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Interview With the Vampire

By Occam
Month of Goats 27, Year of the Dragon 7

Believe you me, I felt my horse and cart thump as I climbed those stairs. Heard the rush, felt the pulse. Fit to alley, I don't mind to admit, and a rough house of it. Some bleeding thing up there wants me for pudding. Bloody hell.

Why I paid such little bacon to decor is your sweet Tess and mine. You'd think I'd be gobsmacked by the penthouse of the bloody Ba Pef Hotel. No, not by that. By my hostess, who was so... so... compelling. I could look only to her, and though by Tom Jones I can't say what she looks like, I can testify that I've seen her everywhere in TriadCity, and so have you.

Occam: The Central Computer itself has guaranteed my safety...

Vampire: Now, now. [Her voice is soothing, like a mother comforting a frightened child.] You're my guest! Have some ginger ale.

Occam: I was expecting...

Vampire: Bloody marys? Blood sausage, blood pudding? I'm a strict vegan. Would you like some celery?

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New Stores in Virtual Vegas

Virtual Vegas' upscale Third Floor Galleria now hosts a half dozen trend-setting new shops:

Retro Denim: if it's not blue, we don't carry it.
Mary Quant Revival: Swinging London, without the untidy marching.
Queen Bee Salon: for the elite bouffant.
Wilder Western Wear: when only the finest chaps will do.
Hippie Heaven: '60s fashions, without the untidy marching.
Charisma City: if you want it bright, here it is.

Bring the kids! Bring the nanny! See you today.

New Films Showing in Merchant City

The Metropolitan Theater is proudly showing Fritz Lang's 1927 Expressionist masterpiece, Metropolis.

The Theatre du Roi shows Jean-Christophe Averty's 1965 film version of Jarry's Ubu Roi.

Zarathustra's Coffee House and Theatre shows key works by Eisenstein and Vertov.

Free popcorn! If you employ a nanny, you probably won't enjoy yourself.

LEADER BOARD

Top Characters By Level

26 Aly
26 Viana
25 Alexis
25 Ylva
24 Gwene
23 Herbz
23 Laia
23 Rienne
22 Dorcha
22 ZodiacWoman

Top Characters By Connect Time

235d: 10h: 49m Gwene
148d: 12h: 17m Harleyquinn
116d: 18h: 19m Greella
112d: 3h: 57m Granger
103d: 22h: 20m Leroi
100d: 8h: 5m Pantomime
95d: 21h: 38m Mannikin
88d: 21h: 33m Jococo
76d: 17h: 57m Kylter
75d: 4h: 22m Analder

Total Connect Time By Gender

6y: 77d: 21h: 21m Women
2y: 347d: 23h: 41m Men

POLICE BLOTTER

NPC Deaths This Week

6,713 mosquito
4,307 condemned criminal
4,161 condemned criminal
3,997 flea
3,269 fly
399 wasp
306 pigeon
237 lame horse
231 three-legged dog
213 aged camel
35 dump rat
32 dump rat
25 dump rat
21 slave
11 ROUSE
8 Stormtrooper
5 beastly fido
5 beastly fido

Wanted By CrimeNet

Farin
Sigi
aryaomino
Dina

SPORTING GREEN

Chariot Factions Ranked by Victories

RED 3,933
BLUE 2,454
GREEN 1,677
WHITE 1,601

Top Ten Charioteers Ranked by Victories

Porphyrius 720
Pontius Epaphroditus 621
Scortius 562
Olympus 520
Epaphroditus 498
Olympianus 492
Juvencus 476
Diocles 465
Lacerta 432
Diomedes 418

TOURISM

This Week's Connect Time By Character

Millicent 23h: 14m
Greella 17h: 18m
Analder 12h: 12m
Leroi 12h: 2m
Granger 10h: 28m
Pantomime 7h: 50m
Mannikin 6h: 39m
Varthan 0h: 10m

NEW CHARACTERS

New This Week

BUG SPIFFS

Spiffs This Week

AVERAGE EXP AT LEVEL

2: 105
3: 244
4: 433
5: 719
6: 1,129
7: 1,790
8: 2,801
9: 4,465
10: 6,636
11: 10,064
12: 15,802
13: 23,637
14: 37,862
15: 61,622
16: 98,547
17: 153,370
18: 245,161
19: 385,372
20: 618,526
21: 1,028,461
22: 1,564,432
23: 2,309,972
24: 4,852,703
25: 7,261,351
26: 7,454,489

REWARD POINT REDEMPTIONS

Redemptions By Character

CONSTRUCTION

Poobah

– NorthWestern Third: Barmalindar evolution
– NorthWestern Third: Agora
– NorthEastern Third: Paris Gardens: blood sports
– NorthEastern Third: Maboj bot Ob evolution
– NorthEastern Third: Palatine
– Southern Third: The Garden of Forking Paths – Southern Third: Nightmare Clinic

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Interview With the Vampire