Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

Ruby pauses for a moment. "Well, the only good spirit is The Holy Spirit as we like to believe. Anything else would be the work of Satan himself. If this truly is another spirit, maybe it is a tormented one seeking divine guidance." She shakes her head. "I'm not an expert when it comes to my Village's religion, but I can only come up with my own conclusions for the greater good." She thinks some more. "Maybe we should investigate the bank the owner and his ancestors used to work in, perhaps there was a scandal or something," she said, trying to come up with new things to help them.

"Good idea... think we should wait for Clover to finsih with class before we head out? Or should I give her a call.. let's see.." Koln flips open his phone, cycling through it, "Ah, here's her number, 867-5309... hm, what do you think?" Koln's body is completely on autopilot, he's mentally miles away, still in that alley with that girl... He cannot forget it, He actually looked into her eyes and, for a moment too long, wanted her dead...

 

[Tale_Weaver]

"Good idea... think we should wait for Clover to finsih with class before we head out? Or should I give her a call.. let's see.." Koln flips open his phone, cycling through it, "Ah, here's her number, 867-5309... hm, what do you think?" Koln's body is completely on autopilot, he's mentally miles away, still in that alley with that girl... He cannot forget it, He actually looked into her eyes and, for a moment too long, wanted her dead...

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Clover goes through one of the most boring classes of her life and when she gets out her phone rings. She sees the little white rat on the screen that she used as an icon to represent him on her Blackberry (or whatever fancy phone Clover has).

 

[izillama]

'Oh God, what did Koln do now?' She could just hear it now, "Hi, Clover! Just so you know, the dorm is burning down. I thought it would be the quickest way to weed out the heretics. Not to worry, the pure ones will surely live! Eh... I wonder why they're bringing out so many body bags... Oh! And Icarus is safe as can be in Ruby's arms!"
Clover shook her head to get the horrible image out of her mind. And sighing apprehensively, she answered the phone, "Koln?"

 

[Strider_Koln]

"Hi Clover. I was talking to Ruby and we think we should check out that bank that the owner used to work in. Now I am new to this place, is this bank still operational? If so, to investigate, we REALLY need to be careful, actually I just might investigate alone. By the way, Clover, about last night... I failed, I know, I am sorry. I know you look up to me as a spiritual and moral guide, as does Ruby... I failed you both..." Koln is talking about feeding off of that girl and leaving her unconscious, nearly dead, in the alley.

"I no longer have the right to judge right and wrong... Heh, I think I lost that right the moment I was turned, and what I did last night is just a stamp, proof of that sin. What's worse... deep down, I feel like I not only need to... but want to do it again. I'll stop here, you're probably in class, not the most suitable place to have confession via cellphone."

 

[izillama]

Clover frowned, clearly disturbed by Koln's wavering of faith in himself. If anything, she had looked to him to be a rock for her in the past few days. Sure he was unstable. But he was just so sure of himself, that she couldn't help feeling comforted by his presence.
She found herself speeding up to get back to the dorm and shaking her head as she did so, "No, Koln. You're not bad. You failed no more than I did. I mean, look how much I shunned it just a couple days ago. And now look at me! But I don't think that makes either of us terrible people. No more than... I don't know... a lion can be condemned for victimizing the gazelle! So don't give up, Koln. Don't give up."
She found herself falling solemn and silent.
After a moment to compose herself, she spoke quietly, "I'm almost back to the dorm, Koln. We'll look the bank up online. Sounds like investigating is a good idea. See you soon."
click

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University of Denver

Clover frowned, clearly disturbed by Koln's wavering of faith in himself. If anything, she had looked to him to be a rock for her in the past few days. Sure he was unstable. But he was just so sure of himself, that she couldn't help feeling comforted by his presence.
She found herself speeding up to get back to the dorm and shaking her head as she did so, "No, Koln. You're not bad. You failed no more than I did. I mean, look how much I shunned it just a couple days ago. And now look at me! But I don't think that makes either of us terrible people. No more than... I don't know... a lion can be condemned for victimizing the gazelle! So don't give up, Koln. Don't give up."
She found herself falling solemn and silent.
After a moment to compose herself, she spoke quietly, "I'm almost back to the dorm, Koln. We'll look the bank up online. Sounds like investigating is a good idea. See you soon."
click

Clover returns to her dorm room and meets up with Ruby and Koln. You all go onto Clover's laptop and through a little bit of research on the United Bank of Denver's website find that the bank is only open till 5pm. It is now 10:30pm.

More poking on the website reveals a little history on the founding of the bank. Apparently it has been a part of the Wilkershire family since its creation and has only recently left the family's hands.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Clover returns to her dorm room and meets up with Ruby and Koln. You all go onto Clover's laptop and through a little bit of research on the United Bank of Denver's website find that the bank is only open till 9pm. It is now 10:30pm.

More poking on the website reveals a little history on the founding of the bank. Apparently it has been a part of the Wilkershire family since its creation and has only recently left the family's hands.

What Clover told him is still fresh in his head... he feels cold. Humankind is the center of God's Creation... they are descended from Adam and Loved by God, whereas vampires are of the same ilk as Lilith and Cain, destined to bloodshed and moral backwardness. They are not lions... they are nothing more than overgrown leeches that overstay their time on earth by a couple centuries.

He leans over at the screen, "Hm.. let me have a try..." Koln pulls up both Google and the official website of the local paper. He searches the site for any relevent information about the life/death of the owner of the house.

Research
1d20+3 → [16,3] = (19)
Roll Lookup

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University of Denver

What Clover told him is still fresh in his head... he feels cold. Humankind is the center of God's Creation... they are descended from Adam and Loved by God, whereas vampires are of the same ilk as Lilith and Cain, destined to bloodshed and moral backwardness. They are not lions... they are nothing more than overgrown leeches that overstay their time on earth by a couple centuries.

He leans over at the screen, "Hm.. let me have a try..." Koln pulls up both Google and the official website of the local paper. He searches the site for any relevent information about the life/death of the owner of the house.

Research
1d20+3 → [16,3] = (19)
Roll Lookup

Koln
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You don't find much on the life of Emerson Wilkershire jr. other than the fact that he graduated from UCLA and founded the bank in Denver. You also find that he had a son, Emerson Wilkershire III who started his own small bank in Denver and was actually the owner of the house. It appears that Emerson was letting his father live with him in his old age.

Emerson Wilkershire jr. died suddenly and no resources can be found that tell you how exactly he died. Shortly afterwards his son disapeared and no one has seen him since.
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Researching all of this is going to take Koln some time (about 2 hours) and Clover and Ruby can help or do their own things in the meantime.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln
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You don't find much on the life of Emerson Wilkershire jr. other than the fact that he graduated from UCLA and founded the bank in Denver. You also find that he had a son, Emerson Wilkershire III who started his own small bank in Denver and was actually the owner of the house. It appears that Emerson was letting his father live with him in his old age.

Emerson Wilkershire jr. died suddenly and no resources can be found that tell you how exactly he died. Shortly afterwards his son disapeared and no one has seen him since.
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Researching all of this is going to take Koln some time (about 2 hours) and Clover and Ruby can help or do their own things in the meantime.

Ruby stares at the computer with Koln but within 20 minutes her head begins to spin. "Ugh.. thus device is tortuous, fast paced words, blinking pictures, bright lights..oh well"
She falls backwards onto Clover's bed with her hands over her head and sighs. "..wouldn't it be great to get a farmer's tan again, even sunburnt the non-lethal way. To be able to go swimming in that crystal blue pond," she said in a daze. She looks at Clover more closely out of the corner of her eye. "wait a minute, your face, how can this be? You look more human, its wonderful!" she said in amazement.

 

[izillama]

Clover smiled a little shyly. She couldn't pretend that she didn't appreciate the fact that someone had finally noticed. However, Clover had the disturbing feeling that Ruby realizing it meant more to her than if Koln were to have pointed it out.
But enough about that.
Clover watched Koln struggling with her computer. She smiled, almost motherly, and stepped up beside him, "Koln? Let me. I might know my way around the Internet a little better than you do. Maybe we'll get this done quicker."

(I have pluses to computer use! Would this be any faster if we take that into consideration?)