Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[ladyphoenix]

"Ruby, take my cell phone. But don't use it unless you have to! Look, here's how you scroll down. This is Lacey's name, under 'L'. You press this button here, then this button that looks like a phone. See how it looks like a phone? There you go. I think you've got it. If you run into any trouble, call her. Hopefully... hopefully... they'll be out soon. I just don't like the idea of you running off by yourself. But I suppose there's no choice. Good luck, Ruby."

Ruby smiled in response. "Don't worry about me, I will do my best to hold my own against anything this woods can throw at me. I don't think he will try anything rash when I am on his own beloved horse." She looked at the cell phone in awe. "This outta be fun to use, thank you," she said cheerfully.

She than touched Dusk's muzzle with both hands and looked into his eyes. "Now we are going to find your master and follow him, but whatever may happen when he does spot us, you need to trust me. Help me find him when we ride off please."
She then mounts the horse once again and sets off in the opposite direction.

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[Tale_Weaver]

The Hinterlands - Farm

Ruby smiled in response. "Don't worry about me, I will do my best to hold my own against anything this woods can throw at me. I don't think he will try anything rash when I am on his own beloved horse." She looked at the cell phone in awe. "This outta be fun to use, thank you," she said cheerfully.

She than touched Dusk's muzzle with both hands and looked into his eyes. "Now we are going to find your master and follow him, but whatever may happen when he does spot us, you need to trust me. Help me find him when we ride off please."
She then mounts the horse once again and sets off in the opposite direction.

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Dusk takes off like a bullet back to the other side of the road with Ruby on his back. He takes her on a pathway past the stables and through the woods. Tree branches whip past as the trees start to encroach on the small trail. The horse slows down and eventually comes to a halt. Looking ahead Ruby can see the figure of a man next to a horse standing in a clearing where the trail seems to come to an end. Ruby can't make out any features of the man except that he has short hair and a long coat. The man and his horse don't take notice of Ruby or Dusk. They are about 50 feet away. Dusk raises his ears in curiosity but doesn't take any steps forward.

 

[izillama]

Ruby smiled in response. "Don't worry about me, I will do my best to hold my own against anything this woods can throw at me. I don't think he will try anything rash when I am on his own beloved horse." She looked at the cell phone in awe. "This outta be fun to use, thank you," she said cheerfully.

She than touched Dusk's muzzle with both hands and looked into his eyes.

She then mounts the horse once again and sets off in the opposite direction.

Ruby took off too fast and Clover didn't have much of a chance to get a word in edgewise. At the promise that the phone would be fun to use, Clover found herself trying to say, "Wait... I said only use it if you have to...!"
But her voice fell on dead ears (quite literally) as she found Ruby galloping away.
Clover stood in awkward silence for a moment, then spoke normally, as though addressing her twin over a casual cup of tea, "Clover, did you really just hand your $250 cell phone over to an Amish girl?"

 

[ladyphoenix]

Dusk takes off like a bullet back to the other side of the road with Ruby on his back. He takes her on a pathway past the stables and through the woods. Tree branches whip past as the trees start to encroach on the small trail. The horse slows down and eventually comes to a halt. Looking ahead Ruby can see the figure of a man next to a horse standing in a clearing where the trail seems to come to an end. Ruby can't make out any features of the man except that he has short hair and a long coat. The man and his horse don't take notice of Ruby or Dusk. They are about 50 feet away. Dusk raises his ears in curiosity but doesn't take any steps forward.

lol, now i'm at a loss of what to do now.. here is goes ^_^;

Ruby squints to try to make out the figure but to no avail. It would be wise to use her glowing eyes because he may very well be only a human and that would be a violation against the rules. She decides to hold of for a minute to warn Lacey. She flips open the phone and holds down the 'L'
(Whether she picks up or there is a message tone)" It's Ruby" she says in a quiet tone. "I may have found the other person living at the house in the woods and i'm going to approach him. If you here the phone ring again it means that I need help so please come right away if this is the case, take care." She then closes the phone and dismounts the horse. 'What to do, what to do..' her mind frantically questioned.

She held her hands in front in a lady-like fashion as she walked closer to the man, hopefully showing a non-threatening manner. Perhaps she could get a closer look without dusk after all.
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If he happens to notice her she will say. "Good evening sir. A beautiful evening tonight in these peaceful woods."

 

[Strider_Koln]

As Koln pics the lock Lacey crouches down next to him. She whispers "Of course, how could I have thought otherwise! You must be a master of Obfuscate, so much that you make yourself look like objects or even other people! As for the strange smell, I of course must oblige to help you sort this out. Now I may be a woman but rest assured that I am completely logical in my thinking. That old man apparently lives with another man, and that man that he lives with might be a vampire. So that makes the old man....A GAY VAMPIRE!"

Koln manages to pick the lock and pushes he door open quietly. The room seems eerily familiar, like Koln has seen it somewhere before. It is a simple room with a bed, a dresser, and a desk and not much else. Pictures adorn the walls but Koln can't see what they are from outside the room. The desk is a mess of papers and the bed is made and looks like it hasn't been touched today.

Koln nods at Lacey's conclusion, "Yes, just like that Prince Edward fellow. However I am not totally convinced, that old man sounds asleep, I can hear him snoring. What manner of vampire sleeps at night? Plus the fridge was stocked with normal food. Trust me, I wish he was a vampire... I could slay him here, and that would be one less filthy leech that humanity must concern itself over, er no offense but I so enjoy doing the Lord's work. Hmm.. Ah, I got it open. Ladies first." Koln politely holds the door open for Lacey, and follows after her, using all of his heightened senses to make sense of the dark room. He quietly walks to the pictures, inspecting them carefully, and then goes to the desk, looking at the papers and slowly opening the drawers, inspecting their contents, and closing them again quietly.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Farmhouse

Koln nods at Lacey's conclusion, "Yes, just like that Prince Edward fellow. However I am not totally convinced, that old man sounds asleep, I can hear him snoring. What manner of vampire sleeps at night? Plus the fridge was stocked with normal food. Trust me, I wish he was a vampire... I could slay him here, and that would be one less filthy leech that humanity must concern itself over, er no offense but I so enjoy doing the Lord's work. Hmm.. Ah, I got it open. Ladies first." Koln politely holds the door open for Lacey, and follows after her, using all of his heightened senses to make sense of the dark room. He quietly walks to the pictures, inspecting them carefully, and then goes to the desk, looking at the papers and slowly opening the drawers, inspecting their contents, and closing them again quietly.

Lacey smiles and whispers "What a gentleman." to Koln in response to his offer to let her go first. She walks into the room and looks around before flopping onto the bed on her stomach. "This is a really comfy bed, definitely not what I expected to find in a crappy little farmhouse!"

Meanwhile, Koln looks at the pictures on the walls and realizes why this room looks so familiar. The pictures on the wall feature the same man with a horse that Koln had seen in the Emerson Estate. These photos seem more recent though as the man is older and appears to be in his late twenties. Other pictures simply feature landscape portraits and one looks like the property of this farm that you are on. The papers on the desk appear to mostly be deeds to property as well as various bank accounts. There is a letter from Mr. Pilkersmith from the United Bank of Denver authorizing a William Emerson to the bank account of his deceased father.

As Koln reads the papers Lacey flips over on the bed onto her back after taking off her backpack. She takes out her phone and turns it on. It vibrates as it comes to life. Earlier Ruby had tried calling and got Lacey's voicemail (we'll assume she figured out how to use it). Lacey listens to her phone and after she hears the message she whispers to Koln "Hey Koln guess what? It looks like our little amish girl is growing up, she's learned how to use a phone! She says she found a strange guy in the woods. Do you think we should get out of here and meet her?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Hinterlands

She held her hands in front in a lady-like fashion as she walked closer to the man, hopefully showing a non-threatening manner. Perhaps she could get a closer look without dusk after all.
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If he happens to notice her she will say. "Good evening sir. A beautiful evening tonight in these peaceful woods."

Ruby tries to creep up on the man but he turns around before she can get very close. He is a rather tall and elegant looking man with short blond hair and sharp features. He appears to be in his late twenties or early thirties. Seeing as she was spotted Ruby says "Good evening sir. A beautiful evening tonight in these peaceful woods."

The man gives her a discerning look and says "It is not too often I run into random people traipsing through my property, more over one of the undead. What brings you here young lady?"

 

[ladyphoenix]

The man gives her a discerning look and says "It is not too often I run into random people traipsing through my property, more over one of the undead. What brings you here young lady?"

Ruby looks at herself as the man mentions the word undead, a word she has never referred to herself as before. "Well yes, I guess that is what I am after all," she says with a solemn look. His description fits Edwards really closely so Ruby decides to be upfront and get straight to the point. "I apologize for being here, but I must be upfront with you about a matter, but first things first, are you Bothwell?" she asked rather uncomfortably as what left of her human shyness took hold.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Hinterlands

Ruby looks at herself as the man mentions the word undead, a word she has never referred to herself as before. "Well yes, I guess that is what I am after all," she says with a solemn look. His description fits Edwards really closely so Ruby decides to be upfront and get straight to the point. "I apologize for being here, but I must be upfront with you about a matter, but first things first, are you Bothwell?" she asked rather uncomfortably as what left of her human shyness took hold.

The man looks at Ruby and says "Bothwell? No. I am a dead man. My name was once William Emerson but now I am a vampire like you. I live here to get away from everyone and simply be with the one thing I can still love...the horses." William strokes the horse he has with him.

 

[ladyphoenix]

'How embarrassing, that guy is nowhere near here' Ruby thought to herself as she scratched the back of her head and gave herself a facepalm. 'Wait that's the guy from the haunted estate and the horrific events! The horseshoe! Clover has it!' She curtsied. "My name is Ruby I'm terribly sorry for the mix up, but now I truly do believe our meeting wasn't by chance after all. I'm here to bring you back something that may have been of importance to you. My friend back in front has it if you would like to follow me," she said with a cheerful tone.

She looked back at the horse. "Dusk is really a blessing, he sees the kindness in your heart. Don't worry I will return him to the stables immediately."