Their both expected and invited in by a ghoul

The music played is beautiful indeed, blood is offered in wine glasses some of it is VERY unique tasting...

An hour into it, the Daeva Primogen Mr Westfield is speaking a bit freely

"The Heritage of the Daeva is ancient, ere the days of Rome, Ere, the building of the Pyramids, we were, we ruled in sumeria, the ventrue have ruled only since the fall of rome, yet all too often become princes?" Asks as if he finds that absurd

"Why? A simple talent for directly commanding others? Daeva are smoother, we dont leave the hurt feelings the ventrue do, and charm our way into gaining concessions."

Her sire pauses and asks "Jacqueline, would you  care to answer Mr Westfields statement" Clearly having confidence she can poke holes in his logic.

In reply to The Uncaring Night (msg # 260):

Jacqueline smiles agreeably. "Oh certainly, simple talent for command indeed does not make a ruler. I agree with you completely. Even I can tell there is far more to the to the princes of clan Ventrue, else they would never hold a crown.". She continues "As for hurt feelings, surely you don't think Ventrue could compare to the exquisite, effortless grace of the Daeva?. She says this last part teasingly, as if confirming what he already knows. "Our strengths lay in other areas. We can only hope to take a lesson from the Daeva to rule in beauty..

Jacqueline is careful not to address the fact that the Daeva are no longer in power. Moaning about the power that clan held in the past will bring them no closer to holding power now. She accepts the stratagy of the gracious victor, openly agknowledging the areas of superiority in the dethrowned clan.

nods "A fair point, but what of Modernerity?" He asks


"Your clan was established in the first nights after the Camarilla's fall, and trys to pretend the modern world away, the more wealth you achieve,"  Pauses and raises a hand "And I'll grant you do have a talent for achieving it..." He allows then

"But the more wealth you achieve, the more you tend to cut yourselves off from Humanity"

"My own we as I allready mentioned were established Ere the building of the Pyramids.

Yet we are generally quite at home in a night club, living amongst the throngs of humanity


Amongst your own clan do not forget the Maccelarius, brutal cannibals who eat human flesh, and engage in the most odious forms of conspicuous consumption.

or the Melissdae, who sought to turn humans into mindless drones, and set themselves up as Queen Bees, over colonys of "workers"
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In reply to The Uncaring Night (msg # 262):

Jacqueline listens attentively, politely giving her full attention. "There are a variety of groups surrounding any who hold power. As well as unfortunate heads to any empire. Surely you would not hold the entire Greek civilization responsible for the unfortunate rule of emperor Nero?. She pauses "I do however, agree with your sentiment on the Ventrue's shunning of modern life. Not only might it prove a weakness, but it might also prove very dangerous. As a newly embraced Ventrue, I only hope I can add the benefits of my age to the wisdom of Ventrue in time.". By this, she means she hopes to change the very concern he pointed out. She is no fool though; she has no power in her clan, and it might take a long time to gain any. She knows she has to maintain a humble stance.

There is no point in hiding anything this obvious from fellow kindred. Perhaps by openly admitting it, she might gain allies outside her own clan.

Another kindred nods coming over wearing a suit having fair skin and brown hair...

"Every clan has bloodlines, that the clan as a whole would probaly prefer to forget... among the Lowly Gangrel Mekhet and Even NOSFERATU you'll find bloodlines such as the Yagnata Who are as capable of functioning in the aristocracy as the Ventrue, You'll also find REPREHENSIBLE bloodlines within every clan"  he points out sagely

"Samuel White, of Clan Mekhet" He introduces himself

Mr Westfieldnods " A Fair point childe clearly your sire made a fair choice when he embraced you" She gets the impression they were... appraising her to see how good or bad a choice her sire made in embracing her.

"I've heard your working on establishing your own business how goes that endeavour?" asks curiously.
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after a bit a new figure is introduce "A new Mekhet on the scene we wish to introduce, that all may make her feel welcome, A'lia Badru, make her feel welcome as a sectmate.'" He says with suitably pompous language.
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A'lia wanders through the door, painfully aware that all eyes are on her and thankful that she can no-longer blush. She keeps her head down and makes her way directly to the bar.

All eyes are upon her, noting carefully any jewelry, and her style of dress...

She awkwardly sips her drink and fidgets with the chain around her wrist, suddenly feeling terribly under dressed in a pair of slacks and and white blouse. She tries to scan the room without making eye contact with anyone. "just make it through tonight A'lia" the tells herself "one night and then they'll all forget about you." She isn't accustomed to this kind of attention.

they nod at meeting her, and 2 or 3 are still appraising her slightly another asks her "Would you care for a game of blackjack?" He asks her curiously.

Fucking Blackjack? she thinks what is this a saloon? "Sure, what are the stakes?" she replies, happy for the distraction.

Pauses "Was thinking no wager, just see how you could handle yourself, if you want to bet something I can match it easily enough" Says smiling.

"No no, a friendly game is fine"


OOC: so how exactly does this work? Is it like a social manipulation thing or do we use dice to represent cards?

(OOC: A social manipulation thing to help determine how good you are... roll manipulation+wits am looking for rules on games in the books...)

OOC: A'lia Badru rolled 2 successes using 6d10 with the World of Darkness nWoD system with a target of 8, rerolling 10s. Blackjack.

he is able to outperform her largely, clearly knowing more then she about when its advisable to play a hand.

A'lia sits back and smiles, taking a sip from her drink. "Well, you play a good game of blackjack. It was a pleasure being schooled by you." She says, holding her hand out to shake.

shakes her hand "Your reasonably skilled yourself, I just had a lucky break today" sighs

"Well do you have any aspirations of your own A'lia?" He asks her curiously...

"Oh you know, just the usual sort of thing, overthrow the prince, rule the city. Seriously though this whole 'hey guess what? You're dead now and by the way you have to drink blood' thing is a lot to get used to. I'm really just trying to get my bearings at the moment."

"Where are you building influence, the local university, it seems hotly contested. or someplace else knowledge is of course our clans stock in trade"

She flashes a smile as she replies "Well I do have some ideas, but I'd hate to leave here and find some unscrupulous individual overheard us and got there first."

nods at that "Fair enough, but anything else to discuss then?" is curious

(OOC: HAving trouble figuring out what to bring up into the Salon)

"Actually yes, could you give me a rundown of anyone here I should know about? I've only been dead a short while so I'm not too familiar with the mover's and shakers of our little community"


OOC: yeah random small talk can be a tricky thing to roleplay, I guess this is something her sire should have told her but I honestly didn't give much thought to them till now, perhaps they're gone or dead or something

nods

"Prince Alexander, Daeva of the Invictus He leads both the city and the covenant. Hes graceful dignified, yet a lover of creature comforts. He trys to be kind for the most part, on the surface at least but is fairly ruthless when it comes to poaches or upstarts"







(OOC: Trying to make them up all at once strains my head lol So we'll go over the key players one or two at a time)

"No poaching or upstarting, got it. Who else should I be aware of, befriend, keep my distance from or other?"


OOC: yeah I totally get it