Thread: JTM's Place ((Pius and JTN))

JTM hears a car pull out front. He looks out the window to see Pius there in a flashy sedan and a driver. He smacks his forehead.

“Oh that’s just great. I forgot to tell him about the po-po around here and my nosy neighbors who call them all the fucking time lately. There’s goes the low profile angle I was going for.”

He goes to the door unlocking and opening it.

“C’mon in Pius. I’d tell you to take a seat, but its waiting for trash pickup currently.Still cleaning this place after the last assault here. Don’t mind the lack of furnishings. Oh my bad. Manners first.”

He introduces Barbie to him seeing that she is recovering ever so slowly.

“Pius. Barbie. Barbie. Pius You want a beer? Maybe something stouter?”

He goes to his fridge refilling his glass with Kendov’s gift, then finds another somewhat clean glass for Pius. He returns back offering him the glass sitting down on the table next to Barbie.

“You mentioned something about demons earlier? What do you want to know? Anything specific? All I can tell you right now is that I along with others kicked the shit out of that dumbass power mad ex-prince of the month Kris Kross make your daddy Jump Jump Toreador demon worshipper. Had a barn burning too, just forgot the marshmallows to make Kharma S’mores. Ashes to ashes dust to dust you know. Guess you can’t win em all.”

"Thank you, JTM."

Pius looks around as he walked into the building and laughs to himself.

"Looks like it was a good party. Speaking of that I brought this for you." hands the bag over to JTM as he is introducing Barbie.

"It is nice to meet you, Barbie." When JTM asks about something to drink, Pius shakes his head

"No thanks I gave that up a long time ago." Pius finds anything to sit on and does so.

"As for the demons, it seems that we have a new type of demon. The one that own that house in Springfield. JTM do you have any real knowledge of demons?"

Pius looks around, then at Barbie and then back to JTM.

“I’m not an expert on demons, Pius. Never said I was. Colonel Walker has more demon occulty 411 than I do. I just know what knowledge I have from what I have witnessed first hand. There was one in Prairie State Park awhile back. Didn’t see him up close and personal, just know he pulled some kind of mind mojo on people making friends and allies turn on each other…seemed limited in range, probably drained him using that much power. Turned Walker against me for a moment. Guess he couldn’t maintain it permanently. That what you are looking for? Shit like that? Come to think of it.....I never found out if they took care of that demon either.”

He rubs his chin thinking about the Springfield house.

“Now if there was a demon in that Springfield house….I definitely didn’t see it, but the word Baali got sprewn about several times. Watching people go “oh fuck..we gotta go!!!” like chickens with their heads cut off. Confused the shit out of me. More mind mojo there, hallucinations, death tricks and traps. Big difference though…this demon had range to reach all the way out to Hammond Towers and put that whammy right there. I swear I was seeing some funky fucked up shit like a bad 70’s acid trip. Reality blurred the line with fantasy. That place fucked with my head. I swear I saw Barbie down in Springfield, more mature about Maddelena’s size wearing a hot purple dress with a tiara too come to think of it. I was going “what the fuck are you doing here, Barbie?” …when she called me to the center of court and Maddelena was nowhere there, the gall of Barbie telling me to go to the house not even looking me directly in the eye. I was thinking Maddelena would have screamed at her something harsh, get a nasty choke hold too, especially since Barbie was sitting right where Maddelena had been for most of the night."

He shakes his finger at Barbie.

"Shame on you for stowing away in my jacket with out telling me. You needed to rest like the doc said. Anyways where was I? Oh yeah that place needed an overhaul especially with the bad interior decorating. I mean seriously who thinks dead mortal looks good as a wall scheme? Tacky if you ask me. I think they overdid the red and goopy look too. Hidden doorways that were in plain sight just for the trained eye. Some people just don’t know how to do thorough search you know. However they had a stocked fridge so it wasn’t all bad. No demons in there, just plenty of good spirits….(he pauses)…ooh uhhh.. .my bad I meant the drinkable kind, not floating around Casper like type. Sorry about that.

He tries not to chuckle, then gets the light bulb to click.

“Now correct me if I’m wrong about that night. Did you notice that all the malks were acting way off? I guess maybe this demon can reach into the mist and twist it. You know pull the whole puppet strings and watch the malks go through these “way off changes” in their behavior. Not like I’d ever put my hand in their no matter how much the malks want me to step into it. Some examples that I got….Malcolm with his lovey dovey touchy feely hugging. Not like him to go complete grab ass either. He’s more profanity than passion anyways. I mean the city is going wonky and all they want to do is a scavenger hunt…c’mon now. Ordering me to organize a rave for distraction purposes. The city's burning down and they want me to party and dance while it goes to ashy cinders around em. I mean damn why is it a select few have that “Members only” sticker smack on their ass and they pull the velvet rope VIP bullshit so only they can pass since they have that damn sticker? Me personally I’m about to say fuck that noise you know. Screw that Access Denied bouncer they pull with his hand up in my face pulling rank, when we do all that work and a few get the credit. I helped dammit…where the fuck is my props? Like I said I can only tell you what I know from first hand experience. Hopefully something I said helps you out Pius. I just needed some protection from demons for the next fight or two if I have to get involved Walker said I needed it and to talk to the Tremere. Thanks for the boost and that gift. I know I’m on retainer awaiting a phone call. Favor for favor yadda yadda. I get that. Deal’s a deal you know.”

He takes a long drink of his alcohol.

“Since you mention weird things like demons, I hear about Sabbat infiltrators running amuck in the city. Watch who you tell what to…you never know if they are the bad guy you know. That’s not the case here between you and me, but some people I gotta get in this cell list (shows him a glimpse of his phone with almost everyone in the city on it). Until they get put in here and I personally talk to them, they are on my Law and Order Sabbat suspect list. Best way I figure I can sift and sort em out. Barbie gave me that hot tip you know.”

He looks back at him waiting him to absorb all this info hoping he hasn’t confused the shit out of Pius now.

Pius takes in the information that JTM has just ran thought like a 100 yard dash. he sits back and places his hand on his chin.

"You are correct JTM, I am unsure as well if we truly did deal with the thing in the prairie. I have been meaning to talk to Col. Walker about that. I was in the group that was pulling Kindred out of the combat. So I was not able to see what happened at the end. I know that Xavier had a few words that he used but at the time what he said escapes me.

"Since it seems that you are one of the front line combants, don't you think that maybe you should have some knowledge of your own?"

Pius sits back in his chair and looks over at JTM

"The Prince had asked me to gather those that would be willing to fight these demons. I know that you are one that has already fought them and experience in these things is important. I would offer to give you knowledge of Demon's and how to fight him. I have the items and the knowledge to fight, but I lack certain powers of the blood to be an effective fighter. For future items to fight these Demons and knowledge of them would you be willing to teach me to increase my strenghten using the blood?"

Pius pauses for a sec and continues.

"As for the strange happenings at the gathering, I don't have much knowledge of how the cities Malkavians act. I do remember you saying that about Malcolm. As for the images at the Towers, I did see the members of the old court out of the corner of my eye from time to time.
I had also heard others had the same visions as well. That was right before the infernal ex court members appeared in the room."

"As for the house, The Baaali, they are kindred Demons. They are the worst and at all cost should be destroyed as should as possible. If left to run about they will turn everyone against each other. They are evil to the core, I have even heard that in some cases the Camarilla and the Sabbat join together to remove a Baali nest if one is found. "

With JTM talking about the Velvet Rope, Pius again draws in a heavy breath and sighs.

"Yes, I have the same feeling. This is not the time to be forcing a wedge in the middle of the city. We have the Sabbat, which I have heard the same as you, could have a spy within the city. I am not sure as to why we were all called away from the House, I am not sure as to why anyone would want you to hold a Rave while things like that were going on. It is all very strange. I think that you have been doing a great job in the issues I have heard. The Sabbat attack and a few other matters."

Pius stands takes off his jacket and sits back down and motions to the bag.

"I hope that you are a Jack Daniels man, JTM. It was something that I enjoyed very much long ago.

Pius smiles and sits back in the chair.

He admires the lovely fifth of Jack Daniels in front of him scooting it closer to him and Barbie, keeping for later.

“Oooh. Sweet!!! A man after my own taste. I love Jack Daniels. That shit puts hair on your chest. That whole manly drink concept. Thanks for that, Pius.”

He takes a drink of the Kendov stout and continues.

“All I know about that Prairie State Park Demon was I was fighting people, a big ass bear taking his chunks outta me and me lumping him with bat shots back, telling Lydia to bolt. I saw people go in there, but I don’t remember any of them coming out but… of course, I was indisposed and unconcious at the time, so your guess is as good as mine.”

He rubs his chin thinking long and hard.

“Let’s see here. Knowledge on demons? Guess it couldn’t hurt. Hmmmm….I know the only good demon is a dead demon pretty much. Hell they said Baali to me, and I’m telling em we needed to cancel its gym membership. But yeah if you want to help me figure em out better, that would be cool too. Got any good books on em I could read perhaps? It’s not like they are gonna come up to me hopping and dancing around going “Hey JTM. I’m a demon. Look at me. How ya like me now.” you know.”

He chuckles abit. He then perks up when he hears about a potential fight.

“Fight a demon? Count me in. I owe em some payback. Where do I sign up? “

He then sizes up Pius up and down looking over at Barbie.

“What do you think? Should I do that for him?”

He nods back to her.

“Yeah I agree with that too. He needs a crash course of JTM combat training too. Sure I could do that, Pius, so you won’t have to break a sweat from all that heavy lifting anymore. I know toting those material components to whip up your mojo can cause severe back problems. Just remember these basics. Hold that thought.”

He puts his finger up to him as he gets up and goes into his closet rumbling around in it and comes back out with a wooden Louisville Slugger baseball bat and hands it to Pius.

“Here you go. For you to keep. You might need this. Rule 1. Don’t get hit. If you see it coming at you, don’t just stand there, duck or at least try to dodge. Rule 2. Hit em first. Get that first shot in. And with this wooden weapon, if it breaks while you are fighting, you have instant portable stake at your disposal. Now you have some combat knowledge from an expert, fair enough.”

He looks a little confused for a sec.

“Visions? Wait.wait…whoa whoa whoa!!! You mean that wasn’t Barbie sitting on Maddelena’s throne? That was the... the... the prince? Ohhhh…fuck!!! You gotta be shitting me!!! Let’s just say I’m not on the prince’s Xmas card list.”

He cringes thinking the prince could have whacked his ass after he had been doing his best to avoid her completely He’s glad he didn’t bitch at the Barbie/Maddelena telling him what to do either..

"Infernals? Are you talking fire wizards? Or are they demon summoning mages? I got no clue on that. Those labels escape me. Most of the time, it’s the city telling me to just kill whatever they want dead, period.”

He starts laughing a bit at Pius.

“Cammies and Sabbat working together…that’s a good one. Got any more good jokes like that. I’ll have to remember that one. Barbie, make a note of that. Here’s one for you….What did the shovelhead say to JTM? (he pauses a bit) Not a damn thing. I ashed their sorry ass.”

He chuckles a bit more.

“Hell the Sabbat know me by reputation to stay away from me. Killed more than my fair share of em. They always ruin my body armor. Damn fucking Sabbat bastards. They even had the audacity to kidnap one of my closest nun friends, but I intend to get her back once the info we have on the nun’s location is more clear cut. Let’s just say I’d rather not talk about that touchy subject with me either. Kinda pisses me off something fierce.”

He clenches his fists trying to refrain from losing it as the memories of the nun try to pour in his head. He instead laughs some more hoping Pius got that one, hoping he’s hiding his anger well. He shakes his head at Pius.

“No. you’ve got me all wrong, Pius. I don’t want to drive a wedge in the city. Hell they don’t need me to do that. It’s already there. I just wished they were more organized on sending select groups to places and not have the chaos clusterfuck of stragglers just showing up. I mean the more the merrier is good, but if they have no clue what they are fucking doing, they shouldn’t even be there. Hell they’d probably fuck it up worse. Have them do something they are more qualified to do instead. Shit the prince ought to have a file cabinet with all our dossiers in it that she can look it over thoroughly before choosing teams to go out on missions. I’m in the combat category mainly. And she knows that, so it makes it much easier for her to choose where JTM goes...you follow me so far? That way she can go…you go here, you go there, you stay away from there, you clean my crown, JTM go to your house and stay there, catch my drift on that? I’m just glad you’ve heard about me…hopefully good things too. I never get the rumormill or gossip on my exploits firsthand you know.”

He looks back at him.

“Anything else you need? Training can start whenever you want to. Just buzz me and we can begin it. I’m expecting some others too. They need the JTM combat training as well, unless you prefer a more private lesson that is. I’m totally cool with that. You wanna call it even then for the gift on the bat? I mean…how much do I really owe for the gift on the bat? I have no fucking clue how much that cost you either. I don’t want to piss you off you know. Make sure its all fair for all parties. Can you explain that one to me?”

He takes another drink sitting and listening to the good convo in his house for a change, hoping Barbie is having a good time making mental notes too.

Has JTM gets a little excited about the gift, Pius smiles.

"You seemed like a JD man. I am sure that you will enjoy it.

JTM mentions books about the Baali and demons

"Those types of things are around but much like you are going to train me in the phyiscal, I will do the same in the mental. The things that you would learn are some of the abilities they have and what you will need to watch for should/when you come across them. I figured that you would be ready for another go around with them. Should anything come up, Col. Walker and yourself will be the first that I call when it comes time to fight."

Pius watches JTM move over to get the bat. When JTM hands it to him he takes it and listens.

"I will call you and we can arrange time for both trainings."

Pius nods, "Yes those where visions and everyone was having them that evening. A very serious look comes across Pius' face. "JTM, one thing you will find out about me, I do not joke when it comes to Demons, Infernalism and the Baali. It is true, a nest of the Baali could bring the worst enemies together for a time. Infernalist are anyone that deals in the magic or power that is given to them by Demons. The fire weilding mages are called "Evokers" and I have allot of experience with them."

As JTM talks about the wedge, "JTM I didn't mean you where. It is the course of actions that have seemed to take place that could. As you said there seems to be many different cliques forming and in this time I agree that we need everyone together fighting and investigating the same thing.

Pius stands takes his bat

"We are even JTM. Knowledge and boosts for the power of Potence and some combat training. I thank you for your time JTM. If there is nothing else I will take my leave this evening. I trust that if you have another party that maybe I would be invited.

Pius extends his hand to JTM.