Tale Weaver's Vampire: The Masquerade Game Board

[Strider_Koln]

He remains still on the vampire's shoulders. As the brute carries him over a curb Koln's hat falls to the pavement, letting his dark hair fall and cover his face. If it wasn't for his holy garments, one would mistake the seemingly lifeless victim for a ghoul.

 

[izillama]

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[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Ruby gasped aloud. God has surely brought her to the right path. She now notices the lavender eyed girl motionless on the ground next to James. It seems like the best thing to do is to comply. She picked the girl up and was surprised of her increased strength. "Wow," she thought to herself. As she followed him, she had so many questions in her mind, but her most primal need came first. The dizziness came back. "James, I feel this unquenchable thirst and I feel frightened. I have been told I'm a Gangrel, but I'm not sure what to do."

Jacob carries the body of Koln and looks over at Ruby. "Yes, that alien hunger that you feel, you need blood. I'll explain more at the house." As you follow Jacob through the streets you feel your hunger building up inside. He leads you to a car and after placing the priest in the back seat he instructs you to do the same with the body of the girl and get in the car. "I'll be right back" he says. "It appears I dropped some of the priest's belongings along the way.

Jacob traces his steps back to the ally leaving you sitting in the car with the two humans. It's all you can do to contain yourself from feeding off of them. Jacob is gone for what seems like an eternity although it has only been about five minutes. Jacob is pretty silent the whole ride to the house, you can see that he is very tense and obviously thinking very hard about his situation. When you get to the house you take the bodies out of the car and Javob leads you up the steps and into the house.

Jacob's house is rather elaborate on the inside with fancy victorian furnature and a cozy fireplace illuminating the room. He leads you through a hallway and through a door into what looks like a laboratory. There are shelves full of chemicals of all kinds and lab tables made of steel. Jacob places the priest on one of the tables and instructs you to do the same. "We'll leave them here for now, let me show you to the kitchen, I believe I have something to quench your thirst." Jacob rumages through the fridge and produces a blood transfusion bag, "This should tide you over for the time being. Remember though, the fresh blood from a human body is our chadonnay and this transfusion bag is but a wine cooler." The old man chuckles as he heads back down the hallway.

 

[ladyphoenix]

Jacob carries the body of Koln and looks over at Ruby. "Yes, that alien hunger that you feel, you need blood. I'll explain more at the house." As you follow Jacob through the streets you feel your hunger building up inside. He leads you to a car and after placing the priest in the back seat he instructs you to do the same with the body of the girl and get in the car. "I'll be right back" he says. "It appears I dropped some of the priest's belongings along the way.

Jacob traces his steps back to the ally leaving you sitting in the car with the two humans. It's all you can do to contain yourself from feeding off of them. Jacob is gone for what seems like an eternity although it has only been about five minutes. Jacob is pretty silent the whole ride to the house, you can see that he is very tense and obviously thinking very hard about his situation. When you get to the house you take the bodies out of the car and Javob leads you up the steps and into the house.

Jacob's house is rather elaborate on the inside with fancy victorian furnature and a cozy fireplace illuminating the room. He leads you through a hallway and through a door into what looks like a laboratory. There are shelves full of chemicals of all kinds and lab tables made of steel. Jacob places the priest on one of the tables and instructs you to do the same. "We'll leave them here for now, let me show you to the kitchen, I believe I have something to quench your thirst." Jacob rumages through the fridge and produces a blood transfusion bag, "This should tide you over for the time being. Remember though, the fresh blood from a human body is our chadonnay and this transfusion bag is but a wine cooler." The old man chuckles as he heads back down the hallway.

As Jacob walked away from the kitchen, Ruby stared at the bag of blood. Her mind repulsed the idea of drinking blood, but her new primal instincts have possessed her will. It is the only way to thrive and live on. She opened the bag and lifted it high over her mouth, letting the liquid slowly stain her lips and tongue crimson. Almost instantly the dizzyness disapeared and a warm flush flooded her cheeks. The taste was not as bad as she thought, yet it probably tasted better warm and fresh, like flowing magma to the veins. Soon after, she collapsed to her knees in surrender. A red tear stained her cheek in guilt. "What abomination am I to crave human blood..."

After a few moments of contemplation, Ruby steps out of the kitchen and heads towards the laboratory. The door was slightly creeked, so she peeked inside, not knowing if it was ok to proceed in on the chemist. What seemed like hundreds of vials and bottles filled the rooms and she has seen to two unconcious beings on the tables. If Ruby has ever seen movies before, they would have reminded her of something out of Frankenstein...

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Jacob Prestor's House

As Jacob walked away from the kitchen, Ruby stared at the bag of blood. Her mind repulsed the idea of drinking blood, but her new primal instincts have possessed her will. It is the only way to thrive and live on. She opened the bag and lifted it high over her mouth, letting the liquid slowly stain her lips and tongue crimson. Almost instantly the dizzyness disapeared and a warm flush flooded her cheeks. The taste was not as bad as she thought, yet it probably tasted better warm and fresh, like flowing magma to the veins. Soon after, she collapsed to her knees in surrender. A red tear stained her cheek in guilt. "What abomination am I to crave human blood..."

After a few moments of contemplation, Ruby steps out of the kitchen and heads towards the laboratory. The door was slightly creeked, so she peeked inside, not knowing if it was ok to proceed in on the chemist. What seemed like hundreds of vials and bottles filled the rooms and she has seen to two unconcious beings on the tables. If Ruby has ever seen movies before, they would have reminded her of something out of Frankenstein...

You hear from behind the door "Come in childe". Upon entering the room you see Jacob busy at work mixing various chemicals and rummaging through various cabinets. He talks to you with his back urned contunuing on with his work, "You know why I chose you Ruby? It's because of your strong spirit and your willingness to explore and even mettle. You being here at this very moment proves that I was right in choosing you." He turns and starts going through the priest and the girl's belongings. "You mentioned clan Gangrel before. We vampires refer to the different bloodlines passed down from sire to child as clans. You and I are both of the Gangrel clan, we are the closest to "the beast" that wells up inside us all and if you ask me we are the only ones who truly realize what we are."

Jacob produces a gun from the priest's belongings and places it on the counter "What horrible devices of destruction. Lucky for us vampires though we have little to worry about with most guns, only shotguns and direct shots to the head can cause is much harm." He then comes across a few wooden stakes that the priest was carrying and places those on the counter next to the gun "These are a little more dangerouse. Contrary to legend we cannot be killed by being stabbed in the heart with these but we can be paralyzed". He finally produces viles of what seem like water, Jacob laughs "I would expect no less from a man of the cloth! This is holy water. Unless the user is of true faith then you need not worry about this at all, and for a vampire of my age it's uselss. Same goes for crosses. I'll set all these things over on the counter here. We can give them back to him when he awakes." Jacob goes back to work mixing the chemicals. "If you have any questions feel free to ask but time is short. Could you please push that button on the wall over there". He points over to a chemical hood with a button next to it against the opposite wall.

 

[ladyphoenix]

You hear from behind the door "Come in childe". Upon entering the room you see Jacob busy at work mixing various chemicals and rummaging through various cabinets. He talks to you with his back urned contunuing on with his work, "You know why I chose you Ruby? It's because of your strong spirit and your willingness to explore and even mettle. You being here at this very moment proves that I was right in choosing you." He turns and starts going through the priest and the girl's belongings. "You mentioned clan Gangrel before. We vampires refer to the different bloodlines passed down from sire to child as clans. You and I are both of the Gangrel clan, we are the closest to "the beast" that wells up inside us all and if you ask me we are the only ones who truly realize what we are."

Jacob produces a gun from the priest's belongings and places it on the counter "What horrible devices of destruction. Lucky for us vampires though we have little to worry about with most guns, only shotguns and direct shots to the head can cause is much harm." He then comes across a few wooden stakes that the priest was carrying and places those on the counter next to the gun "These are a little more dangerouse. Contrary to legend we cannot be killed by being stabbed in the heart with these but we can be paralyzed". He finally produces viles of what seem like water, Jacob laughs "I would expect no less from a man of the cloth! This is holy water. Unless the user is of true faith then you need not worry about this at all, and for a vampire of my age it's uselss. Same goes for crosses. I'll set all these things over on the counter here. We can give them back to him when he awakes." Jacob goes back to work mixing the chemicals. "If you have any questions feel free to ask but time is short. Could you please push that button on the wall over there". He points over to a chemical hood with a button next to it against the opposite wall.

Ruby somehow new she can trust him so she pushed the button on the wall. She hopes nothing bad will happen to the two people. She wondered more about "the beast."
"Is the beast an evil embodiment of what we are?" After asking that she also wanted to know about the experiment. "Why choose those two for experimentation?" She wondered about if the purpose of the experiments were for the common good of mankind and kindred alike or only for kindred.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Jacob Prestor's House

Ruby somehow new she can trust him so she pushed the button on the wall. She hopes nothing bad will happen to the two people. She wondered more about "the beast."
"Is the beast an evil embodiment of what we are?" After asking that she also wanted to know about the experiment. "Why choose those two for experimentation?" She wondered about if the purpose of the experiments were for the common good of mankind and kindred alike or only for kindred.

""The beast", it's always there. We may be able to live forever but there is a price we all must pay. "The beast" is what keeps us alive in our unlife and allows us to be not dead nor alive". When you ask about the experiment Jacob responds with "When I started my experiments I was looking for a way to cure vampirism, I felt it would be the right thing to do for those kindred who no longer wish to be bound to their unlives. Apparently my experiments angered a rather powerful kindred by the name of Thaddeus. He has been following my every move and it's all I can do to avoid his attacks. I feel that with the help of these two here we could stop Thaddeus, he is more evil than you could ever imagine and rather paranoid as well."

When you push the button on the wall the door on the chemical hood lifts up revealing an array of syringes filled with a blood-like liquid. "Bring those over here" Jacob says to you. You hand him two of the syringes. Jacob opens them up and fills them with the chemical concoctions he created. You look on with curiosity as he injects the two with the syringes. "We better get them into the basement quickly, they will begin their transformation soon. There is a trap door over here." Jacob walks over to a corner of the room and lifts up a trap door that completely escaped your discovery. Jacob tells you to wait as he carries the two bodies into the secret basement. He emerges moments later with a grim look on his face. "I hate doing this but I'm afraid this is our only option right now, we have to-". Jacob is cut off as you hear the sound of a car screeching to a halt on the road in front of the house. There is a loud knock on the door. "You better get into the basement childe, I'm not expecting visitors." You go through the trap door and into the basement and Jacob closes the trap door behind you.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Jacob Prestor's House

Koln & Clover

It was dark and it takes you a moment to realize that you are in an unfamiliar place. You manage to gather that that it is damp and cold and that you are lying on a concrete floor. You hear a scraping sound followed by a flare of light, intensely bright in contrast to the darkness. A groan sounded off to the left, and a hand moved quickly out of the darkness to snuff the match. "Are you trying to blind us?" A male voice queried from behind the hand.

"No, but we've got to see. I'll light another one." The second speaker's voice was that of a woman's. The light was not as unexpected this time, and by the light of the match you could see that there were five of you in the room. As you look around though, you feel a chill at the sight of the brick walls and concrete floor. You are no place you have ever seen before.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Jacob Prestor's House

Ruby

You hear muffled voices coming from outside the trap door but you can't make out what they are saying. You think you hear three distinct voices. You also hear voices coming down the long hallway and you can make out a light.

 

[izillama]

At the sound of the voices, Clover slowly came to her senses. She lay on the cold floor, her nose pressed flat to the damp, dank floor. It smelled like some sort of basement, and she could only imagine the mildew these walls held for her.
At first, her senses felt clouded. And there was little more she could do but stammer internally, 'What in the...? What the hell is going on?'
Slowly, she managed to open her eyes and lift her head.
It was bright.
A single flame lit a group of a few people and, as she sat up groggily, she looked around the ring of people in front of her and tried to gauge them. They were an odd mix of two men, a woman, and a female child who looked as raggedy as she felt. The woman held a match and was slowly inspecting Clover as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
How long had she been out? What had transpired since her trance had broken?
Again looking around the circle, she suddenly noticed that the second man had been the one dressed like a preacher who had saved her at the club and led her into the alleyway.
Then all had gone dark.
'What did he do to me? Did he knock me out somehow? No. There was someone behind me just then. And this man was just as confused as I was. But he looks terrible now. What happened to him? He looks like he went through some sort of war. Or at least a nasty bar fight.'
To her right, she heard a whimper erupt from the little girl. She looked about as frightened as Clover felt. Feebly, she sat flat against the wall hugging her legs to her chest and slowly rocking back and forth, as though crazed. The child was in a nightgown, as though she had been torn from her safe, warm bed. Every so often, she would sniffle, and the woman in the group would shush her. The woman didn't seem to be the girl's mother, though. It merely seemed as though the five of them had been thrown together by force, and possibly for some evil purpose.
'We are most definitely underground. Judging by the temperature, we're far further underground than a simple basement, too. It seems like a basement. I can hear voices from above. But no. It feels more like a tomb. Will we die here? Underground and far from the eyes of authority? Will anyone come looking for us? Will anyone ever find us... either alive or dead?'
Clover found it a cruel irony that she had begun the evening looking to end her own life. And now, faced with just that, she felt a sudden desire to live.
Or to at least be able to take her fate into her own hands.
Finally, after assessing the information, she decided it was time to talk. She turned to the young man who was dressed like a preacher, feeling that she was the only one who still seemed rather calm in the face of possible death and entombment, "What happened to us? Do you know where we are?"
His eyes stared at her and she read him like a book: he was sorry that they had ever met and wished that she wasn't there with him.
She wished the same.
Suddenly, she winced and realized that her arm stung a bit as she moved. It was slightly red and puffy, as though she had received an injection. A wave of horror washed over her as she realized that something was terribly wrong. Panicking, she reverted back to her first instinct: to demand an answer, "What the devil is going on!?"