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February 15, 2006

calla — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:34:23 +0000

While dancing at the shop tonight after hours, Tsaya and I had a visitor. Her name is Tiziana Calladoro and she had one of the cards. Lavi devised a system for those of us who were responsible for checking out the new possible members – one of her business cards with a special phone number. The numbers vary depending on what I am to do with them. 0001 means they are simply a ‘look-see’, meet them and see if I think they are worth bothering with. 0002 meant they could be told in vague terms that we had an ‘organization in case things get bad’. 0003 meant someone who has her full okay and as long as I agreed, I could take them in and show them around, give them their key and the whole bit.

Well, this Tiziana came with a card bearing the number 555-0002. She said Lavi had referred her to me to meet and talk over things and get to work with us. Now, her words and her card said two different things. And the longer she spoke, the more hesitant T and I became. Something about this one really did not sit too well with us. She came on as if she had been granted full access to the big secret when, in fact, she knew nothing. Some of the places she hangs out and the people she seems to associate with are bad signs. Someone whose lips are that loose made us way too nervous.

In the end, we gave her the vague story as directed, and blew her off. I have already sent word to Lavi that this one is a no go…

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February 6, 2006

calla — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:32:46 +0000

Well I got to see Dusty in action and my initial impression was spot on. One of her family had gone ’round the proverbial bend, some old Kindred who claimed to be a Viking of all things. He’s been causing trouble around town of late and Dox finally gave the word that this old world was no longer the place for him. We tracked him down to a stand of trees outside town and Dusty gave him what for and did not back down. Bobby was along for the ride in case things got too loud and it turned out it was a good thing he did. This Viking fellow was waving his axe around and jabbering in whatever language it was he spoke. Dusty got him calmed down but he refused to get in the car, not trusting modern mechanical inventions, and walked back to town. I heard later that he’d gone nuts in St. Dominic’s and tried to attack a nun (always a bad idea!) and that reporter, Jessica Townsend and got put down at Axel’s hand. The wheel always turns and when we, being the anomalies we are, push things to far there is always a consequence…

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January 24, 2006

calla — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:30:57 +0000

Back to the tunnels today. We had a new one coming in to the Underground, one of Dox’s bunch. History says there is no love lost between their kind and ours but Lavi spoke highly of her and I trust her judgment to the end. Besides, I have seen what they can do and I sure as hell want her on our side when, as Laz was so fond of saying, the excrement hits the oscillator. After meeting Dusty, I have to agree with Lavi. Good head on her shoulders, and not too inclined to spook easily or run her mouth much. Given the state of things in town, that will serve us all well. She seemed a little unsure about me but she is new to town and just has not had time to appreciate me as yet. That will change in time, I am sure…

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January 19, 2006

calla — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:29:24 +0000

Dropped in to the Circus today. Same old, same old, Larson never changes. Something made me check the tent where the acrobats practice – wishful thinking I suppose – and seems my spider sense was right on. There she was, dangling upside down from a rope about thirty feet up. Same Tsaya…..T. Breathtaking as always. It’s been several years since she and I crossed paths, not by my choice but more like the typical wanderings of our clan. God it’s good to see her face again after so long. I feel teh same surge in my heart that she always seems to stir, and with it the same pang of regret that I always seem to be zigging when she is zagging, the regret that she still sees me as a source of good advice, a bit of fun, a harmless flirtation. It’s been that way for half a century now, but fate has once again dropped her in my path. Maybe this time…

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January 17, 2006

calla — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:14:31 +0000

Double checked the last tunnel today. Lavi’s been damn near compulsive over it and I don’t blame her. We started at the hole under the shop, working our way across towards the outer limit. Lazarus began under the Market and eventually met up with us just at the edge where the dead end illusion gives on to the Trails. Dox’s bunch will take it from there, but all seems in fine shape. Things have been quiet of late but that never seems to ease her mind…

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January 16, 2006

calla — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:37:24 +0000

Out of the locked drawer, hidden in the back of a prop cabinet in true magician style, the old leather-bound journal was retrieved. Louie carried it almost reverently as he sat down at the desk in his back office, then began to turn the pages slowly, skimming the words left there in his own spidery scrawl. The pages started with a date in 1945, the year he finally saw his name in lights at The Oasis, ColeValley’s first casino. Tucked in the pages is a napkin with a note written in faded green ink and the sight of it brings a sad smile to his face as he passes on through the pages of his history, the image of Macayla – his sire – flashing through his thoughts. His aim tonight is more recent – just over a year ago. One name jumps out of the pages at him…Laveine…Lavi.

This is nothing unusual as her name is scattered across just about every page of his life, but it was this year that things took a turn, a turn that saw him rise and fall and rise once more. Secrets…it was always about secrets….

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