Dresden recap...continued

  The game picked up at the start of Mardi Gras. The big news was the appearance of Adam's new son Ian. Of course Sharee and Michelle knew the baby had been kidnapped and used to pay off Sharee's debt. They had no intention of letting the baby stay with Adam. With a bit of searching, Sharee found a story about a kidnapped baby from a nearby town. She also did some research on Tommy's birth family. She came up with three leads. When Michelle and Sharee went to check them out, they quickly figured out the first wasn't it. The second address, however proved to more promising. The door was answered by an old, dirty, and broken down man who looked just like Tommy. Later, we learned that Tommy's birth mother had committed suicide on the one year anniversary of his disappearance. Bittersweet success, at best.

 Jack had problems of his own. In his new role as Warden, he had come across and captured a 17 year old Warlock. Not wanting to kill him, Jack set up a meeting with Merlin. After a few days, the meeting took place. Jack argued that, with the war going on between the Wizards and the Red Court, any potential Wizard should be allowed to live. He got the Merlin to agree, with conditions. Jack could take him as an apprentice but if shit went wrong, Jack's life would be forfeit along with the kid's. Not wanting to chance it, Jack fulfilled his Warden duty and beheaded the Warlock.

 Not being left out of the fun, Davi received an email from a friend. That friend was Timmy and he wanted Davi to meet him at a hotel. Timmy was the person Davi had asked for help in researching the coin. Since then, he had the feeling he was being watched, that something was after him. After a bit of conversation, Davi decided the best place for Timmy would be with him. As they left the hotel, Davi noticed a guy watching them but could only get a vague idea of what he looked like.

 Eventually that evening, everyone ended up at Davi's place. Sharee and Jack had come to do some heavy duty protection magic. As a further precaution, Michelle used her power and saw that Timmy was bugged with...something. While Jack took care of the tracking device, Davi noticed that he had a visitor outside. Michelle followed him and tried using KTS but was shut down rather firmly. The visitor turned out to be Longinus, another demon coin holder that Davi had dealt with before. Once the tracking device and the visitor had been dealt with, everyone figured sleep would be a good idea. Everyone but Davi, that is.

 Because the group still had to get baby Ian away from Adam, Davi figured to do some recognizance work. He went to Adam's house to scope it out and ran into a problem. A female problem that was hellbent on seducing him. When that didn't work, the resulting uproar caught the attention of Adam. Not believing Davi's cover story of lawn maintenance, Adam told him to leave...NOW. More insults were exchanged and weapons were drawn. Luckily, a fight was avoided and Davi casually left.

 Backing up a bit, earlier in the week, each member of the group had received an invite to a special event. There was going to be a Ball celebrating the elevation of Henry Raith to the position of Duke. The invites had been delivered by his son, Ben. The day after Davi's visit to Adam was that day. The boys decided not to go. Michelle and her plus one, Blue (they AREN'T dating), and Sharee went. Seeing Adam there, Michelle went over to distract him while Sharee went and called the guys, letting them know that it would be a good time to do some more checking on Adam's place. After that the girls mingled and kept an eye on Adam.

 The boys headed to the Manor. Courtesy of a Veil Spell, they managed to sneak up to the house. After a bit of help from the Divine and Davi, Jack was able to see into a second story room that turned out to be Ian's bedroom. He also saw a guard, a Gruff. Using magic, Jack managed to distract the Gruff long enough to get into the room and grab the baby. While trying to get Ian out, the Gruff came back. The Gruff made a panicked phone call at that point. Because of the alerted Gruff, Jack simply jumped to the ground and both of them, with baby, ran like hell for Davi's van. Jack was tackled by the Gruff, losing baby Ian. Davi simply scooped him up and kept running. After a bit of a fight, Jack was able to pull his gun and put a bullet into the Gruff's head. They headed to one place they would be safe, Michelle's shop.

 Back at the Ball, Michelle saw Adam answer his phone. His look of rage was unmistakable. Quickly finding Sharee, Michelle told her to distract him. Not being able to reach him before he got to his car, Sharee used her magic to disable it. However, Adam just went into the Nevernever. As she waited for Sharee, Michelle got a call from Jack. He filled her in on what happened and where they were.

 At the shop, Michelle called Lucas to help with the baby. They agreed it would be best to split up. The girls went to a coffee shop to draw out anyone watching them, which there was. The boys headed to the nearby Catholic Church, where they handed Ian off to the priest and then went home. The night ended with a bit of drama. Michelle had heard snuffling outside her house during the early hours, as had Jack, and Davi had found a dead gang member on his doorstep.

 The next day Michelle closed early and sent Sharee out to enjoy Mardi Gras, which she did with Thomas. While she showed him the sights, Sharee was visited by Ben Raith and a friend of Adam's...a pink hued talking cat. She wasn't the only one. Jack, while at the pound looking for a puppy, also talked with the cat, who let Jack know it had found what it was looking for. Davi's visit consisted of the cat showing up at his house and Davi shooting it through a window.

 Before the shooting, Davi had been tightening security at his house when Tbone showed up, babbling about Bourbon street and monsters. Armed to the teeth, he soon found it was a ruse to let Tbone ogle bare breasts. While there, they ran into Michelle and talked about the night visitor. Tbone stayed with Michelle, who then ran into Sharee and Thomas. Michelle mentioned the tall man and Sharee told her about the talking cat. They then parted, Michelle and Tbone to enjoy Temptations; Sharee and Thomas off to her place.

 Jack, who was also on Bourbon street with his new puppy, was able to find a female for some fun and games. Enjoying a post sex dip in the hot tub, Jack was surprised when his lady friend turned the water to ice and Adam turned up. After freeing Jack, the two of them had a bit of conversation about Ian and one hell of a fight. Jack was able to trap Adam in his dagger, accidentally freeing his insane mentor's soul. With the room on fire, Jack passed out from his wounds.

 Sharee's night wasn't going great either. After telling Thomas that magic was real and conjuring up flame, she dropped the whole being adopted, ie kidnapped and Fey on him. He stormed out. While dealing with that, Sharee got a call from Davi. Weststone had dropped by to let Davi know that Jack was in the hospital. Due to a discharged gun, cops, and search warrant, he couldn't leave. Eventually finding a drunk Michelle at Temptations, the three of them (Sharee, Michelle, and Blue) headed to the hospital. Davi had showed up there, in the meantime, and they found out Jack would be okay.

 The next day, Michelle woke and headed to the hospital, thanks to Ben Raith. During the ride, Michelle suggested that Ben apologize to Sharee and told him to set up a meeting between his father (Henry) and herself. He agreed to both. Getting to the hospital, Michelle ran into Blue. The two of them got Jack the hell out of there and to Davi's house. Michelle also learned about Adam being in the dagger, or is he? Jaboo told Jack that Adam wasn't in there and that he tasted good. After everyone had left, Weststone showed up for a visit, asking what happened. Jack gave him the abbreviated version and then Weststone told Jack about a slight upsurge in the use of black magic in the area.

 Sharee started her day at home. She lured Puck into a trap. After a bribe of chocolates, she leaned that it was all over the Nevernever that Jack had killed Adam. She promised him a special cake if he would investigate this. He agreed. She then left for work, where she found everyone abuzz about the new owner, Eve, who happened to be the sister of Adam. While she was there, Michelle and Lucas stopped by for lunch. He wanted her to check out a few very unusual deaths that had happened. She told Lucas to get her the files and they would check it out. After they left, Sharee got a visit from Puck. He had found Thomas in the Nevernever, where he was getting schooled in who and what he was. Sharee took him to get his cake and asked him to find Vincent for her. For the extra treat of a pizza, Puck agreed.

 After the conversation with Lucas, Michelle headed to work where she found Duke Henry waiting for her. The talk went well. She told him that because of the target he had painted on her and her friends, he owed them. She wanted all information about Arthur and the rest of the Skavis Clan and for him to tighten his control over the police. Between Skavis, the ghuls, the rogue BCV, and the  Red Court, the body count was going to spike in the near future. He agreed to all and informed her that, per his orders, she was not to be touched or messed with it. She got that to extend to all members of the group. Still wanting to enjoy Mardi Gras, Michelle headed out to the streets. Using her KTS, she saw an odd sight. She saw a human with another human superimposed in him. Tbone said that person had a ghost in him.

 The next day, Jack went in search of his belongings that had been taken from him when he was rescued from the fire. He got everything but his dagger. He went back to the hotel room, thinking it might be there but all he found was Him (his puppy). After casting a locate spell, Jack was led to an underpass, where he was attacked by two Renfields.

 That same morning, Sharee wrote and sent off an apology to Thomas. She then headed out to the shop. getting there, she went in back to work on some potions. In the front, Michelle noticed a customer, who she recognized as Eli. Just then, she heard Tbones scared voice asking for help. Not seeing Eli there anymore, Michelle went into the back and told Sharee what happened. Using a summoning spell, Sharee called Tbone to the circle. He appeared, looking bruised, battered, and scared. Before anything could be said, black tendrils started consuming him completely. Realizing that was True Necromancy, Michelle called Jack and asked him to come to the shop. When Jack showed up, he went in back. He confirmed it was Necromancy and it was from Eli. Hearing a customer come in, Michelle went out front. The customer pulled out a shotgun. After a bit of a fight, the three manged to subdue the guy and get him into the circle. They saw he was inhabited by one of the ghosts Michelle had seen earlier. This one had the name Sacred Hills on his clothes.  Just then, the same black tendrils started to come again. After the black goo attacked Sharee as well as the unconscious man, Jack was finally able to banish the black shadow and the man was turned over to the police. Having had enough fun for the evening, the three went their separate ways for the night.

 The next day/night brought even more fun. Michelle and Sharee went to check out the deaths for Lucas. Picking a victim, they went to the crime scene and used a spell to allow them to see back in time. They traced the victim to a point where a man bumped into her. Not unusual, except the man was bundled up completely...in New Orleans...in late Spring. They followed the man to a sewer opening. Going down there as well, they walked until they got to a cavern with a seal on the far wall. It was a circle with four quarters showing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The bottom, where Pestilence was portrayed, was cracked. Knowing this had to do with the Outer Gates, Michelle was "oh fuck". Further exploration was cut short by something coming their way. They got the hell out of there.

 Sharee called Weststone. Even though he was drunk, she went over there anyway. After a bit of time cleaning the house and sobering him up, Sharee was able to tell him what the two of them had found. Offering to buy him a drink, she and Weststone headed out to meet Jack at Temptations.

 Michelle had headed right to Temptations, looking for Martin. When she saw him, they went into an alcove to talk. She told him what she and Sharee had found and asked him if he knew anything about it. He thought he might have something about it in his library. At his place, Martin found the book for her. Even though it would mean her death, she read it. Many years ago, a Warlock came to New Orleans to cause trouble. Thirteen Wizards sacrificed themselves to stop him. They did so by making the seal. It trapped the Warlock away from the city and cut off the connection to the Outer Gates. Originally, the seal was blank. Sixty years ago, it morphed into what Michelle and Sharee saw.