The guy shrugs off Veronica's questions. "A hickey's not exactly the worst thing I ever got at a party, y'know?" Still, she makes sure she can find him again.
She calls Edie about it as well.
"No, I haven't had anybody like that... How was he? Did he taste different?"
"No, he just... I don't know. Maybe it was me."
"Oh honey, don't ever think that."
"Then what? Is the scene just so jaded that nobody cares any more?"
"Only one way to find out..."
...
Karen goes to see Billy, needing a lookout and/or getaway driver for whatever her sire Constance has planned.
"So what is it, just illegal, or dangerous as well?"
"Oh, probably. Knowing my luck it'll belong to some other vampire."
"Well, at least that won't bring the cops. Get me killed, sure, but no cops."
...
Hall is still running down drug dealers. He puts one through a car window to get him to talk.
...
Veronica and Edie head out, and test to make sure it's not a problem on Veronica's end. None of the people she samples have the same problem.
"So, wanna find this guy and... well, what do you wanna do with him?"
"It's nice having options..."
...
Karen goes to see Constance to get the specifics. Right enough, it's stealing from other vampires. "Maybe connected to your drug-blood ring too."
Some kind of post-hippy cult. Something to do with snakes.
...
Disco is not a threat to the Masquerade.
Yet.
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Nightclubbing: 6: We're Walking Through Town
Karen's sire, Constance, claims to be concerned that she's picking fights with other vampires. She says she'll help look into the drug dealers... and of course she wants something in exchange. Something needs to be stolen, in a few nights' time...
Veronica gets a call from her clanmate Edie, an invitation to a nightclub event. A chance to make some connections.
The Factory is shutting for refurbishments so it's packed out, probably violating fire safety codes. Edie makes the rounds of dealers, Veronica looks them over to see if any of them have been in contact with the vampire. Hall gets hit on by white people. Billy helps himself to a bottle of scotch that the owners didn't give due appreciation. Karen borrows a floppy hat and enormous sunglasses from Veronica and tries not to look obviously underage.
Veronica lets a guy put the moves on her, charms him effortlessly, gets him back to his place...
... and he doesn't seem to forget about the biting after she's done.
...
Did he know she was a vampire when they met? What has he been taking that would let him remember the Kiss? Is Disco a threat to the Masquerade?!
Veronica gets a call from her clanmate Edie, an invitation to a nightclub event. A chance to make some connections.
The Factory is shutting for refurbishments so it's packed out, probably violating fire safety codes. Edie makes the rounds of dealers, Veronica looks them over to see if any of them have been in contact with the vampire. Hall gets hit on by white people. Billy helps himself to a bottle of scotch that the owners didn't give due appreciation. Karen borrows a floppy hat and enormous sunglasses from Veronica and tries not to look obviously underage.
Veronica lets a guy put the moves on her, charms him effortlessly, gets him back to his place...
... and he doesn't seem to forget about the biting after she's done.
...
Did he know she was a vampire when they met? What has he been taking that would let him remember the Kiss? Is Disco a threat to the Masquerade?!
Wednesday 16 November 2016
Nightclubbing: 5: Oh, Isn't It Wild?
The ratty-haired hippy vampire decides that three against one isn't good odds. (Billy isn't counted.) He picks up the dealer and throws him at Hall, who bats him aside. He then starts running, taking out a revolver and firing behind him to stop them chasing him.
Karen goes racing off after the vampire, all growls under his breath and goes after her.
Veronica confirms that the dealer's still alive, and offers him the chance to stay that way.
"He needs healthy blood with heroin in it - says it's for juicing. I don't ask questions!"
"Well, let me ask you a few questions."
Karen drops on the vampire from a fire escape as he gets to his car.
Hall appears from out of nowhere and picks him up by the neck.
"Hey man, this is a free city. No man, no God, no Prince. Least this way they die high, right?"
Hall considers this, and breaks the vampire's neck.
"He has customers. Maybe a boss. And he's right. There's nobody above us to stop this."
"So we stop this."
The dealer is very cooperative, between Veronica's smile and Billy's crowbar.
The group find Cindy where he said she was, alive.
Veronica has enough Auspex to get an impression of the vampire's haven and where it is from the body. Maybe there will be a clue there.
Karen puts Cindy on the bus back home.
"You should go home too."
"Too late for that."
And on her way back from the bus station, she sees her sire waiting for her...
...
Karen provides an actual moral center for the group. Hall resents what he is and is happy to put it to some kind of good use, Veronica would rather be partying but can be guilted into action, Billy figures a "good" vampire is less trouble than most of them will be.
Next week, a new plot! Possibly two, actually.
Karen goes racing off after the vampire, all growls under his breath and goes after her.
Veronica confirms that the dealer's still alive, and offers him the chance to stay that way.
"He needs healthy blood with heroin in it - says it's for juicing. I don't ask questions!"
"Well, let me ask you a few questions."
Karen drops on the vampire from a fire escape as he gets to his car.
Hall appears from out of nowhere and picks him up by the neck.
"Hey man, this is a free city. No man, no God, no Prince. Least this way they die high, right?"
Hall considers this, and breaks the vampire's neck.
"He has customers. Maybe a boss. And he's right. There's nobody above us to stop this."
"So we stop this."
The dealer is very cooperative, between Veronica's smile and Billy's crowbar.
The group find Cindy where he said she was, alive.
Veronica has enough Auspex to get an impression of the vampire's haven and where it is from the body. Maybe there will be a clue there.
Karen puts Cindy on the bus back home.
"You should go home too."
"Too late for that."
And on her way back from the bus station, she sees her sire waiting for her...
...
Karen provides an actual moral center for the group. Hall resents what he is and is happy to put it to some kind of good use, Veronica would rather be partying but can be guilted into action, Billy figures a "good" vampire is less trouble than most of them will be.
Next week, a new plot! Possibly two, actually.
Wednesday 9 November 2016
Thursday 3 November 2016
Nightclubbing: 4: We See People, Brand New People
They're something to see...
Veronica, Hall and Billy all go to assorted contacts.
Veronica knows a Beverley Hills vampire, a fellow Toreador who supplies drugs to the very best parties. She insists that she takes care who she buys from and sells to, but can point her clanmate to some less 'ethical' dealers.
Hall talks to the night shift coroner. She knows about vampires, and has a fee for cover-ups, cold blood, and information. He pays for the information, and the cover-up as well.
Billy confirms a couple of the likely names, then narrows the leads down further by getting into searching the most likely suspect's car.
And they track him, and find him meeting a vampire. One none of them know.
Veronica, Hall and Billy all go to assorted contacts.
Veronica knows a Beverley Hills vampire, a fellow Toreador who supplies drugs to the very best parties. She insists that she takes care who she buys from and sells to, but can point her clanmate to some less 'ethical' dealers.
Hall talks to the night shift coroner. She knows about vampires, and has a fee for cover-ups, cold blood, and information. He pays for the information, and the cover-up as well.
Billy confirms a couple of the likely names, then narrows the leads down further by getting into searching the most likely suspect's car.
And they track him, and find him meeting a vampire. One none of them know.
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