Regroup (RP)

load previous
Jul 15, 2025 10:16 pm
- Emma -

You dream of running through dark, demon-infested tunnels, the smell of sulphur and brimstone filling you nose! There is movement near you! Someone is leaning over you in the dark and things are moving beneath you! There is a strange, wet, coughing sound! ...

You awake in a cold sweat. Your dream made real, right here in your flat.

What do you do?
Jul 16, 2025 3:19 am
Persephone rolls her eyes a bit at Henry's boorishness; even drunk, she notices his clumsy appeals to her heritage and beauty, but she lets it slide. And she simply shrugs at the question of who shall pay, caring little. She insists, however, that her company car service ferry them the few blocks to her condo, so that she not get wet--she doesn't want to arrive at a party looking like a wet dog, even if it is just her little sis' get together!

When they ride up the elevator, she takes Henry's arm in hers and rests her head on his shoulder, taking comfort in his nearness and presence. When the doors open and the music can be heard, though, she runs forward, laughing, pulling him along behind her by the hand.

When she opens the door, she immediately slips off her shoes and continues to pull him along and begins dancing with him -- or, as it might perhaps be better described, at him. She dances her way into the condo and makes a bee-line for the glasses and bottles lined up on the counter, pouring herself and Henry a drink. She waves to Circe and Edward, having forgotten entirely about the tension she caused with Edward earlier that night.

She pulls Henry toward her as they dance, still not intending romance, but finding herself in his arms nonetheless.
Jul 16, 2025 4:09 am
For a moment, she wasn’t sure if she was awake or not. It was so dark, just like in those tunnels...

But then she heard the rain tapping against the windows, the smell of damp fabric and sweat, rather than brimstone. She blinked, slowly pulling herself up, but it took a moment longer for her heart to stop pounding fast

"David?" she whispered, and twisted around to look for him "...are you alright?"
Instead of turning on the lights, she fumbled for her phone. The soft glow of her phone would be enough; she didn’t want to wake him if he was still trying to sleep
Jul 16, 2025 5:29 am
Somewhat embarrassed by his bad table manners, Benji wipes the blood from his face with the back of his hand and stands up, a bit unsteady on his feet. He doesn’t feel better at all. His chest still aches with every movement and the Hunger still has its claws in him, all the fiercer for having been tantalised by what little blood poor Leopold was able to provide.

He tries to focus on what Alasdair is saying. "Demons? Uhm… yes, alright. I’ll come along."
Jul 16, 2025 9:39 pm
- Persephone -

Henry is swept along, out of control. His dancing is not particularly good, but you can't tell if that is due to an inherent lack of skill or due to his confusion. Emma never mentioned it, and it is tricky ask her now.

It's not long before Circe sees you, breaks away from the group chatting with Edward, and maneuvers her way over to you. Despite all the bottles and glasses, Circe, and —if you are inclined to notice— most of the guests, are only mildly tipsy, you and your partner are, by far, the most drunk people in the apartment.

Circe looks annoyed. Possibly because you returned to crash her party, but more likely because she was worried about you, it is late and you have been acting... erratically. Much as she objects to being mothered, she is even less eager to have to act the responsible one.

"Hello." She says to you and Henry. "Are you going to introduce me to your date." She says, smelling the residual alcohol-and-smoke-smells coming from you two and possibly worried you 'picked someone up at a bar'.

What do you do?
Jul 16, 2025 9:41 pm
- Emma -

It is more than just sweat you smell, and David has been , slightly deliriously, trying to discretely get the bedding off the bed —with you still in it. It seems he has had a little accident, of the incontinence-variety, and messed on his pajamas and sheets.

"Go back to sleep." David says hoarsely. "I will get Sarah to take care of it." He either did not grasp that when you said 'right now' you meant to toss your guest out on her ear in the middle of the night, or has forgotten in his enfeebled state.

What do you do?
Jul 16, 2025 9:46 pm
- Benji -

"Quite right." Alasdair agrees, the duty to help a man defend his castle is an ancient one. "We don't know who they are, yet." He reports. "But is seems like only one, small, assault force. Should be a bit of bit of fun, what-what?" He does not seem too enthused by the 'fun', more like demon fighting is a common chore.

You make your way upwards, ever closer to the surface. The tunnels almost look familiar, and you think you might even be able to find you way out from here if you had to.

"No sightings of the enemy, yet." A lieutenant reports when the boss arrives. "At least three demons breached the perimeter a while ago, but we have them contained and were about to move in to seek and destroy."

If it is your friends, you might want to do something before they are 'sought and destroyed'... but what can you do without revealing your complicity to Alasdair?

What do you do?
Jul 16, 2025 10:07 pm
Benji’s head feels a little clearer now that he’s away from the blood and the body. He frowns, thinking. He could try to get to the rats before anyone else does, but then what? And what if he doesn’t get to them in time? Perhaps he should just be honest…

"…Are we certain it’s not just my rats again?" he suggests, tentatively. "They may have come back to find me."
Jul 17, 2025 1:31 am
Persephone laughs, too. loudly, at Circe's annoyance. She puts an arm around Henry, her hand playing with his ear and hair, and she says, "This is Henry! I met him this weekend, but he has been a friend of Emma's since college!" Then, glancing over at Edward and the others, she leans in closer to Circe to whisper something, but accidentally bumps into her. She then whispers, again too loudly, saying, "So are you and Edward together? How is he? You know, in bed?"

Persephone laughs again as the room spins. She puts her hand to her face and mutters, "Oooh I should maybe... maybe lie down for a second. Come here, Henry!"

She drags him toward her bedroom.
Jul 17, 2025 4:09 am
Emma winced as the smell hit her, then once again when he mentioned Sarah’s name. She tried to suppress her irritation as she got off the bed, but the ‘accident’ unsettled her in more than one way. Waking up in the middle of the night was bad enough, but her husband’s suggestion to call another woman into their bedroom to take care of the mess he made while his wife was standing right there didn’t sit well with her. And there was something more disturbing about all of this. She wasn’t a doctor, but losing control of one’s blabber was usually indicative of a serious condition.

"Go take a shower. And a couple of paracetamols for your fever" she said as she climbed out of the warm bed "I’ll deal with this"
Jul 18, 2025 4:42 am
- Benji -

"They'd better not be." Alasdair says darkly, possibly having forgotten that we was, technically, holding you prisoner the last time they saw you.

One of the lieutenants —you think she is one of the vampires that came with Eadwig— gives you a glare and mutters to Alasdair: "See. We told you he could not be trusted. He is in league with the enemy."

The mobilisation action does not slow, but the word is put out to be on the lookout for 'rat sized' foes. So far all your honesty has done is to take away what little advantage your buddies may have had.

What do you do?
Jul 18, 2025 4:44 am
- Persephone -

Circe looks like she is about to ask you a question about Emma, like she had been holding off due to not wanting to speak in front of a stranger, but now that you have confirmed your date —that you picked on after seeing Emma— knows Emma, she almost asks about the state of that marriage...

But you have to go and spoil it by poking at her about an older man... possibly old enough to be her father... and she looks at you, annoyed, formulating cutting responses in her head before you deny her that pleasure by dragging Henry off to your room.

Henry is a man, so, being dragged into bed by a pretty, drunk woman, he has certain expectations... Despite the tales Emma tells, he is also a gentleman, so, if those expectations are not met he will, eventually leave, unsatisfied and disappointed.

What do you do?
Jul 18, 2025 4:46 am
- Emma -

"OK, love." David says, giving you weak smile. He takes a couple of pills from the container on his bedside table and swallows them with difficulty, then he stumbles off to the bathroom, leaving his pajama bottoms in a puddle on the floor. You hear the shower start to run.

What do you do?
Jul 18, 2025 5:29 am
Sighing to herself, she headed to the hallway cupboard to fetch a cleaning rag and a bucket. The puddle on the floor was actually the easiest part to deal with. The mattress was nearly impossible. It still left a big stain, even after scrubbing it with water and soap, though at least most of the smell was gone.

She tossed the soiled pajamas and the soaked bedsheets into the hamper, then fetched a fresh set from the living room, one of the ones Sarah had washed earlier that day.

She wasn’t happy.

It was becoming clear David wasn't having an affair after all (How did she ever convince herself that he could, while he was running such a high fever, was a question she would have to answer for herself). But what bothered her more was the thought that he would rather suffer alone, sleeping in his own filth, than call her.

Then again… she has been hiding much worse things from him.

Fuck it

She sighed again

She could no longer count on Pers to help her reveal the truth about the supernatural. But she was going to tell David anyway, once he was feeling a little stronger. Whether he believed her or not.
Jul 18, 2025 6:01 am
"Alasdair!" Benji protests, aghast. A rare flash of anger crosses his face. "Alasdair, if you value our friendship at all, you will not let anyone hurt those rats, understand? Just let me talk to them and I’ll send them back up to the surface and then we can go back down and continue our conversation."
OOC:
Should I roll Persuade an NPC? It’s sort of a mix of promises (I’ll send the rats back up and we can keep talking and playing scrabble) and threats (if you hurt the rats, we won’t be friends anymore)

You do not have permission to post in this thread.