[private chat for hunters]
What the hell happened? Some new group rolls thru town and fucks up months of work?
Don't be a coward. Name yourselves.
A little warning would have been appreciated.
They know your faces now.
And what will naming ourselves achieve, exactly?
You need to be educated
And learn some respect
Calling someone a coward without knowing the circumstances...
Some might say that's both uneducated and disrespectful.
We weren't aware that another group was eyeing that brothel. According to our informant, no other hunters had been around.
I apologize if we ruined your plans. We lost some of ours in the raid, too.
That's because we're actually good at our job.
We are no less skilled at ours.
Sometimes accidents happen. In case you're thinking of going back, there's more than succubi and incubi in there.
One of the ancients is also there.
Is that a jab at me? Im not the only one working this.
Yes, which is why I'm telling you to be careful. You don't know what's there. We didn't.
We've been working this one for months. I doubt anything would surprise us at this point.
But now you got the cops looking into this.
I assure you, you will be surprised by this.
And the police have always been poking about, that's not news.
Well they need to not be in this case. It's dangerous.
We could try to redirect their attention, or leave false clues. Do you have men on the inside? We haven't been here long enough to establish contact yet.
Depends what you mean about guys on the inside.
You've not had someone to contact within the police, who can pass you information? Or someone who can tamper with any evidence they find?
Pff, oh THAT kind of insider info.
I got something like that.
But you know, with a moral compass that won't allow them to tamper with evidence.
That's not very helpful then...
Can they get someone in who WILL tamper with evidence?
Look pal, you don't need to come in here doing our job for us. We were doing just fine before you guys busted in and fucked it all up.
Hunting is our job. You're going to need all the help you can get with this brothel.
How do you even know about it? Or the ancients?
We've all been trained for this very reason—to find the ancients and destroy them.
I came across this one in Italy a few years ago and it was no cake walk. You'll need a lot of help if you want to take it down.
If you knew it was no cake walk, why the hell did you bust in like idiots?
It was meant to be a meeting with an informant, and a silent raid. We didn't realize that ancient was there and by the time we did, it was too late.
It was busted BEFORE that. Stop trying to blame that ancient thing.
That was the accident part.
Anyway it's already done, pointing fingers won't help anyone now. We need to work together if we want to prevent a catastrophe.
SO where's this ancient now? Because it wasn't there before. It must have gotten a lead on you.
I don't know. If I had my tracking equipment I may be able to help but I don't have all of them right now.
Do you or your group have any trackers? I assume you're legacy?
Hahaha, LEGACY? Me? I'm like a mutt. Legacies spit on me.
But we got trackers. Not me specifically but we got them.
That's... extremely self-deprecating. I wouldn't say that I've ever spat on anyone for not being legacy myself.
I don't know how effective your trackers will be, because the ancients have a strange energy signature. I can help you tune them.
Excuse me? Self-deprecating? I'm not the one spitting on me, all right? I'm fine with who I am.
We've got a pretty good tracker on our side. She never fails. Well, hardly.
Then why would you compare yourself to a mutt?
You really don't like us, do you?
Just using the words of your friendly leader.
Now what makes you say that?
Well I think you answered the second question with the first. So you have been in contact with Jem.
I'm sorry. Not all of us are like that. And for what it's worth, some of us do respect what you're doing out here.
Is that what he calls himself? I just assumed his name was Prick McDickerson.
We've been handling ourselves pretty well, I'd say. We didn't need help.
That's his stripper name.
And with all due respect, you're wrong. You do need help. Don't wait until your entire team is dead before you realize it.
Then what do you got that we so desperately need?
Experience.
This is the second time that I've come into contact with this ancient. And lived. I can help you prepare for it but you have to work with me, too.
Whatever.
Bring what you got to the Cedar Grove trailer park tonight then.
Ah
Tonight won't work for me. I have a very important
Function to attend.
What about tomorrow night?
Fine, fine, tomorrow night.
I'll be gathering info until then.
All right. I will bring my detectors and trackers.
How will I know you? We need a sign or a password
I'll be the Mexican. Doubt you seen a lot of me around here.
...okay...
I'll be the blond one. You'll know me when you see me.