Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

Sue's Will Save (DC 15)
1d20-1 → [12,-1] = (11)

Clover

Sue says "Yes....sleep, I sure do get tired working these late shifts...." The woman slumps over onto the desk leaving you alone in the room. Off in the distance you can hear the noise of what you assume are Koln and Ruby moving around in the bathroom.



Ruby & Koln

The tunnel beneath the grate is much deeper than you first thought. It looks like it drops about 5 feet down and leads to even more tunnels going left and right. You can hear the sound of distant water and Socrates at the bottom of the shaft.

Before entering the tunnel, Koln turns to Ruby, "You better stay here. I doubt it's safe down there. Besides, someone needs to watch Clover and make sure she doesn't... do anything rash... " Before she could reply, Koln carefully creeps down the tunnels, being careful and still using his heightened senses, this time to help him see and feel as he steadily makes his way down to the bottom.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Before entering the tunnel, Koln turns to Ruby, "You better stay here. I doubt it's safe down there. Besides, someone needs to watch Clover and make sure she doesn't... do anything rash... " Before she could reply, Koln carefully creeps down the tunnels, being careful and still using his heightened senses, this time to help him see and feel as he steadily makes his way down to the bottom.

Ruby was amazed at the ay the bathroom looked around her with hanging bathtubs, but scummy floors. The odor in the grate was horrendous as it is. Koln advised her to stay while he scouted below. Before she could speak, he jumped down the tunnel. Ruby growled low to herself in reluctance. Danger would be kind of fun, she was ready for a fight. Then again she looked at her dress and decided she didn't want it to get dirty. She worried a little bit for Koln though. She yelled down the tunnel "be careful!"
She then turned around and noticed Clover was in the same room. "Hey there, how did you get past Sue?" she said as she cocked her head to one side. "Anyway, Koln is checking the place out and I'm going to listen just incase there is trouble, harumph... even though he doesn't wasnt me to join him..."

 

[izillama]

"Hey there, how did you get past Sue?" she said as she cocked her head to one side. "Anyway, Koln is checking the place out and I'm going to listen just incase there is trouble, harumph... even though he doesn't wasnt me to join him..."

Clover smiled as she saw her friend (the bathroom was a lot bigger than she had orginally thought! oops)
But when she went to speak, no words came. It was like the organ of her throat would not produce the words, no matter how much she tried. Then she remembered, 'Oh right, I'm not breathing.'
The first breath she took sent her senses reeling and she crashed haphazardly into a stall, yet managed to remain standing.
^.^* She sweatdropped, answering Ruby's question feebly, "I put Sue to sleep. Hehe. She shouldn't be bothering us for a while. Hm... I think that I rather like my new ability..."
Her voice trailed off, vaguely.
Then, she nodded and attempted to stand upright, covering her nose as she did, "But Koln is certainly right! The sewer is no place for ladies, such as ourselves. Let him and the rat do the dirty work."
'Damn straight!'

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Denver Police Station

Before entering the tunnel, Koln turns to Ruby, "You better stay here. I doubt it's safe down there. Besides, someone needs to watch Clover and make sure she doesn't... do anything rash... " Before she could reply, Koln carefully creeps down the tunnels, being careful and still using his heightened senses, this time to help him see and feel as he steadily makes his way down to the bottom.

Koln

When you reach the bottom of the shaft Socrates is down there seemingly waiting for you. You feel your way through the tunnel while you follow Socrates. The little rat seems to be following a scent trail as you can see his nose is touching the ground most of the time.

He stops suddenly though when he reaches an intersection and you immediately realize why. Water runs from the right to the left in this tunnel and if the strange man and the girl went through the water then their scent would be impossible to follow. Socrates looks around for a few moments and finally gives up hopping back up onto your shoulder and climbing into your pocket.

The intersection in front of you splits into 3 directions. You can't see the end of the left or right tunnels but the one straight ahead is dimly lit by light coming from an opening above. You can see that it is a dead end but a shiny object seems to sparkle in the light.

Clover & Ruby

You feel rather awkward standing in the middle of a men's bathroom. You hear footsteps outside coming towards the door. Clover prepares to subdue the intruder but the footsteps pass by. You hear a man's voice and he doesn't sound happy, apparently he discovered the unconcious dispatcher at the front desk. You hear them both going back and forth, Sue probably confused as to what happened.

I've put up a map of the sewer layout so far and since it seems that Koln is the only one who went down I only put him on the map. You can find it here.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

tonight is another Gamestop night. I've taken up a 2nd job for the christmas holiday so 2 nights out of the week I won't be around to post. Have fun and be patient

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln squints into the distance, picking up and gently petting Socrates "Hm... what do you think... Yeah, I agree, middle tunnel it is.." Koln gently places the rat on his shoulder and advances down the dimly lit tunney... If this turns out to be a dead end, he figure he could easily find his way back since it's somewhat lit.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Sewer

Koln squints into the distance, picking up and gently petting Socrates "Hm... what do you think... Yeah, I agree, middle tunnel it is.." Koln gently places the rat on his shoulder and advances down the dimly lit tunney... If this turns out to be a dead end, he figure he could easily find his way back since it's somewhat lit.

Koln

When you reach the dead end you find that the shining object is in fact a key. Someone must have dropped it through the storm drain above. You look up and see the night sky staring back at you.

Koln gets a mysterious key!

Clover & Ruby

The commotion goes on longer between the man and the dispatcher. Finally it's over and you feel at ease until the footsteps start coming your way again. You hear then man's voice say "I'm gonna use the John, can I trust you to do your job for the 5 minutes I'm gonna be gone!?"

It looks like an encounter with the man is inevitable and odds are he won't react too kindly to a bunch of women in the men's room overlooking a guy in the sewer! Your minds start to race and all the while that stinky sewer hole starts to look like an easy escape.

 

[izillama]

Clover felt her eyebrow twitch. She and Ruby looked at each other, trying to read each other's mind about what they were going to do.
'Well, we could either stay and chance getting caught... or we could follow Koln into the stinky, disgusting sewer. Well, what if he gets stuck down there when we shut the grate? Perfect, that's what I'll tell Ruby if she asks.'
Clover scowled in disgust and mouthed the words, "Hell no," to Ruby. Then, she closed the grate quickly and retreated to a rusty stall whose door seemed to be broken. She entered it, locked the door, and stood on the toilet quietly.
'I don't care what Ruby does. There's no ing way I'm heading into the sewer!'
She hoped that Ruby had enough sense to either join Koln or head for her own stall.
And she hoped that the man about to enter the bathroom only had to do #1.

1d20+6 → [12,6] = (18)
Roll for how well I can hide myself.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Clover felt her eyebrow twitch. She and Ruby looked at each other, trying to read each other's mind about what they were going to do.
'Well, we could either stay and chance getting caught... or we could follow Koln into the stinky, disgusting sewer. Well, what if he gets stuck down there when we shut the grate? Perfect, that's what I'll tell Ruby if she asks.'
Clover scowled in disgust and mouthed the words, "Hell no," to Ruby. Then, she closed the grate quickly and retreated to a rusty stall whose door seemed to be broken. She entered it, locked the door, and stood on the toilet quietly.
'I don't care what Ruby does. There's no ing way I'm heading into the sewer!'
She hoped that Ruby had enough sense to either join Koln or head for her own stall.
And she hoped that the man about to enter the bathroom only had to do #1.

1d20+6 → [12,6] = (18)
Roll for how well I can hide myself.

Ruby shrugged at Clover's refusal to hide in the sewer with her. Either way they both had to do something quick before they were discovered. She would rather jump in the center than start a fight with the police officers. Ruby leaped down the grate in a hurry. Her dress was a little smeared with sludge, in which she wrinkled her nose at in response. It smelled horrible down here, but at least vampires don't have to breathe. Ruby uses discipline Eyes of the Beast
Like a flash light, she began to navigate her way in the sewer, going straight for the moment. "Hey Koln! You there!"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Denver Police Station

Clover felt her eyebrow twitch. She and Ruby looked at each other, trying to read each other's mind about what they were going to do.
'Well, we could either stay and chance getting caught... or we could follow Koln into the stinky, disgusting sewer. Well, what if he gets stuck down there when we shut the grate? Perfect, that's what I'll tell Ruby if she asks.'
Clover scowled in disgust and mouthed the words, "Hell no," to Ruby. Then, she closed the grate quickly and retreated to a rusty stall whose door seemed to be broken. She entered it, locked the door, and stood on the toilet quietly.
'I don't care what Ruby does. There's no ing way I'm heading into the sewer!'
She hoped that Ruby had enough sense to either join Koln or head for her own stall.
And she hoped that the man about to enter the bathroom only had to do #1.

1d20+6 → [12,6] = (18)
Roll for how well I can hide myself.

The officer walks into the bathroom just as Ruby jumps down into the sewer closing the grate behind her. The officer goes to a stall 2 stalls over from where Clover is hiding. Clover's hope for clean air dies as she hears the officer undo his belt and lower his pants. Not too long afterward Clover hears the wonderful sound of bowels being moved and the air starts to wreak. she begins to think to herself 'the sewer would have smelled better than this !'

Ruby

You drop down into the same shaft that Koln did. You realize that the smell is not as bad as Koln made it out to be although it is a sewer all the same and you decide to not breathe. You can see clear as day the tunnel that connects to the room with water running through it. When you reach the end you see Koln bathed light staring upward.

Koln was effected by the sewer smell a lot more because of Heightened Senses that he was using to find Socrates. The is still dirty and stinks but it's no worse than the one you were traveling in to get away from Prestor's house.