SPEC: INTO THE NIGHT (RPG)
Part 2, Posts 21-40


POST No 21/Daniel

When Armand finally showed up at Lestat's, Daniel had almost given up on
him. He came through the door and Daniel wanted to rush to his arms. To
hold him. But his pride kept him from such a telling demonstration. Armand
greeted the others before turning his attention to his fledgling, who was
leaning against the doorframe of Louis study. Slowly, Armand approached
him.
"I didn't think you were going to show up" Daniel said, trying to sound
like he didn't really care one way or the other. Armand brought the back of
his hand to Daniel's face, and caressed his cheek. This caught him off
guard and all he could do was stare into Armands eyes. So beautiful.
"I hate it when we fight" Armand said.
Daniel swallowed the lump collecting in his throat. But try as he might he
couldn't fight the film of blood tears welling in his violet eyes. "So, do
I." he replied. But they both knew the issue was not resolved. Their
argument. That Armand could never be satisfied with one person. He was
always searching for someone new. Someone to live through. Exhausting this
person until he felt the need to move on. Daniel felt him slipping away,
and he knew he was powerless to stop it. Armand pulled away, to leave it
seemed. Daniel took his arm. "It's almost dawn, where are you going?"
Before Armand could reply they heard the doorbell. Daniel told Lestat he
would get it. He opened the door and was attacked by a beautiful blonde
vision. He was so stunned, he couldn't really enjoy the kiss she planted on
his mouth. Before he could return it Armand was there, parting them. Daniel
couldn't help but laugh. Obviously he still cared. Ahhh...Gabrielle. Seeing
her brought back mortal memories of the male sex drive. And it almost made
Daniel long for the old days.

POST No 22/Myst

All I could feel was pain, man I did have a mother of a headache. Where was
I?, all i could smell was soap, and I heard a whinning sound as if someone
was trying to get my attention, I tried to open my eyes, damn this is why I
don't do parties any more. Finally I am awake, great the whine is still
there. As I try to look around to get my bearings I hear a voice say " at
last you are awaken, I have been trying to get you up for hours"
"uh, what?, who are you and where are we?,"
"Shut up, they are waking up again, I heard someone moving outside"
"Who is moving where?, why are my hands tied?, HELP!, SOMEONE! CAN YOU HEAR
ME?"

POST No 23/Armand

He opened his eyes lazily, he was feeling really tired. Why? He was lying
in a very conmfortable bed, and .... Daniel was at his side. His fledging
was still asleep, so beautiful, so fiery when he was awake. Daniel had
agreed to sleep with him last night, but he was still upset, Armand knew
that well. "Maybe I must let him go" thought Armand "maybe he needs his
freedom." Armand remembered what happened the night they had a fight. They
had been making love, sweetly first and with great passion later. At last,
Daniel had pierced Armand's neck with his fangs, Armand doing the same.
What a divine sensation! And Armand had been so taken that he forgot to
restrain the images he sent to Daniel as he always did. He had not been
able to control them, images of his life as a mortal in the brothel, all
his suffering. Then, Marius, his great savior and love. And at last
Santino, and his coven. Daniel had started to shudder violently when he saw
the images. Not that he did not know about all that, but it was different
to actually see it. Then, Armand had broken the circle of blood and had
begun to slip away of his lover's arms. How dissapointed Daniel had been.
"Armand, please" Daniel had pleaded "it doesn't matter, I'm not going to
hurt you."
But Armand only stared at him, silently. Then, they had talked about it,
tried to resolve it. Daniel had told Armand that he was not sure about
Armand's love anymore, and Armand, 'How could I let him think that?' Armand
had said nothing. And now it was all beyond repair, it seemed. "And I love
him so" he said out loud. Then was that he heard Daniel's voice...

POST No 24/Daniel

Daniel felt the death sleep lifting, like a heavy blanket, from his body.
He stretched and turned to see Armand's back. He was sitting on the edge of
the bed. His curly hair brushing the shoulders of his boy like frame.
Daniel stared at him for a long moment. At last, he leaned up and put a
hand on Armand's shoulder.
"Beloved" Armand whispered and kissed Daniel's fingers.
"What shall we do tonight?" asked Daniel. Armand smiled gently then leaned
and kissed him deeply. "I already feel the need to break away from this
little coven." he murmured and kissed Daniel again. This time they fell
back on the bed together. Armand was on top of him kissing his neck. Oh how
sweet this was thought Daniel. He buried his fingers in the mass of auburn
curls and moaned as he felt Armand's fangs pierce his neck. He turned and
did the same with his own fangs. And they were rocking together in the
circle of blood. And it was beautiful.

POST No 25/Gabrielle

She was in a very comfortable bed when she awakened that night, but she
couldn't really remember going to that room, maybe she fell asleep and
Lestat brought her there, who knows? She scanned the flat with her
mind...yes, Armand and Danny were having some action on bed, good for them.
She went right into Louis mind, nothing...he surely was still sleeping, but
then she felt something else...one...two...Two mortals! Why, she hadn't
felt them last night, she might have been very tired, they were locked in a
room, why were two mortals in Lestat's flat? She must know. She forced
herself out of bed, she was right, Lestat had put her on bed 'cause her
clothes had been replaced for one of his son's shirts and had left some
'girls clothes' in the room. What kind of vampire keeps for years and years
jeans ans T-shirts for some one that rarely stepped out of the jungle? A
mad one, or maybe the most tender one, whatever she put on the clothes and
went right into the direction she had felt the mortals, but a voice stopped
her race.
-Good night Gabrielle.
-Oh...Hi, Pan.- Gabrielle smiled a bit uncomfortable.
-Where are you going?
-Looking for mortals, Pan there are two here and...
-Oh, yes. We forgot to tell you, Lestat brought them here.
-What?
-What you hear, but I'm worried about one of them, the girl. Armand was
very strange with her last night, like...
-Like what?
-Like hipnotized, you know...I'm afraid that maybe...well, he is having
problems with Daniel and...
-What, a new fledging? I don't think so, it's against his policy, don't
think about that. But what do this people want?
-I'm not sure.
-Well, I'm going to find it out, see ya.
Gabrielle turned to go towards the room but a cold hand stopped her, she
gave her face to Pandora, who was smiling. Had her face always been so
beautiful?
-Mind company?
-Not at all.
They both smiled and went right into the mortals room.

POST No 26/Armand

They had been making love for quite some time, Armand felt exhausted and
Daniel seemed to be asleep. This time, he had been able to restrain the
images he gave his beloved. But it was tiring, and he could not give
himself completely... and Daniel felt it. He stood up and made to go to the
bathroom. 'I need a shower' - he thought.
"Where are you going?" - Daniel was sitting in the bed, his eyes dreamy -
"may I join you?"
"Are you sure you don't want to sleep some more?" - Armand looked tenderly
at his fledging.
"No when there are mortals in the house" - answered Daniel. Suddenly he
remembered the night before and how Armand had not finished feeding on the
girl. "Why didn't you finish her?" - he could not hide the pain and
suspicion in his voice.
"Pandora interrupted me beloved, I was going to finish her. I called her
because I realized she was following you, and..."
"And?"
"She knows me" - Armand's voice sounded strained - "she has known about
vampires since she was eleven, she has been folowing us..."
"Then, you should have killed her! What were you thinking in?" - Daniel was
starting to get angry at Armand.
"Yes... I know beloved but... I didn't... and now I pity her. I should have
left Pandora finish with her last night..."
"You interrupted Pandora! Then it's true, you want a new fledging!" -
Daniel was shouting now.
"No beloved" - Armand pleaded - "please listen to me, I would never make
her a vampire. I have broken my vow only once... for you..."

POST No 27/Daniel

Daniel was trying not to start another argument...but he couldn't help it.
He had never been good at restraining his emotions, and ever since Louis
had given him that first bite, his emotional outbursts only got worse.
"Your vow..." Daniel said....the anger rising in his throat. He threw the
covers of the bed back, tearing them from under the mattress. Armand turned
his back to
him. "You HAD to give me the Dark Gift!!! It was either that or kill me! "
Daniel began pulling on his clothes....he nearly ripped the pant legs off
his trousers he put them on in such a fury. "So don't give me this line
about 'I had a vow....I broke it for you..." Before Daniel could finish
Armand had him pinned against the wall. His dark eyes were burning. Daniel
met his glare.
"No more." Armand whispered. He gripped the back of Daniel's neck and
kissed his lips with such a passion they were both breathing heavily in
moments. Armand bit Daniels lip and he felt the tug of him sucking the
blood. Daniel moaned as Armand pulled away to look in his eyes. "I tell you
we'll have no more of this." He licked a stream of blood coming from
Daniels lip.
"No..." Daniel said, swallowing....."No more...."
Armand smiled softly as he looked into his lovers violet eyes. He took his
hand and led him to the shower. He commanded Daniel to remove the trousers
he'd put on while he turned on the water... sticking his hand under to
check the temperature. He felt his fledgling's hand on his back and turned
into his embrace as the steam from the water enclosed them both in it's
white mist.

POST No 28/Melisande

I cursed inwardly and clasped my hand over the man's mouth.
"Are you trying to get us killed?!?" I said, staring at him
incredulously. His almost blank glance forced me to calm down a bit, be a
little more patient. "Look," I said, "there isn't anyone who's going to
help us around here. Only people around are likely going to be the ones who
locked us up in here."
Hoping that he'd see reason, I removed my hand from his mouth. "How'd you
get untied," he muttered, scowling a bit.
I cracked my knuckles, wincing a little at the pain in my wrist. "Helps to
be doublejointed. They tied me pretty tightly though, I think I dislocated
my wrist." I leaned back against the wall of the room, massaging my
swelling hand. "We're lucky to be alive, you know. At least, I think we're
lucky. Maybe we would be luckier if they'd just taken us in our sleep."
Whatsisname didn't look too pleased about that. But what was I going to
tell him? From the look of him, it wouldn't be anything he didn't
know...and what did I know anyway? I closed my eyes, trying to go over last
night's happenings, but all I could get was a vague fuzzy sense of a face,
and hair, and this amazing amazing feeling....and then falling and landing
on the ground there...and the oddest sense of a beat...a song even,
pounding in the background steady as a heartbeat. Reminded me of
something... I somehow knew where I was. Or, more precisely, who had put me
there. The one who had murdered my closest friend, my partner in obsession.
The reason I was so screwed up in the first place...no, I couldn't blame
him for that, I mused a little bitterly, he was just out for some dinner. I
sighed, and began to hum "Original Sin" quietly...

POST No 29/Myst

Man, this girl can be hard, can she not see I am in pain, and she did not
have to shove her hand down my mouth. Alright let me see, i am tied up, the
girl is scared of the people who she followed, Pandora knows them from
somewhere. The girl must be psychic as she is humming the song that was in
my mind or the other way round, no wrong I am not psychic. All right now to
get some answers
"Excusse me, but what is your name, who are these people that kidnapped us,
how do you know them, oh and how long was I out for."

POST No 30/Melisande

I counted his questions off on my fingers. "Melisande, my name's
Melisande. I imagine you *know* who kidnapped us or you wouldn't have been
so surprised. I hope you have *some* idea, since if you don't you may be in
a bit of trouble. Hell," I continued, "we're probably both in enough
trouble as is. And you were out for about a day, far as I can tell, since I
was out, too." I regarded him for a moment. "So what happened to you? I was
a little...ahh, distracted when you came up. I'd like to know what *you*
know about all this, too."
As I finished my little statement, I suddenly became aware of colors
swimming around my head and a strange pounding in my temples. My stomach
did a complete flop and my ears began to pop; I fell back into the wall all
of a sudden. "Damn," I muttered, "when am I going to learn that the body
doesn't take bloodloss well?" I took a deep breath or two, slumping down
and trying to come back from semi consciousness. As though I were at the
bottom of a swimming pool or at the top of a mountain, I heard my own voice
ask "...and what's your name?"

POST No 31/Armand

Armand and Daniel went out of their bedroom in Lestat's flat and found no
one in the parlour.
"It seems as if nobody's here" - said Daniel.
"No beloved, some of them are here. At least I can feel Pandora and
Gabrielle with the mortals."
Daniel looked at his lover. "Are we going to stay long?"
"I don't want to but I guess we'll have to help resolve all this problem.
Lestat shouldn't have brought the mortals here."
"And you shouldn't have left the girl alive!" - Lestat's voice was cold.
Armand turned slowly to face the blonde vampire. "Are you going to teach me
how to behave brat?"
"Don't start with that shit Armand! I know I have commited a lot of
mistakes, but it is *your* mistake which has lead us to this situation!"
'Oh no!' - Daniel thought alarmed - 'this will never end now!' He moved
towards Armand and put a hand on his lover's, offering support. Armand
squeezed his hand a little and let go, rage building inside him.
"I should have known better before coming here! If it had not been for
Daniel..."
"Then go! Go and let all us to solve the problem you have created! Go!"

POST No 32/Myst

"My name is Myst, no it is not I do not know where that came from, I am
Jonathan Smithe, I don't have any idea as to what is going on I was just
following you as I was bored and did not feel like going home, and anyone
who follows someone in the rain is up to something and i was courio , O.K.
When you were kissing that man I saw someone I thought I knew, the name
Pandora came to me, but i do not know any one of that name, so i was
mistaken, and now i am here".
Man what have I got myself into here, as i was telling the girl,
Melisande, about me i heard the door start to unlock, as it swung open,
there in the doorway stood one of the most beautiful woman i had ever seen,
and behind her was the last I thought I knew from last night

POST No 33/Lestat

I awoke with a start, the house was full as I could hear the breathing of
many. I got out of bed and took a shower got dressed. I stood on the
balcony that looked out on to the garden. So mother had returned, why now,
last night of all nights, as I thought this I went through to her room. She
was still in the death sleep, I got some clothes out for her and stood and
watched for awhile. A bit later she started to stir so I left, as I was
returning to the balcony I heard the house start to stir, the others were
waking. I had found myself more and more, out on the balcony , wondering
about where I was and where I could go to from here. It seemed that I had
done everything I could, as the song says I have been to hell and back.
Damn that woman Rice, I had told her my story and she had to go one step
further and try and kill off Armand, it was all I could do to stop him from
killing her to show he was still alive. Ah well all seems o.k. I did not
see Louis, I did not expect to, I think all my gloomy outlook drove him
away for a while, he will come back when he is ready. I heard the two girls
talking about the mortals and me, I left them to it. Armand and Daniel were
fighting again as they came closer, was he blaming me for the mortals, how
dare he, at this I had to but in, and tell him off. I think I over did it
again, but that is life, or is it death I wonder? To calm them down I
suggested we go to the sitting room and see to the girls and to our guests

POST No 34/Pandora

Pandora was still confused as to how she had ended up at Lestat's house,
but there was no time to dwell on that now. She and Gabrielle were on their
way to the basement where Lestat had locked the two mortals the night
before. She had already delt with the female, stuck up cow (no offense
Melisanie) but the male worried her. She sensed he knew her, but that was
immpossible. She had been immobile long before she was born. "Don't worry
about it Pan" Gabrielle said reassuringly. Pandora smiled. "It's just weird
Gab," she said. They continued walking through the dark halls. "Pandora,
what's going on with you and Marius?" Gabrielle asked innocently. Pandora
winced. "He met up with Armand a few years ago, and he felt all these
emotions again. Love, lust, anyway, he used to come and tell me about it
when I was in my trance. I felt he didn't love me anymore, so when I awoke,
I came for you. "Let Marius be free" I told myself."
Gabrielle stopped Pandora just before the basement door. "What drew you
from your sleep, girlfriend?" Pandora considered this carefully for a
moment before answering "I needed to be near other immortals"
Pandora opened the door to the basement, and entered, following
Gabrielle. *yes* thought Pandora. * The young one remembers me* The female
mortal, still drowsy from the blood loss, looked at Pandora and cringed in
the corner. Pandora glared fiercely at the mortal, and then advanced upon
the male. "Hey Gab," she called, "Do you think Lestat will mind if we have
a small taste?".

POST No 35/Gabrielle

They both entered to the mortals room, there were a man and a woman, the
man looked terrified, but the woman seemed calm in the middle of it all.
Bon jour she smiled to them , I'm Gabrielle de Lioncourt, and you are...
Why had your friend brought us here? Melisande asked almost shouting.
Oh, what a temper chere, I wish I actually *know* why. Gabrielle looked at
her side, Pandora was not there, she was close to the door, as if trying to
hide in the shadows. Pan... she called her friend, then the man stiffened
at once.
Pandora? Pandora, is it you? he asked suddenly nerviously. Pandora came out
of the shadows slowly, with a guilty look in her eyes.
Hi Myst... she whispered.
-Oh, shit! This is to much for me! Gabrielle said collapsing in the nearer
chair You now each other?
Yes, yes! announced the man happily. Gabrielle gave a quizically look at
Pandora.
Well, Gabrielle Myst is...is...a Talamascan.
Gabrielle could feel an horrible headache coming around. You are friend of
a Talamascan?
But he is new, he doesn't knows all...it was an accident, I swear, I
noticed someone was after me, I went to confront him and I found...Myst.
Myst nodded with all his force.
Oh, Pan...you haven't told this to anyone still, have you?
No. came the soft answer.
Fine, as I see this, Armand was feeding on this woman, but in the last
moment he changed his mind, then my dearest son brought them here...well,
it doesn't surprise me, you know? Lestat had never been soooooo clever, and
then the last surprise! You are friend of a Talamascan! Haven't you seen
what happened with David, or Jesse? Hell, what I must do is take Danny and
Louis and return to the jungles, at least I now what to expect from the
wild animals!

POST No 36/Armand

"Go!" the words of Lestat still ringed in his ears. Daniel had been trying
frantically to cool things down and he had succeded. Now Lestat was talking
about sitting down and talking about it. I still wanted to go, now more
than before. But Daniel urged me not to do it. I catched something of what
Pandora and Gabrielle were saying to each other. "Talamascan!" I heard my
self saying out loud. "You fool! You brought a Talamascan into your house!"
Lestat dropped all pretense of being calm and advanced towards me
menacingly. "Dot you dare call me fool in my own house Armand, or I'll kill
you!"
"Go on! Continue what you started with that 'Memnoch' thing! And don't tell
me it wasn't your fault!" I was screaming now.
"I could end it if that is what you want!" Lestat was out of control now,
he grabbed my neck and began to close his powerful hand around it. I heard
Daniel screaming and noise in the house, but I was loosing conciousness.
All around me was getting dim and I couldn't move or free myself from
Lestat's grasp.

POST No 37/Daniel

It all happened in a fury. The yelling....and then suddenly Lestat was
advancing on Armand. He was choking him! Daniel screamed and grabbed
Lestat's hands, trying to pry them from Armand's neck. Lestat backhanded
him and he flew....hitting the opposite wall with unimaginable force.
Daniel groaned and crumbled in a disoriented heap on the floor. He heard
the women coming down the stairs.
"Mon Dieu!" Gabrielle whispered and ran to the two figures in the middle of
the living room.
Pandora came to Daniel's side. "Are you all right, Little One?" she asked,
her silky brown hair caressed Daniel's cheek. He looked up into her rather
concerned brown eyes. "Yes," he mumbled and stood holding his shoulder.
Before either of them moved Lestat hit the wall right beside them with a
THUD!
Gabrielle ran over in a fury. "How idiotic!" she said. "The two of you
fighting like little boys. You're both centuries old!"
Lestat was now rubbing his shoulder and looking up at Gabrielle. "Dammit,
mother! We weren't really fighting."
"Indeed?" Armand said, raising a quizical eyebrow as he leaned against the
doorframe.
"See! The fiend is unharmed."
"Not thanks to you" Armand replied, but there was no animosity.
Daniel was leaning against Pandora, his shoulder still throbbing.
"And apologize to this one!" Gabrielle commanded her son, pointing at
Daniel.
"Awww....Mother!" Lestat whined...sounding exactly like a 12 year old who
had been banished to his room.
"Do it!"
"Alright!!!! I'm sorry, Daniel"
Gabrielle was still glaring at him.
"And....Armand" he said the name so quietly you could barely hear him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that." Armand said, a slow smile spreading
across mouth.
Lestat glared at him "I SAID I'M SORRY, ARMAND!!!!!!"
Daniel covered his ears and whimpered.
Gabrielle smiled. "Much better, oh son of mine."
Armand approached Daniel. "How noble of you to come to my rescue, lover."
he said, a twinkle lighting up his dark eyes.
Daniel smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "Don't say I never did anything
for you."

POST No 38/Talamaska H.Q.

Please sit, is everyone here, then we will begin.
Name ?
Frank Duffy
Duty ?
Watcher , division : vampires
How long have you been in this section ?
Ten years , I changed shifts from day to night last week
Do you know this person(holds picture up of a young girl)?
Yes , her name is Melisande, there is a file on her. She is obsesed with
the vamp Armand , ever since he fed on one of her family, she was following
him last night and Lestat took her to place, the day shift reports that she
is still there, they also took another human with them, he is there still
Have you ever seen this man before?
No
Is this the man(holds up picture of Myst)?
Yes, he has cut his hair and shaved, so we know of him?
Correct , he is why we are here today, we are taking you off shift, we want
you to work full time on this
Why?
We are coming to that. How much do you know of immortals?
Do you mean other than vamps?
Yes
I know of the egyptian Ramses, and of the Highlander clan but that is about
it
Well there is one more, He is known as MYST , he has lived forever
Sorry, what do you mean forever, was he not born or created
Yes, he was born in 1971 but at some time in his life he was
involved in a bet with a higher power, we do not know if what followed was
because he lost or won or is acctually part of the bet. But he was sent to
the very begining of time , to the very sec it started. He can not die
anyway, not by chopping off his head, nothing. So as i said he has lived
forever and a day
So he could be part of something with the vamps?
No, a while ago he wanted to go to ground like the vamps do when they need
a break from the world, but he could not. So what he did was put a block on
his memory, and tried to live a normal life, He gave David a set of words
to wake him up after a certain number of years.
But Davids a vampire now
Correct
So now what ?
We watch as always and do nothing

POST No 39/Lestat

"What the hell am I doing?, why am I trying to kill Armand?". As Lestat
realized what he was doing, he flung the now limp Armand away from him,
charged through the open window, demanded that his body take to the air,
and lept into the sky ...
Up here in the open air he could begin to think about what had happened to
him. At last he felt free, he soared up into the night sky thinking of an
old story of a man and his son who tried to fly, the son had gone to high
and melted his wings. What would happen if he just kept on going out into
space ...

POST No 40/Armand

Lestat had taken into the air after apologizing with Daniel and with
Armand. Daniel had come near Armand again and they were embracing and
kissing. Gabrielle was just too stunned with the behavior of her son and
Pandora was still worried about her previous argument with Gabrielle about
the Talamascan. Suddenly Armand put one of his hands over his eyes and
almost fell to the floor.
"Armand! What's the matter with you?" Daniel held him before he fell,
leading him to a couch.
"I'm O.K., don't worry." but Daniel could see a trail of blood down his
forehead.
"I don't think so beloved, Lestat really harmed you!" Daniel gathered his
lover to his arms "I think you'd better go back to bed."
"NO! I'm O.K. I'm telling you!" he tried to stand up and felt the room
begin to spin around him.
"That's enough Armand!" said Pandora helping Daniel with his lover "you are
going to bed in this moment! Gabrielle and I will solve the problem with
the mortals." They both led Armand to the bedroom again.