Ice Cream (OOC)

Yeah, I think it will be more fun if Max can change whenever the moon is out.

As for my choice, I think I'll go with Alara juggling their own problems, since Max doesn't have much to pay (where is my apartment Magpie games? Where is my apaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaartment?!).

'K.

Makes one wonder if the faeries brought on the perpetual cloud cover, in part, to try shut down werewolves, making it hard to see the moon, since that is the requirement. Good thing you are still able to see enough of the glow sometimes? :)
Righty-ho.

I think Benji would love to stay and chat as long as Circe wanted, but we don’t necessarily have to roleplay the whole conversation. I worry that if we get too deep into the history he’s lived through etc I’m going to have to spend a lot of time on Wikipedia hahahah :P

ha! That's totally cool. So maybe let's just say that Circe stays up all night asking Benji about being a Vampire, and history, and his experiences, and his opinions about stuff, and what's up with the rain, and what's *really* going on with Persephone, and Emma, and just everything.

At least, everything he feels comfortable sharing, of course.

I think Circe realizes at some point that (a) Persephone really was trying to protect her by keeping her in the dark about all this but also (b) she wants to know, so that Persephone can't have that kind of power over her any more.

Sure! Sounds good to me! :)

@vagueGM Hmm, I don't think I want this self-imposed limitation to ruin her Patron Job. The tattoo was mostly intended to be a fun narrative toy, not a game-stopping obstacle. So how about we've all been wrong about the purpose of the sigil? That each time strong emotion activates it and it burns, it is burning away the trauma of dying and coming back, and that Persephone wills the final bit to burn away, freeing her from the worst of its effects? Or some other means to bring that bit of the fiction to a satisfying close? No need to have a whole scene with Yasmine doing some ritual, necessarily. Unless you had something fun in mind for that?

Thoughts?

And werewolves. She will definitely ask about werewolves... but everybody knows there are none...

No, which is why I am giving ample opportunities to do something to rectify any missteps. :)
Sure. If you want the trauma to be burned away by Wentworth's hand. Seems like this will give him a stronger hold over you.

Another option could be to call your Dark Patron's attention to the scene where you are floundering and have them remove the sigil?

That seems to depend on whether you want to have Persephone side with Wentworth or her Dark Patron, or which one you want on your side.
(Finding and) Revealing that Wentworth may have sabotaged the Job would bode ill for him, but could build trust in you.
Improving your relationship with Wentworth (in the meta) means acting against your Dark Patron... getting caught could be bad for your career as a Tainted.
We can do whatever you think is most interesting. We could even have the possible burning off of the mark lead to talking to Viviana about the supernatural (she might see it was 'not normal') and lead to the conclusion of your Job?

Bringing your Dark Patron to the scene could similarly lead to the conclusion of this Job, but possibly with you playing a lesser role and missing out on the 'bonus'?
Nope, no 'plans', not everything gets a neat ending, that scene could serve merely to teach Yasmine more about you and not help you at all.

I am not sure about the bonding part, Evelyn is still not happy with you and you have not done anything to rectify that; but we can skip to 'tomorrow' and Benji, and see about bringing Max in when she is done with her activities.

You can set that scene when you are ready.

@Morphling I think Benji can help Max with this (he has an emergency supply of blood in his Haven), but I’m not sure where Max is in time relative to Benji right now. Would it make sense to say Benji could bring the blood to Max during the night (between leaving Circe and meeting Emma at the coffee shop in the morning) or else maybe Benji gets Max’s text on his way to meet with Emma at the coffee shop and tells her to meet him there?

@Delirium I’ll post Benji arriving at the café as soon as I’ve resolved the scene with Circe and sorted out what's happening with Max

I don't know what is on it. What do you think would be useful?

This is a backup drive, so it does not contain current data, it's all a day or so from before Elliot went missing.

Also, remember that Teddy reported the tracker seemed to have been turned off, somehow [ref], but you can probably find login details for the system if you want to check further.

There is probably stuff about real-estate deals, and some of them may be suspicious if you know anything about that sort of thing... else maybe you know people who are into finance and such who can explain it to you?

No objections from me.

Do we want to 'impress' her (and also dismay and frighten her a bit) with your 'display of demonic ...' um ... demonicness? We could roll Let It Out if we want to trigger that and see if it drives you towards the completion of you Job.

Else, how to you envision Viviana reacting?

Sounds like a plan. Tough we know that stored blood is a real substitute.
You are both around the same time, that same night that Persephone is freaking out poor Viviana [ref], and there is a body in the park, and the same time that Emma is cooking and eating exotic lamb [ref].
Or have them both come to you and get entangled in your Web? (Though, technically Max already 'came to you for help', triggering the Web mechanic.)
You planning on heading to Piccadilly to practice? Can you even play Avril Lavigne on a violin?
Circe may want to come with... and there may be complications at your Harbour as well as visitors...
That is tomorrow morning, so it may take a while to get there?
The scene with Arlara and the cops in the park could take long enough that it is still relevant tomorrow morning... but that seems a stretch and much of the evidence will be cleaned up, it is already nearly a day old.
@Delirium: We can maybe deal with the drive in the meantime and skip forward when the others are available.