Vampire: the Marxuerade

we are about to go back and fix the formatting of all previously posted entries. many of them are...

3liza — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:40:57 -0700

we are about to go back and fix the formatting of all previously posted entries. many of them are text posts or have broken image links. you may see some repeated posts from the old days as we do so. the good news is that updates will commence shortly afterwards!

why u no update any more

3liza — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:11:18 -0700

We are really sorry!

One of the writers has a really strenuous full-time job, the other has gotten deeply involved in the Occupy protests. Updates have been temporarily suspended while shit gets real.

> ANSWER DOOR

3liza — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:45:07 -0700

Enable Music? [Y/N]

>Y

Music enabled.

You check the peephole. Or whatever this hole in the door is.

Oh gesus fucking shit, it’s the fuzz. Well this is just perfect. You are a fucking moron. Why are you even out here, in the middle of the Dump, carrying narcotics you haven’t even heard of? stupid stupid stupid

What now, smart guy?

Press 1 to FIGHT - lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven!
Press 2 to RUN - you think you can outpace a couple Crown Victoria-softened pigs.
Press 3 to CRY - they’ll probably feel sorry for you and let you call your aunt to come pick you up from jail.
Press 4 to ENGAGE PIGS IN RAP BATTLE

>_

> LEAVE

3liza — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:43:00 -0700

Having made your purchase, you decide to LEAVE.

In the middle of making your goodbyes, there is a knock at the door.

Your acquaintance, always flighty, vanishes instantly. This leaves you alone, in a dark room, with a hostile force on the other side of his shitty door!

Whoever’s on the other side is pounding like a headache. There’s no other exit. You have to answer it. Oh god oh god—

> ANSWER DOOR

> BUY INFRATEAL

3liza — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:32:00 -0700

Enable Music? [Y/N]

> Y

Music enabled.

Feeling adventurous, you decide to take a chance on an aptly-named dose of INFRATEAL. The SHADY CHARACTER nods paternalistically, even tapping the side of his nose in an gesture of confidentiality you haven’t seen since the last Charles Dickens essay you were forced to write. He hands over a plastic sandwich bag with three limpid capsules inside. They are spherical, almost as if they are suspended in zero gee. You can’t decide if they’re blue or green, and the neon storm in the room just confuses you further.

You instantly regret your purchase—by swallowing these stunning little jewels, you would just be destroying something beautiful. As usual.

Whatever. You feel like getting really fucked up.

What will you do now?

> “DROP” AN INFRATEAL WITH THE SHADY CHARACTER
> LEAVE

}==}>

3liza — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:22:58 -0700

Still smarting over your lost scarf, you find your way to the SHADY CHARACTER’s apartment and he lets you in after a few moments of awkwardly intense questioning. You think he might be high…HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL that is! He starts showing you his extensive inventory of ILLICIT DRUGS. You think some of the names he gives his ADULT HERBS might be made-up.

You also question the quality of his product, considering the guy hasn’t paid his electric bill and is relying upon the building’s horrible neon sign to light the place. Despite the sunglasses, he doesn’t seem to have slept much recently.

But who cares! It’s time to decide: what kind of DRUGS will you buy?

[enter made-up names for drugs]

>_

Where IS that thing???}==}>

3liza — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:23:31 -0700

Where IS that thing???

}==}>

> PICK UP FILTHY DRAWING

3liza — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:33:09 -0700

You pick up the FILTHY DRAWING and send it to your CHIROPTERESERVOIR (the Inventory of the Cave—it’s just this thing you have, to keep your stuff in), and watch as the little fellow alights on one of your several accomadating STALACTYPES.

…What were you talking about before?

}==}>

}==}>

3liza — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:38:47 -0700

}==}>

—-oh hey what’s that?

You’ve found a FILTHY DRAWING! Bleeugh….ugh….it’s disgusting. It looks like a map, but it doesn’t indicate North and you’re kind of a snob about cartography. Still, this could be worth something later. And you hate yourself enough to pick up garbage and carry it around; why not.

> PICK UP FILTHY DRAWING

> BUY DRUGS

3liza — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:36:00 -0700

> BUY DRUGS

Enable Music? [Y/N]

You decide to BUY DRUGS.

You make your way into HELL’S DUMP, a burned out section of the city that has never been repopulated. Nobody is sure what caused that fire, but a lot of people died all the same. Teenagers and idiots like to mutter about how the reason nobody’s started rebuilding the area is because it’s haunted, but you know better: the supernatural is interesting but it’s all fake - a sad myth woven to distract sad people from the relentless, brutal drudgery of their lives. Still, the place is a little creepy, which cheers you up a smidge!

And you can’t shake the feeling that you’re being watched by someo—-

}==}>

Hella Lugosi

3liza — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:36:05 -0700

Enable music? [Y/N]

Your name is Helmut “Hella” Legosi. Your father was Hungarian and your mother was…a lot of things, German and certifiable among them. You miss them sometimes, but then you remember that if they were still alive all you would do is disappoint them, so you’re probably all better off. It would have been better if the circumstances were reversed, but whatever.

This is an old train of thought though, and even for you it’s a little too genuinely sad. The wind is picking up. You light a new cigarette and take inventory of what you might be able to salvage from the rest of the night.

A SHADY CHARACTER you know mentioned that he recently fell into some ILLICIT DRUGS he might be willing to sell you at a discount, but he’s probably just trying to scam you - you can tell because he was being friendly. Also, an IRRITATING ACQUAINTANCE came by on your lunch break and mentioned that he needed another player for his weekly game of ZOMBIE: THE BITENING. It sounds like a hassle, to be honest, but at least it’s human contact with people even lower on the food chain than yourself. The only problem is that both people live near General Bullock Street, in the economically depressed Narcissus Estates, and you’ll have to go through Hell’s Dump to get there - not a pleasant prospect this late at night.

Why won’t this FUCKING CIGARETTE JUST LIGHT ALREADY FUUUCK

You also seem to have DROPPED your SCARF?

Of course, you could always do something else. You could always do nothing. Jesus, what the fuck’s even the point…

What will you DO?

1. Get some ILLICIT DRUGS from the SHADY CHARACTER

2. Go play ZOMBIE: THE BITENING with your IRRITATING ACQUAINTANCE

3. Go HOME, eat a mixing bowl full of Crood Loops for dinner, and fall asleep watching old episodes of VORKER KAT & PARASITE MAUS on Netflax

4. ??? [write-in]

> ❚

[reblog this post with your vote]

>ENTER NAME

3liza — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:30:00 -0700

Enable Music? [Y/N]

. . . . . . At any rate, the night is yours. But before you get on with it: what is your...

3liza — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:24:34 -0700

At any rate, the night is yours. But before you get on with it: what is your name?

ENTER NAME: »_

[reblog this post with your suggestion for a name]

You step out into the oppressive, vaguely piss-scented darkness of the Lowtaxian arts quarter and...

3liza — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:19:42 -0700

You step out into the oppressive, vaguely piss-scented darkness of the Lowtaxian arts quarter and finish locking up the store. You had a feeling this morning that things might change today, but the sun’s set and all you did was avoid eye contact with irritable customers. So. Maybe you’ll die soon. That would be nice.

Sometimes you consider quitting this stupid job, re-enrolling in school, and moving to the Laissez’s Faire neighborhood. Those people all seem so vibrant and passionate about their politics - politics you don’t understand, really, but find yourself relating to, even so. But they would never have you.

> NEW GAME

3liza — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:17:41 -0700

Another day, another dollar. Or not. You don’t really make a lot of money working at The Book Burn, and nobody here appreciates you, but who else would ever want to hire you? Nobody, that’s who. Which is why you’re stuck closing the store.

You were only supposed to work one shift this morning. You woke up early and everything. But then your manager had a date (with a girl you like [but she would never notice you anyway ]) and pressured you into taking his shift too. Whatever. It’s not like you had anything important to do today.

vtm.exe

3liza — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:33:00 -0700

C:>_

C:> cd\games\vtm

C:\GAMES\VTM> readme


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
____   ____                     .__                   __  .__            
\   \ /   /____    _____ ______ |__|______   ____   _/  |_|  |__   ____  
 \   Y   /\__  \  /     \\____ \|  \_  __ \_/ __ \  \   __\  |  \_/ __ \ 
  \     /  / __ \|  Y Y  \  |_> >  ||  | \/\  ___/   |  | |   Y  \  ___/ 
   \___/  (____  /__|_|  /   __/|__||__|    \___  >  |__| |___|  /\___  >
               \/      \/|__|                   \/             \/     \/ 
   _____                                                      .___      
  /     \ _____ __________  _____ __   ________________     __| _/____  
 /  \ /  \\__  \\_  __ \  \/  /  |  \_/ __ \_  __ \__  \   / __ |/ __ \ 
/    Y    \/ __ \|  | \/>    <|  |  /\  ___/|  | \// __ \_/ /_/ \  ___/ 
\____|__  (____  /__|  /__/\_ \____/  \___  >__|  (____  /\____ |\___  >

Thank you for installing WDDP's Vampire: the Marxuerade, 
the Roleplaying Game of Progressive Thought!

In-game text will be written in BOLD.  
Out of game text will have regular styling.  
Updates to the README will occasionally 
download automatically into your /VTM/ directory.

Thanks again, and Enjoy Your Adventure!
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

C:\GAMES\VTM>_

C:\GAMES\VTM> vtm

Loading…

WELCOME TO VAMPIRE: THE MARXUERADE

> You have selected: ???
> You cannot play another character at this time!