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Post by Dracafrey on Dec 7, 2009 18:19:56 GMT 1
Kozlak walks into the study seconds after Marcus noticing Adian sitting behind the desk. He watched as Adian pulled out a book from one of the compartments and placed it on the desk while looking at Marcus and himself. Listening as Adian was mentioning to Marcus that everything he wished to be filled in on, was in the book that he now slid forward along with mention that he wished for Kozlak to begin his accounts. Kozlak’s eyes moved to Marcus’ and back to the book before nodding.
“As you wish Adian.” as Kozlak reached out and retrieved the book on the desk before Marcus.
“So where to begin… hmmm, perhaps this.” As Kozlak placed the book back on the desk and placed his palm on the cover for a mere second and pulled his hand away. The latches on the book began to creek as they unlocked themselves, within a moment the bindings that contained the book now laid sprawled beside it on the desk. Adian continued to look out the window as he heard Marcus’ thoughts about only the coven leader can open those bindings on the book.
“Yes Marcus, That’s right. I am the rightful heir to this coven. I once ruled here many many years ago.”
Kozlak turned his left shoulder in and raised his sleeve to above shoulder, revealing a ancient vampire symbol.
“This symbol on my shoulder, similar to your own and Adian’s is the true mark of the heir to this coven. If we look at the symbol on the wall in the throne room, we will see the distinct markings of it under Adian’s. And to what I believe, Adian has known that there was another heir to this coven, he just did not know whom, or if they would ever return, or take his place. But I already told him I was not here to cause him trouble, or to take the throne. All I wished was to help this coven back to its former glory.”
Taking a minute for the info he just release settle in before he began again while he flipped to the first page of the book, and running his finger down it.
“Unfortunately this book is not completely accurate, This book does not tell you the time of my rule, and the rule of the one you both know as the creator, I believe is what you called him. But that is for another time.” As Kozlak then closed the cover of the book and looking up at Adian who now returned from the window.
“During my rule, the last of it anyways. We were at war. Not the war you would know. This war was against humans and Vampires, at the time we were still some what on good terms with werewolves, but not good enough for them to join our side of the fight. We were losing the battle, they knew weakness and exploited it. Attacked during the day, and during the nights they fortified themselves into a church. I would have to give them credit, not many humans would know how to fight us, even today. While in this war I knew they had to have a hunter, there was no other way they were this organized. So during what would have been the last day of this coven, I ordered all vampires to stay in the coven, which had been almost destroyed the earlier day, while I set out to take on their army in broad daylight. My higher ranked vampires pleaded for me not to, but I knew there was no other choice, at least is I was wanting this coven to survive. I was the battlefield just before the sun broke the hills. Standing in the way of the humans and this coven. They all thought it was going to be easy, for they thought once the sun rose, that I would combust. Well they were wrong. The sun rose and there I still stood, most of the were shocked in horror, wondering why, but the hunter that lead them rallied them and marched them forward and so we did battle. I don’t remember how long it lasted, but what I do remember is that, during some part of that battle I lost control and within seconds they all were shredded and thrown about everywhere. After that I left, to go into hiding, knowing that if any hunters heard of what happened would come seeking answers and hunt me. And I left making sure that none of the vampires thought I survived. And so I trained myself, and watched over the coven, protecting her until Adian came. And since then, I have been watching him, studying his motives and his ability to govern this coven. And from what I have seen he has been doing well, So I have no wish to take his place, All I wish is to offer my assistance to him. If you are interested Adian.”
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Post by Culmir on Mar 14, 2010 17:47:01 GMT 1
Valena fidgeted in front of her large closet, her lips puckered slightly as she stared at what remained in her closet, all the clothes that she had deemed unsuitable were spread all around her on the floor. She know she couldn't expect much help from Ebony who seemed very happy just laying there on the bed scribbling on pieces of parchment and even seemed to take immense joy in scratching things off the parchment as well. Heaving a sigh Valena turned her gaze onto her clothes, she was so torn between which garment to pick that it was starting to drive her insane, she couldn’t just run off in any kind of outfit it would absolutely not do. It had to be an ensemble that represented her and was practical to wear during a hunt, so that left her with only a few options, her long dressed that she loved so much, were fine for walking around in during the night, but not for a full blown human hunt. And she was planning on doing some rigorous hunting this evening, she couldn’t fail in the eyes of Kozlak and Marcus, she wouldn’t. Hmm’ing softly Valena pulled a pair of leggings out of the closet along with the matching tunic that went with it. It was such a masculine thing, and completely out of fashion for a woman of her age, she had worn it, sometime, when she had been hunting in a particular small village, all women seemed to wear it, and they seemed to have a particular affiliation to horses too. Valena wrinkled her small nose at the memory, stuffing the leggings and tunic in the bottom of her closet as she moved onto the second set of clothes that she had remaining in her large closet. Unfortunately most of the clothes that remained were pants, practical, but not very pretty. Skipping them altogether she came across a ice blue silk dress, embroidered with a darker blue string of ivy leafs It was considered skimpy by Valena’s other vampire females, but the dress had in the end been helpful to her in successfully snaring the coven leader as her lover. A mischievous grin spread on Valena’s small face as she pulled the dress out of the closet to examine it further, it was tight fitting but the slits on either side of the dress allowed her to run at full speed, and silk wasn’t prone to snare on branches or thorns so in the end it was practical as well. Plus the ice blue colour brought out the red streaks in her brunette hair and would be absolutely perfect for the hunting trip. Ecstatic Valena turned away from her closet, her eyes sparkling as she made her way to her bed, jumping onto it, jostling Ebony who managed to grab onto the bottle of ink before it spilt. “Look Ebony isn’t it absolutely perfect!” she said as she flaunted the ice blue dress.
Ebony’s yellow eyes were fastened onto the music notes scribbled onto the parchment, ink blotches marring the paper from her pressing to hard on the quill to speed her writing before the melody would fade from her head. She had managed to write out an overlapping music piece, something she hadn’t accomplished since she made her piece with Valena. She bit her lower lip softly with her fangs, thoughtfully as she stared at the notes, playing the music in her head and adding some notes and removing some that sounded out of place. Unaware of Valena’s obvious distress as she threw most of her clothes on the floor, or her expression turn into one of despair when she almost realised that the chance might be there that she had absolutely no suitable attire for tonight. Flicking a glance into Valena’s direction she saw the small brunette vampire standing in front of her closet with a tunic clenched in one hand and leggings in the other. Raising an eyebrow curiously Ebony stared at Valena who seemed to be having an internal conversation with herself. Chuckling Ebony turned her attention back onto the parchment in front of her, not caring what exactly she would be wearing as she was going to be as far away as possible from Valena, Kozlak and possibly Marcus as well, if they chose to hunt humans. From the corner of her eyes Ebony noted a happy vampire skipping towards the bed, and right when Valena landed on the bed, Ebony extended a hand, catching the bottle of ink in the air that had jumped up from the added weight of Valena. Pasting a smile onto her face Ebony stared at Valena “Yes, very pretty” she agreed with her old friend.
Valena lips turned into a pout immediately “pretty?” she asked indignantly “Ebony, this isn’t just merely pretty” she started as she held the silk fabric tenderly in her hands, offering it to the black haired vampire “you have to understand the perfection of this garment!” she continued, her eyes gleaming when Ebony accepted the offered outfit. “It’s a silken masterpiece, compare it to whatever brilliant composer you worship” she waved her hand impatiently “It’s the most delicate shade of ice blue, any more white and it would be baby blue, and baby blue is just so not done, any more blue and it would have been an aqua colour, when it’s not, it’s the perfect shade of ice blue” she finished, taking the dress back from Ebony who was simply staring at her. “oh, you will never get fashion” she muttered as she jumped back off the bed “doesn’t matter, I will find something suitable for you, so you can impress Marcus, and don’t think I didn’t notice! he was eyeballing you pretty badly” she nodded seriously. Smiling Valena turned her attention away from Ebony who stared at the brunette vampire dumbstruck. Slipping out of her current outfit she switched clothes, worming her way into the silk dress before she began to furiously search through her jewellery that were scattered around on her vanity cabinet until she found exactly what she had been looking for, her ivory combs with sapphires, draping her hair up on her head she put the combs into her hair to hold it secure she examined herself in the mirror. Satisfied with what she saw she turned her attention back to her latest past-time, finding an outfit for Ebony to wear.
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Post by marcus on Apr 2, 2010 22:50:39 GMT 1
lol oh wendy.... i could just read your conversations with yourself ALL day long
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Post by Dracafrey on Sept 5, 2010 14:22:31 GMT 1
Kozlak, Adian and Marcus were in the throne room negotiating for hours. Vampires of the coven began to hover around the tightly locked throne room doors, to attempt to over hear any piece of the conversations between their leader and the two other vampires they did not know. Suspions began to grow as the doors remained shut and the fledglings conversed amongst themselves.
"If you wish for any more information, or require my assistance on anything further, just send for me and I will meet with you and discuss with you what you wish. But as for now I would say this meeting is solved. And in your best interests, Id hope you keep me here so I may provide you with my services, with knowledge or with protection. But when you have come to your final decision, you know where to find me."
As Kozlak gives Adian a slight bow, "good evening Adian." as he turns to Marcus, "and a good evening to you, and I guess I should be seeing you later tonight!" As Kozlak made his way towards the heavy throne room doors and opened them, smirking as he watched as all the petty vampires fled in fear, as he headed towards his chambers to get ready for his hunt with the girls.
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Post by Culmir on Sept 6, 2010 16:55:36 GMT 1
Ebony stared at the pages of parchment that lay before her on the bed, ink marring several of the pages where she had so desperately tried to erase the wrong notes from her music. There hadn't been a moment in her long life where she had actually questioned her talent at writing and playing music up to this point, biting on her lips with her fangs, a trait she picked up from Valena she stared at the papers. The music notes flowing like a waterfall in her head as she played her composition in her mind, something was wrong with it and she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was exactly that was bothering her. Rhythmic thumping made Ebony's golden eyes shift slowly to Valena who was now jumping up and down in front of her tall closet, her small hands extended to what appeared to be a sleek black box balanced precariously atop the closet. Glad for the moment of distraction Valena pushed herself of the blue spread that was Ebony's current room colour, as was natural to Valena when she settled for a colour for that day, or rather week if it was up to her everything in her room had to be adjusted to match that colour. Soon after Valena was done dressing herself in her ice blue outfit she had asked, no she had demanded that her room would immediately be changed from a red room to a blue room. And apparently being the coven leader's favourite sweetheart held a lot of sway with the lower vampires as her room was soon transformed from a red and warm room to a blue room that retained some of its warmth thanks to the mahogany furniture. "Do you need some help with that?" Ebony asked the smaller vampire who continued jumping to try and get the box, pausing from her jumps Valena eyed her taller friend speculatively "If you could just get that box for me I won't put you in the most horrible outfit ever" Valena replied sweetly, her head tilted slightly as her crimson and black streaked eyes gleamed deviously. Shaking her head slightly Ebony reached up and grabbed the box, being taller than Valena had its perks and now she didn't have to worry about being crammed into a corset or possibly a taffeta full length skirt. Handing Valena the box Ebony returned to the bed and her scribblings, her mind once more going over her music and trying to find the flaw in it when the warm tones washed over her soothingly. Her golden eyes moved instantly to Valena who was standing there, eyes closed, dressed in ice blue silk as her hands moved the bow over a gorgeous violin, producing a sound Valena hadn't heard in centuries. Jumping up from the bed Valena rushed to her old friend, hugging her fiercely as it all clicked together for her "Oh thank you Valena" she said "I now know what was missing, your part has to be played on violin, not on piano like mine, oh it's going to be perfect you'll see!" Ebony said enthusiastically as she went back to her scribblings, writing more with renewed vigor.
Valena fussed over her clothing, she had put everything she had discarded back into her closet so she could reassess for Ebony. But one gaze in her mirror sent her into a slightly different frenzy, though of course she looked perfect in her ice blue silk, the fabric clinging to her petite but voluptuous form, her room screamed at her in it's dominating red colour. An icy shriek came from her as she threw herself at the door, yanking it open she shouted down the hallway "My room needs to become blue!" she waited for the vampires to spring into action, seeing several of the lower vampires turn to her "Well what are you waiting for? better orders?!" she demanded as she stepped into the hallway, putting her hands onto her waist as she raised an eyebrow challengingly "Get me blue curtains, a blue rug, blue bedding everything that is red right now needs to be blue!" she yelled and watched with grim satisfaction that the lower vampires scurried off to get her what she requested. Returning to her room Valena took a deep but unnecessary breath and positioned herself before her closet, picturing Ebony in various outfits. All around her vampires replaced the red fabrics with the blue ones she asked for, they even pushed Ebony off the bed momentarily so they could change her bedding to blue and the curtains around her bed became a nice teal, which was acceptable as a blue tinge for now. When her room was successfully transformed could she really concentrate on finding the one outfit that would make Ebony shine like she would. It was a hard process and it didn't take her nearly as long to narrow it down to a dozen outfits, some which Valena clearly favoured but she knew Ebony would reject them so she kept some of the more comfortable things in there to appease to Ebony's friendly side. It was because she was chucking shoes at every direction and one of them landing on the closet that she noticed there was a large black box still on top of it. Intrigued by this mysterious box Valena jumped for it, every time she missed the edge of the box with just a hint of air between, so she continued to jump till she got it, determined to find out what was in it. Ebony had come to her rescue after she was awoken from her catatonic staring at her bits of parchment, which pleased Valena so much she even agreed not to dress her in something she didn't want to wear. She watched Ebony retreat back to her parchment and scribblings before opening the box, inside lay her long forgotten yet much adored Violin, it had been a gift from her grandmother back in Transylvania before she turned vampy on her family. Eyeing the violin she brought it to her shoulder, laying her chin on the smooth wood and caressed the strings with the bow, closing her eyes at the sounds that erupted from the instrument. Next thing she knew Valena was being crushed to near death by Ebony who was babbling something about it being perfect and that she'd see. Shaking her head a little Valena backed away from the crazy black haired taller vampire with an apparent death grip hug, her attention being drawn back to her closet as her eyes settled on the perfect outfit, the only issue now was to get Ebony into it. Grinning deviously she pulled the ensemble from the closet, it was daring but it would suit Ebony nicely, it was a pair of tight fitting black pants and a simmering golden top with a black bolero that would definitely highlight all the plus points the taller vampire had. The pants would work perfect for hunting, seeing as Valena assumed Ebony would hunt creatures, a dress or skirt wouldn't do, as Ebony would spent so much time on the ground, probably. The golden top would accentuate her eyes and the black bolero would tone it down enough so that she didn't dazzle poor unsuspecting vampires or humans to death. Carrying her assorted creation over to Ebony Valena tackled her just as she removed the quill from the parchment, Valena didn't want to be responsible for ruining her masterpiece after all. Worming her out of her clothes Valena then darted aside, tossing Ebony the desired outfit "You either wear that or you're going naked, you pick" she smiled at her, staring at a dumbstruck Ebony with glee.
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Post by marcus on Sept 27, 2010 2:17:25 GMT 1
*Marcus took in the brief history lesson from Adian, primarily with much bordom and other things on his mind. While Adian was explaining to Kozlak and himself of the past hundreds of years, Marcus was reading Kozlaks mind... But it wasn't the thoughts in Kozlaks mind that were making him think... It was the fact that he was having no problem reading what he was, but he was prevented from reading more. Kozlak knew of what Marcus was doing, but obviously allowed it... or even embraced it... to what he was comfortable with. An uneasiness came over Marcus... knowing just how powerful Kozlak was... and not being able to see what he was planning. Clearly tonight would've been a good time to perhaps get Kozlak alone when he accompanied Ebony and Valena briefly on their feeding. Surely Kozlak would not be attached at the hip to Valena... The disrespect revealed in such a way would open problems among the covenant and he knew Kozlak had no intentions of beginning a rebellion. Adian finished and Kozlak spoke up to Adian and himself.*
"Yes, I shall meet you in due time Kozlak... There is more I would like to discuss with you... As you already know."
*He waved to Kozlak in more of a signifying manner than anything else before nodding back to Adian and leaving shortly after Kozlak. Entering the large hallway he could still see fledgings fleeing from the doors, however Kozlak was far gone already. He continued walking down the halls returning to the grand piano room. Gazing around the room finding several more instruments he spotted a violin in it's case on a table beside a sheet of music. Hearing a violin only a few minutes ago it brought back the times he played. Marcus lifted the violin from it's case and flipped it over, looking for a marking he inscribed long ago. Sadly it was not his, but it looked like it worked. He raised it to his shoulder, turned his chin and placed it on the rest, placing the horse hair strung bow lightly down on the strings, he closed his eyes and began playing a slow melody... sounding like it described, a sad life... A torturous life... a life of pain... ...HIS life.*
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Post by Culmir on Oct 1, 2010 16:59:05 GMT 1
There was only one word that could describe Ebony's feelings best in her present state, that word being horrified, her amber eyes were staring dumbstruck at Valena who kept dancing just out of her reach with her clothes. Ebony still couldn't believe that she was currently standing in Valena's room, wearing only her underwear and the smaller vampire that was supposed to be her friend was taunting her with her own clothes from the other side of the room. How exactly this had happened Ebony didn't know, one minute she was putting the finishing touches on her work and the next she was crudely wormed out of her clothes, with an outrageous outfit laying before her on the bed and Valena's high pitched voice telling her she'd either wear that or go out hunting naked. Golden eyes darting to the clothes on the bed Ebony sneered at Valena "You can't be serious, you wouldn't force me into clothes I don't want to wear, besides what's wrong with what I was wearing before? I didn't hear anyone complain about it earlier!" she yelled at the petite brunette.
Valena eyes narrowed dangerously at her old and taller friend, her hand tightening around the clothing she had all but ripped from Ebony's lithe form. Her small mouth was scrunched up in an angry pout and her hair was coming undone, brown curls peeking out from the intricate hairdo she had earlier before Ebony had lunged at her and Valena had to pull some vampire tricks to prevent the older and taller vampire to catch her. A snort escaped from her as she listened to what was an impressive rant from her usually quiet friend "In case you didn't notice, we have a date!" she hissed at Ebony before sucking in a deep breath, the next part of her snippy reply was done in a rather high speed squeal "I don't know about you; but where I come from it is customary to dress up when you go on a social gathering! considering we are vampires, our social gatherings don't usually encompass more than hunting together! so excuse me if I want us to look good when we can, true we won't age anymore so there's not a single wrinkle that will ever touch my face but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the attention of men! you should like it too! unless hunting for animals has made you forget what it's like to be adored perhaps even loved!" breathing in deeply Valena returned the glare that Ebony was giving her as she arched a delicate eyebrow, daring Ebony to contradict her.
Holding her gaze Ebony stared at Valena as she ranted at her, an eyebrow raising slowly as she listened to what she was saying, most of what she said hit home rather cruelly and left Ebony wondering if her centuries of solitude had made her impervious to the attention of those around her. Involuntarily her eyes locked onto the clothes in Valena's hands, they were a little grimy but then again she had been trying to locate Valena for a while and hadn't really cared about her looks, she should have known better since she knew the appearance conscious vampire would naturally make a fuss. Eyes moving to the clothing Valena had spread out on the bed for her, it was a nice outfit and obviously picked with care, Valena knew Ebony and knew what she'd be hunting and was aware that she wasn't relying on her looks to reel in her prey. Gaze shifting to the icy blue dress on Valena's petite form, it was more than just a pretty dress, combined with Valena's ethereal white skin and brown luscious curls she'd look like an angel to any unsuspecting human, and would gladly succumb to her embrace. A prefect hunting dress for a vampire. With a new perspective Ebony turned her attention back onto the black and golden outfit, she could see why Valena had picked it now, it was both to appease to the company they would be hunting with and would also prove to be practical for Ebony when exercising her animal only diet. There wasn't a nice way to concede to this and admit defeat to Valena was something Ebony's pride wouldn't allow. Topaz eyes moved to Valena "Well fine" she hissed "I'll wear it but only because I know I'll come across some panther like creature and relish the feeling of him tearing the fabric to shreds" she smirked. It was mean, but it was the only way Ebony could ever look at her friend again, this is how they handled stuff like this before, when it was just the two of them, together. Valena would make snide remarks about Ebony's outfits and Ebony would retort something about destroying Valena's precious collection of clothes.
Valena's face lit up immediately when Ebony told her she'd like the panther she'd be hunting to rip her clothes to shreds, it meant one thing, Ebony liked the clothes, and that meant something different, that she wouldn't get it torn up by some mongrel in the woods. Quite satisfied with herself Valena watched as Ebony wormed herself into the black pants and watched the surprise cross the black haired vampires face when she realized the pants were lined in the finest silk. There wasn't a woman alive or undead that could resist the smooth silken touch of those pants, a smile appeared on Valena's face as Ebony slipped into the cashmere gold top, it clung to her figure like it was made for her, the black bolero finished it off perfectly and toned down the gold just enough to accentuate the resemblance to Ebony's golden eyes. Sighing happily Valena watched her masterpiece unfold in front of her, the ensemble was perfect, precisely radiating that which Valena wanted. A woman perfectly aware of her own beauty but not wanting to flaunt with it, a woman who knows her strengths and how to use them, a woman in control of herself that being her emotions or her strange cravings, a shudder pulled through Valena as she pictured herself sucking at the neck of some poor woodland creature. "Ohh!" Valena exclaimed, running over to Ebony on her heels "your hair" she simply sat as she pushed Ebony down onto a stool, her hands moving swiftly and before Ebony could protest she pulled away "all done" she smiled happily. "Well now that we're all settled, we should go and wait in the hallway for our..." she paused as she pondered the right word, date seemed so trivial what with them being so old "our hunting party" she concluded, it didn't fit exactly what she wanted to convey but that was the best she could come up with.
Ebony heaved a sigh, exhaling slowly as she stared at herself in the full length mirror beside the closet, pulling awkwardly on the bolero, it was so short it was unnerving. Her hair however was surprisingly nice, it was spiked outward in asymmetrical black strands, it reminded Ebony of a pixies hair in fairy tales. "Yeah guess we'd better go and do that then" she said as she threw Valena a rare smile as she swept up the pieces of parchment that she had written on "can't leave this here" she said as she folded the papers carefully, putting them in the convenient pocket in her pants. Heading to the door Ebony held her hand out for the key silently.
Valena eyed Ebony speculatively as she stepped in front of the taller vampire, fishing the key to her room out of her cleavage and unlocking the door "don't think for one second I'm giving you my key Ebony, I know your antics" she teased as she pushed her taller friend into the hallway, shutting the door behind them. Crimson eyes sweeping the scene in the hallway Valena straightened her back, raising to her full height before stalking down the corridor. It was then she sweet melodies reached both her ears as Ebony's, it was a haunted sound that seemed to linger in the hallway. Eyeing each other they simultaneously nodded at each other, walking a little faster down the hallway intend on finding the location of the music that struck the still hearts of any vampire to hear it. It didn't take them long to converge on a room that they had occupied earlier when the two of them had played a long forgotten tune. The sweet tones of the violin rolled out of the room on an emotion laden tune. Valena was sure the nearby village could hear its haunting message as in erupted from the bow.
The soft tunes of a violin echo through the dark houses, midnights dark cloak crashing down on the earth with each ticking second of the clock. Not a soul would dare to disturb the peaceful night at the strike of midnight as the ghostly tunes of the violin swerve through the empty streets on a wave of moist fog. The houses all asleep, the windows seeming like dark eyes forever lingering their gaze onto the streets, scaring off anyone that would want to interrupt the silent sleepers inside of the grand buildings. Children shivering in their beds as they pull their covers up to their chins, pulling their tiny feet back under the covers the moment they feel their warm covers were gone. Parents and elderly people toss and turn in their beds as their dreams were suddenly interrupted by the haunting melodies of the violin. Afraid of the mesmerizing music they search for comfort in each others arms, their eyes pinched shut as if afraid to wake up and see something they shouldn’t. The sad music of the violin echoes away after a haunting melody speaking of loss and an unbearable pain.
It took all the courage she had inside of her for Ebony to slowly push open the doors blocking their view of their mysterious violin player. Two pairs of eyes locked onto Marcus's form, one golden one crimson as he played the violin, completely surrendered to his tune, this music that could only have come from a man that had been through so much already and still continued to live, even though that life surely felt cursed to him. Silently Ebony and Valena stood at the entrance, listening.
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Post by Dracafrey on Oct 2, 2010 16:29:50 GMT 1
Kozlak stopped at his door momentarily and stared down the hall, glaring at the vampires that were following him around like lost children. In seconds they understood the meaning of his glare and fled back the way they came.
"What has this world come to..." sighing as he entered his chambers, closing and locking the door behind him.
Moving over to his closet and opening it, to reveal only a few pieces of equipment that he had placed in there when he originally arrived to the mansion. Pulling out his armour and sliding it on remenicing of the centuries past before awakening from his trance and pulling out his weapons and sliding them back into place on his back. Securing them firmly so they wouldnt cause any hinderence during the hunt, as he then reached for his finaly piece that was in his cloest, his gold trimmed black cape. Shutting the doors of the closet after removing the cape, he flung it on and exited his room and headed for the main doors of the mansion. As he approached the main doors of the mansion the fledglings back far enough to stay out of the rays of light that would penetrate in once Kozlak opened the doors. Smirking to himself as he glanced at the other vampires around him as he opened the large wooden doors as the light from the setting sun entered the mansion. He quickly left the mansion and the weak vampires hidden inside closing the doors shiftly behind him not wishing any harm to them.
Looking up into the sunlit sky, "Looks like an hour until sunset." As Kozlak crouched and then flung himself into the air. Soaring high above the coven's mansion and coming down to land on its highest peak. Smiling tom himself as the full rays of the sun hit his entire body unaffecting him at all as he went into a crouching position as searched his surrounding. Only moments passed by when he heard music from a violin being played from inside the mansion. The sound so sad and painful, resembling so of his own life, which made him realise who was creating the music, Marcus.
Kozlak smirked to himself as he looked into the distance as the sun began to disappear behind the horizon. As he began to speak to himself silently, "Marcus, you will be fine. What doesnt kill you only makes you stronger. And you, have been through the most of your equals, Adian and Raven. You have great potential..." His train of thought ending once the music had ended as the world around him had fallen into darkness. "I guess, The girls and Marcus should be arriving shortly, as Kozlak's gaze stared down to the front of the castle where they all should be meeting before the hunt together.
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Post by marcus on Oct 4, 2010 3:07:07 GMT 1
*Marcus continued his playing uninterrupted... knowing of the two women creeping at the door... even knowing of Kozlak... being outside. He could hear him. He heard his words. It furthered Marcus's curiosity to speak with his new "friend." He clearly knew much and Marcus wanted to know more than even what Adian knew.*
"Just a moment ladies, the song is almost done"
*Marcus continued the solo story he was writing on the strings of the violin without even pauing to speak to Valena and Ebony. The bow began raising, dropping to the lower two strings of the violin bringing the song to a deep and quiet finish. He blew at the strings of the violin, clearing the dust from teh surface and replaced the violin in it's coffin like home. He held the bow up and seen several strands of horse hair hanging on to the bow only at the one side, grabbing and pulling them apart. Like the life of the song, drained the life of those strands. The bow found it's place back inside the case with the violin before Marcus closed it up and locked it. He lifted the case and returned it to where he found it. Calmly walking towards the doors Ebony and Valena were standing openly in the door frame. Valena stood straight looking like royalty in her blue dress, and Ebony to Valena's side, slightly behind her wearing something obviously more casual. Even so, he didn't expect Valena to be able to convince Ebony of changing. As Marcus approached teh doors the two women were much more visible and they were both stunning in their own ways. Valena with her high pride of her looks, with good reason. And Ebony, knowing she looked good without having to dress formally, stood proud and was ready for anything thrown her way.*
"Ladies..."
*Marcus bowed... something he hadn't done for hundreds of years and now, twice in mere hours... and to the same two vampires. Vampires he had no need to bow, or acknowledge for that matter, but they were kind, and obviously showed a great deal of respect for himself, so he should return the favor. Valena, at least knew her exact place. Ebony not so much, sighing infront of Kozlak and himself earlier, even tilting her head. However, Valena lead her well enough. Marcus didn't really require others to do so much because of whom he was, so seeing Ebony being herself was nice. It was the first vampire to act normal around him except for Kolak and Adian. He raised himself straight up after a long bow and held out to hand to stop Valena and Ebony before they even began to move to a bow.*
"Please... I'm older... I am not your King. You do not need to bow, you do not need to do everything I say, and I would ask you to just call me Marcus, but you have already taken it upon yourselves to leave the Lord out anyway."
*Marcus chipped in a bit of laughter when he spoke and smiled.*
"Come, Kozlak has been waiting outside for a few minutes now. I am sure you are hungry Valena. I can see it in your colour. Ebony... If you don't mind, may I accompany you this evening... I believe Kozlak and Valena will have an easier time tracking a human couple without a follower, than if I did follow them like a stray dog."
*Marcus stepped infront of the women, standing in the middle of the hall with his elbows held out from his body. Ready to accompany his hosts to the outdoors, where Kozlak was waiting.*
"If you are ready m'ladies..."
*Marcus trailed off looking over his shoulder at the two vampires.*
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Post by Culmir on Oct 4, 2010 17:05:19 GMT 1
Valena kept her eyes unmoving on Marcus's form, she didn't want to disturb him while he was playing and with his supersensitive hearing she was sure he could hear any movement, the only movement she did make was to latch her hand firmly in a vice like grip on Ebony's arm to stop the black haired vampire from swaying so much. One look at her old friend confirmed what Valena thought she was doing, her eyes were closed and she was only a couple of seconds away from either singing or picking up something she could make music with, something Valena highly doubted the elder vampire across the room would appreciate. After all he was still remarkably older than both of them and would demand their respect, it had been a while since Valena had to remember the proper etiquette for conversations with elders and she was pretty sure she had made some mayor errors already. Glancing again at Ebony who had finally stopped her swaying motions and was staring confusedly at Valena's hand on her arm, it occurred to Valena then that Ebony hadn't set foot in a coven in a couple of centuries and had never even learned all the rules. It was then Marcus's voice rang out to them "Just a moment ladies, the song is almost done" Valena snapped her attention back to Marcus all the while trying to remember the appropriate things to say and do when in presence of an elder, it was so much easier being with Adian, he accepted her with her little quirks and didn't make a fuss out of etiquette, Kozlak didn't seem to care either but then again he hadn't been straightforward with who he was when he first arrived else Valena would have of course treated him the way lesser vampires have to treat their elders. It was then that the music stopped, effectively returning Valena back to her current ordeal, she released Ebony's arm as gently as she could, cringing when she saw the vibrant red finger marks on her best friends arm, she didn't think she'd squeezed that hard. Throwing an apologetic glance at her friend she watched Marcus place the violin back into its velvet lined case and Valena's thoughts, that were already all over the place, jumped to her own violin resting safely in her room. Maybe Ebony would write a music piece with more than just one violin now, knowing Marcus can play exquisitely as well. When Marcus was right in front of them Valena straightened her back, fully aware of her still mussed up hair from earlier, at first she didn't mind it as it probably would come undone during the hunt but right now she could literally feel every strand of hair that wasn't in place, and utterly embarrassed by it. "Ladies..." Marcus uttered as he bowed to both Valena and Ebony, in the moment of pure shock Valena's eyes widened in surprise, her mind wiped blank with all the possibilities that the elder vampire could have done. Out of all formal approaches, he chose the one that rarely happened, an elder, bowing for younger vampires, dumbstruck Valena couldn't think of reverencing to him in time and she heard the chuckle in his voice when he spoke next "Please... I'm older... I am not your King. You do not need to bow, you do not need to do everything I say, and I would ask you to just call me Marcus, but you have already taken it upon yourselves to leave the Lord out anyway." If vampires could die of mortifying shame, Valena at that point would have gladly given into that type of death. Her predicament didn't end there however, with her eyes still widened she listened to Marcus once more "Come, Kozlak has been waiting outside for a few minutes now. I am sure you are hungry Valena. I can see it in your colour. Ebony... If you don't mind, may I accompany you this evening... I believe Kozlak and Valena will have an easier time tracking a human couple without a follower, than if I did follow them like a stray dog." If her eyes weren't already widened as far as they could Valena would have to pick her eyeballs up from the floor after that innocent seeming sentence. This wasn't exactly going as she had planned it at all, she was hoping to get Ebony off her diet for one, so that she wouldn't be such an outcast in a house full of human blood drinking vampires. And furthermore she was hoping to catch some interesting conversations going on between Kozlak and Marcus, separating them this way meant they couldn't talk, meaning she couldn't catch anything fascinating from their talks. Then there was also the issue of Ebony being the social black hole for a couple of centuries which would result in conversations that were not first date approved, let alone with an elder vampire that clearly demanded a completely different approach than any regular vampires. With all the thoughts and chaos theories running through her head she nearly missed Ebony's reply "Sure that sounds like a good plan, if you don't mind getting down in the dirt" Valena's face fell, her shoulders drooping pathetically as she whimpered softly, she could have saved that and probably whispered a better answer to Ebony had she been paying more attention in time. The only silver lining that she could see right now is that she actually got a nice night to hunt, it wasn't raining so far, that was the only thing that could go wrong, and with her luck today Valena figured it might just do that. She resisted the undying urge to heave a dramatic sigh, such things just weren't done in the presence of their current company, but by god did she want to do that right now. She glanced at Ebony who was rubbing at the red finger marks on her arm before she graciously slipped beside Marcus, and hooked her arm into his offered one. You could always count on Ebony to be completely oblivious sometimes, Valena shook her head slightly as she glided over on soft footsteps to Marcus's other side, hooking her arm into his free one before they set out to the front of the mansion.
The first thing that really grasped Ebony's full and undivided attention was the fact that the sound rolling off the violin strands was more than just his story. It was also a perfect capture of his emotions and caused flashbacks for Ebony of a time in her own life when she had regretted being what she was. She was settled in a small town and she had actually taken up on playing piano after a long and silent time, it was before she had met up with Valena and after her tragic departure of her other vampire friends. She had found this promising young man who had the most amazing talent playing the piano and he wanted to take lessons from her. His music was so inspiring and absolutely wonderful, it was so tragic when she accidentally killed him, she had been careless in her feeding routine and one evening he showed up at her adopted house with sheets of music he wrote for her. Driven mad with thirst she had lunged at him and drained him to the very last drop of his life giving blood. She still carried his music but never had the courage to read or play the notes, still horrified that she had killed him. Somehow this music Marcus was playing reminded her of the moments after she had killed him, the unspeakable loss, the real pain that tore through her cold heart when it dawned on her what had happened and those feelings multiplied a thousand times. Ebony's eyes closed, the bittersweet memories flushing through her mind as she swayed silently to the tune, crystal tears slipping slowly down her marble cheeks. Just as she was about to add her voice to the song, a cold hand slipped tightly around her arm, the pressure snapping her eyes open and stopping her voice from ringing out into song. Golden eyes locked onto Valena's small hand that was squeezing with impossible force on her arm, it was physically hurting Ebony and it takes a lot to cause a vampire to be in pain. Tears sprang into her eyes when Valena increased the pressure on her arms and Ebony could feel the strong fingers digging into her skin like a knife through butter. It took all her willpower not to try and tear away from the petite brunette, there surely was a reason why Valena was hurting her and she wasn't going to do anything to possibly worsen things. Ebony didn't even hear Marcus telling them the song was almost done, she could only focus on the pain lancing through her arm. When the music did stop Ebony was on the verge of screaming and released her breath in a low hiss when Valena abruptly let go of her arm and seemed shocked at the red finger marks dug deeply into Ebony's arm. Seeing the shock on Valena's face Ebony knew she didn't realize that she was squeezing her too hard, and she forgave her immediately, though she would demand explanation later. Rubbing at her arm absently Ebony locked her golden eyes onto Marcus's form who had placed the violin in its case and was making his way over to her and Valena. Smiling when he came closer Ebony watched him intently "Ladies..." he spoke before he bowed before her and Valena. Glancing to Valena quickly Ebony watched in surprise when Valena didn't respond, weren't they suppose to bow back or do the little lady response? what was it called again..oh right a reverence. Ebony, unsure of what to do simply smiled at Marcus as he spoke again "Please... I'm older... I am not your King. You do not need to bow, you do not need to do everything I say, and I would ask you to just call me Marcus, but you have already taken it upon yourselves to leave the Lord out anyway." A nervous laugh escaped from Ebony before she could stop it, she had completely forgotten about the vampire hierarchy and felt like a complete idiot standing here before someone who clearly was higher in the rankings than she was and not knowing how to respond. Ebony was secretly hoping for a magic save from her good friend Valena but something was obviously more important in the brunettes little head that she didn't care how her friend managed. So Ebony did the only thing she knew, she smiled and stared when Marcus spoke once more "Come, Kozlak has been waiting outside for a few minutes now. I am sure you are hungry Valena. I can see it in your colour. Ebony... If you don't mind, may I accompany you this evening... I believe Kozlak and Valena will have an easier time tracking a human couple without a follower, than if I did follow them like a stray dog." Casting a quick glance at Valena Ebony waited for her friend to bail her out, surely she knew that Ebony hadn't had any real social contacts in a decade or more and was completely unfit to go on a social hunt like this. She had expected to go alone, and let the three human blood drinkers go out by themselves but Marcus had a point, it would be easier to hunt when in pairs. Smiling at him she replied "Sure that sounds like a good plan, if you don't mind getting down in the dirt" she joked, she didn't really plan on getting dirty as she had spotted some deer and some other carnivorous creatures prowling around in the nearby forest, so rabbits were completely off her menu this evening. Her smile widened as Marcus trailed past her, she apparently hadn't said anything insulting so that was a plus point but she still couldn't figure out why Valena hadn't jumped to her aid. Shrugging it off Ebony rubbed one last time at the finger marks on her arm, hoping they'd fade soon as it wasn't very charming, slipping beside Marcus she looped her arm through his and waited for Valena to accept his other arm. Ebony bobbed her head shortly when she saw Valena trail up beside Marcus and take his arm as well as they together made their way down to the grand front doors to start their little hunting party
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Post by Dracafrey on Oct 6, 2010 20:59:25 GMT 1
Kozlak staring out into the dark night air around him while he crouched on the peak of the roof waiting Marcus, Valena and Ebony. Noticing the music from within the mansion had ceased, Kozlak stood as he knew his company would be arriving shortly. Thrusting off the roof towards the main doors of the mansion, hurdling down towards the earth as he landed softly, only causing a small puff of dust to form before quickly settling back down. Kozlak then slowly straightened and turned to face the large main doors of the mansion waiting patiently for his company to arrive.
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Post by marcus on Oct 7, 2010 3:14:34 GMT 1
*Marcus led the two seductive, yet fatal women through the mansion... Walking with his head high and back straight... Proud of his company on his arms, Fledglings scattered before the three of them even entered rooms... Hearing the footsteps on the marble floors and the sounds of their voices and laughter were all that was needed to clear their path. Approaching the main doors Marcus removed his arms from his company and pushed heavily on the great doors opening them wide to see Kozlak... Marcus looked up and gave an expectant smile to Kozlak before placing his back to the open doors and standing to the side with his hand out towards Ebony.*
"Well, in the sense that someone may see us, and Kozlak and Valena may stalk later... until we go our different ways Ebony... would you mind?"
*Marcus lowered his head with his hand steady seemingly as if he were a fledgling himself, and Ebony was his elder. A cool breeze swept through the doors blowing Marcus's cape gently. The ground was pale from the moonlight... good... a favorable night for the human feeders*
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Post by Culmir on Oct 7, 2010 18:14:30 GMT 1
Oh how Valena relished the feeling of being feared, she could feel in in the air as she and her two companions made their way through the mansion to the large front doors. Her crimson eyes blazing as she stared at all the jealous looks of both men and female alike, she flipped her head self conscious as she would when her hair was loose, with a hint of superiority as she straightened her back, though she wasn't very tall she knew how to strike a figure. The victorious feeling washing through her as she watched those petty women that had pestered her a couple of days ago when she and Adian had an arguement and she had fallen from grace. She made a point of locking her eyes with each and every single one of those women she despised so much, and watched in pure pleasure as they cringed and backed away from her with their heads hanging. Valena couldn't contain her jubilation any longer and her laughter rang out in a rich and full sound, her eyes sparkling deviously as they glided down the mansion.
Ebony was extremely conscious of her being stared at, she hadn't known how many vampires exactly resided in the mansion and the sheer number of them staring at her now made her a little more content with her choice to change her clothes. She didn't think she could have pulled this off if she had still worn her other clothes, she watched half in fear and half in awe at the assembled vampires that scurried rapidly out of sight as she, Marcus and Valena came into view. Casting a quick glance at her companions she noted Marcus seemed perfectly at ease in the mansion, even proud as they descended the grand stairs that led to the marble lined entrance hall. As night had fallen the house had shrouded itself in darkness as well and Ebony could see the minions running around hurriedly to light the numerous candles in the hall and soon the hall and most of the house acted like a shining beacon for vampires. Golden eyes moved over every single detail now it was bathed in candle light, if she didn't know better she would think she was at an expensive party, every higher vampire had donned him or herself in his finest attire and were preparing to go out when the night had taken a more permanent hold on the village. Hunting clothes Ebony realized, they weren't because they wanted to look pretty, vampires on their own were gorgeous creatures to behold, marble skinned, fire eyed and ethereal in their beauty, Valena was a shining example of how vampires could be. It was the thrill of luring your prey to you that made vampires dress up, some survived the feeding and would later on babble on about succubi but not once would the person in question remember the fangs or the lust for blood. Just the temptation, the seduction and willingly giving in. As they moved down the stairs like royalty Ebony realized she was one of them, she could do this if she wanted to, a superior race, just like Valena had been trying to tell her for a while now, something that she had heard many times in her past but never fully accepted. It was shame of what she was that had made her look into alternate sustenance and ultimately led to her animal diet, she wasn't ready to give up on that just yet, but Ebony was pretty sure that if she chose to hunt humans, she could. It was with this air of confidence exulting from her form that she, Marcus and Valena exited the mansion. The large doors banging shut behind them with a clang of finality.
Valenas crimson eyes latched onto Kozlaks form instantly, slipping out of Marcus's arm politely, reverencing to him shortly before she darted over the short distance to Kozlak, looking dashing in his armour it made Valena wish she had chosen a golden ensemble rather than the ice blue, at least that way they could of matched in colours. "I hope you haven't been waiting long" she said as she smirked up at Kozlak who was taller than her. She smiled as he shook his head and slipped to his side, her hand tentatively feeling at her hair to make sure she still looked as impeccable as ever, her hair had taken a while and was piled together in an organized mush of brown curls, some dangling seductively down her pale neck. The only part she regretted was the lack of jewelry, there was nothing she could fiddle with now, something she absolutely loved doing when she was interested in something and hunting with two elders definitely fit in the interesting category. Her eyes swept the scenery around them, an elegant eyebrow arching as she noted the moon was especially bright this evening and cast everything in a silver glow, it was absolutely perfect and improved her mood exponentially after the fiasco earlier. It was then she noted Marcus standing beside Ebony just as she placed her hand in his, Valena chuckled softly to herself at the scene, she knew Ebony was probably confused and was probably going to say something inappropriate at any second.
Ebony shivered lightly as they stepped outside, it wasn't so much the chill of the night as it was the strange transformation from the interior of the house, lined in warm colours of the flickering flames to this ghostlike image of a forest, the ground obscured from few by the small layer of white mist that crawled over the cold earth. The trees a mere silhouette bathed in the pale white moonlight, not a cloud in the air to dissipate that strong reflected sunlight that bounced off the moon back to the earth. As they stepped closer to the forests edge, to where Kozlak was waiting a hush fell over it, not a single sound of nocturnal animals disturbed the small moment of silence that fell over the forest now. Ebony watched how Valena danced over to Kozlak on light dancers steps, a smile touching her lips as she saw the adoration on her friends face, to any other spectator it would be the same expression that Valena wore all day but Ebony could see the small differences. Glancing around Ebony breathed in deeply, her eyes closing as the many smells hit her senses, the sweet cloying fragrance of vampires was thick in the air, slightly muffled by the dampness of the air this evening, the wind carried hints of all sorts of things, small animals, bigger animals, humans, human foods, liquor from the bar, and the repugnant odour of those who consumed it. Ebony could stand there for hours and simply dissect every scent that clung to the breeze that swept over the lands. It was just as she opened her eyes that Marcus spoke to her "Well, in the sense that someone may see us, and Kozlak and Valena may stalk later... until we go our different ways Ebony... would you mind?" Ebonys golden eyes focused quickly on his outstretched hand before flicking to his face, a sense of shock registering on her face momentarily as he bowed his head for her. In panic she gazed at Valena who at that moment was glancing around, Ebony's eyebrows bunched together momentarily as she pondered her options in half a second. smiling she put her hand lightly in Marcus's offered one "Might as well misbehave when offered the chance right?" she joked nervously.
Valena laughed lightly upon hearing Ebonys remark, latching her arm securely through Kozlak as she steered him closer, unafraid of taking a leading role with her men. "So I guess you two will be focusing on a different hunting experience" Valena started, an eyebrow raising slightly before she continued "so... I think, rendez vous in the clearing to the west in say, half an hour?" she smiled.
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Post by Dracafrey on Oct 10, 2010 16:58:30 GMT 1
Kozlak shook his head when Valena had asked him if he was waiting long.
"No not long" giving a slight smile to her.
Watching Valena walk over to him and latching her arm into his as she spoke to the other two companions.
Kozlaks eyes moved from Valena's arm that had attached to his over to Ebony and Marcus.
"Good luck to you both on your hunt and we will see you later." As Kozlak took Valena's arm securely into his as he turned with her heading slowly into forest towards a nearby town.
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Post by marcus on Oct 13, 2010 3:53:30 GMT 1
*Marcus remained in the glowing light of torches posted just outside of the coven... He watched Valena and Kozlak's movements until they were out of his vampiric sight... Miles away... in mere seconds. It had been quite a while since the last time Marcus came out to feed especially in the company of someone else.*
"I hope your friend doesn't plan on getting to close with Kozlak until THAT manner is discussed between he and Adian... She's quite attached and he's very much on her mind."
*Marcus looked into Ebony's eyes and seen her golden eyes begin to fade to a pale colour.*
"Well nevermind about your friends concerns... How about we get you something to snack on hmm?"
*Marcus straightened his form, before he could say anything he felt Ebony's hand slip through his arm... Obviously she was hungry... He placed his opposite hand atop hers and slowly at fiirst began to head in the same path as Valena and Kozlak, allowing Ebony to dictate the pace she wanted.*
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