| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | !Season 2 |
| 4 | [[folder: Chapter 13: Unnatural Troubles]] |
| 5 | ->''"Foul whisp'rings are abroad. \ |
| 6 | Unnatural deeds \ |
| 7 | Do breed unnatural troubles."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''William Shakespeare, Macbeth''' |
| 9 | The coterie deals with the political and personal pressures caused by the oncoming conflict with the Camarilla. |
| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | |
| 12 | * FullNameUltimatum: X delivers one to Nelli after she refuses to get in the car. He didn't know her ''actual'' full name, because he doesn't know it back then, but he uses what he thinks is her full name. |
| 13 | * FriendlyGhost: Petronella is trying to warn the coterie and when given the occasion to talk she's very pleasant. |
| 14 | * {{Frameup}}: X tries to set one of these in motion despite the fact Victor doesn't need him to. |
| 15 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: X is deeply exasperating to the coterie this episode. |
| 16 | * KickTheDog: Nelli murders a security guard during a feeding. |
| 17 | * HiddenDepths: X proves to be a urprisingly competent driver. |
| 18 | * ISeeDeadPeople: Nelli can see ghosts via her Sense the Unseen ability. |
| 19 | * ISeeThemToo: Eva can see ghosts Nelli can, via her Tremere abilities. |
| 20 | ** X can see the ghosts via his Shared Senses ability used on Nelli. |
| 21 | ** Later on everyone can see Petronella. |
| 22 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently, the Queen Mary is suffering a bunch of ghosts inhabiting it. |
| 23 | * NotHelpingYourCase: X's attempts to frame another security guard when Victor already has a plan to deal with the dead one. |
| 24 | * PetTheDog: Victor orders ten years of the dead guard's salary to be paid to his family. |
| 25 | * RoomFullOfCrazy: Chloe's room. |
| 26 | * StringTheory: What Chloe does in the ending scene, while trying to figure out how Jasper could still be alive. |
| 27 | * UnfinishedBusiness: Petronella is angry over the fact Griffith Park was taken from her family. |
| 28 | * WhatTheHellHero: X delivers one to Nelli after she purposely drains a human. |
| 29 | * VengefulGhost: Petronella's uncle wants to kill Nelli. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder: Chapter 14: Eye for an Eye]] |
| 33 | ->''"“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. a burn for a burn. \ |
| 34 | a life for a life. that's how all this got started. \ |
| 35 | and that's how it's going to end.”'' |
| 36 | -->-- '''Jenny Han, Fire with Fire''' |
| 37 | |
| 38 | Attempting to rescue refugee Tremere leads to a tense standoff with rival vampires and the police. Nelli's [[spoiler: sister is kidnapped.]] Chloe disappears without a trace. |
| 39 | ---- |
| 40 | |
| 41 | * ActionBomb: Most of this episode consists of a long action sequence in a mall parking lot. |
| 42 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Tired of Victor's equivocations, Fiorenza just asks this. |
| 43 | -->"Who is dead?" |
| 44 | * ASimplePlan: The player characters are supposed to pick up three Tremere from the Grove. [[spoiler: It ends with a bunch of dead cops, dead security guards, and a dead Camarilla Sheriff.]] |
| 45 | * BadassBoast: Victor after Jasper pushes the Sheriff off the ledge. |
| 46 | -->'''Victor:''' ENJOY THE VIEW! |
| 47 | * BloodMagic: The Gangrel Sheriff knows advanced Thaumaturgy. |
| 48 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Jasper towards Annabelle (doubles as a BadassBoast). |
| 49 | * TheDragon: Marcos is introduced as this to Prince Thomas. |
| 50 | * EpicFail: Not quite in the fact they do rescue the Weird Sisters. In every other sense, it has resulted in a massive escalation of tensions. |
| 51 | * EscortMission: The plot of this episode is escorting three Tremere refugees to safety. |
| 52 | * FriendlyFire: Jasper is hit with one of the Weird Sister's blasts of witchfire. |
| 53 | * HistoryRepeats: Jasper, again, kills a pair of humans by bashing their heads together. |
| 54 | * PoliceBrutality: Invoked by Victor, when a policeman tries to arrest him. |
| 55 | * {{Pun}}: The coterie mocks Nelli's naming conventions, by telling her fans her new fragrance will be named "ANT - icipation". |
| 56 | ** "Climbing up the walls" pun returns. |
| 57 | * VigilanteExecution: Jasper takes it upon himself to kill the Sheriff of Los Angeles despite being mostly disabled. |
| 58 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Markos is killed in his opening appearance. |
| 59 | * TheWeirdSisters: Of course, Violet, Hester and Kyoko, a group of Tremere vampires are this. |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder: Chapter 15: Gentle Manners]] |
| 63 | ->''"Full bellies breed gentle manners. \ |
| 64 | The pinch of famine makes monsters."'' |
| 65 | -->-- '''Hilary Mentel, Bring Up the Bodies''' |
| 66 | |
| 67 | With the Masquerade and their safety both in jeopardy, the coterie regroups after a deadly encounter with the Camarilla. Do their new Tremere allies hold the answers to survival? |
| 68 | ---- |
| 69 | |
| 70 | * BigShutUp: When Abrams interrupts one of Victor's futile attempts at explaining his prior actions. |
| 71 | * BloodMagic: Eva, the Tremere uses Thaumaturgy, which is basically this. |
| 72 | * BreatherEpisode: After last episode's ActionBomb and before the war escalates. This episode is very low key, consisting mainly of characters talking about past events. |
| 73 | * CantTakeCriticism: Victor takes being lectured badly. |
| 74 | * ColorMotif: White is a color of purity and divinity, but also the color of death in some cultures. Eva dresses in an all white outfit. |
| 75 | * CourtMage: Eva's role in vampire society. |
| 76 | * EnragedByIdiocy: Annabelle at the beginning of the episode, when calling out Victor. Later on, also Jasper, when Victor babbles about his secrets to everyone and at the end Abrams, for the same reasons Annabelle was. |
| 77 | * {{Facepalm}}: How Jasper reacts to Victor trying to talk his way out of being lectured by Baron Abrams. |
| 78 | * FantasticRacism: What most Kindred express towards thinbloods. |
| 79 | -->'''Victor:''' They're like ghouls plus. |
| 80 | * {{Filler}}: Nelli isn't present to advance the plot, so it seems to be put on hold, while the characters just talk to echother. |
| 81 | * FlowerMotifs: Red and pink flowers, mostly roses are Eva's aesthetic. She also gives different kinds of flowers to the coterie members after she arrived. |
| 82 | * IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Victor seems to be unable to realize how reckless he's being, thinking himself to be somewhat untouchable. |
| 83 | -->'''Abrams:''' You probably expect me to yell at you...\ |
| 84 | '''Victor:''' Nope!\ |
| 85 | '''Abrams:''' Well, you were wrong!!! |
| 86 | * ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: Victor's "plan" for distracting the police seemed like it to HIM. And only to him. |
| 87 | * HotWitch: Eva is both beautiful and creepy, she also uses blood magic. |
| 88 | * HumblePie: What Victor goes through for the entire episode. |
| 89 | * LoopholeAbuse: Fiorenza uses this to get Victor out of killing a Camarilla Sheriff, though it's implied to have stretched even her considerable resources. Apparently, it doesn't count as murdering a Prince's right hand if you haven't announced you're the Prince yet. |
| 90 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: The Tremere in the Camarilla have been teaching non-Tremere the secrets of Blood Magic. |
| 91 | * WhatWereYouThinking: What Annabelle, Eva, Abrams, and Jasper subject Victor to. |
| 92 | -->'''Abrams:''' If "fine" exists in the bright center of the galaxy, you're on the planet that's farthest from it. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder: Chapter 16: Teardrop]] |
| 96 | ->''"Teardrop on the fire \ |
| 97 | Fearless on my breath"'' |
| 98 | -->-- '''Massive Attack, Teardrop''' |
| 99 | The coterie is informed that Nelli is in danger by Gregory Demetrios and work to rescue her. Baron Therese pays a visit to the club, and Chaz brings news from the Prince. |
| 100 | ---- |
| 101 | |
| 102 | * {{Blackmail}}: Chaz reminds Nelli of the fact that he has dirt on her. |
| 103 | ** BlackmailBackfire: Events force Nelli to admit to the rest of the group what Chaz has over her. |
| 104 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The group figures out that Gregory is blood bound. |
| 105 | * TheCavalry: Gregory and the gang arrive to rescue Nelli, who is staked underneath a church. |
| 106 | * DamselInDistress: Nelli is like this as she's staked and left buried under a church at the start of the game. |
| 107 | * DarkSecret: Nelli has four of these. One: That she has a sister. Two: That she's haunted. Three: That she's a diablerist. Four: That she has been working with a member of the Second Inquisition. |
| 108 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: Gregory has to choose between drinking more of Nelli's blood and returning to the FBI. |
| 109 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Therese from ''Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines.'' |
| 110 | * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Therese and Jeanette despise each other. Therese talks an excessive amount of trash about the latter. [[spoiler: Despite the fact that they're the same person.]] |
| 111 | * INeedToGoIronMyDog: Eva gives this as an excuse to get out of a conversation regarding Jasper. |
| 112 | --> "I left my cauldron on boil." |
| 113 | * LesCollaborateurs: Therese has been working with the Camarilla and suggests the others do the same. |
| 114 | * ManipulativeBitch: Therese proves herself to be one by almost turning the coterie against their own interests and towards the Camarilla. Chaz, ironically, ruins any chance of them making peace by pissing them all off. |
| 115 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Therese gives Annabelle an understated one in that she'd do better to be thought of stupid by staying silent than proving she was by speaking. |
| 116 | * RescueArc: The story begins one with Nelli's sister being kidnapped by her long-dead great uncle. |
| 117 | * ShipTease: Jasper and Eva has some of this. |
| 118 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Victor tries to be this by declaring himself Prince of L.A. |
| 119 | * SmugSnake: Chaz continues to ooze this in every scene he's gotten. |
| 120 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: The team has to work with Gregory at the start to rescue Nelli. |
| 121 | * {{Troll}}: Victor declares himself Prince of L.A. This is absolutely ridiculous and everyone knows it but the Camarilla be required to treat it as a serious claim. |
| 122 | * TheUsurper: Victor wants to be this to Vannevar. |
| 123 | * WhamShot: Gregory is contacted by the Second Inquisition who offer to bring him back in. |
| 124 | * WhatTheHellHero: Victor delivers one to Nelli after finding out many of her secrets. |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | [[folder: Chapter 17: Duel]] |
| 128 | ->''"A duel of personalities \ |
| 129 | That stretch all true realities"'' |
| 130 | -->-- '''Joy Devision, Dead Souls''' |
| 131 | The coterie with the help of Eva and Kyoko, attempt to rescue Nelli's sister Isabel from the ghosts. |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | |
| 134 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: The player characters despite numerous bad deeds this season are much better people than Antonio. |
| 135 | * BigBadWannabe: Antonio is ultimately dispatched [[spoiler: for now]] mid-way through the season despite being set up as the BigBad. |
| 136 | * CollapsingLair: The Spanish church collapses after Antonio brings it down on the coterie's heads. |
| 137 | * DamselInDistress: Nelli's sister is trapped under some sort of curse that prevents her from awakening. |
| 138 | * DramaticIrony: Antonio is trying to dig into a grave to get into the Labyrinth when the entrance is straight West from his location. |
| 139 | * EvilPlan: Antonio wants to get into Jasper's Labyrinth. |
| 140 | * EvilUncle: Antonio is willing to torture his female descendants and has some sort of EvilPlan that will grant him vast supernatural power. |
| 141 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Petronella is being forced by Antonio into helping with his plan. |
| 142 | * GenreShift: After many political twists and turns, this is a rescue mission straight from an action movie (except with ghosts). |
| 143 | * HateSink: Antonio has no discrenable redeeming qualities and his only motivation is power. |
| 144 | * HollywoodExorcism: Eva and Kyoko perform one of these on Nelli's sister. |
| 145 | * IHaveYourWife: The object of the quest is to rescue Nelli's sister. |
| 146 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: The rules from ''TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion'' are used here. |
| 147 | * PetTheDog: Jasper and Victor refuse to kill the host bodies that Antonio and Petronella were using. |
| 148 | ** Indeed this rescue is one of the most unambiguously good acts the protagonists have done. |
| 149 | * PeoplePuppets: A pair of Park Rangers are possessed by Antonio and Nelli's aunt. |
| 150 | * PoliceAreUseless: Chloe's attempt to get help in finding Jasper only alerts the Kindred about him. |
| 151 | * RescueArc: ''Duel'' ends Nelli's rescue arc. |
| 152 | * ShipTease: There's more Eva and Jasper this episode. |
| 153 | * {{Spellblade}}: Jasper gets a knife that can be used to harm ghosts. |
| 154 | * SixthRanger: Eva joins the party in taking down Antonio. |
| 155 | * TheStinger: Chloe meets with [[spoiler: Fiona]] who promises to tell her all about Jasper. |
| 156 | * StormingTheCastle: The coterie must break into a decaying Spanish church to rescue Nelli's sister. |
| 157 | * WhamShot: The revelation of [[spoiler: Fiona]]] going after Chloe. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder: Chapter 18: The Warning]] |
| 161 | ->''"You had the warning \ |
| 162 | You didn't want it."'' |
| 163 | -->-- '''Neverending White Lights, The Warning''' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | Victor attends a meeting of Los Angeles' Barons in order to figure out how to fight or negotiate with the Camarilla. |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | |
| 168 | * BadassAbnormal: Nines is considered this by Victor. Nines disagrees, pointing out the stories about him are gross exaggerations. |
| 169 | * BigGood: Utterly subverted by the Barons of Los Angeles who turn out to be every bit as bad as the Camarilla. |
| 170 | * BullyingADragon: The group gives away Victor's richest territories to Fiona and he lets them know this will not stand. |
| 171 | * BrokenPedestal: Victor loses all his faith in Baron Abrams and Therese because of this. |
| 172 | * TheChosenOne: Annabelle is selected to be this as a cynical ploy by the Barons. Nines believes she can actually pull it off. |
| 173 | * GunboatDiplomacy: The Barons believe they can make a peace treaty with Vannevar if they kill one of his high-ranking supporters. |
| 174 | * HeadInTheSandManagement: Victor isn't making smart decisions but he's attempting to make decisions, which none of the other Barons seem capable of doing. |
| 175 | * HumiliationConga: The entire meeting turns out to have been one of these. |
| 176 | * IgnoredExpert: Victor attempts to explain the situation with the Inquisition and Camarilla, only to be ignored. This despite the fact Victor is the only one who has encountered both. |
| 177 | * {{Irony}}: Jasper is a Kindred assassin and Nelli G is a former Camarilla socialite. Jasper chooses to help infiltrate the Camarilla and Nelli G chooses to help kill [[spoiler: Chaz.]] |
| 178 | * OnlySaneMan: Victor appears to be this at the meeting. [[spoiler: Subverted by the revelation Nines is also on Victor's side.]] |
| 179 | * RabbleRouser: Annabelle is selected to do this. The Barons believe she can enrage the Kindred of Los Angeles against Vannevar Thomas. |
| 180 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Nines proves to be one of these, he just knows to keep his mouth shut when things go south. |
| 181 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Combined with NoodleIncident. Apparently, Victor has met a Salubri in the past and considers them to be the Kindred equivalent of such but he "hasn't seen any lately." |
| 182 | * TheScapegoat: Victor takes the heat for the Grove incident despite the Camarilla being heavily involved. |
| 183 | * ShutUpKirk: The Barons of LA continuously shoot down every single plan Victor suggests. |
| 184 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Barons all give Victor one of these. |
| 185 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: Victor is stripped of the best parts of the Valley and these are given to [[spoiler: Fiona.]] |
| 186 | * WhatTheHellHero: Victor gives the Barons of Los Angeles this for [[spoiler: carving up his domain and giving a good chunk to Fiona.]] |
| 187 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Victor is stabbed in the back right before they ask him to infiltrate the Camarilla. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder: Chapter 19: Red Flags]] |
| 191 | ->''"Cause I need red flags and long nights"'' |
| 192 | -->-- '''She Wants Revenge, Red Flags and Long Nights''' |
| 193 | |
| 194 | The vamily goes to negotiate with Hollywood's Nosferatu. |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | |
| 197 | |
| 198 | * AssholeVictim: The Nosferatu break their neutrality over Chaz Price because he's a scumbag. |
| 199 | * TheBarnum: Gary plays to the greed and gullibility of the group. This actually backfires as they prove more polite, respectful, and reasonable than 99% of Kindred in their position. |
| 200 | * BreatherEpisode: The episode is almost entirely a negotiation between the Vamily and the Nosferatu of the city. |
| 201 | * DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: Gregory and his team were NOT Second Inquisition. They were "just" SAD Hunters. Their failure leads Gregory to joining the real thing.]] |
| 202 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Nosferatu Warren is actually a fairly comfortable manor under the cemetary. It's damp and a little flooded with malfunctioning lights but otherwise quite cozy. |
| 203 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Gary won't murder Chaz for the coterie. He will imprison him, though. This is less ethics and more the coterie couldn't afford his price. |
| 204 | * EvilDetectingDog: Annabelle is nonplussed to find out that animals are terrified of her, even rats. |
| 205 | * ForeignQueasine: Gary insists on serving rats at the dinner despite only Jasper being able to stomach them. |
| 206 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: Gregory is debriefed by the FBI and has to choose whether or not to betray Fiona as well as the vamily to Firstlight. [[spoiler: He instead betrays Fiona.]] |
| 207 | * HiddenDepths: All of the Nosferatu have it. |
| 208 | * KarmicJackpot: The player characters successfully negotiate Nosferatu neutrality and several large favors despite Gary fully inviting them just to humiliate them. |
| 209 | * LargeHam: Gary Golden hams it up as a master actor. |
| 210 | * NeutralNoLonger: The Nosferatu fully intended to sit out the conflict but Victor negotiates a lot of support out of them. |
| 211 | * PolitenessJudo: Gary attempts to outgross the heroes while acting as a pleasant host. The player characters treat him as an excellent host and shame him. |
| 212 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gary Golden is not necessarily impressed with the coterie but also hears them out. |
| 213 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Gregory is given one of these [[spoiler: and unwittingly passes. They already knew who Fiona was.]] |
| 214 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: Annabelle suggests this is a possible fate if they don't help the Anarchs. It doesn't impress Gary. |
| 215 | * ShoutOut: Gary frequently quotes movies in dialogue. |
| 216 | * TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler: Gregory betrays Fiona to the Second Inquisition.]] |
| 217 | * {{Troll}}: Much of Gary's performance is him trying to make the party uncomfortable. Arguably it backfires as the group is willing to take it all in good grace to the point that it impresses Gary's coterie. |
| 218 | * WhiteDwarfStarlet: Both Gary and Imalia were once famous but had their careers destroyed by their Embrace. |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder: Chapter 20: Innocent Monsters]] |
| 222 | ->''“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, \ |
| 223 | all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. \ |
| 224 | Life swarms with innocent monsters.”'' |
| 225 | -->-- '''Charles Baudelaire''' |
| 226 | |
| 227 | Victor, Jasper, and Nelli G go visit the Camarilla while Niles and Annabelle attempt to recruit a gang called the Valkyries. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | |
| 230 | * AllForNothing: Victor's plans to get in touch with Vannevar and hammer out a peace treaty fail miserably. [[spoiler: Because Vannevar doesn't want peace.]] |
| 231 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Victor gets one good dig into Vannevar by asking why he's here instead of San Fransisco. |
| 232 | ** BlatantLies: Vannevar denies he's fled San Fransisco and claims he's just after a bigger prize. |
| 233 | --> Victor: [[TakeThat Los Angeles is much better than San Fransisco.]] |
| 234 | * AssholeVictim: Rags and his gang are drug dealers who use children to ferry their business, that seems to include blood. |
| 235 | * BadassBiker: The Valkyries are an entire gang of these. |
| 236 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Chloe is resisting this to being Fiona's [[spoiler: ghoul.]] |
| 237 | * BullyingADragon: Vannevar and Suzanne treat the coterie as playthings but miss, as young as they are, they have punched above their weight class. |
| 238 | * DecadentCourt: The Camarilla in Los Angeles is a classic example of this. |
| 239 | * DramaticIrony: The Camarilla is grossly dismissive of Victor and company. This is while they're simultaneously recruiting some of the toughest (and most honorable) Anarchs in LA. |
| 240 | * ExactWords: |
| 241 | ** The Prince demands Victor turn over his cellphone so Victor smashes it and hands it over. |
| 242 | ** This fails miserably with the Valkyries who are open, direct, and expect the spirit of requests to be honored as well as the wording. |
| 243 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Rags is Blood Bound to Ramona and forced to humiliate himself in order to stay alive. |
| 244 | * {{Foil}}: The Valkyries to the Camarilla are open, honest, hate liars, and honor their word. |
| 245 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Valkyries are a bit rough around the edges but far closer to this than most vampires. |
| 246 | * GoodIsNotSoft: The Valkyries are cold blooded killers but reserve their anger for those who harm children and their territory. |
| 247 | * GoSeduceMyArchnemesis: Vannevar uses Suzanne to do this on Nelli G but the latter manages to throw it off. |
| 248 | * HumiliationConga: The Camarilla treats the coterie to this while at the Getty. |
| 249 | * NobleDemon: |
| 250 | ** Subverted by Vannevar who is anything but. |
| 251 | ** The Valkyries turn out to be this. They're killers and unapologetically so but do so in service of protecting the neighborhood. |
| 252 | * OnlySaneMan: Combined with ReasonableAuthorityFigure, Strauss seems to be the only person who doesn't go out to deliberately antagonize the [=PCs=]. |
| 253 | * PeaceConference: Victor assumes he can make the meeting into this. It backfires horribly. |
| 254 | * ReconcileTheBitterFoes: Victor's plan that he's been touting for a season is shown to be impossible. |
| 255 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Vannevar and Suzanne both break the rules about using Disciplines in Elysium. |
| 256 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: Vannevar mentions Victor's two (secret) children when talking about people who could be caught up in war. |
| 257 | * SlobsVersusSnobs: |
| 258 | ** The coterie is made to feel that they're a bunch of children playing dress-up. |
| 259 | ** The Camarilla are LawfulEvil cultured scum and the Valkyries ChaoticGood(ish) rough and tumble antiheroes. |
| 260 | * SmugSnake: Both Suzanne and Vannevar despite the fact they have the power to back it up. |
| 261 | * ThrowingOutTheScript: Jasper believes they're here to pretend to be interested in betraying the Anarchs. Victor and Nelli G completely ignore this plan. |
| 262 | * VillainousCrush: Fiona has apparently developed one on Chloe. |
| 263 | * WorthyOpponent: Victor tries to treat Vannevar like this. Vannevar calls Victor a stupid child. |
| 264 | ** Subverted by the fact Vannevar at least admits he likes Victor more than he thought he would. |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder: Chapter 21: Embrace the Dark]] |
| 268 | ->''"I unlit the light to embrace the dark '' |
| 269 | ->''To be near but not turn into you, my darling."'' |
| 270 | -->-- '''HIM, Sleepwalking Past Hope''' |
| 271 | |
| 272 | The coterie decides to murder Chaz and send a message to the Camarilla. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | |
| 275 | * AssholeVictim: No one sheds a tear when Chaz buys it. |
| 276 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Not quite but Chaz is a centuries-old Elder they ended. |
| 277 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Chaz doesn't lose his cool even when it becomes clear he's going to die. |
| 278 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the coterie are particularly welcoming to X except for Annabelle. |
| 279 | * KilledOffForReal: Chaz buys it despite being a multi-season character. |
| 280 | * HeelFaceTurn: X formally breaks with Baron Therese and comes to live in the Valley. |
| 281 | * HomelessHero: X becomes this after he abandons Santa Monica. |
| 282 | * InternalReveal: X reveals he's a spy to the coterie. |
| 283 | * ItsPersonal: Nelli G wants to be the one to kill Chaz no matter what. |
| 284 | * MookHorrorShow: Chaz's ghouls are overwhelmed by the coterie very easily. |
| 285 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: The coterie decide to go ahead and kill Chaz as a message to the Camarilla. |
| 286 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Chaz crumples to ash upon his death. |
| 287 | * PlayingBothSides: Fiorenza reveals she's keeping the Camarilla informed of their actions. |
| 288 | * RousingSpeech: Annabelle gives one of these to the Anarchs of LA to rise up and fight Vannevar Thomas. |
| 289 | * VillainsDyingGrace: Chaz praises Nelli G with his last words. |
| 290 | --> "Well done." |
| 291 | * WhatTheHellHero: Annabelle is not happy that X was spying on them. |
| 292 | * WomanScorned: Nelli G's hatred for Chaz is a major theme of this episode. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | !!Epilogues |
| 296 | [[folder: Chapter 22: The Devil's Garden]] |
| 297 | ->''"There is a reason why all things are as they are."'' |
| 298 | Nelli and Victor attempt to solve the next clue in the Griffith curse mystery while confronting new developments in the politics of the undead. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | |
| 301 | * AncientConspiracy: Not so much ancient but apparently one existed in early Los Angeles that involved the sale of Griffith Park |
| 302 | * BrokenPedestal: Vannevar is this for Gary Golden and Victor both as they had hoped he'd prove a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. |
| 303 | * FamilyHonor: Patronella is obsessed with being acknowledged as honor of Griffith Park even though it's useless to a ghost. |
| 304 | * GenreShift: Much of this is a puzzle/mystery story that is far removed from typical vampire politics. [[spoiler: Then Gary Golden shows up.]] |
| 305 | * MementoMacguffin: Nelli discovers that her necklace and earrings are actually tools to open treasure troves. |
| 306 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A practical one as the Nosferatu's support is the only thing that might help the Anarchs win but requires Victor to go back on his word. |
| 307 | * SeriousBusiness: Vannevar and Suzanne carelessly broke Elysium rules to abuse the Anarchs in ''Innocent Monsters.'' What they didn't seem to realize was that the Nosferatu only exist because of such formalities and consider it proof Vannevar cannot be trusted. |
| 308 | * ShipTease: Victor and Nelli are all but confirmed to be in a casual (but loving) relationship. |
| 309 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Gary and the Nosferatu are disgusted by the violation of Elysium by Vannevar Thomas. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder: Chapter 23: Watch The Night]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | Night riders Annabelle, Sycorax, and Kasey hit the midnight highway together. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | |
| 317 | * TheAggressiveDrugDealer: A funny example as one shows up randomly to a bike accident to peddle drugs. |
| 318 | * AnarchyIsChaos: Jeanette and the Valkyries love raising hell for its own sake, which Annabelle finds off-putting. |
| 319 | * CainAndAbel: Appropriate for vampries, Jeanette wants to kill Therese. [[spoiler: Who is also her other personality.]] |
| 320 | * CoolBike: All three women have excellent bikes without going to traditional stereotypes. |
| 321 | * EpicFail: Kasey ends up taking a huge dive off the side of Los Angeles freeway when she's trying to impress Annabelle with some bike tricks. |
| 322 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 323 | ** Kasey is a former police officer. |
| 324 | ** Jeanette displays a savvy that rivals her sister. [[spoiler: No surprise since they're the same person.]] |
| 325 | * LawmanGoneBad: Kasey is a former member of the highway patrol turned vampire vigilante. |
| 326 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Jeanette says that this is the only way to deal with the Camarilla. |
| 327 | * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Jeanette says this is inevitable and if Annabelle wants to succeed then she's going to have to get her hands dirty. |
| 328 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Jeanette claims they're going to murder someone to demonstrate whether Annabelle has what it takes. Annabelle talks them down. |
| 329 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Jeanette's conversation with Annabelle has a lot of this as subtext. |
| 330 | * SuicideByAssassin: Jeannette encourages Annabelle to kill Therese. [[spoiler: Even though they're the same person.]] |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder: Chapter 24: Save the Darkness]] |
| 335 | Ib returns to lead a daring daylight raid to free a prisoner from the Inquisition. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | |
| 338 | * ADayInTheLimelight: It's an adventure featuring characters who are usually in the background. |
| 339 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: The protagonists are trying to rescue Chloe, who is a innocent, from vampire hunters. |
| 340 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Comes with the fact the protagonists are ghouls. |
| 341 | * TheBusCameBack: Ib returns after being called back to her master. |
| 342 | * DamselInDistress: Chloe has been taken by the Second Inquisition. |
| 343 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: Played with as Greg pretends to be himself. |
| 344 | * HeelFaceTurn: Chelsea has become Nelli G's ghoul and operative. |
| 345 | * HeroAntagonist: The player characters are fighting vampire hunters. |
| 346 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Gregory, despite being torn between his loyalties, chooses Team Vampire by killing a Federal Agent. |
| 347 | * LesCollaborateurs: Technically, the protagonists are humans siding with vampires. |
| 348 | * MadScientistLaboratory: Chloe is in one of these. |
| 349 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Gregory handing over information on Fiona results in Chloe being captured. |
| 350 | * WhamLine: Ib reveals this is going to be her last mission. |
| 351 | --> Chelsea: They're going to turn you? |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder: Chapter 25: Dark Hallways]] |
| 355 | Jasper, Eva, Chloe, and Fiona have a discussion over recent events. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | |
| 358 | * BreatherEpisode: Albeit one that results in a lot of drama. |
| 359 | * ExactWords: Eva tricks Fiona into giving her, her blood. Eva points out she'll be able to see what she does with it. Which doesn't mean Eva won't use her magic on her. |
| 360 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Fiona comments that they keep asking Jasper what to do about Chloe when it's the latter's decision. |
| 361 | * IChooseToStay: Chloe decides she can't return to her mortal life and wants to be a part of the vampire world. |
| 362 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome: Fiona's opinion. Chloe seems to have a similar one. |
| 363 | * LivingLieDetector: Blood of Truth makes Eva into one of these. |
| 364 | * LoveTriangle: A nontraditional one with Jasper, Chloe, and Eva. [[spoiler: Chloe becoming Eva's ghoul complicates it even more.]] |
| 365 | * TheMissusAndTheEx: A non-humorous variant as Jasper is caught between Eva and Chloe. |
| 366 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Fiona turns out to genuinely have Chloe's best interests at heart. She even offers to Embrace her. It's just both Jasper and Eve know this would destroy her. |
| 367 | * WhatTheHellHero: Chloe has this reaction to Jasper keeping his survival a secret from her for five years. |
| 368 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Jasper and Eva act like this. |
| 369 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Chloe talks about how vampires could do so much good in the world. Is informed, no, they are monsters. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 |
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