alone with my thoughts

July 23

So then Vivika Lahiri finds out what went on. Now the manure really hits the oscillator !! Here I am, sealed in a cool room, which is where I don't know, after being bundled into Kalkins car and and driven through streets I have never seen before.
No, I did not deliberately antagonize Robert St Paul, I was just sick of hiding behind the mask! I am NOT a Nosferatu!
Negotiations go on behind my back, this is a Covenant matter not a Clan matter, according to Lahiri. Brittany sounds sincere and I might even believe her offer of restitution, if I ever get out of here.
Uncle Tomec is not happy, I got the third degree from him, then Kalishki looked into my head and saw my "innocence" but what else he saw disturbed him. The Crone are not exactly welcome in the city at the moment. But then again, without a prince who's city is it?
Gicquel is vying for the position of Praxsis...I don't think he likes me! He refers to me as "Mistress Turnbull the murderer of Eldwyn Brennan", even in simple conversation. Pretentious twit.
I would like to sink his bloody boat!
In the meantime, Sire is working on the problem and I am going mad with boredom.

that all may be heard

July 17th

Ok, I am in the midden big time. I faced the inquisition. The Mekhet Priscus (Dominique Hamersly of the first estate) was there , as was Lord Jericho and Sir Hargrave and Dame Brittany, my Sire and my brother.
Presiding over the evening, and there to give judgment, was Leon Gicquel, Justicar and Priscus Harpy. I was hungry before we even started and my nerves were getting the better of me! I had not been in the company of so many Kindred before.

I told my story and was questioned by several, heard Lord Jericho's testimony and Dominique Hamersly's consultation. My Sire told of the circumstances preceeding the event and my brother listened and watched nervousely.

I was feeling pretty low , then Lord Hargrave told of his loss. Eight Generations of Odovacar broken, his loss irreplaceable, Favriele in grief, Sir Robert St Paul on the rampage and everyone crying for justice.

Guicquel makes his judgement; I have a life boon to House Odovacar, the details to be worked out when everyone is calmer. I shall have to leave the Circle, and my sire is not happy.

I would have happily walked into the sun, there and then, but Gicquel said that the boon would then transfer to my Sire and my brother. I got a bit upset about that, bad enough me getting in the shite but Sire and brother...?
I should have kept quiet, I know I should have, but it irked me that Eldwyn was such a weakling that he couldn't defend himself against me and my family copped the fall out.

So I asked Hargrave where "HE!" was when Eldwyn was attacked, his childe that couldn't frenzy his way out of a paper bag!


Set'eths absent balls!!! Hargrave frenzy's!!! I mean full on, walk 'through' the table type frenzy. Dominique flips out, Brittany can't stop him and my brother and Sire pull weapons out of nowhere! I take off and head behind Gicquel and he manages to restore order, but it is close. The Nosferatu grabbed me and for a moment I smelt death and not a nice one either.

Then everything calms down.

Gicquel puts an oath of silence on me and continues with the order of the boon.
Whsat can I do but comply. I am Khaibit, we are servants and retainers, the best....I shall serve House Odovacar to the exclusion of all others. I shall make my Sire and my Grandsire proud!

I have purpose!

Misery

July 13th 2009

(written in a very untidy hand)

So much for disciplines and so much for a peaceful night. Leon Gicquels ship, the Destiny, is not my idea of a good time. After the trip here I vowed never to go on the ocean again, yet here I am. Not by choice tho.

Eldwyn, why couldn't you have left me alone....? I still don't know what happened. I bare the marks of diabory, but I received them during the Crucible ....and even now they are beginning to fade!

It started with my Sire; he performed a ritual and turned human... then we tried to enter an old temple and ended up having a run in with some entity that I pacified with the ashes of Bathsheba, (now I have no focus) I also got my arm ripped off in the process and had to use all my resources and more to heal, even now it looks bad....but Sire is Kindred again.

Then I finally got my go at the Crucible....and that's where I got the marks....the entity was a creature of other realms, not the sort of thing I want to deal with on a regular basis but interesting all the same. Tribulation brings enlightenment...I went through the crucible and lived! Then Eldwyn called...he wouldn't take no for an answer! He understands that we have out little rituals...

We walked in his new garden, it would have been beautiful this time of year, had he been there to maintain it! Then he spoke my name

That's all...my name...then there is the memory of blood...

and more and more and finally the last drop....I couldn't stop, didn't want to stop! I am not certain how long I wandered until the realization hit me! I spoke to my Sire who consulted his oracle and we went to the site of the event, there was no body, just a vague feeling of anger and in the meantime. Robert St Paul, Eldwyns child, rages...and that is something I never wish to witness again.

Everything is a bit of a blur after that. We report to the Mekhet Priscus who carts me off to the Justicar and here I am, on his ship..waiting...hungry... and confused!

Perth

July 3rd 2009

We have had a run in with the local brood, so far we seem to be getting the upper hand. Some of us have heard a violin in the evening, always playing the same song., always in the same place...I have even dreamed of a Nun, actually a Kindred, being torn apart by the brood. We have found the place and the others involved. There has also been sighting of a great white cat...and who is this Klockner?

There are too man things happening. I want to learn new disciplines at the temple but some service to the city is always required and that takes the whole night.

On the positive side, I have found a place that might make a good haven and club that caters to the Gothic community, and excellent place to gather a herd from. These are children who are familiar with the shadows...

Perth

8th June 2009
This is it? Great Se'th, were is the rest of it? it is little more than a village, and a small one at that!

And the Brood, everwhere...how did they manage to survive the plague? Nice eating tho. We are staying with Sir Eldwyn, thank goodness. He was very quick in finding a place.

Met other Kindred, from Elngland and the USA and...and this is the good bit, there are also Kinded here from Japan and India. I have never heard of the Rakshasa before. They are blue, except for little Tillotama and she is just blue about the edges.
And the Hierophant, Vivika Lahiri...blessed Mother, she is beautiful and so powerful. She is gold. I use my sight and she glows!

But there are also Lancea Sanctum here. Sire says to stay away from them. Brother Thornton doesnt like any of the Circle apparently. Pity really, they are a close bunch, but very interesting. I look forward to seeing their church.

Off to off some more of the Brood. Had one run in with them this evening, uncouth mob of animals...I think we are getting the better of them tho!

The Trip

June 1st 2009
Four days out from London and I am starving!!! We had so little time to prepare, less than 24 hours. No room for herd, very little room for good and Sir John Hargrave is strict when it comes to rituals...no vocations, no devotions, nothing outside of the small cramped cabin I share with my sire and brother ! But it's not just the hunger, it's the hunger and being surrounded by Kine that we are not allowed to touch and Kindred who would willing slash their wrists or (offer their necks) and gain the prestation and a willing slave!!!!

Set'ths great and furry arse when will we get there?

Bloody Brittany, or should I say Dame Brittany Whittier...Oh yes, here have a drink!!!!Sly bitch...pick the naive youngster to mess with!

(Later in the night)

Sir Eldwyn has come to the rescue! Such a measily drop but enough to get me by. He is such a freind, where would I be without him...probably baying at Brittany's door. He has always been the only friend I have out side of my family. Sire does not like me mixing with other Kindred, just incase I get confused, or conned, or mislead. Sir Eldwyn is it! But he is fun to be around, bit of a rouge if you ask me, and no one does....
Things will be different in Perth so I am told. Who knows what we will find?

We will need the other Clans to carve out our place in the city, once we have found a haven. I am not to keen on sharing the days with House Odovacar.

But it will be so exciting to finally meet Kindred from other clans!
Can't they move this tub faster?