Showing posts with label Vampire: The Masquerade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vampire: The Masquerade. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Vienna, on a particularly cold Christmas Eve

Vienna, December 24, 1999.

Around midnight a man sat in front of his desk reading a book, a collection of works by Mister Edgar Allan Poe. He pulled his long, wavy hair back with one hand while still holding the book with the other. He had just re-read one of his favorites: The Raven. And that last part still rang heavy in his mind.

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!"

This man was cursed. Cursed to live forever in darkness, to drink only blood, to eat only ashes, to always be as he was at death. Never dying, ever living, to walk forever in darkness until the last days. This was a minor problem to him, throughout his unlife he had taken advantage of his condition; but sometimes he hits a low point and angst and anxiety takes hold of him, and a shadow is cast over him that made him be aware just how vastly empty he felt.

That was absurd. He was in a position of certain power, Sheriff of Vienna; he had servants. This was a man that had fought and clawed his way to get there, his enemies always spoke his name half whispered... He was feared. But tonight, this monster was the one that was afraid.

"What are you doing?" he said softly, frowning, and then he heard a noise. Footsteps. Someone was coming. He stood very still. He knew that if he did, whomever walked in the room would not notice him, and his eyes turned like those of a beast, and the darkness became clear as daylight to him. The door opened, but it was not gang members send to kill him. It was a just little girl carrying a poorly wrapped present and a woman; Annie and Dianna. His progeny. He relaxed, let himself be seen by them and the little girl ran towards him, tripped and began to fall... But he wouldn't let that happen, not to her. He moved with supernatural speed and caught her before she hit the ground.

-"For fuck sake, Annie...!" He loved that girl like a daughter, but he was a little rough with words.
Annie just smiled, handed him the present and told him, in the worst Italian you will ever hear -"Buon Natale, Marko!" all the while smiling like a golden haired angel.
The man look at the woman, they had known each other long enough to know what the other was thinking without even speaking... This, all this was the little girl's idea, and there was nothing nobody could have done or said to stopped her from getting that Kittie CD, a more or less mediocre band "But they are all girls, and Marko likes girls". Those were the words she told Dianna when she tried to convince her it was a bad idea. 

The man saw this in the woman's eyes. He realized he was still holding the book in his left hand. He placed it on the floor as he rubbed his eyes with his right hand fingers. Then he looked back at the little girl and smiled as he took the present from her hands and softly said to her -"Grazie!. You guys are truly something."

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If you can understand what I mean by this, then you know I wrote this for you.
Either way, Merry Christmas all.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Vienna, during The Week of Nightmares

Vienna. 1999. 2 minutes to midnight.
The man have been sitting there in the same bench since sundown, thinking.
This man is one who's been battling for his entire life, and his unlife had been no different. the first thing he did as one of the damned was claw his way out of a coffin and 6 feet of dirt driven by the hunger he, and all of his kind, always felt. Tonight he fought another battle, although this one was not gonna leave any scars, at least not on his skin.
His mind went back and fort in time recalling memories of days long gone by and some other more recent, he thought of himself and his sire. He loathed that man, the only thing that gave purpose to his existence was the need he felt to kill him, Andrea di Montisello, the Cainite that created him.
The last time he saw his sire was the night he betrayed him. He could remember that night in Marseilles. That night Andrea di Montisello had performed the Amaranth.
Marko asked "Why have you drained him? They will hunt you now! And this man was your friend, he saved your ass more than once, you've said so yourself!!".
The answer was "Why? You of all people should know Marko... Gehenna is comming and I DO NOT want to be the meal of someone more powerful than me. The time will come when you'll have to the same: it's eat or be eaten! You ask me why I did this? It's because of who we are... We are monsters!".
He never saw him again, and he's been hunting him since.

His mind kept wondering.
More recently he stood in a plaza in Vienna looking at a girl whose type would be considered EMO years later. The woman, Paula, was depressed to her very core, her mind was set on ending her existence - she also was one of the damned. Just a couple of hours before Marko gave her a lesson on who she was. He had stolen a child from the arms of his mother and gave him to Paula, put a gun to her head and said "Drink Paula".
After a few seconds of hesitation, she drank a little. He said "That's not what I meant, suck him dry. Feed. You too must feel the hunger".
"I wont do it Marko, he's just a kid, I refuse to!" Said her.
"FEED DAMN IT!! I know you work on the hospital so you can feed on the terminal patients, but that is not who we are! 'The merciful death' huh? Just like Louis... Let me let you in a little secret you pathetic waste of meat, we're Vampires, we're the damned! There's no good in our souls, we are monsters!" He made emphasis on those last 3 words, as if trying to get her to understand.
His words drew Paula into a rage, controlled by the beast within her she slaughtered the boy in her frenzy while Marko laughed as he saw what was left of her humanity slip through her fingers like that child's blood.
"We are monsters".
Andrea had told him that in Marseilles.

Finally he thought of a little girl. She was 8 years old, or so it seemed. She was Marko's new childe. He was forced to embrace her, there was still innocence in her. He thought of Andrea and realized he had become the same monster he had been trying to kill for such a long time. Rage almost took a hold on him, the park was full with people, his vision turned red, he began to lose it as the beast took over and then, then he thought of that little girl again. That thought made him calm down little by little until he was in full control once more.
He was going to kill Andrea, yes, but he wasn't gonna let that girl endure the hardships of having a monster for a sire.

He got up and walked away thinking one last thing: "I am not like you, you son a bitch, I'm not gonna die a monster".

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In case you're wondering
The Week of Nightmares
Amaranth
Louis

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Checkmate

The man's shirt read "The Ed Hunter Tour" along with a setlist of songs.
The man was on his knees and his flesh had been cut open several times by the claws of the ultimate predator, however he was not in danger of dying. Vampires don not bleed, they hardly feel pain at all, but this was different. His enemy was very much like him, and his blood could power the beast within to manifest in his body... These claws burned him, like only the sun and fire could burn his flesh.
The man looked up as his assailant grabbed him by the neck and said "Any last words comrade?". His accent was definitively from Russia.
The man said "Yes.... Checkmate comrade"
The sound of a gunshot could be heard in the room as a woman dressed in red stood behind the Russian and blew his brains with a chromed Mark XIX Desert Eagle.
Only a few people in the room had seen the woman in the room. Her blood could charm people's minds to ignore her until she draws attention to herself. She pushed the Russian aside with his feet, helped the man up and said "Are you ok Marko?"
The man saw a little girl a few feet away from him stand up with nothing more than a couple of bruises and said "Never better"

Monday, May 11, 2009

Vienna? After Sundown

This one will be in Spanish.. Why? Because Napo recommended so...

Viena, 1990. Una fría noche de invierno como cualquier otra.
Alexander Doile era un narcotraficante que había ganado bastante poder en los últimos 2 o 3 años. Entró a su oficina, un cuarto dentro de su apartamento que empezaba a ser un sitio lujoso; con el traía un sobre de manila que puso sobre su escritorio. Antes de sentarse se sirvió un trago y luego levantó el teléfono para llamar a su mas frecuente cliente. Hizo la llamada a un numero que pocas personas conocían y del otro lado de la linea no hubo respuesta, como siempre, así que Alexander colgó el teléfono y se sentó. Tomó un trago y enseguida el teléfono sonó, como era de esperarse; al levantar el auricular del otro lado de la linea una voz dijo "Que?", Alexander respondió "Tengo el paquete de este mes", a lo cual la voz respondió "Enseguida envío a Adolf por el" y colgó el teléfono. Alexander también colgó el teléfono y tomó otro trago mientras pensaba "Seguro, no es como que tenga cosas mas importantes que hacer" y luego habló en voz baja, quejándose "Me caías mejor antes, cuando eras tu quien trataba conmigo..."

Media hora mas tarde un par de hombres evidentemente armados, uno vestido de traje y sombrero, otro vestido con jeans y una camiseta negra, entraron de golpe en la oficina de Alexander Doile, quien los recibió asentando con la cabeza y diciendo "Caballeros, siempre es un placer tenerlos aquí". El nivel de sarcasmo en esa frase era suficiente para merecer un tiro en la cabeza, quizá eso quería Alexander, pero los hombres sabían lo que les esperaba si escogían dispararle al narcotraficante. Uno de ellos, el que iba de jeans, dijo de manera seca "Dónde está?", Alexander tomo el sobre y se lo alcanzó a quien preguntó. El hombre inmediatamente se dio vuelta y salió del cuarto, el otro dijo antes de salir "Tu dinero será depositado en el transcurso de la semana".
Cuando Alexander estuvo solo pensó "Gracias Alex, Te debo una Alex... Qué pasó contigo viejo?".

Una hora mas tarde en una parte muy distinta de la ciudad, los hombres que entraron en la oficina de Alexander Doile bajaron del auto que conducía y se acercaron a un galpón aparentemente desolado. De entre algunos containers apareció una mujer alta y esbelta, vestida con pantalones de cuero y una sudadera roja, cabello negro y largo que portaba una Desert Eagle en sus manos. El hombre de los jeans saltó del susto y exclamo "Demonios Vampyra, debes dejar de hacer eso!!" a lo que la mujer respondió con hostilidad "Te he dicho que no me llames así, mi nombre es Diana! Y si hay alguien que debe dejar de hacer algo pues eres tu el que debe dejar de cargarse en los pantalones cada vez que nos reunimos. Cuánto tiempo hace que trabajan para nosotros?". Nosotros, Diana siempre afirmo la existencia de alguien mas, pero ellos nunca habían visto a nadie mas, solo a ella. El otro hombre le ofreció el sobre diciendo "Casi 2 años Di; déjalo en paz, él hace bien su trabajo", ella tomó el sobre y después dijo "Tú haces bien tu trabajo Adolf, pero mientras no tengas gente competente trabajando para tí, sólo te encargarás de recoger paquetes". Luego abrió el sobre exponiendo su contenido a la luz de una lámpara cercana.

Lo que estaba dentro del sobre eran fotos que mostraban a un hombre elegante, vestido con estilo en un traje muy fino. Primero, habían unas donde se veía que estaba en un café con una chica. Luego, unas caminando con la chica por la ciudad. Luego habían unas que mostraban un cuarto a través de una ventana, la cortina a veces interfería con la fotografía pero no hacia falta ser genio para saber que la pareja tenia sexo, de ese sexo que sólo se ve en películas snuff. Luego de pasar algunas fotos del acto, que parecía excitar a Diana, había una donde el hombre se mostraba triste y tocando una guitarra en el borde de una cama, aún desnudo y con su pareja muerta, o inconsciente, detrás de el.
Diana se detuvo en esa foto en particular, esa foto donde el hermoso rostro de aquel elegante hombre se podía ver con claridad. Entonces, la voz del asustadizo hombre en jeans rompió el silencio y dijo "No lo entiendo!". Diana respondió con incredulidad en la voz "Qué?!". No es que no entendiera lo que el hombre quiso decir, es que no podía creer lo que había escuchado; y el hombre siguió hablando "No entiendo por que ponen a un papparazzi a fotografiar a un marica en Barcelona! Y que clase de nombre es Alejandro de la Torre?!"

En ese momento, el hombre sintió miedo como nunca antes lo había sentido pues se dio cuenta, en ese instante, que Diana no estaba sola. Un hombre alto y atlético, con el cabello negro a la altura de los hombros, patillas muy frondosas, con colmillos y ojos como los de un perro estuvo junto a ella todo este tiempo. Y este hombre se abalanzó sobre él con una velocidad sobrenatural, lo tomó por el cuello con una mano y lo arrecostó de golpe contra un container cercano. Adolf trató de dispararle a quien asaltó a su asociado; pero antes de que pudiera apuntar, Diana tenía su pistola apuntando su cabeza diciendo "Si crees que esa es la mejor opción, adelante". Con el rabillo del ojo Adolf vio la brillante pistola de Diana, luego volvió su mirada a su compañero y el hombre que lo había asaltado. Estaba vestido de jeans y una chaqueta de cuero negro.
Adolf estaba sorprendido, todo este tiempo ese hombre estuvo allí, pero por alguna razón que no lograba entender, el y su compañero lo obviaron por completo; y ahora la vida de su compañero, y probablemente la suya, colgaban de un hilo. Así que lentamente y con cuidado enfundó su arma.

El compañero de Adolf soltó un gemido, las uñas de su asaltante presionaban fuertemente su traquea. Trato de hablar pero lo único que logró sacar fue otro gemido, lo que parecía deleitar a su asaltante, quien colocó su cabeza muy cerca del cuello de su presa. Una presa, eso era el compañero de Adolf, una presa en manos de alguien que pertenece a la especie de depredadores supremos; y este depredador se detuvo un momento allí para escuchar el corazón de su presa.... Latía sumamente rápido. Luego habló con una voz relajada pero que al mismo tiempo dejaba oír una gran ira que podía ser desatada en cualquier momento:
"Ese marica es la única persona que ha sido mas astuta que yo y por ende YO digo que se merece el respeto de todas las criaturas con inteligencia suficiente como para ser capaces de demostrarlo". en ese momento las uñas del depredador empezaron a crecer y se enterraron en el cuello de su presa creando 5 profundos agujeros por donde empezó a brotar un caudal de sangre. Cuando el compañero de Adolf calló al suelo, éste se desangraba y luchaba por respirar.
El depredador limpió sus dedos con su lengua, luego en la ropa de su derrotada presa y por ultimo se volvió hacia Adolf mientras se ponía unas gafas oscuras "Espero que tu próximo compañero no sea tan bocón. Diana, nos vamos". En ese momento Diana guardó su arma y empezó a caminar mientras decía "Mi señor me llama, estaremos en contacto" y ambos desaparecieron en la noche.

En ese momento, dentro de una limusina en Turin, Italia, la cinta de vídeo que mostraba los eventos que ocurrieron en ese aparentemente desolado galpón se detuvo y una chica asiática vestida de traje apagó el televisor que ella y un caballero, también de traje, veían mientras éste se arreglaba el nudo de su corbata. Hubo un silencio prolongado y finalmente el caballero dijo con cierta desilusión en su voz "Marko, Marko, tienes que aprender a dejar atrás el pasado. Estas rabietas te van a matar...".
Después de otro silencio la chica habló con una voz muy hermosa "Hemos llegado señor", a lo cual el hombre respondió "Sabes por que te escogí Ryoko? En 500 años de vida no he escuchado a nadie con una voz mas hermosa que la tuya"; "Me alaga señor" fue la respuesta de Ryoko.
Al bajarse del auto el caballero se dirigió a un hombre gordo quien lo esperaba en la puerta de su casa diciendo "Don Luca?"
El hombre gordo, después de ojear a su invitado respondió, "Sí? Supongo que usted es quien me sacará del país..."
"En efecto, sí. Un favor para la Singorina Giovanni, no se preocupe por el dinero" respondió.
"Bien, pase por acá..." dijo Don Luca abriendo la puerta de su casa "... cuál dijo que era su nombre?"
Con una sonrisa, revelando sus colmillos, el caballero se volteó y respondió "Andrea Di Montisello, para servirle"

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Vienna After Sundown

Vienna. 1985. 7pm in a cool March's day. He wakes up.
Black shoulder length hair, black eyes, muscular Caucasian built. Being a light sleeper he always woke when the last ray of light had vanished. He rose from the mere wooden box in which he was lying and instinctively looked around his one bedroom apartment where he lived, or rather where he made lair... Then he felt the hunger.

After inspecting the place he rose to his feet and moved his naked body to the stereo and played his favorite album: Kill'em All by Metallica, then he walked to the only other thing in the place besides the box and the stereo, the fridge. He opened it, it was empty. He thought "Porca miseria" and then talked in a low voice as if scolding himself "You need to be more careful about this....... Merda, I'm hungry"
He slammed the fridge's door closed and walked to the bathroom, got in the shower and quickly he washed his hair. It hasn't grown in years, in fact he had not been sweaty in years, but appearances must be maintained and that's why he washed his hair every night and that's why he wore clothes when he leaved his lair; he cared not about being naked or dirty those things were beyond him, he was more animal than human these days, but then again appearances must be maintained.

Going out the shower he put out some cheap clothes on; a jean, a cheap black t-shirt, biker boots and a leather jacket. He darted out the door and went straight to the nearest bar, it didn't matter that is was a shit hole of a place because the fridge was empty and he was hungry. He went to the counter and sat there minding his own business and nobody paid attention to him, it was like he was not there. But then a girl saw him, or rather he allowed himself to be seen by a girl, and she came to him. Knowing he had no charisma, he always had drugs with him to win over his prey. He went out with the girl, went together into an alley to take a "shortcut" to his place, but he came out of that alley alone. He needed food and money so the police found the girl the next morning, half dead and beaten to a pulp.

After taking care of those 2 issues he went to a very impressive Victorian age mansion that was filled with people that was like him, well only on the outside, he had a completely different perspective on life and, according to his superiors, he was the only one of his kind in town. He had been sent as a spy to investigate on the opposing side and ironically he was charged with tracking his own people. He was a loyal pup, he never gave his brothers up.... unless he needed someone removed of course. As he went inside talked to a couple of fancy dressed gentlemen and then headed to an isolated room, inside there was an extremely beautiful blond woman that had a splendid Victorian age dress on and was staring at the moon from a window.

He sat on a chair and waited a long time, he was used to this although he could not understand it; the moon was beautiful and to him it had certain appeal, but waiting 30 minutes every night for her to stop seeing the moon was stupid. After a while she turned to him and said:
- Well?
He answer in a casual tone -A band of Sabbat anarcs have been spotted around the piers Principessa
- That would be the work of the Sheriff, why are you telling me this?
He took a look at the girl's bodyguard, a huge man with an assault riffle on his arms - I can handle this Principessa, just give me a couple of men. There is no need to worry the good Sheriff with this.
She looked at him and saw ambition. They didn't talked in a short while, finally she said - I see what you are trying to do and quite frankly I like your ambition. Very well, take some of the neonates and "handle this". If you perform well I might reward you
- Grazie.
He got up from his chair and began to walk to the door when he heard her voice once more
- Marko... Fail in this and it will be final death for you, because if they don't kill you I will.
He turned around to face her and smiled while he said - That won't happen Principessa, I still have to kill him so I can't die yet.