Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[ladyphoenix]

A lightbulb goes off in Koln's head upon hearing this. He whispers to Clover, "Clover! I know who she is! We must find her! After I "die" I must enter your closet! She's there! With Mr. Tumnus!!"

Ruby cocks her head to one side curiously. "Mr. Tumnus? closet?" she asked confused.
"Well anyway, the letter did say that we should seek out Lacy when things go awry. Perhaps she was here to help out Tony too. We've got to find her before things get worse around here..." she pleaded to her friends.
She looked at Koln and realized something. "Koln. You should probably get a cloak or something to disguised yourself. The priest I saw might still be around this area," she said in concern.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln politely takes his leave of Bill and Candy with the girls. Although he is starved for blood that does not concern him. If God wills it, they go to the local convenience store and pick up some "easy light" logs, lighters, and plenty of fluid, without incident.

Really wanna move things along here ^^;;

"Ok girls, I do not think I'm allowed in there, remember the kinds of stuff we need. Ironically, I am one year older tonight, however after tonight I think I will stop counting..."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver

Koln politely takes his leave of Bill and Candy with the girls. Although he is starved for blood that does not concern him. If God wills it, they go to the local convenience store and pick up some "easy light" logs, lighters, and plenty of fluid, without incident.

Really wanna move things along here ^^;;

I agree, let's move foward here.

The hour is late and you leave the 24th Diocese at around 12:30am. You board the bus and as luck would have it, there are no convenience stores on the bus route. The only thing you can think of is the store near the pawn shop. You all get off at the mall stop and make your way there. As you walk through the streets you notice that they seem quiet, too quiet...you can see the convenience store ahead and it isn't too long before you are in front of the building. Koln can see the familiar store clerk he saw before during his first adventure. Fortunately there doesn't seem to be anyone else in the store at the moment.

 

[izillama]

PS- If I had seen it before, when Ruby had suggested Koln get a cloak, Clover would have responded rather sarcastically, "Yeah, so that he won't stick out like a sore thumb in the middle of Denver at all."

PPS- If I had seen it before, when Koln mentions that he is another year older, Clover would have responded with an enthusiastic, "Happy Birthday!"

Clover stood in front of the convenience store with her friends, and she looked back and forth from Ruby to Koln, who both stared into the brightly lit space with the starstruck eyes of a child.
'Yeah, better put an end to this.'
"Um... I don't know how we ended up here--since I probably would not chosen to have gotten on the bus yet, however some invisible hand seems to have placed me here with you two--but I think we need to slow down for a second. We should find the abandoned building before we buy the supplies to burn it down, no? Does anyone else, maybe, see it as being, perhaps, possible problematic for us to be walking around an abandoned neighborhood with starter logs and matches? Anyone?"

Clover = the voice of reason

 

[Strider_Koln]

Clover = loves trying to bring events to a screeching halt

"If I remember correctly there are abandoned apartments a block or two from here. I wandered by them that night..." For a moment Koln gives a very distant stare, remembering the battle... "We will meet again Count.... Er Well, the walk is not long, and I hope you two would ask for bags to put the stuff in."

 

[izillama]

*rolls eyes*
"Fine, let's just get the stupid fire logs and be done with it. Come on, Ruby."
*drags Ruby into the convenience store*

1d20+9 → [17,9] = (26)
Search (fire logs? matches? lighter fluid? flame thrower? fireworks? etc...)

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver

*rolls eyes*
"Fine, let's just get the stupid fire logs and be done with it. Come on, Ruby."
*drags Ruby into the convenience store*

1d20+9 → [17,9] = (26)
Search (fire logs? matches? lighter fluid? flame thrower? fireworks? etc...)

The girls go inside the convenience store, leaving Koln out on the street by himself.

Koln
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You sit outside the store thinking about your upcoming "death". It isn't long before You realize that you're not alone on the street. That familiar bum from the other day comes stumbling out of a nearby alley. He drops a bottle on the gound as he shuffles towards you mumbling some gibberish.

"ey..oh..you...ishgood...kine...sher..." he says coming right up to you.

The smell of liquor is strong on his breath but despite that you can smell blood. That familiar voice inside you says "Blood is blood, right? Besides, this man is obviously a heretic speaking in tongues!" You can't tell is this is the beast or simply your paranoia kicking in. You are too distracted with the bum to notice a man walk into the convenience store behind you.
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Clover & Ruby
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The convenience store is empty except for the eastern-looking store clerk. You wander around the aisles looking around for anything flamable. The store doesn't offer much: a few lighters, some matches, buetane for the lighters, and hey, that paint thinner has got to be flamable! You are both wandering around when a man walks into the store. He is a small, dark-haired man and he seems to move about the store quickly and precisely staying towards the back where the drink coolers are.
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[Strider_Koln]

The bum shuffles past him and for a moment Koln is tempted. But it is only for a moment, reminding himself that it does not matter, he is still going to "die," that is the purpose of this night, nothing else. He sighs, and stops the bum, "Sir, stop living for the sake of money, it has obviously not been working out. Our Lord did claim that money was the root of all evil. To clarify, foolish desire on inanimate objects whose worth are not inherent but rather external and subject to the interpretation of humankind is something that causes people to sin all too often. Instead, devote yourself to a pure life, so that you may obtain God's grace. Do you believe?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver

The bum shuffles past him and for a moment Koln is tempted. But it is only for a moment, reminding himself that it does not matter, he is still going to "die," that is the purpose of this night, nothing else. He sighs, and stops the bum, "Sir, stop living for the sake of money, it has obviously not been working out. Our Lord did claim that money was the root of all evil. To clarify, foolish desire on inanimate objects whose worth are not inherent but rather external and subject to the interpretation of humankind is something that causes people to sin all too often. Instead, devote yourself to a pure life, so that you may obtain God's grace. Do you believe?"

The bum looks at Koln with a blank stare. His long, unkempt hair hanging in his face. He walks closer to Koln chuckling and in a voice that doesn't seem to even belong to him says "I believe that that which does not kill you only makes you....stranger...."

The bum reaches out and grabs Koln's coat. Koln can see the flesh on the bum's hand is rotting and as he tightens his grip the hand starts to fall apart and turn to dust. The rest of his body turns to dust as well and soon all that is left of him are his ragedy old clothes.

 

[izillama]

The girls go inside the convenience store, leaving Koln out on the street by himself.

Clover & Ruby
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The convenience store is empty except for the eastern-looking store clerk. You wander around the aisles looking around for anything flamable. The store doesn't offer much: a few lighters, some matches, buetane for the lighters, and hey, that paint thinner has got to be flamable! You are both wandering around when a man walks into the store. He is a small, dark-haired man and he seems to move about the store quickly and precisely staying towards the back where the drink coolers are.
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'Ew. It smells like week-old slurpee in here. And my shoes keep sticking to the floor... When was the last time they cleaned this place!?'
Clover herded Ruby quickly around the convenience store, the two of them shuffling about she shelves rather hurriedly. Clover kept an eye on the store clerk, an Eastern-looking man who eyed them rather suspiciously; as though two young girls in a convenience store were probably up to no good at this time of night.
There was so much (and so little) to root through! Yes, there was a whole display of lighters. Maybe matches? Some lighter fluid. Nothing of consequence. And, she thought suddenly, maybe nothing that they could get away with buying if the clerk had any say about it. Her and Ruby alone in the store with the man made her suddenly uneasy.
*ring ring*
She jumped over so slightly and found her head snap around to eye the door. A short man had made his way into the store, but he had quickly high-tailed it for the back.
She didn't like it. Not one bit.
She look a sideways look at Ruby and nodded her head towards the man to tell the Amish girl silently, "Keep an eye out. Might be trouble."
Quickly, she picked up a couple of girly pink lighters and made her way to the counter, producing her ID (she's 18, remember!). She placed everything on the counter, pointing for the clerk, "And two packs of Virginia Slims, please?"