Hunkered and crouched down, his lithe and hideous frame draped with several layers of clothing and dirt, Maw could have been mistaken for a soon to be unlucky street bum were it not for the grotesque features that sprouted watchfully from the layers of clothing or the wicked implements of dismemberment that were at his feet. That was good. It was right. Let others stand in the spotlight, and he'd remain unnoticed until it was time.<br/><br/>Maw was lurking in the shadows, though he wasn't bothering with the application of Obfuscate to keep himself hidden. He rarely used that particular aspect of the Discipline, after all. the Nosferatu was wearing his Beast of War visage tonight, and his barely present lips curled into a sneer as the Lasombra appeared from netherwhere.<br/><br/>His sharp gaze swiveled across the meeting place, examining the approaching Lick casually. She didn't seem a threat, but then again, neither did Karma until she was ripping your throat out. Better to assume the worst then.<br/><br/>The slender, tall creature fingered the two large weapons at his feet, and smiled. The items were pilfered from a supply company that offered goods to fire departments  with more money than sense, and represented quite a bit more than just weaponry to the Nosferatu. Titanium-carbide heads from cutting edge fire axes had been detached from the composite material they'd come with and remounted on fire hardened and epoxy coated wooden axe handles whose bottom ends were sharpened into stakes for use against Kindred and Vampires alike.<br/><br/>There was something brewing, but he didn't know what. All he knew was that Karma wanted him there, and it was unlikely to end in battle. The little mini civil war the Sabbat had gone through was still fresh enough in the minds of the Archbishops, and none of them wanted to risk further waste of their preambulatory resources against one another. So, the blades were there as a deterrent, not an incentive. Of course, that begged the answer to why he was present, but... soon enough.