New faces and old tricks

[Storyteller]

Kaliah-Yukino
Hello?

William Jones
Hello

Raven Talius
Raven Talius quit

Ripper
tried to steal from you, and you caught them!

Ember March
(Are you posting?)

Ripper
tried to steal from you, and you caught them!

Ripper
*for reasons that at least seemed sensible to him, Ripper usually perfered to prey amongst the tourists and infrequent travelers when scrounging around in random pockets for goods. It was better off than the opertunity to piss of a local who might remember him again later. For this reason especially did he tend to stick close by to the train stations on these forays into the crowds*

Ember March
(Sorry, I had to update my Java. Scene setup?)

Ripper
*for reasons that at least seemed sensible to him, Ripper usually perfered to prey amongst the tourists and infrequent travelers when scrounging around in random pockets for goods. It was better off than the opertunity to piss of a local who might remember him again later. For this reason especially did he tend to stick close by to the train stations on these forays into the crowds*

Ember March
Most young women who step off trains in a foreign land expect to appear full of hope, wonder... excitement. For the redhead in the gray, wool coat - the thrill of travel seems to have lost its luster.

Ember March
She worries her lower lip, nibbling it between milky teeth of moderate size in perfect, proportioned symmetry. Train fare hadn't exactly appealed to her palate and she found herself hungry and in need of a strong cup of coffee.

Ember March
She wasn't carrying much, a large, streamlined suitcase and a leather tote seem to comprise her 'luggage.' She gave a glance around and pulls out her cellphone to summon an Uber driver to take her to... well... she'd figure that out. After the coffee...

Ripper
checks the travel tags on her bags.

Ember March
(Streamline suitcase.)

Ember March
American. From a no-name, no-where town in the southern states.

Ripper
*standing with his back to the bustling mass leaving the station doors, Ripper has his features disguised as the face of Joe Everyman through use of the unobtrusive Alter Ego skill.*

Ripper
tried to steal from you, and you caught them!

Ember March
The young woman gave a glance at the fellow, her eyes sweeping over his person. In their turbulent depths, a mixture begins to amalgamate of contempt and misunderstanding. "If you take my suitcase, all you're going to find are some items of clothing and a few pair of shoes. Hardly worth it. "

Ember March
Her voice was soft. Warm like smoke from cigar rolled from Virginian tobacco, and rich and mellow like Kentucky Bourbon. And... an undertone of ... boredom? Expectancy?

Ripper
O.o It had been a long time since he was caught red-handed in the middle of a heist, but not so long ago that he didn't remember how to try and play it cool. Hoisting the large luggate up over his shoulder like a boombox he smiled at her with what he hoped like resembled some sincere honesty...* [1/2]

Ripper
"Not at all, Ma'am. This here is just only our complimentary porter and valet service. Don't worry so much!" [2/2]

Ripper
*whether he had been slow this time of the woman was merely extremely observant was yet to be determined*

Ember March
A longsuffering sigh huffs past her lips, and the toe of her right foot begins to tap a steady cadence against the pavement in burgeoning irritation. Her eyes roll upward, and she carefully enunciates the words, "Put-it-down." They nearly hiss past her lips as her countenance begins to darken...

Ember March
And like the passing of a sudden tempest, Ember composes her features, flashes a smile, and offers, "Please, Thank You." Perhaps her sincerity is to be doubted, but it sounds pleasing, at least. She flashes a quick smile.

Ripper
>.>

Ripper
"Right then. Where are you headed?"

Ember March
"Somewhere with great coffee."

Ripper
"I know just the place." *he grins*

Ripper
I'll show you a place that's owned by a friend of mine if you follow me. *and hosting the suitcase of hers along like it was a paperweight he leads her towards the Moonlight lotus cafe lovated just over the river in Wickbridge.*

Ember March
(Can we continue? I need to sleep?)

Ember March
We can continue or... "Sorry, handsome. I'm flying solo tonight. Don't worry, I'll ask my driver! I'm sure they know 'all' the best places. You... have a good night? Okay?" She seems more than a little relieved when the car she'd summoned arrives. It was a little Civic hatchback, red in color with beaming headlights that flood the area with light.

Ripper
*hesitantly sets down the luggage inside the boot of the small vehicle*

Ripper
"well, welcome to Harper's Rock and I hope that you find what it is you're looking for here!"

Ripper
coughs and waits for a 'tip'.

Ember March
He certainly doesn't get one.




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[Storyteller]

Ember March
Ember March quit

Ripper
* Ripper turned to watch the car while it accelerated, angling his perspective to and catch another sight of the petite female in the driver's review mirror as it sped away. Something in his subconscious had been intrigued by the presence of this female so he marked down the vehicle license plate number to remember for later*

Ripper
* moving away from the crowd and dashes momentarily in concealment behind a the cover of a cluttered alleyway for a superman man style length of time for a quick change. Moments later a large black dog leaves the enclosure and begins to move across town with a speed and purpose not normally noted with canines. *

Ripper
*lope

Ember March
The car was an Uber, hailed by an app that crept away into the darkness until the flash of tail-lights disappeared around the next corner. It wasn't a long trip to the nearest diner. After all, it had been chosen from the list based on location and Yelp user ratings. She exits, waving to the driver and lugging her suitcase toward a weathered vending machine for the local newspaper. She slips the coins through the slot and waits for the chink of them falling into place precede the click of the locking mechanism. The paper is slipped beneath an elbow, and Ember squares her shoulders before stepping inside, suitcase and all. There, she will have a seat, request coffee and order breakfast while thumbing through the paper looking for a cheap apartment. Oh, she might have simply Googled the information, but newspapers had a certain smell that was somehow nostalgic.

Ripper
He had no way of knowing for sure whether or not she would take his suggestion of dining locale considering her first impression of him, but on a hunch he made his way through the nest of tangled streets towards the Moonlight Cafe (which would have been the highest rated eatery nearby).

Ripper
Ideas and observations kept churning in the griss of his mind, pairing up randomnly seeming unconnected pieces until he found several jigsaws which might fit together. In the back of his mind data continued to collate but for now his only focus was on to reach his destination.

Ember March
She'd managed a friendly enough relationship with her waitress by calling her by the name on her name-tag and employing a bit of schmoozing. After all, you'd much prefer the people who were cooking and serving your food 'like' you... A cup of steaming coffee and a porcelain cream tureen are soon placed in front of her and her eggs are being cooked to specification. A rumble of her stomach reminds her that she hasn't eaten.... baser urges speak of darker blood-driven hungers... but those she presses aside.

Ember March
She's seated in a corner booth along the back wall, the aisle not nearest the windows and facing the door. She is generous with the smattering of cream that turns the aromatic, dark roast a much lighter hue. The spoon makes an idle 'tink' as it hits the bottom of the cup. She's toying with it more than stirring her drink, her focus on the classifieds.

Ripper
the door swing open with the soft tinkle of a bell chime announcing his entrance. A man enters the room, completely dissimilar in stature (and several inches taller) than that common cretin which she had encountered with earlier upon her debarkation here; still there is something in his posture or expression which smacks reminiscent for those whom pride themselves with a particular talent for faces.

Grumpykitty
and so kitteh was not fair behind perhaps on the scent of finding that ripper for digging his hands into her private places of such pockets even though he didn't get anything. The theif herself grumples and kicks a near by trash can over and a loud boom can be heard as sound travels through the night air easily. "Fuckin ripper. " She grumbles to herself. "

Ripper
*circling around the room once until he approaches coming back to her table. sitting down with a quiet confidence across from her and settles in enough enough for a noticed.*

Ripper
"Buy you a cuppa?"

Ember March
Her eyes sweep upward, the chime of the bell having caught her attention. She always noticed the people coming and going. One never wanted to be caught at a disadvantage of. Her gaze sweeps over the stranger, lingering on his features for a moment. Her shoulders rise and fall as a mental dialogue begins wherein Ember comes to the natural conclusion that he must have one of those faces - or perhaps it was a trait of regional genetics.

Ember March
She balances the spoon on the corner of the cup until the last of the liquid drains with a lovely nappe texture before placing it on a paper napkin. She wraps her fingers around the mug, slender fingers curling in an attempt to seep warmth into the cold digits. For long moments she simply enjoys her coffee, and all of her misfortunes are momentarily forgotten.

Ember March
She seems surprised when the stranger seats himself at her table... and suddenly more alert. "Why not?" She smiles, her gaze sweeping over his person, alert for the presence of weapons.

Ripper
returns her smile evenly waving the server over for a look at the menu and pointing directly to the most expensively priced drink on the menue. He only orders one.

Ripper
*waits a few more seconds with his fingers steepled for her to begin with a demand for the pertinent questions*

Grumpykitty
and so she found her way into the club and looks around and spots ripper with her "Cousin" and makes a bee line in his direction . "Ripper... " She called out his name. Her features wasn't too happy.

Ripper
Kitten. o.o

Ripper
starts to sense a aura of danger lingering.

Grumpykitty
"Been picking pockets again I see. " Says the theif herself and continues over to them and then smiles over at her cousin. "Bout time you came here. " She grunts slightly and glanced back over at Ripper as she moved behind him.

Ripper
...wait, you *know* her?

Grumpykitty
"Well doh, " I dont say cousin for no other reason. " Yea we're blood.. and no I don't mean the other.. " She said to him giving him that knowing look and then slams five hundred dollars she just picked out of his pocket without him knowing. " I Do beleive this is yours. " She grins and sat down next to Ember.

Ripper
looks entirely nonplussed about these developments.

Grumpykitty
"whats the matter dear cat got your tongue? " she said to ripper with a smile on her face.

Ember March
Ember March quit (kicked from world by noflood)

Ripper
*with a low voice that seemed to cover a sulk lingering behind it he admitted to his pupose here without any mention of backstory* I just wanted to take a look at her green card and make sure that all was in order.

Ember March
The young woman smiles, "I suppose I ought to thank you for the... what did you order me? I thought you meant you were paying for my coffee... I...." Whatever she had been about to say was abruptly cut off by the presence of Kitteh. "Hello, there." she offers. "I take it you two know each other? Small world. Well, then... why don't you introduce me?" This, to the pretty Asian. Did this surprise her? If it did she was doing a marvelous job of appearing unflappable.

Ripper
actually why don't I let you two catch up? it wasn't my notice to come against between a family gathering

Grumpykitty
"Yea, we do. That's Ripper. Just be careful around him he's trouble.. but then again knowing i adore trouble. " She giggles

Grumpykitty
(aww leaving already ripper)

Ember March
The waitress nears and Ember allows her to refill her coffee mug. She empties the rest of the cream into the cup and a near comedic expression crests her countenance as she realizes she ought to have asked for more. A finger raies and hesitates midair...call the waitress back? No... she'll remember for the next time. Her hands again curl around her mug and she sips.

Grumpykitty
"Ripper, come on now have a seat lets chat, its been a while.. Besides I miss messing with danger.. " she grins, " As for her green card its fine all working orders...

Ripper
stands up to his full height. "Another time perhaps."

Ripper
"Ladies, I'm sure to see you both around again soon." *smirk*

Ripper
"Pip-pip"

Grumpykitty
"Oh i'm sure you will.. by the way Ripper.. I got a place to show you which you will soon have access too. Call me will ya? "

Ripper
"Of course."




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[Storyteller]

Grumpykitty
"Ta ta for now dear.. and becareful here you put those paws of yours at. " Winks at him.

Ember March
"I...hope I'm not about to be deported..." she grins. "I went to a lot of trouble to get here. Let's hope it paid off?" Her shoulder rise and fall and she starts to fold her newspaper. It seems rude to have it spread upon the table. "Have a nice night..." Ember offers, "Thanks for the company... It was certainly appreciated..."

Grumpykitty
"So cousin found a place yet? If you need a job I got something you can do. "

Ember March
"No, actually. I was just browsing the classifieds." Ember admits, as the waitress returns again... This time she carries Ember's breakfast and a fresh tureen of cream. The redhead breams a grateful smile. She's going to tip well.

Grumpykitty
"Well, I have this Tavern its dated back to the dark ages so to speak everyone working there dresses the part.. the guards actually wear those hard tin armor they had back then. Its really fun place. "

Grumpykitty
"also there is a place in the basement area that I have turned into a liveable apartment you can stay there if you like. Or, the Yatche I got in Chalktown. "

Grumpykitty
(We will Continue later she is falling sleep)




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[Storyteller]

Ripper
Ripper says: "I thought that I might find you around here."

Ripper
"Can I offer you another drink? Maybe something this time besides coffee."

Ember March
She'd cozied up to the bar, a petite redhead in a little black dress, vintage chic... impossible heels, and a white rose pinned behind her ear blending with the scent of a heady perfume. She was nursing a cocktail, using the stirrer to swirl a cherry 'round the goblet. Her head tilts to the side, "Sorry, I don't think we were ever properly introduced?" Her lips quirk, and her eyes cast to the side, "... or that we ought to be..." she murmurs under her breath.

Ripper
"**** introductions. You'll find out who I am eventually. As for the rest..." *his eyes danced* "It's for you to tell, but if you're not interested in what than it's no cream off of my milk."

Ember March
"Go on... order me a drink, stranger. I'm interested in that, at least. Eventually. I hate the word. It's so... nondescript. When is eventually? It could be a moment, a minute, an hour... a day... a week... a month... and on and on to infinity. Try again."

Ripper
"Eventually settles on like a pile of snowflakes; and the vintage I have got planned for you doesn't get served here." *he grins, baring aside any doubt of humanity*

Ember March
"Oh, I see. We're to talk business. Can I at least finish my drink before we do? I don't conduct business with strangers, Eventually. I think you can just pay for my first round because if we are to talk business I'd like a clear head... and a name. Any will do. Something that I can reference, of course, and I will. Reference it, that is." She swirls the drink she's holding draining in neatly. The cherry is plucked out and neatly devoured as she calls for her tab - and leaves it with Ripper along with her empty glass. "I'm ready when you are."

Ripper
"Do you trust me? Gut instinct...."

Ember March
"Do you trust me?" She offers this rejoinder in a soft, smooth voice, as silken and serpentine as they echo throughout history from woman to man. Ripper was rewarded with a milky smile, it dazzles. Her chin is tilted in his direction and he finds himself caught in her wide-eyed gaze. Their depths are the ocean.... a turbulent sea of blues and greens and gray... They dance with an impish light. Therein is the promise of a temper like a summer storm combined with a recklessness that ought to trigger every cautionary warning one's mother has ever instilled in them about the 'wrong type of girl.'

Ripper
"With my life." he rejointed. "Look, let's not get off on the wrong foot: you want a name? Everybody here knows me as Ripper."

Ripper
"Now what should I call you, Langley?"

Ember March
"Ember." She offers after a moment's hesitation. Perhaps he'd surprised her.

Ripper
"Alright, Ember." *her name came out nearly as a purr* "Now this is going to move along a lot more smoothly for us both if you decide go with the flow here..."

Ripper
he reaches out his extend his hand palms up to accept her hand in his fingers.

Ripper
"I can show you another world that won't get found up here."

Ripper
**offer

Ember March
"With the flow?" An eyebrow arched heavenward, and she straightens her spine with a shifting of her posture. "Go ahead, Ripper. Tell me about the flow?" She allows him to take her hand, their conversation thus far replaying itself in her memory as she tries to gauge his intent.

Ripper
*the room shimmers around them and fades away into a vauge emptiness before reforming back around them in the location of another clientele.*




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[Storyteller]

Ripper
Ripper says: "Easier that I just show you."

Ember March
For a moment her fingers tighten in his, gripping in fright as their world reforms around them. "Ripper? Where are we?" Embers voice holds the slightest uncertainty, some of her usual bravado fading. She loosens her grip and moves to step away.

Ripper
The bartender brings you over a Dry Martini, courtesy of Ripper (d).

Ember March
Ember accepts the drink, casting a glance around. "I don't know this place."

Ripper
"This here is the Nightmode, and it's about 5 or 6 blocks from where we were just now recently."

Ember March
"I see. Nice trick, I don't suppose you'd teach it to me? I'm sure I could find a myriad of uses for it."

Ripper
"It caters to a different class of people who are more relaxed about this type of...well, and they have syringes and stuff behind the counters you see."

Ripper
"That's the topic of this conversation actually."

Ripper
"Well, defently the main one."

Ripper
"You mentioned an exchange? Well I wanted to lunderstand how this first pint is free so you know where to keep coming back to."

Ripper
"On the house."

Ripper
...

Ember March
"Let me see... You want to give me your blood... in exchange for... nothing? Hardly seems worth it. For you, I mean. Not for me. There are advantages to such an arrangement, for me. Forgive me if I'm skeptical. But, the question remains. We all know what 'I' get out of an arrangement between us. But, what about you? What do 'you' get out of it?"

Ripper
"Maybe I just like to give. It's possible also that this is just to pique your interest for a much deeper iceburg. Guess how you're doing to find out without taking a plunge?"

Ripper
**going

Ember March
"I don't like eventually. I also don't like hypotheticals. I like the bottom line and the fine print. I never take less than a sure bet and I never gamble on a long-shot."

Ripper
"There's the door, Langley."

Ripper
points.

Ember March
"Don't be hasty. I just got here." Ember makes a comedic face in Ripper's direction. "Let a girl finish her drink."

Ripper
"I also don't do fine print."

Ripper


Ember March
Ember's gaze sweeps over Ripper from head to toe as if sizing him up. "No. I don't expect you do."

Ripper
*Ripper had his formed own ideas in conception about Ember and nothing yet he had seen so far has given any evidnece to disuade him from them.*

Ripper
"So how do you know Kitty?" It's not just small-talk, he's honestly curious.

Ember March
"She's my Cousin." Ember offers, "... she was the one who encouraged me to move to the city. My turn? How do you know Kitteh?"

Ripper
"I've seen her around in the background for quite awhile but it's only recently we've 'met' as to know each other."

Ripper
*if Grumpykitty hadn't already revealed her new race to this 'cousin' of hers, it wasn't the Killer's place to do so.*

Ember March
"She's a clever girl. She's making a name for herself. Hopefully, I can do the same."

Ripper
*blinks* "Is that something important to you?"

Ember March
"Being successful? Yes. I don't want to always scrape for my survival. I'd like to know where my next meal is coming from."

Ripper
"Which brings us back to the topic our bussiness...if it couldn't other wise be described as a pleasure for the evening."

Ember March
"Couldn't it?"

Ripper
"I would like to think so, but you hadn't finished that drink. " ;-)

Ripper
"With the price of blood nowadays you can rent yourself a small apartment easily."

Ripper
"But I have much more precious commodities that I usually care to traffick in."

Ember March
With a shake of her head Ember dutifully drains the glass. "Oh? And, what is that?"

Ripper
*takes a moment to think* you haven't even decided upon my first offer yet. wouldn't that be getting ahead of ourselves?

Ripper
"I'm not trying to rush you...please relax at take this at your own time."

Ember March
"Speaking of your commodities? Why so secretive?"

Ripper
*so as not to be a dick he answers her question anyways* I

Ripper
"Information. My main interest is concerning the various comings and goings of various happenings in this town."

Ember March
She smiles, "I think you and I might get along yet, Mister Ripper."

Ripper
"Many of some which could only be verified as firsthand evidence, but that would digress and it's too soon for boasting."

Ripper
^_^

Ripper
"These are very exciting times lately because everything is flowng so fast and changing in structure."

Ripper
"It's been a hard road and a long story but perhaps we'll find the time to tell it...Eventually."

Ripper
"If it involves the pleasure of your company."

Ember March
Ember wrinkles her nose, "Eventually. I hate the word." It bears repeating, clearly.

Ripper
*smirks*

Ripper
"I will bear that in mind. It's a now generation."

Ember March
She places her elbow on the bar and drops her chin into her upturned hand. "It is, isn't it? It's marvelous, really. There is something to be said for instant gratification."

Ripper
"Which is ironic...considering how long you're keeping me waiting." :cloudly:

Ember March
"Me?"

Ripper
...

Ember March
She shakes her head, "... and I thought you were enjoying the pleasure of my company." She murmurs on bated breath.

Ripper
"would you like a pint." *he orders a rum and coke*

Ember March
"Are you trying to get me drunk? I'm resilient, you know."

Ripper
orders another now virgin daqurai.

Ripper
"I just thought that because you traveled all the way out here that you would be anxious to get a taste of the fire."

Ripper
*using steak knife his cuts open his palm in front of her and squeezes it tightly over the newly arrived drink until several drops of ruby droplets spill in like red ink drops orf creamer*

Ripper
*when he opens his hand there is no sign of a wound.*




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[Storyteller]

Ripper
‹Ember March› "A void that is filled with another vice shortly thereafter... or someone else."

Ripper
‹Ripper› "Some place else." he corrected. "A location which is soon to be rapidly spilling into this one."

Ripper
‹Ripper› "Which is another reason that makes it so important for peaceful co-existence, not that I think anyone else is aware of it yet."

Ember March
"Okay, I'll bite. Where is this place, Ripper? Tell me about it?" She gave the guy a glance. "There can never be peace. Not really. Humanity is too corrupt at its core. You can't make a person what it isn't. We aren't a peaceful race, you know."

Ripper
"Note how I did not say how every 'life' was important."

Ripper
"They may be, of course, but some are more important that others." * brief guffaw*

Ripper
"The Shadow Realm." he says, sobering suddenly.

Ember March
"You've been there?"

Ripper
"More times than I care to count remembering--it is a realm for the dead and nonliving."

Ripper
"A pocket universe very closely aligned with this one."

Ember March
"I don't want to go, thank you very much."

Ripper
*his smile still shows teeth but this time it's merely a side-effect* "So long as you continue to maintain your hold on the mortal coil, then never should have need to land in that square other than 'Just Visiting".

Ripper
"There are some older and other which view it as a place of rest or safe abode...but you will find no solidity there but what can be wrested from oneself within...but I digress and on a horrible topic."

Ripper
"And after each transgression (the term is meant to be ambivilant) a little less of the fabric which separates the filaments is dissipated in slightly."

Ripper
"This is why the zombies first started to rise where they did."

Ripper
taps his fingers rhythmically against the counter--apparently he is unaware of doing so.

Ripper
*un-rhymically

Ripper
O.o "Sorry were you saying something?"

Ember March
"I don't like the zombies. I find them terrifying, actually. I hate the purulent stench of rotting flesh... I hate the way their eyes are... or aren't... I'd rather not talk about them, either. Her gaze flits toward his hand, and she watches him in silence for a moment. "I'm boring you." She gave him a quirk of a smile.

Ripper
"No. As a matter of fact-no; but I just happened upon a sudden and unrehearsed idea."

Ripper
"I'm hungry and normally now I would be leaving out for a hunt to find...to eat."

Ripper
"But as I don't want to go just yet-"

Ripper
"Could you drink now before I go further? It will give you a fuller clarity."

Ember March
"Oh! Forgive me. I'm sorry I've detained you. I'm sure there are... people who come here... for... that particular..." And here Ember pauses, leaning forward as her voice drops an octave... "... experience. I won't feel slighted in the least if you step away."

Ripper
"I want you."

Ripper
"That much is clear to me now, but this is not the type of hunt I'm used to stalking."

Ripper
"Where I prefer the impersonal."

Ember March
"I'm... afraid I don't understand. You want to... to bite me?"

Ripper
"It would detract me from having to go else wise."

Ripper
...

Ripper
"Don't be frightened."

Ripper
"I won't make a single move upon now unless you accept my gift first...and otherwise I can take a hint."

Ember March
"Do... you just... take it from my wrist?" She offers her hand, after all, he'd given her his blood. One good turn deserves another. "I"m not afraid. Not really."

Ripper
(oh she did take it?)

Ember March
(It's in the glass, but she's made indication that she's going to)

Ripper
"Ladies first." *he again uses his blade to open up a sideways cut along the curve of a wrist vein. To his nostrils the air is suddenly fumigated in the smell of buttery copper."

Ember March
She picks up the glass... "Cheers?" She lifts the glass and takes a hesitant sip, and then another, longer.

Ripper
*he allows himself to feel a brief moment of triumph; to him it seems as if he had won some small victory.*

Ripper
*+just

Ripper
0h 0m ago: Ember March (blood thief) fed on you and drained some blood!

Ember March
The girl turns the glass back a little more, and the liquid and the blood mingle. The high from the vampiric blood is first perceived as a slow, satisfying warmth that envelops Ember. She reaches for his powers exerting the supernatural force of will that allows the blood to heed command. She is pleasantly surprised. Ripper has given her quite a gift. She rewards him with a bright smile her wrist still offered for him to imbibe.

Ripper
"Close your eyes?"

Ripper
You successfully feed on the human. You seal their wound, and leave the human dazed and confused.




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[Storyteller]

Ember March
There is some hesitation before Ember closes her eyes. After all, her trust was not easily won. Ripper had shown no indication that he posed an immediate threat... and she allowed her actions to be ruled by her gut instinct that he currently meant her no harm. Her lashes fall against her cheeks.

Ripper
*manuvers with a speed not unnaturally but moving with quickness. the first sensation she can remember is the feel of lips closing across her neck and the hypodermic pressure which followed removed all other place of sensation.*

Ripper
*soon

Ember March
Ember gasps, she had expected him to simply bite her wrist. Nothing more. Her curling hair tickles his cheeks and he gleans a rather intimate knowledge of her particular scent... heady perfume, clean skin, feminine... "Ripper I..." She manages before words are no longer possible. Her body relaxes against the vampire as he feeds... acquainting himself with not only her smell but the taste of her blood... It is in that moment the paranoia begins... and the panic... what if he takes too much... too quickly... Her body twitches in resistance... she's frightened.

Ripper
*he feels the rigidity begin to flow through out her body with the consistency of quicksilver, the vampire disengages after a few seconds and gives time to allow her sense to reacquaint with the surrounding environment.*

Ember March
Ember's gaze sweeps toward Ripper, her hand moving to her neck, already mending itself through her own regenerative abilities. "Ripper, why?" she asks, "I offered you my wrist. My wrist." Her bravado returns, and she lifts her hand, wiggling her wrist in front of the vampire. "If you wanted to snuggle you could have just asked..." She grouses, placing distance between them as she walks away.

Ripper
*rubs the smoothness of where he had fed, reassuring himself that not a mark was left as blemish* "Do you understand now why I had wanted you to drink first?

Ripper
"I am impulsive and don't give the needed time or attention to social cues. Perhaps I've always been that way, but there seems to be little changing it now."

Ripper
"you are offended."

Ember March
"I suppose?" she offers. She pauses when he touches her the flesh of her nape, silken and porcelain smooth once more. "I'll forgive you, this time." Her fingers dart upward, dancing across the same area he'd just inspected. "It wasn't... it wasn't terrible."

Ripper
*smiles coyly*

Ripper
"No, it hasn't been was it?"

Ember March
"Well, maybe in parts." She teases.

Ripper
"So what now?"

Ember March
"What now?" She parrots, her eyes widening. "I... I don't know. I hadn't really thought very far ahead. Have you?"

Ripper
"It occurred to me that you might wish to experiment with your new abilities."

Ember March
"Okay." She agrees. "I'm willing to try. What do you want me to do?"

Ripper
"well..."

Ripper
*after some moments of silent thought*

Ripper
"why don't we just start off small now and see out how high you can jump."

Ripper
*for now

Ember March
"Not in these heels..." She murmurs, beginning to slip them from her feet and fumbling with the ankle clasps.

Ripper
Ripper quit

Ripper
"Listen closely please, because these are some very advanced topics that we are delving into an I'm going to start off with at first to try and keep things simple. First off now-and I think the easiest one to explain-is Celerity. Most of the other folks out there are under the impression that this action involves moving very fast; but that's not it at all... The process is more of a slowing of yourself. It involves focusing your mind and energy on the details of your idea--It involves focusing the plan in your mind and absorbing the details in... Dammit...I said this was deep ****! (It'd be easier if you were dead)."

Ripper
*planning the action in your mind

Noelle
narrowed eyes a bit.

Ripper
"Alright, listen up and play along close here because we're going to start wading more into the deeper end."

Ripper
"The simplest to explain-so I think the easiest to begin-is through a demonstration of celerity."

Ripper
"Most people not initiated assume it involves moving very fast, but in actuality such is achieved by the slowing down of your *mind* and allowing the world to follow pace."

Ripper
"Does this make sense any?"

Ripper
"Hello, Mordie."

Ripper
"Got any displays of strength or bravado you want to entertain?"

Ripper
"Listen closely please, because these are some very advanced topics that we are starting to delve into now; so at first I'm going to start off with to try and keep things simple.

Ripper
First off-and I think the easiest one to explain-is-Celerity.

Ripper
Most of the other folks out there are under the impression that this action involves moving very fast; but that's not it at all exactly...

Ember March
"I don't... know?" Her face scrunches slightly. "I haven't really thought about it. What would you suggest? I... thought we were jumping?" She laughs suddenly, "Wait, Ripper..." A hand darts out catching his arm. "Just a moment, please...." She gives his arm a light shake. "Please?"

Ripper
"A single moment should be more than sufficient."

Ripper
"Dammit...I said this was deep ****."

Ember March
"Sufficient for what?" A sigh breathes past her lips. "I... want you to slow down."

Ripper
"Slow down?! Whatever for?"

Ember March
"Because, I'm losing track on if we are or not jumping." She shakes her head, her curls bouncing with the motion. "I think you should just... slow down. Pause a moment. Find your focus. We don't have to hurry. We've time."

Ripper
"Well this is an unexpected surprise."

Ripper
"Ember, meet Ms. Quartermaine."

Ember March
"What is?"

Ripper
"You're exactly right. "

Ripper
"The process is more of a slowing of yourself by stilling the mind and focusing on the tiny details until the world follows pace and matches suit.”

Ember March
"I... think I understand what you mean."

Ripper
"Jump or run, whichever if I will hold your shoes though?"

Ripper
"That lends a pretext for you needing to return."

Ember March
She pases over the shoes. "It's true. A girl never leaves behind designer heels."

Ember March
Ember March quit (kicked from world by noflood)

Ember March
With a taken breath, the girl begins to run.... she allows her thoughts to slow as time itself seems to fold around her. She moves swiftly then swifter still as she turns, returning to rejoin Ripper. Her hair is wind-tousled and her cheeks pink with exertion. "That... was fun!" She laughs, dancing, her fingers making a 'gimme' mimicry as she requests the return of her shoes.

Ripper
*her enthusiasm is cathartic. He hands her back the the spiked accessories*

Ripper
"It's a veritable parade of who's who faces on this street tonight."

Ripper
"This one although perhaps I do not know."

Ripper
"Got some charged energy to go around for?"

Ripper
*energy charged

Ember March
Ember is busy adjusting the straps of her heels around her ankles. She's preoccupied, for she only 'hmmms'. She glances up only when both shoes are properly in place once more. "You... aren't talking to me, are you?" She hasn't noticed a newcomer, yet.

Ripper
"I've been looking for a sorcerer who could distribute." *he was talking to Arun, his companion momentarily forgotten*

Ripper
((apparently mods just get logged into chats now?

Ripper
"No, I wasn't dove. That was just a missed business opportunity."

Ripper
"I've got a knack for knowing your talents, you see and usually have a few ideas on how to make use of them."

Ripper
"Sorry for being naturally cagey. I mean by way of second sight--left that part out."

Ripper
"That's why I can usually size up who it is wearing tattoos underneath and what manner of living or breathing creature is here."

Ripper
"Like her."

Ripper
"Not breathing."

Grumpykitty
of course kitteh was not fair behind to where they were at, and hearing the "like her" comment and paused a moment while watching them from the shadows. (Location)

Ember March
Ember's brow arches, casting a glance over her shoulder. "You know, Ripper. Really,you're tense. Tense is terrible for you, you know."

Ripper
"Is it? This way has kept me alive for a good span of it."

Ripper
"There's a lot of things around which you have the capacity of reacting to."

Ripper
"But what good does that do anyone if one does not keep and maintain an alert?"

Grumpykitty
(Rip Ember roll perception. to spot kitteh Max death and Stealth FYI)

Grumpykitty
(Dex that is and stealth)

Ember March
"You think not?" Ember tugs her coat more carefully around her. "There is a lot of things around that I alo have the capacity to ignore. (I'm assuming I don't see you.)

Ripper
((fine, but she doesn't know dice rollers yet))

Grumpykitty
(ha ha... Kitteh is maxed on both just making myself more clear.. )

Ember March
(I'm just assuming i don't see you.)

Grumpykitty
(That's fine you wouldn't with those stats)

Ripper
(You failed in your endeavour.)

Grumpykitty
(lol)

Ripper
((so now what? remove the two last lines?))

Ripper
*redacted*

Ripper
(((er two before those two.))

Grumpykitty
(Kitteh wants to ease drop first to see all is okay)

Ripper
(the fates agree)

Ripper
‹Ripper› "Is it? This way has kept me alive for a good span of it." ‹Ripper› "There's a lot of things around which you have the capacity of reacting to." ‹Ripper› "But what good does that do anyone if one does not keep and maintain an alert?"

Ember March
"I'm alert... enough. I think I am. And, if I'm not... I'll become better." Her shoulders rise and fall. "That's what you do. You fail, and you fail... and then one day you just ... don't. I mean, right?" She flashes a bright and winning smile in the vampire's direction.

Ripper
:-} "When I get to that point I'll let you know..."

Grumpykitty
as soon as Ember said that kitteh steps out of the shadows and reaches her hand on her shoulder. " You need to be more alert. Ripper is right in this day of time you need to be. " Said in a soft protective voice while she glanced over at Ripper.

Ripper
"Some opportunies knock you the left when you're not looking."

Ripper
"Be still my heart." *deadpans*

Grumpykitty
"Says you. I know your history dear heart. " She gave a straight look which turned into a slow smile, something in her eyes might give that devious mind set alertness to Ripper.

Ember March
Ember flashes the pretty Asian girl a smile. "Hello, Kitteh. Ripper's been keeping me company. Isn't that nice of him? After all, I'm new in town and don't really know my way around, yet. I'm still learning the ins and outs of things..."

Ripper
"I mentioned this night was hopping, didn't I?"

Grumpykitty
"I know Cousin I Know, I've been watching. I got eyes all over the place. You just never know where Im lurking around. Isn't that right Ripper?"

Ripper
"Must be all the holiday cheer."

Ripper
"I remember finding your foot once, if you're not invisible."

Ember March
"I love the holidays! You should get an ugly Christmas Sweater!" This, she coos to Ripper. To Kitteh... "... and you should get some elf ears. You'd be so cute!"

Ripper
"So what interesting have you seen tonight, kitten?"

Grumpykitty
kitteh laughed. "Well now Ripper you know when the Opptiunity comes along and you just have to pull that litlte prank like and watch someone who is a ......... left that part out.... "to fall on his face. When not expecting it. "

Ripper
"Timing is everything."

Grumpykitty
"You know what they say about felines don't you? "

Ripper
"That satisfaction brings them back."

Ripper
"People always forget the second part."

Grumpykitty
"That is true, they do. I live up to my end of the deal. " She gave a wink and a slight purr.

Ripper
...

Grumpykitty
"Cat got your tongue there dear Ripper?"

Ripper
"so I doubt you were looking for me."

Grumpykitty
she shrugs slightly. "Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't, maybe I was stalking but then again maybe I wasn't. That is up to you to figure that one out. "

Ember March
Ember tests her shoes, wiggling one leg, then the other. She begins to walk away as if testing her heels and the straps of her shoes. She also pauses to take note of the scenery... and any denizens that lurk in the darkness. After all, she was just cautioned to be more alert.

Ripper
"Lot's of questions lately." he agrees. "Not a whole lot of answers that people are sharing though as is usual."

Grumpykitty
she glanced over at her cousin. "leaving already cous? " she said with a soft hint of a purr.

Ripper
*glances askance, still turned to orientate towards the small asian*

Ember March
"No... I... was being more alert... allowing the two of you time to talk... being polite?" She smiles. "After all, it's a nice night, despite the breeze and the chill in the air."

Grumpykitty
"Oh, no need for that Cousin. You need to learn what is out here.. and be on guard for unsuspected surprises.. Isn't that right Ripper?"She turned to him with a grin.

Ripper
"How can one possibly be on guard for unsuspected surprises?"

Ripper
"The key, I am forced to maintain, is to suspect everything."

Ripper
"Then you are not surprised."

Ripper
"If occasionally skulked upon."

Ripper
"Why, it might happen to anyone?"

Ember March
Ember listens to the two debate, but contributes little.

Ripper
"But tell me how were you able to approach so silently that neither or us could notice? There must be a trick to it."

Grumpykitty
She gave a slight nod and smiled. I" I beleive you are right. " She quoted him. "Well I should be headed back to the yatche and do more work... I'll make sure to invite you when its done for a small party. "

Grumpykitty
she paused a moment and looked at Ripper. " Honey that's for me to know and for you to find out. If you figured that one out do come to me... and let me know.. " again with another riddle.

Ripper
*turns back to address his evening's companion*

Ripper
"Are you going with her?"

Ripper
"Let's make it sooner, Kitten. I wanted to chat with you about something specific. You've just now reminded me."

Ripper
"But, as you have proved, this is no place for that topic."

Ember March
Ther girl glances between the two... "No... I... I mean... excuse me?"

Ripper
"Good. I had hoped not."

Grumpykitty
"Give or take another week lov, it shall be done and there for you shall recieve that call... till then behave and do watch over my cousin please she's all I have as family. " with that she turns to leave... (She means real blood not vampire when it comes to family)

Ripper
"I'll keep her in my protection so long as she is in sight."

Grumpykitty
(Ember Skype plz)

Ripper
(not fair)

Ember March
Ember waves as Kitteh walks away, "Be safe, cousin!" She calls, before giving Ripper a grin. "And when I'm not in sight? So many terrible things might happen to me. You'll worry. Friends do, you know." She's teasing him, of course. Her gray eyes sweep in his direction for a moment before darting away.

Ripper
*appraises her smoothly, giving only a token effort of hiding his appreciation.* "Somehow about you I'm not too worried."

Ripper
"So ready to take over the world?"

Ember March
"Now that almost sounded like a compliment." She shrugs. "Why not? Where should we begin? Right here? Right now?"

Ripper
He laughs. "Perhaps it has already begun. My next step though I think is to know you better; so where would you like to go?

Ripper
"

Ember March
"That's a funny thing to ask a newcomer to your city. Where would I like to go? I don't know. I'm sure there are places that I might enjoy being... that I just haven't discovered yet. So... for... a walk, I guess?"

Ripper
"To the QZ then."

Grumpykitty
(later guys )

Ember March
(Nite!)

Ripper
*depending on where they are they may need to walk several minutes or possibly hop a train, but eventually the high reinforced gates of the quarantined neighborhood comes into sight.*

Ripper
"Sewer entrance I suppose is out of the question...."

Ember March
Ember's steps falter as they approach. "I... hate zombies. I hate everything about them, you know. Didn't... I tell you this?" Her gaze sweeps over the warning signs.

Ripper
"Well then maybe this isn't the best place for you to have us stop then."

Ripper
"But if you can't face up to a zombie than you're going to **** yourself over a mooncalf."

Ripper
"Why did your 'cousin' say you should come out again?"

Ember March
"Fine, let's go. I have ammo."

Ripper
...

Ripper
raincoat?

Ripper
it's started to snow

Ripper
that means a Tizerheuck is out

Ember March
"No. Sadly. I thought you wanted to hunt down zombies?"

Ripper
which means you may be off the hook

Ripper
I'll show you one if we can find it."

Ember March
"Don't worry. I'm not a terrible shot." She agrees with a nod. She tugs her coat more carefully around her person and if she's cold she's trying desperately not to show it.

Ripper
"first step is at a ritual altar for a location spell; I have some ingredients on hand..."

Ripper
"I might still need some zombie ears though." *rustles inventory and wavers*

Ember March
"I have a few."

Ripper
"So what do you want to learn more about? I've summed up the Shadow Realm in a nutshell."

Ripper
You pick $20 out of Ember March's pocket.

Ripper
*reads a phone message and blinks*

Ripper
"Apparently there's a ball."

Ember March
Ember's face scrunches. "Oh, I don't know. I was pretty content to listen... A... ball? You're going dancing?" She flashes a smile. "It sounds fun. You should go. I don't mind."

Ember March
Ember March quit (kicked from world by noflood)

Ripper
"I'm definetly not going if you aren't. I'd prefer a Tizerhuck most any time

Ripper
"However such would involve some cross country probaly without vehicles."

Ember March
"I don't think my dress is plus-one worthy.But, you should show up. Are you sure you don't mind that we're under-dressed? I don't mind if you don't."

Ripper
(perception roll)

Ripper
You succeeded in your endeavour.

Ripper
notes the new arrival but does not engage them yet in greeting.

Ripper
*draws his attention back to the conversation*

Ripper
"Wait, for the ball or during a hunt?"

Ember March
"What?!?" Exasperation flashes in the depths of her eyes and they cloud with irritation. "You... you confuse me. Are we going to go on a hunt... or to a ball. I'm not properly dressed for either. You seem to forget that we met in a bar... not a shooting range."

Ripper
"I forget nothing. You inefficiencies should be addressed."

Ripper
"unless it's for the ball and then in that case I'm not changing and neither should you have to."

Ember March
"Ripper!"

Ripper


Ember March
Ember stamps her foot.... "This is not allowed!"

Ripper
"You don't get it, darlin. This is just a normal night."

Ripper
"...in some aspects."

Ripper
>.>

Ripper
"other parts have been memorable."

Ember March
She's giving him an obligatory glare. Her arms are crossed, she looks less than pleased.

Ripper
"Fine. Where will you be safe?"

Ember March
"No one can answer that." She offers. "Where do you think I'll be safe?"

Ripper
"I can only think of one place that's guaranteed."

Ember March
"Is it fun? I'd rather it were fun."

Ripper
I bet you can't blink 100 times.:

Ember March
"And I won't!" Ember offers, shaking her head, "Oh, my gosh, I almost want to do it... and it's like I'm counting in my head... I kind of hate you a little for that!"

Ripper
*like Batman to Commissioner he's already left completely; a few seconds later she starts to feel a once familiar pull*

Ripper
The Dragon`s Nest

Ripper
okay, let's have this out.

Ripper
here or inside?




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