Thread #012 Degenerate EditionWelcome to /schreck/ where you can rp your VTM character! For all questions concerning the World of Darkness, please consult the WoDg and CoDg thread>>97733980Previous Thread>>97621954Brief rules>We have no story teller, we are acephali>Threads are v20 based, although the night is long and full of whispers, lies, and half-truths. Decide your own canon but all will not believe you>all nicktuku will be diablerized on sight>all OOC discussion should be spoileredTHREAD QUESTION>The weirdest Kindred you ever met
>THREAD QUESTIONPochtli, patriarch of the Pisanob.>>97735377A Harpy is supposed to be a trendsetter in Elysium, somebody who judges everyone and knows all of their secrets. It's not unthinkable for such a Cainite to have multiple enemies.
>>97735596I guess like... Maybe the 'Leader of the Judaisers.' Primogen of the 'torys' tries too hard.Shit, wish I could make a temple for myself.>>97735692The one 'special thing' bout my caitif gift is I got a feeling when I see someone about their self. Like. Kinda like a taste. Basically half the population feels off, an everyone that wanted to join on with them has a motive to zeroing Miss Qristou.Prince and her disagreed and she was verbal on him bein petty. She was a tory, and her and the Primogen bickered constantly over him 'siring.' According to basically everyone the Cult Madame has been conspiring to get rid of the 'Sect' for years. While that jungle witch apparently wants to wipe out most people here. Especially the whites and the folk tied to the Settlers.
>// TQ //Hard to say, different answer for physically, mentally, and spiritually.There is a fuzzy little teddy-bear monster gambling with the Ravs in Vegas right now and that is as far as I will go.>>97734517 I actually had one of those green books back in the day. 54, I think?Just me having my discount Nos tendencies doing a public service.>>97735084 We are not limited to a single trouble, and Cali is full of them. Pretty sure the antlered freak is still following us, beside a small menagerie of un-things. Though, the latter seems more out of curiosity. The Cat is 75% sure a shadow-moth is asking me to visit the channel islands.Which, I might. Sou-Cal is a wasteland and I'd like to see them as a change of scenery.>Very silly people.As we all must be.And, I would be happy to demonstrate, I'll admit I am curios to what you think of that form. It has become... Crinos like? So much time spent in Loup Spaces has had an effect on me, I think. Better than my 'pure' wolf form. I keep my losses in the shift and tripoding as a wolf is difficult.>>97735121 Well, there are plenty willing to listen to you losing your mind of boredom.>>97735793Judaisers? Odd. Keep yourself safe kid.Sorry about stealing your name as well, copy pasted the wrong thing from the lore section I'm keeping.
>>97736833Its all good. Just made me double-take.
>on the first night and immediately he tried to stake me with a crucifixAlas, my mastery of Serpentis is incomplete, otherwise I would be happy to hold on to your heart, mon cher. To protect you from being staked, of course.>>97736833>Taking on a powerful war-skinMy interest is piqued, Mademoiselle H0T. Is this form something that is unique to you, like my own nagini form? Or is this form something that anyone with sufficient mastery of of Protean could achieve?
>>97735121>>97735208I love my home but it’s big enough that it’s weird. The amount of autarks outside of major metro hubs is likely a cultural one. Some gangrel likely embraced a cow boy or ranch hand about a century ago and despite the cammies and ventrue’s best efforts, we stay as hard boiled in unlife as we were in life. If you can run by Tyler and Nacogdoches, mind running by my old estate and seeing if there’s actual fucking knights around? If so it’s nictuku and watch your damn back if you’re a nossie/low gen. Nacogdoches just to tell that smarmy prince his tithe of gold and blood wine ain’t coming any time soon! Ghoul someone in charge of mineral rights at the county seat. That way unclaimed ones end up in your “descendants” or shell companies names. It’s what I did eventually. Houston, Brownsville, and El Paso are good sabbat strongholds. Galveston somehow is without cainite leadership or strong one at least. Dallas and Fort Worth prices hate each other like the cities do. It’s weird. San Antonio Is cammie run, with a decent lasombra presence if that Diego guy is to be believed.>>97734456>powerful war formWhile I COULD pursue metamorphosis and REJECT MY HUMANITY like my sire and most tzimisce neonates do, that is not my chosen path. I’d rather just say>burn And see the whole room burst into flames. Such is the power of the koldun. >>97737260I’m flattered my dear that you would want a piece of me with you always. Surely for no other purpose. Always did like the Egyptian funerary practices. When I was mortal, I had requested friends and family that should I HAVE to be cremated to do so in that way, with linen, cnoptic jars, and myrhh. Just a simple sarcophagus with a smattering of semin precious gems here and there. Nothing pharaonic. Sadly that’s not to be. >tqDunno the nicktuku were the oddest personality wise. Seeing full plate in these modern nights was anachronistic to say the least.
Apologies for not checking in as usual, been busy getting Scarlet settled as a member of House Scholar now that she's joined us for the time being. if anyone has questions I'll take them -Scholar>TQeasy, my sire, the only kindred I've known who made garou nervous simply by proximity.>>97737362Welcome back Chelys, how have you been, amici?
I haven't been on in a while, sorry if anyone missed me (not bloody likely). I couldn't post for a number of reasons and I know I missed some replies. My ip address rotated to one that was banned on 4chan, finally rotated back I gave myself Wolverine-style retractable bone claws because hey why not? I think I figured out protean by reverse-engineering vicissitude and hanging out with my wolf. Now my eyes can go all wolfy and help me see in the dark better. Combined with auspex it's like seeing in broad daylight.What have I missed over the last week or so?
>>97737551Under the services of an apostolic (not sabbat) bishop at the moment and trying to survive to return a favor to him at the moment. Got ran out of the old bar and farm by a band of nicktuku if you missed it. Was a hell of a fight. I went down swinging. Oh. Had an idea for vitae root beer. Use diabetics! Infuse with sarsaparilla and sassafrass syrup. Enjoy!>>97737640 I’ve had that happen when off wifi. Shit is odd. Look into the metabolisms of funnel web and wandering spiders. Some are known to concentrate metal ions into their fangs to harden them even moreso!
>>97738009>Oh. Had an idea for vitae root beer. Use diabetics! Infuse with sarsaparilla and sassafrass syrup. Enjoy!So if I combine that with the vitae-rum I got from scholar I could basically have a rum and coke again?>Look into the metabolisms of funnel web and wandering spiders. Some are known to concentrate metal ions into their fangs to harden them even moreso!Intriguing.
Kindred in my city have begun to smoke crack using some sort of method.
>>97737260All shifts are unique, but I think I know what it is you ask.Most Gangs I've known to show me their skins rarely took on something like a Loup. The most dangerous ones were chimeric, like a guy who had this weird fusion of beaver and grizzly up in Quebec. Funny in concept, terrifying when you saw how fast he was in water.Mastery isn't enough it requires... Experience? Temperament? Hard to say.>>97737362We are basically at the exact opposite ends of our respective gifts brother. Couldn't dream of using the Earth for killing when I have claws and fangs.I am not telling you to reject your humanity, far from it. Master yourself, so that no matter what skin you wear your heart remains your own.Unless you want to give it to Blues. That's your prerogative. >>97737640Much noise and change nïa, me an mine are now on the road again. Glad you're back.Also, I'd recommend a single larger blade at the centre of your arm rather than several smaller ones. It's more effective a weapon. Glad it isn't just me that's been getting that.
>>97738962What? You mean just drinking from a crackhead?
Now entering Sabbat territory.Let us see how those prophecies hold up.
>>97735793>her and the Primogen bickered constantly over him 'siring.'It's a small town so the typical fights over who gets to have childer can only be more intense, given the Cainite population is too much to be supported by the kine.>According to basically everyone the Cult Madame has been conspiring to get rid of the 'Sect' for years. While that jungle witch apparently wants to wipe out most people here. Especially the whites and the folk tied to the Settlers.Yes everyone is fighting for control over the city both on the front of the vampires and the humans.>>97738009>Use diabetics!The taste of a diabetic's blood is quite variable: it depends on the medication and diet. Some kine don't even suspect they have diabetes mellitus, those are the sweetest. Others are actually in hypoglycemia. Then you have diabetic ketoacidosis which is in my top five medical conditions for worst possible flavor.>>97738962>>97740438I assume they add some blood from a user into the mix. Is that correct?>>97739176>Also, I'd recommend a single larger blade at the centre of your arm rather than several smaller ones. It's more effective a weapon.That is how I prefer my bonecrafted zombies, yes. Smaller claws tend to get stuck in a victim's ribcage, making the arm and the zombie it's attached to next to useless.
Sadly, I saw neither shadow-men nor nightwalkers in Colma the other night. Only a number of very fancy graveyards and some very questionable selection of Cain's chosen warriors.Hardest thing was getting the meeting set up and dealing with the skirmishers sent ahead to scope us out. After recent events, I feel confident in myself and my ability to cause harm. Can't say the same for the Cat or Gün in their current states. Couple of close calls before the Bishop and the Priest showed themselves, and once they knew what was on the table they started talking. Again, a couple of close scrapes, Mèo started hissing when we got the pitch for packhood. Can't even blame her.Ultimately struck a bargain for intelligence, a cup, and ritual for very pertinent internal documentation. Gossip, dirty plans, rumours of selling out a sizable portion of Mexico city to an Aztec death god who might be Italian... If it works it works. And if they use one of their own computers in checking out that USB drive? Even better. Still need to work out the finer points of the end-goal internally, Mèo's been vehement about not breaking the bond we have for any length of time. But, hopefully I can tinker this out.Currently camping out down at the ass-end of Monterey County. Sand and surf are rather nice.
>>97746195>rumours of selling out a sizable portion of Mexico city to an Aztec death god who might be Italian...A marvelous deal, in my unbiased opinion.
>>97735596there was one abominable dragon who preferred to 'play with his food' and liked making his prisoners eat one another before finishing them off. met his final death back in the hellenic independence war.some of my degenerate neighbours do deserve an honorable mention.>>97737551you dwell in austria these nights do you not? can you tell me of any pertinent goings on in slovenia? recent trends, particularly. things that might have started in belgrade.
>>97739176>>97744461If my claws ever get stuck in a ribcage I can always retract them to get them free, or use vicissitude to fuck the target up even harder while in bone-to-bone contact. They're mostly a novelty anyways, I'm not going to pop claws and go toe-to-toe with a werebear. I'd be more likely to run away and hide. I gotta learn to turn into a bat...
>>97747543>austriaI have a haven there but it's not my primary home. However the balkans are as usual, no wars broken out, typical fights, not as lively as it was in the 90s... -Scholar
A healthy disposition to have. Served me well enough for decades.And good! That is a noble goal to have. The path to mastering the skins begins inside yourself, with a healthy dose of experience to internalize things. Handling is usually the best place to start, through whispering and companionship. And you've already started yourself there! Albeit, closer to the path most of mine start with, wolves. Gangs wearing canine forms are the best known for a reason. While I'm opposed to my clan's habit of leaving Fledglings COMPLETELY to their own devices, shifting shapes is a very personal art. I'm happy to advise you where I can, but, it is on you to shape yourself into those skins.
>>97748335>>97748088Need to stop typing these messages when I'm looking over the damn map.
>>97746195>Mèo started hissing when we got the pitch for packhood. Can't even blame her.Did you choose another Sect? When the Apocalypse comes, who will fight alongside you, after your cat?
Fellow Cainites, good evening. I’m needing some advice. I am a former member of the Sabbat, having left that cultish unlife behind,but not completely. You see, I became pretty good at killing other Cainites. So good that my new Prince saw my skill and took me in. I worked with the Sheriff, a Gangrel, and took me under his wing since I am an offshoot of his clan. Outside of work, I’m miserable. The thrill of the hunt, for vitae or thinbloods, is the only thing that gets me. But even those are just moments among hours. I do not play with my food or make it into a game like others do. The fledglings and neonates are terrified of me. Other members of the court are cold and keep me at arms length. The thins I hunt… some are just children. Figuratively, until I the one I found a few nights ago. Caine and Lilith, I saw it in his little eyes. Hunger swirling about the trapped innocence inside. No child embraced could keep the silence. He had killed his own family, three mortals. I turned him to ash, but now I feel strange. A dull awareness of mortals. I have been a Knight of Honorable Accord for so long… I think being exposed to the Camarilla and being among the kine is changing me. I need help with these new sensations. How do you deal with these feelings?
>>97746195>some very questionable selection of Cain's chosen warriors.Hitch and Widow send their respective regards. Posh sends threats to tear out your throat if she sees you, but idle threats are her love language. Truth is you picked a hell of a night to visit. If Widow didn't see that sleeve we would have taken you for back up for the other OTHER night's gatecrashers. Speaking of, I better get back on Patrol.
>>97749671>I do not play with my food or make it into a game like others do.Then why join the Ivory Tower? The kine do not concern themselves with the social life of their own cattle, but the Camarilla think it's their purpose. Open your eyes. Playing with food is all they ever did.>I turned him to ash, but now I feel strange.You ended the suffering of an unwanted offspring whom no son or daughter of Caine would bother training. That is a Scourge doing a good job. By Camarilla logic you should be a happy good Kindred.>I have been a Knight of Honorable Accord for so long…To what end? To become a traitor? To take an easier road? To take the fight to those of the generations most removed from Caine instead of those most proximate?>I need help with these new sensations.They're not new sensations. You hunt the weak instead of the strong and now you wonder why you aren't respected or happy enough?Take what dignity you have left and use your position to further the goals of the Sword of Caine.
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>>97749919愚か者めI already saved you, you ungrateful little cumstain. Some discipline is in order.
>>97749508We choose no sect. And if some ingrate thinks to bring about the Apocalypse; the Crows, the Wild Ones, and the Moon-Beasts. I am no thrall to the hungry god, nor the god of bondage.>>97749696Tell Posh if she wants to dance I will only slightly maul her. There's like to be more gatecrashers as well, past few weeks shook the hornets nest.And before I forget Grin I feel I should warn you. I didn't give your people anything false, but I have additional context. The stuff about that Quebec coalition getting 'frustrated' with events down here. Likewise, that stuff about the Hand isn't as absurd as it seems. Endure, brother.>>97749671>a Gangrel, and took me under his wing since I am an offshoot of his clan. Call me curious, but what exactly is that?Now I'll be blunt. Hunting like that is a bad thing, it fucks with you and I can only think of 1 person who made it work, an ogre absolutely swollen with power. He's an exception. Not the rule.You have to live for yourself, and eating Blood vitae is a bad addiction. In mundane terms it is basically a meth habit that is colouring your world and making everything else dim. Leaving other joys diminished. Master yourself, and kick this addiction as much as you can. Ration down if you must to wean yourself. Stop devouring outright.Then... Well. That falls to you. What do YOU want to do with the rest of your life? >>97749919I'll see what I can do.
won't answer a thread question when it could be someone reading>>97738962share, i could use a new hobby>>97749671those idiots upstairs can scream about serving the dark daddy till caine comes back from picking up his ciggies. sunrising an actual once-mortal child though? bad shit. most of us deal with that by NOT DOING IT but you can stop. already have elsewhereget into painting maybe. silvia did that and she seems mostly sane nowmostly
Nice to stop over at an actual business that caters to me. I got to sit in the lap of a goth girl and complain. First time I've been full since shit went sideways in the Big Apple.Already hitting the Appalachians again. Will be laying over near the Mississipi until I get the message. >>97735596Probably one of those Nos who was terrified of Nickies. Only saw that girl once but her spine was warped so bad she had to go on all fours when walking.
>The weirdest Kindred you ever methuh, I came over to America when it was still new, I and my sire was here for the Indian wars or at least the middle of them. I've seen things that I guess were fey or creatures of the dark of some kind, creatures of hunger and hatred. Foul things, but there was one vampire I think that was worst. We never got a proper name for him, everyone just called him Indian Joe and his old lady. A few referred to him and his partner as Ohdaig and Squaw but I don't think that was his name. He was the only Vampire among the native's who's lineage I couldn't trace to Europe. He looked like a tall and strapping native man, middle aged. Braids, Broad Back, never rode a horse. He towered over his peers, and even we found him tall, easily 6' 6 or more. Moved Fast, faster then I've ever seen a Brujah move, stronger then most Brujah. Real unfriendly kind. Squaw was worst. she just looked like a indian woman, deathly pale but if you saw her she would always - skitter- away. If you held her in view more then a few seconds, you could watch her leave around a corner, a tree, a horse, and disappear from view. If two of you were watching, you would both swear she moved in different directions. She moved unnaturally on all fours, and the light only seemed to bother her a little. She would take care of Indian Joe in the day, whether he was in a Wigwam or just huddling in a bison fur in the shade. She fought like a feral creature but her finger's rent flesh in an unnatural way. I only saw them a few times and Squaw ate blood didn't drink it. Joe was an old Brujah maybe but she didn't seem like kindred. Haven't seen them in centuries, doubt they're still alive. As for Texas I'm sending out feelers. I was officially told that Dallas was being kept 'waiting' for someone, there's a few independents in the area that presumably are loyal. Fort Worth is a bit more interesting.
>>97737362>Always did like the Egyptian funerary practices.It would be nice if they were more widely practiced these nights. The rites may have been handed down from Osiris, but we have managed to make some use of them ourselves.Oh, and you will never guess whom I happen to spy the other night. Just passing through from what I could gather.>>97739176>All shifts are uniqueFor the gifts of your clan, and those of the Tzimisce, perhaps. The shape-changing arts of my clan are more uniform in nature. If myself and another of my clanmates were to both assume The Form of the Cobra, we would appear as a pair of identical black cobras. Whenever one of us assumes the form of the Typhonic Beast, it is always the same form. I've never seen anyone take on the form of Apep, but I imagine it too would always appear the same regardless of the individual.This is why I'm intrigued. I'm given to understand that, with rare exceptions, those not endowed with the blood of Tefnut are limited to the form of a bat or a wolf. Would that limitation hold true if one from outside your clan were to learn to take their own "war form?" Or would it be unique to them?And does your war-skin provide any advantages? Aside from a no doubt considerable increase to your physical prowess, of course. When I assume my nagini form, the serpentine coils that replace my legs are capable of crushing a grown man, true, but the main advantage it grants me is the ability to mesmerize all who look upon my body, rather than requiring me to meet their gaze as with The Eyes of the Serpent.
>>97749973Oh là là, what uncouth language. Do try to remember your upbringing, "Dame" Asano, and have some class, would you?
>>97752929After consulting Polyglot Girl, I came to the conclusion that another spirit slave I entrusted with this device and with writing that particular message dislikes Boy Toy intensely, on a personal level, and sneaked some explicit English swearword without my permission.Another back that needs to be straightened.
>>97749919Please don't impersonate the dead, it's rude. >>97750148>I'll see what I can do.Don't, that isn't Boytoy. Merely an echo, nothing and I mean nothing comes back from what happened to him, at best it's a wraith using his echo, at worst..... best not to think about that. -Scholar
>>97751712Keep your head down until the time is right.>>97752211Old Brujah? That is an outlier outside of one story alleged down in central America. There were a few transfers from before Colombus but they were either Siberians, Gaels, or Norse. Odd couple though.>>97752907>This is why I'm intrigued. I'm given to understand that, with rare exceptions, those not endowed with the blood of Tefnut are limited to the form of a bat or a wolf. Would that limitation hold true if one from outside your clan were to learn to take their own "war form?" Or would it be unique to them?The lore of the Wildness is eclectic and filled with half truths, boasts, lies, and fish that were thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis big. In theory, not unlike with what we call Animalism, any could learn it they were willing to engage with their 'Beast.' And if sufficiently devoted, master it. Not many have the fortitude for it though.In theory it is possible.>And does your war-skin provide any advantages? I'll get into some conjecture because I will make a division between my own form and what I'd heard before and my own form. The skin was traditionally like a frenzy, allowing the wild to reach out and let it rage without detriment, and in myriad ways. Raw terrible might, adaption to environments, uncanny resilience. It was also much more easy to frenzy and much more harmful if you did lose it.Mine is different to that. Lacking the... Viscerality that often makes it easy to tell that the shape belongs to one of the Blood. Drawing it closer to the Loup war-skin it resembles. And, to a lesser extent can inflict the Loup Terror, I fear. I need to do more testing with this skin to learn more though, this breakthrough was recent.And I don't know why the change. Again, it could be experience. Disposition. Perhaps even mastery of my Beast.>>97753231I utter a prayer to the hounds beyond the fog. What they do with that? Up to them.Now, Santa Barbara.
>>97752907I'll also ask; how much of your gifts stem from ritual mastery? I can't help wonder if that is a shared manifestation or, maybe it is the direct same form. Only ever heard rumours of it and information would be helpful.Those tape strips better have been electric tape. My Cat suffered indignities to duct-tape.
>>97749508>When the Apocalypse comes, who will fight alongside youI will, for young H0T had been of tremendous help! And my assistant also will, because she has a deeply-buried heart of gold and comes around on such matters eventually. >>97735596Oh, all this discussion of Gangrel magicks reminded me of an incident from a while back!Around a hundred and ten years ago, me and Victoria were far north. I will not say exactly where, beyond it being in Canada, for your safety and for safety of what we found. I will say that we were looking for remnants of an old Kine expedition we suspected were hunters chasing some ancient.Deep in the Canadian taiga, far away from the barest signs of human habitation, where the things that flee humanity are the boldest, we went. Dangerous grounds, especially if you're Kindred, even if you're used to the wilderness and the outdoors. I do not think most Kindred belong anywhere except where Kine live.We found the expedition first, or its remnants, rather. Their encampment was ruined with no sign of struggle; just dozens of corpses scattered about in and outside tents and near snowed-in campfires, long-withered into nothing and dragged to pieces by animals. Most of it was somewhat reclaimed by nature, excluding items of metal, crosses and such.It all looked as if they went this far north, and then simply stopped and decided they will die here, in the depth of the taiga. I didn't see many signs of suicide or fratricide, but they certainly must've been low on provisions. Granted, it's hard to tell what they ate, and what the scavengers and time got to, over the decades.It was midnight, still. We had time to do things right by these strangers, even if they, given the crosses and the markings on some of their water skins, were no doubt hunters. They did no harm to us, so there is, I hope, little hypocricy in us doing this but not doing the same for the Anchorite attackers. Burying innocent dead is a good and right thing to do.
>>97754899So, we dug out a brother grave for the hunters, put the remnant bones and trinkets in there, said some words.And then the trees shook, even as the wind was deathly still, and not a single beast made a sound. Not willing to tempt the ghosts, which is what we figured the tree-shaking was, we set about burying the bones. In my hurry, I've struck a tree root with the shovel, and as I brought the tool away, I saw vitae seep out of the cut. Thick, amber-like, yet the scent and the sight were impossible to mistake for anything else. I acted as calm as could be, and pointed the cut out to Victoria. She, in turn, leveraged her remarkable outdoorswoman skill - quietly and calmly, to not aggravate our host, she pointed out that the tree was a Siberian pine. Not a variety native to Canada.Then she pointed out that it was all Siberian pines, for as far as we could see.The trees shook again, and harder yet when we tried to retreat. So we, for lack of options, chose to at least finish burying the hunters. That seemed to calm the unliving forest. However, the the night was ending. We had time to rush to our earlier lodgings, if we really tried, but before we could try, the tree crowns shifted. They glacially slowly creaked together, bit by bit, groaning as they went, and formed a roof of sorts over the encampment. Not much at all - not being suicidal, we still put up a tent made of several layers of cloth, just to make sure. In the evening, when we woke, the trees were back to normal. The grave was already covered with fresh grass, a sight that just did not sit too well with me, as it was middle of winter. We left as quick as we could, and silence followed us.I do not know whether it was truly a prehistoric Gangrel. Perhaps it was an old Tzimisce of some sort, or, far more concerningly, a wholly separate branch of our curse that developed in a strange, niche way. Whatever it was, it let us leave it, and the buried men, alone.
>>97753436With the exception of the nagini form - to my knowledge it is unique to me alone - these forms come to us as naturally as any of the other gifts of the clan (well maybe not the Typhonic Beast, I've heard conflicting stories on that one). I believe that the reason they are always the same is because we aren't assuming a conceptual form of "a cobra" or "a Typhonic beast" but rather we are becoming avatars of very real beings.When we take on the form of the cobra, we are becoming a lesser manifestation of Apep, the serpent of darkness. When we become the Typhonic Beast, we are taking on the aspect of Set in his original animal form. To me, these forms are another piece of evidence that the story of Set's divine origins are the literal truth.>Those tape strips better have been electric tape. My Cat suffered indignities to duct-tape.I didn't have a chance to examine closely but they did appear to be strips of electrical tape, oui.
>>97754899Travel log #8 [ Santa Barbara, California ]-[*0/10 ] ( DO NOT VISIT )>>>>>Pros>No. >Nuh uh no.>You can leave as fast as you come in.>>>>>Cons>I have had to deal with some sleazy people in my life, the ghoul creep in the blood bank might be the worst>Free State Gangs have basically made the town a kill zone, live nearby, hunt down anyone who tries to settle down>There is something evil hiding here, and actively malevolent There is something deeply wrong with this place. The Cat refused to let Gün go scouting and had the kind of episode that has been avoided since the early nights in Marquette. Murdered a bathroom window. Wouldn't even let me go far either. Couldn't even deal with the bloodbank, whoever has that ghoul on the inside? Cut him loose I'm pretty sure he tried to spike our drink. Avoid this town. There's some prophetic shit behind the walls and I'm giving this warning to others.Only good news is we got tickets to the Channel Isles for tomorrow night. Time to return things.>>97754899Appreciate you William.Hm. When the time comes to begin mastering myself again, I'll have many things to test. Wonder what sort of plant I'd end up as. >>97756843I suppose that is an extension of our respective relations with our ancestors. Yours left a clear cut path for you. Mine? Well. Not so much.
>>97753302>Odd couple though.Indeed. I presume that perhaps it came down thru the norse explorers? We knew nothing of them at the time but it seems more likely then the other option. I'm not quite sure the timeframes involved but if they had come across the asiatic land bridge? It would require a rewriting of my understanding of Kindred history at least.>on a unrelated noteI sometimes wonder if I haven't kept my Ghoul too long. I caught him this late afternoon, just out standing by the fence, drinking a beer with one of the neighbors. Julian is a bit more personable then I, and I know this is part of his Job. >He told me it was called day drinkingBonhomme, I was mad. It was funny but I was mad. I informed him I was there when they invented day drinking in France. A few decades ago I would have murdered a ghoul for showing that much sass. Day drinking indeed. Julian let me know that we're not the only new arrivals in the neighborhood, but actually three houses (including ours) had all closed in the last few weeks. We will have new neighbors soon.
>tqclan tzimisce
>/tq/I haven't met them yet! I think. Pretty sure that is.Weird is... Not an easy word to Grok you know? Not when you have a funny talking trout hanging over your head like the sword of damocles. Last night we went out to the channel islands. Something had been calling me. Or maybe her. It doesn't matter now, I guess, she took the invitation and the earth devoured her. For a few hours. Spat her back up and she's been- Delirious I think? Stargazed with Gün on the beach while we waited.He's empty. For now anyways. They will be alright in time I think.Think we're hitting Los Angeles next.
I'd stay out of LA if I were you. Or any big city in the USA right now. You know how the kine are all rioting over...pretty much everything? That's us. I'm not saying anything the guys running domains haven't already figured out, so no need to worry about op sec here. We've got a new toy. Blood Alchemy. We've made Bruja Anger Management issues into a potion and aerosolized it. One Ghoul with what looks like a tube of pepperspray can find the angriest mortal in a crowd of protestors, give him a spritz, and start a riot that ends up with some dumbass commiting suicide by cop, which just sparks more protests. God, everytime I think my Sire is going overboard with the whole "Kine are just stupid cows that need to be saved from themselves" thing they go and prove him right.
>>97762500Qu'est-ce que tu veux dire par là? The whole of Clan Tzimisce? Surely even the most queer of those empowered by Geb can't compare to the likes of the Sleeping Lord of Cairo's Dream Court!
>>97763937I'd like to avoid trouble like I'd like my heart to avoid sharp wooden objects but... Kind of an experience we need for our gargoyle. If not now, when? Rather be here so he can grab onto someone who can guide him along.Already got faced with the most nightmarish shit for Santa Barbara. It can only get better after that! :) >>97764258Does the sleeping lord bite his tale in his sleep? Is he a mushroom?
>>97764258idk didnt meet thosethought u were sellers of vices tryna look pleasant now u say ur the bigger freakswait thats what the boss meant when he said u cant shake a snakes handcool ig
>>97764385>Does the sleeping lord bite his tale in his sleep? Is he a mushroom?It - and that is the only word that can be applied to the Sleeping Lord - is a putrescent, boiling mass of black and green flesh that constantly oozes foul liquids and emits noxious fumes. But as disconcerting as the Sleeping Lord's physical form may be, what is truly remarkable is the effect its dreams have on its surroundings; twisting and warping the sewers of Cairo into a labyrinth with walls that pulsate as though in time to a beating heart and air that feels as though you were walking through a heavy fog of vitae. And the Sleeping Lord has drawn unspeakable THINGS to its presence as well, which inhabit the maze ready to devour those who lack the Dream Court's protection.
>>97765218The part of me clinging to levity asks if it has any lost siblings.Otherwise I just- pity? Compassion? Who needs Hell when you can slide into something like that.God I hope someone just kills me before I end up unrecognizable.
>>97758991perhaps it is the fact i have a reliable network of people but such behaviour is useful. taking their siestas with drink and companions disarms them and allows them to absorb secrets. such that many a would be degenerate's thrall has slipped up in their presence. did you inherit this subordinate gálloi?
>>97763937hello Stripper, if you're the one I've spoken to previously. -Scholar
>>97766879Yeah, It's me. Yer favorite Sabbat Pack Priest.
>>97767190are you caught up with recent events or would you like to be informed? -Scholar
Ha. Road time.>>97718340Can you tell your neighbours there is good news from the far south? Stolen relics returned, the mother-beast with hair of bats and eyes of sapphire woken from a long rest. Gave me a gift as thanks. Also let me claim grandmother rights to Bee.
>>97752907That’s awesome! Hope she’s doing well! >>97749973Wait, you’re a giovanni but you’re not Italian? I thought it was an ethnic exclusive to the blasted dagos. >>97739176The issue with visiccitude upon one’s self is it inherently starts to morph the soul. Especially when “self-taught”. >>97752211I’ve heard tales from the natives of Minnesota that there was a creature similar to us. The first was a woman who was to br given as a sacrifice to the lake god. Instead she was changed into a kindred, and that was the kindred the european cainites met. I assume her “clan” and the garou were at least on passable terms in that millenia?>>97754899Those trees. My forest on my old farm, I could see through. I could give a categorical list of all living things in it. I knew when someone new was trying to sneak on my land. I don’t think the trees had vitae in them though. Of course I had only been “corrupting” the land for maybe 5 years tops. >>97767190>>97763937Welcome back stripper! How have things been?In other news, his excellency the bishop of Galveston, has officially condemned the members of the society of leopold for their attempts on my life. As he states, “our diabolical enemies have taken the largest metroplex not just in our state, but the whole nation. When Our LORD offers us one of his resuscitated children to fight our enemies with their powers, we are to accept it with love and purpose. Our cross is his, and in desperate times those who we once would have had killed might find themselves being embraced.” He then turned to look at me as if he meant something by that. I’m not siring him. Anyways, the sabbat has been trying a shovel head attack from the channel via the shipping trade. I’m meeting with the society tonight to see about making the channel non-passable by various means. We’ll see how this goes.
>>97767471if you need soldiers for defense, I can loan you some Cauldron-Born, Draugr or some of my newest creations.... -Scholar
>>97767471>The issue with visiccitude upon one’s self is it inherently starts to morph the soul. Especially when “self-taught”So can pacifism, meditation, panic and sucking on a beached whale.Visiccitude is dangerous because it is unbound from natural constraints or even unnatural constraints, but it is still subject to you. What you determine is if you are conscious and in control of it. >I assume her “clan” and the garou were at least on passable terms in that millenia?There is a reason you could make deals with tribes in the south and the planes, while the ones in the far north always tended to end up in torpor and buried beneath the permafrost. Different kinfolk, different loups.>We’ll see how this goes.Knock them dead.
>>97767235I've been vaugely aware, just really fucking busy.>>97767471Nasty. Like I said, the 'Bat has been pushing across the North American continent using riled up kine to sow chaos in the big cities. It might look like carpet bombing Lunatic Eruption, but no. Mortals really are just that imbecilic all on their own. The damage to Kine infrastructure cripples those feckless Cammy "elders" that spend more time gaining influence and power through mortal institutions than properly developing the Gifts of Cain, the chaos blinds them like a jammed radar, and our hunter killer teams move in to take heads and create power vacuums. Then our enemies fight over the scraps bucause the Sabbat are a bunch of murder happy anarchists who couldn't possibly have a complex plan to do anything more than throw shovelheads at a city, right?Pffft. What freaks me out is the shit going in with the cartells. Sure, we nudged some mortals who were already in tge edge if violence over the edge, but we never sent mortals to kill vampires on purpose, you know? But now I'm trying to figure out if it's coincidence or if the Caamarilla had anything to do with it? Did they know Maduro was a ghoul? Fucking Hell, my head hurts.But no, seriously, If you see the Choir just fucking run. My Sire's pack has a Tremere Antitribu in it, and if you know anything you know how scary that sentence is right now. Personally? I think that mad bastard cut a deal with Satan to escape the Tremere's wrath.
>>97767471>Wait, you’re a giovanni but you’re not Italian? I thought it was an ethnic exclusive to the blasted dagos.Let's just say my Sire was degenerate enough to commit the sort of degeneracy your typical Giovanni wouldn't dare to commit back then - or even today, and the education he received from his mother couldn't save him from my wiles - or maybe he was a simply a gentleman of superlative taste.Still, bloodlines of kine and Cainites tied to the Giovanni who not only do not have Giovanni as their last name, but are not ethnically Italian, exist since the nights of the Pisanob in what is now Mexico, Dunsirn in Scotland, and Milliner in the United States. It works a lot like a clan from my days in the Sengoku period: there is a dominant family in the centre, ensuring loyalty with ties of blood, and there are vassals born to other families that serve it in the periphery.These nights our Clan is undergoing a lot of changes. I even received the invitation to April 4th in Venice for the first time in my unlife - lest we forget, it's Easter's Eve - and I heard some rumors that my own bloodline could be formally acknowledged by the Giovanni - that is nothing short of a miracle considering what a disgrace my grandchilde and great-grandchilde have been.
>>97767471>The issue with visiccitude upon one’s self is it inherently starts to morph the soul. Especially when “self-taught”.May I do the American thing, and ask you to "elaborate" on this subject? I always found Vicissitude the single most fascinating Discipline after Necromancy.Westerners say the face and/or eyes are the mirrors of the soul, for example, Cicero: VT IMAGO EST ANIMI VOLTVS SIC INDICES OCVLI; and the Gospel according to Matthew: LVCERNA CORPORIS TVI EST OCVLVS TVVS.Would you say a minor change to the color of the irises is enough to change one's soul?>>97767670>So can pacifism, meditation, panic and sucking on a beached whale.Food for thought. I've been in a philosophical mood lately.
>>97767803>I've been vaugely aware, just really fucking busy.That doesn't exactly answer my question, do you require a TLDR as Kakophoni put it or not? -Scholar
>>97771314You know what? Sure, knock your socks off. Not like the mods'll let me do that any other way. ;-)
>>97771892tldr: some fools created an abomination, a shoddy one at that as the craftsmanship was disgustingly amateur, it got eaten by a boytoy kindred belonging to a toreador dominatrix, said boytoy died a day later. A caitiff who was an old flame of previously mentioned dom pulled a coup in new york and tried to make a new carthage, demon worship and all, turns out the ones who made the abomination were backing her, war broke out in the city, my forces joined and either captured or killed the caitiff's forces, I turned said Caitiff into a living statue and gave it to the dom as a gift because I thought it fitting, the dom later had issues with the new prince and one of her childer is now living with me and Kakophoni. if I missed anything then apologies. -Scholar
>>97771892with what the snake gets away? pish. but oh i upload a picture of my den back in 2002 and they have yet to give me back image privileges.
Travel log #9 (10?) [ Los Angeles, California ]-[*Can't give this one a star rating ]>>>>>Pros>If you want to fight and die for the Anarch Cause you could do much worse>Also if you like watching the Camarilla get beaten like a dead horse in some kind of humiliation ritual>Or if you just want to watch peers die>You can even get twisted with the hunters if you really want>>>>>Cons>See above>Apparently everyone came down with schizophrenia back a few years ago, feels like it didn't dissipate >The complexity of the fighting around here makes my head spin>Who designed this city? It is an affront to life itself.I can't believe I miss Seattle and San Fran. Granted, still a better situation to acclimatize in than what it could be for the gargoyle, but I'm not pleased regardless with the current status quo. Getting him trained up for the modern nights myself as the cat's 'customer' the other night was off his ass on DMT or something and she's been zonked since. Did the rounds, did a drop-off with the Anarchs I've been in contact with, and come nightfall we are getting the fuck out of this town. There's something big out there. And I much prefer when those big ominous things are Loups. I like them. I think I recognize what's out there and I'm really not in the mood.
>>97766089No I picked him. He is honestly very good at what he does and had more tours in Vietnam then most. He was a mess but between the bloodbond and a steady hand he's turned into a real resource. Got a real honest to god danger sense although that might just be PTSD put to a useful end. Frankly I'd put better then even money on him taking out more or less any neonate in a fair or even not so fair fight. I guess you might say I feel a little pride in the man. >Which is why it's so frustrating when he spends the afternoon drinking at the fence. Chalice as they say nowadays. He's talking about getting a Truck like some sort of common workman, installing something called lifts to 'fit in'. I know I chose this venue but it is annoying that I am more frustrated with it than he is. >>97767190The Sabbat even has whores? Has someone told the Torrey's. They'll be sorely vexed, or was that vorely sexed you can't ever tell with the degenerate types. I used to think the Torrey's were the worst forms of excess in existance but after having the internet and some personal time to peruse it, humans have taken that spot back I see. I don't supposed you have any information of the sabbat packs in texas? Perhaps just one's you dislike? Surely there is someone who is ahhh blunting the sword of caine and would be better off as dust? What do you say, a little tit for tat? That's you're trade apparently?>>97767471Perhaps, I try not to navel gaze too much, but if something happened once it seems reasonable to presume it happened more then once (after all what is truly unique in all of this creation except god). As for the wolves truthfully, I had not heard of them in the america's until well into the 1900's. My interest in bloodlines is a bit more academic for vampires, but I would guess they followed a similar path as vampires. Some people here have much more extensive knowledge of it here, are there bands of native garou out there? I didn't see them for damn near 150 yrs.
>>97772303the city of the angels would fit right at home beside mosul these nights.>>97773600becoming a texian so fast! were it so that some of my network could have had such adaptability. though as someone who dreams of annihilating the ancestral holdings of the degenerates in my nation, you ply too gracelessly on both them and the little priest. start with a wager. else, don't bother. as for the native loupines, we do have a few experts present, and their recent antics have made me almost miss dealing with the sons of asena. god. i was made too late.
Gonna be another long night.>>97773600Plenty. I like some of them more than some of the Blood. Most have better things to do than hunt you.
>>97774247I have to admit, I don't believe the sabbat post here. I'm not sure why the stripper is pretending. As for a wager, I'm not sure what is appropriate. I am purchasing something called a F150 which I presume is the truck. I do think that feeling of being sired too late is more a symptom of advancing age or perhaps declining humanity. I'm hardly a liberal, I am a soldier at heart, but there is something to be said about learning to be and act human. Julian is trying to convince me to make an appearance at the fence, after sundown, and he might be right. Perhaps I've played out at the shallow end of Eldar politics too long. I suppose I could wander the streets, start from the bottom up. Or perhaps I should just stand silently at the fence holding a lager in a can.
>>97772222N'importe quoi! Je n'ai été rien d'autre qu'une parfaite dame!>>97774455>I have to admit, I don't believe the sabbat post here. I'm not sure why the stripper is pretending.He said, without a shred of irony or self awareness.
For those of you who were wondering. You can fit 12 coffins filled with Salt and Dismembered Cammies into the back of a 26' truck. But only if you stack.
>>97775661Whenever I nudge in a Sabbat cell I don't find a lot of laptops. You would think the sabbat could find a use for widespread decentralized communication network but turns out they are even more skiddish about it than cammie eldars. That whole shovelhead philosophy really runs thru the whole organization. But I am sure you are a very high ranked member of the Sabbat and definitely not a poser talking to the Cammies because of the atrocities of your peers. And I am also sure that the Shovlehead Stripper is definitely a stripper. I checked my wallet and I was missing all of my two dollar bills. Truly the powers of a Stripper are unnatural.
>>97774455>I am purchasing something called a F150I was going to tease your ghoul for picking a stereotypically gay truck but I don't want to piss off a 'Nam veteran who served multiple tours. If the man wants a Ford let him have a Ford. At least he didn't go for a Dodge Ram or even worse, a Honda Ridgeline...
>>97767461On it. I've no clue what all that means, but I'll do my utmost to appear mysterious, aloof and do my best to look like I am saying a lot and mean even more. There's a remarkable amount of new guests as of late, and a whole lot of them seem to somehow entirely miss the part of the local events where I ate shit and nearly died. It's, on one hand, good, we've had barely any assassination attempts or challenges because we've got a mostly unearned reputation carrying us, but on another, if any one of them ever actually tests me and the Aniimkiig won't feel like smiting them for me, and I won't have Igni, other wolves or numbers to throw at them, I'll probably get hand-skinned like you would a rabbit. Eugh, hate Victoria for showing us how it's done. Horrid woman.God help us if any of the visiting wolves steal a phone from us and log on here.>Also let me claim grandmother rights to Bee.Want us to keep it a secret, let you pull a surprise on your new grandchild?>>97772303You survived the shittiest city on the planet! Going to tell the wolves that, too, make them fear and respect you more.>>97763937>God, everytime I think my Sire is going overboard with the whole "Kine are just stupid cows that need to be saved from themselves" thing they go and prove him right.What's your Sire's view of the fact that the elders you want to turn to dust view their lessers that exact same way, mostly? Every time I hear what some many-centuries-old fossil have to say, it always, given enough time, devolves into some sort of tirade about how necessary it is to control the young and stupid masses, lest they doom us all to extinction.
>>97776762>But I am sure you are a very high ranked member of the Sabbat and definitely not a poser talking to the Cammies because of the atrocities of your peers.And I'm sure you are most definitely a former Archon who has been relieved of his position and settled down in Arlington, Texas. One who has decided to regale us all with tales of his ghoul being sociable with the neighbors as if having a ghoul to network with mortals were some fascinating new experience.I am, in fact, quite sure that you are an elder who was "there when day drinking was invented in France" and not some neonate trying desperately to convince everyone that he is much older and more interesting than he actually is. After all, such a capable individual could not possibly fail to review the archives and see that, if there is anyone on this network who is definitely who they say they are, it is the one who has personality interacted with another user and posted a photo of herself.There is little point in doubting that everyone on this network is who they claim to be or has done the things they claim to have done, monsieur. I am, however, willing to extend the courtesy of believe that one who was formally in a position that is often reliant on the ability to investigate could not possibly commit such a novice error and that it was merely an episode brought on by the stress of a sudden change in life style.Voilà, maintenant nous pouvons redevenir amis.
>>97776326Damn, Colma. What on earth did you get up to last night? You and the boys party too hard or somethin'?
>>97777257WARUM HAST DU DAS GESAGT KYNDR?! Maria Knotenlöserin. WENN ICH MEINE KRALLEN IN DICH BEKOMMEN KÖNNTE-Oh nein, haben sie euch überhaupt Österreichisch? Scheiße. SCHEIßE.Oh, warum habe ich das nur-Need guidence- Attacked last night- I flinchd up hid- Anti-tribu- Goratrixian- Hunters. Big messKitten MIA aber Alive.H0T + I hiding. Need help, they staked her mit (through?) harpoon. SHE IS STILL MOVING- WRITIHG- WHAT I DO?
>>97778762Festivo lasted a little longer this year I guess.>>97778802Oh god a German. Take the stake out obviously.
>>97772067...Jesus Christ. And I thought rolling up on that Primogen in Touqueland having a baby play with his herd was the most degenerate thing I would see...>>97773600Oh shore thing Missah souper auld vamp badass, a-hyuk. Whatchu wanna do is head to Loo-see-anne and start asking 'round Nawlins fer directions to what them thar locals be calling "Da Bayou" a-hyuck hyuck. Once Ya'll found the place just yell as loud as you can "HEY FAGGOTS!" Then just wait. You'll get what's coming to you pretty quickly.>>97777257What does my Sire think about having the same low opinion of mortals as pretty much every supernatural whatsit running around? Gee, I don't have a clue...>>97778802Zieh verdammt noch mal zuerst diesen Pfahl heraus!
>>97778762It's more like the party came to us. Redding, Sac, some SF locals. Ugly scene. Speaking of which..>>97778802Es ist mit Widerhaken. Hor auf zu ziehen. Druck.
>>97779604Hush, you! I'm trying to return some civility to this conversation!
>>97779604>>97779751Lob sei ChristusIch habe es versucht, aber- Es ist lang – wie eine lanze. Und sie behält - kickend. Der torpor - Es hat sie nicht erwischt. Nicht vollständig.Ich kann nicht daran ziehen und sie lässt mich nicht daran schieben.
>>97778802>>97780131he is worse than a germanói, may i be forgiven for utter such words, he is afstriakói. terribleif it is too long then snap the weapon and if you are panicking then calm yourselfand please try to use english if at all possible, my deutsche is worse than my french.
It is out. Writhing stopped. Gonna curl up - die now.Thanks.
>>97781113I hope you all end up okay. I'd miss H0T, they are always nice to me on here. What's the status on MeoMeo?
>>97781214Vermisst. Missing. They - goons - kine in masks - staked her first. Pakhdonim. Cowards. Dragged meomeo off. They tried it on H0T after MeoMeo - didn't work fine. Remember their rieche. Hunting them come night.
Can't it be just an innocuous prank by Méo-Méo. For once? For once in this godforsaken world?Please? Pretty please?
>>97779604Oh, we both know I didn't mean Kine by 'their lessers'. You are to elders as Kine is to you. No need to play dumb about the very power dynamic you're trying to get rid of. >>97778802Evening to you too. >need guidenceI'd say 'point at at the sky and stand very still' but you're very far and if I tell the Aniimkiig to strike your foes with lightning, he might hit the wrong city.Don't make any dumb and bold moves. Stay safe. Try and get H0T in a fighting order, she'd know who to reach out to for help. If you need to, make deals in our name with the locals, we'll pay it, if you need to, make rituals, we'll send you the guidance in private. We'd look into getting Mercury going for this, to back you up fast, but it isn't the right range, and a ritual has a way too high mishap chance. So, we might just catch a flight, that would be decently fast.Though failing that, we could get our guests to help, andh fuc fuck laptop thefHSE HERE!! YOU!!! Okay, let's figure this shit out. Eunuchs involved? You confident? Absolutely sure? If it is them, I'm going to scry for two things. First, three cards for you. Then, without talking here, thirteen cards for them. It's so loud a scrying, they should be able to tell they should let cat go and leave you alone before we fucking get to them. And if they won't be good enough to tell, I'll get to them, and skin them, and keep skinning them until I got thirteen sets of cards to sell.King of Pentacles, upright. Maturity, leadership, provider.Knight of Swords, upright. Action, ambition, drive.Justice, reverse. Self-doubt, need to let go of limitations, the wisdom of trusting your inner voice.Love what the cards have to say.
>>97782240Ja. Yes. Staying Safe. Dusk- Soon as, getting back to kutsche. Still- don't know how bad it is. Sitting beside H0T in rest.Do not trust mich mine self. Just- need to get the fridge. Blood in there.Don't sednd Wöf I'll implod.>Okay, let's figure this shit out. Eunuchs involved? You confident? Absolutely sure?Durchaus. Absolutely sure. Absolutely before I was was requisitioned I was trained for alertness. Learned it. Sge H0T she slaughtered after it attempted Mentis Imperium. Frenzied H0T. She was up to the Ellbog in it. Split them. und danek danke. Wisdom lies with her. Teacher. Need to - feed restore her.
>>97781504When has it ever been the 'funny' Malkavian who gets themselves tied to the tarmac? It's always the useful- semi-functional ones who get wiped. Leaving us with the vermin. Who do we even have left?Brainclot? He's in Mexico which might as well be a level of purgatory.
>>97783855Not to enter the debate on the side of the crazier malkavians, but wouldn't that suggest that the 'useful-semi-functional' malkavian is less fit? As someone who's Job description has included 'Chief Tard Wrangler for the next 400miles', I agree with you. I don't know how the crazy ones keep getting away with it, but they certainly seem to.
Alright. Gonna keep this brief.Last night as Gün informed you we got jumped. Near the ass-end of Orange county, near a gas station. One, maybe two Packs followed us out of LA. Went to shit pretty fast and the only reason I'm still alive is Gün dragging me into the sewers after they nearly disabled me. Fuckers even busted the RV and ripped off most of our supply. Didn't check the back though and my brave little gargoyle woke me with the emergency blue. Feel like Hell still but,Gün and I are going hunting. Now. "Eunuchs." Fine by me. Full report when I get back.
>>97782591>Don't sednd Wöf I'll implod.this is so fuckin funny. peak stuff to read on a late weekday evening >>97785145Good thing you're upright enough to type and even want to go on a hunt in the first place. We've told the wolves to try and help if they can do so without making Gün 'implod' as he put it. A few others are going, too. Igni and a few of her fight club members, most prominently, but the news of the cat getting kidnapped made it so Igni is not very airline-safe. No clue how she intends to get to you anywhere near in time. She'll get to you, though. We'd struggle to keep her from getting to you, if anything.Stay safe, we owe you too much to let you get dusted.
>>97779821Civility? Vampires can't be civil! The best they can manage is "Don't provoke it until you're sure you can kill it.">>97782240>You are to elders as Kine is to you. No need to play dumb about the very power dynamic you're trying to get rid of.I doubt that. My Sire is a Templar; he takes orders from Bishops half his age without complaint.
>The Death of "House Gorgon"Last night the trail of the Antitribu led us to a small manor in a rotten side of the Orange County. Their ghouls for the attack ran right back to their den. Was basically a red-string for Gün. The freaks in Vienna at least gave him a useful skill. Scouted for about an hour, identified four Trems and a half dozen ghouls before entry, most of whom were screaming at each other about 'pyramid scouts' retaliating and debating if they were to summon their ductus over the loss of the priest.To everyone reading, 2x4s are not sufficient to protect against intrusions. Started things by ripping out one of the Trems through the Window. Gün cut the power. Turned that shit into a horror show with the first ghoul to run getting picked up by Gün and dropped like a turtle by a hawk. They panicked thinking we were either from the Pyramid or that I was a Loup. We gave them a chance to yield. They didn't take it, their pack leader would kill them for desertion, apparently. Number two swore eternal loyalty to Goratrix and screamed when I dragged his ghoul outside. Tried to cut and run. Fatal mistake. Gün got him. I'm so damn proud of my scout.Last one went nuclear using a talent similar to what Igni possesses and went room to room burning the place to the ground. Would have cornered me if I didn't recognize ceilings were a social construct. Not that number three knew that, howling he was going to watch me pop. Got a little too close to a mirror. Only one of Lavender's neighbours reached us last night, and the poor Trem didn't even get a chance to shout before Horns got him. After, we tore that building apart and found the last of the Antis hiding in a cell in the basement. A fledling apparently who for all his tough talk is as far from the Sabbat as you get. Can't be more than five years fresh. Staked him, going to interrogate him.No Mèo. No sign of her.Currently hiding out the day, we'll see how things pan out with the Trem.
>>97786615Upright sure, but every time I have an episode my dental situation gets worse. Only Horns managed to reach us through the gauntlets and he's been texting back and forth since we settled in for the day. Going to kick him out sod he can get something to eat when I'm done here. I'll tell you more when I finish extracting information from the fledgling.Also, per that earlier post, if you need me to serve as your champion, feel free. And let Bee now I've forcefully adopted him.And we will stay safe, much as we can. Tell HSE Gün appreciates the kin he never got to know. You're included in that.Gün has been a joy to build up even as he defaults to this unholy combination of Bavarain-Austrian German.>>97787527Your sire's pack, the Choir, do you have any information on their Tremere Antitribu? I want to know if I'm dealing with an actual diablerist and not just the standard wretches. >>97774247You don't know the half of it.
Roses are redViolets are PURPLEYou're a strong and independent woman that don't need no sect or an even number of armsWe have YOUR catYadda yaddaSuperstitious and cowardly lotWith Liberty and Justice for all!
>>97787843Sounds like you did us a favor there. If those dumb fucks could have you guys panicking after a good ambush and then DIDN'T have the balls to fully commit they got what they deserved. So no hard feelings.>>97787935I doubt they're still in LA. They're like an A10: Loiter around till guns free, anihilate the target in 30 seconds of terror, and fuck off.All I can tell you about him is what my Sire told me: He'll show off bog standard Tremere tricks willy nilly but if you see him pull some shit he considers a Trump Card it's because you've cornered him and he's panicking, you've been taking the Vaulderie with him for over a century, or he's planning on obliterating you so completely not even a Giovanni will be able to get info out of whatever left of you. So yeah, probably just scrubs. Now I kinda wonder where in the fuck they even came from... Guess it doesn't matter since in a few nights they won't even be matter anyway. Gonna have to whip up a sermon about this teachable moment.
Dustin Beuller. Age; Younger than the Cat. Failed lawyer. Real estate paper pusher.They embraced him because they wanted to keep their shitty fucking chantry house and none of them could be bothered to learn zoning. Best part? That thing was still going to get bulldozed at some point. Didn't even need to break out the good wolf bad wolf routine, he flipped to give us plenty of useful information. Someone in the Sabbat fed his people bad intelligence on us to either wack me and mine or him and his. It mostly has worked out for the latter. Although it seems that 'House Gorgon' still has some fight left in it and the nominal envoy between their progenitor down in Mexico is still at large. Worse these goons weren't the ones to kidnap my cat, the reason the ghouls panicked so bad was the second group was either envoys from a Tzim rival over in San Bernadino, or worse, hunters. Busy night tonight, not revealing until all is done.>>97788404Hot air.>>97790270This whole thing was a fucking trainwreck. Bad intelligence. Reliance on ghouls and pyramids. Zero internal trust. Not pulling out the real fire power until it was much too late. Compromised intelligence. Antagonizing people who ARENT YOUR FUCKING ENEMY.Worse, shittier version of the damn pyramid.
>>97790270Figured I oughta tell you since you and your pack helped me establish the place. It was burned down and I fled after being attacked by a band of Nicktuku knights. I know fully understand our mod’s fear and hatred for them. They killed my ghoul and his nagaraja lover. I did kill a couple of them but damn they’re fast. Also I love you most sabbat higher ups I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, but the shovelhead siring does need to stop. Just a smidge more selectiveness with the childer would make yall unstoppable. Primarily the shitheads in Houston need to stop siring preteens. Just fucking creepy it is. >>97779314Ach, das Deutsch ist nicht schlecht! Es ist der lieben auf der Vaterländ!Well that went up in flames. Meeting was unsecured and some shovelhead through a cocktail through a delightful stained glass window. I escaped in the ensuing chaos, and thankfully am assumed dead. Deader at least. Gonna go see if I can talk to the non catholic Bishop of Houston and see why they’re so aggressive to take over a small island.
Well tonight was eventful. Scholar said he was "going for an enthusiastic walk in the pale moon's light" which means he's gonna get into trouble, either a fight or cause all the sabbat in an area to break into a mini-civil war or go bully werewolves or one of the many, many ways he has of earning the ire of another. FML. At least he isn't pranking anyone.... -Kakophoni
>>97791096>Zero internal trust.Who needs trust when you can just drink the Kool-Aid? The Sabbat as we currently know it has no chance of surviving this century.
>>97793340We have the Vinculum for this reason and 'Tremerisms' should be grounds for excommunication.You left the pyramid. Why did you bring that shit back?
>>97793387The Tremere will take over both the Camarilla and the Sabbat and focus on the real enemy.
>>97793399What, the concepts of trust and decency? You gonna take a crack at diablerizing Caine glutton?
Ignis arrived and terrified the Fledgling legalese. To the point one of her 'disciples' had to get her to back off, which would have been very funny if DB wasn't cowering. He didn't give anything new but it guaranteed what I'd already gotten. Horn also retrieved some documents from their former Chantry that gave us some leads for the last night. We split, Gün and Horn went off to follow the Cat's scent from ground zero while the rest of us went hunting.The last of 'House Gorgon' is gone. With what Ignis brought with her it was brief.Gün and Horn located Mèo at least. It was hunters. Most likely people that had tapped the Chantry, small independent group. The problem is they're in a VERY populated area and these are some freaks. But at least we know she's alive and lucid enough to signal.
>>97787527>I doubt that. My Sire is a Templar; he takes orders from Bishops half his age without complaint.So he's basically a child to the elders that are the actual horror show and the ones pulling all the strings per the usual Sabbat reading of reality. Or at least per the reading I heard whenever I got to ask some Sabbat for their thoughts. I suppose it stands to reason that sensible Sabbat fossils have to exist, can't imagine how the movement would still be around, otherwise.>>97787935>Also, per that earlier post, if you need me to serve as your champion, feel freeI think that'd be good. Much as Igni does her best to try and take on every task even slightly related to excessive violence, it isn't good for her, and there's probably some sort of cosmic consequences to making her out dedicated executioner. Bee's bee-n informed. We've avoided telling the rest of the wolves, to not have another incident of a visiting dipshit screaming about heresy - we've had like three, this week. Bee's taking it pretty well though.>Tell HSE Gün appreciates the kin he never got to know. You're included in that.That's outrageously sweet. HSE's trying to rob me of my laptop again to say something sappy, fyi.Gün is a delight to read! Fun character that isn't quite a one-note gag, enjoyable all around.>>97793658>Ignis arrivedWithout ending up on the news in the shape of an increasingly peculiar string of arson incidents forming a line? Huh. Maybe her fight club's more useful than I thought, and helped her stay low. Try and keep her collected, if she loses her shit your main option will be just waiting until she burns out on her own. >The problem is they're in a VERY populated areaDoubling down on the suggestion to keep Igni calm. >at least we know she's alive and lucid enough to signalThank God. HSE's telling me to inform you that she's got the juice to scry for the group, if you have any specific questions you want.
>>97793748>I suppose it stands to reason that sensible Sabbat fossils have to exist, can't imagine how the movement would still be around, otherwise.A host of reasons. You're lucky enough you didn't need it, but there is a reason I bartered for a certain chalice in Colma. For Gün. It was said here before, but the Sabbat is ten rituals and a declaration that attracts a lot of different people.>I think that'd be good. Much as Igni does her best to try and take on every task even slightly related to excessive violence, it isn't good for herNo doubt. Better to share burdens like that and I got something special down in the Channel Isles.>Bee's taking it pretty well though.Good lad.>Try and keep her collected, if she loses her shit your main option will be just waiting until she burns out on her own. Aye. After the steam-roller ran over the last Goratrixian she wound down, currently resting as I listen to the den bickering about ordering a Pizza. >Thank God. HSE's telling me to inform you that she's got the juice to scry for the group, if you have any specific questions you want.Strength and intentions.
They got a new Harpy an I finally got my meeting.This mother fucker, this seven foot tall Broo-Ha wearing sunglasses in a dark room spooked the fuck out of me. Couldn't see his eyes but he was giving me this the whole time. Made me feel like a gibbon in a starchy suit. After, like- he got me agree I'd work for him third and never go against him. Because we're both trying to avoid ending up like the former harpy. So like- one bullet dodged man. Still need to deliver rumours because fuck me but hey one threat not so much a threat? Fuckin gonna buy myself a place first. So long as it's got a basement that Bernie can dig into he's willing to help with the down-pay. Missed some shit here huh?
I am an Artist and these entrails are my brush.
>>97795553Are there any kindred artists who just do regular art to a high degree anymore? Feels like every artist is trying to tie prayer knots in entrails or cram their entire clan's history in a tattoo or build living statues. Isn't it bad enough for the fiends to be taken over by this nonsenseI suppose to give a query to the air, how many of you are experienced in Animal Ghouls?I'm not looking for anything fancy but all this downtime in Texas is certainly giving me an itch to ride horses and I never had my clan's particularly way with animals. I've never gotten more then one's night wildest ride out of wild horses because they give up the ghost per say. I know people frown on the practice to certain degree, but it would be glorious to ride aside a moonlit river again.
>>97795972nobody gives a shit about me knitting a new sweater, and i don't want nobody to. i do it for me.but per the actual query? if you ever find yourself on hispaniola and see a big rat, odds are it is one of ours. some of them are basically revenants that lil hobby has been running so long. dont really engage with it though. all i know is ghouling most plant-munchers is hard and rats are easy we also got that fledge FearTheOldBlood whose been experimenting with animal ghouls. fresh tho. others also here, H0T is a sponge for stories about that sort of thing.
>>97795972>I suppose to give a query to the air, how many of you are experienced in Animal Ghouls?I have a few but I'm no expert. H0T_G4R0U3S has some knowledge of them and imparted some sagely advice to me. My sire specifically used to have a fleshcrafted horse so I could ask them about it for you. What do you want to know exactly?
>>97795972>Are there any kindred artists who just do regular art to a high degree anymore?I learned several arts from my homeland, but I consider myself a master only in hidden weapons (隠武器), iaijutsu and bondage.
>>97795972I have experience with ghoul serpents, naturally. Though I confess that my knowledge of Animalism does most of the work.However, I recall Mademoiselle Stripper saying that her sire breeds destriers to use as ghoul mounts. Perhaps she can acquire one for you, or provide some advice?And since you are in Texas, Monsieur Chelys has experience running a ranch with ghoul livestock... and crocodiles. He may be another source of advice.
>>97793748>>97793839I see what's going on here. Okay. So the Sabbat have three circles of membership, right? We've got "prospects" that get to hang around, get hazed, and do all the scutwork until they prove they're smart enough and want in badly enough to pick up the unwritten rules on their own. Then the full fledged members like me, then the "inner circle" that get to sit at the big table and call the shots.Biggest mistake the Sabbat ever made was making too many shovelheads and promoting tgem past the prospect level just for surviving a few fights, diluting the sect as a whole. Sounds like lightningbolt has only talked to the kind of dipshits that have no business being vampires let alone members of the Sabbat.>>97795972Yeah, my Sire has a ranch where he breeds these enormous coal black warhorses that he ghouls to ride into battle. Gorgeous creatures. The trick is to train them thoroughly and feed them well. Vitae, I mean. You want them to develop the the three physical disciplines and have all the vitae they can hold before you take them out for a serious ride, or they'll insticinctively push themselves to hard. Remember a horse is a naturally a prey animal whose only method of defense is being in a herd and running really fast and you're trying to get them used to being a predator now. A pinch of Animalism goes a long way, Being able to talk to 'em directly speeds this all up.>>97791252Fucking hell I liked that place! Am grumpy now. Wish I could say for certain name droping me would help with the Bishop, but a few of the higher ups already don't like how I'm trying to course correct the sect, and I'm not sure how Houston feels about me.
You know in hindsight the funny b8 name I used to get people who wanted to fight me into Loup country might have been a poor choice. So... Last night when we were staking out the Hunter Clan? Gün vanished and came back with a kid.'Regular' human kid. Age 13 with a remarkable tolerance for resisting Loup terror. Among other things. Gave us some intelligence on his familial group of hunters. A trio of brothers, a 'great aunt' not related by blood, as well as an orphaned cousin of the kid, and the kid's mother. We're calling this kid Five-Eyes, as that was the cognomen Mèo assigned her. She's been driving the Hunters up the wall as while she hasn't 'lied' Mèo has been creative. Also kind of broke down Five-Eyes' worldview that all supernaturals are all man-eating abominations. Our captured fledgling who has requested he never be forced to the name 'Dustin' ever again will also get a cognomen; 'Sorcerer.' The Hunter kid's testimony got him screaming about the housing market and that he hate's mankind more than even the 'Pyromaniac's flee-bitten Groupies' and had a full on breakdown when he realized we aren't even with the Camarilla. Ignis eventually showed great restraint and was 'the better woman.' After several creative curses such as 'you dress like a cattle baron and act like Tremere himself pissed in your Cheerio's.'Still don't know what we're doing with him as Ignis 'consigned him to exist rather than grant him an easy escape.' And the plan Five-Eyes and Mèo concocted is a stretch. Even for me. But clan have things that counter Obfuscate apparently, along with a frankly distressing amount of guns, emergency Vitae, and silver dust explosives. Attacking them directly is not an option, so, we'll see if they bite for a 'trade.'
>>97795371Just don't get too comfortable, you are in a cold war space and vulnerable.>>97795972Ironically the best advice also applies to regular horses. Diligent training, routine infusions, stress practice, ensuring they get enough space and work they don't just start killing small animals out of boredom. I'll admit though where I've walked the practice wasn't used much. Horse and Cattle ranching up north aren't easy.>>97798428There is an active competition for worst mistake of the Sabbat in the past century. Letting Trems in and letting them keep shitty tumorous fiefdoms is up there. House Gorgon was barely compliant with the Sabbat doctrine and two steps away from starting up the Blood-Bond human-centipede. It's real easy to run into dipshits when some people crank them out at record pace. They're most of Portland and half of Seattle. They just happen to be in competition with the 'let me make the Camarilla but shittier' crowd who I detest more.
>>97791350Live long enough and you eventually just find ways to keep yourself busy.Most of which make your neighbours want to toss you in a mine shaft.
