[VtR][Mature] Born into Darkness: Arc 1

"Back to our little 'think tank' then. If Nice is there, I will see what he can dig up for us, if he doesn't feel like helping........... well then I'll travel to find some new found friends." Diego leans back in the seat and closes his eyes, it seemed strange to him that he couldn't actually feel the seat. He could feel the pressure of it, but not the texture. He wouldn't be able to tell with is eyes closed if the seats were leather or cloth or even if he was sittin on someone else. He couldn't help but smile, imagine what his old contacts would think now.................

"If that's the verdict then I have a lead to check before we go back. I'll try not to use the rest of the evening," Archer drew a business card from inside his coat, and handed it to Biggs, "This is where we need to go: Gkao Golden Spice."

He pointed out the address on the card.

"My priority is to scope out the place, find out what it's about before poking around or talking to people. Subtlety is key. That said, these black cars are pretty conspicuous, so it might pay to park around the corner from the place to prevent anyone in the vicinity from getting spooked."

Archer said:

"This is where we need to go: Gkao Golden Spice.

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[sblock=Cole] Cole swears he remembers hearing that name before. Didn't they find his body in a box being sent to Gkao Golden Spices?[/sblock]

Blood said:

OOC: I see the begining of Cole's path really requiring only Archer.

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[sblock=OOC]Meant to respond sooner. See here.[/sblock]

An abandoned lot near Gkao Golden Spice
Biggs is not very familiar with the city, so it takes him some time to navigate the warren of streets that makes up the the neighborhood at the address on the business card Archer found.
The group almost misses the shop completely, it's located at the end of an alley.

Finally Biggs ultimately pulls into an abandoned lot filled with thigh high grass down the street.

The small storefront is located down a small alley, a half a block away, the lot is the closest you can get to the store without parking out on the street.
Parking in the alley (in addition to being obvious) would be tricky, it's a bit more than 2 meters wide (~8 ft) and the car would basically block it completely.

The area is run-down industrial, in the south east of the city, about 10 blocks from the dockyards. At this time of night the streets are deserted. A few blocks back a vague thumping sound attested to the presence of some sort of late night dance party but here it's silent save for the wind in the grass.

[sblock=Auspex -- Beth and Archer]You can still hear the sound of the rave; like city is a creature with a maddened, desperate pulse. [/sblock]

[sblock=Archer]You feel an intense, burning sensation, running across your hands and up your arms.

The sensation lasts an instant and ends as abruptly as it began. Your hands and arms appear and feel completely normal once the sensation has passed.[/sblock]

Beth smiles as the music pumps into her head. "We are so going to a party when we're done here," she says mischievously.

Archer stepped out of the car and suddenly flinched. A grimace momentarily crossing his features.

"Fck," he said, dropping to a crouch beside the car and pulling up his sleeves to check his arms.

They looked normal, and he shook his head, confused. His hand went to his coat pocket and he carefully looked around.

industrygothica said:

"We are so going to a party when we're done here," she says mischievously.

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"Heh, not a bad idea," Archer stood, took his hand away from the revolver in his pocket and tried to regain his composure, "Cole, you've been a vampire for a while. What's it mean when it feels like my arms are on fire for a moment there?"

There was a slight rasp to his voice, as though his spasm from before has caused his neck injury to bleed into his throat again.

Cole Braddock

Golden Spice… Why would Archer’s Sire have card for a place that I was destined for? Did Archer and his Sire work for the Company? If so, she could have told them about ‘us’ and about me. Why would she help them track me down? How did she know I was still alive and how I could be found? And why now? Questions like these and others plague his thoughts as they make their way through the city and towards this unkown establishment. “Larger hands are at play here. We must be cautious.” Warns Cole as he makes his way out of the car.

“Not sure exactly.” He says with a shrug. “Could be nothing or a lot of things.” Cole tries to remember anything in his checkered past that might relate to what Archer experienced.

Bloodweaver1 said:

Cole tries to remember anything in his checkered past that might relate to what Archer experienced.

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[sblock=Cole]You're completely convinced that this sort of thing happens to Mehket all the time.

You know it's one of Archer's first few nights so he doesn't know it yet, but he's just going to have to suck it up.[/sblock]