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by Celeste Darken
Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:01 am
Forum: Agency Voice
Topic: Altering brain chemistry to open doors?
Replies: 10
Views: 2934

It’s been said that certain plants can . . .

It’s been said that certain plants, when properly used and applied, does bring about such things. Victor Lazlo himself has been known to have used such methods. While it’s true he never solidly affirmed the case as being genuine, he never closed his mind to the possibility, either.
by Celeste Darken
Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:27 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Interesting Find
Replies: 106
Views: 169707

An End to Magic?

I am curious about the egg, with the picture being removed, and whether protaganis used all of the strange alloy.

Or if he’s even alive, for that matter. Though he could be simply busy with his father’s company.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:20 am
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: More Insanity
Replies: 1
Views: 217

Perhaps . . .

I wonder if there has been an upward spike of this sort of thing this year? It certainly seems like it. Perhaps. My own theory in the matter is we just have more access to this sort of reporting. In the olden days, things like this were hushed up and hidden y family. At the present, however, the me...
by Celeste Darken
Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:26 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Things Aren’t Going Right
Replies: 62
Views: 44059

No Dying Thread, This . . .

There’s more to this thread; I have borne witness to various events within it. However, it isn’t mine to tell.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:00 am
Forum: Agency Voice
Topic: The Official List of the Fallen
Replies: 346
Views: 7630207

There might yet be another . . .

There are many who may not have given their lives, but still their sacrifices have certainly been a very high price indeed. Part of a difficulty that surfaces is when we don’t know whether they are alive or dead.
by Celeste Darken
Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:16 pm
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: Vampires No Longer Camera Shy
Replies: 6
Views: 357

Do not rely upon them.

A couple of years ago I was talking to a friend of mine who is interested in photography. I was lamenting the difficulty of detecting vampires with surveillance systems because they cast no reflection to be detected by a camera's mirror. That was when I learned that not all camera's use mirrors. Th...
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:37 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 35
Views: 4901

Very well.

Good to know.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:55 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 35
Views: 4901

Greetings, Firiar.

Indeed; your telling does seem incomplete, Friar.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:33 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: West Coast Hunters?
Replies: 72
Views: 12725

Re: West Coast Hunters?

A “werecreature,” after having been “tainted,” begins turning to darker aspects of its nature. Then, its final posts express wishes to extract “feelings” against “lawbreakers.”

From one hunter to another, this is most . . . curious.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:45 pm
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Druselle’s Apothecary

It sounds to me as though what you meant is that you let 'Ken Doll' go for now . That’s one way to look at it, I suppose. Maybe she just wants to be best friends ? At least there are some among you who see the absurdity of such a notion . . . but, no. Befriending him was not a part of my plans. A l...
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:26 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Junkyard Space

Another chapter is due. My nights have not been spent in idleness. I left the nightclub, and the alternative atmosphere within its walls, in a cheerful mood; sated in more ways than one. The night’s darkness was dimly lit by the waxing moon’s sliver as I walked under it, an eyelid drawing backward....
by Celeste Darken
Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:07 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

No, it isn’t a common occurrence at all for me . . . .

FriarJohn wrote:What I found of interest is that you "heard" the man's prayer.

Dose this sort of thing, hearing thoughts from a distance, happen often?

From my own experience, no; it hasn’t happened at all before.
by Celeste Darken
Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:07 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

It could very well be a ploy, Cybermancer

Interesting story. If it's true. Could just be a ploy to garner sympathy though. What really calls the lie to this story is that you're supposedly out in the rain. It's commonly accepted amongst many vampire hunters I know that a vampire can be destroyed by any source of running water. From rain to...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:58 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Epilogue

The apartment’s skylights were still aglow at my return. The slender figure of Brother Cheviot stood routed deep, halfway swallowed in the maw of the concrete shelled beast, his body shaded in gray and twisted in a mute expression of dying anguish. Dancing along the lip of the building’s roof until...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:38 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Freefalling

”Sophia?” I spoke quietly, smoothly. “You may call me Mercy Brown. I’m going to come get you. You’ll be all right.” Her whimpering quieted to timid breathing. As I approached, crouching, she shook her head feebly. It would have been a simple matter to grab her and run, but such a motion might start...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:33 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Hanging by a Thread

Brother Cheviot’s described dream building top he was well known to me. Taller than its immediate neighbors, it was the perfect edifice to get a higher view of much of the city, with enough imagination in its design to provide ample concealment for those that wanted to watch the streets while they ...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:52 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Virtues of the Father

Thirteen floors passed beneath me; avoiding windows, rain, and fire escapes was likewise a simple matter. I vaulted the lip of the building and waited, crouched in shadow, hands on knees. For a moment, my eyes took in the soft glow of a pair of skylights sharing the illumination from within and the...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:29 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Experiences as a Nightwalker
Replies: 16
Views: 968

Experiences as a Nightwalker

Some of my experiences as a Nightwalker are worth sharing; others, however, are not. In the spirit of that motif, I don’t wish to offer encounters that detract from the reason this board was placed here. Even if, being what I am, everything I do could technically constitute as valid stories for pos...
by Celeste Darken
Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:46 pm
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: A Shadowy Cult
Replies: 85
Views: 4528

Your “daughter” uses blood magic?

Your “daughter” uses blood magic? That’s very . . . interesting.
by Celeste Darken
Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:51 pm
Forum: Agency Voice
Topic: The Origins of Vampires
Replies: 70
Views: 220221

Including, but not limited to . . .

GhostSpider wrote:Kill them. Kill them all. That is the only thing one should discuss when talking about the blood-suckers.

Including, but not limited to, vampire bats, mosquitoes, ticks, and anything else a body can justify wedging into that category as well, I suppose?
by Celeste Darken
Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:54 pm
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: A Shadowy Cult
Replies: 85
Views: 4528

Perhaps

Perhaps I am dead; perhaps I am not.
Perhaps I reverted; perhaps I am fiend.

But for now, you don’t know.
Wonder, at your convenience.
Ignore, at your peril.

I am satisfied.
by Celeste Darken
Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:25 pm
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: A Shadowy Cult
Replies: 85
Views: 4528

Biggie, too, was killed when he began investigating a cult.

Biggie, too, was killed when he began investigating a cult. Perhaps they are related.

Perhaps they are not.

Whatever the case, it is good that you have not snapped at Cessiel; a creature with arguably shady ties.
by Celeste Darken
Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Out last night
Replies: 42
Views: 1224

Re: Out last night

You have a honeyed way of words, Ronin, and you do right by speaking respectfully. Too oft has this site been plagued by those who mistake words for actions.

Ron Caliburn wrote:Age must be catching me, because you don't exist anymore Darken.


Yet you still answer when I emerge. Peculiar.
by Celeste Darken
Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:47 pm
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Out last night
Replies: 42
Views: 1224

You are, after all, only human

Perhaps the answer to your problem is the mundane one that all mortals face and fear, Caliburn.

Age is catching our indomitable hero.
by Celeste Darken
Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:12 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Lost if the fire
Replies: 26
Views: 9159

Re: Lost if the fire

His last message to me was dated October 07, 2010 8:57 am.
by Celeste Darken
Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:17 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Lost if the fire
Replies: 26
Views: 9159

Re: Lost if the fire

From what Biggie has told me, he certainly seemed capable of getting into a great deal of trouble.
by Celeste Darken
Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Memorial
Replies: 228
Views: 38735

You make the midtake of all mortals . . .

Hmmm . . . you make the mistake most mortals do, Long: thinking you know a declared demon. Humans know nothing of us. As for whether or not I am this “Celeste Darken” . . . creatures change, even the immortal undead. I have taken the name, and therefore I have as legitimate a claim as any. The only...
by Celeste Darken
Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:43 am
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Memorial
Replies: 228
Views: 38735

I was in no rush . . .

Willie Long wrote:
Celeste Darken wrote:When I arrived, the encounter had escalated beyond mere words and into actions.

Not as fast as you used to be?

What makes you think I was in any hurry?
by Celeste Darken
Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:55 pm
Forum: War Stories
Topic: Memorial
Replies: 228
Views: 38735

Memorial of an Innocent . . .

I saw this thread and found it very appropriate to what I am about to write. It was a darker night than usual, combed with clouds and shadows alike. Though it didn’t make a difference to me. The woman that walked along the darkened sidewalk was heavily muffled in winter clothing; I suppose it was c...
by Celeste Darken
Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:01 am
Forum: Community Outreach
Topic: The Vision of Victor Lazlo.
Replies: 26
Views: 734

Re: The Vision of Victor Lazlo.

I know nothing of this “Victor Lazlo.” But if he believed in us, I shall believe in him.