VtM Part Four - Family

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

"Alright my Prince. Can I ask you to stand within the pentagram of Vitae. I'm sure you can sense it better than I. I ask then that your childe stands in the one of blood"

Nostro feels nervous of this. Distrusting even.

Lysander shows no fear and projects for Nostro to do the same.

He enters the pentagram.

'Let us begin!'

Fourier

Lysander sees the room light up all of a sudden as Nostro glows red as if he were lit up from within. Steam begins to come off him as his Vitae heats up.

"What the fúck!" Nostro says doubling over in pain.

OOC: Giving you a chance to act if you wish

Necro

Lysander calls the shadows towards Nostro to attempt to calm him.

'Embrace them, my childe, drink in the darkness and no pain will overtake you'

Fourier

Nostro calms down while Vitae erupts from within him, flows over him and then hardens like rock. The overall appearance is like a blood red statue with a fierce grimacing expression.

"Nostro..." Maximillian says turning toward him "...you should have any of your Sires abilities should he let you cast it. Try to kill one of the humans in the next room"

OOC: Lysander feels Nostro attempting to use "Arms of the Abyss" via Lysander's blood. You have to let him.

Necro

Lysander smirks.

'Feel the power of the Abyss flow within you through me Nostro... embrace it!'

He allows Nostro to use the power

Fourier

Lysander feels the arms lash out at one of the humans in the cages and rip them to bits.

"Useful no my Prince? A remote operative, armoured, with all of your power. They must be descended from you however. And I would need to prepare the pentagrams before any attempt. Still I think it has its uses.

The cost is merely the blood of a mortal who has wounded one of our kind before. Hard to find, but not extremely so in this city"

Necro

Lysander ponders for a moment.

'Incredibly useful. Let us see some more demonstrations while I consider your request. Your choice this time... you are the host tonight after all.'

Fourier

"Yes, I should mention your...well representative...can be damaged in the process. I think Nostro here has proven hardy enough" Strauss says.

"Thanks" says Nostro sarcastically.

Strauss clicks his fingers and a young Tremere enters. Newly minted in fact. Lysander senses he is less than a week sired. He still has some mortal blood in his system yet to be replaced by Vitae.

The young Tremere drags out a human screaming and roaring. A man in his late 20s. Unhealthy and overweight Lysander can hear from his blood flow alone without looking at him.

"What the fúck is going on..." he roars.

Strauss hands Lysander a vial.

"Drink it my liege. Then bite our friend here. You'll be impressed"

Necro

Lysander obliges and drinks the vial before advancing on the human. He meets his gaze to calm him.

'You are not my normal type... but the show must go on. Calm yourself and maybe when this is done you will want to get fit and healthy.'

He feeds.

Fourier

As Lysander feeds the strange concoction enters the man and he falls back spasming.

Suddenly his body rips itself apart and the limbs, torso and head grow their own set of "legs" built from muscle tissue.

"Six little soldiers my lord for every mortal you feed on. Lasts for an hour, so as many humans as you infect...it needs the Vitae of a Tzimisce to be prepared however. Thus we would need to capture one from the Sabbat. Or a few if we want large scale deployment"

Necro

Lysander tries to gather his thoughts.

He looks to see if the human is dead.

'Marvellous! This is fantastic. And the final trick in your book for tonight, at least?'

Fourier

The human appears to be dead, Lysander feels six weak minds rather than one stronger one.

"Ah yes. The final one. I dare not do it, but I will simple describe it"

He takes out a purple vial.

"This is my own Vitae mixed with the essence of a minor god. We can use it to bind a local god to do our bidding. There are many in LA. Indian ones still remaining as well as more modern ones"

Necro

Lysander thinks briefly back to his own meeting with... God and the task set out for him.

'Incredible. And what would the effects be?'

Fourier

"It would be immediately summoned to our location and forced to do your will. Stronger gods would be summoned but not compelled to obey. However I believe with your domination abilities, if you were present at the summoning, we could over come that"

Necro

Lysanders eyes light up, he tries to mask it though. The thoughts... the possibilities.

'Incredible show Maximillian. I am truly impressed. The humans though... try to make them willing subjects and I think I will be giving you green light to practice this in approved locations. We can discuss those later though.'

Fourier

"Yes Sire. There is a list of local gods here. I have arranged them in order of difficulty to trap. And yes Sire everybody on the list is real"

He hands Lysander a parchment.

"I have a few locations in mind. I'll send you a list. Now my lord..." he releases the armour from Nostro "...would you and your fellow Primogen care to join me and my new Childe on a hunt or have you something else to do tonight?"

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

"Yes Sire. There is a list of local gods here. I have arranged them in order of difficulty to trap. And yes Sire everybody on the list is real"

He hands Lysander a parchment.

"I have a few locations in mind. I'll send you a list. Now my lord..." he releases the armour from Nostro "...would you and your fellow Primogen care to join me and my new Childe on a hunt or have you something else to do tonight?"

'I think a hunt would be enjoyable... but perhaps another time. We have a new childe of our own to check in on, isn't that right Nostro?'

Fourier

"Yes it is Sire. Our clan is growing very fast. Many to get in line. Thank you for the presentation Primogen Strauss"

"Another time then" Strauss says with a bow and he heads for the back room with the remaining human prisoner.

Necro

Lysander waits till he is in the car with Nostro before speaking again.

'What did you make of it then? I think it would be beneficial... the gods in particular.'

He opens the parchment to have a read.

Fourier

"Definitely Sire. Is the second one not a serious risk to the Masquerade. I assume only in the worst circumstances. The god one though..." he whistles "...that'd be something to stick to the opposition. I didn't even know there were gods".

The parchment reads:

1. Mol'-luk the Condor
2. Choo'-hoo the Turkey Buzzard
3. Kok'-kol the Raven
4. Guksu the healer
5. Xa-matutsi the ocean lord
6. Son of Erlang Shen, Chinese god of programming
7. Silver Jack, Recently spawned god of movies
8. Santa Claus

Necro

Lysander shows Nostro the parchment.

'This is a fine list. Imagine the possibilities if our dominate could control gods. I will need you to train the Lasombra in this much more moving forward. Be ready... to take control.'

Fourier

Necro wrote: »

Lysander shows Nostro the parchment.

'This is a fine list. Imagine the possibilities if our dominate could control gods. I will need you to train the Lasombra in this much more moving forward. Be ready... to take control.'

"Wait what...Santa?" Nostro says before laughing. He glances over at Lysander.

"Well it's one hell of a list. I'll get the others on this. Domination practice it is Sire. Have to say this might be the most shocking thing that's been revealed to me since turning. Is the Easter Bunny real? What else is real?"

He shakes his head in bemusement.

"Anyway, where to?"

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

"Wait what...Santa?" Nostro says before laughing. He glances over at Lysander.

"Well it's one hell of a list. I'll get the others on this. Domination practice it is Sire. Have to say this might be the most shocking thing that's been revealed to me since turning. Is the Easter Bunny real? What else is real?"

He shakes his head in bemusement.

"Anyway, where to?"

'Let us check in our new family member.'

Lysander leans back and relaxes whilst Nostro drives.

'Nostro do you remember when I went missing? Did I ever tell you the story of what happened me?'

Fourier

Necro wrote: »

'Let us check in our new family member.'

Lysander leans back and relaxes whilst Nostro drives.

'Nostro do you remember when I went missing? Did I ever tell you the story of what happened me?'

Nostro keeps his eyes on the road as heavy rain pelts the windscreen. He's interested, but trying to act calm.

"Everybody wonders Sire, but nobody dares ask. I have been curious, but I know my place and assumed you didn't say for a reason"

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

Nostro keeps his eyes on the road as heavy rain pelts the windscreen. He's interested, but trying to act calm.

"Everybody wonders Sire, but nobody dares ask. I have been curious, but I know my place and assumed you didn't say for a reason"

Lysander smiles wanly.

'It's a tale that not many know, probably don't even believe... but let me tell you anyways, I think it is important and we should act on it soon.'

Lysander launches into the tale of him meeting God, describing everything in detail including the task that he was set.

Fourier

Nostro goes silent after he hears all of it. He doesn't speak until the pair hit a set of traffic lights in Chinatown.

"God? Like as in genuinely 'created the universe' God? And he needs you to do something...obviously he's very different from what I was told in Sunday school"

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

Nostro goes silent after he hears all of it. He doesn't speak until the pair hit a set of traffic lights in Chinatown.

"God? Like as in genuinely 'created the universe' God? And he needs you to do something...obviously he's very different from what I was told in Sunday school"

'Yes. A facility he needs protecting. And we can't just dominate a bunch of mortals to do it, something about free will and that razzmatazz.'

He looks over at Nostro.

'My plan was through your contacts to set up a shell company and simply recruit and pay people to guard it. Might cost us a small fortune, but I can't see another way. Unless you fancy wearing a sandwich board in central LA?'

He smirks at the last line.

Fourier

Nostro smirks back.

"No, I got out of marketing a while ago. I think I can do that easily enough. Should we see what's in the facility? Or is that a no go?"

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

Nostro smirks back.

"No, I got out of marketing a while ago. I think I can do that easily enough. Should we see what's in the facility? Or is that a no go?"

Lysander shrugs.

'That I am not sure about. I think we should leave it be. I got the feeling he could just click his fingers and I'd cease to exist so best not to mess with those above your station...'

He laughs briefly.

'Ok... THAT far above your station anyways.'

Fourier

"Right, got it. So a contract job for God and we might summon Santa. I think I'll need to sit down for a while to take in all that"

Eventually the pair pull in at the office complex that Nostro still owns under his human identity.

"I have her in here boss. Staying in one of the upper apartments."