Agh, so basically the big bad Gangrel decided not to literally *eat my soul* for now, contingent on us working for him and his mysterious diablerizing brood.
The Prince and Camarilla have been blood hunting him for about a week and are having no luck. He leaves messages in our haven while we're asleep. My sire is old and wise, but not especially powerful. More a teacher. And our Ventrue is completely nuts, with 2 violent psychotic personalities plus a cowardly sociopath. Her sire committed suicide, her step-sire communicates exclusively by carrier pigeon.
And frankly our Gangrel is pretty monstrous herself at this point, and is mostly onboard with her sire. Totally fair, just something for my character to consider. Fortunately Juan doesn't give us any assignments right off.
Oh, the next night we get... this message.
Yes. We Are For You Now. Yes? You Help Us Now. We Like You. We Help You Later. Yes? We Need Item From The God Monsters. They Stole It. It Was Ours And They Killed Us. We Want It Back. Cup Of Judas They Call It. To Us It Is Chalise Of Ages. Gives Us It. Jaun Vouched For You. DO NOT DISSAPOINT OR IGNORE. -TheOneInTheWell
We're supposed to steal Judas's cup. From the Lancea Sanctum. fuckin hell
But okay, this is kinda funny. My character is Jewish, and this is basically the Vampire Catholics faction. So, he figures it's worth investigating at least...
Turns out the Lancea Sanctum in this city meet in the sewers. Mekhets... are professional, somewhat uptight and graceful, Egyptian-themed infiltrators. And here Jake is literally wading in sewage. To visit a Catholic mass. He regrets everything and promises to waste some vitae to digest an *expensive* meal later. Finally we reach the chapel, which is actually pretty nice, and pass through a mystic cleansing waterfall.
That was the cliffhanger of last session. This session starts, and our GM has... lost the sermon he wrote. Thinking quickly, I claim my character faded into the shadows and used Touch of Shadow on the clergyman's sermon. This is pretty silly, but the GM just woke up and is rather addled... I make some rolls and he allows it.
Here's the crazy thing: It *never* should have worked. This congregation of Nosferatu *mostly* have auspex, a skill that gives them a chance of seeing through my invisibility. Fortunately the other characters are making a bit of a scene. Kayla is doing some weird Gangrel meditation, and Amanda is currently Lilith - Mistress of the Night, supposedly from several thousand years before this "Christ". So, Jake gets away with it.
During the ceremony we see a cup which is pretty definitely the one we're after (they do a special blood ritual with it). Cool, we just need to sneak in sometime and steal it right? Well, NO. Nosferatu can be:
Be invisible like I do
See invisible like I do
Boost their melee power to absurd degrees which I can't do
And this chapel is the core of one of the city's 3 main factions. Security is going to be tight... For example, when we left (they have a non-sewage exit, the sewage path is a penance thing) the hatch disappeared behind us. And I *have* auspex, it was just massively better hidden than my neonate senses could detect.
And yet we're expected to steal this thing. At least the nosferatu will probably kill me (or lock me in endless, feverish torpor by staking and burying). Juan (and his buddies) are threatening to consume and absorb my immortal soul.
It's kinda a tough situation... I'm tumbling some ideas (glad I'm sober atm) but we have a little time I think. Maybe.
I think I have until next session, basically.