Ground Beef

Gianna
Ivy
Suzannah

 A
 1. The group remained in somber silence until Suzannah returned.
2. Though there were many questions, the group was slow to speak.
3. In the midst of the miasmic uncertainty, Shiloh took up the spike which had been thrust through her chest and snapped it; the pieces quickly disintegrated thereafter, save for the now tarnished and brittle metal ends that Carver kept for research in spite of Shiloh’s distaste.
4. It became clear that Shiloh remembered very little of her life prior to having been buried.
5. She could recall the flooding of Katrina, though she knew not what the storm had been named. She also vaguely recalled The Great War, and not much else.
6. The hospital felt alien to her, and once she stood, she pressed herself to the nearest window to examine the view.
7. But a glimmer on the horizon indicated that the sun would soon rise, causing Shiloh to nervously duck into the hall in search of shelter.
8. Gianna caught up with her, and together the group returned to the morgue observatory where they had first woken.
9. Suzannah lay in the same spot where she had woken.
10. Carver stationed himself in a dry spot within easy sight of Shiloh.
11. Gianna tore up the examination table and used it to block the door, then rested against the wall to guard it.
12. Ivy rested next to Gianna.
13. Shiloh strangely made herself comfortable amidst the still piled bodies, as if they were old friends.
 B
 1. While their day sleep was normally undisturbed, the group found themselves standing in a forest which Gianna recognized as being unlike the woods around New Orleans.
2. The forest was alive with the sound of breeze-ruffled canopies and the scurrying of nocturnal creatures.
3. They found themselves striding through the trees towards a brook which they followed for many miles until at least reaching the peak of a hilltop.
4. The view from the top was of a full moon.
5. Gianna realized that the moon was not full when the previous night nor on the nights they were taken.
6. The coterie woke at the same time, whereas Shiloh remained asleep for about a half hour longer.
 C
 1. While Shiloh remained asleep the others confirmed their gnawing hunger and determined to try feeding on animals.
2. Ivy suggested returning to her family farm to search for animals in the woods surrounding it.
3. Upon waking, Shiloh agreed, and the five returned to Gianna’s SUV, which Shiloh fascinated Shiloh.
4. She walked around it, feeling the metal and attempting to see into the tinted windows. Shiloh remarked that it was “as big as a carriage.”
5. Once at the farm, they parked some ways away from the entrance and traveled over the fields.
6. Gianna found signs of racoons but did not wish to feed from them.
7. Eventually they crossed into the neighboring farm with sleeping cattle yet afield.
8. Carer was unable to resist his frenzy and fell upon one of the cows, which Ivy helped him finish off.
9. Carver’s frenzy spooked the remaining cattle, causing them to wake and stampede down the field.
10. Gianna headed one off with Celerity, and when she failed to freeze it in place with her gaze, she leapt onto its back and pulled it to a stop, whereupon she and Suzannah drank their fill.
 D
 1. Ivy and Shiloh recognized that the cows needed to truly look as if they had been torn apart by predators in a way that made the bite and claw marks less identifiable.
2. Ivy’s Bestial Insight led her to activating her Protean claws, which made Shiloh visibly nervous.
3. Ivy and Gianna (using her normal Kindred nails) shredded the corpses.
4. But then, they noticed movement in the trees - a horse like shape running away.
5. Ivy felt a fiery sensation in her bones, like fury and confusion, which felt wrong to her, but which also felt monstrous - like them.
6. Ivy ran back towards the car, followed by Suzannah, and Gianna - who scooped up Shiloh to carry her.
7. Carver instead gave chase at normal speed, following the trail left seemingly by a running horse about a mile west before it was lost.
8. He then returned to the group.
 E
 1. Shiloh chose to stay with Gianna and Ivy, from whom she began learning the ins and outs of the modern age, all of which routinely fascinated her.
2. Shiloh especially enjoyed wearing pants as opposed to skirts.
3. Suzannah looked into Carver’s history as well as Lina’s tattoo, finding a great deal of information about both.
4. Carver prepared the fireworks for the photoshoot planned with Lee and also found some basic information regarding stakes used against Kindred. He disposed of the pieces left from the one used against Shiloh.
5. Gianna found Christian at Dante’s Inferno and browbeat him into looking into LouisStarrr, which led to several leads on people who had spoken with the account user.
6. When the group next gathered at Lunar Flame, Carver’s warehouse, they again discussed Elysium:
	1. Shiloh recalled the Greek meaning of the word and the idea of “safe places.”
	2. She is willing to attend one with them for the sake of trying to remember more about her past.
	3. Shiloh also knows that the Prince was male when last she was awake and that she had no desire to meet with the current prince.
	4. The group sees Carver’s workspace, which prompts him to explain that he was working on the items needed for Lee’s show. Carver also shows a picture of her to the group, explaining that she is a model and his best friend.
	5. Ivy, Gianna, and Suzannah notice that Carver has developed a crush on Shiloh, who seemed not to notice.
	6. Suzannah helps Carver change the subject so that he need not explain the concept of “hooking up.”
	7. Collectively, the group decides to try their hand at visiting Grazie, the Elysium run by Silas, first.