Edward keeps his eye patch in place and bows considerately for anyone who wants to go ahead of him.
"Right this way step right up...."
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Edward adjusts his eye patch..... "Not a one." He laughs lightly and smiles.....
Edouard knows that the torches will destroy any night sight he has, and pulls a patch over one eye so as to preserve night vision in the event of sudden changes, it is an old pirate trick though the differences among pirates and gypsies has been debated by no one. "Is this the way we are going to do this?"
Edourard picks his way down the riverbank carefully looking for any difficult areas... He assumes that the leaders of the troupe are well enough prepared.... Perception + tracking
"Maybe a promise of some future considerations will be enough."
"Is that the tradition of the domain?"
"Is anyone on good terms with the sheriff?" "Pretty sure I am low on her priorities."
Intelligence + politics
Edouards mind spins to comprehend this system and how it functions.... "Perhaps a prisoner already condemned, thus the death is already just?"
"I was most certain I would get blamed one way or another for something." "There is more than one vagrant about, I would say older the younger are due much charity from the orders."
"It is my experience that the ones who lose often receive the blame, as the winners tell the tale."
@Bertrand
Edward takes the order of his namesake offering Betrand a hand as he does so... "No need to be associated with trouble."
Edward watches the events unfolding, until Vito invokes a new magic, that draws his interest not knowing at all what is intended....... Perception + Alertness
"I have much to learn."
Edouard moves out of the way as well "I hope that this is not expected of us lowly clans, I would so hate to have to kill you Bertrand should you offer some offense, whether real or imagined...." "Or should one of the puppets command my death at your hands..." Edouard looks on and smiles still trying to process the exchange that lead to this point....
"I would prefer to deal with one than the whole lot of them...an animals might work."
"The one I met preferred those who sought recluse from men, he wanted to feed upon the orphan children but I would not agree. Drunks and vagrants seem fine."
Edouard pauses and looks back and forth among those with him. He waits to hear which options are selcted. After a pause he finally pipes in.... "So our course is...."
"Deep below I met a nosferatu he taught me the sight to look beyond the veil. He once slept below my cave from which the sheriff brought me." "I helped him to feed, in trade."
What I am seeing in the game thread is that Edward and Lachland (possibly Vito) (who are trying to watch and ward) and following the orders as given. Are being challenged by Bertrand to gather additional information. Edouard being a scholar concept is all for collecting shreds of evidence and lore so that he can make intuitive connections. It looks like it could come down to either
All in all a great role-play opportunity!
Edouard applies his hearth wisdom to assist Bertrands cause. "Indeed it is said among my people that the rat sees the serpent, and the serpent sees the rat as both live in the same circle." DM Spoiler: lets assume my occult knowledge is primarily about the rom and magic and hearth wisdom is more about the other things.
Perception + hearthwisdom/occult
DM Spoiler: I had written a nosferatu into my back-story, he is supposed to live in the area where I was "summoned" from, only deeper into the darkness. Is this an option or was that too far from York proper?
Edward being most abscent minded, could not recall when last he fed, so of course he filled hiumself using more than one of the herd. "That's better, I should remember when I do that and track it some way...." Edward shrugs his shoulders as if somehow blood was not the very essence of his existance.... "I might know of a nesferatu here in York, I met one way deep in the catacombs below the city. Not sure if you can get there, your a bit big to get there the way I know, but maybe I could see if he could come up and speak with us."
Edward tilts his head to the side listening as an animal might.... Perception + empathy
Edward smiles once at the Baron remembering his kindness and adds to Bertrand..... "Yes an audience for puppet shows, that is well."
I just put that in the gamethread as a spoiler. Weird timing.
"My Lord Baron, I admit I have much confusion of what is correct and I am in need of someone to teach and admonish me in the proper ways." DM Spoiler: I think Edward of York volunteered for this...
Maybe we should use "Trebaol" to reference this PC. Maybe cut back on any confusion.... Of course if we are captured....
Edouard is wondering what lineages there are as well as what makes each one different. Similarities and differences. almost inaudibly he hums to himself....
He then blushes slightly....
Edward turned the idea of Setites over in his mind some group of ...what was the word...kindred, yes thats it, who follow a heathen god of some sort. Edward tucked this information into his mind and waited for a chance to ask one of the others for clarity.
Edward does himself a favor and bows deeply at the waist....
"My life is not my own."
"Pageantry and show, but which is real and which is the masquerade?" Edward smiles to himself, wondering which truth it is.....
Perception + Alertness
P&P
"Sometimes I forget to eat or when I last did so..." Edward points at his head... "Way too much swirling around...." He notches the intensity of the light illusion up a little more in the general vicinity, though the light seems to be coming from everywhere at once.....
"Sorry I thought you were just hanging back an didn't have anyone to talk to.."
Edward adjusts the intensity of the illumination subtly increasing the lighted area around himself, but not too obvious as the light appears to be coming from everywhere rather than a certain point.
I am not sure if I can counter the darkness through chimistry or not, that will be up to the DM of course.......
Edward begins to say something as he notices the dimming of the lights in the area around Vito..... He then remembers something about high and low clans and not remembering if Lasombra is or is not defers to Edward with a hand wave. At the same time he attempts to use the illusion created by Chemistry to keep the area in a normal state of illumination......
"I am not sure who he is....." Looks at Vito....
Edward may assume (being ignorant of a lot) that this occurs every evening. I know bad assumption on his part... ; )
Either way is fine with me...
Edward offers a bow and heads away.... As he looks around the room he decides that it's a bit odd for an individual to be present but also avoiding the interaction...... Edward approachs Vito...
Edward is torn between the coversation overheard and the magic witnessed. Eventually he approaches the man who had produced the flame..... "Excuse me please, the flames you made were they real?"
Perception + alertness
Edward coughs once...... Edward makes a mental note of the flames produced and it reminds him of his father, then he wonders if the flames were real or illusions like he can make.....
Having heard the knight introduce himself, and some talk of proper etiqutte, Edouard places himself into the periferal vision of both Edward of York and Sir Lachland Wemyss. There he waits for one or both of them to address him.
That would have made my flaw incomplete understanding into a fatal flaw. ; )
Edward turns to Bertand..... "So are we free to speak with anyone or do we wait to be spoken to?....or are we free only to speak to each other or others who are of low clans?" Edward scratches his head seemingly perplexed by it all.
Any opinions on whether or not I was "over the top" with the gypsy terminology for vampires, embrace, ect? I was trying to show that Edward knows, but is unaware of the proper lexicon. Thus his need to be educated in the ways.
Perception + empathy
Edward makes no further action.....
Charisma plus zero
"My Lord Baron, I have not the lexicon nor etiquette to give proper accounting of myself and instead beg your indulgences. The ring and letter were both delivered to me offering little information. I cannot authenticate or guess the writers purpose." "If I am of worth I am unaware of it, ask the letter sender before you decide." Edward flushes blood rushing to the surface of his skin for a few moments he appears nearly alive, then he collapses on the floor.....
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