“Everyone there had at one time or another been into Satanism, or, like myself, had dabbled around the edges for sexual kicks.”
-Sammy Davis, Jr.
The night rolls on as the Spahn slowly fills in and H-Cell work their respective undercover identities and positions to learn more about the three bands playing this evening, hoping to narrow down which one contains their target, the self-styled “Serrano’s Shadow.”
Although now confident that the band TULU are just a group of good-natured nerds from Glendale to whom the “Slumberer of Relyah” is nothing more than an archaeological hoax that makes for a good aesthetic, they still have a part to play even after their set, as HERMES has (through the liberal expenditure of cocaine) landed an invite into the green room with them. Likewise, having been hired as a barback under an assumed name, HAZEL has managed to gain access to the VIP bar on the second floor. HELEN, HESTON, and HOLDEN continue to mingle with the crowd below undetected, getting a better idea of the social scene at play, as well as learning a bit more about their two remaining targets of investigation, that the membership Tezcatlipocha is trying to keep their links to the Mexican NSBM scene quiet, and that Tellurian Omega has an esoteric bent to their art.
But there’s more to the Spahn than H-Cell’s investigation into the so called “Higher Order.” Its owner, “Andre Balcazar” has a truly bizarre fixation with snakes and potentially troubling connections to a certain defunct occult criminal organization from New York City. His friend and regular patron, Eric Hillman, is supposedly an “astrologer to the stars” with a genuinely uncanny recall of astrological positions over the last century, and some truly horrifying burns on the right side of his body.
And as TULU finishes their set to a roaring crowd, HAZEL hears the dismay in Tellurian Omega’s booking agent as slick man in black ascends the stairs to the Cielo Lounge.
Part 3 will start at 2:00 pm CST on Saturday June 1st
Recollections and Observations coming soon
