Having woken up from the weird dream, the cousins learned more about the cagey Setite from Julius, because he has had previous dealings.
They head over to Angela's to call people, because Julius's house hasn't had a phone line installed yet. (He's from The Past, after all.) While Lottie calls people, Angela showed concern about what happened to Schiro (we're not sure why as he's from a different borough entirely and wouldn't exactly have had contact?) and then was still coming on strong with regards to Frankie. He was concerned about her behaviour, she said something that made him less concerned, and they ended up kissing.
Which was nice.
Lottie Auspexing meant her eyes went all glowy, which, as it turns out, induce some kind of happy obsession in humans - read: Angela - and it made her realise perhaps she should lay off Auspex for a little while, because that's quite a significant side effect.
The cousins gathered their troops to go to Harlem to show Schiro's people they're under new management. Lottie spoke to a "Father" and then walked into a creepy Tzimice vampire den to speak to Ellie - the Setite that sired the guy mentioned in the first paragraph. Frankie ended up speaking to a seemingly mind-controlled boxing promoter, and showed us exactly why he's not the guy you send in to negotiate deals.
GM: “Half an hour of drama, one dice roll, sorted.”
GM: “It’s like the room centres around Julius.”
Lottie’s player: “Doesn’t it always?”
GM: “There was a slightly intense moment between Lottie and Julius.”
Player: “When is there not?”
(Lottie and Val having the same Appearance rating)
Player: “Plus she’s a lady, which always helps, if you’re that way inclined.”
GM: “You’re never gonna let that one go, are you?”
“Lottie’s going to be fine this week. – Haha, challenge accepted!”
“So, who’s got Auspex up?”
“We do indeed! – But in a New York accent.”
“Frankie is very business-focused!”
“Frankie is very Brooklyn-focused.”
“I don’t know how to get in touch with Jeanine.”
“It’s not like you can just light a bitch signal in the sky.”
To be continued!
