November 23, 1800. 3: 45 a.m.
sitting room
Carleigh stood up from her chair as the last of the group filtered into the room. All fourteen Kindred, plus Ana, were here. They could begin.
"Alright everyone." she began. "As you all know, we are in a dire situation..."
"Can somebody besides Pederston lead the meeting?" Sugar asked the assembled. "I'm getting kind of sick of this..."
Carleigh slapped her forehead in exasperation. "Fine. FINE. Someone else lead. I don't even care!" she collapsed back into her chair.
Sugar suddenly realized everyone was looking at her. "Oh, am I supposed to do it?"
"Well, we can't have me leading, can we?" Carleigh said sarcastically. "So go ahead, Ms. Kelly. If you have better ideas about how to run this."
"Actually, I think I do!" Sugar bristled. She turned her attention to everyone else in the room. "Okay people. The Society is down the street. We're totally isolated, unprepared, and there are only fourteen of us against a city full of them. And before anyone reminds me, yes, they caught me. Yes, I was reckless. And no, I do not plan to make the same mistake. Moving on. We have nothing except ourselves and our own abilities against these guys. Anyone got any ideas at ALL?"
"Well...." Mei spoke up after a brief pause. "We should probably send some scouts back to Geneva. Just to lay low and find some of their weaknesses and then exploit them and then take all their power and conquer the world and become dictators and.....sorry."
Everyone stared.
"Yes, well...." Sugar muttered.
"Scouts would be a good idea, though." Seldes spoke up. "Strong as they are in Geneva, they must have some weakness."
"Okay." Sugar shrugged. "And will you volunteer, Sel?"
"Sure." the Nosferatu nodded. "If that's okay with you." he turned to Sharma.
The Assamite nodded.
"So I guess we're still traveling in our preassigned pairs then." Sugar observed. "That's probably a good idea. Okay, so Seldes and Sharma go to Geneva and check things out there. What do the rest of us do?"
"I would reccomend training." Michaela spoke up from her corner by the window. "Practice our abilities. Refine them."
"And we should start looking into information on the Society in general." Carid suggested. "Give us a better idea of what to expect."
"Alrighty then!" Sugar clapped her hands once. "Everyone got an idea of what they're doing? If you're into physical combat, train, if you're into strategizing, study, and if you're into reconnasissance and have Disciplines like Obfuscate and Quietus, go to Geneva. Got it? Good. Meeting adjourned."
"Well, that was quick." Carleigh muttered.