Retreat! (OOC)

Fortunately this guy likes you. :)
Sorry to have contribute to that.

It mainly felt like you were rushing to get things done so as not to slow things down. Take your time and lets chat before we add things to posts, there is no rush.

Are you trying to trick him into thinking you are not 'the sacrifice' but, I don't know, maybe with 'the establishment', impatient for results?

(Feels like you should have a way to Mislead, Distract, and Trick [ref] with Heart (for more than just those you have Shared a Moment of Intimacy with) we can look for one. Maybe you can leverage Persuade [ref] into this? I am not sure.)

Do you want to add such a roll?

Persuade with threats? I am not sure you have established yourself as someone who can threaten him as of yet. Not sure that will be an option later, after he realises who you are. We can try.
OK. You will lose your element of surprise, giving him time to 'react', and all.

Are you going in 'alone', or do you have your backup with you?

Drgwen, please don’t feel obligated to take the sword if you don’t want to, but I thought it would be good to give you a chance to turn to violence too if you like! I’d been planning to offer it to you while we were walking in the tunnel but we moved on a bit too quick :P

VagueGM, I would like to take advantage of Emma’s ‘distraction’ to sneak up behind Chaudry and grab/restrain him. Does that sound feasible and what would that look like mechanically?

You are coming from the same direction she is, so it would be tricky to sneak up behind Chaudry.

• Either Emma would need to severely distract him (a 10+ in Distract [ref] could do it, else a 7-9 might buy you a moment to get in position, but not before he gets off a single spell).
• You could use your 'vampire super speed' (Let It Out: • perform a fantastic feat of vampiric strength or agility [ref]) to do so quite easily.

If Emma wants to try a Distraction, a Vamp Let It Out could cover for a middling roll.

You two decide.

Yeah, no worries! I agree that the move probably shouldn't trigger since you weren't actually intending to Distract him. I'll do Let it Out instead :)

I will post his reaction, then Benji can do his thing.

You can probably add the roll to your post [link], then narrate it on a hit, or we can chat on a miss.

I added the roll! It's a 6 :(

It was never really the venue for a sit down chat. :)
But all is not lost.

Why? Aside from the presence of the new demons, your response seems in character (and in denial:).