That works. Although now I wonder two other things: how do we deal with the shared abilities (we aren't the only ones splitting them), and how amped-up is it with 20+ garou's worth of Totem dots?

  Where else are we with start readiness? Characters sheets done (except maybe Rides-The-Lightning)? Background stuff generally set?

I'm good with the proposed start. And I think those super-pack totem dots more represent a sept totem then a pack totem at this point. And I'm good to start I think.
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Yeah I’m ready.  If we can’t settle on a pack totem I can buy a spirit ally with my points instead.  Figure that can be hashed out later.

  Apparently we're using Salamander until we officially spin off from the bigger pack. Then it's wide open.

I'm just refining my sheet; down to re-spending my freebies now that I have a better concept of the character.

Ghost, that is the impression I was getting.  So I'm raring to go.

  Valgard? Rides? How about you?

  Silence...

  I hope we haven't lost them all already!

I am still here, just waiting for the storyteller to respond before I move forward with a character.

Okay. This week is beyond nuts for me as I'm GMing a game on Saturday and doing last-minute prep now. It sounds like everybody is pretty much ready to go, though, so I'll make the first narrative post next week, hopefully Monday.

  Which version will be along for the Rides?

  Alright. We're a task group (so to speak) within the large pack, and internally we probably more or less organize as one. Ghost presumably acts as alpha if for no other reason than that it's expected, and one of us has three (I think?) dependents to worry about along with the usual pack considerations.

  Does anyone else have stray wards/kin/allies/etc that we might need to take into consideration (if only to avoid collateral damage)? Or merits/flaws/backgrounds that would either be obvious to everyone else and/or revealed to the rest by now even if they aren't obvious?

White Shadow lives in the same building as his parents (one of whom is kinfolk). On the lower level of that building is the butcher/deli that he helps his parents run.  So, while passing through the business area is a good way to explain why he's covered in blood, he would prefer to keep the violent Garou life far away from his family.

  Only one of them is kinfolk - does that mean the other is unaware or are they a normal human but in the know?

Jimena's got kinfolk contacts—three of her blood relations (father, brother, aunt) and a couple of Child of Gaia kin whom I haven't named that are associated with UT. I think one is a student and the other holds an administrative position in student housing.

Given Jimena's breeding, her brother Marco would be quite the eligible bachelor, but he has recently married the woman he got pregnant. Jimena's aunt Nadia is the one most clued in about garou affairs.

William doesn't know if they have any awareness of his heritage.  He doesn't even know which side of his family his Garou genes come from.  He assumes it is his father's side, but he's wrong, this mother is actually the kinfolk (how much she knows I'm leaving up to the GM).  He hasn't approached the topic for two reasons:

1) He doesn't want to risk breaking the Litany.
2) He desperately wants to keep his family life and Garou life separate.

  That sounds like an unstable situation. Something's going to happen to blow his secret sooner or later, and the Curse would make it difficult even to be around his non-kinfolk parent (what with the amount of Rage he has)?

  We could end up with some hijinks going on in the name of helping to keep the lid on it for the time being, though...

Butcher/deli huh?..... fascinating.... got any leftovers there my dawg?

Hijinks, yeah I’m just loading the GMs gun.

And of course there are leftovers little sister.

  Does he have any siblings (non-Pack) or other close relatives that might become an issue?

No, but as a local he does have a history with other humans in the area.  An ex-best friend and several girlfriends that now despise him.  Which is likely going to be odd experiencing since most of the pack members know him as a super friendly guy.

  Bad enough endings to be enemies or just "whaddaya want, loser?" types?

The later

  How does he cover for his 'outings'? Pack activities aren't always things that let you go home each night, and the family is going to start wondering...