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Jareth (goblin_king) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-03-22 20:29:00

Entry tags:

armand, arrival, caspian, cathal, cimorene, claudia, complete, day four, edward cullen, faith lehane, gabrielle, giselle, hermione granger, ianto jones, jack harkness, jareth, juniper golding, legolas greenleaf, mercy thompson, ned the piemaker, nymphadora tonks, olive snook, pandora, robin of locksley, rose tyler, sarah williams, schuldig, severus snape, tara maclay, the doctor, willow rosenberg, xena, yaten kou, yuna

Who: Jareth and everyone!
When: Day Four, evening
What: The King 'invites' everyone to his masque...
Where: Jareth's castle
Rating: Anywhere from G to R, I suppose
Status: Complete

It had been raining earlier in the day, but it had cleared up a short time ago. Jareth looked out the window of his massive ballroom, empty for now, and felt a little bit disoriented by the fact that the Labyrinth had just disappeared. Of course, he'd made it happen, but it had been a long time since he'd felt so exposed. But he couldn't very well have people needing to wander through the Labyrinth, could he? And the two who had been running it had been transported to the castle already, and he knew from the screams of rage that they were being dressed at this very moment.

The king smiled and turned away from the window, checking out his ballroom. It was quite spectacular, with a large orchestra pit, many snack tables, and, of course, lots of empty space for dancing. This, he figured, would be a night to remember. He snapped his fingers and peered into the crystal that appeared there, scrying on each and every person he'd brought to the Underground. Some, he knew wouldn't come on their own, and he sent crystals floating out to ensare them. Of course, some might just be strong enough to resist that pull, so he had goblins standing by to bring others in. Whether willing or not, everyone would be attending, he'd seen to that.

Dressed in his finery, with an evil looking mask in the guise of a leering demon, he walked over to his throne. Draping himself casually over it, he waited. People would be arriving anytime, now. He didn't fool himself for a moment that some wouldn't take this chance to attack him, which was why he wasn't precisely there. Anyone who tried to attack him, he knew, would find their useless effort wasted against what was no more than a projected image.

He gestured, and a goblin slave brought him a glass of wine. This, he was convinced, was going to be a night to remember.

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juniper_golding
2009-03-25 12:08 am UTC (link)

Juniper felt herself get picked up, and started for a second before she realised she was in Armand's arms. Funnily enough, she felt safe, which was slightly backward, but she'd take a vampire over that thing any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

She didn't get herself down when he stopped, just stayed with her face pressed against his shoulder and her arms wrapped tightly around his neck, shaking. She couldn't believe he was standing there analyzing it. She'd do that later, when she wasn't going to die of shock, thanks.

After a couple of minutes, Juniper picked her head up. "I need...air..." she begged, struggling with her skirts in her attempt to get down and almost slamming into the wall. "I have to get out of here," she said, not letting go of his arm as she started for the door.

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vagabond_child
2009-03-25 12:18 am UTC (link)

This was weird. Humans did not hold him like this, not unless he entered their minds and made them do so. He was the thing that mortals were afraid of, not the thing they looked to for protection. But he held her, at a loss for anything else to do, and because, well, now that it came down to it, he was a bit shaken, too.

He set her down, though, when she struggled, though he could have easily kept her slight form in his arms. And he watched as the thing disappeared with nothing more than a gesture from the King. He couldn't stop staring at the place where it had been, now empty, like it had never happened.

"I think that might be the wisest course of action, yes." Actually, right now, he was sort of thinking he might like to get the hell out of there, too. So though he could have removed his arm from hers easily enough, he went with her. Giant monsters were where he drew the line. He glanced around the room for Schuldig, his date whom he hadn't seen for hours, and shrugged. He'd catch up with him later. Right now, getting out of the ballroom was the most important thing.

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juniper_golding
2009-03-25 12:24 am UTC (link)

The danger was gone, and yet, Juniper was still hovering dangerously on the edge of hyperventilating. She picked up her skirts with her free hand and practically ran from the castle, leaving her things behind, only concerned with putting as much distance between herself and that impossible thing as she could.

Once her slippered feet hit the grass outside the palace, Juniper let go of Armand and fell to her hands and knees, letting out heaving gasps of air and trying to get her heart to stop racing. She'd seen a lot in her short life, and had been through far more in her many lives, but this day had shaken her to the core.

Giving up, Juniper rolled to her back and just lay there with her eyes closed and her hands pressed over her heart. "I thought I was so strong...I'm not strong enough for this..." she muttered, shaking her head back and forth. After a minute she looked at Armand, her eyes wet. "What am I supposed to do?" she asked. "Tell me what to do."

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vagabond_child
2009-03-25 12:33 am UTC (link)

Somehow, it hadn't fully sunk in that she was new, even moreso than he was. And somehow, she'd been stuck with the bad fortune to get him as her greeter. The irony amused him a tiny bit, but he was actually feeling the slightest bit of remorse. He'd played with her quite badly, really. If he'd known she was knew, he'd have... done the exact same thing, probably.

Well, at least he could make up for it in some small way. He knelt down beside her and took her hand in his, smiling slightly. "You are strong. You just need some time to deal with this." He sort of thought that, to be perfectly honest, he would too. And he saw horrific things all the time. But this was something no vampire had done.

"I'll tell you what to do." He became all practicality as he tried to help her to her feet. "Follow me. I'll show you around. I think that's what I was supposed to do in the first place. And you should eat something."

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juniper_golding
2009-03-25 12:40 am UTC (link)

Juniper decided that Armand had kind of gotten a bit of a bad rap. He was being perfectly nice to her, aside from the whole biting thing, but looking back on it, she'd kind of asked for it. That and, well, if she were being really honest with herself, it had been hot. Focus, Juni, she mentally whipped herself into shape. This was hardly the time for all of that nonsense.

She got to her feet and smoothed her skirts, trying to get the grass pieces off of them, and then ran her fingers through her curls, but that was a lost cause before she'd even started. Oh well. She gave up and gave Armand a little smile, slipping her hand back into his and leaning in to give him a small kiss, as if it were the most natural thing in the world for her to do. "Thank you."

"I had a plum in my hand..." she mumbled, but somehow, she'd lost track of that. And now that she thought about it, she was fairly starving. "Yeah, might want to replenish some blood sugar, huh?" she asked, looking at him out of the corner of her eye, a little smirk playing around her lips. She could freak out with the best of them, but she bounced back fairly quickly as well.

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