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Tweak says, "I'm Henry VIII, I am"

Eric Northman (the_northman) wrote in whoville,
@ 2009-08-28 11:18:00

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Eric had just fed on another of the few humans in this place, glamouring the whole experience out of his mind, and was now stalking through the streets, thinking about the many issues this place brought up.

He couldn't very well keep glamouring humans until they were all broken, empty shells.

Then a building called out to him, or so it seemed. Well, the front doors were wide open, and when he walked in he realized it was an abandoned bar he was standing in. What were the chances. A potential solution to several of his problems.

He stood in the doorframe, turning back to the street, and grabbed the nearest-coming cat creature. "Whose is this place?"

"Anyone's," it answered, and he let it go.

"This place gets stranger by the minute," he thought out loud.

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pomme_de_sang
2009-08-28 10:08 am UTC (link)

Jason was pretty much used to coming across new scents from time to time. It was just the way that this place worked, after all. Still, this one tickled him as vaguely familiar from the hotel and the basement. Which, given the others who stayed downstairs, meant it was definitely of interest.

He stopped a bit away, smiling a bit. "You sort of get used to it," he finally said. "Doesn't stop getting strange, mind, but you roll with it."

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	the_northman 2009-08-28 10:12 am UTC (link)
	Eric turned towards the voice, quiet strength, and breathed in. Were. Cute. If he was Jean-Claude's, he could see the point of such a cute pet. "I - roll - with most of anything," Eric answered. Not the words he would've chosen, but he would roll with them, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-08-28 10:21 am UTC (link)

He wouldn't object to cute if Eric called him that out loud. After spending much of his day around vampires like Jean-Claude and Asher, he knew he didn't measure up in the beauty department.

The smile widened into a grin and he nodded toward the building. "This place provides pretty well for the people it brings in. Though sometimes it gets a bit eerie, what with the bit about providing what you may have been thinking about."

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the_northman
2009-08-28 10:25 am UTC (link)

"I wasn't," Eric answered, short and without appeal. It did provide solutions, however. He turned and walked back into the abandoned bar, and he would be surprised if the were did not follow.

"Are you Jean-Claude's?" he asked, taking in the place rather than looking at him. He did smell of Jean-Claude, but if wolves were his animals to call, it would stand to reason that other weres might.

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-28 10:28 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe not consciously. I did mention eerie, right?" Jason did follow, mostly because it was polite more than anything else. He tilted his head at the other man's question, then nodded. "Jean-Claude is my master, yes. And you're the vampire who spoke with him a few days ago." It had taken a bit to properly place the scent. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

the_northman
2009-08-28 11:47 am UTC (link)

Master. This might possibly be worse than Bill and Sookie. He prayed he would never hear her call him that.

"I am," Eric nodded, and headed towards the counter. He never bartended at Fangtasia, obviously, but he could. This one was well designed, pragmatically designed, and after a good dusting - he walked behind the counter and ran a fingertip on top of it, coming up gray - it would be usable. "What has he told you about me?"

He was mostly curious to know whether the were would answer.

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pomme_de_sang
2009-08-28 12:22 pm UTC (link)

"Not a lot." Jason followed him to the bar, using one of the stools to boost himself up a bit and lean his arms on the bar top. "I know you're not from our world, though Jean-Claude didn't have to tell me that." He flashed another grin, because he could smell that there was a difference, after all. "You're in charge of your area, somewhat like a Master of the City would be back home, though the vampires in your area don't owe you the same sort of allegiance as they would a Master."

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the_northman
2009-08-28 12:32 pm UTC (link)

He could not remember telling Jean-Claude that last bit. Perhaps his questions about Jean-Claude's 'fealty' had given the vampire that impression. Or perhaps the were misunderstood and made assumptions.

"If he said so," he answered, turning around to rake his eyes over the dusty glasses up on the shelves, then inspect the fridges. Empty, of course, but they looked mostly clean. "Do you know your way around a fuse box?" he asked, standing back up to look at the were.

He needed to find out if the electricity was still running.

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-28 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Jason wasn't dumb. What he'd heard of the questions was enough for him to make a few assumptions. Whether they were right or wrong was something else entirely. He raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Well enough," he replied, hopping back down. "Just need to find it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-08-29 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	Eric nodded in confirmation of the were's last statement, checking the door at the back of the bar. "Here," he called out, a clear invitation for the were to follow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-29 12:12 pm UTC (link)
	Jason padded along after him, grinning slightly. "Take it you're more than a hundred years old or so?" Always hard to tell with vampires, but there were little clues. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-08-31 08:55 am UTC (link)
	"I am," Eric replied, very much non-committally. He hadn't told Jean-Claude his exact age, after all; he was hardly going to tell his pet. "Do these switches just need flicking?" Because he could do that much. He simply wasn't sure whether that was the thing to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-08-31 09:03 am UTC (link)

Jason didn't want to know his true age. He was just noting similarities.

He grinned at the question, which would have been typical of one of the older vampires back home, too. "Yeah, pretty much. Don't worry about getting a shock. It should be a dead front. Meaning one of the switches actually touch an electrical current." He shrugged. "Don't ask me exactly how it works, but there's no live current going near them."

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	the_northman 2009-08-31 09:06 am UTC (link)
	Eric had not been worried about a shock. Now he sort of was. He flicked the switches one after the other, the steadiness of his gestures not betraying said worry, and slowly things seemed to whir back to life. The place still had electricity. Good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-31 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Jason would have done it if asked. Instead, he looked up and smiled. "Good. Somehow I didn't think this place would be without electricity. Not if it was wanted, at least." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-08-31 09:16 am UTC (link)
	"So things often pop up that might suit people's desires," Eric noted, moving back out of the room after a quick survey of what was in there. Basic bartending supplies, nothing perishable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-31 09:26 am UTC (link)
	He nodded, following Eric back out. "Pretty much. You can find anything you need, here. The City and the Old Town provide pretty much whatever you might want." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-08-31 10:19 am UTC (link)
	Except a decent number of humans to feed from. Except... kin. Actual blood kin. "I'll need a staff," he pointed out. "Do you figure locals will line up outside the door tomorrow to get a job?" He was half serious, half mocking. He wanted out of this place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-08-31 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, well, there wasn't much that could be done about that. Jason had been wanting at least Nathaniel since he'd gotten there, after all. "Probably." Jason smiled at that. "They'll probably be perfectly suited to what you need. As long as you don't care about money, because they don't seem to do that here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_northman 2009-08-31 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	"What good would money be here?" Eric had not seen it used, had not in fact seen any at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-08-31 04:58 pm UTC (link)

"It's not," Jason replied, shaking his head. "I'm...not actually certain they have any idea what currency is. Which is pretty unusual because the people here work and the shops are always open. If the people here were real, I'd be curious as to find out what sort of compensation they get for their time. But I try not to poke too many holes into my understanding of reality here."

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	the_northman 2009-09-01 08:47 am UTC (link)
	"Curiosity killed the were?" Eric drawled out, checking the fridges. Yes, they were running. He flicked a few switches behind the bar and the room lit up. Well. "Where do you think I could find an interior designer?" These chairs had to go. So did the tables. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-09-01 10:04 am UTC (link)

"Sort of. That and I don't know what we're in the middle of and I'm generally a patient guy." He shrugged, hands in his pockets. "And there are a few, I'm sure. I know there's one in the old town, but I don't know if they can come through the hotel or not. So I can look around and see if I can find a good one over here."

He was used to doing the running around for Jean-Claude during the daylight hours and he didn't have any at the moment, now that the house was move-in-able.

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	the_northman 2009-09-01 10:07 am UTC (link)
	Eric stopped, and seemed to assess the were for the first time. "Why would you do this for me?" He didn't sound as if he particularly cared for the answer. He did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-09-01 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Jason raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" he countered, then smiled. "Honestly, it's not a bother for me to do it and it's generally easier to contact people during the daylight hours, even here. Usually no problem getting them to come by after sunset, but it's also easier to judge what a person is like in person rather than over the phone." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)