Shhhhh...

[Max Heinz]

*Max groans softly, leaning back into the hard wooden chair. He has a pile of books spread around him on the long library table, each open to various pages. He had buried himself in research, trying to decide a particular topic for the upcoming Dragon meeting. He wanted to have a good lecture ready; all the better to make a good first impression on his fellow Dragons.

It was also to distract him, Elanah off Gods know here; "investigating" the pharmaceutical company that seemed to be the root of all the vampire's problems of late. The less he knew, and thought, about it, the better. So here Max set, trying to decide between Atlantis or The Flood. He rubs his temples, the new theories behind both stories making for interesting reading, but not what the Mekhet needed to distract himself.

He looks around the library, mostly deserted at this late hour; but one never knew what might come through the large double doors at the entrance to the library*

[DaevaDude]

Things are fairly busy in the library this night. Mostly young people, probably students, a handfull of mature adults, a couple shabbily-dressed men snoozing at study carrels, probably homeless seeking a warm place to stay for a few hours. Mark notices some flirting among the younger library patrons, but otherwise everyone seems to be minding their own business, focusing on their own projects or research - or, in the case of the homeless, on getting some sleep. Things are calm and quiet.

Then the quiet is shattered by the sound of a woman's scream coming from the hallway leading to the rest rooms, not very far from where Mark is seated.

[Max Heinz]

*Max plays along, catching the eye of a young african-american student. Not unattractive, just a little mousey, with glasses that didn't fit her face. He gets up, deciding a quick snack was just the pick-me-up he needed; beginning to make his way towards her when the scream rings out. Max curses under his breath, breaking into a jog as he heads towards the source of the cry.

He instinctivly activates the hightened senses granted by Auspex, trying to take in as much information as possable about whatever was going on, and hopefully beat the crowd that was sure to go investigate*

[DaevaDude]

Before he gets to the hallway, Max's Auspex tells him there's blood spilled back there... an awful lot of blood by the smell of it.

He sees a pretty, young blonde woman in a pink sweater and faded jeans leaning against the wall, near a pair of drinking fountains and pointing at the women's rest room. "There's a girl in there, blood all over... she's dead!"

Max hears people behind him muttering about "callilng security.

If Max has not within the past two weeks done a post in which he fed, he needs to roll Resolve + Composure to avoid hunger frenzy upon smelling the nigh-irresistable scent of freshly-spilled blood. The roll is at +2 to reflect the danger of him frenzying in so public a spot.

[Max Heinz]

3 suxx

2009-12-26 17:41:49
Max rolls 8 to Resolve 3 + Composure 3 + Situational Modifier 2
5, 5, 6, 8, 9, 4, 9, 1
3 successes

*Max growls, not realizing how hungry he was until the scent of fresh blood filled his senses. He steps back, taking a moment to clear his head and refocus, trying to find someplace nearby to slip unscene the Cloak of Night around himself to investigate further.*

Looking for a cubby hole, row of book shelves; basiclly a spot close by where no one is looking.

[DaevaDude]

With all the attention the girl's words and screams have attracted, it isn't hard for Max to slip between people trying to get closer and find a secluded spot in which to Obfuscate himself.

[Max Heinz]

3 Suxx

2009-12-27 09:58:02
Max rolls 9 to (Int 3 + Stealth 2 + Obfuscate 3 + Occulation 1) for Cloak of Night (10 Again)
2, 6, 8, 1, 9, 1, 6, 8, 2

*Max slips to the side, focusing his concentration, pulling out the darkness and shadows the pulsed inside him, wrapping them around him like a cloak. Confident he was hidden from the Kine, he steps out, quickly making his way around the gathered, panics humans as makes his way towards the bathroom; his Heightened Senses drinking in the scent of blood; Max's beast gnawing softly at the back of his mind. He takes a moment as he enters the bathroom, staying in the doorway to take the scene in, but also block the way with his unseen form*

[DaevaDude]

Two of the library staff open the door to look in and check on the girl inside while another calls security. "Stay back," the one at the door tells the gawkers.

Max can see the body of a young woman on the floor, almost covered with blood, with lots more blood pooled on the floor. Her clothing appears to have been sliced away, as with a razor or very sharp knife. Her throat is cut almost to the spine, and her abdomen is sliced open from under her ribcage to her pubic area. Her facial expression is one of fear and agony.

[Max Heinz]

*Max recoils at the grizzly sight, sneering slightly at the gore. All the blood, the placing of the cuts; it didn't look like a Kindred killed her; but he'd have to check. He moves over to her, careful to avoid the pool of concealing blood to kneel beside her, looking for bite marks and trying to see if the edges of the cuts to see if they're clean cuts or ragged.*