#SimsbyNight – Episode 22 (Part III): “Allies and Artifacts”
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(Rebecca meets Sierra Moss at her family café in Champs Les Sims.)
"My family built this place. It’s the one safe space I trust to talk about what’s really going on."
Sierra: "My ‘suspension’ was a cover. I was close to something big. That’s why they pulled me off. Someone torched my evidence. But I never stopped digging."
Then, all the sudden, L. Faba, Sage of Mischief Magic decides to join them:
"Ooooh, borrowing security footage is such a hassle. How about I just… erase you from it? Temporarily. Wink."
"Darling, you’re my favorite chaos gremlin."
(Rebecca gives Sierra a warm, firm hug.) "Thank you—for not giving up."
(Back home, Suzana pores over notes beside the Celestial Crystal Crown.)
"Hypothesis: Marcus designed this to enhance vampiric powers and negate weaknesses. But if Hemolith corrupts crystals…"
(She tries inserting the crystal known as Peach)
"Fascinating. It replaces the need for blood… temporarily. Victor’s ‘enhanced’ crystals must be the opposite—amplifying* hunger until it consumes the user."*
"I traced funding lines. The lab is bankrolled by shell companies—seven layers deep. But they all loop back to one name: Victor Blackwood."
"Of course. Always the same puppetmaster."
Janet:
"My cops will ping Victor’s comms. If he sneezes, we’ll know."
"I could sketch your downfall in seven verses. But you have potential… If your friends don’t ruin it."
"Marcus was family. You’re stepping where he walked. That earns you a tag… and some secrets."
“Let’s talk about rebellion, elegance, and well-dressed destruction.”
Grayson:
"Are you in this for Kane’s memory… or revenge?"
Amy (without blinking):
"Both."
"Best. Intel. Gathering. Ever."
Next Episode: “Dossiers & Dark Deals” – The pieces are in place. The war begins now. Will Suzana find answers inside the Chantry?
Can Leslie trust a secret agent ghoul?
Will the coterie unite their allies in time to strike?
Can Amy keep the Brujah from literally burning down the bar?
Answers tomorrow! Same Bat-time, same Bat-Tumblr acCount! 🧛 (pun intended)
Hello friend, I don't know if you remember me. I just wanted to see how are you doing
I remember you! I don’t want to bog you down with dumb politics I’ve run into sooo. Doing good! One of my rats just had a litter so its been wild. What about you? :D
((Aha! You caught them! This bitch doesn't have an actual doctorate. They started studying under their father (an actual qualified dentist) at 14, finished high school at 16, and apprenticed as an assistant in the surgery for the next four years, staying in their childhood home to study that whole time. Then they died at 20. The plan was supposedly that they would go away to get their qualifications eventually, but their father relied on them so much for the daily running of the surgery that it was continually put off.)
30.
((Not particularly. The school was tiny, as they often are in very rural areas. And Ieuan had basically no friends, and so felt no need to stay at school any longer than was necessary. Besides, he had the curriculum his father had drawn up for him to study after school anyway. )
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((They would have been a very good student, if they didn't struggle so much at getting along with both their classmates and their teachers. They became very good at teaching themself the material, but only really did so with things they were interested in. So they got very high marks on one half of their report card, with terrible ones on the other half. They remain endlessly curious to this day, and would 100% be the type to go signing up to every class that piqued their interest, were circumstances different.)
