Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
You manage to retain control over yourself but the mere glance of the sun is enough to almost make your dead heart beat.
You glance around and find Alyssa slumped down in the doorway of the closet. Going to her you find her merely sleeping, it seems she was able to resist the call of the day no longer. You know you cannot go meet with Dominic right now as the patio is in full daylight.
Smoke starts pouring off Onfroi's body as the aggravated damage pours on him! He is really motivated now and goes through the next wall like a mad man!
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
Onfroi avoids the Knights who look up to see a hole in the wall, before they can react you are through the next wall!
Luckily, this room is empty, unluckily, the Knights are quite thorough in their work and a window is once more broken out...
You ignore the screaming behind you, calling for assistance to bring you down.
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
Alessandro lifts his beloved and lays her as comfortably as possible inside the oversized walk-in closet. An extra duvet, just in case. The closet being an interior room with no windows.
Dressing, he reaches for his blade. And, ringing a bell... he summon's Galeel.
Venice by Day
Onfroi hangs on to his mind like a vice rushing through the next wall and into the fire place
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
Alyssa does not stir when you place her down into the closet and under covers.
Galeel enters the room opening the door only as wide as necessary to enter your room.
"Alessandro! How are you awake?" he blurts out in a shockingly non-formal statement. He must be very surprised indeed!
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
You resist the sunlight once more crashing into the main room, blessedly, the windows of this room are not smashed out. However, standing in the room are three Knights who wear insignia denoting that they are leaders where the rest you encountered were not.
At their feet are two more staked Cainites. They stand between you and the fireplace. One nods to you, "You cannot hide from God's light creature... Surrender and we shall spare you the sun's rays. Fight and we shall drag you out before the majesty of the Light of God!"
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
Dominic was here, in this room... is he on the patio, now? Alessandro moves the blade point away from Galeel. His voice is even, he's curious rather than angry.
Please prepare the study, I will receive guests there. The study was a windowless room, and Galeel knew that Alessandro preferred reading by lamp-light. He also knew that the path to the study and the adjacent rooms would need to be shuttered and curtains drawn closed.
I do not trust this day, have the staff on high alert.
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
Galeel appears genuinely shocked, "That slippery Venetian Bastard! He snuck into the House to have an audience with you directly!" His shock turns to rage at realizing how much of a violation this is. He nods, "I will alert our guards as well as the guards of your Lady.... to walk the halls we will need to cover you in many wrappings, while that room in sun proof, the halls of the house are not. I shall have every window covered in the meantime!"
He exits the room and begins barking orders.
You sit, awaiting his return and your eyes grow droopy from day fatigue.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
Knight 1 -
Knight 2 -
Miss Chance - 50%
Knight Sword Attack -
Damage
Combat - Round 1
Knight
Onfroi
Leader Knight & Knight 2
The Knight to the Leaders right steps forward and swing at your general vicinity and manages to hit!
Onfroi takes off his knights ring and tosses it at the leader saying who are you to judge? I stood at the tower of Tancred and took the oath to St Lazarus two hundred years before you were born! You think you do not owe me courtesy or honor?! What makes my curse so different from leprosy? You are not at the right hand of our Lord as judge and you will never be!
If the fire in the main fireplace is out (and words are free actions) Onfroi will use celerity to move around them and go down the fireplace toward the privy (unless the leader grants him knightly succor)
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
Moving so swiftly that the other Knights cannot stop you, you run into and slide down the chimney.
You are covered in soot and ash as you step out into the main room, the privy is to the right from here down a small hallway. Again, these windows are not broken out. However, standing before you is what must be the Lord Commander of these Knights along with four of his bodyguards.
He, as could the other, clearly sees you, "The Light of God is with us Fiend. Most of your allies have fallen. Surrender and we shall do what we can to shepherd your soul to the Lord...
Wait.. I see you now, you are like the other. Forsaken in the eyes of God!"
He raises his hand and a bright light flashes, suddenly, you see your powers of Obfuscate melt away as you become visible to all. Around this one you now see a Holy Aura.
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
You remain awake even though exhausted. Several minutes later Galeel returns perhaps even more agitated than when he left.
"Dominic has fled, he is not on the grounds. I would search for him but the city is in chaos today. A coup attempt against the Doge was thwarted last night..."
He sighs, "Tell me what you would have me do?"
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
Lord Commander
Knight 1 -
Knight 2 -
Knight 3 -
Knight 4 -
Lord Commander DC 7 - HIT
Damage
Fast as you are, the Lord Commander steps into the fray before even your quick reflexes can move you out of harms way. The sword smashes into your left should and it burns as hot a the Sun!
[Made it with a success![/ooc]
Onfroi sees burning sun glance off his shoulder and stays on his feet as the leader brandishes his sword and the competitor in him grabs on to his mind driving him forward and on and he rolls under the swing not having struck at a single knight saying as he jumps down the privy into the darkness
remember, I did not strike any of my fellow knights, I asked for succor, and was denied it. You will answer for your actions!
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
Winnowing Inn -
You land quite literally in a large pile of s~!%. However, the sun's rays will not harm you here and you doubt that the Knights will follow.
As you stand to move on from these tunnels to some Nosferatu warrens that you suspect are connected you heave the voice of the Lord Commander above.
"Fiend, I appreciate your sense of honor but you must know that by your very nature the Lord has turned his gaze from you! Climb back up and surrender and we shall find a way to restore you to what and who you were. Fail to do so and you can exact no further mercy. God Wills It!"
Onfroi will wander a bit and then making sure he simply stops quite lost and he will find a side spot to hide himself in pulling away part of a wall using potence and then putting up the wall of the sewer and resting there in that stone hole
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 3:49 PM
the Cisterns of Venice -
Disoriented and in an area that is not familiar to you, you find yourself nearly singed by the suns rays a few times as you come close to surfacing. The connection here are not the same as those you visited in the Northern cities on errands to the Nosferatu warrens for your Toreador Masters.
Finally, singed and worn out you collapse hiding as best you can and hoping that the Knights do not attempt to follow you down...
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:06 PM
House Khadaji -
Alessandro considers options.
Dawn prayers are over. I shall take Alyssa to the mosque, via the underground tunnel. He... shall show me the way.
He sighs, Tell no one. Say I have left the house on personal business. It is the truth.
Please assure the path is clear.
Venice by Day - Tuesday - April 1, 1309 - 1:46 PM
House Khadaji -
After a few minutes the path is clear and you withdraw to a safe location underground.
The sun sets on this long day and the denizens of the night rise to find a whole new world, for some, the changes are most certainly not an improvement...
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Lido -
You rise in your bed to find the room to your door ajar. Odd...
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Salubri Stronghold -
You rise to find Andrew watching you intently, "Good morning Sir Geoffroi. If a err ready, tis time ta' rise.
Eer Sire being gone leaves me disquiet. Me encounter last night leaves me disturbed. Worse yet, I cannae ask ya fer advice as ya look to me fer leadership.
I believe we should go ta Elysium an introduce yerself formally ta the Prince. Then I will ask fer his blessing ta' search the House o' Giovanni. Unless there's a pressin' matter ta' which ye must attend prior? I know havin' just crossed over can be bewildering o' first light".
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
A Plot of Grass in Venice -
Despite not being able to see your surroundings, you can feel that the day has finally gone and the night has arrived.
What is clear is that you were a witness and a participant to the death of an Elder who has... had ruled this city since its inception. The power vacuum will be significant, almost as significant as the fall of Constantinople you heard about a century ago.
What is not clear is whether you will be able to rise without witnesses.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Prince Narses Elysium -
Your eyes flicker open and you wake up.
You hear a hoarse screaming coming from somewhere down here.
Your understanding is that there is no way in or out without shadow walking.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Lido -
Finding the room open, Franz tries to remember the early morning, when he went to rest.
Maybe one of the girls entered during the day? Or someone tried to raise me for a matter of importance? Or because it's already night? It is disrespectful to leave the door ajar, but not unreasonable.Franz rose, dressed, then left the room, deciding to first check with his manservant to see if there were any matters of urgency. He could have 'breakfast' with one of the maid girls later.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
La Serenata Notturna, the Night's Serenade -
Night arrives and you sit up in bed finding the lamps lit low and your wife getting dressed for your dinner appointment this night. She turns to you, "My Love, this is s dangerous ides is it not, perhaps I should go and make excuses as to why you are not present".
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Tunnels Beneath the Mosque -
You wake with Alyssa in your arms. She begins to stir as well. She sits up, "My Love. Where are we and how did we get here?"
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
La Serenata Notturna, the Night's Serenade -
Night arrives and you sit up in bed finding the lamps lit low and your wife getting dressed for your dinner appointment this night. She turns to you, "My Love, this is s dangerous ides is it not, perhaps I should go and make excuses as to why you are not present".
"Dangerous if I do go, dangerous if I do not," He sighs thinking of the Prince's warnings. "What if I am dragged yet another night? what if you run into one of my ..kindred types? You are strong, my wife, and bright and fierce but there are forces out there that pull the strings on kings and would make the Devil himself back away in caution."
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
the Cisterns of Venice -
Your body aches and wakes you. Then sun has burned you and you are still injured from its effects. You slowly shift out of the small section of the wall you managed to wedge yourself into.
Luckily you were not disturbed as you slept. You must wonder though, what happened to the Prince and who were all of those Cainites present in the Inn? You had never seen nor met any on prior visits. Perhaps the greatest question is, how did these zealots know to hunt there!?
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
You all wake finding yourselves still paralyzed by a stake with a hood over your heads and what feel like manacles binding your feet and wrists.
Some of the little precious blood you have left is fueled to wake you. You hear the sound of voices...
...know what you are talking about! I'm not a fiend, I'm a Cainite. Not the same thing!
Jeez.
You holy men aren't so well read eh? Maybe bring in some sort of Monk to speak with me instead!" Sounds like the Malkavian Lutz von Hohenzollern.
"SILENCE FIEND. Else I shall douse you again. Tell me your name and where the rest of your kind hide in this city. Do this and we shall look for a way to cure you or at least slay you swiftly".
It seems you are not the only ones who have been caught up in this net of Knightly assailants.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
Unable to do much of anything, being staked and all, Lorenzo activates his heightened senses to try and learn what he can about his current surroundings and situation.
April 1st, Venice by Night
Onfroi drags himself from the wall and heals himself of the damage done by the sun spending the precious resource of blood. The hunters knew where he was, what else do they know? Onfroi will use obfuscate to vanish once more and find a way back up into the city of Venice and start by investigating where the nosferatu had been staying.
Bernardo slides up out of the dirt and dusts himself off looking around. He has no place to go to in particular. Return to Padua is out of the question. Perhaps here in this chaos he can make a home. He needs to find and back a new prince here. Who is kingmaker? The primogen and harpies. Yet there are older vampires here now along with the hunters he heard...
Bernardo keeps a close eye for any hunters and will make his way to a place he can watch the princes domain from in safety
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Salubri Stronghold -
I believe we should go ta Elysium an introduce yerself formally ta the Prince. Then I will ask fer his blessing ta' search the House o' Giovanni. Unless there's a pressin' matter ta' which ye must attend prior? I know havin' just crossed over can be bewildering o' first light".[/b]
Geoffroi clutches his stomach as a wave of ravenous hunger washes over him
“I will do as you deem proper, Sir Andrew. But as for needs, I feel an overwhelming hunger. Can we eat before I meet this prince?”
He frowns, his sluggish brain distracted by the waves of hunger
“Isn’t Venice a republic? Do you mean the Doge?”
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Lido -
As you head through the house you find your Manservant seated at the dining room table along with the girls. They appear to have just finished a delicious meal.
He stands and bows, "My Lord
I am sorry I did not wake you. I thought you to be dead tired after the events of the day considering how impossible it was to rouse you from your slumber".
The girls also stand and curtsey, they are all now well cleaned, groomed, and dressed.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
La Serenata Notturna, the Night's Serenade -
She sighs and grins, "I know, I just think the danger is in you losing control there, right in front of the Doge himself!"
Very well my Love. I shall get myself prepared".
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
Despite your current dilemma Lorenzo, you realize that your more passive abilities do indeed still function. Your skin is still empowered by Fortitude, sense still sharp though you cannot actively use greater powers nor can you move or speak.
The room is rather large. The stench of death is string down here, several Cainites are here with you, you surmise from that stench. There are at least six Knights down here as well, breathing labored. It seems that they are a bit nervous surrounded by so many of you, even if all immobile.
"Oh all right" the voice responds, "I am Lutz von Hohenzollern not that it would mean anything to you me being dead so long and all. Do you REALLY think you can turn me human again, wouldn't I just die anyway since I'm so old?
I mean...."
The sound of the voice is cut off suddenly and you hear the sound of a rigid body hit the floor.
"Laurent, this one is afflicted by madness. Shall we simply destroy him?"
"No Freeman, that is for the Judge Inquisitor to decide, not I".
Bind the hands and cover the eyes of the next one and we shall speak with him".[/b]
Suddenly you find you hands pulled behind your back with heavy rope and manacles. Your hood is removed and your eyes are covered. While it is rather dark down here, even with the torchlight a quick scan of the room reveals more than a dozen Cainites staked and placed against slabs tied at at angle t the wall! It seems these Holy Knights were quite successful last night indeed.
From that brief glance you recognize, Vitaliano da Riva, Michele Querini, Lutz (who is indeed once again staked), Antione le Fanu, Sister Maria, Sir Dunstan Fuller, Giovanni Dal'este, Cantor, Victor la Rouche, Lydia, and several other Cainites you have absolutely no recognition of.
All six Knights now attend to you, heavily armed and armored.
Then a blindfold is slipped over your eyes and you are wrapped in yet another set of heavy chains. Finally, the stake is removed from your chest.
"Fiend, perhaps you are more inclined to speak with us and answer our questions!" another of the Knights bellows.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Ca Formosa -
After waking and healing you find another way out from the depths than the way in from the Winnowing Inn.
It takes some time to reach the Inn where you and your Sire were staying as most of the other Nosferatu of the city already dwell here as permanent residents.
The streets are unusually quiet tonight, it seems all residents after the flurry of activity over the psst several weeks have decided to give this night a rest. The streets are wet from yesterdays rain fall and likely an earlier shower this evening but the temperature is generally mild.
This place is now occupied by the forces of the Doge! All of the vessels which once fed you are gone. You see the front door was kicked in but see little else past the Doge's goons.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Prince Narses Elysium -
The streets are dead, it is as if the Mortals all took the night off, they themselves knew how consequential the night before was and rest now to contemplate its implications.
You ... remember ... that this domain has no Counsel of Elders and no Court of hen Peckers to speak of. The city IS, or was, Narses.
You find a Gondola but no driver. After some time you are able to ... remember ... the way to Elysium and guide yourself to teh area where Narses stronghold is, was. The area is unique, you can watch from across the way but as it is a small island within the island, it will be difficult to approach without being seen, if there is anyone there watching at any rate.
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Salubri Stronghold -
"Aye, it's a Republic. Tha' Prince is tha' head o' err kind. I never did meet tha' Doge as a Mortal 'spite tha' fact that I was here as a Diplomatic mission from tha' highlands". He stands up and stretches despite the fact that he no longer needs to.
"Fer us ta' feed we need ta' find those more willin' ta serve err needs, err we need ta' feed off o' tha' wicked. Willing err Wicked, which do ya' prefer ferst?"
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
"Perhaps." Lorenzo responds. "But if it were conversation you were after, there are simpler ways than barging into someone's home and taking them captive."
Thinking briefly about the dire nature of his situation, Lorenzo asks in a calm, cold voice, "What questions do you have?"
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
The Salubri Stronghold - Willing err Wicked, which do ya' prefer ferst?"[/b]
Geoffroi is momentarily puzzled. Then his foggy brain suddenly reminds him of his current situation
“Ah. Yes. Blood “
He ponders
“Wicked I suppose? Unless willing is better for us”
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
"Barging into your home?
You are an unnatural creature and thus your right to property if forfeit the day you die, it is the Law in Venice. Your kind feed from the living to sustain your existence, what questions could a living man have for you without your Demonic forces overpowering the will of man?
But salvation is not out of reach.
If we believed it were better to put you to the flames or the sun.
Now, tell us true your name and when you were afflicted".
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Venetian Port -
"Ah prefer tha' wicked meself. I aid the Mortal by ridding him o' my own unnatural hunger as well as removing a predator from his own kind".
You both climb the ladder and get onto the small rowboat heading back to shore. This night is quiet, the waters calm unlike last night, rainy dark skies and choppy waters.
You put in on the docks and can see a patrol of the Doge's men walking the wharf. They spot you both and approach.
"Hail Signore's from what vessel do you enter the port?"
Andrew stays silent, giving you a chance to respond, a test of sorts perhaps?
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Somewhere Not Safe -
Lorenzo lets out a sigh. "Why does my name matter to you? As to your second question, not all that long ago - by anyone's standards."
"You all really need to decide what it is you want to do. One thinks I may be more inclined to answer your questions, while another asks 'What questions could a living man have' for me. Furthermore, I never claimed to own the Mausoleum. That would be the Giovanni family, I simply said it was my home. As to my feeding habits, I do drink blood, but why bother the living when there are so many in a mausoleum who no longer require it?"
Pausing a moment he adds, "So what is it to be, asking me questions, or should no living man seek to ask questions of me?"
Pulling lightly against chains before stopping, he says, "It would seem you have never heard the old adage about flies, honey, and vinegar."
Venice by Night - Tuesday - April 1, 1309
Prince Narses Elysium -
Your eyes flicker open and you wake up.
You hear a hoarse screaming coming from somewhere down here.
Your understanding is that there is no way in or out without shadow walking.
Tassilo quietly rises from his slumber and draws his rapier...cautiously he moves to investigate the screaming...