- Colleen said goodbye to Siochan, who promised to get her ice cream when she got back. Colleen said that she would convince Alainn to visit her therapist again.
-Everyone donned disguises for Rio. Damon's was not good, so they made him sexy. But he couldn't not do a British accent. Maya had a rocking American accent (Siochan too).
-They got to Rio and texted the lady and Glasya took the kids and pretended to be scared by Mischa. Siochan and Blaken took a million selfies on Noah on Maya's phone and made her mad. They got word to meet at the Aprazaviel Cafe while Siochan learned to speak Portuguese walking down the road. They scoped out the place and didn't see any weapons or anything, so they got a table to wait for the lady.
- A badass looking elf lady showed up and scoped them out in return, the bodyguard for Frithacar who was a little half elf half gnome lady. She sat with them and put up a no talky zone around them so they could speak freely. They told her about Shar trying to destroy both worlds, about Kate being the vessel and having killed Sehanine, about their plan to use the binding ritual that was used on Malaak'a, and that they had Jeanne Gar working on a way to control the backlash. They also told her that they were involved with bringing back magic here in South America with what Iscariot had been doing. She was skeptical of their quest and of whether this was actually as dire as the gods wanted them to think it was, and seemed generally dismissive of gods in general, but interested in knowing more. Frithacar was nervous about accepting the invitation to join the circle b/c she was leading resistance against a bunch of people trying to wipe out magic users in South America and she thought it might fall apart without her.
-They were interrupted by an assassination attempt. Siochan and Blaken noticed the assassin as they broke illusion but were too slow to stop them from stabbing Frithacar who collapsed on the table. Blaken threw up an illusion to keep the other patrons from seeing the fight and they fought the assassin, overwhelming him while Blaken took Frithacar to safety. Damon was sure not to kill him so that his wife could do it, but in the end, Siochan decided to spare him and he said that he had a wife and kids who they would kill if he failed. He was a silver skinned bald elf with a devastatingly attractive diamond shaped face.
-They took him to a hotel room to discuss more, once they learned that “Birlond” had his wife and kids and had coerced him into the assassination attempt to save their lives. They learned that the wife and kids had magic abilities and that Birlond was part of a political group who was trying to take power and then kill off all the magic users. Frithacar told them what she knew about Birlond and how his company was from America and called Syndicate Medical. She had failed at her attempts to scry inside.
-They came up with a plan to get inside by having Rissien, the assassin offer up two of them as 'captives'. After some discussion, it was decided that it would be Damon and Siochan and that Blaken, Maya, and Noah would go in and rescue them.
-Rissien took them to the meeting spot, which was an alleyway that had the symbol of Pazuzu graffitied on the wall - something that Blaken and Maya both recognized as serious trouble. A portal opened up and Damon and Siochan entered, where they found themselves separated and locked in cells. Siochan learned that her magic wasn't working and a woman named Dhaun came to try to question her but got nothing out of her and said that soon it would be 'her turn'.
-Eventually a man came over an announcer as she was trying to crack open a glass on top of her ceiling that housed a strange green light. He indicated that they were running some kind of test that involved disease on those who had magic in their veins and then the room filled with gas, and Siochan got very sick.
-Outside, Blaken and Maya and Noah decided to get inside, scoping out the art museum attached to the alley before deciding that was a dead end and heading right for the Syndicate Medical building. Noah snuck in to get a passcard and description of a guard for Blaken to pretend to be. They put Maya's sword in Cania and used illusion to disguise Planeshear as a bunch of keys and got through security with a good ruse. On the elevator, Blaken realized that he couldn't teleport out so he offered to physically leave and get her sword, then find a way in. Maya and Noah went on alone, while in her cell, Siochan contracted the bubonic plague. Maya and Noah found a secret door in the basement that led down some stairs where they ran afoul of Dhaun and got in a fight, as Damon broke out of his cell and came to rescue Siochan. However, he was assailed by some kind of monk and a fight ensued there too. Maya and Noah managed to stop Dhaun, and Maya offered her the salvation of Eilistraae, getting her to tell them that they should hurry if they meant to stop Birlond and telling them where to go. Damon drained the monk of blood to heal himself, and Siochan found that her powers worked in the hallway and rid herself of the plague.

 

-Siochan went to talk to Dante and Dominik about craftspeople in the camp and the organization of the place.  She and Dominik discussed what was coming up, that the Krozna people/Hasmed were back, about adding new disciples, about talking to Cambridge & Ember, about having a Disciples meeting, about Siochan's parents not knowing what was coming up soon, and about going to South America.
 

-Siochan went and found Asher who had finished Cromviel setting up.  Siochan asked to speak with him and they walked and talked about everything, Siochan offering him an apology for everything, and Asher eventually forgiving her.  They both tried to express their feelings about what had happened and where they wanted to go, and she expressed that she didn't want to lose her best friend.  She also told him that she was happy with Blaken and that he made her feel not so alone.  She also told him that she wanted to meet with her disciples when she got back from South America about who was going and who was staying, and he asked her what she wanted him to do.  She replied that she wanted him to be there and he agreed without hesitation to do so.
 

- Meanwhile, back at Rafael's where the La Krail/Hellsings were having dinner.  They talked about the kids, Claudia asked about what they were going to name the kids (Olivia Antoinette & James Vincent), and when Francesca went to the bathroom, Christos asked about what they intended to do with the kids and they agreed that Christos & Francesca would watch them at Hellsing, and that they would draw up paperwork to ensure that they got to share time.  They went swimming and for dessert, and Noah taught Claudia how to swim (Mirima was naturally great at it).  Christos and Maya talked privately about a lot of things, and aired how they were feeling about things, which was really good and he told her he loved her and was proud of her, and that they were all doing the best they could for their children and their family.   He told her that he'd been praying to Eilistraae.  Francesca talked to Noah and learned that he hadn't used protection with Claudia so she educated them about birth control and Claudia took a pregnancy test (she wasn't pregnant).