Vive la Révolution [Marc Durand, Squire, EleveDeSaintJust]
Camera turns on. The view appears to be from slightly higher than normal, as if it is a camera strapped to someone's head. It is, for a moment, looking down off the side of a highway bridge, over a lit, but unpopulated train yard. The view swings up, showing what appears to be a small forest or woods at night, with the lights of a city visible in the distance.
The camera turns. Visible in screen are two male kindred. One has a subtle digitigrade gait marking them as Gangrel; the other has a machete strapped across their back, and wears a bandanna over the lower half of his face to conceal it. The Gangrel speaks, and a feminine third voice, from behind the camera, responds.
"Ça filme ?"
"Oui."
"Du retard ?"
"Quinze minutes."
"T'es sûr? On veut-"
"Oui! J'suis sûr!"
The individual with the machete responds.
"Ça suffit! Si elle est sûre, elle est sûre. On a pas le temps de discuter."
He turns to the camera, straightening his posture stiffly and looking the lens in the eye.
"Nous sommes de fiers combattants du Mouvement Anarch. Ce soir, nous portons un coup à la tyrannie du prince Villon. Ce soir, nous exécutons deux ennemis du Mouvement. Regardez et vous verrez."
He turns to the Gangrel.
"Léo, descends avec nos camarades. On s'occupe de tout ici."
The Gangrel nods and leaves.
The other two proceed to the edge of the road, and climb down to hang off the side. The camera watches the roadway. It is late, and cars are infrequent. The Anarch with the machete speaks again.
"Tu les vois?"
"Non, les Auras sur ces voitures sont normales. Tais-toi, je dois me concentrer."
Several more minutes pass. Then, the individual behind the camera speaks up.
"Là ! La grosse voiture rouge foncé!"
The other Anarch springs into action as the car approaches, pulling himself quickly up onto the roadway. He runs across the highway, ramming his shoulder into the car and causing it to slam into the barrier on the side of the bridge with a loud crash. Quickly, before the individuals inside the car can react, he grabs the bottom of the car and flips it over the side of the bridge, causing it to fall down into the trainyard below. He turns back to the camera.
"Nickel Alice! Descend! Leur laisse pas tout le mérite!"
He mantles the barrier himself, leaping down off the side of the bridge towards the ground. A moment later, the camerawoman (Alice, it seems), lets go of the edge of the roadway, dropping as well. The feed jitters a bit and cuts out momentarily, the signal briefly interrupted by the quick movement.
[OOC Note: Credit to u/imsofcknglost for providing native-French speaking translation, which was very helpful in getting the right tone, as well as u/angelic_gothbaby for beta reading as part of their characters' presence in Paris]
Posted Jun 15, 2025, 3:15 PM UTC