Happy New Year, all. Let's get this one back off the ground.
Oh, and
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Rednblack kicked us off one year ago tonight, holy crappola.
Before I write up an IC for Achak, I want to confirm with Malevolence that Mercer would share the results of his Grotto1 inquiry and/or request a quote regarding the Century's Peak raid.
Here are some or all of the details we could include:
1) Three zekes, all newly turned, now eliminated
1a) Two adults and one repentant child
1b) One Eastern European type that generally matches the description of the oafish Hungarian
2) Confirm the general misery of the top floors
2a) Confirm the pithing needles and the buckets positioned to collect blood
3) The local security seemed generally unaware of the situation upstairs and retreated once confronted with the truth, which suggests that the zekes' presence was not a bottom-rung decision (i.e. the foot soldiers making some money on the side) but rather a decision from higher in the chain (i.e. "Dear foot soldiers, please stay away from the top floors, thank you." -Management)
4) The tip about the presence of the vampires came from yaks.
4a) Per my IC post
here, there's the possibility that this is a Kanaga-gumi holding (confirmed) and that the Kenran-kai are making a play for it (unconfirmed but still possible).
4b) Alternatively, the tip could have come from the building's staff, who needed a way to address the threat without going through proper channels (i.e. management, see #3 above).
4c) Speculation then to why management would ally with vampires. Money? Newborns don't have any, unless they're given it. An alliance? Perhaps, but who makes alliances with newborns? They're psycho.
In regards to 4c, I presume that the any money/resources the newborns had came from Sunrise, along with the painting, but we'd need to confirm that. Achak would ask Mercer (figuring Sister Rebecca would pass on the question) whether he wanted to go pay a visit to the local Sunrise offices in person.