(Rhapsody) Loyalties Divided

Feb 4th, 2019 01:55 PM

There was little about Rebecca Simmons' warehouse that inspired hope. The place from where the good Doctor spread her tendrils of drugs and torture and melted away the organic evidence, this was a place that ghosts would scream from. To the casual observer, to the humane? The Doctor was a monster, hidden away behind a magically-locked smile.

In the back, the vats were bubbling, and an organic smell of melting flesh and lye slowly wafted around the room before being picked up by fume hoods and anti-smell systems for the laboratory. Traces of blood were still on the gurneys where the Doctor did her gory work, even if the corpses were gone.

People weren't meant to see this. Or smell it. Roughly shoved down onto a chair and bound to it, Vinnie Bruni was trapped amidst it. Blindfolded, the mobster, Vinnie, sniffed twice and started to cry. Even unable to see, the smell told him what kind of place this was. A bad place. A place people went to disappear.

Would the Dona of the Mafia be disappearing him, tonight?

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**Dirt Nap** · Feb 4th, 2019 02:01 PM

Dirt Nap holds a broken rifle. He focuses on the blindfolded man, not so much because there is any chance of a threat there, as because everything else is none of his business. Nonetheless, he stays alert, ready to carry out orders or sound an alarm in the unlikely event that someone managed to follow them.

Feb 5th, 2019 12:16 PM

When Rebecca received the call from Ale she was calm, but once off the phone she did something she rarely did...she cursed. She had wanted to give the Prince a tour of the location when it was at its finest, not when it was in the middle of disarray. With an unnecessary breath though she calmed herself then tried to form her mask. It did not work. Nerves began to take over as she forced herself again to try and form a mask of friendliness and politeness. Thankfully that time was a success.

Rebecca had not changed since coming to her lab, but she did put on her lab coat. It helped protect her clothes from bloodstains after all. With the process of disposal well underway she waited patiently for their arrival. Once the man was brought in, blindfolded and tied to the chair, she smiled. She could almost taste the man's fear and should he not willing answer Rebecca's questions she would turn him into her next experiment. She could feel shivers run up and down her body at the mere thought. But she didn't say anything until Alessandra spoke. Ale was running the show after all.

4 successes

**Blackbird** · Feb 5th, 2019 06:44 PM

Blackbird stood behind and off to the side of the sniveling Italian. She stood erect, hands folded behind her back and legs slightly parted. Despite her many statements of her specialities better at use elsewhere and her punk aesthetic, she looked nothing short of a soldier standing at attention.

Her eyes left Alessandra only briefly to note the Doctor's arrival. Rebecca Simmons recieved a silent nod, a brief gesture of acknowledgment and respect. Then the pale gaze of the Succubus returned to their revered sovereign, waiting for her to begin the proceedings. This was her judgement, they were just the instruments.

**Alessandra** · Feb 5th, 2019 09:13 PM

The lab was impressive to say the least. And she looked forward to seeing more of it at a different time.

"Thank you for letting us bring him here." she said to Rebecca with a respectful nod. "If what B suspected to be true, I didn't trust him anywhere else." a nod to Blackbird, she could fill Rebecca in if she wanted.

And why the fuck was he crying?! She hated crying!

"Our friend here worked for me, but it seems his loyalties are split, and we can't have that. Something about someone called the Accountant, who it seems I need to take care of. But we need information on who it is."

Feb 5th, 2019 10:14 PM

Rebecca's eyes first fell on Blackbird and she returned her nod, but they didn't remain on her for long, because then the Mob Boss spoke. "You're quite welcome ma'am." No names. She wasn't sure yet if this man would go home or end up in her high efficiency disposal unit.

Slowly Rebecca walked towards the man, her shoes creating a noticeable echo throughout the lab that accented the smell of death nicely. "Split loyalties you say? Well that just won't do." As she reached the man she lowered to her knee and removed his blindfold, tears smeared around his face. She forced power within her words, though she could feel they weren't as strong as she would have liked. "You're to answer all of our questions honestly and truthfully." His reaction would reveal if more persuasion would be required.

1 success

Rebecca will attempt to Mesmerize the man

Feb 6th, 2019 12:09 AM

Vinnie nodded, nodded hard, eyes terrified. He certainly wanted to help. He certainly didn't want to die. He never intended for this...

but the dice say he isn't dominated

**Dirt Nap** · Feb 6th, 2019 12:37 PM

Dirt Nap watches, listens and waits alertly for any order from the Prince or for any situation that suggests an action. He figures the best way to be useful is to be a watchman and listen for any intruder or as a gofer to fetch something or run an errand.

Feb 6th, 2019 01:28 PM

Rebecca was all about experimentation. She knew the appropriate reaction of someone who had fallen under her spell and this was not it. So she decided to test it. "Tell us who the Accountant is."

**Blackbird** · Feb 6th, 2019 02:58 PM

Rebecca had not asked her to expand on the words of the Prince. If the Doctor really wanted to know what the neonate did, Blackbird was certain she would ask.

Instead, the Priscus of Lords seemed certain that she could glean whatever she needed on her own. Whether this was a snub from Rebecca against Blackbird and her abilities or confidence in her own clan's capability, Blackbird didn't know. Nor did she truly care. Certainly her information could offer some insight, but ,if the good Doctor was able to uncover what she needed without Blackbird's assistance, so be it.

Pale eyes watched as the Harpy worked, but the bird stayed silent.

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2019-02-05 12:07:48	Rebecca Simmons rolls 5 to Tatemae (Man+Exp+Kamen-1) (10 Again)	10, 8, 5, 4, 4, 10, 9	4 successes
2019-02-05 12:07:38	Rebecca Simmons rolls 6 to Tatemae (Man+Exp+Kamen) (10 Again)	4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 2	failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-02-05 22:02:56		Rebecca Simmons rolls 7 to Mesmerize (Int 3 + Exp 2 + Dom 2) (10 Again)		5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 5		1 success

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2019-02-06 00:08:03		Vinnie rolls 3 to Resist Dominate (10 Again)		5, 10, 2, 7		1 success

(Rhapsody) Loyalties Divided

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