[OOM - Cerulean Sins Plot:
Anita goes on a zombie raising, but the raising is crashed by Asher as he informs her that Musette has arrived early. She returns to the Circus
where Jean-Claude, Asher, Damian, and she greet Musette, which ends badly for poor Asher. After the disasterous confrontation with Musette,
Jean-Claude and Anita talk and decide to bring Asher to their bed. This, however, ends a little unpleasantly for Anita, and
Jason comes to her rescue.
After a few hours of sleep in Jason's bed,
Anita is called to two murder scenes, and she's forced to bring Jason along so she doesn't pass out at the wheel. She passes out at the crime scene instead. After passing out,
Anita wakes up in a bathtub with Micah, and they discover just what's been draining Anita all day.
On the way to the Circus, Anita is psychically attacked by Belle Morte, and Richard aids Anita in fighting her back, though he wakes the ardeur in the process.
Anita rushes to Jean-Claude in order to sate the ardeur, and she winds up having a hurtful arugment with both Jean-Claude and Asher.
Anita confronts the men who had been following her and deals with the Feds over who the stalkers are. Then, she
receives a call from Jean-Claude informing her that Dolph has picked Jason up for questioning, and she sets off to retrieve him.
Returning from the police station,
Anita, Jean-Claude, and Asher talk, and Asher is offered an apology.
Everyone converges for the banquet that night with Musette and her people, and
it goes about as well as one can expect.
That night,
Asher returns to his room to find an irate Nathaniel, and the second mark is give by the vampire to the wereleopard.
The following day,
Jean-Claude and Asher talk about Nathaniel, about betrayal, and about love.
Finally,
Anita goes to locate the serial killer, having to ask Richard for the use of some of their wolves.
A few days later, Anita, Richard, and Jean-Claude wrap up the plot with a
meeting at the Lunatic Café to discuss Richard's behavior at the banquet and the future.
See
backroom post for additional information, threads containing sex are highlighted in red, and, of course, there are spoiler warnings for Cerulean Sins.]