Session 11 Recap

The Recap of Session 11 of the chronicle Detroit by Night.

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Recap
Saira and Caleb chat in Caleb's apartment. Caleb mentions meeting Sita, and Saira explains that she's her sister. Also, Sita can't cook according to Saira. Saira takes Caleb's phone and sends Latricia Delage a text message saying "We have finished the media assignment, how do you want it delivered?". The responce tells them to meet her at the Detroit Public Library in 30 minutes.

The team heads to the Library and are let in through one of the side entrances by what seems like a librarian. She uses an ID-card and brings them upstairs through the elevator to the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts. Latricia awaits them there and she puts on some music by Nina Simone while they talk. They explain that it was Detective Isabella Dane which leaked the findings of the Police Investigation over pillow-talk with Alexus Broadway, but also that Alejandra De Valle intercepted Broadway and used mind control to get ahold of this information as well. They leave out the part that Caleb afterwards spoke with Alexus and told her what happend. Latricia is content with how they accomplished the task and rewards them with 3 Simple Boons, but thinks that Dane surely is going to be targetted by the Sabbat somehow. She asks of them to keep Dane under watch, warn her when something happends, and if possible delay them from whatever they plan to do until backup arrives. But if they can keep Dane from the Sabbat without needing backup then that would be worth more [Retconned].

Latricia mentions that this task might be very dangerous for two Fledgelings and advices them to bring in reinforcement. She promises to set them up a meeting with Mr and Ms Nunez, two Camarilla Kindred who she claims used to work for the Sheriff. She won't charge them for setting up the meeting, but then they'll have to sort out a deal amongst themselves. They don't asks Latricia what she will pay them for the job.

After they accept the job they start asking Latricia about possibility of feeding permission. She says that she and Grayson share a Downtown as their Domain but that she's well within her rights to make a deal with them. During the conversation she off-handedly asks Caleb who his Sire is and they tell her the truth of Prince Grayson being his sire. Latricia reacts by being somewhat appriciative of them telling her the truth, but is simultaniously angry that they broke a direct promise to the Prince to not tell by doing so. The conversation ends by Latricia saying that she'll get back to them about the feeding permission, claiming the Sire-Childer situation means she'll have to discuss it with the Prince before making a deal.

Latricia asks to speak with Caleb alone and Saira leaves. On the way out she's escorted by a Security Guard and Saira flirts with him (2 Succs). He seems happy to talk with her on the way out but doesn't display any other affection openly, but he takes a Promo card for The Beating Drum which Saira gives him and says he might check it out.

Once alone, Latricia asks Caleb's opinion on the state of their community. They seem to both agree on that the African community is struggling and that the prevailing Gangster persona rolemodels are doing harm to the black identity. Latricia seems pleased by their shared believes and opens up about her experiences. She reveals to have been alive in the early 20th centuary and very active in the early stages of the Black Liberation Movement in the American South, as well as an writer for the newspaper Negro World published by the activist Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Latricia speaks very fondly of those times, and even at one point goes completely blank starring at an old photo and transcript of one of Gravey's rally speaches. Finally, she shares with Caleb her beliefs for the future. Latricia seems to believe that the African Community can never reach greatness by integrating into the White Mainstream American culture, and that the only way forward is for the community to re-embrace their African identity.

Once home, Caleb sends an email to Jessica Battles who is the Lawyer of the Nottawaseppi-Huron, the local band Potawatomi Tribe. Caleb offers his company's services, but gets a very formal responce where Battles explains that this is an internal matter for the Nation and that they're not looking to bring in expensive company consultans. Caleb emails her back where he explains that he is personally offering help because he has a passion for Human and Indigenous Rights (5 Succs). This time the responce is much less formal and Battles agree to meet him in Battle Creek.

Early one evening Caleb is awoken from his slumber just as the sun sets by a Video Call from his mother. As he answers, it turns out to be a group call with everyone in his family and he can see where they are and what they are doing. His sister Samantha is in the family garage working on a car, while his older brother Michael is chilling on a couch. Meanwhile, Duncan is sitting in the driver's seat of a car on some dark street. He claims to be working as an Uber Driver now and during the call he seems to be keeping an eye outside for his customers. Josh is the last to join the call, and Caleb can just briefly see him laying in bed having just woken up, despite it being early evening, before he clicks off the call. They all talk for a bit and decide on a date to have a family dinner.

Caleb calls up Alexus Broadway and meets at her office. They make it seem very business-like, but then sits down to talk about what happend back at the Conference where Alejandra De Valle mindcontrolled her. Caleb gives Alexus the opportunity to ask him anything and just get to know each other (6 Succs). What he tells her is that a Secret Organisation called the Sabbat is fighting another secret organisation called the Camarilla using the Kidnapped students and that is what caused the attack on the opera. Also, the fact that Alexus leaked the Police Investigation has put her in danger. Caleb then claims to be investigating the whole thing privately outside of the Police, since they are infiltrated by the Camarilla. He gets Alexus to investigate several things for him including the University Staff, Police Administration, and employees of Einhorn & Associates, and promise to not publish anything. Alexus feels completely overwhelmed by everything Caleb shared with her that she decides to go out for a drink. Caleb joins her and after a few glasses Alexus gets completely uninhibited and careless about what she says and does. She loudly cat-calls other women at the bar and tries to set Caleb up to get a one-night-stand because she thinks he's such a sorry nerd.

Saira goes out hunting among the clubs in Midtown.