Dear everybody whose name isn't Ann Winters, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know how you wish to upgrade using the available XPs (or alternatively, whether you wish to save them for later)?

At the moment I am saving them. I'll pm you if that changes.

Thank you Elissa

Sorry, couldn't think of anything to spend it on yet, so saving I guess also.

Thanks Goffery

Raise Julie's Influence from 1 to 2.

Done, thanks Julie.  Also note I've adjusted some of your manoeuvres because you're slightly better than you thought

Can I ask people who are coming to the church to post in the Vampire's Nest thread?

Absolutely, just had to do some RL stuff this week.

I'm going to be away until Sunday, but should be able to post from then.

Me too (maybe Saturday night but we'll see).

I've sadly moved away from the conversation so I'm going quiet IC as there's nothing to post at the moment. I can't see Elisa leaving Rhiannon alone, so this is an inevitability of the current situation

Unfortunately, Percival has left the game and so, with the former player's permission, I've NPC'd him.

Really sad to hear that. I enjoyed writing with Percy

If only we had mobile phones!!!

How to communicate with Ann...

She's upstairs isn't she, while you're in the crypt?

Yes :)

I wasn't asking for help by the way: just expressing how powerful mobiles are and that I miss it! I don't think I can get to her without upsetting Rhiannon and that's my main goal (avoiding upsetting her)  at the moment...

While we are here:
Assuming the vampires come down the tower rather than through the door, is there anywhere I can be (with Rhiannon) so that we can exit the crypt without them blocking us from the entrance?

Rhiannon can get through the little hole in the crypt, but only in wolf form.  You can't get that way so you'd be stuck although Ann will detect the vampires before they enter the tower so you'd have a little warning.

I don't think I expressed it well. Sorry

There's an entrance to the crypt. If I am at the entrance to the crypt (the base of the stairs) will the vampires be able to block me off?

I might not act on this: just getting info so I can decide what to do :)

If you're at the entrance and they come down from the tower, they won't be blocking you off.  There's a hollow wall in the tower and they come down direct to the crypt along the inside of the back wall of the church.

Ah right. OK is there a way I could 'seal them off' make it so that they have to 'destroy something/make lots of noise' to get here.

Example: push lots of things against an opening.

(I'm running out of questions, I'll post soon)

I can't think of anything you could do to do that. And the smell of wolf pee is going to put them on alert.

Oh I get the alert :) I just want to survive... slow them down...

*ponders* I'll post tonight anyway (on phone at moment)

I thought I'd just explain why 'running away'

Rhiannon will probably try and eat the other players... So we can't have a scene with her in the same physical place. The vampires will come before dawn... Fighting them on my own... in a crypt... no way to escape...  trying to protect the transformed Rhiannon... sounds bad. That kind of led to this.

Hopefully in the future we will have a 'safe place' for her to spend the nights.

Yes, understood, a sensible decision.