Thread #013 Punishment 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>>97862211Previous Thread>>97735596Brief 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>Your favorite media: books, films, anything
>>97871282Oh yeah? And what's the price on this handsome mug up to now? Just curious.>>97873121Really? A showdown at high noon? Or I guess midnight in this case. How stereotypically Texan can you get? Ha!Sorry, hombre, but only a sucker walks into a throwdown on his enemy's terms. If you want me, you're gonna have to work for it.Besides, I'm more of a knife fight kind of guy anyways. I can still leave you the keys to your French whore's place if want though.
>THREAD QUESTIONChinese literature: too many classics to list: Shījīng, Dàodéjīng, Huáinánzǐ, Hánfēizǐ, Sānguó Yǎnyì...Hindu literature: Mukhya Upaniṣads, particularly Bṛhadāraṇyak, Chāndogya, Māṇḍūkya, TaittirīyaBuddhist literature: Milinda-pañha (Questions of Menander), Prajñāpāramita-Hṛdayam Sūtra (Heart Sūtra).Various Ancient Egyptian funerary texts.The fragments of the Presocratic philosophers.Plato's writings, especially the Phaedo, Symposium and Republic.Plotinus' Enneads.Corpus Hermeticum.Bible, particularly the sapiential books of the Old Testament and Johannine literature of the New Testament.I'm willfully excluding books by and for Cainites and other occult literature that aren't accessible to kine learning institutions, as I wouldn't call them media.I'm also excluding a millennium of Japanese poetry anthologies since the Kokin Wakashū. But instead of a classic collection, my first recommendation for an English reader would actually be Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death, compiled and translated by Yoel Hoffmann.I must point out that haiku as they are known today became popular as standalone poems a few decades after my embrace, and this name is a 19th century invention, they used to be called hokku (発句).As translated by Hoffman:Life is like a cloud of mistEmerging from a mountain cave,And deathA floating moonIn its celestial course.If you think too muchAbout the meaning they may have,You'll be bound foreverLike an ass to a stake.- Mumon Gensen
Hello Kindred.I have words from the web, may they help you>What's a man to a corncob?>55 State Street, Boston MA>There is a black star over the east>The Blood in the sands is hungry>Juneday! Juneday!>DO NOT OPEN IT>Trust the Heckin Hyperscience!>Not sponsored by Pentex>Openmaw was NOT inevitable.>They're coming. Run.
Travel log #14 [ Memphis, Tennessee ]-[*5/10 ]>>>>>Pros> This is a town where you can fuck up and people won't notice> Even if the train networks on the continent aren't what they used to be this is still a safe centre to travel through> Outside threats seem mostly focused on other things, so for once, the Blood around here slips under the radar>>>>>Cons> The Prince of Memphis is probably the most dangerous Toreador I've ever seen and tolerates no carpetbaggers or nomads> Her sheriff is also the kind of person who'd make some of you blush in terms of raw cruelty> For some fucking reason the First US civil war is being fought here among rival cliques between high and low clannsWeird town, not for any of us. Did meet up with some old friends however. Hatshepsup and Hippy seem to have set themselves up well enough, even if the former hates the Bass-Pro abomination and the latter is still absolutely depressed about losing everything in Marquette. Most of us who survived didn't have large networks, but Hippy basically had a whole congregation of naturalists and pot-boys running her operation. Still a long way from recovered, but her sitting down with Mèo and our new companion did her some good. Left out some of the tribulations we've gone through recently. We are still being followed and the creep who did it last night basically spent an hour atop an eighteen wheeler. Creepy as sin.>>97874559I've got a special place in my heart for 'Day of the Triffids' as a rip-off radio drama. Back in... God was it 58 or 59? Can't remember.It was there for me for a nasty hide-out in a farm's attic. I can still recite lines from Dr. Voreles.
>>97874559>Your favorite media: books, films, anythingI'll get literally eaten alive by you people if I say a word about this, so, no, nuh, nuh-huh.>>97875778Hiiiiiiii, sorry for the delays, we are currently trying to not go back to the fucking stone age here! Everything that uses electricity now has a penchant for being haunted, short-circuiting and so on, and there's that fucking aurora in the sky, sometimes, but only if you look right and only from very specific angles. It's definitely not a regular electricity thing, and one of those mangy pizza-eating wolves is eyefucking our electronics while looking very, very worried. Not offering to help, Heaven forbid they do that. Betting ten bucks on that it's the Goriatrix tribe, or whatever I scryed for, sending a hello in a novel and annoying, yet not excessively harmful way. Theeen like five bucks on that it's something more caern-related, and maybe three on that it's a problem outside of our usual context.It sure can't stop me from scrying though!So, the creep. I'll go for three basic questions, and then let you ask further ones and let me scry for them, that'd be the most practical method.>What is the creep's nature?The Magician - Upright. Resourcefulness; skill; willpower. Praying it isn't literally what the card depicts, they're the worst.>Why is the creep after the H0Trio?Page of Wands - Upright. Creative spark; new beginnings; exploration.>There's many paths - confrontation, avoidance, seeking outside assistance, bribery, trickery. Which way to go? Is there even a best way?Six of Wands - Reversed. Unrewarded efforts; fall from grace; insecurity due to overreliance on outside assurance and not on internal clarity.Cards are feeling Somewhat Fucky still, after my Goriscrying, so tread carefully.
>>97876499>I'll get literally eaten alive by you people if I say a word about this, so, no, nuh, nuh-huh.It's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, isn't it?
>>97876499>Hiiiiiiii, sorry for the delays, we are currently trying to not go back to the fucking stone age here! Everything that uses electricity now has a penchant for being haunted, short-circuiting and so on, and there's that fucking aurora in the sky, sometimes, but only if you look right and only from very specific angles. It's definitely not a regular electricity thing, and one of those mangy pizza-eating wolves is eyefucking our electronics while looking very, very worried. Not offering to help, Heaven forbid they do that. No worries. Also, if that's who I think it is tell him that the boys in San Francisco expect him to help PROACTIVELY. Because god knows we all need to actually get over our hang-ups.I met his sister. I was told of the 2008 incident. I'm not afraid to share it if need be.>That ScryingThis thing is creepy sister, it's pretty focused on me and if it wanted the kill it would have gone for it after the attack. Pulled stuff on Gün I've never seen and it SMELLS like my bloodline but... Off. Weird like. Closer to the un-things that congregate around the Caern but distinct from them.Could you ask the mistress of the library for information on bloodlines related to Gangs like me? My knowledge base is a lot of circumstantial stuff and filled with hearsay from old farts and I've neglected some of that research.
>/tq/pretty bold question, i bet most people lie or chicken out rather than fess upbest answer is probably my telenovelasi got a pit full of vhs tapes i go through>>97874691more than you've ever had cabrón >>97871550good work newt but i'll be real these are nifty little novelties for defending the burrowdoubt even he is dumb enough to attack us at homeshame that>>97873577to be a meat griller in czexan countrybein real and serious with you, that seems like an amateur move holding the camera steady, unless its a deliberate bait i guess.
>>97878226>that seems like an amateur move holding the camera steady,You're not wrong. Perhaps I should visit or perhaps he doesn't care because he knows he's on a observation mission and he knows that licks have keen senses during the worst of times. >Thread QuestionI will admit a fondness for cowboy or western literature. My favourite would likely be Robert Lewis Taylor but there are many good ones. Hell it even got a theatrical adaption at one point.
so just came out of a long sleep. My human gf was working for the cammies sense before I met her. I thought working at a blood bank and her liking me were just luck but no. My regent never trusted me and put her on me like a collar thinking I'd go rabid or some shit. I don't know why she covered for me or hell if she covered for me when I got hit by a car but she fucking sold me out. I never drank from somebody and she was told I had a time limit and if I didn't hit I'd be forced. She told me when I woke up in a cage with a homeless guy I was friends with. He knew about vampires and was apart of some group called the union or unit I couldn't make out what they were saying at first but he was handcuffed and he kept saying you don't have to do this but I hadn't had a bag in a month. I was so hungry. I let it win. They let me out and she drove me home telling me I did good I protected the masquerade but they won't let me see my dogs until I drink from someone else with her reporting on me. Pray for me for all the good that does. God i hope they aren't monitoring this phone>>97874559>TQi like guy richie movies
>>97878307Prove to them you can keep the Beast at bay and they'll stop testing you at some point. An upcoming rite of passage will probably involve a blood doll or a less willing mortal you'll feed from, and you mustn't drain him or her to death in order to pass.
>>97876515It's fucking Homestuck. She's foreseen me ratting her out, and I've forseen her, as she's doing right now, banging on my door, so I locked it. Too bad!>>97877363>Could you ask the mistress of the library for information on bloodlines related to Gangs like me? My knowledge base is a lot of circumstantial stuff and filled with hearsay from old farts and I've neglected some of that research.I've gone to check since the Mistress of the Library™ is feeling extra iffy about electronics and wouldn't go online to tell you stuff herself, and HSE is barred from the place following a recent incident involving a phone going on fire. From what we can see thus far, there's a lot of very shallow and poorly-developed stuff, mostly footnotes, myths and third-grade information piled on with the cohesiveness of a hoarder getting things just because. Like, I'm right now looking at two profiles, from the same book, which seem to describe basically the same fucking thing, a watery Gangrel, except there's minor cosmetic differences between the two, so they're filed as two distinct bloodlines. Just on a glance:>two water Gangrels, with one extra deep-sea Gangrel recorded in an instance where carcass was fished out by a commercial vessel, woke up, proceeded to eat everybody aboard, excluding the fish, broke the ship hull apart, and sunk with it, with this incident only being recorded thanks to compromised cameras aboard (Nossie agents of some dipshit Ventrue were trying to snoop on workers of on of his shell businesses, or whatever, and the tape got sold and re-sold five times before my Sire got it)>A variety of Gangrel for every combo of climate and human habitation style>Druids?>Druids but Norse, for some reason?>Norse Gangs, but not druidic??>Four different pre-Columbian North American varieties???>Doggerland Gangs, supposedly?????>'Hybrasil survivors'?????>'DROGEO DEVOURERS'???So, uh, anything specific you want us to try and dig up?
roleplay thread? On fucking 4chan?
>>97880009 a shocking concept, I know; a roleplaying thread, for a game built for literal actual physical LARP, on the traditional games board, which typically are fairly roleplay-focused. We should close these threads and go jerk off to elves or argue about local lords or bitch about how nobody paints minis instead, that's productive.
>>97879996>It's fucking Homestuck.My spirit slave Polyglot Girl, who lived and died recently enough to know about these works, was shocked by this revelation. My Great-grandchilde believed it was Twilight, while another ghost of mine, Architect Prime, thought it was something called My Immortal by Tara "XXXbloodyrists666XXX" Gilesbie.
>>97879996homestuck runner is good. "everybody~ everybody!everybody la-dee-dah-dee-dah!" classic.>>97880041i hope you were right because they had me feed off of my girlfriend to both of our surprise. Guys she actually likes me I could taste it! And she was a little woozy after but she's fine! We watched In Bruges (hilarious btw) as she went to sleep. Anyway suns dawning so I'm out of here for now. I still feel terrible about Bobby but nothing I can do other than not let it happen again.
Travel log #15 [ St. Louis, Missouri ]-[*3/10 ]>>>>>Pros> While St. Louis is a Camarilla city, the hold is weak, a lot of the population is Nos split between different dens> The Low clans basically control the night to night in a way that I haven't seen elsewhere> Big arch is alright I guess>>>>>Cons> If it isn't my cousins the County-Gangs making attacks, it is the Loups> This place doesn't have the 'fun' or 'easy to exploit' type of instability, being closer yo Yugoslavia apparently> The Firedancers down south never got over being pushed out of and Atlanta wants to raze this cityWell I got to see the silly half circle and I got to make a little pilgrimage to Cahokia. Not much else to say other than I get the feeling at some point something terrible is gonna hit this city. Again. It's basically ground zero for any jyhad-crusade-insurrection shit in the States. Also lacks a defensive space unless you do what our hosts did and dig.>>97879996To be fair, a lot of that's the experience in-clan. it took me being scholarly for decades (egh time flies) to get the information I have now sorted. I should write a paper at some point on my pre-columbus cousins, but I digress.Focus on the 'Druids,' I think I can place most of the other things for the most part. Anything you can pull up that isn't completely unverifiable or obvious slander.
>>97878226Awww c'mon, humor a guy, would ya? And which baron decided to add to the fund? The Samedi? Or the Ventrue?
>>97880187There's always finding out who gave the order and killing them.
>>97880312It's also where the Midwest CanaDanavian meets Southern Drawl to create a truly mystifying dialect.
>>97880499>>97874691192.168.3.710.3.7.2Found you mods this is not an actual IP attack please don't nuke my post like you've done in the past.
>>97881620If you want to be the one to bump off Janus in a glorious act of REVENGENCE, I'm okay with that.[/spoiler ]
>>97875000>Yes>Maybe>No (thank FUCK)>Oh no why that one?>No>No>Yes>Maybe>No...?>Yes :)>Yes :(I miss being out of my mind when you hit me with this shit brother-brother. It's like someone hits me with a stained glass window.>>97879996Way to be a narc LL. Let he who was never cringe cast the first stone.>>97878307You just need need to find your legs for it, sucks, especially cause you can't really do the 'lure in' I can do. But you'll manage. God isn't here. But we are for you. :)>HIS FACE AFLAME IN RUIN AND WET WITH SLAKING THE PAUPER KING FOUND NO KINSHIP IN BETRAYLS AND DIED IN CHRYSALIS, AND THE BEAST OF THE STAR FOLLOWED, AS THE PRIESTESS OF THE BEAR SWALLOWED THE SUN, AND THE LORD OF MONSTERS SOUGHT AFTER, AND THE STARRY DISTANCE LOOKED ON. OH MAGUS, SUMMON THY SPLENDID ARTS AND DISCIPLE ABANDON THY MASTER TO HIS WRETCHED COCOON. THE WHEEL COMETH, AND ALL MEN AND MONSTERS ARE CRUSHED BENEATH THE COMING CHANGE. LET HE WHO JUMPS ASTRIDE CALAMITY AND DANCES INHERIT THE RUBBLE.
>>97881620>>97881774Sorry for the second OOC post. I was just thinking that if you make it a team up with Necrophage, that's even cooler. It would be kind of a shame to leave him out.
>>97881774>>97882031 that'd be cool. One glorious act of revengence for such an unceremonious death of Bleu. Do you also do necrophage?
>>97882031>>97882165No, he's not me, I'm me. I'd be down for a climax with Janus though.Granted I've just been thinking about the old man just enjoying his new ghoul's company, so I'll follow your leads before hitting the gas.
>>97882200>double dubs>I am yu, he is mialright. I'm not full on thinking of ending things like the next post, but likely before the end of this thread or beginning of next thread. A bit of cat and mouse along the eastern sea board, like a reverse of Sherman's march to the sea.
>Question for the kindred at homeHow many 'lethal accidents' have you caused feeding during your present unlife? One of my coterie's boys had a little mess when he was finishing up tonight, hit me that I've got no point of reference outside of the withered testicle that is my sire.
>>97881620Damnit, why are all you super persistent types always so fucking quick? Can't a guy have a few nights of peace to himself?>>97883806I've never counted. I mean, you've never bothered to count the number of times you've stepped on a bug in your life, have you?
>>97881899>>97879765I got shot tonight but it wasn't so bad! I was me and J and R in a truck out in Angeles Forest. Apparently someone else had been hunting there for a couple weeks and they weren't drinking but instead just stabbing people and leaving them by the road. This is a dumping ground for my boss so this couldn't stand. They wanted us to find him and go wild. I found him in a tent 10 minutes off the road in a tent laughing at a piece of flesh (gross). I thought I had the drop on him but he turned on me and shot me in the chest with a glock. It sucked but not as much as I did >:). Didn't even drain him! I kept the beast (i hate giving it a name) in check. We tossed him in the back of the truck and took him back to LA to the deputy. He said I did good finding the guy and I got to see my dogs again. Things are good! My buddies from the help group even reached out to make sure I'm doing ok. Thanks guys.>>97880041I would never say I would do something like that! See I'm getting smarter (I think)
>>97883806This took me back to my fledgling nights when I mostly fed off corpses. In over four centuries, many vessels died, none by accident.
We busted a tire and it stopped us from reaching Kansas City.Wonderful. >>97883806I've never had a 'lethal accident' with a person. Plenty with creatures of the forest when I was young and half-feral. Would be remiss of me to say I never caused a 'freak bear attack' intentionally though.
>>97881620It seems the duel is being postponed yet again...
>>97889074And good 'ol boy better get used to it.
Getting sick of these modern voodoo practices My 120 year craft boiled down to Fat Women> and Tremere Putting black dyed sand in circles with candles to curse some random internet personality So close to do stupid things that will call a bloodhunt
>>97889937You're doing the same thing as the Roman Catholics.>Oh I can't believe it! I don't bring on new people who know the actual Gospel while zealously guarding it and now some peasant has decided GOD IS THE BAD GUY, but only one third, but it's the third I actually like because it lets me flog landowners >:(You gotta spread that shit or you go the way of Mithras.The religion. Not the dicky.
>>97884618>>97889368Your proximity to the exit and my flair for the dramatic saved you. Sadly the F3 tornado that hit the tornado about 2 minutes after you left didn't spare the rest of the inhabitants. Hope you enjoyed the lack of brakes though. There will be no rest, respite, or peace for you. For I am my brother's keeper. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquity of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is THE LORD when I shall lay my vengeance upon thee!>>97890190hey, we still take the side of the poor by default. Otherwise Lawrence of Rome wouldn't have been grilled alive and died cracking jokes!
>>97881899>It's like someone hits me with a stained glass window.The wisdom is in the cracks. That's where to look. Most birds don't know what a TV is.
>>97889937>voodoo practices>curse some random internet personalityThis reminds me of a story from five years ago. There was this influencer who built his fame by combating scammers. His modus operandi with alleged mediums was pretending to have recently lost his mother and seeking a way to contact her in the afterlife - only to reveal that the mother was still alive by videocalling her in front of the camera and the medium's face.A young man from the main Family was his next target and asked a disciple of mine for advice, and the disciple asked me in turn. The advice was: "Do the session as scheduled, put on a mask, don't blink, close your eyes for at least a second if you must, do not laugh, my associates will take care of the rest." You will never guess what happened next! Can you believe the influencer's mother went to the Other Side right before the session started? How very unfortunate - but it makes for good content, doesn't it?If you overhear a fledgling or neonate from the Clan of Death saying: "I'm dead, you idiot!", "Answer the damn phone!", "The hospital is calling you!", or "What are you doing!? Tell the rest of the family!" and giggling like a schoolgirl, mostly when using the phone, this is the reason.Those are all "memes", as my spirit slaves call them, from this fiasco.Shortly after, we found out a Malkavian gave the influencer our youngster's contact information, and since we had so much fun with this practical joke of his, we returned the favor by sending his soul to the nearest Rossellini camp next to mother and son, that he may offer his condolences.
>>97890495You wish to continue the hunt? Alimania. His time is limited without his pack. But I know that does not sooth insults.Come down to the town of Willacoochee, on the road south, you will find me there.I have a price. Pay it, and I shall aid you.
>>97889937Voodoo? Isn't that a Serpent of the Light thing? Their own cool kids' version of blood sorcery or something?>>97890495I gotta say, your indiscriminate carnage is pretty impressive there, cowboy. I mean, I hate that is directed at me, but other than that? Mmmwah! Chef's kiss! Love it!>>97891083Heh! Got 'em! Epic prank!
Children of the corn bullshit.> Oaoahao look at me I'm the worst version of the wild blood, please acquaintance help me with the child cult I runThe things I do for 'friends' and support. I guess we're staying in Yellow-Brick road country for an extra night. Damned concrete nightmare.>>97890495Please don't throw out multiple tornadoes, I've been told creating a Dead-Man Walking could be very very very bad. >>97891386Genuine question, when were you bitten?
>>97883806Accidents? None really. If I'm pissed off I set out to drink em dry, otherwise I restrain myself. I think it's cuz of tge way my Sire gave me my first meal. God, I'll never forget that...So the Horseman was all theatrical about my Embrace. Burries me in a shallow grave (symbolisim, I think) and there's a raging thunderstorm to boot. I dig my way out, no clue I'm already dead. Wearing nothing but mud and rain (cuz babies are born naked, i guess...?) And a bolt.of ligutning shows me the biggest motherfucker I've seen in person on the biggest horse I've seen and while my mind is trying to decide if it shpuld try and make sense of all this or if it should just give up and break down now the Horseman scoops me up with one hand and takes off riding at full gallop.I think he was hitting full force with his Majesty, because I never even thought about trying to fight my free, even though I had no idea who he was or qhat was hapening. Hell, I didn't even wonder about feeling so damn cold; I was wet and naked on a galloping horse!Anyway, we get to the Horsemans ranch, I meekly follow him inside, and tge first thing I see is a naked dude tied to a chair and gagged. Horseman walks up ro the guy, lifts a fancy silver table knife, and lightly pricks tge guys throat whike he's struggling and screaming into the gag.Seeing, smelling that one drop of blood...oh God. That little sparkling ruby. I didn't know it at the time but I full on Hunger Frenzied. I tackled that poor guy to the floor, straddled him...and ripped his throat out. It was MESSY. And because of the Kiss, even as he knew I was killing him, he had a raging hard on the whole time. Even came before he died.I've NEVER let myself lose control to my Hunger since. Not after that shit.
>>97891083The prince of Eastwood still has a blind bloodhunt for you >>97891829Speaking of corn I've seen a new group Tzimisce creation being let loose in crop fields that have been described as>Fat burnt soggy screaming hamsThat keep the "Ghoul Food" safe
>>97891829June of 1988. Why? You've been hanging around the cat long enough, you should know the kind of things we consider pranks.>>97892104>And because of the Kiss, even as he knew I was killing him, he had a raging hard on the whole time. Even came before he died.See! When I say stuff like this, I'm a "sick fuck." Oh but when you say it's "a heartfelt retelling of my first kill." This shit's not fair!
>>97892104as humiliating as it is to reference a german, this reminds me of 'die fröhliche wissenschaft'. how self-important a ceremony. how base. but it would be a lie to say such results were not sufficient. so often my degenerate high clan neighbours sire mewling worms that have no idea what they truly are.which is why my social is composed of nosforatu, ghouls, and kine.
>>97892474The difference your degenerate ass can't see is that the whole damn thing was so traumatic I've never succumbed to Hunger Frenzy since...which was the whole point, I guess. You, on the other hand, would have been just as hard and dry humping the corpse.>>97892511Funny that. My Sire is German. Hessian from way back when.
>>97892625curious. were he from hesse-hanau, there is a not zero chance he shot at me once. back in the 'good old days' when i was technically fighting on the same side as the assamites and things got messy. the landeskinder might be famous for their occidental forays but they had a reputation down here as well.
Night draws near. Time to pay the 'Rat-King' a visit.>>97892104Good grief. I can't add much but that is something.>>97892422Do you got more information? I'm morbidly curious and due to help with some stalking through corn country tonight. No that there's much corn grown but better to learn.>>97892474>Why?You sound like a belligerent mortal teen who shoots squirrels for kicks. And the curse of Malkav takes many forms. I'm very familiar with my Cat's condition, and it is why I tolerate the Blood Bond woith her.
>>97892853Sure, I kill for kicks. Or because I'm hungry. Or because I'm angry. Or because I'm annoyed. Or as part of the Sabbat's mission. Or as part of my experiments to find where exactly the soul resides in a body. Or for any number of reasons, each as equally valid as any other. We're killers, it's in our nature. I'm comfortable with that fact. Are you?Since we're sharing with the class, how about you, H0T? When did your heart stop beating, and what drives you to kill?
>>97892898>When did your heart stop beating, and what drives you to kill?Ironic... I was mauled back when the Great War was being fought I'll admit, the specific year is fuzzy. Either 16 or 17. We are predators and haemovores. At the end of the day all that is required of us is blood. When I hunt I hunt for sustenance, mine own or others. The same reason people hunted back before the bite. Except I did not have weapons when I started, I was hurling myself at deer and moose like a wolf does.Nature kept me and humbled me. Still does. I return the favour more literally.Now if you'll excuse me I have to flog one of my upstart cousins because he has decided to wage a rodent-corvid-child war.
ATTENTION YOU MISERABLE DIRTY-NECK-SUCKERS AND BENDY BACKED HARLOTSI HAVE ESCAPED THE CABOOSE I'll admit I didn't think I'd get this far and as I've wiped out the fridge (REPULSIVE VILE SWILL so glad there was an excess or I wouldn't be able to think straight) I must I am at a bit of a loss. The foul servant of the Loupines and her thralls have, for the time being departed, this vehicle and I do not have the keys. Currently it is daylight, and I do not have a means to escape without being annihilated by the power of Sol Invictus.Please advise. I am certain the VILE and DUPLICITOUS House of Tremere want me dead. No doubt also the TREACHEROUS AND STUPID AND ARROGANT House of Goratrix... Also probably want me dead.Man I just want cool Sorcery powers and all I got is poo poo garbageBullshit. I could be beach bumming back in California if I'd just gotten into drugs. BUT NO FOR SOME INANE HIDEOUS REASON I DECIDED TO GET INTO HOUSING AND I AM TRAPPED IN MISSOURI. FUCK.
>>97891353Alright, we'll discuss the price then continue hunting this wretch.>>97891386My lack of a plutonium core is the only reason there's not a fission bomb in your car. Thankfully I'm not being hunted by the technocracy again, so that's spared you and a sq. mile around you from nuclear hellfire.>>97892104honestly this scene and the ULTIMATE SUCC you described last thread sound worth/10 for the average dude. Though, when you came to>hehwas it the realization that you killed someone via your hunger that traumatized you or something else? Any remarks from your sire? fuck these IP range bans. Seriously, it's like every two or three days my home IP just gets cut off from posting due to abuse, it says.
>>97892954Oh shit, a great war vet! Literally born in a man made hell. What side were you on? Any favorite arms of that conflict? I'm partial to the SMLE mk. 2.>>97894011howdy! I too also hate the majority of tremere! Sad to hear you're stuck in Missouri though. A fate no kine or kindred deserve.
>>97892954Sounds to me like even after a century, you haven't faced the reality of who and what you are, sister. You're just deluding yourself about your true nature. We are born of murder; killing runs in our blood. No need to be ashamed of acting in our nature, now is there?To illustrate my point: you have a trapped Tremere in your care right now. What happened to his friends, huh? You didn't let them off with a light scolding, now did you? Suppose you and I were to cross paths tomorrow night, what would you do then? Nothing pleasant for me, I imagine.>>97894011I hate to be the bearer of bad new buddy, but your future is outside of your hands, unless you can figure out how to hotwire a car real quick. Silver lining is that they probably don't intend to kill you, or you'd already be dead. Try begging to be dropped off in the next town.
>>97894132No shit. When you're held together by the threat of bloodbonding, being bloodbound, or threatening your brothers and sisters with camarilla political plays there is almost NOTHING for you. And I'm still just- WAITING FOR THE MAGIC ANY DAY NOW. God what a joke of a vampire lineage.Worst part is I think I'm in walking distance from Kansas. I hate the great plains. It's just so flat. Nothing should be this horizontal. It's unnatural.It sucks honestly, the banning system is showing its age.>>97894140Is this- Some kind of psy-op thing? Did she pay you to exhale through that underbite, as a means to make me amendable to her lunacy?Because you sound like that book-chewing knuckle dragging IMBECILE Sanchez. Oh yea he was a real natural borne killer until he got yoinked out into the night. And he screamed loud enough I heard him in the basement. Unsurprising I guess. That he and that Consanguineous GOON of a Ductus were so easily tricked into "suicide by Gangrel."And I will become a POWERFUL SORCERER I DO NOT BEG NOR HAVE I EVER BEGGED SHITTIER-SANCHEZ
>>97894011Touch a payphone in the pouring rain in the middle of the night, and you will find the way out.
>>97894267Just laying out the straight facts for ya. Whether you make it out or not is frankly no concern of mine. You're alone and in the middle of nowhere. You can either take your chances with the sun or take your chances with your captors when night falls.
>>97894103Honestly? It was a bit of all if it. The dude KNEW I was killing him, and I forced him to get off on it. That plus the fact that my brain was just, like, OFF and my body was doing what it pleased...it was all just too fucked up.And no comments from my Sire. Aside from the fact that as far as I know his vocal chords got cut when he was still mortal (wicked throat scar) he's only ever communicated in writing, or one of his Pack mates tells me what he wants to say. I'm pretty sure, though, he wanted me to figure out what he was trying to teach me in my own instead of regurgitating rote memorization in command.>>97894011Scream louder. Cry like a little bitch. Make sure everything within a hundred yard radius knows you are prey, and you are weak and wounded. That oughta straighten this mess out.>>97894132There's a difference between being a predator and playing with your food.
>>97894267So are you a tremere who was taught nothing of blood sorcery? If so, damn, how did you piss literally everyone in the tower off? Also, as weird as it sounds, I think Florida is actually the flattest state.
>>97894659Creepy mother fucker.>>97894692I can only assume something has gone amiss, and unless they're waiting in a nearby sewer I have some time when night falls. >>97894742Let a man have his outlet. This funny little caps-lock is the extent of the-MIND BENDING AMARANTH SLAVING STONE SHATTERING RAGE I CURRENTLY FEEL AND CAN SHARE WITH YOUThe venison drippings are growing on me. God have mercy.>>97894744I was not "Blessed" with being sired by the debauched triangle known as the House of Tremere. I was dragged into the house of Goratrix because they are ILLITERATE TO ALL ZONING LAWS OF THE KINE AND BASIC FUCKING MATHEMATICS! I was strung along constantly with the promises of power- yet never receiving it- despite my higher Blood standing than some of my koala-minded 'siblings.' Gave those bastards the best years of my unlife and they go invoking actual Loupine retribution. I had to sneak through the floors and steal keys to acquire my current knowledge-base. They did not even permit me tuition on the Domination and the Auspex, and threatened me often should I fail as their legal warrior.Alas. While I was able to liberate such knowledge thanks to their inadequacies, I have not had much time to apply it.Also yes Florida is very flat but the swamp hides that fact.
>>97894804Pick a direction and start running then. And don't stop running until you reach civilization or the sun starts to come up and you need to hide. If they don't care about you, they won't bother coming after you. If they do care, then you won't get far anyway and we're back to you sucking it up and begging to go free.
>>97894804>creepy motherfuckerI didn't drink unicorn blood. I know what you did. I know what Old Man Trembly did to the Healer.
>>97894923Your suggestion is integrated.>>97894994>I didn't drink unicorn blood. Doubtful cur.>I know what you did. You know what you fucking schizoid? Fine. I have already been proverbially stripped naked by this affair.Just don't share the stuff I did to get into school, my parents already think their kid died blowing up an electric car dealership.>I know what Old Man Trembly did to the Healer.That better not refer to my grandsire. It would be fitting, but I don't need another inherited black mark from that creature.
>>97895195Sadly ALL tremere inherit the black mark of killing off the one objectively “good” kindred of Saulot. I’m not familiar with your house but if it’s in the same clan vein as tremere, yall actualy stole immortality from mine, the proud tzimisce. And we call the tremere usurpers for this reason. And hate them.
>>97892422>The prince of Eastwood still has a blind bloodhunt for youSo blind the Prince doesn't know the Malkavian overstepped the boundaries set by the Promise of 1528? I was almost tempted to have a disciple of mine deliver this body and collect the reward, but then I remembered where is Eastwood.I don't have time for my practical jokes, my hands are full with this strange torpid Cainite my associates found in Nicaragua.
>>97895783>yallThere is no 'WE' in any house of Tremere I can say for certain, but there is a 'MINE-MINE-MINE' of whoever sired you.All derives from the arrogance of Goratrix and Tremere however, and considering the literary one-handed-symphony they so often produced... That is believable. Tracking with the pattern of 'rehabilitating' the Gifts of the 'low-graced and spiritually desolate' clans. Even now, the House of Goratrix detest the Tzimsce, as much as the Gangrel, Ravnos, and Nosforatu. The million metaphorical paper-cuts I've endured since my embrace have given me no love of the Antribu, nor the original House of Tremere who seem to replace sadism with control issues. Which is why I have decided to peel myself away from the idiocy of the Tribu and Antribu and climb atop a mountain.AND I WILL SHOOT LIGHTNING AT WHOEVER APPROACHES MY DOMAIN Just need to figure out the lightning first. Preferably in a way where I don't need to raid a chantry or kidnap someone.
>>97895981If you can make it to St. Augustine, FL there's a certain haven down there that's probably full of sorcery shit you can use. Might need to brush up on your Egyptian though. Or your French. Heh.
>>97896109Sure. Now I've got a date with a telephone box that's been taunting me for the day.MAY I DAY IN GLORY AND MAY MY BLOOD POISONS WHOEVER EATS ME
>>97896109Noted. Now I've got a date with a telephone box that has been mocking me all day.MAY WHOEVER EATS MY SOUL CHOKE ON IT AND DIE
Fucking noted alright time to beat the shit out of a fucking phone booth piece of shit flyoverstate MAY WHOEVER BITE ME CHOKE ON MY SOUL
>>97896132>>97896137>>97896292Woah calm down there, amigo. You sure you're a Tremere and not one of us?Stupid posting issues.
A neonate was called for an exorcism in Nicaragua for one of the most common complaints by clients: spooky night noises. An ancilla noted there were similar requests from nearby towns, except the complaints were describing the noises as "growls" and other animal sounds.Sometimes Cainites of the Clan of Death are called to exorcise things that aren't ghosts, and we'll happily take care of your stray animal or kine madman - as long as the reward is the same.Eventually local urban legends about a "man-jaguar" haunting the night reached our neonate... Afraid of being ripped in half by some species of urban shapeshifter, she implored me to take over the investigation.We may have discovered a possible kernel of truth behind the legend: not a fera but a fellow Cainite, buried, naked and drained.I gave him a sip from my wrist, and in those few instants before I slid a stake in his ventricle, he resisted mind control and easily kicked away the boulder we placed on his legs.Two more nights and I'll have a civil conversation with this new friend, he looks European.
>>97894103The price is paid.His death is yours, do not squander it and shame us.god you can almost feel this basket weaving forum falling apart man
Travel log #16 [ Kansas City, Kansas / Missouri ]-[*2/10 ]>>>>>Pros> If you aren't picky, the slaughterhouses and farming industry provide > This used to be a very Sabbat held town but recent events have weakened them and their sect enemies> Plenty of 'recently opened up real estate'>>>>>Cons> The new 'Baron' is a of the East is a lunatic and I say that as someone who is nominally his ally> Feds monitor the shit out of this town and use it as a training ground for kill teams apparently> If someone really wants to take Kansas City, with enough boots they'll be able to take itWhat a circus. I can't complain but fuck me the things I do for favours. Can't in good faith recommend this place to anyone unless they're desperate or a nasty combination of ambitious and stupid. >>97894132I was on the wrong side of the Atlantic for fighting, too young, lacking the piece for conscription. I was never one for guns. Grenades though? Those have their time and place. >>97894140His 'friends' thought they could attack and kill whoever they pleased, and were paid in turn. Our Serendipitous Sorcerer the only one who was wise enough to realize he could not win. And yielded. And for that reason he has opportunities when this trip ends.There is a reason likewise I suggested we stay away from one another.>>97897784He was having an episode when we found him, turned around, shouted 'I make my own fate' and staked himself. Odd. But there is potential in him.>>97898060European? From whereabouts?
>>97899056>European? From whereabouts?Looks southern but not swarthy, he'd pass as a Ventrue or Lasombra. Definitely not the phenotype I'd expect after chasing rumors of a jaguar prowling a city in Central America.He'll tell me after two nights, once he's blood bound to me, and fed, in this order. Until then he gets nothing but a sip of my vitae and the stake each night. I wonder how many of the Cainites exchanging messages here would just try and Diablerize him instead, and how many of those would win the ensuing battle of wills. Next time I won't try my luck with eye contact.
>>97899056>Grenades though? Those have their time and place.The time is always. The place is the prison pocket of the fucker anoying the shit out of you. I ran into a mad bomber malk that was in the IRA back in the 80's before she got turned. Taught me some things. Turns out I've got a knack for it. And explosions are fun.
>>97899056>Odd. But there is potential in him.So, have you decided what to do with the little tyke? Seems odd to keep carting him around like a sack of potatoes if you don't intend to teach him anything.>>97899296>and how many of those would win the ensuing battle of wills.That's just an old wives' tale elders use to scare fledglings. The only thing that happens upon devouring the soul is a transfer of power and the ultimate feeling of euphoria. Kinda like a Highlander Quickening now that I think about it.
>>97899296Sometimes, it is better to let the lion roam in the jungle without a Safari.>>97900006I disagree. Mostly because the element of surprise is a mean mother fucker.Nothing as stunning as a self-proclaimed master of obtenebration getting undone by a metaphorical monkey with a grenade.>>97900789>He is lacking critical informationI was always going to do something for him, such was a condition of his yield.But now? I think there is a more concrete plan.
>>97895981Hmmmm I’ve often wondered if one could delve into the mysteries of mathematics and arrive at a magic of sorts. Anyways. I can send you baby’s intro to koldunism if you really want to learn something. It’s not easy to learn for anyone but results tend to be standardized. >>97896109I will tar and feather you. I will have your limbs severed and flay your face, carving a ritual into your torso that sells your soul to the ass stuffing pineapple demon. >>97898137Very well. I hope it serves you well and I appreciate your assistance in this matter. We shall be victorious. He shall not live to see the calends of May. the glory days of mongolian weaving forums are far past us anon. It’s a sad reality we live in.>>97899296Sooo, vaguely northern spanish/italian or occitan french? While living, I was told I looked the image of some conquistadors. Phenotypes and genotypes are weird. >>97901580>monkey with a grenadeIs it possible to learn this kind of power?
>>97901580Ohhhh, that's a good idea for Handsome Jack. He's a new packmate; one of them Nausferatu from Naustralia. I definitely need to get Mad Bomber in the pack though. Nack or no I damn near blew myself into torpor last time I tried cooking something up.
>>97883806I, and the mob of shovelheads that would be winnowed down to become my lack, drained about thirty people, came to about two or three per shovelhead, not that I could tell you who drained who, I was in a fugue state for most of it.One of which was a Ghoul the Prince of Colma was grooming for The Embrace™, prior day Goth Girl who looked like a poet he knew back before Radio.
>>97901985Whaaaaaat? I'm just trying to help out the new guy. That's what we do on this network, yeah? Help each other out? Don't you want him to grow up to be the best vampire wizard he can be?
>>97901985>Is it possible to learn this kind of power?It's all in the surprise and looking not like you have conventional threats.>I can send you baby’s intro to koldunism if you really want to learn something. It’s not easy to learn for anyone but results tend to be standardized. That would be appreciated by myself at least. My variant of the Koldunism is not exactly 'awe-inspiring' and my tuition was not with formal materials.>>97901992Reliability is always king.
>>97902921I’m just telling you what’s gonna happen. It’s not a threat, it’s a promise. >>97902959Very well. Consider it a boon little lady!
The second night with the mysterious torpid and anemic Cainite in Nicaragua who supposedly turns into a jaguar.I caressed his dark hair as I fed him from my wrist for the>>97901580 second time. As soon as I took off the stake, he instinctively seized my arm with both hands. I told him to forgive me as I'm saving his life in Castellano, though I'm not completely convinced whether he understood everything, his grip relented.Either way, once again I'm impressed with his strength, and now self-control as well. I slid the stake through his ribs again, of course.My living associates will provide some clothes while my Dead one, Polyglot Girl, is looking up local Mesoamerican languages.>>97901580>Sometimes, it is better to let the lion roam in the jungle without a Safari.I might be biased, but it feels more like I'm saving a panda from extinction. It's a nation of Diablerists and it wasn't us that buried or drained him.
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>>97904083Boy Toy says my reply should be: "We like slow burn in this house."
Fucking Iowa. >>97903233My thanks, Monarch. >>97903921Rarely has a Safari ever been fair to a predator. Even for Elephants and Rhinos, guns have always made it a very one-sided affair.Only exception is hippos. Terrifying creatures, they.For more serious matters, I know Nicaragua has a litany of dead native languages, but was interconnected with the Mayan world at points. Highland Mayan, Sumu and Qarif should be considered in your search. Miskito is so changed by arrival influence it probably should be considered last.
>>97903921I vaguely know nahua. It’s the aztec language.>>97904083I hate to agree with you, but yes I believe the cat boy shall soon be the penetrator rather than the penetratee. >>97904940To paraphrase Cato,HIPPOPOTOMAS DELENDA EST
>>97905905The Mexica went a bit far north for Nicaragua, closest territory was Guatemala. Though on the upside there ARE modern speakers of Nahuatl, so it may work as a lingua franca. Or given the Triple Alliance's history with Everyone Else, it might piss your jaguarman off, like speaking spanish to a Portuguese or calling Oregan Bootleg Washington.
>>97904239But you definitely want some making fuck. It's obvious.Seriously though, aren't you an elder necromancer? Have you not picked up Auspex in all your centuries?
>>97901985Por la Cruz InvertidaI smell him.
Third night of Blood Bonding my amnesiac shapeshifter jaguar Cainite. I artfully tied up his dinner, it was fairly gruesome, we had to wash him with a hose before dressing him up. I thought jaguars liked water.Smoking Mirror: "You must have questions, I have few answers: my memories were tampered with. I can't even remember my own name."Spider Lily: "English, very convenient. Name the current pope."Mirror: "Bergoglio."Lily: "Close."Mirror: "Do you know why I was underground?"Lily: "What I do know is that people put bodies down there to preserve them - as opposed to destroy them - that would be the good news. The bad news is that whoever- whatever did this could do it again, to both of us."Mirror: "So we aren't safe?"Lily: "We leave a decoy, I fix your hair and... 'makeup', then we go home."Mirror: "Define 'home.'"Lily: "Home is The City Where We Won't Have To Run Anymore, Canada. If you can't give me answers, give me a riddle."Mirror: "What am I?"Lily: "A Tlacique, perchance?"Mirror: "Who are you?"Lily: "[Spider Lily], you savior. I baptize thee [Smoking Mirror]. We have no time. Come."We went to collect the reward for exorcising the nightly noises, but our Assamite client made some disingenuous remarks about my yukata. Smoking Mirror held him by the scruff like a kitten and said: "The lady wears what she pleases, goes where she pleases, and she is your Allah now." Those slums had no concept of Masquerade. I had my Kitsune Delirium Mask on the side of my head.We had a smaller incident later at the airport.Staff: "Mr., uh... Tecuani, are you vaccinated against yellow fever?"Smoking Mirror: "I beg. Your. Pardon."Spider Lily: "Señolita, al you vaccinated against fifty dollals, Amelican?"Staff: "Enjoy your journey!"We will! 然らばじゃ, Nicaragua!>>97905905>I believe the cat boy shall soon be the penetrator rather than the penetrateeI may have found a man in a world of boys~>>97907660Aren't you on the run from immediate doom?!
>>97908753You know what helps to avoid unexpected, untimely, undignified death? Auspex! You know what helps circumvent pesky language barriers when trying to wake up strange jaguar man vampires? Auspex!Judging by your reaction, I'm guessing you haven't. Lucky for you it turned out he must be a modern Cainite and not some pre-Columbian feral boi.
>>97908853Cat boy...? Where? WHERE!?...want cat boy...
>>97908853The oldest Cainites did not live that long because they informed everyone they can read minds, they let those around them act spontaneously.Suppose he only spoke Nahuatl. He'd be unable to gain knowledge from something as simple as a road sign. So I thought I'd try talking to him the easy way.The Clan of Death's secret power is talking to people - not just the Dead, but those living and undead, too. It's how the Giovanni got the Promise of 1528 out of the Camarilla, and remained Independent after their Antediluvian was Diablerized.>>97909513This was the first photo I captured with this device. I'm very proud of this accomplishment.
>>97908753>and she is your Allah now.That's very haram. It must be nice to have things go your way always and never against.
>>97908551Keep trying, asshole! You and that Texan!>>97909513Look out everyone! She's gone feral!>>97909602>The oldest Cainites did not live that long because they informed everyone they can read mindsNow you're just trying to save face after being embaaaaaaarrassed. You've been more than happy to brag about every other power and skill you possess; it's too late to pretend like you were holding something in reserve now.
Travel log #17 [ Des Moines, Iowa ]-[*4/10 ]>>>>>Pros> Small enough town to the point the Gang population on the outskirts is the most prominent feature> Otherwise, the only population is a small selection of odd-balls and insurance people who have a small circle > Decent enough place if you can stand the company of Ventrue finance nerds>>>>>Cons> Most of the Gangs don't live in town and hunt around, forming a murder barrier for unwanted drifters> Nothing goes amiss here, be they regular folk or the Blood, avoid making mistakes or putting off declarations > I cannot stand the company of Ventrue Finance NerdsNot the worst place in the world, but I miss home. Almost back into the North, proper.Should pester Fear at some point about prodding the Anarchs, but it can wait.>Lily: "Home is The City Where We Won't Have To Run Anymore, Canada. If you can't give me answers, give me a riddle."Hmgh.
>>97909513Strip. Do not staple cat ears to your sect mates' heads.
>>97909887>>97908551I see him. The land here doesn't want me as it's dominus, but it will obey with enough vitae. He won't escape this time. The earth itself will hold him for us.>>97909761shall we call up the assamite primogen and have a fatwa declared?>>97911035brother eww, why are you in corn land?
>>97911111To reach the land beyond the Corn of course, the land of opossums and moose. Good hunting, brother.
>>97911111His death is yours as was agreed on, all I need is mud and darkness.Unholy Quints>>97909887BUT I STILL WANT THOSE EYES COBARDE
>>97911248I've swamped the area where he's staying. Head in. If he gets away, I just need to get a piece of him for a ritual. I'm out of bleu's vitae just finding him here this time. shit that's my first huge get in years. Nice! >>97911134Luna will run red with his blood!
>>97911248>>97911687Come on in boys. I've got a little something ready for you this time, you'll love it!Janus will have topped himself off via a family of four, leaving the bodies on gruesome display in the living room. He'll pull a swatting on the house, trying to pin Chelys and Necro down with an armed police response while he uses Obfuscate and Dementation to cause chaos before he bolts. If he needs to defend himself, he'll try to use Dominate and his new found powers of Presence and Serpentis to hold Chelys and Necro off until he can find an opportunity to escape using Celerity.Janus's current spread of Disciplines is: Auspex 1, Celerity 1, Dementation 3, Dominate 1, Obfuscate 2, Potence 1, Presence 2, Protean 1, and Serpentis 3.
>>97912233 dammit, actual stat blocks, my one weakness. Guess I've been putting this off long enough.
>>97912233Well you son of a bitch, you made a mess of things. I just wanted to skin you and make you into a lamp that’s all. Instead you try and frame me and Necro for the murder of a family. Hope you enjoy the hand you gave me though. I’m gonna make good use of it, I tell you what. I applaud the decorations though, it was passing work. Poor taste in using children though, personal withholdings aside, it’s a bad hunter who kills the young before they’ve ripened. You got away tonight. Next time you will not be as fortunate.
GAAAAAH IT WAS JUST A DROP FOR A RITUALWHY IS SMOKING MIRROR'S VITAE SO GOODWHY DO YOU HAVE THE AFTERTASTE OF MARACUJÁ YOU WHITE DEVIL
Well... anyway, Smoking Mirror is a series of contradictions:he's an European but he turns into an American animal;he hates the light and reptiles equally;he's one fewer generation removed from Caine than me yet better with contemporary technology;he was found outside of the historical territory of the Nahua but he speaks Nahuatl "as well as a native", according to my spirit slave.and I think I'm only scratching the surface.What began as a game between him and Polyglot Girl turned into a series of "translations" for blood sorcery powers that Smoking Mirror claims were developed by the Nahua:Flower of the Divine Liquor = POTESTAS VITAEHuehueteotl’s Glory = CREATIO IGNISRed Hand of Tezcalipoca = POTESTAS MOTVSGifts of Xipetotec = CREATIO MATERIAECapturing the Enemy Within = VIA MENTIS INTENTAEWay of the Jaguar Warrior = VIA MARTISWisdom of the Sacred Jungles = VIA HERBARVMRites of Tezcalipoca = REGO SPIRITVSBreath of Quetzalcoatl = POTESTAS TEMPESTATVMSecret Ways of Tezcatlipoca = REGO CORRVPTIOCalling the Teotl = POTESTAS ELEMENTORVMThis isn't the sort of thing you'd think the Nahua would share with a Spaniard.How did the Nahua sorcerers know all of this? And how did HE come to know all of this?How fascinating indeed, the more I learn about or from this Cainite, the greater the next mystery.
>>97914012Come walk the path of catboys with me.
>>97912233Vaya vaya vaya. You disappoint me again.>¿Puedo ver a mama y a papa?Seen that trick done better, twisted the knife. It didn't save them. It won't wave you.Keep running I can hear it. That statline made me double check if Necrophage had as much leftover when I was giving him the Traveller Mongoose treatment. Oh yea. Technically closer to a Nosferatu now at obfuscate 3 / Auspex 3 and never picked up celerity somehow. More a horror monster really with how badly disfigured he is by the Gangrel Bane.
>>97914010>Poor taste in using children though, personal withholdings aside, it’s a bad hunter who kills the young before they’ve ripened.I was just doing the compassionate thing and keeping a family from being separated. And there's plenty more fish in the sea.>>97914510This is just the opening act, I've got plenty more surprises lined up for your entertainment! Though it would be nice IF YOU WOULD STOP TAKING BODY PARTS OFF OF ME!! Having to regenerate my missing bits after every encounter is getting really fucking tiresome!>>97914175The future of The Sword of Caine everyone.
THERE IS NO PLACE TO SPIT IN A RICH MAN'S HOUSE BESIDE HIS FACE AND I AM FULL OF HATEREND THE CORRUPTING SIX FINGERED MOTHER FUCKER WHO KEEPS DOING THIS TO ME I HATE IT I HATE IT I DONT WANNA KEEP DOING THIS STOP GET OUT OF MY HEAD IT ISNT MINE BUT IT ISNT YOURS EITHER YOU BLOATED FREAKUKKO CAN GET BENT AND THE SICKLE CAN CUT YOUR OWN THROAT YOU HEAR >Your Forecast; Snow in the Summer, prepare to get bent over by a western wind>Your Lucky Numbers; The Elite in Threefold, rotated as you see fit, preference for clockwise though>Your Doom; The Nine slash Five>Your Forgotten Password; Fuckb0ys_Always_Finish_L4st>Your Advice; Cut the Arm off now before the Infection kills you>Your Future; INESCAPABLEI DONT NEED YOUR REALITY ANYMORE THAN I NEED THEIRS THE WALLS ARE SCREAMING AND THEY"RE SICK OF YOUR SHIT AND I WILL FEED YOU TO THE STUPID STATUE OF THE CREATURE I HATE IF I GET MY TEETH IN YOUTHE SWORD AND THE CROWN AND THE ANKH SHATTER ALL THE SAME AND THE THORNS SWALLOW THEIR BONESI Gjho;lfhpgoh[pfsdioperorujsiThrowing up. Logging off. Need to get back to teaching my stoney baby boy his driving. Were doin parallel parking tonight
>>97914510I do sort of wqnder how a lot of these characters would do with a violent encounter against say a Fledgling with a knife. Perhaps a second against more advanced neonate who has their feet under them a little, Open invitation if anyone wants to contribute something>>97915014>2 Dollar FutureI have to admit, I've had the same concern. I'm not the most familiar with Sabbat politics but she's claimed to be priest, you would think her Ductus or Bishop would have something better for her to do over drooling over catboys in heat. >>97915560Well this one is interesting at least. Malkavian or just touched I wonder. Probably best as a reminder not to dabble in magic for everyone who was too stupid to get that lesson the first time around. That said, the forecasts seem relatively well connected to the thread. >Snow in Summer/Western WindSounds like Spider lily but may just be my association of snow with snow lily. >Clockwise Three Elites Could be the pack hunting Quicksilver but honestly three comes up so often in this sort of talk its mostly useless. >Doom 9/5I had originally rather thought this was referencing tarot 9 to 5 of swords or the like. That said, reading it as 9 to 5 suggests an unfortanate wage worker. >Fuck BoysWho is going to tell Boy Toy?>Cut the arm off nowThat one seems to be you Quickie. I'm not an expert at magical bullshit but generally giving big hunks of yourself to strangers is frowned upon I believe?>Your Future InescapableSo it goes. Julian has gone to some godforsaken sporting event, it's easy feeding for the most part and he does his roll quite aptly but in an interesting development, the Hunter was still standing at the fence as the sun came down. I played a little dress up, and sure enough Julian's Father came down to the fence to meet him. It was awkward and pausing, I doubt either of us learned a lot but it was good to inspect the man up close.
>>97915829>Malkavian or just touched I wonder.She's Malkavian, same as me. I'd say she's a lot more "in touch" with the family than I am.>That one seems to be you Quickie. I'm not an expert at magical bullshit but generally giving big hunks of yourself to strangers is frowned upon I believe?Wizard types always think they're the hottest shit around, right up until they get a reality check: you can die, same as anyone else, if someone is determined enough. All that fancy, egyptian hocus pocus couldn't save the snake from my pack; and all his flashy mumbo jumbo hasn't brought the Texan any closer to putting me down either!While I've post both of my characters' sheets, complete with xp breakdowns, at the end of the day every ShreckNet poster is their own storyteller so their characters can have as much xp with whatever justification they want. Chelys isn't even a remotely "legal" modern nights character, for example. I'm not throwing shade mind you, he was quite clear about the theme for his character in the previous /shreck/ incarnation: what happens when someone is given way too much power before they're ready for it.In my particular case, since both characters were converted from different rule systems (Requiem then V5 for Bleu, MET for Janus) I just gave them 1.75 xp for every year since their Embrace. I gave Bleu some extra xp awards whenever something significant happened in these threads, and Janus used the diablerie rules from Black Hand when he ate her.
>>97917283>he's a malk tooWell Explains a little at least. I got you, I do think that 1-2 Xp per year since embrace is a good byline for the 'actually yeah we need rules for advanced characters bit'. As for the magicians I don't particularly have it out for them
>>97915829>Fuck Boys>Who is going to tell Boy Toy?C̵̗͍̼̫͇̟̳̥̗͕̀̈̂̒̈̓̂̀̈́͋̓̈͌͠ō̴͓̎͐̀̓̋̾̄̕̚ù̸̢͇̮̤͙̳̮̝̓͒̏̕͝l̴̡̛͚͕̳̳̩̽̏̓͐̄̎̕͝d̵̢̧̦̱̠̫̠͗̿͂̃̔͆́̚ ̸̢̡̛̙͓̫̞͙̻̍̄̓͑̂̒͊̈́̚̚͝ÿ̴̢̧̘͔͕̙́͆̓̇͂͑̎̊̒̽͂̕ͅo̴̡̝̤̗̒ű̵̹̼̱͂̊́̓̈́̄ ̶̡͙̙̼̯͂̔͐́̄̿̍̀͘͘͝p̶̨̰̞͚̖͒͌͌̈́͌̉̈́͊̀̈́̓͠͝l̵̰͇̮̠͐̑̃̀̓͒͆͛̄ͅẻ̷̢̢̠͇̘̗̣̗̭́͑͒a̸̧͇̝͎̞͕̦͗̏̕ͅs̸͍͍̝̼͙̟̜̩͔̠͓̈̃̚͜ȩ̸̨̪͍̱̟̟̣̞͈̺̠͖̓̏͛͊͗̀̄͋̀ ̶̡̡̧̢̛͕̜̪̪͔̳̤̱̦͉̮͐̏̄̔͒́̿͋̉̑͐͘͠s̷̢̡̮̫̰̖͈̗͇͕̯͔̠̞̋̄̑̊͊̊̍̊͜ͅḣ̵̡̛̤̣̪͕͇̍̃̏̾̽̔͋͐͝ơ̷̧̪͇̱̫̩̙̖̐́̈́̊͋͗͝w̴̝͈̗͙̟̳̠͗̔̂͊͝ͅ ̸͎͋̒̿̇͑̓͐́͠ş̴̢̛̼̜̬̱͓͙͍̝̓̌͜ͅǫ̶̙͇͓̤̳̫̬̘̬̤̪̝̖͇͌͌̓͑̃̚͜m̴͚̣̮͕̘̞͍̣͕͇̩̩͖͕̺͓̐̈̽͌̈̋̂̕͘̚͘͠͠e̵̢̗̭̤̗̯̭̞̳̽͌͊͆͗͝ ̵̡̛̯̰̙̝͈̻͓͕̟̺̓̿̓̋̈́͑̽́͂͗͆̒̉̏́̕ṙ̵͍̤̫͉̣͙̒̌͐̔̀͜͠e̶̼͐͌̀̑͜s̵̛̛̜̖̰̊͂̃͗͂̔̏̊͐̒̏̕͝ṗ̵̥̺́̓̉̔̓̎̈́͝e̴̛̖͕͍̬͒̑̋͑͂̊̄̽́̏͌̍͘̕c̸̫̠͖̮̗͙̥̙̯̯̉̓̍̊̈́̍͆́̌̿͛̀͘͝ͅͅͅţ̷̢̢̠͚̰͖͓͇̤̞̤̻̙͉̇̊̿͜͜ ̸̡̜̣͕̱̪̦͔̟̹̫͚̖͓͍̄͑̓̉̀̀̀̕f̵̳̣̳̯̫̭̖͔̬̝̳̬̥͙͊͊̀̓͊͛͛̆͒̇͒̓̆͌͑͑͜͠o̸̡̼̻͚̜̗̞͐̽̏r̸̙̹̃̆̑̀͂̈́͂͐̋͒̾̄͂́̚͝ ̶̫̈́́͛̂̒͐̍͛͛̕͘͝͠t̶͖̠͚͙̦̮̊̈̈́̋͋̾̓̽̈́̓̌̇͗̈́͘͝͝ḧ̷̤͎̟͇̝̬̮̬̮́ȩ̴̠̦̥̫̮͔͓͕͔̗̩͇̇̽̆͂͊̾̍͑͘͜͝ ̵̺̆̎́̈̓͂̓͒̚͝d̷̢̡̛̝̪͓̻͓̜͍͈̟͙̮̍̓͌̎̀̒̊͘͜͝ͅe̵̛̫̝̽̇̂̈́̃̎̔̋̀̊͆͗͆̚͝ą̴̡̛̜̰͍̥͎̜̬̭̹̘̂̀̈́́̽̇̆̍͛͠͝͝
Home.>>97915829>Sounds like Spider lily but may just be my association of snow with snow lily.LYCORIS RADIATA, called spider lily in English, is the red flower you see in the bottom left of the painting attached to this message: >>97914012 it's a symbol for the Other Side and for the arrival of Autumn in Japanese culture.>>97918361>Could you please show some respect for the deaNo. I am certain your Sire would love to see some snow in summer.
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>>97918361I don't know how to tell you this buddy, but we're all dead.
>>97918573He must think he's deader than thou. Once a Toreador, always a Toreador.
>>97918579I have to admit, Boy Toy and his wretched state of affairs has piqued my interest. I don't suppose you would entertain an attempt to purchase him outright? While I'm sure currency is of limited use would raw bullion be of any interest. Surely getting a new portfolio funded would only be in your interest (even if only marginal overall to you) where Boy Toy seems to be mostly an inconvenience for you.I do keep a variety of other trade goods but I'm not sure what you consider valueably really. I have to admit I do very limited trade in art, but I do have some certifiably ghost cursed coal if that interests you, I'm not a magician but I'm pretty sure its full of poltergeists, it reliably burns at temperatures above that of coke by a third or more. Guy I bought it from called it ghostrock originally enough, powered turbines and at one point a Steel Foundry with it. I can reliably get a hold of industrial amounts of it, if your interested.
Have any of you ever encountered a Tzimisce that incorporates plant material into their abominations? I recently stumbled upon a small island village overrun with strange flowers that smelled of rot and reached out for the living with tendrils. There were strange husks that appeared to once be human as well and were full of worms and the same tendrils from the flowers. What really got me was the giant patchwork creature made from multiple of the husks all patched together. It was roughly the size of a small shed.
>>97919453He is not for sale.>>97919459First, if Vicissitude can make people look like furniture, it can make them look like plants, or parts of plants, and the like.Second, don't forget witches and fae.Third, yes, plants can become ghouls, I've seen it in Africa when I was with the Ghiberti, who nicknamed those mandragoras/mandragola/mandrakes. Caine knows what else those exotic vampires can do, and what vampiric vitae can do to a single plant over centuries.
>>97915014You are tiresome pendejo. I must take what I can to make my fun.My ghoul enjoyed the meal thoug. She doesn't like you. You kicked her one too many times.But would you look at that? Night is coming. AQUI VENIMOS>>97915829It varies, I kind of would like to run a fledgling with a shank but I operate on physical rules and I kind of want to avoid burning more sheets. Might do it when the Janus hunt ends and I can let this old goon retire with his new Hyena, if he makes it. Also. Fun fact about Necrophage, he had two 'siblings' who didn't make it when I was rolling for a monster, one of whom died getting his shit rocked in Alaska by hunters, while the other went full wight after dropping humanity six consecutive times in a rotten cascade failure. She's still in torpor under Oklahoma.>>97917283I stick to V20 as a rule but I get you. It's good to have a nice spread of 'types' for the thread. Personally I vary on xp gain because Mongoose ruined me and I 'enjoy' danger. I do a range with risk option, max of 3 with the possibility of -1, with options for multiplicatives. I'd say I like the process but losing the gamble enough times put me in dormancy, until recently anyways.RIP British Columbia Freddy Kruger, you never stood a chance.
Hearing some scary stuff from Detroit. Groups patrolling the harbor area. Decked out with military ..tactical shit. Vehicles , incendiaries.. fucking body armor , everything. They cleared out a sabbat den. Who the fuck are these fucks? Acquaintance swears they were licks or ghouls behind their masks..
>>97919769Ooka you skank! No loyalty to poor, departed Clyde? Fine, run into the arms of your new lover, you whore!Ahem! Getting impatient are we, freak? Not waiting for backup from the Texan? That's fine, this party can be for a table of one. These boys are pretty hungry, so why don't we skip the appetizer and go straight for the main course?
>>97920189Look up.
Back in Mníssota, wish I wasn't. Forgot the taste of this specific depression. Almost.>>97915829Malk in the pure sense I'm afraid. Believe it or not since we got her on "Olanzipane" she's gotten much better.For the lick in the thread at least he seems to enjoy his psychosis. My Cat just gets throttled.>>97919459Yes actually, though my old guru didn't fit the mould of a standard dragon.Nightmare shit though.>>97920143More great lakes shit I guess. Back in the day it was Orangemen and hood-wearing goons as proxies. Seems the pattern holds.
>>97920433>. Forgot the taste of this specific depression. AlmostThe lady doth protests. Welcome back to the great lakes.
>>97919459>Have any of you ever encountered a Tzimisce that incorporates plant material into their abominations?My sire claims they once crafted a pomegranate plant that produced vitae-infused fruit.If rumplestiltzfucker is around I think I've finished the crabs, pic related. If they are satisfactory I'll be moving to the delivery phase of our compact.
>>97920241>>97920189You seem to forget. I can ride the lightning. Also, here's a neat magic trick. It's one most wizards tend to not learn. It's called 5.7 doped with white phosphorus. Hope you like burning internally!
Okay. What in the flying fucking shit of hell just happened!? We're in Appalachia, got an air b&b cabin as a haven. Nice place but...I just spent all night pointing a sawn off shotgun at my Grandfather who was pressed up against a window begging ne to let him in. Except my grandather died of a stroke a decade before I got turned. Fucking need a packmate with some Auspex because I have no idea what in the fuck that was, just that I could hear it's heart beating. Slow and calm.>>97915829Catboys are just my vice. Like I'm gonna blab shit that could compromise our operations or give away my location on a board full cammy bitches.
>>97881899I have conveyed to him that he should not narc on his siblings, and to her that she should not call him (accurate) names like 'twink'. I do not expect the conveyance to do much. They're brats.>>97921061>Fucking need a packmate with some Auspex because I have no idea what in the fuck that wasAn un-thing, most likely. They teem in the Appalachias. The mountains are ancient. Such age begets strength, strength begets crowns, and crowns beget authority and presence. You would probably be better off not seeing the 'grandfather' with the power of Auspex, when it visits you. If they simply scare you, that's okay. That's them playing their role. Putting you in your place, reminding you that long before mankind was split into prey and predators, we were all prey. They're playing at that old and lost time. But if you come to know what they truly are, they will not play with you any longer. You do not want that. Let them play.god somebody fucking kill me. thesis season is agonizing, I can't get anything done here, or at work, or with my thesis, or with anything. Also RIP Bleu, forgot to say this, but she was a delight to have.
>>97920665good lad, thats definitely satisfactory.delivery should be fine with express shipping, as long as you follow the instructions i sent.
>>97921724Right on, will do. I know you asked for six spikers but I put in seven. Three in the mouth and two in each claw.
>>97920241>>97921060Okay. I think we've all learned a few things here class:>1. Ooka is a bitch/whore/slut.>2. Sneak attacks are more effective when you don't announce them.>3. This snakeskin armor trick is pretty awesome.>4. MOAR SHOVELHEADS!!!>5. Need new clothes.>6. Fuck you, Texan! Fuck you! Fuck you! FUCK YOU!!!!
>>97921060Do us all a favor and avenge my cousins. be a Dragon & eat the wizards, please.
I set up a temporary haven with some blood sorcery in the greenery near our destination. I assumed the form of the jaguar to explore for a while. Spider Lily couldn't help herself and scratched me behind the ears, on the chin and and near the base of the tail. Those long fingers really rub me the right way. I took her for a ride at my typical speed. She sat on my back and had both legs on my left side, an old-fashioned, very womanly side-saddle, a technique developed so that women could ride without having to wear pants or open their legs.She's slightly taller than me due to those long bones. A skin pale as the moon herself, contrasted by pitch black hair like a Japanese princess from ages before her time, the dream of every shampoo model in Asia. That impossibly low neckline on those thin clothes from Japan. Her eyes have that - how do you say 'un no sé qué' in English? You know the way you can tell a vampire turned her back on humanity and looks for enlightenment elsewhere? That damned smile. That utter lack of shame.Beautiful.We had a feast in the forest and she revealed her transformation, the absolute pinnacle of necromancy: becoming a creature that is not human or vampire, but above and beyond both, the mastery of a power she calls CADAVER IN MONSTRO. Now imagine Spider Lily reborn full of life after centuries of undeath, with a pulse, heat, sweat, all of it."It's my first time...", she said. I smirked. She added: "...in this form." Forget the jungle cat, I am the real apex predator: a man, and I'm taking what is mine.My goddess.Once I cured my savior's nostalgia and lust, she confessed in my ear she had to leave due to her Beast eventually coming back 'with interest.' I held her tighter and told her I can make beasts listen to me, and that she's not going anywhere. Wily, she said: "Oho? Do you think you can tame me?" I replied: "I think I just did."We're an odd couple: a man pretending to be an animal and a monster pretending to be a woman.
>>97924412The Fuckromancy has been cast!
>>97924412>>97924500
>>97924412I quite literally produced a cactus spine to stab my own tongue with it for a ritual. Some of my memories came back to me - very, very important memories.It was obvious Spider Lily didn't dig me up in Nicaragua, then take me to Canada, for the sake of a long-repressed carnal desire, so I asked the necromancer what her real goal is. She was still trying to hide her flushed face behing her sleeve.She explained: "Your bloodline was exploited by both the Camarilla and Sabbat, while both our greater Clans don't belong to either Sect. I was wondering if the Anarch Movement could interest you, Smoking Mirror, since like many of its members, you have enemies in both sects and don't have the support of your Clan." I had to acknowledge it's better than waiting to for a lucky diablerist while two meters deep in Central America.She added: "This is a small city, it can support a couple of Cainites. You could become the Baron. Enforce the Masquerade then work your way up. If you don't have good memories, make them. Perhaps others of your bloodline may find salvation in Canada. The alternative seems extinction." I told her: "You did not answer my question." She said the necromancers of Mexico, the Pisanob, could be interested in a cultural exchange with my bloodline.I growled: "Spider Lily." At long last she admitted it: "Very well. I want to use you to extend my talons into both the Anarchs and the Pisanob. As business partners, we should introduce ourselves properly. I prefer to be called Lady Asano, founder of the Asano bloodline, seven times removed from Caine, childe of Marco della Passaglia of the Clan of Death."I introduced myself: "I prefer to be called Néstor Tecuani of Kelowna, deracinated member of the Tlacique bloodline, six times removed from Caine, childe of Don Hernando de Alvarado Tezozómoc of the Clan of Faith. I will now endeavor to establish myself as the Baron of Kelowna, BC, the city I call my- nay, our new home."That twice-damned smile.
>>97924772Lily, I'm sorry to get all pedantic on you, but nobody in universe knows the lineage of the Tlacique. Smoking Mirror wouldn't make reference to the Followers of Set (The Clan of Faith) because he wouldn't consider himself descended from them. They believe themselves descended form Tezcatlipoca - full stop.
>>97922083Listen nïa, we're almost out of the States and I feel I should give you a warning. A storm is going to hit Winnipeg soon.I, key-word I'll emphasize, THINK I can get a number of the Sabbat to piss off, but some of the Ultra-Cons and the Camarilla are going to be a problem, I got word the latter is getting reinforcements by the 25th. More from 'Berta. And my little party probably be near the city proper by the weekend. I've got a motley crew to sort out though. Do you think it would be possible to get a better gauge of the Anarchs near you? The research I've gotten down here has given me a decent idea of what the Sabbat looks like, and the Camarilla might as well be broadcasting their reinforcements in rainbow lights on the horizon. But I don't like a wild card and I've gotten painfully little on this 'Baron Trelaine.' I wouldn't ask you to put yourself in danger though.>>97924412>a man pretending to be an animalI feel I should take offence to this cousin.
>>97922746I learned something new, too.I don't need a sneak to land. I just need to wear you down pendejo.You'll jump the next one. The next one after.But then?I just need one mistake out of you.
>>97925935You're coming at this all wrong. You have thumbs. Round up a bunch of ghouls, give them all grenades or pipebombs or satchell charges or what have you. Sure, the ghouls can't pierce his obfuscate, but you can. Just tell tgem to throw their explosives at tge street lamp he' s standing next to. Or chase him into a minefeild or something.
>>97925957I have seen only one creature worthy of the Vitae in the recent past.She sits beside me chewing on roadkill as she heals.
>>97925990Okay. So get some dominated humans or strap bombs to a rat army or hire some mrecs or get a bunch if shovelheads of your own. What type if explosive you use or how you get it close enough to him dosen't matter. What I'm saying is you've swung and missed with pire Vampire how many times now? Might be time to remember you can still use human tricks and tools too, if you need to.
>>97925714I'll see what I can dig up. I think he's a dude and I know he hates the Sabbat and the Camarilla. What kind of intel do you need? I'm not exactly well-connected, all of my undead friends are people I basically just met on schreck-net, such as yourself. I don't even have any human ghouls, just my pets like Gwyllgi. I'll see what I can do though.
>>97924927I based this character on Clanbook: Followers of Set, not the single page on the Tlacique in V20 Lore of the Clans. He used the ritual Blood Walk to remind himself of his lineage. Spider Lily met the Methuselah Potchli in person who is believed to be a Premascine over a thousand years old and there is simply no way the Pisanob didn't know about the Tlacique since the latter used to rule the kine openly in their territory. I said Clan of Faith so I could avoid mentioning Set and his Followers directly. I can't find the source saying the Pisanob and Tlacique might think of an alliance. Smoking Mirror was Embraced shortly after the Spanish conquest when the Tlacique naively believed they could ally themselves with the Camarilla.I swear I did my homework this time...
>>97922746No thanks, I don’t swing that way. I was funny watching you dance like that though. Next time it’ll be a different form of suffering you experience. That snake skin thing you exploited from Cara Mia; people always think the same thing with body armor. That only protects you from so much. Eventually, you’re gonna piss off some one with a .50bmg or hot as fuck .30-06. And guess what brother. I just got a smoking hot AK50 with the giggle switch and every round is inscribed with your name in enochian on it. Your soul will be sent to Sheol and the titans in Tartarus will pity you. Such shall be your fate. So let it be written, so let it be done. >>97921061There’s a reason no Koldun DARES set up domain in that range. Those mountains predate life itself, I believe. Ancient ass world spirits and all that which see us humans as not more than a ned fad gone in the next epoch. Close your curtains, lock the doors, you didn’t hear your name that’s just the wind, and mind your own damm business darling. >>97922813But I am a wizard. And a dragon. Cest la vie or however Bleu would say it. If you want me to kill some tremere though, my fee is around 50ozt of Gold though. Discount to 40 if there’s prood they killed a fellow fiend though. Half off if they somehow killed a tzimisce elder, that’s divine retribution at that point.
>>97924412>>97924772Hermano, how did you come to be? I knew the AZTEC BLOOD GODS OF FITNESS were real, didn’t know they could turn into jaguars though. That’s neat!>>97926062See above about said AK50
>>97926461>Hermano, how did you come to be? I knew the AZTEC BLOOD GODS OF FITNESS were real, didn’t know they could turn into jaguars though. That’s neat!Me and Spider- I mean, Lady Asano speculate I knew too many secrets of my Clan, there may have been a commandment against killing a cult member, but not against manipulating my memories, so they removed most of the relevant information, and we assume this includes their location, to protect myself and Yes, I can turn into a jaguar, and into an owl, but the first lesson was seeing in the dark. She showed me this photo of an African statue of Tezcatlipoca that looks like a strange, slim kind of tapir, does the African bloodline of the worshippers of the Dark God turn into that? But apparently no tapirs lived in Africa, even in prehistory...
>>97926985>to protect myself and *myself and the others among the faithful of Tezcatlipoca.
>>97926418That's fair, and I apologize again. They way he introduced himself in that last bit just felt... wrong to me for some reason. Like he shouldn't even acknowledge Caine's existence, or that there is a "Greater Clan." Regardless, I won't harp on it anymore, as it's not any of Janus's concerns.>>97925935>I just need one mistake out of you.That sword cuts both ways asshole! All I need is to get your cocky ass into the perfect position, then I can finally be rid of you. We'll see who slips up first.>I have seen only one creature worthy of the Vitae in the recent past.Fucking skank!!>>97926062Fucking hell, Stripper! Could you fucking please not give them any more ideas!?>>97926457Hmm... You've got the guns, I'll give you that, Texan. But I do have one slight advantage that I intend to play for all that it's worth: you're becoming known to various local authority types thanks to the path of devastation that you've been leaving in your wake; where as I am completely unknown.
>>97926184Intent, conviction, volatility. First one isn't difficult to gauge but sometimes has spanners. I need to know if these are renegades, survivors, or full veteran anarchs. The problem is sometimes ragged outsiders can be actual agents, and the reputation of Anarchs flaking exists for a reason.Second one is also easy. You can mostly get it by figuring how long they've been around a while and if they have material. If they're ready for a fight we could use them. So long as they aren't liabilities.Third one is hardest as its deceptive. Sometimes the guy with the crackhead look will be ride and die for the community. Other times the 'reliable' one will fuck something and duck out of town. Again though, only much as you safely can. If you need to drop the fact things will heat up soon? So be it.
>>97926985>does the African bloodline of the worshippers of the Dark God turn into that?They transform into snakes.
>>97921061>Steady heartbeat>Dearly departed relative>Appalachia... The Choir has a buddy system, right?
>>97930546Yeah, the Choir does. Amongst themselves... I'm not a fledgeling anymore, do I don't get to hide behind my Sire or his pack anymore. I mean, yeah, I've got a pack of my own but we were ALL scared shitless and trapped inside staring at...whatever the fuck that thing was...all damn night.>>97928147Sure. The second you're a pile of ash. I only agreed I wouldn't do it myself, I always intended to be satisfied when you inevitably pissed in the wrong persons Cherios.
>>97926985>>97927806Think of it like a relative of a Xolo-err, itzcuīntli. >>97930835Pair up, odd man out either joins to make a trio or gets to be bait. Dig a hole, start a fire, watch the hands. Pray I'm wrong.
>>97930914Fucking Cain's bloody ballsack what in the fuck did you have us fight!? The thing came over vand started warming it's hands by the fire, then it stabbed it's finger through Peter Steele's (cuz he looks like 90's Peter Steele) heart! I tried my Celerty powered run by chomping and chipped my fucking fangs! I can bite through cinder blocks, but not that fucking thing aparently! I don't know if Handsome Jack's Obfuscate was working on it or if it just didn't feel threatened by him or what but he gave it both barrels of his shotgun. One double aught load of silver, the other cold Iron, and both consecrated by every Holy Man Jack coukd get to do it it staggered tge thing long enough for all of us to jump on it and just start pummeling, eventually it just...crumbled but my I think I broke every bone in my hands hitting that bastard. Had no choice but to exanguinate a dude to get enough Vitae to heal up. Fortunatly Jack was able to coax over some hungry critters so if the bodies are ever found there'll be nothing but bones and I smashed all the teeth. Good thing my Blood is thick or Peter would still be in Torpor.Christ on a Crutch, next time I have to cross these mountains I'm doing it in a casket in the hold of a cargo plane.
>>97931899>Fucking Cain's bloody ballsack what in the fuck did you have us fight!?Local Color. No idea on names, check to see if Pete's sick. Yes I know we're all dead, check anyway.
>>97926985>>97927806if only we had our resident egyptian expert. OH WAIT. THIS ASSHOLE ATE HER AND WILL RUE HIS BIRTH>>97928147Aside from the tornado, which it's unusual but at the beginning of tornado season, all my actions can be chalked up as gang violence, a new serial killer, or just plain ol ball lightning. By the way, hope you enjoy how your car honks everytime you turn left now. Learned that trick from a mechanic. Also, your mother deserves a better grave. Surely there's some humanity in you still for the womb that bore you?>>97931899Any of y'all native descent? If so burn sage and offer tobacco. American spirits or good cigars do in most cases if it's a genuine yee-naaldlooshii, but that's a strictly four-corners variant of this creature. If it's just the ungodly ancient mountains doing their thing, it's a God-send that us kindred are nocturnal just like them. Were we still mortal and slept at night, we'd be far more vulnerable.
>>97931961>if only we had our resident egyptian expert. OH WAIT. THIS ASSHOLE ATE HER AND WILL RUE HIS BIRTHAnd the night is objectively better off because of it, asshole! What part of "we worship an Antediluvian and do his bidding" strikes you as a good thing!?>Aside from the tornado, which it's unusual but at the beginning of tornado season, all my actions can be chalked up as gang violence, a new serial killer, or just plain ol ball lightning.We'll see how much longer that lasts, cowboy.>By the way, hope you enjoy how your car honks everytime you turn left now.What the actual fuck!? That's because of you? When did you have time to do that!? WHY WOULD YOU EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT!?!?>Also, your mother deserves a better grave. Surely there's some humanity in you still for the womb that bore you?Ah! Ha! Ha! Ha! You're fucking with me, right? Sentimentality? That's very HUMAN of you.
>>97932081Brother, you have no idea the depths of pettiness I will go to avenge bleu. I will find some way to make you mortal again. Just to give you double testicular torsion. I will find your next incarnation and give you endometriosis and ovarian cysts.
>>97931899Old neighbours from the Blue Mountains. O-mal-vento.>>97932081Do not hide behind the Sword of Caine hijo like a stupid dog hides behind a stranger. I have a surprise for you.
>>97932860Oh yeah? And what have you got for me this time, freak? Don't tell me... you made a sex tape of you and Ooka!? Nooo! Anything but that!!!
>>97932956Cuatro de julio, hijo.
>>97935456............ oh you motherfucker...!!
Travel log #18 [ Minneapolis / St.Pauls, Minnesota ]-[*4/10 ]>>>>>Pros> I've been told this is a relatively stable town if you don't have starry eyes full of ambition and toe the Camarilla line> This is very much the arch-typical New World town, it's easy to rise, even if you're a caitiff or borderline thins> There has been a nominal peace negotiated with the Loups in the neighbourhood>>>>>Cons> The leadership of the Twin Cities is deranged and the Regency is a state of musical chairs> 'Nominal Peace' with the Loups isn't actually peace when you infringe on the wilderness and step on toes> This town is sick with intrigue. Sabbat, Camarilla, Anarchs, even hunter groups looking to pay back events of recent years Not the worst place in the world, but Camarilla Tories and their Ventrue puppets have their hooks deep. On both sides of the river. And with how suffused the Anarchs are the underground, the city is always going to ping-pong between the two camps until something catastrophic happens. Again, apparently. Some might be able to make the most out of this town but I don't like it. Not worth fighting for, not worth living in for us. Gün at least enjoyed himself here. Despite the stronger Tremere Presence to the East there is safety to be found here and certain people he got along with. I won't say more than that.>>97931899The old world has ways to humiliate all of us sister. I doubt you killed it, and I'd recommend you stay out of the Appalachians.Perhaps that thing isn't Sidhe, but boy, do those things hold grudges.
>>97935774Minnespilis is one if the towns we're deploying the goad-the- kine-to-riot tactic. It's meant to increasr police patrols and make hunting harder. Hungry vampires are grumpy vampires. Hungry vampires take stupid risks and ID themselves to our packs while making headaches for their leaders. And like you said, the leadership is deranged on the best of days.
>>97935912The problem with that tactic is it is fundamentally flawed. Minneapolis proves it.The most you get are normal kindred in a vulnerable place as the Regnant could just get people grabbed. I know, I saw it for the meet and greet. And while some frustrated folks defect to your sect? The majority peel off into the Anarchs. And I have good reason to believe some of yours ate absolute shit the other week to a Brujah gang, even drove them out of state to avoid full wipe.Also, if you have any pity for the rats pretending to fight for Caine in Manitoba?Tell them to head home. This charade is about to end.
Damnit. Wrecked the car thanks to that bastard. Had to burn a lot of vitae on Celerity to get away and hoofing it along these mountain roads! Thank Caine I finally made it to civilization, even found a nice little bed and breakfast near prime feeding grounds to use as a holdfast!Got a little inspired by the travel photos H0T has been posting. I've always thought they were a nice touch.
>>97936092>Also, if you have any pity for the rats pretending to fight for Caine in Manitoba?>Tell them to head home. This charade is about to end.I don't know, there's a lot of them. Even if more Cammies come from Alberta the Cammies'd still be outnumbered 2-1. I couldn't dig up any more on the Anarchs, I was going to try and meet with the Baron in person but they've gotten paranoid with the arrival of the Camarilla, so I couldn't meet with anyone. I think they're digging in to wait out the war between the Cammies and Sabbat to third-party the victor and consolidate power.
>>97936425>that bright light on the ridge in the distanceI see you Jannie. Gonna make you a fine red mist.
>>97936456>I think they're digging in to wait out the war between the Cammies and Sabbat to third-party the victorPretty typical strat, trouble is depending on who wins they'll win the chance to get invaded all over again, from Minnesota one way or Saskatchewan the other. Hell with "Or." It wouldn't be the first Barony to get squeezed in a Jyhad vice.
>>97936456Whoops I forgot to put in my name.
>>97936480*Groooooooaaaaaan*
>>97936092>And while some frustrated folks defect to your sect? The majority peel off into the Anarchs.It's not about recruitment. The whole point is the chaos it creates. It's hard to maintain effective command and control when, halfway through planning how to deal with the last disaster, a new report lands in your lap.and the whole landscape gets figuratively changed. Again.This kind of crap overwhelms modern human militaries. A Cam primogen who hasn't realized events can move faster than Horse delivered hand written letters doesn't stand a chance.>Also, if you have any pity for the rats pretending to fight for Caine in Manitoba?Nope. Those aren't vampires; they suck maple syrup out of trees and wear toques. Fuck Cannuckires.
>>97936975>they suck maple syrup out of treesWouldn't that be nice...
>>97936456The greater their number, the greater their fall.Would you be interested in joining the war council? I can make sure it's on your side of town some Saturday Night. If your comfortable meeting face to face with some of your 'stranger' neighbours, it would be very helpful to have someone relatively local of the Blood.>>97936975We'll see then Stripper. Safe travels.Also, >:(I'd kill to have maple syrup again.
My little friends may have discovered two Kindred visitors.
>>97939992Well don't keep us all in suspense! What happened?
>>97937778>Would you be interested in joining the war council? I can make sure it's on your side of town some Saturday Night. If your comfortable meeting face to face with some of your 'stranger' neighbours, it would be very helpful to have someone relatively local of the Blood.That depends overall on what your objectives are. I'm not super invested in what happens in Winnipeg as I live two hours out of town and generally avoid kindred politics. But I am also a dragon and would relish the opportunity to test my spike-launchers on moving targets, so depending on your plans I might get my sire's permission to get involved.
>>97936524 did I manage to find him low on vitae?>>97937604>>97937778Don’t worry yall, I’ll figure out some way to ghoul a maple tree over 15-20 years and tap its hopefully vitae infused sap. Just gonna take a HOT decade or so.
>>97941194Probably low Willpower more than low on vitae. Recovering vitae is easy, since he'll happily drain his victims dry. Recovering the Willpower spent on Skin of the Adder, ignoring wound penalties, scoring auto successes, or repressing his derangements? Not so much.
>>97940676I wanted to observe them for a little longer but my partner in crime's wraith, Boy Toy, came back early with a report of two Ravnos of possible South Asian ancestry, and a fight. I walked into one of those 24h stores camouflaged as a plainclothesman and found the owner sitting on one of the two clowns' chest, bashing his skull. I tapped the UFC-watching manager's shoulder and told him: "I think he got the point. Let me take it from here." I lied, I don't think any lesson was learned tonight. The other, relatively wiser fool had left the "crime" scene much earlier.I picked up what was left of our "smooth criminal" who then mumbled: "Am I being detained?" endlessly, like a broken record, with an irritating accent. Once he got in my car and we were some place safer, I handed him a blood bag and said: "Welcome to Canada, Kindred..." The blood bag turned into smoke between his fingers. "...is what I wanted to say, but I think I'm the new one here. I'm looking for friends in the Anarch Movement." His answer was: "Delacroix in Saskatchewan. Follow the railways. Can I go now?"I let him off the hook. "Sure. You break the Masquerade, and I break you and your buddy, unless the kine get you first."It goes without saying, me and Lady Asano have friends big and little that keep tracking their movements.
>>97942069So are we all just okay with the fact that Spider Lily made this guy her blood slave? Because if that's the case, I don't want to hear any criticism about the Tremere's pyramid scheme going forward.
>>97942525The activity of Camarilla-affiliated Cainites in this message board has been declining. There was a peak before I joined, I believe, when New York was ravaged by war, and House Venus was a full-sized brood, and not literally just one house with one Venus inside.What did increase is a collection of the historic enemies of the Tremere, to the point we have even a Gargoyle writing the occasional message; and something tells me they will never stop criticizing anything the Tremere have ever done anytime soon, therefore, whatever their opinion on this Blood Bond may be, it changes nothing.
>>97940776If I had to peg it down to two objectives? >1; Cutting out a free municipality>2; Cutting out a long-form agreement with the Loups in said municipalityBeyond that? The rest depends on the people willing to work with that. Back in Marquette, the town was defined by the Village People living there. The bad relations with Detroit and Milwaukee, the needs of the rogue Trems and businesses and cults of the Toris. The same is true here. Just... Different. Hence why I need your input.>>97942525No, but I can't do much about it any I can't ask my allies to make foolish moves. Or god forbid, hit BC.
>>97942525Gün, you wanna weigh in on the subject of the Tremere?
Ach hölle mum ich veil nich>>97942959Ich meinne zir-Been trying to avoid thinking about the subject. Oszillieren- Spiral on it. Jumping between dread and nostalgia and panic.I don't remember before Tremere and Wien. Certainty made me feel- Safe? Ich- I was dumb back then and foolish. Many things went over my head and just what I remember. Not much. Then, was sent oversees. Then, botch. Clunk. Into the closet. Always a tool and didn't realize till I was put away.Doch- But- Seen the other side of the Coin(?) and there is- Other things. It isn't wholly evil. Part of the Welt. Earth. Like starvation or oil. Or the Sabbat. I- Thanks to something of the Sabbat I'm a lot more safe on the subject. But I still hate it and would not trust anyone with that thing with how insidious it is.Tremere isn't special, any stupid can repeat all their sins.
>>97942725I have permission to attend on behalf of my sire.
Uhhhgh. My head. The last guy I fed from was definitely high on…something. Fuck.It was like walking down this bright tunnel, and the light kept getting hotter and hotter until I had to strip off. Then these…things kept trying to show me what 12th dimensional toys the future would have, and I’m pretty sure I got a little handsy with those space men.Then some space cops showed up and I freaked out and ran. I swear, wherever I was I was there for at least a year…What the hell did I get blitzed on? Amy one else ever been blindsided by the shit in their foods bloodstream?
>>97944400Good lad. Just don't stare overmuch at the Loups, some have a certain volatility.And don't let the Nosferatu talk your ears off. Also, the location should be waiting for you, I'll also add you should consider investing in some new net security.>>97945187More Urban black bears can fuck you up. Like, big raccoons.
>>97945187Heheheh! Y'all shoulda seen her! Bouncing off the walls and practically jumpin' outta 'er clothes she was! Man, I'm glad I got some pics!
>>97945524JACK!!
>>97943165>Tremere isn't special, any stupid can repeat all their sins.Or for that matter, the Sabbat's. Caine, nobody tell Blue I said that. >>97945187>Amy one else ever been blindsided by the shit in their foods bloodstream?Me and every poor Lick in the Bay Area during the reign of Reaganomics. Mostly Coke and Crack. For a while MDMA and Meth until Oakland's Ductus had a lively little chat with the Carteles Sabado. Closest thing to it this side of the Millenium would've been South Florida in 2011 or so. Quickie could probably tell you about it if Phage or Rex hasn't killed them by now.
>>97945306Okay so I show up as a 6'2" muscular bearded man with pale blue skin, red-on-red eyes and pointed ears, wearing a plain black hoodie with a Warhammer 40,000 t-shirt underneath, black ripped jeans, and black and white sneakers. Hopefully this is presentable as I am not a suit-and-tie kind of guy. Hopefully the biological portion of the appearance is not offensive to the loups, if it is I can change it relatively quickly.>I'll also add you should consider investing in some new net security.Schrecknet doesn't like VPNs and my satellite internet likes showing my ip in random cities and provinces anyways.
>>97945869>nobody tell Blue I said that.The snake lady? Worry not, I don't think anyone will...
>>97946450Nah, he means the Ventrue lass who used to post here.
>>97921657Can you send word to your Nos allies they are needed? Winnipeg is calling.>>97946106The thought of Fear and the Trem in Torpor being the best dressed people at the meeting amidst a gaggle of gangrels tickles me.I'm reminded meeting Tzims and Nos is always a dice-roll for what folk actually look like. Or their height. Glad you could make it though Nïa. Interesting weeks coming up for us all...And the rest of you watching. Time to start again. You know where you're going.
>>97947525Should I have brought Gwyllgi? I left them at home thinking maybe it would offend the loups if I had a blood-bonded wolf here. But I wonder if maybe it would signal "hey, I like wolves" if I had brought them. I left my espurr and crickets at home as I figured the loups would consider them an abomination of nature.
>>97948429You know what? By compare to that guy outside who was chortling at the moon and moaning? With the birds? You and Gwyllgi are agreeable.I showed one of the city lads photos of the cricket when I was in Cali and they pointed at the screen mouth wide with child-like glee. Just don't push anything with the people you recognized last night. They're decent, but they're also bound to some mind bending nightmare shit. The kind of thing I don't put to words here, out of fear of doing it a disservice.
>>97936524Well well well would you look at that. Someone’s legs happened to be material when I had an anti material rifle. How’d that turn out for you?
>>97949695It fucking hurt like hell, you sick fuck! Do you know what a pain in the ass it was, having to drag myself up fucking STAIRS until I could regenerate my legs fully!?
>>97949946Don't say that. The night is not over yet.HERE I COME
>>97950181Godamnit! I though I lost your lame ass back in the mountains! Grrr, there goes my plans for the evening.... Or maybe not...? You boys up for a round of laser tag? This could be fun!
>>97950322My lasers hurt and play for keeps. Let’s see if I can play tag. If I win, you catch fire! Sadly I don’t think my plans for your body will hold though. Most kindred I’ve killed just disintegrate if they’ve been dead a decade or more. Maybe a few bones or teeth I’ll keep. Maybe your fangs. See if I can pry them out before you die.
>>97950367INVITUS EOCADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADO CADOCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADO
>>97949378>You know what? By compare to that guy outside who was chortling at the moon and moaning? With the birds? You and Gwyllgi are agreeable.Must have missed him, I was a bit withdrawn due to stranger danger.>I showed one of the city lads photos of the cricket when I was in Cali and they pointed at the screen mouth wide with child-like glee.If people like my crickets then next meeting I'll have to bring my espurr, he could use the socialization and attention.>Just don't push anything with the people you recognized last night. They're decent, but they're also bound to some mind bending nightmare shit. The kind of thing I don't put to words here, out of fear of doing it a disservice.Not even going to pry, cosmic horror is quite a rabbit hole. Got more than enough of it from my clan.
>>97949695Hmm, specialty rounds or just relying on the calibre. I have to admit my own experience with regular ordinance and licks is mixed at best. Do you think it would work again if he was prepared for it?>>97945187Stealing two dollar bills from space men and dimensional beings now? Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?>>97942613You know the Tremere eat a lot of shit for their practices and often for good reason, but that's hardly a defence for your own enslavement of others. I do sort of wonder if this thread will turn back to more even camarilla posting or if it will just be an endless slog into the antics of strippers and exhibitionist. I understand that you don't care what others thing in your happy little worldview but we had a word for this at home. >GaucheAll of your perfectly harmonious homelife sure seems to require an awful expenditure of effort to bring into your preconceived notions. Again it seems to be the maker and not the tool that's lacking. Honestly I always associated slavery with the weakest of human endevers, but in the same way that you see a swaybacked horse and think of how careless and stupid the owner must be, normal everyday licks think the same about you. Hardly the avant garde perfect society, just another miserable little soul aspiring to middle management. But I do have to thank you, I'm going to embrace Julian. I doubt he'll stick around much after. He was ready for this decades ago. I guess even bad examples are examples. https://youtu.be/sYpg8bqKbW0
>>97947525I apologize for the youngsters, but Anchorites are somewhat incommunicado last few weeks! The Internet is the devil, and I suppose they've turned away the greatest of evils with all of our recent work aimed towards righting old wrongs and such. Either that, or it's some Garou meddling with an arrangement they consider to be deeply heretical, perhaps. All of it is somewat beyond me.That said, as we are of little use with all this techno-nonsense, we'll be on our way shortly. Do you expect Victoria to need that punt gun she's found, by any chance? She's very eager to use it on something that'd warrant a punt gun.
>>97950935>Honestly I always associated slavery with the weakest of human endeversBaffling lecture. In your previous one, you wanted to purchase Boy Toy from me.>you see a swaybacked horse and think of how careless and stupid the owner must beI think of how the horse could benefit from Vicissitude.>normal everyday licks think the same about youNormal everyday licks are precisely what I rescued Smoking Mirror from. In case I wasn't clear, the Blood Bond was not forged for the sake of a Blood Bond. It was to unearth my new friend while minimizing the risk of a fight to the so-called "Final" Death or even Amaranth between us. Just as he was buried in a way to preserve him, I unearthed him in a way to preserve him, which means to preserve whatever wisdom and traditions he has inside his soul, that your average lick would have squandered or destroyed, contributing to a bloodline's extinction.>another miserable little soul aspiring to middle management.I am a second, or rather, the only chance for all these bodies and souls. Not even Boy Toy knows the reward, the salvation that awaits him for a continued good service, one that only I can give.From exorcising malevolent spirits to the archaeology of the soul, I use my wondrous powers for good.NOLITE IVDICARE, VT NON IVDICEMINI
I've been rehearsing simulated exchanges of words with Baron Delacroix under the strict guidance of Lady Asano, I must admit it's mentally draining me.Fortunately I have Boy Toy's acting tips. He and Architect Prime insist that she won't be able to micromanage my ever word or bail me out if I get cornered by the Prince turned Baron, and that I can't rely on a script, I must learn to improvise.I sense her Beast. It dances, it's courting my own Beast, they both sneer at my mistakes. I can feel it, my Lady's Beast is lurking under the her immovable scowl, or "resting bitch face" as Polyglot Girl calls it.I will not give in. I must see that cursed smile again. I will reward Milady's patience. I am almost there...
>>97951398>the Blood Bond was not forged for the sake of a Blood Bond. It was to unearth my new friend while minimizing the risk of a fight to the so-called "Final" Death or even Amaranth between us.A blatant an obvious lie if ever I've seen. If that were true, you wouldn't have given him your blood three times over three separate nights. Nobody induces a blood bond that strong unless they want near total control over someone. Yer not foolin' anyone, "yer ladyship." You saw an opportunity to gain a new slave, and you took it.>From exorcising malevolent spirits to the archaeology of the soul, I use my wondrous powers for good.Yer so full of shit. If that were true, you'd have sent Boy Toy and the other slaves you keep to their final reward right away rather than forcing them to toil in your service, hoping to earn their release.
>>97951622Yes, Spider Lily has 10 dots in Full of Shit
>>97950526There was a lot going on and that guy is... Well. Ohio's worst export.>>97951331Do you expect Victoria to need that punt gun she's found, by any chance? She's very eager to use it on something that'd warrant a punt gun.Regrettably yes. Some the potential issues are 'meaty.'And thanks William.
>>97951398It would be baffling to you, you don't seem to be able to conceive of others as different from yourself. It never occurred to you, to ask, what I would do with him. >vicissitudeIs it true that this power is the last refuge of the tasteless? Everytime? Most people would think of how to better take care of their belongings. AS for smokey, yes. How thoughtful. You preserved him into slavery. Amazing. Your lot practices blond bonds and breaking them? Why haven't you freed him?>Matthews 7:1You see, I would expect you to understand this but you're lack of understaning speaks volumes really. Those with Taste naturally judge. It is the function of Taste, and those who possess it to judge.
>>97951622̸I̷ ̵s̶a̴w̶ ̴t̸h̷e̶ ̸O̸t̴h̷e̵r̵ ̴S̵i̵d̶e̵,̷ ̷a̶n̵d̷ ̴f̸o̶u̵n̸d̸ ̷n̴o̷ ̵r̸e̸w̷a̵r̸d̸.̴ ̸I̴ ̵w̶i̴l̶l̵ ̵w̵a̴l̴k̴ ̴o̸n̵ ̸t̶h̴e̸ ̸E̸a̴r̷t̶h̸ ̸o̶n̸c̵e̶ ̵m̴o̷r̷e̸.̴>>97951873̵I̷ ̸a̷m̸ ̶n̷o̸t̷ ̷f̸o̶r̴ ̴s̸a̴l̸e̸.̶
>>97951654That much was pretty obvious. Lol
>>97951924There's no real point in speaking to the bonded is there? Go tell Lily to write her own rebuttals.
>>97952924please please please my good Xir im begging u i implore u please if u care for how the Mistress treats us please do not seek to irritate her any further PLEASE WE JUST NEED 2 NITES THEN SHES BACK TO NORMAL PLEASE IM ON MY KNEES PLEASEEEE ;_;
>>97950935From my own experience with getting holes blasted through me, .50 BMG WILL make a body explode. Bones shatter into shrappnel, ripping insides up, the Shockwave makes all the water in a human body churn likeva stormy sea and liquifies organs, if you hit a limb that bitch is just gone.It's not even a matter of which gun you're using. A Browning M2 will fuck a oerson up just as bad as a Barret. It's just the AMR is built to deliver one round into the side of a tank, the M2 is meant to put so much .50 cal in the air motherfuckers don't dare poke their heads up.So yeah, My guess is guy was using bog standard ammo there.
>>97950935sad about that poor lump dildo-boy and the autist, but honestly the cat-man and the necromancer seem cut out for one another.and may your man-servant enjoy the gift >>97950526good news fledgeling, just got the crabs handed off to me and you weren't kidding about those spikes.damn fine present for a den mate, don't know how well trained you are in animal tongues, but manthese boys are as dumb as rocks. in an endeerin way though. next person who tries to pillage the dungeons of hispaniola is gonna have a real bad night. thanks.
>>97951924Ain't nuthin' up here left for you, Boyo. You were dealt a shite hand, to be sure, but you shoulda come to terms an moved on when you had the chance. Now the only thing in the cards fer you is an eternity of servitude to Lily.>>97953458Any torment yer mistress decides to inflict upon you is on HER conscience (or more likely lack there of), not Tabarin or anyone else's.>>97954150Sure it SEEMS that way, rump, but we've no idea what Mirror's personality is like when it hasn't been compromised by a full blood bond. Unless they're about to enter into a Hungarian Marriage in the near future, Mirror is still the one actually getting fucked in all of this.
>>97954476>BoyoOh shit, you're Irish?! My ancestors came over from Cork, settled in New York, and my great xshiteload grampy was a part if tue Irish Brigade in the Civil War! Pretty sure that's why I have red hair and green eyes.
>>97954476not all bonds are the same. i endured a blood bond before, back when vásquez was president upstairs. nightmare shit, but it didn't undermine me as fully as 'El Caudillo' would have wanted. unlike some of the fucking vermin we whacked back at haina when the coup went of back in 31? 33? complicates my feelings somewhat ill admit. half envy those maggots who didn't have a chapter of hell.
OH SHIT I DONT GOTTA BE HOMELESS ANYMORE YIPEE
>>97954150>these boys are as dumb as rocks.Hmm.. they shouldn't be, crabs and lobsters are actually very intelligent. Maybe residual pain from the fleshcrafting is affecting their brains, it should subside in time. They won't be writing any poetry but they can navigate mazes and remember the locations of food for up to seven days.
>>97954150>The giftThank you for your kind words.I have informed him and he has asked for some time before the event itself. He wants to tie up my affairs as much as his I am guessing. Perhaps he just wants to get some last tan in while he can? I'm drafting a letter to some of the clan who owe me favours and don't resent it. I spent more then a little time trying to think of how I wish things had been when I was embraced. Back then, my master needed a soldier so I soldiered. Now I think I will send him on a tour of the rockies that should keep him mostly out of trouble for a year or two. Beautiful country up there, hopefully keep him from realizing that getting what you want and having it are two different things for a while at least.
>>97951924>̵I̷ ̸a̷m̸ ̶n̷o̸t̷ ̷f̸o̶r̴ ̴s̸a̴l̸e̸.̶Grin you could do the funniest thing right now.
>>97955418congrats fren>>97953794funny thing about fortitude. Outside of methusaleh's and elders, anything hotter than .308 hits about the same as it does mortals. I mean yeah the bullets were "lightly enchanted" with the whole name in enochian thing, but I DOUBT that did any extra damage. More just the will behind it I guess. >>97953458Could you try and lean into it more? I once saw a sadist get really pissed off at a masochist because he was enjoying it too much. >>97950322Hey, where is everyone. I came here for a proper shootout. Like the Texas Rangers and Comanche. All I found was shovelheads with shovels. Waste of my fucking time... in case no one's seen this excellent scene I'm referencing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNl3jvApJqU
I heard some noise in our little apartment, so I borrowed Lady Asano's skull. I found Boy Toy and Polyglot Girl huddled in the corner like freezing turkey chicks. She was crying, he was trying to console her in Italian. Castellano is quite similar, I think I understood him quite well. It turns out their Mistress did nothing, the causes of her misery are a fear of the Other Side, flashbacks of unpleasant people she met on social media, and self-righteous would-be liberators with unhelpful ideas, ignorant of the desires and suffering of a wraith. I wanted to give her a hug too but my fingers slipped through the ectoplasm, the power of this skull can only go so far. I turned off the smartphone. "That's enough internet for tonight."Lady Asano called us, plus the third wraith, Architect Prime, for an extra-Biblical tale involving Caine, whom she insists I should claim is the first vampire and my ancestor when meeting nosy, intellectual Anarchs that ask too many questions, and one Lilith figure who is not in the Bible and reminds me a bit too closely of the goddess Tlazoltéotl, complex deity of both filth and purification, lust and absolution. She wanted to know what we thought was the moral.Boy Toy decried Caine's ungratefulness. Polyglot Girl felt Lilith should have gone easier. Architect Prime threw up his hands: "They had no one else. Couldn't they talk to each other some more?". Our unimpressed storyteller drank some plum liquor.I told her one can't just release a captive animal in the wilderness and expect it to survive all of its dangers without some training and protection, humans are not the only species that invest time to raise their offspring. Preparing people for their liberation isn't simply a pre-requisite, it is liberation itself. Caine is the first Caitiff, Lilith the first adoptive Sire and first Clan founder.What will I do for that damned smile. Yes, I may use this wisdom when I meet Baron Delacroix.I poured Lady Asano some more plum liquor.
>>97956963>Caine is the first CaitiffOh not this shit again. Can the Tremere like, I dunno, make a ritual to Final Death anyone who utters this nonsense? Like a kill word from that Deus Ex game or something.
>>97956303Didn't I tell you cowboy? I prefer knives. Shouldn't you have a Bowie knife on you, or a tomahawk or something? Ah well, there's always next time.I gotta admit though, your shooting is pretty badass.In case it wasn't obvious, Janus's current plan is to lure Chelys or Necrophage into someplace where he can get the drop on one of them alone, hold them in place with Eyes of the Serpent, and let the shovelheads rip them to pieces. He is actually pretty good with his knife though at Dex 4 (Nimble Fingers) + Melee 4 (Knives) + Potence 1 and Celerity 1.
>>97956963Go tell your Master lily to make her own rebuttals.
>>97951840>Regrettably yes. Some the potential issues are 'meaty.'Yes, good, very very very good. I've wanted to hit somebody with a blunderbuss shot full of coin for years. >>97951924≯I̷ ̵s̶a̴w̶ ̴t̸h̷e̶ ̸O̸t̴h̷e̵r̵ ̴S̵i̵d̶e̵,̷ ̷a̶n̵d̷ ̴f̸o̶u̵n̸d̸ ̷n̴o̷ ̵r̸e̸w̷a̵r̸d̸.̴ ̸Maybe whatever of your soul your Sire tore off, to make you, got the reward before you.>̵I̷ ̸a̷m̸ ̶n̷o̸t̷ ̷f̸o̶r̴ ̴s̸a̴l̸e̸.̶Ha.>>97956963>Caine is the first CaitiffA Caitiff is a rootless wretch by definition, one who not only is without kin, but doesn't know what that kin would be. Unless you people believe God, as an act of ironic punishment, hit Caine over the head with a rock until he fell into deep amnesia, it sure doesn't fit.
>>97957343Well, I can't say I didn't try, but it's not... producing the effect you seek, evidently.If I could understand your motivation a little better, I could prove more persuasive, given my position as both physically close and trusted. Apart from Boy Toy, what is it that you really want from her? Wouldn't a more enticing offer be a vantage point from which you could resume your dialogue?
>>97915560Here's a tidbit for you, sister whiskers.>many many nips are awaiting, please get prepared.
>>97957614>Maybe whatever of your soul your Sire tore off, to make you, got the reward before you.T̴h̴i̸s̷ ̸t̴h̴o̶u̵g̴h̵t̶ ̵g̷i̷v̵e̴s̸ ̵n̵o̶ ̵c̶o̶m̴f̶o̵r̸t̸ ̸t̴o̶ ̵t̶h̴i̶s̶ ̷w̵r̴a̴i̷t̶h̷.̷>Unless you people believe God, as an act of ironic punishment, hit Caine over the head with a rock until he fell into deep amnesia, it sure doesn't fit.P̵o̶l̶y̵g̵l̵o̸t̸ ̵G̸i̴r̴l̸,̷ ̸w̷h̸y̷ ̷d̸o̶n̸'̸t̴ ̷w̴e̵ ̸w̸r̵i̶t̵e̷ ̸s̶o̸m̸e̴ ̵m̸o̸r̶e̸ ̸N̴o̴d̶d̵i̴s̶t̴ ̶f̸a̸n̶f̶i̷c̷t̴i̴o̵n̶ ̷i̴n̴ ̵E̷n̶o̷c̷h̷i̵a̸n̵?̵
>>97957621The problem is Mirror, I don't really want anything from her. I just keep getting the image, the more I speak to her, of a grubby kid pulling the wings off flies, and wondering why they don't fly so good. Perhaps it's just acting out previous wrongs, who knows. I just wish, some days, that the 'We have a pretty good thing going, let's not upset the apple cart of all humanity on our head, and get along. I don't think you're adding in any way to her Mirror, I don't think your an aquisition of value or strategy, just whim. And I know that you can't do anything about this now, but know in the back of your mind that even blood bonds can be broken. Now If you'll permit me I saw this online. I will definitely share strategic and personal insights into my mental state if you share a cake recipe with me. Now i know you will no doubt think I am being silly here, but I will definitely share valueable insight, after getting a cake recipe. And even if I don't surely, the small amount of effort it would take , nearly none, would make the odds on this wager very simple. No drawback, only a small but satisfying reward, after you provide said cake recipe. And don't go running to Lily for a change, If you come back with some very pretty but attrocious tasting mid 17th century Japanese confection I'll know. So what have you Smokey?
>>97958256I will humor you then, behold:https://spanishsabores.com/tarta-de-santiago-recipe-spanish-almond-cake/I should have Milady taste this, since she appears to have little issue with kine food, unlike most Kindred.Yes, a gift for her when I'm done taking over this city. Perfect.
>>97957628>>97957628:(I dont wanna get out of the van tonight
>>97957796You want some Noddist fan fiction? I got some Noddist fan fiction. I learned it through drinking on stoners and using a little auspex. Plus echoes in the blood I guess. But anyways, have you ever heard of an ancient Tzimisce organization known as the "Shaper's Guild"? Well the Brujah antediluvian was quite adept at time travel so the Cainite society in Enoch was/is (time being flat to them, the past is still occurring, continuity being retroactive at times, "Mandela effect" and all that) a little more established than historians let on. Before The Eldest was even embraced through Enoch and Irad's little experiment, the Tzimisce were already well rooted in Enoch's culture thanks to the time travel. Crafting monsters and beauties in deep crypts below the city with entire swimming pools of blood fueling their dark arts. Monsters like gryphons, sphinxes, dragons were all produced to Caine's specifications. The Eldest was trained by it's own future offspring to be a master of said arts.Source? Maybe I made it up! Maybe it was revealed to me in a dream? Maybe it's true, maybe it's all horse-shit. Not even I know.
>>97958256Hey, Tabarin, weird question but... do you have some deep rooted, elder-based misogyny going on? I'm not trying to white knight or anything, just noticed that you seem to be especially antagonistic to the ladies of ShreckNet.You've been riding Stripper's ass (heh) since you first started posting. You got into it with Serpent before her untimely demise. You took a shot at Mèo-Mèo a few nights ago. And now here you are butting heads with Spider Lily. Is there something about Kindred women in particular that gets under your skin, or is it just a coincidence?
>>97957169Why don't I show you what you haven't learned yet. Pene Pequeno.This is a legitimately funny situation to me on grounds each of these three has a different fundamental strategy to their combat approach that is going to drag this out. Chelys tends to rely on overwhelming ranged power and sabotage, be it supernatural weapons or just "regular" firearms. Janus operates on pack tactics and shock, plus often ensnares in order to crush his opponents. While Necrophage operates like a slasher villain picking off pack members before hitting his enemies with the Protean Aggravated Damage. But for once, Necrophage isn't inclined to a direct rush on grounds he promised Rex the kill. Rex isn't in a position to whack Janus outright with him being full on flight mode, Janus isn't able to get the jump on Rex, and Necrophage's biggest weakness of being alone is mitigated by his agreement with Chelys. That said Janus has the initiative for the moment.
>>97958424>a lovely almond cakeI suppose truth telling and word keeping is important. Thank you for the recipe, I have had the advantage of having havened in Central and South America before and I am familiar with the cake. Although I have never ate it while living, and unlike your Master, I cannot eat food and I cannot either be bothered to pretend to. I think that should be enough information considering.>>97959580>Two data points>Neither cammies>Obviously you have a problem with women.Meow meow? Is a woman? I thought that was a Cat Malkavian. Even if I have a problem with women, what would that have to do with the vampiric spirit and species? I would rather think that the other men are preoccupied with either killing or surviving (as) Mr. Quickie.So there, two truths. The next one will be a lie for sure.
Looking for counselling and input/support from fellow sewer lads. I was embraced a couple years back and I've since adapted to my new ugly ass form but is it wrong I feel bad about it? Yeah sure, I look like I aged 200 years in one night and look like Orlock's bald wrinkled ballsack (and lost most of my teeth and nails) but most of my facial features are still there as are my limbs and digits and it kinda fucks with me deep down that I might have 'lucked out'. There's guys with fucked up limbs, missing digits, hunched backs or covered in boils and sores and shit and its slowly been getting at me that I've kept most of the functions, mobility and senses from my mortal body.Man I don't get how the hell our clan embrace and transformation work. Was it really just a roll of the dice?
>>97958977gonna be blunt, saving that to fuck with the schizos.and while i got you, both the crabs are a bit more spiffy with some water. probably my point of reference for animal ghouls is rats.some of the little shits down here are smarter than tourists upstairs. then again 'atzur' and my 'basca' probably clear that bar. >>97961538roll of the dice, cruelty of god, cruelty of dark papa back in the day, cruelty of grandpa nosforatu... take your fuckin picki learned at some point theres nothing to worry about. no obligations. you gotta just get yourself your small comforts. survive. and not devolve into one of those old pit lords who got nothing to do but writhe an pick the legs off their giant insects. whinging all the while like a rich man forced to sleep in the common house with sailors and octoroons. god, happiest mother fucker in the islands burrows cant even walk. looks like yagrum bagarn.
>>97961698I miss my old teeth. The new ones/those I got left makes me look like a fucking Ferengi. Not the best teeth to bite down a neck but, hey, when you gotta feed you gotta feed and you get used to it.You get used to a lot of things I've noticed.
>>97959669Oh boy, lesson time! Maybe we can both learn a little something from each other. Class is in session!All good things come to an end. I'm trying to decide who my fourth character for /shreck/ will be. My first thought is my Brujah character from the Jax LARP all those years ago but... do I want to play another French character so soon? Lol
>>97961698>gonna be blunt, saving that to fuck with the schizos.Hahaha! My man! Go ahead, I'll get a kick out of that. I could go deeper too. "Evolution is a hoax created by the Shaper's Guild in 3000BC," and more.>both the crabs are a bit more spiffy with some water. probably my point of reference for animal ghouls is rats.Ah, yeah they're not going to be as smart as rats. I'd offer to put a better brain in them but I'm not that good yet, the brain and host would both die. Maybe in a hundred years.
>>97961739getting used to it is all you can do, unless you wanna go nuts and be like that one go-down bimbo over in ramona. girls got shark teeth and an oral complex. >>97961786bullshitting is a fine art, you gotta give enough rope to hang, not enough to fumble.and dont worry nothing about it. given these crabs are gonna be nibbling in the vitae kiddy pool they might even live long enough to see you mature as a primo bone bender.
>>97957796>T̴h̴i̸s̷ ̸t̴h̴o̶u̵g̴h̵t̶ ̵g̷i̷v̵e̴s̸ ̵n̵o̶ ̵c̶o̶m̴f̶o̵r̸t̸ ̸t̴o̶ ̵t̶h̴i̶s̶ ̷w̵r̴a̴i̷t̶h̷.̷That's too bad. >>97961538>Was it really just a roll of the dice?It's a curse. Curses are cruel and harsh. You looking better than somebody else is a punishment for that somebody else, and a provocation. Besides, the prettiest of us is still ugly, so every moment of relief you get looking at Primogen Quasimodo Canyonmouth Needleteeth is at Needleteeth's expense, and false, anyways. Don't get too into it.Especially since if you get too into enjoying just how many of your features, limbs and digits you still have, a Needleteeth might decide to help you lose a few.
One thing I've been wondering is just how true some rumors are, since there's quite a lot about Kindred society I am still learning and separating rumors from facts isn't easy, especially when you're lurking around hearing weird shit. One thing I keep hearing from older Kindred is that APPARENTLY there are 'not-quite-vampires' in Asia and Africa, real weirdoes who have powers and curses nothing like we do. Is any of it true? Because as far as I can tell I've met black and asian kindred and they seem to be clan-based Cammies or Anarchs no different than anybody else. From the oldest vamps it seemed like weird, silly exotic nonsense people used to believe about the 'far east'.Surely there's no special magical Asian or African vampires, right? Right?
>>97963701>Africa>the 'far east'.Messing with you aside, they're probably just weird bloodlines or other branches of the clans that have been cut off so long that they've developed their own strange mythologies about their origins. Like how the Snakes think they're actually descended from a god, you know? I mean, weren't their some Kuei-jin in L.A. not all that long ago? If it were true that they have their own special Asian magic, there'd be tons of testimony about it. I dunno.Hey, Colma! Any Kuei-jin in your neck of the woods? You're close to San Fran, right?
>>97963859>I mean, weren't their some Kuei-jin in L.A. not all that long ago?Wouldn't fucking know, I live in the boonies
>>97963701I live out in Liberia now and been keepin myself busy. Been out since a regular here got whacked, ain't here or there though.Theres some wild shit out here, currently running between four big-wigs. One a whoms a 'native monster.' Old hag that has the local 'kindred' on the ropes. Cause am not exactly with a clan a been sorta safe to interact with her, an she got some wild shit to use. Like, actual black magic. Don't know how it works but man local folks a right to be scared of her. Don't even know why am alright to her. Ain't gonna complain tho.
>>97964012Oh hey, kid. Haven't seen anything from you in a while! Good to see you're still kickin'. How's everything coming along for ya?
>>97964057My life is a fuck ass weird fever dream blood, don't know what to say. I keep getting dribbled and passed around tween the Prince and the Primogen. And the Cult compound out in the sticks that really likes cobras. And the crazy evil hag who has no chill. An sure I see these folks are powerful an got decades old schemes and shit but like- These folks fighting over MONROVIA like its Miama or something.Could be worse tho. I get to scare the shit out a local gangs and finally got myself a place of my own.
>>97963701In Africa, certainly. Closest to our kin are the Laibon, who are not a single bloodline. Then you have the others, untold numbers of monsters which have no idea what is a Masquerade.An old Ghiberti friend told me on April Fourth: "Imagine a continent of Caitiff. Imagine every Kindred you meet having its own unpredictable abilities. Imagine zombies made of plant matter. That was the Dark Continent in the 18th century. But the times are changing.">>97963859>Kuei-jinNamu Amida Butsu, not this again! How many souls did I send to the Rossellini for saying: "Finally, a Kuei-jin! She's real!" to my face in the last century? Let's unpack this, as the youngsters say...First, it's not even a Chinese or Japanese word!鬼人 is Romanized as "Guǐrén" in Pīnyīn or, if you must continue with Wade-Giles, "Kuei-jên". In Japanese, it's "Kijin" (Hepburn).>weren't their some Kuei-jin in L.A. not all that long ago? If it were true that they have their own special Asian magic, there'd be tons of testimony about itI too remember hearing tales of an alleged "Mandarinate" running much the US West Coast under the nose of the Anarchs, and found no such thing.In Japan we have, for example, bloodlines for the Giovanni, the Asano I founded in the 17th century, and Ventrue, Sotoha/Fujita, circa 16th century.The Cathayans, if they ever existed, are either hidden or gone. Or fairies!!!Who do we blame for this mess? Orientalism? Deracinated Asian-Americans in search of a mythical identity? The Malkavians as usual?To this date I have no idea what exactly are we supposed to do with the Kuei-jin in V20 itself in the current year, the last Kindred of the East book was published in 2002, Revised ended its run on 2004, V20 came out in 2011. You can find isolated mentions of Cathayan/Kuei-jin in Anarchs Unbound, Children of the Revolution, Lore of the Bloodlines, V20DACore, but no updated stat blocks, pics, paragraphs of lore, etc. They've disappeared...
I sat in the dim light. My lover combed my hair with his fingers.Spider Lily: "So, Baron Tecuani, how did the job interview go?"Smoking Mirror: "First a police interrogation, then a job interview, last a political rally. The Ventrue talked the most as you and common sense say. Here's the list."L: "Ee? This will do. For now. Any clever ideas from Delacroix?"M: "I should embrace more, to strengthen the Anarchs in BC, and to let nativists, environmentalists, immigrants into the fold, and more Brujah will leave the Camarilla."L: "Not the worst idea for a bloodline facing extinction. Delacroix knows that if the Camarilla won't offer its protection to a Prince in distress, it won't help dozens of Fledglings. The Brujah will join the Anarchs on their own. What I want to know is who's next... wait! Where do you think you're touching?!"M: "Where it pleases you. You didn't tell me to stop."L: "I didn't. Ahn~ Why do you stare so much at my neck lately?"M: "Intrusive thoughts."He felt the killing intent surging within me.And showed fear.L: "Did you adulterate my umeshu with your vitae!?"M: "The vitae is mine. Not the idea or its execution!"L: "Boy Toy! Come here! Now!"Polyglot Girl: "No! It was me! You looked so good together!"Both wraiths knelt.DAMNED DEAD BRATSI'LL EAT YOUR PLASMWITH THE ARTS OF THE NAGARAJAFEEL A MILLION DEATHS IN ONE-No.I raised my hand. She cowered. I raised my other hand.L: "I give up. You win. Néstor dear, lend me your wrist~"M: "What's my flavor?"L: "Mhn~ Smoked cocoa bean, saffron, guava, a long maracujá aftertaste~ And mine?"M: "Wife, kindly refresh my memory. Ah! Alcohol, flash of steel, peach, plum, black cherry."I held his hand on my womb.L: "I had two children in life. Let's strengthen both bloodlines. I must return to Asia now."M: "We'll wait for you with a big tarta de Santiago, soft as a cloud, Lady-"L: "Hmph! Papa?! Mama's name is Tsuna!"For the first time, Boy Toy smiled.That damned, slappable smile.
What a coincidence. Just when I wanted to retire this character and end this little chronicle, there was a question about the Cathayans so she could chime in. This was more of a roleplaying exercise for me: I wanted to see from the point of view of the character how arrogant, despicable, disgusting, inhuman and callous can an Elder be, and how "bad" I could make one.Now I think I'm better prepared to roleplay as, and write for, the poor bastards on the receiving end of the carrot and the stick - mostly the stick - they way WoD is usually intended to be played. The books from 2nd edition revised where very good and helpful, I should thank those anons that tell you to read them instead of just relying on V20 publications.
>>97964492Are there Japanese Tzimisce? I bet they make some cool shit if there is.
>>97964492The Kuei-Jin need a TITANIC overhaul that I don't think anyone can pull off, in order to make them (1) Part of the World of Darkness in a compelling way, and (2) Interesting to play as with some better roots. I've tinkered in the past to try and find something but it's a tough sell you'd need to annihilate all the old lore to pull off. And broach into more recent Asian history.I did have ideas about it, basically set their history up as up as something like; 'Since time in memorial, the societies of the Kuei-Jin have been bound to the hidden Tiānmìng (Mandate of Heaven) and have struggled for control over above and below, from the heart of the Middle Kingdom. At least, until the GREAT FUCKUP of the 1910s, when Kuei-Jin society collapsed, and now from Siam to Manchuria, Tibet to Japan, Anarchy reigns.' Something to let you diversify the options for regional "Kuei-Jin." Set up the stage for compelling conflicts between various factions, explain away the weird shit old Kuei-Jin had to a degree.
>>97964492>The Cathayans, if they ever existed, are either hidden or gone. Or fairies!!!What it they're just a really weird bloodline or offshoot? If I got turned into Orlock's ballsack I don't think it is THAT implausible there could be some 'hopping vampire' bloodline out there or some weird users of fleshcrafts. Of course, as far as I can tell the Asian vamps I met were members of Camarilla clans or Anarchs but it could be that those are just westernized immigrants adopted into existing clans. Pretty sure there was some half Korean chick who was a Toreador last time I got to hang around the others (and they were pretending I didn't smell like a dung beetle, for once).Wait hold on, ARE FUCKING FAIRIES REAL?! I've only been at this unlife for like what, fuck, five years in a flyover state city. People keep talking about weird shit but I haven't been able to prove anything.
>>97964657They haunt the nights in Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka...I learned body modification from painting to Vicissitude in Tokyo before Preston Varrick and his Tremere wiped out the Mugen Henshin Gang in the middle 90s.I think the man that calls me his muse, the one who makes the paintings I attach to my messages, would like to become a Dragon, or maybe he was already Embraced. His last one >>97964508 is his darkest work yet, and my hair there are long enough to be a Masquerade violation...International travel means you can meet vampires of any clan virtually everywhere - so long as the sun is down.>>97964852Because I agree with your first statement, I chose to have Spider Lily treat the Kuei-jin as myths.
>>97964895>What it they're just a really weird bloodline or offshoot?We were supposed to see hordes of those. Hordes fighting the Cainite vampires in India. Invading the US West. Monopolizing the Sinosphere. The question is not: "Can a Tzimisce make a vampire with a severe ankylosis and dress him up as a Jiāngshī?" The question is: "Why aren't they devouring the souls of me, Lin Baloh the Archbishop of Nánjīng, the della Passaglia and the rest of the Cainites that unlive in East Asia since the Silk Road and oceanic navigation?"It reminds me of those old maps of the world that said: HIC SVNT LEONES about uncharted territory. In this case, "Thousand Demons" in various languages.>half Korean chick who was a Toreadorあら. Is her other half French? Was she in or near New York perchance? If she is who I think it is, and you learn of a Fledgling who was Embraced in New York without the permission from the Prince, inform her. You will become best friends in no time, and she will continue to use your services~ Ah, how I wish I met her as a mortal.But if it's a different person, in case your Sire didn't tell you, don't forget that any secret you reveal to a Toreador becomes public domain knowledge.
>>97965356>あら. Is her other half French? Was she in or near New York perchance?No clue man, I'm just a low rung sewer rat and I like to keep my wrinkled hide safe by not dealing with the 'pretty people' and their clans unless its work related.Mostly these days it consist of me and the sire working on some racket off online deliveries as more and more people buy online and ship stuff. Got some ghouls and friends around, we make things get 'lost in shipment' if you catch my drift. I don't even want to KNOW if there's a guy above my sire doing this possible pyramid scheme bullshit. I just make sure stuff that Kindred wants vanish and gets into their hands. What do other vamps want with shippings of poncy ass Ten Tickles brews when we can't drink? Beats me. I just fence shit around the state of Tennessee.
>>97964588Reading sourcebooks for roleplaying inspiration is good. Having a character that provides points of interaction with other characters is better. Otherwise the thread becomes a slow crawl as people get bored and stop posting.It's good for your character to have gaps in their knowledge. It gives them a reason to ask other characters in the thread for info. It's good if there are things your character can't do. It gives them a reason to ask the other characters in the thread for help. The threads are at their best when characters are bouncing off each other.
>>97959669Since Janus's storyline is probably near its end, I figured I'd slap down this quick sketch.
Alright, the declaration has been sent to the Sectarians, along with a warning for the Anarchs, and a challenge to the Loups...Let us see who walks.
>>97967301Best of luck. Stay safe.
>>97966800I HAVE THE BODY OF A PIGGroovy.
>>97967301Well, never let it be said you lived a boring unlife.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY FLIGHT IS CANCELLED?!I just married, I have the worst baby fever I ever felt and I can't go back? Stupid war...
>>97968595What, you don't have the connections to have your own private plane fly out from your own private airfield? Fucking plebian licks these days.
>>97963701Non-Kindred vampires exist, but they're rare, poorly understood, and often exaggerated. For example, I traveled in China for a decade during the warlord era, and I never encountered a single "Kuei-Jin". I did however, bear witness to a genuine Jiangshi, enslaved to a mortal taoist sorcerer. They make our unlives seem rather charmed, for even if they aren't bound to the will of a witch, or even Kindred (the Prince of Guangzhou claimed to have a half dozen bound to his will), they suffer a maddening paralysis during the day, not dissimilar to what we experience when staked. They lack much of what allows us to grow mightier with age but are extremely difficult to put down for good. I have only visited Africa briefly, but I imagine it is much the same. Mostly Kindred, some creatures so similar they're worthy of the term vampire, but not Kindred. Our powers are far more flexible than most of us are willing to admit. Especially if some foreign elder has powers that a vampire did not conceive of themselves, they have an ugly tendency to exaggerate and lie to make themselves feel less inadequate. Oh, in Mexico I encountered an odd coven of witches with harpy-like visages and some powers that seemed indistinguishable from Disciplines. Nevertheless, their hearts still beat, and they even aged, albeit slowly. Fascinating creatures. Wish I could've learned more but Mexico is not a place sane Kindred can tarry long in.
>>97968635Not in this country. To think I had to use Caine's gifts on these kine to go home... I hope they all become fodder for the Anarchs.
>>97968713>an odd coven of witches with harpy-like visages and some powers that seemed indistinguishable from Disciplines. Nevertheless, their hearts still beat, and they even aged, albeit slowly.Revenants?
The Camarila of Alberta sent back a polite refusal and a counter-offer. Mostly referencing potential positions I could acquire if we help someone seize the town, beside a pile of cash. Can't say I'm surprised but I think they may have something up their sleeve, even if their would-be 'Prince Maria Pilsudski' seems to not recognize the real threat of the Loups. Meanwhile, the Sabbat has mostly ignored the warning. Mostly. The Pack 'Bonhomme's Bastards' seem to have taken the hint and buggered off back for Quebec. Only four of them, but that's enough to set the rest of the Packs into a tizzy. Anarchs want a meeting with me, the Baron Trelaine anyways. Won't elaborate further until we deal.The more recent Loups turned down the challenge and said they wouldn't deal with a dead thing. Envoy showed up in the morning. Cheeky. Not going to let that run though, tonight we're gonna show them the shogun of the ropes...Also our stalker has arrived as well. Think they even dealt with a Sabbat scout if the screaming was anything to go on.>>97967347Thank you.>>97967870Let us ride the wheel of fate unless we want to be roadkill.
>>97970407Doubtful. They were all women, and Revenants need to keep it in the family. More pressingly, they weren't all related. I observed them for as long as I could, they practiced a very rudimentary form of blood magic steeped in heavily bastardized Nahua religion. My working theory is that they were a horribly botched attempt to usurp vampirism. Sabbat sweeps into Mexico following Cortez's little stunt, and did their usual "join or die" routine. Put a lot of native vampires to the sword from my understanding. Their famous lack of subtlety results in a coven of witches learning enough about us to attempt to steal vampirism. They kidnap some poor shovelhead, I'm guessing a Gangrel, and juice him. But they botched it somehow. They come out in this limbo between alive and undead. More than a ghoul, less than a vampire.
>>97963859>Hey, Colma! Any Kuei-jin in your neck of the woods? You're close to San Fran, right?In Pockets. They made a hell of a play back in '97 and supposedly were why the Free State fell, trouble is they Lost Los Angeles and nobody likes them. There's this joke about a Sabbat and a Cammu, fighting each other in a Hardware storenthey're interrupted by a Kuei-Jin, who they shove into a woodchipper. Or Ice Chipper. Or Furnace. Or whatever a Mascerator is.
>>97967440STOP STARING AT ME LIKE THAT!!!Chelys must have been hit by the ban again. Just kinda waiting on how he wants to move things forward.>>97971142You ever have to feed one into a wood chipper? And if so, can you confirm if they have freaky kung fu powers?
Some interesting developments from the fencing of goods in Tennessee, I learned that some of the shit we move around like the beer is made by King Breweries and Distilleries which seems tied to bigger corporate groups. This fact came into the discussion after one of our ghoul was found dead, mauled and chewed on by what appears to be some wild animal. From what I understand parts of the goods we 'appropriate' might involve at least partially some tax write off by the company.Sire seems on edge, there's been movement in the local hobo communities and the trailer parks we hang around (you'd be surprised how easily we can fit in a trailer parker with a few tricks). Newcomers, as scruffy as the usual lot but...different. There's been talks of 'big dogs' or even fucking wolves apparently, although all I've glimpsed so far are unusually large ugly ass mutts. Sire told me to sit tight and cancel operations for this week and avoid feeding in the usual spots.What the fuck is going on?
>>97971498Awooh!Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?Why, it's Little Red Riding HoodHey there, Little Red Riding HoodYou sure are lookin' goodYou're everything a big, bad wolf could wantListen to meLittle Red Riding HoodI don't think little big girls shouldGo walkin' in these spooky ol' woods aloneAwooh!
>>97971538Fuck man, are werewolves real?! Fuck they are aren't they?
>>97971538I go WHERE I want and alone or with WHOM I want and I wear WHAT I want and clothes are NOT CONSENT to be dismembered OK!?????
>>97971548Ding! Ding! Ding! Give the kid a prize!>>97971586I'm afraid your consent neither required nor sought, Red.
>>97971618Well fuck, what are they and what do they want? I'm guessing this whole werebeast thing is quite different from what those Gangrel guys can do and I'm guessing they aren't Kindred at all since I've seen some of the suspicious people that make my Sire nervous walk in daylight. Can I hit them? Can I punch them really really fucking hard because that's certainly one thing I've learned to do well enough since the embrace. We do sometimes have to break the limbs on those ghouls, after all.
>>97971697Nah man they can tear through an armored humvee like it's a wet paper bag, and they can shrug off small arms fire. They really fucking love nature and can smell that you're not alive and an abomination of said nature. Steer clear of them, hide if you can, or run if you're supernaturally fast. There's a lot of them up here in Canada and I learned early on to avoid them at all costs.
>>97971697>Well fuck, what are they and what do they want?They're werewolves and they generally want to rip us into pieces. That's all you really need to know.>Can I hit them? Can I punch them really really fucking hardOh sure, you can hit them - they even bleed too! Trouble is they heal fast like us, they're probably tougher than you, they probably hit harder than you, and you won't be quickly healing from the damage they deal to you; just like when a Gangrel whips out the claws and starts carving.You can usually outwit them when they go into full sicko mode. Me and the the Night Riders (my old pack; no I didn't choose the name) managed to Tag one years ago - barely. But best advice I can give to keep your head down.
>>97971697Do the Nosferatu and hide. When the wolf huffs and puffs it's already too late.
>>97971809>can smell that you're not alive and an abomination of said nature.To be fair you don't need to be some superpowered wolf man to notice I smell and look like sewage.>>97971821>But best advice I can give to keep your head down.Yeah we're aborting the fencing of goods (and even potential recruitment, we had a guy or two we wanted to ghoul) in the trailer parks and heading back to Nashville sewers. Trailer parks are a no go for the foreseeable future: there's just enough woods around a few of them to hide a furry bastard or two and we are taking no chances. This ain't exactly forested land but if these bastards can hide as big mangy dogs or as local hobos they could be anywhere.
>>97971251Alright. Going back to my old ways, I’ve made a little arena for us. Bring your pack, bring your knife as I know you’re a no good for nothing yellow bellied lilly livered varmint. I’ve got my ways of dealing with numbers.>>97967440Neat! Make sure he doesn’t run away like he keeps on. Sorry for the absence, between the ip range bans, twins being needy at night, and possibly expanding our property to include two adjacent lots that just went for sale, my nights and days have been busy. Chelys’ plan is to deal with the shovelheads with targeted claymores facing towards the arena in the woods. Newly embraced shouldn’t be able to dodge modern day grapeshot. As far as the serpentis powers, I’ll look over the rulebook tonight. If it’s anything like dominate, he is a fifth generation. Good luck with that. Also Janus is bringing a knife to a gun/magic fight.
>>97875778Gotta ask as a Nashville Fledgeling how's the relationship between Memphis and Nashville? I haven't travelled back there since the embrace and am still learning a whole lot about the local politics, even if my sire and most of the other Nosferatu do seem to stand a bit aside from it.
>>97972607Hey, it's no worries! This is a hobby, not an obligation!Regarding Eyes of the Serpent: unlike Dominate, there's no defense against it. Janus needs to succeed at a difficulty 9 Willpower roll, but if he does then you're frozen in place. However, you need to actually SEE Janus's eyes for it to work, which is why he's been trying to lure Chelys and Necrophage into close quarters.
>>97970513kill them all feral>>97967440god ive seen some of the aars submitted about forum locals like colma and stripper. i have seen what old nosferatu turn into.but you are liketwo hairs away from being a wight. i can see what that is. go back to sleeping you misborn freak>>97971498somebody is abusing their contacts with the "funny" company again. figures. now that youve basically given me your location i am gonna send you some recon support because this shit happened back in 2008 and im pretty sure this violates a truce agreement. expect them to arrive in a few nights should have known better than to expect the nyc shit to stay contained. fuckin braindead corpos
>>97973136Hopefully these dog-people will scatter enough for us to resume operations, wouldn't want to deprive Nashville's Kindred of some under-the-table goods and no questions-shipping. On the upside the other Nosferatus have spoken up a bit more and told me more, as it seems that with the mangy dogs butting into our operations the 'need-to-know' basis of a lot of info's moot.Sire says these fuckers are Werewolves, possibly of a Clan (is that what they even call themselves? I know we use 'Clan') of these furry bastards that is known to dwell much closer to if not in cities. Apparently they're a little more mutt-and-dingo than pure wolf but that doesn't seem to matter. Seems they got their equivalents to coteries and even ghoul equivalent, who supposedly carry their blood somehow. Supposedly there's always been a population of them around Nashville and they were just a bit on the down low since I got embrace. Called them....Bone Grinders I think? Bone Gnashers? Some day I'll need to lurk around more educated Kindred to know more about these furry fucks because the moment they showed up they fucked up and tore apart our ghouls.
>>97973200you positive that was what that was? egh cabronthat is real rough. see most of the loupines are killing machines, but those ones are smarter than the other breeds. closer to you and i in the way they work. also in being nasty groddy rejects their folks can't afford to ignore. and heres the thing, theyre still killing machines. ones you don't see coming before they get you. just stay out of the way of them. theres a reason the only kindred who get along with them [read that as survive] are freaks.
>>97973331Honestly I'm not sure what happened but it freaks me the fuck out to now know some smelly hobo or seemingly drunk redneck I could bite might actually be able to turn into a goddamn wolf.Still no clue why they showed up or what the goal here was, just seems like some of our illicit goods attracted their attention for some fucking reason. I'm just going to hide in a fucking sewer hole for a while now because man, I don't want to be near one let alone fight one. Still man, its fucked up. I've spent a few years as a vamp, lurking around Nashville and going in and out of trailer parks and hobo dens, feeding off people not even knowing there's apparently fucking shapeshifting wolf men doing something similar to our hobo stinkhole niche. Once shit dies down we'll have to rethink some of our operations and run better screening I don't want to accidentally deal with some dickhead working for the wolfmen. Apparently some wolfdicks also got ties to the local 'native' pops so it seems we'll have to also discriminate on who we make into a minion so that's fun.Anyone else around Tennessee can confirm any known info on the wolfmen?
>>97973405nothing i can share right now, but ill try to keep you in the loop on the intel gatheringthe crusty freaks can be much worse than a wolf man tho, fledgling. pay attention to the cams and those fancy new algorithm alerts from the hooks we got in the globenet. all that trash talk theyve done about the 'holy inquisition' and 'bl4nkb0d13s' and they shit themselves when they get footage of a guy getting all his orifices sealed by a crack-head. crazy video btw. remind me to give the recon boys a datastick with that on it.
>>97973631Look I know people can be dangerous as shit but at least normal ass people they're something I understand, shit, I was a human. In a way still feels like I am sometimes but....fucking dog headed wolfmen that's just outside my area of expertise. Shit man just keeping track of the Camarilla ranks and social rankings been a nightmare but now I got the darn wolfman to deal with. Then there's the others talking about fairies because I guess WHY NOT, MAY AS WELL!What's next man? Mummies are real? Chupacabra? Creature from the Black Lagoon? Xenu? At least a drunk ass hillbilly with a shotgun I can understand. They fear us. We feed off them. Yeah I 'get' the conflict so it doesn't scare me as much as finding I have to deal with the monster mash too.
>>97973674>Mummies are real? so ive heard but thats fucky>Chupacabra? nasty gangrel wight from puerto rico started that whole panic. best part? they never actually got him. hes still over on the island>Creature from the Black Lagoon? oh yea>Xenu? i hope not but i wouldn't be surprised if him and yakub are stuck in hell.crackhead magic should scare you more than any of that, cause, apparently, any regular person might wake up to itor so ive read in naughty little books that make vienna very assblasted.
>>97971251>You ever have to feed one into a wood chipper?No. I've had the privilige. Killing the enemies of Caine is not just a duty. It's an honor. And if in the process you manage to cover their comrades in a spray of their mangled remains, it's also fun.
>>97973674Pssst, hey kid, wanna buy a biomechanical spike launcher? Eighteen inches of straight silver hidden in your forearm, delivered at five hundred feet per second. It'll stop a woofer deader than any little old silver bullet. $3000 USD per. I also do ghouls. Plus you can load it with wooden stakes, cold iron spikes, or whatever sharp object you can get your claws on. The ultimate in discreet supernatural self defense! No house calls, DM me for more info.
>>97973735I'll....have to check with the other Nosferatus. We got our own guy running stuff for an 'armory' of sort. Never heard of those spike launchers but I'm guessing it is a bit like our home made weapons only loaded with silver spikes?That reminds me, I'll have to inventory some of our antique wares and ask the boss if we can melt down some of the silver into weapons. Worst case scenario I'm thinking home made flamethrower to repel any wolf fucker who gets inside the sewers. That can seriously hurt any Kindred so it should do the trick on furries right?
>>97973717Ohhohoho! Now that's hard core! I knew there was always something about you I liked!
>>97973762They're my own invention, it's a surgical graft. My clan are fleshcrafters. We can sculpt meat and bone to any shape we desire.
>>97970726>embracing native spooks into the lineages. I hate to say it but the more I think about it, the more this makes sense. While the notion of caine or the original vampire (or even original greatfather to the clans we know in these nights) seems highly suspect given all we know about what would you call them? Caitiff and similar curses? Suddenly you can see that last yesterdecades, obessession of Gehenna before was not a religious furor event but rather a practical power keeping one. The Caitiff are closer to the 'norm' vampires and while most are trash, occassional exceptionally powerful ones emerge, those powerful enough, can pass down their assorted likeness in a familiar way until eventually the 'breeding' goes sour and you end up at Caitiff again. Also solves the biggest issue with caine's story (Lilith), in a world of other clanless horrors her existance is just an interesting part of the story instead of some queer enochain add on to the known stories. It also means that Caine may not have existed (the existance of one powerful progentitor caitiff surely suggests more. It may be entirely possible that all of the clans occured spontaneously and all talk of the Antidiluvian Grandchildren of Caine is simply post hoc rationalization for what may have been a political origin (the original clans finding more in common with each other as apposed to the other nasties). It's a sin a more thorough investigation into the matter cannot be made tactfully. But it does answer some of the questions about the variability of the embrace. If the clans are less matters of straight forward lineage but careful curation of a blood line to maintain potency and specific traits, a lot of questionable decisions become more illuminated (the missing 5ths, the hatred against the caitiff, certain individuals apparent rapid ascent to power even).
>>97974014I agree on the matter of being skeptical towards conventional noddist narratives. Always found the 13 Antediluvians to be too convenient. What of Ashur, Lucien and Mekhet? Could they really all just be alternate names for known Antediluvians? Not to mention, as our knowledge of ancient history only deepens, the further the timeline on this "first city" gets pushed back. Were the Antediluvians sired in the Younger Dryas? Earlier? In either case, I'm quite familiar with aberrations of the blood. Though I will caveat that these things I have encountered are not Kindred. They may be undead, they may feed on blood, or at least life force however it is obtained, but they aren't Kindred. I think what we are is the most common and dominant expression of a phenomenon inherent to creation. The origin of that phenomenon however... I do not know, sadly. As a bit of advice, I have found that the best way to investigate that which goes counter to prevailing narratives is to do so without notice. I happen to be a specialist in this regard, I am a master of Obfuscate. It's how I manage to fly under the radar of the more unstable Kindred.
>>97973674>Look I know people can be dangerous as shit but at least normal ass people they're something I understand, shit, I was a human.Come on. Is nobody going to tell this fledgling? Fine I'll do it: normal ass people can have powers too!
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