We're All Monsters Here

Emery
Evangeline
Gianna
Ivy
Katherine
Suzannah
Miranda Verande aka Monday Blues
Prince Jezebel
Sheriff Bartholomew
Vincent Anderson

 1. Carver texts when he is on his way and arrives on his motorcycle after having just left Jackson’s.
2. Ken noticed Suzannah screwing a board over her window rather early in the morning but went back to bed instead of arguing.
3. Suzannah arrives from her home after having finally been able to speak, albeit briefly, with Vinny for the first time since his accident.
4. Gianna offers Ivy clothes from her closet so that she has something nice to wear for the night; Ivy accepts.
5. Ivy meets Gianna’s best friend and roommate Miranda before leaving their apartment.
6. For a moment, Miranda seems uncomfortable while talking to Gianna, but then it is quickly gone and Miranda returns to watching a horror film for her night off.
7. In Gianna’s car, Ivy and Gianna talk about Gianna benign worried about Monday and Ivy’s concern about Joel not remembering Ivy having been present the night he was attacked.
8. Ivy and Gianna then discuss mothers and Ivy states she wished her mom cared to nag her.
 B
 1. Katherine is working on book cataloguing while Emery cleans a machine gun when the coterie arrives.
2. Carver again asks Kathrine about the Sabbat and learns that they are more of a loose association, at best, of various practicing groups who do not always openly share their rituals or beliefs. They may or may not follow any known belief system.
3. Carver asks about Legba and Loa and is advised that Loa are Vodun spirits and that Papa Legba is the loa of the crossroads.
4. Carver attempts to research Vodun in New Orleans but finds only superficial cultural references.
5. Gianna finds a book regarding various Native American tribal rituals.
6. Ivy finds a book on Native American Myth, including the Tale of Wind Horse from the Choctaw people.
 C
 1. A man dressed in black robe-like garments with likewise long black hair enters along with a woman with shorter dark hair in a red dress.
2. The man nods greeting to those present, including Katherine and Emery,, then makes a circuit of the library before gesturing toward the door.
3. A tall, straight nosed woman wearing a tailored orange pantsuit with plunging neckline enters.
4. She greets them all and takes a seat, identifying herself as Prince Jezebel and introducing the others as Sheriff Bartholomew and “My Evangeline.”
5. Jezebel interviews the group, learning that they are all from NOLA and were kidnapped and sacrificed in some sort of ritual which at least sounds like the sort of thing Sabbat practitioners might do.
6. The four woke in the abandoned Charity hospital and frenzied on squatters present.
7. Suzannah reported it to the cops as if the bodies were all part of an attack that the four of them had escaped, but the cops found nothing.
8. Jezebel suggests it is best not to jump to conclusions regarding who committed the act.
9. The four learn of the 3 Elysiums and the Harpies who run them: 1) Grazie - Run by Silas; 2) The Rihla - Run by Mordecai; 3) La Menagerie - Run by Lamia.
10. There is a cost for entering each: 1) Grazie - Money or boons; 2) The Rihla - Memories; 3) La Menagerie - Presents or a Performance.
11. The 3 receive a more thorough run down of the Masquerade: No breaches, no killing Kindred without permission, and no diablerie.
12. They are encouraged to seek Patrons due to their lack of traditional sires, even as they pursue the truth regarding who is responsible for what happened to them.
13. They are advised that Kindred in the city cannot Embrace, and so, whatever happened to them, they should take care not to reveal much about their origins and to take care with Kindred in general.
14. Gianna’s display of Serpentis is echoed by Jezebel, acknowledging some form of kinship between them.
15. Suzannah’s question about why Jezebel bothered to come in person to meet them is met with a deliberate answer echoing Suzannah’s own intent as a Kindred: “Because I’m the Prince and I do what I want.”
16. However, Suzannah perceived (via a politics roll) that Jezebel, while being genuinely curious, was also looking for answers as  to what happened to the four of them. Additionally, she’s ensuring the four are aware of the base needed knowledge for being Kindred and is in her own way protecting them by having formalized their meeting.
17. The four also learn of the implications of drinking another Kindred’s blood, though it is not explained in detail.
18. Jezebel states she cannot teach them how to identify good character among Kindred because “we are all monsters here.” But she advises them that they can seek her at Leggings & Lace before departing.
 D
 1. The four leave together to discuss the meeting and their next moves.
2. Suzannah points out that they need a plan for feeding and Ivy suggests they try feeding off animals.
3. Gianna says she wants to wrestle a bear which receives a chastising statement from Suzannah, but Gianna isn’t cowed.
4. Discussion for sun proofing their apartments reveals Ivy and Gianna might need to be a bit more thorough than they were with Gianna’s room.
5. They discuss how to get into Elysium and the possibility of Carver somehow being able to use fireworks to perform at La Menagerie despite the “fire” part of the equation.
6. The four decide to experiment with the option.
7. Ivy asks Carver to teach her how to make a “mango bomb,” by which she meant “cherry bomb.”
8. Carver advises Gianna against looking into Christian.
9. All four still want to investigate the Vera phone.