East

The east side of the city is the very heart of Sacrosanct - it's unique skyline is a clash between modern sky rises and small Victorian-inspired storefronts. In the heart of downtown, the sleek colored glass buildings reign supreme though their old-world roots can be seen in the most peculiar places from the lamp post styled electric street light to the stone sidewalks. The old world architecture slowly returns the further from downtown you travel, however. It's here that magic thrives, it hums in every stone and can be felt in every breath. Often, newcomers to the city may become overwhelmed by such sensations but, eventually, it becomes an ever-present feeling that's hardly noticed.

What You'll Find Here

City Creek Center
Dark Hunter Department
Inner Sanctum
Red on the Water
Starlight Tower

the devil's in the details, but you've got a friend in me


Posted on March 05, 2021 by WILLIAM HOLLOWAY
East

William Holloway

I'm a devil in disguise


Despite his outward appearance of being preoccupied with the Red Robin menu, William remained entirely aware of the situation around him. Particularly that of the table beside them, where another Hunter seemed to be anxiously trying to reign in his companion, who was a... vampire? Ah, how once William himself might have judged the odd mismatch in species, and yet, he wasn't the only Hunter who hardly cared for the existence of others, it seemed. William's attention flitted back to that menu, trying to figure out when exactly there became so many different ways to style a cheeseburger, when the attention of that vampire was so readily brought to William himself. How he'd just wanted a meal out, a nice night away from his apartment to buy himself books, and that was quickly becoming something that might be snatched away from him, if only because this rogue vampire thought he might be in cahoots with the other Hunter?

Those slow words that escaped in his own English accent hardly seemed to placate the aggravated vampire, and William easily placed the menu down on the table and lifted his gaze towards the situation. William remained silent to the abrupt questioning, instead eyeing the other Hunter as he tried - and failed - to soothe the vampire back into a sitting position. The hiss that left the vampire's lips hardly a good sign, and quickly William rose to his feet. His movements were not fast enough to catch the stumbling Hunter, and yet it seemed that he hardly needed his help in the first place. Instead, William warily looked around the patio as the group surrounding him rose to their feet and turned their collective attention to the pair of Hunters.

Shit. How did this kind of thing always have to happen to him?

Without much thought, William's hand found the hilt of his dagger and withdrew it from its sheath. That familiar silver in his hand aided in that anxiety that assaulted the Duke now, helping to lessen that itch in his palms to call his own power to existence, to easily end this entire situation. But William was well aware of those innocent bodies that were being subjected to the cruel sort of control the vampire was using, knowing very well that he couldn't harm them. It wasn't their fault that they were quickly being turned into puppets to do the bidding of the vampire. Richard had stepped back, using the bodies as a living shield between him and the pair of Hunters. Fucking coward.

"Don't hurt them," William stated firmly as he stepped back, falling into place next to the other Hunter, his dagger held out as a warning to the crowd. It was, perhaps, an obvious statement, and yet William himself was responsible for the loss of enough innocent lives to want to harm any of these people. "What the hell did you do to piss him off?" William muttered as he surveyed the scene, his eyes finally finding Richard at the corner of the patio. Taking him out would be the only way to keep the diners from being harmed, and yet getting to him meant going directly through them. And even though he hated to admit it or to give in to the natural instincts of his species, there was an excitement in William's chest as he considered the situation in front of him - it had been a long time since he'd hunted, especially someone like Richard, who was not above putting others' lives in danger to protect his own.

"So," William said with a pause, eyeing the other Hunter. "Do you want to be the distraction or the weapon here? Or do you have some better plan for us to escape?"

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