Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

Clover was sitting on her bed, quietly reading when Ruby and Koln sauntered in. They both seemed giddier than two springtime fawns, and she frowned as Koln's muddy boots tracked all over her carpet, "Hello Clover, I was victorious! Ow.. er I should be fine after a good rest."
She shook her head, "Good rest and a bath, please. It probably wouldn't hurt for you to wash your clothes, either. I trust you two had a good romp?" The last few words escaped her mouth bitterly, but she managed a fake smile.
"Anyway, I sent a letter to Liverman. We should know by tomorrow night if we can go and meet with him. If he says no, well, I'm sure other arrangements can be made." She grinned, almost wickedly, with the thought of Liverman's pale face as he would open up the letter the next day and see that his hand in things had not gone unnoticed.

Koln nods in response, "Yes, it was a very good romp. Ruby is very fast and agile. Also strong, as if we didn't already know that. She is a natural." He stashes his guns and ammo under Clover's bed and puts his hat on the dresser.

He walks into the nearby laundry room, undressing and handing his clothes to the kindly gnome inside the washing machine. He snatches a nearby dry towel, ties it around his waist, and slips off his underwear, handing it too to the gnome.

Soon he is in the shower with Socrates in his usual position on the soap dish.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University of Denver

Koln nods in response, "Yes, it was a very good romp. Ruby is very fast and agile. Also strong, as if we didn't already know that. She is a natural." He stashes his guns and ammo under Clover's bed and puts his hat on the dresser.

He walks into the nearby laundry room, undressing and handing his clothes to the kindly gnome inside the washing machine. He snatches a nearby dry towel, ties it around his waist, and slips off his underwear, handing it too to the gnome.

Soon he is in the shower with Socrates in his usual position on the soap dish.

Socrates is noticably staying away from the water in the shower. He says "That gnome back there was pretty cool huh? So what are we going to do next? I hope Clover has good writing skills, I wonder if she would be as persuasive as us!" Socrates chuckles.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Socrates is noticably staying away from the water in the shower. He says "That gnome back there was pretty cool huh? So what are we going to do next? I hope Clover has good writing skills, I wonder if she would be as persuasive as us!" Socrates chuckles.

"I hope so too. She seems really intelligent, so I wouldn't doubt it. I might want to proofread it and just edit the letter where needed. I excelled back home in persuasive English rhetoric, almost as much as I did in basic firearms."
Koln chuckles to himself at the little joke and reaches to pet Socrates, but his hand finds only the empty soap dish.

Koln being crazy
[sblock] He looks down at the floor for his friend but notices he is standing in a small puddle of blood. Startled, he looks back up at the shower head, but everything appears normal. He studies the faucet as the water continues to spray downward against his body. 'Maybe I am the one that's bleeding?' Koln thinks and quickly looks over himself. While he has suffered a few scrapes from his spar with Ruby, there is nothing that appears to be bleeding. He moves away from the running stream and watches in disbelief as the drops of water fall from the faucet and smack against the bottom of the shower in small 'splats' of blood! The water is killing itself! Koln hurries, moving his hands against the running shower head to block it. The water stops, but Koln watches in horror as small streams of blood trickle between his knuckles. He lets go as the faucet blasts Koln with the blood of the water he accidently crushed to death against the faucet.

"Ok, I am clean enough!" Koln decides and reaches to the knob that will turn off the shower. He grunts and strains, but the lever would not budge. He grits his teeth and puts all of his strength into it. His eyes widen in horror as he hears what sounds like bones slowly cracking until they completely snap, leaving him holding the broken handle. In the lever's place is a dark hole. Koln bends over, peering into the abyss, "Hello?"

No one's in there, at least no one he can see. Figuring enough is enough ((And I gotta end this quick although I had more wackiness planned, but I need to get to work!)) Koln clenches his eyes and growls out in anger, "In the name of my Father, Enough!" He opens his eyes and watches as the blood gathers, forming into their former drops and returning back up into the faucet in a backwards gravity-defying stream. Koln moves himself in the way of this illogical stream so he can finally get clean. A familiar hand reaches through the hole where the lever was and places beside Koln a rubber ducky and shampoo, both of which Koln graciously accepts and uses, "Merci, no worries, I'll keep the duckie away."

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Soon Koln returns to the room, dressed with the broken shower lever in one hand and a rubber ducky in the other. "I'm all clean now! Er, I think the shower's now broken... but there are others I'm sure. Just uhm, we'll say it was broken when I got in there. It is a long story."

He gives the rubber ducky a squeak and smiles. Socrates stays silent, looking up at Koln in disbelief from his coat pocket.

 

[izillama]

It had only been a mere fifteen minutes from the time Koln left to the time he had come back. Clover had expected him to leave, put in his laundry, and shower and wait until he had clothes to wear again.
Instead, after fifteen minutes, Clover--who sat silently on her bed, watching Ruby cuddle with Icarus on the floor--sat bolt upright as Koln sauntered in the room, stark naked save for a sopping wet towel wrapped around his waist, a shower lever in one hand, and a rubber duck in the other. He seemed completely unaware of any of this, though, and acted as though he were clean and dressed in his normal clothes still. He seemed proud of himself, "I'm all clean now! Er, I think the shower's now broken... but there are others I'm sure. Just uhm, we'll say it was broken when I got in there. It is a long story."
Quickly, Clover reached over the bed to grab Ruby's face and cover her eyes with her hand. She herself turned away in an embarrassed huff and, not having the energy for any more verbal abuse, managed to stammer, "Koln! Please, please put something on! Sure, we'll say the shower was broken. Now, for Ruby's sake--and mine!--please..." Clover trailed off.
Meanwhile, Socrates seemed to stare at Koln quizzically...

 

[Strider_Koln]

It had only been a mere fifteen minutes from the time Koln left to the time he had come back. Clover had expected him to leave, put in his laundry, and shower and wait until he had clothes to wear again.
Instead, after fifteen minutes, Clover--who sat silently on her bed, watching Ruby cuddle with Icarus on the floor--sat bolt upright as Koln sauntered in the room, stark naked save for a sopping wet towel wrapped around his waist, a shower lever in one hand, and a rubber duck in the other. He seemed completely unaware of any of this, though, and acted as though he were clean and dressed in his normal clothes still. He seemed proud of himself, "I'm all clean now! Er, I think the shower's now broken... but there are others I'm sure. Just uhm, we'll say it was broken when I got in there. It is a long story."
Quickly, Clover reached over the bed to grab Ruby's face and cover her eyes with her hand. She herself turned away in an embarrassed huff and, not having the energy for any more verbal abuse, managed to stammer, "Koln! Please, please put something on! Sure, we'll say the shower was broken. Now, for Ruby's sake--and mine!--please..." Clover trailed off.
Meanwhile, Socrates seemed to stare at Koln quizzically...

Uhm... I really meant that Koln was dressed. In my post Socrates is in his coat pocket, so is he actually floating in thin air? But sure, if Clover insists, ok we'll go with this. Reality is quite fluid; while it is not relative, it appears to be very much so from person to person and ripples at the slightest touch. Such is what Koln has been learning, and driving him closer and closer to the brink of insanity.


"Something on? But I am dressed!" Koln exclaims as he enters the room and suddenly stops, noticing his reflection in the television. "Oh... it is like that dream I always have. I am a child, it is my first day of school, and I am in my underwear.... and covered in blood. I'm holding a bloody dagger... and I can't read what's on the board... everyone's laughing... but me the loudest once they go silent. You know that embarrassing dream that we all have when we're young. Er, I am sorry, I will get dressed... hopefully for real this time."

Koln politely excuses himself and races into the laundry room. He moves his clothes into the dryer, the laundry gnome helping him and reminding him to put in the fabric softener.

"Well, it will take a bit for my clothes to dry. In the meantime Socrates, let's see if we can fix that shower." Koln gently strokes the rodent on his bare shoulder and reenters the bathroom.

More bathroom wackiness from our favorite insane priest!
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He closes the door behind him, turns and notices something written from the steam on both bathroom mirrors.

[VA ] l [KI ]
[MP ] l [LL ]
[IR ] l [E ]
[E ] l [R ]
_____ l ____

Koln approaches the mirrors and runs his hands over the steam, trying to wipe away the writing on the first mirror, but the steam won't come off. He moves to the second mirror, and is successful in wiping away the moisture. However it just steams right back up. Mysteriously new words form on the mirror, quickly being drawn as if by an invisible hand, "KILL THEM."

Koln growls loudly, wipes away the steam in frustration, but again it quickly fogs up, and new words are drawn, "KILL YOURSELF."

Koln again wipes away the steam, but lets out a startled gasp as he sees a tall black mass of shadow standing right behind him.

Socrates is no where to be seen.

Koln turns around and is face to face with the hunter he killed from that night. The hunter tightly grips Koln's throat, lifting him off of the ground, slamming him against the mirror behind him. The glass cracks behind but somehow Koln is unscathed. He headbutts the hunter and smacks him across the face with the lever. The hunter falls with a groan and a thud, Koln crawls over him and repeatedly bashes the man's face with the piece of metal. Soon he is no longer moving, but Koln persists, using every ounce of unholy strength to turn the hunter's face into a bloody mess on the floor.

Panting and tired, Koln sits down on the bloody bathroom floor. "I'm finished..."

Opening his eyes, Koln is alone in the bathroom. the lever still in his hand, Socrates staring at him from the corner, no blood nor hint of the hunter, as if the fight never happened. Koln slowly gets up, finding one of the mirrors fogged up with the words, "All in your head" drawn on it. With due dread Koln wipes away the writing, and is relieved to see that the steam completely fades under his hand, and everything appears normal in the reflection. [/sblock]


"It would seem Socrates that my reality is nothing but a haphazard string of random nightmares. My destiny is to constantly go from one bad dream to another until I my eyes finally close and I dream nevermore. Oh, my clothes must be dry by now!"
With that Koln hurries back to the laundry room, thanks the gnome, takes his dried clothes, and opts to quickly change in there, since the bathroom has been nothing but evil to him all evening.

Koln returns to the dorm again, still with shower lever in hand, "I'm back. Am I wearing clothes?"

 

[izillama]

Lol, I had to do it, Mike. It didn't make much sense that you had spent enough time in the shower that your clothes were washed and dried

Clover smiled, relieved, "Yes, thank-you-very-much. Anyway, it's getting late. Or early. Or whatever. We should probably get some rest. We might need our strength tomorrow, after all."
She stretched and fell back into her bed, thoroughly exhausted, her muscles stiff and cranky against the abuse of the last few days. She shut her eyes and wasn't sure when she nodded off or if Koln and Ruby had spoken to her at all. Wasn't sure if she had answered. But sooner than not, she was dead to the world and out like a like.
Zzzzzzzz

 

[ladyphoenix]

Quickly, Clover reached over the bed to grab Ruby's face and cover her eyes with her hand.

"Oh I do love surprises!" Ruby says in delight, thinking Clover is playing with her. She places Icarus back down after hugging him, sometimes a little too tight at times.

"Koln! Please, please put something on! Sure, we'll say the shower was broken. Now, for Ruby's sake--and mine!--please..."

Ruby flushes a bit at this now that her naivety got the best of her. "Oh, heheh, hey now there's girls in this room Koln" she said with her hands on her hips and still blinded by Clover's hands.
Once Koln stepped out again, she nodded at Clover's suggestion. "Yes, we have another long night ahead of us and.." she stopped as she noticed her climb into bed and fall fast asleep. Ruby smiled and tiptoes over towards the bathroom door. "Goodnight, she said quietly through the closed door and with that, climbed into bed as well.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University Of Denver

"Oh I do love surprises!" Ruby says in delight, thinking Clover is playing with her. She places Icarus back down after hugging him, sometimes a little too tight at times.

Ruby flushes a bit at this now that her naivety got the best of her. "Oh, heheh, hey now there's girls in this room Koln" she said with her hands on her hips and still blinded by Clover's hands.
Once Koln stepped out again, she nodded at Clover's suggestion. "Yes, we have another long night ahead of us and.." she stopped as she noticed her climb into bed and fall fast asleep. Ruby smiled and tiptoes over towards the bathroom door. "Goodnight, she said quietly through the closed door and with that, climbed into bed as well.

You all go to sleep for the coming day.

Koln
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You can only dream about murder. People dead all around you. All of them seem to have been killed by bullet wounds. You can hear a chilling voice say "Good....they got what they deserved. You have served us well..."
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You then awake at around 6pm.

You all spend 1 blood point to wake up.

You guys can have other dream sequences if you want and idle roleplay until Mindy shows up.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

University Of Denver

You guys can roleplay out anything that happens before this. It was just getting too late for me last night so I didn't want to make a long post.

At around 7pm there is a knock on the door. It is Mindy and she has two packages with her, one is a flat wide box and one is a small almost perfectly square box. "Delivery girl at yer service!" Mindy says cheerfully but rather sarcastically. She hands Clover the packages which contain Ruby's new clothes and the ammunition that Koln ordered.

She pulls up the chair from Clover's desk and recounts her encounter with Dr. Liverman. "So I bet ya'll are wondering what happened with me and the Doctor guy. It was all rather interestin' let me tell ya! So I got Brendan to drive me to that guy's address, I told 'im I had to drop an essay off to my professor. So we get there and the house looks like nobody lives there, it was rather run down. It's also out in the middle of nowhere! So anyway, I went up and rang the doorbell. This balding guy with blond hair answers and I give him the letter. He opens it up right there and he reads it over. He then looks at me and says "Tell them to meet me here tonight." And that's all, he went back inside and closed the door right in my face after that. Pretty weird huh? So anyways, he never gave me an exact time. I guess he assumes you are just gonna show up."

Mindy shoots Clover a teasing grin "By the way, you owe me big time for this! Brendan was trying to make moves on me the whole way back! Maybe I should introduce him to ya!"

 

[izillama]

Clover smirked back, "Only if he's good looking."
Then, she turned to Ruby and Koln, "Well, you heard the girl. Liverman's expecting us. It would be rude of us to make him wait. Ruby? Would you like to change into your new clothes before we go?"