https://corky.net/israel/game/ 2026-06-09T19:08:08+0300 https://corky.net/israel/game/ https://corky.net/israel/game/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_xi?rev=1306038530&do=diff Session 11 - 26/12/07 Good Luck Storming the Castle The Cat claws through the fabric of reality and leads Smith and Jones into the Umbra, refusing Smith's plea to retrieve his Childer first. Once in the Umbra, C,S&J find themselves at somewhat of a loss about how to get from Alamut to the orbiting text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_ii?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 2 - 24/10/07 An Obfuscation of Fortune-tellers Smith, Jones, Primogen O'hara and Arafel are in the prince's chamber. Their cellphones all flashing with a message about dying childer, which is also emanating (in fine calligraphy) from the Prince's gargoyle-shaped Fax machine. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_vi?rev=1306038530&do=diff Session 6 - 21/11/07 Pit Stop of Peril Desperate to switch vehicles (because they assume they are being followed), Smith & Jones keep driving the truck for a couple of hours till they get to a truck stop. Smith attempts to commander a driver, but his hunger gets the better of him, and he find the local popularity of the proprietor's niece (a cute mechanic) palatable. He drags her to the restroom and drinks greedily until Magenta stops him. They leave the unconscious girl on the ground, where t… text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/magenta_jones?rev=1306038529&do=diff Magenta Jones A New York Vampire, a 10th Generation member of Clan Ventrue. Her Disciplines are Temerity, Exposition and Embellishment. [The many faces of] Magenta Jones used to be someone else, perhaps someone like Hope Mirrlees: "a very self conscious, wilful, prickly and perverse young woman, rather conspicuously well dressed and pretty, with a view of her own about books and style, an aristocratic and conservative tendency in opinion and a corresponding taste for the beautiful and elabo… text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_iii?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 3 - 31/10/07 Bob A knock on the Winnebago's door interrupts Jones and Smith - seemingly oblivious to the spectacle outside (a screaming demon dying in a huge bonfire surrounded by thousands of ravers screaming in ecstasy) - in the middle of a long argument over food and eating arrangements. Smith, still arguing out of the side of his mouth, walks past the befuddled Jessica Lange and Sam Sheppard and opens the door. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/timeline?rev=1306038530&do=diff Nights of the End Times The game starts in mid December, 2007, in NYC, where the sun sets around half past four and rises a bit after seven. NightHourWhat what12000The Party12100Deaths12230“Thine Childer are Dying”12330Verizon10130Sisko10330USAF10530Smith goes to sleep in Jones' bolthole, Jones uses one of her safer text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_viii?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 8 - 4/12/07 In the Umbra Theodore the werewolf takes S&J &P&D through the Umbra, where they see a very interesting structure extending in theme and space. They pause to investigate, and discover fascinating things, like the waves that swept the earth and killed the vampire generations, which all somehow originate from an orbiting undead satellite, composed of a pyramid of vampire ninjas. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/smith?rev=1306038529&do=diff Smith [Looks like that actor dude, doesn't he?] Smith does not exist. It is a fictional persona created by B. Smith came into existence 20 years ago, waking up in a Boston hotel room with no memory and with a note he must have left himself. This vampire promptly presented himself to the local Prince, feeding him a likely story about a lonely childe-hood and text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_iv?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 4 - 7/11/07 Messing Up Burning Man. Instead of the Winnebago there is now a big fire. The loud sound that accompanied this wondrous metamorphosis is sure to bring people nosing around, and Magenta is in no state to entertain. Oh, and the skies are getting brighter - Mr. Sun will soon be up and about. text/html 2013-11-04T16:00:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/home?rev=1383573650&do=diff Smith & Jones, Shadow of my Cat [Designer Cat] Image taken from cat and dog! by damas100 This site tells the story of Magenta Jones and the eponymous Smith, two humble New York vampires struggling to survive a harsh reality in some accordance with the ancient system of vtm. Their mutual agony is told in in thirteen fits: text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_xii?rev=1306038530&do=diff Session 12 - 2/1/08 Panic in the streets of Hyderabad Smith, Jones, Jeremy Piven, Marilyn Monroe and a Cat walk into an embassy. Someone decides it's a bad joke and gives order to bomb the shit out of the embassy. Smith grabs his childer (who are resenting his inconsiderate behavior, which he ignores, which they resent) and starts walking briskly out of the building. Magenta, her paranoia pumped up by the chaos and the absurd sensitivity of her enhanched senses, freezes, transfixed by her sear… text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/magenta_writes_to_herself?rev=1306038530&do=diff Magenta, alone in her writing Magenta Jones writes. Cincinnati airport, the parking lot. The phone hissed and lisped: “take out your notepad and start writing”. So she parks the car, taps Derek on the shoulder and asks him to go fetch a trolley. Derek gets out and wanders off, not really questioning why they need a baggage cart without any bags. He's blood-bonded to Magenta, so if she says jump, he'll put on his tutu and leap. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/smoke?rev=1306038529&do=diff Smoke A happening place. Good food, quality coffee, interesting people. One of the remaining places in NYC that you can still smoke. * Woody Allen regularly comes there, looking for a quiet place to write and a quick bite. * And yet it is quiet enough that the owner spends his time taking cellphone cam photos of Tuna cans. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/ventrue?rev=1306038529&do=diff Clan Ventrue The aristocratic clan. Basically a bunch of assholes that run stuff, noblesse oblige and all. They like power, and it's representative on earth: money. Their gifts include Presence, Dominate and Fortitude. Their representative in the Inner Circle is only referred to as the “ text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/torpor?rev=1306038529&do=diff Torpor The Sleep of the Damned. The only way to get any rest around here. When severely damaged or when sustaining serious injuries to the heart (“staking”), a Vampire (including his Beast) will shut down. In this death-like immobile state, a vampire can't repair himself, but at least it doesn't get worse. Also, vampires in torpor are embarrassingly easy to handle and transport. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/dominate?rev=1306038529&do=diff Dominate Sometimes jokingly referred to as sudo (computer lingo abbrav. for “Execute this command and i won't take no for an answer”). A vampires ability to coerce someone to his will, effectively making him his bitch or an obedient servant. Smith stretches this to a devoted friend and confidant, but that is because he is a sap and uses this ability way too much, and usually not ruthlessly enough. A powerful dominate can take over a person total psyche, memories and will, a weaker one can make … text/html 2013-11-04T12:32:42+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/vincent?rev=1383561162&do=diff Vincent [In his house in Boston dead Vincent waits dreaming] Ancient vampire. Oldest and highest ranking Ventrue to have an address. According to Ventrue genealogies, he was embraced by Ethelwolf, before the birth of the Camarilla. His name became known sometime during the 18th century, when he moved to Boston, with the aide of text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/frenzy?rev=1306038530&do=diff Frenzy Vampires carry a Beast inside them. Under extreme circumstances, the Beast sometimes takes total command of the vampire. This is referred to as “Frenzy”. A frenzied vampire will usually try to drink whatever he can, avoid whatever he can't drink and destroy whatever he can't avoid. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/traditions?rev=1306038529&do=diff The Six Traditions These are the laws of the Camarilla, and while interpretations vary from place to place, adherence to the more murderous letters of the law is the de-facto standard. Vampires, after all, are a bloodthirsty lot. The Masquerade Thou shall not reveal thy true nature to those not of the Blood. Doing such shall renounce thy claims of Blood. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/the_gehenna?rev=1306038529&do=diff The Gehenna The vampiric version of the end-times. Just as bad as it sounds. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/arafel?rev=1306038529&do=diff Prince Arafel [Brigadier in WWI] Arafel was always a solider. Not a very brave or tough one, but quite bright and cunning. After his embrace, in the 100 year war, he continued using his skills both as a commander and of the mystic arts for his own end, at times, in human skirmishes, crossing over to the more interesting side in battle. Winning over text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_i?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 1 - 17/10/07 The Party We start at a party, in the VIP lounge of the restaurant Blood Red in NYC, which is a well respected Camarilla domain, home to some of the most promising New World Ventrues. Amongst them is Magenta Jones, chief aid to the local Clan Leader, and Smith, a brilliantly successful neonate who owns the premises and is the host of the party. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/the_potter?rev=1306038530&do=diff the potter A member of clan Toreador, whose nickname derives from his silly devotion to the craft of ceramics. Few except for the potter consider what he does art, which is perhaps the least of the reasons he is suspected by some of being a spy for the assamite. He does get very touchy about his work, and has been known to react to honest criticism with bloody revenge. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_vii?rev=1306038530&do=diff Session 7 - 28/11/07 Get on the Plane After a day's sleep in the truck, Magenta Jones rises, expeditiously does her hair, and goes to find the wayward Smith, who skipped town on her and who had spent the day with the staked Piven in an untraceable safe-house he just purchased. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/session_x?rev=1306038529&do=diff Session 10 - 19/12/07 Delays The Assamite spokesman, Abdallah, tells Smith that he has a present for him, left from Bab-Allah, which he will give to him once he returns from prayers. He also extends unconditional hospitality to Smith and his party. While he prays, the Cat says it can take them all to the Umbra, so they can abort the Assamite satellite ( text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:49+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/sisko?rev=1306038529&do=diff Sisko [Cat? What Cat?] Malkavian scientist, because every vtm campaign needs one. Considered to be the owner of an invisible cat. He lives in a secluded and derelict mansion, alone at the top a mountain, near NYC. He claims to have always lived there, and that the whole area is named after him - Mount Kisco. text/html 2011-05-22T07:28:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/israel/game/smith_and_jones/vitae?rev=1306038530&do=diff Vitae The thing that flows in a vampire's veins, sometimes mistaken for blood. Sisko talked a lot about it: how it is not made of cells, or atoms, or any other particles; how it vanishes when it burns, loosing way more mass than the energy it gives of in the process; and how it is the many hopscotching meta-vectors of a virus, infecting reality with seemingly less advanced versions of themselves.