Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Clover's eyes flicked to Koln, then she buried her head in one hand. 'Idiot...'
>.<***

Earl laughs at Koln lying on the floor mumbling to himself and The Count hits him on the arm.

Edward does not look amused. He says "I don't know what you may have heard but one drink of my blood will not bind you to me. It is simply a precaution that you won't act out against me but moreso that you won't need to feed for a number of nights. You are all new at this after all. Look, I'll even pour it into glasses for you all!" Edward opens the drawer of his desk and produces three glasses.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Earl laughs at Koln lying on the floor mumbling to himself and The Count hits him on the arm.

Edward does not look amused. He says "I don't know what you may have heard but one drink of my blood will not bind you to me. It is simply a precaution that you won't act out against me but moreso that you won't need to feed for a number of nights. You are all new at this after all. Look, I'll even pour it into glasses for you all!" Edward opens the drawer of his desk and produces three glasses.

Koln slowly sits up and sighs, holding his head, slowly it feels as if he is being pulled through the clinging stringy fabric of reality back into the room... "Oh.. huh... drinking your blood... I'm sorry Edward, I must politely decline, it is against my religion afterall. Besides, this isn't the 70s anymore... there's that AIDS thing. Now I'm not saying you do, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. You do understand, I mean, looking around at your company I only see men... no women, I know I know I am not saying ALL GAYS have AIDS, only the ones that God REALLY hates... er anyway, tell you what Edward, get yourself tested and in a few days I will be more than happy to consume your blood, really!"

 

[izillama]

'Oh .'
Clover both laughed and panicked at Koln's comment. Did this guy have a death wish!? Could vampire even get AIDS?
Didn't matter. Before she knew what she was doing, she flew to Koln's side, kneeling down in front of him and shaking him by the shoulders until he looked at her, "Koln! This is for your own good. Now shush!"
She wasn't sure if it worked, but she slowly got back to her feet and turned to Edward, maintaining an uneasy guise of composure, "Um... you'll have to excuse our friend. He means well, but sometimes his mouth gets ahead of his brain." She gave Koln a dirty look, then turned back.
Glasses or not, no, she did not want to drink. It actually had nothing to do with binding--whatever that was, had Tony mentioned that?--but it was more that Clover really, really did not want any part of Edward inside of her, blood or otherwise. Her newly sensitive stomach wretched at the thought, though she had the feeling vampire blood wouldn't have the same effect as human blood on her system.
But still, this was becoming very dangerous for her and her friends. The sooner they got out of here, the better. Even at their expense.
She bit her lip, finally asking earnestly (though before consulting either Ruby or Koln), "Edward, the three of us have been inseparable since our transformation, and so shall it most likely ever be such. Would it be enough for one of us to drink on behalf of the other two? After all, being inseparable, the one who takes the blood would still be bound to the others in friendship. Perhaps we would even be willing to negotiate with you which of us takes it?"
She would be willing to take the hit for her friends (if need be, of course, and if neither of them offered themselves first).

1d20+3-2 → [16,3,-2] = (17)
Diplomacy roll, take two!

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Koln slowly sits up and sighs, holding his head, slowly it feels as if he is being pulled through the clinging stringy fabric of reality back into the room... "Oh.. huh... drinking your blood... I'm sorry Edward, I must politely decline, it is against my religion afterall. Besides, this isn't the 70s anymore... there's that AIDS thing. Now I'm not saying you do, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. You do understand, I mean, looking around at your company I only see men... no women, I know I know I am not saying ALL GAYS have AIDS, only the ones that God REALLY hates... er anyway, tell you what Edward, get yourself tested and in a few days I will be more than happy to consume your blood, really!"

The Count gets up from his chair "Did he just call us gay!?" Earl attempts to calm him down and says "Easy there big guy, now you know he doesn't mean anything by it. Hell, malkavians don't even know what they're saying half the time!" The Count looks at Earl and sits back down in his chair.

Edward does not seem too pleased. "As you should all know, we are all immune to any disease. So even if we were a bunch of gay vampires, which we are not, you need not worry about contracting anything. Hell, you could feed on Paris Hilton and still not get anything!"

"Edward, the three of us have been inseparable since our transformation, and so shall it most likely ever be such. Would it be enough for one of us to drink on behalf of the other two? After all, being inseparable, the one who takes the blood would still be bound to the others in friendship. Perhaps we would even be willing to negotiate with you which of us takes it?"
She would be willing to take the hit for her friends (if need be, of course, and if neither of them offered themselves first).

1d20+3-2 → [16,3,-2] = (17)
Diplomacy roll, take two!

Edward thinks on Clover's proposition and nods "Okay, I could agree with that. But I get to choose."

To be fair, I'll roll a dice and that'll determine who he picks. By the way there were some female vampires in the group in the waiting room and you can certainly get to know them better when you are all blood slaves...I mean friendly!

Here is the number assignment:

1-Clover
2-Ruby
3-Koln

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Edward thinks on Clover's proposition and nods "Okay, I could agree with that. But I get to choose."

To be fair, I'll roll a dice and that'll determine who he picks. By the way there were some female vampires in the group in the waiting room and you can certainly get to know them better when you are all blood slaves...I mean friendly!

Here is the number assignment:

1-Clover
2-Ruby
3-Koln

Edward's Roll
1d3 → [3] = (3)


Edward says "I choose Koln. He seems to be the most against doing this and he is the one we can be most uncertain about. Come, prove that you are not a threat and drink, it won't change you in any way or make you my blood slave."

Step on up Koln! You can blame Clover for this

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln sighs and shrugs, placing his hands on the floor on either side of his head as he lifts his knees to his chest. In an instant he springs to his feet with an odd look, as if to inquire, 'Why the heck was I on the floor..?'

Koln's will save against Clover telling him to shush
1d20+5+2 → [17,5,2] = (24)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2066007/

*If Koln passed...*
"I will do anything for the wellbeing of my friends... even if it means drinking this homosexual vampire's blood and contracting the AIDS virus." He replies with a smirk, then looks at Edward coldly. "Villian, this not change my feelings towards your kind, but rest easy, your shadow will be free of my presence after I consume your blood. I am true to my word, not for my sake, but for the lives of Clover and Ruby."


He genuflects down in front of Edward, grudgingly showing his humility to him, making it clear that as long as Clover and Ruby are alive, he is not a threat to him. He sighs, taking the glass and slowly drinks. For a vampire's blood it is not bad... but does not compare at all to Ruby's.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Koln sighs and shrugs, placing his hands on the floor on either side of his head as he lifts his knees to his chest. In an instant he springs to his feet with an odd look, as if to inquire, 'Why the heck was I on the floor..?'

Koln's will save against Clover telling him to shush
1d20+5+2 → [17,5,2] = (24)
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2066007/

*If Koln passed...*
"I will do anything for the wellbeing of my friends... even if it means drinking this homosexual vampire's blood and contracting the AIDS virus." He replies with a smirk, then looks at Edward coldly. "Villian, this not change my feelings towards your kind, but rest easy, your shadow will be free of my presence after I consume your blood. I am true to my word, not for my sake, but for the lives of Clover and Ruby."


He genuflects down in front of Edward, grudgingly showing his humility to him, making it clear that as long as Clover and Ruby are alive, he is not a threat to him. He sighs, taking the glass and slowly drinks. For a vampire's blood it is not bad... but does not compare at all to Ruby's.

I'm rather confused by that roll. Koln's normal Will save would be +7 but -4 it's a +3. So I'm calculating that roll to be a 20.

Koln gains +1 resistance to Clover's Domination Abilities.

Edward slits his wrist and lets a small amount of his blood pour into the glass like a red faucet. He hands the glass over to Koln. Koln says his piece and Edward stares at him, or rather right through him. His facial expression unchanging as Koln drinks it.

Koln
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When you drink the blood you see visions of a young boy with a rifle in his hand. There are soldiers from what look like the Civil War lying on the ground dead all around the boy. He is lost and alone, gunfire can be heard off in the distance but the boy wants none of it. You then get a flash of a man and a woman in bed together, the woman biting the man's neck. You see Duke, The Count, and two women; and a rock band playing on a stage. Your final vision is that of Edward himself in his office like he is standing right in front of you. You can see someone behind him though almost whispering in his ear. The man has a hidesously deformed face and an evil smile spread across his lips revealing a mouth of sharp fangs. Whatever the man says makes Edward hold up a bloody knife and then the vison ends...
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You all see a look of shock go across Koln's face like he's seen a ghost. Edward says "And now you know, I'm sure you have seen my past Malkavian."

Koln gains 3 blood points bringing him to 10. He also gets a temporary +2 to Strength!

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby ran to Koln's side after seeing his ghastly expression. "Are you ok?!" she choked out . She steadied him with her hands on each of his sides. She shot a brave glance back at Edward. "Ok, are you convinced now? May we please be at peace?"

 

[izillama]

'Need to get Koln out of here. All of us need to get out of here...'
Clover quickly shot a glance at her friends, taking in their actions like a still from some sort of soppy romance novel. Then she stepped forward, putting herself in the midway proximity between Edward and Ruby and Koln.
She smiled dazzlingly, a mask of amused calm, and bowed her head to Edward, "Well, I believe that concludes tonight's soiree. It's been fun, but we simply must excuse ourselves. It wouldn't do for us to be up past our bedtime. Right, Ruby? Koln?" She shot another glance to them. Same position.
Looking back at Edward, she nodded, "Right, so, with your leave, we would like to retire for the evening?"
'Please let us go! I'm so sorry I ever brought us here. It was a total failure!'

1d20+3-2 → [17,3,-2] = (18)
In case I have to roll diplomacy again...

 

[Tale_Weaver]

'Need to get Koln out of here. All of us need to get out of here...'
Clover quickly shot a glance at her friends, taking in their actions like a still from some sort of soppy romance novel. Then she stepped forward, putting herself in the midway proximity between Edward and Ruby and Koln.
She smiled dazzlingly, a mask of amused calm, and bowed her head to Edward, "Well, I believe that concludes tonight's soiree. It's been fun, but we simply must excuse ourselves. It wouldn't do for us to be up past our bedtime. Right, Ruby? Koln?" She shot another glance to them. Same position.
Looking back at Edward, she nodded, "Right, so, with your leave, we would like to retire for the evening?"
'Please let us go! I'm so sorry I ever brought us here. It was a total failure!'

1d20+3-2 → [17,3,-2] = (18)
In case I have to roll diplomacy again...

Hold your horses people. Koln needs to make a Will Save.

Edward looks at Clover and Ruby and says "Yes, you may live here in peace. At least as far as I am concerned. I'm afraid though that there are others out there who don't care whether this city lives or dies. Recently an elder who was a mentor of mine was killed, I thought that you all had something to do with it but now I see that this is not the case and I think that someone else is pulling the strings behind the scenes." He looks overat Koln "As crazy as this guy might be, sometimes it's the Malkavians that have the clearest view of what is really going on."