<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/05/ac/e6/05ace67fc2bc8b2a870e33b5a1c85174.jpg)</div>OOC<br/><br/>The OOC mechanics.<br/>1. There is a large chest securely strapped to the back of Frank's truck<br/>2. ihinka rolled a 5. but gets +2 for Alpha Blood (https://discord.com/channels/1007352388996300890/1009249001536770059/1025271451370148001)<br/>3. Carl owes Blaine a debt for helping him escape<br/>4. I'll spill this conversation into the OOC thread,<br/>Is Carl part of Blaine's pack? NO<br/>Do/Did Carl and Blaine share a moment of intimacy? NO<br/>Are Blaine and her group of misfit wolves - Kazumi, the four pups, and now Carl - a pack? PROBABLY<br/>Are they a faction? NOT NOW<br/><br/>and just cause I don't want the PCs to spend too much time agonizing over decisions, I'll throw another faction move at you.<br/><hr/>Frank pulled the truck into a 24-7 gas station. After gassing up, he pulled the truck around the back, ostensibly to use the restroom, but in reality, for Blaine to deal with Carl.<br/><br/>Carl, the wolf, was subdued when he got out of the back of the truck. The wolf would not look Blaine in the eyes. His posture was submissive, with his tail tucked between his legs. Blaine found it easy to call Carl to skin. While Carl's final status was yet to be determined, he was submissive to Blaine.<br/><br/>Human and naked, Carl knelt in front of Blaine,<strong>"Thank you, Alpha. You've shown me that you are the stronger wolf. I was weak and foolish to challenge you. My pride got the better of me."</strong>Carl sighed,<strong>"I've seen the foolishness of those that I trusted. I thought the Hell Hounds were my brothers. Now, I see the truth; they are a feral pack willing to turn on each other. The King is no true Alpha. He's merely a proxy for the Russians and the others who seek to take over Vegas."</strong><br/><br/>The story comes spilling out of Carl. A few Hell Hounds flush with money came to New Orleans. They spun a tale about Vegas being an open town with no entrenched factions. They told stories about how a strong group of Weres could carve out their territory, free from the Hierarchy in New Orleans. The older and wiser Alphas cautioned the Weres against the move, but the younger Weres felt this was merely a ploy to keep them under the thumb of the Alphas in New Orleans. Carl and a group of Weres from New Orleans joined the Hell Hounds and traveled across the country to Vegas. Carl isn't sure of the details, but he has heard rumors of a group of Vampires also coming from New Orleans.<br/><br/>Carl ended with<strong>"How may I serve you, Alpha?"</strong><br/><br/>These revelations left Blaine with a series of decisions. Would she take Carl into her pack? Did she have a pack or merely a collection of wolves? Would Blaine fight to defend her neighborhood? Mundane gangbangers was one thing, but a pack of Weres? Carl's revelations and the scene at the fight club also suggested that there were threats beyond the Hell Hounds.<br/><br/>As Blaine sat there debating her future, Frank's cell phone vibrated; it was one of the few people that rated a vibration. The message was short and terrifying. "911. Door broken. Hiding in attic." Despite his retirement and divorce, Frank had helped Melissa buy and move into a house of her own. Ever paranoid, Frank built a panic room in the attic with a hidden entrance in the back of a closet.<br/><br/><hr/><div align="center">Sometimes it takes a Brick (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=345659.0) <br/>We've Got a Problem (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=344700.0)  <br/>Characters (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=344531.0) <br/>Game Palette (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQjkX1IbaF79Bcze6X7lX2ynGcwkx4AukKLXuqPe8WA/edit?usp=sharing)<br/>Urban Shadows Cliff Notes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Wjn-Pim2L0qUYcSCW7z6HzDZO0O5_1UQVbg1QWcGLc/edit?usp=sharing)<br/></div>