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    The monster inside his mind all but chanted the word to him, over and over and over.

    Failure.

    It seized his mind in teeth of pride and shook it back and forth as he walked the steps of the communal feeding area. The ritual had worked, perfectly, he was certain of it. The map of the Sacramento planning districts had been easy enough to find on the computer and print out, and he'd felt the magic work. He was certain of it, and yet... each time he turned a corner, following the subtle push and pull of the city's energies, the prey he was hunting had vanished into this club or that club. Each time he found someone who throbbed with the life's blood of the city in their veins, the kine, the herd, the city itself closed around them in a protective cluster. It was as if the city itself was fighting him, recognized that this was a stranger come to work his will upon the thriving power of the city itself, if not over the undead or living occupants themselves.

    Failure. Failure. Failure!

    The soldier paused, slipping into an alleyway and let himself - forced himself to breathe. To slow the spiraling of his mind. The Great Work of his family was not a think completed in a single night, and even the grandest of structures had to start from a solid foundation which he was only now just beginning to build. He forced himself to stop, to think, to plan - his was the mind of the ages, from a lineage which had laid the foundation of cities great and small, and the roaring of the beast inside his heart would not stir him from that path.

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    He opened his eyes, calmed his mind, and followed the heartbeat of the city until he found what he was looking for - he found her. A woman who was on a hunt of her own, looking for pleasure or simple distraction amid the city's nights and lights. The night had already grown late, but better to salvage the evening that let it go completely to wrought and ruin. He could not help the smile that lit his face as the two of them began to talk - she thought it was for her and her own flirting, but he knew better. That voice, that roaring voice inside his heart, had stilled for another night.

    After all, he was Invictus. He was the Unconquered, and a victory over the beast was a sweet as the blood flowing in the woman's veins.

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    Armor: 1/2
    Defense: 3
    Initiative: 8
    Speed: 9
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