Bloodlines Rp Chapter 2.1: Crimson quietus

[pyro71976]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:16 am.  - Vic - Whitehern

BP 11 (13) W 5 (5) H 7(7) HM 6 (6) SC 3 (3)

Vic turned to Sarah "Are you driving us to the hospital or should we make our own way there?"

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:17 am - En route to dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

"You're forgetting one thing, Hearst,"  Angel said, beginning to admire the other Ventrue's single mindedness.  "The Prince put David in charge.  It's not up to us to make sure everyone returns.  It's up to us to help him make sure everyone returns.  Our duty is to allow him to take the lead and support him in any way we can."

And pick up the pieces if he drops the ball....
 

[Summyr]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:17pm - Whitehern - Rory
HP=7/7, BP=12/12 , WP=6/6, HM=5/5, SC 3/3

"Hmm?"

Rory had been distracted by the fast green car that had sped ahead of them so eagerly. The young kindred looked up at Angel and smiled. "Heh, sure is! I'm okay though," the Gangrel replied, "I'm just anxious to get there. Might not look like much, but I can hit 'em where it hurts when I need to."

Finally she replaced the pony-tail in her hair, settling for a less than perfect job looking almost identical to how her hair was before. Although it was true she could fight (and well), Rory had never gone up against the Sabbat before in her life. She'd been taught much of them from her sire, but words were different from experience and the Gangrel wondered just what lay in wait for their team.

The ginger girl looked to the stretching Hearst and gave a smirk. His rash, one-track minded enthusiasm was quite inspiring in its own respect and even Rory felt a little driven. On the other hand, their goals in the upcoming fight were different. Hearst wanted vengeance, glory, and Sabbat head on a plate. Rory, too, wanted vengeance, but was also looking to keep her comrades alive, and save the sister she'd never truly met.

[pyro71976]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:39 - 12:41 am.  - Bruce Trail  - Boogie

HP=3/7, BP=12/13 , WP=5/5, HM- 5/5 SC 3/3

A light rain had begun to fall as Boogie raced through the woods attempting to at least keep pace with the hunt ahead of him if not catch up, the sounds of the Sabbats' flight could be heard in the air of the night.. the breaking branches, the occasional curse and the heavy breathing, showing that he was newly embraced and still clinging to mortal habits out of instinct under pressure, occasionally when the half moon broke through the dark canopy of the forest the fleeing vampire could be seen in the distance ahead of Boogie but of Lobo there was nothing... nothing but the hair on the back of your neck telling you that somewhere out in the dark there was a predator. In the city, in the back alleys, on the streets... Boogie knew he could handle himself... He wasn't the toughest shadow out there but he could hold his own against most kindred, kine or any other of the other beasts of the dark... Out here though... Out here Lobo wasn't just a kindred on the prowl... It was as if the forest itself was helping him, hiding him, speeding him and slowing his prey... Boogie slipped on patch of mud and fell with a thud, as he looked up a strike of lightning lit the sky and Lobo could be seen, no longer following his prey but rather to the side of the oblivious kindred, this hunt wouldn't last much longer. Boogie again collected himself then pushed up to continue following, rushing straight through a spiders web... "fucking forests"



OCC Healed 1 Health

HP=4/7, BP=11/13 , WP=5/5, HM- 5/5 SC 3/3

[original icefire]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:17pm - Whitehern - Hearst
HP=7/7, BP=13/13 , WP=5/5

"i do believe  you can hold your own  my  new friend Rory,"   Hearst said with a smile, " I would not  wish to fight with you.  I  seek vengeance  i want to bring  back as many  sabbatt  heads  as we can carry   to   the prince.  I wish to make them suffer  for the pain  the  inflicted on  our friends and family.  I want to  cause  to them a pain that  they will never forget  and their children's children  will remember. However  i do  relaize  that  the best way  to   do that is victory tonite.  and the best way to  victory  is to keep  everyone alive.  So  i  wish to put this forth to those here in this truck   we  stay togther  we fight together  we live together and  that way  we succeed and are better able to  aid  everyone else and  maybe  just maybe rescue   a possible living  captive  they have.   So  let us fight with a fury  of a  hurricane  but let us all be one  hurricane togther.  I  swear to do everything within my power to keep  all of us   alive  i  vow to be  each of your shield arms  as  much as  the blood   within me allows.  and to be your sword arm  wheny ou need   me  to be.   Can we all count on each other to  do  that  for  each  of us.  for i  think that is  our best chance of success!"

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:18 am - En route to dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

It was probably the smartest thing Angel had heard Hearst say.  So there was a brain hidden under all that gung ho nonsense.  "Agreed," Angel said.  "I many not be the warrior you are, Hearst but I will do what I can to back your play.  We all have different abilities, so we need to use them to best advantage.  I'm far better at dealing with Kine than dealing with rampaging Sabbat vampires but I will do my part.  Later on, you'll have to give me some instruction on how to swing that sword you're carrying.  I think knowing how to properly use one might prove useful in the future."

 

[LadyJallyn]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:41 am.  - Bruce Trail  - Boogie

As Lobo drew closer to his quarry, Doug suddenly seemed to panic.  He changed directions serveral times, finally coming to an abrupt stop against a tree.  Just when the Gangrel thought his prey was in his talons, Doug turned, shotgun raised.

"Aim for the red glow," he said, as if reminding himself of some advice he'd been given, and pulled the trigger. He had run as far as he could, but he only hoped it was far enough for the cavalry to arrive.

The gun went off and the buckshot exploded against Lobo's charging form.

For a second the newly made vampire would have shat his pants as Lobo kept coming but after several yards of running the Gangel stumbled to the ground.

Doug let out a sigh of relief but didn't want to stick around. He had to turn back and report that the bad guys were in Dundas and none to happy to see them.

Lobo pls reduce your hp by -5 >.<

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:20 am  - Whitehern - Ex-Delta Force - Waylon

BP12 (13)  W 4 (4) HP 7 (7)  HM 6 (6) SC 3 (3) 

Dee had slipped away into what was likely to be a fitful sleep, so Waylon moved away from the bed.  "That's the best we're going to get from the description you've given me, Fia," he said.  "I'm not surprised.  You didn't get much of a look.  We'll have to wait until somebody brings in his head before we can get a decent picture."  He flipped to another page of the sketch book and began a much cleaner version of the sketch he had done of the Lasombra Dee had seen.  He'd leave the nose blank on this one and produce a third sketch to finalize the nose with Dee later.  Noses he could draw in a variety of ranges and the girl could pick the one she thought was closest.  Then he could draw it into the final picture and they would have their wanted poster.

"I'll get you, my pretty," he said, almost to himself.  "And your little dog too."

[Numenya]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:16 am.  - Vic - Whitehern

BP 11 (13) W 5 (5) H 7(7) HM 6 (6) SC 3 (3)

Vic turned to Sarah "Are you driving us to the hospital or should we make our own way there?"

Thursday April 23rd, ~12:18 am. Whitehern – Sarah’s team – Tamara
BP 11/12,   HP 7/7,   H 4/4,   SC 2/2,   WP 6/6
Wolf: +1 to physical attributes, -1 to manipulation, increased perception, bite/claw

Tamara heard Vic’s question and turned around to look at Sarah, waiting for her answer in order to move accordingly. She had been trying to make a map in her head, remembering where the Hospital was and its surroundings,

[original icefire]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:18 am - En route to dundas - Hearst


Blood Pool= 13/13 Willpower=5/5, Health=7/7

"a deal then Angel," Hearst replied  in midstrecth, " WHEN we get back  I will teach you what i can about   the physical combat arena, and  you can teach me  what  you know of  the other combat arenas  that i may  not know about."

[pyro71976]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:41 - 12:42  - Bruce Trail  - Boogie

HP=4/7, BP=11/13 , WP=5/5, HM- 5/5 SC 3/3

Boogie watched the final moments of the chase; the preys' growing desperation reaching its peak as he pressed against a tree his eyes appeared closed seeming to try and calm himself...  Lobo bursting from the brush, claws prepared to rip out the throat of his prey... ... ... and then the gun went off catching Lobo on his flank ending his attack a few feet short of his goal... Of all the luck shot blind, I guess even the dumb get lucky that's why so many of 'em are still around the vampire seemed to relax for a second before Lobo began to move in once again. Hope seemed to leave the vampire as he turned and ran from the glowing eyes that held nothing but death for him, Lobo seemed set to follow when he stumbled to the ground. Boogie rushed to his side and quickly went over the damage, fatal to a mortal but nothing a kindred couldn't heal in a minute or two "Come on Lobo, we still got some scum to kill, and god damn it I don't want to have to find my own way out of this fuckin' forest"



OCC the next minute is spent healing three health

HP=7/7, BP=8/13 , WP=5/5, HM- 5/5 SC 3/3

[Summyr]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:18pm - En route to Dundas - Rory
HP=7/7, BP=12/12 , WP=6/6, HM=5/5, SC 3/3

Rory smiled at the discussion between the boys in the front seat. She was glad they were bonding if only a little. The promise made her smile, too. She knew that with a goal like that in mind, neither would have time for death. She had something to live for, too, and not just to get home to Cash.

"When I get home alive," she said quietly, "I'm asking Cal out for a cup of coffee."

The thought made her smile, and she even gave a small nervous giggle. At least death wouldn't require a battle against nerves on her part?

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:19 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

"Keep up this kind of speech when you are as skilled with my weapons as you are with your own and no one will expect you to be able to do to them the things I will teach you to do,"  Angel said.  "They'll expect you to be nothing other than a misbegotten Brujah and won't even see it coming when you eviscerate their bottom line."  The Ventrue smiled.  Having to mentor Hearst would definitely have its advantages.

"Make sure he can drink coffee first, Rory," Angel advised.  "Most vampires can't and it's often a sore point.  I can't eat but I haven't reached the point where I miss it so much that I can't stand watching others do it."

 

[The True Ginger Ninja]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:20 pm - Whitehern - Fia

Health= 7/7 BP=6/12, WP=3/5 HUM=7/7 SC=3/3

"Well, I suppose I'll let her rest," Fia motioned Dee, "If I think of any more details, I'll let you know."

She turned to leave as Waylon sat to sketch. As she pulled the door shut behind her, she caught his Wizard of Oz reference and couldn't help but chuckle. She made her way downstairs in the hopes of finding out what was going on.

[Summyr]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:19pm - En route to Dundas - Rory
HP=7/7, BP=12/12 , WP=6/6, HM=5/5, SC 3/3

Rory looked up. She hadn't thought about that. "Crap..." she muttered before responding, "I'll hafta ask him if he can before I ask him out, then."

Death by Sabbat was looking easier and easier the more she spoke about it. "If I can work up the nerve..." the Gangrel added.

The red-haired girl took a moment to peer out the window. Her surroundings remained unfamiliar. She couldn't help but wonder how long it would take to settle in to Hamilton. The city was larger than it seemed, but still smaller than the cities she'd lived in previously. Maybe it would always remain an ambiguous series of street names and monuments.

"How far are we, d'you reckon?" Rory asked Angel suddenly, turning away from the window.

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:20 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

"We'll be there by 12:30,"  Angel said.  "Might I suggest asking him if he'd like to join you for a bite to eat?  The double meaning might make him laugh."  The lights were with them and he was crossing Dundurn.  Hamilton's cathedral, Christ the King was coming into view.  Angel had a fleeting feeling that it might be the last time he saw the beautiful building.  Perhaps his vampiric powers wouldn't be enough to win this fight.

Can't hurt to call in the big guns.

He swallowed and tried to relax.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want....
 

[pyro71976]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:18 am.  - Vic - Whitehern

BP 11 (13) W 5 (5) H 7(7) HM 6 (6) SC 3 (3)

Vic pulls out his cellphone "Maybe I should call a taxi..." Vic dials tony the friendly neighborhood taxi driver "Hey Tony, its Vic, are you downtown?......  Great can you pick me up in the parking lot behind city hall, I should be there in about two minutes......  that's OK I'm just going to St. Joe's, you can drop me off on your way to your call up the mountain......  Thanks see you in a couple minutes" hanging up the phone Vic turned to the kindred still gathered at whitehern "If anyone needs a ride their welcome to come with, otherwise I'll see you there" and with that Vic turns to leave.

[Maxx]

OOC:  Hurricanus, Lobo's current stats are: BP 13 (10) W 5 (4) HtK 7(-2) H 5/5 SC 2/2

When he awakens in 3 minutes at 12:45 am, his stats will be BP 13 (07) W 5 (4) HtK 7(1) H 5/5 SC 2/2

[original icefire]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:20 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 13/13 Willpower=5/5, Health=7/7

"so about 10 minutes  then  before  we arrive  at   the starting point of our next chapter.  Am i the only one  her that is abit nervous. might i say  abit scared,"  hearst says  trying to make himself sound  nervous and a  bti scared  even though he is  more  anxious and  exhilirated  at the upcoming challenge, but  feeling a ned to connect and reassure someof those in the  vehicle with him, " we will succeed because  we are one  all of us together are  one   and that is they have underestimated that in us .  So  in battle  attack  intelligently  use a shield if you  can  even if that shield  is another   vampire or a tree  and attack around it   and dont befancy  just strike  and keep striking until they  stop  moving.  Rory...   you are our ace in the hole ,  please stay between  angel and myself and attack from our sides  they will not expect   that  we  have a  plan  a formation  and strategy so lets do what we have to do here and get back alive."

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:21 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

Angel didn't believe for a second that Hearst was scared.  Scared of missing the fight perhaps but not scared of facing it.  "Don't set us up in formation yet, Hearst,"  he said.  "David is quarterbacking this game.  Don't worry though.  I'm not about to go toe to toe with these guys.  I have a pistol and it isn't particularly effective if I have to use it as a club.  I may be a city boy but I understand the value of trees."  He looked at Rory, visible in the rear view mirror.  "And, for the record, if I still could, I'd be just shy of pissing myself."

[Summyr]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:21pm - En route to Dundas - Rory
HP=7/7, BP=12/12 , WP=6/6, HM=5/5, SC 3/3

Rory barely suppressed a laugh when Angel mentioned the all too classic double-entendre. The ginger-haired girl thought it humorous, but decided it was probably best not to go with such a cheesy line. She'd be too embarrassed.

The Gangrel listened to Hearst's words, wondering but doubting whether he was sincere about being scared. 'Ace in the hole?' she thought, face going blank, 'I only hope I can be that useful...' Even though she was doubtful, the younger amongst the three Kindred knew that she would fight with more drive than ever before and some small part of her trusted that even this alone would make her an asset. Even without an unlimited drive to return their captured comrade though, Rory was a surgeon with a knife

Briefly, Rory caught Angel's eye in the rear-view mirror. She smiled sheepishly before looking away toward Hearst. “This guy… David. I’m sure he’ll come up with a good strategy… But if he can’t or doesn’t, I know Angel will have us well covered,” the ginger-haired Gangrel said with a reassuring tone, “’Sides, with the way you’ve been talkin’ ‘bout the fight, I know you’d kick butt even if we went in arms bound, teeth pulled, and hearts bare!”

Once again, Cliff’s words seemed to leap from her lips. This time Rory let herself smile, but reluctantly. Although she loved her sire dearly, the New Yorker hardly wanted Cliff’s ‘backwater’ accent and way of speaking to affect her so frequently as it had. Even her own accent was beginning to reflect his Calgary charm.

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:23 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

"You're going to give us both swelled heads,"  Angel answered, a genuine smile on his face.  He was growing to like the young Gangrel.  If they all survived, he'd do what he could to make her transition from New Yorker to Hamiltonian as easy as possible.  It seemed that of late he was collecting gingers and it looked like Rory was going to join that list.

"On the left is Columbia college," he said, as much to educate the two newcomers as to change the subject slightly.  "It's actually a residence for immigrant students, mostly Asian.  It's a good place to hunt but you either need to speak the language or pretend to be delivering pizza or something like that.  Caucasians stick out in there but delivery people vanish into the wallpaper.  McMaster, hospital and university are coming up on the right.  Normally I'd suggest them both as hunting grounds but with the Sabbat doing the damage they did, security will be pretty damned high.  Of course if you're looking for a quick drunk, you can usually find somebody willing at the pub.  It's called the Phoenix."

[original icefire]

color=teal]Thursday April 23rd, 12:23 am - En route to Dundas -Hearst


Blood Pool= 13/13 Willpower=5/5, Health=7/7

"well  then  maybe   you can take us on a tour of hamilton," if think that would be  a nice  treat, reward  for destroying  as many sabbat  as w e are going to,  and  for  bringing  back our  friend who they seem to be holding captive," Hearst replied, " obviously  they do not relaize that it  is not very intelligent of them to try   and lure us to them  we   will destroy them and bring back our friend and then goto the phoenix to celebrate. trhen  find a doj   to  have some fun   in"

[Maxx]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:25 am - En route to Dundas - Angel


Blood Pool= 7/11 Willpower=3/4, Health=6/7 Humanity 6/6 Self Control 3/3

The smile faded.  "Hearst, I'm going into this with the idea that both Jerome and Xiaoqing are both already dead.  If we find them, it's a bonus but I'm not going in to rescue them.  That is a fool's errand.  I'm going in to make the Sabbat pay for what they did to them.  If that bastard was telling the truth and Xiaoqing was being passed around through the ranks, I'm going to go back through the corpses and castrate them when we're finished but I'm not going to use it as my opening shot.  Fight with your head, Hearst, not your heart.  Use your heart.  Use every scrape of strength and courage that it holds but for God's sake, don't lead with it.  That is what the Sabbat want.  They want us going in and reacting, not acting.  They want us so angry and outraged that we aren't thinking straight.  Violence they know and understand.  It's tactics and strategy they aren't prepared for.  They haven't had a chance to mold themselves into a team and they're all still on their first night as vampires.  We know our powers.  We know our strengths and our weaknesses.  They're going to try to kill us as if we're still human and we're going to kill them until they stay dead."

[original icefire]

Thursday April 23rd, 12:25 am - En route to Dundas - Hearst


Blood Pool= 13/13 Willpower=5/5, Health=7/7

Hearst  replies, " I am going into this  with my eyes open as well Angel, and with my head. My heart is in the battle as well  but it is being led by my mind  not the other way around. I believe, in my head, that if there is even a small chance that  Xiaoqing or jerome are alive then  we MUST  entertain that  possibility to its full extent.
I'm going in to make the Sabbat pay for what they did to our "family".  If that bastard was telling the truth and Xiaoqing was being passed around through the ranks, I'm going to make his suffering even longer.  I f he has lied  about  her being alive then he  will sooon realize that we are not a family   to  agitate nor are we a family  to threaten  even one of our members.  Fight with your head, first and then use your heart.   I will use my heart and  be led by my head  for that is  what  a true warrior does.   You  make valid points about  our  situation   and show qualities  of a tactician and strategist, i appreciate that. There is a rage   that dwells inside ALL of us, the thing to do  is NOT to ignore that   but to be able to control it and USE it."