8/20/12 - Captured by Tremere
I hate Tremere.
They are unreasonable, hauty stupid asshats. So we arrange a meeting with the local tremere. He asked to meet in a neutral location like we expected. He asks that we don't bring our Mercs. This to us understandable, and speaks of a sane mind. However, that is where the sanity ends. We are asked, in the middle of war torn Istanbul, to move not only our weapons, but all our armor as well. Hmm if I didn't think trap before, I sure as hell do now. I of course try to be reasonable, but before I can be my reasonable self, Bruno lets out with a "you can have my armor off my cold dead corpse." now being a vampire, this doesn't mean a whole lot literally, but as euphemisms go the meaning is clear. This does not put the tremere in a compromising frame of mind, when I suggest that we go someplace off the street for this little strip tease. Thus, our deal to work with the tremere, dead before it started. We backed off, they backed off.. No violence, but no deal.
Back to the drawing board. We both agree that settings are two slimy by far, so we decide a deal with the Giovanni. However before we do this, Bruno is getting a bit suspicious about what I know about the city. We decide to have a heart to heart. After the deal with Don Alonzo, I sure don't want to loose this potential ally, regardless of how wierd his existence may be. This said, boat trip, and conversation. I tell him some of the darker secrets of Istanbul. Not the details, but the reality of the Semite temple, and the Giovanni lair in the shadowlands. The real irony was I had to explain to Bruno what the shadowlands were, and how wraiths worked. I am starting to develop a sympathy for Michael j. Fox. This information combined with the past history of istanbul allowed him to get the current lay of the land. I also filled him in with the current politics, including the absent remainders of the city.
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Dark, smelly, ugly, run down, and smoke filled. Yep your typical harbor dive bar. Strange, this was where the Giovanni contact wanted to meet. Turns out he shares many of the same traits as the bar. Has the demeanor to match. However when we asked to speck to the Giovanni, he quickly grew fearfully, and his bluster took on a different timbre. Trying to avoid some of the same issues as the Tremere, Bruno I'd he will stay at the bar as a gesture of good faith. I thought this amusing, but then again he doesn't have to sleep in the beds never designed for for use longer than an hour. (can fleas ghoul themselves?). T this the contact appeared to be satisfied, and away we wait. After a few hours, the crowd got a bit wierd. I looked up from my poker game, and I see bruisers with guns entering. Given the contact this didn't surprise me much, but the space they held open worried me. My worry was justified a moment later, whe a stake suddenly appeared in Bruno's chest. One proofed in front of mine moments later, and the fight was on. Not knowing what, or who we faced, other than obfuscate, I filled the room with chimerical smoke. Alas wasn't quite soon enough as I was gripped by movement of the mind. MO and thaumaturgy says we are likey being attacked by the very people we were trying to get hired by.. Is this shit really worth it? I try and escape via teleporting, and while it didn't work, I could suddenly move. Good, grab Bruno, and head for the door. And keep heading, and going and..shit fucking wraiths, and their fucking powers. Don't want to bail, Bruno will be toast for sure, being lasombra, and obviously not friendly. I Los want to cut a deal, because lets face it. I want wants in that haven. Shit shit shit shit. Rearrange perceptions, and try and negotiate. "fucking truce already!!!" The tremere decides to counter the offer with a "lie on the ground and surrender" I rearage the perceptions again to show I am doing just that. We Cain see through your illusions no tricks, and surrender. "shit twice removed..." So I drop chemerestry and hold my hands and say, " I surrendered already, we want to fucking help you" they answered with a steak and a hood. Sigh.
Traveling we go all, to all kinds of fun places. I feel them take body relics... Fucking more great. Then I am strapped top a chair, and hood and steak removed. I am greeted by a bright light, and an interrogator. How fun. This kind gentlemen proceeds to ask what I am doing, why I am here, how long I have been with the sabot, and who I plan on killing. "Lets see in order...To get hired by you, negative four miniutes, and well at this moment I am not thinking kind thoughts about him, but we still haven't worked up to death yet." He doesn't seem to believe me. Well luck ally he trusts his 100year old dead guy. They ask the same questions with the bones, and I answer trufually, but unfortunately the whole truth comes out about why I am here. Shit-alot. However, they put trust in there bone, but at this moment I am not feeling very happy playfull. I get given a robe, and moved to a waiting room, where they wheel in Bruno who looks like he was hit by a few busses. I raise my eyebrow, but the tremere now start to negotiate. Great! Finally we're getting somewhere. I took getting ass-raped by Ferdinand the bull, but we have progress. With my less than polite negotiating tactics, we agree to help the tremere clean up some maskqerade breaches in turn for boons. Our body relics will be held for surety, and will be returned once we are finished, provided we don't betray the tremere. Yep, and all who believe this please pull your head out of your ass. Fin we agree, just call off Ferdinand. The case were were given to clean up, was nice fresh and easy. All we had to do was track down 15-20 people who witnessed a fight a month ago, using a hord of diciplines. As well as any people they may have talked to in that period. Add to that little task, the assimites appear to be killing any who try and do so. Joy.. Totally worth all the stuff we went through... I hate Tremere.
