Saturday, August 19, 2006

Nines

Jake is suffering through a particularly dismal Camarilla party to celebrate the sale of his artwork and his welcome into their coterie. There he meets Hasan, who introduces him to Luc Beaumont, the leader of a pack of autarchs. At Hasan's encouragement, Jake sneaks out with the Pack to play a game of nines in the Iron Graveyard. The game starts off as good fun, but goes horribly wrong when Jake mistakes a Sabbat shovelhead for a player, and shoots him.
The Pack makes short work of the Sabbat, but Chianna Grimaldi, the Sabbat Cardinal, interrupts their escape. The penalty for violating the accord is death, and Luc takes full responsibility. However, Chianna acts without a trial and the Camarilla arrive in time to stop the execution, blowing off Chianna's arm in the process. Hasan, Susan, and Jean cormier, the Tremere Regent, arrive to stare down the Cardinal.
After the dust settles, Susan takes Jake to go hunting for a meal. Jake learns how to pick a lock and infiltrate a kine's home. However, the operation goes sour, and Jake has to escape when the homeowner pulls out a shotgun.
As Susan drops Jake off at his new place, she mentions that his fake identity is almost ready, and their hacker will be by tomorrow night to drop off her work.