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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:15 am
Ravnos had spent all day preparing for this night. He found that after becoming Grendel’s Discople he didn’t need to sleep as much as he did when he was Caine’a Dosciple: which was great for getting s**t done: What wasn’t great for getting s**t done was his other half trying to distract him constantly. And while he enjoyed the little game eventually he would need time to get certain things done. Afternturning down his advances for the two hundred and fifty seventh time Ravnos noticed that Grendel began to disappear . It was subtle and he hoped that the God would be ok for tonight. As everyone began to gather Ravnos was making some last minute decisions. It wasn’t long after Grendel arrived that Ravnos too made his appearance. Walking casually down a short staircase his glowing green gaze swept upon them all. He nodded at Amria, Jackal and Jorge. The pair seemed to be having an intimate conversation while Jackal was tending to his baby. A smile flashed at Sereza as his grand daughter smirked at him and punched the others in the arm to pay attention. He soon turned to Jacobite and nodded, Mary Sue as well and all his great grand kids. He was happy to see some of Zapathasura’s children and grand children here at least even if their father could not be. Jacobite had been doing well it seemed of the younger vampires were any indication. He expected bo less. Soon his gaze swept to Cassius, Emppu, Thorne and Caelean. Two pairs of vampires that just about mimicked his own relationship with the God. Except his sons were not. Another soft smile for Cristabell and her small entourage. Though he was surprised by the appearance of a mortal among them. Perhaps he was lunch for later? He knew some vampires kept mortals but he never saw the point. Then there was Frenzy. A son of Grendel he also knew nothing of. Rwvnos’s gaze locked on Lilith. The dark mother was rarely seen these days. Said to be working her magic deep in the Wastelands. The last one to be acknowledged was Apollo. What on earth was the God of the Sun doing here? Ravnos was afraid of few things but the sun was definitely one of them. He had no wish to turn to ash so he might steer clear of this guest as much as he can. He looked at Grendel then looked back at the gathered crowd. “Thank you all for coming. We hope you enjoy yourselves tonight and maybe create new friendships and connections. It’s was about time all of you met anyhow.” He paused “Please enjoy some wine and maybe a little something more if you would like. We hope you will stick with us through the night, I am sure you will all have a wonderful time.” With his speech over Ravnos took a seat at the table. Ready to deal with who ever felt the desire to approach him. Ravnos may have just been used to large family gatherongs.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:40 am
Emppu rolls his eyes slightly as Cassius and Thorne start taking digs at each others' tastes in partners. He honestly didn't care what Thorne thought of him, but he felt Cassius might come to blows with his sib, so Emppu gently tugs on Cassius' hand that he still held, hoping to divert some of Cassius' attention back towards himself. "Not that watching the two of you argue over who's partner is prettier isn't fun, but should we perhaps find our seats and at least try to be civil while we are gathered here? Would be such a waste for you two to come to blows and destroy all this hard work someone obviously put into this place. We can always continue this... discussion... outside afterwards, I'm sure." Normally, Emppu would have been all about defending Cassius' honor in a fight, but right now, with so many strangers around and really, not knowing how many of them would take such a thing at this gathering, he would rather avoid either himself or his mate getting into an all out brawl if possible. With the arrival of quite a number of others, Emppu tilts his head slightly in the direction of the table, motioning to the empty spaces. Now ignoring Thorne and Cassius, Emppu releases Cassius' hand and extends his hand to Caelan. Even if Thorne and Cassius were being a bit rude, didn't mean Emppu had to be, right? "Evening. I'm Emppu. And you are?" The next move was Caelan's, whether he accepted the handshake and offer or not was all on him.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:53 am
Grell froze for a second, before registering that the polite thing to do would be not to offend the nice lady who could most definitely squish him. "Th-thank you.", he managed to get out. He took a quick breath, and put his own hand out to grasp hers in a gentle handshake. "My name is Grell, Grell Sutcliff." Taking his hand back, he decided to actually look at what she was attired in to return the compliment. "Ooooh, darling, you look smashing. I find red is the best color for achieving beauty." Looking up from his beautiful new friend, Grell watched the parade of newcomers file in and take their seats. And then, when the one he could only assume was his daughter-in-law's father made his appearance...well, he sure knew how to make an entrance. Grell had no idea whom the vampire who accompanied him was, but apparently he had a fondness for Christabella, if the small smile on his face was any indication. His expression perked up as the man mentioned wine, and he smiled his sharp-toothed smile. "Oooooh, I love wine. I'll take a glass", he said to no one in particular. Jorge's undead heart would have fluttered if it could have. He loved his wife, and her kisses were nearly electric. "Then, I think we'll have to begin trying when we get home", he said under his breath, his words only for her. He didn't care if anyone else heard him really; trying to have a conversation with vampires about was an exercise in futility, but he felt the intimacy appropriate in the moment. If his body had still contained any heat, it would have been aflame with desire for her. The emotion was the same anyhow, so it really didn't matter. When the big players began to enter, Jorge turned to watch. Grendel made a grand appearance, as was expected, and when Ravnos himself finally deigned to show himself, he nodded back to his father-in-law.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:45 am
To be honest Amria could almost not contain her excitement. She had to push it way, way down to keep herself from making a fool of herself. That would not have been a good first impression upon the others that were here. “Hopefully this doesn’t take long them.” Her voice was hushed. “Or perhaps we could sneak away….” Of course Grendel finally made an appearance and not long after her father arrived. It had been a while since she had last seen him and he looked a little different. But everyone could make a style revamp if they wanted to. She smoothed out her dress and listened.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 5:30 pm
Lilith's gaze dropped to the empty vessel as it slowly began to fill with a beautiful looking wine. Her expression a mix of puzzled and amused, however there could be no complaints when it came to a self filling wine glass. Subtly raising it in a salute to her mystery benefactor she swirled the contents gently and took a grateful sip. It was smooth, slightly sweet, and warmed the insides well. Radiant. That's the word that came to mind. Her gaze shifted back onto the guests, continuing her silent observation of the individuals in the room. So many. She couldn't remember a time in her life she'd been surrounded by so much family. And certainly not so many generations of family. Time worked so differently for vampires. It was both agonizingly slow and gone in the blink of an eye.
The energy that suddenly filled the room was what drew her attention long before her childe appeared. His entrance made her smile and when their eyes met and he smiled at her she felt her heart fill with warmth. Lilith inclined her head and subtly raised her glass to toast the new God. All he had been through had not broken him. He stood strong and endured. He would make the blood of his kindred stronger.
As Ravnos himself appeared she tilted her head very faintly, contemplating. This was not Ravnos, or not quite the same one, anyway. He was different somehow. It wasn't simply his surface either. She realized moments later. Grendel had made a Disciple. Ah, poetic. As his eyes found hers she returned his gaze. Her attention both kind and unnerving. With a soft smile she inclined her head to the Disciple. Raising her glass to toast him as well. They both deserved recognition for what they had endured.
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 9:57 pm
Edward was well aware that bringing his father to the temple of vampires was....an interesting prospect. But he trusted Christabella; she was his mate, the mother of his children, and fairly unlikely to want to see her father-in-law harmed. Still, it was good to see him sticking close.
"So, darling, this is...your family," he said, as politely as he could manage. Certainly an interesting lot, and quite large. The sort you might expect from two ancient, powerful vampires.
What a thing he had lucked into, as it were, by falling for his lady.
He took a seat at her side, and glanced to check on Gretta, just to make sure their little sheet ghost was sticking close to her family.
Also, she stuck very close to her sister, and shot a glare across the way at Thorne--some stranger talking s**t! She didn't care how they were related, if he was her uncle or her cousin or whatever, Gretta was her weirdo sister and that was that.
"You good?" She asked her besheeted companion. "Lotta people here, huh, sis."Getting to explore Grendel's temple with Thorne had been pretty fun, Caelean had to admit. Apparently among the advantages to dating the son of the god of vampires: getting to tromp around the temple because Daddy-In-Law invited you to some kind of family shindig.
Disadvantages, though: a family this big was bound to contain some assholes, and while it wasn't like Caelean was unused to insults, when they came from Thorne, they came with a sort of affection.
"You can go ******** yourself," he told Thorne's brother, as casually as possible, and pivoted his attention to the one who introduced himself as Emppu, smiling ever-so-politely and taking the extended hand. "Caelean. Sort of wasn't expecting the family to be so big."So. A party at the new Temple of Vampires--remarkably cozy, all things considered--and Leliel and Frenzy had an invitation.
Lucky for them, it seemed.
She plopped into the seat Frenzy pulled out for her, taking in the absolutely wild group around them.
"Your family's pretty wild," she said, looking amused. And anywauy, it seemed they were int he presence of the new God of Vampires. She wondered if her father, so bound to Caine, was having....trouble, with the new arrangement.
Well, that was his problem.
When the handsome stranger--not a vampire, but he didn't quite seem mortal, either, how interesting!!--dropped in to sit with them, Leliel gave him a little wave. "Hey there."
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:40 pm
The new God might have spoken, had it not been for Ravnos arriving not long behind him to join the large gathering of vampires, God's, otherworldly beings, a mortal (which he felt he was going to have to deal with later), and some...weird walking sheet thing. Altogether they made for quite a group, but once his Disciple arrived, Grendel's attention moved all on him, a small smile playing on his lips and a soft affection in his eyes that he didn't care to try and hide. They were all here together for a reason. They were all family now. With the talk of wine and whatever else might be on the menu, Grendel turned back to the table and waved a hand. Whatever anybody desired to drink they would find in front of themselves, and the God himself suddenly held a large black goblet full of a mixture of red wine, blood, and a hint of ambrosia, a blend he'd perfected himself and drank often. Glancing over at Ravnos, he shot him a quick mental message. Certainly not the entire night, I hope..... Surely they could have this wrapped up in an hour or two? Sipping from his goblet, he did not sit down as Ravnos did, but instead moved around the table, avoiding Christabella's family for now (much to her disappointment) to move around towards where Frenzy sat with his mate on one side, and Apollo on the other. "I am glad you decided to come." Grendel said, setting his goblet down at an empty space at the table next to the Sun God. "And you as well, Frenzy. You are...looking well." He decided to say, attempting for the first time ever to speak directly to one of his children. He even gave Leliel a polite smile and a nod. "And is this your lovely mate?" Of course, he knew it was. He could know anything about her he wanted to if he felt so inclined. But he was trying to be more personable. At least for now. Something was bound to irritate him soon.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:09 am
"Are you calling mom ugly? Ohhhhh I'm totally telling her what a ******** assface you are the next time I see her." Cassius smiled at his brother with a hint of evil intent and then scoffed at Caelen. "Down boy. Down." He rolled his eyes and glanced over at Emppu, who didn't seem too impressed with either of the brothers' antics. "Oh, you're totally prettier. There's no contest there." He said, barely even paying any mind to the way Thorne was now baring his fangs. This was par for the course, and it was very unlikely they were going to come to blows right in the middle of the temple dining room, or even outside for that matter. Cassius supposed it might be time to find a seat, as it seemed everyone else had settled down, but a glance around showed him a lot of things he hadn't really noticed before. Some ridiculously bright and handsome dude had just shown up, and he definitely was not a vampire, and yes, there was some weirdo in a sheet, and...oh unholy s**t, was that Lilith? The young vampire had never thought he would ever actually get to meet his grandmother, and on the same day, he was, finally, going to actually meet his dad. This was ******** wild. There was also a couple from the Ravnos clan, which Cassius was a bit confused about, and yet others who were definitely not Grendels kin. He was starting to feel like he might have been left in the dark about something, when suddenly, there he was, dear old Dad, appearing from the shadows to grace them all with his presence. And Ravnos showed up not far behind. This was about when Cassius's brain came to a screeching halt.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:35 am
Thorne sneered at his brother. “Jokes on you, Cassius. I’m her favorite and she would never believe a pansy assed little dock was of a tattle tail like you. Maybe if you visited her more you would have some sway.” The fur on the back of his neck stood straight up with the whole ‘down boy’ comment to Caelean. Again, no one talked to his mate like that, except him. “If you wanna bare knuckle fight Cassius by all means let’s ******** go. Other wise I’d keep your dirty whore mouth shut and keep your pretty Princess’s hands to herself before I cut them off and then you’ll have to jerk off your own d**k.” Thorne turned to Caelean and grabbed him by the upper arm, dragging him off to go somewhere. Anywhere else to get away from his insufferable brother. “Don’t listen to him, he’s been an a*****e since before he was even born.” As soon as they were far enough away Thorne’a fur began to lay flat and he regained his composure. Cassius always knew how to get a rise out of him because Cassius was always an a**. Anyways. Placing a hand on the back of Caelean’a neck he pointed out a few people who had arrived during their spat. “As if you didn’t know that’s my father Grendel. And the dark hand guy is the Disciple of clan Ravnos.” He turned slightly. “The red haired lady is my grandmother Lilith and the bright a** guy is….well I’m not sure who he is. Make sure you remember that and don’t emberass me.” That was the last thing Thorne needed, especially in front of Cassius. —————— Rwvnos’s gaze slipped about the room as he pulled out a cigar, lit it and relaxed in his chairS letting out a puff of smoke that began to fill the room with the scent of cloves. Green eyes flicked over to Grendel as he heard his voice in his head. “No, not the whole night. It was just a turn of phrase.” He nodded his head over towards Thorne and Cassius, just slight enough for Grendel to see if he was looking. The Disciple heard a heated discussion and then the other brother walking away with what he assumed was his mate. The chaos seemed to have begun.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:40 am
Emppu chuckles a bit at Caeleans response to himself, then nods in agreement. "Same. I already told Cassius that his family was ******** huge earlier." He raises an eyebrow as Thorne abruptly drags Caelean off somewhere further into the room. "How rude." He said softly as he watched the pair leave. It was then that he finally seemed to feel Grendel's presence, he was a bit slow sometimes when it came to acknowledging forces more powerful than himself, and glances around, finally seeming to spot Grendel's form making his way around the room. Casing a glance at Cassius, an eyebrow arches as it appeared that his mate was, for lack of a better term, out of service. He reaches over and links his arm with Cassius' and attempts to lead his mate over to the table with the rest of the 'family'. "C'mon, Cass, why don't we go sit at the table?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:47 am
((Cassius))
Satisfaction. That was all Cassius could feel the entire time Thorne was throwing his little piss fit, and the brother smiled smugly the whole time, amused when Thorne finally grabbed his mate and stormed off. At Emppu’s mutter about Thorne being rude, Cassius just shrugged.
“He’s just a sensitive little b***h, actually.” And at that thought his smile turned into a grin. “It’s perfect really. A little b***h and his dog.” He called that last part out to his retreating brother.
While he might have been shocked for a moment with Ravnos’s arrival, things did manage to slam into place in Cassius’s brain pretty rapidly. The Vamp party at the mansion, the task, Grendel coming to his aid, and now the two of them here, together, at the a family gathering.
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((Grendel))
He was aware of this two sons bickering somewhere in the room. How could he not be? However, it seemed to be escalating. So, taking another sip of his wine, and still appearing for all intents and purposes to be paying full attention to Frenzy, his mate, and Apollo, his voice lashed like out like a whip to both Cassius and Thorne, loud, electrifying, and only for them to hear.
STOP! That voice was sinister with obvious threat.
And for the next ten minutes, both brothers would find that they were simply unable to move. After that ten minutes were up, should they try to leave, they would find they wouldn’t be able to. Nobody was leaving, until Grendel was satisfied that he had done his duties as a good host.
Basically, he had just put his children in time out.
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((Cassius))
The fur rose along Cassius’s skin at the voice in his head. It seemed to seer through him, and it left him immobilized.
Well, s**t. He’d already managed to piss off his dad.
“…I would love to go and sit down, but…I can’t move.” Cassius managed to get out through gritted teeth.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:57 am
Emppu shoots Cassius a slightly disapproving glance as the other makes that last comment about Thorne and Caelean, then sighs and shakes his head. "Caelean didn't seem that bad to me." He murmurs, then frowns a bit as Cassius says that he can't move. "Well, then I shall wait here beside you. I am not going over there by myself and leaving you defenseless, as it were." The others gathered may indeed have been Cassius' family, but after the near-death experience Cassius had just gone through, Emppu wasn't taking the chance on another Zap incident from anyone else.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:00 am
The voice exploded inside Thorne’a head and he gasped. Putting the palm of his hand against it. It ripped through his mind like lightening. Painful lightening. It had all happened while he had continued talking to Caelean. When he went to go move to sit down for a minute he found her couldn’t move. “Caelean,,,,” He muttered. “I can’t move. Which I suspect is because of my father.” He glared daggers over at Cassius. “Because of Cassius. The ******** had missed the jeer from his brother.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 2:02 pm
((Frenzy)) Once Leliel was seated, Frenzy plunked himself down in a chair as well. He felt completely on edge, eyes constantly roaming the room, taking in everything and everyone, judging what or who could potentially be a threat. So far things didn't seem too out of the ordinary. It was mostly vampires seated around the table, from what he could tell, with a couple of unknowns and what was definitely a mortal, though that one didn't seem to concern him much. "I wouldn't call any of them family." He grumped, slumping down a little in his seat, "I don't even know anybody here." Though looking around it was a little more obvious which ones were potentially blood relations of his own and which ones were not. The tentacles tended to be a dead giveaway. There were four that seemed to be having some kind of little tiff nearby, though how serious it was remained to be seen. Suddenly somebody sat directly next to Frenzy and the vampire shot up straight in his chair. He was clearly on edge, and he gave the blonde and otherworldy pretty man next to him a once over. Not a vampire. Not a mortal. Was this another God? If he could have physically moved closer to the edge of his chair and away from the stranger, he would have. "Evening." He replied, in at least some semblance of politeness, before he shot a look at Leliel that definitely said something along the lines of 'what the ******** what the ******** what the ********>.
Moments later the hosts arrived, and a drink appeared in front of the vampire, and while that was all well and good, it was with quite a lot of alarm that Frenzy saw his father moving directly toward them.
And now he was actually speaking directly to him. Oh s**t. What was he supposed to even say?
"Um, thanks." Sure, that was a start. He was hoping that would be that, but he didn't move on and was now asking about Leliel as well. Why? Why was he pretending to care, now?
"Yes." Short and to the point. He glanced toward her again and reached for her paw with his. "This is Leliel."
He was inwardly willing the God to move on.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:12 pm
((Christabella)) Christabella paid the rest of the room no mind, making sure that her family had themselves settled, smiling reassuringly to Grell and then to her mate. "Oh yes. Isn't it wonderful?" She then let out a soft gasp when Mina approached. "Cousin!" She exclaimed, somehow knowing exactly who Mina was even though she had never met nor seen her before in her entire unlife. "You're looking absolutely wonderful~ Is that a new haircut?" She smiled oh so sweetly, and then continued on. "Grell here is my father-in-law. Isn't he absolutely precious? We just love him. The girls especially." She preened, gesturing to her two daughters, both perfectly normal and wonderful and beautiful and nobody could tell her otherwise. A sudden hush fell over the room when Grendel and Ravnos arrived, and Christabella's eyes went bright. She nearly stood up from her chair. It felt like they should all be standing. Why was nobody standing? She somehow managed to stay composed, and seated, but when a drink appeared in front of her she clapped her hands in delight. "Ohhhh, my favorite! See, Edward, he knows me so well." She gushed, "And isn't he so handsome, my Father? I mean, I can definitely see where I got my good looks from. Oh and Ravnos is so handsome too! They make such a splendid pair." She could have and likely did, go on and on and on... --------------- ((Gremlin)) The little ghost didn't mind the stares, or the people talking about her. She nodded to her sister, giving her a quick hug with her tentacles from behind, and gave Grell a little reassuring pat on the head with one as well, before she floated off from her spot behind their chairs, heading directly towards the one that had captured her attention. The one that was filling the room with the scent of cloves and who sat alone, with nobody bothering him. She silently approached and stared. Then moved closer. And closer still. And closer. She slowly tilted her head to the side. "Boo." She whispered, barely audible.
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