In reply to Nora Doe (msg # 36):

Please note...Jake still thinks you are fun to be around. He just would not trust you to have the keys to his bike is all...

Sorry, life got in the way.


I'll Spotlight Power for Danielle.

What faction are you picking for Xavier?

Jake, I'm spotlighting Blood for you. Whatcha got for me?

Blood rumor: The top two vamps in the city -very suddenly- cut off their months-long war with each other. The peace seems forced. Either someone is forcing them to 'play nice', or their getting their ducks in a row against a much bigger threat.

Jake, it seems like you want to be prepared for a conflict with Night, is that right? Or would you prefer to have a Debt on someone in the Night faction?

Xavier, looks like you'll be dealing with the Wild faction. As for rumors among Power...

A local unhinged Oracle has been making waves in the faction, ranting and raving that the "end of days" is already upon the world, with demons hiding among us and the dead roused from their slumber. While the more respectful soothsayers in the faction have ignored this celebrity, the Oracle has amassed a bit of a cult following, and might be planning a more aggressive recruitment campaign.

In reply to MC: Master of Ceremonies (msg # 40):

Conflict. Jake sorta deals with these things head on.

In the Bronx, many vampires gain blood by arrangement. They pay humans with cash or with drugs in exchange for blood. For the vampire on the go, who has little time for negotiating with humans, often they will have agents who recruit suitable candidates. Sometimes they will collect the blood in bags to deliver to the vampire, while other times the candidate and the vampire will meet for a feeding. Usually the human will survive. There are a fair amount of humans in the Bronx who occasionally 'donate' in this manner.

In reply to MC: Master of Ceremonies (msg # 43):

So human trafficking is still looked down on for blood purposes? I figure Jake would be interested in dealing with this, as would the more 'civilized' vamps.

Disappearing humans attracts more attention and is less convenient in the long run. Better to keep them alive and revisit them later. As yet, Jake has no hard intelligence on human trafficking for blood purposes, at least not in the Bronx.

In reply to MC: Master of Ceremonies (msg # 45):

What about 'specialty' orders from outside the city and brought in?

There have been none such lately.

In reply to MC: Master of Ceremonies (msg # 47):

So I should just go with the debt then? It does not seem the vamps are doing anything out of the ordinary with their feeding habits.

What I just told you is the information you need to be ready for the conflict.

This game is all about helping your characters shine. As much fun as it is to have your characters work together, there are times when they would also benefit from a little solo attention.

I'm going to be running subplots with each of your characters individually. The events of these subplots will occur in October, so they all occur after the current main story line. It might be a little tricky to keep track of what resources you earned so far because we're going to be playing them parallel but the events are going to be happening sequentially. Let's just do our best.

Prior to beginning the in character adventure, there will be an out of character discussion for you to tell me a bit more about your character. I will open up a thread for each of these discussions individually. Stay tuned for yours. You may also read along in the other people's to enjoy learning more about your total players characters.

I think this is a pretty neat idea. Hopefully it won't get timey-wimey weird (hey! I lost a hand in this adventure, but I'm ambidextrous in my solo!) but beyond that, I'm all for the fun and chaos!

I'm working on all of your subplot stories. Right now, I'm waiting for someone to do something in the main plot.

So, been talking to the MC about Nora's glamour, and he offered me two options:



Now, I will admit, the first one is easier to 'hide', and thus perhaps better mechanically.
But the second just seems to 'fit' with Nora as a character.

I'm open to thoughts and opinions on this!

I would say that the detective is willing to answer one significant question about the case at this time. If he doesn't have the intelligence now, he may send it to you later. Other than that, you are free to inspect the crime scene for superficial details as you wish. The cop is also willing to answer any number of superficial questions, such as what the address is another obvious details.

Wild Rumor:
Xavier heard of someone moving into town collecting by hook or by crook any special artifacts and antiquities having to do with transformation. According to his books, this level of zeal could mean a dragon is in town.

Nora- I’d take that second one. Seems more fun and dramatic.

Of course for that first one, could be something slightly off about the glamour but still subtle. Maybe the hair is constantly moved by a slight breeze. Or all of the glamour smell like lilac, or blood, or pine needles or sea water or something. Maybe the glamour always glows just a bit. Hard to see in the daylight but hard to hide at night or in a dark room.

Does discussing your favourite podcasts count as a moment of intimacy for Danielle and Xavier?

I don’t think so... I think it’s mostly small talk until the people you know come back to the party, lol. At least at this level.

Now if they were recommending podcasts... that’d be another level.

Sorry for my absence of late. Things are... tough out here for someone with chronic depression who lives alone (well. Cat. But no humans). Realized last night that in the past 174 days I've been in the same room with another human being five times. We're not built to be like this.

That being said, I didn't really see a response to Nora's discussion with the cop, so I wasn't sure where to go with things. I'll jump back in now.

Should I ask the detective another question? He has not been responding to my last post, and I really wanna hear what Xavier managed to see, but IC I dont know what he did or if he's even here.

Yeah sorry, I kind of thought it went unsaid but I should have made it clear. He accepted your card and then basically wrote you out of his mind.

In reply to MC: Master of Ceremonies (msg # 60):

That is pretty much what I excepted him to do, and better than what he could have done.

So win-win!

Hehehe

:)