Session 12 Recap

The Recap of Session 12 of the chronicle Detroit by Night.

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Recap
As Saira goes hunting among the Clubs and Bars in Midtown, she dances with a blonde woman (App 3) which invites her outside for a smoke. There Saira goes in to feed, but fails to note as the woman draws a Stiletto from her purse and stabs Saira in the back. A fight ensues as the blonde woman tries to attack her, but Saira manages to grapple her and give her the kiss. Once incapacitated, Saira drains the woman for about half of her blood, stabs her in her gut, and leaves her unconscious and slumped against a wall. She also grabs her purse and the Stiletto.

Saira makes her way over to Caleb's apartment and tells him what happend. They rummage through the handbag and find beside the Stiletto some Pepper-Spray, a student ID, 25 $ in cash, and a sharpened wooden stake. They identify the woman as Brianna Solis, and with some quick Google-Fu Caleb gains access to view her Facebook page. She is a student at Wayne State College and studies Sociology. Brianna also goes to some kind of practice but they don't establish what, and they find a post that seems to imply that she is engaged in supporting Female Assult Victims. They are unable from the Facebook page to establish any connections with either Darsh or Daniella.

Caleb then informs Saira that Grayson told him to bring her under control if he intends to work with her, and that blood bonding was an option. Saira says that the only way she'd agree to it if is she was allowed to blood bond Caleb in return. They both agree to it and decide to spice things up by having sex and drinking from each other. Afterwards, Caleb asks how this will affect their relationship to each other, but Saira seem to be of the opinion that this won't change anything at all. He also wonders if she'd be up for hooking up like this again in the future, and she says maybe.

Suggested affects this might have on their emotional connection to each other:

Caleb: A notably stronger liking of Saira, either platonically or romantically/sexually. A greater sense of trust and that he can entrust her with his life. Or a greater sense of responcibility, or need for control, in making sure that she doesn't end up doing things that will hurt her.

Saira: A notably stronger liking of Caleb, either platonically or romantically/sexually. Experiencing dismay at the thought of letting him down. Or feeling very uncomfortable regarding the notion of angering him or going against his will.

The night after, as Saira awakens, Emily tells her that Shaun is there waiting for her. Saira have made an effort of explaining to Emily before how ghouls work, and that Shaun is her ghoul now. Shaun is happy to see her, and seems set on helping her out no matter what.

Caleb tracks down a Duffy's Sports Bar in Corktown's Industrial District (Retconned). He uses the power of his Presence Discipline to make people come up and talk to him and fit in better among the workers and researchers grabbing a drink after work. He's looking for a Medical Proffessional who can research and catalogue the Vampyric Condition, so he'll have evidence which he'll be able to release to the public. He meets a young white man called Wyatt, who's a Pharma Researcher at a local Phizer R&D facility.

Not being content with his option, Caleb goes with Saira and Shaun to the Beating Drum, hoping to scout out some of the regulars there for a better candidate. Once they arrive, Saira notices that no one is working the bar and Ruby is trying to cover. When Saira asks what's going on, Ruby says that Josh is late and has been late for the several nights lately. And Luka doesn't seem to mind or do anything about it. Saira suggests Shaun take over since he's an actual bartended, but Ruby seems uncomfortable with letting someone she doesn't know take over. Eventually Josh arrives and takes over from the Ruby who seems pissed. Caleb heads over and sits down by the bar while Josh works. Josh seems unwilling to talk with Caleb, trying to find anything at all to do around the bar to keep busy and avoid him. Shaun makes an offside comment about Josh being a pretty lousy bartended, and Saira suggests he should seek employment here. Shaun seems to like this idea. Saira also asks around amongst the girls working if they know any Medical Proffessional amongst the regulars who come here, and with some effort and promises not to abuse the information ( 4 Succs)

Meanwhile, Caleb orders a drink from Josh and asks him to make one that "fits him". When Josh makes a drink called Corpse Reviver, Caleb asks if "That is all he is to him now" and Josh answers "My brother died a couple of months ago, I don't know who or what you are". This makes Caleb very sad and he leaves while crying blood. Saira immedietly notices this and the three of them leaves the Beating Drum and goes for a walk in the parks along the Detroit Riverwalk. They talk about how Josh seem to have disowned Caleb, and how similarly it seem to how people would disown someone for being gay. Saira tells her own story of how she wasen't very close with her older siblings since they were so much older, but that her sisters used to play dress-up using her as a kind of doll.

The team makes their final preperations for stealing the Deed to Belle Isle from the Detroit Public Library. They head to the Library with Shaun as their get-away driver parked a few streets off. They wear non-descript clothes and face-coverings. Using their Obfuscate Powers, they both sneak in without being seen and split up. Caleb heads to the Basement and stands ready to mess up the power to the building while Saira heads to the Burton Historical Collection. Once there, Saira finds that Victoria Spear, the woman who let them in at a previous point, is clearing out the items in the glass casings. Saira sends Caleb a text and he messes up the conduit box using some beer and then sneaks towards th exit. The resulting power-outage makes Miss Spears head out to find one of the security guards. As she's scolding him, Saira tries to swipe the Deed from her. She is not stealthy enough however and her Obfuscate is broken, but instead just grabs all the items she can carry and runs down the staircase with the Security Guard and Miss Spears chasing after her. Saira meet up with Caleb at the entrance and both manage to keep themselves out of sight long enough to re-enter Obfuscate. As Spears push the grand front doors open, they take the opportunity to sneak outside and make their way over to Shaun in the car. They head straight off towards the Huron Forest National Park.