A Night at the Red Lamp

This episode opens with the crew looking into how they can locate the demonologist Prof Valen. Nyx heads out with his various street spiders to see if they have heard anything about a professor being kidnapped. From his contact within the Grey Coats, a gang made up of former Blue Coats, he learns that Valen's taste in vice and pleasure is geared more along the lines of the Red Lamp, one of the most oldest and respected brothels in Doskvol. He was last seen there. 
O.C goes to the Red Lamp with Raymond. There is talk about how good his ass looks. They see an older woman talking and schmoozing with all the patrons. She's very proper and refined, and it's clear that she's in charge. This is Madame Teslan. They greet each other and where Raymond is a bit flippant, O.C engages her with respect as fellow sister of the night. This impresses Teslan and she has them escorted to her private lounge. Drinks are served and when Teslan joins them they get down to business. Her demeanor changes to be more rigid when Valen's name is mentioned. She tells them she's heard of kidnappings of individuals involved with Demonology. The Red Sashes are the ones executing these raids. 
The Score: Information on the location of Professor Valen - Completed
One of Nyx's rooks bring some heat down on the crew from some sloppy work. They have stepped on the toes of the faction of The Lost. This gets back to Nyx and he enacts his Vice upon this rook, as his reputation is to beat the shit out of his cohorts when they fuck up.
Violette looks to have a meeting with the Doskvol Spectral Society. This is a desperate move for her as she's going in to this meeting with very little information on this group. She meets with an individual at a spirit well and informs him she's looking for a demonologist to translate some text she found. This gentleman reminds her that pre-cataclysmic demonic things are very dangerous and mentions Horatio Valen. They are also unable to find him, and have heard rumors. Demon texts are not their area of expertise. He refers her to a medium in Silk Shore. Progress Clock on deciphering the demon text increases to 3/8 steps.
Violette also performs a ritual to summon a lesser demon. She wants to learn the context of the demon texts. She has to attune to the spirit field. The spirit of her great grandfather tells her that these pages are one of many. The progress clock moves to 4/8 steps.