A meeting of the Path of the Thistle takes place at the Sacramento Public Library. [1]
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Aside from a cart full of Ray Bradbury books and some crappy library coffee and tea, there's not much prep work done by Nous for this meeting. It's a meeting that has business that needs tending. They can have a meeting with less serious and more fun in the Spring. Unfortunately, that's why she brought the stack of copies of the old Lex Magica. It was to be the topic of conversation. Not exactly the most exciting of agendas. Or the most hospitable of locations.
Thankfully for most, Pepper showed up with coffee from an actually coffee house. Well, it was Starbucks which is still a far cry better than the library's coffee.
- "I come as our savior, Laden with Starbucks!" [2]
With the coffee distributed, and with everyone she expects to be there, there, Nous lays out the goal for the meaning.
- "Here's our task for tonight. Anything in here that you want to see in use in our next iteration needs to be brought to my attention. Thankfully, Pepper has done such a great job putting together the document that our Lictor has struck down. So anything that you feel we just cannot do without, we'll need to discuss about putting it into action in its appropriate place." [3]
Of course, that's when the ones she didn't expect arrive. There's a little discussion, and Pepper goes over the information she was able to get from Lictor Telos about the Precepts that are good, and just how bad the former ones are.
One of the new arrivals, named Falstaff, needs additional assistance from drugs to even stay awake.
- "Crowley, you have any Ritalin? I feel like if we had a bunch beside the coffee, wrapped up like those little dinner mints, I might be able to make something of these papers besides airplanes." [4]
There's an obvious divide between who is and isn't interested, and that's the way the meeting continues as some talk and some try to keep from falling asleep.
