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So we should be doing a Dark Ages 1 (or maybe 2) parter this Fri to see what the new rules are like. It will be set not long after the point we last saw the characters at the end of Iberia By Night. See the last update for a recap through the link below or I will attack you with hammers.
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mod.livejournal.comFor the attention of Thomas Thomason.
The trail for Saul had seemingly come to an abrupt terminus with the Owls losing track of him somewhere in the vicinity of the Succubus Club. A variety of methods and modes were looked into, but nobody could shed light on the wherabouts of mysterious Cainite named Arthur or the hunter named Saul. Suspicions began to flare: Perhaps Arthur and Saul were in cahoots?
Fredegar decided that one way to learn more might be found by speaking with Brendon, the Succubus club manager. Brendon advised Fredegar of the reward of $5,000 for the capture or death of the transgressor and Fredegar managed to get a look at the tapes from the camera pointing at the Elysium toilets during and around the time of the slaying. They showed Arthur following Saul's son, Isaac, and they did not show Arthur leaving by the same route.
Free Fallin'
As Fredegar left Brennon's private suite and made his way out of the club, a scream was heard as a somewhat familiar sight began to unfold. Upon one of the hanging dance floors a young girl was being eviscerated and her body was dropped to the ground level dance floor. The perpetrator, Arthur Gonzales, made his escape upwards into the rafters and through a window near the roof. Not entirely certain about the particular course of action, Fredegar began a pursuit.
Cat on a hot tin roof
And so a highly improbable, but exciting Hollywood rooftop chase scene ensued, with Fredegar at last able to engage in some leaping strongly assisted with Potence. Naturally all under cover of Obfuscate. All was going well until, on one rooftop seemingly containing naught but a Rooftop Pigeon Coop stood a man with his weapon drawn.
Tossing his humanity out the back window (a cocnsience can after all simply be inconvenient and dangerous) Fredegar continued his pursuit, moving to hamstring the man who had been surprised during his rooftop self-training by a insane vampire, but instead taking off his foot and lower leg.
With that done, Fredegar managed to track Arthur to an old abandoned apartment building, filled with an overwhelming stench of decay and death. For a while, that cat on the hot tin roof became a deadly game of cat and cat as both supernatural hunters prowled the building in search of the other. Fredegar caught site of Arthur, clinging on above a door frame and opened fire. Arthur, suddenly aware of Fredegar began a viscious counter assault which was dodged by Fredegar before collapsing to the floor and slowly beginning to rot.
A surprising turn of events, and Fredegar's immediate response was to drain Arthur to his last drop of blood and carry his dessicated corpse back over the roof tops of Chicago to present evidence of his slaying and to collect his reward. After so doing, he went back and got medical help for Ghost Dog as a token gesture of kindness.
Painting the town red
Anthonio decided to make his way to the Succubus club, but was struck by an urge to enter a smaller Yuppie-ish bar with a large fireplace and open fire as its main attraction. Overcoming a sense of dread at the open flames he walked in and began to soak in the atmosphere. Unfortunately a log rolled off the open fire, landed on some magazines and before long the whole place was a hellish inferno. As Anthonio fleed he gets a sense of deja vu as the scene he leaves behind is entirely like a dream he had had as a young boy.
The strange woman
In addition to that weirdness, Anthonio received a rather strange call from a young woman who seemed overly familiar with him. This was a little disturbing and she seemed to be trying to arrange a date with him.
Later, on the same lines, he had a sort of vision of giving his telephone number to an attractive woman who grabbed his arm in the Succubus Club. The vision is disturbed by a phone call. The same woman, only this time she seems disturbed that he didn't meet her at the Club last night.
Only the Succubus Club is closed due to the high frequency of bloody murders taking place there. Very odd.
Of Dogs, Drugs, and Derring-do
The coterie decided that the Succubus Club's full security tapes held the key to all their woes. Anthonio volunteered to break in, and a few minutes later returned - telling the coterie that there was no point doing it and attempted to leave. An attempt to bribe Anthonio with Copiously Cained Cocaine filled Canine was not enough - though Anthonio did take the dying dog and put it in his glove box to give his car a certain 'dead dog' odour. Fredegar also entered the club with the intent of theft on his mind only to change his mind mid action and leave. Gideon deduced that there must be some kind of security system in place set up by Brennon, and cutting their losses they left the scene.
Annoyingly everybody felt as if they were getting up a little late. It was making them kind of grumpy.
Watch it!
While playing a gig with Baby Chorus a waitress spilled a drink on Gideon, but he was able to control his rising beast and shrug the incident off. However, while at the Purple Ocelot Tongue in Gary - the new business name for Fredegar's outfit - he was approached by two girls who offered him $10,000 cash for two litres of his vitae. Gideon refused the offer and followed the girls, who seemed to speak with their benefactor on a payphone before returning to their standard homes.
A rose by any other name
A man with almond eyes gave Fredegar a rose, before walking off muttering insanities under his breath. This infuriated him. But he kept cool
The Groom
Near to his Chicago haven, Fredegar saw a man threatening to jump off a building. A crowd had gathered and seemed to be encouraging the man to jump. Those bastards. This infuriated Fredegar, but once again he quitened his bloody beast. Instead he kept close to the man, unnoticed as is his way, ready to intervene should the wost happen. It didn't, and emergency services were able to talk the man down. He had been jilted at the old altar. Like a bastard. INFURIATING!
Violent Bloody Death
While out looking for a dog to Frankenstein, Trilobyte got more than he bargained for. A pack of seemingly stray nay wild dogs gave chase. They chased him down an alleyway, decorated with little but for a corpse, hanging by barbed wire from a fire escape. Trilobyte investigated immediately, Bio-forenso-thaumaturgy, level 9 style. The results were conclusive - the guy was dead. Gruesomely so.
Rampant Hell
A crazy old guy began to rant about damnation and hell and souls and demons and the like at Trilobyte. It was kind of annoying but after a while the old man went away.
The Doctor
Thomas Thomson, PI, newly embraced Toreador, found himself the recipient of an invite to meet The Doctor at Chicago University. This he did, where he met Critias who grilled him on his stance on ethics and morality as well as law and virtue. He didn't seem overly appeased and warned him that he will be SCRUTIN EYE SED!
Cheese!
Infuriatingly Thomas woke up late again. Worse, someone had just taken a photograph of him!? By the time full consciousness had asserted itself Thomas was too late to give meaningful chase.
Children in Need
While out on convoy one fateful night they did happen to see a certain Scottie Cartwright interviewing a four year old girl. A modicum of investigation revealed the girl to be a vampire and she was quite terrified of "Scary Mr. Edwards", and was in need of a "drinkie". Playing on his paranoia and trust(!) Gideon managed to rid themselves of the Scottie problem and went, along with Trilobyte, to take to young girl to the Prince.
The rest of the coterie investigated the Orphange from which the young girl had claimed she had walked. Within its confines none other than Neally sat, weeping blood tears as fearful children huddled in one corner of that terrible cold dormitory. With a wink and whistle and he-haw-ho, the mighty coterie...no I can't keep it up. They briefly probed Neally who seemed to express regret, but upon learning that Gideon was going to tattle tale on him, he fled. Pursued in perhaps the most farcical chase scene I've ever been involved in, Neally was shot at, jogged next to and he eventually jumped into Anthonio's car who was kerb crawling next to him.
Thomas Thomson began calling in favours to have the police redirect Anthonio's car now containing Fredegar and Neally to Lodin's place. Furiously they began to plot.
Lodin, upon learning of the accusation demanded immediate proof and called for DuSable to test Becky, the child they had taken to him. The results confirmed, Becky was Lodin's own Grandchilde and Lodin called an immediate, but regrettable Bloodhunt on his former chief aide.
Eventually, Anthonio, Fredegar and Neally made it back to his place - Gideon had arranged to meet there. Neally was getting itchy. Gideon and Thomas burst into Anthonio's apartment side by side, Gideon pointing a weapon at Neally - Thomas began to light a Molotov Cocktail of some kind and the fur really started flying. In due course, to add to the confusion as friend and foe alternately pointed guns at one another, Trilobyte arrived and Neally was head shrunk and staked while Thomas was also staked.
They looked around, restraining Anthonio from attempting to indiscriminately torture their captives, and wondered. "How the fuck do we deal with this shit?"
The trail for Saul had seemingly come to an abrupt terminus with the Owls losing track of him somewhere in the vicinity of the Succubus Club. A variety of methods and modes were looked into, but nobody could shed light on the wherabouts of mysterious Cainite named Arthur or the hunter named Saul. Suspicions began to flare: Perhaps Arthur and Saul were in cahoots?
Fredegar decided that one way to learn more might be found by speaking with Brendon, the Succubus club manager. Brendon advised Fredegar of the reward of $5,000 for the capture or death of the transgressor and Fredegar managed to get a look at the tapes from the camera pointing at the Elysium toilets during and around the time of the slaying. They showed Arthur following Saul's son, Isaac, and they did not show Arthur leaving by the same route.
Free Fallin'
As Fredegar left Brennon's private suite and made his way out of the club, a scream was heard as a somewhat familiar sight began to unfold. Upon one of the hanging dance floors a young girl was being eviscerated and her body was dropped to the ground level dance floor. The perpetrator, Arthur Gonzales, made his escape upwards into the rafters and through a window near the roof. Not entirely certain about the particular course of action, Fredegar began a pursuit.
Cat on a hot tin roof
And so a highly improbable, but exciting Hollywood rooftop chase scene ensued, with Fredegar at last able to engage in some leaping strongly assisted with Potence. Naturally all under cover of Obfuscate. All was going well until, on one rooftop seemingly containing naught but a Rooftop Pigeon Coop stood a man with his weapon drawn.
Tossing his humanity out the back window (a cocnsience can after all simply be inconvenient and dangerous) Fredegar continued his pursuit, moving to hamstring the man who had been surprised during his rooftop self-training by a insane vampire, but instead taking off his foot and lower leg.
With that done, Fredegar managed to track Arthur to an old abandoned apartment building, filled with an overwhelming stench of decay and death. For a while, that cat on the hot tin roof became a deadly game of cat and cat as both supernatural hunters prowled the building in search of the other. Fredegar caught site of Arthur, clinging on above a door frame and opened fire. Arthur, suddenly aware of Fredegar began a viscious counter assault which was dodged by Fredegar before collapsing to the floor and slowly beginning to rot.
A surprising turn of events, and Fredegar's immediate response was to drain Arthur to his last drop of blood and carry his dessicated corpse back over the roof tops of Chicago to present evidence of his slaying and to collect his reward. After so doing, he went back and got medical help for Ghost Dog as a token gesture of kindness.
Down time
Painting the town red
Anthonio decided to make his way to the Succubus club, but was struck by an urge to enter a smaller Yuppie-ish bar with a large fireplace and open fire as its main attraction. Overcoming a sense of dread at the open flames he walked in and began to soak in the atmosphere. Unfortunately a log rolled off the open fire, landed on some magazines and before long the whole place was a hellish inferno. As Anthonio fleed he gets a sense of deja vu as the scene he leaves behind is entirely like a dream he had had as a young boy.
The strange woman
In addition to that weirdness, Anthonio received a rather strange call from a young woman who seemed overly familiar with him. This was a little disturbing and she seemed to be trying to arrange a date with him.
Later, on the same lines, he had a sort of vision of giving his telephone number to an attractive woman who grabbed his arm in the Succubus Club. The vision is disturbed by a phone call. The same woman, only this time she seems disturbed that he didn't meet her at the Club last night.
Only the Succubus Club is closed due to the high frequency of bloody murders taking place there. Very odd.
Of Dogs, Drugs, and Derring-do
The coterie decided that the Succubus Club's full security tapes held the key to all their woes. Anthonio volunteered to break in, and a few minutes later returned - telling the coterie that there was no point doing it and attempted to leave. An attempt to bribe Anthonio with Copiously Cained Cocaine filled Canine was not enough - though Anthonio did take the dying dog and put it in his glove box to give his car a certain 'dead dog' odour. Fredegar also entered the club with the intent of theft on his mind only to change his mind mid action and leave. Gideon deduced that there must be some kind of security system in place set up by Brennon, and cutting their losses they left the scene.
Annoyingly everybody felt as if they were getting up a little late. It was making them kind of grumpy.
Watch it!
While playing a gig with Baby Chorus a waitress spilled a drink on Gideon, but he was able to control his rising beast and shrug the incident off. However, while at the Purple Ocelot Tongue in Gary - the new business name for Fredegar's outfit - he was approached by two girls who offered him $10,000 cash for two litres of his vitae. Gideon refused the offer and followed the girls, who seemed to speak with their benefactor on a payphone before returning to their standard homes.
A rose by any other name
A man with almond eyes gave Fredegar a rose, before walking off muttering insanities under his breath. This infuriated him. But he kept cool
The Groom
Near to his Chicago haven, Fredegar saw a man threatening to jump off a building. A crowd had gathered and seemed to be encouraging the man to jump. Those bastards. This infuriated Fredegar, but once again he quitened his bloody beast. Instead he kept close to the man, unnoticed as is his way, ready to intervene should the wost happen. It didn't, and emergency services were able to talk the man down. He had been jilted at the old altar. Like a bastard. INFURIATING!
Violent Bloody Death
While out looking for a dog to Frankenstein, Trilobyte got more than he bargained for. A pack of seemingly stray nay wild dogs gave chase. They chased him down an alleyway, decorated with little but for a corpse, hanging by barbed wire from a fire escape. Trilobyte investigated immediately, Bio-forenso-thaumaturgy, level 9 style. The results were conclusive - the guy was dead. Gruesomely so.
Rampant Hell
A crazy old guy began to rant about damnation and hell and souls and demons and the like at Trilobyte. It was kind of annoying but after a while the old man went away.
The Doctor
Thomas Thomson, PI, newly embraced Toreador, found himself the recipient of an invite to meet The Doctor at Chicago University. This he did, where he met Critias who grilled him on his stance on ethics and morality as well as law and virtue. He didn't seem overly appeased and warned him that he will be SCRUTIN EYE SED!
Cheese!
Infuriatingly Thomas woke up late again. Worse, someone had just taken a photograph of him!? By the time full consciousness had asserted itself Thomas was too late to give meaningful chase.
Children in Need
While out on convoy one fateful night they did happen to see a certain Scottie Cartwright interviewing a four year old girl. A modicum of investigation revealed the girl to be a vampire and she was quite terrified of "Scary Mr. Edwards", and was in need of a "drinkie". Playing on his paranoia and trust(!) Gideon managed to rid themselves of the Scottie problem and went, along with Trilobyte, to take to young girl to the Prince.
The rest of the coterie investigated the Orphange from which the young girl had claimed she had walked. Within its confines none other than Neally sat, weeping blood tears as fearful children huddled in one corner of that terrible cold dormitory. With a wink and whistle and he-haw-ho, the mighty coterie...no I can't keep it up. They briefly probed Neally who seemed to express regret, but upon learning that Gideon was going to tattle tale on him, he fled. Pursued in perhaps the most farcical chase scene I've ever been involved in, Neally was shot at, jogged next to and he eventually jumped into Anthonio's car who was kerb crawling next to him.
Thomas Thomson began calling in favours to have the police redirect Anthonio's car now containing Fredegar and Neally to Lodin's place. Furiously they began to plot.
Lodin, upon learning of the accusation demanded immediate proof and called for DuSable to test Becky, the child they had taken to him. The results confirmed, Becky was Lodin's own Grandchilde and Lodin called an immediate, but regrettable Bloodhunt on his former chief aide.
Eventually, Anthonio, Fredegar and Neally made it back to his place - Gideon had arranged to meet there. Neally was getting itchy. Gideon and Thomas burst into Anthonio's apartment side by side, Gideon pointing a weapon at Neally - Thomas began to light a Molotov Cocktail of some kind and the fur really started flying. In due course, to add to the confusion as friend and foe alternately pointed guns at one another, Trilobyte arrived and Neally was head shrunk and staked while Thomas was also staked.
They looked around, restraining Anthonio from attempting to indiscriminately torture their captives, and wondered. "How the fuck do we deal with this shit?"
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mod.livejournal.comThe Auction
After establishing that the west end theatre district was a no-feeding zone, a discussion about who should attend the Auction took place.
"Shut Julian, go on 'ave another curry ya Curry', Derek reasoned. And with that Julian and Roarke headed to the Auction house - leaving Natasha, Amber and Derek to look after Lodin.
At the auction house, after admiring its dark gothic stereotype, the two ghouls managed to get a look at the journal they had been sent to collect. One entry stood out,
Mail delivery finally caught up with us today and the men were much cheered as usual. My greatest delight, though, was a memo from A. relating that another fragment of the so-called Book of Nod has been...
The bidding begins and quickly reaches £8,000 before a gentleman enters a new bid of over £24,000 conceding the ghoul's slight counter-bid immediately before leaving. An attempt to follow him failed. Since Roarke did not have the final amount in cash, he arranged a fund transfer and to collect the journal that evening.
Back at the hotel, Derek, Natasha and Amber are surprised to be given a complimentary breakfast by room service. Suspicious they examine for any sign of hostility, and although he seemed shifty he did not act in any way and quietly left.
After reconvening the retainers learn that the person at the auction may be "Heath Quinn" as per the Queen's switchboard ghoul. Unnerved Lodin urges they leave for the evening at make arrangements to stay elsewhere, just in case.
While the others are taking in a show, Roarke is sent to the Auction house. After collecting the journal he is intercepted by Heath Quinn and shot point blank in the heart. Preserved beyond most men's endurance by Lodin's blood Roarke hears the gloats of his killer "Lodin said he would send you out on your own sometime during this trip. I just had to wait for the right time."
After the show, the remaining retainers arrive at the Queen of London's pubilc haven/mansion. They soon become ancillary to the concerns of Lodin and they resume the role of cast-off anonymous tools - it would be showing weakness if Lodin were to see to his Retainer's comforts. Once Lodin had been shown through, they are shown to a recreation room but on the way they get insight into the nature of this 'secret business' that Lodin was so keen to keep quiet at all costs. The business that had taken them across the ocean on a dangerous trip filled with faux-explosives, strange auctions, and they will eventually learn, the life of one of their colleagues/house mates. The business that required the Prince of Chicago, the indomitable Lodin, to travel to London to personally deal with...
Anne: So, Prince Lodin, I'm glad you have arrived. Did you encounter any problems during your journey?
Lodin: None, my lady, that troubled me to any degree.
Anne: Excellent. Well then, what is your business with me?
Lodin: No business. I just thought to challenge you to another game of chess. I rather fancy I have made a breakthrough concerning the use of pawns.
The Chantry
Trilobyte wanted to get data to the lab, and Anthonio wanted to chill out after his intense night and day. Anthonio headed for the Succubus club for a little conversation and little bit of dancing, and perhaps a bite to eat, just for fun.
Trilobyte got onto the cable car system. In a drastic confusion of stupid American lingo, historically Chicago did not have an actual cable car system. What they call cable cars are actually trams. Since I thought they were describing an Aerial Tramway, that is what I envisioned - and it's there to stay. I guess that explains why I could never find any damn cool pictures.
He stepped off at an out of commission station and quickly headed to the backdoor of a Library, focussing to slip past the wards in place before heading into a guilded side chamber. Projecting his will into a symbol in the centre of a geometric patter painted onto the wall, Trilobyte was teleported to the true Chantry. He spoke with his sire, Seventh Level Apprentice Abraham DuSable and gave him a sample of the blood obtained at the 'safehouse'. DuSable was amazed by what he tasted and wanted to know everything about the circumstances surrounding the blood as the ramifications were...enormous. He urged Trilobyte to go crazy, melting the faces of the vast throbbing Primogen whilst keeping his eyes open for further information surrounding this blood and its host.
Before leaving, First Circle Apprentice McJiggins investigated what data he had managed to retain from the Prince's computer, scouring the records for Johann's haven details before packing up and going to meet with Anthonio at the Succubus club.
Loose lips sink ships
Anthonio decided to pay Thornhill a visit to discuss the situation with the Prince. Thornhill was entertaining another guest, Annabelle Treabelle - an attractive blonde woman in her early 30s with sky blue eyes. Anthonio began to speak freely to Thornhill of Lodin's disappearance, admitting that he was aware he was told to keep it quiet. When Annabelle scolded Anthonio, his lack of deference (or perhaps anger at the original offense) caused her to fly into a terrible rage - her beast unleashed. It was with God-like self-control she did not slay him outright, but she demanded his death all the same. Thornhill, obviously uncomfortable as judge and juror, attempted to calm Annabelle. What efforts he could muster convinced Annabelle to use her will to Dominate Anthonio's. She forbade him to speak of the issue ever again and sent him away suitably chastised.
At the bar he met with Gordon Keaton, a tall dark handsome Kindred with obvious Anarch leanings. He suggested some victims who were ripe and they began their hunt. It was unfortunately cut short by Trilobytes arrival and instead they both decided that next stop worth investigating was the woods. Taking advantage of Trilobyte's absentmindedness, Anthonio succumbed to a strange but compelling desire to go somewhere completely different and had Trilobyte follow him.
The Underground
Gideon sought refuge in the sewers with Jurgis. Jurgis left Gideon for a while but later returned with two Nosferatu children named Peter and Tammy had found the location of a kidnapped vampire. "The place is booby trapped", the warned but agreed to show Gideon what they had found.
The path to salvation? The road to nightmares.
Fredegar sought the one named Johann. Though they talked at length, Johann was unwilling to divulge many specifics about any vampires and doubly so with regards to Damien. Fredegar, though at a dead end, did manage to learn something of the mindset of those that travel the path to Golconda like his own sire.
Deciding to check out the one remaining lead, Fredegar headed on out to the forrest land that had been marked as the site of mystical activities. About an hour north-west of Chicago, lay a copse of woods about 50 acres in size. Carefully, stealthily, obfuscatedly, Fredegar made his way into the trees. A bird servant keeping watch for approaching man-sized beings. And Fredegar heard an approaching oviform. Trying to hide, he was still forced to dive heroically to aviod the blasted Ram that bore down upon him and before he could react, the ram had butted him in the leg causing searing agony to tear through Fredegar's bones. Facing off, Ram and Nos, a few faints were issued, and the Ram seemed unwilling or unaware to apply the lightening speed it had demonstrated ealier. Finally, Fredegar, griveoulsy and groinfully wounded, gave into his beast and destroyed the terrible goat before crawling, blood soaked, back to the car and the awaiting Balthazar.
After establishing that the west end theatre district was a no-feeding zone, a discussion about who should attend the Auction took place.
"Shut Julian, go on 'ave another curry ya Curry', Derek reasoned. And with that Julian and Roarke headed to the Auction house - leaving Natasha, Amber and Derek to look after Lodin.
At the auction house, after admiring its dark gothic stereotype, the two ghouls managed to get a look at the journal they had been sent to collect. One entry stood out,
Mail delivery finally caught up with us today and the men were much cheered as usual. My greatest delight, though, was a memo from A. relating that another fragment of the so-called Book of Nod has been...
The bidding begins and quickly reaches £8,000 before a gentleman enters a new bid of over £24,000 conceding the ghoul's slight counter-bid immediately before leaving. An attempt to follow him failed. Since Roarke did not have the final amount in cash, he arranged a fund transfer and to collect the journal that evening.
Back at the hotel, Derek, Natasha and Amber are surprised to be given a complimentary breakfast by room service. Suspicious they examine for any sign of hostility, and although he seemed shifty he did not act in any way and quietly left.
After reconvening the retainers learn that the person at the auction may be "Heath Quinn" as per the Queen's switchboard ghoul. Unnerved Lodin urges they leave for the evening at make arrangements to stay elsewhere, just in case.
While the others are taking in a show, Roarke is sent to the Auction house. After collecting the journal he is intercepted by Heath Quinn and shot point blank in the heart. Preserved beyond most men's endurance by Lodin's blood Roarke hears the gloats of his killer "Lodin said he would send you out on your own sometime during this trip. I just had to wait for the right time."
After the show, the remaining retainers arrive at the Queen of London's pubilc haven/mansion. They soon become ancillary to the concerns of Lodin and they resume the role of cast-off anonymous tools - it would be showing weakness if Lodin were to see to his Retainer's comforts. Once Lodin had been shown through, they are shown to a recreation room but on the way they get insight into the nature of this 'secret business' that Lodin was so keen to keep quiet at all costs. The business that had taken them across the ocean on a dangerous trip filled with faux-explosives, strange auctions, and they will eventually learn, the life of one of their colleagues/house mates. The business that required the Prince of Chicago, the indomitable Lodin, to travel to London to personally deal with...
Anne: So, Prince Lodin, I'm glad you have arrived. Did you encounter any problems during your journey?
Lodin: None, my lady, that troubled me to any degree.
Anne: Excellent. Well then, what is your business with me?
Lodin: No business. I just thought to challenge you to another game of chess. I rather fancy I have made a breakthrough concerning the use of pawns.
The Chantry
Trilobyte wanted to get data to the lab, and Anthonio wanted to chill out after his intense night and day. Anthonio headed for the Succubus club for a little conversation and little bit of dancing, and perhaps a bite to eat, just for fun.
Trilobyte got onto the cable car system. In a drastic confusion of stupid American lingo, historically Chicago did not have an actual cable car system. What they call cable cars are actually trams. Since I thought they were describing an Aerial Tramway, that is what I envisioned - and it's there to stay. I guess that explains why I could never find any damn cool pictures.
He stepped off at an out of commission station and quickly headed to the backdoor of a Library, focussing to slip past the wards in place before heading into a guilded side chamber. Projecting his will into a symbol in the centre of a geometric patter painted onto the wall, Trilobyte was teleported to the true Chantry. He spoke with his sire, Seventh Level Apprentice Abraham DuSable and gave him a sample of the blood obtained at the 'safehouse'. DuSable was amazed by what he tasted and wanted to know everything about the circumstances surrounding the blood as the ramifications were...enormous. He urged Trilobyte to go crazy, melting the faces of the vast throbbing Primogen whilst keeping his eyes open for further information surrounding this blood and its host.
Before leaving, First Circle Apprentice McJiggins investigated what data he had managed to retain from the Prince's computer, scouring the records for Johann's haven details before packing up and going to meet with Anthonio at the Succubus club.
Loose lips sink ships
Anthonio decided to pay Thornhill a visit to discuss the situation with the Prince. Thornhill was entertaining another guest, Annabelle Treabelle - an attractive blonde woman in her early 30s with sky blue eyes. Anthonio began to speak freely to Thornhill of Lodin's disappearance, admitting that he was aware he was told to keep it quiet. When Annabelle scolded Anthonio, his lack of deference (or perhaps anger at the original offense) caused her to fly into a terrible rage - her beast unleashed. It was with God-like self-control she did not slay him outright, but she demanded his death all the same. Thornhill, obviously uncomfortable as judge and juror, attempted to calm Annabelle. What efforts he could muster convinced Annabelle to use her will to Dominate Anthonio's. She forbade him to speak of the issue ever again and sent him away suitably chastised.
At the bar he met with Gordon Keaton, a tall dark handsome Kindred with obvious Anarch leanings. He suggested some victims who were ripe and they began their hunt. It was unfortunately cut short by Trilobytes arrival and instead they both decided that next stop worth investigating was the woods. Taking advantage of Trilobyte's absentmindedness, Anthonio succumbed to a strange but compelling desire to go somewhere completely different and had Trilobyte follow him.
The Underground
Gideon sought refuge in the sewers with Jurgis. Jurgis left Gideon for a while but later returned with two Nosferatu children named Peter and Tammy had found the location of a kidnapped vampire. "The place is booby trapped", the warned but agreed to show Gideon what they had found.
The path to salvation? The road to nightmares.
Fredegar sought the one named Johann. Though they talked at length, Johann was unwilling to divulge many specifics about any vampires and doubly so with regards to Damien. Fredegar, though at a dead end, did manage to learn something of the mindset of those that travel the path to Golconda like his own sire.
Deciding to check out the one remaining lead, Fredegar headed on out to the forrest land that had been marked as the site of mystical activities. About an hour north-west of Chicago, lay a copse of woods about 50 acres in size. Carefully, stealthily, obfuscatedly, Fredegar made his way into the trees. A bird servant keeping watch for approaching man-sized beings. And Fredegar heard an approaching oviform. Trying to hide, he was still forced to dive heroically to aviod the blasted Ram that bore down upon him and before he could react, the ram had butted him in the leg causing searing agony to tear through Fredegar's bones. Facing off, Ram and Nos, a few faints were issued, and the Ram seemed unwilling or unaware to apply the lightening speed it had demonstrated ealier. Finally, Fredegar, griveoulsy and groinfully wounded, gave into his beast and destroyed the terrible goat before crawling, blood soaked, back to the car and the awaiting Balthazar.
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