A Plot in the Dark

The episode irises in to Nyx training. He is a bruiser after all and must work on his prowess. He also starts on his long term goal of planting an informant in the Red Sashes. O.C trains with her girl, Ny to hone her skirmishing skills. She also works on a secret long term project through a flashback, of which she gains 2/6 steps on her progress bar. Raymond trains his tinkering skill with locks and gadgets. He works on his own secret long term goal. He also gains 2/6 steps on his progress bar.

The crew introduces their new headquarters referred to as Eden, which is a repurposed run down church in Six Towers.

O.C returns from a bender to Eden and shares a drink with Nyx. He questions her whereabouts and she gives him a non-answer. She minds her own business and Nyx minds other people's business. His rooks have learned that there was a contract brokered by the Red Sashes for a movement of supplies from the Docks by a lesser group. He wants to dig deeper into this information. The Red Sashes have been acquiring people and now they're getting supplies. He wants to know what kind of supplies. He goes out to meet with the Cabbies who are allies of the Shroud.

He takes a "business trip" to a place called the Snaggle Tooth, a seedy down-and-out tavern. The patrons there are all rough criminal types. He engages the bartender, bringing up the job out of the docks. The bartended mentions it wasn't just the Cabbies run out of the deal, but also the Fog Hounds. Nyx offers to share information on this new group as it comes up if the Cabbies do the same.

Meanwhile, Violette receives a letter from a cousin named Margette. She is asking for Violette's help and expertise. She sends back a reply to set up a meeting at the Vale.

The Shroud meet at the Vale and Nyx's informant has told them that the Red Sashes have pretty much taken over the entire northern area of Crow Foot's district. He has heard about professors being taken but they're being held in a different location. Nyx suggests using O.C's particular set of skills as a way to get *in* to their establishment (pun definitely intended). The informant tells them when they reach the Red Sash territory to ask for Sgt. Felix. O.C dolls up Violette so she can accompany her and her girl, Ny. The plan is to garner a business arrangement of pretty ladies, and see what they can see. Raymond puts on his Bowerbomb persona to watch over the ladies on their mission.

The ladies make their way into the territory in their fancy carriage and walk in like they own the place. Felix says the Sashes are interested in setting up an arrangement on a weekly basis. Violette steps away to "powder her nose" and attune to the ghost field. She's looking for any kind of *demon taint* using a ghost key. This will be more than a glimpse, she knows she has to deep dive to find what she wants. She astral projects into the ghost field. Everything is a white blue fuzzy hue, floating like things are suspended in water.

There is a lot of residual energy in this space. She can see a pinkish hue coming from one area of the territory.

The crew plan their heist to kidnap back the Professor. Raymond uses a flashback to discover and investigate the tunnels that run under the Crow's Foot district. O.C and Violette are going in with their courtesan ladies to act as the distraction while Bowerbomb and Nyx plan to "save" the professor.

The girls do an excellent job plying the Red Sashes with booze and boobs. Violette reads their palms and entertains them with extravagant Whisper skills. The men are so distracted O.C is able to slip away and try to make her way to the tunnels. Meanwhile Nyx meets with Bowerbomb in the tunnels and they make their way into the building that had the pinkish glow coming from it. They lure a couple of Sash guards into the basement and Nyx beats them to a pulp, leaving some leviathan oil behind which would point towards the Lamp Blacks as the culprits. They steal their Red Sash identifying accessories and make their way up into the building.