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Malakai Chmelyk // 'Volos' (volos) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-09-26 21:13:00

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levi slates, malakai chmelyk

Who: Malakai Chmelyk, Levi Slates
What: A vampire and a shapeshifter walk into a bar...
When/Where: Backdated to the night Levi arrived, the Luxor, Vegas
Warnings: Drinking, vampirism possible. Not really.

Malakai wasn't quite sure what he was walking into, offering to help the new arrival in town, but then wasn't that what made it interesting? With things between him and Rurik still on uneven ground, and Gatlin seeming more distant than normal, he felt the need to... branch out. More than that, he needed to start making new 'friends', and keep himself fed. Live, so to speak.

Leaning against one of the pillars at the front of the building, Malakai scanned the crowd, looking for someone seeming lost. He sensed a bit of not-quite-humanity off to his side, and couldn't hide his shock when he noticed it seemed to be coming from the lost-looking man. He moved through the crowd toward the man, damning his new sense of modesty.

"Levi?" He called out, tongue sticking slightly on the 'v', foreign sounding without being too much of a foreigner.

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	dreamsoffire 2009-09-27 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Levi nodded. "I was going to try and find somewhere safe. I don't want...I don't want to hurt anyone." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volos 2009-09-27 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Then you may stay with my lover- another vampire- and I. He was a very powerful witch, in life. He can help me keep you from harming anyone," (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamsoffire 2009-09-27 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	"Only if you're sure it isn't an imposition. I don't want to put you, or your lover, out." He had the decency to look sincere. "You don't really even know me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volos 2009-09-27 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	Kai smiled dryly. "He is far too used to my causes, to care. And I would not live with myself, if you went out and harmed someone when I could be taking care of you, yes? Yes. It will be fine." In truth, he'd never handled something as large as a tiger alone. But it couldn't be that much more difficult than a wolf, could it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dreamsoffire
2009-09-27 11:18 pm UTC (link)

Levi nodded and fingered the rim of his glass. "All right then. If you're sure." It was kind of a relief to Levi. He had no idea what he was agreeing to, really, but Kai seemed nice enough and genuine. And Levi was pretty sure he was strong enough to take him on, if it came tot hat. He hoped it wouldn't. He wanted to believe in the goodness of the other man.

Vampire, he reminded himself. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea, after all, but he'd already agreed and he had no other viable option at the moment.

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volos
2009-09-28 12:09 am UTC (link)

"I am sure," He reiterated, picking up his wine and taking a long drink. His thirst was growing, heightening his awareness of the slightly-quickened pulse of the man next to him. But he couldn't do that, not to a shifter. Some lycans were poisonous to vampires, some would rip your throat out for trying. No, he'd entertain the boy, and then find something... later.

Assuming he made it to 'later'.

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dreamsoffire
2009-09-28 12:18 am UTC (link)

"All right then." Levi nodded agian, as if securing a deal. He still felt some small measure of apprehension about the whole thing, be he saw that he had little choice. He'd simply make the most of it. And if it didn't work out, he'd move on. Or die, but there was no need to dwell on that. He might be better off dead, than turning into a tiger every full moon.

He scratched idly at his neck. It wasn't deliberate, and if he'd realised what he was doing, he would have sat on the urge.

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	volos 2009-09-28 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Kai's eyes were immediately drawn to the scratching at Levi's neck, and he swallowed reflexively, fighting the urge to draw his fangs and just take. Was he really that hungry? "Perhaps I should... go," He seemed on edge, standing to pull his wallet out and toss a few bills on the bartop. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamsoffire 2009-09-28 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Levi stilled his hand, fingers pressed over his neck. "Oh! I." He shook his head. "That was careless of me. I didn't think..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volos 2009-09-28 01:16 am UTC (link)
	The vampire managed a smile, pausing at the bartop to shake his head at Levi. "Do not worry, friend. I was... hungry, before I arrived. It is not your fault, nor is it something to concern yourself with," He wouldn't ask, he wouldn't take. It could wait until he found some nameless face on the street. He hoped. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamsoffire 2009-09-28 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"Do you," Levi started, faltered. he looked down, wrung his hands together. "That is to say. Do you kill your...if you drink...Is it like the legends say?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volos 2009-09-28 02:18 am UTC (link)
	Malakai shook his head again, sighing a light, unnecessary sigh. He really didn't need to smell all of the life in the room, but the human gesture was too ingrained in him, by now. "No. We do not have to kill to feed." Which wasn't to say he didn't, from time to time. But he wasn't at that point- no need to alarm the boy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamsoffire 2009-09-28 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"Then perhaps." Levi's hand moved to his neck again. he felt a hollow tingling in his veins. "Perhaps that is how I might replay you for your kindness." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volos 2009-09-28 02:35 am UTC (link)
	He went very still at the suggestion, eyes meeting the man's for a long moment. "I... couldn't ask that of you. I did not mean it that way, Levi," Despite his protests, his eyes shifted down to the hand at his neck, and he felt his jaw tighten. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dreamsoffire 2009-09-28 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Levi shook his head. Being bitten by a vampire couldn't be any worse than being bitten by a shape shifter. His entire life seemed surreal at this point, and he wasn't convinced that it wasn't all some sick, demented dream. Why not add to the crazy, and offer himself up as a bleeder. "Maybe we should go somewhere a little less crowded?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

volos
2009-09-28 03:05 am UTC (link)

Malakai should have protested, should have just walked out, but he found himself reaching over to take the boy by the arm, leading him to the front desk. He asked for a room key, passing over a credit card and earning a card in exchange. Rather than give either of them time to think about it, they were off in the direction of the elevator, and the privacy the suite would afford them.

They could have gone to Kezia's room- he could have gone to Kezia, instead of the boy. The thought only hardened his resolve to do this, take from the shifter. Because he wouldn't go back to the bitch.

Once they were outside the door, he seemed to hesitate, leaning heavily against the hard wood. "I do not know, Levi... you should. Stay here, tonight. I cannot- it is not safe for you," He forced the last words out, hating himself for seeming so weak.

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dreamsoffire
2009-09-28 03:18 am UTC (link)

"You paid for the room, Kai," Levi protested. He was a proud man. He'd had a rough life, and he carried a long history of petty crimes including theft and taking advantage. he'd been hoping to get himself on a straighter path, before everything crashed down on him.

"And I offered." He added, tilting his head. It wasn't a subconscious baring of his neck. He wasn't sure really how he felt about the whole thing, but he'd gotten it in his mind to do this, and he was reluctant to take no for an answer.

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