Played at Narrative Forge, Aljunied 2th January 2026
Jo was absent
Zhou Haoran informs He Zhen and Fille regarding the altercation at the tea house and retires to handle his banu haqim compulsions
He Zhen goes to the police station to alert them about the failed arson attempt as well as the possible human trafficking by the Tongs. Wu Jiang Hong is summoned and then musters men, the transport guild also musters man to assist. He sends men to clear the arson materials at the tea house. They attack the Tong facility and arrest Tong men as well as liberating some women. They also find Huang Shide in the attack.
Saturday Night
The next day, He and fille talk to the captain, he claims that things will probably go well if the arrested men confess to their crimes but they are not talking.
The Liu Guorong is the owner of the tea house and he thanks us for the intervention and feels indebted. We find out that the teahouse is the meeting place of the ‘workers’.
Fille and He Zhen goes off to talk to teahous. They meet Fang hua, She thanks them for saving some of the workers that were kidnapped. He zheng wishes to join the conversations of the communists.
He Zhen goes trying to find a chemist through her contacts. They tell him that they could introduce a chemist who works for the green gang of the international settlement. He tries to find another and is informed of a ‘Mr. He’ who resides in the old city.
Fille goes to meet Wu Lian Hua, she seems to be cheerful, brewing tea and painting. Fille asks about the mass grave at Wen Jie’s Haven and she says that we should build a shrine. Fille also wishes to learn about being a seer from her. (possibly learn disciplines). Wu yan hua informs fille that Jacques Delacroix might need to be informed about this as he might get territorial/jealous. Fille acknowledges this and departs.
Zhou Haoran stalks the tong facility and find 2 people coming from the gambling house. He throws 2 knives and kills them, leaving their bodies on the street as a message.
Sunday Night
Zhou Haoran goes to the Temple of Tao Wu for their sunday service. Samuel Caldwell, Helena Smith, Farid , Wang Yue, Wong Ka Ming is here for the service. “Power is earned from embracing the darkness in all things and threads the line between giving in and controling the frenzy”. Finds out theres a closed door sermon every wednesday and might conduct a ritual of blood sharing.
Fille tries and find Old Crow. She tries to seek him out in his territory, a non descript man taps her on her shoulder. Asking why she is seeking the master.
Eventually the man tells her to wait at a tea house and if the master wishes to meet she will be contacted.
Old Crow appears and talks to Fille .
She wants to establish contact as the coterie is moving into zhabei
She also wants to know about the relationship between him, the prince and iron claw.
She also talks about fires of the old city and the appearance of the mage and informs old crow of the possible ritual conducted. Old Crow snorts at the involvement of Xu Wen Jie in the ritual and says that its improbable that Xu Wen Jie was the one who conducted the ritual.
Claims that Li Xuan is probably the one that helped the prince. He also claims that its improbable that Lixuan helped the prince since a foreign sorcerer arrived. If we want to know what really happened, we need to investigate Li xuan as he is the one investigating and its unusual that he his investigating himself.
Fille also talks about the Temple of Tao Wu and old crow encourages her to visit. ‘knowledge is good whether you believe in it or not’.
Zhang Hong is old crow’s ghoul who is his liaison if we wish to contact him again.
He Zhen goes to the communist meeting and its all women besides He Zhen and is introduced to Brother Song Qi Ming and hear him speak passionately for the workers. After the speech, ‘He’ talks to brother qing ming. ‘He’ represents Moi Yan who is in business with and offers to fight for worker rights.
He tries to meet Zhang Bao Tou by meeting him in the brothel in place of a prostitute. He cuts a deal where the coterie gets rid of Iron Fan Shuren for influence from zhang. He Zhen walks into the police station and through cloud memory and mesmerize forces Huang Shide to confess and implicate Iron Fan Shuren.
The Coterie gains control of the territory. The coterie gets 12 XP.