VN Ren'Py Rebirth [Ep.5 Update 13] [LikesBlondes]

[Dragon59]

I believe that Marcius will be making some form of fatal error at Sharon's investiture. I am not sure that he is so hot headed that it will be outright assassination attempt...But he may challenge her suitability to be an Archon.

I'm more inclined to think that he'll continually attempt to sabotage her authority over Scottstown in order to make her look bad before the princeps in a bid to get the princeps to remove her from her new position.

I expect he will be reoccurring pain for the next few chapters. I expect problems with the southern Archon will be less frequent, but more serious. For one thing, I expect that Marcus will ultimately be hindered by Alexis' impulsiveness.

It is even conceivable for the MC to say, "take a number" and deal with these threats directly himself....(I kind of doubt that as it would reveal his ultra potent blood right away)

I doubt it too.

Yes, the claws would have been pretty difficult to hide, but his CHARISMA and STEALTH abilities need to be kept secret as long as possible.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

The big question atm is: What happened to Merrick?

Maybe the thing in the forest took him?
Sharon did said that the feral nox wasn't the one who attacked her, that the feral vampiress wasn't on the same level of speed and strength.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

Maybe the thing in the forest took him?
Sharon did said that the feral nox wasn't the one who attacked her, that the feral vampiress wasn't on the same level of speed and strength.

That'd be a pretty shitty send off for him, I'm with those who think he went and met up with the other Nos in that area.

 

[Spfjolietjake]

That'd be a pretty shitty send off for him, I'm with those who think he went and met up with the other Nos in that area.

I know zero compared to most of the posters here. But my mind keeps going back to the nos he knows that keeps digging to free the ancient one. Again I'm not as well studied as anyone here but that is my feeling

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

I know zero compared to most of the posters here. But my mind keeps going back to the nos he knows that keeps digging to free the ancient one. Again I'm not as well studied as anyone here but that is my feeling

IIRC Merrick stated that he went crazy so I doubt it.

 

[Spfjolietjake]

IIRC Merrick stated that he went crazy so I doubt it.

If people don't believe you of course they will think you went crazy. It isn't sane digging for something you don't believe is real. What if merrick found out he wasn't so crazy. Eh... just a thought

 

[BigStuffedTiger]

Neither is it sane to dig up something so powerful that it will be able to do whatever it wants with you and so hungry that it will almost certainly drain you dry as its first act upon awaking.

Merrick clearly recognized this possibility too given his warning to the MC.

 

[RC-1138 Boss]

That'd be a pretty shitty send off for him, I'm with those who think he went and met up with the other Nos in that area.

I didn't mean killing, maybe this thing simply kidnapped Merrick.

 

[Arigon]

What if that old hospital has an extensive underground which was the site of the Nos hide out, and after she gets torched, Merrick is currently checking the place out, and making it a more proper lair for the Nos?
That has been bugging me of late.

Other topic
I have successfully unlocked all 3 of the abilities now regardless of which path I started on. I am thinking that some amount of the coming chapter(s) need to deal with Sharon and the MC fumbling around trying to figure out what else is lurking in his vampire genetics, including possibly Fabian style thaumaturgy. That would require some study of course.
So current abilities he has or has demonstrated:
Auspex/Heightened Senses/Spidey Senses
Celerity-he is abnormally fast-always first on the scene and the whirlwind image when running to Sharon in woods
Psychometry/Visions(past present)-could be high level Auspex-not always triggered by touch
Whispers-combo mind reading and influence-Sharon's is almost definitely domination-needs eye contact, he doesn't.
(Calisto demonstrated domination when telling him to join her to get embraced)
Claws-more than protean claws or at least more than standard wolf clan claws.
Obfuscate/Invisibility
Laurie as his thrall had some amount of above average ill ease at the old hospital.-could be related to his vision ESP etc.

Now, in order for some of this to get resolved quickly, he could simply ask "What is a Hiereia?" I suspect there will be a singular answer and that Cindy and Fabian will both act prior to him asking this to tell him to shush. Fabian already hinted that letting others know who mommy is might invite him becoming a snack.
"Mommy" says keep Sharon around as she will probably still be useful, not "be careful about whacking her she might give you problems" .
I suspect that our MC is likely much less vulnerable to being someone's snack once we are at the point where those 3 path powers are active. Going invisible and then gaffling someone with those claws would be a strong deterrent. Not to mention his other powers. Should be a good time soon.

 

[Dragon59]

It is a bit interesting to see some of the discussions as a person who has no knowledge of these other properties.

 

[Arigon]

It is a bit interesting to see some of the discussions as a person who has no knowledge of these other properties.

Granting that what we are referencing is the primary source that Likesblondes is using as a template for his vampires, getting into this lore is actually a great deal of fun. I have saved the four slots we can have to transition from Rebirth 1 to Rebirth 2. In them I have 2 that I made charisma based, but only one was on purpose, the other was more or less luck. Both of these were successful, but only 1 of those 2 has all three powers unlocked. I then did the prowess route which is arguably the easiest to open all three paths on, and I unlocked all 3 powers. The last one I finished this morning was the stealth based one. I had a hard time getting to the Whisper power on previous stealth attempts, however I nailed all 3 of the paths this time through.

While I know that either the moderator(s) or perhaps the developer frowns on referencing the inspirational material, I have found a lot of hours of enjoyment of speculation of who is what in this wonderful AVN.

One thing that I feel I have to place into my comments frequently is that as we are on a pirate porn site, the expectations of the viewers needs to be managed. Not for my own ego or anything, but because I absolutely respect the work of the developer and do not want johnny come haters to come along complaining about not having much animation or renders of actual traditional sex.

The MC is hung up on sex because he is a brand new vampire and doesn't at first realize that his world has suddenly become so much more expansive and different, and those who play this AVN may not realize this at all as well.

Sex is not a thing for vampires. It does not have the same psychological or physiological effect on vampires that it did for humans, or would for thralls. In fact, for thralls, who have had their world altered, sex would become another addiction for them to express their devotion to their domitor. EXCEPT, the domitor could care less.

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[BigStuffedTiger]

What if that old hospital has an extensive underground which was the site of the Nos hide out, and after she gets torched, Merrick is currently checking the place out, and making it a more proper lair for the Nos?
That has been bugging me of late.

That's the best explanation I've heard so far for why Merrick may have disappeared. While I suppose its possible, I have difficulty atm accepting that the thing that nearly killed Sharon would have for some inexplicable reason kidnapped Merrick. It strikes me as more likely that a frenzied Merrick stumbled on the old Nos lair while running, got distracted checking it out, and missed the trip back to the city. Some combination of the two that involves Merrick hiding in the old Nos lair from something that can see through his obfuscation/invisibility ability is also possible I suppose.

Now, in order for some of this to get resolved quickly, he could simply ask "What is a Hiereia?" I suspect there will be a singular answer and that Cindy and Fabian will both act prior to him asking this to tell him to shush. Fabian already hinted that letting others know who mommy is might invite him becoming a snack.
"Mommy" says keep Sharon around as she will probably still be useful, not "be careful about whacking her she might give you problems" .
I suspect that our MC is likely much less vulnerable to being someone's snack once we are at the point where those 3 path powers are active. Going invisible and then gaffling someone with those claws would be a strong deterrent. Not to mention his other powers. Should be a good time soon.

To use a combo of film and RPG terminology, the MC needs some more training montages to increase his combat dice pools to make those path powers more fearsome. He could have beat that feral female nos easily had he big enough dice pools to properly utilize his 3 path powers.

Sex is not a thing for vampires. It does not have the same psychological or physiological effect on vampires that it did for humans, or would for thralls. In fact, for thralls, who have had their world altered, sex would become another addiction for them to express their devotion to their domitor. EXCEPT, the domitor could care less.

I understand your concern regarding the unmet expectations of horny players who think there is too much story and not enough smut. They will no doubt complain crankily. That said, I suspect that the MC is going to be something of an outlier in that he's still going to enjoy sex more than the typical vampire in this universe, even if blood has become a bigger motivator. So while there will still be quite a bit less sex than is typical for this site, I don't think the MC is going to turn his back entirely on sex either. The fact that he managed to actually ejaculate is evidence of that. It's looking like he will simply combine sex with his new biting fetish going down the road.

 

[Arigon]

thing is, that you could have sex in the inspirational material. For males, it was even a way to give a dose of vitae to your ghoul/thrall. he should have shot vitae not jiz. Even with that as a perk, it should still be much much less than our typical smutfest here.

 

[BigStuffedTiger]

thing is, that you could have sex in the inspirational material. For males, it was even a way to give a dose of vitae to your ghoul/thrall. he should have shot vitae not jiz. Even with that as a perk, it should still be much much less than our typical smutfest here.

I recall the statement in the inspirational material that vampires only have two fluids, blood and saliva. So even if a male vamp manages to orgasm, they're either firing blood or nothing at all. I always assumed it was nothing at all, like a guy who has no wads left to fire, unless they cut themselves down below and then consciously willed the blood out. The fact that there was actual ejaculate on Miri's stomach is a divergence from the inspirational material.

 

[Arigon]

yeah this was black dog stuff. Even then it was not that big a thing. I just want us to avoid having haters demanding sex in a really great vampire novel.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

The fact that there was actual ejaculate on Miri's stomach is a divergence from the inspirational material.

Which is a good thing because this isn't said source material. I like seeing divergence.

 

[Tserriednich'sNen]

Carmen: *Literally tells MC that a Vampire named Astrid gave her group info about Sharon and him*

MC: *Tells Sharon what she told him*

Sharon:


Me:

 

[Rocc46]

I am starting to like Sharon less and less with each update actually. I mean she's still the best girl in the game but like someone said before me, her playing hard to get is getting old at this point, I get that she has trust issues because of Astrid but still...

Then you literally tell her that Asrrid told them about you and her response is that she probably just made that name up. (This literally just makes her look stupid, not even ignorant or naive imo)

Also she doesn't believe that you have visions which kinda makes sense since she never heard about that but also why would you lie to her about it so I don't know about that. (I think that's how it went atleast)

 

[Raptus Puellae]

(I cant remember if it was confirmed Frank was a nos, though) and MC would be related to her. Reason is that she herself is not a nos, then two different linage should have to spawn from her, making her very very close to the root of the bloodlines tree. The hole point was that this is under the assumption that she is connected to those related to her. If A, then B.

it was confirmed.

special mother fucker.

not yet, not yet...

So if we assume Vision Girl is 4th,

I'd hazard a guess saying she's a Gen 0...

Sharon will not see the true death if my mc has anything to do about it
I'm quite fond of her naive or not.

niether will my MC let it happen

To be fair everyone treats Dan like the dumb child who doesn't know any better.

because he doesn't, in a secretive society knowledge is power.

And that's a big reason why I don't want my MC thralled to her, even if its mutual. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I'm liking that sex with Miri, soul stain or not, prevents the MC from taking the next step towards mutual thralldom to/with Sharon. At some point the MC will surpass Sharon sufficiently that our relationship will need a readjustment, and I'd like to approach that point with a clear head, but that time is still a ways off.

I find it amusing that Calisto assumes that the MC finds Sharon irritating and believes that a warning not to kill Sharon yet is actually warranted.

maybe Sharon doesn't want to believe all those visions because that would mean that MC is a higher generation and the enthrallment would be unbalanced leaning towards his blood taking over.

I believe that Marcius will be making some form of fatal error at Sharon's investiture. I am not sure that he is so hot headed that it will be outright assassination attempt...But he may challenge her suitability to be an Archon. Presumably the MC will take up that challenge for her. In the mean time, the southern Archon will be present, and this will further cause Sharon and Andrew some issues. This could steal the show from Marcius, which he will hate very much....It is possible that Calisto, not ready for Sharon to be extinguished, may set Fabian on the Southern Archon..... or perhaps Cindy....It is even conceivable for the MC to say, "take a number" and deal with these threats directly himself....(I kind of doubt that as it would reveal his ultra potent blood right away)

I really hope baldie would try something stupid..

I would have been killed without her several times, but neither would she have survived the last few weeks without me, even if she was put in those situations because of my mistakes.

she would have probably been sent to investigate the disappearances regardless.

What if that old hospital has an extensive underground which was the site of the Nos hide out, and after she gets torched, Merrick is currently checking the place out, and making it a more proper lair for the Nos?
That has been bugging me of late.

possible but he would find a way to contact the crew.

I have successfully unlocked all 3 of the abilities now regardless of which path I started on. I am thinking that some amount of the coming chapter(s) need to deal with Sharon and the MC fumbling around trying to figure out what else is lurking in his vampire genetics, including possibly Fabian style thaumaturgy. That would require some study of course.
So current abilities he has or has demonstrated:
Auspex/Heightened Senses/Spidey Senses
Celerity-he is abnormally fast-always first on the scene and the whirlwind image when running to Sharon in woods
Psychometry/Visions(past present)-could be high level Auspex-not always triggered by touch
Whispers-combo mind reading and influence-Sharon's is almost definitely domination-needs eye contact, he doesn't.
(Calisto demonstrated domination when telling him to join her to get embraced)
Claws-more than protean claws or at least more than standard wolf clan claws.
Obfuscate/Invisibility
Laurie as his thrall had some amount of above average ill ease at the old hospital.-could be related to his vision ESP etc

by how his claws did aggravated damage, I'd say that MC has Fists of Cain... he just uses them as melee weapons

To use a combo of film and RPG terminology, the MC needs some more training montages to increase his combat dice pools to make those path powers more fearsome. He could have beat that feral female nos easily had he big enough dice pools to properly utilize his 3 path powers.

MC simply needs expertise and experience in combat, because right now he can only defeat amateur hunters

 

[jish55]

I think the thing I'm most excited for is when Sharon finds out who mc's sire is, because based on the reaction of others, I have a feeling Sharon will outright piss herself and every other vampire will become far more warry of mc.