[VtR][Mature] Born into Darkness: Arc 1

[WarShrike]

"Fine. Where to then?" asks Biggs as he eases himself into the driver's seat.

 

[Graf]

The group sits in the car with the engine rumbling, a block across the street a tired looking man in a suit flags down a taxi.

"But if Nice & co. are scared to go into "Lupine" territory, i guess it's best avoided until we know we can handle it. "

[sblock=Beth, Cole, Diego]You remember the following conversation. (Cole's roll|Diego's Roll)

His sire may be Merchant.
Who. The. F___. is Merchant?
Beard. Skinny guy. Blond. Blackcoat interjects.
LB raises an eyebrow.
Beast's a coyot.
Coyote? He's been gone for years. It's a stupid...
He's back. Probably.
LB is on his feet heading toward Nice.
Now youh tell me? Youh keep'n s___ from me boy?
I just found out.
LB snags Nice by his poncho pulling him off his feet and up to eye level.
He's in Freedmont. Past the barrens. There is an undignified note of pleading in Nice's voice.
LB holds Nice for a long minute.
It's the edge of Lupine territory right.
Ah know that. Why you tell'n me things ah know.
He knows too. That we don't go there. He's been there, a few months at least. I just found out. He's staying at the Redthorn. Using his own name.

At no point does the word "scared" appear.[/sblock]

 

[Graf]

"Leave Vanderchild alone for a bit. I have some things I want to do first. Like find out some more from the new "underground" I'm trying to learn." Diego plays with his knife, then finally gets bored and sheaths it. "I might as well just tell ya, Vanderchild may be rather.......... rough. If it's like I think it is, he could be one of the important ones."

[sblock=OOC]Thanks for putting this off. There's still some past stuff we need to roleplay out. I'll try to get a post up today finishing off your acquisition of Nightmare * and then moving on.[/sblock]

 

[Festy_Dog]

"What about you, Beth? Want to get started on tracking down yours?" Archer had the holdout in hand, and was removing the unspent cartridges one by one to inspect them, "No rush though if you don't feel like it, we don't exactly have a derth of things to get done."

He returned the cartridges to their chambers, seemingly satisfied, and pocketed the revolver once more.

 

[industrygothica]

"What about you, Beth? Want to get started on tracking down yours?" Archer had the holdout in hand, and was removing the unspent cartridges one by one to inspect them, "No rush though if you don't feel like it, we don't exactly have a derth of things to get done."

He returned the cartridges to their chambers, seemingly satisfied, and pocketed the revolver once more.

"Constance?" Beth seems to awaken from her thoughts. "No use, you're not going to find her." Beth stares deep into Archer's eyes as she speaks. Her words are empty but her eyes are not, and over and over she repeats in her head, trying to relay the secret message by whatever bond they seem to have. Talk. Alone.

[sblock=ooc]Don't even know if that's possible, but I figure with the link they shared earlier, it's worth a shot. At the very least maybe he'll notice that something's not right with her and start asking questions.[/sblock]

 

[Graf]

"Constance?" Beth seems to awaken from her thoughts. "No use, you're not going to find her." Beth stares deep into Archer's eyes as she speaks. Her words are empty but her eyes are not, and over and over she repeats in her head, trying to relay the secret message by whatever bond they seem to have. Talk. Alone.

[sblock=Unnoticed communication]Beth does a decent job of appearing normal.Archer has the [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1502281/]very strong impression that Beth has something that she wants to talk to him but not in front of the others about something related to her sire.

None of the other characters notice anything unusual.[/sblock]

[sblock=ooc]Don't even know if that's possible, but I figure with the link they shared earlier, it's worth a shot. At the very least maybe he'll notice that something's not right with her and start asking questions.[/sblock]

[sblock=ooc]Beth's experienced a weird "connection effect" that triggered disciplines once with Archer (Auspex *) and once with Diego (Obf *).

She probably doesn't know that Archer sensed anything Diego when Diego triggered *; and vise versa. (Just because the experience was necessarily overwhelming for her, and there was a relatively large amount going on what with people getting ready for a possible fight, etc.)

Of course, being of the same clan, experiencing her sire's telepathy before, etc etc there are plenty of reasons that Beth might think she might be able to communicate with Archer in a non verbal way.

And, in fact, it's clear from the look in Archer's eyes that he got her message. [/sblock]

 

[OnlytheStrong]

"You can find anyone, anywhere. It's a matter of if you are ready for it. I don't know if ya'll have figure this out yet or not, but even when we are left "alone" we ain't "alone." Someone always knows where you are, what your doing. The kindred that can simply disappear off their radar............ are the ones we shouldn't be f-ing with." Diego simply looks ahead, seemingly to nowhere. "I ain't never been in a situation where they let ya go free like this when you're new. Usually ya got a guide until you have proven yourself. Sorta like Nice was at first. Nah, we're not alone and we're not hidden. Matter of fact................. I bet I know a good way to find people."

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Constance?" Beth seems to awaken from her thoughts. "No use, you're not going to find her." Beth stares deep into Archer's eyes as she speaks. Her words are empty but her eyes are not, and over and over she repeats in her head, trying to relay the secret message by whatever bond they seem to have. Talk. Alone.

Something was up. Her eyes spoke something different to what was being said.

"I understand," Archer said, whether he was responding to the spoken or unspoken was unclear.

"Beth's isn't an option at present," he announced matter-of-factly, making sure everyone in the car heard clearly, "Neither is Vanderchild, and assuming these 'lupines' bar attempts to investigate Biggs' case then we're left with following up Cole's case, or if not that, continuing with mine or going... 'home'."

Archer's sentiments about the mansion's basement were not ambiguous.

 

[WarShrike]

"If nothing else springs to mind, we can always go back to the house. I'm sure our hosts will be eager to hear about all they didn't find at Celeste's. It's bound to piss em off quite a bit." says Biggs with a grin.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Cole Braddock

“While others maybe more straight forward, mine, while at first, requires a more delicate touch.” Says the old smuggler. “The world has changed, and old associates have done well to adaptate. Re-establishing contact with them will take…. time.”

OOC: I see the begining of Cole's path really requiring only Archer. The others will just be left hanging in the background. If there is nothing left to do, then we can begin with his tonight. But it will definately require more than one half night to accomplish.