Session 18: The Fraticelli Incident

## Brief Synopsis

The usual gang and two others (Lucy and Astrid) are called to a safehouse to discuss breaking into another Bayer-related(?) facility, which happens to be an Italian restaurant, Fraticelli's. Astrid rides off first, with Elise, and starts arguing with the head chef almost immediately, while Elise sneaks downstairs.

Lucy Astral Projects when the rest arrive, but gets trapped. Torsten tells Gatlin to cause a distraction, which he does through singing the Italian national anthem, allowing the others to sneak downstairs—outside of Astrid, who has one of her Molotov cocktails light up. She throws it into the restaurant, hoping Gatlin will duck, but he instead catches it, as it explodes. Astrid catches fire and starts attacking the chef, eventually killing them, while Gatlin tries to sneakily roll away, but accidentally rolls into the kitchen instead, where Astrid is fighting. The chefs block his escape, knowing instantly he's a vampire, from his supernatural wounds.

Meanwhile, Torsten and the Count make it downwards and reunite Lucy with her body.

## Session

Torsten talks to his Sire, then looks for more help to take care of more kidnapping stuff. Yurei gives him a number, which ends up being Astrid's.

Astrid wakes up low on Vitae and needs blood fast. Finds a dying dog and drinks it to death, only to later realize it was a werewolf.

Gatlin wakes up with a huge beard and he panics, texting Piper a picture with the caption of "What." He also sees a text from Torsten asking him to meet at a safehouse, so he decides to *not* shave his beard, so it could be used as a much-needed disguise instead.

They all meet up at the safehouse, Lucy entering with the Count. Torsten introduces himself to her, and when Gatlin overhears that Lucy is well-versed in the occult, he immediately asks her why he has a beard. She informs him she's more well-versed in any supernatural beings *but* vampires, but says it might be a Bloodline thing, and she'll look into it. She asks for his number, and he says fine, but never text him after that, claiming he's just a homeless person—only for the Count to step in and use his last name, reminding them they've used his casino for a while now. Gatlin claims he just pretends to work there, but nobody's buying it, due to his distinct accent and demeanor.

Meanwhile, Torsten moves over to Astrid, smelling werewolf blood on her. He questions why she drank a werewolf to death, and she says she had no idea. They butt heads, but when Astrid hears their destination, she speeds off ahead of everyone else, with Elise.

Astrid and Elise arrive at the Executive Branch, which happens to be an Italian restaurant: Fraticelli's. They enter and Astrid starts arguing with the chef, and once Gatlin arrives, he excitedly pops into their argument, asking, in Italian, if their restaurant was a genuine Italian experience or a fake. The chef responds back in perfect Italian, saying they were from Italy. Gatlin is immediately on their side and tells Astrid to stop arguing.

Meanwhile, Torsten is Divining, while Lucy Astral Projects, seeing Elise already downstairs, trying to get past laser sensors. Regrettably, Lucy's projected body gets trapped.

Astrid is about to beat up the chef, and Torsten asks Gatlin to distract everyone so they can sneak away, which he does *happily* for once, jumping onto a table and starting to sing the Italian national anthem. Everyone but Astrid is able to sneak downstairs, while one of her Molotov cocktails brushes against some fire in the kitchen.
Throwing caution to the wind, she tosses the Molotov into the crowd, which Gatlin regrettably catches instead of dodging, it blowing up in his hand.

**Astrid**: *"GATLIN, DUCK!" \*Throwing Molotov, after a Dramatic Fail\**
**Gatlin**: *"I'M NOT GATLIIIN!" \*While Dramatic Failing on a Dodge roll\**

— Words exchanged before disaster
Astrid Fear Frenzies, then goes into an Anger Frenzy, targeting the chef.

The Count and Torsten make it downstairs, with Lucy's body, which she returns to. Torsten turns into a bird and flies through the lasers, and Piper hacks the door unlocked (but the lasers are still there).

After screaming some, Gatlin tries to stealthily roll away, but Dramatic Fails into the kitchen instead.

**Chef**: *"Another one of them."*
**Gatlin**: *"What? No. I am just another Italian!" \*Tries to roll away\**
**Chef**: *"You are a traitor."*
**Gatlin**: *"I am not." \*Starts singing the Italian national anthem again\**
**Chef**: *"You better stop singing that right now."*
**Gatlin**: *\*Sings the German anthem instead.\**
**Chef**: *"Not that one either."*
**Gat**: *"That's the only two I know!"*

Gatlin tries to roll away again, but Dramatic Fails, and the chef knocks him in the head. He's thrown back, exit blocked.

Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, Normal, BOOM! GIANT BEARD! (It's because he aged a year after reaching a Breaking Point).He doesn't know why it happened. He doesn't know he aged at all.I swear, he's a good actor. I just don't like him being it, so he's... not when he should be.He loved this so much.Moments before disaster...If he sees a doctor, he'd probably die, since they'd easily know he's undead.I need to edit this to better fit the blast radius, but eh.Beautiful Roll20 page.
## Notes

* Lucy Hargreaves introduced.
* Astrid Westergard introduced.
* We had seven Dramatic Failures this session: 3 from Astrid, and 4 from Gatlin.
	+ Five were in close succession (Molotov igniting, Gatlin failing to dodge, Astrid losing her weapon, Gatlin rolling into the Kitchen, Gatlin failing to run away).