Tangris Bjornsson |
How about this for your and my last entry:
"Undercity Blues"
When an errant were-goat gets involved with a drug dealer who turns up murdered, he stumbles into the supernatural underground railroad, meeting a soldier with a past who just wants to be left alone. But can a soldier and a goat survive when a White Court vampire decides to turn the underground railroad into his own personal feeding grounds?
DSXMachina |
That's brilliant, Tangris. I think that'd work perfectly. That you were in the seedy Soho district where many a White Court Vamp would get their kicks.
And it links up into the current storyline; so maybe Tangris has moved up north to look further into the Drug-Dealers past...
Tilnar |
Apologies everyone for my slow posting -- the unburying from work and what not has taken precedence over unburying from online games. I promise you'll have your usual fire-hearted Kenneth back this weekend.
Tilnar |
Just for the bookkeeping, I'm assuming Kenneth's in formal dress again, so he'll have his potions in his sporran, and he'll be wearing his new (open-handed archer's) gauntlet. After last time, he's also carrying a summon-sword potion (leaving only 1 empty slot).
Technically, he's got 1 more focus item slot to fill which I'm still thinking about -- I don't want to have items replace his spells (which is why I've been having them be his primary offensive things) -- but that gets tricky when your magic is limited as his is.
[Did I mention I broke down and took refinement with his earned refresh?]
Tilnar |
Thanks, Rags.
Some day, I'll find the real Brigid's Bow, but I thought this gauntlet should fill in nicely in the meantime -- and I didn't want to risk being seen while summoning my sword.
I figure Sal and Tangris can make sure that he doesn't get a chance to raise an alarm.
Ragadolf |
Update,
Mrs Ragadolf is home now, sans 1 kidney. She will be fine, (and is already walking around, like the doctor told her too) she'll need 2-3 weeks healing and all will be well.
Thank you all for the well-wishes, they were and are appreciated.
I, On the other hand, am about 1 thread short of snapping right now, ;P
RL continues to kick my heinie. I'll keep up as best I can, but ask forgiveness in advance if I simply do not post for a couple of days.
;/
DSXMachina |
Danny, so true about the ice point. Although it's got a ton better in bars & restaurants, especially with cocktails (& unfortunately with beers - bah cold beer, just to conceal the taste).
But as happened on Sunday's D&D game:
US Player: "GM, could I have ice in my soda? You know I always have ice."
GM: "Yeah, I've got some specially for you."
Ragadolf |
Heheh,...
Yeah, I would hope that the touristy areas at least would have gotten better about it, if just because you want to pander to your paying tourists.
;)
And agree about the beer, the only thing worse than Cold beer is WARM beer! Bleech! ;P
Yeah, when I eventually make my way back over the pond, I'm going cider shopping! And probably enjoy a few good wines. :D
Tilnar |
I think so -- Molly (and all of Ken's sisters) are older than he is -- and she took after their father -- both in terms of the serious hard-worker type and the addictive aspect of their personality.
Kenneth never really quite got on with his sisters, partially because of the age gap and partially because they took after dad, who he never really got on with -- and so he was the "black sheep" of the family -- and Molly (more than any of them) blamed Kenneth for not having a better relationship with the old man when he died.
And then, of course, Molly's hard-working addict ways led her from the more standard cocaine addictions that get to high-pressure professionals into vamp venom.
During their last encounter (with Trip), Kenneth would have tried to get his sister clean -- but didn't go all flaming sword and vampire hacking in front of her. He may have tried to slip her a potion, but I don't think he would have revealed his abilities (at partially because she [like Dad] never much cared for the tales of the old ways). Which isn't to say that she wouldn't have heard from the vamps that got away, or suspected in the first place.
Still, while it's a complicated relationship, there's no hatred -- Molly (assuming she's got her own mind) -- generally thinks she knows what's best (stubbornly so -- and add in an addict's certainty, at least when she was hooked) and would want to direct her little brother away from "wasting his life" -- she's the older sister, after all. At the same time, she probably has a hard time thinking of Kenneth as a Warrior-Bard, and would be more likely to think of him as little schoolboy he was when she went off to university -- or as the slacker who dropped out to tour with his band.
So -- yeah -- long story short, I think that works so far. :)
Tilnar |
I was tempted to self-tap to get a FP for the comment about my girl -- it's the issue with being a "romantic" in the old sense of the word.
Then again, if I'm ever really hosed, the nice thing about sponsored magic is that I can (potentially) take FP debts to Brigid.