Tyrone Allen Greysmith: It always turned into
waterfalls when it rained in NY down here in the sewers. Not that Tyrone cared.
He walks into his rooms, sliding off his jacket, and tossing it aside, headded
for his desk.
Claudius: "Hello, Tyrone." The former
Prince is suddenly there, sitting in Tyrone's chair, where he wasn't before.
He's in his full, non obfuscated Mosferatu glory, and that simple set of robes
he truly wears under his Mask of 1000 Faces.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Tyrone comes to a halt, eyes upon
Claudius. "Hello Claudius." He is still weraring that hooded sweatshirt. "What
can ~I~ do for you?" a hint of a smile maybe there is something that Tyrone can
actually do for Claudius.
Claudius: "Enjoying the change in power,
my Childe?" He rises from his chair, looming skeletally thin.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: His eyes narrow a bit. "Changes
can be good."
Claudius: "I noticed you were not there at
the meeting, and sent Gunther in your place..." He puts his hands behind his
back, looking over Gunther's bed to where there should be a stake hanging.
Claudius: ((2 BP to Dexterity))
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Yes there is a stake there,
Looks like someone has used it as target practice, but it is there. He crosses
his arms keeping his eyes on Claud the whole time. "And?"
Claudius: "And one would think a Primogen,
particularly of the Nosferatu, would desire to appear where an Archon is about
to be in their city. Did you have other business, that you could not attend and
see what was about to occur?"
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: "Who sayin' I wasn't there?" he
raises an eyebrow. "Why did ya want me there?" a nasty grin on his face. "Ta
show of yer childe before everyone? Or was it just so nice not to have ta parade
yer slippage around the city?"
Claudius: "Tyrone..." He sighs. "Your
hatred of me will be your undoing. You should have honestly gotten over me a
long, long time ago. As I, perhaps, should have gotten over my disappointment in
you."
Claudius: "Tyrone..." He sighs. "Your
hatred of me will be your undoing. You should have honestly gotten over me a
long, long time ago. As I, perhaps, should have gotten over my disappointment in
you."
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: "Well, being that i am a walking
proof that even the greatest of men have their weaknesses." he snears. "Why get
over that? That more older ya become, the weaker ya becaome."
Claudius: "Ahh, but that is where you are
wrong, Claudius. You still think like a human. With us, the older you become,
the more powerful you grow."
Claudius: ((Claudius=Tyrone))
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: He smerks. "Naw, the more ya grow
closer ta those human's and sludge, the weaker ya become."
Claudius: "Perhaps you are right, Tyrone."
He nods, slightly. "Perhaps getting too close to humanity is a weakness." He
looks thoughtful...pensive, perhaps.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Now that takes Tyrone back a bit,
hello all of his arguments flee. He nods his head. "Gald ya finally came to that
deciosion." He heads for the desk and chair that Claudius vacated.
Claudius: ((1 Blood to Dex, 1 to
Celerity)) And he turns, moving to attack, stake being retrieved from inside his
robe. ((Init time!))
Claudius:
d10: Initiative: 6,
Claudius: ((Init 15, due to +3 Dex at
moment))
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Init: 7,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: ((And 14, straight out))
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: He continues to head to his chair,
hell Claudius was on the other side of the desk, he had just admitted to
something, so Tyrone was off on his guard.
Claudius: He rushes up for his first
action, straight to Tyrone, and then plunges the stake toward his chest.
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee ((WP)): 2,2,7,6,7,8,5,2,3,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Dex+dodge: 6,7,4,4,2,
Claudius: Claudius attempts to stake
Tyrone, but the Primogen manages to dodge at the last instant.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: ((BP to celerity))eyes grow wide
and he barely dodges, and then moves to disarm his Sire.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Dex+Brawl: 3,8,5,2,5,
Claudius: ((1 BP to Celerity, 1 BP into
Strength)) The expression on his face is very unlike Claudius...stone dead. He
looks very much like an emotionless killer at the moment, and he brings the
stake in again to drive it home. ((WP Again))
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 5,6,1,3,6,3,4,4,2,
Claudius: And as he misses, and Tryone
fails to successfully disarm Claudius, he tries once more.
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 7,3,4,9,10,3,3,2,9,
Claudius:
d10: Damage: 7,7,1,3,1,5,10,5,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: soak: 10,6,2,3,
Claudius: The stake fails to penetrate
Tyrone's chest. Claudius frowns, and tries again.
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 8,7,2,7,7,9,3,10,6,
Claudius:
d10: Damage: 2,7,8,8,2,1,5,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Soak: 7,8,7,7,
Claudius: Tyrone is proving why Claudius
chose him, and the stake fails again.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: If he had the time to pound his
chest like a goorilla he would take this opertunity to do so to show is
strength. But no it is knock the sire out time. And he punches Claudius in the
gut. ((BP to Celerity))
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Dex+Brawl: 5,10,4,4,6,4,
Claudius: Claudius is single-minded in
purpose, and he tries to drive the stake in once more. ((WP; BP to Celerity))
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 2,5,10,2,4,2,2,6,3,
Claudius:
d10: Damage: 2,10,1,5,8,7,8,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Soak: 4,10,9,3,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Damage: 5,3,6,7,7,
Claudius:
d10: Soak: 4,3,10,9,5,
Claudius: First Actions: Claudius drives
the stake in, but not enough to hit the heart (2 Lethal); Tyrone's punch drives
home (4 Bashing, halved to 2)
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Tyrones growl of fury seems to
fule his next blow once again to the gut
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Dax+Brawl: 4,2,1,1,6,2,
Claudius: He rips the stake out, eyes and
expression stone-dead, and brings it down again.
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 9,3,7,6,5,6,6,5,3,
Claudius:
d10: Damage: 2,1,3,2,4,7,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: d10: Soak: 10,8,7,1,
Claudius: Second Action: Claudius again
skims Tyrone's chest with the stake; Tyrone's punch swings wide.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: once again Tyrone goes to puch
Claudius
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Dex+brawl: 8,6,9,3,3,3,
Claudius: He grabs hold of the damn thing
with both hands, and drives it downward.
Claudius:
d10: Dex+Melee: 10,8,7,3,5,4,9,3,8,
Claudius:
d10: Damage: 6,6,3,6,7,6,6,
Tyrone Allen Greysmith:
d10: Soak: 7,2,7,8,
Claudius: And in the final action of the
round, Claudius gets the stake in, sliding through heart muscle, and before the
punch hits, Tyrone finds himself paralyzed and falling to the ground.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Frozen in mid punch he falls to
the ground like a tinker toy, eyes open , the snear of rage still there.
Claudius: He looks down at Tyrone as he
falls, expression calm, face emotionless. "I told you, Tyrone, that your hatred
of me would be your undoing." He reaches into his robe and pulls out a
wicked-looking blade, about a foot long, slightly curved. "And thus, I will be
rectifying my mistake."
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: Fear, he see's his unlife comming
to an end, and nothing he can do, in his paralisys can help him except watch the
blade of the sword.
Claudius: He drops to a kneel next to
Tyrone and kisses the blade. "A partir de vida traviesa, le vuelvo a la
muerte pacífica." There is a holy resonance in the words, reverant. He
places the blade against Tyrone's neck, and then presses down.
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: How does one struggle, when one
cannot? How does one wish someone not to do something to them, when they cannot
speak? They cannot, they lay there and take what is comming his way.
Claudius: The blade, while Tyrone's
Fortified flash resists, eventually gives way, and the blade slowly, agonizingly
slices through. Eventually, it hits the spinal cord, and severs through that.
"Have peace, my Childe. May you forgive me for damning you, and further forgive
me for granting you the salvation you would not seek on your own."
Tyrone Allen Greysmith: And as his head is severed from
his body, the rage on his face, remains even in death, as his body quickly
decays, moving through the process of death, till only the remains of a withered
skeleton remains where once the Primogen's undead body was. The stake still
sticking out of his chest, where his heart was, ribs cracked where it was shoved
into his heart.
Claudius:
d10: Conscience: 10,2,5,8,
Claudius: His actions are justified; he
simply returned Tyrone to that which his Childe should have been. Unfortunate
though it is, something he never wanted to do, it is necessary for the peace of
the city; and further, he knows Tyrone has found peace. He removes the stake,
returning it to whence it came, and goes to retrieve a container to put the
bones in.
Claudius: He takes great care with the
bones, incredibly gentle with them. The skull is placed in last, and he zips the
bag up. Eventually, it will be buried someplace safe and consecrated; for now,
it is merely hidden.
Claudius: He stands up, the bag placed
in a hiding place in the floor, and looks around. With a moment's glance around,
he closes his eyes and concentrates.
Claudius: ((WP on next roll))
Claudius:
d10: Mask of Thous. Faces: 8,8,4,10,8,2,
Claudius: His appearance alters; he is a perfect representation of Tyrone. A look down at himself, and then he nods. "Time ta go git wid it." He nods...it sounds convincing. And he moves out.
Claudius: ((Faaaade))