Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[izillama]

Breathing a sigh of relief--more for the reassuring sound, rather than the physical act of taking in air--Clover sank down onto the couch next to Ruby. She had been rash back there, and she knew it. Offering to single-handedly walk up to a dangerous house? Alone? And with no defense? Actually getting abducted in the process? Being scared shitless, yet still cracking wise-ass--yet utterly insane--comments to her would-be-kidnapper the entire time?
Foolish.
Very foolish.
Hearing Ruby's concern for her, she felt her face flush red. Or at least she imagined it. Shame and embarrassment marred her features; her feeling terrible at making Ruby worry. But also a slight, shy comfort in the fact that Ruby cared so much.
If it could, it would warm her heart.
Koln walked off to explore the fridge, and she heard him rummage around and the clinking of glass. Liverman didn't seem like the type to stock blood. But hey: Everything about this night had been a surprise. Could she really doubt that something new would arise? After all, why else would he have suggested that three vampires help themselves to his fridge?
Shutting her eyes a moment, she heard Ruby speaking, and she couldn't help smiling at the sound of her voice. After the harsh way she had been treated like Klondike... well... the sound of Ruby's voice was like the sight of the lighthouse to a storm-tossed ship. Calming. Full of hope.
And reason.
She furred her brow, opening her eyes again, "I agree, Ruby. This Thaddeus sounds like a tough customer. I just wish we had an inkling as to what he was after. What's his goal? You know, when Lacey mentioned him, it seemed like Koln was remembering something. Normally his face looks pretty... blank. But didn't you see it? Some sort of lightbulb went off there. Maybe he knows something but it was buried by his... condition?"
Clover waited a moment, then shrugged at herself. Who knew? No one did. This was all still so strange. And such a puzzle. It hurt her head to think about it. But so long as she had Ruby at her side. And Koln watching over her. And Mindy read in waiting... well... she felt like she was on solid footing. Even if the world still toppled around her, she was still keeping her balance. So there was no use getting all riled up over what she couldn't change. Just try and figure out.
She shut her eyes again, just enjoying the dark inside of her lids for a brief moment, "As for staying here, Ruby, you and Koln can feel free. I'm going to head back to the school. Mindy's probably worried about us. And... um..." Her voice trailed off as she finished in her mind. Seeing Klondike had reminded her.
Mindy probably needed to feed.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Liverman's House

She shut her eyes again, just enjoying the dark inside of her lids for a brief moment, "As for staying here, Ruby, you and Koln can feel free. I'm going to head back to the school. Mindy's probably worried about us. And... um..." Her voice trailed off as she finished in her mind. Seeing Klondike had reminded her.
Mindy probably needed to feed.

WOOT! Page 100! You guys can finish up any additional roleplaying you want to do before this event.

You all gain the Achievement: In A Ghoul's Grasp (worth 4xp).

It is about midnight now and Liverman has been looking over the notes for about an hour. Clover is about to (presumably) call a taxi when Liverman stands up from where he is sitting and yells "EUREKA!" He calls everyone over to the table to explain what he has found.

"Okay everyone, now I've been going over this stuff for about an hour now. It definitely helped that I was able to read much of Prestor's notes in the car. I already know what I wrote down but I had to compare the two together. When doing my own research I was given a number of different substances and I compared the reactions they had on human blood to the reactions they had on a substance given to me by Jacob Prestor that I only knew as 'alpha'. Now, this substance has been wracking my brain for about a week now, especially since I lost contact with Jacob and later found that his house had burned down with him inside. No matter what tests I performed, I could not figure out the biological makeup of substance 'alpha'. It was pure luck that you brought Jacob's notes to me because without them I would never have figured it out! By looking at this it appears that 'alpha' was actually Jacob Prestor's own blood! Can you believe that!? Simple blood should have been easy for me to figure out. Of course after looking back on everything and meeting you three, I can see that you are not human at all."

Liverman puts the papers down and continues "Now get this, it appears that Jacob Prestor made some kind of concotions or "serums" as he calls them in his notes. It looks like these serums contained his own blood mixed with the other substances that I was experimenting with, one of which being human blood. Unfortunately it appears that Jacob didn't have enough time to test the serums so there is no listing of what effects they have on living things. I'll give you a copy of my own conclusions section so you can see what I came up with by testing the substances. Anyway, it appears that you three were the first living subjects that the serums were used on. You spoke of a "transformation" of sorts after coming in contact with Jacob after all. So i imagine these serums have the power to turn humans into vampires. Amazing!"

Liverman bounces around excitedly as he is overcome with the joy of seeing the results of Prestor's (and his own) work. He calms down quickly and asks "Okay, now the only question left unanswered is are there any serums left after Jacob used them on you and if so, where are they now? Did Klondike mention anything about these serums when you were getting my notes from him? You said he was cooperative so you obviously spoke with him."

 

[Strider_Koln]

Liverman bounces around excitedly as he is overcome with the joy of seeing the results of Prestor's (and his own) work. He calms down quickly and asks "Okay, now the only question left unanswered is are there any serums left after Jacob used them on you and if so, where are they now? Did Klondike mention anything about these serums when you were getting my notes from him? You said he was cooperative so you obviously spoke with him."

Koln nods and shuts the fridge, "I need to make a mental note to do an exorcism on that thing later. Bunch of snarling and growling... and a voice, did it say "Zuul?! Whatever..."

He shrugs and joins everyone else at the table. He nods along with what Liverman says about the serums, "Why would he bother making such a thing? I mean thanks to the efforts of certain fiction-writers, people are flocking to the streets looking for that 'perfectly' pale vampire to 'lovingly' embrace them into vampirism; it seems like another mechanism to turn humans into vampires is simply not needed. Granted, I can see the commercial value in such a thing. It can be mass-produced and aimed at Twilight fans as "Edward's Vamp-Juice!," a citrus-tasting energy beverage guaranteed to make one 'sparkle' in the sun, play baseball in the rain, and have pointier teeth... It would be nice if the effects could be reversed. I don't recall Klondike mentioning anything about it."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln nods and shuts the fridge, "I need to make a mental note to do an exorcism on that thing later. Bunch of snarling and growling... and a voice, did it say "Zuul?! Whatever..."

He shrugs and joins everyone else at the table. He nods along with what Liverman says about the serums, "Why would he bother making such a thing? I mean thanks to the efforts of certain fiction-writers, people are flocking to the streets looking for that 'perfectly' pale vampire to 'lovingly' embrace them into vampirism; it seems like another mechanism to turn humans into vampires is simply not needed. Granted, I can see the commercial value in such a thing. It can be mass-produced and aimed at Twilight fans as "Edward's Vamp-Juice!," a citrus-tasting energy beverage guaranteed to make one 'sparkle' in the sun, play baseball in the rain, and have pointier teeth... It would be nice if the effects could be reversed. I don't recall Klondike mentioning anything about it."

Liverman bounces around excitedly as he is overcome with the joy of seeing the results of Prestor's (and his own) work. He calms down quickly and asks "Okay, now the only question left unanswered is are there any serums left after Jacob used them on you and if so, where are they now? Did Klondike mention anything about these serums when you were getting my notes from him? You said he was cooperative so you obviously spoke with him."

"Why yes, we do have something that at least looks like they are the serums right here," Assuming we took the set of test tubes with us on our journey from the lock box.
Ruby hands him the set with the group's consent. "My guess was he was trying to find the cure through trial and error. From his journal, it seems he yearned to be closer to humanity..."
Hoping i'm on the right track here XP

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Liverman's House

"Why yes, we do have something that at least looks like they are the serums right here," Assuming we took the set of test tubes with us on our journey from the lock box.
Ruby hands him the set with the group's consent. "My guess was he was trying to find the cure through trial and error. From his journal, it seems he yearned to be closer to humanity..."
Hoping i'm on the right track here XP

I'll give you guys the benefit of the doubt and say that you were carrying it with you

Liverman takes the vials and looks at them. Yes, these are exactly like the samples he gave me. One of these chemicals had the composition of arsine which kills red blood cells. It wasn't able to destroy "alpha" but it certainly changed it. I'm not sure if this is where he was going with a cure. If he did find one I wouldn't want to be the first person to try it. If you let me keep these things I might be able to recreate this stuff based on the notes. It would certainly take some time to do though so you should probably just go on your way instead of waiting for me. I can get you a cab to bring you anywhere you need to go."

 

[izillama]

"Yes, you can keep them. And thank you for the offer of the cab. That would be helpful. Now... Let's go, guys. I think we've spent enough time on this chapter of the story." Clover grinned, suggesting the obvious.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Liverman's House

"Yes, you can keep them. And thank you for the offer of the cab. That would be helpful. Now... Let's go, guys. I think we've spent enough time on this chapter of the story." Clover grinned, suggesting the obvious.

Liverman says "Oh thank you, thank you! You have no idea what a benefit to science this is! I think I might've just made the discovery of a lifetime! Now wait here, I'll call the cab and give you a copy of my notes." Liverman walks off chuckling to himself. Moments later he comes back and hands each of you a page of notes with the "conclusion" of his experiments written on it. "What you gave me are not the actual serums but the materials that go into making the serums. I don't know, maybe the only ones he made are the ones he used on you guys. But if you ever come across any these notes should help you a lot."

Liverman then walks over to Koln "I guess I'll take you up on that offer. $200 and the gun is yours, I don't care if you keep it, but you'll have to buy more ammunition for it. Four shells is all I got."

I'll put the note into your inventory on your character sheets. There will be a comment on it with what the note actually says. I'll also put what the note says into my blog when I record this post.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Liverman says "Oh thank you, thank you! You have no idea what a benefit to science this is! I think I might've just made the discovery of a lifetime! Now wait here, I'll call the cab and give you a copy of my notes." Liverman walks off chuckling to himself. Moments later he comes back and hands each of you a page of notes with the "conclusion" of his experiments written on it. "What you gave me are not the actual serums but the materials that go into making the serums. I don't know, maybe the only ones he made are the ones he used on you guys. But if you ever come across any these notes should help you a lot."

Liverman then walks over to Koln "I guess I'll take you up on that offer. $200 and the gun is yours, I don't care if you keep it, but you'll have to buy more ammunition for it. Four shells is all I got."

"Thanks... " Koln reaches into his pocket, fumbles for a bit, and hands him 200 bucks, leaving Koln with $48. $200 is more than generous for such a weapon, despite its age and use. While $100 would have been ridiculous if he accepted, $200 is still pretty cheap for a gun that retails for almost double that used... so it would seem that Liverman has his thoughts mainly elsewhere.

"Before we leave, if I may ask from what little I understand, what good does this research do us? Why don't we destroy it? People becoming vampires so easily... this helps in that, it must be stopped. Surely you agree that the potential of this research is obviously very dangerous... the implications are that innocents," As he speaks he quickly glances out of the corner of his eye at Clover "can be unwittingly turned into monsters. Now I confess, my dream is a world free of sin... when Heaven and Earth become one and there is not a devil in sight. Even if, God help you, you do not share such a dream, surely you agree that it would be unwise to tolerate such a thing that can change people who are not ready... er well as ready as one could be I suppose, for the burdens of vampirism. I know, you seem like a fine man, but what if Stephenie Meyer were to get her hands on this and be able to commercialize it to those hormone-crazed high school girls?! Edward would have all the 'Bella's his sinful mind could want!...And are you sure this was all you were able to conclude from your research?"

Koln might have already did this... but do it again before we leave
Sense motive on Liverman

• 2102:
• Rolled for:
• 1d20(+7) = 25
  DM TOOLS
  

http://dmtools.org/dice.php?act=retrieve&id=2102

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Liverman's House

"Before we leave, if I may ask from what little I understand, what good does this research do us? Why don't we destroy it? People becoming vampires so easily... this helps in that, it must be stopped. Surely you agree that the potential of this research is obviously very dangerous... the implications are that innocents," As he speaks he quickly glances out of the corner of his eye at Clover "can be unwittingly turned into monsters. Now I confess, my dream is a world free of sin... when Heaven and Earth become one and there is not a devil in sight. Even if, God help you, you do not share such a dream, surely you agree that it would be unwise to tolerate such a thing that can change people who are not ready... er well as ready as one could be I suppose, for the burdens of vampirism. I know, you seem like a fine man, but what if Stephenie Meyer were to get her hands on this and be able to commercialize it to those hormone-crazed high school girls?! Edward would have all the 'Bella's his sinful mind could want!...And are you sure this was all you were able to conclude from your research?"

Koln might have already did this... but do it again before we leave
Sense motive on Liverman

• Rolled for:
• 1d20(+7) = 25
• http://dmtools.org/dice.php?act=retrieve&id=2102

Liverman smiles at Koln "Quite an imagination you have there son. Look, I would like to continue working on what Dr. Prestor was trying to achieve which was a cure for his condition. Heck, maybe it'll change the world and make me rich! But mainly I would like to see if it can actually be done, obviously this was something that Jacob cared a lot about. Maybe if I do manage to create something it will be a little...safer?"

Koln
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You think that Liverman is telling the truth. He seems to be very passionate about his work and science in general. You notice that he even has the periodic table hanging on his wall! although the names look different and there are pictures of glasses filled with what looks like drinks in the boxes instead of the chemicals themselves.
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You get the Achievement: Dr. Liverman I Presume (worth 5xp)
Clover reached Level 4!
Ruby reached Level 4!
Kokn reached Level 4!

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Wheels on the Taxi Go Round and Round

Soon after you leave Liverman's house a taxi pulls up. You get in and tell the driver to bring you back to the school. You no sooner pull away from Liverman's house when Clover's phone rings.

Clover
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When you pick up the phone it's Lacey. She sounds really panicked "Ang...no Clover! Is that your name? I'm pretty bad with names you know. Anyway, I'm calling you because Klondike has run away. He got really upset when I broke it to him that I wasn't going to turn him into a vampire. He took these vials with him before he ran off. Please come over quick, I'm afraid he's going to do something rash!"
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