Sunday 25 February 2018

The Night In Question

A big one-night immersive Vampire: The Masquerade LARP. In Texas, The Night In Question isn't exactly handy for me, unfortunately. But it looks preeeeetty cool.

Friday 16 February 2018

Wednesday 14 February 2018

The Forgotten: Fifteen

Vampires and their human and ghoul supporters on both sides, and the coterie stuck in the middle.

Jones grabs a manhole, wrenches it out, and gestures for the others to get in.

Heading into the storm drains cuts off their pursuers - but the sudden rush of rats giving chase suggests someone using Animalism to get them out of the way. David puts himself between them and Jessica, and Mia joins him. She takes his hand as they run.

They run on through the dark.

"Where are we going?" Jessica asks, stopping to draw a breath, aware that none of the others need to.
"We have to get you safe," David says.
"Is anywhere safe?" she replies.

Up ahead, Jones hears movement. He sniffs the air, and a red glow burns in his pupils.

"Running from an attack on our prince. Disloyal." Carlin shakes his head. "Like your sire."

Samuel tenses defensively.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to give you a telling off. Run all you like."
"You're in on it."
"They needed someone to help bring them in."
"And my sire?"
"Please. Your sire killed you, made you this."

Samuel lunges at him.

Monday 12 February 2018

You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For: Seven

Vampire: The Requiem
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For

Seven: Love me for what I said that I would not become


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Sarah moved over to where Daniel stood. He looked like he might leave, but decided against it.

"I thought I might never see you again."
"I had to make sure you were safe."
"Another...?" she hesitated to say the word vampire.
He nodded. "Matthew. I want to make sure he won't come after you."
"And you don't mean a stern talking to, do you?"

He grimaced, and nodded.

"If you're gonna fight him... does it have to be a fair fight?"

At which point Caitlyn came over, putting a protective arm around Sarah's shoulders.

"I should... I'll call. Soon." He stepped away.

Caitlyn took Sarah's hand and led her back to their table.

"Okay, I don't wanna say that guy's trouble, but..."

Sarah could just nod, glancing at the space where he had been.

...

He did call, that night, leaving a message before she got home.

"I've left something for you. It'll drive one of us off. I'll let you decide who to use it on."

She opened the small parcel to find a pepper spray that smelt faintly of garlic.

...

She had it in her bag the next night, coming back from a late class, when she felt someone might be following her...

Wednesday 7 February 2018

The Forgotten: Fourteen

Jones stops the stranger before she can beat Mac into torpor. He claws at her, she returns the favour. It's all a question of who falls first.

Until Jessica arrives and hits her with her car.

...

They manage to rouse her from torpor with plenty of pig blood, pelvis still broken and chained up in the boiler room of a boarded-up apartment building.

She gives them a name, Elise, and not much else.

"What do you plan to do with me? Trade me to my brood? In exchange for what?"
"Call off the assault," David says.
"Feh. This city is ours by right. If you really want peace, you'll stand aside and let us bring Barrett and his circle down."
"And kill anyone who gets in your way?"
"You are children."

Mia leads David away.

"What do we do with her? Will any of them be more reasonable?"
"I kinda doubt it. But we have to try."

...

They let Elise heal and she makes a call, and they leave her in the trunk of a car in a lot for her brood to retrieve her.

And as they head away, they see Barrett's people coming.