Though Miami is home to many of my brothers and sisters, their perpetual war with the Sabbat is maddening and ultimately futile. I have not the time nor the inclination to squander my talents on such fruitless endeavors.

The realtor thought it quite strange that I wished to purchase the dilapidated hull of the automobile factory ‘sight unseen’ though she immediately forfeited her curiosity the second the check cleared. Now, it is time to set the wheels in motion. I must be away from here before I am inextricably drawn into this wasteful turmoil, yet all must be made perfect before I am to arrive. My new stronghold must be fortified and perfected before I come to inhabit it.

For months, my servants have been scouring this region, faithfully recording all that they see with electronic imaging and transmitting it back to me via the electron highways for my own perusal. I have found scarce few places of interest and bid them return for additional angles and information that I might complete my faithful dioramas. They now maintain a perimeter on-site to keep prying eyes from observing my handiwork. I take one last look over the images, comparing them to the schematics and finally the miniature clay model, checking for inaccuracies which I already know are no longer present.

(2008-07-04 21:50:50 Drexl rolls 10 dice to Percep+Craft (Diff 8) 7,10,8,6,2, 5,4,4,5,10, 2,3 (3 successes)

With a simple reed, the soft model is quickly transformed to stelae as ancient words of power and invocations to Ptah, Thoth, Heka, and the Dark God. I look to the blasphemous shrine that I will soon dismantle and leave behind, drawing upon it’s stolen energies, spitting in the face of Osiris. Through the man-sized piece of obsidian, polished to a mirror-finish, the newest of my foot-soldiers at the warehouse comes into focus as the mixture of owl’s blood and his own is smeared into the stone. He has been selected as my focus because of his naiveté, what he is about to witness tonight will only serve to enhance the supernatural sense of awe I have already stricken him with.
(2008-07-04 21:58:59 Drexl rolls 9 dice to Int+Occ(Scry) 4,5,8,2,5, 6,5,6,9 (4 successes)

By telephone, I instruct him when and where to stand, that I might see what I need to see. Though he yet has no idea why he must do so. My cellular device rests next to me on speakerphone, that I might use both of my hands freely. As he observes a six-thousand pound I-beam suddenly right itself and then begin to mend, rust falling away, welding back into the building’s frame, paint renewing as I work at the smaller version before me, some seven-hundred miles south of him, his countenance is truly priceless.

(2008-07-04 22:15:39 Drexl rolls 9 dice to Int+Occ(Heka) (Diff 7) 8,2,4,8,5, 3,5,7,9 (4 successes)

For several hours, my work continues, mending, reshaping perfecting the building I will soon come to inhabit. Particular attention is paid to the upstairs area which will soon become my sanctum. A multitude of modifications are required here for it to suit my needs.

(2008-07-04 22:28:19 Drexl rolls 9 dice to Int+Occ(Heka) (Diff 7) 7,10,4,6,4, 6,4,9,10,9, 7 (6 success)

The one-way glass thickens to bullet-proof, the walls, ceiling and doors like a vault. The inner-walls are rearranged in a manner more to my liking, creating ample space for the furnishing and implements that will soon be shipped to the warehouse.

There is yet much to be done before I leave Miami, but for now at least, I have a nest...