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he had no clue who this "Joe" person was.

In the Toreador's city there was a church. In this church was the final seal that could unleash all matters of demons and other uglies upon the earth. The other seals had been breached by a group of vampires called The Baali (kind of like demon spawn vampires). The Baali were planning an assault on the city and Bill offered his services in the defense of the city. The Toreador dismissed Bill thinking that there was nothing he could really do. What he failed to realize was that Bill was a master at illusion and that he could impart his insanity upon all but the strongest of wills at will.

So, the battle rages. The city is alight with carnage on both sides from mortals, mages, and vampires (oh my!). There is quite a few conventional weapons being used, but a lot of them are being masked by Bill to look like anything from walking toy soldiers with some amazing pop-cork-guns, to dancing plum faeries - with attitude!

A host of Baali eventually breach the city and start moving toward the church with hopes of destroying it from without and taking the seal once the ground has been properly putrefied. Meanwhile, on top of the church "Joe" has perched himself on the cross at the top of the steeple and is leaning out at a 45 degree angle over the street. Vampires usually can't get this close to a church without dying - and this was a HOLY church. The Toreador was confused by this and every time he asked what was going on, Bill would just say "It's Joe, man. This is what he DOES!". The Toreador (and his player) is getting increasingly agitated by this.

At one point, Bill notices that a few of his illusions were unraveling. This upset him because no director likes to be upstaged. Looking up he saw the source of the interruption: another Malkavian dressed himself up as Santa and was flying through the air on a sleigh being pulled by eight not-so-tiny creatures that were NOT reindeer.

Bill decided to treat Santa to a dose of his own medicine, by masking a drone fighter (on loan to the city) as a toy airplane and launching a series of heat-seeking "rubber bands" at Santa's Sleigh. After "Santa" was slain (obvious pun!) Bill just looks up and goes "Someone has been very NAUGHTY. Ho. Ho. Ho.". I was instantly awarded a free experience point for that line.

Meanwhile, the battle rages on and Baali are getting closer to the church. Bill notices a group of good Mages are cornered by a group of not-so-good vampires. Bill needed to figure out how


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