
First day
in town, and it's time to make an impression on the local Don. Both
feet first and don't look back.
Meeting Jeremy. More information on St. Claire. Who's this stranger at
the door?
Meeting Tony, offering ideas for Chiminage. Jeremy's got lots of toys.
Who gave him a credit card anyway?
Evening. Signe stops by again. More discussion of Joshua, Nat's
greenhouse. Jeremy wants a date, and Tony's Chiminage is accepted.
Meeting Trevor. Questions and eavedropping. Then Salem takes Nat out to
meet the Sept Alpha.
Morning. Meeting Joshua. It is not a good idea to punch cubs. Lather,
rinse, repeat. The beginning of a rocky relationship.
Fury's a bitch. Sparring with Tony.
Evening. Meeting Katrine. The Walkers visit the farmhouse.
Meeting Jeremy's roommate. Discussing the Russians.
Talking to Salem. Then talking to Jer and Tony about Katrine and Joshua.
Morning. Meeting the Gnawers. Vomiting drunks, and strange mimes.
Afternoon. A pep talk for Tony and cookies.
Evening. Nat has a question for Katrine: you ready to come back to the
city?
Morning.Chatting with Jeremy about cubs.
Afternoon. Joshua at the farmhouse again. Still not impressed
Evening/night. First time meeting Cat, another cub. Guess what? Not
impressed! Also, a quick visit from a perky stranger.
The perky stranger's still there. Meeting Alicia. Getting a brief
history of St. Claire.
Morning. Salem's going to do what? Nat stomps on toes and doesn't
apologize.
Evening. Party at Reggies. Note: drunken Galliards say and do more than
they would otherwise. Watch for a grumpy Signe!
Natalie and Katrine head over to Alicia's, only to find a party in
progress. Natalie opens up a bit under the Fostern's prodding and
vents, with little effect.
Alicia and Tony in the
barn. Nat tries to help Tony with his spine problem. Confessions.
Morning. Salem makes
it official. Joshua tells his side of his Rite
Afternoon. Nat works
on her greenhouse and talks to Signe about Pack. Tony and Joshua stop
by.
Night. Tensions are
running high about the Russians. Joshua finally pushes Nat too far.
Out! Out, damn'd Spot!
Tempers are still high
when a so-far unmet Ragabash waltzes in and starts getting bitchy.
Morning. Being an
Elder is itchy work. Nat discusses with Salem, among other
things, her two biggest problems.
Afternoon .Jeremy has
information on the Russians! Megan gets filled in during an impromptu
war meeting. Leala's first chance to prove she can lead.
Nat goes over to
Jeremy's apartment to find out what he thinks of Leala, and
gets a bit of a spanking.
Afternoon. Nat heads
to the farm to talk
to Megan, but ends up meeting possible packmates. That Emma, she's not
too bad.
Two crazy kids are
back from Vegas. That's not the interesting bit, though - Konstantin
drops by.
Afternoon. Out at the
farmhouse, discussing Pack. Who and what.
Evening. Beware
strangers bearing gifts. But wait! Not every Walker is criminally
insane!
The
various Tribal Elders get together for a moot. On the menu: Grilled
Galliard
Nat talks to Tony
about possible packing.
Afternoon. Nat runs
into Signe and Salem. Mostly there's griping, though a bit of
information is shared.
Nat heads out to the
farm a week after booting Josh from the Estate. Her plan is to talk to
him like a reasonable person, and a cunning plan it is, too.
Afternoon. Interlude.
Nat's has a chat with Cat. It's hard to tell who's more surprised
by it - him or her.
Night. There's a
drunken Joshua at the gate, demanding his property.
Things go downhill from there
Nat hears things she's
not especially pleased about, then learns about the sanctified dead
Walkers(tm).
Afternoon. A visit
from the Master of Challenges. Nat's Challenge for Leala is approved.
Chatting with Quentin
in the greenhouse. Info for the wandering Galliard.
Questing for
Wolverine. No one expected him to ask that, though.
Early Morning. Natalie continues to make friends and influence people.
Later. Nat gives Leala the terns of her Challenge. Tony has a headache.
And Nat's still pissy!
Nat hunts Joshua down. No one
dies! After that, she talks to Trevor and Emma and gets her car stolen.
Evening. Natalie has a question for Signe. Ashley
and Jamethon demonstrate the proper use of pointy weapons. Ashley
apologizes!
A long day. First Ashley and Emma. Later she talks with Tony, then
Leala. Why no, I don't think
they like each other either.
Nosy questions for the Philodox lead to a Kodak Moment(tm). Then the
boys invade and things get rowdy.
Nat stops by the brownstone to see if they have any more information
about tonight's fight.
Afternoon. Out to the farm to find Joshua and find out what he thinks
of Megan's decision.
Night.
The
Wolverine pack's first task. Things don't go quite as Nat plans.
See! Quentin attempt to cheer
people up! Smell! Everyone in the room! Hear! Jacinta ask Nat a
question!
Instead of attending Salem's ritualized death, Natalie was off picking
bar fights. A girl's gotta do, right?
First sighting of Flash. Nat's a nutcase magnet! Then giving an
unimpressed Joey the lowdown on the Walkers.
All sorts of
people at the barn. More Flash, some Alicia, and a very strange Coggie
cub.
Social call on
Alicia. She gets some background on recent (and not so
recent) events, then grills the Galliard about...
Afternoon. There are good days, and then there are bad days. This,
gentle reader,
is one of the latter.
Word's gotten out about the fight. Sympathy is found in unexpected
places. Wistful discussion of the old ultra-violence
Afternoon. Natalie pulls Leala into her office for a quick discussion
of What If You Were Elder.
Night.Tony and Nat discuss a few things, though the Galliard leaves
with a sour taste in her mouth.
Megan lays down the law about Joshua. Firmly.
Nat seeks solace in the arms of her sympathetic packmates. No, not that kind of solace. Signe gets a
blast from the past!
Having finally tracked down some help for Joshua, Nat offers it to
him... and is slapped down. No surprise there. A nice talk
with Cutter.
Ashley and Natalie go walkies, and the Walker attempts to explain basic
rules of City Life to the Fury.
Leala's Challenge is judged.
Signe comes over to help Natalie pack.
A visit to the barn uncovers... a bully? Only it's sanctioned bullying.
Confusion.
Ashley and Natalie have Plans. Scary, no?
Afternoon. Nat escorts Joey and Olga to talk to Megan. Natalie is
Submissive.
Natalie's first Moot. Nat gives Opening Howl, Tony plays Fool. Josh and
the Get are frothy. So, you know, the usual.
ICly takes place
immediately after the moot. First appearance of the Freaky Guy on
Horseback. Nat never notices him
A kinfetch lead members of Havoc to a shiny new Get. He's remarkably
calm about the whole thing.
Later. Nat remembers to tell Signe about the Revel.
Freaky Guy on Horseback. People
are unimpressed. Ashley gets her nose slapped.
No no, bad dog!
Out to the farm
to continue playing
news hound. Trevor has unsettling news.
Afternoon. Natalie calls Flash on his offer to teach Rites.
Natalie the Easter Garou brings chocolate to the Farmhouse. Her reward?
She gets to go upstairs with Flash!
Nat comes across Megan and takes this chance to report.
Atcen makes an appearance, then a question or three
for the Alpha.
One Walker
leaves, another enters! Joshua returns to the City, and Nat bosses him
around. It's so peaceful.
Later. Natalie
returns to the Dominion. She takes pity on
Joshua and is stubborn at Ali. Did I mention the Apocalypse?
There's yet another cub in Jeremy's apartment, and he's whiny and
passive-aggressive too!
Early morning. Natalie follows up on last night's cub.
Tossing around
ideas for Joshua's
new deed name.
Afternoon, Harbor Park. A Gnawer has Issues with Joshua. Nat is
noncommittal.
Natalie playes peacemaker between Eve and Joshua.
Evening. The Get have a new cub, and Natalie plays Welcome Wagon. Watch
for: proof that he's Get!
Natalie meets with Megan to share some information - in the middle of a
bar, no less.
Patrolling with
Josh and Emma, then news for Signe, and then
facing the irritation of three Get in one small room!
Later that same night Nat stops by the brownstone again, only to find
that Dillen needs less teaching than expected. Hm.
There's a new Walker Philodox in town. He's about as
close-mouthed as Thomas was, but Nat doesn't like this one.
Very short. An
otherwise cheerful
day is interrupted by that cub of Dakota's.
Still at odds
over Sly. Jeremy
plays
peacemakes, and comes up with a brilliant idea. Those kin are so useful.
The end of Sly.
Yes, it is possible to push a Gaian too far.
Out practicing
her tracking, Nat comes across Dakota's scent.
A reasonably
quiet afternoon with Flash and Natalie: nosiness.
What starts as
patrol changes to dinner, then an exploding Fury!
ICly continues
immediately after the previous scene. Nat and Marcus get to know each
other a bit better.
Out on the porch
with Trevor and Emma. News is exchanged. Nat brings up that tired old
topic.
Not Natalie,
apparently. It's all the fault of Trevor's guitar.
Olga takes
offense at Nat's suggestions for training cubs.
Part One. Alicia, Natalie, Trevor, and Megan
tell stories
Part Two: Flash, Isaac, Seeker, and Brian have
tales to tell.
Nat comes across Joshua in the process of fleeing Cockroach Manor, and
makes an offer she may regret.
Evening. Natalie approaches Cutter. with a number of questions,
including one biggie
Thankfully, there's no singing and no angels in curlers.
Afternoon. While at the Dominion Nat runs into a stranger.
Someone has Screwed Up. Nat and Josh go to tell Megan, only to find out
she already knows. Oh, good.
Immediately after. Nat has to make sure that Marcus wasn't the idiot,
then starts making and executing plans.
Jeremy receives a slightly hysterical phone call.
Who's going into real estate?
Jer has some info for Nat and Marcus
Afternoon. Nat takes Marcus out to meet the Sept Alpha.
Evening. On a run through the Caern Nat has a serendipitous encounter.
Takes place evening of the 16th. Josh 'cooks' supper.
Megan, Olga, Erika, Nat in the park. Also, a Cutter sighting.
ICly takes place immediately after Riddles. Nat keeps Marcus informed.
Isn't always what you expect
Early Afternoon. Sparring with Dillen in the barn. Emma, Artemis,
Dakota, Jamethon
Evening. A call from Rina sends Nat over to visit.
Two days after that most baffling incident in the park, Nat's gotten
Olga to come over for a little squeezing.
No, just Marcus and his cousin, the lawyer.
Nat arranges for Megan to meet Paul.
Evening. Dr.
Gordon and Ms. Baker
discuss the state of various collegeiate
antics. No, really!
A
fairly baffling phone
call from Alicia.
ICly takes place
around the 15th. Natalie
Baker, messenger girl
What
started out as a
simple walk in the rain turns into a bad day.
Take one Walker, add a
full moon and some
thwarted career goals. Add a forest and stir.
Soon
after. There's a new
Kin in town. Her efforts to be discreet are trampled by Mr. Personality.
One dense day. Information sharing. Emily needs to be sniffed.
Discussing manners. Chaffeuring plans change abruptly when Josh phones.
A phone call made during the middle of the previous scene - Nat updates
Marcus.
What started out as a simple discussion turns - yet again - into a
dominance struggle between Nat and Joshua.
What a cozy Sunday morning looks like at Roach Central
Too bad Lucas has to go out to the farm. Nat teaches Lucas a bit.
Evening. Nat and Emily head out to SCCU to try and get information from
that possible Veil Breach witness.
Morning. Nat and Emily fret over the lack of
information from last night, then Jeremy decides he needs to ride to
the rescue.
Immediately after. A
calming interlude with Emma, in which Nat finally tells someone what's
eating her.
Early afternoon. Emily plays Galliard while
Nat removes her boxing bag from her old apartment.
Mid-afternoon. Joshua. Feeling his oats.
Why suffer when you've got a perfectly good supplier of morphine?
Evening. An insistent roach spirit leads Natalie out to find a new cub,
but things aren't ever quite what they seem.
Marcus is his usual Marcus self. Emily gets to watch dominance games
from close up!
Dedicating clothes for
Lucas. Lucky for him Emily went shopping.
Afternoon. Nat delivers Lucas out to the farm and updates Megan.
Evening. First: teach the cub who's boss. Second: give her a name.
Third: ...how long is this list, anyway?
Chaney comes
downstairs for a little
socialization, a little dancing, and a lot of peanut butter.
Evening. There's a
suspicious man at
Nat's apartment asking questions about her truck. Hmm.
Afternoon. Natalie and Chaney spend some time bonding over blocks.
Discussing Chaney with Emily, then Marcus gets uppity. Again. Josh
meets Chaney, then all hell breaks loose.
A normal snarky morning at Roach Central. Marcus refuses to help. What,
as they say, a shock.
Nat's got news for the Gnawers about this pesky PI. Also, who better to
figure out enigmas?
Cat has Issues with Chaney. No, really. Issues. How'd all these Silver
Fangs join the tribe, anyway?
Late morning. Nat reports her lack of information to Owen and Erika.
Immediately after. A call to Emily. Natalie promises swift
retribution... denied.
Afternoon. Chaney gets
a bath, Josh
refuses to play by the rules. Chaney gets to hear them.
Very short. Emily and Natalie upstairs. All is Not Well. Angst.
A little while later. Marcus has had it up to here, which leads to an
unsurprising confrontation. Angst
Roughly an hour later. Marcus and Nat hash things out. Marcus hears
some history. Chaney likes bagles!
The day after the Great Hunt. Havoc gathers at the Dominion to share
news.
After Havoc has left, Nat finds Marcus in an upstairs hallway.
Questions about the future
Night. What happens when you only think you've closed Chaney's door. A
visitor!
The strange visitor from yesterday shows up at the door. This time
Natalie lets her in!
Afternoon. Emily and Nat head out to the farmhouse to talk to Lucas.
Natalie: vicious animal. Getting Chaney dressed, then an unfortunate
encounter with Dirk.
Immediately after. Chaney eats half a jar
of peanut butter. Oh yes, and gets clothes Dedicated.
Afternoon. For once, Marcus isn't the biggest bastard in the Tribe.
Nat goes to have Words with Olga. She's properly apologetic, even if
the other bitch isn't.
Evening. Chaney and Nat head down to visit Emily. Look for: the cruelty
of it all.
Signe comes to ask a favor. Then there's news to deliver, and
Challenges to kvetch about.
Teaching Chaney tribes only gets so far, and then Nat gets a bee in her
bonnet.
Out at the farm, Nat gives Lucas the lowdown of what it means to Be A
Walker(tm).
Afternoon. Later that same day, Nat gets to play errand girl for Megan.
Good: Chaney's toilet training goes better than expected. Bad: Marcus
is a bastard.
Afternoon. Downstairs after a five-martini lunch, Nat and Marcus bond.
Sort of.
And then there's a kin...
Takes place immediately after the proceeding log.
More cub-training. Auspices, the
remaining forms, and the beginnings of Mother's Tongue. And then Tag.
Nat and Marcus talk for the first time since the 30th. The clue bus
arrives for the Galliard.
Nat has an uncomfortable phone call to
make. Well, uncomfortable for her.
Evening. Taslyn brings Chaney a present, and Chaney gets to show off.
Chaney shows Marcus her rapidly expanding vocabulary. Scary, innit?
By the beautiful trees... Afternoon.
Natalie is all wet, then hunts down that tape.
Discussing their problem Kin, including the roundabout news delivery
(which never makes Nat happy).
Evening. Nat finds out who's been trespassing on her property, and she
intends to make them stop.
Marcus and Emily go find a private school for their son. You heard me.
Afternoon. Nat hauls Marcus in to play lie detector. An impasse with
the killer. Decisions.
The long-awaited Walker Moot. Nat plays her auspice. Tension.
People just don't write letters any more.
Josh is back in town. This is the first chance Nat's had to talk to him.
Good news all around for the Walkers. I
don't think it'll last either.
Nat gets to explain her position about Vampires. Again. Josh doesn't
take it well. What a surprise.
Afternoon. Remember the other day? When I said good things couldn't
last? Yeah.
Night. Nat plays butler for a beaten-up Rina.
Evening. Nat finally has a chance to talk - really talk - to the new
Kin in town over pizza.
Night. After Marcus brings in a new cub, Nat tries to do a little
paradigm shifting.
Saul gets some basic training
More lessons for Saul. Then the boys get riled, and Nat almost gets
shot. Again.
Saul and Jeremy bond. Chaney has a
new word. Josh is obnoxious. Nat shoots Marcus.
Evening. Nat Challenges Owen for Fostern. What, is she nuts?
Nat's not the only Galliard to play messenger.
Attempting to, anyway. Nat goes to talk to Olga about various and
sundry things.
Emily brings news and a question. Marcus just brings lip.
Oh, and more lessons for Chaney. And popsicles, too!
Megan isn't very happy about the 'Yi thing'
Immediately after. Imagine finding Yi here.
Evening. Drowning sorrows. Snarling at Marcus.
Chaney starts learning to fight in homid.
Many stories. Challenges of all sorts.
Nat shows either cajones or stupidity. Or both.
Nat hunts down her personal jester for
some words of comfort.
Immediately after. Finding Trevor, and
speaking to him. More stubbornness!
Immediately after again. Back to the
Mansion, and words with Marcus
Yet again, immediately after. Nat goes to
fetch Chaney home. Bouncing. Very short.
Or how a perfectly good walk gets ruined
Afternoon. Megan exhibits an unfortunate
sense of timing.
Immediately after. Nat has a favor to ask
of Marcus.
Marcus' Challenge for Elder, and a
strange phone call.
Phone call from Lucas
Nat meets a new cub out at the farmhouse
A rare visit from Jeremy at the Dominion.
Chaney would like a gun please.
Afternoon. Lucas comes to whine at
Natalie about that phone call
Evening. Nat heads back out to the farm.
Mary gets some history, and Jacinta is boggled at.
Saul's been doing some research. Not
enough, though.
A welcome visit from a packmate. Look
for: Nat's socks
Discussing the Russian situation with
Marcus. He's nosy, isn't he?
Interlude. Nat introduces to Jon to her
sort of place.
A motley assortment of Garou make a raid
on Alex's hideout, with mostly good results.
Cub sparring with Saul leads to a
particularly Walker theology.
Nat picks a bad time, and bad news, to
talk to Megan
Presents for the cubs. Saul likes his
books.
Out at the farm, and there's a new
Strider in town.
Marcus continues to be nosy about Nat's
personal life. Jon calls at just the wrong moment.
At the farm and avoiding Marcus, Nat runs
into her second new face of the day. Unexpected sympathy.
Marcus and Nat have dinner together.
Sharing news, and Nat loses it over...
Nat goes out to find Joshua at the
Ahroun's request. He has a present for her - of sorts.
Scene in progress. Nat and Jon at dinner.
An unexpected phone call. Story time.
Night. Nat finds Mary at the farmhouse.
It continues to be story day.
Phone call to Harold, Wendigo kin. He's
got a job for Havoc.
Phone call. Jon gets more than he
bargained for, and Nat has a favor to ask.
Back at the Dominion after the movie.
Saul and Jon geek, and the Ahroun proves he's still a cub.
Nat calls Emily (on vacation) for some
advice.
Jon comes over to make dinner for the
Walkers. Saul is burbly about his future.
Jon comes over to spend time with Nat
despite the moon. Takes place right before she leaves for two weeks.
After returning from Minnesota, Nat has a
chat with her little wannabe Neo
Nat and Jon had a fight, and Emily calls
to make Nat feel alllll better
Shortly after. Emma interrupts Nat at a
mysterious chore in order to drop a bomb about Signe's Challenge
Boyfriend, meet pack. Well, it mostly
scans.
Just like Jean Grey, Nat's dream of a
Safehouse is reborn.
Evening. Olga has some information she
wants to pass along.Who's this
eavesdropper? Scene cut short.
Nat finds WB out in the woods and fills
him in on Tribal business
An impromptu Walker Moot - Jon and
Jeremy, anyway - finds the Garou discussing housing options.
Short scene. Nat starts Saul on the
Mother's Tongue.
Nat runs into Jana at the farm. Some
attempted trading of Rites goes sour. No cream for Nat's coffee!
Sidekick. Jon tells Nat about some houses
on the market.
Signe and Nat take bodyguarding into
their own hands. Cap'm Plague, huh?
Sidekick. More money discussions. How
very... Walkery.
Sidekick. Good news for Natalie!
Another new Ahroun in town, and he rubs
Nat the wrong way.
Nat goes looking for advice, and finds
Megan. Walks away with all her skin intact, too!
Being conscious for Sense Wyrm is only a
formality. Nat gets the beginnings of a story.
Nat finally gets Scratch to sit down long
enough for story time.
Nat and Nicodemus play dress-up for each
other, and Nico
finds something... interesting.
Natalie gets to hear a real story told by a real Galliard. An exchange of favors.
Nat gets her butt handed
to her on a silver platter,
then returns the favor. Stubborn cubs.
What happens when a Galliard and an
Ahroun discuss babies and the making of same.
Jon comes over, then Rina, and then
Emily. Nat's instincts kick into high gear.
A new Ragabash, huh? The Fangs
bring in both guns to check him out.
Immediately after. Tu asks for an
info dump, but doesn't get quite what he expected.
Phone call from the Elder. Hoorah!
Marcus returns. Look for: Nat
squealing like a little girl and attempting to pump him for details.
Scratch thinks Marcus isn't quite
himself. After a little demonstration, Nat doesn't think so either.
While attending a 'how to behave at
Moot' class, Nat (and everyone else) gets a little shock.
A little info dump from Harold.
Nat, Marcus, and Jon meet up at the
new place for keys and a tour. My, she's possessive.
The first of many. Signe does a
little work on the new place.
Emma has a couple of questions for
Nat. Later, Marcus attempts to mediate.
The Sept Alpha comes by for a tour,
and to talk to Tu. Later, Marcus and Nat discuss Christmas.
Nat talks to Signe about the
weekend's activities, then Havoc makes plans with their two wanna-bes.
ICly takes place early morning of
the 15th. Havoc and Scratch go to take out the gang.
Marcus gets snippy at Natalie for
her handling of David.
Meeting Erik; an exchange of stories
Tu wants to talk to Natalie about a
tentative pack.
Cheerleading her Alpha and avoiding
subsequent smack down.