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    Argent's Avatar


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    Aimée regains consciousness in a bed. It's a small room, in a small sub-level apartment. There's a room that looks like it was previously occupied, but now serves as the world's largest dirty laundry basket.

    The entire place smells like smoke, perfume, cologne, incense, and sex. In the living room is a TV, and a large circular bed.

    If Hugh Heffner was broke, this is how we would live.

    Next to the bed is a set of balancing scales. Fine white powder and various vials nearby indicate it's normal use.

    There's a vial on one pan now, filled with reddish black liquid.

    Perfectly balancing it on the other pan is a silver chain, with a familiar rose & dagger on it.

    The door is unlocked.

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    People were laughing at her, at her failure. Whatever she did, it went horribly wrong and there were always those faceless masses to ridicule her. Again and again. It was her personal hell and by now she laid on the floor, her knees pulled up to her chest to protect her from the laughter. She was sobbing quietly, hoping to die again.

    The laughter probably went on in her mind, because at first she didn't notice that she had awakened, still sobbing. Then the confusion fell off of her enough to notice that she wasn't dreaming anymore and that she wasn't in her loft.
    She looked around, while memories of her fight with Argent came back slowly. Suddenly she was fully awake - he brought her here, that means he probably wasn't far away. "Bastard.." she hissed, but the tone showed more of her fear that she wanted to show. After she had looked at the room she really noticed the scales and a frown showed on her face. What was this all about? She tried to stand up, hoping her legs would carry her.

    OOC

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    (( Half all around? ))
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    That seems reasonable. Let's go with it.

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    They did. A miracle really, considering what he had done to her at the Avalon. There was this familiar anger at Argent comming up again and she really wanted to take the scales and throw them against a wall; she knew that Argent wanted to mock her with them, even if she didn't understand how he was mocking her.

    Instead she just scoffed and headed for the door. She knew better by now - she couldn't defeat Argent yet; she wanted to get out of here and visit Samael again. Surely he could help her.

    And maybe..
    maybe she found something Argent holds dear on her way out.

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    The only things that really stand out are several cushioned boxes of knives, and a pile of donation receipts from local orphanages.

  7. #7
    DaevaDude's Avatar


    Narration:


    As she leaves Argent's apartment, Aimée feels something strange come over her. She realizes that the duration for the gift granted by Samael has expired, and feels it flow from her. As the gift leaves her, she feels her confidence joining it... suddenly she feels anxious, confused, unsure of herself. It's almost as if something within her shatters, and as she feels her usual sense of superiority fade, and she experiences a frightening sense that the worst is yet to come.

    Having failed to complete the task set her by Samael, Aimée now suffers from the following effects:
    1) She is unable to spend Willpower on any Resolve + Composure check;
    2) Any time she wishes to spend Willpower on anything else, she must first succeed in a Resolve + Composure check at -2;
    3) She now suffers from the Inferiority Complex derangement, as defined on p. 98 of the WoD core rulebook; and
    4) While she remains beautiful, others will tend to sense Aimée's insecurity, and regard her as weak. At the start of any social event or any interpersonal interaction, Aimée must roll Presence + Manipulation, with any 1s rolled subtracting from rolled successes. She rolls this at -2 when interacting with those of notably superior social status. On a failed roll, those she interacts with will perceive her as weak, inadequate and suitable only to be used for their own purposes.

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    As the feeling hit her Aimée shrieked - this was more painful than Argent's knive.

    She leaned against a wall and sobbed for several minutes; her eyes remained dry, though. She wanted to give up, to leave Sacramento or - better yet - just stay outside until the sun destroyed what was left to destroy, but the more time she spent thinking about her failure, the clearer the solution became.

    "Samael. He can help me.." Gone was the self-confident tone, it was almost a wisper and thinking of how she had to beg to deserve his attention made her reconsider the more drastic solutions, but a few more moments leaned against the hard bricks of some ugly building - how fitting - and she swore to at least try it.
    She wanted revenge, but now it was just to prove herself that she wasn't as worthless as she felt right now..

    OOC

  9. #9
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    Yup, you can head to that thread, though that one may be closing soon, depending on player events.

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