"Well maybe if we find this Sol, we might figure out who Hooper was seeing and what he's doing in our Domain."

CHALLENGE: REVELATION

Victor: Standing in Hooper's haven, you have a revelation.

The Beast unlocks its jaw, releasing its hold on your memory. Images come. They arrive like spliced seconds of overexposed film, punctuated by white flash frames of animal fury - the blinding pulse of the Beast's frenzy. You remember the washed-out blue cast by fluorescent lights near the garage. Hooper's shadow stretched out ahead of him, flickering with the crappy light. Your shadow stretching away from you, closing on him, your vision shaky and rushed. He spins around when your footfalls get too close. His eyes flash. It's the fear of the living, a memory of the mortal fear of death, exploded onto his corpse's face by the sight of you, feet off the ground, hands out, head cocked and mouth reaching for his throat. You collide, you scramble and roll across the sidewalk, you knock over a trash can, you see his white eyes vanish behind a closing metal door, you feel your fingernails bend when you scratch at it, you feel his weight slide as you pull on the door, as you get your foot into the crack and pry yourself inside, into him, slitting flesh. Then it's falling, aching, a wild animal roar echoing off concrete, your throat sore, your hands sticky, your knees burning, your throat full of hot blood.

Yes. You remember how it all happened now. You definitely killed Hooper. But, why is he in our domain? And, is he alone? You are rushed with feelings. Do you come to terms with what you did? Or do you have no regrets?

Coming to terms: Take the unused dots that you have in Humanity. For example, if you 7 Humanity, you will have 3 dots to use, as Humanity is a rating out of 10. Roll that many dice. If any of them turn up a success, you come to terms with what you have done and the Beast no longer has control over your feelings. You return to normal. For now. If you fail, you take two aggravated Willpower damage as your conscious struggles with the Beast, but no longer have any penalties.

No regrets: You automatically lose one point of Humanity.

Victor's world spins for a moment as these images flash before him and he grabs on to some of his Coterie in order to prevent himself from falling over. It's a new horror for him, seeing the murder occur. While he's taken plenty of lives during his time as a vampire, they've been far cleaner than the one he performed while under the Beast's influence and usually against people that had it coming. When the images stop, Victor's vision is blurred with tears and he spends a few moments silently weeping over the murder, filled with remorse over what the Beast made him do. 

After he's had a few moments to get into his feelings, he re-composes himself. "I'm sorry that you had to see that. I just recalled everything that happened last night and it was a shock, seeing it actually play out. But I feel more like myself now, if that makes sense."

Misha helped Victor stay stable. There were many times in her life Misha was emotional, and she felt bad that Victor had gone through this. Of all things Misha had to deal with in her life, the Beast was perhaps the most unique. She stayed close and wanted to give him a hug, to comfort him, to let him know everything would be ok, when she heard a voice.

"Hooper?" a female voice called out, worried.

Misha slowly turned around, being closest to the door. She walked out into the hallway, and stood by the door. The single hanging light bulb cast light shadows and made it hard to see.

Down the dark hallway, a young woman and two men froze in place. The woman gasped with mild surprise. "Who are you? Where's Hooper?"

I am a Prime, the Daughter of Bane, the God of War and Tyranny. Created by Him during a age long ago I am a genetically divine super soldier - I have but one purpose - to conquer my enemies and oppress the weak. I have lived lifetimes over and have traveled the universe and have seen things that no mortal ever has, or ever will. I have lived, I have conquered, I have loved, and I have lost. That is who I am.

Or at least..that is who I was.

That is what Misha wanted to say, but most of it she could not remember, so instead turned back to the coterie and let one of them answer the question.

Alana calmly clears her throat and steps towards the people carefully, giving off an aura of professionalism as she smiles. "Oh! Hello darlings. We're working with the city. Your friend Hooper left a little while ago. We were sent to help him pack up and relocate because he did not have proper authorization to be living here anymore. I'm afraid he wont be here for a while until things get sorted out. We will be out of here temporarily once we make sure everything has been vacated." She felt herself will her blood to assist in her efforts, smiling with a mock truthfulness and authority.

Margin 2.

"Alright." the young woman says. "We just haven't seen him in a while. We were worried." 

All three of them give you another vague long stare, then they turn around and walk down the corridor back into the darkness.

Victor was able to take the time to get himself composed and wipe his face up while Alana was lying to the people. They bought it well enough, but he still felt that he shouldn't let them get out of here without asking a few questions. "Wait!" he calls out before they get too far down the hall. "If you don't mind my asking, could you tell me your name and how you know  Hooper?"

"We're his friends.." one of the men turn around to answer, barely looking at you guys. They don't answer the first part of your question, and they hurriedly disappear around a corner into the darkness. Misha turns back to the coterie, a look of curiosity and confusion. "They were not human. I hef the feeling we hef not seen the last of those three. The question ees, why are they on our grounds. How to we bury Veector's eencident without making a mess of these eenterlopers.."

"We have to find out why they're here and then get them off of our grounds."

Sorrin looks around as the group discuss a next group of action. His senses bring him over to the window where he opens it up to find a cat sitting there. Understanding it's thoughts/words, he gave a small smile a greeted it, "Pleasure to meet you Obsidian. Think you could watch this place for us? I'll bring you and your friends some delicious snack if you do~" The cat meows and jumps up to a cupboard nestling itself into place. Sorrin nods to him and looks to the party, "Alright, I negotiated with the locals, they'll keep an eye out on the apartment and come let me know if something or someone comes back."

(It's now the next night. Make sure you Rouse to determine if you're hungrier because of awakening for the night, and Rouse to Blush.)

As you return to the abandoned office basement, Obsidian sees you and comes out from his hiding spot. He relays to you mentally that a group of three young adults were here, looking around in (Hooper's haven), talking among themselves nervously, and arguing, saying things normal humans wouldn't normally say, like "haven", and "Auspex". They collected the ledger, and the notebook, but noticed that the lock box was ripped open and the money taken. They seemed on edge, as if a cat has been let out of a bag. He pauses to see if you get the joke. Finally, Obsidian tells you that since the money was gone, they get anxious realizing you all are probably not whom you claimed to be. They left after a few hours.

He waits patiently for his snack.

Victor listens to the information as Sorrin relays what he learns from Obsidian. "First off, Misha's instinct was right. These aren't humans, but Kindred intruding on our Domain, trying to figure out something related to Auspex. And given from their panic from finding out that we aren't city employees, they likely know that we're the actual owners of this territory. I suppose that the next step is to find their Haven. Either Obsidian was able to catch where they were headed to, or Lup can track their scent."

Alana wakes up like usual, slightly hungrier than normal, gets dressed, and sits in the kitchen for some blood wine to bathe the hunger. When the group is ready to go, she forces a blush to her face and stays calmly with the group. "Going to the source will definitely help with eliminating the problem. The sooner we get them off our turf the better."

Sorrin scratches Obsidian behind his ear and pulls out a can of deluxe sardines and some a leaf of rosemary, "Thanks little guy. Hope you enjoy your snack."

Sorrin then relays to the others and upon hearing Victor's suggestion, he mentally commands Lup to look for a scent, "Lup will take care of it. His nose is sharper, and I'd like for him to feel like he contributed." Lup casts a small glare at Sorrin for that but gets to his job.

Victor shrugs as Lup gets to work for Sorrin. "You know, this whole hiring animals to do things for you looks like a good idea. Maybe I should get a dog or something."

On the edge of your appointed domain given to you by Prince William of the Camarilla is a small busy Italian restaurant called Cicero's. Lup has tracked the three suspects to this location. It is located in a busy area where there is decent foot traffic of mortals. Depending on what you wish to do I will present the final challenge.

"Looks like Obsidian's not the only good boy who deserves a snack." Victor quips as he zips up his jacket so that it conceals Ace. "Well, let's wait until Cicero's is closed and then go have a chat."

Cicero's closes around 11pm. There's still employees inside for another hour, cleaning and getting ready for the next day.

Victor hangs outside with the Coterie for an hour, at some point circling around to see if Cicero's has any other means of entry/exit.

Besides the gate and the main entrance, Cicero's is flanked by two alleys. Both lead to the back of the restaurant. Around back, there is a single door that is propped open, and dim light coming from the inside.