Re: (TFT) Solo 1, Yes, I am a vampire

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

Morning seven, Yes, I am a vampire

    Eva and the children stayed up playing all night.  It is morning now 
and the sun rise doesn't bother you.  You haven't turned fully yet.  The 
only thing that feels different is you are not hungry and you don't feel 
tired.
    Thinking ahead to when you do turn you decide to remove most of the 
crosses you have seen.  Eva will not be able to resist them.  You probably 
won't either.  In the house there is one over the fireplace mantle.  You 
take a wheel barrow and go from house to house collecting them.  Then you 
collect many from the church.  The only one left is the one on the steeple.
    You roll them out in the woods, dig a hole, and bury them.  You dust 
the dirt off your hands.  Put the shovel back in the barrow and roll it back 
to the village.  You remember the book.
    Back in Eva's house you find Father Thias' book on theology still on 
the table where you left it from last night.  The cover has a cross on it 
which you promptly rip off.  You lay it face down in the fire place to be 
burned later.  You sit down at the wooden table and begin reading.
    About an hour into the book you feel something touch your mind.  Roll 
4D vs. IQ to resist having your mind read.  If you succeed get ten 
experience points and roll again.  You suspect the unseen force trying this 
is the astral wizard who is supposed to be checking on you.  He will keep 
trying until you fail the saving roll and he has entered your mind.
    Mentally you rail at him "You can't use telepathy on anyone you are not 
in direct physical contact with!"  It's almost as if you are resisting by 
trying to disbelieve what is happening.  A soft voice responds in your mind. 
 "I had to invent a spell to get my greater mage status and this is it.  
Astral telepathy."  It feels like he is poking around in your memories.  The 
voice continues at the same time "I am Omni, head of the Wizard's Guild."
    You lurch to your feet knocking over the bench you were on.  You are 
positive he hasn't learned anything yet.  You decide to play it cool.  "You 
startled me," you say out loud.  You think mentally this time "I find this 
more than a little rude.  You could have announced yourself first."
    The soft voice responds from the middle of your consciousness, almost 
as if from with in.  "I'm sorry, but I need to know.  Did you finish your 
mission?"  You feel a memory open in your mind.  "I see you did," the voice 
continues "Did you find Father Thias?"  Another memory opens.  "I see that 
you buried him, that is well."
    In a flash of inspiration you realize that he can only take two pieces 
of information from you at a time and that he can't maintain this spell very 
long.  You decide to take the initiative.  You ask him some questions.  "How 
long before you can send reenforcements?  Is this book of Father Thias' very 
valuable?"
    The soft voice leaves your memory alone for a moment to answer you.  "I 
am coming after a bit of resting and Yes, the book is something new and 
valuable.  Father Thias' thesis at seminary college was on possible new ways 
to gain experience.  Ways that don't necessarily require killing and such."
    You allow yourself just a fleeting feeling of joy.  Its working.  He's 
so caught up in talking he isn't probing your mind.  The soft voice 
continues.
    "He theorized that in the High priest to parishioner relationship one 
could develop new stronger methods of gaining experience.  Peaceful methods. 
 He called this new attribute 'wisdom' and felt that it contained great 
potential for healing man's taste for war and making people feel a stronger 
connection to their community."
    "You must keep the book safe till I get there.  I have to go rest now.  
Many people have been waiting for Father Thais, to finish the book with 
great anticipation."  You feel the soft voice starting to fade from your 
mind.  "The bishop, the Wizard's Guild, even some merchants."  The voice is 
almost a whisper now.  "I will see you soon."  It is gone.
    You realize you are covered from head to toe in sweat.  Your shirt is 
soaked.  Eva is standing there looking at you worried.  She must have heard 
you call out at some point.  You speak out loud.  More to your self than to 
her.  "That was close.  We have to get ready.  Omni is coming."

    [get thirty five experience for out thinking a brilliant man.]

    David Michael Grouchy II
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