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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8848259" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p><strong>Orléans, 1022</strong></p><p></p><p>In the days that follow, Father Guiscard is more emboldened than ever, regularly visiting the homes of parish members, giving extra attention to those with teenaged daughters, insisting on questioning them privately for anything they might know of the heresy.</p><p></p><p>I had begun to work strange hours, leaving for the scriptorium before dawn and the wretched sun, and only returning home after sundown, never leaving the blessed darkness of the scriptorium during the day and insisting on working by the dimmest of candles.</p><p></p><p>But one night, I returned home to find my father absent, although a candle is burning inside the family cottage. I could hear voices from inside. And then the voice of Cateline, crying out in fear and pain.</p><p></p><p>Carnutes has cautioned me about controlling myself: We only feast on travelers on the road or poachers in the woods.</p><p></p><p>But all of that is forgotten in an instant.</p><p></p><p>Guiscard is on Cateline, who weeps in terror, but is unable to stop what's happening. And then Guiscard is against the wall, now terrified himself.</p><p></p><p>I sink his teeth into the priest's neck, forgetting the niceties of how I normally feeds, the lies I tell himself about who and what I am.</p><p></p><p>When I am done, Guiscard is dead, his blood running down my mouth and chest, soaking my clothes.</p><p></p><p>In the family bed, Cateline lays, pale, eyes wide in terror. Saying nothing. Having seen everything.</p><p></p><p>I managed to dispose of the body before my father returns and conceal all evidence of the attack. But Cateline is mute, saying nothing, but shaking in fear whenever I draw near.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="Character sheet"]Prompt 0 + 2 - 5 = Prompt 1</p><p></p><p><em>In your blood-hunger you destroy someone close to you. Kill a mortal character. Create a mortal character if none are available. Take the skill Bloodthirsty.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Guillaume d'Orléans</strong></p><p></p><p>Skills: literate in French; literate in Latin; a capable gardener; bloodthirsty</p><p></p><p>Resources: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; a penknife; a small bronze crucifix</p><p></p><p>Characters: Onfroi, my father, an ambitious farmer who has pinned the family's hopes on me (mortal); Cateline, my sickly younger sister, my best friend (mortal); Carnutes, the center of the heresy and vampire, a melancholy figure often lost in reminiscences of Rome (immortal)</p><p></p><p>Marks: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times</p><p></p><p>Memories (five, up to three Experiences each):</p><p>1. I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord</p><p>2. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford</p><p>3. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I read to Cateline from a book I had been copying in an attempt to teach her to read</p><p>4. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: Father Guiscard invites himself into our home, openly lusting after Cateline, which neither my father and I can do anything about; I kill him when I come home to find him raping Cateline, which she watches in mute horror</p><p>5. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8848259, member: 11760"] [B]Orléans, 1022[/B] In the days that follow, Father Guiscard is more emboldened than ever, regularly visiting the homes of parish members, giving extra attention to those with teenaged daughters, insisting on questioning them privately for anything they might know of the heresy. I had begun to work strange hours, leaving for the scriptorium before dawn and the wretched sun, and only returning home after sundown, never leaving the blessed darkness of the scriptorium during the day and insisting on working by the dimmest of candles. But one night, I returned home to find my father absent, although a candle is burning inside the family cottage. I could hear voices from inside. And then the voice of Cateline, crying out in fear and pain. Carnutes has cautioned me about controlling myself: We only feast on travelers on the road or poachers in the woods. But all of that is forgotten in an instant. Guiscard is on Cateline, who weeps in terror, but is unable to stop what's happening. And then Guiscard is against the wall, now terrified himself. I sink his teeth into the priest's neck, forgetting the niceties of how I normally feeds, the lies I tell himself about who and what I am. When I am done, Guiscard is dead, his blood running down my mouth and chest, soaking my clothes. In the family bed, Cateline lays, pale, eyes wide in terror. Saying nothing. Having seen everything. I managed to dispose of the body before my father returns and conceal all evidence of the attack. But Cateline is mute, saying nothing, but shaking in fear whenever I draw near. [SPOILER="Character sheet"]Prompt 0 + 2 - 5 = Prompt 1 [I]In your blood-hunger you destroy someone close to you. Kill a mortal character. Create a mortal character if none are available. Take the skill Bloodthirsty.[/I] [B]Guillaume d'Orléans[/B] Skills: literate in French; literate in Latin; a capable gardener; bloodthirsty Resources: a cowhorn inkwell, engraved with a knight; a penknife; a small bronze crucifix Characters: Onfroi, my father, an ambitious farmer who has pinned the family's hopes on me (mortal); Cateline, my sickly younger sister, my best friend (mortal); Carnutes, the center of the heresy and vampire, a melancholy figure often lost in reminiscences of Rome (immortal) Marks: My eyes cannot stand bright light and I have to remain in shadows at all times Memories (five, up to three Experiences each): 1. I am Guilliame d'Orléans, son of Onfroi, a novice scribe born late in the 10th Century of Our Lord 2. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: My father, Onfroi, gifts me an engraved inkwell, which he had to save for months to afford 3. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: I read to Cateline from a book I had been copying in an attempt to teach her to read 4. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: Father Guiscard invites himself into our home, openly lusting after Cateline, which neither my father and I can do anything about; I kill him when I come home to find him raping Cateline, which she watches in mute horror 5. I am Guilliame d'Orléans: The night the other heretics were burned alive, Carnutes fed upon me as I screamed in pitch black darkness[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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