~Journal of
Crystal Rose Chalette~
July 2nd
Well, the visit to France was a success. Soul hadn't heard about that horrible sign. Perhaps they didn't know he had a childe there. It was nice to see him anyway. Sometimes I forget how handsome he is. I have yet to meet my "siblings". I know of one for sure. Her name is BeautifulRelease, but as for the rest, I don't know.
We have now arrived back here and are headed to see Kayla at the Tavern. I so hope she does come with me to the castle. I can't leave there for a month to help with her pregnancy. There are just too many things to do. I know Ash won't come. He's rarely around anyway. We'll leave the tavern to one of our friends, possibly the one who rebuilt it for us after the last fire. There's just something about wooden taverns that attract all the pyros.
There it is now. It won't be much longer until we've arrived, so I'll set this book aside for now.
July 2nd {second entry}
Not even 24 hours after I arrived at the tavern, Deacon, Kayla and I had to leave it. Well, Deacon and I did at least. Kayla was ready and came with us. Now she sleeps in the back. Deacon is driving us back to the castle.
Dhari called the tavern. She seemed very upset saying stuff about an attack. Apparently all my guards are dead. I'm beginning to wonder if this madness will ever cease. What has this world come to, and why can't they just leave us alone.
Adrian had gone mad, that was clear. The Camarilla. We should have expected them much sooner as we are most definitely not keeping with the masquerade. I can't believe Cassie was so stupid. Why would anyone think to put a sign like that up? She could have gotten us all killed. Herself included.
I have no idea who could be attacking us now, or why they would kill all the guards.
After all of this is over I don't know what I'm going to do to keep busy. Well, I guess with Kayla's baby, we'll have plenty to do.
How can everything get so out of hand so quickly, and all at once?
July 4th
We arrived at the castle yesterday afternoon. Dhari, as usual, had all the bodies taken away. Who ever she has do it is quick and thorough.
Kayla's getting settled into her new room, right next to mine. I hope she hasn't had any problems with the arrangements. I had to go to the headquarters to meet with the officers. We've lost a lot of people. Our numbers are way down from where they should be. We haven't had time to regroup between attacks. We'll have to go out to the nearby towns and recruit new people. I hate having to take the time to train, but it's a necessity.
Kayla has about two months left in her pregnancy. She's gotten very large already. I haven't seen Damian yet, and I don't think Kayla has either. It should be interesting when they do meet. And I suppose when him and I meet again too. Last I saw him, I was still mortal. Dhari says he's still the same Damian, so we'll see.
July 20th
Chalette. For so long I've wondered about things from the past. Whether I had family, a name, a history.
A few months ago, I traveled to France to visit with the clan there. I went to Paris, stopped in on some old friends and went out almost every evening to the small cafes that lie around the city.
One evening, a gorgeous, young man came up to my table. I invited him to sit, thinking he would be easy prey. He did, after all, come to me. He ordered a cafe au lait and we started talking. I usually lure them in with conversation, take them home, and make their passing "pleasant". But, he was so much like Isam, and Dimisin, and even little Gabby's father, Weigraf. I couldn't bring myself to do it. So, instead, I brought him here to Exodus. Of course, he didn't know why he wanted to come with me. He just had... an urge. An urge inspired by me.
He helped me all throughout the castle. He followed me when I had business to attend to. He helped me finally get my books unpacked and on to the shelves that were so nicely made for me. While he was doing this, he found these books that I don't even remember having.
There's so much about my life that I don't remember. That's the worst feeling. I don't remember who I was, who my family was, any of the things I've done, if I was ever in love. I wish to think that I was at one time in my mortal life. I couldn't have been since then. Every man that I ever thought I loved has left. If I was truly in love, they wouldn't have left. Isam was the worst. He had me so blind. We even married, and then he just vanished. He left for his other plain, said that he wouldn't be coming back. I did the only thing I could think of. I went to Anna and asked if the marriage could be annulled, and she agreed. So from that day forth I was single. Isam did decide to come back to me though. But I can't take someone back if they've left me. I just can't. My trust had been broken.
He tried to charm his way back to me. Giving me all his attention. Bringing me gifts and flowers, trying to get me to give in and take him back.
I didn't.
And because of my decision, I almost died a second time. But Isam was interrupted by a knock at the door and he vanished. I was a mess when my visitor came in. My cheeks were stained red with tears. My clothes were torn and burnt. I couldn't stand. I just laid there in a heap on the floor, crying, thankful that Isam had left, even though he vowed he'd be back to finish the job.
I could never forget my visitor. An old friend who promised to never let me be alone while Isam was still alive. My dear friend Demonflame. Of course, he too has left now. His journeys keep him away for extended periods of time.
Isam wasn't even the first. Nor was he the last.
Some were more disappointing than the others. Mystex is one. He was a smooth one. Always knew just what to say to make me melt. 'Course I had the same effect on him, at least for a while. Then I had to leave for a while, and when I came back, that little tramp, Jewel had stolen him away.
After Mystex I stayed away from men for the most part. Sure I flirted and tried to seduce some, but nothing serious. I think Isam came next, and I've learned that was a huge mistake.
And then there was one of the most interesting men I had ever been involved with. Timothy Von Bohr. I first met him at the Black Rose. He came in one night, and we talked. I didn't fall for him right away. He was definitely different. He had his white hair, which in time I found absolutely sexy. I think I first fell for him when he looked so sad. He had lost his brother's tags. He didn't know what to do. His brother and him were extremely close, and those tags were probably the most important possession of his. Our courtship progressed and progressed. We were even engaged until, again, I was called away. And once again I had found that my fiance had been stolen away. This time I wasn't going to sit by. I threatened Divine, and Timothy. Divine mostly. She didn't take it well, and Timothy came back to me, saying that he never really loved her. I almost went so far as to call in favors from friends in high places. Which in itself would have started a war. The thing that saved that is Divine and I managed to talk, and found that Timothy had lied to us both.
That was the last I saw of Timothy until sometime last year. He showed up at Exodus, and even though I was with Dimisin at that time, all my feelings came back. I still felt as strongly for him as before I left for that trip that eventually tore us apart. He got into trouble here, purely by accident even though others here don't believe that, but I know. He left, and hasn't returned. I do miss him.
After Timothy, I had another low period until I met a small girl, Gabby. She was so adorable, and she didn't have a mother. Her adopted father, Wiegraf, was in dire need of help. He had never raised a child before, and he wasn't sure what to do. He seemed nice enough, so I offered to help him for a while. I moved into his castle to help out. So I could be there if Gabby woke in the middle of the night.
Of course, when you live with someone, you talk. Wie and I talked all the time. He was very similar to all of the other men I had fallen for, which should have been my first warning, but I ignored it. Our relationship grew. We had started to become like a family, the three of us. Wie, Gabby and myself. And then one night, after Gabby had gone to sleep, Wie asked me to marry him. He knew what had happened with Isam, and he asked anyway. I couldn't agree. He said he understood, but I think that may have been what drove him away in the long run.
So, following the pattern, he too left. Gabby went with him, and I moved back to the tavern. I spent many hours down in the basement with my paints. I created piece after piece. And then somehow I got involved with a new family, leaving the tavern to Kayla. I packed my things and moved into a castle.
It was there that I got involved with Dimisin. That was perhaps my longest relationship with anyone. Still to this day I don't know exactly why he left. He was also my last relationship. I guess I've made myself undesirable, or something to that effect. I haven't met anyone who's shown any interest. Until Deacon, who on his own agreed to come back to the castle with me after our most recent visit to Soul's place. I asked him if he wanted to come, and released any control I had on him. He made that decision on his own free will. So now, he is here with me, in his own room, and of his own free will.
Things here at the castle are a little crazy. Damian, Kayla's son, has shown up here and Dhari stepped down as pillar, passing the position to me. I'm not sure if the other's on the council are happy about that or not, but I don't think Dhari wants her position back. She left for a time, then returned. She knows that all she'd have to do is ask, and I'd give the position back. But when she returned, she asked to be my advisor, nothing more.
We've had a few council meetings. We had one last night. I'm afraid I wasn't in the best of forms at the meeting. We were supposed to decide whether to grant Dhari a backdated divorce so her marriage to Blade was legal. Cassie wanted to talk to Dhari again before any decision was made, so we slowly broke up the meeting. We should be meeting again tonight.
I know I'm going to be outvoted, which, I suppose, is a good thing for everyone. Dhari will get her divorce and Damian will be a single man again, which is what I want. But I have to keep my feelings out of it, and based on both sides of the story, I just can't grant the divorce.
I've gotten off topic, so I'll set this aside for now and pick it up later.
October 17, Tuesday
I've just returned from the tavern. Something came up and Kayla and I had to go back there despite her condition. The journey there was easier than we had thought it would be. We had also miscalculated how far along Kayla was in her pregnancy. We were expecting the babies in early September, but they came Friday afternoon (October 13). The "they" is the reason she was so big. She had twins; a boy, Komei, and a girl, Kalana-Myun. They're beautiful little ones. Ash wasn't there, but I'm sure he knew the moment they were born, they've always had a connection.
It's getting late in the day, and I haven't slept at all for the last few days. I'll write more later.
February 18th - AM
I've moved back to Exodus again. I was just too restless at the tavern and I know I wasn't helping Kayla out any. Deacon stayed behind to help her. He seems to enjoy his job there as bartender and all around handy man. Maybe it reminds him of home a bit. Who knows.
Dhari and Blade have returned from Greystone, and there are others who have returned as well. I've seen Cassie, Larlan and Asrana, and I've seen movement in the forest, but that could have just been the cat lady hunting.
The Prince is still around here too, though I haven't seen him lately. Everything else here seems as normal as it can be and for now, I feel content.
There was one strange thing though. When I was out by the main stairs, I heard a child's laugh, and then a scream, but there weren't any children around, and there hasn't been since Dylan and Psy. I've sent word to Deacon to bring my books when he comes with the rest of my belongings.
For now though, I think it's time to sleep. It was a long journey, and I'll have to feed soon, but I can't hunt until after I get some more rest.
Until next time.
~Crystal Rose Chalette
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Character Stats:
Name: Crystal Rose
Clan: Toreador
Age/Generation: 836 {d.o.b. November 13th}, 9th generation.
Apparent age: 26-28
Sire: SoulKiss
Height: 5'7
Weight: 120lbs
Hair: Black, picking up hints of other colors in the light.
Eyes: Silver usually, but varies with mood.
Demeanor: Gallant
Concept: Poet/Painter, Inn & Tavern Owner
ATTRIBUTES
Physical: Strength-2* Dexterity-2* Stamina-2*
Social: Charisma-3* Manipulation-3* Appearance-4*
Mental: Perception-3* Intelligence-3* Wits-3*
ABILITIES
Talents: Alertness-3* Dodge-2* Empathy-4* Subterfuge-2*
Skills: Animal Ken-1* Etiquette-4* Melee-2* Stealth-2* Survival-2*
Knowledges: Linguistics (French, Spanish)-2* Medicine-3* Occult-3* Politics-2*
Science-3*
ADVANTAGES
Known Disciplines: Celerity-3* Prescence-3* Fortitude-3* Glitterism-2*
Known Backgrounds: Influence-2* Resources-4* Status-2*
Virtues: Conscience-4* Self-Control-2* Courage-4*
Humanity-9*
Willpower-8*
KNOWN MERITS
Common Sense
Self-Confidence
KNOWN FLAWS
Hypersensitive
Short Fuse
Stats compliments of Amarante Lautrec's typist
