Night six, "We will join you."
You say, "We will
join you."
Suddely all the children start
rejoicing. "Yipppeeee, Yeahaaa, Huraaah, and
AAahhhhh-eeeeee". They come running over. One
of them walks up to the porch edge and offers you a bottle of wine.
"Drink, and be welcome." he says with a smile.
You take a timid taste and then a full drink of the blood. It
is 4D vs. ST to see if you can resist becoming a vampire. If
you succeed in resisting you get 10 experience, drink again.
Once it finaly takes hold you turn and offer the wine to Eva.
"This is the only way you can be with Greg again."
She follows your lead and drinks too.
"Good."
The getleman says "Let us adjourn inside and discuss things to
come." Y'all go into the front room and Eva take the book
from the mantle and places it on the table. The three of you
sit.
You have a question first. "How did
you make rats into vampires. I though only humanoids could
be." He seems impressed with your intelligence and answers
"I used a series of wishes. Three in all, in my lab back
at the plantation. We have wonderfull resources there, and a
good stock of food." He takes a minute to take out a cigar
and smell it for a moment. Children are laughing outside.
"Tomorrow you will be contacted by an astral visitor, who will
inquire as to the success of your mission. You will assure him
that everything is ready. He will come out here to set up a
gate to the city. We will use that gate. From that gate
we will have access to the city from the inside. New members
and resources will be sent here. You will coordinate our
operations between the Plantation, this village, and the city.
You sirrr, will be the first high priest of a new order."
He looks at Eva who seems to be distracted by the sound of children
outside. "Go ahead, Lady. Go and join them."
She gets up, and walks out the door. He puts the cigar in his
mouth and chews on it a little. "I've had a hard time
getting the components I need for my research out here. With a
gate to the city this should quickly be solved." His face
lights up. "We will launch a new breed of adventurer.
A good one. From that city we may get access to the gates of
other cities. We will spread and grow. Eventually we may
rule. After that we may begin unlocking the secrets of the
Mnoren themselves."
He takes the
cigar out of his mouth to punctuate his words with. "I
need you to let the wizard set up the GATE. Then, when he is
exhausted, TAKE him out. He'll probably do this during the
daytime. DON'T worry about it. ATTACKING him from behind
will offset the disadvantage of working in the sunshine."
(A vampire is at DX-4 in daylight) He puts the cigar back in
his mouth and chews on it some more. "Don't forget to
plunder him. He will have magic. I'll talk to you after.
We'll come up to the plantation. Show you around. I beg
your appologies, but I can't support this form anymore"
With that he dissolves as though he was an illusion.