I’m reading Neil Gaiman’s American Gods because someone told me I’d get a kick out of it.
Odin as conman. Yeah, I think I can get a kick out of that.
But, it put a thought into my head. At the last Vampire LARP, I got a request from Lady deWynter (the details I can’t really go into), and in order to accomplish it, I needed an accomplice. Specifically, I needed someone with Obfuscate.
The choices:
• Assamite. Yeah, like that was gonna happen.
• Nosferatu. Maybe. But they’re pretty reluctant to help Tremere.
• Malkavian. Not a chance. Even if I appealed to their sense of…
A trick. That’s it. It’s a trick! If I can convince the Malkavian its a grand old trick I’m playing, that should go a long way to get an accomplice. After all, Malkav’s kids are all about playing tricks. All right, let’s try that out.
I approached three of them, all with the same pitch. And, trust me, I’m a pretty good pitch man when I want to be. I used the word “trick” and every single one of them looked at me like I was speaking Latin. No luck in that department. I was almost heartbroken.
It finally took a friendly Nos to help me out. And it was so easy, he didn’t even need to use his Obfuscate. “People are dumb,” he said. I smiled. “Yeah. I just forgot how dumb.” Shame on me.
Where are all the tricksters? So far, only one person I know has a Malkavian worthy of the trickster name, and she’s gonna get herself killed before I get a chance to really play with her.
I miss Loki. Odin is fun, but… well. I miss Loki.