2010-12-26

Log

Eva gets the rest of the group old cell phones.
Gideon performs the binding ritual on Deirdre's unborn son on Dec 21 (Winter Solstice, Full Moon).
Deirdre trains with goblin soldiers and gets acquainted with her army, checks out the armory.
Tolliver's scholar runs into a dead-end regarding Himmler's illegitimate children.
Daisy and Tolliver go to Marin Headlands to get rock samples for the ritual.

Gather to exchange presents.
- Deirdre gets everyone outfits that are appropriate for formal Summer Court gatherings.
- Daisy Mae gets everyone spell components.
- Tolliver gets everyone art (Eva - W.H. Auden sketch of jaguar, Daisy - Munsch picture of ghost, Deirdre - Ellsworth Kelley abstract in rectangle).
- Eva gives them gris-gris.

Tolliver picks up Grace from the airport, "convinces" her to stay, invites everyone to dinner at his house on the 26th.
Jed shows up at Daisy's shop, bearing the Seal of Solomon but unwilling to talk about what happened.
Eva's kids and ex show up with coffee, finds herself dosed with love potion.
Deirdre exchanges Christmas presents with Gideon, who invites her to dinner on Christmas Day but is spending Christmas Eve with his sister.
Deirdre heads home and is met by Pete Black, who tells her of the missing children, saying he was referred by MacNeil.
Tolliver calls MacNeill to confirm.
Meet at Tolliver's, introduced to Grace.
Preacherman calls Daisy, tells them about missing children and Tina being released.
Deirdre summons Brig, who doesn't know anything useful but fetches a Christmas brownie who tells her about the Krampus.
Daisy goes to yell at Tina, offers her a job at the store.
Track Jack to Union Square and defeat the Krampus among SantaCon 2010.
Deirdre accompanies Vanessa to the station and takes her in for the night. Get her clothes, bake cookies for Santa, bless her.
Tolliver sends gooses to the homeless shelter.
Daisy fetches Tina and brings her home for turkey.

Jed, Tina, and Daisy have closer connection than they have in years.
Solomon and Eva enjoy the love potion until it wears out at dawn on Sunday.
Grace catches up with Tolliver, reconnecting.
Deirdre visits her mother and then goes to Gideon's for a lustrous (Swedish) Christmas dinner.

Jed tells Daisy about Tim and gives her the ring, they leave for the funeral in Alabama.
Eva and Solomon wake up together with the love potion worn off.
Deirdre wakes up to find Hector watching over her and Gideon, jealous and dangerous.
End with Significant Milestone.

Meet to discuss Tolliver's location of the Imperator's sanctum in the Marin Headlands, Daisy's new position, Tolliver's warden training, and Maddy's apprenticeship.
Go to the sanctum and trip two of the three wards, including one that mind-reads and one that self-destructs the sanctum.
Daisy divinely-counterspells the rotting spell and saves some of the debris.
Tolliver and Deirdre analyze the trappings and determine he's a demonically taught practitioner with White Council refinements and Kemmlerian techniques.
Daisy finds a photo of a woman and two young children labeled "Oslo, 1948" in front of a Lebensborn facility.
A human tibia is found down the shaft, Tolliver collects it.
Eva and Deirdre collect up the remains of three Kemmlerian texts.