2004
- "But I
wanna HELP!" (3 Jan)
Joshua's really obsessed with these ghosts, but his Elder doesn't want
him fighting "daemons" when the kid hardly even knows shapeshifting
yet...
- Dedication,
Interrogation (4 Jan)
Joshua frenzies on Anthony, gets some clothes Dedication, and later the
grown-ups (Rina and Cutter) have a "chat" with the last prisoner...
Salem being absent for the interrogation (though he comes back in time
to assist in disposal).
- Kostya's
Cleansing (5 Jan)
Konstantin seems to have contracted a bad case of the icks, and a bunch
of Garou fix him. And get slimed.
- Another
Day of Silence (6 Jan) New
people in town. One of 'em, Quentin, is a return! Salem continues to
hold his tongue.
- Sullen
(7 Jan) Joshua, Rina,
Anthony, Salem... lots of anger brewing about.
- Kin Rage
(8 Jan) Morning after
previous log. Rina brings breakfast and has an unpleasant surprise.
- Resist
Pain for the Soul (9 Jan)
Salem finally gets his act together and decides that pretending he
doesn't have a soul at all is the best way to cope with... everything.
Oh, and he does a lot of fighting.
- Making
Peace (10 Jan) Apologizing
to Rina.
- Philodox
Moot, Winter '04
(12 Jan) Rank, dominance and submission, general debate. After, talking
with Lyra and then Rina.
- (Dysfunctional)
Family Dinner (13
Jan) Rina cooks (with Salem's help). Joshua and Signe help eat. More
issues with the problem cub.
- Language
Lessons (14 Jan) Teaching
Joshua the Garou lingua franca. Josh tells Salem what he's learned
about the Dominion's ghosts.
- More
Ghosts (15 Jan) Ghost, rather.
Rina continues to be haunted by the memory of her dead husband. Also
more discussion of current events.
- Joshua
Goes Camping (17 Jan) Salem
gives Josh a pop quiz, then drags the reluctant cub out to the
farmhouse so he can get his head together.
- On Cubs
and Ghosts (18 Jan) Rina,
Signe, and Salem discuss cubs, a certain "ghost", and other things.
- More
About the Dominion Ghosts (20
Jan) Salem, Rina, KC, and Jean discuss the mansion's ghost problem, and
Salem shares the information he got out of Joshua.
- A Touch
of the Auto-biographical
(23 Jan) Rina reveals a little of her youthful exploits.
- Unconfidence,
Permission, and Comfort
(26 Jan) Introducing Anthony to Megan, talking to Jacinta about her
teaching Joshua to fight, and then being the ol' Pillar of Support for
poor broken Rina.
- This
Log Made Me Hungry (28 Jan)
Rina cooks some real Italian food and she and Jack talk about stuff
while eating it.
- Has
Josh given up? (30 Jan) Salem
talks (and gets irritated with) Josh, then talks to Signe about the
troublesome cub.
- Confession
Time (30 Jan) Later
into the evening, Salem stops by Rina's place. He's been keeping
something from her, see, and has been feeling quite guilty about it.
- Judging
Joshua (31 Jan) To cull, or
not to cull?
- "A
Wendigo with a brain." (31 Jan)
Keeping Rina in the loop.
- Cat has
an Idea (2 Feb) The Theurge
cub tries to make suggestions to his elder regarding his upcoming Rite
of Passage.
- "You
spineless, gutless..." (2
Feb) Salem makes his displeasure known to Jarred, the Shadow Lord Elder.
- "You're
going to give me an ego."
(3 Feb) Just past midnight, so the date is young. Returning from the
Bawn, Salem finds someone lurking in his office.
- "For
such a sketchy-looking man, a lot
of people trust you." (6 Feb) Lyra comes to visit.
- Sept Moot
(10 Feb) Konstantin and
Leonard do the Fool/Calling, Jamethon Opens the Sky, Taslyn oversees
the Cracking of the Bone. Jamethon challenges Cutter, Leonard
challenges Jarred, three cubs get a Rite of Wounding, Megan speaks
about cubs and missing Warders, and Salem tells everyone why he's not a
Shadow Lord or an Ahroun anymore. Revel handwaved.
- "But
we put up with each
other." (10 Feb) The usual Rina-visit after the Moot.
- "Do you
know anything about
greenhouses?" (11 Feb) Natalie Baker makes her grand entrance.
- "You
seeing ghosts HERE now, Jack?"
(12 Feb) Salem has his voice back. Convention at the farmhouse. A
surprise visit from Sepdet.
- "Hi-hi,
Unka Jack!" (12-ish Feb)
A phone call from Drew and her kids. Awww.
- "I need
soldiers who can think."
(14 Feb) Taking Josh on an Umbral field trip and then doing his best to
talk to the kid.
- "...dress
the Lords in tutus and
leotards..." (15 Feb) An evening at the Dominion. Signe stops by,
but otherwise it's all Walkers, all the time. No big drama, pretty cozy
overall.
- "I got
something to show ya..." (16
Feb) Jeremy shows Salem the stuff he and Leala picked up while scouting
out a Russian's house.
- "Welcome
to St. Claire then, Natalie."
(17 Feb) After a little talk with Trevor in which he intimidates the
heck out of the poor Fianna, Salem takes Natalie out to meet the Sept
Alpha.
- "...a
moment of your time, Salem-rhya?"
(18 Feb) Salem, Natalie, and Jeremy head out to "the sticks" to visit
the Walker cubs that are camping out there. Natalie gets to meet
Katrine and Salem has a private moment with Joshua.
- "Too
many memories here. Too many
ghosts." (19 Feb) Brief scene with Rina in which she takes the news
from Drew hard.
- "You
busy?" (22 Feb) Discussing
cubs and Scary Russians with Natalie.
- "...I
like thinking she's my mom."
(24 Feb) Cat and Salem talk about stuff.
- "...like
a little rabid chihuahua."
(25 Feb) Signe and Salem, talking about cubs and Rites of Passage and
suchlike.
- "They're
'only' the bionic man."
(26 Feb) Chatter in the barn behind the farmhouse. Alicia digs for
news. Salem gets tetchy.
- "The
rest is Image." (27 Feb) Salem
drops the news about leaving town soon. Later, a party at the Pool Hall
for a couple of Gaians who just passed their RoP.
- "On the
fifteenth of this month, I will
be leaving..." (1 Mar) Salem goes to tell Megan about his planned
departure.
- "Things
really started in the
morning..." (2 Mar) Josh tells Natalie and Salem about the Rite of
Passage that he, Emma, and Cat went on.
- "Maladrino.
Sciagurato." (2 Mar)
Tense scene at the Dominion. Russian foo, paranoia, and one angry
Italian woman.
- "Do you
love the city?" (3 Mar)
After Natalie has thrown Joshua out of the Dominion, Salem goes to talk
to the new Cliath. Then Konstantin shows up.
- "The
tribe was in their blood..."
(4 Mar) Many scenes, one log. Discussing tribal stuff, lots of tense
shit about the Russian Mafia, and finally a little scene with Rina.
- "I
thought we should just set the whole place on fire..." (5 Mar) Cat
tells his version of the Rite of Passage story. Quentin guest-stars.
- "But I
remember you had been asking when the wedding would be." (6 Mar)
Dakota comes over to tell Salem something important. Then Konstantin
stops by to settle things.
- "You'll
be Ronin either way, until another tribe accepts you."
(7 Mar) Talking to Joshua at the caern, Salem utters some prophetic
words. Later, he attempts another Questing Stone, gets sympathy from a
Silver Fang, has a meeting with Konstantin, and then another with Rina.
Busy day.
- Elder
Moot (7 Mar) Salem's
not there, since he's not elder, but his name gets mentioned... along
with a lot of other Sept business.
- "How
much do you know about Konstantin and this Russian thing?" (8 Mar)
Salem, Signe, and Natalie discuss the Russian Mafia problem and
Konstantin's idea.
- "Donut?"
(9 Mar) Quick meeting with Kon. The word is go.
- "He's a
damn nutcase, Salem."
(11 Mar) Natalie and Salem discuss the tribe's whackiest Ahroun. He
also tells her about The Great and Fabled Dead Walkers that she's been
hearing about from Alicia and Jeremy.
- "Chimera's
wisdom and Wendigo's strength, except Wendigo refused." (14 Mar)
Jacinta gets Salem's POV on the whole Sarah issue.
- "Suppose
she means well, though." (18 Mar) Salem and Natalie. Chit-chat and
a present.
- "No
battle ever starts on time. It's a GarouMUSH tradition!" (19 Mar) A
fight with Two Very Scary Russians.
- Salem's
Last Day (21 Mar) An
argument with Joshua (what else is new), undergoing Break with the Past
(run by Jacinta), another scene with Joshua (helping Isaac), and then a
final farewell to Rina.
- "No missing limbs, at any rate."
(17 Jul) Salem, AKA Thomas Walker, calls Rina from whereever the hell he is.