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raven  callow  ↷  cfravens  .

she looks over at him and her brow furrows- she feels an inkling of guilt that his better mood was now down because of her sour expression. “stop looking at me like that,” she snipped, tossing a pebble his way. she loves his attentive personality, how none of the callows went without their big brother’s attention ever. of course he would know when something was bothering her, she didn’t hide her thoughts or emotions well. how many times has erik been there for her during her little romance ventures, the ones that everyone knew wouldn’t end well or the ones she pushed as love but were nothing more than a simple thing. she loved to be loved, to have the attention. but now: truly different for the original. “i want to change him.”

      he rolls his eyes a little  ,  knowing her too well  .  forever is a  LONG TIME  to get to know a person  ,  &  he’s spent the entirety of his taking care of his siblings  &  making sure they’re never harmed  .  but he also knows when they’re  unhappy  ,  especially raven  ,  who usually is good at hiding it yet he knows without even having to look twice when something’s bothering her  .  at what is  bothering  her  ,  his eyebrows pinch together  ,  fighting a scowl that is threatening his features  .  instead he gives her a soft expression  ,  an open one that tells her he understands what she’s saying  .    ❛    you cannot change anyone that doesn’t  WANT  to be changed  ,  raven  .    ❜

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margaery  callow  ↷  dcvilisms  .

margaery whined. she would’ve never admitted it but the displeasure was undeniable from the childish sound that past her lips to the near stomp of her foot, “we don’t have to keep a low profile, that’s the point of this place isn’t it, we can do whatever the hell we want.” margaery insisted, a smile curling onto her lips as she spoke, “come on, erik, what do you possibly have to be concerned about? an uproar, either one of us could take on whatever mob anyone around here could ever come up with on our own and we’d never have to because we have each other.”

��     he lifts an eyebrow  ,  assessing the pros  &  cons of her proposal before he sighs  ,  expression relaxing as he gives her a  DEFEATED  smile  .  in all honesty  ,  he can never say no to his siblings  ,  but if you were to ask him he’d say he’s agreeing because he owes it to her for some reason  .    ❛    alright  ,  but we clean up our mess  ,  understand  ?    ❜    he attempts a serious look but instead the smile returns  ,  not being able to hold anything else for long  .

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valeria  flores   ↷  vclctile  .

valeria blows a bubble with the gum in her mouth and pops it loudly. “is that a wolf joke?” she asks, hand resting on hip with an unamused expression on her face. “hungover. up early. people annoy me. so y’know, just a usual day.”

      he takes not of the look on her face  &  bites back a laugh  .    ❛    no  ,  darling  ,  of course not  .    ❜    erik chuckles with a shrug  ,  spinning the keys around his forefinger  .    ❛    so this  CHARMING  mood isn’t just for my benefit  ?  what a waste  .    ❜

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ryder  macgregor   ↷  ryder-macgregor  .

For Claire, Morag and Raven he restrains himself from a growl - restrains himself from the desire to ball his fist at his side. “I do not control the crime nor am I the alpha in town but you are its founder. We’ve had some reports indicating there might be a rogue wolf in town or at least coming to town. It’s not a smell I recognize as anyone from town so I am asking you to help keep an eye out”

      he fights an amused smile  ,  arms folding over his chest as his head lilts to one side  .    ❛    but you  are  on of it’s trusted protectors  ,  no  ?  if i were you  ,  i’d put those trusty wolf instincts to work  &  find out who they are  &  come to me when you find out  .  then  ,  if they prove to be a problem i’ll decide what needs to be done  .    ❜    he takes a step  TOWARDS  the male  .    ❛    is that all  ?    ❜

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juliette  cooper   ↷  dcvilisms  .

whether it was wise or not to cling to the principles of this whole thing wasn’t even a question; it wasn’t. that little tidbit wasn’t stopping juliette though, a scoff on her lips as he spoke, “i’m not sure anyone could ever forget, not with you reminding us to boost your own ego.” the brunette protested,  “it’s not how respect works and, quite frankly, i would expected you to have caught onto that by now. you can’t scare people into respecting you or demand it, you earn it and you have in no way earned mine.” it still wasn’t a good idea, picking a fight in sanctum never was and picking a fight with a callow could be even worse of an idea. 

      his arrogance is never  SUBTLE  ;  although it might be better if it was  ,  considering it’s not his most impressive trait  .  but more often than not it comes through  ,  especially in these sort of situation when he feels like he has some to  prove  .    ❛    having respect  &  showing it are two entirely different things  .  i think you might be better at showing it  ,  since you’re showing how ungrateful you are  .    ❜    his gaze scans the parking lot  ,  spotting an  empty  space before pointing it out  .    ❛    now  ,  how about you run along to that parking spot over there  ?  because quite frankly i have  BETTER  things to do than deal with childish pettiness  .    ❜

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clary  amisfield   ↷  dcvilisms  .

“it doesn’t sound too difficult to find something that’s better than tapestry, i can imagine worse things but definitely more better options.” clary declared with a laugh. “perfection is overrated,” the brunette continued decidedly. clary wasn’t sure if she even believed it; she knew that she didn’t once upon a time, but her mother had shared the same belief and that hadn’t done her much good. “i suppose it’s easier to try new things and find what you enjoy when you’ve got unlimited time on your hands.”

      ❛    i use it as a lesson  .  in something i will  NEVER  go back to  .    ❜    admittedly  ,  tapestry is one of many ventures that he regrets  .  but when you live for as long as he has  ,  you tend to dabble in a  thing  or two  .    ❛    that’s exactly what i say  . if you ask me  ,  perfection is the lesser of two evils  .    ❜    erik chuckles  &  perches himself on the floor  ,  plucking at an idle flower that he finds blowing in the wind  .    ❛    i wouldn’t  necessarily  say that  .  even now i still doubt my choices  ;  some of the aren’t exactly the most desirable  .    ❜

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athena  croft  ↷  tenebrisnlux  .

                     for some reason , she didn’t really mind when he followed her. he seemed somehow familiar to her , but she was sure she didn’t know him. she’d lived a long time , but she had an excellent memory that spanned centuries. not only that , but she could tell he was old , perhaps as old as her ?  if so , she should know who he was instantly , not just have this vague sense of recognition. she shrugged. “ because i love this place ; it only became shitty after i turned down a certain … offer he made. ” her voice ended on basically a hiss , her eyes narrowed with annoyance. her gaze jerked to his at his words , studying him more closely. “ … i haven’t heard anyone say that in a long time. people used to tell me all the time that i look almost identical to my mother. ”

      his brows furrow  ,  her words sinking in before his gaze moves to find the male in  QUESTION  almost accusingly  .    ❛    some people just do not take rejection lightly  .    ❜    his tone is quiet  ,  but his jaw suddenly clenches at her next words  ,  muscles  tightening  .  it’s impossible  ;  he left that life behind to protect the from what he is  ,  leaving no traces of himself behind  .  so there’s no way  ,  not when there were so little vampires  ,  that his child could still be alive  .  unless there was  ANOTHER  child in the picture  ,  after he left  .  but he can’t help but notice the similarities in her features as well as his  .    ❛    &  did your mother have any other children before you  ?    ❜

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charlie  solano  ↷  lupusanguine  .

once again, charlie had found themselves lost in a state somewhere between intoxicated and serene, having downed a fair share to whisk away the somber thoughts that so often crept up on them. it was easier that way, life seemed far more entertaining that way especially when you didn’t get excruciating hangovers in the way humans & mortal beings did. it didn’t take long for the hybrid to find themselves lost in a trance, eyes glued to a shiny object twirling through the air, the sound so minimal, to any average person it’d be near muted. “ huh ? ” charlie finally uttered, the words slipping off their tongue, jumping at the words as the male pulled them from their trance, contents from the glass SPLASHING everywhere. “ hardly, if there was something i wanted, you would know,” the words snapped out once the brunette was brought back to reality. “ i was simply hoping for a more exciting trick than that, but i’m beyond used to the constant disappointment brought on by men..though if you’re looking to redeem yourself…replacing the drink you just caused to go everywhere is a good place to start.” 

      unsurprisingly  ,  erik isn’t known for his politness  .  more unsurprising is that he isn’t known for his  SUBTLETY  ,  either  .  he is  ,  after all  ,  an original  ,  which whereas it often warrants respect there are odd times where respect can be paired with loathing  .  his family has made  countless  enemies throughout the years  ,  so even though it seems like a just a coin it can be strangely symbolic  .  flipping a coin is the easy way out  —  or so  ,  that’s what his father drilled into his head after  YEARS  of erik avoiding violence  .  after a while  ,  erik put down the coin  &  started settling his disputes like a man  .  now  ,  he’s so distant from the naive mind that thought a coin was the mediator of everything  ,  it’s now a symbol of  EVERYTHING  his family has conquered by brute force  .  his attention passes to the female at her requested  ,  like the snap of a twig in a silent wood  .    ❛    perhaps if you had a better hold of it  ,  you wouldn’t have  spilt  it in the first place  .    ❜

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henrik  størm  ↷  strcms  .

his gaze follows the coin as it’s tossed into the air, absentmindedly reaching out to catch it as the coin falls back down. he silently scolds himself for the action as he tosses the coin back towards erik. “ah, i’m familiar with the violent approach.” he grins smugly at the thought. simpler times. “forgive me, i wasn’t raised to be intelligent.” he scoffs, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. “dinner, i would hope.” he glances around their surroundings, particularly focused on the passersby in the area. 

      the  sire  bond  is  a  hard  concept  to  grasp    ;    one  that  he  doesn’t  really    understand    himself  .  but  one  thing  that  he  does  know  is  that  despite  it  ,  henrik  is  one  of  his  closest  friends  .  some  argue  that  it’s  the    REASON    erik  turned  him  into  a  vampire  ,    &    perhaps  that’s  true  .  but  regardless  ,  he’s  a  useful  companion  .    ❛    then  you’ll  know  how  something  as    simplistic    as  a  coin  can  benefit  you  .    ❜    he  chuckles  ,  catching  the  coin  before  pocketing  it  .    ❛    of  course  ,  you  were  raised  to  be  a  nuisance  .    ❜    he  means  no    HARM    by  his  words  ,    &    it  shows  in  his  smile  .    ❛    how  about  we  go  somewhere  not  so  local    ?    words  spread  quickly  in  this  town  .    ❜

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margaery  callow  ↷  dcvilisms  .

few people had gotten to know any of them the way they had. sure margaery had on several occasions contemplated how to get rid of her siblings but the important thing was that she hadn’t gone through with it. there wasn’t anyone else who could possibly ever understand her like they did. “that depends entirely,” margaery announced, “what are my boundaries and how do you feel about any loopholes i might find to suggest everything you do not want to do?”

      it’s  been  difficult    ;    that’s  something  he  will    never    deny  .  they’ve  had  their  ups    &  downs  ,  their  disagreements  which  often  led  to  years  apart  .  but  eventually  ,  they’d  find  their  way  back  because  they’re  a    FAMILY    .  they’ve  known  cruelty    &    has  made  them  stronger  .    ❛    we  keep  a  low  profile  .  that  is  my    only    request  .    ❜

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myrcella  rodgers  ↷  stcinedtongues  .

there  is  a  blankness  in  the  way  she  stares , though fingers hold a gentle caress. there is a silence in the air though the breeze whistles through tree tops and catches her hair all the same, but she is lost. lost, you think, and it’s as if she’s a figment you cannot touch, skin so pale but stained all the same with tribal markings, with moon phases and stars, with prophecies all etched into porcelain skin, never to be removed. she look like a painting that you just cannot touch. but then you notice it, she’s not merely a pretty image. she holds a d a r k n e s s and it’s eating at her soul, but she’s embraced it and you can taste it in the air as her tongue moulds to latin phrases, whispered softly to the coil of green that begins to move, sliding from her palm to wrap around her wrist.     

                     ‘     oh, you are a pretty thing.     ’

she’s unaware as she speaks, unaware of the penetrating gaze, unaware of thoughts. she’s forgotten herself, forgotten her where abouts and who can see her, though if she thinks a little longer, she truly doesn’t care.

      there’s  something  so    magnifying    about  nature    ;    something  so  beautiful    &    pronounced  .  of  course  ,  he  didn’t  notice  much  of  it  when  he  was    HUMAN    ,    but  being  a  vampire  changed  even  the  simplest  of    things  .  like  how  the  soft  breeze  felt  blowing  against  his    exposed    skin  ,  or  the  sound  of  the  leaves  shifting  in  the  wind  .  dwelling  on  it  is  a  foolish  act  ,  however  .  he  lost  the  ability  to  truly  feel  the  hum  of  nature    years    ago  ,    &    he  has  learned  to  adapt  .  but  he  still  knows  magic  when  he  hears  it  .

              ❛    you  should  be    careful    ;    someone  might  see  you  .    ❜

      but  in  a  town  like  this  ,  where  supernatural  creatures  roam    freely    without  much  discretion  ,  he  doubts  it’s  a  worry  of  hers  .  it’s  rarely  a  worry  of  his  .

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ophelia  roux  ↷  lavcnderskics  .

the chatter around her had subsequently died down, making the girl chuckle. she loved a good bar fight, i mean how foolish could a human be squaring up to a werewolf ? the blonde quickly asked the bartender for another shot of vodka, downing it before they had even set the glass on the bar top. the vampire looked to her right and saw a few droplets of the humans blood along the wooden counter. shaking her head, she let out a small laugh - dipping her finger in the blood and bringing it to her lips. “ i mean, how could you be that idiotic ? “ she muttered under her breath after she had licked the small drops of blood from her finger.

      he  often  wonders  what    EXACTLY    drives  humans  to  be  so  stupid  ,  reminding  him  that  being  human  is  so  far  away  from  him  now  that  he  can’t  even    imagine    it  .  albeit  over  the  years  it’s  something  he’s  grown  used  to    ;    something  he’s  begun  to  accept  .  it’s  these  moments  where  he’s  glad  to  be  a  vampire  instead  of  being  a    ridiculously    naive  human  .  he  takes  a  sip  from  his  drink  ,  a  low  chuckle  vibrating  from  his  throat  as  he  observes  the  situation  .    ❛    i  wouldn’t  be  too  concerned    ;    a  human’s  ability  to  see  sense  isn’t  as  acute  as  ours  .    ❜

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juliette  cooper  ↷  dcvilisms  .

“you have some serious issues, mainly with your attitude, and also your driving, actually i think you perfectly represent why we shouldn’t let senior citizens drive.” the brunette huffed. it was reckless, he was older than her and arguably most definitely stronger; though that didn’t mean she had to accept what he was saying, or his actions. “my point is that you can’t just do what you want, not when other people exist, it’s disrespectful and frankly i don’t care if you’re used to getting someone’s respect because of who you are but that’s not how it works, now move your car.”

      ❛    well  ,  i  must  not  be  that  bad  if  i  got  here    before    you  .  for  a  senior  citizen  ,  my  reflexes  are  quite  well - adapted  .    ❜    he  shrugs  his  shoulders  ,    &    at  her  request  he  gets  out  of  the  car  before    LOCKING    it  ,  looking  over  at  her  with  a  set  jaw  .  he’s  perhaps  a  little  too  bigoted    ;    he’s  often  too  self-indulgent  ,  obsessed  with  the  idea  of  being    superior    to  most  .  it’s  one  of  his  biggest  downfalls  ,  one  that  has  gotten  him  into  trouble  too  many  times  .    ❛    don’t  tell  me  what  to  do  in  my  town  ,  witch  .  you’re  forgetting  who  built  it    ;    i  think  you  should  show  a  little  more    respect  .    ❜

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clary  amisfield  ↷  dcvilisms  .

if there had been a competition for who had had the shittiest jobs then clary was fairly certain having to fight in a war immediately won you that one, “really, tapestry? what was that like?” clary questioned, smile on her lips, “so did that go out of fashion or did you realize it sounds like the dullest possible thing you could possibly be doing?”

      at  first  glance  ,  it  would  appear  he  is    GENUINELY    enjoying  the  conversation  .  but  if  you  were  to  ask  him  ,  he’d  just  deny  ,  deny  .  erik  decided  to  separate  himself  from    any    human  emotion  years  ago  ,    &    enjoyment  is  one  .    ❛    it  turned  out  to  be  more  annoying  than  what  it  was  worth  .  it’s  hard  to  achieve    perfection    .    ❜    he  shrugs    &    chuckles  .    ❛    no  matter  .  i  soon  found  a  better  job  .    ❜

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