Edwin Bridges , Orianna , Whisper

When a Vampire is Embraced, they never think of the Dark. At least, not of the Darkness that will surround them in unlife and not of their position in said darkness.

To Kine Kindred may be Dark Lords: mysterious, eternal and monstrous but the truth is, inside the Darkness, they are the more humane.

They are the police, the clean-up crews, the undertakers.

A Ghost, a Mummy, a Vitae-addicted Rogue Ghoul - none of these care for the Masquerade or for the well-being of Kine in any form. The Kindred stand on the edge between the Mortal and Supernatural and it is their job to tend that edge.

One short summer night several Vampires where called upon to perform that duty. As it turned out, one of their own, a nearly lost to Humanity Vampire, likely Gangrel, has turned a concert into a bloodbath, demolishing the Herd of a travelling Kindred band and scaring one Francesco Giovanni shitless.

When a situation is best described as a 'clusterfuck', compromises need to be made. Edwin Bridges, Daniella Sage and Allison Black made theirs: the threat was pounded into the ground and Torpor, to wake and be somebody else's problem in some distant future. The gore was cleaned up almost completely with some possibly remaining in the deeper parts of the stadium. One employee woke up hours later at the scene with blood loss and horrible visions of human-looking monsters with sharp teeth.

When the Masquerade explodes, fallout follows. Hunters are born, tabloids run speculations, people are traumatized. For a moment, the World of Darkness touches the world of Kine and it burns.

Then the situation is contained and humans eagerly slip back into blissful ignorance, happy to stay indoors at night but those who saw the truth and woke up never sleep soundly again.

Tonight was another night when the Kindred kept the pitchforks tucked away somewhere in the tool shed. And saw what they would become, should they start favouring rationale over their own remaining humanity.

Good job, everyone. The Red Team apologizes for the delays, and we hope you still had fun with this plot.