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[NRDL]

If he suddenly decides to not use his computer for two weeks or so, this thread is screwed. 

[Pandarsenic]

Ehh, if he goes MIA we can make shit up. I'd just rather not steal his thunder mid-plan.

[The Fool]

Clearly this part of the plan was to convince the werewolves to join a revolt against Lord Jameson, but as for of how this was suppose to happen I have no idea. I think that they owe Will a favor (I'll have to reread that page). Regardless I would avoid mentioning Ben being your servant just to be safe. We don't want several angry werewolves.

I think we'll just wait for Micelus.

[NRDL]

Well, the full moon isn't out yet ( or is it?  I lose track of the days ) and their currently in human form.  They have slightly enhanced strength, speed and endurance, but for now, that's it. 

[micelus]

Didn't expect people to be so dependent on the Plan. Here's a secret: I'm making shit up as we go. Yeah I made up the Phase 1 on a whim so it may not be the best plan ever. Anyway, say this

"I see you've come. Good. Now as much as you want to shred me to pieces and devour me, I have something to share with your leader. Your Ben is involved ever so slightly."

If Ben's  father presents himself then:

"Ah so this is the great werewolf Ben(if they ask how we know Ben, then say you know him through Arianne) always talks of. No wonder. But on to business. As we both know, this Will person to the south knows much about us supernaturals, correct? Well his daughter has been taken by Lord Jameson and I'am off to rescue her. Well even the strongest vampire is lesser in strength to most werewolves, and so I must ask you for aid."

"You may be wandering what you have in this, well Will wasn't very nice about this, but he said that you owed him something"

See what happens next. If he agrees to help then say this.

"We and Will have already drawn up the basics of a plan. He is to stage a revolt to draw out Lord Jameson. This is where your clan comes in. Once Jameson leaves his castle, I would like it if you would assassinate him. Don't harm his girls though; one is Arianne and the other....is important to another powerful figure. Also, I will probably be there with him, so don't go killing me there either; not the time or place, by all means wound me somewhat."

Living in different time zones can be a hassle some times, eh?

[micelus]

Sorry for double post, but the previous post detailed my action for the turn. This post will detail Phase 2 of my plan. It's kind of incomplete since I don't know the outcome of the werewolf diplomacy. Posting it now because I'll be asleep by the next turn.


After our meeting with the werewolves (presuming we got out alive of course) Make a trip to Jameson's castle. Just dine with him tonight (vampires can eat normal food, right? If not just spend some time socializing). Ask him about the province and any troubles. Say that you can help deal with them. Also ask him about any news from the rest of the Empire (especially of the emperor) and the rest of the world. Any wannabe heroes, inspired inventors, explorers, demon-gates opening? Pretty much ask him about the outside world, if he knows any. If not, just ask him about his vassals. AKA the nobles of the province. I want a list of them or if they are of to much number, the leaders of the noble houses here.

After talking with Jameson, say farewell and escort yourself out of the castle. On your way out, sneak into Rachel and Arianne's rooms or whatever. Just see how their going. Comfort Rachel and tell her to hang on just a bit more . Ask Arianne what exactly has been happening to them, the castle, and lord Jameson. If she seems uneasy about remaining here, tell her she will be leaving soon.

After our trip to the castle, return to our castle. Once there, ask Kevin if he can begin work on raising a few skeletons/ghouls/whatever. Assure him that he'll be working with the dead, not the living this time. Also prick your veins a bit and pour the blood onto the Blood Diamond and tell Kevin to use it in his rituals or whatever he's doing to the corpses. Tell him to retrieve the corpses from the local graveyards, but only at night.

Rest a bit at the castle then head north up to the Molemen tunnels. Check up on their progress and ask their leader if they could make small, secret tunnels into the castles of Jameson and Reginald. Pay any price.

Return to the Crakoy and tell them that your plan is proceeding splendidly. Tell them to begin drilling for combat however, as the plan may involve some blood spilling.

When all of this is done, go to Reginald and simply ask him if he has any more tasks.


When all this is done, I'll reveal Phase 3, which I haven't thought up of yet.


Suggestion to NDRL: You should probably have a little stat at the bottom of updates showing what day it is (saturday, sunday, monday...) and the general time (dawn, noon, dusk, midnight).

[stabbymcstabstab]

sure.

[NRDL]

Turn.  Also, I THINK that the current day of this turn is thursday, and that the first turn started on Sunday.  Forgive me if I made a massive error.  Also, it is always nighttime in the turn, how else can Drake walk around.  And, once again, I THINK that the werewolves can transform.  So yeah, they can definitely kill Drake if Random.Org flips out on me.  Then again, Drake does have a silver-lined sword.

                                                                                                     

As you wait in the forest, you start to grow bored.  You instantly snap out of it when you hear the multiple feet padding across the forest floor. 

Behind the trees come the werewolves, still in human form.  From the numerous scars across their bodies, it is easy to tell that they are experienced warriors.  If a fight breaks out, this is going to be hell to get through, if you survive at all.  That's why diplomacy is basically the best option. 

"Hello, werewolves."

One of them, the youngest it seems, growls.

"Vampire, why have you called us here?"

"There is a matter in which I require your help." 

"Why would we help you?"

"Because it has something to do with Ben."

This gives them pause, and they glance at the wolf in the middle, the largest and oldest man by far.  Undoubtedly Ben's father. 

He steps forward.

"What does my son have to do with this?"

"You must be John, Ben's father.  Your son has allied with me, and with the information he gave me about you, I contrived a scheme, ambitious, but sure to work with your help."

"My son, working with a vampire..." he says, with some disappointment.

"Oh, don't worry, your son has proven himself a capable werewolf.  Anyway, Will, the man whom you owe a debt to-"

"Damn gambling addiction..." he grumbles to himself.

"Yes, anyway, Will's daughter has been taken prisoner by Lord Jameson, the lord of the northern province.  Yes, the girl whom your son married, that's why he allied with me," you lie, ", and in order to rescue her, I made a bargain with Sir Will.  He is to use his connections and resources to incite a revolt in the criminal population of the province, and with your strength and ferocity, we can storm the castle, to save Arianne, and another important girl, and destroy the nobility as well.  We can wrestle control of potentially the entire province."

He is obviously surprised by the sheer scope of the plan, and thinks for a moment.

"Alright, we'll do it.  It must be tonight, the moon is out, we can't wait four more bloody days for our powers to return to us."

"Agreed.  Oh, and if you think of betraying me, it won't work.  I am the only one here that has a plan and the means to keep control of the province, the plan dies."

"Fine.  Wolves, let's go." he says, before leaving.

                                                                                               

I may have slightly altered how Drake explained the plan, but isn't that overarching goal? 

Turn two coming up, I really wanna hurry the Masquerade up, considering that this game will probably be locked in less than two weeks. 

I will explain exactly why in a different post.   

[micelus]

Locked?

Well that just gives me a reason to start that Vampire RTD suggestion game that I wanted to run ever since you made one.

Anyway, that ain't what I had in mind. I was wanting for Jameson to march out of his castle, and journey south and try to crush the revolt. While he traveled, the werewolves would ambush the camp and assassinate him. Course, this will have to do.

[NRDL]

Turn part two, same night.

                                                                                                   

Leaving the forest, you head even further north, to Jameson's castle, as fast as you can.  Night doesn't last forever. 

Entering, you see the inner part of the castle mostly deserted, except for the guards, and the servants.  You head into the main hall, and there is the lord himself, with none other than Arianne and Rachel by his side. 

"Ah Drake, good to see you!  You want to eat?  I'll have my servants bring out some mutton and wine."

"Forgive me, my lord, I have already eaten ( which is true ) but I was hoping to simply talk with you."

"Of course, of course."

You sit down next to him, while he dismisses the girls.  It is time to learn a few things about politics.

"My lord, if you don't mind me asking, can you tell me more about the political climate of the empire?  The noble houses, especially the greater ones?"

"An interesting topic of discussion, but I'd be happy to oblige.  Well, to start, there are my main supports, the Lyins, they are a rich bunch, proud, vain, but as a result, easy to please.  They're the main noble house in this province, a big one at that, the only other one that are of any notice are the Barbos-es.  They are particularly proud of their ancestor, Maximillian Barbaros, who was once the leader of his own empire, before it was absorbed into our empire.  Of the others, outside, the province, not much to say."

Interesting.  You excuse yourself, citing a need to relieve your bladder, but instead of heading to the chamber pot room, you go in the direction of Arianne and Rachel.  You trace their scent into a luxurious guest bedroom, with two beds.  You see Rachel crying softly.  Arianne looks up at you.

"Drake, there you are." she says, smiling.  She truly is unflappable. 

"Arianne, are you and Rachel alright?"

"Well, I'm fine, but Rachel isn't that used to this rough sort of treatment, poor girl.  I could stay, but if you could get her out, I'd be very happy."

"Don't worry, both of you will be leaving in a short while.  Now, anything to report?"

"Well, for one thing, he steals money.  He has his "tax collectors" abscond with more money for himself than is necessary.  Other than that, not much.  Well, this probably wouldn't be very useful information, but he uses moondust A LOT.  He gets a lot more aggressive on nights with a full moon, when using moondust, and a lot stronger too.  Who knew inhaling werewolf excrement could make you stronger-"

"Werewolf excrement?"

"Yes, Ben told me that moondust is hardened werewolf dung."

"...Ok.  I have to go, remember, take care of Rachel, you'll be out of here soon."

And with that, you leave.

                                                                                                 

Yeah, Micelus, your plan consists of deceiving and double-crossing various people, if Arianne and Ben speak the truth, Will and John will be after Drake's head.  Just a reminder. 

[NRDL]

Also, to explain why I will lock this thread, It's not because I don't want to do this game anymore.  I love this game, it is my literary child, I would do this till the end of time if I could, but life gets in the way.  And no, I'm not talking about just general time constraints, I'm taking a trip to a different continent in less than two weeks. 

I won't tell you where, what I can tell you is that I will be there for around three months.  I probably won't have access to a good computer with good internet access, and even if I do, I really won't have the time.  I will return to my home country after New Year's, and if I could, I would probably want to restart this.  I could make a new thread, even.  That's why I want to end this on a high note, with Drake ( hopefully ) conquering the province.  If ( and I really, really want this to happen ) I make a new, sequel thread, it will most likely be about Drake conquering the entire bloody empire.

That is why I will lock this thread.  You guys have been awesome, this has been my most successful game so far, it has been absolute joy to write, but I simply won't have the time in the next three months to continue this.

...Also, Toady doesn't delete locked threads, does he? 

[micelus]

Well, that's an acceptable risk anyway. Anyway, I have a backup plan should Ben/Arianne speak out. But here's the part that should make John/Will happy: I don't plan Drake to be the ruler of the province. I plan to create a provincial council. It would consist of Will, John, The leading nobles, leading merchants, and Drake. The way to power is not by absolute rule, but manipulation. With the new opponents they face in the council, they'll be too busy fighting each other than trying to kill Drake. And if they do anyway, well there is the Crackoy and the undead army that is hopefully going to be raised.


Well enjoy your trip. Mind if I make a suggestion game based in this world? Just because I like improving upon existing settings rather than making my own.

[NRDL]

By all means go ahead.  But, my characters are copyrighted, so please don't use them directly.  Is it gonna be an RTD? 

[micelus]

Don't know...Probably not since I have a huge workload already. And don't worry, at most I'll probably only reference your characters. The game would be based in a different region altogether. Actually, its probably going to be in a more Mediterranean setting.

And once again, enjoy your time in <Wherever your going>.

[NRDL]

Thanks, man.  I hope you guys enjoyed the game, but don't worry, it isn't dead YET.