Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

Clover had been too dumbfounded by the stupidity of Koln harassing the Twilight kids to actually do anything about it. In fact, she had found it quite amusing.
But, 'Oh my God! If he does anything to get me banned from Saks Fifth Avenue I will seriously murderl him! Could he act any more socially awkward??'
Clover hit her head with the palm of her hand as Koln walked back over to them. Then, she groaned in incredulity as he began to play Rick Astley on his phone... out loud... in an attempt to freak Ruby out.
'Calming breaths, Clover. Calming breaths! It's not like there aren't weirder people at this mall.'
Almost in answer to her thought, she cast a weary eye over at the display in the Hot Topic window. Some girls were already ogling a sexy, slutty school girl outfit which looked curiously like the red version of what Clover was already wearing... only sexier and sluttier.
She rolled her eyes in annoyance. It was girls like them who had always given girls like her a bad name! Parading around in faux Catholic school regalia in the hopes of attracting the attention of men.
And the wrong kind of attention at that!
Sighing at the vanity of the girls who didn't know what Clover and her classmates had gone through for twelve years at an all-girls Catholic school, Clover lowered her eyes to the ground in disgust, pointed straight out to the girls in front of her and (half serious, half joking) commanded, "Koln? Sic 'em."

Laughing to himself quietly he puts the phone away. "Heh, I mean no hard feelings Ruby..." He then turns to Clover, nodding at her order. "I know! Those vampires were frickin begging for it! Too many witnesses here you, you need to be smart Clover and consider these kinds of things. Now, if you wish, I can follow them back to where they live, they're at the theater now, I could just hide there and tail them... er oh, you mean..." Koln looks in the window at the girls inside. "You want me to hunt them? Hm, perhaps you're the one going insane. Hehe I'm kidding, but all I see are two girls shopping for a uniform. Granted, it is a bit small, and I know that they're going to feel so silly at school the next day. I just hope that this store does exchanges for size, it should, right? Hm... oh, say I have an idea, how about we get a uniform for Ruby, I'm sure she'd look great in it. Now I know what you're thinking Clover, she's not Catholic, so why would she want to dress as one? Well, I've considered that, and being the goodly priest that I am I plan on forcing her conversion in due time, but for now we must spend! And.. er..." Koln blinks, one of the girls walking out of the dressing room in the uniform, and Koln looks away, his usually pale complexion now is a bit pink... "Er... let's keep moving...."

 

[ladyphoenix]

They step off the bus and enter the mall, Clover leading the way, followed by a noticibly excited Ruby and a confused Koln. The mall is buzzing with activity this evening, shoppers walking about amongst the stores. As they walk, Koln sniffs the air and wonders, despite the smell of fast food in the air, he is not hungry. Every minute it seems what he has read is being proven true... He continues to watch his surroundings like zoologist observing animals... a lot of kids here, a large group of them in fact congregating outside of the soon-to-be-open Hot Topic. He pays them little mind, until he notices their fangs... he knows what he must do.

The priest approaches the group of teens, probably no older than 18. He instinctively reaches in his pocket for his gun, but stops when he remembers that it is gone, and instead he's holding a bottle of V8.
One of the kids, the tallest one, probably their leader, notices the approaching priest, "Hey Mr. er or should I say Father? Do you know what time it is?"
Koln: "Uh..." *flips open his phone* 8:06..."
The kids snicker at the priests response, the young girl next to the leader states the obvious "Hey, you got fangs too! Neat! We thought you were one of those rigid religious types that don't understand our kind."
Koln's eyebrows raise at her statement and thinks:

'I knew it, they're vampires! They all must die! Now! Er... no, too many witnesses... best to just find out what I can from them about the conspiracy...'

Koln's thought process is interrupted by one of the other kids, much more stocky and somewhat older than the rest "Hey, watcha reachin for in your pocket?" He and the rest of them all snicker "Oh it's one of THOSE kinds of priests!"
Koln blinks, not understanding, and takes out his bottle "Er, just a drink..."
The kids then grin, half of them taking out their own bottles of V8 and nod knowingly.

'I knew it, these kids are vampires and ARE drinking blood, keeping it disguised of course so none notice... clever...'

"You appear to be normal kids, but I know better... once I would have attacked you, persecuted and hunted you, but now I'm one of you..."
"Hehe, yeah, right on Mr.! So I bet you're pumped for Twilight too, right? We're about to see it for the sixth time!"
"Er.. Twilight...?"
"Yeah, it's why we've all became vampires, awesome movie! Books are better though I guess you could say. You too? Who's your favorite character?"
"Oh... er yeah sure, it's uhm.. great *Koln has no idea what their talking about* Uh... my favorite character is... *his eyes wander to their shirts... finding a name* uh, Edward. Yeah, I can really relate to him..."
"Ah, hehehe, gay! Just kidding! We have to get going now, may you continue to never see the light of day! "
With that the small group of teeny vamps take their leave... Koln now knows what he must do... He has to end the conspiracy, stop this pro-vampire propaganda and destroy the mastermind of this "Twilight..." Inside the Hot Topic he sees the books that the group were talking about, and the author's name.
Koln takes out his small black notebook and hurriedly scribbles down his next target: 'Stephenie Meyer' Nothing will stop him, not Clover's microwave, not Mr. Tumnus, not even that pig-tailed girl in his head...

Koln rejoins Clover and Ruby. "I'm sorry girls, I just had to take care of something... let's shop... By the way Ruby, I'm sure this is all very exciting for you, but I got something that will totally blow your Amish mind..." With that Koln smirks, taking out his cellphone again, and lets out a chuckle as he presses a button and she starts to hear music:
"I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"

Koln laughs, "Now Ruby, I know what you're thinking and you're wrong, this isn't a magical rock that traps people inside."

Ruby walked into the mall with the rest of the crew and instantly was enamored by the diversity of the shops. "Wow, this place looks quite delightful indeed." Some were big such as the Macy's, others were small like the Hot Topic. She could also smell food that was different from the food back at her village. she could smell grease in it and it definitely didn't appeal to her newfound appetite. They wandered towards the Hot Topic where there were teens and children in large groups looking at the displayed manniquins and "Twilight" merchandise. Some even had fangs of their own. Ruby squinted at them, trying to figure out if they were real vampires. Some of them were questioned by Koln and one girl approached Ruby with a smirk. "Hey that's a rad outfit! Gothic Lolita right?" she asked in amazement. The girl had dark eyeliner, black hair with purple streaks and an outfit full of black and purple stripes. Ruby looked at herself in confusion "Um, thank you, I guess that's what this is." The girl smirked again and ran back to the group of her friends again.Stange girl, but who am I to judge she thought to herself. Koln came back and started to tease her again.

By the way Ruby, I'm sure this is all very exciting for you, but I got something that will totally blow your Amish mind..." With that Koln smirks, taking out his cellphone again, and lets out a chuckle as he presses a button and she starts to hear music:
"I just wanna tell you how Im feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you"

Koln laughs, "Now Ruby, I know what you're thinking and you're wrong, this isn't a magical rock that traps people inside."

0.0


Oh snap Ruby got Rick Roll'd

Ruby quirked an eyebrow at Koln. "Truly fascinating, those electronic devices of yours. But there are reason's my village stays away from such things if need be. Beware of temptation priest, for it comes in many forms," she spoke with gazing eyes.
She then sighed and waited to follow Clover's lead.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Ruby quirked an eyebrow at Koln. "Truly fascinating, those electronic devices of yours. But there are reason's my village stays away from such things if need be. Beware of temptation priest, for it comes in many forms," she spoke with gazing eyes.
She then sighed and waited to follow Clover's lead.

"Ah? Temptaiton?! I wasn't tempted!" Koln quickly mutters, looking away from the window before the girls noticed the creepy looking priest staring at them. "Just uhm, thought I saw a vampire in there, yeah, that's it. Gotta keep alert you know!" He turns and realizes Clover and Ruby are walking off, he hurries to catch up.

 

[izillama]

"Um... Koln? You do know that what those girls are looking at are costumes, right? I mean, I'm wearing an actual uniform. But those girls are looking at those outfits so that they can go out and..."
Her voice trailed off. What was the point of explaining it to a crazy person?
Clover noticed that she had the undivided attention of both Koln and Ruby. 'Hm... the girls at St. Maria's always looked up to me, but these two always seem to look to me for answers. Why? I'm the youngest! Oh well. Hm...' Suddenly, a twinkle lit up Clover's eye as she stared across the hall at a bright pink store across the way. 'Should I or shouldn't I?' It wouldn't be fair to the shoppers. No. They might even have to drag Koln back out. But... just to be a bit mischievious...
Clover smiled at Ruby and wondered if Koln would follow, "Come on, Ruby. My treat. Let's go have a little fun. I bet you've never seen anything like this before!"
Then, she dragged Ruby across the hall into Victoria's Secret, wondering what Koln's next move would be. If he was any sort of a priest... Wait. No. He had made quite a few quiet comments here and there that made him seem less than... Well, less than celibate. But would he have the nerve to enter a women's lingere store (still dressed in priest raiments!) with the store full of women just so that he could keep an eye on Clover and Ruby?
'If not, thank goodness! Ruby and I can finally have some fun without the crazy priest hanging over our shoulders!'

 

[Strider_Koln]

"Um... Koln? You do know that what those girls are looking at are costumes, right? I mean, I'm wearing an actual uniform. But those girls are looking at those outfits so that they can go out and..."
Her voice trailed off. What was the point of explaining it to a crazy person?
Clover noticed that she had the undivided attention of both Koln and Ruby. 'Hm... the girls at St. Maria's always looked up to me, but these two always seem to look to me for answers. Why? I'm the youngest! Oh well. Hm...' Suddenly, a twinkle lit up Clover's eye as she stared across the hall at a bright pink store across the way. 'Should I or shouldn't I?' It wouldn't be fair to the shoppers. No. They might even have to drag Koln back out. But... just to be a bit mischievious...
Clover smiled at Ruby and wondered if Koln would follow, "Come on, Ruby. My treat. Let's go have a little fun. I bet you've never seen anything like this before!"
Then, she dragged Ruby across the hall into Victoria's Secret, wondering what Koln's next move would be. If he was any sort of a priest... Wait. No. He had made quite a few quiet comments here and there that made him seem less than... Well, less than celibate. But would he have the nerve to enter a women's lingere store (still dressed in priest raiments!) with the store full of women just so that he could keep an eye on Clover and Ruby?
'If not, thank goodness! Ruby and I can finally have some fun without the crazy priest hanging over our shoulders!'

Koln blindly follows them up until the entrance then he stops midstep, realizing where they're going. "Oh... er... hm I'll just wait outside" He tells them nervously, and stands, looking away from the store, and sniffles, feeling as though he should be having a nosebleed right now. He just stands there for now, arms crossed... hoping that if Clover starts to feel weak she will have the sense to come out of the store...Grr.. what if it doesnt happen like that? Everyone in that store is at risk.. what should he do.. what should he do... Pull the fire alarm? No.. he'll have to pay a fine... He looks both ways, making sure no one's watching, and he removes his collar, putting it in his coat pocket, fixing his collar to look normal. He then turns, gulps, telling himself he has to get over it, and enters the store, but keeping some distance away from the girls, allowing them to talk privately. To not arouse suspicion of the people in the store he starts eyeing the underwear, making it look like he's browsing... wondering what it'll be like to try some of them on... er no, this looks much much more suspicious. He quickly leaves the store, keeping close to the outside, very pink in the face. "Ah... well, if I hear any screaming, then I will come running in.. .yeah..."

 

[izillama]

'Oh geez! He's actually following us? What is he thinking...? Oh. There we go, he stopped. Thank God. For a minute there, I thought he was going to follow me and Ruby insi... Hey wait. What is he doing, taking off his collar? Is he serious? Oh my God he's following us again! Lol, these poor women. What's he going to do? Haha, browsing the underwear. They probably think he's a perv. Oh, if I was any sort of a nice person, I should really tell him to wait outsi... Oh, there he goes. I guess he gave up. Wow, he almost had me scared for a moment!'
Clover heaves a sigh of relief as she feels the leash that is Koln slip off from around her neck. Finally, she and Ruby can play!
Happily, she drags Ruby into the back of the store and flags over a sales associate. The young woman, happy to help, bounces over in her neat little black suit and smiles, "Can I offer you ladies any help?"
Clover shoves Ruby towards her, "My friend here needs a fitting and some suggestions." Then, lowering her voice she winked, "Something fun, if you know what I mean. I think she's trying to impress someone."

 

[ladyphoenix]

'Oh geez! He's actually following us? What is he thinking...? Oh. There we go, he stopped. Thank God. For a minute there, I thought he was going to follow me and Ruby insi... Hey wait. What is he doing, taking off his collar? Is he serious? Oh my God he's following us again! Lol, these poor women. What's he going to do? Haha, browsing the underwear. They probably think he's a perv. Oh, if I was any sort of a nice person, I should really tell him to wait outsi... Oh, there he goes. I guess he gave up. Wow, he almost had me scared for a moment!'
Clover heaves a sigh of relief as she feels the leash that is Koln slip off from around her neck. Finally, she and Ruby can play!
Happily, she drags Ruby into the back of the store and flags over a sales associate. The young woman, happy to help, bounces over in her neat little black suit and smiles, "Can I offer you ladies any help?"
Clover shoves Ruby towards her, "My friend here needs a fitting and some suggestions." Then, lowering her voice she winked, "Something fun, if you know what I mean. I think she's trying to impress someone."

Ruby eyeballed the pink store named Victoria's secret. Secret? Does she have the secret to looking pretty she wondered. As they walked in she noticed it was full of undergarmets of different colors and some with barely anything there. Even the dolls were wearing them. She became flushed when she saw Koln walking with them. She was releived when he finally waited outside.
Clover lead her towards the back room and waved a person dressed in black over.
"My friend here needs a fitting and some suggestions." Then, lowering her voice she winked, "Something fun, if you know what I mean. I think she's trying to impress someone."
Ruby gulped inwardly, "how do I impress someone with undergarmets?"
She panicked when she saw the lady take out a long strip of some sort. Was she going to tie her up with it? "Um what do I do?" she nervously asked.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Ruby eyeballed the pink store named Victoria's secret. Secret? Does she have the secret to looking pretty she wondered. As they walked in she noticed it was full of undergarmets of different colors and some with barely anything there. Even the dolls were wearing them. She became flushed when she saw Koln walking with them. She was releived when he finally waited outside.
Clover lead her towards the back room and waved a person dressed in black over.
"My friend here needs a fitting and some suggestions." Then, lowering her voice she winked, "Something fun, if you know what I mean. I think she's trying to impress someone."
Ruby gulped inwardly, "how do I impress someone with undergarmets?"
She panicked when she saw the lady take out a long strip of some sort. Was she going to tie her up with it? "Um what do I do?" she nervously asked.

Koln sighs, tapping his foot, wondering what's taking so long... He looks at his phone clock and realizes it's only been three minutes. He keeps his phone open, pretending to pay attention to that while he's actually watching what's going on in the store through its reflection on the Yankee Candle Store window across from it. He shakes his head, having to repeatedly tell himself he's not peeping, this is for their security, especially Clover. That damned girl.. nothing's more dangerous or desperate than a blood-starved vampire. It is only a matter of time.. fortunately it shouldnt be any time soon... still though.... he also looks at his reflection in the window, despite not having a pulse nor a fresh change of clothes he's still handsome... Then in the reflection he sees the pig-tailed girl, creeping up behind him laying an arm across his shoulder. Koln turns, but no one's beside him, but in the reflection she's there, and so are about a dozen small giggling blue imps.... he shakes his head, knowing he's just seeing things, he shuts his eyes and takes a sip from the V8 bottle, opening his eyes again and seeing his normal refleciton... "Good.. I cannot afford to lose my wits this moment..."

 

[izillama]

Clover lead her towards the back room and waved a person dressed in black over.
"My friend here needs a fitting and some suggestions." Then, lowering her voice she winked, "Something fun, if you know what I mean. I think she's trying to impress someone."
Ruby gulped inwardly, "how do I impress someone with undergarmets?"
She panicked when she saw the lady take out a long strip of some sort. Was she going to tie her up with it? "Um what do I do?" she nervously asked.

The sales associate smiled kindly and instructed Ruby, having her lift her arms. She wrapped the tape measure around her bust and announced, "All right, miss. You're a 32B. Now your friend said you wanted something fun?" The laughed and ushered the two girls across the floor to a display of brightly colored bras, "Do you have any particular color in mind? And as for style, we have everything from full-coverage bras to ultimate push-up. Now, what can I help you find?"
Clover laughed to herself as the associate helped Ruby, and she stood off to the side as she waited.
Grrrrrrummmmmmmmble...
Cringing, Clover placed her hand on her tummy. She zoned out for a moment.
'Hm... How long has it been since I've had anything to eat? I didn't have breakfast, or lunch, or... dinner...'
Just for a split second, her vision flashed red. The already pink room around her turned an even more blush color, and Clover took a step backwards as she felt her stomach turn. Ruby didn't seem to notice that anything was wrong, though.
Clover tried to keep smiling. She tried to keep on track. But the same feeling as earlier--of wanting to eat, needing to feed--suddenly came rushing back to her.
'I can't stay in here. I'm dangerous!'
She remembered Suzie.
Smiling weakly, she suddenly blurted out, "Ruby? I'll wait outside. Koln must be lonely."
She was sorry that she had to leave her friend. But something was wrong. This needed to be fixed. Needed to be rectified. Right now.
Clover rushed out of the store. Multicolored bras and panties flashed by her reddened vision. She bumped into displays.
She heard hangers fall to the ground.
She didn't care.
Afraid and ashamed of her condition, she whispered to herself, "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God...!"
She blew out of the entrance to Victoria's Secret, frantically scanning the crowd. Where was Koln? Wasn't he out here?
People streamed past her from both directions. She became disoriented. She saw them all. Saw their flushed complexions. Reddened by blood.
Her vision flashed red again. She bit her lip in anxiety. 'What do I do? What do I...? Where's Koln? No... I can't face Koln! He'll just have a reason to say I told you so. He'd never let me live it down. I can't face him! I'm such a fool.'
People continued to stream past her, and she felt as confused and lost as she had been in the club. She felt all of them. All of their pulses working as one. Throbbing. Pushing blood through the veins of the living.
Clover felt her interest peak.
'Blood...!'

 

[Strider_Koln]

The sales associate smiled kindly and instructed Ruby, having her lift her arms. She wrapped the tape measure around her bust and announced, "All right, miss. You're a 32B. Now your friend said you wanted something fun?" The laughed and ushered the two girls across the floor to a display of brightly colored bras, "Do you have any particular color in mind? And as for style, we have everything from full-coverage bras to ultimate push-up. Now, what can I help you find?"
Clover laughed to herself as the associate helped Ruby, and she stood off to the side as she waited.
Grrrrrrummmmmmmmble...
Cringing, Clover placed her hand on her tummy. She zoned out for a moment.
'Hm... How long has it been since I've had anything to eat? I didn't have breakfast, or lunch, or... dinner...'
Just for a split second, her vision flashed red. The already pink room around her turned an even more blush color, and Clover took a step backwards as she felt her stomach turn. Ruby didn't seem to notice that anything was wrong, though.
Clover tried to keep smiling. She tried to keep on track. But the same feeling as earlier--of wanting to eat, needing to feed--suddenly came rushing back to her.
'I can't stay in here. I'm dangerous!'
She remembered Suzie.
Smiling weakly, she suddenly blurted out, "Ruby? I'll wait outside. Koln must be lonely."
She was sorry that she had to leave her friend. But something was wrong. This needed to be fixed. Needed to be rectified. Right now.
Clover rushed out of the store. Multicolored bras and panties flashed by her reddened vision. She bumped into displays.
She heard hangers fall to the ground.
She didn't care.
Afraid and ashamed of her condition, she whispered to herself, "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God...!"
She blew out of the entrance to Victoria's Secret, frantically scanning the crowd. Where was Koln? Wasn't he out here?
People streamed past her from both directions. She became disoriented. She saw them all. Saw their flushed complexions. Reddened by blood.
Her vision flashed red again. She bit her lip in anxiety. 'What do I do? What do I...? Where's Koln? No... I can't face Koln! He'll just have a reason to say I told you so. He'd never let me live it down. I can't face him! I'm such a fool.'
People continued to stream past her, and she felt as confused and lost as she had been in the club. She felt all of them. All of their pulses working as one. Throbbing. Pushing blood through the veins of the living.
Clover felt her interest peak.
'Blood...!'

At the first sign of trouble on Clover's face, Koln is inside, and catches her as she falls back.

The entire time Clover was having her fit she moved as if she was floating, indeed that was the case as Koln was carrying her outside the store, after telling the clerk that he was her older brother, was trained in medicine, and was escorting her to give her medication. The clerk, feeling releaved that he didn't have to do anything extra just nodded, but eyed them suspiciously as he carefully escorted her out, especially when he aciddently bumped into a rack (no pun intended) "Er sorry, sir, I'll get that when he get back. Heh we'll also be back for our friend of course. Again I apologize for the inconvenience, just that she has a rare form of epilepsy, just need to give her her medication and she'll be fine. Right Ruby, we'll be right back in a bit. That one looks pretty good on you by the way... er, back in a bit!"

After a nightmarish bloody vision of violence... carnage.. and hunger... Clover's eyes open to Koln smiling down at her with an empty V8 bottle in his hand. "Don't worry Clover, we're in the lower level of the mall where they're doing construction..." Around them it is dark and secluded, all the workers having gone home for the evening, a bit dusty too, giving it a tomb-like atmosphere, how fitting.
He gently helps her to sit up. "And you don't have to worry, the only one that noticed us coming down here was the clerk, which I took care of, just said you needed some medication. Now, when you're ready, take my hand and I'll try helping you up... By the way, you have my admiration, you stuck to your ideals so tightly."