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TRANS iwtv/vc VAMPIRE WEEK 2024!!!

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Be niceys but that's about it!

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For: @elenaramirez Location: Streets of the Mt. Paean ski town

Lady Crytia's first meeting with the little goddess Elena had been interesting, to say the least. Fruitful, if she'd let her words indulge. Pleasurable, if she spoke unfiltered and truthfully. Most deities were wise enough to listen to the hairs on the back of their necks standing on end when within the mere presence of a demon. Not Elena though. She'd shown more interest in caution in her dealings with Helena, and Lady Crytia had been wholly drawn into that limitless well of potential.

It was no secret demons and deities weren't on the best footing, so Helena felt her presence to be unwanted throughout most of the ski town. Glares thrown her way for merely daring to step foot on the holy snow, or something. And then of course there was that rather uncomfortable feeling of... Divinity. Like the very air itself had branded her a persona non grata.

So, to make her time there bearable and, if luck would have it, even enjoyable, she figured she'd try texting Elena.

Crew: @thejax-reed @lillian--reed @makena-harris Captive: @eremington

Gear Jax: a vest, 1911 .45 caliber pistol, a blade. Makena: a pistol. Lillian: a couple knives. Herself. Thorsiffe: a dagger, two hand-axes, their magical greatsword.

Part 0: preparation

Lillian uses her divination to find out how many hunters are inside, what the barrier will do to them, and how much time they have, though her visions of who they've taken are hazy.

Realizing half of their team is severely limited once inside, the team comes up with a plan. Lillian lets them know that any zombies she creates could go inside, but would be without her control, and Makena says it'd be much the same if she called upon more than one animal. 

Makena mind controls a rat, has it sneak inside and scouts ahead to find out where the hunters are. The rat can't find a way into the gym, but Jax muses that if there's two people outside guarding it, it's not unlikely the remaining hunters are inside, as well as their captive. 

Lillian provides Jax and Thorsiffe with a physical-enhancing potion, which the wolves happily drink.

They agree it'd be a good idea to keep one of the hunters alive to get answers. 

Part 1: 2 guards at the main entrance 

Thorsiffe notices the scent of a spell bomb relatively nearby; they figure one of the guards outside must have one on them.

Not wanting to risk either Jax or themself getting weakened, Thorsiffe decides they'll use stealth and ranged weapons to take out the hunters before they can react.

Thorsiffe and Jax make a bet that Thorsiffe can't headshot one of the guards out front with an axe from a rooftop across the street.  

Jax jumps the school's fence and sneaks towards the guards.

Thorsiffe takes up position on, well, a rooftop across the street and nails one guard in the head with an axe. Jax owes them $50. 

As the first one drops, Jax shoots the other guard. 

Meeting up at the door to inspect the bodies, they hear another hunter calling out through a walky-talky on one of the bodies. Having heard a gunshot, they're trying to check in with their fellow hunters.

Thorsiffe's eyes flash as they instruct Jax to help them deliver the bodies to Lillian. Jax raises an eyebrow at this, but agrees. 

Part 2: 2 patrolling the 2nd floor classroom

Alerted by the gunshot outside and the guards out front not responding, the two guards patrolling go downstairs to check, guns and grenades at the ready. 

Thorsiffe exclaims that other hunters are coming to check, and instructs Makena to call upon something she's willing to sacrifice, and Lillian to resurrect the bodies. 

Makena summons a swarm of rats, Lillian resurrects the hunters as zombies. 

Not expecting to be met with rats and their resurrected friends, the two hunters are swarmed just as they take a peek outside. One of the hunters self-sacrifices with a grenade, dispersing the rats and destroying the zombies. 

Part 3: 2 guarding the door to the gym 

Thorsiffe calls upon their greatsword, summoning it to their hand. Meanwhile, Jax takes a grenade off one of the dead hunters. Just in case. 

The wolves go inside, Makena and Lillian staying outside as back-up in case things go south. 

Jax asks Thorsiffe just how alright they are with destruction or property, Thorsiffe giggles and tells him they'd love some, just not a school. Jax muses they could sneak into a classroom adjacent to the gym and bust through the walls to surprise the hunters guarding it. Thorsiffe's eyes light up and they nod. 

However, upon executing their plan and standing in front of the doors to the gym, they find the hunters have retreated back into the gym. 

The sound of gunfire fills the air as bullets rip through the doors to the gym, and the wolves are forced to retreat. 

They've been hit by some bullets, but the door took away some of the impact, and with their werewolf physiology they power through easily enough. 

Thorsiffe quips that they should've listened to an old dog's bark when Jax questioned their decision not to wear a bulletproof vest. 

Part 4: 2 inside the gym guarding the cage 

Having heard the roaring gunfire from inside, Lillian wants to go inside to check on Thorsiffe and Jax, but is stopped by Makena. 

Thorsiffe mutters a prayer, Jax asks them what it is they prayed for. Thorsiffe grins as they say "fury". 

Considering they need to be quick lest the captive is killed, the wolves come up with a new plan. Thorsiffe suggests using the grenade Jax found, but Jax retorts it could kill the captive. Thorsiffe’s eyes light up as they suggest throwing the grenade inside without pulling the pin. 

Crawling over the floor so as to not be spotted through the bullet holes, the wolves sneak up on the gym. Thorsiffe punches a hole through the door, and Jax lobs in the grenade. 

The hunters run for cover for a second before realizing the grenade isn’t primed. Within that second, Thorsiffe and Jax charge into the gym. In doing so, Thorsiffe flings the left doors from its hinges. 

Two hunters stand on either side of the cage; Thorsiffe taking the left side, Jax the right. 

One of Thorsiffe’s hunters is just about to throw a spell bomb, but with a diagonal cut, Thorsiffe cleaves clean through them, covering themself and the nearby hunter in blood and guts. This other hunter shoots them with their shotgun, before taking off. 

Jax was planning on shooting one hunter and taking the other down with his blade, but he freezes upon seeing Elijah is the captive. 

The hunters capitalize on this. One of them grabs a spell bomb and means to throw it at Jax, the other opens fire with their machine gun. 

Thorsiffe laughs, wanting to give chase to the fleeing hunter, the gaping hole in their chest barely registering on their mind. However, they’re quick to realize Jax isn’t doing so hot, and they pick up on the scent of yet another spell bomb, as well as a familiar human. 

They lob their second axe at the hunter holding the spell bomb, cutting off their hand at the wrist and making the bomb fall harmlessly to the floor. Though screaming in pain, the hunter reaches for their pistol with their remaining hand. 

Thorsiffe cries “Jax” and charges the hunters. They kick the one who’d been shooting Jax, making them all but fly towards the other wolf. 

Jax is snapped out of his shock by Thorsiffe’s cry, and uses the opportunity Thorsiffe created. He closes the distance with the hunter before they can recover. With his dagger, he slashes their throat, before slamming their gun out of their hands to prevent their death throes from being accompanied by gunfire. 

Thorsiffe closes the distance to the remaining hunter, knowing they’ll have to take this one captive. 

They aim their pistol at Thorsiffe, but just as they’re about to train it on them, Jaxon fires his own pistol, hitting their arm and making them flinch, dropping the pistol. 

Thorsiffe laughs and jumps to the side. Another dash forward and a slash off their blade, and they’ve cleaved off the hunter’s leg. 

Having sustained a salvo of gunfire that would’ve killed a human twice-over, Jaxon falls to his hands and knees. 

The hunter falls to the ground as well. Kicking away their pistol, Thorsiffe stands over the hunter, a foot on their chest. They finally realize whose scent they’d recognized. This hunter was the gunwoman who shot them during the first spree of hunts. Their eyes glimmer with vengeance and Thorsiffe smiles. (TW: gore & excessive violence.) They reach down, digging their fingers into the hunter’s eyes deep enough to grab her skull. With the hunter’s dying screams of agony, Thorsiffe roars as they rip off her head. 

Though they desperately want to give chase to the fleeing hunter, Thorsiffe feels Jax’ wounds need to be prioritized. They break open the lock on Eli’s cage with their bare hands, grab him by the collar, and drag him out of his cage. Then, they stumble over towards Jax, their own wounds starting to register as they pick up the older wolf. 

Meanwhile, the fleeing hunter comes into the line of sight of Lillian and Makena. Seeing them covered in blood and with no wolf giving chase after the salvos of gunfire they’d just heard, Lillian assumes the worst. Using blood magic, she makes them explode from the inside out, before running inside. Makena tries to talk her out of it, but begrudgingly follows.  

Name: Helena Crytia Age: 31 Occupation: Lawyer

About

Moved to VC after law school to make her fortune.

Made said fortune by helping corporations avoid any and all accountability for any immoral or illegal actions of theirs.

She worked this job for several years. Helena excelled at it, and climbed the corporate ladder rather quickly.

Had a revelation of sorts when Eri had his meltdown, and seriously reconsidered what it was she was doing with her life.

Helena ended up quitting her job as well, and turned her life around. She now uses her funds to invest in and help out small, starting, and/or struggling business.

Arguably more importantly, she now works at a firm that investigates and helps prosecute corporations.

Ideas for connections

Former colleagues, acquaintances and friends from her corporate job. (Eri, Matthew)

Rivals from her former job.