Bloodlines Chapter 3.1 Actus Criae

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:34 am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Parking Lot - Donna

Donna listened to Dougs detailed explanation. She nodded "Nah you pretty much got that covered sir. Did it better than I would have. She said with a chuckle. "I say we roll out and try to find something to eat. Pickings might be a bit slim but It be good for everyone to stay topped up. I do want to point out that you're all new I hope you don't pull any shit like that prissy Toreador did. I want you guys well fed and topped up always you never know when were gonna have to throw down and I'd rather you guys be fresh and full up rather than scrambling around for something to eat. We have a bad enough rep for frenzying I don't want to add to it because some ones decided to watch their figure or salve their conscience. We feed to live and eating is not a crime its what we do. With that being said you guys want to hit the road?" Donna asked as she stubbed out her smoke and flicked it on the asphalt. She pulled the keys out of her pants and jingled them thoughfully in her left hand.

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:33  am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club Parking lot - Angel

"Works for me," Angel said. He slipped behind the wheel and fired up the engine."Do you want to start with the lessons now or would you rather wait until tomorrow night?  Do you have any questions?" 

Chaz looked thoughtful. "Whatever works best for you. Honestly Angel I'm thankful for the opportunity to prove that I wont be a burden on your community. So teach when you are able and willing and I will do my best to keep up."

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:35 am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club House - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug nodded, "I need to either take my bike or drop it off at the apartment building. I don't want it to have been towed while I slept the day away", he said, as he gestured with his thumb over his shoulder at the huge rat bike parked out of the way.

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:35 am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club House - Donna

"Feel free to ride with us I wont drive like a mad woman you can follow till we find some good eats." Donna replied flashing a mischievous grin.

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:35 am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club House - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug chuckled, "If you weren't driving it like you stole it, I'd have to pull any Iggy on you just so I could drive. As long as we can get back here to pick it up or you can vouch for its safety over the course of the day, I don't have a problem leaving it here. It's just a pain in the ass to break the thing out of police impound and change all the numbers on it. Again", he said as he moved around to climb into the front passenger seat.

"Well, Let's see what we can find. If we can't find anything else Mike, we'll give you a shot at a feeding and be ready just in case he lose it but word of warning, kindred only have like seven traditions but one of those laws is Accounting, which means I am responsible for everything you do and so help me, if you break the masquerade, I will tear off your arm and beat you to death with it as before Donna has to execute me, entendito?"

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:35 am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club House - Mike

Mike swallowed hard looking uncomfortable with the threat of violence. "lets see if I can avoid getting beat down. I'm more a lover than a fighter though you wouldnt know it to look at me now." The laugh that escaped his tight shriveled lips was a harsh bark. "So I guess I ride with the boss lady?"

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:36 am - Hamilton Golf and Donna's jeep - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug grinned, "Don't sweat it. Even though I wasn't the one that actually embraced you, I've become your sire. It's a pretty big deal in our world. Another one of the traditions we live by is that no one is embraced without the permission of the prince and in most places if its done without that permission the childer is destroyed and its a coin toss if the sire goes to the final death as well. I just want to make sure we're all on the same page and you're clear on the consequences of our relationship."
He grinned again, "Now, hop in and lets see if Donna drives like the maniac I hope she is", he laughed.

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:12am - gage park- Donna

Donna didn't actually go at a madman's pace. In truth she only drove five kilometers past the speed limit so she wouldn't get pulled over by any cops. Not that she was worried alot of cops had died during the blast or were injured and the ones that were around were more concerned with watching the damaged areas of Hamilton to make sure there were no looters that came in to raid homes.

She lead her clan down the escarpment and down the main street pausing to pull down Tisdale so Dana could park her shit box and take her baby out of the back. The left Dana's bondo-mobile in the Tisdale apartment parking lot and the lot of them made their way down to gage park.

The parking lot was not surprisingly scarce of people. A white Ford Broncho sat in the parking lot and in the dim light the vampires could make out two people inside it the glowing heaters of their cigarettes making them clearly visible barely audible music from Pink Floydds the Wall could be heard.

Not far off from where they parked a metallic grey 1986 Pontiac Parisienne sat in the lot but no one was in it.

Parked beside the Pontiac was a 1979 Cystler Cordoba it was a powder blue but the car had seen better days and had just about as much bondo on it as Dana's car.

Donna sighed. "Not much here but we can take a look. Two empty cars and the Broncho's got people in it."

[Grimoire]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:12am - Gage Park- Dana

Dana hopped out dragging Mike out of the back seat as well, in what one could only assume was an elementary approach to friendship. Looking around the large green park that was nestled against the escarpment. Having already eaten that night Dana was good but she looked around listening to the silence of the city.
"It's really quiet 'round here I can say that much." The brunette noted. "I'm sure we can still find ya a snack." 

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:30 am - Hamilton Golf and country course parking lot - Jallyn

The red headed Toreador sat in the back of the limo. She was still and silent very painfully aware of the now tacky blood that was on her clothes. Helen's driver had been kind enough to give her a hankie to clean off the gore from her face but the sticky crimson fluid from Fia's veins still could be felt clinging to her skin. She wanted nothing more than to go to the Tisdale apartments and have a hot shower.

Hot enough to scald and wash away the blood and memories of the embrassing night. She couldn't help but tense as Helen and the others walked up to the limo and climbed in she averted her gaze choosing instead to stare at the interior carpet that her blood stained heels were resting upon.

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:13 am - Gage Park - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug looked around at the cars and grinned, "The kids in the car listening to floyd cause unless they are just fuckin weird they'll be stoned. Please tell me you don't have any hangups about getting stoned, Mike", he laughed.

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:13 am - Gage Park - Mike

Mike shrugged. "Before all this I was a club kid. I've done my share of drugs mainly uppers Coke, Ecstasy poppers but Ive done a stint or two with pot acid and shrooms. Trust me if anything getting fucked up right now would likely make me feel a bit better about this evening."

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:14 am - Gage Park - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug nodded, "Groovy. OK, lets see what we can find in the park. We can always come back and take these guys."

He spoke to Mike as they headed out, "OK, general rules for feeding on humans. First thing, you aren't starving, you've already had something to eat tonight, and you're not in any immediate danger so there's no huge reason for you to frenzy. When the time comes, just keep your head about you and remember its better to err on the side of caution. Better to drink a little from multiple people than too much from one. Second, humans find the Kiss extremely pleasurable, like a narcotic. Enough so that they can even become addicted if it happens enough. Thats part of what makes it possible for us to maintain a herd of humans to feed from if we choose to so we don't have to hunt every night. It also fuzzes their memory a bit around the event itself. They'll remember the approach but once fangs pierce skin they just won't care. Any questions so far?"

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:14 am - Gage Park - Mike

"Yes i do have one... How much is too much. I mean don't people have something like seven or ten pints of blood? Do I count by how many times I swallow and pretend its a glass of beer or take more? They were feeding me a mug of it while I was the Princes guest. I'm just going on a hunch that thats a serving size am I wrong?" Mike asked uncertainly.

[Maxx]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:34  am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club Parking lot - Angel

"Fair enough.  We'll start with the simple stuff and go from there."  Angel pulled out of the parking lot onto the nearly deserted street.  "There are two general groups of Kindred, best described as 'us' and 'them'.  Us refers to the Camerilla, an association of six smaller groups called clans, united for the common goal of keeping our collective asses from getting fried, chopped or otherwise unpleasantly mutilated.  Them refers to a group called the Sabbat, which is made up of rejects from the six Camerilla clans as well as a number of other clans who never saw fit to join the Camerilla.  The Sabbat don't see the point in keeping ourselves hidden from the world.  They believe that we should rule humanity.  They haven't quite grasped the fact that we are helpless during the day as well as being outnumbered something like 50 000 to one.  With me so far?"

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:34  am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club Parking lot - Chaz

"I havent missed a beat yet, please continue." Chaz replied as he intently listened. More than likely there would be a pop quiz later on...

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:14 am - Gage Park - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug nodded, "All excellent questions. The easiest one is how much blood does the human body contain and the answer is for an average size adult contains around six and a half pints of blood. In good health a person can take about a fifteen percent loss of volume and feel virtually no effects. Easy rule of thumb, think of it as donating blood. You can take a pint of blood from a healthy adult with no problem. A good reason to stay away from children by the way, the blood volume is much lower than adults and your consumption has to stay proportionately lower. So pretend you're ordering a pint of your favorite beer to give you an idea of how much. Beyond that, the only real way to learn is experience. Count swallows if you think it will help. I hadn't thought about that one myself but in addition to giving you a reasonably precise measurement it might help keep you focused so you don't get carried away, at least until you've gotten enough experience to have a feel for it. And yeah, for practical experience the amount they gave you is probably a good guess for serving size since they wouldn't want you to be prone to frenzy."

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:15 am - Gage Park - Mike

The Samedi paused to scratch the back of his head though the hood on his hoodie. "Ok knowing that my next questions are and I assure you I'm not a ped. At what point does the blood thing change from child to adult. I mean are teenagers you know 13+ considered to be you know safe to eat or Should I judge more on size. The same goes for women. I mean they are smaller does that mean I might be better trying to just go after big guys?"

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:14 am - Gage Park - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

"It's more a case of size than anything else. I use the same rules that most blood donation centers use as a guideline. Try not to feed from anyone that weighs less than one hundred ten pounds, and if I have to, I know that I'm going to have to feed from more than one person. You can find thirteen year old football players that that weigh more than that though. Make sense?

[Maxx]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 3:35  am - Hamilton Golf and Country Club Club Parking lot - Angel

"Okay.  The six clans that make up the Camerilla are called Gangrel, Malkavian, Tremere, Nosferatu, Toreador and Ventrue.  Wait, I forgot the Brujah.  Make that seven clans."  Angel shook his head.  "Sorry about that.  My bad.  Anyway all the clan have a long history dating back to Biblical times.  How much is true and how much is invention is anyone's guess.  For example, we are all supposedly descended from Caine, so we use him as a measuring point.  He was cursed for killing his brother Abel and was made the first vampire.  Each successive step away from Caine, aka Patient Zero gets weaker.  Thirteen generations is about as far as you can go and still have some level of power.  It is possible to dilute the blood further but the blood gets too thin to work properly.  Generation measures potential power but it isn't a true gauge.  A four hundred year old thirteenth generation Kindred would kick my ass in a heartbeat despite the fact that I'm  a generation closer to Caine."

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:16 am - Gage Park - Mike

"yeah that makes sense. Its a good guideline. So how do we like do this. I mean we just walk around and jump on someone like the first viable person or is it more like sneak up and take em from behind. I just dont want to screw this up man. I seriously am freaking out a bit and I'm sorry for that but yeah I sorta feel bad about jumpin someone I just dont want to mess them up you know what Im saying right?"

[LadyJallyn]

Sunday, May 98th 1999  3:36  am - On the way back to the big city - Chaz


Chaz nodded his eyes drifted to the dark scenery that flew by them as he digested the news. A lot of it was hard to swallow. "Ok question for you. You said six then added the Brujah is that cause we as a clan dont like them or do most the vampires in town not like them, or that you in general don't like them, or was it just an honest slip of the tongue. Second Caine? As in biblical Sorry for being skeptical but Im an atheist I have a bit of a hard time believing that anything out of the bible is true. Do I really have to accept that as the cold hard truth the origins that is? And third if you are 12th generation which Im assuming you are since you said you would be a generation stronger than a 400 year old 13th where does that land me as far as my generation is concerned or do you guys not know?"

[Maxx]

Sunday, May 98th 1999  3:36  am - On the way back to the big city - Angel

"That was my slip on six instead of seven," Angel answered.  "No insult or exclusion of the Brujah was intended.  Hell, if I'd kept on the path I was on when I was sixteen, I'd have been one of them rather than a Ventrue.  As far as Caine is concerned, I was raised Catholic so I'm a little more willing to give that story credence, given the empirical evidence.  Even so, it gives us a starting point.  Whether it was Caine from Genesis cursed by God or Caine from some long forgotten village in the Ural mountains who spontaneously mutated into the first vampire, there had to be a starting point.  And yes, I'm twelfth generation.  My best guess at yours would be ninth, which means I've taken a tiger by the tail when it comes to instructing you."

[Grimoire]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:16 am - Gage Park - Dana

Mike felt a hand in his blond hair rubbing gently and carefully. A comforting if not patronizing gesture as the rough fingers of Dana's worked-hard hands massaged the Samdie's scalp. Her mind drifting to the first time she'd had to feed.
"Don't freak out Mikey, we gotchya. If you're nervous you're more likely to trip over yourself, it's a very zen thing. Just remember we ain't hurtin' no one. We just gotta eat, it's just the way  it is. Just gotta mellow and find your center and all that shit." The brujah moved her hand to his shoulder giving an encouraging squeeze. "There are ways to subdue humans, but that's for another night. And we're not just gonna send ya in there without any idea of what you're doing, we learn by example."

[Trellin]

Sunday, May 9th, 1999 4:17 am - Gage Park - Butcher/Doug
HP: 7(7)     BP: 11(14)     WP: 4(5)     Hum: 8(8)     SC: 4(4)

Doug nodded to Mike, "That's a good attitude to have but Dana's right. You aren't human anymore, this is part of who you are. I know it's pretty disconcerting at first but if it helps, think of it as a symbiotic relationship. If you work on your technique you can feed without having to resort to violence or do them any real harm, even if its a case of you simply slip up behind them and give them the kiss. You take what you need and they get one of the greatest pleasures in their life and you slip away unnoticed while they bask in the afterglow. Accidents are certainly possible but this is the very reason you apprentice under your sire, so that you can have someone watching and able to help. We aren't going to just cut you loose without knowing you're capable of being on your own. This first time it might be easier if one of us started the kiss and you took over that way they're already docile and a struggling isn't an issue. It also gives you time to get a feel for what your new limits are now. Most everyone gets stronger, faster, tougher but the range can vary greatly from person to person.
Once you get more comfortable with eating we will teach you how to use the blood you've consumed to heal. Learning to do it is pretty simple, your body will want to do it anyway. The real reason to spend some time on it is teaching you that, barring fire or decapitation, there's very little that threatens your existance. Getting that at a gut level helps you control the initial panic that happens as a human when you suffer extreme trauma, like getting stabbed or shot or being hit by a car and getting that is important because the Beast reacts poorly if it thinks its not going to survive."