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bornaslave (bornaslave) wrote in whoville,
@ 2009-10-29 14:19:00

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bornaslave, masterofthecity

Jean-Claude
Lucian had quickly given up on finding Jason's Jean-Claude, figuring that whenever this place wanted them to meet, they would. Clearly before had been the right time.

Now, however, seemed to be the good time, since the scent suddenly hit his nostrils. Vampire, mixed with Jason's lingering smell underneath the primary, cold one. This had to be the right trail, and he followed it to a house on which door he knocked.

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masterofthecity
2009-10-29 01:36 pm UTC (link)

Jean-Claude had recently risen. Not recently enough that he hadn't fed, but recently enough that he was not dressed to the standards he would prefer when he heard the knock.

The fact that he heard the footsteps and smelt the scent of stranger before the knock sounded was one that he would, for now, keep to himself.

Wolf.

At least he could be certain that the stranger was no threat.

He answered the door in his own time, not hurrying, door opened a bare foot to eye the visitor. "Oui?"

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	bornaslave 2009-10-29 01:40 pm UTC (link)
	Quite definitely vampire, although not Vampire, and quite definitely smelling of Jason's. He tilted his head to the side, observing the vampire. "My name is Lucian. I'd ask if this were a bad time, but it's taken a long while for this place to bring me to you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	"And so it would seem that it is the correct time." Ah, yes. Lucian. The other wolf. "You have met my wolf." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	"I have met Jason," he answered, not moving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 01:51 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Claude nodded, face impassive. "He is my wolf, oui." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	That phrasing really ticked Lucian off. He let two seconds pass, and as nothing happened, assumed Jean-Claude had no interest in talking to him. Good, since he suddenly had much less interest in talking to the vampire. "If I looked you up for nothing, I'll just be on my way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 02:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Then perhaps you should say why you did 'look me up'?" Jean-Claude suggested, one eyebrow rising. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Let me think." Lucian paused, frowning, before his brow cleared. "Ah, yes. It must've been this little matter of wolves being your animal to call." Now he was wondering whether it should not have been concern for Jason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, so Jason had mentioned that. Jean-Claude's smile widened slightly. "I have made no attempt to call you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	"And for that I am grateful," Lucian acknowledged, which was about as much as Jean-Claude would get from him for the moment. "I thought I'd make sure that lasted." There was definitely more steel threaded through Lucian's voice in that sentence than in any other. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	"You believe that I could?" The certainty in Lucian's voice was...not entirely dismissed, but not as threatening as Lucian almost certainly intended it to be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	Lucian rarely intended to be threatening, as had proved his conversation with Jason. He had come off as 'alpha' to the wolf without meaning to. "I do not know that you could not," he answered, bluntly enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	"That is not what I asked." Jean-Claude widened the door, inclining his head in a clear gesture of invitation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Lucian remained still for a second, then walked in. He did not like this vampire. "It's the only answer I have." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Claude nodded, and sat gracefully at one end of one of the low couches, door left open. It was not a cold night, and he would know of any threat long before it reached the door. "Very well. And you come here to try, or to tell me not to try?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 02:51 pm UTC (link)
	"I dislike uncertainty," Lucian answered after a few beats, remaining standing, hands behind his back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

masterofthecity
2009-10-29 03:09 pm UTC (link)

"That is not an answer, either." And if Lucian was going to stand there and speak in riddles...well, Jean-Claude had played politics with better players than the one standing in front of him.

He was also far too accustoment to such games to feel the slightest bit disadvantaged by sitting when another was standing. He owed no fealty to Lucian. Sitting was no mark of disrespect to one to whom he owed respect.

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bornaslave
2009-10-29 03:12 pm UTC (link)

Lucian was not used to politics. Lucian had been a slave, and then he'd led his race. He'd never been challenged by any Lycan that posed a real threat, and eventually he'd simply not been challenged at all anymore. Political games were petty, and if his answer was a riddle for Jean-Claude, then it was only because he overestimated the vampire's intellect.

"I would like for you to try it," he spelled out, since he needed to.

He was only standing because he didn't feel like sitting.

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	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	That much was understood, but the compulsion was not one Jean-Claude would use without consent. Not without good reason. His notions of good reasons were probably rather different to those of humans - or of Lucian. "Jason has explained to you the form that it takes?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	"No." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	Straightforward, but not helpful. "Do you wish to know?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, if you're going to try it." How did one get through a conversation with this vampire? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	By giving information and being precise, or by dancing the delicate paths around meaning. "Bien sur. Then it is...a flexing of my will imposed over yours. To call upon you, with or without words, to do my wishes." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-10-29 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Jason mentioned alpha werewolves," the words sounded foreign to his own ears, "could resist it. Do you know how?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	masterofthecity 2009-10-29 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Claude hesitated a bare moment. "Non. And not all werewolves can. If the alpha is bound to a vampire, the resistance is different. Jason's alpha is bound to me, and so, he can resist. His previous alpha was not, and did not." Richard was also stronger than Marcus had ever been. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)