North

Within the Northern vicinity of the city, the wealthy gather behind meticulously trimmed hedges and high-class architecture. The pristine streets are paved with stone and the storefronts are brightly lit and inviting - for the right clientele. In the North, every establishment is eager to cater to the rich and the wealthy. Many such places are used to the sometimes peculiar requests of the otherworldly but here there is little that money cannot buy - whether it happens to be illegal or merely involves looking the other way. Vampires and Dark Hunters are often found upon these Northern streets, their long lives often contributing to their sizable wealth which allows them the luxuries that the North provides.

What You'll Find Here

Eternity
The VooDoo Room
The Witchery

Where you invest your love, you invest your life;


Posted on November 03, 2021 by DAREIOS
North

It's not the long walk home that will change this heart, but the welcome I receive after the restart.



Dareios could not have anticipated the reaction his bid would have on the young dark hunter. But he was both intrigued and pleasantly surprised. As the young man choked back his glass of foul-smelling brown liquor, Dareios merely studied him with a sharply raised dark brow and an amused grin upon his face. The vampire mayor then too, took a sip from his own glass. His of course was a nice blood red Pinot Noir.

"You alright there?" He offered, clapping a hand softly on the man's shoulder, if only for a moment. As the dark hunter recovered, Dareios was poised to step away. He'd done what had been asked of him. He'd browsed, he bid. In just a few minutes, Amber would sweep him away ahead of his speech, anyway. But then the dark hunter had something else to say.

Dareios ran one hand through his well-manicured dark locks as he looked at the piece again. "No, no." He dismissed quickly. "I think it is." The vampire offered the stranger one last lopsided smirk before - like clockwork - Amber appeared and began to shuffle him away. Dareios managed to lift his glass quickly in a half-hearted 'cheers' to the young bloke before he strode off and quickly moved out of sight.

It wasn't long before staff dimmed the lights in the grand ballroom, signaling it was time for patrons to gather near the stage. Minutes later, Dareios strode out under the lights, his ghostly undead frame nearly translucent, despite all of Amber's specific lightning requests. Luckily, the vampire mayor was used to these uncomfortable situations by now. He chalked it up to being the 'vampire guinea pig for progress'. He'd suffer now so that society may find other means down the road to perhaps be more accommodating to all types and needs. But I digress.

Dareios flashed the faceless crowd a bright smile as he strode out to the podium. The lights made it hard for him to discern any specific facial features, but thanks to the young artist's supernatural qualities, it was easy to pick him out by feel alone. While Dareios was somewhat of an expert at public speaking by now, he still relied on some basic tricks to get him through. Focusing on one or two faces in the audience was a given. Tonight, it was the young handsome dark hunter.

The speech came and went. The vampire mayor was able to elicit some harmless laughs and some moments of earnest passion. He bowed out to a round of applause as the crowd began to mingle again. Amber gave him a stiff nod of approval before disappearing into the throngs of people - her job was done for the night. And while Dareios planned to stick around for a short while longer, he tugged a little at the stiff bowtie around his neck and began to relax. His next stop: the bar.

Dareios Auerbach | Vampire | Vinyl


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