Mike and James head back to Mike's place, knowing it's not really safe. But James needs to change his appearance and make some calls. He talks to one of his Charon peeps and finds out there's a "Mr. Stone" who wants to talk to him about the "situation." James wants some guns before any meetings.
Alvin hears about the manhunt for James and hops in the cop car with his 2 cop buddies. He also hears about Maeve being arrested. He convinces the cops to intercept the car with Maeve and offers to take her back to the station so the other cops can head back to the super exciting hunt for the terrorist (James). Alvin heads to the manhunt instead, with Maeve in tow.
He lets Maeve go while he joins the search. Maeve takes her sword and the gun and smashes the back window of the cop car before she leaves. She doesn't want Alvin to get in trouble for letting her go.
Alvin is told to search every building in an area. As he does, he finds Kara working in a soup kitchen trying to help the needy. He assumes she knows what's going on and where the book is. He convinces her that they need to find James and he's not letting her out of his sight. She suggests the best place to look for clues is James' apartment.
They head off and find Maeve trying very hard not to be noticed. They pick her up and then head over. On the way, they find Sean, so most of the band is back together (it's nice to have 2 players with "guide my hand").
James' place is swarming with FBI agents, who all outrank Alvin. But Maeve has an old friend with the FBI and he gets them inside. Kara finds some hair in James' bathroom and figures that'll make a good spell component. Alvin sees one of the FBI guys using a torch to cut into a safe. He manages to snatch some of the papers (client lists and personnel files) without drawing too much attention. But he tries for a larger distraction and ends up getting the lot of them escorted off the premise.
Kara casts her tracking spell and they find James and Mike still at Mike's place. NOW the band's back together.
They decide to split up. Mike does some internet research while everyone else heads to the local monster club for some ammo and then a meeting with Mr. Stone.
Mike gets a patch for the financial issues, but has to upload it into a secure banking system. Which is problematic.
James finds some heavy duty ammo for the lycanthropes, as well as some special "anti-fairy" rounds. He's good to go.
They head to the coffee shop where Mr. Stone is and Maeve is surprised to find it's the Denarian. He cordially offers them some coffee, which Alvin is happy to accept. Maeve and Sean take defensive stances with their backs to the wall as Mr. Stone calmly tells James he has evidence as to who set him up, where they are, and how he can get out of this whole mess without too much damage. In exchange he wants the last page of this book with 7 locks.
Suspicious, they ask him what's up with this book. He tells them that it's a history of everything that has and will come. He wants to know how the story ends. He doesn't want to know how to change it, just who wins the war. They're still suspicious, but it sounds like they may be able to appease Mr. Stone and the Winter Queen at the same time.
Before they leave, Mr. Stone tells James that when he finds the book, call a number written on the side of the pay phone on 22nd and Chestnut. Stone flips James a coin for the call. Alvin makes a lunge for it, but misses. James deftly catches it. But it's not a quarter. It's a silver coin...
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