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Tweak says, "Save the sheepies!"

Jason Schuyler (pomme_de_sang) wrote in whoville,
@ 2009-07-07 15:24:00

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bornaslave, pomme_de_sang

Lucian
Jason was used to the various scents in New New York by now. The cats still sometimes made his nose itch because it was just the WRONG cat scent, so far as he was concerned, but he didn't notice it any more.

So when he came across a new scent, it made him pause, trying to figure out what it was that caught his attention. He thought it might be a were. Maybe.

Glancing up at the sky, Jason started following the scent, doing his best to come up from downwind of the new person. That way, if it seemed more than he could handle, he might be able to get a headstart and run before there was trouble. At the end of the day, though, he couldn't control the wind, which shifted just as he caught sight of the new arrival. So he pulled himself up to his rather unimpressive full height and started forward. No reason to hide now.

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	bornaslave 2009-07-07 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Lycans exist," Lucian answered. He was not being a smartass, he was giving an honest answer. Werewolf legends were many, not two of them identical, yet all of them similar. Too many passers-by, here. "Let's talk somewhere more private." Like the sewers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	Jason grinned at that, then nodded back the way he'd come. "There's a hotel here for the people who get pulled in from other worlds. There's also a a place called the 'old town' on the other side of it. I prefer it because there are forests around it. Good hunting." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-07 03:37 pm UTC (link)
	"You live among the humans?" Slight incredulity tinted Lucian's voice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	He paused, blinking up at Lucian. "Well, yeah. I mean, the people of the city aren't...entirely real. Or, they're as real as anything else here. The other people who have been pulled here are, though, and they're...mostly human, that I've seen." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-07 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	Lucian waved that topic away with a hand gesture. An instinctive reply after so many years spent hidden. Foolish. "People get pulled here," he repeated, then forced himself to stay his questions. They would wait. "Take me somewhere we can speak freely." Yes, it was a show of trust. Jason smelled right. Lucian had weighed the risks. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	He pondered that for a moment, then nodded back toward the hotel. "The old town. The forest." They were both wolves. The forest would be a balm, most likely. "Do you run?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-07 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	For the first time since he got here, or so it felt, Lucian smiled. Slow, joyful, and genuinely predatory. "Lead the way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-07-07 03:58 pm UTC (link)

Jason grinned back, turning on his heel and doing as asked. He didn't even bother to hold back, running pretty well flat out toward the hotel. He did slow through the lobby, mostly not wanting to run over anybody. There was, of course, the scent of vampire in the lobby, though not recent. Given that the sun was up, it wasn't surprising to Jason in the least. But he didn't stop until they were out the other side of the hotel, tacking to the right and into the woods outside the old town.

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bornaslave
2009-07-07 04:06 pm UTC (link)

Lucian had no problem keeping up with the... werewolf. Such an odd thing to wrap his mind around, but it was getting wrapped all the same.

This was better than being dead. Running at full speed with a distant kinsman. If only Sonja were here, but he had not given up yet. He would not until he had explored all of this world.

He stopped right behind Jason, looking around and breathing in. "Even in here, it feels off," he commented, before looking back at the werewolf. "I'm not sure which question to ask first."

An admission of doubt was a rare thing coming from him.

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Jason nodded, picking a fallen log to sit down on and stretch out his legs. "Yeah. The whole place feels off, but this is closer, somehow. I prefer it because its quieter." He tilted his head, curious before he said, "Well, pick the first one that comes to mind and ask? I'll answer as much as I can." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-07 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	"You smell almost of vampyre," he said, immediately. Sonya always came first, and if Jason associated with vampyres... Not as unlikely as he might have thought. What if vampyres and werewolves were not at war, in his world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	He raised an eyebrow. Not the first question he'd have thought of. "That's probably Jean-Claude you're smelling on me." He paused, then, "Or Asher. Jean-Claude's more likely, though." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-07 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Are you friendly with them?" A small could be caught in a fight. And this was absolutely the first line of questions Lucian had. Where he was mattered far less than whether or not Sonja was here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-07 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"With Jean-Claude? Absolutely." Jason's smile widened a bit at that, but faded when he considered the other vampire. "Asher is...not really friendly with very many people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-08 08:09 am UTC (link)
	"Do you know a Sonja? She would not smell quite like your vampyres," Lucian added, hoping with every cell in his being that Jason's answer would be positive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-08 09:47 am UTC (link)
	Jason thought for a moment, because he'd met lots of people and there were always scents. After a few moments, though, he shook his head. "I'm sorry, no. I only know of three vampires here and all of them are male." Which wasn't to say that Lucian might not be from Mitchell's world, but he still didn't smell quite right for that, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-08 09:52 am UTC (link)
	Hope was an awful thing to have shattered, especially hope of such magnitude, but Lucian swallowed it back and took a deep breath. His whole body seemed to deflate, more than relax, head hanging for a moment. "All right. Thank you." He looked up at Jason. "Tell me more about how this world works, then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pomme_de_sang
2009-07-08 10:04 am UTC (link)

"That doesn't mean she won't end up here." He could offer that much, at least. "This place is..." Jason pursed his lips, considering what needed to be said. "All right. Let's start with the basics. The city is called New New York. I think it's longer than that, but that's usually enough. I've been told you can find pretty much anything you want there and so far, I believe it. Things are also free, so you don't have to worry about money. Possibly in exchange for being stuck here."

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bornaslave
2009-07-08 10:14 am UTC (link)

No, he couldn't live with that kind of hope. He walled it off in a distant part of his brain, something he couldn't let go of, but something he could not, would not live with day after day.

"This is a place where you supposedly get everything you want?" he echoed. Wrong. Wrong in every way, the concept itself, as well as its realisation. Sonja wasn't here, after all. "Why are we here?"

For such a gift, as some might view it, there had to be a price to pay. Nothing was ever free.

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-08 10:24 am UTC (link)
	He shrugged at that one. "I honestly don't have any idea. Nobody does, honestly, though apparently one of the Doctors has an idea that this place may bring people that need...space. When things are going badly and they need a vacation without losing any time to it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bornaslave
2009-07-08 10:28 am UTC (link)

Lucian had to laugh at that. Quite bitterly, yes, and oh, Kraven would love this place, wouldn't he. "I don't need a bloody holiday." He needed to be able to die in peace and find Sonja in the afterlife.

Several doctors, Jason had said, and Lucian sobered up. "There are several doctors here? I met one who claimed to be a time lord." The last two words were uttered as words that were foreign to him. "Is that the sort of doctor you're referring to?"

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-08 10:30 am UTC (link)
	"Well, there's the usual sort of doctor, though I think only one. And then, yeah, the Doctor. The Time Lord, yeah. There's a couple versions of him here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bornaslave
2009-07-08 10:34 am UTC (link)

Another dark smile, and Lucian shook his head at his own presumptuousness. "And here I thought my life so far had been full of twists and turns. There are several versions of people here? Do you mean there might be other me's around?"

There was more and more to take in. It was beginning to be a lot. He wished for Sonja, and he wished for Raze. His friend's presence would have gone a long way to help him settle down.

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	pomme_de_sang 2009-07-08 10:37 am UTC (link)
	Jason shrugged. "I haven't smelled any," he pointed out. "You're the first I've come across that smells similar to what I'm used to." Smelled somewhat similar to pack. Sort of. "But, infinite parallel universes caused by small changes in the past? It's possible, I suppose." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bornaslave 2009-07-08 10:44 am UTC (link)
	Lucian raised an eyebrow at that, but dismissed further questions on the topic. "Tell me about werewolves," he asked instead, curious as to the differences between their two species. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)