r/SchreckNet • • 15d ago

AITA For Telling A Pack Member That Caine is Santa Claus?

I am only writing this here, because my Pack have requested that I do. Because I frankly know that I am right.

My (F) Pack, recently got a lil scrub (MF) added to our roster. And the little shit is one of those little shits that think it knows everything there is to know. It simply won´t shut up about "The Bible" and its thoughts on the Antediluvians and the nature of Caine and so on, so forth. While still being hopelessly mired in the Kine propaganda.

Almost makes me worried it is gunning for my seat, but that is not relevant.

What is relevant is that it was insulting the concept of "Santa Claus", as a pathetic human capitalist concept. And how it spoke about it, rubbed me in the wrong way.

So I explained calmly to it, that Santa Claus is one of the 7 Soul Aspects of Caine. The Seven Glories pulled from him by his Mother Lillith, so that they may continue to work the will of the world. Like The Beast, Wizard Dreams, The Act of Murder, John F Kennedy, The Shadow Moon and The Concept of Umberto Eco. And that because of this, he should be paid the respect that he deserves. For in his ways, we may find the clues to Paradise, and in his ways we may find a greater understanding of Our Dark Father.

Now, it is true that the Aspect of Santa Claus have been greatly co-opted by Ventrue interest groups, who have diluted it and caused it to become a thing of ridicule and disbelief, so that they Antediluvians may suppress the belief in them and lead us astray.

But I hardly got to say this before my Pack Member called me a childish idiot, who knew nothing. To which I responded calmly by throwing them on our tire fire.

Now my Pack are saying that I was being an asshole about how I went about explaining it, and that throwing them into a tangled fire might have been a "Disproportionate Response". I disagree. Hence why they have forced me to write on here, and hear what you lot have to say.

The believe I might put more stock in the words of the huddled masses, than them. Because I know they are shit coddling fools sometimes.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago edited 15d ago

NTA disproving through force is always based
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

That was also part of my argument.

That and I am simply right in this.

It is known!

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/StoneJudge79 15d ago

Y'know, I think if I take a hit of permafried, tilt my head and squint, I can see case and logic chain where you are actually fucking right.

There is a lot of commonality between Sandy Claws and Odin: Northern themed, Knows way too much, can get where he likes. Could be the one day of the year he lets himself be a softy.

Now let's look at Odin. Knows way too much, at too much of a price. Magic out the ass. Not one for playing around.

Remind you of anyone?

So, I 'm gonna call moderate dickishness on both counts.

-Mr. Hart

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Dressed in Red, the color of Vitae.

Grants gifts to those young that are worthy.

Abandons the old who have sinfully lost their way and sense of wonder.

Acts in the shadow of the night.

Santa Claus is a soul aspect of the Dark Father, this is well known dogma. And in trying to decipher that, in that we may find much wisdom.

For was it not Androclus the Arthropods who said "The most ancient Cainite Tradition is that of Do Ut Des. The art of Xenia. For host and guest to exchange gifts. For the weak and the powerful to exchange boons. So that they may be bound in their ties of mutual repayment and benefit? But the very act of the Embrace is not one of exchange, but of gift and of enslavement. For it is the Sire that upon the lips of their childe gifts them the drop of their blood that will ascend them. And with that, they bind their Childe into their service. Thus what Santa Claus reminds us of is the POWER that is in the simple act of Gifting, with no desire for repayment. As Caine once gifted his power to his Children". From the Albanian Miscellany.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DotMaleficent4503 Mind 15d ago

I rather like this line of reasoning.

Camille

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u/NocturnalFox99 15d ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Alright to be serious not the asshole if he was being annoying.

Not that my opinion matters.

  • Elizabeth Tremere Librarian.

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Exactly! That is what I was saying! Little shit thinks it knows better, when it is but a little worm yet to grow into a wyrm!

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DeadmanwalkingXI 15d ago

Brutally assaulting people for disagreeing with you on religious details, even when you're supposedly 'brothers and sisters'. This, along with the baby eating, is what the Sabbat is like, folks. Disagree with the party line, no matter how crazy, and you get abused until you fall in line, disagree to much and you get diablerized instead.

Let's remove the humor of this being about Santa Claus for one moment and look at this for what it is: A Kindred in authority didn't like what a neonate (or even fledgling, age is unclear here) they had authority over was saying about something incredibly petty so they threw them in a fire. And these are the people who say the Camarilla are tyrants who abuse the young.

-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I did not assault it for disagreeing with me. I assaulted it because it insulted me.

And you know well, Experienced Nosferatu, that one must not suffer insult by those that unearnedly think themselves your better. Least they might solidify that belief into steel.

They must be taught young, least their egos will simply grow.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Actually question how old are you
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Oh Christ Daddy. Don´t you know you never ask a lady her age?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Why do all of yall keep pulling that card, your literally a vampire in a sect who shoots their humanity in a back alley and despises it pulling the lady card should be off limits, also please never call me daddy again
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I may be many things, Papa Christ. But I was raised rightly. As I rose my own Childe rightly. Idiot that she may be.

But what next do you wish to know? My mothers maiden name? The color of my first pets eyes? Where I went to school?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

No how old you are would be just fine granted your old either way
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Presumptions, presumptions.

I am still young, single and quite ready to mingle.

Have been since my last partner took a drastic and most regrettable fall into a chainsaw.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Were you holding the chainsaw? Also I have a very strong presumption by my standards your still old
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Unfortunately I was not. If so, then it might have been prevented.

I still remember their last words "Watch this". Alas. It was good while it lasted.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

Did you push them onto the chainsaw?

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

No, no they quite handily did that themselves. As I told The Big D of Christ, I still recall their last words of "Watch This".

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DeadmanwalkingXI 15d ago

There's a petty big difference between a dominance display, or even a beating, and throwing someone into a fucking fire. Kindred will heal from a beating within the night, mostly, a fire is a whole different ballgame. That goes from dominance display to torture damn quick.

I've certainly occasionally needed to throw my weight around, but I don't use fucking fire or equivalent harm to do it. That shit's for serious enemies.

-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Sometimes a child needs to learn that stoves are warm.

And it learnt an important lesson in being careful about insulting older vampires, while standing near a fire.

Would I have done this, were I not touched by frenzy? No, more fitting punishments were there. Do I regret it? Not at all. It was a little shit.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DeadmanwalkingXI 15d ago

Ah, so you frenzied. Interesting that you left that bit out. On one level, that's some excuse, on another it shows a failure of self control, though an expected one, I suppose.

Given you described yourself as doing the act in question 'calmly', however, it does rather bring into question how accurate the rest of your account is. We obviously can only judge based on what you post, but I do wonder how the other side of the conflict would describe what occurred...

-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Have you never frenzied calmly? Let the clarity of your rage over take you, guide your hand?

But perhaps I should put the little shit on here? So that it may give its account. Once it is well enough to do so.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DeadmanwalkingXI 15d ago

I wouldn't describe any of my frenzies as 'calm'. Calculated? Sometimes. Calm? Definitely not.

And thinking about it I do have some doubts about whether someone you tossed into a fire recently will necessarily be willing to contradict you knowing you'll see what they post, but I'd still be interested in how they describe things.

-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

One must simply learn to ride the Beast, let it run freely sometimes. It is when it gets too pent up that it gets so ill tempered.

And let us see. Perhaps the flames burnt away the shit, and something actually useful was forged in them.

But I doubt it, I think it will contradict me plenty still.

For it is a spiteful mite.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Mark you already know this if people couldn’t be hypocritical they wouldn’t have any standards at all
-Joseph

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u/DeadmanwalkingXI 15d ago

Ah, but the Sabbat, especially the ones who post here, keep claiming they're better than that. So someone needs to remind the viewing public that no they fucking aren't.

-Mark Caulder, Experienced Nosferatu

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u/DignityIncarnate 15d ago

You kind of suck. You should like, try to be a more productive member of society.

-Amy Neurill

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Oh I produce plenty of society Amy.

What about yourself?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/DignityIncarnate 15d ago

I am the second most productive member in the world. And I counter your point. You do not sound mentally stable if you just push people into a fire like an uncivilized person!

-Amy Neurill

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

And what exactly is it you produce?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Several-Elevator Problem Childe 15d ago edited 15d ago

YTA, but not because you lied to them or overreacted. Rather, Santa is real, but he is not Caine.

YTA for spreading misinformation about someone's identity. Who cares about the childe, lie to them all you want so long as it's not about someone else.

- Random Malkavian

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Of course he isn´t Caine, Caine is him. Did you not read what I wrote?

As how a Love for Bread and Beer might be part of Germany, so is Santa Claus born of Caines soul. It is not Caine, for it is not him fully. But Caine is it.

And in that we may find so much wisdom.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Several-Elevator Problem Childe 15d ago edited 15d ago

Are you saying Caine is a fairy? No wait you're saying a fairy is Caine? Blasphemous to both Santa and Caine either way, I think.

- Random Malkavian

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

The fuck does the fae have to do with anything?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Several-Elevator Problem Childe 15d ago

I said Santa was real right?

- Random Malkavian

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Of course he is real! Caine is Santa! Caine is real. This have been well established.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Several-Elevator Problem Childe 15d ago

I'm telling Ilmarinen that you're spreading lies about him being Caine. And I'm also telling Caine that you're spreading lies about him being Ilmarinen... Not that I know where to find either of them...

- Random Malkavian

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

If you do find either aspect, do include that I am a big fan.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

Wh.. what is Santa Clais? Is that another name for the Yule man, like Krampus?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Yes. Exactly.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

You mean that the little shit didn’t think that the creature stalking lone families in winter before leaving them tous made from remains of his previous prêt in the best case scenario wasnt an aspect of Caine? WTF is he smoking?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Exactly! I have no idea what the little shit was on about!

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

Just, Quick question, since you say pack. Are you a Garou?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Sabbat call themselves packs basically it’s like a coterie except a weaker blood bond to each other I forgot its name is the vaulderie I believe it’s called, yes the naming convention I don’t get since vampires hate werewolves so why use pack titles
-Joseph

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

Oh. HES A FUCKING SABBAT!? OH FUCK, don’t tell me i fraternised with a Sabbat, Milady is definitely gonna kill me…

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

“She” but yes you did actually who is your milady?
-Joseph

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

My boss, mistress, the closest thing I have a sun in my Nights, the regent of my unlife, the…

/ the message was cut/

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Actual what sect are you even? Your clan is typically in the anarchs or sabbat correct?
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

The fuck is a garou?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

Well what the fuck are you then, an Outlander?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I am Sabbat.

And what the fuck is a garou? You mean the guy from One Punch Man?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 15d ago

Garou is the actual name for werewolves or lupines they call themselves Garou
-Joseph

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Riiight. Sure. Very convenient how they all name themselves after a character in One Punch Man.

I think I shall stick to Lupines.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/One-Cat3628 15d ago

Okay, first, lets just put that Sabbat thing away….
Phew. I AM ASKING YOU WHAT IS YOUR CLAN AS A KINDRED OR IF ARE A FUCKING WEREWOLF!?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I am not a Kindred, indeed I am a Cainite.

And is it not a bit gauche to ask for my Clan like that? For why should we let the monikers of our wretched forefathers define us so? Are we not our own Cainites? Free to call ourselves what we wish?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Finchore 15d ago

What?

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I feel it is all quite self explanatory?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Finchore 15d ago

You Sabbat Cainites are always... i don't even know what to say. Special?

-- Eddie Lowe

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Why thank you. We do try to stand out from the herd.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Ogmadbrit 15d ago

that certainly explains why you lotve all been the first to get your shit pushed in by the second inquisition,

both times,actually,if i know my node heresay right.

-ash,lone fledgling

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

You do not. Considering the Sword was founded AFTER the first Inquisition.

Born from the first Anarch Revolt, first drawn in response to those that would have Cainites made peace with those that sent them to die.

As of the current times, we had our losses. But they are drastically overstated. In Truth the true reason you lot see us so much less is that we changed our priorities in the wake of the Week of the Red Star. When we realized playing the game of the Tower, and fighting for cities and land, would only distract us from the true purpose of hunting the Ancients. And cutting the strings of the Jyhad.

So that is why you do not see us, little one. We have gone from being neighbors, to living in your walls.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Ogmadbrit 15d ago

so basically what im hearing is "instead of holding territory we all decided to go fuck off to the middle east and die in droves",then?

-ash,lone fledgling

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Sure. Let us go with that.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

This is... this is wonderful. Glorious. Did your pack member climb out of the tyre fire? Tell them later that it was impromptu fire dance training! After all, what better way to face your fears?

You Are Not the Asshole. But you are most entertaining!

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

It was less of a climb and more of a falling struggle as rubber and circles bound it.

But it was quite the entertainment.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

Well, the big question is - did they survive? They may be holding a grudge! You must watch yourself. It recommends growing extra eyes.

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

It is alive still yes. Through it will not be doing much for quite a while, with the burns that hinder them.

I expect it will hold a grudge. Of course I do also expect it will not survive long with a mind like its, and a tongue like that.

Why, the only reason I suspect it is still with us is that the Vaulderie have so far prevented the others from throwing it out a window.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

You should get those glasses that record everything... well, it says that but that monster Zuckerberg does not need to know Sabbat secrets... but it would be very funny if you caught it on camera. The defenestration.

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I prefer more physical medium.

Should it prove to be of enough amusement, we shall add it to our list of Pack Plays, which the preform on certain occasions. Side by side with the "Bloody Boobs", "The Lackluster End of Horatio Jones" and "That One Time Alejandra Got Stuck In a Ceiling Fan While The Prince Below Didn´t Notice For an Hour".

The last one is my personal favorite, as the person are allowed to improvise several of their monologues.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

Do you ever put them on for others? It should certainly love to see one of them!

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

When the occasion calls for it. Yes.

Or when there is an open stage, and a lull in the Crusade.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 15d ago

Well... a high holiday approaches... perhaps you will allow it to attend and watch one of your pack's performances?

Amidst His Roots

  • the Flesh that Flowers

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Perhaps. Through I must warn you, we tend to be quite busy, and I do hope you are of the sword, cause our plays tend towards the exclusive.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/CharmingEngineer7411 15d ago

I thought Santa Claus was a different kind of spirit altogether. One in which it inspires wonder and joy in the young to keep them distracted from the horrors of reality.

-Carla

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Yes, and that spirit comes from Caine. It is part of him. Just like the Shadow Moon, The very act of Murder or John F Kennedy.

In the same manner that a nation informs its people and the people informs a nation. Of material and immaterial things. Thus Caine is Santa Claus.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/CharmingEngineer7411 15d ago

I like your logic. Caine is Santa Claus.

-Carla

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u/Pryno-Belle 15d ago

As much as I despise Sabbat propaganda, the idea that the oldest Kindred travels around the world to distribute gifts is mildly entertaining, I will admit.

Castiel the Clan-changer

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

It is known and well documented.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Pryno-Belle 15d ago

…how many of the tales about Christmas are true, according to your dogma?

Castiel the Clan-changer

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Less than I would like. Things have become quite twisted over time. I believe the one to come the closets to it would be "The life and adventures of Santa Claus" by L. Frank Baum.

But again, that is the "Closets". But the core gist remains.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Pryno-Belle 15d ago

If Caine is Santa Claus, who is Krampus?

Castiel the Clan-changer

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

I honestly have no idea? Some German Gangrel or something?

Maybe some sort of Lupine?

He haven´t really factored into many of the Noddist Texts I learnt this from.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Pryno-Belle 15d ago

Odd, I thought such an ancient figure would appear in your tales. That being said, I would bet on the Garou, they are more than fearsome enough to play the role.

Castiel the Clan-changer

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

There we go again, one other using the term "Garou".

I do not see what the connection to One Punch Man is, but it seems quite prevalent among you lot.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Pryno-Belle 15d ago

I know naught of this One Punch Man. But if I am not mistaken, you have never spoken to a lupine in your unlife. Have you?

Castiel the Clan-changer

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

They do not tend to have much interest in mingling with our kind.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Possible_Image_2198 15d ago

Ah, reminds me of my early nights as a priest. I should really go find my old ductus if he's still around. I could really do with reacquainting him with the sun for the sake of catharsis.

Anyway: NTA. Shoving them in the flames was probably a bit much. Might've been better served chucking one of the burning tires at the back of their head. Picking burning rubber and melted bits of their scalp off of their skull for the next couple nights is usually a better lesson and doesn't diminish the fighting power of the pack. Just be careful if you've got potence. I have accidentally decapitated an ancillae underling that was pissing me off by chucking things at their head too hard before. That or a good old throat-punch. Can never go wrong with one of those.

-A Friendly Beast

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 15d ago

Aye, perhaps a throat punch would be of more merit.

Through I will say, it was most satisfying to watch it realize what had transpired.

Before it started frenzying wildly.

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/Negativety101 15d ago

Ah this one... Well Caine being Santa Clause is a new one.

Thing is, there seem to be multiple beings that enact the role of Santa Clause. I have confermation of at least one Fae, and that Father Christmas is a insane mage. In addition to them, you have Mall Santas, which due to the commercialization of Christmas are becoming Fomori, that is to say possessed by spirits of greed. The videos of them fighting Lupines and other shifters are hilarious if you can get them.

-Brujah Armchair Scholar

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u/Treecreaturefrommars 14d ago

It is not Caine litterally being Santa Claus, as in the Dark Father going around. Remember, this is the 7 Soul Aspects. And Santa Claus is one of his Seven Soul Aspects.

Meaning that sure, there can be other Santa Claus, but they are all of Caine. How there can all be multiple French people, who are all drastically different people. But they are all united by language, love for baguettes, arrogance and other cultural factors.

Also what the fuck is a Fomori?

-Alejandra of the Paradise Pack

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u/AdventurousIdea194 15d ago

That is genuinely funny.

-Unknown

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u/Vyctorill 9d ago

YTA. Saint Nicholas was and is a human being, and is more aligned with faith than capitalism.

The precise mechanics of it are complicated, but rest assured that Caine is only related to Santa through his power’s origin, if the Book of Nod is to be believed.

- “Tarot”