David Talbot // The Vampire Chronicles // That bar at the end of the universe

[mm_fashnik]

Once upon a time, in a place not so different than this, the appearance of one Anglo-Indian-looking vampire inna bar through the front door would not have been such a strange occurrence.

This time, this place, this vampire?

This is a strange occurrence. Because it's never happened here before.

He's never been here before, doesn't recognise the

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[new_to_liirness]

Leaving aside his author's new book, Liir looked up at the rather surprised-sounding voice near the door. That the man wasn't any he knew was entirely expected, and the surprise was similarly common place for a first timer... but it still caused a touch of sympathy, if not empathy, and he peered out from his booth.

"Sir?"

[mm_fashnik]

His eyebrow's rather high on his forehead, or at least one of them is.

He looks to the source of the voice, and takes a step, two, three towards the booth, peering aside at the head peeking out.

"Sorry, I seem to have..." he starts, and looks around again, standing up straight. "Stepped into the wrong place."

[new_to_liirness]

"It's not your fault," he said with what passed for a cheerful expression. His features tended to sharpness and his moods tended to blankness and usually, this ended up making him seem rather dour.

"This place takes people from all manner of worlds and times. It's a rather queer sort of spot."

[mm_fashnik]

He's heard stranger things, really, and seen stranger things, and probably done stranger things. But really, this takes the cake.

"You can say that again; certainly not what I was expecting. I assume there's no point in asking if it's a vision, a dream of some sort?" he says, and reaches out to touch the upholstery of the booth he's standing next to.

"I don't believe 'queer' really covers it. It is a bar. In one of my guest rooms."

And since he drinks nothing but blood, he wouldn't have a bar in his house.

Least of all with people he doesn't know in it.

"And I am sorry, I seem to have lost all sense of propriety. I am David."