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Jack raises an eyebrow at the bouncers rebuff, a little put off by it. Why wasn't he on the list? Surely Tim would have called ahead, made sure the queen knew he was coming? Or would he? Suddenly Jack grins at the bouncer, his mirth seems genuine. 'Heh! H wouldn't! ... Would he? ...' Shrugging sheepishly he gives the bouncer his full name, Francis Jacinto Smith, asking him to look again. As the bouncer gives him the glare Jack starts chatting away at him, smiling casually, never fully meeting his eyes. "Busy night heh? You'd think the Nine Inch Nails were back from the dead and playing here tonight, heh! The line must reach over a block. I've never been here myself, first time to see the queen, I'm new to the 'crowd' if you catch my drift, barely a month since I've been back in Pendros. I grew up here though, in the University suburbs. My daddy used to drive trucks around there, drunken bastard though. Can't figure out why they let the f#!%er drive though, never stood up straight when he was home anyway..."
Majesty was the Awe function, Presence (3) + Majesty (1) + Expression (1) for 5 dice. I was hoping I'd get a bonus on the persuasion check by 'turning on the charm' but now I realize I'll probably get staked for using disciplines in Elysium... The persuasion was an oratory check, Presence (3) + Persuasion (1) for 4 dice. I put the question mark after oratory there because frankly, I'm not sure what I'm doing to persuade those guys to let me in. Maybe it should have been fast-talk? Or no roll at all with the name dropping? I dunno, maybe I should have asked before rolling?
"Alright then, look forward to meting you Richard. Bye, bye." Jack sounds distracted when he says goodbye and hangs up the phone. 'Time too see if the geezers name carries any weight here.' he muses as he puts his phone away and makes his way to the entrance. 'Time to turn on the charm.'
Walking past the row of people standing in line Jack purposefully ignores them and focuses his gaze on the doormen blocking the way to the queens haven. Walking up to them he gives his most businesslike demeanor. "Jack Smith by Tim Noble to see the Queen." he says simply looking the doorman square in the eye.
Cool :) I was getting afraid I might have over-shoot the mark. First impressions and all that.
Did I say something wrong?
The streetlights flashed by one by one as Jack stared out the window from the back of a dirty black and yellow jimmy-cab making it's way to club V. The lights were off and ambient music played on the internal speaker, music Jack knew would have been called 'elevator music' back by the turn of the millennium, and would irritate people to no end but now went under the term 'Jive' and people just ignored it, music designed to distract you and lull your senses, making you more open to whatever the f##! the blather of whatever advertisement the corporations were blasting you with at any given moment. 'F!@~ing P-R. Feed people s+&+ for long enough and they'll end up believing it's food and thank you for it.' he thought scornfully, looking out at the mass of people dressed for partying making their way through the night as the cab wound it's way down street after street on it's way from Tim Noble's haven in the University District toward the Queen B#*!+es' Club, as Noble dubbed it. Club V... Jack was on his way to meet the Queen, he was going to present himself to the court. The thought sent a shiver down Jack's spine, making him draw in an deep breath, filling his lungs instinctively with air. 'Air.' Jack though, realizing what he was doing. 'Another thing I don't need anymore.' Breathing out he frowns at the taste of the cabs air on his senses, vomit, piss, sweat and blood covered up by cheap air-fresheners. The taste of Pendros. Corruption, human waste and excess. Why the f#~& did I come back to this place?' But Tim said it was time. And what Tim said, Jack did. The call from Tim had come first thing after sundown, Jack had woken up to the overwhelming desire to see his sire, the feeling was so strong he nearly ran out the door without dressing but Jack had felt it before, Tim Noble was Summoning him through the blood. Jack had felt it before but not so intensely, this was important, urgent. Throwing on his clothes he had hurried out to meet his sires' call. Tim Noble's haven was a bar bearing the inspired name 'The Watering Hole' and looking like it's designer had stolen the blueprints from a 1970's spaghetti western saloon. When Jack had first seen it he half expected to see waiters dressed in sombreros and spurs milling about chewing tobacco, the last thing he expected was to he turned into a vampire there. 'A f+*@ing vampire' Jack still had a hard time believing he was one, it all sounded too... sci-fie? He didn't know what to call it, it was all just so strange he'd though when he walked in through the texan style swinging doors of the bar. Tim Noble had sat haunched over at his customary place in a high stool by the bar, fingering a shot glass and looking dreamily at a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey. The TV was on as always, running a news reel. 'The news?' Jack had thought, shocked to see Tim listening to what he himself called 'The Queen's S%~$ Spitters'. 'If it's important, it won't make the news.' Tim had told him one night, scoffing at Jack's need to watch them. 'You ever see a vampire on there? No, didn't think so. The news don't show whats really happening. If it did then someone somewhere seriously f@~#ed up.' So why was he watching it now? Making his way to his sire Jack kept one eye on the news as he nodded to the barkeep, earning a cold beer for his efforts, and greeting his sire. "Tim." He said by way of greeting, staring over the bar and fingering his beer. "What's up?" ...the light will shine... ... new schools of thought... ...Who is with me!? How will you create the change of a thousand flowers blooming?... What the f$%# does that even mean?' The image of the vampire princess standing in full daylight giving that speech ran through Jack's mind over and over again on his ride over. 'A vampire. In sunlight!' Jack didn't know what to make of that, it went against everything Tim had tought him in the past month. Every instinct in Jack's body screamed at him that it was fabricated but Tim just shook his head at it. "It's real kid. It's real." he sounded almost sad when he said it, and then he'd sent him to see the Queen... Jack's train of though is interrupted by his phone ringing, coming out of his reverie he stares at the unfamiliar number for a moment before answering. "Hello, my name is Richard. I believe Mister Noble told you to expect my call...?" "Yes.. Ah, hello Mr. Twidwell. Yes, yes I was expecting your call Mr. Twidell." the cab slows to a halt and Jack grunts as he makes his way out onto the street. "May I call you Richard?" he asks as he stares at the line to get into the club. 'F@#%!' "err... listen. I'm down by Club V, Tim sent me to see the queen so... meet me there?"
No thanks :) I think I got it.
Careful you don't go over the word count ;)
What's the difference between a Carthian and a True Carthian?
No worries, I'm still here. Just RL kicking in after easter, been swamped myself, hopefully I'll find the time and energy to type up a background tonight.
And a month it shall be. Hadn't really set my heart on that one, just knew he was fresh.
I'm glad Jack excites you G85 but please, don't apologize. It's your game and you have a right to be adamant when you feel the need for it. Besides, free xp should never be free ;) I updated Jack's profile on obsidian portal per your request but after reading through the section on Carthian in V;tR I have a better idea on a planned future for Jack, I'll update that when I get the chance later this evening and hopefully I can wrap my head around his embrace and such so I can type out a background for him. My timezone is GMT btw. I also read up on the first encounter thing with vampires and now realize the implications of the first dot it protean *grins evilly* Please expect my character to grow as I read more of the setting/rule system. Also I'd like to change Jack's requiem to courtesan if that ok with you. (See goals below). Long-term goals; Force a democratic system on Pendros. (I have to chuckle at the thought of a democratic election system run by evil beasts but Jack's a firm believer). Short-term goals; Get to know the players, form a power base, unify the and enlarge the Carthian movement. I realize that these goals will paint a big bulls-eye on Jack's back (I'm guessing the queen won't go along with it without a few grumbles;) but hey! It's politics.
Goals: They're short because I haven't defined them yet for myself, as it is my goal for Jack, and myself, is learning the game and fitting him and myself into it.
Motivations; That's cool, XP is nice but it's not the ultimate motivator for me, I'd rather get no xp and play a great game than get bought into playing a dull one. A balance between the two is best of course ;)
Adding survival as a motivation sound fair, I'll do that but I expect his motivations to grow as we move along. Residence: I hadn't realized the two were so far apart, is there a suburb in the university district for me to move my house to or should I turn it into something else? He could have sold the house and bought a small apartment, turning the getting back the old house into a goal?
Hey everyone, I'm looking forward to the danse :) I changed Jack's gym to the Cherry Blossom Temple but otherwise I think Jack will stand as he is though, believe it or not, I'm still mulling over his disciplines. Do you guys think I'm overboard with five different ones? They just feel appropriate and since Jack's a fledgling I think it makes sense not to have more than one dot in each, he's just recently been turned after all so I think it makes sense to have his power level low.. @G85, I did that intentionally, making the wiki for the xp, I'll be putting a dot into his haven security (put a padlock on the cellar door at least) and maybe his masquerade/requiem or tutor, I'll run the changes by you of course.
I created a profile on Obsidian Portal, hopes you likes.
Motivations are up, looking into flaws. Edit; I just read up on Behavior Blind and pictured a malkavian with that social flaw. I lol'd :) I leaving flaws alone for Jack though.
btw. I might rethink the disciplines actually, I was thinking about taking a dot in protean and maybe auspex... not sure...
Thank you, that's what I was aiming for :) He's bruja through and through, albeit a learned one, but I'm hoping he'll be intelligent enough to learn the dance. I'm still thinking about his motivations but Tim will play a large part, he'll probably be the father figure Jack never had, I'm thinking his father was a alcoholic who died when Jack was a teen with his mother following a few years later, leaving Jack said house, his childhood home (happy memories mixed with not-so-much happy memories), which he'll inhabit again after the embrace. (Location -, Size ••, Security -), Living room, 2 smallish bedrooms, a small kitchen, a dank cellar which will be Jack's haven and a garage with his fathers out-dated and rusty tools along with the skeleton of a 2008 make Harley Davidson (Which was supposed to be his 16th year old birthday present that never got finished). I'm thinking of moving the house to the poorer parts of the Latino district though, Jack is a 3rd (or 4th) generation Mexican catholic so I think it would make sense for him to grow up in the Latino quarter... ? Anyway, I'm mulling over his recent history, ancient history and embrace. Bear with me.
Crunch down, now to put some meat on the bones.
I've acquired the books, it's a lot too read but I like to immerse in the subject, especially in a pbp so I hope it will be worth the wait. So, a newly embraced bruja hacker. I've actually gotten an idea for a malkavian hacker as well. And a gangrel. But I think I like the idea of angry young man best so I'm going to keep looking at this from the viewpoint of a bruja. Question; How do you make the dots on your character sheets? All I can figure out is how to make list dots. Question v1.1; Am I right to assume that any vampire could produce any bloodline when siring? That is; If I'm making a bruja, would my sire need to be bruja as well or could he be f.ex. malkavian? (Question is relevant to background, my embrace to be specific.)
I'm fine with loosing skills and as I said before I'm open to discussion on what skills to have so I can tool to more knowledge skills if that fits the bill. Duala isn't realy built to lead as Duke is so I have no problem with palying a more supportive role. As to the number of skill points, Madclaw's suggestions seem fine to me though I'd rather think the sentinel should be getting more skill points as he's the 'Jack-of-all-trades' class. A note though, every class seems able to work computers and bypass doors in ME. I don't know if thats a point to think on. Food for thought?
Ainar is crunched out except for shopping.
How are we doing HP? |