(or the continuing adventures of Martin, Angelique, Eliah and John).

Following their various encounters en route, the Scions made their way to Vegas.  By coincidence they all ended up at the fabulous Wynn, home to rooftop amusement park rides, luxurious casinos and neighbouring evil death cults.

Angelique arrived first and managed to sneak her zombie entourage up to the suite her dad had reserved for her, ordering them to stay put while she went to find some better clothes (she left New Orleans in a bit of a hurry thanks to her Dad, some  police sirens...its a long story).  She finally just asked the Concierge to bring her something to wear and made her way to the Casino to "live life" as her dad had requested.

Meanwhile, Martin, Eliah and John had arrived.  John had no particular place to go, whereas Eliah was specifically supposed to meet Loki at the Wynn.  Martin was just dropping them off before going to the room he had booked at the Luxor (to better keep tabs on his quarry, an evil perportedly immortal Priest of Darkness named Maxwell Davies) but this little thing and that little thing just seemed to keep him around the Wynn.  When he was finally ready to leave he bumped into his "dad" Horus, who instructed him to stay for a bit and come to a meeting in 1/2 an hour.

Eliah and John, never ones for simply laying low made their way to the floor.  They were drawn to the craps table where a beautiful blonde girl held court, giggling, bubbly, ditzy...both John and Eliah wondered fleetingly if it was their mom or dad (Loki had previously demonstrated a talent for shapeshifting to Eliah).  It was neither, instead it was Aphrodite a recognition that sent shivers down John's spine.  He knew she and his mom had some personal issues (something about Erzulie calling her a "skank" and "Goddess of one night stands") and he was deathly afraid she may take it out on him.  Of course the two of them were swept along in her wake, held fast by her beauty and warmed by her presence.  Until she realized who John was and immediately cut them off, leaving them emotionally drained and cold (the two players played this very well).

Martin had given his father the run down on what happened, including the mention of the breifcase.  Horus was immediately intrigued, but suggested Martin talk to someone else, and motioned to Izanami who was an old woman playing the slots...you know the type...just sitting there...alone...plugging in quarters.

Martin went to talk to her and found out that the businessman at the airport was working for the Japanese.  He was transporting something very dangerous called The Heart of Erebus, giant black diamond.  Apparently the plan was to have a more ornate courier with all the bells and whistles as a diversion while the lone, very skilled, courier carried the actual package discreetly.  Not discreetly enough though.  Martin admitted that he had no idea where the Heart was, even when told it was a very dangerous thing (he tends to downplay the situation when people start going on about anything outside his worldview).  He did admit to there being others present (Eliah and John).  Before he could talk more, the aforementioned meeting was scheduled to start.

The four of them were ushered through the Wynn, rapidly losing track of how to get to where they ended up, an ornate marble hallway with thick wooden doors.  They knocked and quietly made their way inside, to be greeted by the sight of their parents and a dozen or so other beings, seated around a conference table.

Eliah tried to give the egg to Horus as Loki had asked him to do, but was asked to watch it for a little while.  John tried, to no avail, to escape Aphrodite's withering gaze.  Martin simply stood quietly, while Angelique was sort of amazed and happy when her dad snuck her a small smile.

There was some back and forth between the Gods and the characters, highlighted by Aphrodite asking Erzulie if John was "one of the smart ones, or one of the pretty ones" in a particularly catty way.  In the end though, they asked the characters to run interferance while they had their meeting.  Basically a "watch out for weird shit" combined with a "do  not disturb".  The only real protests where Martin, who is technically on a case and Angelique who wanted to at least shop for some new clothing.  Horus made a deal with Martin so that he could do both, since stopping Maxwell also was in his interest.  After a slight hint of something between The Baron and Aphrodite, a few of her nymphs (naked of course) took some measurements and made Angelique some clothing.  With a "have fun, see the shows, stop some evil", the PCs were shown the door.

Tired of Martin and Angelique making fun of their easy going ways (calling them "Dumb and Dumber" of all things, even though Eliah is most certainly neither), John and his new best friend went to take in the Panegyris which sounded at least vaguely educational/cultural.  Angelique hit the tables and Martin called in some ATF favors and set up surveillance on Maxwell.

Angelique's sense picked up that the guy next to her was no longer amongst the living.  He just didn't know it yet.  One of those sad sack types, who was just now on his way back to recouping his losses.  His heart had given out but he was determined to win back his money.  Fairly quickly figuring out that if she could take his attention away from the game for long enough, the obsession might fade and he would pass on.  Granted her choice of subject matter (something about lividity and rate of tissue decay in low pressure areas) may not have been the best, but she is used to holding the attention of hundreds of bored pre-med students.  This wasn't much (Epic Charisma and Teaching Prodigy) harder.  The poor guy died never having known what winning was.

John and Eliah found the show fascinating and vaguely disturbing.  More so when they noticed that a "volunteer" from the audience may have been kidnapped during the preceedings.  After the show they made their way backstage, thanks to John's preening and cooing about the Performances and Eliah's insistance on getting autographs (both character's Social heavy).  In the crowd John was quickly starting to gather, Eliah slipped away and using Instant Investigator pieced together what happened.  He just needed a distraction to draw the security guys out of their office so he could slip in and see the tapes.  Thinking (??) quickly, John started an impromptu orgy, even making sure to position it under the video cameras so he could use Come Hither on the security detail.  Eliah made for the office, running in to Martin and Angelique in the process.  The three of them found the tape and saw the kidnap victim being ushered into a van through the bay doors props were moved in through.  Deciding this may be the "weird stuff" they were asked to keep an eye out for, they decided to track down the van, picking up John en route.  While it did serve the purpose, John's quite afraid his mom'll find out.  Since her main complaint about him was the lack of any actual relationships, this whole orgy thing could really piss her off.

Martin's time in the ATF had served him well as he was able to track the van, even through the crowded Vegas streets, while he hung his head out the window of Angelique's SUV looking for the most minute detail (Supernal Hunter).  They finally found the van abandoned at the site of a large rent in the ground.

More to come as the PCs ...fight....their very first monster.