Undead Commerce

Vampires, somehow, are naturally selfish. Most of us don't want anyone to have anything, but we want it all. Johnny thinks that's why Johnny has thrown himself into The Movement like he has. To try and stave off that innate selfishness.

But Johnny is coming across it a lot lately. Johnny is trying to learn more about being an Anarch and a Brujah. Trying to delve deeper into the history and the secrets. But goddamn, you'd think Johnny was trying to buy someone's mom for a porno shoot or something. The way these licks fuckin' protect their little edges, their little secrets, fuck, you'd think that you were taking away their survival edge or something.

Damn fools.

Another voice for The Movement is dead

Anthony Bishop is dead.

He was an Anarch out in Georgia. Don't know exactly where, but it doesn't really matter. He was a believer in the Status Perfectus. He was well spoken. He was a brother Brujah. He was what both Anarch and Brujah should be; fervent for his beliefs, passionate about his causes.

Don't know why or how. Perhaps something to do with the Prince of Middle Georgia, a supreme fuckup of a Toreador. Saleem says he knows something, but not much.

Bishop could have been a powerful voice for The Movement. He could have been another name mentioned with awe by young Anarchs and fear and respect by the Camarilla.

Maybe that was why he was killed.

Anthony Bishop, rest finally in peace. Your death shall serve a purpose.

Time out in the desert

So Johnny needed to blow off some steam. So much so that Johnny couldn't do it the usual way, you know, hookers and hooch.

So Johnny grabbed the new wakizashi and the pair of sai and the copy of the Hagakure and drove out to Quartzite. That small little town on the other side of the Arizona border where you stop for gas 'cause it's cheaper than on the California side. Enough folks to keep a one or two licks alive, not that Johnny ever found one out there. And right in the middle of the desert so all it takes is a jump in the car to get out to where you can't see any sign of human life. Totally desolate.

So that's where Johnny was for about a week. Practicing with the weapons, reading from the Way of the Samurai.

Refreshed Johnny's brain in a big way. After the bullshit about "leaking" shit from the Brujah Rant list, Johnny had to figure out how to reconcile the two sides in a better way. The Hagakure had the answer. Or at least an answer that Johnny can use.

Johnny was a bit hungry stayin' out there, but that's okay. It was almost like being a monk for a little while. Getting away from the boob implants, the teased and dyed hair, the neon, the other licks, the politics of it all. It was good. Almost felt human again.

Brujah by Blood, Anarch by Choice

This is something that Johnny posted onto the Brujah networks just today, or something an awful lot like it anyway. Really fuckin' pissed...

You know what, Johnny don’t give a flyin’ fuck what you all been sayin.’ Johnny done a lot of thinking and here’s what Johnny got to say before Johnny really does leave for a vacation.

Johnny is a Brujah by blood. Johnny hears the rage and the passion in the song of Brujah. Johnny hears to song of brotherhood tugging every time a brother or sister of Brujah calls.

But Johnny is also an Anarch by choice. The songs of freedom ring in Johnny’s soul. The needs of others bound by their choices resonate in Johnny’s ears.

Unlike most of you Camarilla Brujah, Johnny has to listen to both of these songs at the same time. You have the luxury of only having your petty Court politics and our large Clan politics to worry about. You don’t have discordant rhythms beating out different needs. You don’t have two different sides of your soul sometimes trying to tear you apart.

It is the way of the Anarchs. It is a choice we all made when we turned our backs on the Ivory Tower. We know the choice makes our lives difficult. That sometimes our choices will make us lose standing or reputation to one side or another or both. That sometimes when we try to make both sides sing together, we end up making both sides we must listen to angry.

It is our lot in this unlife.

We are not traitors. We are guilty of having two masters and of doing our best to satisfy both of them.

The Anarchs that killed Chase refuse to have contact of any reasonable sort with Hung Lo or any other Anarchs that have tried to contact them. They would know regardless of what else happened or what was said that retribution had to be coming their way.

Johnny will grieve for the loss of Johnny’s brothers and sisters – both of The Movement and of The Blood should things come to that.

And that’s all Johnny’s gotta say before Mynos gets here and Johnny shows him how to live large in the OC. And when Mynos leaves, Johnny’ll take a bit of a trip too.

Johnny Chang
Brujah by Blood
Anarch by Choice