2002
- Farmhouse
(March 16) Salem makes a rare visit to the farm house out in the woods,
where all those rural Garou hang out.
- Street Justice
(March 20) Urban Garou take crime-prevention into their own hands, with
mixed results.
- Rina
(March 24) A short one-on-one conversation with John's fiance.
- Totem Quest
(April 30) Synthesis becomes a pack, officially, and binds itself to
Cockroach.
- Alicia Wants In
(May 6) The urban Coggie wants to hang with the Roach-wolves.
- Caern's Fall, Day After
(May 8) After the caern falls to a BSD attack, Garou of the Hidden Walk
flock to the Walker safehouse. Very long log.
- Dirty Gnawers
(May 11) Renee, couch, potato chips. Grumpy Walkers.
- Bored Cub
(May 16) Rheen's getting cabin fever.
- Bloody 'Em!
(May 19) Garou of the Hidden Walk get together to test the Dancers,
kill a few, and perhaps capture one for interrogation.
- Carter in the Pool Hall, Robert at the
House
(May 21) Alicia flirts, and the Sept Alpha scolds. Then -- blast from
the past -- Chaser shows up!
- Lecturing Renee
(May 22) Salem tells Renee a thing or two about how he feels about
Garou who slaughter humans.
- Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake
(May 22) Glissa, widow of a Strider and mother of two Strider kinfolk,
runs into Salem at the park. Kaz shows up, catching Salem in a
compromising position.
- Refugees
(May 23) The Garou discover something interesting in the Umbra of
Harbor Park.
- Lecturing Renee, Part II
(May 26) Salem tells Renee a few more things about how he feels
about killing humans. And on a full moon, too. Tempers flare.
- Four-Leaves
(May 29) Salem is unfriendly to a Bone Gnawer cub. So, what else is
new?
- Attack!
(May 30) The safehouse is attacked by a pack of Black Spiral Dancers.
- Aftermath. Paranoia.
(May 31) Alicia tracks down Salem to where he's holed up in a motel
room outside of the city.
- The Vision
(June 1) Several Garou got visions after the caern fell. Even Salem.
- Meeting, Part I
(June 3) John drags Salem, unwillingly, out to the woods, where the
Garou of the Hidden Walk discuss what to do. Interrupted by most of the
group heading off to rescue Leonard the Wendigo.
- Meeting, Part II
(June 4) The next day, the Garou meet again to continue their plans.
Apart from a Shadow Lord Devil's Advocate, things go remarkably
smoothly. (Look, ma, Garou of multiple tribes can work together!)
Later, Salem meets the tribe's new cub, and then crashes at John and
Rina's studio.
- Pranked by the Wyrm
(June 5) Salem wakes up in Rina's apartment, but any heart-to-heart
bonding that might have occurred is interrupted when the Walker checks
his voice mail.
- Twitch. Twitch.
(June 6) After a sleepless night, Salem responds to a phone call from
Alicia. He tells her about the voice mail, and shows all the signs of
impending nervous breakdown.
- It was WHO?
(June 6) Salem and Alicia settle in for a tense Thursday night,
expecting a Dancer attack. Then Kaz stops by, and drops a bombshell.
- Alicia Gets Official
(June 11) The urban Coggie joins up with pack Synthesis for real.
- Junkyard Blues
(June 12) The Garou of the Hidden Walk gather at the junkyard to await
a Dancer attack, hoping to ambush the ambushers...
- Canvas and Confession
(June 14) Salem shows up at Rina's place to apologize for frightening
her the other night.
- Renee, Final. For Now.
(June 16) Renee finds out that a certain Glass Walker isn't her friend
anymore, if he ever was.
- Nicodemus
(June 17) Nick is a goth ex-friend of Sally MacKay. Some social
pleasantries are exchanged, along with Eamon and Rina.
- Rite of Binding
(June 18) Sepdet, Little Bear, Aubrey, Cameron, Geoffrey, and Salem
beat down a Wyrm spirit so Sepdet can bind it into a talen. But piggy
don't go down easy.
- Calm Before the Storm
(June 19) The night before the big attack, a handful of the Garou
commune with spirits at Harbor Park. And Salem gets some inspiration
from an up-thinking Strider.
- Attack!
(June 20) The Garou of the Hidden Walk make their first major attack on
the Dancer-held caern.
- Good News, Bad News
(June 22) Kaz, newsgnawer in-the-know, relays information to folks, but
not all of it's good.
- More at Harbor Park
(June 23) More Garou-talk at the city park. Later, when everyone else
is gone, Salem surprises the heck out of Kaz.
- More Bad News. Plus, Brittany's Return
(June 24) Salem relays some bad news he got from Daisy, and then joins
Kaz and company at Falcon's Rest to see that Brittany's all in one
piece.
- Near-Fatal Ignorance
(June 25) Lyra misinterprets Salem's level of tolerance, and Adrian
nearly provokes the Walker into a frenzy.
- Dark Wine and Roses
(June 26) At the late Feinan's bookstore/cafe, Salem has a chat with
Aubrey, and then gets to meet Rhiannon. And Rina gets arrested. Also
appearing, the Amazing Cop-Taunting Jeremy!
- Trouble With The Law
(June 27) Rina gets freed, is picked up by John, Salem, and Rhiannon,
and the four of them discuss the situation.
- Cub-Teaching
(June 29) Probably one of Salem's favorite, least-stressful things to
do is to pass knowledge along to a cub, especially one who's eager to
learn. Tonight's lesson: How the Walkers Came to Be and A Brief Synopsis
of Other Tribes.
- Lyra's Gift
(June 30) On the eve of the big battle, Lyra surprises Salem with a
gift. Will she end up on his short list of Acceptable Gnawers?
- The Favor
(July 1, approximately) On the morning before the battle to retake the
caern, Salem visits Adrian to call in the favor he's owed.
- Take Back the Caern, Part 1
(July 1, approximately) One fourth of the first half of the Hidden
Walk's attack to reclaim their caern from the Black Spiral Dancers.
- After the Battle
The following scenes took place in the days after the sept had retaken
the caern. They're in chronological order, more or less. All take
place within the week of July 1st.
- Tatt Gets The Shakes
Tatt starts feeling the effects of drug withdrawal, and gets help from
a couple of sympathetic Glass Walkers.
- Tough Love
John and Salem are determined to clean Tatt up. Against her will, if
necessary.
- Cubs
While getting some fresh air, Salem runs into Lyra, and then Raven.
- Family Visit
Rina comes over to Salem's place to check up on him.
- Pickup at Jarred's
(July 14) Adrian's stuck out in the woods while Owen and Chaser are off
deciding who gets to be Get Elder, so Salem goes to pick up Leslie.
- Party at Salem's!
(July 14) Well, almost. Richard and Lyra conk out early, and Aiyana
and Jeremy head off to find their own party, which leaves Rhiannon,
Salem, and Kaz to discuss city matters.
- News from Rhiannon
(July 15) The US Marshal has some new information about the whole Rina
frame-up plot.
- Salem: Nice Guy
(July 16) Salem goes out to the woods to participate in some cleanup,
finds out exactly what happened to Mikey Nicholson (glurk) and then
bonds with Lyra.
- Salem: Asshole
(July 16) ... And, later that evening, Salem has Words with Aiyana
about her relationship with Jeremy.
- Jacob's Initiation
(July 17) The Glass Walkers give Jacob an object lesson in Garou
regenerative ability, and how to handle getting shot.
- Quentin's Cubnapping
(July 18) A roach kinfetch alerts Salem to the presence of a
ready-to-be-nabbed cub. He and Jeremy go haul the kid in.
- Garou Law 101
(July 19) In which Quentin gets his first werewolf lessons.
- Checking in on the Strider
(July 20) Salem and Rhiannon head out to the sticks to check up on
Tatt.
- No Killing my Cub!
(July 21) Kaz, having heard of Salem's threat to Aiyana, decides to
have a few Words herself.
- Mini-Moot
(July 21) It starts out as a visit to a kinfolk's apartment in order to
teach the new cub some more. It ends with Italian food and a spontaneous
moot. Lessons taught, news passed around, and John and Rina being
very... romantic.
- More Cityfoo
(July 22) More lessons for Quentin, more news from Rhiannon, and a
visit from Alicia's kinfolk brother that ends up being tense.
- Moot
(July 23) The first Moot after the caern's reclaiming. Jarred is
Talesinger, Patrick the Fool. Andrea and Sepdet Open the Sky, and Salem
oversees the Cracking of the Bone. Revel was handwaved. Lots of wild
Garou dancing, introductions, announcements, and preliminary totem
discussion.
- Judgement
(July 24) A self-admitted coward gets judged.
- Post-Burglary
(July 25) Salem drops off Quentin's things.
- Nightsketching
(July 25) Later, patrolling through Harbor Park, Salem comes upon a
moody Rina.
- Linguistics
(July 27) Quentin gets lessons on Garou-speak, among other things.
- Relax, Dammit
(July 28) John drags Salem out of the apartment and forces the most
straight-laced Philodox in the world to relax. Salem takes a step off
the wagon, and then later, falls off it completely,
at least for that evening.
- Kinfolk Concerns
(July 30) Salem, Rhiannon, and Quentin discuss Jeremy's uncertain
emotional equilibrium; there's something on the techigoth's mind, and he
hasn't been talking.
- Persuasion
(July 31) Salem teaches John the finer arts of social manipulation.
- On Jeremy and Packfoo
(Aug 1) Rhiannon sheds some light on Jeremy's troubles, and then John
and Alicia stop by. Packfoo and cityfoo is discussed.
- Goth-Chat
(Aug 1) Salem runs into Nicodemus again, does a little karma cleanup,
and gets some advice.
- Talking to Jeremy
(Aug 2) Salem has a brief visit and a chat with Jeremy.
- Lyra's Return
(Aug 3) The Gnawer Philocub returns from her trip to NYC, and three
members of Synthesis go pick her up from the bustop.
- Totem Debate
(Aug 7) The Hidden Walk gathers to discuss which spirit they're going
to call for the caern.
- Truth Comes in Blows
(Aug 8) In which Salem makes a house-call in order to discuss with Lyra
her outburst at the totem debate and give her some auspice instruction,
and Lyra gets more than she bargained for.
- Peace and Wolf-Tag
(Aug 10) Salem heads out to the caern to witness the cub-pack Gaia's
Own doing some clean-up. Later, he and Lyra make their peace, the cub
having come to terms with her porcupiney Walker friend, and Salem lets
her drag him into a game of tag.
- The Lecture
(Aug 11) Rhiannon bitches Salem out over the whole Lyra-weepy incident.
- Pool Hall, Rina
(Aug 11) Walker Philo and Walker kin chat about things in Reggie's pool
hall.
- Walkermoot
(Aug 12) The Glass Walkers moot. Rhiannon shares news, and then
Roger's farewell DVD is shown. Sniffle.
- Phone Call
(Aug 13) A short conversation between a bomb-making Jeremy and a
curiously deadened Salem.
- Cookies, Totems, and History
(Aug 13) Salem stops by Lyra's place, finds Quentin there, and ends up
giving some lessons.
- Catnap!
(Aug 14) Rhiannon and Salem run into a new cub. Literally.
- Welcome to the Real
(Aug 15) The day after. Hysterics, hamburgers, Umbra 101, and a palm
pilot. Salem at his not-an-asshole best.
- Q, Kin and Cat
(Aug 17) Salem comes home to catch the tail-end of Quentin and Cat's
argument, and later Rhiannon stops by.
- Aiyana Sells Her Soul
(Aug 19) The Bone Gnawer cub has a talk with the Gnawer-hating Glass
Walker.
- Burgers and Reaching
(Aug 20) A meeting of Garou and kin in the local Golden Arches. Later,
Salem finally takes Quentin on his first trip to the Umbra.
- Salem's Shitty Weekend
In which the Walker experiences a really crappy few days.
- Catalyst
(Aug 23) A simple lesson in mages and introductary brawl almost turns
into a fatal case of mistaken indentity.
- Aftermath
(Aug 23) Afterward, John and Salem talk. Angst.
- Rina
(Aug 24) Next evening, Salem goes over to the studio to check up on
Rina, to make sure she's okay. It doesn't go well.
- Hangover
(Aug 25) Salem gets senselessly, depressedly drunk after talking to
Rina, and John finds out. And John's not happy.
- Cat
(Aug 25) Salem finally makes it back home and breaks some bad news to
Cat.
- Monday, Monday
(Aug 26) Brunch the next day with Cat, a visit from John (in which
Salem loses more face with the Walker Elder), and then later a quick
stop by Jeremy's place.
- Drowning Slowly
(Aug 27) The afternoon before the moot, Salem runs into Rina for the
first time since the weekend.
- Moot: Aug 2002
(Aug 27) Mostly handwaved. A new totem is called, and a nexus crawler
is chased off.
- Unexpected Visitor
(Aug 27) After the Moot, a wounded and weary Glass Walker comes home to
find a certain kinfolk waiting up for him.
- Rina and Cat
(Aug 30) A quiet evening of socialization with cliath and cub and kin,
and with almost no angst at all. No, really.
- Patching Things Up
(Sep 1) Salem goes over to Rhi's place. Jeremy stops by later, and
then Lyra's driven over from the farmhouse. Much patching-up and
angst-removal is done... except for Jeremy, who just ends up pissing
Salem off.
- Drew and Diana Miller
(Sep 2) Labor Day morning in Harbor Park. Salem runs into someone he
hasn't seen in almost a year.
- Cat Throws a Punch
(Sep 3) In which a battle-hardened Philodox attempts to give some
fighting lessons to a timid cub.
- Roachy Strider
(Sep 4) Synthesis convinces Tatt to join the ranks of bug-worshipping
urrah.
- Alicia Benatar
(Sep 4) The tail-end of Tatt's welcoming party, involving too much beer
and a karaoke machine.
- Visit to the Coggiepad
(Sep 5) Morning after the party, Salem brings bagels and a Galliard cub
over to Alicia's apartment.
- Ashley
(Sep 5) Salem meets a vegan Get cub, who's then turned over to her
tribe.
- Ragabashy Galliards
(Sep 6) Salem introduces Quentin to Tatt.
- Advice
(Sep 7) Lyra pays Salem a visit, and the Walker gives her a few words
of wisdom.
- Bullets and Blood
(Sep 7) Rina and Cat go to the library and run into trouble. They
return with the former woozy from loss of blood and the latter nearly in
hysterics. So much for a quiet Saturday night.
- Interrogation
(Sep 7) Having patched Rina up and put her to bed, Salem calls John
over to the apartment. Cat weeps some more and gets questioned by John.
- Love Minus Zero
(Sep 8) Harbor Park, early on a Sunday morning. Tatt plays some Bob
Dylan and shares her own special brand of wisdom.
- Challenge
(Sep 10) Renee confronts Salem and issues a challenge.
- Grow a Spine
(Sep 11) Salem sits Cat down and has a serious talk with the cub.
- Renee and Torment
(Sep 13) Alicia and Salem run into the freshly cleaned-up Bone Gnawer.
- Renee Starts to Crack
(Sep 14) Not yet a week has passed, and already the stress of following
the terms of the challenge is showing itself in the ragey little
Galliard.
- Shakespeare and Shadows
(Sep 15) Sniping via the Bard, Lyra all ragamuffiny, and a ghost from
Salem's past.
- The Scottish Curse
(Sep 15) Salem makes an error in ignorance while escorting Rina home.
Takes place right after events of the previous log.
- A Talk
(Sep 17) Walker to Walker, Ahroun to Philodox.
- Adrian
(Sep 17) Later that morning, Salem runs into a runaway Get cub.
- Reunion, Take Two
(Sep 17) A much less volatile meeting between Salem and Scuro.
- Sepdet's Guardian Project
(Sep 19) The Strider Elder has an idea to help keep the Sept from being
caught with its pants down and too few guardians again.
- Saturday Night Full Moon Fever
(Sep 20) Sibling overprotectiveness, frothy Bone Gnawers, and smarmy
Shadow Lords, all under a full moon.
- Renee's Challenge: A Choice
(Sep 21) Sunday morning. Salem has a talk with Renee.
- New Threads, Potential Allies
(Sep 22) Renee in the park with her cool new clothes (courtesy of
Alicia) and an amiable chat between Salem and Scuro.
- Hope-Star... and Hope
(Sep 22) Salem takes a trip down to the caern, has an excellent chat
with Sepdet, and on the way home finds a new reason to be pissed off at
John Smith.
- Pep-Talk
(Sep 25) Salem has a chat with Quentin and nearly reduces the Walkers'
cub population by one.
- FIGHT!
(Sep 25) Salem confronts John -- with bloody results.
- Afterwards
(Sep 26/27, approximately) A squeamish Cat, a couple of Silent
Striders, a bit of Rhiannon, and an insulted Child of Gaia. And then,
alone at last, John and Salem hash out a few things. Peacefully.
- So, about this Alicia chick...
(Sep 29) Luke asks Salem for an opinion.
- Shadows
(Sep 29) Public face, private face. Rina comes to visit Salem later
that afternoon. Aftermath of the talk with John.
- Confessions and Capuccino
(Sep 30) Still troubled, Salem goes for a walk to sort out his thoughts
and ends up at Rina's place.
- Catching up the Kin
(Oct 1) Salem gives Rhiannon some news and finds out about a new
Gnawer-kin in town.
- Neo-Night: First News
(Oct 2) Scuro passes along some interesting information and invites
Salem to a rave.
- Neo-Night: Rave
(Oct 3) Salem goes to his first rave. Other partygoers -- Alicia,
Scuro, Yi, Renee... and Rina, who's very dangerous when high.
- Catching up the Kin II
(Oct 4) Rhiannon learns about Neo-Night and the little red pills, and
Salem gets some bad news about Francisco.
- Quentin Apologizes
(Oct 5) Just as it says. Also, Salem tells Q about the safehouse being
attacked and questions him about Lyra.
- Neo-Night: Strider Info
(Oct 6) Salem responds to a message from Raeye, a Galliard Silent
Strider, and gets some more information about the little red pills.
- Where in the Tellurian is Frankie
Sandiego?
(Oct 6) Francisco Delgado's packmates and family gather at Rhiannon's
apartment to make some inquiries. Also, Neo-Night is discussed.
- Rina Apologizes
(Oct 8) Short and, somehow, quite painful.
- A Visit to Dexter's Lab-er... Apartment
(Oct 10) John and Salem visit a chemistry-minded kinfolk to see what's
in the little red Neo-Night pills.
- Homecoming
(Oct 17) Salem goes out of town for a week for reasons known only to
himself... and as soon as he comes home, work is waiting for him. No
rest for the wicked OR the jet-lagged.
- Teaching Exchange
(Oct 18) Luke wants to learn Rite of Wounding, and Salem agrees to
teach him... for a fair price.
- Still a Jerk
(Oct 18) Renee and Salem, two days before the Gnawer's challenge is
through. No, they still don't like each other.
- Rina Phones
(Oct 18) ...from whereever it is that she's hiding. Salem's got some
ideas, but...
- Ebony
(Oct 19) Salem meets, and terrifies, the new kin in town. Not on
purpose.
- Lies, Damned Lies, and What the HELL?
(Oct 19) Salem meets with Nicodemus to get verification on the
information Alicia got from him... with unsatisfactory results. v
- Passing Information
(Oct 20) Salem passes along word to Tatt about the pills and about
certain oddly-acting informants.
- Worries and Presents
(Oct 20) Unfinished. Later that night, Rina stops by the apartment,
visiting the high-rage Philodox despite the full moon.
- Moot: October 2002
(Oct 22) The pathstone is reinstalled at the caern, challenges are made
and resolved, and new elders are announced... along with many other
things.
- Post-Moot: Rina
(Oct 22) Salem and Cat return to the apartment to find a stressed and
worried kinfolk has broken into the place and is waiting for them.
- Nightmares and Earl Gray
(Oct 23) Rina wakes in the wee hours of the morning, long before dawn,
screaming.
- Breakfast
(Oct 23) Morning. Pancakes and eggs, and nobody beats an Italian in
the kitchen.
- Lesson: Rite of Wounding
(Oct 23) Salem meets Luke out at the Sept Compound to start the
teaching he'd promised.
- Catching Up
(Oct 23) Just a nice little chat with Quentin.
- Julie and Jamethon
(Oct 24) Intimidating a Gnawer, and refusing an offer from a Get.
- Fast Eddie Lo
(Oct 24) A glimpse at Salem's employer, and a tantalyzing clue into
more Neo-Night information.
- More Nico Weirdness
(Oct 24) Alicia and Salem meet up with Nicodemus at Garcia's.
- Bad News
(Oct 25) Tesla comes crawling back to town to tell John's pack that
their alpha is dead. Then Salem, coming home, tells Cat. Shock,
denial.
- Telling Rina
(Oct 25) Salem collects Rhiannon and they go to break the bad news to
John's fiance.
- Mourning
(Oct 26) Pre-dawn, wounds still bleeding. Salem and Rina, neither of
them handling grief well.
- Rage and Vengeance
(Oct 27) Renee picks the exact wrong weekend in which to traumatize one
of the Walker kin.
- Kaz
(Oct 27) Salem runs into the Gnawer that John had challenged for rank.
- Family Business... and Other Things
(Oct 27) Going to Jeremy's place to find that he's still missing,
discussing things with Ebony and Rhiannon. Later, Salem goes to check
up on Rina.
- We Regret To Inform You...
(Oct 28) Rina and Salem go to tell Drew about Chaser and John.
- News and Revelations
(Oct 29) It's difficult having to say that your elder and alpha is
dead. It's harder having to say it again. And again. And again. Salem
stops by the farmhouse on the Bawn to tell Quentin about John and ends
up informing Tatt as well. Tatt then drops a bombshell.
- ...Nothing...
(Oct 30) A visit to Rina's, to see how she's doing in light of this...
new information about John. Painful.
- Farmhouse and Combat Training
(Nov 1) A brief visit to the farmhouse, mainly to give Quentin a lesson
in old-fashioned hand-to-hand.
- Jarred's Tale
(Nov 1) Salem visits Jarred's home to hear the story of how John and
Chaser died, and how the challenge mission went wrong.
- A Lawyer
(Nov 1) Salem visits a bar he knows after going to see Jarred, but his
contemplative brooding is interrupted by a stranger in a suit...
- Bad Cub, No Biscuit
(Nov 2) Salem returns to the apartment for a shower and a nap only to
find that Cat has been been a bad boy in the Philodox's absense.
- Neo-Night: Nicodemus Again
(Nov 2) Salem takes Jeremy with him to get information from Nick. UL
was bad enough, but the news gets worse...
- Angels with Bloody Hands
(Nov 2) Looking for John's contact Mel, Salem comes upon Rina at the
Temple.
- Kansas Gets Cubnapped
(Nov 3) Salem assists the Get in grabbing a new cub, and later gives
Kaz a summary of the whole Neo-Night thing.
- Returning the Wings
(Nov 4) Salem stops by Rina's to return the black feathered costume
wings, and the two of them... talk. A bit.
- Gathering for the Departed
(Nov 5) ...for Chaser-Never-Rests and John Smith. Salem escorts Rina,
and on the way back, the pair walk with Sepdet a bit as well.
- After the Gathering
(Nov 5) Grief and exhaustion and questions that may never get answered.
- Dawn
(Nov 6) Morning. Coffee. Fatigue. Numb grief.
- Morning at Andy's
(Nov 9) Renee runs into the new Scarface Number One looking tired over
a cup of coffee and a newspaper.
- Convincing Cat
(Nov 9) Salem talks to Cat about staying at the Sept farmhouse for a
while. The blow-up of a few days ago? Not even mentioned. No apologies,
either. Bastard.
- Catching Up, the Farmhouse
(Nov 11) Food and warm drinks and social-type things at the farmhouse;
Salem catches up on news and gets prodded at a bit by Kaz, but mostly
just listens.
- Hurt
(Nov 12) Yeah, like the NiN song. Rina, Salem, the Temple. Lashing out,
then patching up.
- Vodka and Blood
(Nov 14) Salem gives in to the temptation of alcoholic oblivion again
and meets Rina as some less-than-friendlies drop her off home.
- Hangover
(Nov 15) Morning after. Lady Vodka is a less than kind mistress,
though the fact of grim responsibility is more painful.
- Letters from the Dead
(Nov 15) Mel, the key, and opening the box.
- Breakfast with Mel
(Nov 16) Salem gets himself a roommate. Again.
- Chatting with the Rat-folk
(Nov 16) Salem talks to Julie and Renee about various things, Neo-Night
especially.
- A Letter for Rina
(Nov 16) Salem stops by the studio to give Rina a letter from John.
- Salem Express, Priority Overnight
(Nov 17) For when it absolutely, positively... has to be delivered to a
junkyard to a couple of pot-smoking Gnawers.
- Rain and Cold
(Nov 17) A miserable weather and a miserable mood. Salem walks Rina
home from the park.
- A Visit From Daddy
(Nov 17) Salem meets Rina's father. If only the circumstances could
have been... happier.
- Tatt Goes Home
(Nov 20) ...Metaphorically speaking, anyway. Salem runs into her at
the Temple.
- Social Call
(Nov 22) Salem stops by Whispering Pines and chats with Ebony and
Jeremy.
- Cold-Hearted Bastard...
(Nov 23) Have we mentioned that Salem and Renee don't like each other
very much? And Salem meets Craig more formally.
- Dinner With Mel
(Nov 26) Mel gets Salem to take her out for some Chinese.
- Suicide Watch
(Nov 26, 27) A call from Rina leads to a very sleepless night.
- "I can try."
(Nov 27) Talking to Rina later that afternoon.
- Orphan's Thanksgiving
(Nov 28) Turkey Day at Rina's, friends and family, old and new.
- After Dinner...
(Nov 28) Salem drops Quentin off, then returns to Rina's with John's
box of papers.
- Lyra and Rhiannon
(Nov 30) Dealing with the results of the former's trauma, and talking
business with the latter.
- First Day of Guardian Duty
(Dec 1) Meeting Kansas again, discussing Neo-Night with Renee and
members of pack Ouroborous, learning some of Rite of Passage from
Andrea, and catching up with Cat a bit.
- What's Eating Renee? And a Surprise Visit
(Dec 2) Salem and Julie get worrisome over Renee, much to the Gnawer
Galliard's chagrin. And Rina drops by the farmhouse unexpectedly.
- Ozzie and Harriet
(Dec 3) Salem, on patrol, runs into Rina not far from the farmhouse.
They talk. He gets her to laugh, even, if only for a moment.
- News at the Farmhouse
(Dec 4) Getting city news while in the sticks. Renee talks about UL.
- Bawn Chat
(Dec 5) Salem speaks briefly to Laura and Tobin. Specifically, he asks
Laura about a certain Black Fury ritual.
- A Surprise Firsting
(Dec 5) In which a young Child of Gaia kinfolk finds out that she's not
kinfolk after all.
- Garou 101
(Dec 7) Salem and Renee do tag-team on the Litany and other basic Garou
lessons.
- Confronting Renee
(Dec 7) The lesson gets cut short as Renee stomps off and Salem follows
after her to the barn. There, he confronts her about certain
suspicions he has about her behavior and gets his suspicions confirmed.
- Advice for Quentin
(Dec 8) Salem has a chat with the tribe's Galliard cub, about Lyra and
other things.
- Chili, Cubs, and Kinfolk
(Dec 8) Touching base with Alicia, having dinner with a few cubs, then
talking to Cat and Rina.
- Insight
(Dec 10) Kaz does a little probing, but is interrupted by a phonecall
from Rina.
- Farmhouse Chatter
(Dec 12) Current events are discussed at the farmhouse. UL, rabid dogs,
and why the Children of Gaia have two elders. Rina pays another visit.
- Renee Gets Cleansed
(Dec 15) Laura performs the Rite. Daisy makes a surprise appearance.
- Barn Chatter
(Dec 18) Discussions about UL and other things.
- More Barn Chatter
(Dec 19) In which Salem is considered to be an asshole. Nothing new,
then.
- Cat
(Dec 22) Salem catches up with the young Theurge.
- Merry Fucking Christmas
(Dec 25) Two cubs encounter a dour Walker as the last hour of Christmas
draws to a close.
- Lyra
(Dec 26) Salem gives advice regarding Fei Lung.
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