Number of fucks given in this post: 9
Jesus fucking Christ; it’s heartbreaking what the Camarilla have done to Prince Carter’s Manchester. I used to view the place as a fucking sanctuary when shit went down in Glasgow and I got myself kicked out again. Carter didn’t care that my sire was an Anarch. I mean, maybe I wasn’t his favourite person after the Viscount spent the boon I owed him, but I was still accepted. But here is me down trying to FUCKING HELP THEM find their missing kindred… at the fucking request of Prince Kane herself… and all I get is whining and scorn about my fucking sire!! Holy shit! And if they weren’t insulting me about my sire, they were criticising Prince Doyle for having an Anarch childe. For fucks sake. The best I could get out of any of them was that Harry Francis and his coterie had been moving into the warehouse commercial area of Liverpool as a staging point for running raids to push their underworld influence into the area.
That city is a fucking mess. What the fuck is Kane aiming for here? Does she have some view of the Camarilla which just includes all the selfishness and back-biting with her at the top of a pyramid scheme and none of what it should be which is a cohesive structure working at the direction of a flexible and pragmatic leader. Maybe Doyle gave her his “Carthage is shit” speech and now she’s fallen into a fit of depression.
The Anarchs were a breath of fresh air compared to all that shit. Once they realised that I wasn’t there to accuse them and that I genuinely wanted to find out what happened they were helpful. Seems like they’d spotted Harry and pals setting up in the warehouse and Buddy and Johno were going to go in to scare them off. Shooting starts, the Anarchs call for help, but by the time backup arrives Johno is dead and Buddy vanished.
I got a good look about the warehouse with Auspex. Didn’t pick up anything directly about any priests, but who else would have soldiers (one was age 40s) who take out vampires with the same mindset like they are putting down rabid dogs, or pray as they load their MP5s? I can’t rule out ghouls from Ulster Anarchs but it seems fucking unlikely at this point.
I wasn’t encouraged by my other investigations down south either. There are two Ventrue down there, Ingred Donnelly and Daniel Crook, who seem to be working in some kind of partnership. Ingred in Liverpool and Daniel in Manchester. No indication yet if they are working for Aldworth but Barker was down there this month so I bet he’s talked to them. I’ll see Barker at court so we need a chat.
Couldn’t find my sire about Liverpool either. Rumour is that he went over to the Anarch Free States in California. Out my hair, maybe, but I still worry that he’s okay. Maybe I can get a message to him.
On the plus side, I managed to confirm that the guys going through Stranraer last month were Anarchs from Ulster. I’m not going to stop them, but I’d like to do something to let them know that I’m watching them while they are in the domain.
That’s me back in Glasgow now and about to get stuck into the missing person data, NHS admissions and Stranrar camera footage that’s been collected while I was away. Had a quick look and nothing jumps out at me but we’ll see once I’ve had a proper look. I’m thinking that I need to pick a few people at court and see if I can find them. Maybe lurk outside their place of business and be intimidating or some shit. Just for fun.
