Episode 6 - The Sacrifice

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04/13/21 • 108 min

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
-H.L. Mencken

Kindred do not believe in self-governance. The Camarilla has its Princes, Justicars, and Inner Council. The Sabbat has its Prisci, Cardinals, and Regent. Even the Anarchs, for all their brow-beating about the wisdom of the masses, still rely on their Barons and folk heroes. To be Kindred is to be subject to hierarchy. But not tonight. Prince Jackson has called Chicago’s Kindred together for a vote of singular importance: will the Lasombra be admitted into the city, and by extension, the Camarilla?

The coterie assembles in advance of the night’s gathering for a private meeting with an unusually nervous Prince Jackson (10:30) before he begins this singular convocation in earnest (20:14). As the crowd breaks into heated debate, the coterie sets about the difficult work of swaying the vote in their favor. Schemes of all sorts unfold, with Schmendrick enlisting the Nosferatu (25:52) while Joshua and Ivy add a democratic twist to the tabulation process (48:59), Gengis decides to call in a boon (57:16), and Ivy attempts to sway the Tremere out from under DuSable’s grip (1:12:33). The final vote will reveal the fruits of their plotting (1:32:48), but no matter which side wins? Chicago is going to change. Forever.

CAST:
Ivy LaRoux - Vee Locke (@veeisforvampire)
Joshua Crozier - Andrew McGuffin
Rebecca Mitchell - Abigail Alek
Storyteller - Aaron Hammonds (@aaroninwords)

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“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
-H.L. Mencken

CAST:
Ivy LaRoux - Vee Locke (@veeisforvampire)
Joshua Crozier - Andrew McGuffin
Rebecca Mitchell - Abigail Alek
Storyteller - Aaron Hammonds (@aaroninwords)

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Episode 5 - Waiting

“We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.” – Albert Camus

There is no greater disquiet than the evening before an important event. For some, its an opportunity for deep and considered thought, a final act of reasoning before stepping over the precipice of decision. For others, its a chance for the tendrils of anxiety to latch hold; to strangle away the last chance for good judgement. The Kindred like to claim immortality gives them a cerebral distance from moments like these; that they approach their problems with an incisive reasoning only ages-long existence can develop. That, of course, is a lie.

With Malenkov subdued and Prince Jackson’s vote lurking behind the next sunset, our coterie depart for their respective havens to wait out the sun. The past few nights have been a wake-up call for those who thought they could hide from the political machinations of the Chicago Court, and Joshua (00:39), Ivy (29:58), Schmendrick (1:00:01) and Rebecca (1:25:09) are forced to reflect on this sudden change in circumstances. How are they handling the violence of the past nights? What do they make of their newest Kindred companions? And what guides their thoughts as they look toward Clan Lasombra, a historic vote, and their own role in history?

CAST:
Ivy LaRoux - Vee Locke (@veeisforvampire)
Joshua Crozier - Andrew McGuffin
Rebecca Mitchell - Abigail Alek
Storyteller - Aaron Hammonds (@aaroninwords)

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Episode 7 - Downtime

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Every Kindred schemes. Some for political gain, some for personal fulfillment, some for no better reason than to stave off the emptiness of a never-ending life. On any given night, every vampire is up to something, and its the interaction of those plans that causes the great wheels of Kindred society to spin. That Kindred are by nature a covetous and territorial sort only exacerbates the inevitable consequences when wants collide. Not every scheme begins as something grand, however, and plenty begin with honest intentions. That can never change the outcome, though. Undeath is a zero sum game. No matter your currency of choice, turf or prestige or plain hard cash, nothing can be gained except by taking it from someone else.

When Schmendrick enters under an elder Nosferatu’s tutelage to further her mastery of Obfuscate (11:48), does the world move? Will history teeter on the outcome of Ivy’s struggle to retain that what makes her human (27:29)? Should Chicago take note of the gifts bestowed by a grateful Prince (34:41) or the steps taken by a Regent to rid himself of a troublesome neonate (59:22)? What of the Nosferatu who chooses an unlikely retainer (1:22:30)? Or the ambitious Tremere whose dreams of higher station lead her to curl up to another clan’s Primogen (1:37:50)? No, of course not. But as those schemes mature? That’s another story.

CAST:
Ivy LaRoux - Vee Locke (@veeisforvampire)
Joshua Crozier - Andrew McGuffin
Rebecca Mitchell - Abigail Alek
Storyteller - Aaron Hammonds (@aaroninwords)