AgujaCabra (2:06 AM): After a while, the sun goes down. . [and it's 2 AM!]

NerwenGreen (2:09 AM): As soon as Thomas wakes up for the evening, he comes over to Shepard's house.
AgujaCabra (2:10 AM): All is quiet at Shepard's ruined house.. It will remain as such for about half an hour.
AgujaCabra (2:11 AM): [I'll ffwd, unless your guys are doing stuff]
NerwenGreen (2:11 AM): Thomas finds a seat nearby where he can watch the foyer. Ryan hovers in the background, pacing a little, bored.
AgujaCabra (2:15 AM): In that case, half an hour after Thomas arrives, a patch of the soil in the foyer begins to shift outwards, in order to allow a figure to emerge from it. Slowly, Shepard pushes himself up out of the earth.. His head is down slightly, and it is obvious that part of his face, and neck are badly burned. The black shirt on his back is also burned through around the shoulders, and the skin there is similarly wounded.
AgujaCabra (2:17 AM): Pulling himself entirely free, he dusts the soil quietly from his pant legs, and gets painfully to his feet. Barely raising his gaze to look about the ruined house, he moves over to the shattered closet to pull out a thick black jacket, a pair of black gloves, and his traditional hat
NerwenGreen (2:17 AM): Thomas becomes more alert as Shepard emerges. He studies Shepard's injuries reflexively with a medical eye, even knowing there is nothing he can do to help. After a moment, he stands and approaches, coming to a halt just outside where the door used to be.

AgujaCabra (3:06 AM): [blerg... he would have had some fur visible on the back, and on his neck... It doesn't get onto his face too much, except the forehead, which was mainly covered once he put the hat on]
NerwenGreen (3:06 AM): [white, I assume?]
AgujaCabra (3:06 AM): [yes]
AgujaCabra (3:07 AM): [it wouldn't have been too obvious, since the fur is so similar in colour to his skin]

AgujaCabra (2:21 AM): Tensing slightly as he puts the coat on over his wounds, Shepard rather methodically slips back into his protective shell of clothing. After carefully adjusting the brim of his hat to hide a portion of his face, he pauses to brush some of his remaining hair in front of the wounds as well. Then, after a long pause, he sits down on the edge of the half-destroyed bed, to try and heal some damage.
NerwenGreen (2:22 AM): [heh... poor Shepard ]
NerwenGreen (2:23 AM): After a moment, Thomas sits on the front step. "If there is anything I can do to help," he offers quietly.
AgujaCabra (2:28 AM): Lowering his head a bit, Shepard sits silently for a long moment.. Thomas can probably see some of the hair growing back quickly, and the side of his face and neck beginning to repair itself. After the mending slows down, Shepard turns his head slightly to regard Thomas. There is only very minimal scar tissue on his face now, and he adjusts his hat to a more natural position.. "It will be fine.. thank you," he responds quietly.
NerwenGreen (2:30 AM): Thomas doesn't watch any of this, allowing Shepard what little privacy he has remaining.
NerwenGreen (2:31 AM): He continues to sit on the step for up to 20 more minutes, in case Shepard has anything more to say.
AgujaCabra (2:34 AM): After a few minutes, Shepard gets up and walks back into the foyer. Reaching up to grasp the edge of the folding staircase, he pulls this down, and takes a few quick steps up .. peering into the half-complete room above. ".. the man we were keeping here is gone," he announced softly, a slight touch of disappointment and frustration in his tone.
NerwenGreen (2:34 AM): "Yes, I know," Thomas replies. "We should have put him in my apartment."
AgujaCabra (2:37 AM): "We did not know there would be an attack during the day. . " he returns, stepping down off the stair, and slowly folding it back into the ceiling.. After a pause, he pulls it down again, and trudges the length of the stair up to the second floor.
AgujaCabra (2:37 AM): [meh.. it better not collapse when he steps up there.. he'll be careful]
AgujaCabra (2:39 AM): Shepard returns after a minute, with several portfolio books underneath one arm, and some simple paper models tucked into a cardboard box. . He sets them on the ground carefully.
NerwenGreen (2:40 AM): "Even so," Thomas answers, "I should have thought of it." He glances over at Shepard's boxes. "What are the options now?"
AgujaCabra (2:46 AM): He is quiet for a long moment, sitting down cautiously on the simple staircase. ".. I am not going to permit this in the city. . " Shepard reaches down to adjust one of the models in the box; it looks a little like city hall.
NerwenGreen (2:47 AM): Thomas nods a little at that. "Is there something you would like me to do?"
AgujaCabra (2:55 AM): Shepard leans forward a bit to rest his temples on his hand.. sitting silently again, for a long pause.. Sitting up again, he starts at something to his right, and stands abruptly from the stair.. Quickly pacing to the other side of the room. ".. I cannot make that decision at the moment," he responds softly, tensing as he puts his back to the wall again. ".. when I am in a condition to act.. I would appreciate your assistance."
NerwenGreen (2:57 AM): Thomas nods again. He slowly returns to his feet. "By all means, let me know." He removes the key to his apartment from a pocket and places it on the stair. Then, nodding to Shepard again, he begins walking away.

NerwenGreen (3:02 AM): Thomas collects Ryan and they take a boat back toward his house.
NerwenGreen (3:03 AM): [ ]
AgujaCabra (3:04 AM): Luckily, Thomas' home has survived undamaged. He can arrive there without event.
NerwenGreen (3:04 AM): Ah, that's good to know.

AgujaCabra (3:41 AM): hey... how long were the night hawks supposed to be patroling for you?
AgujaCabra (3:41 AM): weren't they meeting you tonight?
NerwenGreen (3:41 AM): aahh!!!
NerwenGreen (3:41 AM): backtrack, backtrack! :p
AgujaCabra (3:41 AM): eek!
AgujaCabra (3:41 AM): ^.^ definately.
AgujaCabra (3:42 AM): I'm gonna give you something too.
NerwenGreen (3:42 AM): umm... okay, as soon as he gets home, he waits outside for a bit and looks for nighthawks.
AgujaCabra (3:42 AM): I promise :p
NerwenGreen (3:42 AM): err.. do it now or wait an eon until you can play again
AgujaCabra (3:45 AM): Four of the five nighthawks return to Thomas' house, about an hour after sunset. [a few of them may have been waiting longer, but Thomas can meet 4 birdies]
NerwenGreen (3:46 AM): Thomas seats himself in the grass and calls to them.
AgujaCabra (3:46 AM): The birds swoop down to perch in the grass near Thomas.. Some of them are looking for moving things in the grass.
NerwenGreen (3:47 AM): After a moment, Thomas beckons to the mosquitoes in the area.
NerwenGreen (3:47 AM): (because darnit, mosquitoes are pesky and not cute and fuzzy like moths are :p)
AgujaCabra (3:48 AM): A number of mosquitoes arrive [because Thomas would have to botch horribly not to get some mosquitoes], and the nighthawks have a good time of munching them.
NerwenGreen (3:48 AM): Thomas chooses a nighthawk and asks it what it has learned.
AgujaCabra (3:52 AM): The nighthawk spent some time observing Kethar's building. It saw Chauncey leave, and Chauncey's bird follow behind. A strange looking man came outside with the scaled cat for a few minutes, but went back inside quickly. The bird never saw Kethar.
AgujaCabra (3:52 AM): [don't worry. I promise. you will have something :p Just not Kethar]
NerwenGreen (3:52 AM): okay.. Thomas thanks the bird and selects another bird to talk to.
AgujaCabra (3:55 AM): The bird following Persival couldn't find the man. However, the birds following the orange truck and the red -haired woman would both have similar stories to report. . They think they saw the orange truck on Guillame. The woman was at a house with the truck, and there was also a strange bird that left the house.
NerwenGreen (3:56 AM): Thomas asks for a description of the strange bird.
AgujaCabra (3:57 AM): [since we've determined that these nighthawks are mutants, and see colour :p ... ] The bird looked like a crow, but it was slightly larger, with a reddish patch on its feathers.
NerwenGreen (3:57 AM): Thomas asks what the woman/truck did.
AgujaCabra (4:00 AM): The truck never left the driveway. The woman was occasionally outiside in the gardens, with a man wrapped up in blankets. She mainly spoke to him, and cursed a decent amount. He wanted to lie down in the flower beds a lot, and she would sit next to him while he moped.
NerwenGreen (4:00 AM): [actually .. I think most birds see color, except for owls maybe. ]
AgujaCabra (4:00 AM): [okay :p Thomas has some flash of recognition with the bird, right? I know 12 hours is a ton to remember ! ]
NerwenGreen (4:01 AM): [the crow? yeah :p]
AgujaCabra (4:01 AM): [cool :p ]
NerwenGreen (4:01 AM): Thomas asks for a better description of the man wrapped in blankets. He also asks for a better description of the exact location of the house relative to the other houses on Guillame.
AgujaCabra (4:06 AM): The house is on the island's shoreline. A section of it physically hangs out into the water, on stilts. It is a white house, that looks like it is made of cubes, and sits in a cluster of old oak trees and lush, colourful vegitation. It has lots of flowers. . It is on the end of Guillame closest to the other small island in the lake. . The man had brown hair to his shoulders, but they can't remember anything remarkable about his features.
AgujaCabra (4:07 AM): [actually. I just have to look up the appearance again.. maybe there's something small they can say]
NerwenGreen (4:09 AM): hmm....
NerwenGreen (4:09 AM): did he have pale brown eyes?
NerwenGreen (4:10 AM): Thomas might end up calling Gracian after all ...
AgujaCabra (4:10 AM): oh you know what... The birds don't know that. They do know that he was wounded in the chest. There was blood.
NerwenGreen (4:11 AM): they don't know which part?
AgujaCabra (4:11 AM): They don't know what colour eyes the man had. they weren't close enough to him.
NerwenGreen (4:11 AM): okay
NerwenGreen (4:11 AM): Thomas strongly suspects that it was Persival...
AgujaCabra (4:11 AM): [what else does he suspect.. :p ?]
NerwenGreen (4:12 AM): That Persival was the shadow dude that Shepard nearly killed on Thursday.
AgujaCabra (4:12 AM): [mmmhmm... ]
NerwenGreen (4:14 AM): Well, I guess now he knows what other target Shepard can go for, besides Strauss's house.
AgujaCabra (4:14 AM): [aw... poor Persival ]
NerwenGreen (4:14 AM): poor Shepard! :p
AgujaCabra (4:15 AM): [Percy didn't hurt him :p ]
NerwenGreen (4:15 AM): yeah, but his crow was seen at the scene
AgujaCabra (4:15 AM): ack. aw. that had nothing to do with him :p
NerwenGreen (4:15 AM): well, Thomas doesn't know that ..
AgujaCabra (4:16 AM): I know. . so I shouldn't have said it. oh well.
NerwenGreen (4:16 AM): hmm.. Thomas is going to try and call Shepard to tell him all this
NerwenGreen (4:16 AM): but he doesn't have to do it right now since it's past 4
AgujaCabra (4:16 AM): [thank you! ^.^ ]

[Nov. 30, 2002]

Wag2004 (4:15 PM): ok, a distrought Devin heads to Thomas's house
NerwenGreen (4:15 PM): hehe okay
Wag2004 (4:15 PM): devin knocks on the door
NerwenGreen (4:15 PM): As you approach his house, you see Ryan sitting on the front porch.
Wag2004 (4:16 PM): devin waves to ryan and says 'hello'
Wag2004 (4:16 PM): hmm, no ones died around here recently, really really recently right?
NerwenGreen (4:16 PM): Ryan looks up as Devin gets to the house. "Hello again, Devin," he replies.
NerwenGreen (4:16 PM): [no, no deaths recently]
NerwenGreen (4:16 PM): [I'm going to assume Ryan and Devin saw each other earlier this morning for the Guillame trip]
NerwenGreen (4:17 PM): [which we should avoid talking about since we haven't played it yet ]
Wag2004 (4:17 PM): "Um, how are you Ryan?"[ok] devin looks a bit depressed
NerwenGreen (4:17 PM): "Oh, not too bad overall," Ryan answers. He studies Devin with a hint of concern in his expression. "Are you all right? You look a bit down."
Wag2004 (4:18 PM): "Nicola... left..."
NerwenGreen (4:18 PM): "Left?" Ryan looks startled. "What do you mean? Where did she go?"
Wag2004 (4:19 PM): "I... don't know, I think she left anyways, she left a note, and the dead kids that live in my apartment said she wrote it..."
NerwenGreen (4:19 PM): "Dead kids?" Ryan blinks in confusion.
Wag2004 (4:19 PM): [he talks to little dead children in his apartment]
NerwenGreen (4:20 PM): [ryan doesn't know that ]
Wag2004 (4:20 PM): "Well, we moved in and, i started looking into the deadlands, you know, where the ghosts live, and these little kids live where i live, so they watch it while im gone"
Wag2004 (4:20 PM): [i know, just fun]
NerwenGreen (4:22 PM): "Oh, that's handy," Ryan replies easily. "I wish I could still talk to ghosts." He pauses for a moment to reflect on some past activities, then shakes his head slightly and looks up at Devin again. "But that's neither here nor there. So what did the note say?"
Wag2004 (4:23 PM): "It said she was leaving, she'd be back, theres still money in the account and all so i dont have to work or anything... she expects I'll either stop being a ghoul or find a new 'master', not that she ever made me do anything... and thats kindof why I'm here, you two are the only people I know in this city who arent normal people"
NerwenGreen (4:26 PM): Ryan guffaws at that last. "Not normal people? Us?" He continues to chuckle for a moment. "Well. There's certainly plenty of abnormal people about in Midsomer, you just have to know where to look." He leans back against the house on the bench he's sitting on. "Thomas is a bit busy just now but he'll be by in a minute." He waves vaguely at the other end of the bench. "Have a seat if you'd like."
Wag2004 (4:27 PM): devin sits down
Wag2004 (4:28 PM): "I havent even been in this town two months, and I've been busy with school, and then she leaves
Wag2004 (4:29 PM): "
NerwenGreen (4:30 PM): Ryan grunts sympathetically as Devin talks. After a few minutes, Thomas comes around the left corner of the house, looking a little tired and disheveled. He looks up as he recognizes Devin on the porch. "Hello, Devin," he says. Glancing briefly around, he adds after a moment, "Is Nicola here too?"
Wag2004 (4:30 PM): "hello Thomas, [looking a bit more down] no, shes gone"
NerwenGreen (4:31 PM): "Oh?" Thomas raises his eyebrows. "How do you mean, gone?" He walks over to lean against one of the porch posts.
Wag2004 (4:32 PM): "She left a note, saying that she was leaving, and that she left everything so i'd be ok, except for blood of course, but she expects that I can find another source, another master"
Wag2004 (4:33 PM): [bit of a focussed speech huh?]
Wag2004 (4:33 PM): [i dont htink i meant devin to be so straight forward]
NerwenGreen (4:34 PM): "Oh," Thomas replies. "Well, I wish you luck in finding one then."
Wag2004 (4:34 PM): "You can't help me? I mean, your a vampire? you must at lesat know someone who'd be willing to [~take] me in"
NerwenGreen (4:36 PM): Thomas looks up again, somewhat startled. "Oh, I see," he says, with an expression of comprehension appearing. He blinks a little tiredly for a moment. "You are here because you want me to become your domitor?"
Wag2004 (4:37 PM): "You can't help me? I mean, your a vampire? you must at lesat know someone who'd be willing to me in"
Wag2004 (4:37 PM): least, not lesat
Wag2004 (4:38 PM): you there?
NerwenGreen (4:38 PM): Thomas winces nearly imperceptibly each time Devin says "vampire." He looks steadily at Devin for a long moment, considering. [more]
NerwenGreen (4:38 PM): [yes, I'm here :p it takes me awhiel to write this stuff]
Wag2004 (4:38 PM): ok
NerwenGreen (4:39 PM): "How long have you been a ghoul?" he asks after a moment.
Wag2004 (4:39 PM): "7 yeas"[i think]
NerwenGreen (4:39 PM): [heh, it's 7 years now :p]
Wag2004 (4:39 PM): [ok]
NerwenGreen (4:40 PM): "And.. how old are you now?" Thomas continues.
Wag2004 (4:41 PM): devin thinks a little bit "twenty three[i think]"
NerwenGreen (4:41 PM): [erm .. does he look like he is 23 years old now, or does he look 16?]
Wag2004 (4:41 PM): he looks about 18ish
Wag2004 (4:41 PM): []
NerwenGreen (4:42 PM): Thomas nods slightly. "How old were you when you first became a ghoul?"
Wag2004 (4:42 PM): "sixteen, i was in high school"
Wag2004 (4:43 PM): [devin opens up and tells all]
NerwenGreen (4:43 PM): "Ah," Thomas acknowledges. He studies Devin for another moment. "You could become a normal human again, rather than continue as a ghoul."
Wag2004 (4:45 PM): "But! the shadows wouldn't do what i want anymore! I'd be totally useless, even if someone tried to mug me, my only advantage is using the blood to heal, or hide in the shadows, and without being a ghoul..."

Wag2004 (5:14 PM): "And I'd start to age... and there wouldn't be any bloody anymore, I grew up on it."

NerwenGreen (5:15 PM): NerwenGreen (4:47 PM):"Hey now, some of us non-ghoul normal human types aren't totally useless," Ryan pipes up in protest. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're Awakened, right? Why do you need to be a ghoul too?"

Wag2004 (5:15 PM): "Awakened?" devin looks confused
NerwenGreen (5:16 PM): Ryan peers at Devin closely with narrowed eyes. "Aren't you a mage type?"
Wag2004 (5:16 PM): " I... can talk with spirits, go to their world and get them to do things for me, thats what u mean?"
Wag2004 (5:16 PM): worlds
NerwenGreen (5:16 PM): "But how are you doing it? By altering reality, or using vampiric disciplines?"
Wag2004 (5:17 PM): "By asking the spirits to do it, kind of like the native americans did it, Im a necromancer"
NerwenGreen (5:17 PM): [umm.. Devin isn't a mage then?]
Wag2004 (5:17 PM): "nothing to do with vampires, but everything I do takes time, blood takes seconds"
Wag2004 (5:17 PM): [he doesnt know what a mage is
Wag2004 (5:17 PM): ]
Wag2004 (5:17 PM): [he awakened in a car crash and hasnt met another mage before]
NerwenGreen (5:19 PM): Thomas and Ryan both look at him, then look at each other. After a moment, [~Thomas] drops his gaze and goes to his front door. He unlocks and opens it, then turns to look at Devin. "Come inside," he says.

Wag2004 (5:19 PM): devin goes inside
NerwenGreen (5:20 PM): Thomas and Ryan follow him inside. Thomas moves around the room, turning on some lamps. Ryan settles into one of the chairs. Thomas gestures Devin to another chair, and then takes one himself.
Wag2004 (5:20 PM): devin takes a chair
Wag2004 (5:21 PM): [he doesnt understand paradox either, hehehe]
NerwenGreen (5:22 PM): "All right," Thomas says. "It appears there is a great deal you have never been told about mages or .. vampires." He looks steadily at Devin for a moment, looking a bit lost in thought.

Wag2004 (5:24 PM): Devin looks lost as well"Im a mage?"
NerwenGreen (5:25 PM): "Well, we don't really know," Ryan replies. "But you seem to be, at least based on what I've seen you do."
Wag2004 (5:26 PM): "All mages can talk with the dead?
Wag2004 (5:26 PM): "
NerwenGreen (5:26 PM): "Well no," Ryan chuckles a little. "But some can, and there are also some who can talk with the dead that aren't mages. So I dont' think we really know quite what you are."
Wag2004 (5:28 PM): "And get the dead to do stuff like[[hmm, im gonna have to find his char shet one of these days]] heal yourself, or let them into this world?"
NerwenGreen (5:29 PM): Thomas sighs faintly. "As I understand it, Devin would like to remain as he is now - whatever that is, because that is what he understands." He continues to study Devin, pondering. "Tell me then .. what would you do for me as my ghoul?"
Wag2004 (5:31 PM): "I could help you get information from dead people, I could help Either of you with.... anything you needed help with? As long as I have time past school, I might even be able to get some ghosts watching you place"
Wag2004 (5:32 PM): "Its not like I have anything other than school now"
NerwenGreen (5:33 PM): Thomas looks up somewhat more alertly at the last suggestion, a glint in his eye. "That would certainly be useful," he remarks quietly. "But I would need to know more about what it entails."
Wag2004 (5:34 PM): "Ghouling or the ghosts? they're just like people, only dead, they like me since I can hear them, and they always have things they want me to do, so sometimes I help them back."
NerwenGreen (5:36 PM): "I understand ghouling," Thomas says quietly. He pauses as he continues to ponder the issue. After several minutes, he finally says "I would like to get to know you more before I make a decision. Taking on a ghoul is not something I would do casually, without good reason."
Wag2004 (5:37 PM): "Ok, well..."
NerwenGreen (5:38 PM): Thomas smiles faintly. "Tell me more about yourself then. What do you do normally?"
Wag2004 (5:39 PM): "Normally, I try to help those dead I find, they're often pretty unhappy, someone killed them and they dont know who, or something else happened, Im going to school right now trying to understand what Im doing, and maybe get a job one day"
NerwenGreen (5:40 PM): "What are you majoring in now, and what kind of job are you hoping to do?"
Wag2004 (5:41 PM): "I havent declared my major yet, maybe a job helping people not die... or helping them with their problems so I dont have to after they die
Wag2004 (5:41 PM): "
NerwenGreen (5:42 PM): "Ah," Thomas says noncommittally. "Tell me more about how you help the dead."
Wag2004 (5:44 PM): "They all have something they want, they want to tell someone where they are so they can be buried, or they want their relatives to get their money thats buried under the porch... the list goes on, i used to try to ignore them, but now I help them, help them fulfill their last wishes, and then they help me with school sometimes, theres this one that used to be a professer, he has a dissertation he wants me to get published one day"
Wag2004 (5:44 PM): "but mostly after I help them with one or two things, they leave"
NerwenGreen (5:46 PM): "So, mostly minor tasks then. It is good that you want to help them," Thomas says a bit uncertainly. He pauses briefly, then asks "Was Nicola your first domitor? Why did she ghoul you?"

Wag2004 (5:59 PM): yWag2004: "yes she was, i had a small fortune telling place set up, and she was in the area when some odd things started happening to her, srange visions, unhappy people, all sorts of stuff, and when she came to me to find out what was wrong, i saw the ghosts following her, molesting her because she had killed them, only a few, and she had done it soully for survival, half of them had been witch hunters trying to burn her at the stake, but anyways, when i gave her descriptions and names of the people she killed, she figured i was real, and she asked me if i wanted to live forever, and still be able to walk in the day, and talk with the ghosts, and help her get rid of the ones haunting her, and that when i started helping ghosts as apposed to trying to ignore them"
Wag2004: "I was pretty young to have a business, but school wasn't occupying much of my time"

NerwenGreen (6:00 PM): "you were a fortune teller?" Thomas raises an eyebrow at him.
Wag2004 (6:01 PM): "not a fortune teller, i talked with the dead for people, i was what i am, a necromancer, she had tried the fortune tellers, but they where all foneys in that town"
NerwenGreen (6:02 PM): "Ah, I see." He pauses briefly, then adds "She never told you much about ghouls or Kindred."
Wag2004 (6:03 PM): "No, only what i needed to know, and a lot about her clan"
Wag2004 (6:03 PM): "with mirrors and that staking a vamp wont kill it"
NerwenGreen (6:05 PM): "Ah, I am most interested in learning more about her clan," Thomas replies. He looks thoughtful for a moment, then says "She mentioned shadows. I would like to learn more about what she can do with the shadows."
Wag2004 (6:05 PM): "She can turn into them, make them grow, make them blot out sound and sight, she was about to teach me some more of that actually"

Wag2004: "She can make them do her bidding, generally"
NerwenGreen (6:09 PM): "Oh?" Thomas looks at him questioningly. "You work with shadows also?"
Wag2004 (6:09 PM): "Well, i can pull them around and make em do neat things, but again, i need blood for that"
NerwenGreen (6:11 PM): "Ah, I see." Thomas replies, with a slight, humorless smile. After another brief pause, he asks "What other vampires did Nicola associate herself with in Midsomer?"
Wag2004 (6:11 PM): "There was some odd guy at the library that stared at us, and she followed him somewhere, i don't know what they talked about though, she was back in a few seconds"
NerwenGreen (6:13 PM): Thomas nods slightly after a moment. "What sorts of things did Nicola do, normally?"
Wag2004 (6:14 PM): "She occasionally found a secluded place, and practiced and taught me how to use the shadows, but she was very careful about drawing atention to herself, normally"
NerwenGreen (6:15 PM): "I see," Thomas answers, looking faintly confused. "Did she speak regularly with anyone at all, besides you?"
Wag2004 (6:15 PM): "She researched about mysticism, about as much as I did, we're both interested in that sort of thing, guess thats why we ended up meeting"
Wag2004 (6:16 PM): "Other than that odd, perverted and anoying landlord, no"
NerwenGreen (6:16 PM): Thomas raises an eyebrow at him. "Landlord?"
Wag2004 (6:17 PM): "Well, we own the apartment, but he still fixes stuff and has, a couple of times, stuck a camera on the furnace or taken some of her clothing"
NerwenGreen (6:18 PM): "Oh," Thomas says. After another pause, he says "Do you or Nicola have any friends?"
Wag2004 (6:19 PM): "Not here, shes been here a few times, but she drifts a lot"
Wag2004 (6:22 PM): "She doesnt make many long erms friends, i guess like me"
NerwenGreen (6:24 PM): Thomas studies Devin curiously for a long moment. After awhile, he leans back into his chair and sighs faintly. "Well. I will need some time to decide whether I would want a permanent ghoul. You have some interesting abilities that I would find very useful, but you also have a great deal to learn." He pauses for a moment, then adds reflectively "I don't know if I would want to take on that kind of responsibility. I will need to think."
Wag2004 (6:24 PM): "Thanks you..."
NerwenGreen (6:25 PM): Thomas smiles vaguely. "Perhaps you could serve as a temporary ghoul while I speak with some others, to find out whether someone else might be interested in you as a permanent ghoul."
Wag2004 (6:26 PM): "That sounds like it should work out perfectly, thank you"
NerwenGreen (6:27 PM): Thomas nods briefly. "All right. I have nothing for you to do for me for tonight, but I will contact you in a few days. How may I find you?"
Wag2004 (6:28 PM): "I'll probobly be at the apartment... or at the college, Im not that hard to find"[he has naturally shiney dark-sih blue hair]
Wag2004 (6:28 PM): devin gives them the apt. adress
NerwenGreen (6:29 PM): Thomas gets up and moves into the kitchen and retrieves a small shot glass from an upper cabinet. He pulls out a small knife and lightly cuts into his left palm, allowing a blood point to drip into the glass. Concentrating for a moment, he heals the wound. He returns to the main room and offers the glass to Devin.
Wag2004 (6:30 PM): devin takes it and drinks "Thank you very much, I don't know what I would do here without knowing you two"
NerwenGreen (6:30 PM): Ryan writes down the address and also asks for a phone number.
Wag2004 (6:30 PM): devin give the phone number"I hope I can find the phone..."
NerwenGreen (6:30 PM): "Eh?" Ryan inquires. "You can't find your phone?"
Wag2004 (6:31 PM): "Well, despite Nicola moving out, there are still clothes everywhere"
NerwenGreen (6:31 PM): "I see," Ryan says drily. "She was a slob?"
Wag2004 (6:32 PM): "I am a slob, except for my suits" he says, straightening out his shiney suit
NerwenGreen (6:32 PM): [what does Devin look like? describe him ]
Wag2004 (6:33 PM): he has dark blue eyes, matching hair, a sturdy chizzled looking chin, isn't built too badly, but hes a little thin, about 5 foot 8 or so, and wears a shiny clean blue suit more often then not
NerwenGreen (6:34 PM): Ryan has short, light brown hair and light blue eyes. He is about 5'10" and just slightly chunky. He looks to be in his late 20s. He is wearing faded blue jeans and tshirt, with an extra-large denim jacket over it that has many pockets, both inside and out. The two main hand pockets are oversized. Most of the pockets look filled.
NerwenGreen (6:36 PM): Thomas is 6 feet tall, lean, lightly muscular, a native American, with shoulder length black hair. He is wearing a dark blue turtleneck, black jeans, and a long brown leather jacket that reaches to just above his knees.

Wag2004 (6:43 PM): where were we?
NerwenGreen (6:43 PM): did you get my descriptions?
Wag2004 (6:43 PM): yes
NerwenGreen (6:43 PM): okay
NerwenGreen (6:43 PM): hmm.. well, I guess Devin is Thomas's ghoul now. Did you want to do more?
Wag2004 (6:43 PM): nah, thats fine
NerwenGreen (6:44 PM): hehe okay Thomas sees Devin to the door then and says goodbye?
Wag2004 (6:44 PM): and devin says bye back
NerwenGreen (6:44 PM): okeydoke.
NerwenGreen (6:44 PM): Ryan comes out and goes back to sitting on the porch as Devin leaves. Thomas waves at Devin from the doorway, then goes back inside, shutting the door.
Wag2004 (6:45 PM): devin goes back to study at scoo
NerwenGreen (6:45 PM): heh okay
NerwenGreen (6:45 PM): the end.

[Nov. 29, 2002 (continued)]

NerwenGreen (3:04 AM): He goes inside and gets in a shower and changes clothes.
NerwenGreen (3:09 AM): Thomas checks his messages after he finishes with his personal grooming.
AgujaCabra (3:10 AM): does his secretary generally leave messages?
NerwenGreen (3:10 AM): She could if something important is going on.
AgujaCabra (3:11 AM): ah. Okay. But she doesn't just to give him his appointments and such?
AgujaCabra (3:11 AM): In that case. There are no messages. [unless Ryan left one :p ]
NerwenGreen (3:11 AM): [heh, Ryan didn't leave any messages]
NerwenGreen (3:13 AM): Thomas debates whether he should call Gracian, and after several minutes decides that since Shepard hadn't asked him to, he would refrain.
NerwenGreen (3:16 AM): He steps outside, where Ryan is seated on the porch. Ryan looks up as Thomas emerges from his house. "So .. carnival tonight?" He grins.
AgujaCabra (3:16 AM): [whoo!]
NerwenGreen (3:18 AM): Thomas gives him a dirty look. "I have some errands first, and then I would like to drop by the park to speak with Chauncey if he is there." He pauses, thinking a moment. "It depends on whether I have any patients tomorrow evening. I need to eat, if not tomorrow then later tonight."
NerwenGreen (3:19 AM): Ryan looks mildly disappointed for a moment, then he grins again. "So .. carnival tonight or tomorrow night?"
NerwenGreen (3:20 AM): Thomas gives him a dirtier look. "You are incorrigible tonight."
NerwenGreen (3:21 AM): "Yes, I suppose I am," Ryan replies, smiling broadly. "Well, want me to tag along with you this evening? I don't have anything planned."
NerwenGreen (3:22 AM): "Yes, by all means," Thomas answers. "Chauncey seemed interested in seeing you again, actually." He begins to walk toward the parking lot. After a moment, Ryan gets up and follows him. They get into the car and drive toward town ...