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✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

BACK. I'm much better now, everyone! I even posted my first, er, post! In character, that is. I'm only bringing in one charrie for now.

✹☽ Vampires of Redhaven ☾✹

Brian McConaughan

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"Another..." the man sitting alone at the bar muttered as he slammed his glass down. The ice rattled against the glass. He was hunched forward in the stool, elbows on the table and head threatening to come crashing down on the water-stained hardwood counter any moment, but his bloodshot eyes managed to stay open enough to listlessly watch the bartender pour him another whiskey. McConaughan’s world was spinning, but he was far past the jovial feeling that comes from a light buzz; that had gone hours ago before he’d thrown up in the bathroom twice. No, he was well into the mental and emotional heaviness that comes from a near blackout.

His tattered brown leather trench coat weighed heavily on his broad shoulders as he reached a hand up to sweep the longer part of his undercut away from his sweaty forehead. He slicked it back and revealed his prominent widow’s peak, a trait inherited from his father. Much like his lifestyle. There was no choice in it, but there was certainly pride present, whether earned or not.

The bar was nearly empty at this point save for McConaughan, the bartender, and only a handful of other vagrants. At least, he liked to think of them as vagrants so he wasn’t the only one. Perhaps he entertained the idea to dull the disappointment in himself that alcohol just couldn’t seem to touch. He could barely take down a single mark nowadays with the bloodsuckers out in the open. Before they’d come out of the coffin, he could hunt one and kill it in the same night. Now, it was more complicated. He had to follow them around for a while to learn their schedule, who would miss them, how to kill them inconspicuously, and how to evade the authorities. It was ironic that now vampires were so easily identifiable, they were harder than ever to hunt. The idea of giving rights to these demons, accepting them into society...it made him enraged to the core. So much so that a sudden sharp pain in his hand snapped him back to the present. He looked down to see he’d been gripping the glass so tightly, it had shattered, slicing into the thick skin of his meaty hand. He grunted out in pain as the whiskey soaked into the cuts and mingled with his blood on the counter.

“Shit,” he slurred, using his left hand to brush away those loose shards that hadn’t managed to embed themselves deep within his skin. The barstool screeched across the floorboards as he stood, almost fell backwards, and made his way unsteadily to the restroom and leaving a trail of blood on the floor behind him, much to the shock of the few people still here. As he was working to rid his right hand of any more glass, he wasn’t even thinking about the pain. He wasn’t even thinking about his ashamed drunkenness. No, he could only think of how now he wouldn’t be able to use his favorite handheld crossbow with his dominant hand injured. There wasn’t much more he could have done at the moment to sink his self esteem any lower, save for letting a leech suck his blood, he supposed.

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EVERYONE I AM SO SORRY.

I was hospitalized on Monday and didn't have access to any phone or computer until today. I'm okay now and I hope some people are still here and haven't gotten upset that we're not started yet :(

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OKAY EVERYONE:
I'm really wanting to get this thing off the ground...BUT I'm freaking horrible at starting things and only really made this myself since no one else was doing it. So with that being said, is anybody up to the task of starting us off? I know, I know, I'm a terrible GM. I still haven't added everything to my characters, but I have the basics down and it's enough for me to work off of...

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@Cio Yay! Thumb of approval!
@Eviledd1984 I didn't really make any for werewolves, unfortunately, so I'm not really sure! For the moment, I think you're okay.
@Kinjaav That makes sense. I really am trying to get this thing off the ground, I'm just so busy with work, streaming, and making time for my significant other that it's hard to sit down and write through everything lol. Much easier when you're only having to react to other characters instead of building a world

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@Cio@Kinjaav@SamaraJayne96@vertigh0st@Aleranicus@Eviledd1984@Kidd@unicorgi
(Hope I didn't miss anyone!)
Okay, I've been adding to the OP and now have some concrete factions up for Humans, Vampires, and Werewolves; more details about Redhaven; and some abilities/weaknesses of vampires. I do want people to update their character sheets to reflect the specialized abilities/weaknesses (and you may make up your own, just make sure you have the number required as it adds ~flavor~). If you have suggestions for ones to add to the list or need clarification, I can address that!

Also, I'm still working on factions and may just do away with the fancy names altogether in favor of short couple-word descriptors of what they're about as I feel I don't have enough diversity in there yet for people to align themselves to one.

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@Kidd WOAH I actually completely missed it! My eyes and brain are just bad lol

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@unicorgi That is EXACTLY what I was invoking lol

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@Kinjaav@Eviledd1984
I think I can try to have us started tomorrow. I still have to type up a lot of lore and such AND finish my characters. I just gotta stop procrastinating and DO IT.

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@Cio Aava is approved, although I don't think she should be near invulnerable in the water. There's gotta be some major weakness.