2009-01-25 13:13:35 Thomas Arturo rolls 4 dice to Self Control 6,8,7,6 (4 successes) 4/5 successes needed to overcome frenzy. [Thomas will be Hurt -1 until he heals the Aggravated damage.]

Arturo grits his teeth and pulls the chain taught. There is a creak in the floor and a sharp, uneccessary hiss of breath as Illys fangs tear into Arturos flesh.

He feels the surge of his beast, kept in check so long. The urge to crush her pretty head against the floor and stomp, bite and tear until she falls to ash. Even a trusted friend is an enemy to an unleashed beast. Arturo keeps it in check, with violence in his eyes and screaming in the back of his head he nods a thank you to Illy and turns away.

2009-01-25 13:21:57 Thomas Arturo rolls 4 dice to Self Control pt ii 10,2,1,8 (1 success)

In just a moment he will be fine, composed; a gentleman again. The beast will slink back to its dark corner, hungry and grumbling but defeated once again. Thomas will retrieve the key to free himself.

Illy wipes the sides of her mouth, dabbing Thomas' blood away on a silk handkerchief as she steps out of the range of the possibly frenzying Toreador.

As she sees him calm down, she steps only slightly closer and hands him a mirror, angled towards the wound on his neck.

"Good, yes? Or do I need to make it worse?" she asks, lighting up a cigarette.

'Thats enough punishment for one night.'

Arturo quips, checking out the wound in the mirror. His dead flesh hangs open but does not bleed beyond the initial penetration of Illuminatas fangs. The chain clangs to the floor and Thomas tests his arm, her bite is deep, injuring muscle tissue and reducing his mobility. It will be a temporary handicap and a great prop in this deception.

'That is perfect. We must never speak of this, I owe you again.'  

"Of course, darling, of course, don't mention it," she says as smoke curls out of her mouth, the corners of it lifted in a slight smile.

"It will all work out in the end. Now what do we do with this...garbage?" she asks, waving her hand dismissively towards Rose's dead body.

'She will be turned over to the tender mercy of our sheriff as I was gracious enough not to end her unlife when she attacked me.'

Thomas says with blatant sarcasm in his voice. He then shrugs, rolling his injured shoulder.

'Im going to place her up on the roof. We can see if the sheriff values her enough to come retrieve her before sunrise.'

It will be a rather callous act from the Toreador to do such a thing, especially to his own clanmate. But with age comes a certain detachment and impatience for the younger kindred...

'If I detail my plan to you, your first official act as whip could be a visit to the Ventrue Primogen on my behalf, are you opposed?'  

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Illy is somewhat surprised at Thomas' callousness, but not enough to remark on it.

"The Sheriff, absolutely, what she deserves is some discipline, and she did ignore the respect due and elder in his domain, after all. Not quite as serious of a breach as if she had broken the first tradition, but still...Unacceptable."

At Thomas's request, she nods immediately.

"Oh, absolutely not opposed to that, she was the very stylish woman at Elysium with a smoking habit to rival my own, was she not?"

'Sasha Moreau, Yes. Make sure to call ahead, though, she hates unexpected guests.'

Thomas explains as he retrieves and replaces his shirt. As whip Illy will be exposed to all the dirty underhanded things Thomas does to keep his station. That is why he chose her over Slater or Rose; as a friend she can be trusted, and if she proves otherwise he already has considereable leverage.

'Miss Meadows shop exploded earlier this evening. Sashas influence could easily make that look like a methamphetamine lab was in the basement of the yarn store. If the sheriff takes mercy on Rose, she will be forced to do something else with her life- rather than just sit and knit. She embarassed our clan when she served me as whip. Two primogen meetings and she didnt speak a word...'

"Oh my, of course I would never infringe upon a primogen without calling first to announce myself. Who would be so rude as to forgoet even the smallest courtesies? Really, neonates these days..."

She shakes her head  in consternation at the lack of manners inculcated into the younger generation by their sires. She is sure Thomas speaks from prior knowledge, someone must have truly botherd miss Moreau to make him aware of that particular foible of hers.

"Absolutely, I will call miss Moreau to set up a meeting and discuss such an arrangement," she adds, lighting up yet another cigarette.

"What a shameful little failure miss Meadows has been, it appears. Speaking of which, when is the next primogen council?"

'Within a few nights. Thaddeus has initiated the gathering and I offered the new Wing here as a venue.'

Redressed, Thomas will retrieve Rose like a ragdoll in his arms with the intent of carrying her to the roof himself. Alexi and Christine will need to be replaced- Arturo is doing far too much dirty work himself lately.

'Mention the meeting to Miss Moreau, maybe she can help set a fire under the rest of the elders. Some of them dont move as fast as we do...'

From here Arturo will head for the roof. Illuminata can accompany him if she wishes or attend to her other buisness. Arturo will call the sheriff once he reaches the open air and dumps Roses torpid form in an open expanse with no cover.

Sebastion answered the phone in a very dry and calculated voice, “I will need to ask you a few question Mr. Arturo when I arrive.” He pauses for a few second…………


“ I will be running a little more tightly run city than our last sheriff.” The pause is still their but a little longer this time………………….


“I will be there as soon as possible and I will need a secure area in the loading dock.”  He hangs up the phone and calls two ghouls in black suits to give him a hand.  They load into a black van and Sebastion just sits shotgun and thinks of how this new position will affect him. His ghouls drive him over to the Casino and pull up to back loading area.

Sebastion obviously fancies himself quite influential now that he is Sheriff. Arturo will gladly be the first to show the sheriff that he is still on the middle of the status ladder. Rose is left on the roof, Arturo returns to his office.

When Sebastion arrives he will find the loading dock open. There is no sign of movement and no guards securing the area. Just one woman stands, waiting. She is an attractive brunette with intense cheek bones and full lips. She doesnt smile so much as she scowls. Standing on a loading dock was obviously not in her job descrïption...

'Mister MacDonald?'

She asks, her hands clasped behind her back when she sees the large man exit his van. This is a classic example of the "Im too important to take your call" game.

He just laugh when he see a random person there waiting for him. All I wanted was to ask him a few questions so I could clear things up and allow him to go back to business. I guess Mr. Elder rose may need to see what a Tremere Can find out just by seeing a body. I really did not want to do a full investigation but Arturo has called me out so now my hands are tied.  “Good evening” He sends out his hand to show this peon a little bit of respect.  

The womans hand will look miniscule when it clasps Sebastions, but she seems not to notice.

'Mister Arturo instructed me to inform you that the package is still on the roof. If you wish to speak with him he has retreated to his office. I will escort you if you wish, but Arturo said the Casino and grounds are entirely open to you.'

"lead the way to the package" he signal to the two man to follow. He has a large black leather bag and his right hand.

He follow her to the roof where he began to expect her body.

Sebastion rolls 7 dice to checking the body med+int 3,9,2,8,9, 1,6 (3 successes)

He start to take down basic information what caused her death and general information like the measurement of her body. Sebastion take out a equipment from his leather bag to draw her blood as insurance. Rule one vampire society never let the Tremere get a hold of your blood. Rose has failed on that factor because he now has several pints. "All right i think i have every thing i need from the package." He than look at his boys, "take it to the van please." He walks over to the assistance, "Please take me your boss offices."

Sebastion will easily be able to tell Rose found her way to her current helpless, torpid state by having her neck brutally snapped. It apparently didnt happen in one swift move, but is broken in two places as well as her jaw being shattered.

The elder art fag apparently hits alot harder than he lets on.

Since Rose was in a frenzy when she met her temporary end her fangs are extended. Her clothes are ruffled as if she was carried roughly and she is laying at an akward angle with her head hanging to one side making it appear she was quite simply dumped in a heap on the roof to await either Sebastion or the rising sun.

The woman will lead Seabstion through a maze of hallways in the back of the casino until they reach Arturos office that overlooks the entire casino floor and the VIP lounge. The assistant will knock twice before opening the door and ushering Sebastion inside. Arturo sits behind a large desk devoid of the usual computer and cleared of paperwork. A red light on his phone blinks next to the hold button and there is a red stain on his ruffled white shirt near the collar.

'Sheriff MacDonald, welcome, that was faster than I expected.'  

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Sebastion know when dealing with an elder is all about how you frame the conversation. He decided to try to lighten the situation by poking at his own clan. “When have you ever seen a tardy Tremere. You that one key factor when the clan deiced to embrace a new member” he let out a slight chuckle. “I know you’re a very busy man so I just need to get the details of the incident.” He gives Arturo a smile.    

Sebastions informal demeanor puts Arturo at ease. Simply by coming up to the office he has already put in double the effort of the previous sheriff, who likely would have tossed Rose from the roof so as not to have to carry her to the van.

'The Devil is in the details.'

Arturo comments off-handedly. Before telling, he shows. One hand comes up to pull his collar to the side, the button at his neck already missing from the tustle earlier. He pulls the stained fabric aside to show Sebastion the tear in his flesh. It is clearly no normal wound, its the kind of bite that could spell to the end of a kindred if done properly.

Arturo will leave the wound in view for show as he explains.

'Miss Meadows arrived to inform me of an unfortunate incident involving some vandalism of her shop downtown. Apparently someone spray painted it; but her timing was terrible. No sooner did she relate the tail did she hear on the news that her shop had been destroyed.'

[Timeline gets a little shaky, her shop was destroyed back by halloween in the Nosferatu brawl and has already been covered by Sasha... But eh, we'll deal.]

'She didnt take the news well and lost control in a most embarassing manner. She attacked me and I had no choice but to incapacitate her.'

He listens patiently to Arturo as he tell event and it make sense to him. Arturo flashes the new wound caused by the enraged young one and Sebastion know the easy way to verify the story. “Many people don’t know this but I got my start as a war time doc and with a simple measurement of the wound. We can sign away her death when she awake from her torpor state.” He knows that this style of evidence is a little shaky because it hard to prove unless facials structure is significally different but that point. He not ready to shake up the system in the time of a siege upon sanfield.  Sebastion waits till Arturo give him approval to measure the wounds.      

Arturo doesnt outright object to his wound being measured, but it wasnt something he planned on happening. Illuminata and Rose likely have comparable pallets, especially where a tearing of flesh is concerned and Roses jaw was clearly broken... but its a risk he cant take. Perhaps the new sheriff wishes to be too thorough...

2009-03-21 08:34:21 Thomas Arturo rolls 9 dice to Manip+Subt [Misdirect] 6,4,10,5,10, 7,8,1,9 (5 successes)

A misdirect, a distraction; call it what you will but Arturo suddenly seems angry, insulted. The Elders eyes freeze on Sebastions face and he speaks with authority.

'I do not wish Miss Meadows death. My phone-call was brash and i have had time to reflect. I would not have left her on the roof all night. Her loss of control and attack is still a grave crime, but as her clanmate and elder I do not wish to see her die for it.'

As if to punctuate Arturo pulls his shirt collar back over the wound and places his hands back on the desk.

'If it pleases our prince I will take her case before my fellow primogen and as a group we will decide her punishment.'

Passionate and flighty. Sometimes stereotypes can be a good thing to follow.

He looks at Arturo and just give him a smile. “All right I will take her into my custody and I wait for the Primogen meeting. I have no problem waiting for our mighty leader decision upon this subject. “He understands where Arturo is coming from after thinking about whole situation. Young one deserves a second chance some time for doing brash actions.  “Well I have all that I need here and I will not bother your business with tedious investigation. You are a respected member of our society and I will take what I heard as the truth.” He knows fully that you can never take an elder word as being the truth but sometime you must feed into their egos.  “Unless you have something further to add I will be on my way.” He loads up his gear and prepare to venture into the night.