Topic: Chapter 1: Dark Tides Rising (Read 632460 times)

Not Aman · « **Reply #950 on:** April 08, 2015, 12:46:40 pm »

"While there are many similarities, I find it a bit far fetched to think that someone sacrificed to the Cathedral of Flesh would be out here harassing us." Anton states.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #951 on:** April 08, 2015, 01:31:02 pm »

"Oh, did I mention that 'good behavior' in this case means performance?" Steeple continues, "They let you out to perform a task. Do well and you don't have to go back in."

"You should ask Lucian," Steeple concludes mater-of-factly, "He knows all about it."

Daedalus · « **Reply #952 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:33:07 pm »

Lucien, casually walking back from his business with the workers walks up to Anton. "How did the hunt go?" He asks.

Not Aman · « **Reply #953 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:49:16 pm »

"Well." Anton states. "There were more wolves then expected, but we handled them with efficinecy."

"However, some things came to light about your realtionship with the knight. How did you encounter him?" He begins asking.

Daedalus · « **Reply #954 on:** April 08, 2015, 07:57:30 pm »

"Good. I'd hate to see them bothering the workers. I dont suppose you brought any live ones back did you? I would have liked to study it." He replied in a friendly manner.

"Knight? What knight? Ennius?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #955 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:12:08 pm »

Anton shakes his head.
"We killed them all, Lucien."

"And yes, your knight Ennius. I repeat, how did you encounter him?"

Daedalus · « **Reply #956 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:16:39 pm »

"Damn shame." He shakes his head sadly.

"He singlehandely assaulted my sires haven." He replied honestly. "Killed most of the guards and servants, hell he even killed the Shlachta guards." he added

"Why do you ask?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #957 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:21:03 pm »

"Why?" Anton asks, not answering Lucien's question for the moment.

Daedalus · « **Reply #958 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:27:01 pm »

"I cant tell you." He replied with a shrug. "And i ask again Anton, Why do you ask?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #959 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:44:28 pm »

"We believe you and the knight are the reason the wolves have been disturbing our work. And we need to know who you took the knight from." Anton explains.

"So answer the question, Lucien."

Daedalus · « **Reply #960 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:51:20 pm »

"I already did Anton." He smiled at him. "I cant tell you because i dont know why he attacked. He doesnt remember anything prior to attacking."

Not Aman · « **Reply #961 on:** April 08, 2015, 08:56:50 pm »

"So a monstrously powerful being attacked you, and yet you and your sire never bothered to figure out who sent him? And why? You both just gave up on figuring it out?" Anton asks, incredulous.

"Lucien, do you truly think that this fable would be believed?"

Daedalus · « **Reply #962 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:07:57 pm »

"T'is the truth." He simply replied. "I tried. But the thing about fortitude is that it makes effective torture impossible, and it was not my place to ask around in kindred society about him, but my sire Sandors. And no dear Anton, i dont know if he had any success, i didnt care enough to ask."

Not Aman · « **Reply #963 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:20:50 pm »

"You did not care to ask..." Anton mutters, before sighing.

"Lucien, I am not asking for you to give away your knight. I am asking to know who we are dealing with. We need to know this. This is far more important then whatever shame the true tale involves."

Daedalus · « **Reply #964 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:31:40 pm »

"And i keep telling you i dont know. I would not be so proud as to keep important relevant information to myself just because some silly human emotion of shame." He replied somewhat annoyed.

Drakilian · « **Reply #965 on:** April 08, 2015, 09:47:31 pm »

Ennius looks strangely at Anton.

"It is true, I remember nothing from my time before my assault on Sandor's vovoidate. I wouldn't call myself monstrously powerful either, you have seen me in action yourself. I am just rather resilient."

Sethaniel · « **Reply #966 on:** April 08, 2015, 10:11:24 pm »

Kiril, who has been observing the tedious back-and-forth with growing impatience, finally interrupts.
"Could we stop wasting time on this? Anton asks Lucien what's going on, luci says he doesn't know, Anton says 'you can't possibly be this ignorant and willfully obtuse,' Lucien asserts that yes he can.
The important thing is determining what, if anything, needs to be done."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #967 on:** April 09, 2015, 06:54:47 am »

"Hmm... It's a real enigma," Steeple mutters.

"What do you make of all this?" He then asks the rock in his pocket.

Not Aman · « **Reply #968 on:** April 09, 2015, 09:05:12 am »

Quote from: Sethaniel on April 08, 2015, 10:11:24 pm

Kiril, who has been observing the tedious back-and-forth with growing impatience, finally interrupts.
"Could we stop wasting time on this? Anton asks Lucien what's going on, luci says he doesn't know, Anton says 'you can't possibly be this ignorant and willfully obtuse,' Lucien asserts that yes he can.
The important thing is determining what, if anything, needs to be done."

Anton nods.
"We need to figure out who the knight was sent by. If Lucien has no idea, then we must capture the wolf girl somehow."

Daedalus · « **Reply #969 on:** April 09, 2015, 09:10:17 am »

"Why'd you let her go in the first place?" Lucien asks casually.

Not Aman · « **Reply #970 on:** April 09, 2015, 11:25:10 am »

"She vanished. Unfortunately none of us there are skilled in the art of Auspex."

Daedalus · « **Reply #971 on:** April 09, 2015, 12:34:37 pm »

"I see." He replied thoughtfully. "Oh well, there is always next time."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #972 on:** April 09, 2015, 12:46:24 pm »

"And there is always a next time," Steeple adds, emphasizing the word 'always'.

Daedalus · « **Reply #973 on:** April 09, 2015, 01:45:50 pm »

Lucien gives Steeple an odd look. "Indeed." he replied to the malkavian before muttering something incomprehensable.

Forge · « **Reply #974 on:** April 09, 2015, 01:47:49 pm »

"Well for now we can proceed with construction I gather, we must be more vigilant of this new enemy though and who she may serve."

With that Heldric heads off to find a more secluded area in which to feed Mr Whitey, it wouldn't be good for the human workers to see anything.

Drakilian · « **Reply #975 on:** April 09, 2015, 04:04:52 pm »

Myca left soon after his visit, having talked at length with Kiril and Lucien about this or that subject. Once he was gone work began again. With his money the cainites were able to purchase more supplies and replace any lost tools, as well as more men to work. Morale returned to the camp as well as the towns as Lucien lowered the taxes of not just the town but the pass as well, and attacks from the wolves had stopped. Though it had taken two months of pulling teeth just to finish the placements of the floor it took far less to finish the rest of the floor.

The cotterie often spent their nights disturbed by Steeple's muttering, as the vampire often, strangely enough, began muttering to Prince Maurice in his sleep. Steeple would also often spend nights in the graveyard, intending to catch the fiends who would disturb the graves of the dead, only to return with no results (though the grave robberies had stopped).

The apprentice mason was found to be horribly, viciously mauled (perhaps the final victim of the ghoul wolves?) by the edge of the town, with him was one of the slave girls. Both had clearly been partially eaten and many vital organs were missing, most likely the fault of scavengers.

Kiril found the money he had collected for Sherazhina in the communal haven on waking. They have no spoken much since, but Kiril knows at least what choice she has made.

Construction proceeds, and work looks good. Soon it will be time to inform their sires and their patron of the group's success.

Then one night, the cotterie wakes to find the translation key missing, gone from their haven...

Heldric, eternally vigilant as he is, and Mr. Whitey both noticed nothing out of the usual that night. How strange...

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #976 on:** April 09, 2015, 05:14:23 pm »

Steeple immediately uses his Wooden Tongues, to ask the room itself where the Key is or who took it.

Prince · « **Reply #977 on:** April 09, 2015, 05:22:50 pm »

Daniel asks his ghouls if they noticed anything. (Not really expecting much, but hey, you've got to contribute!)

Sethaniel · « **Reply #978 on:** April 09, 2015, 05:47:09 pm »

Kiril considers what might have happened to the key. It's highly unlikely a stranger came into the haven unnoticed while they slept. He investigates the keys holding place for potential clues.

Drakilian · « **Reply #979 on:** April 09, 2015, 07:32:40 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on April 09, 2015, 05:14:23 pm

Steeple immediately uses his Wooden Tongues, to ask the room itself where the Key is or who took it.

Steeple winces again in visible pain. He can tell the others nothing but that he was wracked by the screams of the tortured spirits of this room.

Nothing here would speak to him.

Daniel's ghouls hadn't noticed anyone entering or leaving the haven.

Kiril finds no traces, odd scents or odours, or anything particularly special hiding around wherever Lucien had kept the translation key.

Forge · « **Reply #980 on:** April 09, 2015, 07:49:23 pm »

Heldric has Mr. Whitey and Andreas search the sanctuary with their senses to try and detect anything different like scent etc. then has them accompany him out, allowing others to come if they so wished. He then systematically spends a couple of hours calling dogs, birds and other animals to try and have them search for scents that were not present before the last day, or new humanoids in the vicinity.

Once those wispy washy commands are done (and fail since they are too wispy washy) he has dogs trace scents away from the mutilated corpses.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #981 on:** April 09, 2015, 07:57:23 pm »

"GEESH!!" Steeple pouts, "I've never met more uncooperative jim jams!"

Steeple then takes out his pet rock - "At least you've never screamed in my ears," he says to it. Pondering what to try next ...

Sethaniel · « **Reply #982 on:** April 09, 2015, 09:11:04 pm »

Kiril considers the situation.
Lucien had possession of the key; the simplest solution is that either he or Ennius still has it.
But is he *that* stupid? He'd have to know he's the obvious suspect.
It's highly unlikely that a stranger could sneak into our haven utterly undetected.
It's also quite possible that Heldric or Steeple has it, considering their showy but fruitless efforts at investigation.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #983 on:** April 10, 2015, 10:45:11 am »

Steeple meanwhile, felt as though he too should have some sort of internal monolog, but was unfortunately drawing a complete blank.

"..." he thought to himself.

Daedalus · « **Reply #984 on:** April 10, 2015, 04:53:57 pm »

How the Fark did this happem.. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. Lucien thought to himself, really pissed off that something that valuable got stolen from right under his nose.

"Ennius, you got any clues on how the Fark it got stolen?" He asked his servant, as he wanders the scene of the crime with Heightened senses (smelling.)

Sethaniel · « **Reply #985 on:** April 11, 2015, 10:12:29 am »

Kiril speaks privately with Carinus. "It's clear the thief is one of my supposed allies. I fail to see the point in wasting time trying to determining which.
The thief no doubt had insight into each of our respective abilities of detection, along with weeks to proof his plan against investigation.

From now on I want you and Sherazhina to be on your guard around all of them.
Their servants, too, obviously.
None of them can be trusted."

He then departs to handle whatever necessary arrangements need to be made for their sire's arrival.

Drakilian · « **Reply #986 on:** April 11, 2015, 12:44:13 pm »

Lucien similarly does not detect any special scent.

"I'm not sure Lucien." Ennius shrugs back.

"Does it really matter? We have copies."

Drakilian · « **Reply #987 on:** April 11, 2015, 02:30:57 pm »

Before Kiril leaves, Carinus takes the time to make one suggestion:

"Whoever took the translation key did not take it outside of that room. I would have noticed that door opening."

Forge · « **Reply #988 on:** April 11, 2015, 02:44:15 pm »

"Items can be changed or hidden with powers, nosferatu can make objects absent from the mind while others can change objects or hide them within the earth. One of us may be betraying us, under an effect like domination or there may be more to the room than we know"

Drakilian · « **Reply #989 on:** April 11, 2015, 02:47:59 pm »

Carinus raises an eyebrow.

"The only Nosferatu we've met who could be so skilled is the master Zelios. Do you truly believe he would stoop so low as to steal the key? He's the one who counseled you not to give it to him as payment."

Forge · « **Reply #990 on:** April 11, 2015, 02:59:56 pm »

"Nosferatu was simply one option I mentioned, it would be more suspicious if I withheld information when it was needed. It is highly doubtful that it was zelios though as if he wanted it he could have accepted it at any time or simply taken it by force I have no doubt. I lean more toward my other two point, betrayal or some form of mind control. Does Mica have that ability?"

Sethaniel · « **Reply #991 on:** April 11, 2015, 03:42:51 pm »

Kiril sighs and adds a comment.

"Or the key is still in the room, and we cannot perceive it; or it was stolen days or weeks before, and we only thought it was in the room.

My point remains- we are not likely to uncover the culprit."

Not Aman · « **Reply #992 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:17:28 pm »

Anton looks around, annoyed.
"Whoever stole it betrayed our trust, which is to be expected from us cursed. It is not the value of the translation that matters, for it is worthless, but the value of the gold. I expect the one who did it to confess immediately. Otherwise I will be required to elucidate the information through means I would rather not use."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #993 on:** April 11, 2015, 08:33:45 pm »

"Who is dead?" Steeple asks.

"Zelios said they would kill for the key."

Not Aman · « **Reply #994 on:** April 12, 2015, 08:05:52 am »

"So will no one admit?" Anton asks

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #995 on:** April 12, 2015, 09:01:11 am »

"Too bad no one is dead," Steeple laments, "then I could have spoken to them directly and asked who did it..."

Then, thinking a moment, Steeple replies to Anton's previous statement - "Let's not let this divide us against ourselves, for that would only give us right into the hands of those already proven against us."

"Remember that someone was trying to stop us. Then Myca (what's his name) conveniently showed up to 'save' us (for the price of being in his debt). The wolf girl is still out there looking for one of us. We never found out who or why the graves had been robbed. Now this..."

"Perhaps this is the very purpose of taking it, beyond its gold value - to further drive us apart infighting."

"I say it isn't worth it."

"We don't really need its gold value (which we would be fools to try to get out of it - as pointed out by the Viking dude)."

"And we have copies of the key, so we lose nothing not having the original (other than some other fiend now has that knowledge too)."

"Or the key is still hidden in here with us; In which case, we either just search for it, or simply make sure that it doesn't leave."

Not Aman · « **Reply #996 on:** April 12, 2015, 09:28:45 am »

Anton shakes his head.
"Myca has been gone for a long time, and already holds us hostage with that ring. And the wolf girl seemed only interested in the knight Lucien holds in retinue. The perpetrator is likely one of us, and, due to our curse, it is very easy to discover the truth."

"We shall convene in an hour, after which Kiril's servant and Sylvian can conduct an investigation of our character. During this, the thief may return the gold to Lucien's hidden location without being exposed. After said hour, however, the thief will be exposed, and we will know who can not be trusted, if any of us."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #997 on:** April 12, 2015, 01:59:14 pm »

"Fine," Steeple replies, "But in the event that the key doesn't show, we should enquire of our servants."

"As they are the only ones that could have taken it out into the daylight while we slept - they would have been privy to any schemes of their master (or seen something perhaps). Let's just ask them if they were commanded to remove it (and by who)."

"And if none of them; then it had to have been an outside job."

Not Aman · « **Reply #998 on:** April 12, 2015, 02:19:37 pm »

Anton shakes his head.
"It would be swifter, but there are issues with this. There are other ways to steal from us, without a servant knowing. We shall dominate the servants. Sylvian can 'convince' us if the theif is still not found."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #999 on:** April 12, 2015, 02:33:20 pm »

"What do you mean by that last part?" Steeple questions with a raised eyebrow.

"Do you suggest we allow each other to molest our own minds and will?!?"

"What a positively unseemly idea!"

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