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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zubkavich" data-source="post: 882792" data-attributes="member: 8810">Session Sixteen: Sacrifice For SnakeKaren tries her best to console Sandra as she stumbles, dizzied from the mental impression caused by Tim’s death. The psychic leader of Department-7 can’t pinpoint where it happened, and she’s in no state to concentrate further. She goes to lie down and try to figure out what they can do to find Jacob before he is snuffed out as well.Karen quickly explains to Onan about Tim’s demise and they discuss possible courses of action that they could take. Karen also shows him the black scar on her arm that’s been throbbing when not exposed to light. He tries to cast sunlight upon it, but it doesn’t seem to have any effect. After examining it more thoroughly, he decides that there may be a way to purify it.“I’m going to need gemstones, as pure as you can get to focus the light through and sear that sucker off.”“Gemstones? Like jewelry?” she asks, confused.“Uncut or polished... emeralds would probably work best. I don’t know where you’ll be able to get ‘em. I didn’t come up with this stuff; I just try to carry out the spirits' will as best I can.” he says with a shrug.Karen thinks about some of the investments that her father left to her after his death and wonders how much she’ll have to liquidate in order to buy enough gemstones. Her thoughts are cut short by the shrill ring of one of the cel phones they recovered from the mysterious snake woman at the water treatment plant. The cel phone that used to belong to Tim...As Karen reaches for the phone, she gains a supernatural flash of insight. Like before, she knows who’s on the other end of the line before she even picks it up or checks the call display screen: Morfuseid.“Hello.” she says with a grin.“Who is this? How did you get this phone? Where are you?” Morfuseid asks in rapid succession, obviously tense.Karen realizes that Morfuseid doesn’t know that she has the phones. That must mean the snake woman hasn’t been able to report back yet!“Calm down, pal. No need to be in a rush. Let’s just say that I’m someone who’s obtained a cel phone.” Karen says, amused that he hasn’t recognized her voice.A long pause follows.“Alright, stranger, let’s play. I’m interested in paying handsomely for that phone you have. Can we arrange a meeting place?”“Nuyorican Café, in about twenty minutes?” she inquires.Another pause.“Y-yes... that’s fine.” He hangs up quickly.With the clock ticking, Karen gathers up the group and lets them know about the little meeting she’s organized.“Are you actually going to go and let him see you there?” asks Setakawa in shock.Karen laughs.“Probably not. I want to see how many guys he can pull together in that short a span. We’ve got to put him on the defensive. If we get him going on a wild goose chase for a bit, we might just figure out where the snake woman’s gone in the meantime.”The group jumps into the Department-7 van and drives by the café, careful not to linger or look out of the ordinary. Parking a few blocks away, Karen and Tupilak sneak closer to the restaurant, climbing a fire escape on a building across the road and using a set of Evan’s binoculars to get a better look. After a few minutes of checking around the café, she can see a few suspicious men in the alleyway behind. Looking more extensively, she can see a sniper set up on one of the adjacent rooftops, watching the front of the café like a hawk.“Should we slay these dishonourable dogs?” asks Tupilak, obviously ready for an impending battle.“No. We’re not getting into this and getting ourselves killed. We’ll get them Tupilak, just not right now. Keep your anger in check and let’s get back to the others.”While the group drives back to Dog-Eared Pages, Karen wonders why Morfuseid isn’t better informed. Unless the snake lady drowned, she should have been able to get in touch with him, identify her attackers and give the Shadow-Borne a heads-up on the assault at the water treatment plant. When she voices this to the others, Onan comes up with a possible explanation.“Maybe the snake-chick doesn’t want Morfey to know that she screwed up?” he surmises.(to be continued... there's quite a bit more to come...)</blockquote>

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