Into The Chaos - Chapter 2, A banshee at The Banshee? Options

[Gilga]

The next month is quite for you but full of chaos and scandals for Seattle. You are satisfied, Strawberry purchases the farm at the agreed price and pays your your agreed shares, a big payday followed by a big and well publicized legal trial exposing a massive conspiracy.
Allegedly, the UCAS government had a big plan of putting vampirism under control. New and genetically engineered pixies to replace human victims. A food item so addictive that once a vampire had enough of them it is difficult to switch back to metahumans. Perhaps, the plan was to gradually subjugate this vermin on society and benefit from its magic. There are even rumors on cooperates breeding vampires to exploit their magic justifying this foul play with a supply of pixies. Wheely’s client list indeed supports that rumour, by showing that Horizon were consumers of the farm’s pixies.

At any case, that plan could not continue, while pixies are not recognized as sapient critters by the UCAS government, they are generally accepted as such by the public. With the EVO cooperation strongly rooting for their inclusion in society. No politician could publically support the project, or face the allegations of breeding vampires as part of a magical arms race. The weeks pass and routine leaks of sensitive information tying numerous politicians and corporate entities to this scandal leads the government to ‘freeze’ the plan to explore its moral implications. You did good, made a splash in the pool of city and perhaps statewide affairs. Unfortunately, this makes you quite popular in the shadow community where you continually denying your involvement but some of you have styles which are too distinctive to deny it.

So, Pixies are people. This seems to be the populist trend and perhaps they will be accepted to the UCAS society partly thanks to you. Regardless of the validity of cooperations breeding vampires - there seem to be a larger number of them roaming around. People are terrified to go outside and more and more vampire related crimes are reported. Perhaps some of these got set free, perhaps with their food supply gone these are hungry souls with no alternative. At any case, few people would leave their houses at night in the less secure areas of the city.

Bellevue is one part of Seattle where the party did not stop, Lone Star are patrolling the streets, drones and street cams record anything that happens in the streets and the rich and more fortunate citizens of Seattle can continue their life ignoring the evils that plague other parts of the city. It is a gated community, a bastion of good life in a otherwise gang infested city. It is also a Mafia influenced territory, specifically ruled from the Gates casino, Bellevue generally pays protection to Dame Valentina. Which is why you are not surprised to get a text from Casa, troubles at Bellevue cannot be good for business.

Casa: [All] >> I am setting up a team to investigate a crime - if you are still in the biz give me a buzz.