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    Aaron pads over to the entrance while Lina quietly positions herself to best advantage in the thick shadows.

    The Daeva sees a large hallway with a beautifully carved staircase leading to a landing. There are a number of empty doorways (with their doors either hanging open or else ruined on the floor) that lead deeper into the house. The fine floor has been littered with rubbish, empty crates, and other scattered hints at squatter occupation.

    Lina hears the faint tinkling of glass and the drip of water from somewhere within, the sounds twisted about so she cannot accurately gauge the individual sources of the noise.

    The flickering light from the room above is troublesome. Too much light - it blinds. Too many shadows - one cannot see. With effort and patience one might draw some possible conclusions by observing the shadow play. Perhaps the room is occupied. Certainly, someone or something is gutlessly standing by the window and staring out across the lawn.

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    Lina paused. Oddities above - perhaps a trap, perhaps an observer, perhaps a Goddamned mannequin set as a scare. In any event, supernatural senses could be overwhelmed, leaving a Kindred exposed needlessly. Lina tamped down on her heightened perceptions, and glanced back to Aaron, pointing at her eyes and then pointing up at the window.

    Watch that.

    She reached into her backpack, producing two normal flashlights. She handed him one and gave Aaron a second to mind his eyes. There was no need to blind her partner. Once he had let his senses adjust back to human limits, she put the flashlight in her offhand, raised her fist, and knocked.

    "Anybody in here? Media crew. You're going to want to come say hello now if you don't want to be filmed."

    Light on, and aiming down the hallway, she awaited. It wasn't a lie that had to stick. It just had to get people to reveal themselves well enough.

    Heightened senses deactivated. Lina gives Aaron time to turn his off before turning on her flashlight.


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    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-06-20 06:35:29 Lina Moretti rolls 6 to Media Crew: the Bullshitting (Manipulation + Subterfuge) (10 Again) 4, 6, 9, 4, 3, 6 1 success

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    Aaron's voice is usually quite flat and emotionless, almost rusty, but he tries to make up for this with his facial expressions.

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    Aaron nods to Lina as she points up at the window. He noticed it while she was peeking inside, and it makes his mind jump to action. The only thing that stopped him from speaking up was, well, the fact that they decided to be silent.

    Though I think our element of surprise is quite lost already.


    He also realizes this flickering light is way too annoying for his sensitive sight. Before Lina hands him the flashlight even, he has brought all his senses back to a human level.

    Then he follows the Daeva inside. He can appreciate her direct approach. The Lord stands ready to Dominate wherever necessary.

    They are a pretty dead looking crew, but hey, nothing that can't be fixed later.


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    Silence is their only reward.

    Nothing moves. No one responds to Lina's hails.

    The flashlight clarifies what the Kindred see. Shadows vanish. New details emerge: cream walls and ceiling; peeling plaster; dust and... other... stains.

    There is hardly any graffiti. Much of it is old and fading. A tag similar to the one on the gate has been sprayed on the wall at the top of the stairs.

    By one of the vacant doorways the following has been scrawled more recently:

    "Don't go that way.
    Can't get out."

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    Moretti frowned, obviously creeped out. "For fuck's sake. Look alive, let's clear the first floor, see if we can figure out what happened here. What is this place...?"

    Cue the slow, methodical scanning.

    "Let's stick together. I've got a bad feeling about this."

      3 sux investigate
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    2018-06-21 02:58:05 Lina Moretti rolls 7 to Wits + Investigation + Specialty (10 Again) 9, 2, 7, 6, 10, 1, 10, 7, 5 3 successes

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    Sorry to add this in a second post, aircraft Wifi is shitty and won't let me edit.


    "And, uh... let's heed that warning for right now."

    Lina does not make a move to go through The Ominously Marked Door.

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    Aaron's voice is usually quite flat and emotionless, almost rusty, but he tries to make up for this with his facial expressions.

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    'Hmmm, strange. Let's indeed... wait a second.' What is the worst that could happen by stepping into the room? What is this? 'A haunted room? Possession?' The Dragon had heard the rumors.

    He looks around and sees the stains. Perhaps information can be gained from those? He kneels beside it, to take a closer look.

    Are they old bloodstains? Can I still taste them & at what penalty (Lordly Palette 1 / heightened sense for taste)?


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    Lina moves cautiously into the hallway, flashlight working a methodical scan. Floorboards creak; loose rubbish crackles underfoot.

    Nothing moves.

    Utter silence in Lina's now deadened ears. Aaron can still make out the random tinkle of glass and the echo of dripping water.

    The air is still inside the building. Thicker.

    While Aaron turns his attention to some of the stains, Lina takes stock. No animal remains. Plenty of ruination and decay; thick film of dust. Not a lot of human remains (food scraps, clothes, junk) either. Except where there is. Right under the railings of the landing where tin cans, ash, samples of ragged clothing, appear to have been brushed.

    Aaron quickly discovers that there is more than random blood stains on the walls but he identifies some possible areas that may be useful.

    Aaron may indeed try and deduce something from the blood stains. He will need to make Intelligence + Occult - 5 penalty as the blood has been dried and exposed to the elements for quite a while.

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    Aaron's voice is usually quite flat and emotionless, almost rusty, but he tries to make up for this with his facial expressions.

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    The Lord remains crouched as he looks around. With the risk of surprise gone, he brings his senses back to a heightened supernatural level. He looks around, is the blood spread in any particular pattern? He was no crime scene expert, but perhaps he could recognize if someone was attacked in one place... or whether someone had simply been walking around with a nosebleed.

    The blood itself, though, awakes certain urges within Aaron. Perhaps more than other vampires, he really loves tasting blood. There is just so much to it. These old stains… they are a challenge. But one that he is willing to accept.

    Let's see...


    He scraps some of the blood of the floor, smells it, puts it on the tip of his tongue. Would it be human? Or of another nature? Was he now doomed?

       Occult 1 success & Investigation 2
    Date Action Roll Result
    2018-06-21 05:57:09 Aaron van Valen rolls 5 to See logic pattern in blood (Wits3 + Inv2) (10 Again) 4, 5, 5, 10, 7, 10, 6 2 successes
    2018-06-21 05:56:35 Aaron van Valen rolls 7 to to deduce info from blood (Int + Occ - 5 for old stains) (10 Again, WillPower) 4, 7, 10, 4, 6, 2, 7, 6 1 success


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    The blood is human. Male. And decidedly unhealthy. Given the age of the stain, and the pungency of the taste, one really wouldn't want to taste this mortal in life. It would surely be fucking awful.

    The Lord figures that the blood was spilled when the man's head hit the wall. Most likely scenario: he was flung down the stairs. Second most likely scenario: he was struggling with another person on the stairs and came of the worst at the bottom, when his head was slammed into the wall.

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