The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari premiered 100 years ago tonight. Celebrate accordingly!

Happy Mardi Gras!

And a blessed Pancake Day, our salvation.

Red Sands: Eighteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Eighteen

Jacob is out the next day, meeting a blood seller, a hospital orderly who can get blood past its use date.

"Whole blood costs extra. That's what your guys want, right?"
"You're already throwing it away."
"But you don't know when or where..."

That night, Louise goes to check out the chop shop. Jamie suggests to Simon that he should go with her. "Just in case."

Jamie and Jacob go to see the gang planning on occupying the beach once the nomads leave. "So the Tower don't get any ideas..."

Jacob checks in with their ghouls, who look pretty shaky. Withdrawal. "This is good hunting. That trickles down..." one of them explains. But he still thinks this gang's keeping them hungrier than they have to. On the drive back, he mentions this to Jamie. She nods, figuring she'll tell the others. Because if she doesn't, Jacob will and she'll look secretive.

Louise makes contact with the car thieves. Simon waits outside. And sees a couple of anarchs from a different gang heading their way...

Wait...

Snow is falling all around me
Children playing, having fun
'tis the season for love and understanding
Merry... Valentine's Day... everyone!

Red Sands: Seventeen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Seventeen

The coterie head out the next night for an evening out with a purpose.

Louise and Jacob find a street race.

Simon and Jamie go to a club to see how much hold the anarchs have on the Rack.

Jamie spots a couple from one of the scrapyard gangs, giving them a nod and getting one in return. As they head into a club, Jamie suggests that Simon should have asked Louise.

Louise makes a possibly useful connection among the racers, a chop shop.

On the way back, Simon gets a call from the nomads. "We're moving out."

And that means a space in the map. And that means a fight...

The Oscars

Other clans joke about the Toreador holding a special meeting to snark at the Oscars red carpet. It's not true in every city.

One of our own won Adapted Screenplay!

And some would give massive props to Natalie Portman for her cape embroidered with the names of women who didn't get nominated. Queen Amidala don't mess.

Red Sands: Sixteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Sixteen

Louise approaches the mortal carefully, not wanting to spook him any more than he already is. He spots her getting closer, recognizes her, and makes a break for it, into the crowd.

The Camarilla vampire circles around the perimeter, watching Louise and smirking.

Simon and Jacob catch him.

"What did you do?" Simon asks accusingly.
"It was broken when I got here." The vampire shrugs and grins.

Louise gets to the mortal.

"You're - "
"And now you know, what do you think I'm going to do?"
"No no, I won't tell anybody, I swear to God!"

She lashes out and grabs his wallet, finding his I.D. She hands it back with a mirthless smile.

Jamie observes where the mortal can't see her, following him out discreetly. She watches him for the rest of the night.

The Camarilla vampire strolls out, not a care in the world.

Simon makes sure to point him out to the anarchs. "We'll see he doesn't come in next time."
"That's all you can do?" Simon asks, appalled.
"For now..."

The Super Bowl

It's just not the same without the big commercials. Of course social media is keeping up with those. (WandaVision looks bonkers.)

02/02/2020

Happy 02/02/2020! Looking forward to the 20th of... Decemboctober...

World Of Darkness on Twitch

World Of Darkness on Twitch - free videos of last night's L.A. by Night and Vein Pursuit premieres! Which is particularly nice as VP started at 7 a.m. here.

Eva has been SHOPPING!

There are some great sire-childe relationships in L.A. by Night. Great in a dramatic sense, not a healthy sense.

We will come home again. Leave a light on.

Red Sands: Fifteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Fifteen

The coterie assemble at the Starlight. Seems like everybody's getting offers to pick a side.

"The Camarilla wants me for a sunbeam..." Louise spits.
Jamie smirks. "I got a flyer for a rave at the anarch... I don't want to say 'fight club' but fight club."
"Trade you."

They meet up the next night to drive over to the warehouse. Jamie has gone neon. The others haven't. As a result, Jamie is the one who gets asked if she's selling drugs. Which after a few minutes she is.

She takes time out to meet with the anarchs who invited her, introducing them to the others.

The rave itself seems to be going well... until Simon spots one of the mortals from the gallery opening sneaking around. And once alerted, Louise spots another, and then one of the vampires.

And Louise finds one of the mortals who asked Jamie if she was selling, now staring at her, looking terrified. Looking like he knows what she really is.

This is the kind of night where I really miss ol' New Bremen.

Happy Year of the Rat!

Red Sands: Fourteen

Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition

Red Sands

Session Fourteen

The anarchs fight amongst themselves.

"This is what the Tower wants!" Simon points out to one of the other gang leaders as they separate.
"Yeah, but we want it too!"

Another vampire approaches Jamie as she shakes her head and goes.

"We're not all like that. We're not even most like that."

He gives her a flyer for a rave.

...

Louise heads to the private backstreet blood donation center, with Jacob waiting getaway driver just in case.

And she spots someone sneaking up on a young couple on their way in. And she recognizes him from the Gaslamp gallery show.

She goes back to Jacob and tells him. "Gonna go bust a head."

The young man smiles affably as she coughs for attention before he can corner the couple.

"So, what, jump the people coming in, get a freebie?"
"That and it discourages people using this place, we prefer to have a good share of the market."
"Yeaaaaah..." She raises her hands and flexes her fingers, nails cracking and lengthening. He smirks, and throws himself at her, fangs out.

...

Simon goes to see the nomads. Looks like they're getting ready to move on.

"Getting crowded here. Too many people looking at the empty chair. You should think about moving too."
"We've only just gotten here."
"All the more reason."

He considers this.

...

The Camarilla vampire reins in his anger as he holds the slashes Louise gave his chest. "You should come join us. We can make this city our hunt. You can be what you are. You never need to go hungry. You're better than that..."

She grimaces in distaste as she lets him walk away.