Chapter 2 - The Calm Before the Storm

[Copper]

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"Yeah, here." Izzy passes the vest over, provided Claire's got a hand free to take it. Of course, that's all but forgotten when she sees Ronny punch Raven. Letting out a distressed noise, she hurries over and crouches down next to him. "You okay?" She looks up toward the car, seeming to be glaring daggers at Ronny, but if he's already in the driver's seat, he might only catch it if he glances in the mirror. "And this is why we stole some of the rest of the blood bags," she mutters, helping him to his feet when he's ready.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Claire simply dropped the sack of heads, which hit the ground with a soft 'squelch' to take the vest. After her quick comment she ignored Raven and Izzy, instead concentrating on the vest and the design stitched into the leather.

"Well fuck a shitter house," Claire muttered.

 

[Shrike7]

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River shrugs as she puts the trophy back in her pocket. "Finders keepers. She doesn't like it, she can take it up with the two lumps of ash I got them off of." She says simply, then reaches up and flicks the headset on her ear.
When they get to the car and Ronny clocks Raven, she doesn't say anything, just raises an eyebrow. Once Izzy goes over to him, she starts walking to Ronny's car. "Same seating as last time?" She asks nonchalantly, hopping into the passenger seat and turning to Ronny. "What'd he do?"

 

[dmronny]

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Raven gratefully excepts the hand up with a cross between a smile and a chastened look on his face as he looks up at Izzy. He stands there for a second feeling around his stomach as if to make sure everything's still in the right place and whispers.

"He's not as stupid as he seems but that's all I'm willing to give him, for now. Bad time to get the urge not that I had all that much of a choice. I'll explain later."

Suddenly he speaks more in a louder more annoyed tone.

"F-fucking asshole, I w-wasn't trying to s-scam him. It w-was just a s-simple question, I guess what they say about the Brujah temper is true."

Ronny just nods his head to say sure when River asks about the seating though he seems more interested in the driver's side mirror where he can see what the others are doing. When she asks what Raven did, Ronny turns away from the mirror and answers a little morosely. "I don't know? One minute he's his usual self and the next thing I know he's trying to sell me a bridge somewhere in Calgary, so to speak. I guess maybe decking him wasn't the best thing to do but it ticked me off."

Mary's just sitting quietly in the back seat trying to not be noticed while she fidgets with something on her finger.

 

[Copper]

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Izzy just shrugs as far as River's concerned. Seemed more idle curiosity than the fact that she was going to ask her to give them back.

"All right. Later it is. We'll get one of those blood bags in ya and you'll be good as new." She gives him a wink and a little smile. Her attention shifts over to the lady gangrel, not having heard her comment about the vest. "Claire? You riding with Ronny? I'm gonna have Fletch and Hooch here in the car with me and I think they're both going to take up the back seat." Unspoken, she doesn't want those heads in her car, but she's tactful enough not to say anything about it.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Claire glances up at Izzy and turns the vest around, showing her the symbol.

"We just fucked with a small group of a biker gang. Not just any biker gang, the leading contenders with the Hell's Angels for control of the criminal underworld in these parts. These guys aren't just some push over gang of thugs, they're fucking monsters in their own right. And if they're working for the Sabbat... I think we have a problem," Claire said, her voice shaky before she handed the vest back to Izzy.

Looking back at the burning barn she grasped the sack of heads and slid into the back of Ronny's car.

 

[Rule 34]

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"Hooch? Nah, this guy's no Hooch. I was thinking of Spark myself. Or," he grumbles as he leans down and takes a look at his bitten boot, "Jaws. Hey, why don't you ask him what the others called him?"

When the motorcycle gang comes up, Fletch sighs. "Ain't that just fucking peachy. It's not like somebody got away to tell them who we are. But then again, Mist wants one of us unliving..." He shakes his head and sits down on the backseat of Izzy's car, feet on solid ground and staring over to the fire. Looks like it'll burn down alright. "Ready when you are," he says towards Izzy.

 

[Copper]

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"Peachy," Izzy echoes as she takes the vest back from Claire. She lets Raven climb into the passenger seat. "Well, it wasn't necessarily us. I mean, the Sabbat could have just grabbed this guy off the street like they grabbed us. They probably saw a big burly biker man and figured he'd be good in a fight." And from the sound she lets out and the slight rolling of her eyes, he likely was.

Before she lets the dog into her car, she parks herself in the driver's seat and gets level with him again. "Hey, fella. Our big friend here wants to know if you have a name. You know what a name is? What the people call you?" She waits a bit for the answer, if she gets one, the rest of what's been nagging her not wanting to be ignored much longer. "Did Oogly, the one that left...the one we were fighting...did he give you any orders before he left? Is he your master?"

 

[dmronny]

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The dog looks back at Izzy and growls out kind of confused, "Names? They just call us dogs. Ugly man not master but everyone still feed us sometimes. Ugly thing said to follow big man, big man not seem nice so me follow big animal instead"

As soon as Claire slides in the back Ronny starts the car up and pulls on to the road. Though he waits till he sees the other car follow before he heads back to town.

 

[Copper]

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"Well, Fletch, suppose it's up to you to name our four-legged friend here. Doesn't have a name that he goes by." She's pinching the bridge of her nose while she's talking though. "And apparently he was supposed to follow 'the big man' but he likes 'the big animal' more. Gotta mean Ronny." She sighs. "What were you supposed to do after you followed the big man?" She knows Fletch likes the dog, but if this thing is supposed to lead the Sabbat back to one of their havens...

For the sake of not sticking around, after Ronny starts to leave, she'll get her charges into the car and follow, albiet at a slower speed. Pending on the information she gets out of the dog, Fletch might be getting dropped off before they get to the Elysium.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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"Drop me off a little ways away from my home Ronny. I'm going to burn these things somewhere else... or at least bury them," Claire said, patting the sack of heads sitting in her lap.

 

[dmronny]

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The dog shakes it's head sending slobber everywhere before answering, "No ugly scary guy just said to follow big man, nothing else. We go find food now, me am still hungry."

As soon as Ronny sees that the others are on their way he takes off for town, dropping off Claire where ever she wants before continuing on to Elysium.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Climbing out of the car just down the street from the ruins of her old home she looked back at Ronny.

"I'll meet up with you guys in a bit. I just want to make sure these bastards are good and gone," she said, a low growl rumbling in her throat.

With those words, she walked into the forest that bordered the road, and vanished amongst the foliage.

 

[Rule 34]

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"Ugh!" Fletch lowers his baseball cap just in time to avoid getting slobber in his face. "Gross, just like my uncle Bubba... Hmm." Fletch looks at the dog for a moment. "That old geezer would always drool in his sleep, and he got a mean streak like my pa, but he could be the nicest guy in the world. What do ya think, hm? Are you gonna be called Bubba?"

 

[dmronny]

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Ronny nods after Claire hops out and continues for the other side of town, with River and Mary. Hmm, never thought I would want Claire to stick around. She may be a little nutty at times but at least she's not a complete psycho like the one beside me.

The dog wags it's tail as if in response to Fletch's suggestion for a name though it's more just because he's enjoying the attention since he doesn't actually understand. After a few seconds of waving it's tail back and forth it lays down in the back seat of the car next to Fletch.

 

[Copper]

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"Well, seems like he was set up to follow Ronny. Should be all right to have him tag along, Fletch, but just remember that our buddy, Oogly, can talk to him just like I can, so, I dunno. If you wanna keep him around, just...be careful, okay? Oh, and he's hungry."

She'll put her attention on the dog at any red lights, given that she has to look at the thing to talk to it. "Well, fella, what do you say? The big animal wants to call you Bubba. Do you like that?"

Seems like the plan is to head back to the Elysium, so she'll make her way there, parking a bit aways, like usual. If she doesn't see Ronny's car, she'll wait, though if Fletch and Bubba want to get out and stretch their legs, she's happy to oblige.

 

[Shrike7]

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River leans back in her seat and pulls her phone out of her pocket, checking the time and putting it back. "We should get there before they close up shop for the morning rush. How far off is your haven Ronny? Spent a whole bloody week training you guys, wouldn't do to have it all go up in flames just yet."

 

[dmronny]

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Now that they are moving the dog doesn't seem to be paying much attention to Izzy as it lays in the back. Though it does wag it's tail a little at the name of Bubba to say it it's fine with him.

Ronny stops a short distance away about the same time as Izzy, having taken the time to drop Claire off. "Close enough though if I don't don't I guess you'll just have to learn to live without me. So do I take what's his name with the stake to Jack, Vincent, or is there someone else in charge of interrogations?"

 

[Rule 34]

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Fletch grins at Bubba. "Alright then... Hey!" He leans forward and points at a grocery store at the roadside. "That one's about ten minutes from my place. Could ya drop me off there? I want to grab something for Bubba."

 

[Copper]

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Looks like the delay of dropping Fletch off puts Izzy on par with Ronny, then. "We can fill you in on what happens at the Elysium later if you want, Fletch. No sense in heading all the way in and then having to come all the way back." She'll let the two of them out, less worried about Bubba now, at least for the time being, giving the dog some instructions to wait for "the big animal" until he comes out of the building again.

At the Elysium, she and Raven will hook up with the others, likely in time to hear Ronny's question about interrogating the staked vampire. "They're probably going to want to talk to Mary, too. Personally, I think if anyone goes 'bad cop' on her, she's going to crack, one way or another."