Xian and Aki followed the tunnels beneath Hong Kong to a secured door guarded by goons. Xian tried to talk his way through fronting as someone with an important meeting with Qian Shi. But it didn't work. Obligate did the trick and Xian persuaded one of the goons to take him to his boss. They left the tunnels and drove to a strip club, entered and walked into a upstairs office with a early middle aged man demanded to know what was going on.

Xian's demands for obedience from the Triad boss failed, and after being shot twice by him he began to assume the demon form. The Triad boss said the man they came with could get them to Qian Shi after a last ditch attempt by another goon to rescue the situation.

They went back to the tunnels and this time through the door they were guarding and found themselves in a network of tunnels, they took the goon, Poo, with them. Heavy metal doors led off to various empty rooms, or were locked. The place seemed infested with spiders. Although they were making their own decisions in which direction to take at junctions, Xian got the impression that their decisions all were leading in the same direction anyway. After a variety of traps were negotiated they sent Poo back. And that was the last time they saw him alive.

Then the poor lighting became no lighting. Suddenly they found themselves in a large space criss-crossed with thick sticky webbing. They tried to make their way through the room, but in the darkness they quickly got stuck and snagged at every opportunity. Struggling seemed to make the situation worse and Aki soon found himself wrapped from head to toe in webbing. Xian stilled his mind and began working at the webbing with a knife. Eventually free they left the room.

And Xian decided to follow in the crabs footsteps into the Yang realm with Aki. The Yin realm was heavily populate by Jade Soldiers. There they were set upon by spiders that began to drain them of Yang Chi. Xian called out for Qian Shi, he eventually turned up. Xian made a deal: Assistance in finding Gan Shuo in exchange for tolerance from the Kuei-Jin. Qian Shi said he could not contact Gan Shuo but would consider their offer should any information fall his way.




While promoting her blood pool business/avenue into the darkside and general fishing for information, the friendly Japanese man approached Yoshino and told her what her job would be. She must defeat Gan Shuo, and they were going to help. But first, preparations must be made. Yoshino was told she would need to acquire some artifacts from Qian Shi, particularly an emerald ring. If she could not achieve this, the alternative was for Yoshino to kill Bai Chen - one of the Righteous Devils. They agreed to meet in two nights with a decision.

The former seemed more palatable than the latter - but why does Mikaboshi want Gan Shuo killed?


Mars Electronics initial assault
Thomas climbed some large crate containing shelves at grabbed the laser which came away very easily. So easily that Thomas was caught off balance and began to fall backwards. As if he had disturbed a nest, a swarm of seething black spiders swarmed across him. Undeterred Thomas continued his assault haring through the warehouse when a pain from within his bowels made him double over. Wretching, spiders began to come forth from surprised lips.

Between them they searched the place, an adjoining office and exterminated spiders. The sound of police sirens approached. They continued the search and mutually decided to stay, despite the approaching sunrise. Except brave Danior: when danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. When the police SWAT team arrived they had hidden themselves between crates and walls, with Thomas in a crate of GPS devices.

Go to sleep, little one
As the police searched the place, the sun rose. Alberto collapsed into an aisle and the SWAT team had a dead body on their hands. They called in "McPheeley" who took Alberto away in a bodybag before ordering a full search.

When Thomas' crate was opened Thomas suggested to the SWAT guy that he was not in fact in the box. Reg woke up in time to avoid the search sweep and Gideon kept alert enough to do so anyway.

After some time Mr Kurtz, the CEO of Mars Electronics, arrived. After being told about the break in, and the captured vampire Kurtz began to look through his bag. Pulling out a mirror he searched the warehouse through it, his eyes meeting with Gideon's. Gideon struck a necrofying blow and Kurtz retaliated by burning an agonizing hole into Gideon, diving out of the way and hoping his security detail that appeared as if from nowhere, would take care of Gideon. Gideon staring at half a dozen automatic weapon held by semi monstrous freaks decided to turn into ash as they began to fire.

Danior slept happily at the Circus with some travelling folk.
Alberto experienced unlife in a tube of blue goo, with occasional (nightmares?) of trenches, barbed wire, babies in bits, mass rapes etc with an incessant soundtrack of violins, guitar and a cowbell.

When Reg awoke again he realized the place was still occupied, army personnel this time. He decided to sneak out and head back to the Circus. Where he met with Danior at the Renaissance fair. To their surprise they met with the Autumn Queen who was Astarte from Malta. They talked for a while - Astarte believing the time for the vial to be revealed must be at hand to account for the strange coincidence of meeting again...the currents of fortuitous chance rode in her wake she explained mysteriously. She warned though, that revealing the vial would require a trauma of the very worst kind - it was deeply part of his being.

Let's make a deal
Alberto woke, melded at the circus and went to Cavendish and asked to find his friends and why he awoke at the Circus. Cavendish said it was because he had presumably gone to sleep there, but offered a deal to 'redirect' some children towards Mars Electronics in exchange for the whereabouts of his friends. This he did persuading a bus driver that he was directing them to a suitable place to park where they will be picked up for an audience with Cavendish, and found the locations of his friends.

Then he wanted Tamoszius returned, with faculties intact. The price was to be potentially under surveilance wherever he is by the circus, to be 'inclined' towards helping the circus towards its ends. He agreed, Cavendish suggested it might take an hour or two to arrange.

Thomas awoke, opened the crate, told everyone he hid there during the break-in, and was given military escort from the scene. Toreador for the win. He headed to Riverthrush to fill him in. At first Riverthrush was confused but when it was revealed the building was thought to be owned by Mars Electronics, he became much more interested and was surprised that they had attacked so hastily. He was alarmed about the spider incident, and identified a bane infection within Thomas. Thomas figured it was about time he saw Annabelle.

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