Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[ladyphoenix]

The ravens flutter down near Ruby as if they are standing guard. Ruby puts Bothwell in the bed of the truck and sees that there is a canvas blanket back there with which to cover the body. When she turns around she sees Lacey and Clover slapping and yelling at each other off in the distance.

Ruby ready to lay down da law!
Clearly exasperated, Ruby violently yanks the blanket over Bothwell and stomps her way back in Clover and Lacey's direction. They looked like a tangled tornado of violence and rage. "Enough you two!!" she growled. "It's almost dawn and you two are fighting, pull yourselves together!" She gently picked Koln up over her shoulder. "Now if you want to see me attempt to drive that contraption by myself back to the city be my guest, but from hell or highwater, i'm going to bring that slimebucket back to Edward.." She only hoped her words reached them as they were clawing at eachother.

 

[izillama]

Nope, Clover is totally tuning Ruby out. Sorry! ^.^*

Clover screamed in rage as she and Lacey lunged at each other. Growing up in New York, she had seen her share of "cat fights," as they were called, in school. They were always nasty affairs. Teachers always commented that girls were, in some ways, more violent than boys during brawls. They could be right, she supposed.
Abandoning herself, Clover reached out and grabbed a lock of Lacey's hair, angrily pulling the pigtail towards her while drawing up her opposite hand to scratch at the girl's face with her well-manicured fingernails.
She was not herself, 'I don't care anymore. I don't care. Let me act like less than a lady. Lacey doesn't act it at all. She deserves this. Every comment. Every action. Leading up to deserving this. Let me keep her from fighting her way out of this. I'll throw myself away. Disgrace myself. All because I'm angry. I'm always angry. Lacey's always happy. Always sarcastic. She is my antithesis. I'm fighting my reflection. Well then, reflection, allow me to damn you to hell.'
She drew back her hand, ready to plant a slap clear across Lacey's face...

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Neighbor's Farm

Nope, Clover is totally tuning Ruby out. Sorry! ^.^*

Clover screamed in rage as she and Lacey lunged at each other. Growing up in New York, she had seen her share of "cat fights," as they were called, in school. They were always nasty affairs. Teachers always commented that girls were, in some ways, more violent than boys during brawls. They could be right, she supposed.
Abandoning herself, Clover reached out and grabbed a lock of Lacey's hair, angrily pulling the pigtail towards her while drawing up her opposite hand to scratch at the girl's face with her well-manicured fingernails.
She was not herself, 'I don't care anymore. I don't care. Let me act like less than a lady. Lacey doesn't act it at all. She deserves this. Every comment. Every action. Leading up to deserving this. Let me keep her from fighting her way out of this. I'll throw myself away. Disgrace myself. All because I'm angry. I'm always angry. Lacey's always happy. Always sarcastic. She is my antithesis. I'm fighting my reflection. Well then, reflection, allow me to damn you to hell.'
She drew back her hand, ready to plant a slap clear across Lacey's face...

Lacey says "Owie!" as Clover tugs on her hair and scratches at her face. She pulls herself up and grabs Clover's wrist to keep from being slapped. "Hey now little lady." she says, her pale grey eyes boring into Clover's angered glare. "You know I always have your best interest at heart. I love you guys and I know that you love me too. Now please, just calm down and be a good girl, tell me that you're still my friend."

Make a Will Save with a -4 penalty. If this doesn't work then Lacey will just headbutt Clover in the face and throw her into the truck so we can move on

 

[izillama]

No need. I'll stop.

Still rather enraged but starting to lose steam, Clover pulled her wrist out of Lacey's grasp and backed up a step to help compose herself. She held Lacey's gaze as she spoke, low and sinister, "Friends don't stake other friends in the chest!"
Disengaging, she spun on her heel and strode towards the truck, overtaking Ruby who was still lugging Koln's body towards the vehicle. She grumbled as she passed the Amish girl, "Let's go. That woman gives me a headache..."
Unwilling to ride in the cab, she climbed up into the truckbed with bothwell, kicking at his body dispassionately as she made herself at home against the back wall of the cab and sat, crossing her arms and shutting her eyes in controlled anger.
'I should have stayed in New York...'

 

[ladyphoenix]

Ruby gave them both a sad puppy face as she saw Clover head toward the bed of the truck. "What has happened to all of us.." she said aloud dispassionately. She headed back to the truck and went towards the passenger side door. She placed Koln in the passenger's seat, taking great care to sit him upright and even buckled him in like a precious child. "There we go, all nice and buckled in for a safe trip," she said with a meek smile. "Now don't go anywhere, hehe." She looked over at Lacey and her words softened even more. "I should ride in the bed too for now, it might be best this way.."
With that she hopped over to the back side of the truck and leaned over. "Need another bodyguard?" she jested towards Clover. She sprung up into the bed and sat next to her and Bothwell. "Besides, someone's gotta keep an eye on these hungry guys," she said as she pointed up at the swarming ravens...

 

[izillama]

Clover's face was set sourly and she didn't look at the Amish girl as she hopped up into the truck and began to speak. Of course, she wasn't mad at Ruby in the least. But the situation wasn't helping her mood.
She drew her knees up to her chest, resting on her chin on them. "Ruby. I'm sorry for acting this way. But I'm not used to being jerked around like this. I'm not used... to being given orders to hunt down someone. And I'm certainly not used to there being an unknown threat on the horizon. Ok: So I've lived a rather cushy life until now. Is that a crime? I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that these are things a normal 18 year old girl doesn't have to deal with too often. Right?"
She turned her head away from Ruby, still resting it on her knee. A silence passed between them before she spoke again, "And I'm sorry for fighting with Lacey. But you know? When I saw that stake go through Koln... Ruby, I thought he was gone! I wasn't brought up with knowledge of the supernatural. Heh, I was brought up with Dracula. Stake to the heart? I thought... we had lost him. And in that moment... all I wanted was to make Lacey pay. Should I just assume that everything I've ever known about vampires is a lie, Ruby? Because if that's the case, I'm really tempted... The sun will be up in a few hours. Too soon. And, if I won't burn up... I'd really like to see it again." She hesitated, "And... if I do burn up... maybe I deserve it..."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Neighbor's Farm

Clover's face was set sourly and she didn't look at the Amish girl as she hopped up into the truck and began to speak. Of course, she wasn't mad at Ruby in the least. But the situation wasn't helping her mood.
She drew her knees up to her chest, resting on her chin on them. "Ruby. I'm sorry for acting this way. But I'm not used to being jerked around like this. I'm not used... to being given orders to hunt down someone. And I'm certainly not used to there being an unknown threat on the horizon. Ok: So I've lived a rather cushy life until now. Is that a crime? I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that these are things a normal 18 year old girl doesn't have to deal with too often. Right?"
She turned her head away from Ruby, still resting it on her knee. A silence passed between them before she spoke again, "And I'm sorry for fighting with Lacey. But you know? When I saw that stake go through Koln... Ruby, I thought he was gone! I wasn't brought up with knowledge of the supernatural. Heh, I was brought up with Dracula. Stake to the heart? I thought... we had lost him. And in that moment... all I wanted was to make Lacey pay. Should I just assume that everything I've ever known about vampires is a lie, Ruby? Because if that's the case, I'm really tempted... The sun will be up in a few hours. Too soon. And, if I won't burn up... I'd really like to see it again." She hesitated, "And... if I do burn up... maybe I deserve it..."

Seeing everyone going into the truck, Lacey pushes Koln's pistol into her backpack with her foot afraid to touch it. She picks up the rifle off the ground that Koln had taken from Bothwell and goes over to the truck putting the rifle in the back with the girls "A present for Koln." she says to Ruby and Clover. She gets inside and starts the engine. The truck rumbles to life and Lacey starts driving back to the city. As they are driving along Lacey dislodges the stake from Koln's heart and tosses it out the window. Koln feels his consciousness return. Lacey says to him not looking at him "I'm sorry about that. Let's get you home."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Clover's face was set sourly and she didn't look at the Amish girl as she hopped up into the truck and began to speak. Of course, she wasn't mad at Ruby in the least. But the situation wasn't helping her mood.
She drew her knees up to her chest, resting on her chin on them. "Ruby. I'm sorry for acting this way. But I'm not used to being jerked around like this. I'm not used... to being given orders to hunt down someone. And I'm certainly not used to there being an unknown threat on the horizon. Ok: So I've lived a rather cushy life until now. Is that a crime? I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that these are things a normal 18 year old girl doesn't have to deal with too often. Right?"
She turned her head away from Ruby, still resting it on her knee. A silence passed between them before she spoke again, "And I'm sorry for fighting with Lacey. But you know? When I saw that stake go through Koln... Ruby, I thought he was gone! I wasn't brought up with knowledge of the supernatural. Heh, I was brought up with Dracula. Stake to the heart? I thought... we had lost him. And in that moment... all I wanted was to make Lacey pay. Should I just assume that everything I've ever known about vampires is a lie, Ruby? Because if that's the case, I'm really tempted... The sun will be up in a few hours. Too soon. And, if I won't burn up... I'd really like to see it again." She hesitated, "And... if I do burn up... maybe I deserve it..."

Ruby bowed her head in sadness and curled up next to Clover. "I wouldn't go as far to say you deserve such a cruel fate," she began. "It is natural to doubt all these horrifying things that are hammering us right now. I know you just want to end the pain from all these nightmares and I won't stop you if you try to.. but I still feel that God has plans for all of us and it would greatly sadden me to let you go," she said with a deep frown.
"I know something about Lacey on the outside screams deceit and sin from her actions in her appearance, even I almost lost it when she staked Koln of all people," she said while tightening her grip. "But.. I don't know, I can sense good motives within her that I can't explain.." she finished quietly. The rest of the trip she sat deep in contemplative thought.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Neighbor's Farm

Ruby bowed her head in sadness and curled up next to Clover. "I wouldn't go as far to say you deserve such a cruel fate," she began. "It is natural to doubt all these horrifying things that are hammering us right now. I know you just want to end the pain from all these nightmares and I won't stop you if you try to.. but I still feel that God has plans for all of us and it would greatly sadden me to let you go," she said with a deep frown.
"I know something about Lacey on the outside screams deceit and sin from her actions in her appearance, even I almost lost it when she staked Koln of all people," she said while tightening her grip. "But.. I don't know, I can sense good motives within her that I can't explain.." she finished quietly. The rest of the trip she sat deep in contemplative thought.

The truck moves noisily along the dirt road through the hinterlands as Ruby and Clover talk. Inside the truck there is an awkward silence as Koln stares blankly out the window while Lacey drives. The wound where the stake entered his heart is gone and he has regained consciousness but apparently he has no will to speak at the moment. After a little while of driving the lights of the city start to appear over the horizon and then the tops of skyscrapers. The city still sleeps. Lacey says to Koln almost as if talking to a child "Look Koln, we're almost back! You will be able to rest soon."

 

[izillama]

Ruby bowed her head in sadness and curled up next to Clover. "I wouldn't go as far to say you deserve such a cruel fate," she began. "It is natural to doubt all these horrifying things that are hammering us right now. I know you just want to end the pain from all these nightmares and I won't stop you if you try to.. but I still feel that God has plans for all of us and it would greatly sadden me to let you go," she said with a deep frown.
"I know something about Lacey on the outside screams deceit and sin from her actions in her appearance, even I almost lost it when she staked Koln of all people," she said while tightening her grip. "But.. I don't know, I can sense good motives within her that I can't explain.." she finished quietly. The rest of the trip she sat deep in contemplative thought.

Seeing Denver moving ever closer, she shook her head, "I'm sorry, Ruby. I don't mean to make you worry. And I don't mean to... judge Lacey. Wait... yes I do. And I don't take back what I've said to her, either." She set her face in a childlike pout for a moment, crossing her arms further.
Finally, she relaxed, "But I'm glad we're almost there. I'll be happy to be rid of this guy." She kicked Bothwell in the head for emphasis.
After some thought, she quirked an eyebrow in surprise, "You know, it's funny? I can barely remember what day it is today. It's as if... as if this night has just gone on and on... As though for months! Do nights sometimes feel this long, Ruby? I think that's a pretty sad and lonely thought. Right now, forever just feels like it's going to last... well... forever. Is there an end for vampires? What happens after you... um... expire?"

Seriously, I can't remember what day of the week it is anymore...