The Motel

[rigthegames]

The van grinds to a halt in the motel’s car park, and Sands is out of it almost before it’s stopped moving, staggering as his feet hit the ground. The sandy, dusty, still considerably deserty ground.

His scowl deepens and, rubbing at his sore wrists, he heads towards the motel. Whether anyone follows him or not is of no concern.

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[underwater_owl]

Tonight was a night for the reunited.

But Random, following a hunch, kisses Ramon before his lover goes into the shower, and slips out to knock on someone elses door.

[oldromansaint]

"Come in." The masculine voice of Santino the Vampire. With a flick of the Mind Gift, the door swung open.

Santino was seated at a small desk, writing with inhuman speed across several sheets of paper.

[underwater_owl]

"I'd rather go walking, if you don't mind."

There are some things that don't bear listening to.

And like we said. He's following a hunch.

[oldromansaint]

"Me too." Santino replied, eventually, putting down the pen. The Vampire stood with a near-weary smile and walked to Random's side.

[underwater_owl]

"Come on, then."

He moves out of the doorway, turning and heading out without looking back over his shoulder to see if he's following.

"The air here's nice. A lot like home. Without the polution that Earth has."

[oldromansaint]

Santino gave a vague smile. "To be honest, I am beginning to miss the Old World days myself. Before the steam-engine, there was hardly pollution at all."

[underwater_owl]

"I avoided it for years, after a close call with the Puritans. But it's Ramon's home, so we spend a lot of time there. A place in Portugal."

Amiable chatter is his forte.

[oldromansaint]

"It must be a beautiful country, if it's anything like it's neighbour Spain." He walked apace with Random, 'till they were out-of-doors again.

"I was there, briefly, in the nineteen thirties. I was looking for Dali and Picasso."

[underwater_owl]

"I'm glad we passed Soft Construction, then."

He didn't plan it that way. Shadow walking sort of happens.

"This whole trip has been bizarre. I've never walked so many people. And never a psychic."

[oldromansaint]

"To be honest, I was quite impressed with your shields. I didn't make efforts to penetrate them when you were weak, however."

[underwater_owl]

"After the light thing? I don't know. I might have been able to stop you. Possibly."

The fact that he even admits uncertainity means something.

"You're getting a backwards look at my family, though."

[oldromansaint]

Santino nodded. "I think a look through your eyes would be a far better indication than a look through theirs."

[underwater_owl]

"I don't know. I'm the youngest. So whatever happened was a product of the way they had things."

All ten of them (at the time.) Venting their frustrations.

"It could have been worse. What did you see?"

[oldromansaint]

"Two left you to die. A beautiful woman." This wasn't all, but these were some of which that stuck out the most.

[underwater_owl]

"They wouldn't have let me die."

It's a lie.

"My older brother- Gerard. He made them come back for me. I should have expected it, anyways. I was their seventeen year old brother, and I pushed my way into their fishing trip.

Did she have green hair?"

Llewella was beautiful.

[oldromansaint]

Santino nodded. "She had green hair." He smiled, wryly. This wasn't a face who cared that Llewella was Random's sister, nor how Random looked at her.