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undergrounds2016-06-07 07:13 pm
baisant) wrote in undergrounds2016-06-07 07:13 pm
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[OPEN] SOUTHWARK TERRITORY CLAIM
It should never be said that Jean-Claude does anything halfway. So too might be true of the claim to try and regain Southwark for Islington.
And so he sends out a proverbial white glove to Daybreak. A formal challenge, detailing what Islington is after, how they believe they have been wronged, and how they would like to take it back. Naming a time and place where the two parties should meet (a quiet area, after the sun has set), where Jean-Claude and those who will join him for his cause shall be waiting. To fight for what is theirs.
It's all very romantic, if he says so himself. Brings him back to an era where such a thing was more commonplace. A time and place that he rather misses, all things considered.
He sends out a call to arms amongst the vampires as well. Letting them know his intentions. Letting them know that he has specified there will be no cheating in this match-up, no silver bullets, no fairy aid. No teeth. An honest match, between the vampires of Islington and the witches of Daybreak. And may the winner reap the riches. It's pretty clear what sort of a stand he's trying to make, a stark contrast to the latest brutality. He can only wait and see what sort of a statement it makes. Regardless of the outcome.
So Jean-Claude plans. And thus they assemble, at the appointed place, at the appointed time. And so do Daybreak and Islington come together in their first honorable battle in decades. As honorable as a battle gets, of course...
((ooc: come tag in and fight alongside your fellow witch/vampire, discuss amongst each other the strategy and your opinion of it before going in, OR react together to how it was handled and the fact that they lost afterwards -- have at it! c: there are not that many daybreaks involved/signed up, as a note, so please team up with each other and feel free to NPC daybreak opponents for yourselves! ))
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After all, while Thomas didn't know it, he was here for essentially the same reasons as Jean-Claude. Whether they won or lost, breaking the agreed upon rules of this fight might confirm the idea that the vampires were out of control, and if that happened, Thomas suspected the other factions wouldn't put up with them forever.
Still, he would like to win either way, so he would shoot his best through this fight.
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Jean-Claude smiles a bit knowingly at the other vampire. He reminds him something of himself, when he was newly turned. He hopes that he will never have that attitude worn out of him in the same way that Jean-Claude himself did.
"Oh, I do not ask you to follow all of the rules, mon ami," he replies, cocking his head at him as he does. "Where is the fun in that? I only ask that you follow the ones that should matter in this situation."
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Following the agreed rules of the duel? That was important, if he wanted to make the right impression, but there were many other rules he was breaking right then as they spoke. After all, they were about to have a huge sword/gun battle in the streets of London, and he had a hand gun that, while a common model in the US, was likely illegal in England. That didn't even count following the letter but not the essence of what he was told to do, in situations where he didn't want to go along with something, but didn't want to rebel outright. Really, there were so many options open to Thomas for rule breaking, they just didn't apply to the rules Jean-Claude had laid out.
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"No, mon ami," he agrees, a knowing expression on his face as he speaks, "I didn't think that you were. So long as you know how to behave when you must, then I think such things can be forgiven, however."