Bright Lights, Bloody Nights, Big City: Vampire Game Thread

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:44 pm

As she works the blood and heals..something, Holden smiles somewhat sardonically. "Well, that's a goo-"

The scream. tortured.

"...start?" He sighs and shakes his head. It'll be a rough first night, and even then he's got to get her someplace to sleep during the daytime lest she become crispy fried. He drags the stool over to where she sits. "Shattered visage is the birthright of the Nosferatu. I guess a shattered leg is what is left in yer stocking on Christmas day."

"Indeed it was a good start. And you already have your ..eating habits down. Perhaps we should fetch you some more." He pulls out a pocketwatch to investigate the time. "There is much to learn in the first night, 'n we don't want to be accounted for when the sun rises. Come."

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:17 pm

Cassie's whisper returns. "Help me" Small. Weak. Feeble.

Then Mary pushes forward from the shadows, and Holden can see why she screamed. Her nose is literally eating itself away. Soon, within an hour or two, she will have no nose. The cavity has completely collapsed, and the skin itself is decaying to nothingness.

Mary nods her head yes, her face, as it is decaying, still looks taut with paion and fear. By will alone is she not screaming out in agony. But her teeth are clentched. Mary lets her hate and anger distract her from the matter at hand, fueling away from the pain. "Then what are we waiting for?" The voice coos, still lovely.

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:22 pm

Holden stands and offers a slight bow. "Tonight we learn the tricks of the trade; a crash course, if you will. It will have to be convincing, however. We have precious time and much to do before you are ....presentable." With that, he turns and leads her from the building to the alley, where the carcass of human lies. "This, miss, is what we call a 'clusterfuck.' See also, a breach of the Masquerade. Now, You wouldn't want all of humanity to find out about us and tear us to shreds now, woulja?"

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:27 pm

He trudged back to the meeting place, his mind coldly assessing his options.

No quick victory now.

This was war, and it was going to be long, protracted, and brutal. It was going to be clan against clan.

Might as well start it off right. But that was going to take some work.

He waited for the Freak to get back.

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:27 pm

Marcus got to the rendevous point a few minutes after Wright. When he saw the man he waved. "Get anything?"

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:30 pm

"Jack and shit," he said. For Wright, he was strangely calm and composed. Rather than the usual tempest of energy, he seemed almost... thoughtful. "You?"

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:33 pm

Marcus shook his head "It's gonna take some time to find the sewer dwellers and get info from them." Marcus looked over Wright. "You gonna need a place to stay for a few nights?"

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:36 pm

He looked at the Freak for a long moment. Taking an offer of haven was a boon, a debt.

Ah well, if worse came to worse he could always just fuck him over on it.

"Yeah, sure. Let's show this little fucker what a real war is."

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:36 pm

Neither Cassie nor Mary understand the difference, having been ghouled under the man who caused this. "I don't understand. And what do you mean, presentable?"

Charon · Post by **Charon** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:39 pm

Marcus smiled, looking forward to it. The two headed back to Wright's bar. Wright stayed a few blocks away while Marcus passed by police and reporters. Stating that he had seen nothing, thank God for dark clothes on a dark night to cover up blood stains. He got the car and drove off, picking up Wright they headed back to Marcus's haven and spent the rest of the night bouncing ideas on how to wage this war off of each other.

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:51 pm

"There is a heirarchy and a set of rules that we must uphold, lest our former kin of the living realize what is out there and actually doing something about it. Now, yer everyday bastard isn't gonna think much of it, but there are those out there who live 'n breathe this stuff. Come 'n slay us while we're sleeping and none the wiser. So, now that we have here a body that looks like it was the victim of a stampede, what can we do 'bout it?

Let's call it a rousing game of 'let's hide the bodies.'"

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:54 pm

Mary growls under her breath. "What the hell could that piece do to me when I was hungry? Nothing. Why does it matter whether they know about this? Cassie knew something about goings on, and she was afraid."

Mary reaches her hand up to her face and literally wipes away pieces of what was once her nose.

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:03 pm

"...You've seen cows, right? Seen 'em scared? How they just kinda run 'n run... 'n run.. hell they'll run offa cliffs, into fences, wire with barbs as long as my li'l finger. Mortals are irrational and will come upon us en force. One fat li'l man with no idea what he's facing is dinner. Ten with torches, pitchforks.. five minutes 'til that sun comes up... All they'd have to do is wait 'n we're worse off 'n the Germans."

He remains fixated upon her rather than the decaying flesh, ignoring what the Beast inside would recommend..

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:11 pm

Stupid hick, Mary considers. If you are stupid enough to rile up the cows, you get what you deserve.

Cassie hushes Mary, "Don't you see what is what he is trying to explain?" She appreciates the analogy.

She nods slowly.

Mary asks, "So how do we get rid of the bodies? Do we...eat them?" Makes sense to her, but she is new to this. Sustinence and meat is something still remaining from her mortal mind.

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:20 pm

Holden slowly smiles. Good student, nice student..

"Generally speakin', miss, you don't drink ta kill. Imagine you're in the finest resturaunt in Paris, of all places. They have a table lined up with a bonanza of the richest and lovely lookin' eats you could ever imagine. They give you a plate you can load up on, but the rules are, you can't finish any one tray of food off. You do, you have to not only remove 'n wash the dish, but you have to fix the others so they look nice too. Ya follow?"

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:23 pm

Mary looks at him blankly as skin from her nose begins to drip down her face. "No, what the HELL are you TALKING about?"

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:30 pm

Holden levels. "Stash the body some way that it either looks like an accident, or somewhere nobody would look. When ya feed, you don't kill, or ya expose us all and risk having every two-bit 'vampire expert' as well as your own blood comin' to end you."

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:33 pm

Vampire? This is the first time she has heard it mentioned outloud. Vampire? Is that what she is? Thank goodness Cassie is not around to hear this.

"When I killed him, it was so easy. How would I keep someone alive?" Disposing of the bodies makes sense. Not killing someone you are eating seems absolutely impossible.

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:55 pm

"It becomes easier, in time... I'll be more than glad to show ya, but first, what do we do with this schmuck?" He gestured. "Poor bastard probably had it comin', what with walkin' down a dark alley."

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:57 pm

But it felt so good. So natural. Her muscles contort and her hands freeze upwards, as she graples for control. "The river?"

imperfect vision · Post by **imperfect vision** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:02 pm

"Is it close?" He makes a face at the prospect of having to haul the body very far. Nowadays murders and mutilated bodies winding up as fish food were common; he was not too worried about that. Besides, the man could have fallen in..

Bratty · Post by **Bratty** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:05 pm

She hacks suddenly as her body contorts. "I don't know..." Twitch, twitch. Pain laces her tone, but she continues to speak. "I just came to Chicago myself. I think it is a lake, actually."

As she is speaking, her nails are beginning to grow into rather grotesque talons.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:53 pm

Wright made his way from Marcus' haven later that night, heading for Samson's. He headed for the back entrance and requested entry.

Cynical Cat · Post by **Cynical Cat** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:13 pm

Wright's preternatural presence allowed him entrance to the hotel which would normally refuse him entry outright in his battered and bloody clothing. The brass doors of the elevator closed and he ascended to Samson's suite. Three security goons, humans or ghouls, let him in.

Samson was wearing dark pants and a pinstripped shirt with the sleeves rolled up. The vampire put down the phone as Wright got in. "I just heard you got hit. We need to talk."

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:15 pm

"Yeah," he said, still in that eerily calm mood. "It was a good shot the fucker laid on me," he continued, almost a tinge of respect in his tone.

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