Secluded Corner of the Beach, Saturday After Dark

[tyler_gone]

Louis had passed the day in the chambers where he had awakened and now, after dark, he was free to roam through the town.

Most vampires would have hunted, but Louis was not most vampires. He had no taste for the townspeople in their bright, cheap clothes. He was drawn, instead, by the rhythm of the ocean, its endless dance. He could sup on seagulls, perhaps.

He took a seat on the rocks to look at the water, wishing just once to see it blue again instead of ink-black.

[OOC: For one, possibly two? But open if you're on the beach.]

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[shiroi_tiger]

The boring, boring, boring room that The Vampire Lestat had found himself waking up in was well out of sight and well out of mind the moment the sun had set, and he thrilled to the notion of a new corner of the world to step into and enjoy.

He'd gathered from the thoughts of the NPC inhabitants that he had somehow wound up on an island, still in America, of a comfortable size and with a population that tended to overlook the odd happenings that the presence of a vampire or three might come with.

Certainly not a permanent home, but it held potential for great enjoyment in the meantime.

But first, to find his happy little family. To make certain that Louis wasn't going to mope his way into a corner and miss all the fun.

"Louis! Louis! I should have known I'd find you wandering the shore, staring out at the waves." He smiled, a cocky, self-indulgent smile as he approached the other on the beach before him. "This entire island before us, and you're pondering the taste of the birds, no doubt."

[tyler_gone]

"Lestat," Louis said, a certain note of weariness in his tone as he twisted to see the other man. He'd known Lestat would find him; he always did, and that was as frustrating as it was comforting. "You'd have us drain the town dry by sunrise, no doubt."

[shiroi_tiger]

"Oh, no. Certainly not so quickly as you think." Lestat's voice carried the same condescending tone he always used when Louis happened to be right. "I haven't had the proper opportunity to warm up to this island, just yet. To meet the ladies, to find ourselves some fine establishment to make ourselves right at home in. I'd like to exercise some scant measure of civility before doing something as drastic as all that."

Which was to say, really, that Lestat was hoping to play with his food, first.

[tyler_gone]

"Did any of the establishments you saw as you passed through town strike your particular fancies, on a first glance?" Louis inquired, with a raised eyebrow.

Meaning, if Lestat was going to do what Lestat was going to do -- and he was -- Louis should follow to make sure he stopped at two whores.

[shiroi_tiger]

Yes, yes, of course two. And then one for Claudia once they found her, and another one for the purpose of offering to Louis before humiliating her and making her beg for her life before drinking from her himself.

Lestat had propriety to think of, really.

"A few showed promise," he noted. "Potential, really. I'll have to investigate them more thoroughly, of course."

[tyler_gone]

And then, perhaps, a handsome youth to cap off the evening. Lestat's sense of propriety was entirely too predictable.

Louis sighed. "I'll come with you," he promised as if that were in any way a choice, then went on to a greater concern. "I've seen no sign of Claudia. Was she with you?"

[shiroi_tiger]

"No, no, but she isn't far at all." Lestat's lips turned upward in a faint smirk, almost a sneer, really. "She's on the beach, not far from here. We should find our little daughter, I suppose. She's likely to be hungry by now."

A beat. There was something else he'd have to fill that sentence in with, of course. All the better for for appearances when it came to playing the role of daddy-dearest that he was so fond of. Oh, yes.

"Poor thing."

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Claudia wanted to hunt, but the unfamiliar place combined with the need to search for her fathers, had drawn her to the beach.

A tiny, dark figure, moving quietly but steadily forward.

And there he was.

"Louis? Louis!" She gathered up her skirts and ran towards him.

[tyler_gone]

"Claudia, oh, my dear Claudia," Louis said, rushing forward to embrace her and sweep her into the air with a fervor that would seem improper in its intimacy, was anyone besides Lestat there to observe. "Are you well? Where were you? I could not tell what to think when I awoke and you were not at my side."

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

She clung to him, murmuring over and over, "Oh, my Louis, my Louis. I thought I was lost. I woke in a strange bed with a mortal man. How could you leave me, Louis? Never leave me, Louis, never." Claudia pressed her cheek to his shoulder.

[tyler_gone]

"I did too, my love, my Claudia," he answered, clinging to her tiny cold form. "I will never leave you again, not in all my life. I would die first."

[OOC: fleeing until 7ish]

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Louis, my love, why have we come to this place? Why are we here?" she whispered, her eyes open and searching, even as her cheek held still against him. Bright blue eyes settled on her other father is he there! and she smiled slowly. "I am hungry," she said, her child-like voice soft and endearing. "So hungry, Louis."

[shiroi_tiger]

Were Lestat any less a vampire, he might have given in to the temptation to say 'awwwww.'

But, of course, Lestat was Lestat, and so he kept the cooing to a minimum and his smug smile on his lips as he stepped forward and reached one finger out to tenderly tap at the tip of Claudia's nose.

"We've found ourselves landed on a veritable buffet, ma chérie." And now he was standing again, extending his hand to gesture grandly at the beach before them. "In town, of course. Not here on the beach, no matter how much Louis might favor it. And there's plenty to choose from. I imagine we can find you a new doll in town, as well. Wouldn't you love that?"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Claudia blinked once, slowly at the nose tap, her eyes knowing as she looked upon Lestat.

"You mock him and you should not, Lestat," she dared to chastise; the remark not as firm, nor as strong, as she'd like, and of course belying the wicked gleam that sparked her eyes. "You will let me have my fill, won't you, Lestat? My dark father, my love?" She would not love a doll and would tell him such, after she's been allowed to play.

[shiroi_tiger]

Lestat would see to it that she got a new doll in town at his own earliest convenience. If only because she'd had the nerve to speak against him at all.

"But of course, my dear," he promised, letting her previous comment slide effortlessly to the back of his mind. He'd be certain to remember it later, when it best suited him. "Only the finest for our daughter, isn't that right, Louis?"

He fixed the other man with a dangerous smile before once again turning his attention to Claudia.

"And what are you in the mind for tonight? It appears we have some variety to choose from. A snack in the park, perhaps? Or a walk through the street?"

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Claudia shifted in Louis' arms and slid to the ground, her hand reaching for his. But her eyes never left Lestat's. "I want to walk among them all; to pick and choose as I will. I want to enjoy this night, my fathers, for I am ravenous." She took a step forward. "I want the park and the street and everywhere else in between. You'll give it to me," she demanded, "because I was lost to you."

[shiroi_tiger]

"Of course we will, ma chérie! All of it and more, should you desire it." And Lestat was once again looking down his nose at Louis, a devilish smile parting his lips to reveal just enough fang for show. "Isn't that correct, Louis?"

And he was turning on his heel now, a single swift motion that might as well have been a dance for all his grace, nodding in the direction of town. "A feast, then! Dinner and song, perhaps. All the finest that this island has to offer, we'll take it and make it our own."

[tyler_gone]

"Because you were lost to us, and we to you," Louis said, running his thumb over the back of Claudia's small hand as he followed Lestat, "we will start with a stroll through town, then perhaps find some tavern for a quiet light supper, perhaps a song. The best we can have, we will have."

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Claudia's smile was radiant and she skipped forward, her curls bouncing. "Have I not said yet how I adore you, my two beloved ones? I want everything this island offers! Will you not dance with me, Louis?"

[tyler_gone]

"I wouldn't dream of a night out without it," Louis said. He was what passed for happier, now, though he did give the water one last longing glance. "Let us go have the best night we can find."