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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 23, 2022 19:05:25 GMT -5
“Oh we’re hardly done here.” The man says causally. “You broke into my warehouse and wholesale slaughtered a bunch of my security. That man there is drinking blood from a dead man’s throat.” He says pointing at Tombstone. “I believe the police would love to have a conversation with the two people that managed to kill nine people without being shot themselves. Oh wait, are those not bullet holes in what is left of your clothes? Odd that. I see blood and damaged clothing, but no wounds.” He smiles, this smile sends shivers down your spine.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 23, 2022 19:25:21 GMT -5
"your men robbed me and then tried to kill me..." she said as she crossed her arms over her chest, knowing this was not going to go well but trying to hide it as she stood there, moving slightly to put herself between the man and tombstone almost as if to protect him some how even though he was bigger and stronger than her.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 23, 2022 19:44:08 GMT -5
“My men are a little rough around the edges, sure, but how does that require breaking into my warehouse and killing nine people?” He looks past you to Tombstone, “I had five outside as well, did you kill them too?” Tombstone is just staring daggers, until he abruptly drops the body. “Some of them will live.” Tombstone growls. “You keep makin’ veiled threats and you might not.” Tombstone waggles the guns in his hands to draw attention to them. “I suspect that these bullets will have as much of an effect on you as they did on me. You gave it away when you smelled the lotion she applied yesterday night. Auspex isn’t it?”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 23, 2022 19:55:29 GMT -5
She glances down slightly embaressed that she hadnt put two and two together and realised the man wasnt exactly human, with everything that had been happening in the last few hours hell the last 24 hours before glancing back towards tombstone and side stepping slightly so he had a clear line of sight to shoot if needed.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 23, 2022 20:21:06 GMT -5
His smile brightens, and the laughs. A short chortle, “The look on your faces.” He stuffs his hands into his pockets, “I already had the guards outside moved away from the public facing areas, and I called the cops to tell them that a truck’s engine backfired a bunch. It sounded like gunfire I told them.” His voice changes as he impersonates himself during the call.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 23, 2022 20:35:50 GMT -5
She just rolls her eyes rather annoyed at this man as they stood there, turning to look at tombstone. " are you gonna shoot him or am i?" she asked almost sarcasticlly but honestly she was probably serious aswell. Though it was rather hard to tell.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 23, 2022 21:35:00 GMT -5
Tombstone raises both guns, aiming them at the other man’s face. “We could both shoot him.” The man pulls his hands out of his pockets and raises them above his head. “If you do that, and somehow manage to actually kill me of course, then you won’t ever know who’s been feeding the Sabbat intel.” He smiles, “I’m looking to defect to your side, but I wanted to have a little insurance before I crossed over, you know?”
Tombstone looks about ready to shoot him anyway, if you don’t stop him he likely will.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 24, 2022 16:36:06 GMT -5
"how did you know what we were looking for?" she asked curiously, faking surprise that he figured out why they were here. "if you think either of us are actually able to help you then your hillariously stupid." she said as she put a hand on tombstones arm to hopefully get him to not shoot yet atleast till they got more information. If this guy wasnt actually lieing to them.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 24, 2022 19:57:08 GMT -5
Tombstone's muscle tenses under your arm, but he does not shoot. "I didn't know what you were looking for." The man says with a smile, completely ignoring the fact that Tombstone is pointing a pair of guns at him, though his hands are still raised, "I just assumed that your elders would want to know that they have a mole in their organization." He shrugs, "My mistake. If you can't help me than I guess I'll take my leave." He glances toward the broken garage door, but doesn't yet make a move toward it.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 25, 2022 10:09:10 GMT -5
She glanced at tombstone then back at the guy getting rather annoyed with this whole conversation. "if you really wanted to help then you would have just gone to the elders yourself not sent your men after me. so before we help you... you need to help us by explaining why your men were after me." she said as she crossed her arms over her chest, getting more and more annoyed and very tempted to just let tombstone shoot him.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Feb 28, 2022 8:02:29 GMT -5
"Oh yes, that's a great idea. Why didn't I ever think of that?" He bops himself in the forehead with an open palm, "I must have forgotten how forgiving your elders are of members of the Sabbat. Of course they would have welcomed me into their organization with open arms." With his hands still raised he turns and abruptly runs toward the open garage door with inhuman speed. You've seen Tombstone move that fast a few times tonight, and you recognize the discipline of Celerity from your own training. The Vampire is out the door before Tombstone even has a chance to shoot him. Tombstone begins to move, and will give chase using his own gift unless you do something to stop him.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Feb 28, 2022 14:55:39 GMT -5
"Seriously" she mutters and takes off after him using her own discipline of celerity to give chase, feeling the rush of speed take over as she quickly gained on him, a feeling she hadnt felt in a while that of predator hunting prey seemed to take over, even though she was chasing another vamp it was still a rush as always and one she was happy to give into.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 3, 2022 16:15:48 GMT -5
The world seems to move in slow motion as your senses kick into overdrive. You can feel every muscle as it tenses, driving you forward after your quarry. A moment later Tombstone runs past you in a blur of pumping limbs. For a moment you think that maybe you didn't activate your sire's gift, hidden within you blood. Then you realize that Tombstone must have devoted more of himself to the discipline of Celerity.
Rolls: I need the following rolls: Perception + Alertness to find him Vs Dex + Stealth: 2,2,7,8=2 successes (Strength + Athletics) or (Dexterity + Dodge) to avoid obstacles. DC 6 Lastly a straight Stamina roll to see if you can last the distance. DC 6
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 4, 2022 17:23:13 GMT -5
(6,4,6-- perception + alertness) (8,8,6,10 <-- strength +athletics + dodge) (6,7 stamina roll)
Cursing silently as tombstone flies past her she does her best to keep up, almost wishing she has spent more time honing her skills over the centuries instead of trying to blend in with the stupid humans.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 10, 2022 18:29:08 GMT -5
You follow the streak of motion that is Tombstone until he smashes aside a crate, and comes to an abrupt stop as it hits a crate that was being suspended by a crane. The suspended crate spins around and smashes into Tombstone knocking him on his ass. He doesn't get up right away, and when he does start to stand he does so slowly. "Fuckin' hell." The pair of you scan the darkness, but fail to find your quarry.
Tombstone's Rolls: (Perception + Alertness): 2,2,6,9=2 successes (Strength + Athletics): 1,1,1,2,3,5,7,8,10 (Stamina): 2,2,3,5 = fail.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 11, 2022 12:27:25 GMT -5
"dammit we lost him." she mutters as she looks around before going over to tombstone." you alright?" she asked concern in her voice as she looks him up and down. "we should get out of here." she say and starts back the way they came, heading back towards the pizza place since thats the only landmark she really knows in this area.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 12, 2022 13:37:38 GMT -5
"I'm fine." Tombstone says as he dusts himself off. "Agreed, let's go." Tombstone follows you along, finally taking stock of the state of his clothing. "We should avoid people, I kind of look like I was in a gun fight." Along the way Tombstone removes the tattered remains of his shirt, and tosses it in a trash can. He pokes his finger through a few holes in his leather jacket, and sighs heavily. "You alright? That got pretty hectic."
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 12, 2022 21:01:10 GMT -5
"yeah i think so." she says as she reaches up running her fingers threw her hair, her words a bit louder than necessary as her ears are still ringing a bit from all the gun shots and honestly she was probably a bit in shock still having been nearly run off the road then gotten into a gun fight and killed a few people. "i think im ok...." she repeated as she kept walking though at this point not really looking where she was going. Moving as she was on auto pilot in some general direction, she hadnt even taken the time to ogle tombstone since was was now shirtless if that was any indication to where her head was at right now. Hands tucked in the pockets of her coat as she walked.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 16, 2022 5:57:47 GMT -5
Tombstone’s longer stride brings him up beside you easily enough, where he throws an arm over your shoulders and gently squeezes. “It’s okay, just hold it together for a few more minutes. We’re almost where we need to be.” You realize that as you’ve been walking aimlessly, Tombstone has been subtlety positioning himself to direct you wherever he has been leading you. Once he wrapped an arm around your shoulders, he used his body to direct you instead.
Before long you find yourself at one of those shitty little apartments above an electronics store. Tombstone leads you into a tidy bedroom, “I’ll be back in a minute.” He makes no move toward the door, instead he crouches down with a hand on each of your knees as you sit on the edge of the bed. “You’re safe here. It’s okay to let yourself feel. We have about a half hour before our ride gets here.” He stands and heads out of the room, leaving you to your thoughts.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 16, 2022 16:03:04 GMT -5
Sitting there on the bed she hears him talk but his words dont seem to sink into her head or get any reaction from her as she just sits there as if frozen, till he has left the room then the shaking starts as she drops her gaze to the floor. if someone were to walk by it would appear as if she was deep in thought though in reality she was barely holding it together. everything that had happened in the last 24 hours finally seemed to be sinking in and she didnt know whether to cry or ironically laugh at it all. just 24 hours ago she had been a normal well as normal as one could get being a vamp, with a job and a quiet life under the radar. She never had to deal with vamps except for at work and it was always only buisness. Now she was in the middle of something way bigger than her and she didnt know if she wanted to deal with it. She had spent the last few centuries carefully crafting her life to where she basically didnt exist and prefered it that way.
It had been tough at first not to give into the thirst and the power that came with it. but she had managed to make a life and bury what she used to be so far down that no living vamp knew what she used to be in her younger years and now that could all come back. The darkness that clung to her mind the evil that lurked in her dead heart had nearly come awake again during that chase. reaching up and wiping a hand over her face she came away with a few flecks of dried blood and something dark flashed across her eyes before she closed them and shook her head as if trying to clear the thoughts. Taking a few deep breaths she tucked all the emotions away and the shaking stopped as she collected herself unsure how long she had been lost in her mind as she slowly looked up and around the room.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 17, 2022 13:36:28 GMT -5
Your thoughts organize slowly at first, but the process quickens as you come back to yourself. Tombstone led you to a shitty little apartment above an electronics store. He spoke briefly with the nerdy looking fat guy that answered the door. The living room looked like a LAN party with six different computer setups going, each one with two monitors. Tombstone handed over the cellphones he had collected from the bodies of the guards, before leading you into the bedroom.
The bedroom smells of a mixture of sweat and something muskier, though that smell seems to be coming from the little garbage can filled with tissues beside the nightstand. The walls have posters of scantily clad anime girls, many of which wearing maid outfits with bunny ears. You’re briefly startled when you notice Tombstone leaning against the wall between two of those posters. He must have come in while you were distracted.
“Welcome back.” He says, popping himself off the wall. “Those fuckers tried to kill you, you were only defending yourself.” He crosses to in front of you again, once more crouching in front of you with his hands on your knees to help him balance. “You good now?”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 17, 2022 15:52:25 GMT -5
looking over at tombstone and nodding as she looks down at where his hands are resting on her knees. "im good i promise, not going to break down into a crying pathetic mess on you don't worry." she says with a forced chuckle as she looks back up at him. something flashes in her eyes but it quickly disappears replaced by her usual business like self, the same gaze he has seen every time he sees her at the blood bank. A mask she wears like a second skin. "you ok? i know you fed and healed but you took a bunch of shots?" she asked immediately looking him over trying not to look around the room or scrunch her nose up at the smell coming from the trash can.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 17, 2022 17:05:35 GMT -5
Tombstone stands, smiling as he pulls his bullet hole ridden jacket open to show off his abs and chest. No sign of the previous battles is visible on his flesh. "I'm good. It took more than bullets to stop me when I was alive, now that I'm not it takes so much more." His smile turns a little sinister, or maybe it's the glint in his eyes. Either way, you kind of feel like prey when he looks down at you like this. The expression fades as he crouches back down, his hands resting on your knees once again. "The dude that lives here is good with technology. He's going to get whatever he can from the guards phones. If we're lucky, maybe he gives us another lead. He said we could crash here if we want." Tombstone's eyes move first to one side of the room then the other before he adds, "I got us a ride to my place, assuming that's alright with you?"
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 17, 2022 17:43:21 GMT -5
"thats fine, dont really want to stay here longer than needed. "she say scrunching her nose a bit and glancing towards the trash can before glancing around at the posters and then back at him. "any chance we can swing back to my place so i can grab more clothes? unless you want to let me borrow some of yours." she says and raises and eye brow as she looks up at him a small playful smirk on her face.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 18, 2022 5:50:34 GMT -5
Tombstone glances at the clock on the nightstand, “Yeah, we have time to go to your place.” He matches your smile with one of his own, “But maybe we don’t have time to get any PJ’s.” Tombstone stands, taking your hands to pull you to your feet. “I do have a nice fishnet shirt that would be long enough to be a dress on you.” He offers.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 18, 2022 9:22:20 GMT -5
"just need a change of clothes, the corset is starting to rub in places." she says as she stands up and then fixes the corset in question before looking up." hmm might just take you up on that offer, though honestly i prefer to sleep with out clothes." she says as she steps around him and heads for the bedroom door. tossing her hair over her shoulder as she walks.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 19, 2022 8:02:46 GMT -5
Tombstone watches Elle go, throughly enjoying the extra sway you put into it for his benefit. He follows you out of the room and introduces you to the nerdy fellow that lives here. He looks terrified, and fumbles all of his words. The entire time you’re in his line of sight he is either starring directly into your cleavage or pointedly not looking at you at all.
Tombstone gets a text and announces, “Our ride is here.” He puts a hand on our nerdy friends shoulder, and you notice that he has no trouble looking at Tombstone. He still looks terrified, but for a different reason. “Let me know what you find.” Tombstone gestures at the door with his head, “You need to get out more.” He calls back over his shoulder as he leaves.
The Uber takes the pair of you to your place, “Wait here. We will be right back.” Tombstone says to the driver, before following you to your place.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 19, 2022 10:43:31 GMT -5
Climbing out of the car and heading inside the building, giving a wave to the security officer sitting at his desk before heading for the elevator, pulling out a key that was tucked inside her corest she inserted it into the lock and turned it, this was the only way to get to the top floor that was otherwise sealed off as per her arrangement with the clan elders. Once the elevator doors dinged and open she stepped inside turning to face the control panel she repeated the process once tombstone was beside her and then leaned against the wall as the elevator began to move. It only took a few moments but soon enough the elevator doors slid open and they stepped out into the open room that led to her apartment and the small lab she had across from it. Heading for the door on the left she unlocked it and stepped inside, quickly disarming the alarm before heading for her bedroom to grab some clothes and change out of the corest. The apartment itself was mostly open floor plan, kept neat and clean. The walls a soft dove grey and all the furniture was a dark cherry color contrasting nicely against the wall color. Dark gemstone colored pillows were laid out nicely on the black leather couch and matching chairs in the living room. all looking towards a large screen tv set against the wall. It was obvious she cared about the appearance of the place but probably didnt spend much time there or entertain others.
Her bedroom was different and obviously she spent more time here as it was a rich purple color with a large bed taking up the center of the room, covered in deep blue silk sheets. a small black book bag was tossed haphazardly onto the bed from where she stood in her large walk in closet. as she searched threw her clothes and gathered a few changes of outfits all much more practical than the corset she was also in the process of untieing as she didnt want to make him wait to long. Walking out of the closet she tossed the corset into the hamper she kept outside her bathroom door and pulled on a tank top and then cropped hoodie over that before walking over to her bag and tossing the rest of the stuff in there. As she finished zipping it up she paused and hurried to the bathroom to grab her lotion and her travel toothbrush and tooth paste as she was unsure how long she would actually be away from the place before stuffing them in her bag. Giving one last look around the room she shrugged and pulled the bag onto her shoulder and headed back into the living room turning out the lights as she went. "ok ready"
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Post by DM-Delfon on Mar 22, 2022 9:55:30 GMT -5
Tombstone gets out of the car, scanning the area for threats. Since nothing caught his eye, he follows Elle into the building. Tombstone eyes the security guard, smiling the as the older man swallows hard. Then he surprises the guy by smiling and offering a friendly wave too. He follows Elle into the elevator, his eyes drifting to the mirrored ceiling. He says, “I think I like this place.” As he drinks in the top down view of your corset.
Tombstone moves past Elle as she disarms the alarm, quickly moving from room to room to check for hidden enemies. He pokes into closets briefly, not trying to invade your personal space, but doing a through check. He arrives back at your bedroom just as your corset hits the basket. Oddly, he averts his eyes from your exposed flesh and moves to the window to look outside. “I like your place. It’s a hell of a lot fancier than mine, that’s for sure. It must pay to be the Elder’s blood tech.”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Mar 22, 2022 15:55:58 GMT -5
"it actually doesnt pay that grand, it was just part of the agreement." she says as she gestures to the apartment. " i did some ummm.... things and when they finally caught me it was either work for them or die. well die again." she said and shrugged as she did one more once over of her apartment once she was dressed, grabbing the last few blood bags from her fridge and throwing them in the book bag aswell before turning to look at him. "lets go" she said and headed for the door. not going to question why he looked away when she was half naked when he had spent the last day or so oggling her when he got the chance.
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