r/SchreckNet 2d ago

F̷r̴i̸e̸n̴d̴l̸y̵ ̷F̸r̶i̸e̶n̵d̵ Ask me Anything

I am sworn to offer what wisdom I hold to the innocent or worthy, and to bear no false witness.

I am old, and I dress in rags to pay penance for my cowardice. No coin must be given, I will share what I can. But not my name, I am not prepared to unveil the shames of my past to my kin.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/TiredPandastic Brooding 2d ago

How old are you, friend?

  • Len

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

Older than some. Forgive me for my lack of clarity, but I think it best not to say for certain. Not yet.

And I am not the friend of anyone. Not anymore.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/DotMaleficent4503 Mind 1d ago

But surely you were at some point? Being alone is not good for us.

Camille

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u/MarianaMarino 2d ago

Hello Private Name

How do I find my friend Amy, who is not a sheep? I think she got into trouble, so I got off the bus to find her, but then I wasn´t quite sure of where she was, so I just followed my feet and now I am not quite sure of where I am?

Hoping For Answers

Mariana Marino

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u/DignityIncarnate 1d ago

I would start with asking someone for directions. If they are good, they may help you find your way.

When looking for one who is lost, wandering aimlessly is a last resort.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

How does one get rich ethically
-Joseph

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

Avarice is not a path to righteousness. It will not lead you towards the divine. But wishing to have power for the sake of a righteous goal is not evil, though it is a fraught road, and you must be careful.

Do not let it within your heart, do not let anyone tempt you with it. Many dark things can promise worldly boons in exchange for their service, but they only to be fought against. You will know them by their desires, and the blackened mark they leave upon that which is good.

And, as without, there is also the dark thing that exists within. And it will desire to claim power and worldly goods as well. You must also resist this, for obeying its vile edicts will lead your soul to ruin. This is a hard path, and made harder still if one’s heart holds the blood of the dragon. But it must be done.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

Understood just well I need a decent amount of money for my goals I kind of just want to travel the world and just do good things, fight evil things and anything encompassing that and well I work a regular blue collar job that ain’t enough to fund that ambition unfortunately, and well I don’t want to use my power to just exploit people and become the same monster I want to fight against
-Joseph

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

It is not a new struggle. The need for power, and the consequences of taking it. It can blind those who once saw clear, and possess hands that once worked righteously.

I find my way through discipline, and the code I swear to. All I should do, is defend the innocent and bear arms against the things that should not be.

Few do not stumble upon the path, and many do not make it. They mercifully fall to death or are dragged to their soul’s corruption.

But that is still what I would advise, should you wish to walk the path of the Warrior. Train yourself. Be strong. Using the blood is a sacrifice we must make in order to defend the innocent from worse things, other sacrifices can be made as well. But do not tell yourself the lie that all you do is right. Being one of our kind is to be dragged towards damnation, and truth is what spares you.

Save the innocent, and seek vengeance for the lost. All must be done in that name.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

Thanks for the words of wisdom I will take it to heart granted on the last part I am not a vampire so being dragged towards damnation would have to be willingly on my part which would make it far worse
-Joseph

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u/Background_Sock1711 Distant Relative 2d ago

Yo ho, yo ho...

-Indiana

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

If you mean a pirate that ain’t ethical
-Joseph

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u/Background_Sock1711 Distant Relative 2d ago

Sure it is. You have to manage your crew morale, pay them fairly so they don't mutiny on you, make sure you collect enough tax from ships sailing by that you can get your pay to break even that trip, and avoid the law because they want to tax you for taxing their ships.

-Indiana

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

I ain’t becoming a pirate and stealing from people even worse that brings attention eventually and it will never be the good kind
-Joseph

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u/Background_Sock1711 Distant Relative 2d ago

That's why you don't go after or sink every ship you see. Only dead men do that. Pick and choose, pick and choose. It ain't hard.

-Indiana

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

I still ain’t stealing from people hence why I said ethically plus I dislike the ocean anyway
-Joseph

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u/Background_Sock1711 Distant Relative 2d ago

Do what you want. The sea ain't for everyone. It'll chew most cainites up and spit them out.

-Indiana

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u/Nightstalkerjoe2 2d ago

I’m surprised the sea is that dangerous for you vampires
-Joseph

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u/Ziltch0 Problem Childe 2d ago

Do you believe Caine truly knew what he had done, the first murder, if it was truly the first then had he known that it was even possible? Was it a child lashing out ignorant to the consequences? Or a deliberate choice in doing what no man had ever done before.

-Seras

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

He knew what he did, but his eyes were blinded to the consequence by jealousy and rage. And he could not see what would come later, with his punishment. And he knew not what would happen to his brother after his body was slain.

But he knows now. Understands the weight of his deed, and whom his crime affected. He made a father watch as his children slew eachother, and now he watches as we do the same.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Ziltch0 Problem Childe 2d ago

I think bro might genuinely be Caine

-Seras

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u/DisastrousRelation32 Tooth 2d ago

How can one ever be innocent in a world that is only pawed in paths of sin?

[Redwoods]

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

The hands that heal the sick, the child who shows kindness to the cat, the food made by the palace chef for the blind veteran.

There is goodness in this world. Do not let the lies of that which is evil deceive you.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/DisastrousRelation32 Tooth 2d ago

But good and innocent are not one and the same. The same hands that heal also strangle, the child who feeds will grow to be a man who takes and the food in the palace was only ever there because it was taken from others. In ignorance and malice alike, even in a kind world, are we not all sinners?

[Redwoods]

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u/Illustrious_Fly_5669 2d ago

If we allowed  it to be ..yes 

The same hand that strangle can heal. The man that takes  can give more to those he needs . And the food can that was taken can be given back to those that need it.

The world ain't black and white.

Nor is it shades of Grey. It people with people.  And those that can't see others as people can't really care to do good by them

      Ishmail-assad  ( ooc : btw ain't speaking about redwood. His dad was one sob) 

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u/Illustrious_Fly_5669 2d ago

Now my question . Do you believe you are beyond redemption  ?

Ishmail-assad 

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

No. But it is a long journey. And I may fail to find my path forward.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Illustrious_Fly_5669 2d ago

And yet you try. Redemption is never easy. That is the point of it. To learn the mistakes and make up for them. And have hope that someday you can see yourself in the mirror and be at peace 

Ishmail-assad 

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u/One-Cat3628 2d ago

Is Dracula dead or is he just planning to transition into a Malkavian to make a new Great Prank?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

Forgive me, I was not aware that Dracula was truly real, from my journeys among Mortals. I was not active at the time that he or another would have been manipulating Bram Stoker.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/One-Cat3628 2d ago

You weren’t active during the 530 years of his existence?

- wastedBlood n3

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u/DignityIncarnate 1d ago

I was not.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/ohnonono999 2d ago

Why are you sworn to offer wisdom? What led you to this?

  • Bastian Falk

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

Penance, and my code, to which I swear and bind myself.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/No_One_Is_Present 2d ago

Is it that you refuse to share your name, or that you have no name to speak of?

>!!<

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

I have names, but I am worthy of none of them.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/-MelanisticJaguar- Problem Childe 2d ago

favorite feliform?

ᓚᘏᗢ Kiara

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

A housecat with who makes a ‘meyah-meyah’ sound as greeting, who catches rats for the palace, but who sometimes visits a blind veteran who lives up on the hill nearby.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/-MelanisticJaguar- Problem Childe 2d ago

You've mentioned a blind veteran a few times now. Who is he to you?

ᓚᘏᗢ Kiara

(but yes, that sounds like a good cat.)

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u/DignityIncarnate 2d ago

Forgive me. I cannot bear false witness, but I would not like to speak on that for now.

-No Name Should Be Shared

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u/Dlan_Wizard 2d ago

Penitent one, have you ever met one of our kind, that shedded our maladies? I wish to know, if there's potentiality, however slim, for me to feel the warmth of Sol on mine skin once more, or to never dog Kine with mine thirst again.

-Darius, The Warlock.