(7-28-23) Back from the Dead

## **Details**:

**Time:** 7-28-2023 7:00 PM - 1:44 AM. Session time: 6 hours and 44 minutes, Play time: 5 hours and 27 minutes.

**Players:** Collin, Austin, Caden (Partial), Nick,

**Spectators**:

**Location:** Haden's Kitchen

## **The Session Begins**

**7:00 PM**: The Monologue begins followed by individual character recaps for those present.

7:20 PM: What has been everyone been doing? Alphonse has been helping with the heroin. Giovanni wants to discover Golconda, the path to redemption, He is trying to dive into Golconda to unlock something deeper than the rage brought to him by his sword. Giovanni gains level 2 of Golconda. He's been hanging out with Lil Murda. Buying drugs. A lot. Most of it is going into H production. Giovanni asks for a loan again from Gasper. Gasper agrees. Giovanni chooses Oxy, some cocaine (terrible quality, rest assured).

7:26 PM: Diavolo has been hunting down Anarchs, and helping Alexander. He's made a substantial dent in the Anarch general forces, but not much success in hunting out leaders. Venchenzo (High level Malkavian childer of Moorhouse) is an active member of the Anarchs. The Duke has been making appareances at the OVN, for better and worse. He's been pleasant for the last few months. Not asking for much. Asks Diavolo for transportation for himself and Lambach Ruthven. Alexander seems well. He's blended back into the Ventrue clan, and disguised himself. They accept that he has simply returned. He has been in regular communication with the Duke and Diavolo.

## Where are we?

7:35 PM: Diavolo finds himself in the O.V.N. headquarters. He gathers David and heads for his appointment with Alexander. He wants to get a head start on the meeting with Alexander.

7:40 PM: Gasper is eating in the Bat Cave. Half way through draining his victim, he begins to feel sick. It feels spoiled, rotten. Tastes awful and makes him feel sick. He stops eating her. His stomach roils and feels like it moves. It's a vampire's digestive tract, and it shouldn't be able to do that. He's had bad blood and his body hates him for it. After healing a bit he decides to head out to the Suburbs to hangout with Lil Murda and FuckShit.

7:44PM: Giovanni is in his room at the Bat Cave, reading the Master of Ravens - One True Way. It's very complex and it feels like he'd understand it better on drugs. It's extremely intellectual and occult, old school ritual shit. INT+ACA = 2/4. The book is old and shit and weird as shit. The guy who wrote it must've been smart but fuck this complex ass book.

7:46: Gasper busts into the drug den. They argue about Giovanni's drug use. He says that he wants to get better. Gasper rolls 1/4 to try to realize what the book is. He thinks it's some weird DnD shit. Gasper asks if he wants to hangs with the boys today. Giovanni says of course, and that they got to cook that H. Gasper says that they need more hands. Giovanni says they need a Corey and Trevor. They head out to the former Blood House.

## Alphonse meets with Danny Rothstein

7:49 PM: Alphonse is going to call Danny Rothstien. First call, no answer, Second call, no answer, Third call, the phone picks up. The operator connects him. They exchange Hellos and Danny is not particularity nice. Danny wants the H done. Alphonse says that it'll be three more weeks for the H. Danny says that's great for the motherfuckers who are gonna kill and replace them. Danny is getting really fucking anxious after gambling all his money, $300,00 on one bad investment too. Danny is saying that they need someone on their side and money coming in. Alphonse says he will speed up the operation. Danny says that he will put his first through Alphonse's skull if this doesn't work out. Danny hangs up after Alphonse's long silence.

7:54 PM: Alphonse calls Giovanni to ask about the H business. People who sell. Loose connections. Alphonse tells him what if they rip off their connect? Giovanni tells him "listen man, this is an in person conversation. Meet me here and we'll talk." Gasper and Giovanni roll WITS+STR WIS to know connects: 4/5 and 2/5. Gasper knows a great connection. Some guys protected by the Duces but not part of the Duces. Giovanni tells Gasper that Alphonse just wants to steal the H. Gasper doesn't want to steal the H. He doesn't get why Alphonse doesn't want to wait anymore. Gasper and Giovanni, multiple mass murderers, say they are above stealing.

7:57 PM: GamerSups break (please sponsor us)

## Diavolo meets with Alexander

8:05 PM: Diavolo meets Alexander near a bell tower. DX + STEALTH 3/5 to avoid the security guard and get up the bell tower. It's empty. David is staying in the car. It's about an half hour before the meeting starts. Diavolo reflects. A tendril whips forth out of the darkness, and grabs the column and lifts Alexander into view. WITS+AWR: 2/4. He feels that he is being watched. He walks down the clock tower. His assaulted, two criticals and a success out of 5. While moving through the building a gunshot rings out and nearly hits Diavolo. He runs into a security guard on the first floor. The guard attacks Diavolo 0 vs 2. Diavolo snaps his wrists and takes his pistol. Diavolo runs out the side door towards David.

8:18 PM: 1/2 Dodge vs ?? for 2.5 superficial damage, 5 total. Definitely shot with a rifle. Diavolo gets into the car. 0/6 against 1/4 for composure. Visions arrive in pound terrible headaches. A mental force is attacking him. A dark shadowy figure is creeping into Diavolo's body, and transforms Diavolo's eyes to solid black. He rolls 6/6 for INT+INSIGHT. Diavolo has figured out that Alexander might've seen something while he left. Diavolo feels that visions have been leveled at him. It was either someone he's been blood bound to (Duke or Moorhouse), or it was a Malkavian.

8:24 PM: Diavolo heals at the O.V.N. then heads out for the Bat Cave.

## The group visits their operation

8:32 PM: Giovanni rolls CMP + Drive = 2/6 for Drive. The last nice car they have is badly scratched. They curb jump the drug den's curb and end in the drive way. LilMurda pulls a pistol on them before he knows who they are. He asks what's going on. Gasper says they have a favor to ask. Giovanni begins talking and Lil Murda interrupts "Dog its hot outside we got to go inside." They talk about how Lil Murda hates getting pranked by FuckShit. Lil Murda drinks crop a old Starbucks coffee cup of lean. Lil Murda says that FuckShit and the boys are in the lab. Lil Murda complains about just sitting there and protecting the window and door. He keeps pointing his loaded gun and makes bang bang noises at the door. FuckShit is smoking a blunt while the twins Einstein and Egghead get to work. FuckShit is happy to see them. The twins are working on the base components of the H. They had to synthesize everything. EVERYTHING. $2000 to make everything necessary for pounds of H.

8:38 PM: Gasper asks about when it'll be done. FuckShit doesn't know and asks Einstein, who is slaving over hot vats of chemicals. Einstein says 3 weeks, 2 weeks if they rush. They argue about Tom Hanks movies. Gasper says that they need to make it right now. FuckShit says that Russia and AI, and the Chinese are all gonna kill them and they all should be more worried about that. Gasper says they're confident about the boys making the drugs. FuckShit says he'll keep the twins there as long as it takes.

8:42 PM: FuckShit talks shit about Lil Murda, and says that Lil Murda is unreliable. Good at shooting people, but he's a fuckup. Gasper and Giovanni say they'll be back in a week to check on them. FuckShit asks for pizza money. Also weed and lean money. They ask for $1500 total. Giovanni says that as long as they give the H they'll get $2000 for pizza. FuckShit begins aggressively negotiating to get more money. Giovanni argues him down to $750 for him and $750 for Lil Murda

8:46 PM: Alphonse pulls up outside, next to the curb. Alphonse texts Giovanni that he's here. Giovanni says he'll leave to walk him in. Alphonse gets 2/3 vs 3/3 to notice Lil Murda tapping his gun on the window. Alphonse cracks his window to talk to him. Alphonse tells him that he's meeting some pals of his. Lil Murda says its his place and he doesn't know Alphonse. Lil Murda points his gun at Alphonse. Giovanni gets there and tells Lil Murda that Alphonse is cool. Lil Murda is annoyed that they were boy-who-cried-wolfing-him. They meet and say that the H is coming along smoothly. Gasper and Giovanni ask if he's deadest on stealing more. Alphonse gets 2 successes out of a shitload, and he thinks that he needs at least 2 kilos of H. $400-300K deal. Cost $80k to get.

8:53 PM: They debate the pros and cons, and attempt to work out a deal. They're standing next to Alphonse's vans. They decide they should find a place to talk. Gasper and Giovanni begin interrogating Alphonse about what's in it for them. Alphonse offers to start up a H trade. Sell it in other states. Alphonse mentions contacts in the criminal world.

8:58 PM: Gasper and Giovanni roll finance for figuring out of this is a good idea: 6/5 and 2/5. Gasper reads Alphonse like a book. He can tell that while Alphonse is shaky and extremely nervous, it is a genuine offer and he's being honest. Gasper. asks for 50/50 because they're partners. Alphonse says he'll need to talk to his boss, but this might work out. Alphonse says that "whatever cut it is" and Gasper says that 50% is his LOWEST offer. Giovanni agrees, and is damn proud.

9:02 PM: Gasper "Do we have an understanding?" Alphonse says that 50/50 is quite the split. Gasper says that with the amount of money they're talking about it shouldn't even matter. Gasper is trying Persuade CH+Persuade = 2/6 vs Alphonse 3/4. Gasper rolls hunger and passes, and then re-rolls a failed dice and fails again.

9:06 PM: Alphonse blood surges, passes hunger, and fails the blood surge . Gasper spends two more willpower to overcome Alphonse. After two blood surges, two willpower, nothing really changes. They realize that this is all a sell. Gasper and Giovanni then begin to press him. Alphonse says that he can make a lucrative offer. He can talk to his boss and give his boss the best view of the deal as he can.

9:10 PM: Alphonse is going to try and persuade them:CHARM+PRSE for Entrancement: 7/6. Add 7 dice to persuade roll. Alphonse tells Gasper that he wants a deal like Yahir. The Friendly Deal. You know the one. Alphonse vs Gasper. Alphonse 8/15. Gasper is going to blood rush. He gets hungrier by 1. Alphonse gets hungrier from his roll by 1. CHR+PRS = 1/6 for Gasper on the bonus roll. WITS+AWR+Giovanni (2) + Beauty (1) = 4/7, three are hunger dice. 1 blood dice success. 4/7 vs 8/15.

9:19 PM: They realize the time is past the vauldery. Giovanni takes the sports car Driving roll: 3/6. Alphonse and Gasper get real friendly on the van drive over. 3/5, and then a -1. He gets a two. It's VERY unpleasant for Gasper. Entrancement wears off half way over. Both are no longer entranced.

9:28 PM: Break for Tacos

11:38 PM: We return to the game.

## Diavolo and Giovanni head home to Moorhouse, Gasper and Alphonse duel

11:40 PM: The whole party gains 1-2 hunger. Gasper enters frenzy, he has hit 5 hunger. Gasper attacks Alphonse. Alphonse: DX+ATHL= 2/4. Alphonse is now at 5 hunger. Gasper rolls 2/4 to attack. They get locked into an stalemate. Gasper an Alphonse trade 1 success' back to each other in attacks.

11:45 PM: Gasper can roll to regain control. Gasper jumps out of the car. DX+ATHL= 3/4. He gets himself and Alphonse out of the car, while Alphonse is fighting him. They both fall out of the car. Gasper is completely unharmed. Alphonse takes 1 point of superficial, because he wasn't trying to land.

11:54 PM: Gasper returns to frenzy. Alphonse rolls for humanity: 2/6 with 1 point of willpower. Alphonse is barely clinging on to sanity. There is a wide alley way he runs into. Gasper rolls for humanity: 3/5. He regains control for the full turn. He sees Alphonse turn to look at him, hungry in his eyes.

11:58 PM: Gasper tries to scare Alphonse, Gasper 3/6 vs Alphonse 1/5. He screams NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE in Alphonse's face. He wants Alphonse to run away. Alphonse runs away in fear. He rolls humanity again to come to: 3/5. He regains sanity. He is far from where he last remembers being. He is hungry and scared in a strange alleyway. He uses heightened senses 2/4. He finds where he came from, he hears some trash bins being rustled in a nearby alley. He turns off his heightened senses. WITS-AWR: 2/3. He can't find the trash rustler and loses consciousness.

12:04 AM: Gasper rolls for humanity: 2/5. He will powers and fails. Alphonse regains consciousness, eating a racoon from a trash bin. He is now down to four hunger. CMP+RESOLVE= 5/6. He doesn't really care. He's done worse than a racoon in an alley. This doesn't even break his top ten worst wake ups. Gasper wakes up with two people watching him drain the corpse of a young woman. A homeless man looks on in awe, an average man runs away calling the police. He has almost fully drained his victim. He has two hunger currently, and he kills the woman to go down to 1 hunger. The homeless man begins running away. He runs after the police caller.

12:08 PM: He uses soaring leap to leap over the police caller. Gasper cloud memory: 2/4 vs 2/4. He will powers and fails again. He will powers again and fails. Blood surge: succeeds hunger, fails roll. Gasper erases his memory of Gasper's face, but nothing else. Gasper just runs. It's the only thing he can do.

12:12 AM: Alphonse and Gasper get back to the Bat Cave. Everyone but Diavolo hunts. Alphonse gets a 1/4, will powers and gets 2. Giovanni gets 1. Alphonse finds an ugly woman and drains her blood. He regains 4 hunger by killing her, and is now at one hunger. They were supposed to meet at the Vauldery, and are an hour late currently. Giovanni gets a 2 to hunt. He gets a homeless guy. He gives the homeless guy Oxy. This guy in extremely unhealthy. He kills him and drains 3 hunger.

12:18 AM: Gasper and Alphonse pull up to the meeting. Alphonse wants to pretend like it never happened. Gasper still has a bad taste in his mouth. Diavolo has been waiting in the Bat Cave. He hears screaming and follows the noises. Diavolo asks Dante if the room has always been screaming, and Dante says that we'll have to talk about that later. Gasper and Alphonse get there, and Dante is frustrated that the whole party isn't there. He asks what happened to Giovanni, yet neither know. Giovanni rolls 3/7 to drive to the Bat Cave.

12:22 AM: Dante stands behind the chair of Moorhouse and speaks. Dante speaks about how Mr. Moorhouse is unwell. The torturous screams and weeps of terror sound primordially old and ancient. It's pain is almost unbearable All of our bones feel cold. Humanity roll: 1 for Alphonse for 1, blood surge to 3. Diavolo gets 2/4, then will powers to 3. Gasper gets 1/5, after a blood surge. He looses a humanity. He is now down to 4 humanity. Dante's voice cuts through the screams. "As I was saying, these things pass. They always pass. He's left behind some instructions for the men from the Marina." Dante leaves them.

12:29 AM: Giovanni hears the very end "Good night and good luck." Caden informs us that he unfortunately will need to leave soon. The Anarchs begin to head out to their meeting. The Anarch meeting is at the Siren's Bar. Giovanni drives with 2/7. He scratches the car further. The sports car is pretty fucked up at this point. No dents, but also no paint at this point.

## The Siren's Bar

12:33 AM: When they appear outside the Siren's Bar they see a neon mermaid sign. The front door of the bar scurries Venchenzo. Giovanni 3/3, Gasper 2/5, Alphonse 1/4. Venchenzo runs right into Alphonse and they embarrassingly both fall down. He's so happy to meet the boys again. He tells them that if the Anarchs win he gets to be King of the Malkavians. He hopes that Scary Terry is okay with it. He's not afraid to poison him again though. The boys tell of a meeting with Moorhouse. They tell him that Moorhouse is just sick and taking days off. Venchenzo tells them goodbye and still stands in front of the door.

12:37 AM: They awkwardly shuffle around him, except for Giovanni who gives him a small kiss on the cheek. The bar is packed with all the leaders of the Anarchs. Karl begins to speak, and Caden has to leave. Giovanni stands next to Thomas Osborne, Karl asks them a question: "Are you with us, or are you against us? You can't be half an Anarch, or half a Camarilla." They throw power fists. Karl tells them there are no ranks, just pride and your words.

12:41 AM: They do a WITS-AWR: Giovanni: 3, Gasper: 2. Giovanni thinks that it's odd he can feel a breeze through the front door. That means its open. The doors swing open and Vladimir "Dracula" Tepes enters the room. Sliding along the ground to the head table. Dracula offer assistance in killing the Paragon. Dracula offers friendship, and he lifts up a small locket to the head table. Giovanni grabs it institutionally. It shatter his wrist entirely as it warps his hand around. He takes 2 superficial damage. Renfield is the one who threw the locket. Dracula asks Gasper if he's always made that noise. They politely converse on business while Giovanni writhes in pain, screaming.

12:50 AM: Karl, confused, agreed to Dracula's proposal. Dracula tells them of how the necklace can permanently kill any kindred who wears it. Dracula speaks more about the gift, calls the place and people disgusting. Diavolo is aware that they are at the Siren's Bar, but doesn't know the event happening. Giovanni attempts to fix his wrist: 4/6. He manages to take a piece of his clothing, break a piece of furniture, and he makes a splint for his wrist. It's extremely painful, even through the Oxy. He heals

12:55 AM: The Anarch leader express varying opinions on what just went down. Karl hushes everyone and takes charge. WITS-INSIGHT for Gasper to not ask who that was: 3/5. He realizes he should NOT say that. It has to be a legendary vampire of some variety. Dracula or Theo Bell 50/50. He wins a coin toss and figures out it Dracula. Gasper tells Karl that he find it very interesting, but that he doesn't think it should faze anyone. They should continue along with their plans. This is only an advantage. Gasper does say that it might be a trap, but they decide it would be worth it if it can kill the Paragon. Gasper says it should be a last resort.

1:00 AM: Karl says that it's going to be difficult to even get the necklace around the neck of the Paragon. Every Anarch whose met the Paragon has died. Karl tells them that they need to find out if the Prince lives, and they need to pick a plan. They need to find allies, and they need to keep their head low. It will be very difficult to deal with the Paragon, even with allies. Danny and Alphonse leave together.

1:04 AM: Giovanni hunts: 3/5. He finds an homeless man, who slightly fights back. His sword cleaves into the man, and destroys him. Dealing 6 damage to one homeless man, slicing him into ribbons feeding the sword and slightly himself. Gasper and Giovanni leave to go get high.

## Stirrings at the O.V.N.

1:06 AM: Diavolo arrives at the O.V.N. He meets David and they walk together until they reach a junction. Diavolo was contacted by Arin. David goes inside the barracks and gives Quinn a key to his new apartment. Father and son grow closer. Diavolo reaches the comms room. Arin shows Diavolo security footage of the Torturers going from almost zombie-like to rabid dogs. They injure each other in their struggle to get into the metal elevator. WITS-AWR 3/3 to Notice that the Duke looks through the walls at the torturers when he entered the facility.

1:12 AM: Arin tells Diavolo that the ghouls love to come up and linger near the Duke. The Duke seems to ignore them. People are worried about this behavior. They haven't seen the ghouls run, but they are disturbed that the torturers are up here. Arin decides to lock the elevators to keep the ghouls and Duke separate.

1:15 AM: Diavolo goes and finds David and Quinn. The Duke is talking to people in the training center, whilst the father and son are in the main dining area. Diavolo decides to not bother the duo. An announcement goes over the air to tell Quinn to report to the training center to drive the Duke.

1:17 AM: As Quinn passes Diavolo, he is smart enough not to glare, but he is completely a robot. He walks past Diavolo to drive the Duke. Diavolo notices that Quinn's eyes are a bright blue. Like they are glowing. Not casting beams, but they are definitely glowing. Diavolo asks him about the friends downstairs. David says they do their job, but what's up. David gets 1/3 and says that he knows that can't be good. Diavolo tells David that he and Arin should develop more measures to safeguard them against the torturers.

1:21 AM: David asks if Quinn can be removed off work with the Duke, and asks if Brunnon can take over. He wants Quinn to drive the Coterie around. Diavolo agrees, but insists that Quin always has another guard with him at all times. It'll be better socialization than the Duke. Diavolo orders an investigation of the Marina traffickers and heads to the Bat Cave to sleep in his quiet room.

## Gasper and Giovanni ask for guns

1:30 AM: Giovanni gets a call from an unknown number. "Who is this?" "It's me, dawg, it's me" "What's your name". Lil Murda says it's Seth, who the fuck you think? Lil Murda says that they have a situation. "Tell me the H is okay?!" (sigh) Lil Murda says that he had to shit and FuckShit watched the door. FuckShit made a a sandwich, and two men stormed the house and beat them all up. Lil Murda passed out on the toilet. FuckShit is beat up. The H is ALL GONE. Lil Murda recognized them, its the Deuces! The fat piece of shit that hit him over the head was his brother, Big Murda. Giovanni tells Gasper that Big Murda stole the H.

1:35 AM: Lil Murda says he can get reinforcements, but he needs guns. He also says their house has been made. Giovanni promises pizza money. Giovanni hangs up. Texts him goodbye <3. Gasper and Giovanni discus asking Diavolo about the guns. They have two hours until the sun is up. They talk about how they need to act quick or Big Murda an his gang will do all the heroin.

1:38 AM: Gasper and Giovanni approach Diavolo for guns. Diavolo tells them that they can come with him tomorrow morning to look at the guns. They exchange pleasantries. Gasper and Giovanni bicker about how little they like Alphonse, talking about fighting and friendly with Gasper. They talk about how they're about to make some money. They leave Diavolo to go get high.

1:44 AM: Session Over.