#can't stop thinking about chemi though

[rosemirmir]

4 and 9 for the 20 questions ask!

4: Thoughts on what you're currently watching/watched most recently?

Arc: I've really been enjoying it so far! These past few weeks have been real emotional hitters too. (I've heard things about the latest episode but still gotta see it.)

Amazon: While my progress has been slow because adhd, it's been a great starting point to dive into showa rider for me.

Gavv: Also been enjoying so far. I'm glad they gave me a little weirdo so early on with that new researcher.

Ghost: Early on, but I love takeru and want to put him in my pocket. I've been having fun so far.

Boonboomger: Its a fun time! Though the current arc with Genba has made me cry more than once XD They are really hurting me with him not being in the OP.

Liveman: Absolutely obsessed, especially with the villains. Bias was a guy made for me and my friend told me about how him and Geryon are actually really similar, which has me even more excited. And I already latched onto Bias before being told that. I can't stop thinking about how one of Kemp's plans was fixated on making One Singular Car ruin humanity. AND BIAS WAS INTO IT. Colon and Megumi, my beloveds.

Gokaiger: Recently begun watching it again when the Plex server I'm connected to wasn't able to connect to Amazon's files. I've been meaning to revisit and actually finish what is my first proper toku and I MISSED THESE PIRATES SO MUCH. Just saw the sneak brothers episode last night. The combo of link ocarina of time and buggy one piece killed me. Don is everything.

9: Favorite theme song?

Honestly at this point it might be Chemy X Story... Especially the version where Flow is also in it. But there are so many bangers its still hard to pick just one. Anything Goes, Justifaiz, Liveman's OP, Gingaman's OP are all other themes I love a lot.

20: I've already watched (insert show here), what should I watch next?

I'm not entirely sure how to answer this but I do think everyone should watch kaiketsu zubat. It's one of the shows of all time.

(Ask Game)

[avinox]

So, finally played VtM with my friends (half of them have never roleplayed) and it was super fun. Here's a narration. Starring:

Billie, the Brujah

Meissa, the Gangrel

Manya, the Malkavian

(Valeria, the Tremere couldn't make it to this first session, but will be introduced in the second)

Ok, so I made my friends start in a bloody hotel room, not remembering how they got there, not knowing each other, and at Hunger 3. First thing, of course, was a Rouse Check, which Meissa immediately botched, reaching Hunger 4. Manya was freaking out cause she thought she was gonna get her organs harvested. Billie, OF COURSE, tried to open the door, got a messy crit, and pried it open. At the other side, literally nose to nose, was a chubby guy, who I thought looked pretty harmless. He was trying to open the door to get to them, and I mentioned he had a bag. Meissa and Manya joined forces to take the bag, got it, and found 3 stakes and 3 blood bags.

Manya: "I'm gonna question him"

"Ok, roll with 3 Hunger die"

Bestial Failure. Manya became overwhelmed with this whole shit and began punching the shit outta this guy, broke his lip, and the smell of blood triggered a Frenzy roll for everyone. Manya passed it, but both Billie and Meissa went feral, beat him up even more, and honestly would have killed him, but this was the Tutorial and I needed this guy. Oh, they also took a sip of his blood and satiated 1 Hunger. Scene ends (cause I needed it). The guy, though looking like shit, pulled through and was relatively ok. He explained that his Boss sent him, that he carried the stakes-Billie was aiming one at him-and the blood cause he didn't know what to expect. "Take us to your boss!" said Billie. "That's the plan" he replied. He explained they were vampires, and Meissa immediately came to terms with it and took one of the blood pack. Manya absolutely REFUSED, and Billie set it aside for later.

They went downstairs and the receptionist saw the scene. Billie failed to intimidate him to keep quiet, while Manya literally asked him to call the cops. He obviously did, but they went with the guy, who proceeded-still under threat-to drive them to the Ivory Tower, where they were greeted by a red-headed woman with a carnival mask.

"Thank you, Chemi (original name was Stu, changed midway because of reasons I'll explain later)" said the woman. "You can leave now."

"I don't think so" said the Brujah, holding the stake against Chemi.

The woman smiled.

Me: "You look at the stake, only to realize it's turned into a snake. It's gonna bite you!!!"

Billie: "Shit, what the fuck?!?!? I throw it!" All the while the rest are calling me a cheater (in case it's not clear, Billie was being Dementated).

"Thank you. Now follow me."

She lead them to a nicely decorated room, like an office-Meissa commented on it looking like the Volturi haven from Twilight-. At the center, behind the bureau, sat a woman, dressed in a black elegant dress. At her left, a black man with a very dark skin with blueish undertone, waiting in silence with a big-ass sword. The red-headed woman positioned herself at the right side.

"Hello" said the one in the middle. "I suspect you have questions. Allow me to answer them."

"Yeah" said Billie. "What's the deal with the blood?"

"I don't suppose anyone has seen a vampire movie?" She said. Everyone nodded. "Well, blood is your new food, you're gonna live forever-in theory-and you have to keep quiet about this whole thing. Got it? Also...your very existence is illegal in my grounds." No one rolled enough Insight to notice her worried tone or mannerisms. "BUT, I am willing to allow you to live...if you prove yourselves to me."

Time for Billie.

"To you? Who the fuck do you think you are to boss us!?"

"I am Nina, the Prince of Cádiz" she said, offended at the tone. She pointed to the man. "HE is Rashid, my Sheriff-"

"And I am Simone!" said the redhead.

"I'm not taking orders from you." said Billie.

"Oh, I think you will." Nina Dominated Billie, making her shut up and nod. She then turned to the others and said: "You're probably very hungry, aren't you?

By this time, Meissa was at 2 Hunger, so she said "a little", while Manya, still freaking out, tried to lie to avoid having to drink blood, Messy Critted, and began shouting "I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT I'M NOT". Nina just nodded and didn't question her further.

"Still, you will go to the Big Kumara (yes, intended) to have a little snack before any of you Frenzies, and wait for my orders there."

"What's the Big Kumara?"

"My bar!" exclaimed Simone.

Nina also took a guess at everyone's Clan, obviously getting it right with the Brujah, while deciding she didn't have enough information to know the other two. Simone took the chance to wink at Manya (hinting Simone's a Malk, too, but this was mistaken as flirting). Nina warned them one last time what would await them if they disappointed her, making Rashid show off the sword, before they were led out.

Chemi was there, car parked, back against the wall, playing with his keys. Billie joined him.

"Tough life, huh?" she said. "Got a cig?"

"Sure" he said, handing her one while reaching for his lighter. "Now don't freak out-" he lit the cigarette, but Bille rolled well for Rötshreck, leaving him disappointed. He sighed quietly to himself. "So, Big Kumara, right? Should we go?"

"I wanna drive." said Billie.

"It's my car." Chemi said.

"Billlie, it's his car, let him drive." said Meissa.

"It's literally his car." said Manya. "Besides, you don't know where the bar is."

"I'll use the GPS!" said Billie, rolling and failing to get in the driver's seat before Chemi locked the car. "Fuck!" Then she tried to snatch the keys from him, but he was too quick and dodged her.

Manya wanted to try something out and used Mesmerize. "Billie, stop!" she failed the Rouse Check, getting to 4 Hunger. Now, one thing about Manya is that she has the flaw Stigmata, so she began to bleed from her forehead and her wrists. Billie and her where tied, so they both knew something had happened while also not happened.

"Shit, you alright?" Chemi asked. "Maybe I could get you that blood pack?"

"You don't look good." Meissa coincided. Manya nodded, defeated, drank the blood, and immediately felt better.

Chemi told them he had spare clothing (ugly, but just fine) in the back of the car, and Billie and Meissa changed while Manya insisted she was fine. They got in the car.

This was the moment to question Chemi.

"Are you a vampire?" someone asked.

"No, not quite. I'm a Ghoul, Simone's my boss. Been working for her since the seventies."

"So you're like, her pet?" said Manya.

"Oh, no, I'm not her pet."

"You ARE!" exclaimed Billie.

"I'm not!"

"Pet! Pet!" they both sang.

"I'M NOT A PET! I'M ESSENTIAL!"

At this point everyone laughed, Manya most openly, while Meissa quietly giggled at the back..

Chemi was so done.

They got to the bar. It had pretty nice ambient. Chemi encouraged them to find someone to drink from and discover more about their Disciplines.

Manya tried out Auspex + Bloodhound to find someone she had smelled that had a Melancholic aura, found him, and proceeded to try to convince him to let her suck his blood. Failure. "Ugh, not into that, freak."

Meanwhile, Billie wanted another cig. "Chemi, can you give me some money? PLEASE" She suceeded a pretty hard roll and got 5€ from him.

At the same time, Meissa seduced the bartender to get a free martini, thinking trial-and-error was the way to go about being a vampire. She drank it, and immediately threw up blood, right at her feet.

"OhmyGod are you okay???" the bartender offered to call an ambulance, but Billie heard the mess and convinced him that she had just drank a lot. The bartender wished her well and called a janitor to clean things up. Meissa and Billie went to the bathroom for the same thing, and also to calm her down.

Now, Manya had just failed her first hunt. She COULD Dominate someone to give her their blood, but she was a Consensualist, so that was out of the question. She asked if she could try with Chemi, I said sure.

"Chemi..." she said. "Can I have some of your blood?" Roll the Hunt die: failure.

Chemi, in a burst of power, looks at her dead in the eye and flips her off.

"Okay..."

After Billie and Meissa went out, they decided to question the bartender while Meissa searched the room for someone who had passed out (easy enough and she got it). They thought he was a vampire, but really he was just A Guy. Either way, Billie rolled for it: Messy Crit.

She walked up to him, cleared the table off glasses, breaking everything, and took the bartender by the collar. People gathered around, some just watching, others shouting "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!"

We ended it there cause it was super late.