Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

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."

Koln's will save:
1d20+5+2 → [19,5,2] = (26)
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Koln looks behind him as Edward looks in his direction, looking for this crazy person he's talking about.

"...?"
He then gives a sheepish smile, realizing that Edward is talking about him. It isn't true what they say; that insane people think that everyone is crazy but them. The insane, granted some take more convincing then others, soon realize they are different than everyone else, and are completely helpless to stop it.
"You are right Edward, there is a conspiracy, isn't there? Traitors everywhere... do not worry though, I will make it all stop soon enough. Now some weeks ago a young girl went missing. We believe her name was Suzie. I have reason to believe that those godforsaken leech-er, I mean, other vampires have taken her. I must locate her before it is too late. If I am not in time, I must save what's left of her soul you understand."

He thinks he hears Clover groan in the background, whom is very eager to leave. Perhaps she's right... but Koln is no where near done here. If he's going to leave anytime soon, Clover's going to have to force him out.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

"You are right Edward, there is a conspiracy, isn't there? Traitors everywhere... do not worry though, I will make it all stop soon enough. Now some weeks ago a young girl went missing. We believe her name was Suzie. I have reason to believe that those godforsaken leech-er, I mean, other vampires have taken her. I must locate her before it is too late. If I am not in time, I must save what's left of her soul you understand."

Koln makes the Will Save and resists temptation although the blood from Edward fills him with a kind of burning energy that he's never felt before.

Koln gets a +4 against resisting Edward's blood.

Edward gets up from his desk and starts to pace the room. "You know, I did hear that someone thought they saw a young woman around the time that my mentor was killed. We didn't think anything of it at the time but now you're saying you knew this girl? If a vampire has kidnapped a little girl and tried to turn her I want to know about it. These kinds of actions are against the Camarilla. Oh right you're all new at this...the Camarilla is a group of vampires, and sometimes humans, which surround a Prince, which in this case is me. We are all bound together by the common belief that it is in our best interest to coexist with humans by following the rules of what we call "The Masquerade".

"The Masquerade is a few simple rules such as no feeding in public and no displaying your powers out in public. Basically it all boils down to "Don't let people know vampires exist or we'll ing kill you!" So far I haven't heard anything about humans seeing vampires so I take it you have been using your own common sense and that is all we ask."

Edward's talk is a little over your heads but you all get the sense that he is telling you this for your own good and you have the common sense not to interject. Edward can see the the group is getting uneasy and would like to leave, he goes over to his desk a pulls an envelope out of a drawer. "Before you all leave I want to give this to you, these are some things we found in Jacob Prestor's house. The most important things in here are documents that look like they belong to the Bank of Denver, perhaps Prestor had some of his posessions in there. I think he would have wanted you to have this. Please don't open it until you are outside." He motions for Clover to take the envelope from him and when she takes it she notices that it is bulky and feels like it has at least one heavy object in it.

 

[izillama]

He motions for Clover to take the envelope from him and when she takes it she notices that it is bulky and feels like it has at least one heavy object in it.

Clover nodded as she stuffed the envelope safely inside her purse. Then, she cocked her head inquisitively, "I have two more questions before we go." More for Ruby's sakes than her own, "Your mentor who was killed... was it Prestor? The knowledge might offer my friend here some peace." She smiled sympathetically at Ruby. It even comforted Clover (a slight... slight bit!) to know that Edward was not to blame for Prestor's demise.
Then, she was careful with her second question (unsure of the terms of the relationships between the two clubs), "Secondly, I mean no disrespect, but have you seen Tony? The proprietor of the 24th Diocese? He seems to have gone missing."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Clover nodded as she stuffed the envelope safely inside her purse. Then, she cocked her head inquisitively, "I have two more questions before we go." More for Ruby's sakes than her own, "Your mentor who was killed... was it Prestor? The knowledge might offer my friend here some peace." She smiled sympathetically at Ruby. It even comforted Clover (a slight... slight bit!) to know that Edward was not to blame for Prestor's demise.
Then, she was careful with her second question (unsure of the terms of the relationships between the two clubs), "Secondly, I mean no disrespect, but have you seen Tony? The proprietor of the 24th Diocese? He seems to have gone missing."

Edward responds to Clover "My mentor was not Jacob Prestor. I told you before, I had Prestor killed because I thought he was sparking a rebellion by creating vampires in secret. When Prestor came here a vampire named Thaddeus came and introduced himself soon after. He was the one who informed me of Prestor's actions. " Edwards seems uneasy when talking about Thaddeus.

"As for Tony from the 24th Diocese, I've known Tony for about three years now and he has always been known as being rather nosey. I caught him sneaking around here trying to gather information and I interrogated him. That's how I found out about all of you. After that I let him go and I haven't seen him since. It's possible he left town."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Edward responds to Clover "My mentor was not Jacob Prestor. I told you before, I had Prestor killed because I thought he was sparking a rebellion by creating vampires in secret. When Prestor came here a vampire named Thaddeus came and introduced himself soon after. He was the one who informed me of Prestor's actions. " Edwards seems uneasy when talking about Thaddeus.

"As for Tony from the 24th Diocese, I've known Tony for about three years now and he has always been known as being rather nosey. I caught him sneaking around here trying to gather information and I interrogated him. That's how I found out about all of you. After that I let him go and I haven't seen him since. It's possible he left town."

Ruby slumped over with her hands on her face after hearing of this. "So, I was just a tool? We were tools for his own gain?!" she said in disbelief. She heard Jacob's words echoing in her mind. I chose you because of your curiosity of the world around you.. I need your help... There are some bad people after me... hide here until I get you...
That's what I remember him saying at least, I know it's not word for word
"Noo!" she cried as she hunched down lower into a ball like state. My family taken from me and my friends sharing this for a rebellion? It's sickening

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

Ruby slumped over with her hands on her face after hearing of this. "So, I was just a tool? We were tools for his own gain?!" she said in disbelief. She heard Jacob's words echoing in her mind. I chose you because of your curiosity of the world around you.. I need your help... There are some bad people after me... hide here until I get you...
That's what I remember him saying at least, I know it's not word for word
"Noo!" she cried as she hunched down lower into a ball like state. My family taken from me and my friends sharing this for a rebellion? It's sickening

Edward looks down at Ruby on the ground. "I'm sorry. Although, it looks like there is more to it than that. I need to find Thaddeus, I get the feeling that him, this missing child, and the death of my mentor are somehow connected. Give me some time and come back here, I might need your help with this and quite frankly, I don't have the time to do the footwork. Let's meet up in three nights, in the meantime I would suggest going to the bank and claiming whatever possessions Prestor had in there."

 

[izillama]

Ok... maybe the story needs moving? If no one has any problems with this, read the following post Otherwise, disregard it and wait for further instructions from the game tyrant... I mean master ^.^*

Clover finally nodded, seeing that her friends were done lamenting the events of the evening. Koln was never going to get that taste out of his mouth, and Ruby was never going to un-know that Edward had killed her mentor. Time to move on and hope that he didn't throw them any more curve-balls.
She nodded, saying curtly yet politely, "Well, Edward, we will be sure to follow up in a few nights. Ok? Ruby? Koln? Are you ready to go?"
She looked wryly at her two friends slumped dramatically on the ground, 'Um... hm... guess not...'
Clover gave a little sheepish look in Edward's direction, holding up one finger in apology. ^.^*
She crouched down next to Ruby, placing a kind hand on her back and feeling the heaving of her sobs. Clover felt her pain, but she didn't think it was good to overstay thier welcome. She whispered in the girl's ear (perhaps a little more tenderly than expected), hoping that Koln would follow if she could get Ruby to move:

[sblock=Whispering in Ruby's Ear]"I know you're sad, Ruby. But if there's one thing you should know, especially from working on a farm, it's that all things die. It's never pretty and it's never fair. However, without death, new life could never be born. Prestor is gone, but he left you in his place. Being a vampire might not have been preferrable, but look at it this way: You still exist. And I don't think that Prestor would have been happy to see his childe waste away worrying over him. He hand picked you, Ruby, not for a sick science experiment--like Koln and I--but because he saw a potential in you that he could only give to the one who would survive him. Ruby, vampirism aside, don't throw away his gift. Get up, and march out of this office with conviction! Don't show Edward your sadness. Be strong."[/sblock]

 

[ladyphoenix]

lol, sorry, maybe I should get her on her feet now

The fog in Ruby's mind began to lift and her heart thawed out even more at the sound of Clover's tender voice. Her lids began to slowly open. "Thank you Clover, I won't let you and Koln down again.."

She stood up again, still trying to shake the psychological spiderwebs of her mind. Enough she told herself.
She looked at Edward a little coyly at first and then stood up straight and ladylike again. "My apologies, I thought I could handle the truth of all this, but now I can finally put this all behind me, we will meet back with you to see who's behind all this," she said with a curtsey.
She then placed a hand on Koln's shoulder signaling her leave. She stood by Clover ready as ever.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Broadstreet

lol, sorry, maybe I should get her on her feet now

The fog in Ruby's mind began to lift and her heart thawed out even more at the sound of Clover's tender voice. Her lids began to slowly open. "Thank you Clover, I won't let you and Koln down again.."

She stood up again, still trying to shake the psychological spiderwebs of her mind. Enough she told herself.
She looked at Edward a little coyly at first and then stood up straight and ladylike again. "My apologies, I thought I could handle the truth of all this, but now I can finally put this all behind me, we will meet back with you to see who's behind all this," she said with a curtsey.
She then placed a hand on Koln's shoulder signaling her leave. She stood by Clover ready as ever.

As you get ready to leave Edward puts his hand up as if he just remembered something. "Oh, I almost forgot, which of you was it who saw Duke when he first broke into Prestor's house that night?" Duke says in his low voice "I definitely saw someone in there when I first entered and they took off before I could get a good look at them. I'm positive it wasn't Jacob Prestor himself as we met up with him later."

 

[Strider_Koln]

lol, sorry, maybe I should get her on her feet now

The fog in Ruby's mind began to lift and her heart thawed out even more at the sound of Clover's tender voice. Her lids began to slowly open. "Thank you Clover, I won't let you and Koln down again.."

She stood up again, still trying to shake the psychological spiderwebs of her mind. Enough she told herself.
She looked at Edward a little coyly at first and then stood up straight and ladylike again. "My apologies, I thought I could handle the truth of all this, but now I can finally put this all behind me, we will meet back with you to see who's behind all this," she said with a curtsey.
She then placed a hand on Koln's shoulder signaling her leave. She stood by Clover ready as ever.

Koln embraces Ruby tightly, he wishes he could tell her something as comforting as Clover, but he cannot. He really does not want to lie to her about the current state of her mentor's corrupted soul. He could never lie to her, so he resigns himself to quietly assuring her, "You could never let me down..."

Koln shrugs at Edward's question about who Duke saw in the house. "I really don't know.. besides the obvious charge of breaking and entering, why is it a concern?"