Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Tale_Weaver]

Clover found herself stepping out of line and towards the alley. She knew it was rash. Dangerous. But she needed to see for herself...
She stepped into the alley and away from the safety of the crowd.

1d20+11 → [5,11] = (16)
Searching the alleyway...

Clover
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The alleyway is empty and quiet. You can see footprints made from the water from a puddle in the back of the alley, they look like they were made by a woman's shoes. If memory serves you correctly you think you saw a silver cross in the puddle the last time you were here and now it is gone.
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[Strider_Koln]

Koln thinks about what he's just heard. This Edward is defiantely a threat to the Church... but to go after him now would endanger the girls. "Ruby, I think it would be wise if we left Denver immediately. We have too many people after us. Oh if only we were still human this would be so much simpler!" Koln sighs and leaves with Ruby out of the club through the side entrance, entering the oh so familiar alleyway.

"I hate this place..." He mutters, glancing at Ruby suspiciously out of the corner of his eyes for a moment.

 

[izillama]

Clover felt a chill course through her. Not literally. But she was suddenly on high-alert.
The puddle. Where was Koln's cross?
She reached up for her fleur de lis necklace as she approached the water. Koln had said that he wouldn't even be able to touch his cross anymore. He couldn't even pray. It pained him so much. Clover wondered if she would have the same problem with religious artifacts? Was God dead to her, too?
She stepped up next to the puddle and looked down into it. The shoes leading from it. The bat that had flown away. There had to be a connection. But Clover felt like she had overstayed her welcome in the alley.
She turned, intending to leave.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Clover felt a chill course through her. Not literally. But she was suddenly on high-alert.
The puddle. Where was Koln's cross?
She reached up for her fleur de lis necklace as she approached the water. Koln had said that he wouldn't even be able to touch his cross anymore. He couldn't even pray. It pained him so much. Clover wondered if she would have the same problem with religious artifacts? Was God dead to her, too?
She stepped up next to the puddle and looked down into it. The shoes leading from it. The bat that had flown away. There had to be a connection. But Clover felt like she had overstayed her welcome in the alley.
She turned, intending to leave.

Koln and Ruby leave the club out the back door at the same time Clover is about to leave the alleyway. Now the whole group is together in the alley.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln and Ruby leave the club out the back door at the same time Clover is about to leave the alleyway. Now the whole group is together in the alley.

Ruby crosses her arms, clearly torn by what she has just heard. She doesn't want to leave Koln and Clover, but something inside her boils up. "Why should we have to leave, this whole thing is making me really angry... how dare they!!" she snarls as she clutches her red hair in vain and hunches over. "Bring them on! Why don't they just leave us alone!!" she continues now clenching her fists, feeling like she wants to hit something, ANYTHING...
Her inner voice is attempting to calm her down, but it is becoming more difficult every time.

 

[izillama]

She turned, intending to leave.
Suddenly, Clover was taken by surprise by the abrupt opening of the doorway leading from the club to the alley. She jumped, not knowing what to expect.
To her pleasant surprise, Koln and Ruby walked out morosely down the steps. Ruby was speaking animatedly. Ravenous, "Why should we have to leave, this whole thing is making me really angry... how dare they!! Bring them on! Why don't they just leave us alone!!"
Clover felt as though she had never seen Ruby so fierce about anything. Though really, she had no idea what had Ruby so flustered.
Carefully, Clover moved out of the shadows and into Koln and Ruby's line of sight. Her change of clothing had clearly made it easier for her to blend in with the night, "Koln? Ruby? What happened? What has you so upset?"
Her lavender eyes gazed at Ruby compassionately. She hated seeing her friends in pain.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln lays a calming hand on Ruby's back, "We must pick our battles carefully... caution and prudence are good virtues, ones that serve a warrior well." Of course Koln did not mean a word of it, but he did not want to endanger the girls, he would (and has) kill himself if it meant keeping them out of harm.

"Clover, thank God you're okay... this place is not safe, this Edward villain has vampires actively hunting us. It would behoove us greatly to leave Denver as soon as possible."

 

[izillama]

"Clover, thank God you're okay... this place is not safe, this Edward villain has vampires actively hunting us. It would behoove us greatly to leave Denver as soon as possible."

Clover quirked an eyebrow, "Leave? Why?"
[sblock]She now understood what had the two of them so shaken. This Edward guy. The one who wanted them dead.
But still, thinking selfishly for just a wee moment, the last thing Clover wanted to do was leave Denver. There was still school. Her family. Her friends. She wasn't ready to give that up.
And so what? They knew that Edward was after them. That was nothing new. Unless this fact had completely evaded her simpleton friends until now.
But still, thinking rationally, Clover didn't think that leaving was the best idea. Nor was Ruby's idea of fighting.[/sblock]
She shook her head adamantly, as though the idea disgusted her, "I don't think that's such a good idea. This Edward guy sounds important. He might be rational. Why don't we try a different approach? Why don't we just... I don't know... talk to him? Maybe this has been a misunderstanding? Maybe we can compromise?"
She would much rather talk than fight or run!

 

[Strider_Koln]

This Edward guy sounds important. He might be rational. Why don't we try a different approach? Why don't we just... I don't know... talk to him? Maybe this has been a misunderstanding? Maybe we can compromise?"
She would much rather talk than fight or run!

Koln starts to quietly chuckle, then moderately laugh, and then laugh out loud!

"That's good, reason with a vampire?! Look Clover, this is not a human we are dealing with. Vampires have more in common with base animals than people. Try reasoning with a pack of hungry wolves that's after you. Against someone like Edward I doubt you-er we would stand much of a chance. Socrates agrees with me, right friend?" Koln looks down at the small rodent head looking up at him from his coat pocket.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Koln starts to quietly chuckle, then moderately laugh, and then laugh out loud!

"That's good, reason with a vampire?! Look Clover, this is not a human we are dealing with. Vampires have more in common with base animals than people. Try reasoning with a pack of hungry wolves that's after you. Against someone like Edward I doubt you-er we would stand much of a chance. Socrates agrees with me, right friend?" Koln looks down at the small rodent head looking up at him from his coat pocket.

Socrates pops out of Kolns pocket as if he knew he was being spoken to. He sniffs around and looks up at Koln.

Koln
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Socrates chatters his teeth and says in his usual meek voice that only Koln seems to hear "Maybe he's a mean one but even rats can be negotiated with. With cheese of course, bring him cheese! Nobody could resist that!"
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Socrates jumps down from Koln's pocket onto the ground seeming to poke through some trash lying near the dumpster in the alley then lapping up some water from the puddle on the ground.