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[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Ruby nods as she sees Koln's making a funny face with the dark looking girl that approached her. She tried to hide a giggle as he lead her to the back of the room. Ruby promised she would look out for him so she decided to quietly follow them a few minutes later. She crept up towards the booth and stood outside, to listen for anything alarming or peculiar just in case. She clutched her necklace and shut her eyes, hoping nothing goes wrong...

Listen Check
1d20+2 → [15,2] = (17)
Roll Lookup

Ruby listens intently Koln seduces the girl into feeding. She doesn't hear anything out of the ordinary but while she is listening a guy from the club comes up behind her. "What is a pretty girl like you doing by yourself back here?" he says. He is a broad kind of scruffy looking guy with black hair and a short beard. He stands almost a half a foot taller than Ruby.

Please note that I have this happening at the same time that Koln is feeding not after he is done.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University of Denver

(Koln is suddenly beginning to scare me)

Rat.
Clover peered around to make sure no one was looking (it would be strange enough if people saw her slightly blood spattered clothing, never mind seeing her talk to a rodent!). Then, she crouched down and held out her hands, finding that Pumpkin allowed herself to be easily scooped up. Clover didn't even think about it, but immediately began to talk to the animal, "Now where have you been, missy? I'm sure Icarus has been worried sick..."
Her actions immediately struck her as odd. She must have been spending too much time around Koln, who spoke to Socrates like an old friend.
Clover carred Pumpkin back to her room and knelt down under her bed, grabbing Icarus by the scruff of his neck and dragging the fat rabbit out of hiding. She placed them both on her bed where their soft white coats shone silky in the moonlight, "There, now. Friends?"
She smiled, again feeling rediculous for talking to animals. Then, she flopped down on her bed to wait for Mindy, or at least for Koln and Ruby to return. To pass the time, she flipped on her television and turned to the local news channel. After all, it coudln't hurt to catch up on current events, right?

Listening to the news channel (listen check?). Will anything interesting turn up?
1d20+5 → [14,5] = (19)

The two animals sniff each other and get acquainted once again while they sit on the bed. Clover watches the news intently and she tunes in in time to see the 9 o'clock Denver News. There are a few stories that are covered aside from the weather which looks like it will be clear until the end of the week and then rain all day and night.

Clover
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After the weather the news stories come. One in particular catches your attention. It is about a murder that happened right near where Jacob Prestor's house is. The news lady comes on the TV and you see a street corner behind her with big houses that look like Jacob Prestor's.

The lady says "Soon after recovering from a recent structure fire, the neighborhood on Elm Street is now dealing with a recent murder. The victim was found lying on the sidewalk behind me with multiple slashes to the neck that authorities believe were either from a knife or some other bladed object. What is chilling is the fact that there have been a handful of murders much like this one in the past week all over the Denver area where the victims were found in much the same fashion as this one with slashes to the neck. Authorities have started taking in suspects but so far have not been able to pin down the real culprit. There have been reports from witnesses near the scene of a few of the crimes who have said to have seen what appeared to be a female child but no one has been able to confirm this as there are no photographs or even an accurate description of what the girl looked like." The news then moves on to the next story which is about skiing conditions this season in the Rockies and then goes to a commercial break with a Coors commercial...gotta love television.
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Fun Fact
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Found this while looking for names for the news in Denver:

The Rocky Mountain News (nicknamed the Rockyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_News#cite_note-close-2) was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado from 1859 until 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427. From the 1940s until 2009, the newspaper was printed in a tabloid format.
Under the leadership of president, publisher and editor John Temple, the Rocky Mountain News had won four Pulitzer Prizes since the year 2000. The News' final issue appeared on Friday, February 27, 2009. The paper's demise left Denver a one-newspaper town with the Denver Post as the sole remaining large-circulation daily.
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[izillama]

After the weather the news stories come. One in particular catches your attention. It is about a murder that happened right near where Jacob Prestor's house is. The news lady comes on the TV and you see a street corner behind her with big houses that look like Jacob Prestor's.

The lady says "Soon after recovering from a recent structure fire, the neighborhood on Elm Street is now dealing with a recent murder. The victim was found lying on the sidewalk behind me with multiple slashes to the neck that authorities believe were either from a knife or some other bladed object. What is chilling is the fact that there have been a handful of murders much like this one in the past week all over the Denver area where the victims were found in much the same fashion as this one with slashes to the neck. Authorities have started taking in suspects but so far have not been able to pin down the real culprit. There have been reports from witnesses near the scene of a few of the crimes who have said to have seen what appeared to be a female child but no one has been able to confirm this as there are no photographs or even an accurate description of what the girl looked like." The news then moves on to the next story which is about skiing conditions this season in the Rockies and then goes to a commercial break with a Coors commercial...gotta love television.

Clover sat bolt upright in her bed, knocking Icarus and Pumpkin (who had been playing on her belly) clear off the side.
She couldn't stop herself before half groaning, half yelling, "Holy ing !"
Almost trampling the animals, almost forgetting to shut the door, and completely forgetting that she was waiting for Mindy, Ruby, or Koln, Clover found herself up and halfway across campus to the shuttle in what felt like the blink of an eye. In the back of her mind, she tried to talk some sense into herself to slow down. The pace she was traveling at wasn't normal.
But this was it! This is what she had been waiting for. And what she had feared with every fiber of her being.
Neck wounds.
Prestor's house.
Little girl.
Suzie!
'Go! Go! Go! Maybe the news crew is still there! Maybe the witnesses are still there! Maybe... oh, I don't even ing know what I would say to anyone! But I can't let this opportunity slip away! I need to know!'
She saw the shuttle straight ahead. No, it would take too long! She needed to get there now!
Frantic and passionate, she whipped out her cell phone. Koln would chide her for her carelessness. She felt the groan of hunger in her stomach, but this was so much more pressing!
As she ran, she phoned information then was transferred through to the closest taxi service. She turned and continued to bolt towards the main road (the front of the school) as she somehow managed to speak evenly into the reciever, "Hello? Yes, I'd like to request a taxi. Now. I'll give you an advance if you can make it here in less than five minutes."
'Suzie!'

 

[ladyphoenix]

ignore this post.. server glitch

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby listens intently Koln seduces the girl into feeding. She doesn't hear anything out of the ordinary but while she is listening a guy from the club comes up behind her. "What is a pretty girl like you doing by yourself back here?" he says. He is a broad kind of scruffy looking guy with black hair and a short beard. He stands almost a half a foot taller than Ruby.

Please note that I have this happening at the same time that Koln is feeding not after he is done.

Hehe this description sounds very familiar
Ruby quickly spun around and looked up at the taller scruffy man. 'Hmm, he looks like a healthy strong man indeed,' she thought. Once again Ruby was pulled by the presence of strength.
She held herself up straight and relaxed and played with a strand of her hair in a flirting fashion. She smiled coyly at the man's eyes. "Well, sometimes the music is too much for me, so I thought I would relax a bit over here. Care to join me? I know a cozy spot for us..." she said with her eyes through her lashes.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Hehe this description sounds very familiar
Ruby quickly spun around and looked up at the taller scruffy man. 'Hmm, he looks like a healthy strong man indeed,' she thought. Once again Ruby was pulled by the presence of strength.
She held herself up straight and relaxed and played with a strand of her hair in a flirting fashion. She smiled coyly at the man's eyes. "Well, sometimes the music is too much for me, so I thought I would relax a bit over here. Care to join me? I know a cozy spot for us..." she said with her eyes through her lashes.

The boy laughs a little half heartedly "Well sure, I myself am not too great a dancer. I end up getting dragged here a lot with my friends and as usual they seem to have run off after we chill at the bar for awhile." "My name is Ed, what's yours?" he says as he follows Ruby over to another booth in the lounge area.

I figured I'd throw you a bone Sarah

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University Of Denver

As she ran, she phoned information then was transferred through to the closest taxi service. She turned and continued to bolt towards the main road (the front of the school) as she somehow managed to speak evenly into the reciever, "Hello? Yes, I'd like to request a taxi. Now. I'll give you an advance if you can make it here in less than five minutes."
'Suzie!'

Clover is almost run down by the all too zealous taxi cab driver who is looking to make a quick buck. The taxi seems to arrive almost instantaneously. Clover gets in quickly and she practically shouts at him to go as fast as he can to the intersection where Prestor's house is seeing as it isn't too far from where the murder happened. She comes up with the clever excuse that she is going to a surprise party and doesn't want to be dropped off in front of her friend's house as it would be a dead giveaway. The taxi cab driver is an Indian man complete with turban and that odd taxi cab driver smell. It reminds Clover so much of New York City she finds it rather ironic that even in a laid back western city like Denver, the taxi cab drivers still drive like maniacs.

When the cab finally reaches Prestor's house and Clover is about to get out when the driver says "That'll be $35 cash ma'am." Clover suddenly realizes that in her haste she forgot to take her wallet!

 

[izillama]

Forgetting my wallet would be pretty funny since I'm already here and told him I would give him an advance

No problem.
Acting sheepish at first, she finally managed to muster up the concentration to pull the old Jedi Mind Trick/Ventrue Mesmeration spell on him. "I already paid you. Run along back to the station now and forget I was even here."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Jacob Prestor's House

Forgetting my wallet would be pretty funny since I'm already here and told him I would give him an advance

No problem.
Acting sheepish at first, she finally managed to muster up the concentration to pull the old Jedi Mind Trick/Ventrue Mesmeration spell on him. "I already paid you. Run along back to the station now and forget I was even here."

I never said he was smart, in fact he's so dumb he gets a negative on his Will Save!

Habib's Will Save
1d20-1 → [9,-1] = (8)

The cab driver says "Oh yesh how could I forget? Thank you come again!" He speeds off almost running Clover over leaving smoke and the smell of burning rubber behind him.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Murder Scene

Clover can see the flashing of blue and red lights from police cars over the hill just down the road from Prestor's house. Clover looks over to Prestor's house and sees that it is only a burned out skeleton at this point, remembering how they barely escaped without burning alive.

Clover goes down the road towards the lights and sees two police cars and a few officers barricading off the crime scene with yellow tape. The news crew has left it seems but Clover does see someone she recognizes. Detective Brandt, the one who interrogated her at her dorm is standing there with the other officers searching the premises for clues. They don't see Clover in the shadows just a short distance away.