Vampire: The Masquerade - Who Wants To Live Forever?

[Tale_Weaver]

The Brewery 3:00am

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OOC: So this person was not military, nor a donor? Okay

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"Green Marie, what direction did it fly? To ze East, or West? Right or left? And, since you have been in this place longer than I have, where do you think it's headed, and spill all of your brain's innards onto my ears about this area of ze city."

Koln thinks hard, going from what little he knows about LA, to guess the most likely buildings it could land on, and if those buildings fall under Camarilla/anarch/Sabbat/Kuei-jin/other territory.

OOC: And apparently Koln thinks it is headed for the end of the rainbow. Friggin Leprechauns... Meredith is gonna have to help him out. Roll Knowledge: Local

Yes, Meredith can make a Knowledge: Local check here

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Cave 3:00am

She lifted the king and held him up to face Fred, her face somber. She spoke quietly, "There are frightening things in this world, Fred. But not all frightening things are out to get you. Sometimes, the frightening things just want to go and meet other frightening things so they can become good friends." She glared at him pointedly (whether or not he chose to look was up to him), "The diamond needn't fear the spade and the club. The spade and the club are only here looking for answers."

OOC: Well, at least it made sense to me as I'm typing it half asleep...

Lacey says "You know, I always preferred the Queen of Hearts, there's even a song written for her!" Holding out her hand to Clover she says "Hey, I know a trick, let me see."

Assuming Clover hands her the cards she takes them and shuffles them in her hands. She then fans them out in front of her on the bar. "Now look closely, all of these cards belong in this little castle, the King, the Queen, that guy Jack and all people who aren't important enough to have names so they get numbers instead. But how boring, there are no Jokers here, no one to pull pranks and draw in permanent marker all over Clover's wall! Well, I can change that. What if I told you I'll make the Jokers appear?" She collects the cards and shuffles them again. She then holds the deck out in front of her and flicks the back of it with her index finger twice. Surprisingly two Jokers fall out of the deck and onto the bar. Clover can tell that the Jokers aren't from her deck of cards, not only do they look different than Clover's cards but there is a symbol scrawled on the face of the Joker cards in what is hopefully a dark red paint. The symbol looks like the Camarilla symbol (the celtic cross-like symbol you can find in the player's handbook). Lacey says "What do these Jokers tell you? They talk to me all the time you know..."

Fred looks at the cards and the symbols scrawled on them. He says "I take it you're here to see Horace? I will tell him that you're here." He picks up a phone off the wall behind him and presses an extension number into it. He says in a low voice "There are two women here to see you. Are you expecting them?" After a little pause he says "Yes sir, not a problem." and hangs up. "I'm sorry ladies, but Horace needs a moment, it sounds like he's in a meeting. It will only be a little while."

 

[ladymermaid]

Yes, Meredith can make a Knowledge: Local check here

Meredith looks on to where the helicopter went trying to think of where she was in relation to where it went.

1d20+8 → [13,8] = (21)


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[Strider_Koln]

Meredith looks on to where the helicopter went trying to think of where she was in relation to where it went.

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OOC: ........ ... ... Well roll dem bones! 1d20 plus knowledge: local. If you have no bonuses, just make a 1d20 roll and ST should do the rest

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[izillama]

Fred looks at the cards and the symbols scrawled on them. He says "I take it you're here to see Horace? I will tell him that you're here." He picks up a phone off the wall behind him and presses an extension number into it. He says in a low voice "There are two women here to see you. Are you expecting them?" After a little pause he says "Yes sir, not a problem." and hangs up. "I'm sorry ladies, but Horace needs a moment, it sounds like he's in a meeting. It will only be a little while."

"That's not a problem," Clover shrugged, "all we have is time. We'll wait."

OOC: Sense motive on Horace.

Crossing her leg casually, she gathered up her cards from the bar and quickly flipped through them, making sure that Lacey's Jokers hadn't gotten any blood on her set. Satisfied, she began to shuffle them and turned towards Lacey.

She smiled appreciatively, "That was a good trick. Let's do another one while we wait." She fanned out her cards in her hands, holding them face down between the two of them.

"Pick a card."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Meredith looks on to where the helicopter went trying to think of where she was in relation to where it went.

GM: *Ahem* Make a Knowledge Local check!

 

[izillama]

OOC: [sblock]Opening her eyes, Clover startled at the strangeness of the situation. She felt like she had been asleep for a long time. An enormously long time, in fact. Her mind was fuzzy, as though she had been in the middle of something very important and suddenly God had decided to pull the plug on her life and plunge her into darkness. But there was still a tickle of recognition there in the back of her mind. Sitting up, the world came back into focus around her; a shining bar, colorful liquors. There were tables and food and drink, but all the smells were stagnant as though the world had stopped and no breeze had blown in a while. And there were people. All human, from her memory of them, except the pig-tailed girl that sat on the bar stool next to her, frozen in time. No one moved, actually. Lacey's face was stuck in place, the last way that Clover remembered seeing it: Contemplating the cards on her hand. And there the cards were, still fanned out in her palm and ready to be picked. After a few minutes of being stuck in the strange frozen scene, Clover began to get annoyed. She began to look at her wristwatch repeatedly (which still said the same time, no matter how many times she looked), and jiggle her foot impatiently. She had tried in vain to get up off the stool and walk around, but she seemed to be stuck in place waiting for the scene to begin again. Finally, in boredom and a fit of rage, Clover angrily threw back her head and yelled at the ceiling, "Okay, you! Enough! Replace the batteries already and kick that bunny back into gear, would you?" The nerve of some people![/sblock]

 

[Tale_Weaver]

"That's not a problem," Clover shrugged, "all we have is time. We'll wait."

OOC: Sense motive on Horace.

Crossing her leg casually, she gathered up her cards from the bar and quickly flipped through them, making sure that Lacey's Jokers hadn't gotten any blood on her set. Satisfied, she began to shuffle them and turned towards Lacey.

She smiled appreciatively, "That was a good trick. Let's do another one while we wait." She fanned out her cards in her hands, holding them face down between the two of them.

"Pick a card."

OOC: [sblock]Opening her eyes, Clover startled at the strangeness of the situation. She felt like she had been asleep for a long time. An enormously long time, in fact. Her mind was fuzzy, as though she had been in the middle of something very important and suddenly God had decided to pull the plug on her life and plunge her into darkness. But there was still a tickle of recognition there in the back of her mind. Sitting up, the world came back into focus around her; a shining bar, colorful liquors. There were tables and food and drink, but all the smells were stagnant as though the world had stopped and no breeze had blown in a while. And there were people. All human, from her memory of them, except the pig-tailed girl that sat on the bar stool next to her, frozen in time. No one moved, actually. Lacey's face was stuck in place, the last way that Clover remembered seeing it: Contemplating the cards on her hand. And there the cards were, still fanned out in her palm and ready to be picked. After a few minutes of being stuck in the strange frozen scene, Clover began to get annoyed. She began to look at her wristwatch repeatedly (which still said the same time, no matter how many times she looked), and jiggle her foot impatiently. She had tried in vain to get up off the stool and walk around, but she seemed to be stuck in place waiting for the scene to begin again. Finally, in boredom and a fit of rage, Clover angrily threw back her head and yelled at the ceiling, "Okay, you! Enough! Replace the batteries already and kick that bunny back into gear, would you?" The nerve of some people![/sblock]

Suddenly the world around Clover starts to move again. Lacey snaps out of some strange trance she was in. "Wow, I just went to the most beautiful place...there was nothing but a big red box in the sky... and my mother was there. I kept refreshing the page and nothing happened, I just couldn't reach her. Then all of a sudden YOINK! Back here again!" she says to Clover.

"Anyway, let's see your little trick kitten." Lacey takes a card from Clover's hand.

Clover
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You feel like Frank is hiding something from you, that pause on the phone was definitely suspicious. You don't know what though.
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[izillama]

OOC: Interestingly, I called the guy "Horace", you called him "Frank", and his original name actually was "Fred". Oh well.

Clover smiled mysteriously, leaning towards Fred, "All right. Make sure you keep your eye on the card. This'll be a good one." She gave him a wink and turned back to Lacey, "Ok. Don't let me see it. I want you to study it closely. Make a picture of it in your head. Do you see it?"

She turned to Fred again, "All right. Are you watching? Now, keep it in your mind, Lacey." Clover reached out and grabbed the top of the card, alternately locking eyes with Fred and Lacey, "Now, eyes on the card. Watch my hand..."

Before Lacey could protest, Clover reached forward and made a great show of quickly stuffing the card down the front of the busty girl's dress, nestling it snugly away. Then, in one fluid motion, she turned and reached over the counter towards Fred's head, drawing the card out from behind his ear! She smiled at him mischievously, bringing up a hand in a mock gasp, "Why Fred, what were your eyes doing on Lacey's chest!?" Her gaze suddenly darkened, finally catching his eyes thanks to the card, "So, sir, I heard your phone conversation. Tell me; what's 'not a problem'?"

OOC: I use "Mesmerize" on Fred.

[sblock]If Lacey checks the front of her dress, she will find a "blank" card. The one pulled from Fred's ear was the one Lacey had originally picked.[/sblock]

 

[Tale_Weaver]

OOC: Interestingly, I called the guy "Horace", you called him "Frank", and his original name actually was "Fred". Oh well.

Clover smiled mysteriously, leaning towards Fred, "All right. Make sure you keep your eye on the card. This'll be a good one." She gave him a wink and turned back to Lacey, "Ok. Don't let me see it. I want you to study it closely. Make a picture of it in your head. Do you see it?"

She turned to Fred again, "All right. Are you watching? Now, keep it in your mind, Lacey." Clover reached out and grabbed the top of the card, alternately locking eyes with Fred and Lacey, "Now, eyes on the card. Watch my hand..."

Before Lacey could protest, Clover reached forward and made a great show of quickly stuffing the card down the front of the busty girl's dress, nestling it snugly away. Then, in one fluid motion, she turned and reached over the counter towards Fred's head, drawing the card out from behind his ear! She smiled at him mischievously, bringing up a hand in a mock gasp, "Why Fred, what were your eyes doing on Lacey's chest!?" Her gaze suddenly darkened, finally catching his eyes thanks to the card, "So, sir, I heard your phone conversation. Tell me; what's 'not a problem'?"

OOC: I use "Mesmerize" on Fred.

[sblock]If Lacey checks the front of her dress, she will find a "blank" card. The one pulled from Fred's ear was the one Lacey had originally picked.[/sblock]

Lacey puts her hand to her mouth and gasps "You naughty kitten! And on our first date too!" She reaches into her dress and removes the card from her cleavage looking at it quickly.

Fred's Will Save
1d20+4 → [17,4] = (21)

He makes his save (even with the -4 penalty). He says "N-nothing, in fact he should be ready to see you right about now. Go through the door to my right here and down the hallway. Horace's office is in the back room." He walks off to the other end of the bar muttering what sounds like "Freaks..." under his breath.

Fred gives you the go ahead not a moment too soon. Some of the men at the bar were very intrigued by Clover's display both trying to seduce Fred and the card trick. One of them approaches Clover and says "Hey baby. I can show you a tick of my own. I bet I can make this dollar appear in your shirt."
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