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diversified2013-11-13 02:25 pm
necromagicks) wrote in diversified2013-11-13 02:25 pm
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to all my children in whom Life flows abundant. [ closed ]
WHO Ben Clark (necromagicks), Shawn Laurence (lunchable).
WHAT It's been one week since the death of Rebecca Marshall. Four days since the funeral. Nine days since Reuben Elvin Clark, aged 212, has last fed on the bloodline of his missing sire. He has to do something about that or go mad, starve to death, or both at the same excruciating time. Thus comes Rebecca's grandchild: Shawn. Whether he wants to or not.
WHERE American Midwest. Requisite rural, sleepy neighborhood.
WHEN August 29th, 2014.
It was a very quaint and nice neighborhood, Ben had to admit. Nothing particularly wrong with it, a great place to raise 2.5 kids — although it lacked the white picket fence and excitable dog. It was the sort of place that probably had a neighborhood watch going on right this moment, and Ben could practically feel the eyes on him as he pulled up in his Camaro as inconspicuously as possible. To linger would attract attention; Ben simply took a breath he didn't need and casually wandered up to the door.
Oh, there was even a doorbell. How convenient. With a little push, he could hear the echo of the chime inside the house, tuning his hunger-waning senses toward the residents to try and predict who would answer at nine o'clock on a Friday night. It could be anyone. It could be exactly who he wanted. Considering his own appearance at the moment, maybe that wouldn't be such a great thing. Pale skin was a given, but paled eyes, bags underneath, a tremor running through his frame at the hunger beginning to wear him thin... It wasn't often vampires let themselves get so low.
Who could have predicted such an accident as the one that took Rebecca so suddenly? No one could see the future. Even the vampires that drew out their own insanity by partaking of non-sireblood to absorb magical properties were never reported to hear death's call any sooner than the rest.
It sucked.
But, anyway, there was a doorbell ringing and feet stomping toward the door. Any minute now, Ben would flourish his bouquet out and try to get invited inside. It would be very difficult to explain himself if he had to stand out in the dark the entire night long.
necromagicks), Shawn Laurence (lunchable).WHAT It's been one week since the death of Rebecca Marshall. Four days since the funeral. Nine days since Reuben Elvin Clark, aged 212, has last fed on the bloodline of his missing sire. He has to do something about that or go mad, starve to death, or both at the same excruciating time. Thus comes Rebecca's grandchild: Shawn. Whether he wants to or not.
WHERE American Midwest. Requisite rural, sleepy neighborhood.
WHEN August 29th, 2014.
It was a very quaint and nice neighborhood, Ben had to admit. Nothing particularly wrong with it, a great place to raise 2.5 kids — although it lacked the white picket fence and excitable dog. It was the sort of place that probably had a neighborhood watch going on right this moment, and Ben could practically feel the eyes on him as he pulled up in his Camaro as inconspicuously as possible. To linger would attract attention; Ben simply took a breath he didn't need and casually wandered up to the door.
Oh, there was even a doorbell. How convenient. With a little push, he could hear the echo of the chime inside the house, tuning his hunger-waning senses toward the residents to try and predict who would answer at nine o'clock on a Friday night. It could be anyone. It could be exactly who he wanted. Considering his own appearance at the moment, maybe that wouldn't be such a great thing. Pale skin was a given, but paled eyes, bags underneath, a tremor running through his frame at the hunger beginning to wear him thin... It wasn't often vampires let themselves get so low.
Who could have predicted such an accident as the one that took Rebecca so suddenly? No one could see the future. Even the vampires that drew out their own insanity by partaking of non-sireblood to absorb magical properties were never reported to hear death's call any sooner than the rest.
It sucked.
But, anyway, there was a doorbell ringing and feet stomping toward the door. Any minute now, Ben would flourish his bouquet out and try to get invited inside. It would be very difficult to explain himself if he had to stand out in the dark the entire night long.
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"Sure," he said once he was inside, feeling the knot in his stomach beginning to uncoil. Now that he had his literal foot in the door, things were bound to go so much more smoothly. If he could get Shawn's permission to do what needed to be done, then Ben would gladly spend the rest of Shawn's life explaining what the hell had just happened here on his doorstep as it meant that Ben would have that long to do it.
"Living room? Kitchen?" Ben didn't bother to suggest a bedroom, since that would only make things more tense and frustrating in face of the terrible humor. Instead, he added, "Bathroom?" and gave a shrug as if he didn't care. As if it weren't obvious by the lengths he was willing to go by outing himself as something from a fairy tale.