Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[izillama]

Ruby's hand closed cold and firm around Clover's as she began to lead them forward.
She wasn't angry.
Her eyes were kind and smiling. They always were. She forgave Clover. She still had faith in Clover.
But Clover was beginning to lose all faith in herself.
[sblock=Clover's inner dialogue a.k.a. "I want to die" speech]She was miserable. Repentant. She couldn't even look at her friends at they walked, lest she catch their eye and say something to control them. To harm them. She didn't want to cause anyone anymore pain. Yet all she could seem to do lately was was take and take (like the leech she was becoming) and revel, ever-so-momentarily, in the anguish on their faces.
She clenched her teeth together and felt her grip tighten on Ruby's hand as well.
Here they both were. Ruby. Koln. All too willing to forgive her. To be her friend. And to love her. And all she could manage to do is hurt them and push them away!
'No one deserves that. I'm the worst kind of friend. The worst kind of person. They would be so much better off without me. Clover, you should have offed yourself when you had the chance. You still could. Koln wouldn't be offended, would he? I mean, suicide is still a sin, isn't it? What about vampiric suicide?...'[/sblock]
Malicious thoughts, evil thoughts, bounced around her head as they stepped up to the Emerson mansion and walked inside.
Hands unclasped and Clover found herself taking a tentative step forward in awe. She exclaimed, clearly impressed, "This guy had good taste, huh?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

I managed to find the pages with Koln and Ruby's last adventure in the house, this is from page 47.

The house is much larger on the inside than it appeared. There are no lights on and you find yourselves standing in an unlit entry way with a high ceiling and a large chandelier hanging overhead. There are 2 staircases leading up to a balcony with a bunch of rooms leading off it. There is a door at the way back of the room and one on the left and right sides as well. A small table sits to the left of the door with some documents on it. They look like real estate documents.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln nods, grinning, NOW is the time for his cunning plan to spring into ACTION!
He immediately grabs Clover and holds his gun to her head!
"Come out Emerson or the Ventrue gets it! I'm not kidding around! At this close range these specially blessed rounds, once they've pierced her flesh and broken through her skull, will rapidly melt the inside of her head upon making contact with her diabolical brain!" Koln says almost too happily as he cocks the gun using his fanged mouth. He would whisper to Clover to go with it, but there's no telling how keen Emerson's senses are, if he is a vampire that is. No sense on taking any chances, not for this malkavian who likes to carefully plan ahead.

 

[izillama]

W...
T...
F...!?!?
'Is he serious?'
Once again in only a week's time, Clover felt dumbfounded (a very rare state for her!). She felt her mouth drop open slightly in shock as she stared Koln down. She felt the barrel of the gun press coldly into her forehead and heard his threat screamed into the empty air of the house.
This was one of those moments where she wasn't quite sure what to believe: that Koln secretly had a plan or that he really had the gall to shoot her.
But deep down, she suddenly felt that she deserved it.
This was the easy answer, wasn't it? She wouldn't have to do anything. Just say the word and let the chips fall where they may.
After a moment's hesitation, her mind was made up. It was now or never.
Her eyes narrowed and she felt a taunting sneer begin to cross her features. Make him angry. Make him want to do it!
"Go ahead then, Koln. Just get it over with. Shoot me."

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln growls under his breath at Clover's command, fortunately he was not making eye contact with her.
"You hear me Emerson? You'll have Ventrue brains all over your wall. Ventrue make me sick, I will not be your lapdog, her slave, or Edward's servant! Now come out before I shoot, tie the Amish gangrel down, and burn this house to the ground!"
As Koln speaks he slowly feels himself start to lose focus of the mission... he has a vampire in his grasp, a gun at her head. If he doesn't shoot who knows how many lives she'll ruin... What's more, she understands! It seems she understands that she HAS to die! Oh if only more vampires were like her...

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln growls under his breath at Clover's command, fortunately he was not making eye contact with her.
"You hear me Emerson? You'll have Ventrue brains all over your wall. Ventrue make me sick, I will not be your lapdog, her slave, or Edward's servant! Now come out before I shoot, tie the Amish gangrel down, and burn this house to the ground!"
As Koln speaks he slowly feels himself start to lose focus of the mission... he has a vampire in his grasp, a gun at her head. If he doesn't shoot who knows how many lives she'll ruin... What's more, she understands! It seems she understands that she HAS to die! Oh if only more vampires were like her...

Everything turned chaotic when Koln pressed the gun to Clover's head in defiance to the house. Ruby was torn whether to say something to stop this madness of harming eachother or wait it out til the ghost appeared. Everything suddenly changed when Clover wanted him to shoot. Her mind screamed, remembering when Clover told her of her outook on life and request for death. Fear entered her mind and she hoped that Koln is at the right state of mind at the moment to be making such a harmful risk.
Ruby stepped closer to Koln, watching his every move. She had to say something while keeping up the act herslef. "You don't want to do this..." she said trying to subdue her frightened state.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

Everything turned chaotic when Koln pressed the gun to Clover's head in defiance to the house. Ruby was torn whether to say something to stop this madness of harming eachother or wait it out til the ghost appeared. Everything suddenly changed when Clover wanted him to shoot. Her mind screamed, remembering when Clover told her of her outook on life and request for death. Fear entered her mind and she hoped that Koln is at the right state of mind at the moment to be making such a harmful risk.
Ruby stepped closer to Koln, watching his every move. She had to say something while keeping up the act herslef. "You don't want to do this..." she said trying to subdue her frightened state.

The house remains silent as Koln holds the gun up to Clover's head. You all hear the distant roll of thunder as a storm starts to form outside. You can hear rain start to pound against the windows.

Ruby
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You find it strange that a thunderstorm is happening outside given the time of year and the fact that it was totally clear weather outside before you entered the house.
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Koln
[sblock]
You hear a woman's voice whisper "Help me...."
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[Strider_Koln]

Koln looks down at Ruby at first with an angry glare, but his expression softens at her words to that of a spurned child. "Oh.. well... I'm sorry Ruby... you know I would never hurt either of you, please believe me." He looks back down at Clover, 'did she just tell me to shoot...?'
"Clover... I am in no position to lecture on Catholicism, not since being turned, and I doubt it is of any solace to you, but you are God's most beloved creation. No, not you as a part of humanity, but you as an individual. If that's not enough, I am not going to sugarcoat it, you do deserve death, a particularly brutal one at that for the crimes you are undoubtedly going to commit. Still, I cannot bare the thought of existence any longer without your friendship, the same goes for Ruby..."
Koln's sermon is cut short by what sounds like to him a voice.
"Huh.. did you girls hear that?" He slowly lowers his gun, then slides a magazine into the empty weapon.
"It sounded like someone in distress.. Do not be afraid, we are coming!" Koln calls out and starts off deeper into the house and walking up the staircase on the right.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Koln looks down at Ruby at first with an angry glare, but his expression softens at her words to that of a spurned child. "Oh.. well... I'm sorry Ruby... you know I would never hurt either of you, please believe me." He looks back down at Clover, 'did she just tell me to shoot...?'
"Clover... I am in no position to lecture on Catholicism, not since being turned, and I doubt it is of any solace to you, but you are God's most beloved creation. No, not you as a part of humanity, but you as an individual. If that's not enough, I am not going to sugarcoat it, you do deserve death, a particularly brutal one at that for the crimes you are undoubtedly going to commit. Still, I cannot bare the thought of existence any longer without your friendship, the same goes for Ruby..."
Koln's sermon is cut short by what sounds like to him a voice.
"Huh.. did you girls hear that?" He slowly lowers his gun, then slides a magazine into the empty weapon.
"It sounded like someone in distress.. Do not be afraid, we are coming!" Koln calls out and starts off deeper into the house and walking up the staircase on the right.

For Koln and anyone following him:

make a Reflex Save while on the stairs

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby hears cracks of lightening outside and is instantly puzzled. "This can't be right, its not the right season for thunderstorms of this magnitude.." she said with her head cocked suspiciously. There had to be something supernatural to manipulate these storms.
As soon as she faced the others, she sees Koln bounding up the stairs. "Koln! Where are you going?!" she shouts, bolting up the stairs in pursuit. It is dangerous to do anything rash at this point.


Reflex save
1d20+8 → [14,8] = (22)
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