Nightfall 36 - Formal Party at The Raven - RL comment Log

[master_lacroix]

[The interior of the club has been decorated to suit the occasion; a black and white seeming adopted. All employees are dressed in formal uniforms as they bustle around doing last minute preparations. While in the background a small orchestra is playing some jazz standards. A buffet table has been set up with all different types of dishes and the

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[evilsincebirth]

[Mummy Isaak got a fine tuxedo and grey vest to his baby Dietrich. He wanders in alone, knowing that bringing Esther to a vampire place will end in genocide]

[ivory_gold]

[Smiles and does not disabuse Dietrich of the notion that he was serious.]

There sounds to be a story behind that?

[evilsincebirth]

[Scratches his cheek, sighing.]

It's also a boring one. Maybe Isaak will tell it to you. He loves his long monologues.

[ivory_gold]

Such a pity. I thought you were offering an amusing anecdote.

[evilsincebirth]

I know one but isn't amusing. Let's try this one, hm? Isaak is probably innocent of my accusations.

[Smiles grimly.]

I likely dislike gatherings because of my sixth birthday bash. Parents and relatives trying to poison me must have left a lingering distaste in my mind.

[ivory_gold]

[Nods and doesn't appear particularly scandalized]

Your family are royalty? Those are the ones most likely to poison youth.

[evilsincebirth]

Mmhm! Royalty and nobility. I'm currently a Duke. You are familiar of the ways of the Court, aren't you?

[Notices his reaction.]

[ivory_gold]

Perhaps not your court, but yes, I have spent many years at Court.

[evilsincebirth]

How is your Court? The court of Germanicus is a ruthless political ground that only the strong survive. There are human and vampires "co-existing" there. I'm one of the youngest members along with the King.

[ivory_gold]

Humans do not "co-exist" in the Court I am familiar with. It is ruthless, to be sure.

[evilsincebirth]

I remember the old prejudices. The humans and vampires in my world usually don't get along either. Neither want to share power.

[ivory_gold]

No. Sharing power is not something the most powerful among us do.

[evilsincebirth]

It's nature, isn't it? Those who have power don't want to share it, human or vampire, they are the same in the end.

[ivory_gold]

Such is often the way of power. How else to keep it?

[evilsincebirth]

Brutal but truth.

Is there bottled water, Asher? I'm thirsty.

[ivory_gold]

One moment.

[Motions one of the circulating waiters over and murmurs a request to him]

Truth is not always kind.