oh man here we go

[anti_ventrue]

Look, I think it's time we talked. Do you like having me around? You do? Well then, how about sending me someplace? It's pretty boring just doing nothing in here.

I'm not interested in hearing excuses about not knowing what games in Dreamwidth accept original characters; that's what research is for. You're disappointing me, Mundane, and that's not a good thing to do.

Let's do this: I give you some more time. Not much. Maybe ... thirty days. Find me a game by then -- you don't even have to have an app finished or sent in! -- or I begin collecting that time you owe me with interest.

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[diana_abel]

Ventrue are Ventrue are Ventrue.

Well, I support the whole, "going Independent" part of it, anyway.

[anti_ventrue]

So do I. Then I'll have time to dedicate to the things that really matter: namely debauchery and catching up on my reading.

[diana_abel]

Debauchery? That's rare from a Cainite.

Well...a male Cainite, anyway.

[anti_ventrue]

I'm mostly joking, though I'm apparently lucky enough to be one of those vampires capable of sexual activity.

Good thing too, as eternity without sun is one thing, but eternity without a good lay is just not right.

[diana_abel]

Don't take this the wrong way, dude, but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about you.

[anti_ventrue]

I think I understand.

The big point I'm trying to make is that unlike the Sabbat and several members of the Camarilla, I actually like being around humans.

Why, what exactly seems to worry you?

[diana_abel]

Uh...financing and profiting off Cainite wars? I mean, if you like humans, you really ought to think about the fact that large numbers of them will end up as cannon fodder.

[anti_ventrue]

There's the confusion. See, think of this: right now, what regulates the war between the Camarilla and the Sabbat? Mostly nothing except access to funds and other resources.

As a third party, I can manage it. In my position as that third party, I can keep the wars under wraps, control the various factions' access to resources that allow them to war, and if need be, I can call down human authority on their heads.

[diana_abel]

God, you really are a Ventrue.

I knew a Giovanni who tried to do the same thing. He can now fit inside my purse.

[She pauses.]

Not that I would ever want to fill my purse with Giovanni. It's Gucci.

[anti_ventrue]

I'm just sick of the bullshit on both sides. If I can help protect my city while profiting off it at the same time, all the better.

As for fitting in purses, I'll try and avoid that fate. Say what you will about the current vampiric society, but making friends among the current generations seems to make honest friends. Less so the elders.

[diana_abel]

Well, I can't argue with that. Elders have much to fear from young whipper snappers. Thin Bloods are especially dangerous. Dhampir are even worse.

[anti_ventrue]

And about seventy percent of the city's anarch population work for me, either indirectly or directly at one of my numerous clubs and factories.

It's not a bad position to be in, and being a Ventrue isn't necessarily a bad thing. Better that than one of those sick fleshcrafters.

[diana_abel]

What city is that, by the way?

[anti_ventrue]

Portland, Oregon. I'm from there originally, but my business holdings extend just south of Seattle and slightly north of San Fran.

[diana_abel]

You be careful with your shenanigans in California. I know the Prince of Sunnyvale. He doesn't really like...shenanigans.

[anti_ventrue]

I'll keep it in mind. No more than three Princes at a time; that's my rule.

[diana_abel]

You shoulda been in Phoenix. No Princes. It was a total disaster that started with a fleshcrafted bar running wild through the city and ended with airstrikes and a complete wipeout of the Cainite population.

[anti_ventrue]

I think, as my influence spreads, that I'll eventually be able to take control of the western half of the United States.

Never underestimate the value of economic security, after all.

[diana_abel]

You're preaching to the choir there, bubba. I may not be a Ventrue, but I actually do know a thing or two about finances.

[anti_ventrue]

You know, you have to be the most ... clear-headed Malkavian I've ever spoken with.

[diana_abel]

[She laughs.]

You've figured me out!

I believe, at this point, my response is supposed to be something like, "Fish."

[anti_ventrue]

It was either that or Toreador, and since you weren't obsessing over a particular art form or trying to explain the sexual satisfaction one can derive from The Who, I thought it safe to say Malkavian.

[diana_abel]

Hey! I love The Who!

But yeah, Malkavian. And here's Malkavian 101 for the newbies. Dominate Malks don't deal with any of that Madness Network bullshit.

[anti_ventrue]

[Almost immediately his eyes narrow just slightly. It's actually barely noticeable, but he's not about to deliberately let on his nervousness.]

Dominate, hmm? That's usually a Ventrue discipline.

[diana_abel]

Kindred Lore, dude. Malkavians used to use Dementation, before the Great Prank. After that, it was pretty much Dominate. Except for Sabbat Malks, I guess.

And if you're getting territorial about your disciplines, you're probably not gonna like the fact that I have Presence. Learned that from the aforementioned Prince of Sunnyvale.