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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Blood Ties - Session 01

The first session is scheduled for Sunday February 5th.  Bozena, if you want to host this one go for it.  Otherwise we can go to Shevon's house to keep the rotation going.

Here is what we know about our protagonists going into the first session:

Daniela is an Italian native who is studying to earn a Ph. D. in Psychology of Religion at the Pontifical Gregorian University (PUG) in Vatican City.  A recent report of a case of credible stigmata at a small church called “Santa Teresa de Ávila” in Chicago caught her attention.  Investigating the validity of this report will be helpful in finishing her thesis, and also to satisfy her personal curiosity in the possibilities of the Holy Spirit.

Daniela has been put in contact with Dr. Kenneth Mason, a representative from Loyola University, a sister organization of the PUG, in Chicago.  Dr. Mason has arranged for Daniela to be picked up from O’hare and brought down to the Logan Square neighborhood where she has arranged to rent a studio apartment in a recently converted warehouse for her stay.

Violet is a Chicago native who has been living outside of Chicago for the past 10 years as a result of her involvement with the prosecution of Francisco (Frankie) Pena for arson and the attempted murder of her parents.  Following the court case, Violet’s family left Chicago with the insurance money they received from the destruction of their neighborhood market business.

Violet has kept in touch with her best friend from the old neighborhood over the years.  A week ago she received a cryptic email from her best friend Lucia (Lucy) that urgently asked for her to return to Chicago to help her.  Her message wasn’t specific about the danger she was in, but Lucy has never been one to ask for help unless something really big was wrong.  Violet tried to call Lucy several times, but has been unable to get a hold of her.  Deciding that Lucy really needed her she purchased a plane ticket and took a week off of work to find and help her friend.

In the back of Violet’s mind is the realization that Frankie’s sentence would have been up by now, and it was quite likely that he was probably still in the neighborhood.  Her plane is arriving at O'hare.  She needs to get to Logan Square and find Lucy.
-------------Session Summary--------------

Characters introduced:
Esme - Sister of Lucy, real estate agent
Rudy (Brown) - Friend of Lucy
Phil (reporter) and Jack (camera man) - interviewed Daniela
Dr. Kenneth Mason - Professor of Theology at Loyola University
Beth - Landlord and resident at Daniela's apartment building
Father Soto - Priest at Santa Teresa de Ávila
Officer Connerty - Policeman, acquaintance of Rudy

I am not going to provide a summary this week, I hope the character list is sufficient to remind you of what has taken place thus far.

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