Session 6 Recap

The Recap of Session 6 of the chronicle Detroit by Night.

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Saira wakes up after sunset and meets with Emily in the living room. She is standing by the window, half-hidden behind the curtain, looking out on the street. She says that she thinks one of the cars out there followed her when she went out to the corner-store, but she's uncertain. Emily asks if Saira knows any way she can defend herself if a Vampire would attack her and if there is any way to resist the kiss. Saira tells her that she should probably get a stiletto and maybe even pepper spray. Also, that stakes driven into the heart paralyzes a vampire. She is unsure if crosses work since it had no effect for her, but encourages Emily to try.

Emily also informs Saira that there's been a mass-text sent out from Epsilon Sigma. It seems that a Memorial Service will be held for their missing sorority sisters who are thought to be dead, and afterward, there'll be a meeting where a new sorority president will be elected as well as the other positions that have been left unfilled since the incident. Attendance is mandatory for anyone who wants to keep their membership. Emily says that she'll go to the Memorial, and is considering going to the meeting as well. She still has a lot of friends in Epsilon Sigma, and she doesn't want to leave them. Saira says she will go to the Memorial too, but that she's undecided about the meeting.

Saira finally informs Emily that she's quit school and that she's dancing full time. Eventually, she knows she'll have to tell her family about this but she fears them disowning her. She wants to look for a new apartment In order to ensure they still have a place to stay, and Emily thinks this is a good idea.

Caleb contacts his herd and heads out to feed.

Caleb texts Kristoff that they need to talk and he responds that they are welcome. They both head out to Hamtramck and Kristoff lets them into the Vestry of the St Florian Catholic Church through the back door. Before they start telling him things, Kristoff reminds them that they should consider charging boons for it since they are young and might need such favors in the future. However, they seem to consider it repayment for what he told them before, and he readily agrees. Caleb informs him that they made contact with the Camarilla and Kristoff seems curious to know who they met and what their first impression was. They mention that Fergus Grayson is the Ventrue Prince, Latricia Delage is the Toreador Primogen and Seneschal , and Josslin Addicott is the Tremere Primogen. Saira says they gave a first impression of seeming accustomed to command and being obeyed, but that they also seemed scared. At the mention of the Tremere, Kristoff spits on the floor and tells them that the Warlocks are not to be trusted. He explains that the Tremere doesn't have a real clan progenitor among the antediluvians of the 3rd generation, because they were originally Wizards who stole the power of the blood from a Tzimisce elder. Kristoff also elaborates on antediluvians and says that each one was cursed by Caine for slaying their sires in the First City and that this is said to be the origin of the clan weaknesses.

Saira and Caleb also inform him that the Camarilla extends the offer of membership to him if he wishes, but Kristoff laughs and will have none of it. He seems to think that it was the fact that his clan got to close with the Camarilla in the first place which started the chain of events that lead to them being attacked by the Assamites. But he tells them to give the Camarilla his response that they have no enemy in Hamtramck, but that they would need to show him that they can be allies.

On the topic of Hamtramck, Kristoff mentions that he's destroyed another Wight since the last time they were here, but that the rest of them seems to have gone into hiding. He'll attempt to track them down but might call for their help in this at a later point. He also took the liberty of checking up on Saira's family and thinks that her father seems like a very respectable man. He expresses dismay over the fact that someone from such a respectable family was embraced by such an evil clan.

While they speak they notice how Kristoff seems to be fiddling with his phone under his desk, and shortly thereafter Saira receives a text. It says "Save Makayla Khan ", but he says nothing of it.

After leaving Hamtramck, Saira decides to bring Caleb to the Beating Drum in order to relax a bit and show him where he works. Moonstone and Sunstone are working tonight and give Saira hugs, asking if they're here for entertainment or if they want to be left alone. Saira says they're just gonna spend some time one-on-one and they sit down and chat. As Saira goes over to talk with Josh, he and Caleb see each other and find it an incredibly awkward situation. They decide to talk after Josh's shift is over and they head out to a 24/7 open Starbucks in Downtown. Josh and Saira order a coffee, but Saira only keeps hers for the scent. Josh asks Caleb if he's dating Saira, but they aren't. He then explains that he was headhunted by Luka at his old job and that he really likes working at the Beating Drum since you can just pretend to be someone else for a while. He then gets Caleb to promise not to tell their family because Bella would freak out.

Josh finally tells them that he needs to go because Luka is picking him up shortly. He's invited him to a party full of big-shots as a celebration of him being there a month. Both Caleb and Saira offer Josh to sleep at their place so he won't need to sneak back in at home and he says he might take them up on the offer.

Saira heads out to feed as she usually does around the clubs around central Detroit. In a club in Midtown , one of the bartenders suddenly taps her on the shoulder while she feeds and hands her a phone. It's Josslin Addicot, who says that she knows Saira has been feeding without permission and that she needs to come and see her in order to discuss compensation. Saira meets Josslin inside a black Bently parked outside the public library at Wayne State College. Before discussing compensation, she wants to know if Saira's talked to Darsh and if she's decided on joining the Camarilla or not. She says she did, but that he did not accept it and that there really isn't much more she can do. Saira also says she hasn't decided yet, and argues that she should know her alternatives. Josslin reminds her that if she cares for Darsh then she should try a bit harder, and that she's even privileged to be given a choice to think about it. Josslin also says would much rather see all Assamites left in Detroit crushed into pools of blood, and that the great Tremere clan has the power to do so. She mentions that the Tremere once "leashed" the whole Assamite clan with a spell that stopped them from Diablerizing, but that they managed to dispel it about 30 years ago with their strange "Arab magic".

Once they start talking business, Josslin tries to push Saira into accepting a ridiculously high price for the rights to feed and keep her Haven in Midtown, arguing that she's already broken the Traditions by feeding without permission and that a boon from her isn't really worth anything. However, with some sly street-smarts Saira manages to negotiate down the price to 2 Minor Boons per Month if she places a magical tracker stone on Darsh.

Saira heads out to Beta Tau and meets Darsh. He talks about having tried to pressure a school administrator into doing what he wanted, but that it ended up with him beating them up because they wouldn't crack. He suspects them being a Tremere ghoul. Saira asks him, if she asked, if he'd go with her and just leave Detroit. He doesn't seem to see the point of it, since he's finally getting somewhere and leaving would be incredibly dangerous. Saira then asks for him to take the bloodstone as a protective totem, and he says he'll ask Pearl to make it into a necklace.

Saira and Caleb meet up and start doing some research for the name Makayla Khan. There seem to be a handful of people with that family-name in Detroit, most of them living in Hamtramck. There are a couple of people matching that exact name, but with some digging, they find one who lived in Hamtramck but died seven years ago. Additionally, they also manage to pinpoint a brother and her parents. The rapport they find mentions it being a missing person's case with her last known location being during a hike in the Huron Forest National Park in upstate Michigan. All that was found of her was pieces of her clothing and a bit of blood, and it was believed to have been a wild animal attack. A body was never found. Saira calls Kristoff and asks what he wants them to do with this information, but he initially seems confused about the request. When Saira mentions him sending them a text, he gets quiet for a moment before finally telling them that it was a wrong number text and that they should disregard it.

Once they've headed home to their havens to sleep for the day, Josh shows up at Saira's place to sleep after the party. Then during the day, as he's about to head out, Josh goes into Saira's bedroom to say his thanks and goodbyes but notices that she isn't breathing. He checks her pulse and starts shaking her while calling her name, stirring her from her day-sleep. Josh seems relieved that she's alive but wants to call an ambulance since she's both very pale, didn't breathe and had no pulse. Saira manages to calm him down and convince him that she's fine.

That night, Saira contacts Caleb and tells him that Josh found her day-sleeping and almost called the ambulance. They decide to pick him up after work and tell him the truth. On the way there, Josh and Saira talk a bit about the party he was at with Luka. Saira manages to get him to open up a bit and Josh admits to being gay and having slept with a Beating Drum regular at the party. Once at Caleb's apartment, they try to convince Josh that vampires are real and that they have died and become ones. Josh first thinks they're trying to screw with him, or even have some kind of weird gay intervention before they finally show him supernatural things like their fangs. Josh freaks out and completely breaks down on the floor of Caleb's apartment. As they try to tell him more things, he simply puts his fingers in his ears and doesn't want to listen to any of it. It takes a full ten-fifteen minutes before he manages to collect himself, whereas he asks if they're evil beings and are gonna drink his blood. When they deny it, he says that's all he wanted to know and then leaves.