#SimsbyNight – Episode 19 (Part I): "Masks, Warhol, and the Silver Crash"
#VTM #ToreadorPolitics #WarholLore #DelSolValleyDrama #SimsByNight #TS4Storytelling #MasqueradeBall #OOC
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"You want me to invite those Anarchist miscreants to my ball? That’s..."
"...delicious. But I need a reason. Something gauche. Something scandalous. Something that would make Prince Lacroix gag on his own taste."
"Andy Warhol. Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster). That grotesque mess of chrome and morbidity... Perfect. Unfortunately, it’s owned by Judith Ward now. That banshee of the screen."
The doors open with a theatrical creak. A pale, silver-haired figure glides in like a living relic of a dying dream: It’s Andy Warhol:
"I heard someone said ‘Warhol’ three times in front of a mirror. That’s usually how I show up."
"Oh, I know a lot about vampire culture. People say I was just the producer—just a name attached to Blood for Dracula (AKA Andy Wahrol's Dracula)... but I knew exactly what we were making. I even wrote its most memorable line:"
"Dracula isn't scary because he's undead. He's scary because he's useless."
"That's one way to put it."
"He’s aristocracy clinging to relevance. He needs 'pure' blood, virgins — symbols of a world that doesn’t exist anymore. That’s the whole joke: the 'purity' is gone, and so is his power."
"A decaying elite feeding off the working class?"
Andy: "Exactly. The peasants are alive. Sexual. Modern. He’s a rotting museum piece in a world that dances without him."
"So it’s about class struggle."
"It’s about the myth of control. Dracula thinks he’s superior, but he’s sick, pathetic. A parasite dressed in old manners. Just like every old empire."
"That’s why I liked it. Because death, power, blood — it’s all performance art. And eventually, everyone runs out of stage."
"And the Silver Car Crash?"
"The ultimate reminder that beauty and death are best when hung in the living room. Judith doesn't understand it. She just wants it because it matches her sofa."
The group discusses the next steps with Sophie and Andy.
Sophie:
"Bring me that piece of chrome carnage, and I will hand the Anarchs their invitations tied in black ribbon. Very avant-garde."
"We’ll handle Judith Ward."
Next Episode: "How To Steal A Warhol" – Silver never tarnishes... unless you scratch deep.
Will Judith Ward part with her Warhol?
Can Leslie resist judging Judith’s aesthetic crimes?
Is Andy Warhol really just haunting the Toreador, one gallery at a time?
Answers tomorrow! Same Bat-time, same Bat-Tumblr acCount!🧛 (pun intended)
Marina: I have friends coming over in 30 minutes and I need for you to leave.
Roe: Don’t you know how to knock? That’s why there’s a door.
Marina: This house is my family home. I don’t need your permission to open any door in this house.
Roe: If this is your house, then you should be the one paying for it don’t you think?
Marina: I’m almost out of patients with you. Don’t test me. I need you gone asap.
Roe: Marina I don’t understand why I need to leave. I can stay here in my room. this is my first day off in a while and I would like to get a little more sleep before I go anywhere.
Marina: Did I ask you about what you wanted? I just want you gone! Also don’t come back until everyone has left.
Marina walks out, slamming the door before Roe has the chance to say anything else.
Roe: I can’t take this anymore. I need to find the money so I can get out of here but how am I going to get pass Marina?
