Truthfully, there wasn't much Alessandra could really do here. She couldn't drive well, guns weren't much of her thing, and Alana had anything to do with mind control under wraps, so the older vampire sat awkwardly in the back seat and hoped that everything was going alright. Which it was, she would say, from what she could see; Victor was landing shots no problem, Sorrin was keeping up with the Bloods car, keeping calm under the pressure, Alana had the driver of the Jeep forget a few minutes...
And then Misha lost control of the Beast.
Panic shot through Alessandra's system, unsure of what to do, but knowing she had to try something to get Misha to calm down, thinking of her command. "When the Bloods are dispatched, ram the car, Sorrin!" She shouts out as she grabs Misha and tries to pull her back, just enough for her to place her hands and cup Misha's face and force the red-head to look at her. Her eyes glow a ghostly orange as she begins whispering to Misha, hoping that this would work, even if just for a second, even if she was going to get hurt in the process. "Calm down. Please, Misha. I can't bear seeing you like this. Pozhaluysta, uspokoysya. Ne pozvolyay yemu vstupit' vo vladeniye. Ya lyublyu tebya."
Aeydof the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Sorrin sighs and gives the wheel of the car an affectionate pat, "Sorry milady. Your service has been wonderful, may you find a better owner on the other side." He then slam on the pedal and rams into the Blood's car.
Misha was nothing but rage. The overwhelming urge to have her orders followed blinded her, and the Beast was in complete control. As Alana wiped her mind momentarily, Sorrin's words were never heard. It was probably a good thing.
Buried far deep beyond the alien and animalistic presence of the Beast was a consciousness hidden and completely suppressed. As Aless spoke gentle loving words to Misha, her subconscious wanted to scream that she loved her too, and was very sorry for her behavior. She wanted to scream it out as loud as she could, but the Beast was too powerful, and kept Misha's mind in the darkest corner and recess it could find. The Beast reminded Misha that Ventrue were meant to rule, and even being an Acheronian, how could you resist? What a stupid, silly notion to disagree - those who disobey you are beneath you. You were meant to command, to take charge, and here I am, taking control of YOU. I am the Beast, you cannot deny me. I am something beyond your understanding, and I don't like to be controlled by YOU.
For a split moment as Aless spoke to Misha the smallest moment of clarity retook Misha, as if something deep inside her wanted to respond, but the car slammed into the Jeep, roughly jostling everyone inside the car, but no one was hurt, and everyone remained inside. Misha laughed, satisfied. "Yes!!"She got out of the car and looked over the carnage. An overwhelming sense of orgasmic satisfaction came over and she breathed in deeply, closing her eyes - the Beast, now satiated, slowly faded and Misha's consciousness resurfaced. She blinked a few times, trying to remember the last few minutes, but could not. She suddenly regained her senses and realizing the gravity of the situation, she peeked into the car.
"Holy sheet, are you guys ok?"she asked, as if nothing had happened. She heard a noise and looked up. A young couple, half undressed, were getting out of a car parked at a nearby lookout. Misha was about to say something but the couple looked in a very shocked manner, getting closer. "Uh.."she began, but then the sounds of police sirens could be heard in the far distance.
"I've got a few scratches on me, but I'm fine." Victor's bleeding a little bit and it can easily be seen through his unzipped jacket. "But we can play doctor later, the cops are coming. We've gotta go!"
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"Hello!"Misha says to the young couple approaching, clearly getting a closer look at the accident in front of them. "Uh.."she tries to think fast. "We were uh. Crazy, huh! Look at thees mess. Maybe a leetle too much, uh.."she makes a motion with her hand that pantomimes she was drinking. She laughs nervously.
Alessandra emerges from the crash, a hand rubbing at her temple, her lip busted and bleeding with a few scratches here and there, but looks relatively fine. "That went south very fast... Ugh..." She looks at the couple, unamused, then looks out to where the sirens could be heard. "Yeah, we should go..." The older vampire locks eyes with the couple again, the male first, then the female, making them both forget their faces. "Let's run."
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Alana dusts herself off with a slight wince before darting off with the others, letting Sorrin take up the back even though he could easily outrun them all.
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
As you all start running, you see the young couple look at you with disbelief. Your car is very badly damaged, and you crashed into another car. It's very possible they would tell the cops the direction you ran in.
As you start running down the winding path, a steep slope on one end, and mountain on the other. As you hustle as fast as you can, you approach a curve and the road drops sharply into a large lit suburb before you - the San Fernando Valley. A bit down the street, the road becomes residential, and houses line up on each side. From your top vantage point, looking back, you can see the faint glow of parked police cars. One of them is moving down the road in your direction.
You all jog as quietly as you can down the hill on to a street that slowly turns from a windy mountain road of Mulholland Drive to the downward slope of a suburban area of the San Fernando Valley called Encino. It looks like a wealthy area, as all the houses are different, large, and seem to be built in the 1960s. Behind you, the glow of the police car's flashing lights slowly dim. You walk for what seems like over an hour with no sign of a main street. Since you've never been here before, you're not sure which way to go. Luckily, thanks to the digital age, you're able to orientate yourself, call an Uber, and correctly indicate where you are. You sit and wait for the car to arrive. Thankfully, it was a quiet evening, and maybe one or two vehicles passed by in the evening. Regardless, there were plenty of places to stay hidden for a moment in case someone of authority drove by with a searchlight. It was a high end neighborhood, and thankfully, no one was out and about at this hour, and you all made very little noise to wake up the residence.
After about 25 minutes, the Uber pulled up. A attractive young woman of south american descent with cute glasses turns and smiles at you all. "Hi there. I'm Zasha." she says. "Where to?"
Thank God for boring suburbanites. Victor thought as he hid with the rest of the group in Encino. As the hour passed by, he couldn't help but dwell on the thought that if he wasn't Embraced all those years ago, he probably would've ended up living in a neighborhood like this, with a wife and two or three kids. His train of thought is broken by the arrival of the Uber driver. "Ah yes. Please take us back to Los Angeles." And Victor will give her the directions to the hotel, making sure that it doesn't go through the cops.
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As they sat and waited for the uber to arrive, Alessandra took care of her busted lip and cleaned up the cuts and scratches she and the others had gotten due to the crash to look like they hadn't gone through hell and high water. She was tired, needed a shower, and wanted to go to sleep, and when the uber came to view she finally relaxed knowing that all would happen soon.
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When you all return to The Taste, Salvador, Mohammed, Jesus, and many of the El Hermandad are there, either drinking, or tending to Salvador. As you walk in, they're having a animated conversation. "I've been telling you, those damn Bloods were getting too close!" Mohammed tells Jesus. "Now they've found out about Salvador, and probably about all of you! They've got to be taken down NOW, tonight!" The El Hermandad loudly agree. Everyone turns to look at you as you walk in.
"What happened?"Mohammed asks. "You all were gone a while, did you take them out? Did you see who they were, or get any identification off of them?"
Victor was grateful to Alessandra for cleaning up his wounds, minor as they were. On the ride to A Taste of LA, he took a small nap to regain some energy after all of this excitement. "We chased after the bastards and made sure that they didn't get away with attacking Salvador. If getting shot didn't kill them, then they died when they went off the road." Victor tactfully chooses his words, to not bring up unpleasant memories of Misha falling under the Beasts control.
"If that didn't, they must be Kindred. Unfortunately the cops were headed towards the crash site, so we couldn't get anything."
Mohammed turns to Jesus, who is watching over a very wounded Salvador. "I've been telling you those damn Bloods were getting too close. Now they've found out about Salvador, and probably about all of you. They've GOT to be taken down NOW, tonight! I'm going to get the rest of the brothers. You all meet me at Zombie Club in two hours, and we'll have avenged our own kind before the sun rises." The Latino kindred of El Hermandad all cheer in approval and sprint for their cars. Engines roar as the El Hermandad gangsters peel out into the streets. Mohammed joins them, a smile on his lips.
Jesus sighs and explains. "The Blood is a mortal gang that has been at war with the Crypt's Sons for years, but that until now there hasen't been any sign that they know about any other kindred. Mohammed has been screaming for help against them for a long time, but the rest of the anarchs have seen them as an effective check on the Crypt's Sons, and no threat to the other, so the Bloods has been pretty much left alone. This attack on Salvador, however, means that the Blood have found out about the rest of the kindred community, and have decided to take us on. They're going to have to be eliminated, even though it will mean the death of many vampires - the Blood are known to be well-armed and prepared for vampire attacks."
From this point on, you can either help with the Crypt's Sons attack on the Bloods using El Hermandad gangsters, (which, it should be noted, since Mohammed is the second most powerful vampire in L.A., Salvador has no say in what Mohammed does, especially in his wounded condition.) or return back to Colorado and report what has transpired - all out gang war.
For a moment, Victor is ready to go home since this isn't his problem. But then he remembers that Cherri loves murder what his sire told him about making friends. "Ah, who I'm I kidding, let's murder some Bloods!"
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The Bloods have a major hideout in Watts. Watts is not far geographically from the gleaming towers of downtown Los Angeles, but it is light-years away socioeconomically. Shabby houses, burned-out business and wrecked, abandoned cars bear mute testimony to the despair and anguish of the inhabitants. There's tons of graffiti-tagged billboards, the garishly-lit liquor stores and plenty of rundown apartment buildings that are scattered across the neighborhood. Occasionally, police cruisers and cars filled with young men in gang uniforms will drive by, the occupants of both warily eye intruders, but no one takes any action against you or the El Hermandad gangsters.
For this scene, there's two groups: the coterie, and the El Hermandad. Parking off in the distance, you have no difficulty in finding the building described by Jesus - a gleaming white church that takes up about half a block in the middle of Watts. It is brightly lit on all sides by floodlights and, although the church itself is dark, lights can be seen in the small vestry in back. A number of seemingly idle young men are lounging around the outside of the church, some on the steps, others on the lawn in front. They are all armed and wearing red bandanas.
From a different vantage point, the El Hermandad gangsters are riled up, getting out of their cars from a different street and are preparing to hustle up to the church in a non stealth like manner and begin blasting the Blood into the grave.
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Alana winces at Sorrins words before shaking her head. After a moment, she makes eye contact with Misha and mutters quickly. "Just forget that."
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Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Willow Twilight|Swiftstride Shifter|Blood Hunter|Ebberon|Retired
Meephylia Polliwog|Grung|Dragon Sorcerer|Descent To Avernus|Retired
Ashryn Rairs|Changeling|Hexblade Warlock|Out Of The Abyss|Dead
Truthfully, there wasn't much Alessandra could really do here. She couldn't drive well, guns weren't much of her thing, and Alana had anything to do with mind control under wraps, so the older vampire sat awkwardly in the back seat and hoped that everything was going alright. Which it was, she would say, from what she could see; Victor was landing shots no problem, Sorrin was keeping up with the Bloods car, keeping calm under the pressure, Alana had the driver of the Jeep forget a few minutes...
And then Misha lost control of the Beast.
Panic shot through Alessandra's system, unsure of what to do, but knowing she had to try something to get Misha to calm down, thinking of her command. "When the Bloods are dispatched, ram the car, Sorrin!" She shouts out as she grabs Misha and tries to pull her back, just enough for her to place her hands and cup Misha's face and force the red-head to look at her. Her eyes glow a ghostly orange as she begins whispering to Misha, hoping that this would work, even if just for a second, even if she was going to get hurt in the process. "Calm down. Please, Misha. I can't bear seeing you like this. Pozhaluysta, uspokoysya. Ne pozvolyay yemu vstupit' vo vladeniye. Ya lyublyu tebya."
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Sorrin sighs and gives the wheel of the car an affectionate pat, "Sorry milady. Your service has been wonderful, may you find a better owner on the other side." He then slam on the pedal and rams into the Blood's car.
Misha was nothing but rage. The overwhelming urge to have her orders followed blinded her, and the Beast was in complete control. As Alana wiped her mind momentarily, Sorrin's words were never heard. It was probably a good thing.
Buried far deep beyond the alien and animalistic presence of the Beast was a consciousness hidden and completely suppressed. As Aless spoke gentle loving words to Misha, her subconscious wanted to scream that she loved her too, and was very sorry for her behavior. She wanted to scream it out as loud as she could, but the Beast was too powerful, and kept Misha's mind in the darkest corner and recess it could find. The Beast reminded Misha that Ventrue were meant to rule, and even being an Acheronian, how could you resist? What a stupid, silly notion to disagree - those who disobey you are beneath you. You were meant to command, to take charge, and here I am, taking control of YOU. I am the Beast, you cannot deny me. I am something beyond your understanding, and I don't like to be controlled by YOU.
For a split moment as Aless spoke to Misha the smallest moment of clarity retook Misha, as if something deep inside her wanted to respond, but the car slammed into the Jeep, roughly jostling everyone inside the car, but no one was hurt, and everyone remained inside. Misha laughed, satisfied. "Yes!!" She got out of the car and looked over the carnage. An overwhelming sense of orgasmic satisfaction came over and she breathed in deeply, closing her eyes - the Beast, now satiated, slowly faded and Misha's consciousness resurfaced. She blinked a few times, trying to remember the last few minutes, but could not. She suddenly regained her senses and realizing the gravity of the situation, she peeked into the car.
"Holy sheet, are you guys ok?" she asked, as if nothing had happened. She heard a noise and looked up. A young couple, half undressed, were getting out of a car parked at a nearby lookout. Misha was about to say something but the couple looked in a very shocked manner, getting closer. "Uh.." she began, but then the sounds of police sirens could be heard in the far distance.
"I've got a few scratches on me, but I'm fine." Victor's bleeding a little bit and it can easily be seen through his unzipped jacket. "But we can play doctor later, the cops are coming. We've gotta go!"
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"Hello!" Misha says to the young couple approaching, clearly getting a closer look at the accident in front of them. "Uh.." she tries to think fast. "We were uh. Crazy, huh! Look at thees mess. Maybe a leetle too much, uh.." she makes a motion with her hand that pantomimes she was drinking. She laughs nervously.
Alessandra emerges from the crash, a hand rubbing at her temple, her lip busted and bleeding with a few scratches here and there, but looks relatively fine. "That went south very fast... Ugh..." She looks at the couple, unamused, then looks out to where the sirens could be heard. "Yeah, we should go..." The older vampire locks eyes with the couple again, the male first, then the female, making them both forget their faces. "Let's run."
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
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Sorrin got out of the car, he makes sure everyone is okay before taking up the rear and following everyone's escape.
Alana dusts herself off with a slight wince before darting off with the others, letting Sorrin take up the back even though he could easily outrun them all.
Nina Wildvale|Changeling|Wild Magic Sorcerer|Rise of The Reunelords|Active
Kai Loire|Water Genasia|Life Cleric|Road To Phandalin|Retired
Willow Twilight|Swiftstride Shifter|Blood Hunter|Ebberon|Retired
Meephylia Polliwog|Grung|Dragon Sorcerer|Descent To Avernus|Retired
Ashryn Rairs|Changeling|Hexblade Warlock|Out Of The Abyss|Dead
As you all start running, you see the young couple look at you with disbelief. Your car is very badly damaged, and you crashed into another car. It's very possible they would tell the cops the direction you ran in.
As you start running down the winding path, a steep slope on one end, and mountain on the other. As you hustle as fast as you can, you approach a curve and the road drops sharply into a large lit suburb before you - the San Fernando Valley. A bit down the street, the road becomes residential, and houses line up on each side. From your top vantage point, looking back, you can see the faint glow of parked police cars. One of them is moving down the road in your direction.
"****. That couple ratted on us. Should we head into the mountains and try to lose them? "
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"Actually, new idea. Let's head down to those suburbs, get an Uber, and get back to L.A using a different road."
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You all jog as quietly as you can down the hill on to a street that slowly turns from a windy mountain road of Mulholland Drive to the downward slope of a suburban area of the San Fernando Valley called Encino. It looks like a wealthy area, as all the houses are different, large, and seem to be built in the 1960s. Behind you, the glow of the police car's flashing lights slowly dim. You walk for what seems like over an hour with no sign of a main street. Since you've never been here before, you're not sure which way to go. Luckily, thanks to the digital age, you're able to orientate yourself, call an Uber, and correctly indicate where you are. You sit and wait for the car to arrive. Thankfully, it was a quiet evening, and maybe one or two vehicles passed by in the evening. Regardless, there were plenty of places to stay hidden for a moment in case someone of authority drove by with a searchlight. It was a high end neighborhood, and thankfully, no one was out and about at this hour, and you all made very little noise to wake up the residence.
After about 25 minutes, the Uber pulled up. A attractive young woman of south american descent with cute glasses turns and smiles at you all. "Hi there. I'm Zasha." she says. "Where to?"
Thank God for boring suburbanites. Victor thought as he hid with the rest of the group in Encino. As the hour passed by, he couldn't help but dwell on the thought that if he wasn't Embraced all those years ago, he probably would've ended up living in a neighborhood like this, with a wife and two or three kids. His train of thought is broken by the arrival of the Uber driver. "Ah yes. Please take us back to Los Angeles." And Victor will give her the directions to the hotel, making sure that it doesn't go through the cops.
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As they sat and waited for the uber to arrive, Alessandra took care of her busted lip and cleaned up the cuts and scratches she and the others had gotten due to the crash to look like they hadn't gone through hell and high water. She was tired, needed a shower, and wanted to go to sleep, and when the uber came to view she finally relaxed knowing that all would happen soon.
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
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SCENE THREE - A TASTE OF L.A.
When you all return to The Taste, Salvador, Mohammed, Jesus, and many of the El Hermandad are there, either drinking, or tending to Salvador. As you walk in, they're having a animated conversation. "I've been telling you, those damn Bloods were getting too close!" Mohammed tells Jesus. "Now they've found out about Salvador, and probably about all of you! They've got to be taken down NOW, tonight!" The El Hermandad loudly agree. Everyone turns to look at you as you walk in.
"What happened?" Mohammed asks. "You all were gone a while, did you take them out? Did you see who they were, or get any identification off of them?"
Victor was grateful to Alessandra for cleaning up his wounds, minor as they were. On the ride to A Taste of LA, he took a small nap to regain some energy after all of this excitement. "We chased after the bastards and made sure that they didn't get away with attacking Salvador. If getting shot didn't kill them, then they died when they went off the road." Victor tactfully chooses his words, to not bring up unpleasant memories of Misha falling under the Beasts control.
"If that didn't, they must be Kindred. Unfortunately the cops were headed towards the crash site, so we couldn't get anything."
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Mohammed turns to Jesus, who is watching over a very wounded Salvador. "I've been telling you those damn Bloods were getting too close. Now they've found out about Salvador, and probably about all of you. They've GOT to be taken down NOW, tonight! I'm going to get the rest of the brothers. You all meet me at Zombie Club in two hours, and we'll have avenged our own kind before the sun rises." The Latino kindred of El Hermandad all cheer in approval and sprint for their cars. Engines roar as the El Hermandad gangsters peel out into the streets. Mohammed joins them, a smile on his lips.
Jesus sighs and explains. "The Blood is a mortal gang that has been at war with the Crypt's Sons for years, but that until now there hasen't been any sign that they know about any other kindred. Mohammed has been screaming for help against them for a long time, but the rest of the anarchs have seen them as an effective check on the Crypt's Sons, and no threat to the other, so the Bloods has been pretty much left alone. This attack on Salvador, however, means that the Blood have found out about the rest of the kindred community, and have decided to take us on. They're going to have to be eliminated, even though it will mean the death of many vampires - the Blood are known to be well-armed and prepared for vampire attacks."
From this point on, you can either help with the Crypt's Sons attack on the Bloods using El Hermandad gangsters, (which, it should be noted, since Mohammed is the second most powerful vampire in L.A., Salvador has no say in what Mohammed does, especially in his wounded condition.) or return back to Colorado and report what has transpired - all out gang war.
For a moment, Victor is ready to go home since this isn't his problem. But then he remembers
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SCENE FOUR - INTO WATTS
The Bloods have a major hideout in Watts. Watts is not far geographically from the gleaming towers of downtown Los Angeles, but it is light-years away socioeconomically. Shabby houses, burned-out business and wrecked, abandoned cars bear mute testimony to the despair and anguish of the inhabitants. There's tons of graffiti-tagged billboards, the garishly-lit liquor stores and plenty of rundown apartment buildings that are scattered across the neighborhood. Occasionally, police cruisers and cars filled with young men in gang uniforms will drive by, the occupants of both warily eye intruders, but no one takes any action against you or the El Hermandad gangsters.
For this scene, there's two groups: the coterie, and the El Hermandad. Parking off in the distance, you have no difficulty in finding the building described by Jesus - a gleaming white church that takes up about half a block in the middle of Watts. It is brightly lit on all sides by floodlights and, although the church itself is dark, lights can be seen in the small vestry in back. A number of seemingly idle young men are lounging around the outside of the church, some on the steps, others on the lawn in front. They are all armed and wearing red bandanas.
From a different vantage point, the El Hermandad gangsters are riled up, getting out of their cars from a different street and are preparing to hustle up to the church in a non stealth like manner and begin blasting the Blood into the grave.