Session 23 Recap

The Recap of Session 23 of the chronicle Detroit by Night.

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Recap
Saira and Caleb move from their old havens to new ones in Hamtramck. They both get good quality middle class apartments. Caleb at a central location near the Town Hall and Saira just bordering Banglatown. Informing her parents that she's moving back to Hamtramck is met with positivity.

Caleb books a meeting with Raymond Wheatly, the Head of GM Factory Assembly in Hamtramck, under the guise of being a legal consultant representing his company. While there, he uses Dominate to make Raymond drink his blood in order to gain sway over him. Raymond tells him that if it would be up to him he'd love to hire Caleb, but that all legal matters are handled through GM HQ's own lawyers.

Saira and Caleb heads to investigate the Rat Queen's Vintage, a second-hand vintage shop in central Hamtramck. They've learned from Aiysha Gales that she was told by the Tzimisce to falsify the shop's buy and sell records, and they want to check out why. Inside they meet Mehdi Hassan and Caleb makes sure to buy some vintage clothes in order to not seem too suspicious. After some hinting back and forwards, they learn that Medhi and his brother Abbass smuggle and sell weapons. He seems aware of vampires but says that his brother was the one who dealt with that side of the business and that he had a "close relationship" with the Assamites. Medhi only have a very limited selection of weapons on hand, as his brother have been missing since the war. Medhi is suspecting that his brother was caught in the crossfire, or perhaps that a smuggling deal went bad. If the smuggling operation can be set up again, then he can get better stuff. Saira asks him what he's heard from the streets, and he confirms what Aiysha Gales previously told Caleb that some guy on a motorbike have been going round the local schools, offering the younglings a quick buck at selling drugs.

Caleb makes his way to the Motortown Casino Hotel to seek out Samuel Natale, aka "Sammy Smooth". Peter Maguire, one of Caleb's herd, has stacked up quite a debt at Sammy Smooths illegal high-stakes gambling den and asked Caleb for help, as Sammy's been trying to blackmail him into leaking Ford company secrets. Caleb dominates his way past the bouncer and comes down into the gambling den and talks to Sammy. They agree on that Peter's debt will be payed, if Caleb manages to convince Luka Semenov to pay the Mafia protection money for the Wild Rodeo

Saira tries to work as an Burlesque Instructor at the Chakra Wellness Center. She meets Esteban Favela at the reception, who helps her settle in, find the changing room, and find her training studio. During the showing, Saira and Esteban meets up with an indian woman in her early 30s who presents herself as Precious Ward, the Manager of the Wellness Center. Saira recognize Precious as the woman who spoke to Jim, her sisters husband, at the Beating Drum and tried to coerce him. They speak for a moment before Saira's class start, and Precious hints that if she shows talent then there might be a more permanent position for her at the Chakra. As she start the class, Saira notice that most the participants are Chakra employees. No one here are below a 3 in Appearance, and the employees are excited to get to know Saira. The class is a great success, and during training she can even spot Miss Chakrabarti show up outside to watch along with Precious. Precious comes up and congratulates her after the class is done and says that if she'd be willing to quit her job at the Beating Drum, then Saira could have a chance to become something more then just a performer. Her talent is wasted on working under Luka, and her future can be at the Chakra if she had the ambition. Saira accepted, but felt a bad conscience over leaving Luka. As Precious walks Saira out, she leaves her in the lobby and goes to meet someone waiting for her. It's Shanice