>Thread question
Wherever I go, my relationship with the Ventrue is as solid as ever, though I have to say I'm growing more interested in Malkavians lately.

Free readings are still on the table for whoever feels like entrusting a Tremere stranger with their future! Or past, or present, I'm bored and easily swayed.
The procedure's fairly simple:
>Declare your interest, one of the following:
>Answer to a question;
>Portent of the future;
>Elaboration upon the past;
>Nature of the present;
>Guidance on a subject;
>Something else you think the cards could maybe tell you.
>Think hard on whatever it is you want scryed.
>Give me an anchor without overdetailing things, if you feel like it, it's not necessary and sometimes harms more than it helps. The point of this is to advertise what I can do with my cards and give you a bit of a mystic hint, not air out your dirty laundry in great detail.
>Once you get your portent, and feel appropriately amazed, keep me in mind for the future ;)

>>97131386
>What's your favorite clan after your own?
I love Nossies. Whenever somebody upsets me, I can just hire a Nossie to spy on them, to pretend like I'm investing all of my time into scrying the shit out of this person. Or let them think I've hired a Nossie to do that, let them put up all sorts of cute traps and defences, and then just have my cards tell me everything there is to know about them, all while the Nossie just hangs at my place, drinks my bags, and criticizes the cable work at my haven. Very fun. Also, they're naturally info-addicted and stricken with fear of the future, and are thus good patrons.
Toreadors are a close second, though. They're so extra, so pretty, and nine times out of ten their interest is in portents so unlikely to get me killed, it's a total relief. And they're usually about actually interesting subjects! If I have to scry another fucking crypto chart this week for some Ventrue, I will scream.

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>>97132522
>If I have to scry another fucking crypto chart this week for some Ventrue, I will scream.
Good eeeevening!!! When do I sell my Bitcoins!?

I'm kidding! I'm kidding! I'm not selling any BTC this week.

>>97132522
Dear Tremere 8-Ball, can I trust this ravnos when she says I can learn chimerstry easily in seven silmple steps?

>TQ
I don't have favourites, but I have people who I understand.
Ravs, Tzis, Toris. Weird selection but that's what a long while of wandering errant does for you. Hell, in some cases I think I know Ravs better than I know my own blood.

Outside of the odder things I have for the family 'grandmother.' Suppose I have a Tori to thank for that though.

>>97132522
Where is my fucking cat.

>>97133116
sorry

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How to you counter some Ghoul side effects

>>97134727
>BEHOLD A MAN!
You stop feeding them blood

>>97132522
A portent of the future. Have a feeling something is being plotted. Downright conspired even.


>TQ
I’d say I’d cherish the Malkavians. Their minds broken by forbidden knowledge, forced to give niche but horrifyingly accurate information to the wrong people. Sire always told me to pity them. Beyond that, Lasombra are interesting but damned back stabby.

>>97131386
>TQ
Don't really have one but if I have to pick then Malkavians, one of the kindred in my haven is one that suffers particularly bad episodes and I usually sing to them to calm them. Well..... used to anyway.
-Kakophoni

>>97127775
>Staking some guy in the nads over and over
>My kind of woman, I'm over here swooning and shit.
Haha I get that a lot!
>>97127703
>Kine or kindred, the new generations only get worse at talking to girls.
But do I blame them? Boys from the current year are afraid of saying me or my clothing is pretty, even as they're unable to stop staring at me - not to mention they don't dare tell me I have nice tiddies - and girls are taught it's a form of power and intimidation. In this particular case the boys aren't even wrong and should be scared shitless for once, but still! Why do I have to make the first move like six times out of ten to get my under 23 dinner? This is getting ridiculous!
Let's schedule a symposium on approach anxiety and the disappearance of sexual scripts, and title it: Attraction Giving Way to Fear.
>Let's go explore together, we can take turns driving.
Fair.
>Yes, you get to choose the music.
HNNNNNGGG OPPA HAS SUCH A WAY WITH WORDS WHERE DID MOM FIND YOU

>>97132681
The cards tell me you should invest into Vlad-Dracoin this instant.
>>97133031
Call me a Tremere 8-Ball again and I'll draw portents for when you'll be castrated. Also, I don't think you should do this, but the cards say the following, on a three-card spread:
>Her?
Knight Of Pentacles - Reversed. Exaggeration; stupidity; deception. She's tricking you, or herself, or somebody else is getting played, potentially neither of you.
>How good of an idea is it to trust her?
Ace Of Swords - Upright. Reason; clarity; wisdom; wit. Somehow, you might just perservere if you approach this analytically and competently. Maybe she's unwell, but also happens to actually be capable of teaching you something.
>What's the over-under on me learning a Discipline this quick and easy?
Page Of Wands - Upright. Growth; chance; opportunity. The card is, perhaps, saying that this truly is an opportunity of the sort it claims to be.
But altogether, it could be that so long as you approach the Ravnos with a clear mind and a mindset for growth, no matter how foolish or deceptive she may be, you'll emerge better off.
>>97133116
Oof, potent and personal. Three will do for this.
>Cat where?
Six Of Swords - Upright. Peaceful change; transition; improvement of things. Somewhere ahead of you lies a future where you'll be calm and at peace, far as your cat's status goes.
>How get cat?
Five Of Swords - Upright. Two in a row is funny. Bitterness; battle; betrayal. Pursuing your cat by your current, chosen means is in folly.
>But WHERE CAT?
Five of Pentacles - Upright. Vulnerability; lack of security; need of aid. Seek allies and helpers, they're the path out of your predicament.
Seems like whatever you're doing has the cards figure you're not doing well, that eventually you will, however, succeed, and that you should seek good friends to help you get your kitty back. Best of luck. I'd offer my coterie's aid, because I like cats, but at this rate we'll be knee-deep in Garou, so we're a bit busy.

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>>97135079
Ooh, a complex one. Let's go with five.
>Am I in peril?
Temperance - Upright. Balance, moderation, neutrality; you're neither in great threat nor great stability, as-is.
>What sort of future looms ahead of me?
The Empress - Reversed. Neglect; abandon; lack of nurture. That which should've been attended to, whether yourself or your interests or your cohort, is ignored and thus at risk, or is source of risk.
>What is my weakness?
The Emperor - Upright. Authority; power; order. Whoever is out to get you, may get at you through the gaps in your defenses relating to your position in the world, or in Kindred society, or at your strength, something direct and blunt.
>What is my strength in this?
Nine of Cups - Upright. Joys in life; celebration; present blessings. Whatever it is that you have that brings you great relief in life, fortune and happiness, is what the cards say would be your way out of your perils.
>What is the nature of my enemy?
Ace of Wands - Upright. New beginnings; boldness; excitable novelty. Something new, something bold, something energetic and lively, something that wasn't there before yet is now. In more direct readings the card conveys that you should embrace life, carpe diem, all that shit.

In hostile terms, maybe you're up against an ambitious fledgling who do not know their place, and will undermine your position of authority in a way that has you fall back onto your anchors, your rocks. Maybe they get to do so because you, in greed, fear, hyperfixation or whatever, neglect to maintain your standing. Or maybe it's something else entirely, Chelys Rex.

One more card, drawn with no question to it:
Death - Reversed. Refusal to let go; persistence beyond good reason; fear of letting go of the past. Typically a suggestion to embrace the unknown, to let go of that which lingers and let life change, to no longer trap yourself in stagnation. Hell of a card to draw, for Kindred in your position getting a reading, eh?

>>97136283
Ooh, the card flipped upright on posting. Now that's freaky. You have fun with literal fledglings or metaphorical novel movements, Chelys, I don't like it when my cards get uppity, that's a portent of
>>97136264
Adding a little to this, @G4ROU, in the case the cards are uppity because they wanted me to read them differently. If we go the VERY literal path, your cat's somewhere beyond usual cat ranges. Or usual you-ranges, even, past a boundary of some sort. Traveling is necessary. Look somewhere fairly cold and hidden. Possibly places you wouldn't even search. Your current approach to finding it won't work, probably.
You happen to annoy any Garou enough for them to kidnap your cat and take it to the Umbra, by any chance?

>>97136207
Time for some sagely advice from Oppa, then.

1. Boys think you're out of their league, and they're right, you're a fucking goddess.
2. Be real with me, who the fuck can afford you under the age of 23? The son of the Russian oligarch from the movie Anora, who doesn't own a single thing? Come on now. Adolescence never seems to end these nights.
3. Boys are afraid of what you and/or their fellow men will do to them if they make the slightest mistake, of if they displease or anger you. The hotter you are, the greater this fear.
4. I assure you it is very pleasant for a man to unleash the beast (lower case b) and to be allowed to commit unspeakable acts of violence while saving a beautiful lady and ultimately being socially justified, validated and righteous. I experience this even these nights, and unlike you I am not a sadist who would throw sexual pleasure into the mix.
5. We can happily conclude that your average boy may not try to approach or touch you spontaneously. Do you really want to spend a few minutes into the hands of the most stupid and lecherous?
6. New sexual and romantic mores call for different tactics.
7. As flowery our verbiage might be, in the end vampires are little more than scammers, we just want people's blood instead.
8. At the party I met this clever fledgling lady who introduced me to a hunting strategy she developed. She pretends to be a victim of abuse asking a man for shelter. Out of curiosity, I asked her to try it on me while I played the part of the mortal, she'd say things like: "No, don't call the police, he's over there. Quiet! Don't draw his attention.", and so on. I shit you not, I was this close to frenzying, and you know how hard it is to reduce me to that state. She then showed me her victims' donations to her OnlyFans. This bitch will go places.

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>>97131386
>TQ
Without a doubt, the Unicorns. They were the best of us, and i would gladly help one if given the chance.
In the meantime, heres some more web words
>HE IS ALMOST HERE
>Gingerbread is up 56%
>The secret to winning Jyhad is ?v=LPE7dAnJj2s
>yummers
>DUMP $SHELF
>Its coming for you...
>Beware Krampus
>HE CANT KEEP GETTING JOLLY WITH IT!
>Thunderbirds are go!
>>97135079
Resident jester here, i appreciate your kindness! I could say theres 456791 ways to thank you for that, if only i was able :)
>>97136283
Deckmaster, what does the Jack of diamonds say?

>>97136207
>>97136394
9. I understand how validating it can be to have kine compelely inebraited with eros in your presence, but I think it's about time you and I have a little conversation, the kind of conversation I was hoping you'd have with Mother before me.
10. You must have noticed Mother orders mortals around, including complete strangers, as if they were her slaves, and I don't mean the happy SM slaves, such as me, either.
11. Mother fully understands, enjoys and exploits the superiority of her status, for example: wisdom over ignorance, pale skin over nonwhiteness, nobility over the third estate, beauty over ugliness, fitness over weakness, real fur over faux, skill over mediocrity, reputation over obscurity, freedom over bondage, parent over child, age over youth, riches over rags, predator over prey, kindred over kine, contemporary woman over her fellow man.
12. You've survived enough nights and it's about time you start playing the part too.

Think of it as a second embrace, or a second part of it. Come join us, little sister, and play the games of grown-ups.

>>97134727
Don't get sired with spoiled blood you stupid Nozzie

>>97136207
>>97136394
>>97136467
I made my decision: instead of holding a symposium solely to complain about mortals in their twenties, we'll be doing something much more urgent: we are sending Blue Fairy, and Princess Charming while we're at it, to cram school, wherein both of them will be able to revise multiple subjects, starting from kindred-kine relations.

>>97136789
MOTHER PLEASE HAVE MERCY

>>97136803
Begging so soon, darling? For my mercy? You're looking at it. Feel your mother's lovingkindess, my angel.

>>97131386
>What's your favorite clan after your own?
I'm new here but it's a three-way tie between Gangrel, Nosferatu and Malkavian. I love the woods and animals, I can also be a walking masquerade breach some days, and I'm crazy like a fox. Guess my clan?

>>97136264
>The cards tell me you should invest into Vlad-Dracoin this instant.
Apologies for not believing in the heart of the cards, but in the end I decided I'll wait for the moment to get some gold instead.
>>97136789
I'm so grateful for this learning opportunity, I'll be sure to help Blue Fairy in her studies. We'll definitely make you proud, Mamma!
>>97136825
Wow.
>>97137530
Tzimisce? Brujah? Caitiff? I'll admit I'm bad at this kind of game.

>>97137590
You got it on the first try.

>>97136264
>>97136318
More personal than I think I realized. Don't know if you were in the last thread but right now up here in North Michigan... We've been having a really bad time.

The advice is appreciated though. Should you find yourself in Marquette (after things disperse) drop a location and I'll take you for a night out.

If I survive anyways. I'm half the girl I used to be.

>>97136397
Any advice on the porcellain doll and the walking hill in league with the gingerbread man.

>>97132218
OH BROTHER THIS GUY STINKS.
https://youtu.be/ifaoKZfQpdA

>>97137875
find someone to eat the gingerbread man, and smash the doll!

>>97137875
>Any advice on the porcellain doll
What is/was it like? Asking for a friend.
>>97139431
Rude.

>>97141673
One of the trio who took the 'Cat.' [My poor Malk.]
If the 'Gingerbread Man' looks like a Tzim Pet-Project that steams from it's own heat, then the Doll is a three foot fusion of a Victorian child's toy and the damn Chucky doll. Still not sure what any of the trio are, but they aren't of the blood like Gargoyles.

>Thread question
Tremere! Always fun to have at least one at my red tea parties.
>>97143488
>Chucky doll
Ew! Ugly dolls do not deserve to exist!

>>97137875
>Don't know if you were in the last thread but right now up here in North Michigan... We've been having a really bad time.
I mostly just backread to see what my dipshit brother-of-sorts got up to. Did skimread a bit of your reports, stuff seems grim. Once it gets real rough, feel free to head our way, we got the space for a pair of Kindred willing to work for their lodgings. We'd offer it as a freebie to a guest, but nobody ever takes Tremere charity.
>Should you find yourself in Marquette (after things disperse) drop a location and I'll take you for a night out.
Sweet offer, babes! I'll keep it in mind, even if I'd rather let a Tzimisce body-mod me than go outside of my immediate surroundings for any reason besides, like, a complete emergency. It really is sweet though.
>If I survive anyways. I'm half the girl I used to be.
Oh, don't be melodramatic. The cards didn't scream about your immediate and painful demise, and instead suggested that finding your cat is possible and that there's a route for it you just didn't take yet, and I like to trust my darlings.
>>97136397
>Deckmaster, what does the Jack of diamonds say?
Let's try and see! Jackie doesn't exist, but plenty things don't, and I can scry for them fine - love, faith, democracy, the stock market.
Page of Pentacles - Upright. Good fortune; sudden prosperity; surprise boon. Whatever is up with Jack, the Diamonds seem to be literal and might just practically pour out of the ground.

>>97136825
>>97136803
Man, you guys are so freaky, I love it. All my adoptive family's good for is bickering and arguing over whose turn is it to water Lavender with special vitae.

Speaking of, I've triumphantly drawn the second shortest stick, so instead of helping my deeply wounded sibling I get to sit around and do effectively nothing while waiting for a ritual to ripen and be ready to finalize. Love this part of the job. I do not see a single furry with monogamy issues in our immediate future, so maybe Lavender getting cooked alive, and cooking that guy, either made them decide to settle on a draw, or they just figure they've won and we'll scatter with one guy less? Hate trying to get into their heads, there's always so little, and what is there is self-righteous, mean and full of assumptions. Not like I am mean and not lacking in assumptions, but, like, I'm not very self-righteous, at least. Just smug. Rightfully so.
>>97137590
Drat. Y'know, I went and bought a bunch to profit off of guiding you to invest into it. There goes my sunlit Seychelles vacation budget, I guess. Sigh...
>>97136394
>vampires are little more than scammers, we just want people's blood instead.
Hey now! I read Tarot to people, so, I also want their money. A lot of it.

>>97145997
>Man, you guys are so freaky, I love it.
Never a boring night in the house.
>Drat. Y'know, I went and bought a bunch to profit off of guiding you to invest into it. There goes my sunlit Seychelles vacation budget, I guess. Sigh...
I heard Princess Charming's giggles from the other room. For a Ventrue she's kind of a "liberal" as they call it here in the US of A for some reason, but still a conservative in certain areas, like investing.
>vampires are little more than scammers, we just want people's blood instead.
>Hey now! I read Tarot to people, so, I also want their money. A lot of it.
I for one believe in the heart of the cards, but... you didn't deny you're a scammer!

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>>97136264
>or somebody else is getting played
Who can now make the prince fart at will?
me after seven easy steps
Who lost his kidneys five times last night?
also me

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Update on the NY thinbloods:

1. An imbecile threw a punch at me, I blocked it and the distal portion of his forearm flew off. I don't know what was funnier, his face or Blue Fairy's.
2. She said: "Don't worry, it grows back." then flipped him over with a low kick, he lost the leg, fell horrendously on his neck and everything that was still attached to its body broke. The fuck are these weaklings made of?
3. This is the part where you question whether they even count as kindred in the first place, but they are, unbelievable as it may sound.
4. Do their sires realize their bloodline is more fragile than kine? Talk about being cursed.

In other news: the WRX will temporarily cease operations as it goes on a strict diet and gets a new body "heavily inspired" by Project Midnight.

>>97149574
>black_wrx,jpg
Ok that thing is turning me on.
>The fuck are these weaklings made of?
Idk maybe the training paid off and we just grew stronger?

Anyway, a couple hours after that "fight" we went to the club in Bridgeport, and Boy Toy asked me to come close to him like five or six times.
Every time, he would whisper to his smartwatch to place an order to sell some European treasure bonds, gently move my hair away from my ear with a caress, whisper some Italian words directly in there, then smile at me. I didn't know what the hell he was doing, but I believed he did, so I smiled back.
I know the guy has a fetish for my hair, among other things, and I don't blame him since we don't choose our fetishes, the fetishes choose us- wait wait wait, now that I think about it, he was in the company of a different kine girl each time? Hold on, is this what he does for dinner instead of getting women to drop their panties the hard way?
That bastard, he made a wingwoman out of me, playing with me as much as he was playing with those bitches! And I didn't even realize this is was the first lesson of that "cram school" mom talked about. Oh my Caine why am I so fucking dumb.

Time to invade Princess Charming's room. Fuuuuuck I need to vent so bad.

>>97136789
i had some kindred-kine relations with your mom

>>97131386
Shrek?

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>>97152892
Separated at birth.

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Princess Charming blew my mind. My original plan was to get a different kind of action, though.

She said that, whenever a kindred or kine speaks or act, I have to think about what could be the motive behind the words or actions, and used HalfSeeingEye's investment advice as an example. The advice was given because, were Princess Charming to act according to it, HSE would have profited from it.
Then she added: "But did I ask for the cards' opinion? No. I never asked for a reading, for this product. As the say in Silicon Valley: if you're not paying for the product, chances are that you are the product."
And she gave me examples like TikTok hosting videos for free, which are often too short to add advertisements to them unlike the longer streams on Twitch or videos on YouTube, but the users could still "pay" in other ways, like with their own data, which is a resource the TikTok staff could use, and profit from.
"Don't stop at what the words mean, discover what the person means, and wants."

When I told her about Boy Toy playing me like a fiddle at the club, she taught me this thing called mimetic desire.
He positioned himself as the object of desire, me as the mediator who first desires said object ("You smiled at him, right?"), and the subject in this model would be the current kine woman that sees me desiring him, and starts to desire him in turn, and would be driven to compete over him against me.
She used the Bible as another example: the serpent (mediator) offers Eve (subject) the fruit of knowledge (object) promising her to become like God, which is something he wants, too. Then Eve becomes the new mediator as she offers the fruit to the new subject, Adam.
"Why do you think ads have testimonials?"

She gave me a book by Renée Girard which discusses this model, but said that even though Boy Toy was using it, he disagrees with the author because he does not believe all human/vampiric desire works like this.

Whoa. Are all Ventrues this intelligent?

>TQ
This is a hard one for me, because my kids are all from different Clans, as is my girlfriend so if I don't pick one of theirs they'll get all sorts of bothered over it. So I'm going to do the fool thing and pick none of theirs. Lasombra, specifically the Kiasyd. I exchanged letters with a lovely guy from said Bloodline back a little over half a decade ago and he was whip smart and would pull the most obscure facts and details out in the middle of unrelated conversations, stuff that only barely related to the topic but would send you spiraling down rabbit holes for months or longer. He's in torpor now though so I haven't had the pleasure of talking with him in a while sadly.

>>97143587
Glad to see at least someone outside of the Clan can appreciate us. I know we're hard to get along with, but having a Thaumaturge on your side is always handy.
>>97145997
If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing to the Vitae you're feeding Lavender with? I'm always looking for ways to improve the blood I drink and if it's feasible to do en masse it might make my bags go a lot further.
>>97153806
Reading this has made me appreciate not being one of the more social Clans deeply. I would so much rather spend a decade reading than have to deal with interpersonal politics.

>>97149574
>Do their sires realize their bloodline is more fragile than kine? Talk about being cursed.
I have a hypothesis. The bloodline is not born fragile, it's made that way, unintentionally so.
What if there's a neonate Tzimisce that wants to practice Vicissitude, but they're awful at it and impatient, and because your average kine is too squishy to be an ideal Guinea pig, they have to embrace their test subjects first, because the living simply couldn't take that sloppy reworking of their bone density or whatever?
I'm just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks.
>>97153806
Beloved, just imagine if you were as precise, fast and lethal with your head as you are with your feet: you'd be the Queen of the Damned in the East Coast.
>>97154014
>Reading this has made me appreciate not being one of the more social Clans deeply.
But they all have some relatively more aloof kindred that you should find easier to relate to. Even the Clan of Kings will occasionally embrace people that aren't the usual suspects, ranging from bodyguards to cryptologists.

>>97135079
>Sire always told me to pity them.
Hahaha, were you always so death? I can hear your sire now.
>SIRE IS SAYING BURN THEM ALL BURN THEM BEFORE TIS TOO LATE.
>ITS TOO LATE
>ITS TOO LATE
>ITS TOO LATE
https://youtu.be/OWYn7-yCy2Q

>>97154809
>I have a hypothesis. The bloodline is not born fragile, it's made that way, unintentionally so.
>What if there's a neonate Tzimisce that wants to practice Vicissitude, but they're awful at it and impatient
Hereditary stupidity instead of hereditary fragility, then.
>Beloved, just imagine if you were as precise, fast and lethal with your head as you are with your feet: you'd be the Queen of the Damned in the East Coast.
Right. What you mean to say is I need the right amount and quality of advisors and training, and that mom is far closer to such a position because she has both. You said this to motivate me. I think I got you this time, girlypop.

>>97157219
My precious baby! She's beginning to believe.

>>97147089
>I for one believe in the heart of the cards
Most cards don't have a heart, or soul - best believe in more grisly and horrid viscera.
>you didn't deny you're a scammer!
;)

>>97148649
You know what? I'm taking that as a win.
Everybody in here! This weirdo prospers thanks to my readings. Take note.

>>97153806
>Then she added: "But did I ask for the cards' opinion? No. I never asked for a reading, for this product. As the say in Silicon Valley: if you're not paying for the product, chances are that you are the product."
She's smart! I wasn't exactly very subtle that I'm giving out free readings as an advertising tactic and to benefit from their results if possible, but condensing the lesson down is still good. And harmless to my business model, which's clearly the most important part.
>Whoa. Are all Ventrues this intelligent?
God, they certainly all think they are this intelligent.

>>97154014
>If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing to the Vitae you're feeding Lavender with? I'm always looking for ways to improve the blood I drink and if it's feasible to do en masse it might make my bags go a lot further.
Sorry, babycakes, it's a family secret. I can admit that we do a lot of stuff to the Vitae, though, but that's easy to guess. It's no random swill, it's special swill! And really finnicky to make, we'd really not bother if somebody didn't get put through a polygamous furry blender.
If you really want to learn it, tell the Nossies maybe or maybe not heading your way, they'll vet you, we'll see what we can do after that. Cards are saying all sorts of funny things about whether they'll show up. Don't freak out if they do, especially if the lady with the rifle tries to spook you. She usually does that to get a reason to shoot somebody.

>>97157731
>Most cards don't have a heart, or soul - best believe in more grisly and horrid viscera.
1/4 of a deck of playing cards is literally hearts, but if that's not good enough I can make a deck out of living skin for you, but you have to feed the deck with your own vitae weekly, and it riffle-shuffles like shit.

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This Friday night I'll be in Elysium to look for customers, and I'll be joined by Assoluta, Princess Charming and Blue Fairy.

Given the success of the 1930s set, I'll continue our journey through retro fashion, in this case from the 50s, a pivotal era for women's fashion and an enduring inspiration for formally dressed kindred ladies every night since.

This time, the sources of inspiration will be, top to bottom:
Fiona Campbell-Walter (Assoluta)
Vivien Leigh (Princess Charming)
Ava Gardner (Blue Fairy)

Of course, I'm avoiding exceedingly famous names such as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, who essentially codified what Blue Fairy would call "Old Hollywood", and Queen Elizabeth II and Grace Kelly who did the equivalent to "Old Money."

I thought of having some fur on Princess Charming's dress as a way to signify she's now part of the family. As for me, I'm not wearing anything retro myself because I want the girls to stand out, and for this same reason we won't have Venus in Furs join us, as I'm afraid strangers, and the newest acquaintances, would pretty much only talk to the woman at the helm.

All three will be in Elysium as more than mere models, and while I'm trying to expand my clientele, it's not my own talents that are those most in need of advertising, after all.

I'm sure this will prove to be a valuable experience for Blue Fairy. We'll hold a briefing to make her more prepared and comfortable, and a debriefing to review everything after the fact.

>>97157731
Totally fair to not share it. Well, if they show up I'll do my best to impress them and also not get shot.

Happy Holidays all, sorry for not being around as I was busy.
Venus, your order of furs has been made, only half of the requested animals were in supply so those are the ones being delivered.
The previously mentioned Abyss Mystic is still following me, not as much since holidays have come around but I can feel some of her shadowlings stalking me.
happy holidays /shrek/

>>97159245
>I thought of having some fur on Princess Charming's dress as a way to signify she's now part of the family.
I adore this! That's so sweet!
>we won't have Venus in Furs join us, as I'm afraid strangers, and the newest acquaintances, would pretty much only talk to the woman at the helm.
Ahahaha! They always do.
>>97159864
>Venus, your order of furs has been made, only half of the requested animals were in supply so those are the ones being delivered.
Oh, don't worry, I'm used to these and other difficulties, as nothing is ever easy with these exotic species, and you always have to have some manner of plan B in this business.
Rather, this is excellent news, and I would say the timing is also superb as others in the family are visiting Elysium ahead of me to pave the way for my grand entrance.
Happy holidays

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Update 6 Forests now speaking Lakota
>Interesting things happening up here in the north.
>Diaspora continues as Almost half of Marquette has evacuated or hit for the sticks. All sorts of headlines about natural disasters and allegations of anthrax and state-sponsored terror, yaddah yaddah, so I won't bore you with them here. You can just find a news site or turn on the TV for them.

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>>97160999
>Last Night through means not fully understood to me the Loup packs caused a series of 'disasters' that cut every railway and road connection outside of the South-East connection on the highway. As much of a 'get out before I run you down' as possible. Probing skirmishes all over although the hunters seem to have fully adapted to Loups.
>Rather than withdraw and leave the city to the North-South Packs, the hunters burned out a number of kill zones to try and prepare for the inevitable. They've basically gone full blown brigand in their disposition. The bulk coming from tropical or warmer climes is also getting to them. Finally seeing desertions after the Priest in charge crucified a guy. Although the remaining number are even more belligerent and ruthless.
>Which led to an incident the other day when one of their patrols entered a local American Legion bar. Apparently one of the hunters shoved someone and it escalated into a full on shoot-out. A couple locals injured and two hunters killed. After the locals scattered and the hunters burned down the bar. Despite this getting coverage both the state and the federal authorities are keeping their distance. Don't know why. Since the diarchy collapsed and the Priest took over the operation they might have lost contacts in the government, even if the 'why' of this happening is still staying their hand.
>Hunters did lash out. Last night they re-occupied the University Campus although their forces are nominal, as much as they withdrew to only hold the East of the town and their areas of interest. They also razed the NWBP pharmacorp building in the same operation and almost got Teddy killed in the process. That was the largest reservoir of bio-products (IE; Blood) for the Peninsula beside North and South Dakota. Which is just... Great. Even if we 'win' odds are most of the community will need to move out as the leech-line with that building allowed us to have a disproportionately large population.

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>>97161086
>Despite this we have something of a coalition move in the works. Mostly focused on 'Beheading and Behanding' the snake, and sealing up the nightmare hiding under a certain educational institution. Aided by unlikely allies. Multiple. I won't disclose too much until it comes to pass but a lot of folks are in the move.
>I personally provided all the information I could for the move, but I have my own date. Going after the Malk and the freakish Trio beside some new 'friends' (primarily an absolute beast of a lad who I will call for you 'Big-Pipe-Club.') All while orchestrating a counter conspiracy. Something is rotten and I'm getting to the bottom of it.
>Marquette still on fire, here's hoping the next post is when the snow finally puts it out.

>>97145858
I can have a bit of melodrama for the parts I lost. Typing with one hand don't feel right. Again though, my thanks.

>>97143587
For all the fire and naughty words I sum up... Eagh. I have pity over disgust. Some of us got a short stick and while the trio have done me a grave offence I don't care to loathe them. Not right.

I'll still feed them to the Loups over staking me with Rebar though.

>>97149574
It'd be smart to lay off on the thinbloods for a bit. New Yorkers will only put up with so much for so long.
>>97161086
Taking out the blood banks is step one, step two is putting eyes and probably stakes on places where the free range kine are preyed on. Avoid hunting alone.

>>97159245
>We'll hold a briefing to make her more prepared and comfortable, and a debriefing to review everything after the fact.
Whew. Tell you what, uncle, reading this post, I could feel my heart beating again, pounding in my chest... until I got to this line! Why did you have to write it last, uncleeeeee!?
>the 50s
And here we go. Is there even a single kindred that dislikes this stuff?
>I thought of having some fur on Princess Charming's dress as a way to signify she's now part of the family.
GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS I LOVE YOU UNCLE
>>97163203
>It'd be smart to lay off on the thinbloods for a bit.
That's what we are going to do. I'm going to Elysium and Boy Toy is busy overseeing the WRX's new body.

Time to beg Assoluta for survival tips.

>>97164538
I'm saying this only once: if you enter my room or knock on the door I will make you regret it.

Elysium is a sacred ground where violence is blasphemy. You have many talents, particularly one for destroying bodies by using your own, how do you intend to promote it in such a place, sister?

>>97164579
>I'm saying this only once: if you enter my room or knock on the door I will make you regret it.
You're so beautiful when you're so distant, so superior, and so scary...
My my, is this how you make men feel, big sis?
>You have many talents, particularly one for destroying bodies by using your own, how do you intend to promote it in such a place, sister?
The subtlest way I can let others feel my strength directly... a firm handshake, and that's my final answer!
Do I win?

>>97164629
>is this how you make men feel, big sis?
I was being gentle with you.
>Do I win?
It doesn't count until you do it in Elysium.

Toréador, en garde!
Toréador! Toréador!
Et songe bien, oui, songe en combattant
Qu'un œil noir te regarde
Et que l'amour t'attend.
Toréador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend!

Seasons greetings from eternally dark Svalbard! I haven't slept in six nights! Reality has lost all meaning and I am galivanting around the island playing a game of hide and seek with some fellow Artic wanderers. Last one found gets to keep the entry fees.
>>97164579
Physical violence is forbidden, but plenty of barbed tongues to get lashed by. Who hasn't tried rile up a rival to break that rule in those hallowed halls?

>>97164659
Tu es ma mire,
Je suis la flèche que ton entrejambe attire
Amour de loufiat,
On vivra en eaux troubles toi et moi
Mais ce soir faut que ça brille,
Faut qu'on enquille,
J'veux du freestyle.
Je veux qu'tu réveilles, tu stimules, mon côté bestial

>>97159565
I mean, getting shot by her and just shrugging it off is a good way to impress her! And she won't even care that I told you, because she'll enjoy shooting you regardless.
The guy's utterly freaked about the Nosferatu progenitor, bee-tee-dubs, if you make any sort of sympathetic statement about that he'll probably like you.
I won't draw cards for this, as to not give you any more of an unfair advantage - they'd not like that. Can draw a few for other topics, though, I'm still bored and still got free time.

>>97158122
I am both grossed out and intrigued! Not this time, babe, my cards are alive enough, but if I ever decide I want to go for a more graphic and grisly look, freak people the fuck out, I'll know who to call.
Also,
>1/4 of a deck of playing cards is literally hearts
Babe, I know. Best part is, that's, like, the most basic-ass yet effective riddle to annoy people with, of the the 'what moves but has no legs' sort. What's heartless, yet has a heart?

Amount of times I've seen egocentric dipshits say 'me' and look at me with all the self-satisfaction of a fucking peacock fluffing its tail out...
>>97161104
I'd make a 'uuhuhuh whatchu doing with the other hand' joke, but we've got BDSM-heavy Toreadors with a family theme and lots of fur in this chat, sex jokes just don't have the scandalous appeal to them.

>>97164629
King of Wands - Upright. Passion; ambition; leadership. Whatever it is you do, handshake or no, you've got to be a star, Fairy! Shine bright and hustle your way into everybody's good graces.

By the by, the card I drew after that was the Sun, so be happy I only drew one in your name. The Sun's a good symbol but sure is an ominous portent for anybody who gets burned by sunlight, y'know? When I draw one for somebody, people tend to look at me with saucer-caliber eyes and ask if I, perhaps, can read cards in a more metaphorical and not literal sense, on this occasion. Shit's great.


happy holidays, everybody!

>>97161086
>They also razed the NWBP pharmacorp building in the same operation and almost got Teddy killed in the process. That was the largest reservoir of bio-products (IE; Blood) for the Peninsula beside North and South Dakota.
If only our enemies knew kindred aren't the only ones with a need for red blood cells, plasma, platelet units, albumin...
>>97167856
>Seasons greetings from eternally dark Svalbard!
Greetings from Bridgepor- did you just say Svalbard? Seals? Eternal darkness? Seals? Cold? Millions of seals?
I need a plan to get mommy to take me there.
>>97168092
>I mean, getting shot by her and just shrugging it off is a good way to impress her!
Is this a modern day Cupid, with gunpowder instead of arrows?
>What's heartless, yet has a heart?
>Amount of times I've seen egocentric dipshits say 'me' and look at me with all the self-satisfaction of a fucking peacock fluffing its tail out...
Pfft!
>King of Wands - Upright. Passion; ambition; leadership. Whatever it is you do, handshake or no, you've got to be a star, Fairy! Shine bright and hustle your way into everybody's good graces.
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA YOU CAN DO IT BLUE FAIRY

>>97163203
>Taking out the blood banks is step one, step two is putting eyes and probably stakes on places where the free range kine are preyed on. Avoid hunting alone.
Oddest thing blood was that they didn't go after that building first. When this first started it struck me as weird. However I put it up to the fact they were focusing on the thing under the town. Now though? I don't know, something seems amiss about this taking so long.

>>97168380
NWBP had a whole load of stuff apparently. Looking into it now it seems like a bunch of stem cell research. Half a dozen people were also inside when they torched the place.

>>97168092
I've lived in the woods for years now and I'm divorced from a sense of shame. I could do worse. When this is finished I might do some travelling.

>>97167856
Are the months of sunlight worth it? I've lived up north most of my life and I can tolerate long summers in exchange for something else.

>>97168685
It might be the "moderates" within the group were concerned about casualties. Or they satisfied themselves with merely monitoring and shadowing any untoward deliveries.
That still feels, weird. If they were willing to set a big expensive sports arena on fire, but not a bloodbank, while throwing hands with Vampires...
It dun add up boss. You sure they didn't grab anything before torching the place?

>>97168769
Critically I don't.

A lot of what I learned came from the community gopher Teddy who had contacts inside and was able to get a good drain from the tanks, but that facility had layers. Especially with the stem cell stuff. About two years ago some conspiracy nut-job bombed tried bombing the place (yada yada, it's made of fetus, you know the drill) and he got vanished. Allegedly died by 'suicide' in detention but that wasn't the case (unfortunately because Mister War Crimes had access to the morgue.)

Teddy just chocked this up to a major portion of their bio-products being 'lower-quality.' Back in the day that quality mostly came from prisoners and there was a huge scandal because a lot of it was tainted with disease, and while the scandal stopped the worst of it, on the side they didn't completely stop with the scummy shit.

Problem is Teddy just assumed that, and that facility was a lot more secure than it should have been. And with some serious industrial components that don't make sense.

I'll get back to you on that as soon as possible, as things are about to kick off tonight.

>>97167856
I've always wondered how it would be for Kindred up in the far north with the lack of sun for half a year. Can't imagine it's a terribly pleasant time either way.
>>97168092
Man I hate getting shot. Hurts like shit, powder burns suck, it ruins your clothes, etcetera etcetera. I'll be wearing my least favorite sweaters when they're in town I suppose.
>freaked out about the Nos progenitor
Are we not freaked out at least a little about all of them? It is a fair thing to worry about though, shit is going bump in the night more than anyone is comfortable with these days.

In other news, the kids Rotschreck training has been going well, as has the Discipline work. I've also been working on some personal projects, HalfSeeingEye mentioning their improved Vitae has been an excellent kick in the ass for me to finally get a proper lab/workshop set up so I can start doing what I love.
Oh, and I recently did a back piece for someone, or rather started it. He's not the Sheriff, given this is an Anarch town, but he's the local big man's knee-breaker and there was some emergency he got called out on. Probably out-of-towner's causing a ruckus, we've been seeing a lot of new faces recently so things are a little tense.

If you ask me, our trip to Elysium went exceedingly well. I set up a little workshop and I had the Harpies take turns to get their measurements and a few sketches done. Everyone complimented the girls' beauty and fashion sense.

Doubtless, the highlight of the night was the Primogen himself playing the piano, then joined by Assoluta's singing accompanied by her latest friend playing the viola d'amore, and the three held an improvised, seamless jazz session out of nowhere. Blue Fairy then grabbed Princess Charming and showed the crowd dance moves I had never seen before, courtesy of her many travels through Asia and her mastery over her body.

The blonde said: "I've mainly studied ballroom dancing and I tried to follow Blue Fairy's lead. I had no fear I could step on her feet, or lose my own balance, she reacts too quickly. I felt like I was fighting for my life, especially when she completely lifted me like they do in figure skating, but somehow I've never felt safer in her arms."

The neonates were dying of envy, absolutely seething at Blue Fairy and we were enjoying every second of it.

In the debriefing we shared our results:
- The Devil Wears Me: 6 commissions.
- Assoluta: live performance at Elysium on Saturday and Sunday, 2 concerts, 4 dates, 5 invitations, 1 master class, 2 professional dominatrix sessions.
- Princess Charming: 2 library memberships, 6 dates, 4 invitations, 8 transactions.
- Blue Fairy: expert commentary at a fighting tournament hosted by the Brujah Primogen, 9 dates, 13 invitations, 3 master classes, 5 professional dominatrix sessions.

Now for the bad stuff. The debriefing degenerated in a fight, I'll try to be brief and diplomatic about it.

Assoluta thinks Blue Fairy refused nothing, overbooked herself, and had no regard for her own value. She's not envious, she makes three times what Blue Fairy does with a fraction of the effort by saying no and raising the price.
Blue Fairy argued she needs as much information and contacts as possible.

>>97171535
This may sound like a calm conversation but it was anything but. Assoluta was furious and believed Blue Fairy being "such an easy whore" costed our family face, the latter was deeply hurt by our prima donna's words and became self-conscious about her naïveté,

Venus in Furs watched everything intently, but when I begged her to intervene she said: "It's my favourite sitcom, House Venus!"

Sigh. I asked Boy Toy to mediate.

With extreme difficulty, he managed to get them to agree that the first lesson in Elysium should be: "How to get people to say yes to you", and the second lesson will be for Blue Fairy to learn: "How to say no to people", and that anything the little sister learns from being so busy can and will be used by the entire family.

Venus in Furs then ordered both sisters to go to Blue Fairy's room to "sort their differences", and assigned Boy Toy to guard the door.

>>97171582
1. There is no sound proofing and I hear everything Assoluta and Blue Fairy are doing in her room.
2. I have to watch the door and I'm not allowed to see what's going on behind it. I was already so horny I could die.
3. It got worse.
4. I called a girl from the herd and told her she could do anything she wanted to me, I was thinking feeding could assist me in my fight against this misery.
5. She got intercepted by Princess Charming, they were cuddlefucking in the hallway in front of me.
6. "How could it possibly get worse?" I asked myself.
7. It got worse.
8. It's a threesome. "Red" is sinking in Mother's black fox fur coat.
9. Mother fingers Red's mouth from behind and Princess Charming is playing with her from the front. All three were glaring at me.
10. Red is doing what she wants to me, and this is what she wants, I'm a fucking idiot.
11. I'm still hearing everything going on behind me in Blue Fairy's room. Typing this message out was my last ditch effort at controlling my urges, I'm bent over, my legs are shaking, if this keeps up I'm going to explode in a fountain of cumblood.
13. The trio can see how distressed I am, they're moving closer to me, and they're laughing.
14. It got wor

>>97171666
That was hysterical, had to post it. Yeah, it ain't Boy Toy writing this one. You guessed it: this one's from yours truly.
Anyway mom and lil sis seized him, all five of us dragged him inside, tied him up and gave him a hell of a bullwhipping for being such a naughty, pathetic, ineffective guardian. I thought I knew my shit but mom retrained me for free. Awesome.
Then the motherfucker said he'd like a sip. So insolent. Lil sis gave me a blood bag out of her fridge and I put it on top of his head, I gave him the finger and forced him to watch big sis drink from my external jugular and lil sis from the cephalic vein on other side. What's the word again? I transfixed him or whatever.
Now I'm giving this phone back to lil sis, don't worry big bro, I didn't look into your private things, I know what I'm doing and so does she, she oversaw everything. See, I'm wicked, I'm evil, but I ain't dumb. When you read this, tell everyone you're officially this mortal lady's little bitch.

As for you good folks in the thread, it's just a matter of time, the prey is working overtime to become the predator, and the disaventures of Boy Toy have only just begun. I'm going for a smoke now, and a steak after that.
Kisses!
~ The Scarlet Queen of Hurts
Vamp of Vampires, Baddest Vixen Under the Sun and The Artist Formerly Known as "Red"
>97171666
>666
Fuck. Yeah. \m/