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Tweak says, "Hey girl, wanna dance?"

Eric Northman (swede_eric) wrote in freedomtownic,
@ 2015-03-10 14:09:00

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!thread, dawn summers (brattydawn), eric northman (swede_eric)

He Won't Bite! Promise!
Who: Eric, OT Laura, Santana, Adrian and Dawn
Where: His yet unnamed club ("Death & Taxes" is okay, but Eric and I both think that there's something better out there), Main Road
What: Meeting his new potential new hires, and Dawn
When: Sunday, March 8th (after this post) - Evening
Status: Log, incomplete
Note: This can be multiple threads, or they can all come in at the same time. I'm not too fussy.

After privately exchanging messages on the network with Laura, Santana, Adrian and Dawn, Eric had sent them the location of his new (yet unopened) club, as well as a time and a place to meet. Like Fangtasia, it had a basement. Although unlike Fangtasia, it wasn't a pit for people to die in. It had been modeled into a modern-looking Speakeasy, which was part of the allure of the place for Eric. He liked the idea that there could be a bar above ground, and something a little more private underneath.

Anyway. Right now he was standing outside the establishment, looking pale, even for a vampire. After hearing of his dilemma, the good Dr. Lewis had offered to donate blood on his behalf (and donate the old fashioned way as well, as she wouldn't let him bite her no matter how much he protested). He was sure that he could have glamoured her or just about anyone to get what he wanted, but he'd play the good little vampire for now. At any rate, while she tried to sustain him until he found willing people to feed from, or the scientists created a decent synthetic blood, it just wasn't enough. It never seemed to be enough.

But enough about that. The tall vampire straightened his posture when he saw a figure approaching, glad to take his mind off of his hunger, even if only for a little while. "Hello there," he rumbled.

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Eric and Dawn

brattydawn
2015-03-12 12:40 am UTC (link)

Dawn knew that, if her sister or Willow knew that she was coming to meet a vampire, they'd tie her up and lock her up in one of their rooms to keep an eye on her, much less a vampire they didn't know. Only Spike and Angel were on the 'talk to' list of vampires, and only Angel when he had a soul. Still, Eric was interacting with everyone, not skulking in the shadows, so she figured that he wasn't a huge scary monster. He hadn't hidden what he was from her, either. She had to admit, she kind of liked that.

Plus, like Rose said, it was kind of like anything that they did here didn't really have any repercussions, at least back home. Why not do something just a little bit dangerous?

Wearing a Led Zepplin top and jeans, she figured she looked good without it coming off as depserate (and yes, she had changed half a dozen times before figuring out what she wanted to wear, thank you), she walked through the door, smiling at him when he spoke. "Hey," she said as she walked up, looking around the place. "Looks like it's turning into a nice place," she said.

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Re: Eric and Dawn

swede_eric
2015-03-20 05:36 pm UTC (link)

"Well, that's what I'm trying to turn it into," he rumbled in reply. Dawn wasn't the first person that he'd contacted, but he found himself glad that she was the first one to arrive. He followed her into the bar, making sure to show her all the little odds and ends. It was clear that he was proud of how the place was turning out, as he wouldn't be a tour guide otherwise. "And don't you look lovely this evening," he added. He almost added that she smelled nice, but didn't want his hunger speaking for him.

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Re: Eric and Dawn

brattydawn
2015-03-21 04:46 am UTC (link)

Dawn had been more than happy to get a real tour of the place. She'd never actually gotten a tour of a club by the owner before, although she didn't know when she'd ever have gotten the chance. Getting brought here had opened up a whole new world to her. "Thanks," she said when he complimented what he was wearing. She wouldn't have even batted an eye of he had said she smelled nice, too. She was a little more used to vampires than most, remember? "You don't look so bad yourself." He really was one delicious package of Scandinavian goodness, wasn't he?

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Re: Eric and Dawn

swede_eric
2015-03-22 11:26 am UTC (link)

Oh, Dawn might have been used to vampires, but Eric was trying his best to watch what he said, at least until he knew what the pecking order on board Knowhere was. He didn't want to rub someone the wrong way, after all. And if he'd known who Dawn's family was then he would have been glad for his caution. "Well, I do try," he rumbled to her, smiling warmly. There was something quite... charming about her, he'd admit. He offered her the crook of his elbow. "There's more to this place than meets the eye. Would you like to see?"

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Re: Eric and Dawn

brattydawn
2015-03-23 03:16 am UTC (link)

Of, if Buffy or Willow knew where she was, Eric would be one very dead vampire. But what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them, right? If he had said that she was charming, though, she might have blushed herself half to death. She slid her arm around his when he offered it to her. "Sure, show me everything around here," she said to him with a grin. She couldn't wait to tell Rose about this!

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Re: Eric and Dawn

swede_eric
2015-03-29 03:14 am UTC (link)

He smiled. Sometimes he found young people overbearing, but not so much with Dawn, remarkably. And that smile was just dazzling. "Well, up here we'll have finger foods and drinks, as well as the occasional performance." Assuming things with Santana went well, but one thing at at time. He led her around the floor for a few minutes, making sure to show her the bar and kitchen area.

"Downstairs, however, would be a more... relaxed environment." Of course, during the little tour she would have noticed that there weren't stairs. At least not visible, anyway. He walked her over to a bookcase, hidden around a corner near the restrooms. "Now, this is a fully functional bookcase, and people are welcome to borrow books and replace them with something different. Except for one." He tried to pull Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' from the shelf and instead unlocked a mechanism that moved the bookcase backwards, revealing a set of stairs heading down to the basement.

While upstairs was bright and open, downstairs was dark and, some would say, romantic. "...And would be for quiet conversations." He hoped that he might be able to feed down there, considering most people didn't want to be alone with a vampire (except for Dawn, obviously), so a public place might be an idea. But he was thinking ahead of himself.

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Re: Eric and Dawn

brattydawn
2015-03-29 10:10 pm UTC (link)

Dawn admittedly had her moments when she could be overbearing, but she was kind of trying to impress Eric a bit, admittedly. Still, overall she was a good kid, and had mostly grown out of her crappier phase. "With this place, you're likely to get a revolving door of musicians," she couldn't help but remark. It seemed that people came in and out a bit with this ship.

She had noticed that there weren't any stairs, so she looked a little confused until he walked over to the bookshelf and pulled out the copy of Dracula, smiling as she watched the bookshelf move and reveal the set of stairs. "Wow, this is like something right out of a movie...or murder mystery." Either way, she thought that it was really cool.

Dawn obviously didn't seem to mind being alone with a vampire. He'd shown that he wasn't going to just drain her dry and leave her dead in a corner somewhere, so she at least trusted him that far. "Sounds like you've got everything that you need here," she said to him as she looked around the downstairs area.

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Re: Eric and Dawn

swede_eric
2015-05-01 05:10 pm UTC (link)

"I do hope so," he said about the musicians. He also thought about having karaoke nights. Sure, they could be painful to hear, but he knew that it would bring in customers and frankly, he was all about money coming in. And putting on a good face, especially in a new place.

"As for everything... not quite. How would you feel about being a hostess here? At least on some nights?" She seemed to have the outgoing personality for it, and while he could do it himself, sometimes he just didn't have the temperament to be friendly all the damn time. Or, at least, come across as friendly.

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Re: Eric and Dawn

brattydawn
2015-05-09 03:24 am UTC (link)

"Should get you a lot of variety, at least. Do you have an idea for what type of music you want going on here?" she asked. Not that she knew any of the musicians that were here, but she was just curious. She did know that something like a karaoke night WOULD get just eaten up by the people here, though. Most seemed to be looking for a way to find fun.

She smiled when he brought up the next part. "That would be awesome, actually." Not only would it help earn her money for shopping and whatnot, but it would give her an excuse to be around Eric more! Not that she really needed one, but it didn't hurt!

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