New Orleans by Night V:TM forum RPG (Chapter 1)

Silky · Post by **Silky** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:50 am

Revnant slips into the marsh on the right side of the path. He approaches the motion scanner sensor from the back. After a minute or two of tinkering he walks out of the shin-deep water back onto the path. Revnant then walks a number of steps towards the structure and bows his head slightly.

"Done" pronounces Revnant.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:55 am

Shall we go get us some Sea Bass... er I mean Sabbat. Now for the fun stuff. Troy shall we.....

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:37 pm

With a slight grin. Pulls Combat Shotgun from Crown Vic trunk. Looks at Vitorio bares fangs in a smile

Stay behind me, Giovanni, don't want you getting hurt.

Follows Revnant down path

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:39 pm

Vitorio laughs and follows Troy down the path.

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:50 pm

Thomas nods at Rev slightly and then follows the group down the path.

Silky · Post by **Silky** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:08 pm

Revnant and Troy warily walk down the path towards the building. The rest of the coterie follow. The air has gotten chillier as the night has wore on and the mist has turned into a hazy fog.

Details of the building start to come into focus that were previously hidden by distance and weather. The large stone blocks of the structure appear to be made out of limestone. The roof and spire of the tower are made of red clay slates. A number of slim "windows" are visible about 10 feet up from the ground with a dim light shining through them. Similar style windows are visible in the upper tower with faint light escaping through as well.

There is an external light above an entry door on the left side of the building from where you are facing. The wooden door looks very sturdy. The light illuminates a Lincoln parked in a small gravel area off to the side of the path near the house. You hear the faint sounds of orchestral music being played from somewhere inside.

This is the only section of the "motte and bailey" that is accessible by land. There is marsh to the right and a more open body of water to the left.

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:03 pm

Colleagues, I have noted in these times that for devices to work, a power source is necessary. Would any of you have the means to "turn off" this power source? I feel it would allow us an element of surprise as well as turn off that music.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:53 pm

You want someone to cut the power? I would rather them be comfortable and unaware of us till we are upon them. Cutting the power will put them on edge. I would rather have the edge.

// put my brass knuckles on my left hand, and pull the 9mm with the right//

Buck up brother, I'll protect ya....

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:54 pm

I agree with Revnant. The entire point of disabling the camera and motion sensor was to keep them unaware of our approach. You would have us cut the power and announce it now? That makes very little sense to me.

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:46 pm

Unfortunately, with that music playing, I can't hear if anyone or anything is inside and I would really like to HEAR what is going on in there.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:02 am

Scoop20906 wrote:Unfortunately, with that music playing, I can't hear if anyone or anything is inside and I would really like to HEAR what is going on in there.

Unfortunately, if we cut the power then there will be a lot more going on in there than there is now. That is sure.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:08 am

Unfortunately, if we cut the power then there will be a lot more going on in there than there is now. That is sure.

Exactly. Trust me I have ways to get people to talk face to face.
Smiles wide

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:10 am

RevHempus71 wrote:
Unfortunately, if we cut the power then there will be a lot more going on in there than there is now. That is sure.
Exactly. Trust me I have ways to get people to talk face to face.
Smiles wide

I believe Thomas' concern is of walking into a trap. In which case we would rather have need of not talking more than of talking I suppose. However, I doubt we have much choice at this juncture and should proceed onward. Can one of you open that door without setting off alarms?

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:12 pm

Gentlemen, I am fine with your plan of just walking in, provided I am not the one to walk in "first". Lead on.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:25 pm

psst...Thomas, thats why we keep the meatshi....er...Brujah along. Troy, care to open that door?
Vitorio smiles at the Brujah and gestures towards the door.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:23 pm

I don't know about you guys, but I am sure Troy has the same vision I do. That is we walk in with Jack/Antonio, kill everyone accept the real Antonio. I then play a little game of "Operation". Vitorio you can even make the buzzing sounds when apropriate.shrugs Anyhow we have the element of surprise as well as a plan. As much as it is.....

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:26 pm

Thomas pulls out his pistols, checks its workings and nods to Rev and Troy.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:35 pm

ooc-waiting on silky to get back to me on the private forums

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:45 pm

tru1cy wrote:ooc-waiting on silky to get back to me on the private forums

ooc - You're just bitter that I refer to you as a meatshield.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:42 pm

The door can be bashed in, but it would take sometime.

Looks at Vitorio

Looks like we won't be using that massive head of yours as a battering ram.

Looks at group

Maybe we should use subterfuge. Since Jack looks like our quarry maybe we can bluff our way in

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:51 pm

What you didn't like the kill everyone accept our target plan???
smiles at Troy
I am shocked....

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:31 pm

Sounds like we are thinking again, good. Please wait for a moment.

Thomas creeps slowly to the door and lays a hand lightly on it. His eyes disolve to white...

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:37 pm

Thomas steps back from the door and his eyes change back to normal.

Four people have recently used this door and three could be inside the house. One is Antonio. The two other are a black man who looks of Moorish or Ethiopian descent and a small, furtive italian man.

Recently a man left through this door. He looked approximately 35 years old and had a ruddy complexion.

Since I believe Antonio is currently inside, I don't believe we could bluff our way in by knocking. However, if we cut off the power source as I suggested, we might be able to draw them outside and separate them. Antonio/Jack could call out to them drawing them outside.

Also, if the music was cut off I could possibly direct Troy and Rev as to their locations. I have pretty good hearing.

Thomas grins

In the confusion, we could subdue them and learn some answers.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:35 pm

When you put it that way.

I start looking for power lines and where they run into the house

Silky · Post by **Silky** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:11 am

Revnant scans around looking for power lines. There are none visible above ground. Faintly, over the low music from inside the bailey, you begin to here the telltale sounds of a motor boat approaching. The sound is very faint at first but grows at a steady rate. The noise is coming from the west (to the left of where you are standing).

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:29 pm

Thomas looks sharply to the west in the direction of the boat.

Some type of motorized boat is coming this way. I can see one person on board. We have about a minute before he sees us.

Thomas turns to the group.

Thoughts?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:39 pm

He won't see us if we are inside. We open the door now and proceed. Have we even checked to see if it is locked yet? Failing entry maybe we walk around the other side of the building away from the boat and wait for them to come out to it?

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:37 pm

Remus West wrote:He won't see us if we are inside. We open the door now and proceed. Have we even checked to see if it is locked yet? Failing entry maybe we walk around the other side of the building away from the boat and wait for them to come out to it?

Well, then I believe we have two options. We can try to intercept the boat and its driver before it reach the structure and hope the music is loud enough that the occupants don't hear the boat approaching or we can try to open the door and take the people inside by surprise. I believe we will have to make this decision very soon.

Chaosraven · Post by **Chaosraven** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:33 pm

Assuming it is a member of my security detail, perhaps I should distract him and you brute squad types can restrain him. Mind, he will be exceptionally strong...

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:51 pm

I agree, I think our best plan is to have Jack/Antonio meet the boat and lure the driver into an ambush by Troy or Rev.

Vitorio, I suggest your take cover by the door. If it opens you could signal me by whispering, "Door's opening" very softly. I will hear you, I have very good hearing. I will follow Rev and Troy as I would like to meet the boat driver in person.

Thomas steps closer to Rev and Troy.

Is it possible you can subdue the boat driver as quietly as possible but without rendering him unconcience? We need to question him. While you may have ways of making people talk, Rev, I have ways of making people talk but very quietly.

Any questions?

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:30 pm

Damn, I just remembered something from my "vision" of the door. I don't think the door is locked however a heavy beam that braces the center of it on the other side.

I apologize this didn't occur to me sooner. Looks like the boat driver is our best option. Unless someone can come up with another plan, quickly.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:00 pm

Lets get him. Jack/Antonio do your thing....

Scoop20906 · Post by **Scoop20906** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:01 pm

ooc/ Did something happen to silky or tru1cy? Is everyone okay?

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:05 am

OOC....I am not sure whats going on. I know Silky has said that he doesn't do much posting on the weekends.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:58 am

Scoop20906 wrote:ooc/ Did something happen to silky or tru1cy? Is everyone okay?

No clue. Has anyone tried PMing him? RL may be keeping him busy and off the boards right now. Hopefully it is just busy and not something bad.

Silky · Post by **Silky** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:29 am

The sound from the approaching boat gets louder until it comes into view. The boat approaches a small slip on the west side of the structure and cuts the motor. The boat itself is a small sport boat popular with the water skiing community of approximately 20 feet.

The driver is a middle age man that looks like he has spent his entire life outdoors. His hands are calloused and his face and arms are a weathered reddish complexion. Distrustful eyes scan the building and surroundings and come to a stop on Antonio. "Master?" the man asks in a confused voice.

Inside of the boat is the bound and gagged form of a vagrant or hitchhiker. He is struggling against the ropes but is trussed up too well. Imploring eyes meet your own as he fights for freedom and probably his life.

OOC: I am really sorry about the delay in updating. I got real sick Friday evening and it didn't let up until last night.

tru1cy · Post by **tru1cy** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:09 am

/ooc - here. having some RL issues. Will try to post more.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:25 am

First Silky, Glad you are feeling better.

Second, tru1cy RL comes first.

Third, When he steps out of the boat and onto the dock is when i want to nab him. He is not kndred is he?

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:38 am

RevHempus71 wrote:First Silky, Glad you are feeling better.

Second, tru1cy RL comes first.

Third, When he steps out of the boat and onto the dock is when i want to nab him. He is not kndred is he?

psst. He is a ghoul. Probably reminds Troy of his last date.

RevHempus71 · Post by **RevHempus71** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:55 am

Damn... if he was merely human a simple swat upside his head and he would be sleeping. But a ghoul has just a bit more resilience.....

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