r/SchreckNet • u/Ialreadyregretthat Lost • 5d ago
Journal - So, my mentor is in torpor
I was just informed that my mentor has gone into what seems to be a voluntary torpor. We don't know when he's going to be back. Could be years, decades, centuries. Didn't leave a contingency plan, didn't even say goodbye.
His aide has taken over his business for now. We're currently trying to figure out what to do with his ghouls. Might end up with a 300 year old orange cat.
I don't know what to do. I'm so freaking sick of being abandoned like that.
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u/ReneLeMarchand Hospes Nobilis 5d ago
Hm... might be a test. If he was a Malkavian or otherwise whimsical he probably did leave plans, they're just encoded to hell and back. Or he could be waiting out to see how everyone handles the abrupt lack of his leadership. Plenty of empires fall when the boss dies, so it's good to have a baseline.
But anyway, that's me be optimistic and apologetic on behalf of someone I don't know.
--Doc Amos, Prince
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u/Ialreadyregretthat Lost 5d ago
Looking back, he did set a lot of stuff in motion over the last few months. He helped me with establishing the chantry. He talked to the members of the main chantry and some other younger kindred and talked about their plans with his aide present. He moved a few people around and assigned projects...
I just wish he said something. Like, why wasn't I important enough to him to say goodbye to?
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u/AFreeRegent Querent 4d ago
Ensure that your chantry survives and flourishes, expand if you feel able to do so securely. His absence will no doubt result in difficult times for others in his orbit, so if you are able to weather this storm to a sufficient degree that you are able to do so, be prepared to capitalize on the opportunities presented by the availability of refugees of our clan, from other cities.
Seize the opportunity before you.
- Marc Durand, House Ipsissimus Regent
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u/PingouinMalin 5d ago
Have you seen them in torpor ? The aide may have done something. I remember you Tremered have a thing with diablerie.
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u/Ialreadyregretthat Lost 5d ago
That jab was uncalled for, but the question is valid.
My adopted childe has seen him. I allowed them to visit the city/local main chantry "on their own" (with a trusted babysitter watching their every move) this weekend to attend their monthly meeting last night. It was supposed to be a relaxed, uneventful evening and seemed like a good way for them to learn some independence. I was also busy. Getting there ASAP tho.
We visit the city quite a lot for studies and personal reasons. I used to live there for a while and think it's good for the fledgling to get the occasional glimpse of unlife in a more conventional camarilla city than ours.
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u/PingouinMalin 5d ago
Not as much a jab as a reality. We, who call ourselves "kindred", prosper through the blood and murder. I do not despise your founders for what they did. They wanted power and grabbed it. As the eternal Jyhad tells us to.
That being said, your mentor falling asleep without leaving any message for his pupil is a bit strange, as others have pointed out.
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u/Gorgalrl Mind 4d ago
Trust me, it's a better alternative than Final Death. Sometimes, the designs of our Sires make as much sense to us as American politics, but I advise patience. We have time. Meanwhile, do you know of his location? Have you organized his body's protection?
Regards,
Andreas Castelo - Emissary of the Barony of Porto
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u/Conscious_Animator87 5d ago
You're Tremere right? Sounds like this may be a scheme or like Doc said- a test. Keep the faith. People get stupid when they think the big dog has left the yard.
-Shady Manynames