Encounter: The Falling Man

**Yumyumcrow** · Nov 9th, 2013 10:37 PM

Dead of night: the witching hour. The city was silent, dreaming fever dreams. The moon hung low in the sky as if it wished to hurl itself into the Pacific. This part of town was a chaotic jumble of old and new, where the Barbary Coast crashed headlong into chinatown. Away from the main thoroughfares, the streets are dimly lit and quiet.

A scream of terror, unmanly and wretched, cuts across the night like a warm knife through butter. A shadow drops, impossibly, from the sky. The fearful howl is cut short as the shadow connects, solidly, with a building. Slowed by the impact, a broken body slides to the ground.

In a darkened street of a slumbering city, is there anyone to care?

Feel free to dive in! Please indicate if your character is carrying any equipment in your first post

**Jokor** · Nov 10th, 2013 06:01 AM

Luckely for the man. Billy did care. As soon as he had seen the shadow drop from the sky and scream in pure terror billy took off towards it. Not stopping to think as for how it was possible a man fell out of the sky. Billy came to a halt next to the broken body of the man. Absentmindedly he was wondering what it was with him finding people in peril though. Did that old gangrel that killed his sire put a curse on him?

"Hey, you still alive?"

Nov 10th, 2013 05:37 PM

2 suxx to hide sword

Deciding to run down to the warehouse to check on the status of the troops Larina had dressed up in her beige work trousers and sensible white business blouse before slinging her sword over her shoulder and her coat over that. She had some trouble hiding the damned thing beneath her jacket but after some fussing she got it to work. I either need to get smaller blades or get better at hiding things. Mounting up on her father's steed she set off at a slow pace through the city streets, enjoying the ride as she usually did.

Then she heard the scream from ahead and immediately thought the worst. Speeding up to a gallop down the streets she rushed to where the shadow fell from the sky. Seeing someone there before her she lead her horse over to a building and, after dismounting, took the reigns and tied them up. Patting the beast of burden's muzzle for responding to her she headed over to the man leaning over the body. "Is he still alive?" She looks at the body and hopes that it was neither one of her employees nor one of the many homeless she had befriended.

**RockBane** · Nov 10th, 2013 08:36 PM

Nardo approaches the location that he deemed to be the source of the cry, his run slows to a fast walk. His hand resting upon the basket-hilted sword as he glances about the location, his gaze landing upon a man and a woman with a horse. "I don't suppose either of yourselves are doctors?" He asks either of them once he comes to a stop before Billy, his gaze going between the two.

"Ah, forgive me, I am Alcantara, Nardo Alcantara." He introduces himself to those gathered.

Equipment is a basket-hilted sword, a boot knife, money pouch, and set of keys.

Nov 10th, 2013 11:09 PM

Those spurs go jingle jangle jingle. A slim build vaquero in a poncho, wide bring hat pulled low and trousers rounds the corner. Luna is rather interested in just how a man got that high in the sky. Certainly men could not fly. But there were always possibilities. There were many things in world that people did not like to acknowledge. And of course there was always the hand of Coyote to consider. The tip of a holster peeked out from under the pocho and something heavy and thick was in the pocket of the trousers.

She cocked at eyebrow at the rather large Walker leaning over the broken from. The Gangrel's beast roared in challenge but she shushed it as her jaw worked. The other eye brow cocked at the two Walkers with swords. Tightening her grasp on the snarling Wolf in her mind she eyed them rather amused. Swords were not exactly common to be seen trotting around the cities of white men. Soldiers riding about in the deserts, yes. One she recognized and suppressed a sneer. The too prime and proper one.

**Yumyumcrow** · Nov 12th, 2013 03:03 AM

It does not take a doctor to recognise that the man is very, very, dead. He lies in a crumpled mass of shattered bones and twisted limbs. If the pulpy melon on the ground is the man's head, it is most likely he fell head first and struck the side of the building; his life blood is pooling, being drunk by the greedy stones. In one hand, the corpse still holds tight to a long knife. A dark coloured coat shrouds the ruin of his body. There is an obvious bulge in a pocket, picked out by the street light and the spilled blood.

**Jokor** · Nov 12th, 2013 10:57 AM

Billy's bast let out a challenging roar as the other kindred closed in. But Billy shushed the raging beast and shoved it back in it's cage. Giving it an extra mental kick to keep it quiet when it began to rumble in desire as it saw the blood dripping from the corpse.

"No I'm not. But his Skull is completely crushed. Don't think anything could survive that." Billy said in a sadden voice. "Seems like he was defending himself though." He ignored the urge to take the sharp looking knife that his beast was emitting. He instead turned to the large bulge in the man's pocket and reached inside. Trying to pull it out carefully. Then it dawned on him that one of the other kindred had introduced himself. "My name's billy."

I forgot. Billy has a bow and a quiver of arrows with him.

Nov 12th, 2013 11:30 AM

Upon seeing the man, Larina put her hand over her mouth out of habitual reaction and curses herself mentally shortly after. She had seen disfigured bodies from shop accidents at her father's warehouse a few times so, while not numb to the sight, it had helped her prepare for it. The other beasts arrived and she turned towards them to see if they were ones she had recognized, though they were not. Gently calming the beast within she watched carefully as the man who had arrived before her searched through the pockets of the broken body. Once he had pulled the object free, she reached down and removed the dagger from the man's hand. Hopefully if it was a unique enough knife, she would be able to identify the manufacturer and from it the customer. All she could hope for is some sort of engraving.

What check would you like for unique markings on the knife? Yumyumcrow

Nov 12th, 2013 11:51 AM

As the man was no longer among the living, Luna looked up into the sky to see if there is anythign that could explain how the man fell.

2suxx

**RockBane** · Nov 12th, 2013 09:19 PM

"Nice to met you, Billy. And I must agree, it's quite like you have said. More's the pity, as a dead man can not voice answers to our questions." Nardo states as he clicks his tongue at the bloody mess.

"Don't suppose I might examine the knife? Best use some cloth as to not mess up your hands with the leavings." He recommends as he searches for something that could be of use, namely going through his pockets for a handkerchief. Taking one out, he moves over to retrieve the knife from where it is only for one of the unknown companion to take it without concern.

With a light shrug, he offers it to the woman so that she might use it to clean up what blood is upon the knife. His eyes going over the knife, his hands itching to take it from the woman to fully examine it, perhaps even to find the maker's mark upon it. "Do you mind if I examine it once you are done?" He asks politely.

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2013-11-10 17:27:13	Larina Catillia rolls 3 to Touch of Shadow (correct pool) (Wits+Larc+Obfs-2) (10 Again)	9, 10, 1, 2	2 successes
2013-11-10 17:25:55	Larina Catillia rolls 3 to Touch of Shadow (correct pool) (Wits+Larc+Obfs-2) (10 Again)	6, 3, 1	failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2013-11-12 11:48:41		LB rolls 5 to Wit+Comp (10 Again)		9, 4, 1, 9, 4		2 successes

Encounter: The Falling Man

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