Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

You follow him inside and he leads you to some kind of lounge in the back of the club. He sits down between two women, putting his arm around both. "Why don't one of you get your little friend and then we can all chat."


I'll let you all gather together around Tony but obviously I control what he says and does so wait for me when he has to repsond.

"No need, already here." Koln says as he emerges from the shadows beside Tony. "And by the Way, my favorite of the three was always Larry, can't I be Larry instead?" He sits down next to Ruby, and gives Clover a knowing look. Right now he is very proud of her for not taking the boy's life, although he knows it is all a matter of time.

"Right, well excuse me for wishing for omit the common but meaningless pleasentries that may be expected upon meeting new people, but I wish to get right down to business. Both the barkeep and bouncer knew little, both good mannored but ignorant towards the matters at hand. So, if it pleases Our Lord, I hope some light may be shed regarding the whereabouts of Jacob and that girl, you know the one I'm speaking of I'm sure."

 

[ladyphoenix]

Clover is overcome with pleasure as she continues to drain Mikey dry. "Tastes good doesn't it? Yes, feel that blood pick you up and make you feel alive again!" You look around and suddenly a tall man is standing over the two of you. He is an Italian man with slicked back black hair and dark Mediterranean features. He has the look of a Latin lover of sorts that you would see in the movies. He looks at Mikey on the ground "He'll be okay, just let him be for now. Humans are just so fragile aren't they?" You both stare at the man blankly. "Oh, how rude of me, my name is Tony. I know all about you, the three stooges from Prestor's brood. We got Larry and Moe here, where's Curley?"

It all happened so fast.. the boy's life draining away, Clover's vice grip that Ruby couldn't pry off of his limp body. She had more strength then she realized. Perhaps it is nearly impossible to tear a vampire off of the prey when their will is consumed by the beast. She heard a familiar voice shortly after. 'That man, I know him..' She looked at her hand that his lips pressed to that Halloween night and flushed a little. "It's you.." she said softly. After he lead them back into the club, she knew how his prescence influenced those around them as though he almost owned them. He mentioned bringing Koln to him so they all could talk. Ruby had some of her own words to say once they all gathered...

"You were the one who first shown me kindness that night.." she said to him softly with half lidded eyes. "I thank you, but I must know why you know so much about us and about Prestor..Please" she said with her glistening green eyes. She ignored the two women beside him and asked from the bottom of her apparition of a heart.

 

[izillama]

Clover was quiet.
She hadn't spoken since this man, Tony, had picked them up out of the alley.
She knew she had sinned.
She also knew that there was nothing she could do about it.
She still tasted the blood in her mouth, and she swallowed once to help wash down the sweet taste.
She remembered, though, that she had lost it. Ruby had had to pull her off of Mike.
She felt ashamed.
She sank slowly down into a seat across from Tony as she saw Koln manifest himself out of the shadows.
She understood that she had to remain strong. But she was was afraid. Had she killed him? Was Mike dead?
She closed her eyes briefly, thinking to herself, trying to convince herself, 'He's still alive. He's still alive. He's still alive...'
She opened her eyes. The scene had not changed. Still the club.
She looked up. Koln stared down. His eyes knowing.
She faltered. Renewed shame. Like a father silently reprimanding his daughter.
She thought, 'Koln. Please. Don't hate me. Don't judge me.'
She let her face drop in sadness.
Clover faced forward to hear what Tony had to say.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

"No need, already here." Koln says as he emerges from the shadows beside Tony. "And by the Way, my favorite of the three was always Larry, can't I be Larry instead?" He sits down next to Ruby, and gives Clover a knowing look. Right now he is very proud of her for not taking the boy's life, although he knows it is all a matter of time.

"Right, well excuse me for wishing for omit the common but meaningless pleasentries that may be expected upon meeting new people, but I wish to get right down to business. Both the barkeep and bouncer knew little, both good mannored but ignorant towards the matters at hand. So, if it pleases Our Lord, I hope some light may be shed regarding the whereabouts of Jacob and that girl, you know the one I'm speaking of I'm sure."

"You were the one who first shown me kindness that night.." she said to him softly with half lidded eyes. "I thank you, but I must know why you know so much about us and about Prestor..Please" she said with her glistening green eyes. She ignored the two women beside him and asked from the bottom of her apparition of a heart.

Tony addresses Koln first laughing to himself "You'll need not worry about pleasantries in front of me Kolnyr "Gabriel" Clergue. I am no noble amongst kindred, although you might meet some who demand a little more *ahem* respect. Still serving the Lord I see, do you still bear His cross or have you found it too heavy a burden to bear?" He looks over at Clover and then back at Koln but appears to be addressing the whole group, "I don't care who or what you were in life but you have to let it go. Years don't mean anything to you anymore. Unless you screw up you'll live for centuries!"

He then looks over at Ruby and puts his hand under her chin lifting up her head to look at him "Ah yes Ruby, I do remember you. I'm glad to see that you are still alive and moreover have aligned yourself with Prestor's guinea pigs."

He sits upright adressing the whole group "I have no time to deal with little girls but since you are both mentioning Jacob Prestor I assume you don't know. Let's just say I keep myself informed and I know that the old man prerished in that fire the other night. I'm sorry that you had to hear this from me. It's a shame too, because he was so interesting and he was so desperate I see he decided to use those serums he supposedly created. The main reason I'm talking to you though is because I find all of you even more interesting. You are free from the rable of vampire society, free to make your own choices. Be careful though or you'll end up just like the good Doctor Prestor."

He leans in and looks at all of you with a non-judging stare "So I ask you this, what are your goals? What do you expect to accomplish in your eternity here on earth?"

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Clover was quiet.
She hadn't spoken since this man, Tony, had picked them up out of the alley.
She knew she had sinned.
She also knew that there was nothing she could do about it.
She still tasted the blood in her mouth, and she swallowed once to help wash down the sweet taste.
She remembered, though, that she had lost it. Ruby had had to pull her off of Mike.
She felt ashamed.
She sank slowly down into a seat across from Tony as she saw Koln manifest himself out of the shadows.
She understood that she had to remain strong. But she was was afraid. Had she killed him? Was Mike dead?
She closed her eyes briefly, thinking to herself, trying to convince herself, 'He's still alive. He's still alive. He's still alive...'
She opened her eyes. The scene had not changed. Still the club.
She looked up. Koln stared down. His eyes knowing.
She faltered. Renewed shame. Like a father silently reprimanding his daughter.
She thought, 'Koln. Please. Don't hate me. Don't judge me.'
She let her face drop in sadness.
Clover faced forward to hear what Tony had to say.

Oh yes and before I forget, Clover gains 6 blood points from feeding off of Mikey.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Tony addresses Koln first laughing to himself "You'll need not worry about pleasantries in front of me Kolnyr "Gabriel" Clergue. I am no noble amongst kindred, although you might meet some who demand a little more *ahem* respect. Still serving the Lord I see, do you still bear His cross or have you found it too heavy a burden to bear?"

He then looks over at Ruby and puts his hand under her chin lifting up her head to look at him "Ah yes Ruby, I do remember you. I'm glad to see that you are still alive and moreover have aligned yourself with Prestor's guinea pigs."

He leans in and looks at all of you with a non-judging stare "So I ask you this, what are your goals? What do you expect to accomplish in your eternity here on earth?"

"Ah, you flatter me. You have heard of me I assume. And you are Italian I see, brilliant. The Italians are excellent gun-makers. I just recently got my hands on a Spas-12 a few months ago, which Franchi has sadly discontinued. Still, beautiful shotgun, I highly recommend it. It's a shame that my last vampiric victim didn't get to enjoy it's full beauty in the few seconds he had as he gazed down its barrel. My cross... I still bare it every day, it is a heavy burning burden that will be the end of me, but I cannot imagine life without it..."

As Koln speaks, his vision starts to flicker, one of the girls beside Tony raises her head from his shoulder and stares right at Koln... it is that girl! But no one seems to notice.... From there it is all a flash, he can see his memories, just fragments, as he can feel his own memories seeping from his mind to Tony's. Can it be that they are kindred spirits of the Malkavian curse...?

Everything stops though as Koln is sucked back to reality from Tony's grabbing of Ruby's chin. He leaps to his feet with a start, snarling, knocking the chair back, eyeing a nearby bottle and contemplates burying the broken glass right into Tony's head.

Tony then stands as well, asking his question to the group.

"Never touch her again, understand? I'm sorry about Jacob, Ruby. Now, to address your question, what I want is simple. Two things. First I want to help humanity reach it's God-given goal of virture. This means erasing your...our kind from existence entirely. In the meantime, I serve the broken and the unfairly damned, namely my friends. I will be more merciful than God Himself if need be..." Of course Koln had a couple other, more personal goals, but there's no chance he's going to tell him what they are.

 

[izillama]

"So I ask you this, what are your goals? What do you expect to accomplish in your eternity here on earth?"

'Yes, what indeed?'
Clover found herself contemplating the question while Koln began to babble on about Italian guns. It was a question that had been bugging her; latent in the back of her mind.
Purpose. Did she have one anymore? If she had felt useless before, well now... she felt completely helpless.
But far from bored.
Clover cocked her head cutely to one side, sizing Tony up. She still hadn't spoken to him. He didn't even seem to know who she was.
Interesting.
A loud noise errupted, and Koln sprang to his feet, outraged, "Never touch her again, understand? I'm sorry about Jacob, Ruby. Now, to address your question, what I want is simple. Two things. First I want to help humanity reach it's God-given goal of virture. This means erasing your...our kind from existence entirely. In the meantime, I serve the broken and the unfairly damned, namely my friends. I will be more merciful than God Himself if need be..." Tony hat been sitting, tenderly clutching Ruby's chin in his delicate Italian hands. Koln at snapped.
Clover found herself nodding in approval. For all his shortcomings of sanity, Koln definately had no problems coming across as a chivalrous, decent man.
And, having heard Koln's declaration of what he wanted to do with his existance, Clover tried her best to wrack her brain for an answer to compare with his. She felt a calm wash over her (as she used to be able to control herself much more fluidly back when she was human) and allowed herself to sit back casually in the seat. She stared at Tony pointedly, unspeaking, waiting for him to address her.
'Just observe for now.'

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Tony then stands as well, asking his question to the group.

"Never touch her again, understand? I'm sorry about Jacob, Ruby. Now, to address your question, what I want is simple. Two things. First I want to help humanity reach it's God-given goal of virture. This means erasing your...our kind from existence entirely. In the meantime, I serve the broken and the unfairly damned, namely my friends. I will be more merciful than God Himself if need be..." Of course Koln had a couple other, more personal goals, but there's no chance he's going to tell him what they are.

Tony laughs at Koln's response. "I don't mean to harm her. Now SIT!" Tony looks right at Koln as he says the word "sit" his eyes meeting Koln's vicious stare.

Koln's Will Save
1d20+6 → [8,6] = (14)

Just like when Clover commanded him Koln feels the urge to listen and sits back in his seat. One of the girls moves close to him and teases him "Ooh, tough guy. I like that."

Tony says "Your goal is meaningless, vampires live right under the noses of humans and they don't even know. I bet that Bill the bartender thought you were crazy when you asked him about us. Of course, now you actually ARE crazy. But there are some benefits to this which I can demonstrate in a moment."

Tony clears his throat obviously getting ready to say something important. "The fact is that Prestor saw something in all of you that made him want to choose you for whatever it was he was trying to do. He was a very curious fellow and I couldn't help but poke around to try to find out as much about him as I could. The only thing I could come up with was that the man truley was a genious and still for the most part, had a human heart. He cared about those he embraced. Rumor has it he even went as far as to try to create a "cure" for vampirism to rid himself of his blood-drinking nature. That part is an urban legend if you ask me but you never know." Tony sits back down next to the other girl that didn't move next to Koln. "Now since you are all being so cooperative how about I show you the ropes a little, you know, as thanks. It could save your hide."

He turns to Clover who has remained silent the whole time. "But first, how about a word from the little rich girl? Surely you've felt your presence in the group has effected these two, after all, it's in your nature. What are your goals? What do you want to do with your new immortality?"

 

[izillama]

He turns to Clover who has remained silent the whole time. "But first, how about a word from the little rich girl? Surely you've felt your presence in the group has effected these two, after all, it's in your nature. What are your goals? What do you want to do with your new immortality?"

Clover bristled at his address of her. She asked curtly, calmly, "Little rich girl? Do you really believe that that's the quality of my character? My essence?"
She leaned forward, crossing her legs and planting her head in the palm of her hands: bored and business-like. Her eyes bore into his, "You don't know me. And, frankly, I doubt you know anything about Koln and Ruby, either. Your little research? I doubt it turned up anything of consequence. Anything that qualifies you to judge our character."
Clover sat back up, eyes locked with his, "But since you asked, let me tell you. My goals? Like Koln, I have two. The first is easy: make sure these two don't screw up." She shrugged towards Koln and Ruby, indicating them. Then, her face became serious, "The second? Not so easy. More vague. But important still. Purpose? I have none. I was prepared to kill myself on Friday night. Heh, well, I died anyway, didn't I? And now my purpose... ironically... is to find a purpose. Because really, in my experiences of the past few days, it seems like there would have been a million ways to end my vampiric existance if I had tried. And yet, the only reason for sticking around, has been them." Again, she shrugged towards her friends.
She didn't look away from Tony. She felt like she had to keep her eyes on his.
Clover narrowed her lavendar orbs, challenging him, "So, little rich girl? A fallen man of the cloth? An Amish beauty who's now more housecat than girl? Don't judge us. And don't judge our goals. Don't judge our pure intent. Because honestly. It seems like your model lifestyle seems to be exactly what we should all asipre to." 'You piece of !' She looked slowly from each of Tony's girls to his exorbitant dress to the smug look on his face.
It disgusted her

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Clover bristled at his address of her. She asked curtly, calmly, "Little rich girl? Do you really believe that that's the quality of my character? My essence?"
She leaned forward, crossing her legs and planting her head in the palm of her hands: bored and business-like. Her eyes bore into his, "You don't know me. And, frankly, I doubt you know anything about Koln and Ruby, either. Your little research? I doubt it turned up anything of consequence. Anything that qualifies you to judge our character."
Clover sat back up, eyes locked with his, "But since you asked, let me tell you. My goals? Like Koln, I have two. The first is easy: make sure these two don't screw up." She shrugged towards Koln and Ruby, indicating them. Then, her face became serious, "The second? Not so easy. More vague. But important still. Purpose? I have none. I was prepared to kill myself on Friday night. Heh, well, I died anyway, didn't I? And now my purpose... ironically... is to find a purpose. Because really, in my experiences of the past few days, it seems like there would have been a million ways to end my vampiric existance if I had tried. And yet, the only reason for sticking around, has been them." Again, she shrugged towards her friends.
She didn't look away from Tony. She felt like she had to keep her eyes on his.
Clover narrowed her lavendar orbs, challenging him, "So, little rich girl? A fallen man of the cloth? An Amish beauty who's now more housecat than girl? Don't judge us. And don't judge our goals. Don't judge our pure intent. Because honestly. It seems like your model lifestyle seems to be exactly what we should all asipre to." 'You piece of !' She looked slowly from each of Tony's girls to his exorbitant dress to the smug look on his face.
It disgusted her

Tony nods at Clover as if he already knew what she was going to say "I would expect such a response from those of Ventrue blood. Let's face it Angelica, or should I say "Clover", you assume a leadership role over your two friends here. You may even pity them at times even though in the end you are all in the same boat. Right now I'm here to tell you that you are sailing in dangerous waters."

"You all look at me now with human eyes which are naive at best. When you live for centuries your view of the world changes. Some get paranoid, trying to hold onto their own little piece of eternity. I myself simply try to enjoy the little pleasures in life. Isn't that Right Candi?" He turns to the girl next to him who giggles. He turns back to the group "Now, my lifestyle is not important right now, what's important is that I'm willing to offer you help, are you in or out?"