Thursday, 16 November 2017
Monday, 13 November 2017
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For: Three
Vampire: The Requiem
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For
Three: Some kind of connection
One
Two
"Will I see you again?"
"... If you want to."
Sarah thought for a moment, and nodded slightly. They exchanged numbers.
...
The next night, a little after sundown, he called her.
"Hi."
"Good evening."
"Did you just wake up?"
"Just about."
"There are a few courses here where you'd fit right in."
He chuckled.
"So, what are you doing tonight? Patrolling like Campus Batman?"
"Something like that. Making sure the other knows I'm keeping an eye on the place."
"Can't be easy. I mean, students... young, healthy, away from home, easy to lure into dark alleys..."
"Yeah, it's a popular choice. Up there with clubs."
"Oh, good, I was supposed to going to a club tonight."
"Oh. Sorry."
"You could come."
"Uh..."
"Make sure there aren't any... is there a term other than vampires?"
"Uh, several. But yeah, I could meet you at yours, or there."
"There. I'm going with some friends."
She gave him a street address and a time, and went back to looking at two possible outfits.
She chose the hotter of the two.
...
When he saw her, he paused.
"I feel underdressed."
"... Good." She smiled and took his arm. "Come on, I'll introduce you."
"What are you going to introduce me as?"
"I'll think of something."
She introduced him to her friends Caitlyn and Gemma.
"He helped scare off the guy that was trying to mug that girl."
"Oh, he's brave too?" Caitlyn asked.
And then Daniel noticed that there actually was another vampire in the club.
"What is it?" Sarah asked softly as she noticed his reaction, as he stepped away to look around.
"You might not be safe with me."
She considered this, and took his arm again.
Caitlyn and Gemma exchanged a look as they excused themselves.
"One of yours? More than one."
"One, I think. Hard to tell with so many people."
He stood still, looking around slowly.
"There. Her."
She was uncannily elegant. Anyone who knew vampires existed would suspect her.
"Do you know her?"
"She's the one that made me."
Sarah looked her over, with a mixture of wariness and suspicion.
"This can't be a coincidence," Daniel warned her. "She's here for me. You're in danger."
"And you're in danger too. She already killed you."
He paused, then nodded.
"Still, I have to know why she's here."
His sire looked up as he approached, and then past him to where Sarah stood.
"I smell her on you. But not on your breath. Are you playing with your food?"
"Leave her out of this."
"Oh. Still trying to be one of them? Old habits die hard. But they do die."
"Why are you here?"
"Why shouldn't I be here? This is the rack. It was before you were born, much less made. I hear you want the campus to yourself, you can't have the whole city."
"You're here to threaten me?"
"Consider it advice. Parental concern."
He flinched, and for a moment bared his teeth.
"A word of friendly warning then. Matthew won't give up the quad after one show of strength, and he knows the girl's face."
"I'll keep that in mind."
"And tell her I was sorry I didn't get a chance to meet her properly."
She slipped into the crowd, out of sight.
Sarah approached once she was sure the vampire was gone.
"Are you alright?"
"Just a warning and some veiled threats." He shook his head.
She took his hand.
"Do you want to dance?"
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
The Forgotten: Six
Grey walks in like she owns the place. She steps over to Jessica, smiling confidently.
"Nice dress." Jessica tries to seem polite.
"Thank you. I thought it might be a bit too 'vampy' but oh well. Do you think I might get a dance with David as well? Assuming he and Mia aren't going to be busy all night..."
Jessica narrows her eyes slightly.
Samuel watches from the sidelines, ready to step in - glancing over to Carlin to make sure he isn't about to get in his way.
...
Outside, Jones and Grier watch figures in costume come and go, and Jones stops as he sees that vampire making her way through the crowds. He jumps down the fire escape one floor at a time and gives chase.
She spots him coming, and he catches up to her before she can escape to the subway.
"What are you doing here?"
"This city's going to fall. Do you want to fall with it?"
"No. But I have friends I want safe."
"Then use the time you have. It isn't very long."
With that, she runs through a break in the crowd.
...
It's near the end of the song, and David and Mia are still dancing - when he sees Grey with Jessica and moves away to help her. Mia follows, looking... displeased.
"David, we were just talking. Your day sister's very brave. I hope we can be friends when this is all over."
"I'd say that's up to you and her. What do you want?"
"To do my bit for the theater. Such a good cause. And to get a look at the man we're all supposed to work for." Grey glances over at Barrett, shaking hands with the city's mayor. He looks over and smiles fake-graciously.
...
Samuel approaches Monica, nodding slightly to Grey. "Another new arrival, a friend of Lake's."
"Perhaps the reason he's so confident lately?"
...
The quartet starts a new waltz, and David takes the opportunity to extend a hand to Grey, to get her away from Jessica. "May I?"
"Such a gentleman."
She is, it turns out, a very good dancer, with a poise and confidence few humans can match.
"So why are you really here?"
"Why? Aren't you enjoying this?" She smiles teasingly. He moves the direction of the dance further away from his sister. "Tsk. Fine. I come from between here and Lewiston and I hear... oh, small world." She nods towards someone else who has just arrived.
Danton.
"Nice dress." Jessica tries to seem polite.
"Thank you. I thought it might be a bit too 'vampy' but oh well. Do you think I might get a dance with David as well? Assuming he and Mia aren't going to be busy all night..."
Jessica narrows her eyes slightly.
Samuel watches from the sidelines, ready to step in - glancing over to Carlin to make sure he isn't about to get in his way.
...
Outside, Jones and Grier watch figures in costume come and go, and Jones stops as he sees that vampire making her way through the crowds. He jumps down the fire escape one floor at a time and gives chase.
She spots him coming, and he catches up to her before she can escape to the subway.
"What are you doing here?"
"This city's going to fall. Do you want to fall with it?"
"No. But I have friends I want safe."
"Then use the time you have. It isn't very long."
With that, she runs through a break in the crowd.
...
It's near the end of the song, and David and Mia are still dancing - when he sees Grey with Jessica and moves away to help her. Mia follows, looking... displeased.
"David, we were just talking. Your day sister's very brave. I hope we can be friends when this is all over."
"I'd say that's up to you and her. What do you want?"
"To do my bit for the theater. Such a good cause. And to get a look at the man we're all supposed to work for." Grey glances over at Barrett, shaking hands with the city's mayor. He looks over and smiles fake-graciously.
...
Samuel approaches Monica, nodding slightly to Grey. "Another new arrival, a friend of Lake's."
"Perhaps the reason he's so confident lately?"
...
The quartet starts a new waltz, and David takes the opportunity to extend a hand to Grey, to get her away from Jessica. "May I?"
"Such a gentleman."
She is, it turns out, a very good dancer, with a poise and confidence few humans can match.
"So why are you really here?"
"Why? Aren't you enjoying this?" She smiles teasingly. He moves the direction of the dance further away from his sister. "Tsk. Fine. I come from between here and Lewiston and I hear... oh, small world." She nods towards someone else who has just arrived.
Danton.
Thursday, 2 November 2017
The Forgotten: Five
David shrugs off Grey's news. "Our sire doesn't mean all that much to me."
"Come on, don't be like that. I'm here to give you some sisterly advice. There's a storm on the horizon, and you better roll with it or ride it out, or get out of town. Take the other one with you."
He calls Jessica on the way out, to make sure she's alright.
"Y'know it scares me when you do that."
"That's the idea."
...
Jones catches the unknown vampire's scent again out at the Rack, and finds her heading into a club with a group of mortals. He doesn't look the part to get in, so he waits outside and calls Mia.
By the time she arrives, she can't find the new vampire inside.
Jones calls on Samuel to see if he can detect her. It comes down as a distinct 'maybe'. He can tell she fed on one of the clubbers inside. His friends get him into a taxi, and Jones follows that.
...
And then it's Halloween. Mia is expected to help with a masquerade ball at Elysium. She's assured that doing well will be good for her profile by Sean, new childe and favorite of her sire Elena.
There will be mortals there, the great and good of the city attending a fundraiser for the Civic Theater, so Jessica could come but David isn't wildly keen on the idea.
"So, what, I should stay home watching old movies and not answering the door to trick or treaters?"
David makes exasperated noises.
...
Mia gets a designer little black dress and domino mask. David reluctantly wears a tux. Jessica stops herself getting a vampire costume and wears a dark dress and shoes she can run in. Samuel goes for the black suit and matching shirt. Jones decides to lurk outside. Mia suggests he'd be dashing if he tried and he takes the compliment with a smirk but still doesn't come to the party.
Monica comes in on the arm of Henry Barrett, Prince of the city. He nods to Mia and Jessica in passing and ignores the rest of the group.
Jessica whispers "He's beautiful..." David seethes, and she smirks, playing it as a joke. "Like you don't think that about Mia." He starts looking at the decorations.
...
Outside, Jones watches mortals come and go from his vantage point on a rooftop opposite the theater.
And he finds himself joined by Grier, the Sheriff. The Nosferatu stands out of the spotlight.
"You could be inside, unlike me."
"I'm fine out here."
"You're worried."
"Few too many new faces around."
"I agree."
"I've seen one, she runs when I get close, seems to think it's a game."
"Hm. Maybe she thinks you're pretty."
...
Barrett makes the rounds of the room, playing the good host with the mortals.
Monica politely introduces herself to Jessica.
"I don't believe we've met. You're David's sister? Such connections are to be cherished." She smiles, and it almost doesn't sound like a threat.
Samuel lurks a safe distance from the dancing. But this allows Carlin, a Tremere antiques dealer, to approach.
"So you've made it to Halloween. It'll soon be a year since... well."
"I remember." Samuel looks like he's considering boiling his clanmate's blood.
"Such a shame we never found his killer."
David is unconvinced by an old money couple called the Elliotts saying they care about the theater, but tries not to show it.
Jessica suggests that Mia should rescue him, and smiles wickedly and looks to the dance floor.
So now David and Mia are dancing.
And, thanks to karma, a handsome young man asks her to dance as well.
And then she spots Grey making an entrance.
"Come on, don't be like that. I'm here to give you some sisterly advice. There's a storm on the horizon, and you better roll with it or ride it out, or get out of town. Take the other one with you."
He calls Jessica on the way out, to make sure she's alright.
"Y'know it scares me when you do that."
"That's the idea."
...
Jones catches the unknown vampire's scent again out at the Rack, and finds her heading into a club with a group of mortals. He doesn't look the part to get in, so he waits outside and calls Mia.
By the time she arrives, she can't find the new vampire inside.
Jones calls on Samuel to see if he can detect her. It comes down as a distinct 'maybe'. He can tell she fed on one of the clubbers inside. His friends get him into a taxi, and Jones follows that.
...
And then it's Halloween. Mia is expected to help with a masquerade ball at Elysium. She's assured that doing well will be good for her profile by Sean, new childe and favorite of her sire Elena.
There will be mortals there, the great and good of the city attending a fundraiser for the Civic Theater, so Jessica could come but David isn't wildly keen on the idea.
"So, what, I should stay home watching old movies and not answering the door to trick or treaters?"
David makes exasperated noises.
...
Mia gets a designer little black dress and domino mask. David reluctantly wears a tux. Jessica stops herself getting a vampire costume and wears a dark dress and shoes she can run in. Samuel goes for the black suit and matching shirt. Jones decides to lurk outside. Mia suggests he'd be dashing if he tried and he takes the compliment with a smirk but still doesn't come to the party.
Monica comes in on the arm of Henry Barrett, Prince of the city. He nods to Mia and Jessica in passing and ignores the rest of the group.
Jessica whispers "He's beautiful..." David seethes, and she smirks, playing it as a joke. "Like you don't think that about Mia." He starts looking at the decorations.
...
Outside, Jones watches mortals come and go from his vantage point on a rooftop opposite the theater.
And he finds himself joined by Grier, the Sheriff. The Nosferatu stands out of the spotlight.
"You could be inside, unlike me."
"I'm fine out here."
"You're worried."
"Few too many new faces around."
"I agree."
"I've seen one, she runs when I get close, seems to think it's a game."
"Hm. Maybe she thinks you're pretty."
...
Barrett makes the rounds of the room, playing the good host with the mortals.
Monica politely introduces herself to Jessica.
"I don't believe we've met. You're David's sister? Such connections are to be cherished." She smiles, and it almost doesn't sound like a threat.
Samuel lurks a safe distance from the dancing. But this allows Carlin, a Tremere antiques dealer, to approach.
"So you've made it to Halloween. It'll soon be a year since... well."
"I remember." Samuel looks like he's considering boiling his clanmate's blood.
"Such a shame we never found his killer."
David is unconvinced by an old money couple called the Elliotts saying they care about the theater, but tries not to show it.
Jessica suggests that Mia should rescue him, and smiles wickedly and looks to the dance floor.
So now David and Mia are dancing.
And, thanks to karma, a handsome young man asks her to dance as well.
And then she spots Grey making an entrance.
Sunday, 29 October 2017
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For: Two
Vampire: The Requiem
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For
Two: Some kind of spark
"You're not human, are you?"
Daniel flinched away, knowing she'd seen too much to believe a simple explanation. And seeing that she was frightened... but also sympathetic.
"I'm human. But... not human like you."
And then he was gone, into the dark.
But staying close, in case the other vampire came back.
...
The next night, he waited for her near the bookstore near campus.
Again, she was afraid, but not like she should have been.
"You came back."
"I thought he might."
"The vampire...?" She paused, as if saying it out loud made it real. "The other vampire."
He looked away, ashamed.
"How... How long have you been like this?"
"Not long. Months. It was an accident... she said."
"Is she still around?"
"No."
"Are there more of you?"
"Some. Not many."
"How do you - ?"
"The donor center. Animals sometimes, but I can't do that for long."
"Have you ever...?" Her voice trailed off as she thought of the other vampire's fangs.
"No. But I've come close."
"Why are you telling me?" She felt a chill of fear again.
"Because... now you need to know."
"Is he gonna come back?"
"Maybe. It's... easy to hunt here."
"Um... Thank you."
He looked surprised.
"Uh, so, what's real? Sunlight, stakes...?" She glanced at the window of the bookstore across the path, and saw his reflection there. "Not mirrors."
"No. But sunlight, yeah. And stakes, apparently. But not being invited in."
"Shit. that woulda been helpful."
"Yeah."
"Um. Since we're sharing information, I'm Sarah."
He hesitated. He hadn't told anyone his name since he died.
"Daniel."
...
They sat in the bookstore. She sipped her coffee. He held his to warm his cold hands.
"So... God, I have so many questions."
"I did too. I didn't get many answers."
"Umm, well. What else is there? Are there ghosts?"
"I don't know. Sorry."
"Oh, uh, that's fine. It's better than 'there's one right beside you' or something."
"Yeah." He smiled, just for a moment. Then he looked back at her. "You're taking this very well."
"You saved my life. That buys you a little cred."
He nodded.
"Oh, how's your friend?"
"I don't actually know her. She'll be okay."
"Good."
"But she needed a transfusion." She looked at his reaction.
"I, ah... I need to work on that."
"Yeah, you do." Her hand went to her neck instinctively.
He stood up.
"I should go."
"Will I see you again?"
"... If you want to."
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The Forgotten: Four
The new member of Lake's gang goes by Grey. She's thin, with short messy bleached hair, but more intimidating than she should be in that way vampires sometimes are. Samuel peers at her, trying to figure out what she might be. She stares back, with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes.
"Now now, we're all friends here..." Lake says, moving to put himself between them.
"We are?" Danni asks. "When did that happen?"
David puts his hands up for calm.
"Seems there have been a lot of us coming into town lately. You wouldn't happen to know about that, would you?"
"Might," Grey replies. "Town's getting busy. Probably gonna get busier. Should get your family somewhere nicer."
David's eyes narrow. Lake smirks slightly, seeing that button getting pressed again.
Mia puts a hand on David's arm, gently. He stops clenching his fists.
"It's not exactly ideal," Lake says, "but it probably won't be for long, so let's make do."
"Why won't it be long?" David asks suspiciously.
"Things to do. Places to go. Nothing you kids gotta worry about."
...
David walks out quickly, then paces the club's parking lot.
Jessica steps out, staying by the door as she sees him trying to calm down.
"Nobody ever means that."
...
Mia checks her hair before reluctantly opening the door to a private gallery in midtown.
Elysium. Somewhere she only goes if she has to.
Monica Brava, seneschal to the Prince, smiles icily as she sees her.
"Now what brings you back here?"
"I think Lake and his gang might be planning to move against you."
"I'd be disappointed if they weren't. Anything specific?"
"New... relatives in town. One with them, girl called Grey. Another... a man called Danton, I saw him around town."
"Danton? Really. Haven't heard from him in a while."
"Who is he?"
"Not somebody you should be trusting, let's just say that." Monica opens her purse, takes out a business card and writes on the back: LEWISTON. The name of a city less than a hundred miles away. A city with a Prince who hates Barrett, Prince of Lawrence.
"I... see. And the gang?"
"Probably looking to gain from a war. Now, what do you think of this? I'm not sure about the color scheme..."
...
Jones is out hunting when he sees another unfamiliar vampire at the edge of the Rack. He starts to follow, and she notices and runs. He chases her through back alleys, the small yards of apartment blocks, across a side street, to the subway, and loses her as she gets onto a train just as the doors close. She blows him a kiss as the train rolls away.
...
David slumps into his usual seat at a bookshop cafe near campus. The place he met his sire, who abandoned him and the city a year ago.
He senses someone approaching.
Grey. She comes and sits across from him, smiling placidly.
"So, you told your sister about us. That seems a little dangerous."
He scowls.
"Sorry, sorry, I don't mean it as a threat. It's just..." She leans closer, and drops her voice to a whisper. "I don't think our sire would be pleased." She looks back to see he caught her saying 'our'.
"I'm your sister too."
"Now now, we're all friends here..." Lake says, moving to put himself between them.
"We are?" Danni asks. "When did that happen?"
David puts his hands up for calm.
"Seems there have been a lot of us coming into town lately. You wouldn't happen to know about that, would you?"
"Might," Grey replies. "Town's getting busy. Probably gonna get busier. Should get your family somewhere nicer."
David's eyes narrow. Lake smirks slightly, seeing that button getting pressed again.
Mia puts a hand on David's arm, gently. He stops clenching his fists.
"It's not exactly ideal," Lake says, "but it probably won't be for long, so let's make do."
"Why won't it be long?" David asks suspiciously.
"Things to do. Places to go. Nothing you kids gotta worry about."
...
David walks out quickly, then paces the club's parking lot.
Jessica steps out, staying by the door as she sees him trying to calm down.
"Nobody ever means that."
...
Mia checks her hair before reluctantly opening the door to a private gallery in midtown.
Elysium. Somewhere she only goes if she has to.
Monica Brava, seneschal to the Prince, smiles icily as she sees her.
"Now what brings you back here?"
"I think Lake and his gang might be planning to move against you."
"I'd be disappointed if they weren't. Anything specific?"
"New... relatives in town. One with them, girl called Grey. Another... a man called Danton, I saw him around town."
"Danton? Really. Haven't heard from him in a while."
"Who is he?"
"Not somebody you should be trusting, let's just say that." Monica opens her purse, takes out a business card and writes on the back: LEWISTON. The name of a city less than a hundred miles away. A city with a Prince who hates Barrett, Prince of Lawrence.
"I... see. And the gang?"
"Probably looking to gain from a war. Now, what do you think of this? I'm not sure about the color scheme..."
...
Jones is out hunting when he sees another unfamiliar vampire at the edge of the Rack. He starts to follow, and she notices and runs. He chases her through back alleys, the small yards of apartment blocks, across a side street, to the subway, and loses her as she gets onto a train just as the doors close. She blows him a kiss as the train rolls away.
...
David slumps into his usual seat at a bookshop cafe near campus. The place he met his sire, who abandoned him and the city a year ago.
He senses someone approaching.
Grey. She comes and sits across from him, smiling placidly.
"So, you told your sister about us. That seems a little dangerous."
He scowls.
"Sorry, sorry, I don't mean it as a threat. It's just..." She leans closer, and drops her voice to a whisper. "I don't think our sire would be pleased." She looks back to see he caught her saying 'our'.
"I'm your sister too."
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
The Forgotten: Three
Mia introduces herself to the stranger, a vampire who calls himself Danton. He says that he's visiting from a nearby city because his sire's sire resides here. She has no reason to doubt his word - and no reason not to.
...
Jones tracks Mac to a run-down tenement building, where the Caitiff locks himself in the basement boiler room. Seeing it's close to sunrise, Jones heads out - making sure he isn't followed in turn.
...
Samuel calls on Broughton, the bookseller. He says that there are more vampires asking about where to avoid hunting. Newcomers, perhaps - but then why not ask the Kindred?
...
David and Jessica break into the campus teaching hospital for some blood. He tried some separated and treated blood after being turned, and could barely finish it - it has to be whole blood, which means going to the donor center. And having Jess there as a spotter keeps him from going overboard.
...
With no human family around, Mia hunts quite casually, until she sees Danton around again.
...
Jones emerges from his own hiding place to find no sign of Mac, and loses his scent around the subway.
...
The gang is back at the Vault, with a new member...
...
With no human family around, Mia hunts quite casually, until she sees Danton around again.
...
Jones emerges from his own hiding place to find no sign of Mac, and loses his scent around the subway.
...
The gang is back at the Vault, with a new member...
Monday, 16 October 2017
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For: One
Vampire: The Requiem
You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For
One: They don't burn like we do
Her name was Sarah. She made him feel alive.
She was heading out of an evening class the first time he saw her, tired and alone.
He was leaving the university teaching hospital after stealing a few nights' worth of donated blood. He felt bad enough about that, but he didn't want to consider the alternative.
And he wasn't the only vampire there.
He sensed another of his kind, following a student walking home, ready to strike. But then Sarah heard the victim call for help, and came running without a moment's pause.
And he found himself running to help as well.
The vampire's teeth gleamed as he smirked at Sarah. Before she pepper sprayed him. He snarled and lunged.
And someone leapt in the way. They stared, circled each other, and the wild-eyed man ran.
"Are you alright?" the stranger asked. He paused as he saw blood on the victim's throat, with a queasy look before turning his head, and moving to support her. Sarah took her other arm and they walked her to the hospital's ER.
"She was lucky you helped..." he said as the staff took the victim away.
"I was lucky you helped." Sarah looked at her pepper spray for a use-by date. Then she looked up, and saw something in his eyes.
"You're not human, are you?"
...
Sarah Collins, history student, brave and smart and possibly braver than is smart.
Daniel Burton, Daeva vampire, too humane to hunt with impunity.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Affairs Of The Guild
A one-off Vampire: The Masquerade LARP in New Orleans, just two weeks away. Perhaps related to Tampa By Night moving venue and shifting size?
Sounds fun (although, ew, Setites) and I'd like a chance to play something like this a little closer to home.
Sounds fun (although, ew, Setites) and I'd like a chance to play something like this a little closer to home.
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
The Forgotten: Two
David is a social Brujah, but still a Brujah, and Lake just threatened his sister. His knuckles whiten.
Then Jones walks up behind Mac, the Caitiff in Lake's gang, and grabs him by the collar, pulling him back and off balance.
Mia approaches sideways, putting herself between Jessica and Bats (another Brujah, not a Gangrel) and giving him a faux-placid smile.
Danni (a Gangrel) turns and gets the drop on Simon before he can intervene.
Lake looks at the numbers and sneers, backing off rather than backing down. He looks down at Jessica and hisses "Remember we're not all nice."
Jones follows David and Jessica out.
"Why did you help us?" David asks.
"I don't like them."
"I didn't think you liked anybody."
Jones shrugs.
Mia strolls out nonchalantly. Samuel strolls out a bit less nonchalantly.
"What was that about?" Jessica asks.
"Good question." Mia glances back at the door. "They're up to something."
...
David and Jessica discuss her getting out of town. She decides against it. (This is session two, after all.)
...
Jones skulks around the Vault, looking to track one of the gang home. Probably Mac, who he perceives as the weakest.
...
Mia goes dancing on the other side of the Rack, and notices another vampire on the hunt, one she doesn't recognize.
...
Samuel arranges to meet with a contact, a human occultist who might know if something strange is going on.
Then Jones walks up behind Mac, the Caitiff in Lake's gang, and grabs him by the collar, pulling him back and off balance.
Mia approaches sideways, putting herself between Jessica and Bats (another Brujah, not a Gangrel) and giving him a faux-placid smile.
Danni (a Gangrel) turns and gets the drop on Simon before he can intervene.
Lake looks at the numbers and sneers, backing off rather than backing down. He looks down at Jessica and hisses "Remember we're not all nice."
Jones follows David and Jessica out.
"Why did you help us?" David asks.
"I don't like them."
"I didn't think you liked anybody."
Jones shrugs.
Mia strolls out nonchalantly. Samuel strolls out a bit less nonchalantly.
"What was that about?" Jessica asks.
"Good question." Mia glances back at the door. "They're up to something."
...
David and Jessica discuss her getting out of town. She decides against it. (This is session two, after all.)
...
Jones skulks around the Vault, looking to track one of the gang home. Probably Mac, who he perceives as the weakest.
...
Mia goes dancing on the other side of the Rack, and notices another vampire on the hunt, one she doesn't recognize.
...
Samuel arranges to meet with a contact, a human occultist who might know if something strange is going on.
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
The Forgotten Ones
Vampire: The Masquerade - The Forgotten
Chapter One
The city of Lawrence. Held by the Camarilla for decades, but that may be about to change.
David Harper. Brujah, history student turned by a 60s activist anarch who has since left the city.
Jessica Harper. Human. David's sister. She knows what he is, just enough to know to keep quiet, and to worry.
Jones. Gangrel, moody loner, abandoned by his sire years ago.
Mia Courtland. Toreador, clubber and neglected childe of a harpy.
Samuel Marks. Tremere, researcher turned outcast after his sire's suspicious death.
The Harpers know Mia and to a lesser extent Samuel. Nobody really knows Jones.
...
Younger and less welcome vampires in the city tend to stop by in a Rack club called the Vault. It's dark, crowded, noisy, and full of sickly-looking people wearing a lot of black.
Mia lures a Blood Doll to a secluded spot. David tries to keep Jessica from noticing. Samuel tries to make light of the situation. Jones broods in another corner.
Tonight there's another coterie there, an anarch gang known for being all talk. But instead of getting boastful when David and Mia get closer, they get quiet and cagey.
Since the Vault is part of the Rack and nobody wants a mess, Mia agrees to keep an eye on them while David sees Jessica safe home. But they haven't made it out before the gang leader, Lake, gets in their way.
"You know the rule. We're your kin now."
The rest of the gang surround them...
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Sunday, 1 October 2017
VtR: You're The Only Thing Worth Dying For
A vampire and a human fall in love. I don't think it will end all that happily.
So this is the side game, probably every fortnight, two players coming back from We Are The Night for a smaller character-centric Requiem game about a mortal and a new vampire who has her as his Touchstone. He'll try to be a buffer between her and the other vampires in the city, and they'll get into various other kinds of trouble as well. She has friends too, for one thing.
So this is the side game, probably every fortnight, two players coming back from We Are The Night for a smaller character-centric Requiem game about a mortal and a new vampire who has her as his Touchstone. He'll try to be a buffer between her and the other vampires in the city, and they'll get into various other kinds of trouble as well. She has friends too, for one thing.
Wednesday, 27 September 2017
V20: The Forgotten
Vampire: The Masquerade
The Forgotten
New game, some new players, which means a pretty broad "deal with creepy old vampire court, investigate weird stuff, maybe go anarch" theme.
Chargen pretty much done. Basically street level neonates - managed to outstare the Tremere 8th generation ancilla CEO guy.
Dragging a couple friends along. Which means we might have a mortal PC - though we're also doing a two-player Requiem side game focusing on a vampire and human relationship.
Need names and pictures for some vampires, special guest wraith and mage, some actual people. Catchy name for a club. That kinda thing.
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