Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[ladyphoenix]

The tunnel is rather plain, in fact it looks like it is rarely ever traveled even by rats. There is a steady stream of water at your feet that seems to run on and on forever. Clover is hurrying through the tunnel at a brisk pace making it hard for the others to keep up. She gets far ahead of the others and turns her head to see where they are. While doing this she fails to notice the small ledge in the tunnel. She trips and falls to her hands and knees on a lower part of the tunnel, behind her is another sort of waterway that brings water from another part of the sewer to this large tunnel. Clover hears the sound of a crank or some sort of valve being turned from inside the small opening. There is a rush of water and Clover is swept away. The ride is rough and Clover collides with piles of debris here and here until she reaches the end of the tunnel and is spat out landing head first into a pond. Spitting out water and shaking herself off Clover finds herself in what looks like farmland on the outskirts of Denver. She can see a barn at the end of the wide field she is in and a few cows are scattered here and there motionless and presumably sleeping.

Clover's Ouchies
1d6 → [6] = (6)


Everyone stop when you reach this point. If Koln and Ruby are going to try to avoid the water or simply ride with it to the end of the tunnel they must make a Dexterity Check (make a roll and add your DEX mod). The tunnel is completely filled with water making it impossible to simply walk around it.

Ruby smirked playfully as she watched Clover race ahead of them. She liked a challenge, so she tried to keep up along side Koln. Suddenly, Clover tripped and fell into the water filled tunnel, which carried her out of sight. "Clover!" Ruby called out.
Instinctively, she jumped in the water after her to see where it would take them both.
1d20+3 → [3,3] = (6)
Roll Lookup DEX Roll

 

[Strider_Koln]

Ruby smirked playfully as she watched Clover race ahead of them. She liked a challenge, so she tried to keep up along side Koln. Suddenly, Clover tripped and fell into the water filled tunnel, which carried her out of sight. "Clover!" Ruby called out.
Instinctively, she jumped in the water after her to see where it would take them both.
1d20+3 → [3,3] = (6)
Roll Lookup DEX Roll

Koln scoops up Socrates into his pocket as he hurries, then slows to a stop, hearing what sounds like rushing water. "Oh.. Hi Clover!" Koln smiles and waves seeing the water rush at him. He then braces himself to go with it...

1d20+2 → [7,2] = (9)
Roll Lookup

Btw, Merry Christmas guys!

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Sewer

Koln scoops up Socrates into his pocket as he hurries, then slows to a stop, hearing what sounds like rushing water. "Oh.. Hi Clover!" Koln smiles and waves seeing the water rush at him. He then braces himself to go with it...

1d20+2 → [7,2] = (9)
Roll Lookup

Btw, Merry Christmas guys!

Koln braces himself for the rush of water and just as he does Ruby comes flying after them tripping on her dress and crashing into Koln. They both tumble through the water head over heels crashing into just about everything in their way downstream. Ruby hits her head at least once on what feels like it must be concrete. They are both shot out at the end into the same pond as Clover landed at the farm. Koln lands in shallow water at the end of the pond on his stomache and Ruby crashes right in front of him landing typical clumsy anime style upside down with her dress over her head.

Koln gets a view of whatever it is that amish people wear as underwear
I'm having trouble getting invisible castle to load, apparently our internet is sucking so I'll have to roll damage later.

 

[izillama]

"Moooooooooooooooooooooooo"
Dizzily, Clover stood and allowed her eyes to adjust to the vast farmland in front of her, the midnight purple sky awash with a glorious spray of thousands of stars. The air smelled of life. Of the green wilderness. Fresh cut grass and hay. The air was warm, and flies danced to and fro, drowning out the night in the dull melody of monotony; an endless celebration of being.
Clover turned warily and wrinkled her nose. Like a deer in the headlights, she stared at the vast emptiness in front of her in a slight panic.
"The country." She spoke curtly, as though matter-of-factly greeting a ill-welcomed foe.
"Mooooooooooooo."
She jumped a foot in the air. Cows seemed to surround her. They looked like they were sleeping, but they didn't fool Clover.
She frowned, disgusted and wary.
She had had a bad experience with cows once. Or, she would have had a bad experience had the creature she had been trying to milk actually been a cow and not a bull. It turns out that bulls don’t enjoy the milking process quite so much as the cows. That one-afternoon experiment at the 4H club had taught Clover that Central Park was probably the wildest bit of nature that she could ever safely get her hands on. And that was good enough for her.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Hinterlands

I'm going to describe the area. You can play things out however you want here.

The surrounding area is a wide open field as far as the eye can see save for a barn a mile or so away that has a few lights still on. There are rolling hills off in the distance and the air has a hint of manure in it. You can hear some cows mooing in the nearby pasture. The sky is dark and starlit with the exception of the western horizon where you can see the lights of the city drowning out any stars there. Because of the fact that you can still hear the sound of cars off in the distance you figure that you are only about 10 miles away from Denver.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln braces himself for the rush of water and just as he does Ruby comes flying after them tripping on her dress and crashing into Koln. They both tumble through the water head over heels crashing into just about everything in their way downstream. Ruby hits her head at least once on what feels like it must be concrete. They are both shot out at the end into the same pond as Clover landed at the farm. Koln lands in shallow water at the end of the pond on his stomache and Ruby crashes right in front of him landing typical clumsy anime style upside down with her dress over her head.

Koln gets a view of whatever it is that amish people wear as underwear
I'm having trouble getting invisible castle to load, apparently our internet is sucking so I'll have to roll damage later.

Koln, remembering that he saw Ruby hit her head on the way out, immediately picks his head up, starting to move to her aid. "God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.." Koln blinks, realizing how's she's positioned... after a second he shakes his head and looks away "Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..." He then looks around at the tranquil country as he slowly rises to his feet... then grumbles to himself. "Grr.. yuck... sewer water... I need to find a lake or something, immediately. I'd enjoy the scenery more if I didnt feel so disgusting..." He bends over, retrieving his hat, turning it over to let the water out before placing it back on his head. "So... I would suggest we get ourselves right back in the sewer, but I think we could use some rest... and.... nourishment... " Koln grins, eyeing the nearby cattle... "Er besides, I doubt Suzie's in the sewer right now"

 

[ladyphoenix]

Koln, remembering that he saw Ruby hit her head on the way out, immediately picks his head up, starting to move to her aid. "God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.." Koln blinks, realizing how's she's positioned... after a second he shakes his head and looks away "Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..." He then looks around at the tranquil country as he slowly rises to his feet... then grumbles to himself. "Grr.. yuck... sewer water... I need to find a lake or something, immediately. I'd enjoy the scenery more if I didnt feel so disgusting..." He bends over, retrieving his hat, turning it over to let the water out before placing it back on his head. "So... I would suggest we get ourselves right back in the sewer, but I think we could use some rest... and.... nourishment... " Koln grins, eyeing the nearby cattle... "Er besides, I doubt Suzie's in the sewer right now"

It seemed like a waterslide from hell for Ruby as she went throught knocking her head on the concrete. She was seeing stars by the end of the ride and on top of that, landing upside down. She didn't know which end was up. "uhhh, what..a...ride.." she groaned in her frozen state. Her vision started to clear up again slowly, but she had a strange chill below her waist. "whaa...?"

"God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.."
"huhh." Ruby said in a sluggish tone.
"Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..."

0.0

Ruby immediately flopped backwards at hearing the word skirt realizing she had been upside down the whole time. Her face was a shade of deep pink porcelin. "eeeekk! I'm s-s-s-sorry!" she said as she scrambled to her feet. She covered her face with one hand in shame, Koln has practically seen more of her than her family during her birth.

She then shook her head and looked at the starry countryside around them. "Beautififul.."
There were dozens of cows that looked appetizing too. She cleared her throat,"em, yes rest would be a good idea" she said looking down at her feet shyly.

 

[izillama]

The serene (an utterly unnerving in its silence and darkness, in Clover's opinion) countryside was suddenly inturrupted behind Clover by a whooooosh! Then, she heard two sopping wet bodies plop down next to her.
Clover sighed. She felt embarrassed, but there was nothing she could do. Stinking water... soaking her white shirt...
She tried not to think about it.
"God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.."
"Huhh...." Clover heard Ruby respond, slowly.
"Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..."
At this, Clover turned and saw Ruby just righting herself and facing away from Koln, embarrassed.
Clover was beginning to doubt Koln's vow of celibacy and purity, for a priest.
Koln began to tidy himself up, complaining about the water and muttering about how it was useless to try and find Suzie now. Meanwhile, Ruby was staring in awe at the farm. Clover wished that she could have the same appreciation for it, but she just didn't see the appeal.
Clover walked slowly over to Ruby, speaking softly and trying to allay her embarrassment at whatever Koln had just done or seen, "Does this landscape remind you of home? I bet it's just as comfortable for you as the city is for me."
She smiled kindly, then noticed Koln looking hungrily at the cows. She realized all too soon what he intended to do. But she had no intention of joining him. Ever since she found out that a cow with only one udder wasn't exactly a cow, she had kept a strict distance from farm animals. Particularly chickens. They were yet another animal on her list of all things creepy.

 

[ladyphoenix]

The serene (an utterly unnerving in its silence and darkness, in Clover's opinion) countryside was suddenly inturrupted behind Clover by a whooooosh! Then, she heard two sopping wet bodies plop down next to her.
Clover sighed. She felt embarrassed, but there was nothing she could do. Stinking water... soaking her white shirt...
She tried not to think about it.
"God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.."
"Huhh...." Clover heard Ruby respond, slowly.
"Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..."
At this, Clover turned and saw Ruby just righting herself and facing away from Koln, embarrassed.
Clover was beginning to doubt Koln's vow of celibacy and purity, for a priest.
Koln began to tidy himself up, complaining about the water and muttering about how it was useless to try and find Suzie now. Meanwhile, Ruby was staring in awe at the farm. Clover wished that she could have the same appreciation for it, but she just didn't see the appeal.
Clover walked slowly over to Ruby, speaking softly and trying to allay her embarrassment at whatever Koln had just done or seen, "Does this landscape remind you of home? I bet it's just as comfortable for you as the city is for me."
She smiled kindly, then noticed Koln looking hungrily at the cows. She realized all too soon what he intended to do. But she had no intention of joining him. Ever since she found out that a cow with only one udder wasn't exactly a cow, she had kept a strict distance from farm animals. Particularly chickens. They were yet another animal on her list of all things creepy.

Ruby's flush began to fade at Clover's words. She smiled at her. "Yes, it's kind of soothing and comforting. No loud cars, clean air.. and the beautiful stars," she said as she looked up at the sky. She looked at Clover again. "Are you ok? I saw you fall as well."
She looked over at the cows again. "If Koln partakes in feeding on an animal, I may join him as well. Perhaps feeding on the same one if it holds enough substance. It's better this way.."
She looked at her stained sewer water dress and sighed. Maybe she could make skins out of the cow hide and sew them together if they could not get more clothes soon.

 

[Strider_Koln]

The serene (an utterly unnerving in its silence and darkness, in Clover's opinion) countryside was suddenly inturrupted behind Clover by a whooooosh! Then, she heard two sopping wet bodies plop down next to her.
Clover sighed. She felt embarrassed, but there was nothing she could do. Stinking water... soaking her white shirt...
She tried not to think about it.
"God, Ruby are you alright? You... er.."
"Huhh...." Clover heard Ruby respond, slowly.
"Er.. your skirt... uhm... anyway..."
At this, Clover turned and saw Ruby just righting herself and facing away from Koln, embarrassed.
Clover was beginning to doubt Koln's vow of celibacy and purity, for a priest.
Koln began to tidy himself up, complaining about the water and muttering about how it was useless to try and find Suzie now. Meanwhile, Ruby was staring in awe at the farm. Clover wished that she could have the same appreciation for it, but she just didn't see the appeal.
Clover walked slowly over to Ruby, speaking softly and trying to allay her embarrassment at whatever Koln had just done or seen, "Does this landscape remind you of home? I bet it's just as comfortable for you as the city is for me."
She smiled kindly, then noticed Koln looking hungrily at the cows. She realized all too soon what he intended to do. But she had no intention of joining him. Ever since she found out that a cow with only one udder wasn't exactly a cow, she had kept a strict distance from farm animals. Particularly chickens. They were yet another animal on her list of all things creepy.

"Ok girls, here's the plan." Koln says, leaning over as if wanting a huddle. "There's cows right over there, so I figure I will have my dinner right about now... If anyone wants to join me, feel free, I would prefer to not dine alone. Afterward, let's head up to that barn. There are lights inside, so there's people in it. Now, what's the worst that can happen? Either they are godly people and will let us in to rest, perhaps even offer us a ride back to town. Worse case scenario, they're a bunch of homicidal maniacs, in which case we'll have some fun before resting and taking their car. Now, what should our story be... hm... I got it, we are on pilgrimage to the Holy Land... er.. wait, that's not near here, is it? No... hm, we're on pilgrimage to... Disney Land...? Do you Americans worship the Mikey Mouse? No? Er ok, forget it, hmm... Ok, I got it, during a religious retreat, Clover ran off and her best friend and me, her teacher, found her out here in the country. However, we are tired, and our car has stopped working some miles back and we need a place to rest. I will have to lie, after asking them what faith they are, I will say I am a priest of their branch of Christianity, no matter how rot-filled and twisted that branch may be. I mean, it's Colorado, nearly everyone here thinks they're Christian in some way, right? Ok, good plan. Oh, almost forgot, for afterward, if they are not Catholic, we burn the barn to the ground!"