Ember, the Glorious Unconquered, shatterer of chains and toppler of thrones, stood in the doorway to his own bedroom, with his Ruby and his Amythest wife standing to either side of him, each gaping at the scene before them. Laying on his belly in the middle of the bed was Jerin Kah, the Infused Knight of Wood and loyal servant of the evil Regent. He had been...
~~Julias~~ "Mister Terry, you'll be working with Madam Leauvion and Madam Jenning." The boy raised a brow. "Sire?" "I know you expected to be working with Mister Burksen and Madam Herrington, but ultimately, they have a lot of experience that would be better served working with younger, less experienced Kindred. In your team, your experience is key, and w...
Previously on "Come As You Are" - Four lifelong friends reunite for their ten-year high school reunion -- professional chef Brenda Lattimore, celebrity video game streamer Sadie Green (nee Bedford), recently engaged ski instructor Michelle Min, and local business owner Collette Hansen. Over drinks and dinner the night before the reunion, the girls discover t...
~~Author's Note~~ I'm going to start capitalizing more things with unique terminology in this setting, to help alleviate confusion. Not everything, but a few things that are easily mistaken for something else. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Eric~~ Ganders was more than understanding of Eric's circumstance. Hell, all Jessy had to...
~~Jack~~ Back at the burned apartment building, alone this time, and using his free time as well. Course, Invictus didn't exactly mandate hours, but you were expected to work a certain amount. Work above that, accomplish things, and you moved up in rank and social standing; which was like gold in the Invictus. And he wanted to figure this out, who burned do...
Thanks to those who commented at the end of the first chapter. It heartened me that the reaction was positive. A few of you asked for the history and perhaps a broader idea of the world I've created. So at the start of the next few chapters will be a timeline of history for the world and then a small codex of further information you might find interesting....
~~Jack~~ The meeting with the Invictus triumvirate went better than he expected. He told Julias first, about the werewolves, and then Julias insisted he tell the triumvirate as a whole; the problem was bigger than just him. So Jack scheduled a meeting to stand before the council, and like filing a report, detailed the issue with the werewolves. Convenientl...
~~Jack~~ He started to get up. "Stop!" one of the hunters said. "Stop, or we'll keep shooting until you can't get up." He continued to get up, a small grin on his lips. This was going to be fun. This was going to be so much damn fun. "Shoot him," Elen said, voice cold and hard. "Don't kill him if you can help it." Well, nice to know they still wanted him...
~~Jack~~ He would have facepalmed, if he wasn't too busy staring at the catastrophe. If they were Invictus, they'd have been stunned at the sheer audacity of Madam Herrington. To a Carthian, it was an invitation to a fist fight. And Garry looked liked he pissed and shit fist fights. He drew back his fist, and punched his fellow Gangrel in the face. A cour...
~~Natasha~~ In the end, she couldn't ask Matt and Art to listen to her. When push came to shove, when rubber hit the road, she was so swept up in the moment that she was reduced to a whimpering set of legs and a river of juices in minutes. But she was going to give herself an A for effort anyway. She smiled to herself as she washed Matt's body in the tub....