Vampire: The Masquerade - Who Wants To Live Forever?

[Tale_Weaver]

Clover scooted over to make room for the now-steaming Lacey and actually found herself regarding the woman next to her with concern. She shot a dirty look across the room at Bell's back, then leaned over to whisper into Lacey's ear, "Ugly women like that can only have ugly souls. She's got nothing on you." She gave Lacey a wink, then made her voice playful, as though she were talking to a dog, "Now, who's my good little back-talker?" She smiled and held her hand up to indicate she wanted a high-five.

Lacey smiles and plants her face into Clover's hand, kissing it. She then takes Clover's hand in hers "Thanks kitten. Even if they blame me for it all, at least I know that you have learned how to walk tall."

Koln
[sblock]You see the people in the room as fightened animals huddling together in fear. Tears of blood dripping from their eyes.[/sblock]

Suddenly the door to Victoria's office opens the Prince looks upon the room, almost with disdain. She notices Lacey, Koln and Clover and says "Lacey, I want to see you in here immediately. Those neonates with you can come as well."

 

[ladymermaid]

Well unfortunately for Meredith Bill (that's what the security guard's nametag reads) is feeling very chatty!

He asks Alex "So, this your girlfriend? Although I seem to remember you coming in here with other women too. I can tell though, that this one is girlfriend material. Yep, you can't fool old Bill. Back in my younger days a woman always loved a man with authority, especially in uniform. I can tell you a few of my old war stories yes siree!"

Alex raises an eyebrow and looks like he is about to make a response when the elevator arrives.

Meredith stifles a laugh but says nothing and walks into the elevator when it arrives.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Father Koln looks around with a look of concern on his face. "ALL of us are welcome before ze Prince? For you see, we are many, the Lord and his army. Come!" He happily springs to his feet, humming a hymn loudly to himself to drown out the (imagined) cries of those around him. "Ah when ze saints go on marching in..."

 

[izillama]

Suddenly the door to Victoria's office opens the Prince looks upon the room, almost with disdain. She notices Lacey, Koln and Clover and says "Lacey, I want to see you in here immediately. Those neonates with you can come as well."

Clover's eyebrow quirked in surprise at Victoria's decidedly nasty tone. She wondered what had provoked such behavior, but she had the sneaking feeling that they were about to find out. Looking from Lacey to Koln and back again, she decided to allow the knight to take the field first but keep the bishop close. Head held high, she fell into step next to Koln and followed Lacey towards the Prince's office.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Clover's eyebrow quirked in surprise at Victoria's decidedly nasty tone. She wondered what had provoked such behavior, but she had the sneaking feeling that they were about to find out. Looking from Lacey to Koln and back again, she decided to allow the knight to take the field first but keep the bishop close. Head held high, she fell into step next to Koln and followed Lacey towards the Prince's office.

You all walk into the Prince's office. It's an insanely lavish room, all stone and marble. It looks like it could easily be the throne room of some extremely wealthy king. The far wall is almost entirely made up of large glass windows overlooking the city, obviously being on the top floor gives this room an incredible view. In front of all the windows is a large desk with a laptop computer and a whole lot of papers organized into neat piles. A man sits in a chair next to the desk, almost completely motionless but for his eyes, he is a tall and somewhat slender man who would fit in well as a news anchor on TV.

Victoria motions for Clover and Koln to sit in one of the chairs lining the wall next to the entrance. Lacey is about to sit down as well, happily humming to herself but Victoria takes her by the arm. "Not so fast you, there are a few things I'd like to go over with you before I'll answer any of your questions." She says as she pulls Lacey over to the desk. She picks up some photos off of the desk. "You might have noticed that there is a gaggle of primogen outside that door, rather hard to miss even given your...condition. You recognize any of these pictures?" She says showing them to Lacey, Clover and Koln can't really see them from where they are sitting. "These are pictures of Alastair Grout's manor. He was found murdered in the front yard of it last night, or should I say this past morning...We suspect foul play on the anarch's part but of course we can't be sure."

Lacey shouts "Murdered! Call the vampire police, call the Batman!"

Victoria says "I'm glad you're taking this so seriously. You will once we question you about what you know."

Victoria puts the photos back down on her desk and the man next to the desk puts Lacey in a set of handcuffs and sits her down in the seat next to the desk. Victoria smiles at Clover and Koln, the smile never really reaching her eyes "My apologies, this must look terribly awful and confusing to you. Don't worry, she won't be harmed. A number of...questionable events have come up in the past few nights that I want answers to, I need to put this fire out before it grows. I am Victoria St. John, the Prince of this city. This man is my chief Lieutenant, Neally Edwards." Neally nods curtly at the group "A pleasure." he says.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Corporate Office Center 10:00pm

Meanwhile...

Meredith and Alex get to the top floor and step out of the elevator. They are greeted with much the same sight as Clover and Koln with a large group of men and women in expensive suits. One man steps out to the middle of the room and greets Alex. Meredith recognizes him as Nicolai, the Tremere primogen they met the night before at the Succubus club. He seems worried "Alex, glad to see you made it." He lowers his voice and says "The Prince is in a fit, someone murdered the Malkavian primogen last night! If you don't hurry in there they're probably going to burn your girlfriend up for it. They suspect she had something to do with it even though I myself do not believe that at all. I think they just want someone to blame, the Prince can't let something like that happen without punishment."

Alex says "Thank you sir for making me aware of this. But I still don't understand what Meredith here has to do with any of this." Nicolai shakes his head and says "You don't have much time, you better go in there and speak up."

Without another word, Alex goes over to the door of the office, opening it quietly but quickly and gesturing for Meredith to follow.

 

[ladymermaid]

Meanwhile...

Meredith and Alex get to the top floor and step out of the elevator. They are greeted with much the same sight as Clover and Koln with a large group of men and women in expensive suits. One man steps out to the middle of the room and greets Alex. Meredith recognizes him as Nicolai, the Tremere primogen they met the night before at the Succubus club. He seems worried "Alex, glad to see you made it." He lowers his voice and says "The Prince is in a fit, someone murdered the Malkavian primogen last night! If you don't hurry in there they're probably going to burn your girlfriend up for it. They suspect she had something to do with it even though I myself do not believe that at all. I think they just want someone to blame, the Prince can't let something like that happen without punishment."

Alex says "Thank you sir for making me aware of this. But I still don't understand what Meredith here has to do with any of this." Nicolai shakes his head and says "You don't have much time, you better go in there and speak up."

Without another word, Alex goes over to the door of the office, opening it quietly but quickly and gesturing for Meredith to follow.

Meredith quickly follows Alex while looking worried. She assumes it's Lacey they are talking about as that was the vampire from the night before who's obviously in love with Alex. Although she was odd, that did not mean she should be punished for something she did not do.

 

[Alex Navian]

...
Without another word, Alex goes over to the door of the office, opening it quietly but quickly and gesturing for Meredith to follow.

Alex enters the Prince's office, quickly sizes up the situation and announces himself.

"Prince... I apologize if I am intruding, but I was told you wanted to see me with some urgency. Given what appears to be happening here, I am glad I came with haste."

Alex walks forward and put's a comforting hand on Lacey's shoulder. "This situation is gravely serious Prince, the murder of a primogen is not something to be taken lightly. However I must ask why Lacey is in Chains? You can't honestly believe she had anything to do with the murder of Alastair Grout?"

 

[izillama]

Clover's head swiveled quickly at the sound of the opening door, and she felt herself tense as two of her least favorite people in L.A. sauntered in. She immediately shot daggers in their direction; remaining silent but clearly displeased by their sudden arrival.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Clover's head swiveled quickly at the sound of the opening door, and she felt herself tense as two of her least favorite people in L.A. sauntered in. She immediately shot daggers in their direction; remaining silent but clearly displeased by their sudden arrival.

Lacey's reaction to Alex and Meredith entering the room is vastly different than Clover's. Her face beams with excitement as Alex walks over to her.

Alex enters the Prince's office, quickly sizes up the situation and announces himself.

"Prince... I apologize if I am intruding, but I was told you wanted to see me with some urgency. Given what appears to be happening here, I am glad I came with haste."

Alex walks forward and put's a comforting hand on Lacey's shoulder. "This situation is gravely serious Prince, the murder of a primogen is not something to be taken lightly. However I must ask why Lacey is in Chains? You can't honestly believe she had anything to do with the murder of Alastair Grout?"

Lacey says "How come YOU never put me in handcuffs butterfly?"

Prince Victoria says "It is not wise to question my actions Alex. I do not think that Lacey here murdered Grout herself, but no one else could have gotten close enough to him to enter his house let alone get into his chambers to extract him from his home and murder him. Lacey was practically next in line to become Malkavian primogen, Grout trusted her and no doubt gave her access to his home. Whether through selfish deeds or loose lips, she took a part in his murder and such actions can not be taken lightly. Granted, I have no intentions of ending her life, I will give her a chance to redeem herself. I want her to go to Grout's manor and bring me back evidence of who the killer actually was if it was truly not her. My agents haven't been able to get into the house at all to investigate. Not only that, but I think it might be time to call upon the debt that your protege Meredith owes to your clan. I want her to accompany Lacey to the manor."