In November’s session of Caduti di Napoli, a Vampire: The Requiem game held at the 1st Salisbury Scout Hall in Salisbury, the Vampires of Naples were shaken with internal conflict between a Carthian defector to the Invictus and the rest of the Movement. Complete with arson against both a nightclub and a number of vehicles in the car park and a speedy escape, here is the Carthian Prefect of Naples (Founder and Creative Director of Château Maison) Mademoiselle Clarisse de Lamont’s version of events…
I wish I could say the night went well. That all my hard work was not in vain and everything went off without a hitch and now I’m kicking back before escorting Marquis Henry back to London for the Conclave. But that’s not how the night went down. To tell you the truth it feels like last night was something out of a nightmare.
I was dreading that damn meeting. I knew what I had to do and why, and I was resolved to do it, but that didn’t make it any easier. Pers was more than a client, more than a constituent. She was my friend. I hated what I was going to do but if I didn’t, half the Prefects of Europe would start calling for her blood. Given what happened later they still might. To say nothing of how she’d end up being used by own Covenant if I didn’t ask “the Right Honourable King Dick” to intervene.
The whole time my voice was trembling and I’m sure the others could see how badly my hands were shaking. I couldn’t even look at Pers. I was afraid that if I did my resolve would crumble. To tell you the truth if I had the option I would have just gone straight home but of course I had to stay and play the gracious hostess.
Maybe I cursed the night because it didn’t exactly get better. I worked so hard to make everything perfect and it all kind of went to shit. Instead of celebrating something I spent years working for, I’m scrambling for an excuse to convince the Parisian Carthians not to attack Naples. Instead of bonding with my Sire, I’m desperately trying to repair my beautiful pieces before the Paris show.
Meanwhile all Marquis Henry can think about is persuading me to go back to the Invictus or at least activate our Bloodline. Only he won’t tell me which Bloodline we have and will only give me vague explanations of what it does.
Do you know he actually said he was proud of me for how well I was playing The Game? I nearly cried! Years ago I would have given anything to hear those words but now? Reconciled or not I’m not sure I want him to be proud of me.
At least we managed to bond over how much fun it can be to troll the Invictus with their own rules. That all worked at least and it was sooo much fun watching them look all confused and worried. Nala actually thought we were plotting some attack on the Court which was just hilarious! Sure Nala. I’m just the sort of person who would spend months planning a party down to the last detail, get word out to the Media so the paparazzi are probably lurking in the bushes outside only to launch a violent strike against my own party. I may be petty AF but I’m not fucking stupid! I will go out of my way to rig the night’s entertainment to publicly force you to accept and wear a lavender pin though.
Hearing that the Carthians were accused of blowing up Pers’ club pissed me the fuck off. You know, I still had reservations about giving up my love and affection for her to pay for that Pledge before that happened. Not anymore. If I had my way I’d march her and her little Coterie in front of the Carthian meeting in London and let the Movement do what it wanted with them. But no, Marquis Henry says I have to keep playing nice. Keep smiling to their faces. Keep pretending that I don’t mind how they scared the shit out of my Herd and then did God only knows what to make them forget what happened (without my consent, mind you). Keep pretending like negotiating with the darling Baroness will fix everything.
I’m curious what excuses will come out for setting our cars alight? Between all of that, I guess at this point saying that the gloves are off is a bit redundant. Maybe I should chat to Marquis Henry some more and see what this Bloodline business is all about. He says it would help…
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