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Inspiration From Trivia #16

From the world of White Wolf tabletop roleplaying games:

The Camarilla is an organization of vampires made up of vampires from seven major bloodlines/clans: the Brujah, the Gangrel, the Malkavian, the Nosferatu, the Toreador, the Tremere, and the Ventrue

Born from the growing threat of the Inquisition, the Camarilla is an elite club that favors tradition and controls the mortal population from the shadows. No "thin-blooded" vampires are allowed among their ranks or within Camarilla-controlled domains. The organization aims to prevent mortals from discovering the existence of vampires and to maintain the status quo of vampire society, ideally keeping humanity in the Dark Ages.

In the view of the Camarilla, elder vampires are inherently more deserving of respect and more fit for leadership.

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Vanguard (n. Old French, 15th century):

1) A group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas; a position at the forefront of new developments or ideas.

2) The foremost part of an advancing army or naval force.

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Writing Challenge #9

Finish a story with the line, "Nothing has ever felt easier to say."

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Trialogue (n. First appearing in the 1532 writings of Thomas More, Former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain): A dialogue between three people.

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Dialogue Prompt #66

"I don't care what it takes. I don't care who, or what I must sacrifice. I will get out of here. I refuse to face my end in the same place where I started."

"You would not so willingly commit to sacrifice if you truly knew what you stood to lose."

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Clinquant (Middle French)

Adj. Glittering with gold and silver; tinseled

N. Imitation gold leaf.

N. Literary or artistic tinsel; false glitter

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Will You Press The Button? #18

You can live as a powerful warrior thousands of years in the future, in a dystopian world with many amazing and loyal friends, allies, and the love of your life.

BUT

It requires permanently leaving behind your family, and the life you've known, and refusing to help your time prevent the dystopian world ahead from ever becoming a reality.

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Eidetic (adj. Greek, 1920s): Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible.

For all my Samurai Jack fans out there ;p

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Plot Prompt #58

Local police are at their wit's end. There has been a series of unsolved grave robberies in the area and no credible leads. The strangest part? The coffins and valuables/mementos inside were left alone, and the bodies were all accounted for... Or at least most of every body was accounted for.

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Endue (v. Middle English, 15th century): Endow or provide with a quality or ability.

"If I’d been endued with a better sense of direction, I wouldn’t be lost right now."

Endue shares a nearly identical modern definition with "endow," but the two are based on different Latin roots. Where "Endue," from the Latin “indūcĕre,” refers to the idea of a person being led into certain qualities or abilities, "Endow," from the Latin “dōtāre,” originally meant to bestow a dowry upon a woman.

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Small Excerpt #34

The conversation lulled. The silence became oppressive, and in an act of mercy for the both of us I told her, "I have to go."  

"I love you,” She blurts out before I can do anymore then stand. “Did you-?" She didn’t need to finish the thought.

"I did," I said, "but... You look great,” I laughed. She did not.

“What happened?" 

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Amphibology (n. Middle English, 14th century): A phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous, such as “She sees more of her children than her husband.”

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Prompt From Poetry #14

One autumn night, years before, they came to a place where the moonlight stopped and change was among the stars. A place of rose colored dreams and white lily petals. They were lovers, but the world killed that.

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Hillock (n. Middle English): A small hill or mound.

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Plot Prompt #57

A: A time-cop tracks down people who escape from their own time periods through "time leaks." B: a physical engineer who fixes the leaks. 

Their experiences with each other are out of sync (e.g. one’s first meeting is the other’s 52nd), but somehow they make it work.

During first meeting: the repair worker is thinking about how the cop looks attractive when they just comes up to kiss him. Repair worker faints.

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Gazetteer (n. Italian, early 17th century): A geographical index or dictionary

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Dialogue Prompt #65

“Where- Where is everyone else? Where are all the people? The other humans?”

“There are none.”

“I... am the last?”

"No, precious human, you are not the last," he said in a soft, compassionate tone. "You are the first."

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Izzat (n. Arabic, unknown date): Honor, reputation, or prestige.

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Dialogue Prompt #64

"We have no place to go and no money to get us there. We have no choice. We must stay here and wait. It is not safe for us anywhere, but we must not fear, such insanity cannot last. You will see, evil always destroys itself. All hysteria will soon die down, it has to"

They shake their head. "No, it can not be put right. The world outside cannot be mended. There is only acceptance now."

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Soupçon (n. French, mid 18th century): A very small quantity of something.

"The steak came with a soupçon of horseradish sauce for dipping."

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Will You Press The Button? #17

You have the ability to stop time 

BUT

You continue to age while time is frozen 

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Monopsony (n. Economics, Greek, 1930s): A market situation in which there is only one buyer.

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Inspiration From Trivia #15

Béla Kiss, also known as the "The Monster of Czinkota,” was a Hungarian serial killer born in 1877 and active from 1900-1914. It is thought that he murdered 24 young women and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums that he kept on his property.

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Curtail (v. French, late 15th century): Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

(Continued history of Béla Kiss below)

Kiss was a tin smith in Czinkota, Hungary (modern Budapest) since the 1900. His neighbors considered him pleasant and he engaged in amateur astrology and found interest in other occult practices. Around 1912, local towns folks began to notice the accumulation of mental drums on Kiss’ property. Kiss reasoned that the drums were filled with gasoline in preparation for the oncoming war (WWI). When the war began, Kiss was conscripted and left his home in care of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jakubec. 

In July 1916, police received report from a local landlord that they had found several large metal drums on his property. Recalling Kiss’ stockpile, the constable directed needy soldiers to the containers. An odd smell was noted upon the opening of the containers. At this point a detective took over and requested the opening of the drums on Kiss’ property, despite the protest of Mrs. Jakubec. Inside was discovered the body of a strangled women. After opening all the other drums on the property, the police uncovered a total of 24 bodies. 

The police notified the military to arrest Kiss if he were still alive, but due to the commonness of his name he was not able to be located. The police also initially arrested the housekeeper, believing that she was involved. However Mrs. Jakubec argued that she had known nothing and cooperated with the police by showing them to a room that Kiss had told her never to enter. Inside was a room filled with bookcases with books primarily about poisons and strangulations as well as a desk that contained a number of letters involving Kiss’ correspondence with 74 different women as well as a photo album. 

The police were able to learn several things from the letters: the oldest of the letters was from 1903, Kiss had been defrauding women who were looking for marriage, he placed ads in the marriage columns of several newspapers, and he had selected mainly women who had no relatives living nearby and knew no one would notice their disappearance right away. He courted them and convinced them to send him money and if they proved troublesome he killed them. Police also found old court records that indicated that two of his victims had initiated court proceedings because he had taken money from them. Both women had disappeared and the case had been dismissed.

On October 4th, 1916, the detective, Charles Nagy received word that Kiss was recuperating in a Serbian hospital, but Nagy was too late. By the time he arrived, Kiss had escaped by placing the body of dead fellow solider in his bed. Nagy alerted the Hungarian police but all “sightings” proved false. 

Speculation arose later that Kiss possibly assumed the identity of the dead solider he used to mask his escape. Many additional rumors sprouted up around this time to explain his disappearance, but none were ever confirmed. 

In 1920 a soldier in the French Foreign Legion reported on another legionnaire named Hoffman (the name Kiss had used in some letters) who had boasted how good he was at using a garrote, and who fit Kiss' description. "Hoffman" deserted before police could reach him.

In 1932, homicide detective Henry Oswald was certain he had seen Kiss coming out of Times Square Subway in New York City. There were also rumors that Kiss was living in the city and working as a janitor but they could not be verified.

The fate of Béla Kiss remains unknown.

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Writing Challenge #8

Lie to your readers. Take a generally accepted fact or story and convince them it's untrue. Tell them "what really happened" and how it's different from the original. 

Use whatever logic you have to, but make sure it's believable.

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Exiguous (adj. Latin, mid 17th century): Very small in size or amount

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Inspiration From Trivia #14

Hungarian noble women, Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed, was an alleged serial killer in Hungary from 1590 to 1610. She and four of her servants were were accused of torturing and killing 600 girls and women.

Elizabeth Bathory was referred to as the “female Dracula” because she bathed and drank the blood of her victims to maintain her youth. These accusations only began to arise after the death of her husband in 1604. Original accusations claimed that peasant women were the victims of Bathory, but these claims were largely ignored. In 1609 there arose claims that Báthory had slain women from noble families as well. These were the claims that drew attention and led to her eventual arrest. 

In January 1611, she and her servants were arrested for 80 counts of murder. The servants were put on trial, convicted, and sentences to death. While Bathory herself was never tried, she was confined to a bricked-in room whose only access to the outside world was a few slits for air and food. She survived there for three years until being found dead in August 1614. She was 54.

While historical documents supported these allegations, modern research indicates that Báthory might have been the target of politically motivated slander that allowed relatives to appropriate her lands. For example, Matthias, the king of Hungary and the individual who ordered the investigation into Bathory, owed a large debt to the family which was cancelled in exchange for permitting them to manage Elizabeth’s captivity.

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Galère (n. French, 17th century): A group or coterie.

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Plot Prompt #56

The Person with awful handwriting is the one writing love letters for their love interest

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Burgeon (v. Old French, 14th century): Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

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Small Excerpt #33

A hint of satisfaction glinted in his eye as he watched. "You have failed, brother."

"For now." His voice was calm, but his hands had begun to tremble. "There will be more," he warned. "Your killing me will only make me a martyr. More revolutionaries will come to your gates. They will succeed where I have failed today."

His smile did not falter. "No, they will be dealt with in the same manner. You have failed today. Your revolution shall fall tomorrow."

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Caliginous (adj. Latin, 16th century): Misty, dim; obscure, dark.

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