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Skeleton KeysSkeleton Keys is a venue wide plot that has been going on for a long time, and a lot of Kindred have participated in it's many investigations, adventures and dangers. This covers the Marroletti Chapter.
Tracking
Quiet, anxious, and far from excited, Anthony drives a group towards Rio Linda Airport. Catherine is irritated but would rather not be at fault for a Masquerade breach. Daniella attempts to bring the conversation towards overcoming Airport's security, while Zachary wonders about kine security guards in particular. Finally, Deputy Reyes attempts to get a handle on the situation.
Arriving at the airport, Daniella takes the device that tracks Anthony Marrolettis package and the group heads in: two in the front door and two to the back door. With Zachary, Daniella is able to easily pick the lock to her door and her heightened senses catches a deal in progress.
As they enter the large room, Zachary and Daniella find the men behind the voices: Gabriel D'Angelo and the other, a coiled spring of lethality.
Stuck at another door, Deputy Reyes attempts to break down his door with one swift kick. He's successful but the door is booby-trapped, a fact both Kindred find out too late taking the full iron wrath of a shotgun to their bodies.
Von Schusten warns Zachary and, to some extent, Daniella off one last time while drawing two short-swords. Under cloak, Daniella frantically searches for the box and once Deputy Reyes appears issues three short words: 'Take him down.' However, Von Schusten is far more attuned to the battlefield and far quicker, slashing Zachary from shoulder to hip.
Finally, in the office, Daniella finds her target.
At the same time, the Von Schusten rips the light panel from the wall, killing the lights immediately and draws the Cloak of Night around himself. A ploy that both Catherine and Daniella see through. Annoyed his ambush on Zachary has been foiled, Von Schusten delivers viscous blows to both Daniella and Catherine.
As Deputy Reyes grapples at Von Schusten electricity runs through the Mexican Lord's body, destroying his cellular phone. Sensing the strength of the Mexican Lord, Von Schusten bites into Deputy Reyes attempting to remove the man's vitae.
Backtracking, Daniella takes the package and uses her faculty with Obfuscate to hide it.
With the situation spiraling out of control, the Von Schusten breaks his grapple, and blurs away into the darkness of the hangar.
But, the danger has not subsided. A droning sound gets louder and louder, until it resolves to be part of an airplane, driving down the tarmac, straight for the hangar and the group of Kindred. Only Ricardo manages to see who is at the plane's controls – Gabriel D'Angelo – while the group flees from the hangar, package in hand.
Recovering
Battered but alive, a group of kindred including Daniella, Catherine, Zachary, and Ricardo Rodriguez Reyes, recover a briefcase before Gabriel D'Angelo rams a plane into a building.
Once in Anthony's car however, the Daeva makes his own play for the briefcase. Turning the car towards the inferno of the building, he threatens Daniella and Catherine with fire. Both women decide to jump from the car with wildly different results: Keys is rendered torpid by the fall, while Sage lands without a scratch while still holding onto the briefcase.
It's all for nothing though, as Anthony's force of personality causes love to blossom in Daniella's mind resulting in her willfully offering up the briefcase to the Daeva. With Catherine torpid on the ground and sirens rapidly approaching, the Kindred allow their hard-won prize to slip off into the night.
Returning and Reporting
Driving Anthony's car, Zachary attempts some levity with Daniella wondering what the punishment for failing the Domain is. They consider getting the torpid Catherine a drink, and eventually Griffiths and Sage are able to report to Martha Villiers.
Ciara Maskelyne covers the Masquerade by seeding the Media with the tragic story of Equipment failure and arson.
The torpid Catherine is delivered, finally, to Cedar Fields.
