Kingfisher

Amongst the Lonesome [Player Drive]

Is a black market dealer kind of character a possibility or?

@Sovi3t

Sure is!

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

Under the Faerie Unification act of 1978, the traditional Fae delicacy Gwaed Gwartheg was outlawed, due to the fact that it contained human blood. Nevertheless, some of the noble Faerie houses continued to indulge in forbidden dishes and practices. The House of Bloodbloom was one of them.

Nyxvira sat with her gigantic form spilling over either side of a desk chair, as she ate another delicate spoonful of blood and chocolate. She was dressed in dark leggings and a sleeveless white vest, which bunched up over the lower roll of her enormous stomach.

“Respectfully, Miss,” Grezbill sniveled, straining his neck to see over the desk “Whilst the Nyctari may not be a real threat by themselves, an alliance between Concetto and the other bosses is something that even you can’t hope to stand against.”

Nyxie narrowed her eyes “How’s the bloodsucker managed to get himself such a large following so quickly?” She asked, as she licked a smidge of chocolate off of her lips.

“It's’ hard to say, Miss.”

She already knew the answer.The grass is always greener on the other side. Those fuckers think that they’ll get more leeway under Concetto than they do under me. They’d never try anything alone, but with his backing? He must’ve promised them all something equally ludicrous, but it's clearly been enough to to sway them.

The Faerie Queenpin sighed internally.

How long before they realize they’ve traded Stalin for Hitler?

“What about Jankovics?” She asked after a long pause.

Grezbill went wide-eyed and started to babble “Miss, his asking price is ludicrous! No hunter is -THAT- good! Our money would be better spent preparing for the days ahead! Even with funds such as ours, this would be taking a serious dent out of our profit margins!

“For fuck sake, Grezbill!” She snarled “If Concetto wins then there won’t be any profit margins left to dent! Do you have any idea how important appearances are at a time like this? We could spend some more money on guns and shit, maybe we beat Concetto back, but once we show everyone that he was a threat to our organization, more and more wannabe kingpins will come slinking out of the cracks. The Nyctari might be the first to try a Coup, but they sure as fuck won’t be the last.”

She took a moment to compose herself and catch her breath.
“If we have Jankovics pick them off, without anyone catching wind, then all those degenerate fuck-nuts will know is that Concetto tried to stand up to me, and then he disappeared faster than Yezhov after a purge.”

For the first time since she’d met him, Grezbill seemed ready to answer back. He opened his mouth, took one look at Nyxvira, then shut it again.

“Make the call, asswipe.” She hissed.

---

Once they’d gotten hold of Jankovics, the vampire slayer was in Santa Somabra within a matter of days. A room in one of Nyxie’s favorite hotels was prepared, with lavish furnishings and a long glass table, for the meeting to be held in. Nyxie really couldn’t stress the importance of appearances enough, and made sure that everything from the flowers in the vases to the wine in the glasses was of the highest quality. She hated wine, and went for milk instead.

Jankovics arrived fifteen minutes late, and was hurriedly shown to his seat. It didn’t do to keep the Queenpin waiting.

He turned out to be a tall, lean man, with fine features and a tuft of dirty blonde hair. He dressed well, and carried himself with the stern grace of a decorated warrior. If the matters at hand hadn’t been so pressing, Nyxie would have atleast tried to shag him before they got down to business.

“Good Morning, Mister Jankovics.” She greeted him with a gentle smile. The irony that she was meeting with one of the country’s top Vampire Slayers mere minutes after talking with Vladmir Von’Strauss was not lost on her. “Am I okay to call you Edmund?”

“You’re the employer,” Edmund Jankovics gave a light shrug, taking a brisk sip of his wine “You can call me what you want.”

Nyxvira winced slightly.

“This is just a meeting; nothing’s set in stone.”

“If the word on the street is to be believed, and it usually is, then you’re in dire need of a vampire slayer, and I’m the best you’ll get in the time available to you.” His voice had that kind of calm obnoxiousness to it that suddenly makes a person’s face very punchable.

The Faerie had to fight to keep herself from scowling.“I was told you’ve been in Santa Somabra a few hours. I find it hard to believe you’ve gauged all that in such a short period of time.”

“Because I haven’t,” there was a sharpness in his voice that the Queenpin hadn’t had to deal with for quite some time “I always steak out potential contracts before hand. I’ve had a solid three days to survey the situation here. It's not looking good for you”

And no one spotted him?! Nyxie could’ve stabbed someone. No one should be able to slip through the cracks. Not without my say so.

“Alright, then,” the Faerie said with surprisingly little anger “since you know the situation, you know what I’m going to ask of you; Kill Concetto Nyctari, and all his lieutenants.”

Jankovics gave her a ‘tell me something I don’t know’ look.

“You’re to be paid in halves. You’ll get the full sum once I have Concetto’s head on a spear.” Even at half price, the amount of money Nyxvira had to fork out was staggering.

“I’ve gone up against Euyueuyun Vampire Lords,” Jankovics said smugly “Some gutter-trash from the ass-crack of California barely registers on my radar.” The Vampire Slayer downed the rest of his wine, before rising out of his chair.

“Now, excuse me while I go solve all your problems for you, Faerie.” He smirked, as he turned and walked away.

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

Here are a few characters, the 'Chosen Few' Veronika surrounds herself with. A few cops that are considered above suspicion on her book (Weather they are or not is another thing) since lets be frank, Veronika herself is not the kind of character that would walk around the streets of that city. Of course, the fact that she pushed promotions toward them kind of make her reviled by the officers that care about these kinda things.

Sidney Meyers: Some might consider Sid as dumb muscle, the SWAT leader that commands the less... scrupulous elements of the police in combat, but she hardly is stupid, as after all she was intelligent enough to recognize that Veronika, with that silver spoon in her mouth, would go farther than her based on her connections alone. As such, Veronika was probably a good person to leech of. She's a ruthless careerist who's only in it for herself. Which is probably why Veronika keeps her away from the streets, the only thing preventing her from getting over ambitious and accepting bribe probably being that she doesn't know anyone in Somabra.

Tomas Crain: Veronika once jokingly said that the status of Loyal Henchman could be surpassed by that of 'Completely loyal henchman', but that such status could only be attained by dying for the cause. Well Tomas did, got mauled while working under cover and send back home in a barrel as a warning. Veronika thought it was the end of that but didn't account for Tomas' wife having knowledge of some necromancer gang and illegally bring him back to life. Now he works still for Veronika although he was always more mild in his tactics than the Superintendent drastic measures. But where loyalty fall short, the fact the Police should prosecute his wife for illegal use of necromancy keeps him in line.

Dat ok? I should post tonight! Probably... maybe...

@Wernher

They both look good! You can add those two paragraphs to the bottom of your CS, if ye fancy.

Hi! I'm new around here, I'm not sure how collaborative posting works. I presume it's used when two character are having a conversation so that it doesn't need to be broken up into smaller posts? Anyway, thank you for having me, and go a little easy on me ok? =)

Edit: Also if anyone has any critiques of my posts feel free to drop them by my PM. I understand that the advanced end of the pool has a higher bar, so any advice that might help me reach it is welcome.

@Meiyuki

I really enjoyed your post. It had a very Vampire the Masquerade feel to it, which is my favorite thing involving vampires, ever. My inbox is always open if you want to work out something more conrete between Nyxie and Vlad.

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

@Wernher On a slightly unrelated note, is the picture for Veronica fanart of that ridiculously attractive Ukranian lady?

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

@Wernher Gotcha. The SSPD is HEAVILY corrupt, and most officers are little better than mobsters, however you do get the odd proper policeman/woman. it sounds like Veronica would have channels with Concetto, because he's the most Mafioso of the mob bosses, but Nyx is currently the woman with the most power, so its entirely possible that they'd be in communication out of necessity.

@DJAtomika Zombie sounds like a good fit for the corpse boys.

Amongst the Lonesome [Player Drive]

Bump.

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

@Lexicon Goodnight sweet Ogre. I can neither confirm or deny what the Somabra Slayer will be doing at this stage, but he/she will always be watching from the sidelines at the very least.

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

@Lexicon Glad to hear you're a fan of our very own Feds.

The Brotherhood of Rot are doing some dastardly deeds, which would generate whispers about kidnappings, and people disappearing off of the streets.

Also the Bloodbloom Syndicate and the Nyctari are about to but heads in a big way.

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

Marius could taste the dust in the air as the vampires forced him to the ground and began making preparations for his execution.

You’d think posh types like the Nyctari could afford a cleaner. The Ogre pondered, listening to the dull shrieking of the blade which would take his life, as it groaned against the whetstone.

Do you think they have Burger King in Heaven?

“How unfortunate, little lost lamb,” Concetto Nyctari stooped down so that he was eye-level with Marius, one well-manicured nail scraping against the ogre’s cheek “I thought Nyxvira took such good care of those close to her.”

Marius shrugged his huge shoulders “Not her job to babysit me, like.”

“Ah, the incompetence of Ogres,” Concetto cackled darkly “is there anything so endearing, yet so utterly pathetic?”

“This one time, I got a fruit corner that didn’t have any strawberry bits in it,” said Marius “was cool and all, but I was basically eating a pot of creamy stuff.”

“Naive until the end.” The Vampire smirked.

“Make sure you use one of your strong boys or gals to hack me neck off,” Marius gave a curt nod “Ogres are tough, like.”

“You certainly are an amusing morsel,” Concetto let a broad grin spread across his ugly features

“How long did it take you to gather a basic understanding of the english language?”

Marius shrugged “How long did it take you to find a cave dark enough to hide yer mucked up face?”

Concetto stood there with wide eyes, stunned on the spot. Did he just get outwitted by an Ogre?

“Get this over with!” He hissed at the executioner.

Marius heard the blade cutting up through the air as a vampire hoisted it above his head.

I’m awful hungry. He thought. I could really go for a Bacon Cheeseburger right now.

---

“So you see, sweet Nyxvira, it was merely a matter of respecting the rules which we all must adhere to.”

The Faerie sat across from Concetto, her fists clenching beneath the table.This degenerate piece of shit killed one of her best men, and had the audacity to stand here and lecture her?! If he didn’t have a fancy name to hide behind, she’d have broken his neck right then and there. Fuck that. I want to see him suffer.

“The truce which exists between us is your doing,” He pointed one finger accusingly at her

“and if it is to remain intact then we all must respect it. The Red Lights district belongs to the Nyctari; your Ogre had no business trying to interfere in our matters.”

A Nyctari client had been beating on a working girl, so Marius had broken his spine. Nyxie sighed internally. He never did know when to back off.

“Let this serve as a warning to the people of-”

Anger, hot and fierce, boiled away in the pit of her stomach. She couldn’t hold it in anymore.

“Shut the fuck up.”

Concetto furrowed his brow.

“I beg your pardon..?”

“Did I fucking stutter?!” Nyxie roared, spit flying across the table “I said ‘shut the fuck up’, you cunt-faced son of a whore!”

The Vampire gazed briefly at the floor, taking a moment to compose himself.

“I’ll chalk that little outburst up to grief, and pretended I didn’t hear it.” He said with a frown “But I’ll be taking any further slights against the character of me and my mother very seriously.”

“You and your mother can eat my dick.” The Faerie snarled.

“Careful, woman. I’ve killed for less.”

“You wanna go?!” She laughed dryly “Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough! I’ll put you in your -fucking- grave.”

Concetto cocked his head to one side.

“You’d go to war over a dead ogre?”

“For a chance to curb stomp your joke of a face into the dirt?” She asked with a sneer “You’re goddamn right, I would.”

The Vampire grinned, adjusting the collar of his suit jacket.

“I couldn’t have dreamed of a better outcome. Very well, Bloodbloom; You just signed the syndicate’s death warrant.”

Amongst the Lonesome- A return to Santa Somabra [Fantasy Noir]

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