices are incendiary in nature. It's likely that as this is the command centre for the incursion that there will be a room containing documents that would be better destroyed, lest mortal agencies discover them in the inevitable search operations and investigations."

The plans that they were then shown seemed to have been created from their reconnaissance mission footage as certain areas were absent. Dillon had extrapolated the likely layout of the other areas in a separate document but warned them that these could easily be incorrect if as he put it "The designer was an idiot."

Daniel had some familiarity with explosive devices from his time in the military. Chick's experience with them was far less extensive. They seemed simple enough however, Once Dillan had given them an overview of their operation that is.

After thanking Dillan Fitzgerald once more, the pair left to carry out their task.

Scene Twenty Six - A Return Visit

The construction site is much as you remembered it though security has been upgraded somewhat. The fence is higher and now also has an interior fence creating an open zone that is now heavily observed. Patrols have been at least doubled and the rooftop presence may have even been tripled. It seems that the Camarilla may not be as ignorant of the Anarchs awareness of them as you hoped.

Reuben Hart - Ghoul of Mr Hertz
Apparent leader of 'The Apostles' criminal gang

The pair were travelling in an unobtrusive vehicle provided for them by Mr Hertz. Hertz had acquired a car dealership some time ago and a scrapyard at about the same time. This enabled him to keep the rest of the coterie in disposable and relatively untraceable vehicles. The Nosferatu ran the coteries criminal enterprises in a highly efficient manner, rewarding success and punishing failure.

'The Apostles' as former coterie member Roach had named the gang, both respected and feared their leaders. Even those who took their orders from their apparent leader, Mr Hertz's ghoul Reuben Hart, knew that there was a power behind him. They were also aware that it was extremely hazardous to ones health to ask too many questions about the power behind Reuben.

The pair took a drive around the site's perimeter before parking a short distance away, down a side road.

"There's a lot of extra security since last time." said Daniel.

"Yeah...but the new ones aren't the same calibre as the originals." observed Chick. "They're far less alert. Looks like Van Nuys had the cream of the crop protecting him and the rest got what was left..."

Armed Security Guards - Camarilla

Daniel watched the guards more closely and had to agree with Chick's assessment. Apparently gathering enough security personnel to protect the twelve sites established by the Camarilla had been too large a task.

"Start at the top and work down?" asked Chick.

"Seems like the best plan." agreed Daniel

The increased security made it more difficult to find a gap in the patrol patterns but eventually they observed one. A team consisting of two new guards and one more competent original had stopped briefly and appeared to be engaged in an argument of some kind. Daniel overheard a few snippets of the conversation. One of the new guards was objecting to being talked down to by what Daniel presumed was one of Van Nuys's original handpicked people. Chick was also watching the debate. Both hoped that this infighting would make their task a bit easier but neither were banking upon it.

Both Banu Haqim had considerable talent with the discipline which kindred referred to as 'Obfuscate', though unlike many kindred their abilities also confused electronic devices in addition to mundane senses. Therefore they were less concerned about the security cameras than a less skilled vampire may have been. As well as being effectively invisible, they were also cloaked in an aura of complete silence.

'Clinging of the Insect' - Blood Sorcery Ritual

Both casually cleared the first fence, covered the ground to the other one in seconds, before athletically leaping over the inner defensive perimeter. A pile of crates gave them the cover they needed to prepare the ritual necessary to scale the structure to the upper floors.

Storytellers Note - This is Daniel's players favourite ritual for some reason...

Both kindred retrieved containers from their belongings. They filled the container with their own vitae into which they crushed an unfortunate spider that each had bought for the occasion. Both mockingly clinked the containers together as if making a toast then ingested the concoction. Then, once sure they were unobserved, they both scaled the wall of the building like a pair of insects.

Bypassing the upper floors window locks was childsplay to the two skilled operatives and they were within the building in moments. As they had done on their reconnaissance mission they swiftly moved to the ceiling where their movements would be even less noticeable.

Both were equipped headsets and microphones to enable them to communicate with one another and the small team that had moved in to support them once they had breached the facility. As the silence surrounding them took a whole lot of noise to break, they could communicate very easily without fear of being overheard and subsequently detected.

Several guards were on this floor and appeared to be protecting a storage room in one corner. There was also activity within. Both the kindred's preternatural senses focussed upon this area. They agreed that at least three individuals were within.

"We should probably take a look if we can." whispered Daniel.

The two assassins were used to having to wait for the right moment to strike. Impatient kindred in their professions inevitably had short careers. Of course if this was a 'sweep and clear' job they would simply have eliminated all the targets and then investigated. Unfortunately this wasn't a viable option in this case as the guards were reporting in every fifteen minutes and their absence would have been quickly noticed. So they waited.

Unidentified Nosferatu
Camarilla

After about twenty minutes, a bulky figure in a coat with a high collar, left the room. He was flanked by two security guards who, judging from their alertness levels, were from Van Nuys's personal security teams. A brief view they caught of the shadowy figure led them to the obvious conclusion that they were Nosferatu. With so few Brujah and Gangrel remaining in the Camarilla it was increasingly falling to the Nosferatu to act as Sheriff's and Scourges in addition to their information gathering duties.

Now with guards only protecting the exterior of the room, Chick quietly moved aside a section of the area's plastic roof and slipped inside. The room was full of file boxes. A quick look through them revealed a selection of files on both Anarchs within the city and their mortal interests. This was valuable information to an invading force and indicated extensive preparation for this covert Camarilla invasion force. 

Carefully removing one of the pair of incendiary devices from her pack and activated it's signal receiver, Chick concealed it in one of the boxes that looked like it hadn't been opened for some time and pushed it under a shelf in one corner. She briefly contemplated placing the second device in the room but instead decided to keep it in reserve in case they found a similar location elsewhere.

From his observation point, Daniel could see the skill with which his fellow Banu Haqim worked. Every movement was controlled and effortless and such were her skills of obfuscation that even he occasionally lost sight of her despite knowing exactly where she was. He could certainly see why Baron Voerman considered her to be such a valuable member of Santa Monica's so-called 'commando coterie'.

The Voerman Sisters - Malkavian

Santa Monica was the smallest Barony within Los Angeles but it's Baron, Therese Voerman, valued her privacy and was notoriously intolerant of trespassers. Additionally, Santa Monica contained one of the two 'Asylum' clubs within Los Angeles and these were popular venues for younger kindred. Therefore it was necessary for Therese to have a strong security force in order to ensure that visitors to the club behaved themselves. 

The second of these clubs was in Hollywood and was ran by Therese's sister. Jeanette Voerman was also notorious within L.A. but for very different reasons than her sister Therese.

As Jeanette's club was within the domain of Baron Isaac Abrams, her security was pretty much guaranteed. Isaac's power within his domain was absolute and though he allowed other kindred to have some business interests within Hollywood, it was invariably on Isaac's terms.

Jeanette was one of the premier information brokers in the city. Most of the information she acquired was obtained via persuasion, manipulation or seduction. She seemed to have no particular sexual preferences and has had relationships with partners of both genders, mortals and kindred and has even numbered Nosferatu such as Bertram Tung amongst her conquests. Her lovers were inevitably discarded once she grew bored of them but some of the more useful ones were kept 'on the hook' in case they become useful later.

Once Daniel was sure that Chick was clear, he stopped his musing and moved to one of the secondary bomb locations specified by Dillan before planting a device at the base of the indicated pillar. He placed the explosive on the opposite side from the entrance to this level. As this was fairly close to the wall, Daniel was reasonably sure that it wouldn't be easily discovered. With this particular level dealt with they decided to continue on.

As with their previous visit, they ignored the stairs and instead utilised the elevator shaft to penetrate the next floor down.

Scene Twenty Seven - Overwatch

By now, the infiltrators had worked out the patterns and positioning of the guards and had already worked out the best way to exit the unfinished elevator shaft unobserved.

When they had done their initial reconnaissance, this level had been sparsely populated despite acting as part barracks and part mess-hall. Now, with the guards more than doubled, it was significantly busier. The weapon racks were also significantly expanded.

"You cover me, I'll go plant bomb number two." said Chick over their comms.

Daniel agreed and scanned the area. Despite being effectively invisible, the ability was mental illusion more than anything and so bumping into another person or blocking their path would cause them to be revealed. This meant that the position he selected would need to be one that no passer-by would pass through. Unfortunately the ritual that allowed them to climb along walls and ceilings, required one to actually grip onto the surface making it impossible to accurately aim at the same time.

Eventually he selected a spot on a beam between two ceiling supports. Though not ideal, it did give him a decent view of the area. Removing his assault rifle from across his back, he waited for Chick to move and hoped that his intervention would be unnecessary. Especially as that would mean that not only had their mission failed, but they'd also be deep in hostile territory while dealing with the consequences.

"As good a hiding place as any..."

Charlie could see that Daniel's position wasn't perfect and so modified the route to the target so as to minimise the time she spent out of his line of sight.

There were far more guards than she was happy about and she had to frequently stop and backtrack in order to prevent herself from blocking anyone's path. Fortunately the supporting pillar on her schematic had a pile of emptied ammunition boxes piled up nearby. 

She activated the device and then slipped it into one of the empty boxes near the bottom of the pile before sliding another in front of it.

Both kindred were once more thankful that no kindred had been stationed in either of the previous locations. Any individual with the potential to see through their cloaks would need to be avoided at all costs.

After a moments pause, Chick backtracked across the room and her and Daniel returned to the lift shaft to continue their descent.

Scene Twenty Eight - Divided

Laser Security System

"Well that's inconvenient..." said Daniel with not a small amount of sarcasm.

Several arrays of sensors were criss-crossing the elevator shaft ahead of them. This obviously recent addition led them both to suspect that their previous reconnaissance hadn't been quite as flawless as they had initially thought. "Looks like we need to find another route..." He added a moment later.

"Looks like you need to find another route." responded Chick "I can phase through them using the ritual I used to get through the blocked doorway last time."

"Well, unless you can teach it me in the next three minutes I'll have to find a way around..." replied Daniel in a slightly petulant tone. Daniel returned the way he'd came and then prepared for the difficult task of avoiding the guards stationed within the narrow stairway they'd been avoiding up until now.

Chick took a small mirror from a pouch on her belt and coated it in her own vitae. She then began to chant over it as she had been taught many years ago by her own sire. 

'Incorporeal Passage' - Blood Sorcery Ritual

At the climax of the ritual she broke the mirror in her palm and kept a grip on a single shard. She then took a step forward and her now incorporeal form passed through the sensors as if she had never been there. A moment before she hit the ground she released the shard and landed at the shaft's lowest point with all the grace of a cat. Hoping that Daniel could set the remaining explosives on the upper floors undetected, she moved to place those required to destroy the buildings foundations.

Daniel was overcome by a rare moment of self-doubt. Had they placed the devices correctly?, were the explosives sufficient to do the job?, were those sensors the only new precaution or were there other detection devices that they had missed? Momentarily distracted he very nearly walked into three guards gathered on the stairs. If not for the fact that they were debating something amongst themselves he might well have blundered into them. Fortunately their voices alerted him to their presence a moment before disaster had occurred.

"So do you think the targets know we're here then?" asked the first. "Because we've got a lot of new guys wandering about for some reason..." 

"...and they're fucking useless..." interrupted the second.

Jochen Van Nuys - Ventrue
"The Main Man"

"The main man's just being careful..." said the third. He seemed to be the eldest of the three and spoke in a reassuring tone. "...what with that generator going off for no reason and the unscheduled system access that no-one will admit to being responsible for. They were probably nothing, but this close to zero-hour I guess he's taking no chances."

The first guard didn't seem convinced. "I heard that some of the local fucks hit two of the supply lines through the mountains and ripped up a bunch of our guys. If they don't know were in the city they must at least suspect something if they're doing hit and run shit."

"That much is true..." confirmed the second guard. "...two trucks of guns were taken and their escorts were killed virtually to a man. One car got back here and the guy in it had been nearly cut in two. He'd have died anyway if Van Nuys hadn't of punched his head off for his failure. Even a couple of vamps bought it. It might have been a coincidence but I'm not sure we can afford to take that chance..."

The third seemed to grow weary of the debate. "It doesn't fucking matter anyway. Tomorrow night all twelve sites will be rolling out and that'll be the end of the fucking Anarchs or whatever they call themselves and our leaders will be running this place. Then those of us who have proven the most useful will be rewarded...maybe we'll even get the ultimate reward..."

Daniel circumvented the guards via the walls and ceiling before slipping onto the next floor. He was a little more paranoid than before and kept a careful eye out for new security precautions. Fortunately there were none.

Meanwhile, Chick had made her way to the underground carpark where the main targets for their explosive devices were. Several cars were there as well as six motorcycle's with the symbol of The Young Bloods on them. The car that they presumed had belonged to Jochen Van Nuys wasn't there though. Chick transmitted the bad news to Daniel. "I don't think Van Nuys is here..."

As he placed the last of his devices, Daniel got the message and swore under his breath. "Fuck..."

Scene Twenty Nine - The Guest of Honour

The Young Bloods - Unbound Ghoul Gang

Daniel and Chick finished placing their explosives at about the same time. Chick left the final incendiary device near the concealed entrance to Van Nuy's haven adjacent to the underground parking. By the entrance to the underground carpark were a significant number of bikers and security guards. "Hopefully they're there for a reason." reported Chick. "If were lucky, they're Van Nuys's welcome party. If not then we'll just have to hope whoever does turn up is important enough to make this little project worth all the fucking effort we've put in..."

"Either way it's time to go." replied Daniel. "I'll meet you at the rendezvous point."

Daniel retraced his path further this time and eventually made his way back to the floor by which he and his fellow saboteur had entered. Once the patrol had passed he quietly leapt the two fences in quick succession and made his way to the observation point that had been agreed before the job began.

Chick, in what might have been considered an act of foolish bravado, left by the entrance currently protected by the horde of bikers and guards. Evidently there attention was directed outwards rather than inwards as she skirted them without drawing any attention and then evacuated herself in a similar manner to Daniel.

"So how long do we wait?" asked Chick as the pair observed the sites main entrance. "The longer we leave it, the more chance we have of someone noticing one of our little 'surprises'..."

"Not much longer." replied Daniel, handing his scope to his partner in crime. "The guest of honour is here."

Jochen Van Nuy's car, an escort vehicle and an honour guard of four more of the Young Bloods arrived at the site and were quickly waved through security. The pair gave them just enough time to get into the carpark and get out of their cars. Then they pushed the button.

The detonation would have been considered overkill by a professional demolitions expert but the results could not be questioned. The building collapsed in on itself as secondary detonations tore the few surviving parts of the building apart. The surrounding area was filled by dust, smoke and the debris that rained down causing even more chaos. In their considered opinions, nothing could have survived such carnage.

Chick dialled the police on one of her burner phones and informed them about a 'gas explosion' that she had just witnessed before crushing it and dropping it into a trash can.

As they casually walked towards their vehicle, Daniel spoke to Chick.

"Can I offer you a lift home?"

To Be Continued in 'Damage Limitation' (Interlude Session)

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...

Unfortunately I'm not a skilled enough writer to accurately portray the players tension as they navigated this enemy filled structure which is a shame. There was also some excellent roleplaying as usual which is always nice to see and hopefully some of that does come across.

Now we need to see if the Camarilla's response to this pre-emptive strike is what the players were hoping for...

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, Peter Kwan is Steven Yeun, Charlie 'Chick' Abbott is Lena Headey, Dillan Fitzgerald is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Reuben Hart is Ray Liotta and Jochen Van Nuys is Javier Bardem.

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.