Lies Deceit and Loss

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February is the carnival month and in honour of the great and famous "Bal du Rat Mort", the Prince of Ostend decided to host a Bal Masqué of her own. As is custom with such events, every attendee was required to wear a mask of some sorts, preferably a nicely crafted mask and not something found in the first supermarket you encounter. Much to the likings of the Toreador Prince, a lot of guests had made an effort in finding an original or at least remarkable mask.

Although things with Bruges still hadn't calmed down - on the contrary, now even the Prince of Brussels, Nikolaus Vermeulen had intervened in the matter of the rebel Nosferatu - all things were set aside to enjoy an evening of music, dance and polite conversation.

That the Court had not been complacent about the threats that endangered Ostend became apparant when the Scourge claimed to have found some clues concerning the vile evil threat. He had obtained an address were he could find something that would further the investigation and decided to visit the location. This clue was certainly to be taken seriously as the Seneshal decided to assist in the matter.

After the group had left the party, things quieted down again and the party resumed. The Prince was enjoying the company of her "sister", the Prince of Bruges was discussing matters with the Giovanni ambassador and others were also engaged in various conversations. Several Kindred also held a short meeting to discuss the increasing disturbance of the Golden Key. Not only the Ventrue, but also others had experienced some kind of losses in the last month. An investigation showed that there was definately Kindred envolvement in the organisation.

All of a sudden, a shriek came from the table of the Prince. Jennifer de Crystallin wailed in disbelief as Prince Bellefleure fell unconsciously off her seat. Many rushed to aid the fallen Prince and she was carried by Jean Vermoote into one of the private rooms of the Old Post Building followed closely by Jennifer de Crystallin and Mélanie Verbert. The Prince was laid down on a sofa but not much later, her body started to shiver, while both Mélanie and Jennifer held their heads in pain. Both told they had had a sort of vision in which a line or wire snapped or was being cut. Since this was clearly out of the league of the present Kindred, the Seneshal was called. Unfortunately the Seneshal did not pick up his phone, not even when the Head Harpy herself called.

When the Keeper of Elysium, Alessandro Giovanni was called upon to see if he could not reach the Seneshal, he asked the others in a serious tone if they had not seen the Prince pass through the walls in the spiritual plane right before she fell unconscious. This, together with the vision of the two girls gave some Kindred an idea of what had happened to the Prince.

In a last attempt to bring the Tremere back to the Post Building, Jennifer used her power to summon the Seneshal. This worked, as not much later the Seneshal arrived and was immediately brought to the still unconscious Prince. He asked everyone to leave the room, but unable to reason with the desperate Head Harpy who wanted to stay at the Prince's side, he had to use his powers to convince her it was in the best interest of the Prince to leave the room.

A good deal of nervously waiting later, the door of the meeting room opened. Unfortunately, the Seneshal came out alone. He immediately called the attention of everyone present to announce that he would replace the Prince for the rest of the evening as she would not be able to attend any longer herself. After this announcement, the Head Harpy sped off again into the room and she was not seen anymore that evening.

At the end of the evening, everyone was still shocked about what had happened. Another set of rumours also found their way to the party. It was said, that the Sheriff had been ambushed by the Brujah Neonate Bart Boucké...