Dr. Lazarus Examines the City

[Yawgmoth]

A couple nights after the Nosferatu clan meeting at the Museum of Aquatic Nuisances, Dr. Lazarus decides to spend a few hours examining the city. It had been at least a decade since he left the confines of Amber Hill Asylum, and the doctor felt the urge to see how the city had changed. He walked down the street, his black shoes clicking on the cement with every step he took and his wrinkled lab coat slightly shifting from the speed at which he walked. He avoided the streetlights, he didn't want to make himself too apparent as he made his observations.

[DaevaDude]

NARRATION (edited):

Dr. Lazarus notes that this southern part of West Sacramento hasn't been much affected by the housing booms of either the early 1990s or that at the start of the current decade which he'd heard about from associates in the Invictus. There's essentially nothing at all near the Museum. Other than the road the Museum is located on and one other building he sees way down the road to the east, the area is just open land, and traffic is minimal, so it isn't hard for the Doctor to avoid notice, but there also isn't much to explore or to give him a feel for the city. It is a good three miles or so to West Sacramento proper, the south end of which mostly to consists of residential neighborhoods broken up here and there by large parks, golf courses and areas of still-active farmland.

After exploring for a time, the Doctor comes to a business district, apparently built in anticipation of a greater building boom that didn't really reach this far out. The part of the district nearest the residential neighborhoods is reasonably well-maintained, and consists mostly of office parks and upscale shops, but as one travels to the east, the businesses tend more toward half-empty strip malls, convenience stores, chain restaurants, bars, video rental places and strip clubs. Even though this area was built up no more than a decade or two ago, the overall feel of the place is already tending toward the seedy.

There are still a fair number of people out at this time of night, mostly young people out barhopping or grabbing a late bite to eat, but as the Doctor travels further east, he notices a few clusters of women dressed in a manner suggesting them to be prostitutes.

(ST note: Per Sweet's note, I'm making a couple edits to the character posts to indicate the events happen some unspecified time shortly after the Nos meeting. Per TwiVal rules re: time continuity, threads designated "sticky" take place the day they are started, whereas all non-sticky threads take place the day the last post is made. Thus, linking sticky and non-sticky threads is discouraged).

[Yawgmoth]

At the sound of Anatoly's voice, Lazarus turns to examine the man. The dim light from the overhead streetlights cast an eerie glow on the expressionless mask over the Doctor's face. He recognizes this man from the Nosferatu meeting a few nights prior.


"Anatoly Divoff, correct? Of course you may have a moment of my time."

[DaevaDude]

(( ST note: Since the Nos meeting is a "sticky" thread, characters can be involved in that thread and also be involved in one other thread at the same time. This one, for example))

[DaevaDude]

ST note: I'd like Anatoly and the good Doctor to both make Wits + Composure checks.

The way to do this in-game is to go to the TwiVal dice roller (upper left of screen), enter the character name, dice pool, what the roll is, etc., then cut and paste it, either in brackets or in spoiler tags, as so:
((((2009-05-29 17:06:21 Dude rolls 5 to Wits2+Composure 3 (10 Again) 5, 2, 3, 2, 1 failure ))))
or:

Spoiler

2009-05-29 17:06:21 Dude rolls 5 to Wits2+Composure 3 (10 Again) 5, 2, 3, 2, 1 failure

Both gentlebeings can of course continue to converse while making said roll.

[Yawgmoth]

Dr. Lazarus takes a quick step back when the larger nosferatu opens his hands as if to hug him -- years in a psychiatric institute had trained the doctor to react as such to sudden movements. A split second later, after realizing it was just a greeting, Lazarus nodded his head to Anatoly.

"The night finds me well, thank you for asking. May I inquire as to how your night is fairing?"

Spoiler

2009-05-29 17:14:13 Dr. Lazarus rolls 5 to Wits + Composure (10 Again) 10, 6, 3, 3, 5, 3 1 success