D&A Session 11 - The Path to Xibalba

*Feel the rhythm of the songstress. What do her words invoke; your past, present, or future?*

## Table Members

* ForteNoir as the MC
* Kixandra as Akamai Reyes
* Dimin as Oliver Moorland
* Elgar as Antonio Cervantes
* RedAngelAlnet as CINO Ketaminé

## Session Summary

Shortly after finishing business in London, Los Langaros don't even have the time to grieve their losses when Tony receives a phone call from the Oa Cartel; the Salvatore plantation has been attacked by an armed force and members of the cartel are disappearing off the streets. The team heads immediately to Old Mexico City, where they are greeted at an Oa safehouse by Jaramillo, Salvatore's understudy and current caretaker.

The team dispatches across the city to try and understand who or what attacked the Oa, finding that several of their fences are being accused of drug smuggling in closed circles; most of the trafficking game in Old Mexico City is starting to get cold feet as an unknown assailant has been putting dealers on ice one by one. With Knight's guidance, CINO locates and breaks into the apartment of a missing Oa member, only to find the place cordoned off as a crime scene and a suspicious bag of cocaine 'hidden' under a destroyed sofa.

Knight uses security footage from the night of the attack to discover that the team that attacked was comprised of unknown spec ops supported by training AFs operated by fresh-faced and deniable rookie pilots with ostensible ties to the Hidalgo private corrections empire. Jaramillo informs Tony that Fidencio Hidalgo's wife and daughter were killed six weeks prior by a car bomb. Following up on the drugs found at the apartment, CINO hits the streets to find a dealer who can help him ID the goods, and finds himself at a themed night club called 'Los Lonely Weebs' to meet Donovan Montenegro. Donovan, granddaughter of the Montenegro matriarch, a house subservient to the Sapienza family, connects CINO to a local hospital pharmacy where her fence works undercover.

After acquiring even more cocaine, CINO returns to the pharmacy later that night with Ollie in tow. The pair break into the building to attempt to match the drugs found at the apartment with any of the stock kept there, making a link to product pushed by the Montenegros before being interruped by Sapienza hoods. Tony deploys Knight's talents to find local properties owned by the Hidalgo family, and takes the team on a night raid to a lakeside home in order to discuss the entire affair with Fidencio. After sneaking into his bedroom, Tony learns that Fidencio has been stalking and killing dealers and members of the Oa Cartel; after reviewing the security footage from the day of the bombing, Fidencio was guided to conclude that Jaramillo planted the bomb after consulting with Leon Sapienza. Tony brokers a 72-hour ceasefire with Fidencio in order to gather evidence of a supposed Sapienza conspiracy.

Tony personally consults with Jaramillo in a public park; guilty for his very real participation in the bombing, he prepares to kill himself, but is convinced to stand down and explain everything. Roughly two months ago, Jaramillo was accosted in the streets and saved by Leon and Coronado Sapienza. They then absconded with him to a secret location, where Leon and Coronado could be heard arguing about something, after which he was beaten and forced to carry out their plan, threatening to kill Maria Salvatore if he failed to comply.

Jaramillo confesses to planting the bomb and also drug samples in order to push the narrative that the Oa were moving into dealing and trafficking, but was surprised when the plantation was attacked anyway. He directs Tony to the Sapienza ranch to the northwest of the city in order to settle the whole affair. Los Langaros deploy in force to the ranch, where they are greeted by Leon Sapienza, who operates a pseudo-copy of the La Mancha and stands in defense of his family's assets. Tony tries to reason with Leon, but only succeeds in buying his teammates free entry into the Sapienza drug lab. Unable to walk away from familial obligations and wanting to end the family's history with House Cervantes, Leon engages Tony in a gentlemen's duel while Knight, CINO, and Ollie abscond into the lab.

As the duel rages above the surface, the trio spot and capture the only authority figure in the underground lab and secure video and physical evidence of the Sapienza's drug production operation. Tony bifurcates Leon's AF, rushing after the ejected cockpit block to offer aid to his old rival. Leon hints to Tony that someone important to him is down in the lab, and chooses to die in the blaze of a self-destruction device. As the other Langaros emerge from the lab, Tony is both surprised and elated to see that his daughter Angelica is not only alive, but has been using her Chemistry Ph.D to support Leon's drug operation. Tony takes her to the site of the destroyed Cervantes family plantation, where they part on difficult terms.

Somewhere across the continent, Eagle puts a new piece on the board...