Gabriel - Video - 02

[hung_garian]

You can all quit freaking out over The Box now. After painstaking investigation, I can reveal that it contains - a cat. It's simultaneously alive and dead. Hence all the funny scratches - if you ever tried getting your feline friend into a carrier, you'll know what I mean. Claws are not fun, kids, no matter what Whitesnake say. And that goes double for the undead kitty kind. Unhygienic on top of painful, double ouch.

[Needless to say, Gabriel is bored. Also needless to say (hopefully), none of that was true.]

So since that's all sorted out, who likes the idea of celebratory drinks? Sure, we might not technically have a bar, but where there's life there's booze, as my dear old gran used to say. Well, before she got packed off to rehab, anyway.

[He grimaces, despite not even having a grandmother.]

Anyway. Takers? Ladies, don't be shy. Doctor Barrett, that means you too, awful drinking habits notwithstanding.

Comments

[hung_garian]

Nope. I'm entirely unpredictable to the sane mind.

[Of which he looks very proud.]

I don't see where you get off saying that though, honey. You're hardly the most conventional tool in the shed either.

[primogen_vampirate]

Based on what I've seen, it's apparently quite common for a woman to wear trousers where you come from.

[hung_garian]

Not so common to wear a fedora. Or - and this is what I was talking about - to try and use people as a protein shake.

[primogen_vampirate]

Well, I can't help my diet.

[hung_garian]

Oh, I'm not complaining.

[primogen_vampirate]

Of course not. Men like it.

[hung_garian]

I'll bet. Hey, at least the vegetarians can't get pissy about it. It's pretty much the reverse of animal cruelty - it's possibly the most ethical food source there is. You're practically a saint.

[primogen_vampirate]

Saint Mina of Chicago.

Do tell that to my darling Anna next time you see her.

[hung_garian]

If I ever see her at all, I'll be sure to.

[primogen_vampirate]

It's a small town. I'm sure you'll run into each other eventually.

Of course, she has a grudge against anything pagan, so don't expect her to be terribly kind.

[hung_garian]

Sounds like the norm to me. Who needs kind anyway?

[primogen_vampirate]

I'm sure someone exists who believes in kindness.

[hung_garian]

I'm sure plenty of people do. Mostly the naive and the stupid, though.

[primogen_vampirate]

Or the worst of all breeds. The idealistic.

[She takes another slug from her flask.]

But do pester Anna. As a favor to me.

[hung_garian]

Mm. The absolute scum of the earth.

[He flicks at her hair.]

I pester everyone, but if I see an Anna around, I swear on my honour as a Boy Scout that I'll do my best to be a nuisance.

[primogen_vampirate]

Cheers, darling!

[With that, she grabs his collar and plants one on him.]

[hung_garian]

[He cheerfully returns the favour, then pulls back (as far as he can without ripping his collar, anyway) and grins.]

With an incentive like that, anytime.

[primogen_vampirate]

No, no. A good deed is its own reward.

And a wicked one? Well, that's just good, clean perverted fun.

[hung_garian]

Is the wicked deed not its own punishment? Or is that just another fun activity for the to-do list?

[primogen_vampirate]

Depends on how you feel about wickedness, I suppose.

[hung_garian]

I think you can safely assume that I'm in favour. And as a creature of the night, you're practically required to be too.

[primogen_vampirate]

Yes, well, wickedness is a bit of a foregone conclusion.

Although evil is another story.

[hung_garian]

Naturally. Evil's -- well, no, I tell a lie. That's actually quite fun too, but it does have a nasty tendency to come with consequences.

[primogen_vampirate]

I've noticed that.

[hung_garian]

Karma's a bitch.