Father and daughter: The Talk

While they were from the jungle to the shower room that employees had among lockers and toilets. Brian asked one of the zoo human ghouls to help find a locker with some women clothes and to bring him his own clothes from his quarters. Then they could take a hot shower and relaxed.

Afterwards, Brian wanted to talk alone with his daughter and invited her again to the jaguar's jungle but this time by one of the visitor's corridors. It was a peaceful place and he started to tell her the story of his embrace.

After droping his astrophysicist full scholarship in Harvard to take care of his unborn daughter. Brian was harshly scolded by his parents. As they propoused "solutions" like abortion or worst to leave the State to escape from his responsability Brian was even more determined to lose whatever the cost. He found his way to Kennedy Valves a local foundry in Elmira, NY.


He started as everyone else from the bottom, as a trainee but rapidly his supervisors realized how quick and strong he really was. Inside his determination had a name Rebecca, his adored daughter. He worked late, he worked hard and in less than a year he got the assambler job and went rapidly to operations supervisor with just ten years in the company.

In one occasion he went to the annual christmas party of the company in New York City where he met many of the most important directors and the President of the company. For his surprise they all wanted to talk to him, know about his family and the very next year he got promoted to manager of another small company subsidiary Albany. He went from the hot days in the foundry to a sales location and administrative office and he was happy just to be closer to his Little Shining Star.

Gangrel Clan and Kennedy Valve hidden directory had interest in him. He was extremely intelligent, dedicated and hardworking as a mule. Even Primogen Astor had heard his name and showed interest to have him as an asset for the Clan. One day they decide to kidnap him, force him to drink the Primogen's blood and throw him at the top of a mountain near the Niagara waterfall, without food or water, with just a knive to survive


A few days later Primogen Astor in person received him at the other side of the mountain, subdued him and gave him another drink of his blood. The Elder's blood was a powerful vitae, per haps too much for a human the first drink was enough to allow him survive in that cold enviroment, have enough strength and stamina to even fighter a bear bare handed and survive but the second drink started to make his body change, his body started to transform by the power invested by the Primogen in his vitae, forcing Brian to become a giant Mountain Cougar.

There he spent a year, surviving as animals did, feeling the thrill of the hunt but preserving his mind, his humanity and controlling the power in the vitae that ran through his veins. There he learned alot, the scents of a mountain, the animals habits, the sounds of nature. A year later he had become a full fleshed predator when he met Astor again. By the powerful control that The Primogen had over his blood he managed to revert Brian's transformation and waited for him to speak.

Astor embraced him impressed as he was for Brian's mind to have endured so much, his humanity to persevere and yet to have survived and learned the nature's language. When he asked all Brian said was "I just couldn't forget my Little Shining Star  , my True Love. She kept my soul safe."

How could you not hold hate in your heart for this asshole?

"At first in that mountain I hated my fate. God is my witness I hated Astor for what he did to me. I even wished death before losing everything but then I realized a deeper truth. I wanted to live, above all, above everything I wanted to keep my life and hate was just another path to self destruction.

I looked within myself, searched in my soul and I found just one reason to live: You. I clenched to that memory and choose to live and keep going one day at a time. Everything else was a waste of energy, I kept going and even when against all odds I dreamt to find you again but when I came back home you were gone and again I choose to keep going knowing nothing about your wereabouts.

You can't imagine how happy I'm now, to have found you after all I've been through. I was right! To live, to continue was the right choice to make. Now I'm just used to survive, I'll keep going and fiercely fight against all odds and prevail no matter what."

I'll show then I'm not a nothing!

He made a long pause and then he continued.
"You're everything to me. Everything I love about life is my memory of you my guiding star. No one can take that from me, even after death, I still feel my love for you as strong as the first day I saw you in the Hospital but with one difference after all I've been throught I appreciate how lucky I'm."

Brian listened to his daughter talk about all that was happening to her and both revived those many long talks when she shared her own problems from baby till later as a teenager. Rebecca felt a memory more than picturing in her mind, a long gone feeling about not being judge by the things she was telling. Her father was calmed, just enjoyning the sound of her voice without even having an opinion on her life choices other than those choses meant her to be here with him at this moment and he was greatful about it.

Have you seen my reflection? ... Can't have that walking around the street... I'll never get a date on Friday night. Ha ha ha"

Suddenly he snapped and said.
"Oh yes, I've noticed. Looks like an old hack begging for food or mercy! Poor little beasty you have there."

*LAUGHTER*

"You need ALOT of training Becca. I might even send you back to the Sabbat with a complain about your fighting style. A poor old camarilla gangrel dragging you around like a pet. Come on'!"

*LAUGHTER*

Well besides all the fun and games, what about the serious business. The things I need to know about the camarilla.... When do I start learning that? I have what less than 2 weeks before Astor wants to see me again and I'm supposed to be presented in front of King or something. I can't f*ck that up "

"You're learning child but still have a lot to learn...

I'm taking care of you because that's what Camarilla's Sires does with their progeny, is our duty...

You're aware that I'm respected among mortals as their superior without the vulgarity of walking around like a vampire freak show because that's what Camarilla vampires do...

We have a Domain, apart from territory each Camarilla clan control an aspect of the society. We Gangrel control their food supply and all industries but we also have a responsability to keep threats from entering NYC...

That's pretty much it. Aside from knowing your place and ask permission to do pretty much everything important. We can't make a ghoul without permission... or embrace another vampire.
We can't enter another Clan haven or get in their bussiness without asking first..." he said.

He turned to her and said.
"The most important thing I want to teach you is that you'll never be alone again and I mean in here." and dad placed his hand over her heart. "I mean it."