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Last night, several people reported the sighting of a "screaming red monster" in a quiet neighbourhood of Ealing. After a power shortage in the area, a building caught fire. It was then when, what was described as a "man shaped, footless creature" emerged from the flames, leaping, running, and screaming. One woman has told our reporters that the man had "teeth like a wolf, and the face of the devil". Police officers are still trying to get to the bottom of this; neither the power shortage nor the fire have still been explained. A spokesperson from Scotland Yard has stated that the "so called monster" might be a wounded person, escaping the fire.

TRAGEDY IN TOOLEY STREET
The police has found the bodies of three TFL workers in the construction site at Tooley Street. One of their colleagues raised the alarms last week, when the three workers didn't attend their shifts. The bodies of the men have been found in a deep hole, uncovered by the refurbishment works that are taking place in the area. According to the Police, the bodies were horribly mutilated, which has led to the wildest speculations. The names of the three workers are being kept anonymous, following the wishes of their families.

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MARCH 8 - PISCES
You are used to making sacrifices, to prioritising the happiness of others before yours. Even though that is a noble attitude, there are times in life where the only healthy alternative is to embrace your own selfishness and allow yourself some enjoyment. Reserve one hour per day to do something you really like. Treat yourself! Your colour for this month is blue.
Echoes from the past ring back into London. Their intensity increases until they are deafening. What once was a faded memory of a glorious time, now becomes a shocking reality. The consequences of actions taken decades ago ripple into the present, altering the lives of everybody in the City. Unguided and blind, Kindred wander around, trying to make profit out of the reigning chaos.


The appearance of four mysterious figures turned the city upside down. Mistrust and jealousy became the official currency of London. Serpents and fiends rise to power, misdirecting the blaming eyes of the Camarilla towards imaginary enemies. Only those with clear vision and the ability to trust each other strive, while the rest run towards a shallow grave.



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Hunters Hunted [ATTN: Franca | NSFW | Closed]
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Anna shrugged and nodded, evidently not taking it as a threat.

"Anyone ever tell you that you're a fucking badass?" Anna grinned at her with a wink before nodding. "But no, you stood up for what you believed and kicked ass. How is that a bad thing? Fuck, I do that myself. I should give more of a fuck who hears what I have to say in the Kindred world, and I know when to shut my mouth, but I'm not shy." She nodded and smiled a little.

"You can only do your best, and do what your heart tells you to do."
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Franca chuckled, visibly embarrassed.

"I-I wasn't really trying to play the badass card, just explaining why... Hm, what point was I trying to make, anyway? I think we were wondering if we could have had a normal life, right? And the answer is: I don't care, I wouldn't want to stay out of troubles if it means ignoring what's wrong. I'd do again what I have done and if you ask me, I am happy of where I am - not the 'glee and delight' kind of happy, but I am glad to see what's wrong and try to do the right thing".

She stopped, suspecting she was verging on the Awfully Rhetorical territory.

"You know? I can't help but like your attitude, even though it's a risky one... but then, I believe you know what you're doing. I also believe none of us is important enough to have Obfuscated spies on our side all the time".
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"Seriously, can I marry you?" Anna laughed softly before nodding. She clearly understood and, more, obviously supported it to the letter.

"Thanks. I am how I am. Risky or not, I'm not willing to bow down unless Lessa needs me to. S'just not how I am. I'll shut up if I have to, but not a moment before." She smiled softly. "Fact is, Immortal or not I only have one life and I'm gonna live it."
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"As I think I said, immortality means just more time to spend with yourself. Oh you can afford to wait for longer if it's worth, but otherwise it's the same... unless of course someone only made certain choices with their afterlife in mind, but I hope nobody's really like that".

After a pause she continued: "Though, you'll probably have more occasions to shut up than I had, if you have to visit the court or, hm, actually I am not sure what you'll be expected to do".

Franca had no clear idea of what Lessa's duties implied, but, while she knew that her image of Ventrue spending all the time at an old fashioned court or gathered around long tables to speak about stock options wasn't probably accurate, she assumed her friend couldn't have stayed away from Princely and the like.
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Anna shrugged a little.

"It happens, I'm sure." She replied softly with a nod. "But fuck that goes into the whole 'Is being a fanger outside of the natural order' and shit. But I won't go into that tonight. Shit I'm not even all that religious anyway." She laughed quietly before smiling.

"Whatever she asks of me, really. I guard her, I help her at the hospital, shit like that. She's taken me to Courts and such when she has to, cause I know when to curtsy and shut up. I hate that shit as a rule, though, so it's rare she takes me with. But most times I insist cause I hate her going out alone. I know she could like, break someone in half but..." A shrug. "Old habits I guess."
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Franca laughed. "You don't really want to get me started on that, right? Okay, you're safe for this time. Anyway I don't care much for religion, this world gives me enough to worry about".

She wasn't all that sure that Lessa could have broken someone in half, but that wasn't the main issue. "I doubt she'll be physically at risk, but I guess she can do with some moral support... Which old habits?"
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Anna smiled and nodded before chuckling.

"Protecting people. In this case that would be her." She exhaled. "I'm not stupid; I know it's her blood that makes me feel most of what I do. Doesn't make it any less real. It's not like it feels 'fake', y'know?"
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Franca listened intently. The Ghoul's self-awareness had some eerie quality, but on the other hand made her somehow more at ease.

"I understand... and no, actually I don't, since I have no idea of how it feels".

Franca had never been bound and, while descriptions could give a vague suggestion of how it was, you couldn't really see with someone's eyes without being them.

"Anyway, when I was a mortal I thought my emotions were produced by, uh, hormones or chemical reactions in my brain. I didn't think they were fake, however, so I guess it might be similar in this case. I also think our experience is something more than its material causes, but we don't really want to go there... Honestly I've never been that concerned with the genuineness of a Ghoul's feelings, more with the way they could have been abused, although obviously this isn't the case. I'd say the same if someone exploited their loving children or very enamoured partner for some criminal purpose, except they'd have more chances to break free... I guess... Although I admit I am talking about things I don't know thoroughly, so sorry if I got something wrong".

She wasn't completely comfortable in talking to a Ghoul about the condition of being a Ghoul while having no experience as a Ghoul... but she could try to understand and, for what she could gather, once more it all revolved around power and responsibility.
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Anna smiled a little and tilted her head, mulling it over.

"Love is love. I loved my dad, and I love Lessa. I know my love for Lessa is mostly due to her blood, but if I didn't know I wouldn't be able to tell you that was why. It feels as real as my love for my father, so I don't mind knowing that it wasn't a reaction I had myself - that it was manufactured, I guess? It's not like it feels wrong or anything. But I can tell you that before the blood bond I'd never considered eating another woman out." She grinned playfully.

She supposed, really, knowing it came from the blood SHOULD have made things weird. It should have sickened her, but it didn't. Was that herself or the blood? The Ghoul smiled a little then.

"Exactly. And I support you entirely for doing that. You and Lessa are some of the only Kindred I've met that I actually like." She grinned before smiling. "No, you aint wrong. I suppose it's just weird to explain. Lessa is my whole world and there isn't a thing I wouldn't do for her. I know it's down to The Blood. But I also know it's my own genuine loyalty because she treats me like a human being and not a doormat."
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Okay, that WAS hard to relate to. Franca could imagine how it could have been to feel such a devotion... but just as much as she could imagine having the sonar-vision of a bat.

She understood Anna's point, anyway. Or so she believed.

"I guess you'd perceive something wrong if you were treated badly or asked to do something that flies in the face of everything you hold dear. I mean, maybe you'd be overcome by a desire to please, but it would clash with the knowledge you had of yourself, wouldn't it? Uhm... well... now you see why it wasn't easy for me to explain how it feels to be a vampire?"
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There was a long pause there.

"I like to think I would." She admitted quietly with a nod before laughing. "Yeah, I get it a bit better now. You've never been here just as I've never been there."

Another pause.

"Would you... maybe be willing to teach me more about Carthage another night, Franca?" She asked curiously.
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"You know what? What goes lost when you get involved into this world is the illusion is that we're all identical. We are not, there are aspects that we'll never get, or that we risk to forget, and powers that tempt us from every side. It's not easy to handle and those with the highest powers, well, maybe some of them weren't the right people to handle them to start with".

What followed took her by surprise. Carthage? Really?

"I'd be glad to teach you, although unfortunately I know little more myself, and most of it is speculation. But if you like to hear me talk about it... it's not common to find someone who's eager to listen, you know?"
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Anna clucked her tongue.

"I guess that is it. I mean, fuck, I've always known you lot stalked the night, but it's different when you're just a normal person trying to do good, y'know? And shit, most people in here think humanity is it and everything else is just a story. But when you actually get in deep it's a whole different ball game."

Anna chewed her lip for a few moments, eyes flicking across the table between them.

"Not every person is equal - and I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean even if every person is unique, you know you're better at some shit and worse at others. But at least you'd in theory be able to look around and see humans without worrying or factoring in those that are thousands of years old and haven't thought of themselves as people in... fuck knows how long. And like you said, most of it has gone to their heads and..." She trailed off and leant back, finishing the last of her glass of coke.

"Anyway. Shit, yeah I mean... learning is my bread and butter and the idea that something like this could work... fuck, the problem is the only accountability a Kindred has is to his own - which is lax at the best of times. So long as you don't expose Kindred or do anything else like that, who cares? There's no fucking vampire jail after all." She laughed. "So yeah, I'd love to learn. Even if it's long gone... whose to say it couldn't work now?"
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Could it work now? Could it? She was wary of exposing the whole Promethian ideals to Anna, who probably had more chances to be mindfucked that Franca had. And yes, now 'mindfucked' was officially a technical term.
Not that her ideas were that much of a -secret-, in other domains she talked more than a little and nobody cared... although, if the Prince was really as paranoid as he seemed, he could have been quick to scream treason and Masquerade breach.

"We'll have the chance to talk about those things if you wish, but the short version is: there's a lot we can learn from history, but it doesn't mean the same system could work now; society is very different and so are people's views and eventually, I am more interested in future perspectives than in ancient tales".

There was a pause there.

"I think I don't need to say these are not things to be shared carelessly. It's nothing heretic for how I see it, but some people here wouldn't take it well".
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Anna nodded a little.

"Oh course not. But I suppose figuring out the hows would be a logical first step. And then, y'know, working out how they could be transplanted."

An almost feral, playful grin touched Anna then.

"You mean like... oh, ninety percent of the Camarilla?" She smirked. "As I said, I don't suppose those on-high would be too pleased about the idea of being normal, accountable civilians again. The sheer number of crimes any one of them must have committed would land them on death row in a heartbeat." She clucked her tongue. "See, in my view? And correct me here - humanity has a system that works. Sure there are protests and shit but in the Western world? You get left alone to live your life so long as you follow the laws. In Vamp society? You're basically living in the same city as a president if it's Cam run - and he takes an active and controlling stance on your life. Plus, y'know, he'll never grow old and die so... until someone takes it, you're fucking stuck."

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"But don't worry, I won't exactly go around screaming it."
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"The historical 'hows', you mean? I am not so sure it's a logical first step, one could very well go ahead and see what is feasible today - I mean, in a world where I don't see many Phoenician settlers, empty lands and widespread acceptance of the supernatural. But we'll discuss each of these things more thoroughly".

Franca smirked, adding just a hint of eye-rolling. Anna would have liked to turn the Cam upside-down, wouldn't she?

"It's not only about being accountable, believe me or not but more vampires than you think don't like to go around killing people anyway; and as for accountability -per se-, responding for mass murder shouldn't be more restrictive than responding for, uh, running too fast in public or having an unsettling appearance, don't you think? It's more about the pervasive obsession for the Masquerade that we all are forced to develop. It's not all bad, as I said, it's not like I see an alternative that can be realized in a few simple steps. But at some point you cross the line between prudence and dogmatism, you don't just uphold the Masquerade because you're not insane, you can't even -reason- on alternatives without seeing it as some kind of treason. You know what? A system that is afraid of reasoning is its own worst enemy, because it loses a chance to be improved. Oh and there -are- authority figures that would agree - with the last part if nothing else - but you don't really end up in the hands of those who don't".
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Anna nodded.

"S'what I meant, sorry."

She smiled sheepishly before nodding a little and humming.

"True. I mean shit, I see your point. But would waiting it out be the best option and hoping things changed? After all, at some point the line between rational and pure dogma is blurred and what we're suggesting could wind up with us in deep shit."

Anna paused and glanced at her phone with a small sigh.

"Shit. I best be getting back home and lock the place down for the day." She looked up with a smile. "It's been... quite the experience meeting you, Franca. Don't suppose I could get a goodbye kiss or anything?" She grinned playfully.
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"I think the line between rational and dogma is when you can't even reason about it. As long as things can be discussed, you can keep an eye on how things evolve and how they can be influenced. When you have a dogma it is right and period, even thought can be treason and you work to keep things as they are even if it's stupid and counterproductive".

Franca had checked her watch quite regularly - you do that when you are a vampire and the nights are short. It wasn't -that- late, but she would have suggested to leave soon enough as well.

"Okay, it's better I go home, too. I've been very glad to meet you, too. Say hi to Lessa and all..."

...was Anna flirting again? Oh well...

"Hey. It's true one shouldn't have too many standards, but shouldn't you aspire to someone who actually has a pulse at least?" she said, chuckling and hoping Anna got the right message.
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Anna nodded a little before laughing softly and grinning.

"When you already wanna eat the ass of one woman without a pulse, you kinda grow to appreciate the others." She teased but smiled, nodding - she got the point. Humming she got to her feet and paused.

"Oh! Phone number." She scribbled it down on a napkin for the Kindred. "Here. Nice meeting you Franca, don't be a stranger and have a good evening." She grinned, wiggling her fingers and slipping out into the fading night.
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Franca took the napkin and said: "Right... Thanks! I'll send you a message so you have mine, okay? At least, I guess it's the 'modern' thing to do. Have a good evening, too".

She paid the cokes - Anna, she thought, had already offered another kind of drink -and watched the girl walk away.

Before leaving the pub she sent Anna a message, just writing her name and her number.

Then she went home. It had been a most profitable hunt, she thought. Because she survived on blood, but thrived on interesting encounters.
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