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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 | Full Game (Part 1) Walkthrough · No Commentary Gaming

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  Queen City they used to call it, the gateway to Alaska, the city
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  of flowers. That one never took off.
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  The Emerald City in the 80s when they were trying to give it a
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  spit shine. Layers upon layers of history,
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  each trying to mask the ones below.
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  But Queen City is not wrong when you dig under the Polish.
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  Blue bloods and castles. Peasants in the gutter.
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  Same old story with a pretty flag on top.
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  This town's had a queen for a long, long time.
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  When the weight of a crown gets too heavy, people start
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  sharpening axes, but it takes one hell of a push to set them
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  swinging. You need a firebrand, A
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  revolutionary, A despot, A murderer, or maybe just someone
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  with a real big axe to grind. If I were a betting man, I'd say
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  the heads are just starting to roll and I am a betting man.
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  Hey, hey, are you OK? Frank.
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  Frank, there's someone hurt down here.
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  Get someone on that radio. Take it easy.
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  I got you. Don't try to move.
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  Are you hurt? Hey.
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  Hey. Hello, Richie.
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  What the hell happened? You OK, Richie?
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  Shit. Hang on.
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  I'm on my way. What where I cannot be found
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  like this? I am.
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  More evidence. I must be careful.
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  That's not my voice, my mouth. It's coming out of either.
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  Well, I know the back of my hand like the back of my hand that is
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  not my. Hand who speaks?
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  So you can hear me well. Good evening.
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  What if I could? I'm sure I would, but I'm not
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  even certain where I'm in to get out of it.
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  Very well. Gather yourself, then speak.
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  That's generous of you. Well, I know if I woke up with a
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  voice in my head, well, well, I would probably take it better
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  than most. But I appreciate I'm unusual in
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  a few respects, and I thank you for your patience.
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  My name's Fabian. I am.
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  Well, I was a vampire like yourself, a Kindred, an Okavian
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  by blood. And I was and still am a
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  detective. Matter of fact, I just started a
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  new case finding my missing body.
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  Tell me, what's the last thing you remember?
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  I remember nothing recent, nothing that would explain how I
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  got here at least. I guess we don't have much to go
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  off of, except you've got a Malkavian and a Mark.
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  It's something. Let's try this.
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  You hit me with some questions. Maybe it'll spark an idea.
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  Do you recognize this mark child of Melcav?
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  I don't think I do. But if poets and philosophers
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  are to be believed, there's one thing I can tell you.
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  When we want something to belong to us, we mark it.
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  I'd say someone has claimed you. From where I sit, I can
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  understand why. There's power in these old
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  bones, centuries of strength in these veins.
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  Someone covets you. The question is who?
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  How did you get inside my head? Do you truly remember nothing?
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  My memory's a jigsaw right now and I'm still working on the
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  edges. I know I was on some sort of
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  investigation, but how it got me here I don't know.
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  Breaking and entering skulls was never my Forte.
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  We. Will not find our answers here.
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  Let us move on. If I may, I'd recommend we get
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  somewhere safe. I know a place.
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  If you can get us out to the night air, I'll direct you.
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  Supposing we're still in Seattle.
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  Seattle, this is America. Very well, I will find a way
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  outside then you may guide me. Sounds good.
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  You got a name by the way. Many, but for now you can call
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  me Fire. All right.
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  Pleased to meet you, Fire. Let's find our way out, shall
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  we? Save the worry about Mark.
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  It's another mischief. You guys meet us.
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  Well, where is he, then? Doug, Hang on.
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  I. Got his number and Frank.
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  Lock stock security, read up, cool the balls out here seen
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  through your eyes. I got it.
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  I got it. This is quite something this
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  place used for anything now. Not that I know.
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  So you called the cops an asshole?
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  No way out there. I can handle these mortals.
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  They'd be missed and that'd mean a full scale.
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  Go in. We must not be the masquerade.
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  Yeah. Not good, man.
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  Not good. Hey, anyone in there elevators
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  is broke as a Monday night St. Walker.
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  You there? What was the call about F Head
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  attacking his buddies? What the hell is that?
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  Just go, go. Stop.
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  Jim. One wide chip.
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  That's too much to add. All right, That was what they
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  called telekinesis, right? Hello, who's in here?
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  Come on, don't make this nut worse. 128 to dispatch.
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  Go ahead, 128. You got a noise disturbance and
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  a suspected pass, so 3 inside. You can track them somehow.
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  You might copy that. You require backup.
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  You don't want to fight here. No, I think we're good.
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  Copy that, 128. All quiet.
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  Yeah, all quiet. But damn, Carl, why do I always
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  get the spooky ones? Seattle PD I'm coming over.
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  Hello Seattle, this is your two AM weather and traffic update.
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  I don't like this. Jeho's a fat age.
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  Christ, you are something I'll get him a scar.
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  Yeah, everyone loves a scarf, right?
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  You hear something? If you don't mind me asking me,
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  how old are you? Older than your country by 150
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  years. Oh, right.
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  Now be quiet. Smile for the camera,
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  sweetheart. This one goes out to all the
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  fans of slaughtered pigs. It's a ghoul, in case you didn't
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  notice. Going to bring the PD down.
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  Busy night cops, ghouls, detectives, mysterious flying
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  strangers. All we need now is a full on
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  musical number. No man, what a fucking stupid
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  name. Oh shit.
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  Oh, we got to buy. We're going to find.
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  You now you're watching your work.
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  Oh, this is a mess. Cops will be here starting to
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  fill in the paperwork. Let's make ourselves scarce.
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  They'll just put it down to Seattle beans.
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  Smells like freedom with a hint of salt coming in the Pacific.
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  Welcome to Seattle. Come on the Havens.
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  Not fine. What year is this?
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  The year 2024, when did you? I have been asleep for 100 years
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  now. There's a thing.
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  Well then, welcome to the 21st century.
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  Hey there. You are still here.
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  Till we've worked our caseload, seems we're stuck together.
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  Welcome back from the land of Nod.
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  You and I can't ever really leave it, can we?
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  you persist. That is disappointing.
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  You don't wake up nice, huh? Let's take a minute while you're
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  still gathering strength. Get to know each other.
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  Maybe check our compass before we set sail.
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  While we slumbered, I puzzled and I realized I know you or I
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  know who you are. You're the one they call the
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  Nomad. That is what they called me.
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  That name's been buzzing around my brain and I only just trapped
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  it. Another mystery where I got the
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  idea. I didn't expect you in Seattle.
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  Not at all, and don't rightly know how I made the leap.
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  Once folks hear the nomads in town, and they will, they're
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  going to assume a lot. There are stories, some have you
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  as a destroyer, others an omen of doom, but what would you say?
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  Where I travel, disaster follows.
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  When I war, it is against misfortune.
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  If I am anything, I am a survivor.
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  That's not what I expected to hear, but if that's the truth,
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  that's the truth, and I'm rather fond of surviving myself.
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  Well then, what's the most dangerous thing out there in
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  your experience? I saw the witch trials as they
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  played out across Europe. They slew many of our kind.
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  I barely escaped. But in fear and hate, they also
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  slaughtered the ones they loved. Mortal hate is the danger, and
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  there are forces who harness it. If they could burn the whole
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  world, they would. Bad news.
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  In 1945, they figured out how to never mind Good news.
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  Despite it all, we're still here.
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  You'll forgive me for asking, I hope, but I can't help but
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  wonder, how did you fall into mortal hands?
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  It just doesn't seem your style. Something more happened, didn't
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  it? I have said all I desire to say
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  about myself. Tell me of you now.
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  All right, ask away. I warn you, I've had 100 years
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  in this city, but my memories are Swiss cheese.
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  Tell me about your haven. Oh, this place is not mine,
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  owned by a fellow by the name of Dale, but it's empty now.
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  I know. I don't know how I know it.
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  I can't say he was a friend, but I've always found charm in
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  clutter provokes a soul to build castles out of thoughts, and a
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  castle is a solid place to stand.
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  I have been in torpor for decades.
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  What can you tell me about Kindred in modern times?
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  I can only speak to what I know, and I only know Seattle.
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  Tell me about the masquerade. How does it work in this time?
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  Same as it was 100 years ago and 100 years before that.
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  We got to blend in with John Q Public, and John Q isn't meant
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  to know that vampires are real. Let me be clear.
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  Seattle's court is serious about the Masquerade.
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  You attract mortal attention. They'll put you down like a
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  horse with a broken leg. As it should be.
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  I would know more about you. When we first spoke, you had
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  little recent memory. Do you remember anything more?
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  One thing, alcohol on the air, on the floor, and glasses and
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  bottles. After that, I'll walk in the
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  dark. What is this about alcohol?
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  Your memory seems drenched in it.
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  Well, I'd say I was in a bar. If you feel properly woken,
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  maybe we could try to find it. I am awake, but there is
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  something wrong. My blood is sluggish.
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  I should be strong by now even after torpor, and I am not.
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  Reckon that Mark has brought you down a peg?
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  Speculation accomplishes nothing.
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  True, but let's just take another second.
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  You know my blood is Melkavian. You know they call us lunatics,
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  Mad Men or prophets. But where do you draw a
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  bloodline? Toriador that does surprise me.
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  You are different from our home grown artists.
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  Patience is a closed book, and Isabella, she's a powerful
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  experience. Natty and no one in this city
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  will blink twice at you while you were getting dolled up.
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  I rooted out of memory, realized why I brought up Dale's place.
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  I was here, I think, not long before.
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  Whatever happened, happened. If we're going to solve our
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  cases, we could track back my footsteps, see if we can find
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  that bar like a fairground Nickelodeon, although it does
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  cost more than a nickel, and it doesn't make you smile.
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  Dale was into mixing up thin blood, out chemicals, dangerous
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  trade. I have no idea what Dale was
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  studying, if that's what he was doing.
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  Computers, mostly. They're like a very fast
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  Telegraph system staffed by idiots.
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  My advice is to leave well alone.
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  A gramophone. Sort of, but much more
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  acceptable sound quality up until the early 90s.
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  My buddy Dale had body image problems, that's how he put it.
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  I won't say my body's fragrant, but I reckon your keen senses
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  could get a sniff of it. You somehow stole in there
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  accidentally. Let me fill you in.
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  You're listening to me. Remember, Even in Seattle people
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  will notice if you do something, you know, weird.
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  Like leaving a building in a single bound.
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  Keep it on the down low. We have a masquerade to protect.
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  Look what took the bait. If it ain't Benny Muldoon,
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  better start regular fish. It's about to get a little dry.
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  Sheriff Bruja, my boss? Careful.
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  Can a law abiding kindred not walk where they will in the
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  city? Tell me, what is my crime?
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  Motherfucker, there ain't no thin.
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  Blood. Thin blood of weak heritage, A
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  latter generation. They are common here.
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  Kind of Rock You in hiding. Yeah, they're common.
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  Like fleas on a street cat. Benny.
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  Benny, Benny. Surely the sheriff has better
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  things to do with his time than hunt thin bloods.
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  You know, I'm just about getting tired of your limp thick square
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  Fang tofu ass bullshit. Lucky for you, I got places to
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  be Will. You tell your Prince we spoke.
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  Fuck the Camarilla, fuck the Prince.
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  He knew his last marble. Right now I got thin blood
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  spines to rap out. So I'll tell you what, you have
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  one night. One night to sort your business
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  and get the fuck out of Seattle. After that, it's open season.
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  Understood. Good.
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  For my sake, I hope you stay. I'll run out some blood soon
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  enough. Don't want to be bored.
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  He's given us a night. Let's use it and get back on my
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  trail. You said he was your superior.
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  He's chief kicker in of heads for the court, but he also keeps
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  a foot in at the SPD. Between us, we keep a lid on any
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  breeches of the masquerade. If I can offer a bit of
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  critique, it's always best to stand straight up with Betty.
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  Show him your own belly. Cut it out.
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  I knew Betty hated the thin bloods.
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  Don't really know why he's hunting them tonight though.
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  Just as I thought I'd suggest you keep my presence on the down
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  low. Think it from me, you lose a
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  parcel of respect if you talk out loud to the voices in your
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  head and arts up ahead.
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  You're being bold tonight. It's like the mark on
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  Now that is strange. Written using your blood.
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  That's the hole in the wall Anarch.
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  That's territory market. The Anarchs want Seattle for
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  themselves. Anything there?
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  Shit. The fuck Ian,
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  You go. Katsumi.
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  She's weak, man Fucker. I'm like, I like you're talking
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  about it like that but you want to do it so bad.
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  See a word for change you want to get word for but I'm talking
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  action, real action and the fact you're both still here.
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  Something's good, the more sensible anarchy we usually find
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  a few here in the Here we are.
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  I tell you something through your nose.
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  I appreciate my aroma. Just a little bit more.
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  Leather, old filing cabinets and a soup zone of homicide did.
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  I feed the cat. I should fill you in on the
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  local colour Anarchs and thin bloods we talked about.
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  You can lump them in a badge, mostly.
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  Then there's the court. But you know how the Camarilla
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  works. If I had hackles, they'd have
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  just raised up on my hat. That ain't right.
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  There's something, something's here.
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  Fire. Like a brace of knives looking
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  to sever a spine. Oh no, that is not.
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  Well, you saw that, huh? I guess we should talk about
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  what happened. I do not know what to say, save
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  that you brought it on yourself somehow and for some reason you
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  provoked me here in torpor. Seems like you're blaming me
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  more than I'm blaming you. If anything, I should forgive
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  you, and I forgive you. That's just what Torpor does.
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  You went into the box, but the beast came out and drained dry
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  the first thing it saw. But hey, we solved the case of
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  my missing body and of how I got in your head the avelary, right?
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  The complete draining of one kindred by another, so that the
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  vitae's power is consumed. Yes, but this what has happened
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  here. This is not normal.
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  A transfer of power, of strength that is expected, but of
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  consciousness never. How can you still be here?
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  Well, here I am. Any theories?
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  It must be this damned mark designed to trap you.
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  It fits the evidence, although why anyone would want a milk
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  stuck in an old body beats me. In any event, means we've got a
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  new case. Why am I still here despite all
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  the odds? And who captured me and brought
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  me here? What was intended for me?
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  Well, the city has the answers. I think it's time you got
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  permission to walk the streets. Indeed, from the Prince of this
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  city. Prince Campbell, Yeah, yeah.
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  But I don't know. There's something I can't say
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  why, but not him, not right now. I'm sorry I've lost something
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  here. I just know it's a bad idea to
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  go to one straight. You know this city better than
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  I. What do you suggest I do instead
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  of going to the Prince? Maybe you could wait.
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  Lou Graham, who? Seattle's previous Prince, sort
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  of. She stepped into the shadows
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  decades back, abdicated, let Campbell take over the reins.
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  Weird situation I know, but her shadows as long as the night get
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  in good with her and it'll keep you safe from intrigue, at least
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  for a time. An abdicated Prince?
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  That is most unusual. Can you lead me to her?
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  The Glacier Hotel, swanky place, seen better days.
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  It's got a big sign out the front you can't miss from the
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  street a few blocks north of Dale's Den.
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  What? We woke up tonight.
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  I imagine you have questions other than Fabian.
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  Why did you try to open the box? And I have no answer for that.
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  A new case. Why were you so stupid, Fabian?
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  Sheer curiosity off in the end, for both cats and cops, right?
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  At least I made it through sort of.
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  Damn, I suppose we should talk about you need the background.
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  Who stops being a Prince and let someone else take the reins.
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  I'll be honest, I have. No, my best advice is to
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  remember that she's old, she's powerful, and she loves herself
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  above all else. Jesus, God, what was?
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  That. The Glacier Hotel used to be the
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  Camaro Accord back Lou wants the penthouse, The
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  elevator's at the back. I never got on with it, but it
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  should work for you. And this will take us to lose
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  quarters. That's right.
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  I reckon you'll do well with her.
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  Just keep your poker face. I'm sure she won't eat you.
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  Fabian, my boy. At last I knew you wouldn't let
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  me down. Ready.
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  Well, I guess so. If only I knew what this is.
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  Having a bad night, child? No, but I just keep your poker
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  face. They won't eat you.
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  Well, not all of you anyway. My, my, the little detective.
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  Really hope you hosed him down. Ignore Fletcher.
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  I need you to focus now. Rosalind's on the left, lose on
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  the right. Well, Gideon Hall, and who do
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  you bring to us? As spoken for and sanctioned.
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  Miss Emerson, this is my new child.
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  I see. And what do you have to say for
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  yourself? Be.
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  Kind to the poor man, Sister. This is the first time he's
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  seen. You in.
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  All your. Glory.
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  Welcome, Fabian. Your sire is thought of highly
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  here. I am Lou.
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  Graham now tell me. Who are you beyond the name?
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  What will you do for this court? Careful
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  Fabian, are you with me? I I.
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  I saw what you saw, but we are here now.
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  Pay attention. What's that smell?
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  Fresh blood. Kindred blood.
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  I assume from the smell that you are not another of my unwanted
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  suitors. I am not with them.
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  No, somehow you don't seem the type.
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  Well, now it's not often I see someone new in my city tell me
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  your story. And we shall see if we are
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  friends or not. Well, Or would you prefer to
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  wash first? You positively reek, my dear.
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  Remember who you're speaking to. Some call me the nomad.
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  Well. Now.
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  How serendipitously the chips do fall after 100 years.
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  The Nomad. Emerges again here.
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  In my parlour. Yet I would expect a sweeter
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  aroma from one of the Clan of the Rose.
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  These days they are all about perfume and performance, not a
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  job of substance. But you, the one who ran circles
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  around the Inquisition. Not that it's hard, the poor
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  dears. Such an honor.
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  The. Pleasure is all mine not.
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  All of it. I assure you.
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  But tell me, nomad of many faces, what do you call yourself
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  now? Fire.
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  Then I'm simply beside myself to meet you.
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  Fire as I'm. Sure, the Prince.
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  Shall be. After all, you're an interesting
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  person, and this is a most interesting time.
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  And what is it that makes these times so interesting?
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  Well, of course you don't know. In just two nights, Seattle.
• 48:16
  'S gone to hell in a handbasket. First this grizzly business with
• 48:21
  my dear Campbell, and then a. Spree of reckless murders just
• 48:24
  last night and now anarchs are costing me in my own domain.
• 48:29
  Sudden transitions of power. Just awfully messy, aren't they?
• 48:34
  But I have no doubt our new. Prince will bring a swift end to
• 48:39
  the turmoil. Grizzly business.
• 48:42
  What happened to Campbell? Now that is an expression.
• 48:46
  Penny for your thoughts. Campbell is no longer Prince.
• 48:52
  What befell him? Two nights ago, my poor child
• 48:56
  was found outside Weaver Tower missing something rather vital.
• 49:02
  His head. What?
• 49:04
  How? Who?
• 49:05
  Luckily, I had a spare. My other child, Ryung Choi, She
• 49:11
  rules now in his stead, under my careful tutelage.
• 49:20
  Based on all you have said, it seems prudent that I meet with
• 49:24
  Prince Riang, and soon. I'd think she's rather busy
• 49:29
  squashing an insurrection, though I'm sure a little extra
• 49:32
  muscle wouldn't go amiss. You have my blessing, and you
• 49:37
  can use your audience to let Riang know that I require new,
• 49:41
  more competent security. Someone with a keen Hunter's
• 49:45
  instinct who can accommodate my particular tastes.
• 49:50
  Now, unless you have something further to discuss.
• 49:59
  I will take my leave for the time being.
• 50:03
  Don't. Be a stranger, darling.
• 50:10
  Lou. Liked you.
• 50:12
  Guessing that isn't your first narcissist.
• 50:15
  Triong choy then. Now, Prince.
• 50:18
  Here's the thing. My bet is you'll find her in
• 50:21
  Campbell's office, Weaver Tower, and I get an inkling of what
• 50:27
  it's like for you now. Waking torpor.
• 50:30
  It's only been a day or two for me.
• 50:32
  The world is upended. Look at you, even more delicious
• 50:52
  up close. I see you possess an eye for
• 50:56
  beauty and an appreciation for the divine yourself.
• 51:01
  Oh, don't look so surprised, little flame.
• 51:05
  The first stage of my process is observation, Isabella.
• 51:10
  Moore. Artist.
• 51:15
  And the fellow Toriador, I assume.
• 51:18
  Oh, most certainly. You should stop by my place,
• 51:23
  Atrium. The kind Call it a nightclub,
• 51:26
  but. It's so much more.
• 51:30
  I have something rather special planned.
• 51:33
  Once it might have taken your breath away, You'll see.
• 51:40
  Perhaps I will. Oh, but what am I talking about?
• 51:43
  You came here to see Luke Graham.
• 51:46
  It's been, what, decades since she left that musty old
• 51:50
  penthouse? How fair is the former Prince?
• 51:57
  If you must know, she was attacked.
• 51:59
  No. You're sure?
• 52:01
  Is she all right? The perpetrators had no chance.
• 52:05
  I don't know what the city would do without her.
• 52:08
  Well, I won't keep you. You will accept my invitation.
• 52:13
  If my pursuits take me nearby, I will consider it.
• 52:18
  I'm sure they will. Art always takes.
• 52:22
  The question is, what will be spared?
• 52:26
  Until then, little flame. Hey, hey, what the fuck you
• 52:46
  after my money? Off to Weaver Tower to see the
• 52:48
  newest Prince then. Indeed.
• 52:54
  Well, not often Isabella thinks someone is worth talking to.
• 52:57
  She must see you as an opportunity to be a fellow
• 53:00
  artist. That's not surprising.
• 53:02
  I suppose she mostly ignores me, and for that I'm thankful.
• 53:36
  No doubt you're wondering about the court and Ryong Choi, our
• 53:39
  new Prince. It seems she is sharp as a tack
• 53:43
  and deals fair, but who's to say?
• 53:46
  Our changes, folks. I guess you'll meet Tommy too.
• 53:49
  Queer fish and as colorful as they come.
• 53:52
  You already met Benny and Isabella, Dick and Carrot of the
• 53:56
  Court respectively. That is Seattle's inner circle.
• 54:00
  Hard to say, Campbell News. There are plenty more Kindred in
• 54:04
  Seattle, but who is floating to the town?
• 54:47
  That's the place. Weaver Tower.
• 54:49
  This If you're done with your
• 56:20
  entertainment, you'll be wanting the elevator.
• 56:22
  The Prince's office is upstairs, but Anarchs in Weaver Tower.
• 56:27
  The mystery deepens. Oh God damn elevators, the bane
• 56:36
  of my existence. Hope you're feeling fit.
• 56:38
  We got to get up to the 21st. I've been thinking an arcs here
• 56:44
  and an arcs at the glacier. You think these are the same an
• 56:47
  arcs who attacked blue grain? See an arcs aren't organized.
• 56:52
  Even 1 gets rounded. Trying something that is not
• 56:56
  good news. You know what?
• 57:07
  Get out of here you stupid cow. Me Fuck.
• 57:09
  Sorry, cutie Pie, you're not on the guest list.
• 57:13
  What did I tell you? Colorful.
• 57:15
  That is the Nosferatu Tully. The very same.
• 57:19
  Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm flattered.
• 57:23
  I mean, geez, I don't think I've been this wanted since 1982.
• 57:29
  Jimmy darling, it's a Mustang. Oh, take me back.
• 57:33
  So between you and me, I don't think you're really my fuck.
• 57:40
  Let's show them what the NR can do.
• 57:43
  Hello, Nice work.
• 59:09
  Come on over, let's have a talk. Damn, kid, you're not new to
• 59:17
  chewing your way through the hordes, are you?
• 59:21
  You could thank me, it would not be out of order.
• 59:25
  How's that for a hello? Christ, you sound like my
• 59:27
  father. Well thank you.
• 59:30
  And a hoodly do to you too. Name's Michael Tolliver, but
• 59:34
  call me Tolley. I'm your go to gal for fun times
• 59:38
  at the OK Camarilla. You may call me Fire.
• 59:43
  I may guess you're here to see her Prince ship New kid checking
• 59:47
  in and all that, right? Right.
• 59:53
  Well, you're going to give a hell of a hello.
• 59:55
  Covered in the blood of her botherers.
• 59:58
  It's been a regular good old fashioned nightmare since
• 1:00:02
  Campbell went down. I mean, he was a limp fucking
• 1:00:05
  Dick, but a city without a Prince wasn't part of the plan
• 1:00:07
  for the Christmas party, you get me?
• 1:00:10
  Any who? Ariang has a few Anarch grunts
• 1:00:13
  upstairs trying to work out why slash when slash how they
• 1:00:17
  managed to Merc a Prince if that's what happened.
• 1:00:21
  Fun times, huh? Is there doubt they slew
• 1:00:29
  Campbell? They look guilty, but until we
• 1:00:32
  knew for sure we weren't going to start a riot, that was the
• 1:00:35
  plan anyway. They've lit up the town and
• 1:00:38
  that's got to be answered. It's not helped by our idiot
• 1:00:41
  guard dog slipping his chain. Guard dog.
• 1:00:45
  Fucking Betty. Our Sheriff Muldoon, bless his
• 1:00:49
  heart, just upped and fucked right off.
• 1:00:52
  Fucked us too. Muldoon.
• 1:00:55
  Benny Muldoon we met. Yeah, I guess running protection
• 1:00:59
  for a new Prince just wasn't something he was feeling.
• 1:01:02
  Without him, the guards got gobbled.
• 1:01:08
  The sheriff, I met him hunting thin bloods.
• 1:01:12
  You did. What did he have to say for
• 1:01:15
  himself? Fuck the Prince, I believe.
• 1:01:19
  What a fucking guy. Anyway, let's stay positive.
• 1:01:24
  Benny's going to get his star shoved up his ass, and frankly,
• 1:01:28
  that was a long time coming. And you get to go up top and
• 1:01:32
  meet our Prince. And bonus time, since the
• 1:01:36
  elevators are still busted, you get to do some more climbing.
• 1:01:40
  When you slither out. You'll probably surprise Science
• 1:01:43
  GAO. Science.
• 1:01:45
  GAO. Be a sweetheart and tell her
• 1:01:47
  that the borders are repelled. Look on the bright side, next
• 1:01:52
  time I see you, I'll owe you 1 See ya.
• 1:02:15
  Tali's an acquired taste. We rubbed each other the wrong
• 1:02:19
  way a little. He ain't so different from other
• 1:02:21
  highs. Sorry Nosferatu.
• 1:02:24
  Not so much about appearances. It's the inside the Council.
• 1:02:50
  This is a conundrum. You'll forgive me if I make a
• 1:02:59
  few assumptions. Your clan has a history of
• 1:03:02
  betting in with the Camarilla, and I saw nothing in your
• 1:03:06
  dealings with the old Prince to contradict that.
• 1:03:08
  So I can only assume that you are no salmon.
• 1:03:11
  You swim with the current. Now is not the time.
• 1:03:15
  Fine, fine, but something to think about before you meet the
• 1:03:18
  Prince. Shiny, isn't it?
• 1:04:03
  My guess is science looked somewhat different back in your
• 1:04:06
  day. Hello.
• 1:04:14
  Who's there? Stay back.
• 1:04:22
  I mean it. I I don't want to hurt you, but
• 1:04:25
  I. Tolly science gal Sophia, be
• 1:04:28
  gentle. Sophia Tolly asked me to tell
• 1:04:32
  you the intruders have been dispatched.
• 1:04:35
  You. You spoke to Tolly.
• 1:04:38
  An intruder would say that. Unless How do I know I can trust
• 1:04:43
  you? Look at you, trembling like a
• 1:04:49
  hare. How adorable you are.
• 1:04:55
  I I don't even know your name. My name is Fire.
• 1:05:00
  I come to meet Prince Ryong Choi of Seattle with the blessing of
• 1:05:04
  Lou Graham. Lou.
• 1:05:07
  I I see. Well, if she sent you, thank
• 1:05:12
  you. But wait, you no surely forgive
• 1:05:22
  me. You're you're the nomad.
• 1:05:29
  Guess word gets around. How did you know that?
• 1:05:36
  I, I mean, I've read about the nomad, about you, the records,
• 1:05:42
  the stories. You are everything they say.
• 1:05:47
  Forgive me about my importance. I am Sofia Uluzoy, a scholar of
• 1:05:55
  our history. If we could speak sometime, but
• 1:05:59
  not now. Of course I shouldn't impose.
• 1:06:03
  Forgive me. Certainly I think it would be a
• 1:06:10
  pleasure for us both. A pleasure.
• 1:06:18
  Forgive me the books. I I didn't know you would be so.
• 1:06:25
  So. The doors unlocked.
• 1:06:30
  The Princess office is opposite to the elevators.
• 1:06:33
  I won't keep you for now, but please finally be later.
• 1:06:39
  It would be everything. We should press on.
• 1:06:49
  You should meet the new Prince. Sophia's been around a while and
• 1:06:54
  always had a smile for me. Glad you 2 got on.
• 1:07:57
  you want. And yet you aren't.
• 1:08:01
  Let's try this again. Who ordered Campbell's dish
• 1:08:04
  store? How did you breach his security?
• 1:08:07
  I don't know. I don't know anything.
• 1:08:09
  You really don't know, do you, Kitty?
• 1:08:13
  Look at me. Look at me.
• 1:08:19
  Well, that was a waste. A new face.
• 1:08:29
  And not just any new face. Aren't you interesting?
• 1:08:36
  There's something. Tell me, who are you?
• 1:08:45
  There are some who call me the Nomad.
• 1:08:48
  You may call me Fire. The Nomad.
• 1:08:52
  Well, very good to meet you, Fire.
• 1:08:57
  And welcome to Seattle. But I'm afraid you find matters
• 1:09:02
  a little complicated. Sofia, any results?
• 1:09:07
  Do we know who's Sue Campbell? It's inconclusive so far.
• 1:09:12
  Someone's clearly tried to frame the Anox.
• 1:09:15
  But. But frame the Anox.
• 1:09:19
  Forgive me. It's just it's just the nomad.
• 1:09:25
  Hi, I am speaking to your Prince Sophia.
• 1:09:36
  Perhaps you can express your infatuation in private.
• 1:09:40
  Sophia, your reputation is legend.
• 1:09:45
  And to what or whom do we owe this pleasure?
• 1:09:50
  I believe it was Lou, my Prince. I see.
• 1:09:55
  And what did you 2 discuss? Only that I should introduce
• 1:10:03
  myself to the current Prince. Good to hear.
• 1:10:07
  An important tradition, even for celebrities.
• 1:10:11
  So you've come to ask permission to move freely through my city
• 1:10:15
  and to find an answer. I woke only recently, and with
• 1:10:20
  this mark on my hand, I hoped you could tell me what you know
• 1:10:26
  of it. I see.
• 1:10:28
  Well, your timing is hardly ideal.
• 1:10:38
  Oh. Your sire assured me that her
• 1:10:41
  child would be obliging. She did well.
• 1:10:46
  As much as I hate it, there's something we have to talk about
• 1:10:50
  first. Could you share what happened
• 1:10:52
  last night Tolly? With pleasure.
• 1:10:58
  Yeah, he does this. Figure and bloody robes seen
• 1:11:01
  fleeing across city. Black hair, ash and skin.
• 1:11:05
  Dead bodies in an abandoned building.
• 1:11:07
  Cops on site, suspicious looking, blood loss.
• 1:11:10
  Never mind the poor fashion choice.
• 1:11:12
  That's a masquerade breach right there.
• 1:11:15
  Ah nuts. Let the mask slip once and the
• 1:11:17
  world becomes your scaffold. So you see, we have a problem,
• 1:11:23
  one that must be dealt with. Do not presume to threaten me.
• 1:11:35
  It would be regrettable for all of us.
• 1:11:39
  It's tradition talking here, babe.
• 1:11:41
  You've been around the block long enough to know that.
• 1:11:44
  I'm sorry fire, but perceived or otherwise, I can't ignore this a
• 1:11:50
  new prints that display such weakness.
• 1:11:53
  I'd be lucky to see another night, especially with the
• 1:11:56
  Anarch situation so hot. Oh, that reminds me.
• 1:12:00
  Our sheriff's refusing to get in line.
• 1:12:03
  Old Benny boys left a trail of bloody bodies right from the
• 1:12:07
  back of, you know, your home from home.
• 1:12:11
  I see. News just in.
• 1:12:13
  Because he was AWOL, the Anarchs pulled the same stunt of the
• 1:12:16
  glacier as they did here. They interrupted her soaps.
• 1:12:21
  She is not a happy camper. She's got questions now the
• 1:12:25
  difficult ones wants to hear answers.
• 1:12:30
  That so well can't put it off forever.
• 1:12:34
  Please excuse me, I have to deal with this.
• 1:12:38
  Tolly get me to lend in perfume. I can't reek of thin blood when
• 1:12:43
  I tell her it's under control. I am still here and.
• 1:12:53
  Let me help with your sheriff. You've got some hustle.
• 1:12:57
  Meet me at Macom tomorrow night, we'll talk.
• 1:13:02
  Scored yourself a sit down with the boss.
• 1:13:05
  Word of advice though, asses ain't Ryong's thing so quit
• 1:13:09
  showing yours. She wants to work with you, just
• 1:13:13
  play along. But whatever you decide to do,
• 1:13:16
  just remember the only real question in life is whether the
• 1:13:20
  fucking you're getting is worth the fucking you're getting.
• 1:13:24
  Talk soon, honey bun. Well, that did not go too smooth
• 1:14:09
  now did it? Oh.
• 1:14:12
  Don't think you made any friends.
• 1:14:14
  Sophia liked me. Sophia, like it's almost
• 1:14:19
  everyone, so long as your first name isn't Lou and your last
• 1:14:22
  name isn't Graham. Now let's get out of the
• 1:14:25
  furnace. Now this is something fire.
• 1:17:11
  Can you? I guess I found my body.
• 1:17:14
  Or did I? So weary is the wanderer, the
• 1:17:21
  treasure on the fertile is soil, the icon of the awakened blooms
• 1:17:32
  Incarnate. Dying is the wanderer.
• 1:17:36
  Not bursting, Will they soccer? Hey there, fella.
• 1:17:42
  Are you talking to me? It is the truth, Seeker.
• 1:17:48
  Will you not wake? Am I asleep?
• 1:17:53
  Wake up, Up. Wake up, Detective.
• 1:18:09
  Wake up. All right, then.
• 1:18:18
  I remember now. It was a cold day in December.
• 1:18:21
  Colder than usual. I mean, I was in my office.
• 1:18:25
  I was awake, and I was none too happy about it.
• 1:18:31
  Oh, yeah. A few leads on the Enchantment
• 1:18:33
  of Whitby Island. Stack of old case notes that I'd
• 1:18:38
  filtered from the files to check for breaches.
• 1:18:40
  Nico presented me with this. Said it made sense for me to
• 1:18:44
  have it. I never figured out why Sophia
• 1:18:48
  loaned me this. Said there was a message hiding
• 1:18:50
  in Centrix work. I had not found it yet.
• 1:18:55
  My notes on the possibility of a golem under the Aurora Bridge.
• 1:18:59
  I should really get to that sometime.
• 1:19:01
  Oh, I got that off Nico so I could listen out for the Sonic
• 1:19:04
  grid. Never had worked.
• 1:19:07
  Last time I looked, it was 2024. It was still 2024.
• 1:19:13
  No unexpected time jumps, which was only a mild disappointment.
• 1:19:20
  Come on, baby. I figured I'd left him there
• 1:19:22
  long enough. About time.
• 1:19:28
  Evening, Officer Wheeler. And I hope your night shift
• 1:19:31
  treats you with the joy and fulfillment that you deserve.
• 1:19:35
  And I hope the same to you, You lousy deadbeat.
• 1:19:38
  I got a message for you. Urgent from your boss.
• 1:19:42
  A bulletin from dear Captain Benny.
• 1:19:44
  Well, Officer, you've perked up my prospects.
• 1:19:47
  Good for you. And I've got to wonder what
• 1:19:50
  craziness you're bringing into our station this time.
• 1:19:56
  Craziness. Now, that's a derogatory term
• 1:19:59
  right there, George, as well. You know, Seattle by night is
• 1:20:02
  like any other big city, stuffed full of drunks, dramas and
• 1:20:06
  dreams. Someone's got to sweep them up.
• 1:20:08
  Yeah, whatever. Here, I got to get to the desk.
• 1:20:12
  Just do whatever you do. And I better not hear any.
• 1:20:16
  Well, you know, any. Just don't.
• 1:20:22
  You can count on me. Oh, yeah, That reminds me.
• 1:20:27
  You owe me Fabian 30 bucks. You charged by the message now
• 1:20:33
  from Monday's game. Pay your debts.
• 1:20:36
  Detective Benny had sent me a little love note to go downtown
• 1:20:46
  to the Macon bar. Seemed the owner, Mr. Fletcher,
• 1:20:49
  had a problem and with Fletcher it was always better to deal
• 1:20:53
  with the problem before he skinned it alive.
• 1:20:56
  But I'd woken up hungry. I needed a bite to eat before
• 1:20:59
  heading out. Guy had been in the drunk tank
• 1:21:06
  for a couple of days. I didn't know his name but
• 1:21:08
  that's OK because neither did he.
• 1:21:11
  He was a chilled out sort of fella.
• 1:21:14
  I've always liked my drinks on the cool side.
• 1:21:16
  Well, good evening, Arlo, Hugo, William Zebedee or whoever you
• 1:21:21
  might be tonight, baby you. It's a wonderful see you.
• 1:21:28
  Sure, buddy. And the same to you with a slice
• 1:21:31
  of lemon on the side. Mommy have a baby soon, Lemony
• 1:21:36
  Lemony Moss. Give me a moment.
• 1:21:43
  There's something about your neck I need to check out.
• 1:21:47
  Let it suck. Suck like a little mother sucks.
• 1:22:00
  I needed that. Thank you.
• 1:22:03
  See you soon, Boone. Lemonade.
• 1:22:06
  Lemonade Muss Buzz. It was time to head to the Macom
• 1:22:14
  bar, since I'd had my cup of Joe or Giuseppe or whoever.
• 1:22:19
  Sure, sometimes I felt like a heel, but the folks I fed on
• 1:22:23
  mostly wouldn't miss it. One of the advantages of
• 1:22:25
  mortals. Given time, they'd fill right
• 1:22:28
  back up. I had a few around the city.
• 1:22:30
  This fellow was a new addition. Wheeler was a nice guy, really,
• 1:22:57
  just a little single minded. You got that money, Fabian?
• 1:23:04
  Always admired your persistence, George.
• 1:23:06
  Great asset to an officer. You let me out, I shake a few of
• 1:23:10
  my debtors, see what falls out. Get you something by Tuesday.
• 1:23:14
  Not good enough, but you got to settle what you owe.
• 1:23:17
  Sure, sure wouldn't want this hanging between us.
• 1:23:20
  Place like this. A man should set a good example.
• 1:23:23
  Wheeler was a good cop, but the reason he got desk duty?
• 1:23:27
  A memory like Swiss cheese. Partly my fault.
• 1:23:30
  Some things are better forgotten.
• 1:23:32
  Heartbreak, trauma, inconvenient gambling debts.
• 1:23:36
  I was going to have to deal with it the old fashioned way and
• 1:23:39
  wipe his mind. Just let me root around George.
• 1:23:42
  I'll come up with something. I got work to do.
• 1:23:48
  Go to it, deadbeat. Forget it.
• 1:23:57
  Hey, Wheeler. You have a problem with me
• 1:23:59
  leaving? I owe you or something.
• 1:24:03
  What? Oh, no, Nobody.
• 1:24:06
  Sorry. I must have nodded off.
• 1:24:09
  Everything's good. I'll just unlock the door for
• 1:24:12
  you. Enjoy your night, George.
• 1:25:43
  If it isn't my old friend Fabian, good of you to join us.
• 1:25:47
  Finally, Mr. Fletcher, They tell me you've got a knot that I can
• 1:25:53
  help untie. It's a curious one.
• 1:25:56
  There's a girl, isn't there? Always.
• 1:25:59
  Indeed. This one came to my
• 1:26:01
  establishment on an errand from her sire.
• 1:26:03
  Would you believe it? Not that unusual for one New
• 1:26:06
  Embraced. That's just it.
• 1:26:09
  She's mortal. Completely unblooded, far as we
• 1:26:12
  can tell. You better talk to her.
• 1:26:14
  She knows a little too much for my taste.
• 1:26:17
  I better check this out. Where can I find this girl?
• 1:26:20
  Backroom. I told her.
• 1:26:22
  It's where we hold our most delicate assignations.
• 1:26:25
  Classy. She wants to talk to one of her
• 1:26:27
  sire's contacts. Figure it out, Fabian, and let
• 1:26:31
  me know how you're going to deal with it.
• 1:26:49
  Hello, Miss. May I have a moment of your
• 1:26:51
  time? I'm sorry, I'm waiting for
• 1:26:54
  someone, someone important. I don't want to talk to anyone,
• 1:27:00
  especially a cop. Waiting for your sire, right?
• 1:27:10
  What? I don't know what you mean,
• 1:27:12
  Detective. What makes you think I'm a cop?
• 1:27:16
  Please, have you seen what you're wearing?
• 1:27:19
  You're not exactly plain clothes.
• 1:27:21
  So talk to me about vampires, throat sucking, all that sort of
• 1:27:24
  thing. Am I breaking a law or
• 1:27:27
  something, Detective? Because if not, you'd better
• 1:27:30
  leave. I realized this wasn't going to
• 1:27:33
  work. She was too fixated on the whole
• 1:27:36
  detective ensemble. Never mind, Miss.
• 1:27:39
  Maybe we'll talk later. Oh, I don't think so.
• 1:27:43
  She might not talk to a cop, but she seemed the impressionable
• 1:27:46
  type, A little force of will, and she'd talked to who she
• 1:27:50
  thought I was. I'd picked up a trick or two in
• 1:27:53
  my time. Well, hello there.
• 1:28:03
  Oh, Oh my, you. I think I know what you are.
• 1:28:09
  Glad she knew that because I had no idea what she thought I was.
• 1:28:14
  I'd have to play this carefully. Welcome.
• 1:28:18
  Hello. Oh yes, please, I am everything
• 1:28:26
  you have dreamed of. Oh, it's you.
• 1:28:31
  It is you. I didn't think you'd come.
• 1:28:34
  I am Pandora. I am so pleased to meet you,
• 1:28:38
  Lord Fabian. The staff tell me you bring word
• 1:28:47
  from your sire. I do, yes, he said.
• 1:28:52
  Beware the Sword of the Cross. He did.
• 1:28:58
  It meant nothing to me, but I neglected my Bible studies.
• 1:29:05
  What do you know about me exactly?
• 1:29:09
  Oh, that you are powerful, that you are artful, that you are
• 1:29:17
  dangerous, that you conceal well of such pain deep inside you.
• 1:29:23
  I share that pain too. I am so glad to be in your
• 1:29:27
  presence. What was that about shared pain?
• 1:29:34
  Oh, I know you are so deep, Lord Fabian, that that you mask it so
• 1:29:42
  well that you lost your closest friend, but perhaps we can
• 1:29:50
  discuss it later in more pleasant surroundings.
• 1:30:01
  Of course I know your sire well, but what have you learned of
• 1:30:06
  him? Oh, he's marvelous.
• 1:30:10
  Everything I could desire. I mean taste in clothes, model
• 1:30:15
  of car. Have you ever visited his haven?
• 1:30:20
  It it's odd now that you mention it, but it's been a whirlwind
• 1:30:26
  few days. But I'm sorry, I I'm not sure.
• 1:30:35
  It's not traditional for one of our kind to have a heartbeat.
• 1:30:39
  You seem to have one though, and a lively one of that.
• 1:30:43
  Oh, do I? That isn't right.
• 1:30:48
  I'm sure that it will fade as the blessing takes effect.
• 1:30:52
  I know some things take time, but honestly, I could kill for a
• 1:30:58
  cigarette. Tell me, how did your sire come
• 1:31:03
  to embrace you? Oh, he, he.
• 1:31:09
  Wait, I can't think of it right now.
• 1:31:16
  How weird. How have you taken to our
• 1:31:19
  existence consuming of blood the lateness of the hour I.
• 1:31:25
  I suppose I must have taken blood.
• 1:31:27
  The only way we survive, isn't it?
• 1:31:30
  I've dreamed about it, but I don't actually remember
• 1:31:35
  drinking. I must have in the embrace must
• 1:31:40
  and I. Well, Pandora, it's been
• 1:31:43
  fascinating to talk to you. Sorry to tell you this kid, but
• 1:31:50
  I'm a professional and you should know you're not a
• 1:31:52
  vampire. Of course I am.
• 1:31:56
  Just look at at my complexion and I haven't eaten all day.
• 1:32:02
  I hunger for blood. Or possibly cookies.
• 1:32:06
  Only time will tell. Don't go anywhere.
• 1:32:09
  Of course not, Master. Someone had tied her noodle in a
• 1:32:15
  real knot. I needed to talk to Fletcher.
• 1:32:30
  You talked? To our gothic delight.
• 1:32:33
  This is deliberate. She's been pushed here by
• 1:32:36
  someone. A few facts sketched in, but the
• 1:32:38
  rest blanked out. Someone's emptied Miss Pandora's
• 1:32:41
  mind. All she knows.
• 1:32:43
  Find her sire's friend and give him a message.
• 1:32:46
  And what was the message? Beware the Sword of the Cross,
• 1:32:52
  She said. Mean anything to you?
• 1:32:54
  Not a thing. We should figure out who sent
• 1:32:57
  her here. Well, that's what you're here
• 1:32:58
  for, isn't it? To sniff it out.
• 1:33:00
  Good notion. I'll do that.
• 1:33:02
  I guess Patrick on the door might know.
• 1:33:22
  Hey there. Been chewing a few things over
• 1:33:24
  with your boss. I got a few questions.
• 1:33:27
  Sure. Have you seen the girl before?
• 1:33:30
  She'd be easy to remember, right?
• 1:33:32
  Not really. You'd be surprised how many of
• 1:33:34
  her type drift towards the Macom.
• 1:33:37
  Most don't get in. But the way she was talking, I
• 1:33:40
  knew this was something the boss needed to hear.
• 1:33:42
  I think she's a new face. You got that right.
• 1:33:47
  The girl has a fuzzy memory of how she got here.
• 1:33:49
  You notice anything? Did someone drop her off?
• 1:33:52
  Lend me your eagle eyes, Patrick.
• 1:33:55
  No. Just walked in off the street.
• 1:33:57
  Walked wearing those clothes in this weather.
• 1:34:01
  I didn't see any car. I smelled a rat here.
• 1:34:04
  Either Patrick's shirt was itchy or he was covered with something
• 1:34:07
  up about her arrival. What aren't you telling me?
• 1:34:14
  I told you she just walked off the street.
• 1:34:17
  He was trying to concentrate so hard that his thoughts were
• 1:34:20
  begging to be read off his skull.
• 1:34:24
  I should get on, see if I can untangle this.
• 1:34:27
  Thanks for helping out. Just wanted to ask something
• 1:35:42
  else. No problem.
• 1:35:45
  Gotcha. I know it was a limo.
• 1:35:48
  Patrick. Why were you covering it up?
• 1:35:51
  OK. OK.
• 1:35:52
  Yeah, It was a limo. Pulled up a block away.
• 1:35:55
  She got out the back, said thanks.
• 1:35:57
  That was it. Didn't get a plate or look at
• 1:35:59
  the driver. Nah, sorry.
• 1:36:01
  Business, Black privacy glass. You know the drill.
• 1:36:04
  And you know we don't keep cameras here.
• 1:36:06
  Mr. Fletcher won't have them. But you get what it means.
• 1:36:10
  I do. Yeah.
• 1:36:12
  Limo means money and kindred money that screams court.
• 1:36:16
  Thanks, Patrick. For what it's worth, I get why
• 1:36:19
  you wanted to keep it on the down low.
• 1:36:22
  Catch you later, Patrick. Good luck with that one,
• 1:36:38
  Patrick. Saw a limo, says Pandora was
• 1:36:41
  dropped off by one that speaks of money.
• 1:36:43
  And money speaks of court. Interesting.
• 1:36:47
  Interesting. Yeah.
• 1:36:48
  I do not like the implications, not one bit.
• 1:36:52
  So what now? Usual treatment.
• 1:36:55
  I assume you'll empty her mind even further for her back in the
• 1:36:59
  pond. Assuming you don't want her
• 1:37:01
  skinned and fed to the pigs. Yes.
• 1:37:09
  I'll need to wipe her mind, erase any thoughts of sires and
• 1:37:12
  embraces. Well, she's already empty
• 1:37:15
  headed. I wonder what'll become of her
• 1:37:18
  after. Seattle has a place for
• 1:37:21
  everyone, even if it's under a bridge somewhere, I suppose.
• 1:37:25
  Very well then, do what you need to, but once you're done, give
• 1:37:28
  me the nod. We do allow a little leeway in
• 1:37:31
  my establishments, but I don't need a masquerade breach at my
• 1:37:34
  front door. Understood.
• 1:37:36
  He was right. I needed to deal with Miss
• 1:37:39
  Pandora, and quickly. As it turned out, I did need to
• 1:37:51
  deal with her quickly, but not in the way I'd expected.
• 1:38:00
  Time to earn the paycheck if I got paid, which I didn't,
• 1:38:04
  technically. Still, Hey there, Miss Pandora,
• 1:38:08
  how you feeling? Still a bit antsy.
• 1:38:11
  I could kill for a cigarette. I guess I'm a little cold around
• 1:38:15
  the neck. Oh, and dead.
• 1:38:19
  Of course, what with you being a construct of my own mind.
• 1:38:23
  It was a stupid question, I will grant you that, but I like to
• 1:38:27
  make my own psyche comfortable. What do you need to know, Lord
• 1:38:30
  Fabian? So tell me, how did you die
• 1:38:35
  exactly? I guess someone staked me with a
• 1:38:40
  piece of metal then chopped my head off or the other way
• 1:38:43
  around. Either way, it works on both
• 1:38:47
  humans and vampires. Chopped your head off?
• 1:38:52
  Actually, now you asked. No, it looks more ripped off to
• 1:38:57
  me. Someone strong then, and quick
• 1:39:01
  and quiet to do this without a fuss.
• 1:39:05
  What's with the little cross sword doodad?
• 1:39:08
  I told you what my sire said. Remember, beware the Sword of
• 1:39:13
  the Cross, you. Did, didn't you?
• 1:39:18
  And the cross is tickling at your brain, isn't it?
• 1:39:22
  So is the iron rebar forced through my body?
• 1:39:26
  You've seen this before. Would you kill detective or a
• 1:39:32
  cigarette? No, Marla, I wouldn't kill you
• 1:39:47
  for a cigarette, but someone did, right?
• 1:39:51
  Maybe they did. That was my job here at the
• 1:39:54
  Macom after all. Hanging around the bar my train
• 1:39:57
  in. Front of me.
• 1:39:59
  Offering the patrons their pick of tobacco.
• 1:40:01
  That's where you've seen me maybe 50 times before.
• 1:40:06
  The only place you've seen me. But you never did notice me, did
• 1:40:09
  you? I'm sorry, Marla, you didn't
• 1:40:14
  deserve this. Didn't I?
• 1:40:16
  I. You don't really know me at all.
• 1:40:19
  Do you detect it? I could be a torturer, a
• 1:40:22
  mobster, a serial killer. Maybe.
• 1:40:27
  Or maybe just wrong place, wrong time?
• 1:40:32
  This looks a little more specific than that, more
• 1:40:35
  targeted. I see a piece of jewelry there,
• 1:40:40
  not yours. The sharpened metal cross.
• 1:40:43
  You've never seen me with it before.
• 1:40:45
  I know you didn't pay me much attention, but you'd have
• 1:40:48
  spotted that it's hardly subtle. So how did you die, Marla?
• 1:40:57
  Isn't it obvious? Iron bar through the heart, head
• 1:41:00
  cut off. Cut off.
• 1:41:04
  You're right, not cut off the wound.
• 1:41:08
  It feels more ragged, more torn, ripped off, I'd say.
• 1:41:14
  By someone strong. So who were you, Marla?
• 1:41:21
  Why a nobody detective? A mortal?
• 1:41:25
  A servant in the Mac Hong. Wait, one of Fletcher's
• 1:41:29
  employees, right? So a ghoul, perhaps?
• 1:41:32
  I. Think you're right detective,
• 1:41:35
  the neck bleed did slow up real quick by this battery.
• 1:41:38
  Perhaps I have drunk the blood of a vampire and gained a bit of
• 1:41:41
  power. I know what a ghoul is, thank
• 1:41:44
  you kindly. Killed by twisted iron and sheer
• 1:41:48
  strength. Good enough for either a vampire
• 1:41:51
  or a mortal. But she was mortal and a ghoul
• 1:41:55
  to boot. She belonged to someone.
• 1:41:58
  I needed to check that out. The hammer wasn't covered in
• 1:42:07
  blood, which was a shame. Otherwise it would have been a
• 1:42:10
  classic clue construction. Rebar rammed into the floor.
• 1:42:15
  That took time and strength. Well, she was dead.
• 1:42:19
  The missing head gave it away. A cross and a fancy one made of
• 1:42:24
  metal. Interesting that our killer
• 1:42:27
  needed rope to get Marla up onto the rebar.
• 1:42:31
  Seemed unlikely. Why put your savings in a bank
• 1:42:34
  when you can put it in liquid gold?
• 1:42:36
  A fine array of vintages. Entirely illegal.
• 1:42:40
  No problem for the rich or the criminal, of course.
• 1:42:42
  And Mr. Fletcher, all these bottles must have been worth a
• 1:42:47
  pretty penny. The slab of muscle in a suit was
• 1:42:55
  loose. Security ghoul.
• 1:42:57
  What was his name? Carstairs Cantaloupe.
• 1:43:04
  Evening. Mr. Constable Campbell.
• 1:43:08
  That was it. I knew.
• 1:43:10
  I knew it. Is there something you need?
• 1:43:14
  Any idea what happened here? Someone disliked a cigarette
• 1:43:18
  girl so much that he pinned her up on iron railings and took her
• 1:43:21
  head off. You'd make a great beat, cop,
• 1:43:24
  you know that. Why are you here?
• 1:43:28
  Mistress Graham was concerned. Violence in Elysium is not to be
• 1:43:32
  tolerated. Does that mean you're not
• 1:43:34
  allowed to hit someone if they get out of line?
• 1:43:37
  No. Are you the killer?
• 1:43:44
  I'll put that down as a maybe. So do you enjoy being a ghoul?
• 1:43:51
  I do. Well, bully for you then.
• 1:43:56
  She was a ghoul. Do you know who she belonged to?
• 1:43:58
  Who fed her? I don't.
• 1:44:01
  Speculation is good for your health and it's not one of the
• 1:44:04
  deadly sins. Try it sometime, see you later.
• 1:44:17
  A single cigarette. Had Marla been waiting for
• 1:44:21
  someone? No, that paper had been here
• 1:44:28
  since before Prohibition. I needed to know more about her.
• 1:44:35
  But Marla had said all she was going to say.
• 1:44:44
  Over here, my boy, My sire Gideon and the sheriff Hector.
• 1:44:52
  They'd asked me to make some chitchat with the corpse.
• 1:44:55
  Fabian, my boy. What do you make of her?
• 1:44:58
  Well, she is definitely dead. That's the best you can do.
• 1:45:03
  Sorry, boss. Head torn off rather than
• 1:45:05
  chopped iron Rebar through the heart.
• 1:45:08
  Torn off. Interesting.
• 1:45:11
  Anything else? Marla worked here in the Macomb.
• 1:45:15
  I think she was a ghoul, more than likely.
• 1:45:18
  Fletcher values loyalty in his staff.
• 1:45:20
  But she wasn't Fletcher's ghoul, was she?
• 1:45:23
  I'll try that on me. Melkavian.
• 1:45:25
  She was Rosalind, all right. Always sensible for a Prince to
• 1:45:29
  have their ear to the ground. There's an artifact metal thing.
• 1:45:34
  Sort of a cross, but with a pointed end, sharpened cross,
• 1:45:39
  and a severed head. Remind you of anything, Hector?
• 1:45:46
  That's all I have right now. Well, keep on it, detective.
• 1:45:50
  Keep poking around, son. You're the right man for this
• 1:45:53
  job. Your first time at the Macomb,
• 1:46:08
  and it's a doozy. What do you make of our little
• 1:46:11
  tableau Outback? I was thinking of redecorating,
• 1:46:14
  but blood red is a little unsubtle.
• 1:46:20
  What can you tell me about Marla?
• 1:46:22
  She worked for you, right? The girl did have employment
• 1:46:25
  here selling cigarettes. And before you ask, I don't know
• 1:46:30
  why a tray around your neck would get said neck sliced in
• 1:46:33
  two. She didn't strike me as clever
• 1:46:36
  or deep in a diabolical scheme. She was Rosalind's ghoul.
• 1:46:41
  She is definitely connected to Kindred.
• 1:46:44
  Oh, she worked for one of the Princess?
• 1:46:47
  Yes, that sounds like a reason. Who found her?
• 1:46:52
  As it happens, I did. First thing I saw when I came
• 1:46:56
  in. Does that make me a suspect?
• 1:46:59
  I'm reasonably sure that if you murdered someone with inventive
• 1:47:02
  props and scenery, you'd be only too happy to tell me.
• 1:47:06
  Right on the button, detective. Right on the button.
• 1:47:10
  When was the body found? First thing when I came in,
• 1:47:14
  about 1/2 hour after sunset. Uh huh.
• 1:47:18
  Now that does tell me something important.
• 1:47:23
  You sleep close by. I'm flattered you care about my
• 1:47:27
  bedtime habits, dear boy, but believe me, you're not my type.
• 1:47:32
  Isn't the important thing that the killer can't be kindred,
• 1:47:37
  given he was up and killing in daylight?
• 1:47:41
  A mortal taking out a ghoul as some sort of message?
• 1:47:49
  Well, well, well. Where were you when she died?
• 1:47:56
  Assuming she died here, deep in a dreamless sleep, I'd imagine,
• 1:48:01
  given the time it must have taken to stage this little
• 1:48:04
  vignette. Nice place you got here.
• 1:48:09
  I'm flattered it meets the approval of 1.
• 1:48:11
  So expert in fashion and decor. I'm sure we'll have the pleasure
• 1:48:15
  of seeing you here often, given your new role.
• 1:48:18
  Just keep it discreet, all right?
• 1:48:22
  And get your boss to buy you a better jacket.
• 1:48:25
  I'll see you later. Enjoy your night.
• 1:48:43
  What have you got, son? The kill happened during the
• 1:48:46
  day. This wasn't kindred.
• 1:48:48
  A cross, a torn off head and a mortal killer.
• 1:48:52
  What do you think, Sheriff Hunter?
• 1:48:54
  It seems so. You recognize this?
• 1:48:59
  A signature kill of some sort? Oh, rumors.
• 1:49:02
  There are always rumors. Let's not jump too quickly.
• 1:49:07
  Well done. I'll take it from here.
• 1:49:09
  The fact that happened during the day, that's useful.
• 1:49:12
  You look into the girl, find out where she lived, her lovers,
• 1:49:15
  family, friends. Either file a nasty accident or
• 1:49:19
  an ordinary back alley encounter.
• 1:49:21
  Whatever works, make sure no one will miss her poor kid one day
• 1:49:27
  selling salvation from a box, the next poof, gone, forgotten,
• 1:49:32
  buried. But isn't that the way of our
• 1:49:35
  world? What was that?
• 1:49:51
  You saw it too. Well, look, I'm.
• 1:49:54
  I'm sorry to disturb your sleep. I guess it was a a dream.
• 1:49:59
  But no, those were memories. I mean, things that I'd
• 1:50:03
  forgotten were maybe misunderstood at the time.
• 1:50:08
  Something must have dislodged them.
• 1:50:10
  Gideon, my sire, and Hector, my own boss both.
• 1:50:16
  They're long gone. We have a place to be to meet
• 1:50:20
  the Prince. That's right, the McComb Bar.
• 1:50:23
  The place we just dreamed, actually.
• 1:50:26
  Maybe that's why it was on my mind.
• 1:50:29
  We should get to the Prince, no? One can listen to those worries
• 1:50:35
  that keep you awake at night. Bed of Night is here for you,
• 1:50:38
  before you. Open yourself up to me, the
• 1:50:47
  garden. Strange voice, entirely alien,
• 1:50:52
  yet I do know it, I think. It's like a dream.
• 1:50:56
  Come. True, I did.
• 1:50:58
  It is not one of your memories, no.
• 1:51:02
  No, folks in my bloodline are prone to dreams and nightmares,
• 1:51:05
  but that was like I think this was destiny.
• 1:52:52
  Here we are again, the Macomb bar.
• 1:53:02
  I can only think this meeting with Ryong has something to do
• 1:53:04
  with Benny. The curious case of the rogue
• 1:53:07
  sheriff. Hello.
• 1:53:23
  And who do we have here? My name is Fire.
• 1:53:27
  Welcome to our little sanctum. Do make yourself comfortable.
• 1:53:32
  I am Fletcher and I have two rules.
• 1:53:36
  No sneakers. And if you must strip someone to
• 1:53:38
  pieces, do it outside. These are original floorboards,
• 1:53:42
  you understand. So do you own this bar?
• 1:53:50
  My dear Fire, this is more than a bar.
• 1:53:53
  This is a living piece of Seattle history.
• 1:53:56
  Build it up myself. Started out as a Speakeasy in
• 1:53:59
  the old days. Back then we had a laundry
• 1:54:02
  service up front and the booze in the back.
• 1:54:05
  Now the booze is the front. What brings you to Seattle?
• 1:54:13
  Oh, nothing. I'm a local boy, born and raised
• 1:54:16
  around here. Of course things were different
• 1:54:18
  back then. Worse infrastructure, Better
• 1:54:22
  music. How do you fit in with the
• 1:54:25
  Camarilla? They scratch my back.
• 1:54:28
  I scratched theirs. Truthfully, I have no interest
• 1:54:32
  in climbing the political ladder and ruling the city.
• 1:54:39
  So you lack ambition. Why do you not wish to better
• 1:54:43
  yourself and improve your standing?
• 1:54:45
  That's a very reductive way to frame it.
• 1:54:48
  Look around you. This is the preferred spot of
• 1:54:51
  Seattle's very finest. Even Miss Liu used to grace our
• 1:54:56
  booths back in the day. There's more than one flavor of
• 1:54:59
  success. Old sport, good night to you.
• 1:55:03
  I must be going. over there fire.
• 1:55:18
  Nomad, thank you for coming. You appear to be at war, Prince
• 1:55:26
  Joy. You also appear to be in a bar.
• 1:55:30
  Business is done everywhere these days.
• 1:55:33
  I'd like to take you up on your offer.
• 1:55:36
  As you heard, the sheriff has abandoned his duties and thinks
• 1:55:40
  he's our new scourge. Apparently destroying thin
• 1:55:44
  bloods is a better use of his time.
• 1:55:53
  Such disobedience to the Prince cannot go unpunished.
• 1:55:57
  That's not your call to make. For now, I just want you to find
• 1:56:02
  him and bring him back so I can speak with him.
• 1:56:10
  As you wish, Prince. That's what I'd like to hear.
• 1:56:14
  Benny left a mess out back. Track him, find him, bring him
• 1:56:19
  to me. Do that and we'll talk about
• 1:56:22
  your future in Seattle and your answers.
• 1:57:22
  The sheriff has been busy. From what the Prince said, this
• 1:57:26
  isn't the 1st and I know it won't be the last.
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  I believe we have a trail to follow.
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  Benny Why would he rebel? I'm not.
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  Sure, Campbell's final death pushed him over an edge.
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  When's it? Going to get really.
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  Fucked up. A Kindred who can fly will never
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  get used to that. I cannot fly, I can only glide.
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  Hey, your feet on the ground. Orville and Wilbur would be
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  impressed, at least. An arc side wager.
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  Don't be on their guard. Where is he?
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  What do you mean? I will not ask you again, where
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  is Benny? Out his haven, the auto repair
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  shop, his kids there. Max, please let me go.
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  So Benny's gone back to his auto shop.
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  It makes sense. It's not far.
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  Middle of the block just South of here.
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  Itch just look bad there.
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  The auto repair shop, we're fortunate the door's not going
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  to budget from this side. It's Benny's haven, I think, so
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  it's safer than houses. And maybe there's another way.
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  Yes, Your blood wants to stay friends with you.
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  Fascinating. is Benny?
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  Everything I touch turns to shit.
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  Benny. Hey, who are you?
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  Max should have guessed. You are Max, aren't you?
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  I need to know where Benny is. You need to leave.
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  Benny Muldoon, Where is he? He's gone to cool off.
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  You should leave him be. What do you want with him?
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  I mean you no harm. I just need to find Benny.
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  He must be stopped. Stop him.
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  Shit. I knew something was up.
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  I knew it. I I should have.
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  If only I. Oh, God.
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  I Max is Benny. Sire.
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  Some folks get it the wrong way around.
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  You knew something was happening.
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  Calm yourself, explain it to me. He'd been away a lot.
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  He he told me things were changing and now he was going to
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  be a part of it. Just just talk, venting like he
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  always does. But he meant it this time.
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  God. Always venting about what?
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  Arguing with the Prince, with Campbell, about how he was too
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  soft in the thin bloods. I, I tried to steer him, you
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  know, keep him in line. You know, it's your generation.
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  Ain't your fault. Look, when Campbell was found,
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  then he was it was like he was free.
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  And that was it. It was only Campbell holding him
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  back. Nothing I said meant anything.
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  Many sires would destroy a child that disappointed them, so Benny
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  is important to you. I I know he's got it in him to
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  be a good guy. I've seen it.
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  I I just need to get him back on the right path.
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  I can still turn this around. Where is he Max?
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  He is still my child. If nothing else, I deserve to
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  know. What are you going to do to him?
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  Your child has been on a murderous rampage, killing thin
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  bloods and crossing the Prince. The Prince sent me to stop him
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  and to return him to her. Oh.
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  My God, Eddie, you've got to stop it.
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  I know. I get it.
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  I think he's at the Western Reconstruction site.
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  It's where a bunch of anarchs like to hang.
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  Not too far from here. That's that's where he was
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  heading. Thank you.
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  Benny is no longer your responsibility.
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  I will take care of things from here.
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  Can I at least know who you are before you know?
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  I am the nomad, but here now you can call me fire.
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  Fire. Thank you.
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  Wait, that mark on your hand? I found this in Benny's stuff.
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  I give that. Back where did he get this?
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  I don't know do. You do you know what it is?
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  No, I swear Fire, he doesn't know anything.
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  I have to go. But you don't have to hurt him.
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  Please. I can still help him.
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  The Western Rest site. I have a memory that Anarchs do
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  hang out there. You won't find a welcome.
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  Far as they know, Benny's still sheriff, acting on court orders.
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  And since you're not with the Anarchs, you are most certainly
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  with the court. That ring is the match for your
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  symbol, right? It seems so.
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  So where did Benny find it? Ought to wear it.
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  If he'd secretly marked an elder, maybe he had some contact
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  with your captor, whoever that was.
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  I wish I had more cats soon.
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  You're so came through, so how did he get
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  it? It wasn't through the front.
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  It's locked up tighter than a constipated rattlesnake.
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  Benny's Trail should be hard to miss.
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  Sheep, Cologne and violence. Jesus
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  Now fucking loose. There you are.
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  So he climbed, huh? Guess Benny just pays to get his
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  suit cleaned.