This page collects an archive of the history of the fifth story in the Awakening chronicle. For details of the current story, see the main History page.

Story V - To Catch a Wolf

This story ran from the 3rd to the 4th of April, and was primarily concerned with the troupe's search for the missing Downtowners pack. They contact the Mictlan Chantry, who are believed to have engaged in battle against the pack more than once recently, and follow up a lead regarding the Downtowners' recent three-way conflict between the Chantry and a vampire nest in the ghetto. Things get more complex upon their arrival in the neighborhood of said vampire nest.

To Catch A Wolf, Chapter I - Family Dinner

Chapter I - Full Chatlog is here. Set on the evening of April 3rd, a day of the new moon. Back at the Lab over a family dinner, the group agrees to Amrita's proposal that their next objective will be to find the missing Downtowners pack. She gives a profile of the missing Garou, plans are made and then changed when the group realizes that their privacy has been compromised by parties unknown.

Chapter I Blue Books and Scenes

• Am & Jack: A Walk on the Beach (Codes: NGI, Rating: G) - set on the morning of the 3rd, prior to the start of the chapter itself. Amrita and Vox meet with Jack Carter of the Night Sky Pack. Information is shared and complications ensue.
• Am & Jack: A Safer Remove - (Codes: NGI, Rating: G) - After Jack leaves, the scene continues, and they are able to discuss things more clearly once cooler heads have prevailed.
• An Uncivilized Hour (Codes: NGI, RO, Rating: PG-13) - The details of Ro's morning phone conversation with Elijah Levi of the House of the Setting Sun, and later with Juan Ventura of the Mictlan Chantry, wherein the details of next chapter's meetup are set forth.
• A Familiar Name (Codes: NGI, BS. Rating: PG-13) Set a bit after An Uncivilized Hour, above. Molly explores her own memories for traces of a certain mysterious fellow. Written between stories, but set here.
• On Silent Wings (Codes: NGI. Rating: PG) - The details of Linda's Umbral flyover investigation referenced in the main chapter. She encounters a Lost Dog and gets a lead from him, and then finds a slight one of her own before a trio of Banes take up the chase. 

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To Catch A Wolf, Chapter II - The Ace of Questing

Chapter II - Full edited chatlog is here. Set at midday on April 4th, a day of the new moon. The group heads out to East LA and meets with a cabal of monster-hunting Mages of the Mictlan Chantry led by Juan "Ace" Ventura. They learn that Ace's Chantry had a recent battle against the Downtowners due to confusion when both groups tried to attack a vampire nest in Bell.

Chapter II Blue Books and Scenes

• The Empty House (Codes: NGI. Rating: G) A side scene taking place in an...

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To Catch A Wolf, Chapter III - Lost and Found

Chapter III - Set maybe 20 minutes after Chapter II. The group investigates the blighted environs of Bell around the Leech nest that Ace's cabal pointed them towards. In the nearby park, they do find a Garou, but rather than one of the Downtowners it is a Lost Cub named Billy King.

Chapter III Blue Books and Scenes

• Leaps In Faith - (Codes: RO. Rating: G) Set shortly after Chapter III. Amrita, Joseph and Linda see Billy off to the care of the United Front and a discussion of Amrita's actions and their whys and wherefores inspires Joseph to give her a deed name.
• Billy King - (Codes: NGI. Rating: PG for some thematic elements). Set a bit later in the same day. Billy begins the process of learning about the Garou, and discovers his auspice. Some details pertaining to On Silent Wings, above, may become a bit clearer with a read through of this scene.

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To Catch A Wolf, Chapter IV -

Chapter IV - Played 10-7-2012, still set on the afternoon of April 4th, perhaps an hour after the last scene, after Billy King was handed off to the United Front. Lacking solid leads at the park, the troupe went back to the alleyway where the actual fight between the Downtowners, the Mictlan Chantry and the Vampires took place, and there found a blood sample that allowed them to trace the Downtowners to their safehouse. A tense meeting began, and the troupe helped heal the Downtowners' wounded. Tio, the Downtowners' leader, dropped a bomb regarding his pack's plans.

Chapter IV/ Story End Blue Books and Scenes

• Epilogue - (Codes: NGI, BS. Rating: PG) here's the end of the chapter and the story. The troupe deals with the aftermath of Tio's declaration that his pack is breaking its territory off from the Glittering Dreams Sept's protectorate.
• Strange Bedfellows - (Codes: RO. Rating: PG) Set later on the 4th, after the chapter ended. Amrita and Joseph head up to meet with Jack Carter re: the Downtowners situation and to plan for the future. She takes Joseph into her confidence, and he promises to help her keep her promises.
• Catching Molly - (Codes: RO, BS. Rating: G) set on the morning of April 5th. Ro gets some alone time with her mother, and finally asks a question that she's been dreading.
• A Social Visit - (Codes: BS, NGI. Rating: n/a) Set around lunchtime on April 5th. This was an actual tabletop game session run in Malibu, set between the stories. We're putting notes and a summary of the session here. Under construction.
• Once Upon a Time - (Codes: BS, NGI. Rating: R) April 5th, 4:30 PM. Ashton pays a visit to Molly Brennan and the two of them take a trip down a once-abandoned road called memory lane that leads them to a Central American jungle, rampaging vampires, an extended firefight and the revelation of Ro's paternity.
• Momentum of Memory - (Codes: RO, BS. Rating: PG-13) Set immediately after Once Upon a Time, above. Ashton heads to his motel room and shows Amrita how he feels about her, overlapping with filling her in on what he's learned about Molly and Ro.
• Who's Your Daddy? - (Codes: BS, RO. Rating: PG) April 5th, night. Ashton, Molly and Amrita meet up with Ro at Molly's house and break the big news to Ro, who is... surprised.
• Deciding to Play - Ashton and Amrita discussing Ash's thoughts on Rowena and his plan of action. 
• A Need Realized  - (Codes: RO Rating: G) April 5th, night. After Ro leaves, she takes a walk on the beach with Ozy, wherein she realizes a few things.
• A Small Favor - April 6th before Rowena arrives.  Ashton calling Agent Jackson to ask a small favor of him.
  
• Independent Spirits -  (Codes: RO, BS Rating: PG for minor language) - April 6th, noon. Ro and Ash begin finding new footing in their suddenly evolving relationship and finding common ground, after all.
• Do We Have An Accord? -  (Codes: NGI, Rating: G) April 6th, 1:00 PM. Amrita and Joseph (with behind the scenes help from Jack Carter) broker a quick meeting between the Downtowners and representatives of the Glittering Dreams Sept, to helpe establish talks about the dispute.
• Decompression Session 1 - (Codes: RO, Rating: PG) April 6th, immediately following Do We Have An Accord?, above. Joseph and Amrita discuss the prior scene and a few other things, and he helps her blow off a little steam and stress.
• The White Plum House - (Codes: NGI, Rating: G) April 6th, afternoon. Ashton takes Ro with him to the White Plum House chantry, meets most of the Chantry members and has them take a look under his hat.
• Is There a Doctor in the House? - (Codes: NGI, Rating: PG for a bit of language) - April 6th. Ro begins her legwork in order to find Jonathan and Christi and manages to find one Hermetic that she might actually get along with for more than five minutes.
• Delicate Negotiations - (Codes: RO, Rating: G) - April 6th, evening. A glimpse into an intimate moment between Ashton and Amrita, in the aftermath of his visit to the White Plum House.
• Surprise Package -  (Codes, RO Rating: PG-13) - April 6th, Later Evening. After a spectacularly busy day, Ro returns to Molly's after her dinner meeting with Jerome Haller only to find something waiting for her.  
• Travel Plans - (Codes: NGI. Rating: G) - April 7th, afternoon. Linda discovers that Miles Cortin is getting ready to hop on a jet, setting up our next story's beginning.

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