"Carl's fine. Some mates of mine deal with him a lot, both supply and demand. They just visited him when you got embraced, told him you were going through some stuff, and to not bother you for a day or three."
She giggled, catching the hand on her breast, holding it in place while she tried to think.
"Kills us... sunlight, fire, enough physical damage. Religious stuff doesn't do much unless the person has true faith... that's pretty intense stuff. Rare though. Normally, crucifixes and holy water are just wood and water, far as we're concerned. Running water is no problem, I don't care about counting things, and garlic is just a plant. I quite like plants."
She rubbed the bridge of her nose before continuing.
"Okay, the next bit is complicated. Gets easier as you go along. Vamp society, at least around here, is divided into three bits... Camarilla, Anarchs, Sabbat... plus a few holdouts. The Camarilla... well, they're like a formal society. Have a buncha rules, a 'prince' in charge, a council of elders called the 'primogen'. They enforce their rules very strictly in the area they control. In practice, they're a bunch of arrogant pricks that enjoy playing power games with everyone else, and spend their time either backstabbing or maneuvering to backstab."
She sighed, the brief flare of ire dying as quickly as it had risen.
"The Anarchs... well, we're the good guys that aren't in the Camarilla. We kinda pick a guy to generally make the decisions for an area... call him the Baron... but mostly we do our own thing. We still have a base set of rules... don't let the mortals know we're there, don't be assholes and try kill each other, kinda thing... but we don't pretend we need to suck up to a hierarchy to do it like those cammy assholes. Let live those who will let us live, that's our rule."
She frowned, looking stressed for a moment.
"The Sabbat... now those are the bigger problem. They're... evil vampires. The ones that power has totally overtaken, the ones that like to play with their food. They think they can do whatever they want, and the more unpleasant the better. They embrace as and when they will, then bury the poor bastard, make him dig himself up, learn the rules the hard way. Only good Sabbat shovelhead is a dead one."
"Don't worry too much about the holdouts. There aren't many here in the city, and if you're lucky it'll be a long time till tou meet one. Now... Vampires are also divided into clans, which are like bloodlines. You're a Toreador, I'm Gangrel. The bloodline tends to come with a weakness, a certain talent, and a couple of abilities, although the abilities can overlap and, with a bit of patience, you can learn abilities from other clans. Tend to be better at your own though."
She grinned, letting that sink in, hand going back to tracing circles on Cici's stomach.
"Questions so far?"