Alarm bells were ringing in his head as he maintained his cool on the outside, leaving no sign of the proposal rattling him save the furrow of his forehead as he entered fervent thought. The P.I was trying to work through the potential ramifications of a meeting such as this, burning his way through lists of ideas and highlighting possibilities.

[i]What he knew:

Group of diverse Vampires, evidently of different bloodlines, gathered by a mysterious and secretive benefactor who hasn’t made a personal appearance.

Evident test of loyalty from the outset, potential to leave ultimately a forgone conclusion, as information thus far is sealed by blood pact.

Diversity in Children reduces the chances that a single Baron had organised the event, either to catch unruly Vampires of their bloodline or to usurp another Baron, though not impossible, worth further consideration.

The most he could do is stick it out, though leaving later could be complicated after a blood pact is made, he could always make his decision after hearing what the parameters would be.

Conclusion, wait and see, but first.[/i]

“Ugly here has a point, but more importantly, as you’ve said this sort of thing has been done before, but you know what, for every single success there’s a hundred piles of ash before it.” Peter shook his head. “I’m going to need a pretty solid assurance that this is the real deal, your boss has to give us something to inspire… confidence.”