Started on: Tuesday 4th of January 2000
Ended on: Monday 10th of January 2000
After the party, some neonate Kindred of Haarlem got invited to go to Berlin. A nightmare got the attention of Vampires worldwide. In the nightmare, Caine took an important role. Lucian, the Gangrel Elder of Haarlem ordered the neonates to investigate, after he saw elements in his dream that looked like Berlin.
In Berlin, the group lost two of their number, but also met and took along Anton von Oberweesel and Franceska Rozmberg The city is in turmoil, with lots of Vampires from all over the world going to meet the mysterious Vampire who says he is Caine, the mightiest and first Vampire ever.
The group finds out that all is not like it seems, and decides to help the justicar Karl Schreckt with this information. They leave Berlin soon after this.
Date in World of Darkness: Friday 7th of January 2000
Place: Berlin, Mitte
Played at: Arjan
As soon as I got out of the Church they attacked me, but I wasn't coming quietly. Alas it didn't help. I was staked and carried like another scarecrow by the mob. Another group joined us and to my surprise I wasn't the only guy on a stick. It was utter horror half of the time: all I could see was the night sky, which isn't impressive for long periods of time. I watched a shouting and cheering mob carrying us like trophies. It seemed that the cheering subsided, we weren't bouncing around anymore and - oh shit they're looting my store. But what is going on in the front? It seems that there is a group of vampires who are challenging them and they are doing a great job. They are charging the mob, are they insane? They are winning. I just hope they are on our side. Hey, I know that guy he bought a gun at my place. Who is their leader?
The well dressed man who is in charge of the group who just ended the riot tells his man to rid us from the stakes. We seem to owe him an introduction. The others introduce themselves telling this guy that they have never seen me before, just my luck I hope that he hasn't heard of me or I might be in deep trouble. As always I introduce myself with caution. He says his name is Carl Schreckt, he is a Tremere Justicar, and the others are his Archons. He wants to know what happened. Anton starts telling him about what happened in the church and how we were taken. Schreckt warns us about the city; it is in turmoil, we'll have to keep our heads about ourselves. The others introduce themselves to me and walk back home with me when I see a few ruffians come out of my store carrying my things. I run after them to stop them taking my things. They drop it and engage me. This was not my plan! I get knocked down, but I get up again and with the help of my new found Toreador friend I scare them off. I ask him to join me in the store where I may have a few things for him. I tell give him a cleaning kit to keep his gun in optima forma. It is made of ivory and gold plated steel plus some ammo. We go back to the bar where he and his friends have agreed to meet up. While we walk there we see some of the goons that were standing there delivering those flasks in the church, they are speaking Norwegian or Finnish or some other Scandinavian language. We head back to the bar and everyone decides to go and dig up some info at their own contacts. We don't see each other the rest of the night. The next evening my store has been hammered shut and there seems to be a protest march going on outside. I decide that this is the perfect time to get back at those criminals who wracked my store and are pestering the protesters. I lure one in with some well placed presence, and hit him as hard as I can with a iron pipe. The others decide that they can use the chaos to feed on the protesters and this seems to work really well. In front of the hotel where they stay a girl is being molested by the gangers from last night and the morals from my new found friends dictate them to help the wretched girl.
January 8
Nothing of interest happens that evening. The next night we agreed to meet up in the hotel there. I was approached by a man who said I didn't belong with the Camarilla and should join the Sabbat. I said I would think about it. And asked the clerk if they were in their rooms to tell of the event. Only Gabriëlla was in her room but she didn't pick up the phone sensing there was something wrong. I hired a room on the same floor and went over to her room. I forced the door open and found that she had been murdered recently. I pulled the door shut and went to the bar to find the others and tell them, I expected them to be there. During this time they were in the bar discussing the events of the night before and trying to get more information. Franceska seduced a blood-doll from another Vampire, who wasn't happy about it. Lucius was talking to some boys about Goth parties, when a man walked up to Franceska and gave her a note. Then he went to the bar and gave the bartender another note. Lucius was very eager to get this note to see what was on it. With the use of a very badly performed card-trick he was able to steal the note out of the bartender breast pocket. He read the note and then dropped it behind the bar so the guy would think he had lost the note and it had fallen there. Upon comparing the text on the note they found that the messages were identical, there was going to be another meeting.
About then Anton came into the bar and told them of his findings and they told him of theirs. They decided to go and check it out. When they got to her room Franceska was able to determine that all the blood was from Gabriëlla. We were going to call the prince and fast, but as soon as we got out of the room some jerks walked right into us. Anton who doesn't have a whole lot of brains created a scene with the thugs. That was what they had been hoping for they pulled their weapons and started hitting and shooting us. This was the first time that Franceska fired a gun, but she was a natural at it. The first shot didn't go to well, but after that she started hitting them where it hurts. Lucius helped her deal with the ruffians that were shooting from one side off the hall and Anton thought that a shotgun is for hitting people so he went into close combat with the other two by the elevators. The two gunmen were easily taken out by some great shooting and started to run. Anton took out his one guy rather quickly and went on to the next. Lucius and Franceska chased the villains into the stairwell and gave them the mercy kill there rightly shooting them in the back from close range. It was a massacre, there was blood all over the walls and the floors. The entire area looked like a disturbed Cubist had tried to paint the hotel corridor in blood. On the other side of the corridor the last ruffian had commanded Anton to walk with him. Anton did what he was told and hitting the guy as hard as he could while doing it. The guy went down. Sadly at this point dinner came walking out of the elevator, two security guards who had been alerted to some trouble in the hotel at that floor. They were met by a rather impressive guy who held them at gunpoint. They still tried to disarm the man and met their doom as such. The whole area was brilliantly staged to make the police think that everyone involved had died. Still it was always better to call the Prince. They were summoned to the Prince's residence and had to tell the story. Sadly Anton was well know for little things that got way out of hand and it was a close shave not to get punished for him. He was sent out of the room and the Prince told the others what the deal was with Anton.
January 9
The next evening the meeting in the Gedächnisch Kirche took place and they decided to go. It was quite a show. Caine told all the usual things and destroyed a Vampire in 5 seconds flat, that is including leaving the stage and crossing the room. The whole Vampire society was there: both Camarilla and Sabbat. We decided to follow the leaving entourage of Caine through the tunnels. It was a short but intense walk we tried to make sure that we weren't heard by the people we chased. They went topside close to the Tiergarten and carefully we followed. By the time we were back up again they were nowhere to be seen. We had lost them. Then we heard the sound of a door slamming shut next to where we were. They really weren't aware of us. We quietly trailed into the alley and checked out the door. It had a fancy security system on it, but that was no problem for Lucius. He circumvented the system like we change a light bulb and we were in. There was no-one in the hall we just entered. We pulled our weapons and readied ourselves to attack them. We heard some voices behind the door and they sounded exactly like the language we heard before. We ran into the room and started hitting and shooting. It didn't work, one by one we were taken prisoner they were just too strong.
January 10
We woke up and the most beautiful woman you have ever seen was standing in front of us. With most beautiful I mean that only the slightest glimpse of her makes you fall head over heals in love. She spoke of many things how she was going to take control over Berlin and how her manservant was a powerful Ravnos well versed in the ways of Chimestry. It didn't matter all of that was like the sea wind whispering sweet words of hope and love to me, this is the woman to spend eternity with, but she left shortly after. This could not be I had to be with her I couldn't be parted from her these chains they will not stop me, I..will be free!!!!!!! Sadly my mind came back by the time I had dealt with the guards, I helped my friends break out of their confines of their bonds. We quietly left the prison, when a snake rattled over the stone. We thought we were caught, but it was one of Schreckt's archons. He told us to come with him to the palace. The city was in utter turmoil. Only one of us would be able to steer my Beamer through the chaos Franceska. She sped through the city like a hot knife through butter. When we arrived at the palace we were sent to meet the prince. Both princes were present and Schreckt was there too. We told him the story. He left to the city, but before he left he gave us a boon for helping him. I immediately asked if he would clear my name. He said he would try, so now I'm hoping he is honour bound to keep his word. The others went back to Holland and under the current situation I think I will follow.
