Kansas City Shuffle

[Ariadne]

Nov. 7th, 2011

So I'm not human anymore. I don't remember how it happened, but I'm definitely not human.

I have a sire, Habren Ashe. We don't speak much but she's told me that I need to work on my strength. I managed to get a kitchen knife to fight with, so I guess that's a start?

I'm still going to work at the museum for now, if I can. It seems like a waste to throw away a perfectly good job that I enjoy just because of a slight change in... in what, diet? Besides, what exactly am I going to do for money if I can't keep this job?

I have to adjust, but I want to do it slowly. The blood is bad enough.

I'm keeping my apartment too.

All my stuff is here.

[Ariadne]

Nov. 10, 2011

I sired someone.

It was probably a mistake.

He's an older man. I found him in the QZ trying to take on the zombies. They almost had him when I ran in and took him into a building.

He was dying... almost dead, actually. I nearly let him go. In the end I couldn't let him slip away. Something about him told me that he needed more time. More time for what I had no idea, but he needed it.

I'm pretty sure he hates me. I probably ruined some plan of his to die fighting. He ran off after he woke up as my childe.

I'll follow him. Clean up his messes if need be.

He's not like me. He's almost my exact opposite. He's a killer and a fighter to the bone.

How will I teach him like this?


Christ. What have I done.

[Ariadne]

Jan 30, 2012

I was killed recently. Lovely way to start the new year.

Some conflict between Grigori, which is my bloodline, and some other guys. I was asked to hit some people, I did, I got killed for it.

I'd like to go on record as saying that the Shadow Realm kind of sucks.

The worst part of dying is that I lost myself. By that, I mean that I lost my body.

I liked that body. It was small and lithe. Not too noticeable and perfect for me in every way. When I managed to find my way out of the Shadow Realm I was pushed into a new body.

How does that even happen?

And, when it does happen, where does the other person go? By pushing my way in, do I kill them? Or, if they old owner of this body wasn't killed, does she still live some place inside this flesh?

This new body is... larger. Going from an A cup to at least a C is not something I ever planned on dealing with. I'm taller too, and just larger in general. I'm not saying that I'm fat. Goodness knows that this body is very nice. It's just... there are curves! I don't have much experience with that.

I'm sure that I'll come to like this body, but it will take some time.

Oh, and I'm now a brunette.

That part will take the most getting used to.

[Ariadne]

March 14, 2012

I've been told I don't get out enough.

I'm sure that the people who told me it meant well. At least I can assume that they meant well...

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure that I really want to know others of my kind. My bloodline, while helpful when one is in a jam, isn't very outgoing. There are a number of little groups inside the main one and I don't fit into any of them. It makes it hard to adjust and to be an outgoing person when your own new family isn't even interested in knowing you.

I like staying indoors. Don't get me wrong here.. I still head over to the QZ nightly to work on my fighting skills and pick up the odd items to sell. However I've found another much more 'me' way to make some money since I've had to leave my former job at the museum.

I've started hacking.

I heard about it one night and decided it was something I had to look into. I never was very good with computers, but after a few weeks and many, many, practice runs, I managed to download some files that were worth money.

I rather like hacking. I get to stay curled up in a chair and make money without coming to bodily harm.

Oh, and my childe is insane.

Very smart, but insane.

[Ariadne]

April 23, 2012

I have decided to start a business.

As a vampire, there isn't much I can legally do, so I have resorted to legally running an illegal service.

No, it isn't prostitution.

After discovering that I have a way with hacking it only made sense to offer a training class in it for others. It isn't an easy thing to start if you don't have a lot of experience with computers.

So there's a small fee which covers the time I will spend explain how to hack and how to use what scripts. Given how much money one can make after learning how to hack well, 200 isn't a lot to charge.

Here's hoping!

[Ariadne]

May 18, 2012

I find myself understanding more about my new culture.

The nights are long when you don't socialize. Only so many hours can be filled by hunting, hacking, and searching for things to steal and resell on shady shops. As such, I have taken to filling the extra time with reading the history of my kind.

There is something call The Masquerade which most of my kind chooses to uphold. I understand the reasoning for this and I also support it. It's true that if the humans are made too aware of our existence there could be another Holocaust. Personally, I'd very much like to avoid that if at all possible.

There is still much I do not know. I'm sure that in my nights of reading I will discover more about why we are and where our species is headed. It could prove to be quite interesting.

I also find myself growing stronger. My mind is the main source of the new found strength as I find the my overall intelligence has been increasing as time goes by.

I've decided to blame it on all the reading.

I have discovered many new abilities in the months since I've been turned. Some come easily and some take a little more work, but I think that they are making me a better.. predator? Perhaps that's not the right word. I don't really consider humans to be prey... but I do hunt them, even if I don't kill them.

I believe that this will always be a small internal conflict for me.

I'm still struggling to find my place.

[Ariadne]

June 1, 2012

There is a pebble in my shoe.

His name is Robert Pratt.

I did not mind him much at first. He is a childe of Pi and she's alright in my book, though we've never really spoken at length.

While I am not party to the gritty details, I do understand that Robert is a former blood thief. As a human he made a living by buying blood from willing vampires and selling it, or drinking it himself. It's a disgusting business. I don't know how or why Pi decided to turn him, or what qualities he possessed that made her think he would make an acceptable vampire, but whatever it was is lost on me.

Many of us experience some guilt and struggle with what we now are after we are turned. With Robert this seems to be his whole world. He refuses all helping hands and openly speaks about exposing us to the humans. We've tried to make him aware of the fact that his actions will harm us all, but he is blind to it. He still identifies as a human and intends to help them 'defeat' us if at all possible.

Grigori tried to accept him when he was turned. Tried to help.

He pushed everyone away. His own sire included.

I don't know how it will go for him, but I believe it will end badly. He is making many enemies with his words and actions. Even I know that if you have a plan to destroy the status quo, you don't go on crowing about it in public.

What's most wonderful in all of this is that, even though I tried to help him for a short time, he has decided to make me a special target of his hatred. If I'm going to be disliked for something, I'd like to earn it before being demonized by someone who is at war with themselves.

Pity. He could have made something of himself.

[Ariadne]

July 25, 2012

I have decided to start another business.

I have tried to contact the owner of Death Touch in hopes of working with him. However, after several weeks of no reply I think it best that I strike out on my own.

I don't know what the name will be or if I'll hire people to work for me, but I am determined to push forward.

I have found that I possess the ability to summon both vampires and other beings. I am also able, with some effort, to locate others in the city. These skills can be quite valuable as not all of our kind have the ability to do so.

Grigori has made it pretty clear of late that I and mine are somewhat second tier within the family. I can not say that this revelation pleases me, as I and mine are ever loyal, but it does not come as a surprise. If they have no need for my talents I had best put them to use elsewhere.

[Ariadne]

August 1, 2012

My childe and I have an odd relationship.

I suppose it isn't unexpected, given the non relationship I have with my own sire, but I had at least expected to be able to help Wendigo adjust to this life.

He spent the first few months after I turned him in sort of a rage. He new well enough most days to hide when the sun rose, but he was careless with his feeding and killing. It made for many a long night on my part. Cleaning up the bodies to bury his trail was hard enough in and of itself, but to do it while trying to stay close to him? Nearly impossible. Thank goodness for the tracking skills I started picking up. Being able to will myself somewhere else was remarkably handy.

We don't see each other much, he and I. Now that he's found his footing again and seems relatively aware of himself and his actions it is easier for us to interact. He has learned much and has struck out on his own. I have to admit that I'm quite relieved to have sired someone who doesn't need babying and coddling.

I have found that if I need him, all I have to do is drop a message to his cell and he makes himself available. Aside form that I never see or speak with him unless it is of dire importance.

Which brings me to my current problem. Pi's troubled childe has been attacking Wendigo for at least the last month. Digo has done what the line stated to do, which is report it to the line. He's made a few complaints about the continued attacks and nothing... not one thing, has been done. Pi hasn't been reprimanded. Pratt hasn't been reprimanded. No reason for the attacks has been given. Worst of all, Mircea and Habren are turning a blind eye to the whole situation.

How does this make for a unified line? If one party is allowed to attack the other without consequences while the other party follows the rules out of respect for the way the line is run, how is that fair?

My line is small and the only members are quiet and non combative. Because of it, I feel like we are perceived to be 'less' than the others. Our opinions heard less, our deaths matter less, and our loyalty seems to matter not at all.

Something will need to be done.

[Ariadne]

August 11, 2012 (early am)

Mircea and Habren have finally decided to call a meeting due to Pratt's idiotic behavior.

About damn time.

Pratt has refused to speak on the family board as to the reasoning for his attacks, but he had no problem sending his sire to do so for him. According to him, and her, Pratt is attacking Digo because of the Blood Hunt, which was a city event that centered around killing off as many blood thieves as possible. Pratt is saying that because Digo organized the event he is the one responsible for the hundreds of blood thieves killed, and Pratt will be attempting to land a hit on Digo for every life taken.

I called bull ****. No one listened, which is about par for the course right now.

The meeting is tonight. It'll be myself and Digo, Habren and Mircea, and Pi with Pratt.

I'm obviously not looking forward to it.