11:29 banana Headlines

to this day. Council Police superintended Darryl Barrel
Detective-Chief Inspector Molke is on the case, and I'm
11:29 banana Headlines:
11:29 banana CHINATOWN KILLER
11:29 banana In a grisly tragedy, nine men and women have been found
slaughtered on Han Street. The attack's viciousness is
reminiscent of the "Chinatown Eviscerator" serial
killings, twenty-five years ago, which remain unsolved
issued a statement today:
11:30 banana "We believe this may be the work of a copycat, if not
just a maniac. Please remain calm, because we're not
going to let this one go the way of the past.
sure you [..] are all aware of his reputation. We have
several leads and expect to bring the perpetrators of
this appalling crime to justice."
11:37 banana These are in all the papers and on TV. They're coffeetable
conversations and talking points.
11:37 banana They don't, for the most part, affect the dead.
11:38 banana In the late evening - by the sky, you'd think it was
dead of night - the Mandate's less vital citizens are
the disappearance of Petros Novus of SPQR Holdings. The
11:31 banana EXEC KIDNAP RING?
11:32 banana A second Hammerfest CEO has vanished, this week, with
parent company of Sørøyan and Italian supermarket
franchises, SPQR Holdings also provide financial
services and public relations.
11:32 banana Coming so soon after the disappearance of Henrik
Slesvig-Cornelis, of Cornelis Land-Oil, worried
businessmen suspect a gang may be holding business
leaders for ransom. More as the story develops.
is now open for business again, and the first passenger
11:33 banana FROZEN SEASON ENDS
11:34 banana The icebreakers are out, and so is the sun - if sickly.
With the ending of Sørøya's coldest month, the harbour
vessel, the /Mare Crisium/, is scheduled to arrive at
2:30 this morning.
11:34 banana MAYOR VOWS REFERENDUM
11:35 banana Mayor Lordy reiterated his call for a referendum on EU
accession today, going against the views of both major
Assembly blocs.
11:36 banana Both the pro-EU and pro-UN factions consider this an
internal, legislative matter, and do not intend to see
public support. However, the minor party Non2EU has
endorsed the Mayor's call, promising to fight for the
"No" vote if a referendum does take place.

out and about.
their different reasons. Khas is here to seek help, but
covenant's claims to sorcerous powers, her own vampiric
looks rather lost. He hasn't bothered to lower the hood
Dietrich or Anatoli here and worrying vaguely about the
the days of steam. You don't remember those, of course,
wasteland of little islets covered densely in buildings
that huddle together for warmth. The docks swirl around
you, men in heavy clothing unloading cargo and luggage.
now. On top of the burning mansion, highlighted against
11:38 dammitwho The dead of night...
11:39 Nicolae In a way, aren't we all the dead of night?
11:39 banana Savik and Dietrich are at the (former?) manor home of
Slesvig-Cornelis, on the southern side of the city.
11:39 banana Their circumstances differ.
11:40 Nicolae A bit, yes.
11:40 banana Adrian and Sarah are both arriving in Elysium, for
Sarah Thalmann has been instructed by her sire to
mingle, to bond, to keep up appearances and to begin
restoring the balance of power - in a way that tilts
towards their own Invictus faction.
11:41 dammitwho And she wants to know what the Ordo Dracul's been up
to. She didn't put too much stock in the other
status aside, but if the Dragons really can resurrect
the undead...
11:42 Ferrinus Adrian's only just arrived at Elysium, and as usual he
of his jacket as he gazes owlishly around the room,
both wondering vaguely as to his odds of finding
high school dance taking place just upstairs.
11:42 banana Anton has a meeting with Simon Peter, Hans is besieged,
and Cian O'Callaghan.. everyone else feel free to
start, but let's talk about Cian O'Callaghan.
11:42 VoxPVoxD Let's.
11:44 ill_repute Savik is standing just outside the police perimeter,
trying to determine a course of action that would best
benefit him.
11:44 banana You step off the boat - a massive liner, reminiscent of
but you've met people who claim to. Down a short
gangplank is your new home, for now - a frozen
From somewhere, Russian pop music is playing.
11:45 Nicolae Dietrich is standing very well inside the police
perimeter, also trying to determine a course of action
that would best benefit him.
11:45 banana What Savik sees is pretty bizarre, and the council
police seem to agree; there are almost a dozen of them
piling out of cars, but they're hanging well back for
the stars, are two figures that seem titanic even
though they're more than fifty metres away.

11:46 ill_repute Savik can tell that one of the combatants is kindred,
robe with the collar on backwards and the unmistakeable
behind her back. She's watching him, waiting for him to
knives and *grenades* on his kevlar-reinforced uniform;
right?
11:46 VoxPVoxD Cian slows a bit, letting the other disembarking
passengers move around him. That is what they are,
around him. He is certainly not of them. He
concentrates for a moment on the musing, thinking
perhaps he'd heard it before. But he hadn't. A moment
later he continues on.
11:46 dammitwho Sarah is mingling for the moment, soaking in the latest
gossip and spreading a little of her own. Ah, and
there's that inquisitive Dragon again. She moves
unhurriedly toward Adrian.
11:47 mattbaby Anton is taking a liesurely pace to his meeting with
Simon Peter. In the meantime, he's examining his new
territory. Fucking bad ass. But what a headache! So
Much To Organize!
11:48 banana At the bottom of the ramp is a small open area, where
confused passengers hesitate; Cian has no need, since
he can tell who's here to meet him. Wearing a priest's
taint of the Beast is a slight woman, arms crossed
approach.
11:48 Nicolae Can a Kindred get a description of the mansion roof
situation?
11:49 VoxPVoxD Cian does approach, and approach swiftly. The night
carries no mark of the predator to his greeter,
however. He has... occluded that, from himself. He
inclines his head towards her, a gesture of greeting
and respect.
11:49 dammitwho "Mr. Khas! It's rare we see you at Elysium and now
what, twice in as many nights? This is a surprise."
11:50 banana On the roof!
11:51 banana The Chief stands four metres from Dietrich, braced
against a chimneypot. He holds a submachine gun akimbo
- a couple of bullets have gone through your leg
already, but it didn't hurt - and in the other hand
holds an automatic pistol in each of two massive
fingers. His thumb flicks rapidly back and forth
between the triggers.
11:51 banana Almost more worrying to you than the guns are the
he's obviously strong enough to use the former, since
when the roof of the parlour first collapsed on you
both he threw aside chunks of falling stone like they
were nothing.
11:51 banana Of course, so did you..
11:51 banana Roll initiative.

11:52 Ferrinus Adrian, who's been leaning sideways to try and get a
glimpse of if anyone familiar's through one of the
chamber's side doors, blinks and turns a bit too fast
as Sarah Thalmann greets him. Fortunately, the
impression that the Savage is prepared to spring away
or attack lasts only a split second. "Ah- oh. Uh, Miss
Thalmann, right? It's a surprise to me, too, honestly."
11:53 banana Anton's meandering between tall buildings and small
shops. The latter seem distinctly more friendly, but
poorer. Falafel stands are everywhere, as are men and
women in suits.
11:53 banana Savik can roll initiative too if he likes, btw, but
it's optional.
11:54 ill_repute Savik's not gonna get involved until he can figure out
what's going on.
11:55 ill_repute Instead, he turns to face the police. "You gonna do
anything about this?"
11:55 dammitwho "Indeed? And to what do we owe the pleasure?" She isn't
even being sarcastic, really- the Countess' return has
sorted out that tedious gnawing pit of anxiety at the
bottom of her stomach. Sarah's feeling better than she
has in a few nights.
11:55 banana The woman in priest's gear greets you. "Father
O'Callaghan"? Her voice, like her face, is vaguely
sedan. "Welcome to Sørøya - it's God's home as much as
any other, but we have a lot of work to do here yet."
She smiles; the effect is slightly marred by a deep
scar running down the left side of her face.
11:56 banana The Security Chief, noting the surrounding police,
roars out - "You aren't getting away, SCUM! I'm taking
you down for trespassing and aggravated inconvenience!"
11:56 Nicolae Dietrich snarls at the man currently accosting him with
an unreal number of weapons. This man is obviously
compensation going on here one would suspect he's got
the genitals of a Ken doll.
11:56 banana He braces himself and pours a hail of gunfire into you.
11:57 Ferrinus "Just, uh." Oh god, thinks Khas, she's using the royal
'we', am I supposed to do that? Is she more of an
authority than I thought? "Just looking for a few
people, actually. Couldn't reach them on the phone,
figured I'd check in here."
11:57 VoxPVoxD Cian's accent is vaguely northeastern United States.
"True enough. I look forward to the work."
11:58 banana 4 bashing damage to Dietrich; his turn.
11:58 banana Savik, watching the policemen, can see them gasp and
mutter at the exchange of gunfire; one pulls out a

11:58 mattbaby It's quaint enough. A neighborhood in transit, perhaps.
Wonder what's going on with it. Anton really can't
believe he used to eat street meat. Shrugging, he
rounds the final corner to his meeting with Simon
Peter. Wonder what the odd fellow had for him today.
11:59 mattbaby Tonight.
12:00 banana Cian's greeter is silent for a while, as she drives,
then gets around to introducing herself. "Maria
Villaraigosa."
12:00 banana "I'm taking you to meet the Bishop, if you're alright
with that?"
12:00 ill_repute Hrm. Does Savik, being a Carthian, know anything about
what might be in Slesvig-Cornelis' house that would be
worth fighting a seven-foot lunatic over?
12:00 banana Only, perhaps, Slesvig-Cornelis.
12:01 banana It's also probably got valuable furniture and
appliances, documents or computers with interesting
information, etc, if you're in the mood for burglary.
12:01 ill_repute Why stop with a car?
12:01 VoxPVoxD Cian self-consciously reaches his hands to his chest,
as if he were afraid he was wearing stained vestments.
The ghost of a feeling lapses quickly. "I am. My... I
was also told it was customary to visit the Prince to
introduce myself?"
12:01 ill_repute He takes another look at the advancing police. Are
there any ways to slip around them and take a peek
inside?
12:01 Nicolae "Aggravated incon-- what the fuck? You are a fucking
crazy person!" Dietrich winces as the bullets tear
through non-vital organs (i.e., all of them), and
reflexively applies the potency of his Vitae to
patching up some of the damage. He is still not
wanted was a fucking phone number. "I just wanted to
get in fucking touch with Slesvig-Cornelis!"
12:03 banana Anton arrives at the appointed place and time: a
basement flat, nearly bare of furnishings. Inside is
"Simon Peter", playing cards; two of the other players
are human and one Kindred. All male, none recognisable.
12:03 Nicolae Dietrich turns to look at the police. It's a good thing
face plastered across the Soroya evening news.
12:04 banana Hmm, wait a sec, actually one of them is recogniseable.
12:04 banana Oh Dear.
12:04 mattbaby its the guy what hit anton with a pipe to the face
12:04 mattbaby isn't it
12:05 banana Dietrich would recognise this man as Olaf, a low-level

Invictus thug, but yeah - Anton knows him as That Guy
Who Objected To Him Feeding.
12:05 banana Olaf's eyes widen and his fangs lengthen. Everyone
looks alarmed.
12:05 Nicolae On the one hand, Dietrich would love to perform a
premortem autopsy on the big dumb idiot with the guns.
On the other hand, he still doesn't have Slesvig's
contact info. The first hand chimes in again by
pointing out that at this point he'd be better off
taking other routes to Slesvig.
12:06 dammitwho "Oh, really? Well, you've certainly come to the place
non-joke. If Adrian doesn't resist, she leads him away
from the entryway while still talking. "Anyone in
got you that interview you were asking about."
12:06 mattbaby Anton straightens his tie. His eyes are narrow and his
shoulders square. He is looking directly at the thug.
"Good evening."
12:06 banana Savik notices that a bunch of the council police
officers are plainclothes. If he feels like bluffing,
he might be able to just move along with them and hope
they think he's meant to be there.
12:07 Nicolae First hand and other hand reach a compromise. Dietrich
swaps the signpost to his dominant hand and takes a
leap at the Chief, the guttural growl in his throat
already very familiar to the man he's leaping at, and
swings the signpost down at the man's head...
12:07 ill_repute He draws his gun, flicking the safety off, as he makes
his way into the crowd of officers.
12:08 banana Olaf wears no tie; he barely has a shirt. He opens his
mouth, but before any words come out Simon Peter cuts
in with a velvet-smooth "Evening.. sir". Though the
words are deferential, the tone is like iron, and Olaf
gets the message. He sits back, looking confused but
not dangerous.
12:08 banana The two humans quail, but only a little. They're used
to this.
12:08 Ferrinus Wary of doing The Wrong Thing as he is, Adrian is
child's play to steer across Elysium. "Yeah - you've
met both of them, actually. Anatoli from that thing
weeks ago and Dietrich from the entertainment. I
haven't see- oh, really?"
12:08 Ferrinus "How's, uh, she doing?" asks Adrian, carefully.
12:09 mattbaby "Simon Peter." Anton's gaze pivots to-- his underling??
12:09 mattbaby "How's the game?"
12:09 banana Simon Peter: "It never ends!"
12:10 banana "Anton, this is Olaf; Olaf, Anton. Anton is an Invictus

these parts, so I'll thank you to keep the past in the
past."
12:10 banana "These are Mikhail and Michel."
12:11 banana "Olaf, Mikhail and Michel all worked for your
enforcing of feeding rights, and Mikhail and Michel in
interfacing with the kine. I've brought them here
tonight in case you want to use the same services - or
anything else, really."
12:11 mattbaby "No kidding... Olaf. Mikhail, Michel. It's a-
pleasure."
12:12 ill_repute Savik reflects on all the phraseology he learned from
watching dragnet over a shitty television in the
cargohold of his captor's ship. "What's the sitrep?
Who's in charge here?"
12:13 dammitwho Sarah's expression is entirely serene. "Much improved,
but of course there are... niggling inconveniences.
Aren't there always?" She scans the room. "Hmmm..."
12:13 banana Nobody gives a second glance at Savik; apparently he's
acting exactly precisely like a cop in his situation
the edge of the wing atop which the combat is taking
place.
12:13 Ferrinus "Is she, ah, improving?" continues Adrian.
12:14 banana Maria: "Yes, but you want to put your best foot
forward, rather than go into Carrell's den unprepared.
He's a very dangerous man."
12:14 VoxPVoxD "I imagine he'd have to be."
12:14 Nicolae Dietrich's attack is a stunning example of kinetic
as he launches himself at the Chief, the axe in one
hand acting as a counterbalance for the thick signpost
coming down on the Chief's head. It's like undead
appreciate it once the signpost smashes across his
head.
12:14 mattbaby "I don't begrudge a man for following orders - so long
as he follows them. You work for me now."
12:15 banana The Chief grunts and staggers under your blow. He
ducks, taking a lot of the force out of your impact,
but there was still a solid connection with his skull.
He shrugs aside, seeming to shake some of the damage
off, and attempts some sort of stupid martial arts
maneuver.
12:15 banana With a sweeping kick at Dietrich's knees:
12:16 banana !wodroll 3 trip-def
12:16 Ferrinus banana rolls 3 dice (Rerolling 10s) to trip-def and

gets 0 successes. (Rerolls: 0 Failures: 3 Ones: 1)
12:16 Ferrinus Adrian pauses to consider the redundancy phrasing. He
waves a hand. "I mean recovering, really."
12:16 banana He fails, and has to resort to more brute force:
jamming the large-calibre machinegun up against your
chest and firing.
12:16 banana It's a lot more dangerous when it isn't spraying
everywhere.
12:16 banana !wodroll 12 .44 rounds sucka
12:16 Ferrinus banana rolls 12 dice (Rerolling 8s) to rounds sucka and
gets 9 successes. (Rerolls: 9 Failures: 6 Ones: 1)
12:17 banana It looks like being right up in the Chief's grill is
extremely dangerous. In fact, anywhere without cover
could be dangerous. He calls out another taunt:
12:18 banana "You want that number, you're going to have to take my
Blackberry 300c 2008 Grey Edition OFF MY CORPSE."
12:19 mattbaby "What can you tell me about yourselves. As far as I'm
concerned," He pauses, meaningfully, and almost
hesitatingly. "we're on a fresh slate. But if you're
in, you're in and that means I need to know more about
you. I don't want to bullshit around."
12:19 banana Olaf glances at the two humans. "Uh." He has a strong
Norwegian accent.
12:19 Nicolae It appears that the Chief's version of what is
dangerous only applies to people with vital organs.
12:20 Nicolae For dead guys, it just stings.
12:20 dammitwho "Ah. I think perhaps you'd best judge that for
yourself. I don't see either of the gentlemen you
mention... I might be of more help if I knew why you
needed to track them down."
12:20 Nicolae I imagine that the Chief is very surprised to learn the
difference.
12:20 banana He does seem surprised that you haven't collapsed in a
pile of blood, yes.
12:21 banana Olaf: "I'm happy to work if you're paying. But Mister
Anton, do you have any actual rank I need to know
about? I haven't heard a *title*."
12:21 banana He's referring to Invictus titles, of course.
12:21 Ferrinus "I figured they'd be able to help out with something we
need done at the Academy," Khas says, apparently
admiring the decor as he responds. "Does, uh, anything
in particular bring you here?"
12:21 mattbaby absolutely. and actually anton doesn't have a title yet
right, until he proves himself
12:22 ill_repute Savik makes his way to the far right of the police
semi-circle, nearing the side of the mansion. He
crouches along the outer wall, watching the officersthe
first opportunity he has, he'll slip inside.

12:22 Nicolae Dietrich looks down at the unbleeding holes in his
chest, and once again sends some fresh Vitae to heal
work a pint or two low tonight, that's for sure.
12:22 Nicolae The Chief, on the other hand, is going to get home
several pints and possibly multiple appendages low.
12:23 banana Through the city.. it's after dinnertime, on a Friday
night, and Cian sees people everywhere. An incredible
continent and people from much further afield. This is
not as unfamiliar a place as he was expecting, after
New York. Maria takes him past shopping centres and
suburbs in the west, to a low, flat compound set up
against a wall of rock topped with ice.
12:23 banana "The Sanctum.."
12:23 banana Could Dietrich make a perception check, and Savik a
stealth one.
12:24 Nicolae Does danger sense apply?
12:24 banana Yes.
12:24 banana mattbaby: correct
12:24 Nicolae !wodroll 8 ROLLING 8 AGAIN
12:24 Ferrinus Nicolae rolls 8 dice (Rerolling 10s) to ROLLING 8 AGAIN
and gets 2 successes. (Rerolls: 1 Failures: 6 Ones: 2)
12:25 VoxPVoxD The building is not as impressive as the one Cian had
been imagining. He's glad for that. A hand reaches out
to open the door and stops, lingering on the handle.
"Any advice?"
12:25 dammitwho Sarah gestures as though pointing out a particularly
interesting flying buttress as she responds. "A few
gentle reminders. The price of power is constant
vigilance, and after that to-do with Marquis
Rosenberg..."
12:26 banana Maria nods at Cian and reaches past him to press a
couple of buttons. There's a buzz and a click from the
handle.
12:26 banana A couple of police officers definitely saw Savik slip
inside, because one of them calls out "Check the way
they got up!". They don't actually prevent him
entering..
12:27 Ferrinus "Oh," says Adrian, who doesn't entirely follow but sure
as hell isn't going to ask for clarification. "You
don't know how that situation's going, do you?"
12:28 banana From across the room, both Adrian and Sarah can see
Luca Sillovir approaching them, chatting to a man who
looks bemused and annoyed. They recognise him as the
Bag Carrier from two nights ago "Edsger".
12:28 mattbaby "GIven recent events, unfortunately there hasn't yet
been a formal recognition of my induction to Society.

But that's subject to change extremely soon. I hope
that won't present any difficulty."
12:29 ill_repute "Will do!" He yells back, making his way across the
foyer. Out of sight, he holsters his makarov. He
narrows his eyes, glancing from side to side. He picks
a corridor, and proceeds down it.
12:29 banana Olaf smirks. "I'm in a similar position, waiting for
advancement for.. some time now. No problem with this
arrangement, unless someone with *authority* objects."
12:30 banana Simon Peter rolls his eyes and puts down a card. Michel
(or Mikhail) looks dismayed; it's a queen.
12:30 mattbaby "What are you playing?"
12:31 Ferrinus Adrian blinks as he recognizes Edsger, blinks again as
he recognizes who the man's walking alongside. Surely
as pretty normal before. Adrian nods in recognition to
Edsger as he and Sillovir approach, wondering how he's
going to broach the subject of yetis.
12:31 VoxPVoxD Cian decides to twist his face into a wry smile. He's
not really sure why. "Thanks." He opens the door, and
leaves the car.
12:32 banana Simon Peter: "It's based on knucklebones. Quite old."
12:33 dammitwho Ah, little Luca wants to show off that she knows an
elder. Charming, dear. Don't you have some
fingerpainting to do or something?
12:33 mattbaby "Can't say I'm familiar with it."
12:34 Nicolae Dietrich, despite the blood (or Vitae, if you want to
get technical, and who doesn't) pumping through his
head, crying for more blood to be spilled, tries one
last effort to not have to kill the bastard, one last
this case means "trying to scare someone into having a
horrific nightmare", but it's a relative term anyway.
12:35 Nicolae He lunges forward, putting his face near the Chief's,
baring a mouthful of teeth, his jaw unhinging open
wide... "GIVE ME YOUR FUCKING BLACKBERRY! LAST CHANCE!"
12:35 Nicolae It's pretty scary, if he does say so himself.
12:36 banana Approaching the Sanctum compound on foot, Cian can see
that it's actually several buildings, connected
together and set partially into the frozen soil. From
Maria, and looking unalarmed). As you make your way
of prayerful music drifts on the wind; someone is
listening to gregorian chants. Apart from that, the
whole place looks more like a cult sanctuary, or an

in the middle of the courtyard, feet kicking at
pebbles, and seems to be waiting. You feel uneasy,
somehow, as if there's something you should be picking
up on, at the edge of your attention.
12:38 banana Simon Peter smiles and puts the cards down.
this is the first lot. Do you have any questions about
the territory - or things I should know about? I'm out
of the loop, of course, hiding down here."
12:38 VoxPVoxD Cian admires the joyful solemnity of the music making
its way to his newly keened ears. When Maria stops, he
stops too. He looks at her, then around. Is there
something he's missing?
12:39 banana !wodroll 9
12:39 banana !wodroll 9 secret
12:39 Ferrinus banana rolls 9 dice (Rerolling 10s) to secret and gets
3 successes. (Rerolls: 0 Failures: 6 Ones: 0)
12:40 banana The Chief, utterly unphased by Dietrich's lunge or
supernatural terrors, hauls back and plants a massive,
armoured fist directly in that open mouth. He moves
like a striking snake, grabbing a knife from under his
armpit on the backswing, and the net result is that
he's just embedded a sharp little knife in the back of
Dietrich's throat... from the inside.
12:40 banana 3L damage.
12:41 Nicolae hm
12:42 Nicolae Time to Kill the Chief.
12:42 mattbaby "I've been making rounds with some of the kine to feel
things out here. But down here you must have a
missed that could be of importance.
12:42 banana Savik, meanwhile, is roaming freely around the partlycollapsed
mansion. There are other security guards
this shit.
12:44 ill_repute He runs a gloved hand along the wall as he paces down
the tiled corridor. Enough sightseeing, let's find
something valuable!
12:45 ill_repute Like some documents! Maybe a computer! Maybe a
betorpored Slesvig-Cornelis!
12:46 banana Luca: ":) Hi, Sarah Thalmann! Nice to see you again,
although I expect you're about to produce very witty
insults. Much as I *hate* to miss it, could I talk to
Adrian Khas please?"
12:48 Ferrinus Khas tilts his head to the side. His first instinct is
actually to look to see Sarah Thalmann's response
before he realizes that, despite the lovely miss

to decide who Khas speaks to. The Dragon says: "Whatcha
given us a status report yet on how things went, and -"
with the chairs...? "...Iii'm not sure what happened to
her perogative to explain how things went, as she's now
Teveriel's phrasing, it isn't actually up to Thalmann
need?"
12:49 banana Strangely enough, Luca glares at you.
12:49 banana She shakes her head irritably - curls barely moving -
and responds.
12:50 Ferrinus Khas looks bewildered. "Uh..."
12:50 banana "Info. On behalf of your ruler. You Draculites haven't
she lowers her voice
12:50 dammitwho Sarah finds Adrian instinctively checking for her
approval to be immensely satisfying. So much so, that
she considers it sufficient response to Luca's
blithering nonsense.
12:50 Nicolae Dietrich switches his fire axe to his dominant hand,
and raising it over his head, prepares to deliver a
mighty blow. The axe comes whistling down towards the
Chief as Dietrich puts everything he has into his
strike. The glancing blow that the axe delivers to the
man's upper arm is profoundly anticlimactic.
12:50 Nicolae "Fuck."
12:50 banana Luca: "and, where the fuck is Sandro?"
12:51 banana "There's only so many among the Invictus that are
actually *loyal* to the court, and we can't afford to
lose more of them to your random experiments," she
hisses.
12:52 Ferrinus "Who's-... oh, was the the other observer?" Khas
pauses, looks to the side a moment. Wasn't he the one
him."
12:53 Ferrinus Adrian also glances over to Sarah again. Surely it's
got custody of the subject?
12:53 Ferrinus (he the other observer, not the the other observer)
12:53 banana The Chief shudders and twitches backwards (yanking his
fist out of Dietrich's jaws) at the cut. With that as
well as the wallop on the head, he looks really out of
it. His eyes are glazed over and he stumbles sideways,
dropping one gun and fumbling in his back pocket for
something.
12:54 banana Luca: "Not here. Come into the back. She turns and
moves away past a couple of curious people, gesturing
imperiously as she walks past the "throne" chair.
12:55 banana Savik has found two interesting things. The first is a
pile of rubble leading up to moonlight and the roof
where the fight is taking place; the other is, in that
same room, a safe set into the wall.
12:56 dammitwho Sarah turns to Adrian and says very clearly: "By all

means.", gesturing toward where Luca went, reinforcing
interrogation session with Luca Bloody Sillovir. She'll
kicking in in the back of his Bestial brain. Dietrich's
"Anyway, the, uh - working, I guess, apparently worked.
quiet all the sudden- he can't hear much over the sound
about this city, maybe - he's been feeling odd since he
the appearance that she is the one in charge, not Luca.
12:56 dammitwho Be damned if Sarah's going to submit herself to an
have a discreet chat with the seneschal later, if
necessary.
12:57 banana The Chief drops his other weapons with a clang as he
finds what he's looking for, turning around to face
Dietrich with a bizarre glazed grin. In each massive
meaty hand he's now holding two pineapple-like items.
Military colours. They're grenades.
12:57 Nicolae Dietrich looks at the Chief, the flight or fight reflex
finally met his match -- or at least his mortal match
without giant claws -- and he knows it.
12:57 banana With the second and fourth finger on each hand, he
flicks the pins out.
12:57 Nicolae Some days it's just not worth it to get out of bed in
the mornings.
12:57 banana End turn.
12:58 Ferrinus Adrian's aware that he looks like a lackey at this
point, but, well...it's easier, you know? He says:
The head woke up and talked and so on. Miss Thalmann's
got it now." Adrian's paying peripheral attention to
Edsger, incidentally, wondering how the Acolyte feels
about raising the twice-dead.
12:58 banana You realise Luca's walked away from you, right?
12:58 dammitwho I'm assuming that Adrian followed her.
12:58 ill_repute Savik peeks up into the hole. Everything's become real
of burning architecture and crumbling statuary. He
shrugs, turning his back to the impromtu skylight. He
paces over toward the safe.
12:58 Nicolae Well, evenings, although getting out of bed in the
morning would probably have gotten this over quicker.
12:58 Ferrinus Aaargh I missed that. Yes, indeed, Adrian proceeded
after her.
12:59 banana The Crone farmer was hanging around, but when Sillovir
called you two away he didn't follow.
12:59 Ferrinus Well, then, Adrian's extra attention is instead devoted
to seeing if Anatoli's hanging around anywhere.
13:01 banana Cian can't pin down what's bothering him. Something
got off the boat.
13:01 banana Maria looks over at a door into one of the compound's
side buildings, just as it opens.
13:01 banana Held by one attendant, two strong Kindred shuffle out,

The beast inside -- not to mention his general attitude
least, he'll laugh. And then drink some blood. And then
doesn't have to be that way. We rose once and can do it
reverently bearing a stretcher.
13:01 Nicolae Dietrich looks at the grenades, at the burning roof, at
the assembled police cars. Tonight is not his night.
of hurting people and breaking things -- are screaming
at him to tear the Chief limb from limb.
13:02 Nicolae But his human brain -- or what's left of it, at least
-- is reminding him that he's already quite hurt and
grenades make Fire. Which is bad.
13:02 Nicolae He narrows his eyes at the Chief, and growls, in his
deepest most Germanic accent:
13:02 dammitwho If it's possible, Sarah's going to try and discreetly
inform the seneschal something along the lines of "The
working was a success and she is resting comfortably."
before Luca makes it back and without any other elders
hearing. This may not be possible, but we'll see!
13:02 Nicolae "I'll be back."
13:03 Nicolae Later, when he's not bleeding to, well, torpor at
find where the Chief sleeps.
13:04 banana The black-clad attendants turn so that they're bearing
the stretcher side-on towards Cian. Lying there, in
glorious robes befitting a Cardinal, pale as hell and
covered in bandages, is the barely conscious Bishop of
Sørøya. He's powerful - not just old, you can *feel*
the sorcerous potential wafting from him with what
you've studied about it - but appears to be on the
verge of Final Death. Though his face is a mess of
unhealed scars, it may have been handsome once. His
eyes smile kindly at you as he rasps.
13:05 banana Anthony Manion: "Father Cian O'Callaghan, Priest of New
York.. welcome to the grave of hopes. They sent you to
this terrible bloody place to get rid of you, but it
again, as the Lord teaches. Welcome."
13:05 Nicolae For now though, he hurls the signpost at the Chief,
mostly as a distraction rather than any kind of actual
attack, and then bolts in the other direction, which
presumably involves leaping down onto something.
13:06 banana Basically, you could jump back down into the house, or
off the roof. Or climb something.
13:06 Nicolae Which one involves the least dice-rolling and potential
to take bashing damage because I landed funny?
13:07 banana Inside. There's a ramp, effectively.
13:07 Nicolae Let's do that one.
13:07 Nicolae Fortunately, I'm still vigored, so at least I run fast.
13:08 banana Dietrich bolts. He races down the rubble ramp like a
vampire out of hell, almost running into Savik. With a

shock of recognition, their Beasts flare. Small
clunking things tumble down into the room after them;
all four of the grenades. This is a VERY UNSAFE place
to remain right now.
13:08 banana An action from both of you, please.
13:09 VoxPVoxD Cian kisses the index and middle fingers of his left
hand, touching them to the hem of Manion's robe. "I
would like nothing better, Your Grace."
13:09 ill_repute Savik recognizes the objects almost immediately.
Shitshitshitshit! Shit! Cover! Where's cover! The- the
safe! Is it backed up to the wall?
13:10 banana Simon Peter is giving Anton a long discourse on the
local gangland. Most of it is uninfluenced by Kindred,
denizens of the CBD who aren't somehow affiliated with
unaligned with any covenant. One is a man named Big
Willy, who he describes as basically a troll who lives
gang.
13:10 Nicolae Dietrich gives the newcomer Kindred the briefest of
glances. "You're going to want to get the fuck out of
here, man." Dietrich does not stop running as he says
this, and looks for the nearest exit. If necessary,
and "particulary thin drywall".
13:10 banana The safe is set INTO the wall.
13:11 banana Exits: the ramp you just came down (which is a pile of
rubble that leads up to the roof), the door the Chief
originally came in (a small doorway that leads into a
thin hallway), a door that leads, from Dietrich's
memory, to a cupboard.
13:12 ill_repute He flings himself into the nearest door, hissing as he
passes up the scarred nosferatu in a hail of
supernaturally-quickened footfalls.
13:13 ill_repute "Fuck you."
13:13 Nicolae Going back up sounds like a terrible idea. Hiding in a
cupboard probably not such a great idea either. He
presumably following after a very rapid Eskimo.
13:14 banana Dietrich runs down the corridor behind the vanishing
Savik. From behind him there is a THUMP.
13:14 banana Dex roll please
13:14 banana (Dietrich only)
13:14 Nicolae Just dex?
13:14 banana Just dex.
13:14 Nicolae I hate you so much.
13:15 banana The wall blows out, but you fling yourself into yet

ceiling fall on you. As the house goes cruuumpt behind
you and various things explode, you realise it was
actually a shortcut, as you burst out a side door
slightly *ahead* of the other Kindred doing so.
13:16 ill_repute At the end of the corridor, Savik comes to a skidding
halt. He whirls around, drawing his silenced pistol.
13:16 banana Three men in the uniforms of police officers stare at
the two of you.
13:16 Nicolae Now is not the time to gloat, at least not out loud.
13:16 banana The house continues to fall down in the background.
13:16 Nicolae That's going to be an issue.
13:16 ill_repute "Arrest this man!"
13:17 banana Someone: "Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bordel?!"
13:17 ill_repute He gestures at Dietrich with his firearm. The barest
tips of his fangs are visible beneath his curled lips.
13:17 Nicolae Dietrich speaks French, if that was from the cops.
13:17 banana It was; it means "what the fuck?"
13:18 ill_repute Savik speaks french too, jackass
13:18 banana The cops look a little suspicious, since they don't
*actually* know Savik. The one who expostulated
continues, in French: "If you could please put your
weapons down and step away from the exploding mansion,
we will sort all of this out."
13:19 Nicolae Dietrich takes a moment to put on his best Scary Face
to deal with the cops. It's not even close to his best
scary face. It might possibly frighten a 13 year old
watching his first R-rated slasher flick.
13:19 ill_repute He nods, smiling warmly. He holsters his sidearm.
13:20 ill_repute "I'm plainclothes. But I understand your concern."
13:20 Nicolae Dietrich curses in every language he knows and throws
his fire axe down on the ground.
13:20 banana Elsewhere: Luca Sillovir passes through a small door at
the back of the throne room and leads Khas into a
surprisingly tasteful lounge room, decorated very well
and expensively. She takes a seat, picks up an empty
crystal goblet and toys with it, frowning. "Now, go
on."
13:21 banana Elsewhen: A week ago, Doktor Hans Buechler was just
trying to be left alone and read about important
things, things that bore relation to the health of his
soul..
13:21 Nicolae Beaten, bruised, battered, the only thing standing
between him and torpor in public a good punch to the
jaw, Dietrich has no choice.
13:21 Nicolae "I want a cell without a fucking window."
13:22 Nicolae Can I make a roll to see if Savik has a trick up his
sleeve or if he's really selling me down the river or

stops to wait for Sarah, so does he, I guess. He is, as
this guy goes some way to convincing the cops that he's
that alarmed him so, while the others carried out their
what.
13:22 Ferrinus Adrian's following Luca through the door, but if she
always, unsure of the protocol.
13:22 banana Dietrich's apparent acquiescence to being arrested by
one of them. They grab Krieger by the arms and begin
pulling him towards one of their squad cars; the third
walks behind with Savik.
13:23 banana Cop: "So, what's going on here? We just got the call of
a fight - that was you two on the roof? Was it a
burglary gone ridiculously bad?"
13:23 Nicolae The indignity of it all.
13:23 banana Glancing up behind you, you can't see the Chief
anywhere.
13:23 Nicolae "I wanted someone's phone number. The other man on the
roof is a crazy person."
13:24 Nicolae Of course, he's glossing over the part where he broke
in with no idea of what to do, but.
13:24 banana The cop was talking to Savik, and ignores Dietrich's
response. One of the ones holding his arms shoves him
roughly and goes "You have the right to remain silent,
but keep talking if you want to dig yourself deeper".
13:24 Ferrinus In that case, Adrian enters, looks around the room and
sits unceremoniously down on a couch, leaning forward
so that his forearms are on his knees. He pulls down
his hood as an afterthought, shaking loose his hair.
13:25 ill_repute "Nothing's certain- if this was a burglary, it's the
first I've ever seen that left the home a burning
shell. And no, that wasn't me. Don't you have a sense
of perspective? That guy on the roof must've been at
least on the high-end of six feet."
13:25 ill_repute "Right now I just want to head back to precinct and
interrogate this guy. He might have something to do
with Slesvig-Cornelis' absence."
13:26 banana Hans was just in the Second Library, reading of things
ritual above. It didn't interest him, and seemed
unlikely to work.
13:26 Ferrinus "Like I was saying, the ritual worked. According to its
caster, anyway. The, uh, head of the primogen woke up.
Sarah's got it now."
13:26 Nicolae Dietrich snarls at the cop and hopes he doesn't speak
German, because he tells him: "I'd like to dig you
deeper. Six feet fucking under."
13:26 banana Ten minutes later, the shouting and pounding of feet
all around was distracting, however; the slamming of
bolts everywhere even more so.

13:27 banana So there you were in a smoky library, someone's just
bolted one door for some reason (but not the others,
that lead deeper in).. and a glowing *face* emerged
from the wall, two feet high.
13:27 banana What did Hans do?
13:27 banana Luca: "Very impressive, whatever, why hasn't there been
a report? Are you it? What did the Countess SAY?"
13:27 banana "And what do you mean head?"
13:28 banana Her usual manner has vanished and she's doing a very
businesslike interrogation, leaning in like someone
twice her age and boring into your eyes.
13:28 Nicolae Emphasis on "boring", hey-o!
13:29 Oligopsony Hans set the book down. He looked at the face, trying
theorized? Some angel out of Hell to deliver him? The
shade of one once living - like himself - or something
spirit." He delivers it with resignation, as though he
expects it to be some infernal psychopomp, and one can
hear a bit of shaking in his feeble limbs, a quiver in
the jowls.
13:29 Ferrinus "I mean head. That's what you gave us, isn't it? A
severed head? A mysteriously intact one, mind you."
Khas pauses. "And I haven't actually gotten to speak
with her, really. She said she felt weird and used a
lot of Italian. You'd have to ask Sarah."
13:30 banana The face in the wall hesitates, then opens its mouth,
and makes noises. They resemble words, in the same way
clear *communication*: it's responding to Hans. The
expression is one of surprise.
13:30 banana Luca: "I'm not talking to that bitch until I have to.
Why hasn't there been a report?"
13:32 Oligopsony "Are you not bound by words as by flesh? This presents
a - " he is flustered for a second " - a challenge to
all my studies. I suspect you are Vril-Ya, but if you
useless you were to me! Of course God does not fetter
Himself with language!
13:32 Oligopsony He struggles to get up.
13:32 banana Cian has made the appropriate expressions of respect.
The three other Sanctified around the Bishop look
in fatigue. "A place has been prepared for you. What
little resources we have so far are yours, if you will
be joining us in worship and our duties. May I
enlighten you as to the nature of this cursed place?"
13:33 Oligopsony "Do you come from humanity, or does humanity come from

you?"
thinks Khas. Like, I should really - he takes a breath,
crashes. Another spirit bursts through the ground, this
messengers of Charon. If so, I - " Hans is shaking much
pressed my own finger down on that scale. But - even if
mean, assuming that's what you are, I - there is - " He
13:33 Ferrinus Oh, hell. I should really have not dropped by here,
one just deep enough to allow further speech. "The
Academy is, uh, having problems at the moment. Not all
of us have been available."
13:33 banana There are noises everywhere in the Academy; moans and
one a more substantial blob of light, then sees the
other and pauses in its flight. It, too, turns to look
at Hans and, apparently, listen.
13:33 VoxPVoxD Cian nods. "Please."
13:34 banana Luca smiles nastily. The velvet lined walls of the room
suddenly remind you of the place you've come from, but
the carpeting on the floor is set in disorienting
patterns. "Not all, or not any?"
13:34 banana Luca: "But we've got off on the wrong foot.."
13:34 Oligopsony "Of course, I - I could be wrong. Perhaps you are the
more visibly now. "If so I know that there are
confessions to make, before I go. I know I'm already
past the point where - "
13:34 banana "You're an underling to them. A lackey, a Slave. I
don't intend to blame you for your hierarchs'
failures."
13:35 banana She stands up, moves to a picture frame, and opens it
to reveal a compartment with another couple of crystal
goblets and an incongrous thermos.
13:35 banana Bringing them to the table, she continues.
13:35 Oligopsony He struggles for the words. "It was a year ago that I
certainly lost the ability to recompense, that the
state of my soul was set. Perhaps sixty-seven years
ago, even. That more likely still."
13:36 banana "Let's start again. Have a drink, and tell me what
happened in the ritual your Prince commanded from you.
Non-judgemental, I promise."
13:36 banana She pours two glasses of, apparently, warmed blood,
setting one in front of each of you.
13:36 Ferrinus "Well, -" says Khas, but he's cut off immediately as
Luca changes tack. "Actually, I'm a-" She continues,
offering a refreshment. Khas reaches out takes one of
the glasses, sniffs.
13:36 banana Smells delicious.
13:36 Ferrinus He says: "What's this?"
13:37 Oligopsony "Osiris has weighed me against the feather, I know. I
I cannot make recompense, being as I am - I can - I

cannot think of justification for his existence. He is
trying.
13:37 banana "Complementary refreshments. I've noticed you seem hard
up in the past, but this drink carries no stigma."
13:37 banana She takes a sip of her own goblet of human blood,
quivering unpleasantly with delight for a moment.
13:38 banana The spirits watch. Perhaps they judge.
13:38 Oligopsony "A member of the Spear talked to me. He says I am a
monster who serves God by being a monster. Maybe he is
right. Maybe you should talk to him. Assuming you are
of course on such a fell mission, ha ha. Surely -
surely you are not. I apologize. How silly. But
monsters have their purpose. If you are what I really
do think you are you must excuse this as the weakness
of the flesh."
13:38 banana More of them gathered, as the noises around abated, and
their "conversation" with Hans continued.
13:38 Oligopsony "The flesh is weak, but I hope the spirit is willing to
listen. Ha ha. A joke."
13:38 banana This continued for several nights, or as long as he
could bear it.
13:40 Ferrinus Adrian tilts the glass in his hand. "No, really. It's
surprisingly fresh for something you got out of a
cabinet - warm, too. How do you do it?"
13:40 banana Sarah's meanderings more purposeful now, she finds
Seneschal Molheim. He's less busy than usual, since
it's midnight now and most people who wanted to bring
urgent business to the court tonight have done it
already.
13:40 banana Luca looks at Adrian sharply.
13:41 banana What's in the glass is definitely vitae, not blood -
and under normal circumstances, that's impossible.
cabinet, he knows it, and she knows that he knows it.
13:41 dammitwho Is there anyone around him?
13:42 banana Luca reaches for his glass, taking it if he lets her.
13:42 banana The Bishop has paused - apparently he was inviting Cian
to ask questions.
13:43 banana dammitwho: no
13:44 banana There are five people in a police car, now; two of them
are dead. Savik's in the front seat, though, talking
"shop" with the driver, while in the back two men sit
on either side of the badly injured Dietrich, each
cuffed to one of his hands. You don't know quite what
impression they got of the fight from down below, but
apparently whatever he was doing looked bad.
13:44 Ferrinus Adrian doesn't stop her. It's not his, after all. He
gazes philosophically at the empty space between his

up to meet Luca's. The Savage's eyes carry all the
warmth and friendliness of a block of granite. Damn
straight Luca knows that Adrian knows - that he knows
precisely what she just tried to do to him.
13:45 mattbaby Anton spends some time discussing the various
operations that Firius Rosenberg kept in Hammerstein,
these schemes. As he does, he tries to get a feel for
just who the two mortals are. What the fuck are they
doing there?
13:45 dammitwho Well then! Sarah approaches. "Seneschal Molheim, if I
may have a moment..."
13:45 VoxPVoxD Cian tries to draw from the storm of questions swirling
hoped. "If you'll permit me, Your Grace, what..." Here
his eyes flick inadvertently to Maria. "What happened
here? Are we in danger?"
13:46 banana Mikhail and Michel seem friendly, if inexplicable.
According to Simon Peter, Rosenberg used them as
fixers, to get various things done.. perhaps he didn't
trust many other Kindred.
13:47 ill_repute "So as far as I can tell, this guy wasn't the
aggressor. The third party, whoever he was- was
literally armed with- I shit you not, hand grenades.
Did you hear that explosion right before you found us?"
13:47 banana Rosenberg's operations fell basically into two
categories: his mortal holdings, which according to
legal title and so on, and his Night Activities.
13:47 dammitwho "I wished to convey my sire's regards to the Prince. As
always, she stands ready to serve in her capacity as
Primogen." If Sarah recognizes the irony of saying the
Countess 'stands' for anything, she doesn't show it.
13:48 ill_repute He leans in, whispering. "Frankly, aside from his
tresspassing, there isn't a lot we have on him. I just
want to figure out what the hell's going on here."
13:48 Nicolae Dietrich rides in stony silence during the drive. His
head is buzzing. He didn't even know it could still DO
that. He sits, watching his fellow Kindred intently as
he churns through more Vitae, patching himself up a
bit.
13:48 dammitwho She isn't saying this too loudly- the Prince will
inevitably find out about the Countess' return, but
she'd like to keep it from the rest of the power
Countess *asked* her to do, after all.
13:49 banana These included the patrolling of the streets for and

enforcement of feeding rights (which is what Olaf
does), and keeping track of his various cronies in
tied sometimes by money but more often by blood. There
fed for three weeks and are wondering where their next
and men.
13:49 Nicolae He mulls over his options in his head. Does the Eskimolooking
guy have his back?
13:50 mattbaby well that could be a headache!!
13:52 banana Gert Molheim's eyebrows are permanently raised from
everything he has to deal with. Nevertheless, Sarah's
comments manage to winch them further up his forehead.
13:52 banana "I will convey your message to the Prince, Lady
Thalmann."
13:53 banana Bishop Manion, murmuring past his coughs: "We have..
enemies. At least two groups and probably three. You
can help us. There will be great rewards, spiritually
as well as temporally. Maria can tell you more on the
way to introduce yourself. We must not further anger
the Prince.."
13:54 mattbaby The ghouls of course will need to be fed. There's no
sense wasting an investment like that. Are there any
other ticking timebombs Anton should be aware of?
13:54 banana Maria looks put out; she thought she was finished
chauffeuring.
13:54 banana Luca carefully pours the contents of your goblet back
into the thermos, not wasting a drop. She finishes off
hers, as you glare, then pauses for a moment.
13:54 banana "Well."
13:54 Nicolae Dietrich runs through the various languages he knows
that aren't English and French, which the cops
apparently speak just fine. That leaves Russian and
German. "?? ???????? ??-??????? Sprechen Sie Deutsch?"
13:54 ill_repute Savik shakes his head. "The one thing I just do not
understand is why you guys thought I was a police
officer." There is suddenly a gun pointing at the
driver.
13:55 Nicolae Or "Vy govorite po-russki" at least.
13:55 banana Luca continues: "As I said, starting from scratch.
detail?"
13:55 Nicolae Dietrich was planning on talking to Savik in a language
the cops wouldn't understand. Fortunately this seems
completely unnecessary.
13:55 banana As Dietrich distracts everyone with crazy foreign

words, the three cops (who all only speak french and
english) stare at him and shake heads.. then there's a
gun.
13:55 VoxPVoxD He hadn't expected his pilgrimage to the top of the
world to be easy, but Cian hadn't expected... this,
either. He nods to the Bishop. "Anything you require,
Your Grace."
13:56 banana The driver freezes up, continuing to turn the wheel but
not otherwise move.
13:56 banana "What do you want?"
13:56 banana The guys int he back, on either side of Dietrich, share
glances...
13:56 VoxPVoxD Cian looks at Maria then. "Thank you for helping me. I
owe you."
13:56 ill_repute "Unhandcuff the kraut."
13:56 ill_repute "And drop us off."
13:56 ill_repute "Or we all go spilling off the road and you take your
chances with a car crash."
13:56 Ferrinus Adrian closes his eyes a moment, takes another breath.
animated. Eyes opened, mouth moved - she was aware of
her surroundings and apparently able to respond to
to Thalmann."
13:57 Ferrinus "This isn't meant to be an official report - I was
passing through here on other business," the Dragon
clarifies.
13:57 ill_repute "I hope Soroya's PD is willing to foot the bill for the
doctors picking the glass out of your face."
13:57 Nicolae "I would listen to the crazy man with the gun, guys."
13:57 dammitwho That completed, Sarah gives the customary respectful
nod for an informal audience and heads back out into
Elysium at large.
13:57 banana The driver remains calmish. He's sweating, but his
VOICE is calm. "Let's talk about this. Impersonating a
police officer is serious, but murder is much more so.
How about we just keep going to where we were, you put
the gun away, and everything gets a little safer."
13:57 banana The guys in the back are fiddling with the cuffs,
though they don't seem to have actually unlocked them.
13:58 banana They're at least going through the motions of it.
13:58 Nicolae Dietrich's grin of relief is not significantly
stepping on a nail.
13:58 Nicolae Regardless, there's one on his face right now.
13:59 ill_repute Savik shakes his head, grinning now. "Five seconds.
Better start slowing down or the wrecks' gonna be bad.
Collateral damage's a bitch, ain't it?"

13:59 banana Luca: "Well I apologise for detaining you, but
someone's seriously screwed up, because you're the
first member of your Order to enter this building in
days. Is that.. all, then? The ritual succeeded.. but
you didn't ask the questions we wanted, or convey the
answers?"
13:59 banana "The ENTIRE POINT was to find out what happened to
Slesvig-Cornelis!"
14:00 Nicolae "Please, hurry up with the cuffs, gentlemen. If you
don't, I may have to hurt one of you very very badly."
14:00 banana Could Savik roll intimidation!
14:00 ill_repute Do I get any extra dice for having a fucking gun to the
dude's head?
14:00 ill_repute Because that should be a thing
14:01 banana yes! but it's to all of them
14:01 banana I am applying bonuses secretly
14:01 Nicolae Dietrich's voice is growing cockier now, now that
cocky when he first went into Slesvig-Cornelis'
mansion. Dietrich does not learn so quickly,
apparently.
14:02 banana Father(?) Maria nods as you leave the compound again.
"It's just my duty, Father. Elysium is a while away..
so, the topic of enemies."
14:02 Ferrinus "I wasn't in position to speak with or overhear the
say - I'm at the bottom. Maybe someone else knows.
Seems like asking Sarah's your best option at the
moment." The Gangrel is already standing up.
14:02 banana Luca, still seated, sighs.
14:03 dammitwho Sarah's mingling again, looking for any of the Kindred
on the list the Countess gave: Antonini, Vorigod,
Angelou, Erskine, Edvarson...
14:03 banana "Look, Dragon - the Prince only has so much patience.
you've lied about it. Whatever, though."
14:03 VoxPVoxD "Duty's not a thing done lightly. Being expected of you
isn't the same as being taken for granted. Is what I
meant."
14:05 Ferrinus "Yeah, whatever. I wonder how often breaking out the
drinks works." With a final glance at the cabinet,
Adrian exits, making his way back to the entrance hall
and hoping Edsger's still around. Something good can
come of his visit here.
14:06 banana You leave Luca Sillovir in the dark, luxurious, sitting
room. She's frowning as you leave, her face showing no
sign of slipping back into the annoying "public

personality" yet. Elysium is a little oppressiveseeming
these days.
14:07 banana Nobody who was out here before has left, and that
includes Farmer Edsger. He's leaning on a wall,
a couple of women.
14:08 Ferrinus Adrian looks around the room, and if no one's heading
the interview or whatever it was), he approaches the
agriculturally-minded Acolyte. What's the ongoing
conversation about?
14:08 dammitwho A poster of an SUV? What, is Elysium being held in a
dorm room now? Don't mind Sarah, she'll be standing
next to the Scarface poster swooning over the guy who
always brings the guitar to parties and picks out an
agonizing rendition of Wonderwall.
14:09 banana There are ads on the walls. Perhaps Carrell hires the
time-shares, and even a political thing.
14:09 dammitwho That guy? Bishop Anthony Manion. F - J - O - R - D
14:10 banana He probably was, in life.
14:10 Nicolae Dietrich's voice becomes a low growl. He stares
straight ahead, but his voice is directed at the
break every bone in your bodies personally."
14:10 Nicolae "That includes the little tiny ones in your ears."
14:10 dammitwho What's the political thing?
14:10 Nicolae Apparently SOME of high school sunk in, at least.
14:11 banana Okay. THAT's scary. They actually undo the cuffs,
instead of pretending to, and shrunk back against the
doors. The driver isn't scared, and attempts to, in
fact, speed up - but Savik matter-of-factly puts a
get EVERYONE'S attention as the car begins to swerve.
14:11 banana That was a prepared reflexive action. Could I get one
action from everyone, please, if you don't want to go
into an actual Fight
14:11 ill_repute "Next one's in your cranium."
14:12 banana He's screaming but probably heard you. The car is
definitely slowing - and slewing - though it might be
by accident?
14:12 banana Maria: "Thanks. Well. When Bishop Manion says we have
three groups of enemies, he's really referring to two
groups and a person."
14:12 ill_repute Savik puts a hand on the door handle and prepares to
tuck and roll as necessary. He takes a look back at
'his companion.'

14:13 Nicolae Dietrich's hands launch out and each quickly finds
purchase around a terrified law enforcement neck.
There's two CLONKS as two heads hit two windows, and
necks.
14:13 ill_repute "I won't say it again. Slow down and let us out or I
will make good on my promise."
14:14 banana "The first is the Ordo Dracul, who caused his
themselves "cursed by God,", though they're little
better than atheists, and dabblers in satanic magic.
holy place or thing in this world and will do
unspeakable things to keep us from them. They don't
know it yet, but we're going to destroy them."
14:14 Nicolae "He sounds pretty serious, guys. I'd listen!"
14:14 VoxPVoxD "Really? Hnnh." Cian listens intently while his eyes
ahead.
14:14 mattbaby "So. As tonight's latest Damocles impersonator, is
there anything else I should be aware of? No? In that
case I'm going to ask each of you for the same oath
service for protection." If none object, Anton will
give them one of his cell phone numbers.
14:15 banana The policemen being throttled don't have an option but
to listen. The one with a bullet in his leg does as
he's told. Soon you're by the side of the road, at the
entrance to a deserted alleyway. The three cops in the
car are REALLY wishing they were allowed to carry guns
on routine patrols, and all of them are going for
radios, so you might want to leave fast.
14:15 ill_repute It is now Dietrich's turn to have a gun pointing at
him. "Walk. Quickly. We need to move."
14:15 Nicolae Dietrich turns to his savior. "Thank you. I fucking owe
you one. Or more. We can settle up after we get the
fuck out of here."
14:16 Nicolae "Oh, fucking h-- yes, yes, fine. Where to?"
14:16 ill_repute "Anywhere. Let's go."
14:16 ill_repute He takes a quick look around, before talking again.
"Explain."
14:16 banana As Maria talks, the strange feeling steals over Cian
again. It's like a pull - something trying to *move*
him, to the north, away from their current eastern
might not be the best place, though, and the sad ghost
is aware of it.

14:17 Nicolae "Right." Dietrich starts walking down the alley way,
or SP for that matter to get ambitious and try to slide
Processing Station 4. I thought he was fucking dead for
ducking between the buildings.
14:17 banana People nod to Anton, andm ake cautious promises.
14:17 Nicolae "Long story short... I went to Slesvig-Cornelis's
mansion to try to track him down. I have a bit of a
personal stake in his Blood Hunt, since I thought I
killed him already. I break in to the place, hoping to
find information on his whereabouts, if he still has
any..."
14:18 banana Ten minutes later, he's out of there, with the dubious
loyalty of what amount to a bunch of Capos.
14:18 VoxPVoxD Cian wants to shudder at the sudden chill inside his
ear. But he composes himself, giving the faintest
possible twitch to convey the message. No. Not here.
14:19 Nicolae "Anyway, I run into some security guards who say their
boss has Slesvig's number. So I tell them to go get
him. Turns out Mr. "I've Got Three Guns" is their
boss."
14:19 mattbaby Anton grins lopsidedly and calls up Dietrich. He's got
capos but he needs an enforcer - he doesn't want Olaf
a stake through his ribs.
14:19 ill_repute "So you're not with Cornelis, then."
14:20 Nicolae "Fuck no. I put an axe through his chest out on
good. I saw intestines."
14:20 ill_repute He holsters his gun. "I apologize. I'm new in town. I
go looking for any scraps under the table, I see youand
I don't recognize your face-"
14:20 Nicolae "When I heard there was still a Blood Hunt out for him,
I wondered what the hell was going on and decided to
finish the job."
14:21 Nicolae "My name is Dietrich. Dietrich Krieger." He extends his
hand.
14:21 banana Dietrich's phone rings.
14:21 ill_repute "Savik's my name." He extends a hand for a shake. He's
still walking.
14:21 Nicolae He shakes. Then RING RING RING. "I... should probably
take this."
14:21 ill_repute "Yeah, go for it. I'll watch for cops."
14:22 ill_repute We're walking toward Savik's stolen sedan, by the way.
14:22 ill_repute Unless Dietrich has any problem with that
14:22 Nicolae He holds up one finger in a "hold on, so sorry, I need
to take this" gesture.
14:22 banana It's a couple of minutes walk back the way you came. At
least they won't expect it.
14:22 Nicolae Dietrich has absolutely no problems with stolen sedans.
14:23 mattbaby "Dietrich. How are you. Its Anton. Hey are you busy at

A thing that calls itself the Bloodletter, lives in and
the moment? I need to talk to you."
14:23 banana Maria: "The second 'enemy' is a person - a blasphemer.
desecrates a great cathedral."
14:23 Nicolae Cell phone opens. Hey, it's Anton. "Hey, Anton, your
timing is either terrible or perfect. What's up?"
14:23 Nicolae "I... uh... no. I'm not really busy..." He looks
towards Savik, as if to ask "Do you plan to make me
busy?"
14:23 banana "He prevents its restoration by our kine equivalents in
the Church, and he spends his time roaming the night..
not to do the holy work of holy terror, but attacking
other *Kindred*."
14:23 ill_repute Can Savik hear any of the talking on the phone?
14:24 Nicolae Probably Dietrich's end.
14:24 Nicolae Since I'm walking right next to you and do not have a
Library Voice of any sort.
14:24 ill_repute Savik, for his part, shrugs.
14:24 banana Or Library Eyes.
14:24 VoxPVoxD Despite the gravity of the situation Cian must work to
repress a chuckle. "The Blood Letter? I don't think
I... what letter is he?"
14:24 Nicolae "No, I'm good. I'm thirsty as hell though. I... uh...
had a pretty shitty night."
14:24 mattbaby "Well look. This isn't really great for the phone, can
I swing by and pick you up? I might have a long term
job opportunity for you."
14:25 ill_repute "My car's parked over this way, if you need to get some
food." Savik offers.
14:25 Nicolae "Oh. Hey." Dietrich's brow perks up. "I like the sound
of that. Listen... I just met up with someone. He says
his name his Savik, you know him?"
14:26 banana Maria's face tightens. "Not a joke of one,
unfortunately. A very dangerous man. It may even be an
alias for a condemned traitor."
14:26 banana "But, speaking of traitors.."
14:26 banana "Our third enemy, with whom we may need to reconcile,
is the biggest problem. There was recently, in Sørøya,
a.. coup. It failed."
14:26 banana "We were on the wrong side."
14:26 VoxPVoxD "Oh dear."
14:27 mattbaby "Yea, I was speaking with him earlier tonight
actually."
14:27 banana "The Prince and the Bishop are currently NOT friendly.
Worse yet, the Prince was once one of us."
14:27 VoxPVoxD "He's an apostate?"
14:27 ill_repute "Who are you talking to?"
14:27 banana In Elysium, Edsger is talking about yams.

14:27 Nicolae "Excellent. We're all friends then. Where are you,
intuition that Edsger's probably the best Acolyte elder
maybe Savik and I can meet you together?"
14:27 ill_repute He looks concerned.
14:27 banana It's a conversation Anatoli would be familiar with:
he's extolling the great benefits of this all-climate
growing technique. Revolutionary if you like to eat
vegetables. The two harpies seem less interested.
14:28 Nicolae "Anton Chernovic. He says he knows you. Business guy.
Blackberry and such. Says he has a long term job offer
for me."
14:28 mattbaby "I'm in Hammerfest. Just got out of a meeting."
14:28 ill_repute Savik stifles a laugh. "Yeah. I know him. I do...
business. yeah."
14:28 Ferrinus Yams, eh? Well, it was actually environmental science
that Adrian studied. Is Edsger saying anything of
particular interest? Is his newly-engineered crop
displaying capability's that Adrian's intuitions
suggest could only have come apart through the
application of the Curse?
14:28 banana Maria: "Yes. Not a sorceror, thankfully - God would not
let that power remain in the hands of one who
repudiated his faith. But still, someone who must
eventually be appeased or destroyed."
14:28 ill_repute He reflects on the platinum plated firearm. He
chuckles.
14:29 banana "So you must be very careful tonight, beneath the
station.."
14:29 banana You've arrived at a train station and are parking. This
is presumably the station she means.
14:29 VoxPVoxD "The station?"
14:29 VoxPVoxD "Ah."
14:29 Nicolae "Right. Well. Let's go see him. Maybe he can get us
some refreshments. He's usually cute at picking cute
ones."
14:30 banana Actually, what Edsger's talking about sounds completely
non-supernatural - and it really could be
revolutionary. Commercially important, anyway, even if
it doesn't solve world hunger.
14:30 ill_repute "Do I look like the kind of person who has trouble
finding a meal, burn ward."
14:30 ill_repute That . should be a ?
14:30 banana "Yeah, well at least I exist below the neck. Wait."
14:31 Ferrinus Interesting. Well, that helps to cement Adrian's
to talk to, if he's so scientifically minded. He
approaches the conversation, getting close enough to
make it obvious he means to intrude. "Uh- hello.
Edsger, right? You probably remember me, we met the

14:31 ill_repute "Anyway I'm parked just ahead- a ways from the police
cordon."
14:31 Nicolae "Not cool, man." But he nods anyway. Food is food.
14:31 Nicolae Let us proceed them to the stolen sedan.
14:31 ill_repute Yes, let's
14:32 banana Maria leads Cian down to the tunnels below the train
station, and to the deserted concourse of the
Incessant. She leaves him there, promising to wait
outside, since it would apparently be Imprudent for
most of the Sanctified to be seen hanging around right
now.
14:32 banana There's only one person at first visible, a bouncer -
who is Kindred, though his aura is muddied.
14:32 mattbaby "Alright. Meet you in Hammerfest in a few."
14:33 mattbaby Anton hangs up.
14:33 Nicolae Dietrich does too.
14:33 banana Edsger, turning from the uninterested Harpies: "Adrian,
good to see you intact, yes."
14:33 ill_repute "For what it's worth, I was at the mansion because I
benefit. You know how it is. Vultures of a feather."
14:33 banana You very nearly did benefit!
14:33 ill_repute Eat a dick.
14:34 VoxPVoxD Cian approaches the bouncer, inhaling sharply. The
ears.
14:34 banana Anton has just told you, basically, to meet him in the
central business district on soroyhav, the largest
island in Hammerfest. Presumably he specified some
location.
14:34 Nicolae "Yeah... sorry about getting grenades thrown at you.
shooting three at once! Two pistols in one hand!"
14:34 banana What is Cian wearing?
14:34 Ferrinus Ah, vague amiability. Khas says: "Yes, it was pretty
hectic back there. Uh, I was hoping to continue our
conversation, such as it were."
14:35 Nicolae Nothing, better to show off his own Lancae Sanctum,
baby.
14:35 mattbaby Yes yes, they're meeting up someplace generic and quiet
14:35 VoxPVoxD Cian is wearing black woolen vestments, but no collar.
14:35 banana Edsger shrugs. "Like I told you, I was just carrying a
message from your woman. It's not a business I'm
involved in."
14:36 ill_repute "Wait." Savik squits at Dietrich. "You were chased out
by a human?"
14:36 ill_repute He shakes his head.

14:36 banana The bouncer, a tall blonde frenchman, frowns. He
doesn't recognise you, and you aren't even obviously
dead. "Sorry, private party tonight. You got a ticket?"
14:36 Nicolae "Only because I didn't kill him outright. I should
have."
14:37 Ferrinus "I know it isn't necessarily a matter of concern to
you, but I've heard it might be something you were
knowledgeable about. I was, uh, hoping you could
enlighten me." Damn, thinks Adrian, what if it's just
this guy's hobby to be cryptic about things like this?
14:37 ill_repute "If you learned nothing else from the man with the
bullet in his leg, it should be that hesitation just
makes everything worse."
14:37 Nicolae "Also he was like, seven feet tall... did I mention the
three guns?" Dietrich continues justifying getting his
ass beat as he slowly de-vigors.
14:37 VoxPVoxD Cian inclines his head a bit in a nod, and lets the
shroud surrounding his Beast fall. There is no
mistaking what he is, now.
14:38 VoxPVoxD "I am here to introduce myself."
14:38 Nicolae "I'll keep that in mind. Maybe next time he'll tell me
he's carrying his Blackberry with Slesvig's contact
info before I start beating him around."
14:38 banana dammitwho (who I forgot about. seven players what.):
It's a poster advertising for the Statist Party, the
current nominal government of Sørøya in that they lead
coalitions in both the Assembly and the Council.
14:40 banana Edsger, raises a shaggy white eyebrow, and turns to
face Khas properly. "I don't see why not. What did you
want to know?"
14:41 Nicolae So what next? Do Savik and I grab a bite to eat before
meeting with Anton?
14:41 ill_repute let's eat first
14:41 ill_repute I can help dietrich get a meal. believe it.
14:42 Nicolae I am going to eat the hell out of a motherfucker.
14:42 Ferrinus Are the harpies still listening? If Edsger contrives to
make this seem like it should be a private matter,
the, uh, quote you relayed to me, and about a few
things I saw on the ice. I have a better idea of what
I'm dealing with now, but not a wholly complete one."
Adrian glances around, then looks to Edsger again. "I
suppose that in short I was hoping you could tell me
how to
14:42 Nicolae Well, maybe two or three motherfuckers.
14:42 Ferrinus --- you could tell me how to do just as the message
said. Escape my destiny."
14:42 banana The bouncer shifts to one side. "If your name's Shane,

14:43 VoxPVoxD Cian is used to this. "That's me. Thank you very much.
Good evening." He steps past the bouncer and inside.
14:43 banana Edsger stretches a bit and looks around, as if looking
for somewhere to sit. There's only the big conference
room, but he moves in there despite the startled looks
from people all around, waving Adrian to join him.
14:44 Ferrinus I guess elders get to do that. Adrian follows him.
14:45 banana Inside the nightclub is a nightclub. A fairly polite
nightclub right now, since it's been booked by a
highschool - well dressed students all packing up and
leaving, a few supervising teachers getting student
council members to do the work. The ball is over,
apparently. All you can see is humans, apart from one
red-headed Kindred woman behind the (closed) bar.
14:47 VoxPVoxD Cian walks up to the bar, involuntarily running his
Is he still in?"
14:48 banana Edsger, serious now: "Mr. Khas, you've been doomed by
something beyond your control, and probably beyond any
force but the Crone herself. You're a native of this
place, you know what it's like - we live always with
winter hanging over us. You can't, normally, stop it
from coming. I do sympathise with what you want, but
I've only got one answer, and you won't like it."
14:49 Ferrinus Khas has sat down across from Edsger, and he's wearing
exactly the blank expression you'd expect to see on
someone diagnosed with cancer. "Go on."
14:50 banana "Your only chance of getting the knowledge and the
land and the winter - one that can take priority over
your own Call, forever. However.."
14:51 banana "It doesn't always work. And if it doesn't work, it
just makes things worse, by bringing you closer to the
ideal your blood calls out for. To.. vanseijr."
14:52 Ferrinus Khas considers this, turns it over in his mind. "So I
serve one way or another, but if I'm a useful enough
Acolyte my blood may decide that the actual
transformation would be redundant?"
14:52 ill_repute Savik looks from left to right as he and Dietrich
trudge through one of Hammerfest's well-to-do
neighborhoods. The only people out and about this late
are rich partygoers returning home from a night of
clubbing- something Savik is perfectly willing to take
advantage of.
14:52 banana Edsger: "Right. I wouldn't even be telling you this,

enough filling that role now. We can make a concession
to free will in your case."
14:53 ill_repute "How hurt are you, Dee- Dietrich?"
14:53 Ferrinus "Is that...what Nora's doing now? Staving it off
through service by other means?"
14:53 ill_repute He has his gun jammed in his pocket, by the way.
14:53 banana "No". He doesn't elaborate.
14:54 Nicolae "Well... not as bad as I was, but to heal up as much as
I can--" he motions to the gashes on his face, the
remnants of a face stab by the Bloodletter. "--I think
I'm going to be running on empty."
14:54 banana "Your Nora is not a member of our Circle, not in the
way that I'm offering to you."
14:54 ill_repute For example, there's a car pulling into the driveway
his move.
14:55 Ferrinus Khas presses his lips together, drums on the table
before him a few times. "...then what is she doing?
When I last saw her, she was doing something for the
Acolytes..."
14:56 banana Dietrich makes jokes, and uses fuel metaphors - but to
put it another way, he feels hollow. He feels drained
not of liquid but of life. Every fibre of his being
calls out for sustenance and repair and it *doesn't
come* because he's dead, his blood doesn't flow, no
platelets will knit wounds and the shattered bones do
only dead flesh, rotting meat unmoving and now in need
it rarely has before also. He's on the brink of losing
self-control, so yes - running on empty.
14:57 ill_repute He walks along the sidewalk, as if he were about to
keep going- then he reaches into his pocket and
retrieves his pistol, which is now bearing down on
whoever just exited the car.
14:59 banana A young couple, two guys barely more than teenagers,
help each other out of the car- they're both quite
drunk. They don't even notice Savik until he's on top
of them. The two vampires work together well, threats
into an alleyway, where they, terrified, put up little
resistance as their assailants open up their veins to
take what lies within.
14:59 banana The whole process of finding, attacking, and draining
takes about 20 minutes; they've got 6 health each, so
that's 5 BP each or 6 if you kill them.
15:00 Nicolae Dietrich feasts savagely on the young teen... he

estrains himself, though, as he gets near the end. The
beast is satiated juuust enough from the first drink to
pumps Vitae to heal one of the deep claw marks that the
let him get away with this. The kid lives.
15:00 ill_repute Savik wipes his mouth with his hand. "Careful man.
Don't take too much."
15:00 Nicolae "Hey... you gonna finish that?"
15:01 ill_repute "Nah."
15:01 banana The bartender looks at Cian in mild surprise. "We're
closing soon.. but you can go on in. The archway, with
the beads.. go downstairs."
15:01 banana A man steps up behind Cian and clears his throat. It
sounds large.
15:01 Nicolae Dietrich licks his lips and quickly expends some of the
Vitae he just ate, while finishing off what's left of
Savik's meal, leaving just enough blood for the second
teen to remain alive.
15:02 ill_repute He goes through the first teen's pockets. Gotta make it
look like a mugging.
15:02 VoxPVoxD Cian nods, smiling at the bartender. Then he hears that
rumbling vocalization behind him, and he frozen, for
just a moment. Fluidly he turns. then, to greet the
stranger behind him.
15:02 ill_repute He takes any money. It's chump change, but at least now
it's not a case of two kids losing a lot of blood
inexplicably.
15:03 Nicolae Dietrich groans as the warm blood fills him, and he
crazed assassin put through the side of his head.
15:03 banana The stranger at the bar looks *exactly* like a P.E.
teacher. "Who are you," he asks in a loud voice, "and
what are you doing here? This is a private event."
15:03 banana The bartender makes frantic eyes at you.
15:04 Nicolae "Oh fuck, I fucking needed that."
15:04 Nicolae "I owe you one. Or two, now. Christ, I think I owe
fucking everybody."
15:04 ill_repute "That's right. The first thing you can do is buy a real
weapon. What was that, a fucking fireax? Drop that
amateur hour bullshit straightaway."
15:05 ill_repute How far are we from the saviksedan?
15:05 banana a trivial distance
15:05 ill_repute Let's go.
15:05 Nicolae "You'd be surprised what a good sharp fireaxe will do
to a torso. Well. If you can actually hit the fucking
target..."
15:05 Nicolae Let's.
15:05 ill_repute "That's barbaric."
15:07 banana Dietrich's face becomes noticeably less mangled as the
flesh knots and warps into its familiar form.

15:07 VoxPVoxD Cian smiles up at the man. "Sorry, sir. Family of the
owner, here on some sad business. I didn't mean to
intrude."
15:08 banana "Uh, right. I can't be too careful, you know? We have a
responsibility to the parents."
15:08 banana He backs off.
15:09 VoxPVoxD "I understand completely. There's some real monsters
out there."
15:09 VoxPVoxD Cian heads downstairs as directed.
15:09 VoxPVoxD Cian heads downstairs as directed.
15:09 ill_repute "How about something a bit more subtle?"
15:09 ill_repute "You'll notice it doesn't take two hands to heft a
pistol."
15:09 banana The borrowed sedan makes a surprisingly satisfying
noise as it roars through the streets toward the
deserted, midnight CBD, but a convertible would be
better still.
15:10 Nicolae "You'll notice a lot of vampires walk away from getting
shot with a pistol."
15:10 Nicolae "And, in my case, it doesn't take two hands to lift an
axe, either."
15:10 banana have you considered
15:10 banana two axes
15:10 Nicolae Yes.
15:11 ill_repute He makes Dietrich sit on the seat covered in glass.
Also, the window on the nosferatu's side is rolled on.
Rolling it up reveals a jagged break in the glass.
15:12 Nicolae "I'm guessing the owner of this car doesn't know you're
driving it."
15:12 ill_repute Dietrich might even notice that there aren't any keys
in the ignition. Rather, there's a jumble of wires
spilling out beneath the wheel.
15:13 Nicolae Dietrich used to steal cars for organized criminals. He
gets into.
15:13 ill_repute "He'd parked across two spaces. It was community
service."
15:13 mattbaby Anton is standing on the street, designer jacket pulled
up tight and wool cap pulled low. He's checking his
rolex when the other two vampires arrive.
15:13 banana In an empty plaza, very modern and tiled, dry fountains
at night, lights to discourage the homeless from
sleeping there.. among the deserted body of the
Shopping Machine who lives between the hours of 9 and
5, they meet.
15:13 banana The City around them seems more stable than the rest of
Sørøya - less of an island. Skyscrapers leer down at

help me out. How's it going? I certainly hope your sake
intends to get back to the actual unweaving of his doom
aware of the possibility of escape, maybe she has a way
intact. But I need someone I can trust, and someone who
their dread business.
15:14 Nicolae "Should give you the keys to the city, man," Dietrich
jokes, although his tone indicates it's at the expense
of the hapless schmuck with no more car.
15:14 banana Edsger tells Adrian, "I'm afraid I just don't know."
15:15 mattbaby "Hey. Took you a while." Anton glances around. There is
really absolutely nothing going on out here at this
time of night. A few private security officers might
come through but he'd be amazed if they actually
bothered them.
15:16 ill_repute "Anton. It's good to see you, if a little unexpected. I
ran into your friend in the burning ruins of Slesvig-
Cornelis' mansion."
15:16 Nicolae "I needed some blood. Savik here was kind enough to
your night wasn't nearly as shitty as mine."
15:17 mattbaby "Not from the sounds of it. What were you out at SC's
mansion for?"
15:17 Nicolae "Looking for information on his whereabouts. There's a
blood hunt out for him and since I'm pretty sure I
killed him once I was hoping to either find out why or
finish the job."
15:18 Ferrinus "Any idea who might?" Adrian hopes he isn't bothering
Edsger overmuch with questions about one vampire - he
shortly, but if Nora's avoiding him and apparently
of her own?
15:18 Nicolae "I may, possibly, have gotten the shit beaten out of me
by a seven foot tall guy with more weapons than a SWAT
team."
15:18 ill_repute "He had four grenades. I'm not kidding."
15:19 Nicolae "Don't forget about the three guns. Seriously. Fired
two pistols with one hand."
15:19 Nicolae "But, that is not important right now! You said you had
a job opportunity?"
15:20 mattbaby "Damn. Well, look. Things have gone well for me lately.
This all used to be the territory of Firius Rosenberg.
This whole district basically."
15:20 ill_repute "All of- Hammerfest?"
15:20 ill_repute "Impressive. aheh."
15:20 Nicolae "I'm guessing the blood hunt took his name off the
deed, eh?"
15:21 Nicolae "So, what, you need my help extorting the guy they gave
it to, or what?"
15:21 mattbaby "It's an unliving. Rosenberg is still out there
somewhere but a lot of his infrastructure is still

the criminal types. Want to work for me? We can arrange
know that this won't be an issue in the future. So. Are
that you need my help with? You're going to try to take
can handle themselves in a fight."
15:22 Nicolae "I'm your man, then." Just... try to give me a few days
before sicking me on the seven foot gun nuts.
15:22 mattbaby "Plus, Dietrich, you seem like you know how to handle
something with feeding, housing... what I need is your
loyalty."
15:23 ill_repute Savik stands off to the side, looking out at the lights
across the bay.
15:23 mattbaby "And," he takes Dietrich aside, somehow trying to loop
an arm around the gigantic man's shoulders,
15:23 Nicolae "Feeding... housing... hm. You're not going to run off
to Russia and ditch me here to deal with your shit,
right?" Said in a joking tone, but implying you
probably should not run off to Russia and ditch him
here to deal with your shit.
15:23 mattbaby "I need you to not, ever, break into my car or any of
my possessions without my permission again."
15:24 Nicolae "You disappeared and I needed the fucking head! But..."
He sighs. "Right, right. Sorry. No breaking into your
car. Or house. Und so weiter."
15:25 mattbaby "Alright. I'm glad that we understand each other and
you in?"
15:25 Nicolae "Definitely."
15:26 mattbaby "Swear it?"
15:27 Nicolae "On the ashes of my parents."
15:27 mattbaby Anton nods and extends his hand.
15:27 Nicolae Dietrich shakes it.
15:27 VoxPVoxD Lightning crackles outside.
15:28 mattbaby muahahahahahaha
15:28 ill_repute we are outside you stupid spear
15:28 banana As Cian starts down the stairwell, there's an insistent
whispering in his ears, again.
15:28 Nicolae "So, uh, what is it exactly that you've got going on,
over Rosenberg's old territory?"
15:28 mattbaby "Great! Now then. Savik. What's going on?"
15:28 banana He can make out words this time: "here, they're HERE"
15:28 ill_repute Savik turns, smiling.
15:28 ill_repute "Isn't it interesting how random chance seems to bring
people together?"
15:29 mattbaby "No kidding."
15:29 ill_repute "The thing is- I'm new in town."
15:29 ill_repute "I moved into Hammerfest."
15:29 ill_repute "Not too far from here. I suspect my home falls under
your... jurisdiction."
15:29 VoxPVoxD Cian stops in the stairwell for half a beat. He shakes

his head once more, whispering an urgent "Not. Now."
cash. You need something more discrete. Won't take up a
a wide antechamber, with high ceilings and fluted walls
around; people move and talk quietly like a very sedate
leading out from here through arches filled with beads;
before continuing downstairs.
15:30 Nicolae "It's like that fucking show with the airplane and the
pretty people on an island. Or something. I knew a guy
back in New York who wouldn't fucking shut up about
it..." Dietrich trails off, letting his offhand remark
fade into the background.
15:30 ill_repute He smiles awkwardly. "Need any more muscle?"
15:30 mattbaby "O-oh, you did? Well. We can arrange something, I
think."
15:31 ill_repute "That's great. Oh, one last thing. That order you put
in. For the customs."
15:31 banana Savik's warehouse is in the southern part of
Hammerfest, the industrial district near the docks
where the inland rivers are wide enough to navigate.
Technically, it is not within the CBD part on Sørøyhav
which is Anton's territory. However, neither Anton nor
Savik know this.
15:32 mattbaby "Come again?"
15:32 ill_repute "I don't need to tell you that I can't take payment in
lot of space- won't show up on metal detectors. Most
often, it's diamonds."
15:32 mattbaby "Oh. Alright. Regular old, diamonds?"
15:33 ill_repute "Yeah. Rough, uncut."
15:33 ill_repute "Makes for easy smuggling."
15:33 Nicolae "Smuggling. I've done a little of that, too. If you
need a hand moving things."
15:34 banana Cian steps off the stairwell and into Elysium. He's in
(covered in advertisements). Tables and chairs are
party.
15:34 mattbaby "Great. Well moving money isn't really a problem for
me. It's actually kind of... my thing. So you'll have
that payment extremely soon."
15:34 ill_repute "Excellent."
15:34 ill_repute "I could use a car that isn't stolen."
15:34 banana There are three other rooms, more like hallways,
directly ahead is one that leads down to a thronelike
chair, in front of which sits someone who must be the
Seneschal you're looking for, giving audiences.
15:34 banana To your left is another long hall with a big oaken
table; two people sit partway down it, talking quietly.
15:34 VoxPVoxD Is there a line?
15:35 Nicolae "Excellent! I have a steady job and an employer who
will not turn me into a vampire."

15:35 banana One of them says to the other: "I said I don't know.
I'm sorry, Mr. Khas. I'm a farmer and a worshiper of
the old, true goddess, not a social facilitator."
15:35 banana There is a line, but it is very short.
15:36 banana As an obvious newcomer, many people are watching Cian
as he enters and moves around the halls. A few look
like they'd like to talk to him if he were to approach.
15:37 VoxPVoxD Adopting an expression of quiet humility, Cian walks
slowly but with purpose towards the short line of the
Seneschal holding a little court of his own.
15:37 Ferrinus Mister Khas nods. "I understand. I'm sorry to badger
his next course of action. "Could you tell me any more
about the, uh, service required? If I'm to stave off
the doom?"
15:39 banana Gurt Molheim is a stocky man who looks up at Cian from
his little wooden chair. He's got an air of importance
without authority, and waits for the other to speak.
15:40 ill_repute "Speaking of cars, do you mind if I ditch this one and
ride with you? I imagine its owner will miss it soon
enough."
15:40 VoxPVoxD Cian stoops a little. It's almost a bow, but not quite.
"Seneschal, I am Father Cian O'Callaghan, from New
York. If it'd please him, I'd like to introduce myself
to Prince Carrel, as is his right by Princedom."
15:41 mattbaby "Sure. Just don't fuck up the upholstery."
15:41 Nicolae "Yeah, I don't think he's kidding about the
upholstery."
15:42 banana Edsger coughs. "Well, I wasn't expecting a candidate
interview right now. We'd have to talk more, or you'd
talk to others.. but briefly. Most of us live outside
the city, for convenience, because we.. patrol the
wilds. In a sense. Spiritually, not physically
(mostly). We make the appropriate obeisances and
the way it's meant to be, the things beneath this part
of it down where they
15:42 banana are, and so on. It takes up a portion of your time,
alright, but it's an honour, in my opinion, to be able
to participate in such things. A measure of redemption
for our state, even. The Circle also has more typical
interests, of course - largely, being involved in the
world in such a way that our work can continue as it
needs to. I'm not really a part of that.
15:42 ill_repute "I can play nice."
15:42 ill_repute "I'm surprised Dietrich's looks don't make the leather
seats fray."

"Well - I don't know. My studies in the Order have been
15:43 mattbaby "So diamonds, huh? How many karats??"
15:43 ill_repute "Doesn't matter so long as they can be cashed in for an
amount equal to the payment."
15:43 Ferrinus "And it's mostly a full-time thing, I imagine..." says
Khas, thinking the matter over.
15:43 banana Seneschal Gurt Molheim: "New York, New York? Again?
That's three in a row that hail from your city. I do
hope it's not an invasion. Since your people in the
Sanctum have sent message ahead, yes, you may see the
Prince. He's very busy tonight, so it will have to be
brief, but I will take you to him."
15:44 Nicolae "All the seats see is my ass. And that's absolutely
chiseled."
15:45 VoxPVoxD Cian smiles a bit. "Thank you."
15:45 mattbaby "Alright let's just swing by the pad and..." vroom
vroom goes the lamborghini, beep boop goes the keyless
entry, click click click goes the keypad ont he
apartment. Anton asks the other two to wait in the
lobby as he goes up and comes back down a few moments
later with a small, ziplock baggie.
15:45 banana Edsger nods. "As full time as the duties of the Order..
but without having to follow arbitrary orders. Our
rites are dictated by the seasons and the gods, not by
whims of the powerful."
15:46 mattbaby Usually at this time of night, young-looking guys
exchanging ziplock baggies are making drug deals. In
this ziploc bag are a dozen glittering points, a
portion of Anton's high-liquidity emergency staash.
15:47 mattbaby Walking back out the door to the garage, Anton hands
the baggie over. "Don't spend them all in one place
now."
15:47 ill_repute Savik takes a quick peek inside, smiles, and pockets
it. "In these trying times, it's good to see at least
someone willing to get money flowing again, Mister
Chernovic."
15:47 Nicolae Dietrich's eyes get wide. "You had that in your
apartment? Jee-sus..."
15:47 mattbaby "It's good to be the Baron."
15:47 banana Thanks to a small portion of the common stock of Xee,
Inc.
15:48 Nicolae "It's good to be working for the Baron too,
apparently." A pause. "Wait, what? Baron?"
15:48 Ferrinus "I see," says Khas, staring into the middle distance.
progressing well, and I don't feel like I've learned
all I can there. I don't want to - to just give up the
Work, you know?"
15:48 mattbaby "Well I'm not Baron yet but what do you think this

15:48 Ferrinus "Obviously, when the alternative is the loss of the
self, my hand is somewhat forced..."
15:49 banana Edsger: "See, we don't proselytise. I'm not going to
try and convert you. I'm just saying, because you
asked: we can give you a chance, if you want it, and
it's a good thing to do. Better than, you know,
power or other bullshit."
15:50 Nicolae "Truly, this is the land of opportunity."
15:50 banana Gurt leads Cian through back rooms and into a part of
the complex which none of you have seen before..
15:51 VoxPVoxD Gulp.
15:51 mattbaby "And now you've got a stake in it!" exclaims Anton with
the fervor of a market fundamentalist.
15:51 banana In a chamber much closer to the surface, open to the
world through skylights and lit only by the light of
the moon, Alexis Carrell sits at a vast desk, in front
of a state of the art computer system.
15:51 ill_repute "Word usage, man."
15:51 Ferrinus "I'm just wondering here as to whether evading the Doom
with the Circle would necessarily mean abandoning my
other studies - but if it does, it does, and I imagine
little can be done. ...but I'm just talking to myself
here." Khas looks back up to Edsger. "Listen, let me
thank you for sitting down with me, spelling this out
options - but if it looks like it's the surest way to
safety, you'll hear from me."
15:51 Nicolae "Let's hope when I put the stake in it, it doesn't go
into torpor."
15:51 mattbaby "Good point."
15:51 Ferrinus "Er...how would I get in touch? ...should it be with
you, or is it best to ask Sister?"
15:51 Nicolae "So... what's up first?"
15:52 banana He's got three screens and piles of paper laid out
everywhere. His hands fly over the keys and he glances
from side to side, making and reading from notes; lit
by the glow of LCDs he looks extremely pale for a
moment before noticing visitors and bringing the blush
of life to his face. The Prince is wearing silk
pyjamas.
15:52 ill_repute "Right now, I feel like celebrating my newfound wealth
by blowing something up."
15:52 ill_repute "Anybody want to head down to my place and have some
fun with some antique soviet firepower?"
15:53 banana Edsger: "Sister's better. I don't live in the city,

off. By the night after next, I'll be gone back to
Kautokeino."
15:53 ill_repute He looks genuinely excited- and a little nervous.
15:53 Nicolae "What kind of firepower?"
15:54 mattbaby "I'll drop you off, at least."
15:54 Ferrinus "All right," says Khas. "I, uh, think that's all I
to divinities by names from mythology 'till now."
15:54 banana Prince Carrell is tall and impressive-looking - though
not so much on a swivel chair - and he exudes power,
commands respect. This is the force of Daeva
personality, externalised, and Cian's experienced it
before, but it's still *there*.
15:54 banana He stands up, glancing over the screens one last time
before advancing to shake your hand in a powerful grip.
15:55 banana Edsger: "They're all aspects, really, of the Crone.
Hence the name."
15:55 ill_repute "Name something that saw service in the Warsaw Pact.
There's a good chance I've got it. I've got a pair of
kalashnikovs, a box of old grenades- most of them are
probably duds-, and a bullet-making kit. We can
improvise."
15:55 VoxPVoxD Cian wants to bow for real this time, to afford this
man the respect he so obviously deserves. He settles
for returning the handshake as firmly as he can.
"Prince Carrel, I am Father Cian O'Callaghan, from New
a time, and as such I'm making my formal introduction."
15:55 mattbaby "You're passionate about your work, Savik."
15:56 ill_repute "It's the only thing keeping me motile, Mister
Chernovik."
15:56 Nicolae "Just be careful. If I ever see you standing on a
rooftop holding three guns at once, I'm going to have
to perform a mercy killing."
15:56 banana Carrell: "Greetings, Cian." (he pronounces it
correctly). "You're welcome to the city, and have my
thanks for calling ahead so it wasn't a surprise."
15:56 ill_repute "I'll never need more than one, believe me."
15:56 Ferrinus "Of course," says Khas, whose tone is serious, not
again. Er, good luck with the yams." He'll shake hands
turn to go.
15:56 banana "I have no problem with your presence in Sørøya.. on
one condition."
15:56 Nicolae "Good! You seem like a good guy, I'd hate to have to

put you on my Kill List."
Elysium proper, then. No matter how many times he walks
Guadoveino. She hasn't found him here. Could she please
superiors say. The Sanctum, here in Sørøya, is a sickly
helping or harming in Sørøya. This is God's world.. but
15:57 ill_repute He snorts at 'good' but, hey, a compliment!
15:57 banana Edsger doesn't reach for Adrian's hand, which is
probably good; his hands are old and leathery and ick.
15:57 VoxPVoxD A thin lance of fear, one of the truest emotions Cian
has felt in his Requiem, pierces his core. "You have
but to name it."
15:58 Ferrinus Dodged a bullet there! Adrian walks out and back into
into the place and no matter from there, the first
thing he does always seems to be to stop just past the
entrance and look around like an animal surveying
unfamiliar territory.
15:58 Nicolae Dietrich's definition of good is decidedly nonstandard.
Mostly it involves things like reliability,
trustworthiness, and willingness to shoot a cop in the
kneecap.
15:58 banana Sarah is looking for Roderic Angelou, Earl of Lower
roll politics!
15:59 Nicolae "If it were any other night, Savik, I would happily
take the chance to fire a few Kalashnikovs."
16:00 banana The Prince: "Don't listen too credulously to what your
and desperate thing. Believe me, I take no pleasure in
that. I believe in God, and I know where all our souls
are bound for if we don't fulfil the role prophesied
for us by Longinus, but the earthly forms of His
priests can be.. flawed. Be wary if they ask you to do
things, and use your own judgement about who's worth
it's My city."
16:00 ill_repute He puts up his hands. "Say no more. Bad experiences- I
shouldn't have been so insensitive."
16:01 Nicolae "You don't strike me as the guy who worries so much
about being insensitive."
16:01 ill_repute "I'd be pretty unhappy too if I was nearly put out by a
human."
16:01 Nicolae "Yes, there it is."
16:01 VoxPVoxD "I understand completely."
16:02 Nicolae "Mark my words, I'll deal with that human when I get
the chance."
16:03 ill_repute "Say what you will about Slesvig-Cornelis, he certainly
knew how to pick good company."
16:03 ill_repute "Or should I say 'knows'?"
16:03 Ferrinus The first thing the youngest future yeti does is
ascertain that there aren't, like...payphones just
cheerfully installed in the depths of Elysium.

Shrugging to himself, the Dragon makes the climb back
up to the Incessant's dance floor and then heads
outside the club, searching for the nearest payphone.
16:03 banana Sarah recalls that "Earl" Angelou is the only major
His rights are over a large tract of the western
Mandate, and so he isn't often in Sørøya City - or
Elysium. Of the people on your list, the only one
you've seen tonight is Leo Antonini, Earl of Ippenhav.
16:04 Nicolae "I have no idea anymore. Fuck it. Why did I even go
after him in the first place?"
16:05 ill_repute "You know what's the worse thing? As you were running
by me I had just spotted a safe embedded in the wall."
16:05 banana For Dietrich's use: he did notice, if he's interested,
the uniforms of the security company and its name
(Dubois Integrated Armoury)
16:05 ill_repute "There could've been useful information in there."
16:05 ill_repute "Now it's likely all on fire."
16:05 Nicolae He is very interested.
16:05 Nicolae "That was all him. It's not in my best interests to
start fires."
16:06 banana Prince Carrell: "Good. Goodnight."
16:06 Ferrinus Assuming Khas finds a public phone, he once again pulls
out a notebook, flips to a recent page, mutters
more change (he's running low...), and dials Dietrich
Krieger. Maybe he'll be above ground or whatever now.
16:07 banana He turns from you and sits back down at his big table,
hands flying across the keyboards as the screens
flicker and change. You see.. data, spreadsheets and
graphs and visualisations, very large quantities of
information, before the Seneschal hurries you away.
16:07 ill_repute "Fire's interesting." He gets a faraway look. "When I
was alive it wasn't anything. Now it's- well it's just
fascinating.
16:07 banana "The Prince is very busy, as I said."
16:07 ill_repute "From a distance, I just like to watch it crackle."
16:07 ill_repute "Up close, you really get a feel for what power is."
16:07 Nicolae "Did you play Russian roulette a lot as a mortal, by
any chance?"
16:07 ill_repute He blinks, realizes he's rambling.
16:08 dammitwho Hmm. Short crowd tonight. What do I remember about Earl
Antonini?
16:08 ill_repute "In a manner of speaking."
16:08 Nicolae Dietrich's phone goes off. "Goddamn, I'm popular
tonight." He answers. "Dietrich speaking."
16:08 banana The good thing about Dietrich owing everyone is he has
a lot of friends.

16:08 mattbaby Anton listens to the two criminals chatting it up. How
strange. He has an arms dealer and a hitman int he back
It's off the coast of the east part of the city, on the
way to Mayor's Point. Few Kindred go there, which means
of that could help me out, and someone else hasn't been
of his car. Exciting!!
16:09 Ferrinus Adrian's first response is: "Oh, good." Then: "Uh, It's
Adrian. You really busy?"
16:09 Nicolae "Not really, no. Not anymore. Why, what's up?"
16:09 VoxPVoxD "I understand completely. Thanks for your time,
Seneschal." Cian heads back into Elysium.
16:09 banana Leo Antonini is more or less a direct rival. He's
technically higher-status than you in that he has his
own territory, but lower in that your *sire* is more
important. His island, Ippen, is a little private
sanctuary for the rich - a gated and MOATED community.
that he's one of the safest and securest around, so he
doesn't have much ambition. He's rumoured to get bored
and take up strange things.
16:10 Ferrinus Khas considers his phrasing. "I had, uh, job
proposition for you. The Academy does, really. It's
probably best described in person, though."
16:11 Ferrinus That should be a job proposition. Khas isn't Anatoli.
16:11 banana Basically, Antonini has it made but is unlikely to rise
higher in the Invictus, since he doesn't suck up to
people and isn't that personally impressive.
16:12 Nicolae Jesus. Not even the Soroya Craiglist employment section
didn't work this well. "A job proposition for the
Academy? Hm." He says this loud enough for his new
employer to hear.
16:13 Nicolae Even the Soroya Craiglist...
16:13 mattbaby Anton's eyebrow raises.
16:13 mattbaby "Ask them what they want," he suggests.
16:13 Nicolae "What is it they're looking for? I, uh, am trying not
to have a conflict of interest."
16:13 Ferrinus Over the silence, Khas adds: "It's kinda odd, I'm not
gonna lie. You were one of the first people I thought
picking up. Hopefully I'll get an answer from him
soon."
16:14 ill_repute Savik turns to Chernovic. "The Academy?"
16:14 ill_repute "Who...?"
16:14 mattbaby "Order of the Dragons or some shit. Bunch of... crazy
mother fuckers."
16:14 Ferrinus "It, uh, has to do with the little problem we're
having. The one you saw get kicked off? We need people
to help...hold it back."
16:15 mattbaby "They made a talking head. Best way I can sum it up."
16:15 Nicolae "I'm going to guess you're not calling for my

intellect..."
16:15 Nicolae "Ah. The shiny problem that oozed on your car?"
16:15 ill_repute "What."
16:15 Nicolae "I'll explain later." Either the talking head or the
car ooze comment, both could probably use explanation.
16:15 Ferrinus "Nnnot this time." Pause to listen to response.
"Exactly that, yes. The idea is to make sure that
nothing passes the walls while the problem's solved
permanently by someone else."
16:16 banana Cian's back in the halls of chattering Kindred, with
curiosity swirling around him, and an insistent ghost
in his ear. It's inconvenient.
16:16 mattbaby "Yea just a head in a birdcage man. Chillin' out or
whatever."
16:16 Ferrinus "We can pay, apparently," Khas adds. He's painfully
aware that he isn't much of a salesman.
16:16 ill_repute "Damn."
16:16 ill_repute "Any idea how?"
16:16 Nicolae "Interesting... hold on. You mind if I ask some
associates I'm with if they're interested?"
16:16 banana ! A prebuilt posse.
16:17 ill_repute "Now hold on a second- a severed head? And you want me
to do business with these folks?"
16:17 ill_repute "That's like, I dunno, American mafia shit."
16:17 Ferrinus Khas's eyebrows raise. "You kiddin'? I have no idea
where to find people for this, go carzy."
16:17 VoxPVoxD Cian really would like to stay and chat, but his first
loyalty -- and he seems to be accuring quite a few of
them lately -- is to his late brother. He makes a
beeline for the exit, muttering 'soon' as soon as he
thinks he's out of anyone's earshot.
16:17 Ferrinus (Crazy.)
16:17 dammitwho Hurm. A reclusive vampire falling into decadence and
madness. Hardly unusual. What's he up to at the moment?
16:17 banana Savik's the only one in the car who hasn't worked for
the american mafia already, of course.
16:18 mattbaby "Yea well I, uh, guess. Not really though."
16:18 Nicolae "I think that was a one time thing. And the head's
fine. Now, at least. Italian is not a pretty language
when it's from an angry Invictus with no body.
16:18 Ferrinus Adrian's maybe in a phone booth right outside the
Incessant, talking about stuff as he glances around.
16:18 ill_repute "That's unorthadox. Ask him what kind of work it is."
16:18 mattbaby "So what is it t hey want to hire you? Was that Adrian
Khas' voice?"
16:19 Nicolae "Okay." Dietrich covers the phone mouthpiece. "That was
Adrian Khas from the Academy? Have you met? He wants
people to help him deal with a little ghost problem

they're having at the Academy. He says I was one of the
to skeptical neonates on the divine right of rulership.
whole reestablish-Invictus-authority thing Sarah's here
first people he thought of and the Academy can pay."
16:19 ill_repute (Unorthodox)
16:19 banana At the moment, Antonini is Discoursing - holding forth
It's actually quite good, since he's kind of doing the
for. He's not very convincing, though - primary sales
pitch is "I'm rich and powerful so you have to do what
I want".
16:19 ill_repute "What."
16:19 ill_repute "Did you just- ghost?"
16:19 ill_repute "Like, what."
16:19 Nicolae "I'll explain but only if you say yes."
16:19 ill_repute "You're fucking with me- what's he paying."
16:19 banana Savik's time among the dead, being spent mostly on a
boat so far, has been a bit /sheltered/.
16:20 banana Probably hasn't even seen Cruac.
16:20 Ferrinus And 'till you've seen Cruac, buddy, you ain't seen
nothin'.
16:20 Nicolae "I got stabbed by one of those ghosts. It hurt. I am
not fucking with you." To Adrian: "They want to know
how much your bosses are paying."
16:20 ill_repute Incredulous. That's a good word for Savik right now.
16:20 VoxPVoxD Cruac drools, Theban Sorcery rules.
16:20 mattbaby "A ghost problem? What the fuck? Alright. Well if you
are going to take up a side project that's fine, but
we're going to need a cut of the pay. Thats how this
shit works."
16:20 ill_repute "Bullshit. You were probably drunk or something."
16:20 banana Outside, on the concourse, behind a shut up shop, Cian
gives himself over to being a channel..
16:21 Nicolae To Anton: "Right, right, of course."
16:21 Nicolae "Man, we can drive past now. You can see all the little
green spooky shits wriggling around in the walls."
16:21 banana The form of his brother appears with, as always, a
quiet wail of anguish. Torn from life by circumstance,
and from death by undeath, he Haunts. Right now,
though, the spirit seems to be trying to be helpful.
16:22 Ferrinus "Supposedly I've got...what was it, a thousand? Yeah, a
thousand euros to dispense offhand, probably more when
our treasury becomes available. Maybe information,
too. ...and, hell, we can just owe you a favor, you
know, if you've got any heads you need waking up."
Adrian's weak grin isn't visible over the phone, but
hopefully it comes through in his tone.
16:22 banana He gibbers, excitedly, then remembers how to form human
speech - "They're here! The dead, like me but not - a

massive incursion. I feel the hole between the worlds,
and we passed a piece on the way here!"
16:23 Nicolae "I think I'm good for heads for now. But a thousand
euros..." He emphasizes that last part for the benefit
of his fellow travelers.
16:23 VoxPVoxD The rush of being a channel exhilirates Cian. Maybe
that helps buffer his complete bafflement. "What? How--
how do you know? What's going to happen?"
16:23 mattbaby "A thousand euros? That's pathetic. There'd better be
at least ten times that amount later."
16:23 ill_repute "Wait. Did you say- Adrian Khas?"
16:23 mattbaby "Yea."
16:23 ill_repute "Shit."
16:23 mattbaby "What."
16:23 ill_repute He balls his fist. "Fuck yes."
16:24 Nicolae "Anton says he wants ten times that amount later. I
guess he's not interested in reviving any heads
either."
16:24 dammitwho Oh, dear. Well, maybe she can undo some of the damage.
Sarah moves over to the crowd where Antonini is
pontificating to have a listen.
16:24 Ferrinus "Ten times- I don't actually know if we've-... I mean,
I can ask. I'm just relaying what I was told here."
There's a pause. "...Anton's over there? What does he
care, I'm not asking him."
16:25 Nicolae "I, uh, kind of work for him too now."
16:25 mattbaby "Tell him a nice fat favor works too. I'm not picky."
16:25 ill_repute "Yeah. Yeah! A favor."
16:25 ill_repute "A favor works."
16:25 Nicolae To Anton: "Oh, favors are good, he said those already."
16:25 ill_repute FIST-chan...
16:25 banana Ryan's dim face is worried and excited at once. "There
was a car, out in the carpark - there was a ghost
attached to it. A haunting, here in this.. bullshit
european place. I guess it's universal."
16:25 Nicolae "Maybe information too, he said."
16:25 Nicolae "Do you just want to talk to him?"
16:25 Ferrinus "...so would I owe him or owe you?" Khas is a bit
confused.
16:26 VoxPVoxD "And this ghost told you this?"
16:26 ill_repute "Chernovic."
16:26 ill_repute "We can get Khas to help us collect on FIST."
16:26 ill_repute "He was there, wasn't he."
16:26 banana Ryan: "We went past too fast for me to catch more than
a few words. Can we go back to that car?"
16:26 Nicolae "Uh. Hm. I guess you guys can work that out later?"
16:26 ill_repute "I was given his name- and yours."
16:26 Nicolae "Maybe you guys can owe us both."

16:27 VoxPVoxD Cian nods, indicating that Ryan should un-manifest
ear. "...yeah, yeah, I understand. As long as it's, you
dressed like a priest.. sort of.. come out of an alley,
first.
16:27 Nicolae "Listen, Anton's the business guy here, I... I wasn't
usually the guy who got sent to make deals, you know?
Mostly just break the knees of the guys who didn't
follow them."
16:27 mattbaby "Give me the phone."
16:27 banana It takes a brief, hissed argument to convince the
disappointed spirit to vanish into.. wherever he goes;
this vestige of life is better than nothing, and maybe
even better than the dead-end existence he had before.
16:27 Nicolae Dietrich does so.
16:28 Ferrinus "Well, that's a real exciting prospect," says Khas,
glancing left and right as he holds the phone to his
know, commensurate with this, I guess I can't compla-"
16:28 Ferrinus Adrian stops as he hears the phone being passed.
16:28 mattbaby "Khas. How are you. Hope all's going well! But yea.
Dietrich works for me now. He'll help you out in
exchange for the grand and a favor. How's that? Sound
fair?"
16:28 banana The only thing Khas sees glancing around is a guy
and Father Maria crossing the concourse to meet him.
16:28 VoxPVoxD Cian doesn't LIKE forcing his brother to spend so much
time... away. But the alternatives... He makes for the
car Ryan mentioned.
16:28 banana "Cian?"
16:29 banana (She was waiting outside the club)
16:29 Ferrinus "Hi, yeah, it's going- wait, both?"
16:29 Nicolae Dietrich is starting to remember why he freelanced.
16:29 mattbaby "Look, ghosts are an unknown entity. What could a ghost
do? There's a ton of liability I have to cover."
16:29 VoxPVoxD Damnit! "Hello, Maria. It went well, I think."
16:30 banana The only thing Sarah can glean from the speech/argument
Leo's having is that he's no Corporatist. Which is
something.
16:30 Ferrinus "A thousand's practically pocket change for you," says
Khas, semi-accusingly.
16:32 mattbaby "Excuse me? A thousand is pocket change for me. But I
want it because this is going to be an exclusive deal."
16:32 dammitwho Great. So the only guy on Sarah's short list to
actually show up to the party is a complacent
nincompoop sitting on one of the best Racks in the
city.
16:33 banana Maria: "Great. Okay, do you want to go straight to the
place we've set up for you? It's not too far from the
compound, fortunately."

"...you know what, I'm in over my head here. You've got
consider it a good demonstration of loyalty to join the
the true cross or something now's the time to break 'em
arguing the Invictus position to any of the neonates on
may prove to be more of a liability than an asset. What
He's wondering just how the Lord's hand moves in Soroya
16:33 Ferrinus "Exclusive? What's that even mea-..." Khas stops.
it. I owe you for helping me out with Morbhian anyway."
16:33 banana Well, Ippen isn't *that* good a rack - it's too
sparsely populated!
16:33 mattbaby "See you in five."
16:33 Ferrinus "I can expect two people?"
16:33 banana Really to be able to Feed there you have to be able to
hang out in high society and go to their events.
16:34 mattbaby "I think so."
16:34 ill_repute "Ask him what kind of weaponry he wants."
16:34 ill_repute Savik's got that predatory grin again.
16:34 VoxPVoxD It's the little things you miss most. Like always being
able to say you needed some air. "Actually, could you
give me just a moment? I'll meet you back at the car."
16:34 mattbaby "You need anything else? Guns, I don't know."
16:34 Ferrinus "Okay. Uh, we don't need you here immediately, and I'm
still hoping to find someone else, so I dunno - be at
the Academy in an hour, maybe? And be well-fed,
probably."
16:35 banana Maria looks at you strangely and follows you upstairs,
but slowly.
16:35 Ferrinus Khas pauses. "Our problems are mostly physical. I know,
like...swords or blunt objects work. Guns probably do.
Nothing too destructive, we want the building
standing."
16:35 mattbaby "So, Savik, you help out with this ghost thing and I'll
crew."
16:35 ill_repute "Absolutely."
16:35 mattbaby "Gotcha. Anything else?"
16:36 Ferrinus "Nothing I can think of. If you've got any shards of
out." Khas pauses. "Thanks for the quick response."
16:36 dammitwho Sarah's going to try and discreetly do a better job
the periphery who look promising. Antonini is a
Traditionalist and therefore one of 'ours', but that
Sarah needs to do is to dig up some dirt on Antoninisomething
that can bring him to heel when necessary.
16:37 ill_repute "I think we may want to stop by my place."
16:37 VoxPVoxD Once outside, Cian walks towards the car Ryan had
mentioned. He appears deep in thought -- which he is.
these nights, among other things. Things like ghost
brothers.
16:37 ill_repute "I believe I have something that'll do the trick."

16:37 mattbaby "Hey man. You need something, anything, you give me a
call." If you can afford it, you stingy god damn
gangrel. Pocket change? Who the fuck...
16:37 Nicolae Damn, son.
16:37 mattbaby hehe
16:38 Ferrinus Adrian hangs up and directs a hollow stare into the
over a gore-strewn battlefield. Dear god. Dear god, he
thinks. I'm never going to negotiate with Anton again.
16:40 Nicolae Dietrich feels a little bad for siccing Anton on Khas.
Damn, son.
16:40 Ferrinus And man, Dietrich's suddenly his soldier now, or
out Morb immediately and without even hinting that he
expected payment, so there's something. Khas steps out
of the booth, cracks his neck, and heads for wherever
he parked - he wants to make sure things are in order
before he tries Anatoli again.
16:40 ill_repute "You think grenades will work on- well- whatever this
is?"
16:40 banana The ex-priest moves through the rain and night to see a
is something odd embedded in the roof, above a broken
door. He suspects it's a wreck, but it looks parked
here recently.
16:40 Nicolae "If the building's gone the ghosts will have to find
somewhere else to haunt."
16:41 banana There's definitely something here - Ryan was right. He
can feel a spirit, on the brink of manifesting in the
rarefied air around him.
16:42 banana Only one problem: a lanky-haired Gangrel loping through
his car. It's not the Bloodletter, after a superficial
inspection, but it is someone odd alright, and the air
is tingling and stinging.
16:42 banana From Cian's point of view, most important is that the
other guy's a vampire - and one a little more powerful
than he is.
16:43 Ferrinus Hey, Khas doesn't lope, although he does kinda slouch
most of the time.
16:43 VoxPVoxD Cian walks around the car in a slow arc, studying it
carefully and letting Ryan do the same. He's so
intrigued that he forgets to make more than a cursory
effort to disguise his actions.