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« on: February 06, 2022, 08:19:46 PM »
Serafina nodded in response to Hank continuing down the line of questioning she expected him to. Nothing he was saying told her she had been wrong in her assumption but she did not want to come right out and tell him so for now so in stead chose to simply answer his questions more directly, looking down at her hands as she spoke.
"Of course, I am sure my husband will want children. Once I am married. But until then any new starting family will need extra income to start out on their own. And once the children are grown, I hope my husband will allow me to go back to working outside the house." She took a pause for a moment and then nodded again in response to his last query. "I am certain Aunt Isabel wants me to be the best I can be, both for the family and for myself."
With the last words she looked up at Hank again, reading his reaction to her words.
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« on: January 29, 2022, 01:07:41 PM »
She gave him an apologetic smile when he complained about now understanding her speech and nodded, and switched to her accented English as she responded to his query. "I am doing well, Hank, thank you." She stopped talking when her mother appeared, and was about to hand Hank back his hat, before he had talked her mother into letting him stay. So she in stead led him into the dining room, before she brought him his coffee, setting it down in front of him before she sat at the other end of the table.
She did not like Hank. It was not because he was Jewish, well not only because he was Jewish, he just had a way about him that made her skin crawl. She knew enough about the family that she knew that the Giovanni family and the Rothsteins had a closely knit business relationship, but she did not know how. she only hoped that Hank was not here to discuss what she was afraid he was there to talk about, because she did not relish the thought of having to marry this rat-like old man, but with the way he was taking charge with her mother about what she could and could not do, this was where she feared the conversation would go.
She did her utmost not to let any of this show as she sat down with Hank, smiling to him at his question. "I am doing very well, I believe, Hank. My aunt is helping me as much as she can, sending me materials to read and experiment with. And mother is helping me with understanding the job of a secretary, so that I can take on a job like that once I move away from home."
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« on: January 25, 2022, 09:24:10 PM »
Serafina had been getting ready for the day. She had already picked out todays dress before she went to bed the night before. A powder blue dress that went sufficiently below her knees and and was overlain with a lace pattern that covered both the collar and waist. She had been meaning to wear it out for quite some time but today she finally decided to wear it when she and a couple of girls from the neighborhood were going for a walk. before lunch. As she was finishing dressing, she was considering what else had to be done for the day.
She had to do some studying. Even though Aunt Isabel had stopped sending her new reading materials, she had still continued reading and re-reading the books and letters she had sent her before, and kept finding new things that were interesting to her in them. Then it would be time to help mother with some chores before they were having guests over, some of fathers old associates. They came by once in a while to check up on his wife and children to make sure everything was well, she would have to be well prepared.
She was taken out of her thoughts when the door rang, and her mother called for her to open, so left her and her sister's bedroom, and went to open the door.
She immediately recognized the man outside, Hank she believes was his name, and gave him a pleasant smile, the one reserved for people she did not particularly like but whom she knew she had to make sure liked her, and greeted him. "Hank. Che ci fai qui così presto? La mamma sta ancora preparando la colazione."
[Hank. What are you doing here so early? Mother is still preparing breakfast.]
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« on: January 05, 2022, 10:07:57 PM »
Background:
In 1894, Father, Domizio Giovanni, arrived at Ellis Island with mother, Chiarina. They had left Sicilia because one of father’s relatives had written to him and assured him would be able to help his mother get started in the New World.
I am told it took a couple of years but eventually father managed to get himself and mother set up in a small apartment in North End in Boston’s Italian quarter. Soon after, mother was pregnant with their first child, a boy, my oldest brother named Niccolò. Father worked for uncle Raul, taking part in the Family business. I am not entirely sure what father did in those early years, but it was important enough that he became a powerful member of the Family and made a living good enough for him to move himself, mother and my three brothers and my sister into a house before I was born in 1910.
I do not remember much from my early childhood. The first memory that clearly stands out to me is when Niccolò was saying goodbye to the family. Father was as always stoic but mother and Lucia cried a lot before he left for Europe. I was told that he had been drafted into what they called “the Great War”. To me it did not seem so great because I never saw Niccolò again after that but I remember when father received a letter that made him very angry and mother sad all over again.
In 1920 or there about, when I was 10, father suddenly had to move out, leaving mother alone with my brothers, sister and myself. I am not entirely sure why, but at the same time uncle Raul dies in some trouble down at the docks. I do sometimes see father, when mother takes us to his new house out in the countryside, for long weekends or small vacations, but he no longer comes to Boston.
The next thing that I remember clearly, other than the usual school and the friends I had in the neighborhood, was when I was 13 and received a package at the house. It appeared to have been dropped off since there was no postage or anything and it was wrapped in linen and held together with string. When I opened it, I found what looked to be quite an old book, as well as a note written in a feminine hand. The note instructed me to read and understand the contents of the book, and nothing more. It was signed, Aunt Isabel, but had no other information. I tried asking my mother about the package, but she had no explanation, but just told me to follow the instructions given to me, as well as any others coming from this strange aunt I had known nothing about before.
From then on, whenever I had finished a book, I immediately received another package with new materials for me to read. Everything from how to conduct a seance, attune one’s self to the supernatural and other occult practices. It was all quite interesting and I did sometimes feel like I could sense the presence of something strange. I never managed to get the rituals to do much, but about a year ago I received a visit from a woman, mid thirties and very very pretty. When she appeared on our doorstep, she told mother to take my sister to the bedroom, and then she and I sat down at the dining table. Then she began asking me many many questions about the things I had learned from the books, quizzing me on every topic. I managed to answer almost everything she asked me about, though I was not really able to tell from her if she liked my answers or not, she was so hard to read.
When we were done, she took out a silver hair needle, and put it on the table. She told me that it was a very special family heirloom, and that she wanted me to have it, and to keep up with my studies because I would be contacted by what she called a young cousin soon, who would have a way for me to serve the family.
Then she rose from the table and left.
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« on: January 05, 2022, 10:07:37 PM »
Contacts:
Diego: Diego is a made man in the Solomon family. For the past couple of years he has been very interested in Serafina. They regularly talk when she is walking to and from her home, and Serafina have shown him enough interest that he is confident that she might soon be ready for a proposal.
Officer Aurelio Giovanni: Officer Giovanni has his daily beat in North End. he also happen to be Serafina’s oldest living brother
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« on: December 27, 2021, 04:47:40 PM »
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« on: December 27, 2021, 04:35:52 PM »
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13e6sIPT9ioSesujGKOMpguHSV4Fx8_C1/view?usp=sharingName: Serafina Giovanni Domitor Clan: Giovanni
Nature : Conniver Demeanour: Conformist
Physical Social Mental
Strength: 2 Charisma: 3 Perception: 3
Dexterity: 2 Manipulation: 3 Intelligence: 3
Stamina: 2 Appearance: 4 Wits: 2
Talents Skills Knowledges Specialties
Alertness 0 Animal Ken 0 Academics 0 Appearance (Photogenic)
Athletics 0 Crafts 1 Bureaucracy 2 Empathy (Motives)
Awareness 2 Drive 0 Finance 2 Craft: Fetish
Brawl 0 Etiquette 3 Investigation 1
Empathy 4 Firearms 0 Law 1
Expression 0 Larceny 0 Medicine 1
Intimidation 1 Melee 0 Occult 3
Leadership 0 Performance 0 Politics 0
Streetwise 0 Stealth 0 Science 1
Subterfuge 3 Survival 0 Technology 0
Area Know (Boston) 1
Languages: Native Italian, American
Disciplines
Dominate 0
Necromancy 1 Path of the Sepulchre 1 (Ritual (1: Insight)
Potence 1
Background
Resources 2
Memento de Morte 2
Contacts 2
Virtues
Conscience: 2
Self-control: 4
Courage: 4
Humanity: 6
Willpower: 7
Merits: Flaws:
Language +1 Black and White -1
Occult Library +2 Romantic Notions -2
FB: 0
Spent points
Willpower +3 (3)
Contacts +1 (1)
Empathy +1 (2)
Subterfuge +2 (4)
Perception +1 (5)
Appearance +1 (5)
Area know (Boston) +1 (1)
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« on: December 20, 2021, 08:02:16 PM »
Maybe not so much old coutry as having grown up in an immigrant area where the main language is still italian.
I will make the requisite changes for the sheet.
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« on: December 20, 2021, 07:36:42 PM »
My draft for my character. Background will follow.
Name: Eleonora Giovanni Domitor Clan: Giovanni
Nature : Visionary Demeanour: Confidant
Physical Social Mental
Strength: 2 Charisma: 3 Perception: 3
Dexterity: 2 Manipulation: 3 Intelligence: 3
Stamina: 2 Appearance: 4 Wits: 2
Talents Skills Knowledges Specialties
Alertness 0 Animal Ken 0 Academics 0 Appearance (Photogenic)
Athletics 0 Crafts 1 Bureaucracy 2 Empathy (Motives)
Awareness 2 Drive 0 Finance 2 Craft: Fetish
Brawl 0 Etiquette 3 Investigation 1
Empathy 4 Firearms 0 Law 1
Expression 0 Larceny 0 Medicine 1
Intimidation 1 Melee 0 Occult 3
Leadership 0 Performance 0 Politics 0
Streetwise 0 Stealth 0 Science 1
Subterfuge 3 Survival 0 Technology 0
Languages: Native Italian, American
Disciplines:
Dominate 0
Necromancy 1 Path of the Sepulchre 1 (Ritual (Knowing Stone)
Potence 1
Background: Allocation:
Resources 3
Memento de Morte 2
Contacts 2
Virtues
Conscience: 2
Self-control: 4
Courage: 4
Humanity: 6
Willpower: 7
Merits: Flaws:
Language +1 Black and White -1
Occult Library +2 Romantic Notions -2
FB: 0
Spent points
Willpower +3 (3)
Contacts +2 (2)
Empathy +1 (2)
Subterfuge +2 (4)
Perception +1 (5)
Appearance +1 (5)
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« on: December 19, 2021, 04:56:27 PM »
I am definitely interested.
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« on: March 03, 2021, 05:32:00 PM »
Let us know what boards you'd like put up.
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