Session 3: Cold as Stone Report

General Summary

What ensues is an encounter with a Gargoyle. Carved to look like a giant bat, it screeches before scraping off in pursuit of the girls, chasing them off into a room just as John arrives to intercept it. Adel & Eleanor were tasked with solving survival horror-themed puzzles while John kited the beast, eventually uncovering a large bloodstone to be used in pacifying it. Eleanor, feeling bold, takes the bloodstone and rushes into the fray with the beast- falling just short of pushing the gem into place before she's bitten by the creature. Ultimately, Adel is able to get the gem in place, taming the beast and freeing Eleanor from its jaws.   A late addition to the scene, Killian arrives after having a stern conversation with his sire. Stricken by what she had to say, Killian begins to feel a little unsure about his course of action but arrives regardless with the intent to "help" his coterie defeat this alleged Gargoyle. To his surprise, a living statue is actually there & leads the 4 of them to the chambers it was guarding where the coterie finally meets the Tremere Regent.   Congratulating them for surviving his test, he tasks them with another, requesting they look into and retrieve fetters for him to aid in his research. He describes that something the caitiff that turned Juno is doing is causing some kind of spectral unrest in the valley and he'd like to get to the bottom of it. He challenges them to do their own research and prove themselves by finding "real ghosts" themselves, figuring it should be easy enough given they're supposedly so restless right now.   Promptly after this & a brief introduction with Prince Teddy, the party is given access to ex-Prince Gavin's archives in the basement of the university library. They meet what Teddy describes as his "Plug" for the occult, a kine (or Human) by the name of Kristof who aids the coterie in their research on ghosts, demons, and otherwise.   [ NOTE: After this point, if the coterie thinks they should know something related to the occult that could help them in a ghost encounter, and it wasn't specifically mentioned during their research, they can do an Int + Occult check (DC: 2) to "remember" that information. ]