Number of fucks given in this post: 2
So the whole thing kicks off when Sulli, Keeper of the Elysium, finds out from his rather extensive drone coverage of the city that people are popping out of the ground all over the place like daisies. Not only that, but that they are all heading to the same place… Doyle’s club!
And the call goes out! Daniel, Keeper of the Masquerade, triggers “Operation Griffin” which gets the city centre evacuated due to a “terrorist attack” and the kindred of Glasgow converge on the club.
When I get there Teressa has already arrived and lets us know that all the cameras in the area are now pointed away from the club, presumably using her horrific-looking black tentacles. She’s had a quick look at the terrain and sets up everyone at either side of the alleyway entrance, as and when everyone arrives.
The Tremere were positioned on the roof. Also up there was the Caitiff Kyros and a big ghoul, probably ex-military by the look of him, carrying sniper rifles, and Ana Zaphira who was on a different section overlooking the side of the alley where Victor was positioned. He was at one end with Riley while Pelican, Teressa and I were at the other. Twig, or Stone, or whoever he was, also stood on our side of the alley along with Miskal and Fletcher. At that point, I wasn’t sure that having that much insanity directly behind me was a good idea but I was moderately sure that the Sabbat would come off worse than I would. Either way, I wasn’t leaving Pelican with them if I didn’t have to.
Then the hordes, multiple hordes it seemed, arrived and we were hard pushed to see them off but everyone contributed to take their little, or big, chunk out the enemy. The Tremere were encasing the shovelheads in ice and crushing them, waving a magic sword and doing something with fire, (thankfully that was out of my sight). Drones were flying about and firing automatic weapons on the enemy and Teressa used her sword and board to slice them up at the same time as she was ripping them apart with those tentacles. Twig had some weird knives-on-chains weapon that looked surprisingly effective at maintaining distance while still dealing out pain. Madam Ana Zaphira screamed up into the air and call in an air strike by a seagull fighter squadron… who were also terrifyingly effective against the attacking Sabbat! The rest of us, Riley, Pelican and myself were a bit more pedestrian with our machetes while Victor had his claws. Kyros and his ghoul picked off individuals with their high-caliber rounds and Tiresias was using a shield and sword combo.
The shovelheads were arrayed with various weapons – most of which looked improvised – but didn’t seem to doing much to really hurt us. Of course, just as it seemed like it was going to be down to a numbers game, Victor frenzied and went for the closed target to him… Riley. Shit, those claws of his are nasty!
Riley held it together and did the best thing he could – jump over Victor so that Victor was now facing a more useful enemy. On the downside, Riley was now a bit fucked from Victor’s claws and was completely surrounded by Sabbat! He gave a damn-good account of himself but slowly the shovelheads were getting the better of him. Miraculously, Riley kept his beast contained and the Tremere saw his plight and used some kind of telekinesis power to lift him out the fight. A still-frenzying Victor was also floated out the fight by them. Both were air-lifted to the roof and thankfully Victor managed to compose himself on the way.
So now one side of the alley was completely open, Pelican had also just lost it to frenzy and Miskal was Rotzcheked out the alleyway back into the building. Discretion is the better part of valour and all that so I grabbed Pelican in a tight wrestling-style hold and we retreated in to the club.
Then WHOOSH! We hear the sound of some kind of ignition outside followed by the stench of smoke and gasoline that came from underneath the secure alleyway door that we closed moments before.
Then we heard the sound of more shovelheads crashing through the building towards the room we were in and we realised that no one had been guarding the front door!
Then WHUMP! There is a new detonation at the front of the building and I don’t think that it was the Tremere this time… not that I can really see what’s going on since Pelican is struggling like a motherfucker and I’m trying to work out how to get one of my stakes out without letting him go! I’m hearing shouts about bomb vests, more explosions followed by screaming from the lobby at the front of the building and more clouds of burnt gasoline.
The smoke clears and we can’t hear the sounds of any more footsteps. Whimpering, cries of pain and the crackle of flames, but no one approaching our position. Has the attack stopped?
I hear at least one person heading to the basement, Ana Zaphira I think. There might be an exit that way if the front of the building is impassable. The Tremere come calmly down the stairs – Primrose, Daniel and some guy dressed completely in black riot armour. Another ex-military ghoul, perhaps? They wave their arms or some shit and the sound of burning gets quieter.
Victor leaves the section of the building I’m in and goes to make sure that there are no more Sabbat at the front. By the sounds of the cries through there, some burnt and wounded shovelheads have made it but he dispatches them quickly.
Most kindred leave now that the way is clear. Primrose and that guy in armour help Victor to sweep the whole area. They report back that all the Sabbat are either dead or fled.
Finally, I manage to adjust my grip on Pelican and get my stake out from the sheath at my back. I shove it through Pelican’s chest and he is finally still.
Let’s get him somewhere safe and then we can assess the damage…
