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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 Marroletti drives a group towards Rio Linda Airport. Catherine Keys is irritated but would rather not be at fault for a Masquerade breach. Daniella Sage attempts to bring the conversation towards overcoming Airport's security, while Zachary Griffiths wonders about kine security guards in particular. Finally, Deputy Reyes attempts to get a handle on the situation.
The group is on a mission to retrieve a briefcase, with suspicious contents.
Arriving at the airport, Sage takes the device that tracks Moroletti's package and the group heads in: two in the front door and two to the back door. With Zachary Griffiths, Daniella Sage is able to easily pick the lock to her door. Meanwhile at the other door, Catherine Keys's then as they move away, Daniella Sage's heightened senses catches a deal in progress.
As they enter the large room, Zachary Griffiths and Daniella Sage 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.
Angry Man warns Zachary Griffiths and, to some extent, Daniella Sage off one last time while drawing two short-swords. Under cloak, Daniella Sage frantically searches for the box and once Deputy Reyes appears issues three short words: 'Take him down.' However, Angry Man is far more attuned to the battlefield and far quicker, slashing Zachary Griffiths from shoulder to hip.
Finally, in the office, Daniella Sage finds her target.
At the same time, the Angry Man rips the light panel from the wall, killing the lights immediately and draws the Cloak of Night around himself. A ploy that both Catherine Keys and Daniella Sage see through. Annoyed his ambush on Zachary Griffiths has been foiled, the swordsman delivers viscous blows to both Daniella Sage and Catherine Keys.
Though, Deputy Reyes grapples at the swordsman electricity runs through the Mexican Lord's body, destroying his cellular phone. Sensing the strength of the Mexican Lord, the swordsman bites into Deputy Reyes attempting to remove the man's vitae.
Backtracking, Daniella Sage takes the package and uses her faculty with Obfuscate to hide it.
With the situation spiraling out of control, the Angry Man 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 Sage, Catherine Keys, Zachary Griffiths, and Ricardo Rodriguez Reyes, recover a briefcase before Gabriel D'Angelo rams a plane into a building.
Once in Anthony Marroletti's car however, the Daeva makes his own play for the briefcase. Turning the car towards the inferno of the building, he threatens Daniella Sage and Catherine Keys 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 Marroletti'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 Keys 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 Marroletti's car, Zachary Griffiths attempts some levity with Daniella Sage wondering what the punishment for failing the Domain is. They consider getting the torpid Catherine Keys 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 Keys is delivered, finally, to Cedar Fields.
