Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Tale_Weaver]

Emerson's Farm

At the back of the group, watching them all walk into the distance, Clover let her forehead fall into her palm in exasperation. She sighed dramatically, checked the time on her cell phone, rolled her eyes and shook her head at once, then trudged reluctantly after everyone and to the truck.

Time (REALITY!) Check!

The time is about 2:30 in the AM.

You all get the Achievement: Cast An Old Shoe For Me (worth 5xp).

After everyone gets into the truck Lacey starts the engine and you roll quietly (or as quietly as the old truck will allow) down the road in the direction of the neighboring farm. After a mere 10 minutes there is a mailbox up ahead on the left. Lacey pulls the truck over to the side of the road and you all look out the window and see nothing but the shadow of a building much like the ranch that Emerson was living in off in the distance. There is a larger building behind the ranch.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby peers out the window, noticing the two buildings. "I suppose we should once again investigate the two buildings separately. What do you all think? I'd like to check out the bigger building myself at least..." she suggested.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Ruby peers out the window, noticing the two buildings. "I suppose we should once again investigate the two buildings separately. What do you all think? I'd like to check out the bigger building myself at least..." she suggested.

Koln hops out of the car and takes out his gun. "From what I can tell there are two viable options. The first and best one is this, you girls stay here in the 'batmobile'... vampires call their cars weird things I guess, while I go investigate. It won't take long. However I can already hear Clover nagging about how stupid of an idea that is, so lets all go out and investigate. While that larger building is tempting, time is of the essence. We would not have the time to investigate it, and we can assume it would be a more 'busy' building i.e. more eyes inside. It follows that the possibility of there being an issue is much larger there... so let's check out that smaller ranch." Koln plans as he opens the door for Ruby. "Oh, and absolutely no splitting up."

 

[izillama]

Clover's eyes narrowed at Koln's "nagging" comment. But she held her tongue, 'I don't nag. I'm just a voice of reason.'
Clenching her teeth, she listened to Koln's hairbrained idea of checking out the ranch house... where people might very well be sleeping and would be wondering why four vampires would be converging on them at 2:30 in the morning. 'Well now, that's silly! We should split up and check out the barn as well, at the very least...'
"Oh, and absolutely no splitting up."
'Damn. Well...'
She frowned, crossing her arms stubbornly, "Might I point out, Koln, the lunacy of thinking that one could sneak four adult-sized vampires into a house in the middle of the night without any of the residents hearing? It would be much quieter and we would cover more ground if we split up!"
She fixed him with a "my-way-or-the-highway" glare.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Hinterlands - Farm

Clover's eyes narrowed at Koln's "nagging" comment. But she held her tongue, 'I don't nag. I'm just a voice of reason.'
Clenching her teeth, she listened to Koln's hairbrained idea of checking out the ranch house... where people might very well be sleeping and would be wondering why four vampires would be converging on them at 2:30 in the morning. 'Well now, that's silly! We should split up and check out the barn as well, at the very least...'
"Oh, and absolutely no splitting up."
'Damn. Well...'
She frowned, crossing her arms stubbornly, "Might I point out, Koln, the lunacy of thinking that one could sneak four adult-sized vampires into a house in the middle of the night without any of the residents hearing? It would be much quieter and we would cover more ground if we split up!"
She fixed him with a "my-way-or-the-highway" glare.

Lacey pokes her head out of the driver's side window "I sense a fight coming on!" She gets out of the truck and locks it. "You know, Koln and I can sneak in just about anywhere without being seen. Like ninjas, you know!"

 

[Strider_Koln]

Lacey pokes her head out of the driver's side window "I sense a fight coming on!" She gets out of the truck and locks it. "You know, Koln and I can sneak in just about anywhere without being seen. Like ninjas, you know!"

Koln groans silently at Clover's suggestion of splitting up. "Yes, you're right, it might be more noisy if it's four of us, which is why I suggested just me. As Lacey says, I am like a ninja. If we split up it would be very... well not organized. Sure, we can split into teams of two and agree to meet back at the batmobile at a certain time. But what if something happens? Do the others go looking? What if we're cutting it close to daylight? It is simple, raise your hand if you're trained in sentry evasion and termination." Koln raises his hand, and notices Lacey's arms in the air, "Er, just one would suffice... and now that I think about it, Lacey makes sense here. She can keep an eye on me and make sure I stay focused, and I can do the same for her. It's easy, we malkavians are like half-brains, so two malkavians is like one rational person. Meanwhile, Ruby can stay with you Clover at the batmobile."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln groans silently at Clover's suggestion of splitting up. "Yes, you're right, it might be more noisy if it's four of us, which is why I suggested just me. As Lacey says, I am like a ninja. If we split up it would be very... well not organized. Sure, we can split into teams of two and agree to meet back at the batmobile at a certain time. But what if something happens? Do the others go looking? What if we're cutting it close to daylight? It is simple, raise your hand if you're trained in sentry evasion and termination." Koln raises his hand, and notices Lacey's arms in the air, "Er, just one would suffice... and now that I think about it, Lacey makes sense here. She can keep an eye on me and make sure I stay focused, and I can do the same for her. It's easy, we malkavians are like half-brains, so two malkavians is like one rational person. Meanwhile, Ruby can stay with you Clover at the batmobile."

Ruby pouts in response. "Aww it was so boring last time just sitting around," she said sulking. "Why don't Clover and I wait closer by the house just in case we gotta get into the action," she excitedly suggested while hoping up and down.

 

[izillama]

Clover's frown grew deeper--more impatient, "You know, this sounds like what we just did. No?" Her voice jumped an octave higher as she imitated (Koln and Lacey?), " 'Why don't you and Ruby just stay at the truck? We'll be back before you know it!' " Her voice returned to normal, "No way. Next thing you know, Ruby and I are waiting an hour while the two of you traipse around an old man's house doing who knows what! No way. Not again. You two need supervision. Ruby and Lacey, you two should check out the house. Koln, why don't you and I take the barn? Ok?"

 

[Strider_Koln]

Clover's frown grew deeper--more impatient, "You know, this sounds like what we just did. No?" Her voice jumped an octave higher as she imitated (Koln and Lacey?), " 'Why don't you and Ruby just stay at the truck? We'll be back before you know it!' " Her voice returned to normal, "No way. Next thing you know, Ruby and I are waiting an hour while the two of you traipse around an old man's house doing who knows what! No way. Not again. You two need supervision. Ruby and Lacey, you two should check out the house. Koln, why don't you and I take the barn? Ok?"

Koln grumbles under his breath - he'd prefer to keep an eye on everyone, or at least know where everyone is at all times. But he's happy Clover suggested the pairing he'd prefer. While he worries for Ruby, he is fairly certain that she can handle herself and trusts that Lacey knows what she is doing - insane yes but much more experienced in the ways of the vampire than all of them.
If they were to split up, it'd be Clover he'd be most worried about, but this way he can keep a close watch on her.

"Fine, I see that there is no arguing with you. Although, again, the smart thing would be to have one (me) or maybe two (me and sidekick) people quickly scout ahead and come back since time is running short. Even if we split up and cover more ground, I doubt we'll be able to really investigate much. But you're the boss." He opens Clover's door for her.

 

[izillama]

"Fine, I see that there is no arguing with you. Although, again, the smart thing would be to have one (me) or maybe two (me and sidekick) people quickly scout ahead and come back since time is running short. Even if we split up and cover more ground, I doubt we'll be able to really investigate much. But you're the boss."
Clover stepped slowly out of the truck, nodding at Koln in thanks for opening the door. She mumbled quietly at his words, disgusted even with herself, "That's right. I'm the boss." She clenched her jaw after the words, hating to admit they were true. What Emerson had said came back to her in a rush, and she was sorry to admit that, yes, she really did feel like she was in charge. And that Ruby and Koln were bound to follow her wherever she went. Whatever she wanted.
It was sickening, yet strangely exhilarating.
After making sure that Ruby and Lacey were on the right track (walking towards the house, that is) she motioned to Koln to lead the way towards the barn. There was no way in hell she was going first!