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brief pause.
"I
do have some. To what end? Do you wish to meet with them?" There was a
guarded hesitancy to the last bit.
Zack
understood. He was willing to risk himself with Zack, and even some of his own
people, but not his Human friends. The Line Walker was a Greater Demon after
all. So that made it a good plan, really.
"That
won't be needed. There's a Taoist healer, a Mage, that has been cut off from
traveling, or getting stock, but won't leave his homeland. It would be good, if
he could be... forgotten about? He's near death as we speak and might well die
in the next days. I sent some medication along with his family, but it might be
too late. Still, if not, it would be nice if he had access to what he needs. If
his family could be allowed to visit normally, too?"
There
was a sharp sound, which he understood was Bey clapping. Happily, Zack hoped.
"I
will see to this, immediately, even if you cannot aid us in this effort. What
else would you seek done?"
That
was the hard part, since Bey always asked that, and Zack always ran out of things to ask for. Except, really, he had some things now, didn't
he?
"On
your next visit here, I'd like to formally introduce some of my people to you?
Possibly the others on the Council, if they're around?"
"Ah?"
That was all. Then the little being waited for him to respond. It was
infuriating. Zack grinned and let himself not feel it.
"Jennifer
Stone, and Kaitlyn Fargo. A Mage and an Alede. Both are going to be very
important, I think. Well worth meeting now, when you can more easily make
friends."
"I
recall young Jennifer, having met her at our embassy there. The other is
unknown to me, but if you recommend them to me, I shall hold them in the
highest of esteem, rest assured. Now, would it be possible to come there this
night? I know that seems rushed, but it is better in general to strike soon
after such events, rather than wait for wounds to fester and rot."
Which
was, no doubt, good advice. Also, most likely, a trap. Who it was meant for,
Zack couldn't tell. Marissa wasn't in on any plots to get him, which was a
thing he knew for a fact, but that didn't mean the others might not be. The
rest of the Vampire Council. It would be foolish for them to try it, but that
didn't mean, now that they knew he was a Greater Demon, and a very young
one, that they might not test him. The time honored tradition was killing his
kind, after all.
As
shown by that Mage earlier.
Zack
did something he normally wouldn't have, and tried very hard to believe what he
said next.
"Let's
do that. Can you all be waiting, at about midnight? Near a node would be good.
Or several. Are you all in the same place right now even?"
That,
helpfully, turned out not to be the case. It was a nice sign, but not
anything certain. After all, the Vampires were known for being tricky. It was
nearly their thing, when it got down to it. They were clever and planned things
out on levels that were nearly... Demonic. He smiled then, only feeling slightly
proud of them. It wouldn't do to underestimate his friends after all.
Bey
had the node locations for all of them at least, and it wasn't hard to find Marissa.
With a single phone call in fact, since she was sitting in the back of Yoghurt
World. He walked down, because it wasn't far and he really wanted to see
Lenore.
'You
mean you really want to fuck Lenore? Not that she isn't a real wild
child in the sack. I swear, this place is killing me. You're going to have to
get us some soon, or I'm taking over and doing the first piece of trim I see. I
swear it.'
Zack
nodded. It was probably harder for MH than it was for him, since he'd been
burying that sort of thing for several hours, so that he wouldn't make too many
mistakes. It was easy enough for him to manage, but without that he would have
probably slept with a lot of women that day already. Maybe all of them, if he
could manage it physically.
Which,
he could , he realized. It was strange, but he just wasn't the
"I
do have some. To what end? Do you wish to meet with them?" There was a
guarded hesitancy to the last bit.
Zack
understood. He was willing to risk himself with Zack, and even some of his own
people, but not his Human friends. The Line Walker was a Greater Demon after
all. So that made it a good plan, really.
"That
won't be needed. There's a Taoist healer, a Mage, that has been cut off from
traveling, or getting stock, but won't leave his homeland. It would be good, if
he could be... forgotten about? He's near death as we speak and might well die
in the next days. I sent some medication along with his family, but it might be
too late. Still, if not, it would be nice if he had access to what he needs. If
his family could be allowed to visit normally, too?"
There
was a sharp sound, which he understood was Bey clapping. Happily, Zack hoped.
"I
will see to this, immediately, even if you cannot aid us in this effort. What
else would you seek done?"
That
was the hard part, since Bey always asked that, and Zack always ran out of things to ask for. Except, really, he had some things now, didn't
he?
"On
your next visit here, I'd like to formally introduce some of my people to you?
Possibly the others on the Council, if they're around?"
"Ah?"
That was all. Then the little being waited for him to respond. It was
infuriating. Zack grinned and let himself not feel it.
"Jennifer
Stone, and Kaitlyn Fargo. A Mage and an Alede. Both are going to be very
important, I think. Well worth meeting now, when you can more easily make
friends."
"I
recall young Jennifer, having met her at our embassy there. The other is
unknown to me, but if you recommend them to me, I shall hold them in the
highest of esteem, rest assured. Now, would it be possible to come there this
night? I know that seems rushed, but it is better in general to strike soon
after such events, rather than wait for wounds to fester and rot."
Which
was, no doubt, good advice. Also, most likely, a trap. Who it was meant for,
Zack couldn't tell. Marissa wasn't in on any plots to get him, which was a
thing he knew for a fact, but that didn't mean the others might not be. The
rest of the Vampire Council. It would be foolish for them to try it, but that
didn't mean, now that they knew he was a Greater Demon, and a very young
one, that they might not test him. The time honored tradition was killing his
kind, after all.
As
shown by that Mage earlier.
Zack
did something he normally wouldn't have, and tried very hard to believe what he
said next.
"Let's
do that. Can you all be waiting, at about midnight? Near a node would be good.
Or several. Are you all in the same place right now even?"
That,
helpfully, turned out not to be the case. It was a nice sign, but not
anything certain. After all, the Vampires were known for being tricky. It was
nearly their thing, when it got down to it. They were clever and planned things
out on levels that were nearly... Demonic. He smiled then, only feeling slightly
proud of them. It wouldn't do to underestimate his friends after all.
Bey
had the node locations for all of them at least, and it wasn't hard to find Marissa.
With a single phone call in fact, since she was sitting in the back of Yoghurt
World. He walked down, because it wasn't far and he really wanted to see
Lenore.
'You
mean you really want to fuck Lenore? Not that she isn't a real wild
child in the sack. I swear, this place is killing me. You're going to have to
get us some soon, or I'm taking over and doing the first piece of trim I see. I
swear it.'
Zack
nodded. It was probably harder for MH than it was for him, since he'd been
burying that sort of thing for several hours, so that he wouldn't make too many
mistakes. It was easy enough for him to manage, but without that he would have
probably slept with a lot of women that day already. Maybe all of them, if he
could manage it physically.
Which,
he could , he realized. It was strange, but he just wasn't the
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