SPEC: INTO THE NIGHT (RPG)
Part 3, Posts 41-59


POST No 41/Gabrielle.

Armand and Daniel were soon gone to their bedroom and Lestat just flew
away, she was again alone with Pandora who seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"What's up Pan? It's for the mortals?"
"Yeah...Gabrielle, I believe I owe you an explanation of some sort, I'm not
completely sure if Myst *is* a Talamascan, he was always going after me and
I *assumed* he was one."
"Oh, I see." Gabrielle stayed in silence for a while, Pandora couldn't help
herself and went right into her mind 'I can see why she ended with Marius'.
"Why?"
"Pardon me..."
"You think you know why I ended with Marius, I'll like to know why."
"Oh, sorry...it was rude, and also my question before."
"Never mind Gabby, but tell me...why?"
"Well..." Gabrielle had now the slightless pink in her cheeks ", maybe he
thought he had to much competition to win you, you know...I saw you with
Daniel...and the mortal."
"Oh, c'mon! I weren't the one who made and entrance kissing that kid!
Daniel isn't only your sex toy, share!"
They both laughed for quite a while.
"And the mortal Pan?"
"Look, I have lived long enough to fall for a mortal, he is indifferent to
me, as I told you, right now I wanted inmortal company."
They looked into the other eyes for a while, Gabrielle hated to feel so
dumbfounded, but what could she tell to this woman? Nothing came to her
mind right then, but Pandora had another thing to say.
"And now tell me Madame de Lioncourt, why are you worried about competition
to reach me?"
"Who tells I was worried about it?"
"Your eyes told me."
Gabrielle opened her mouth to say another thing, but then felt the soft
caress of Pandora's hand on her face, and the other hand was running free
on her golden hair.
"Pan I..."
"You are so beautiful, I had been looking for you ever since I awoke
Gabrielle, I don't just need the company of another inmortal, I need
you..."
Then Gabrielle couldn't restrain herself and reached to the other woman's
lips, cold but perfect, Pandora answered the kiss at once and parted
Gabrielle's lips, the blood was flowing between them, just so lovely, so
tender. After all, Gabrielle thought, Jesse was right...

POST No 42/Myst

We heard someone coming down to the basement then they stopped, it seemed
that they were talking to each other, and they were kissing. Our little
wonder opposite me had gotten herself loose and was now untying me. We
started up the stairs, being very careful. We got to the door of the
basement, no one was about, there were sounds coming from the rooms, sounds
of people making love?
"Come let us get out of here" - she turned to me and shook her head, "they
will catch up to us."
"So what now, oh Genuis."
"We search the place"
I told her to carry on with pleasure, I headed to the kitchen to find
something to eat. Empty, great! I looked everywhere, in every cupboard,
draw. Nothing, only one place left to look, I bent down and opened the
door, aah the source of life, Hot Chocolate. I set about making a nice
cuppa. Milo or Mele or whatever her name was, was going through every draw
in the place. I got my life saver and went to sit in the sitting room to
watch. I heard a noise behind me, turning I saw the young one with one of
his friends. The look on his face made up for all the chaffing of the ropes
when they had tied us up.

POST No 43/Armand

He was lying on the bed again, Daniel worrying over him. He made to stand.
"Be still beloved" said Daniel putting a hand on Armand's shoulder and
forcing him back to lie in the bed "you have to rest."
"I am O.K. Daniel. I told you before."
"You almost fell to the floor beloved, maybe you lost too much blood."
"Not really, that fiend only hit me once. When I get hold of him... never
mind" Armand said caressing Daniel's cheek "I want to be out of here."
Daniel was about to protest when they heard a noise in the basement.
"The mortals!" Armand said standing up at once "they are wandering through
the house!"
They both got at once to the sitting room where Myst was holding a
chocolate cup. The mortal got up immediately, the cup broken when it hit
the floor.
Armand grabbed him by the neck. "Now" he said, a dangerous edge in his
voice "what do you think you are doing?". Armand's fingers were digging
into the mortal' neck. "Daniel! Go look for the girl!"
Armand looked again at the mortal "I don't care if Pandora knows you, I
even don't care if Lestat likes you!". With a swift movement Armand drove
his fangs into the mortal's neck and started to drain the blood out of him.
Soon the mortal was limp in his arms.

POST No 44/Myst

He charged at me with a speed I have never seen before, this boy, almost a
man could have been the greatest track athlete ever seen. Instead he was
hanging out with criminals. He was on me, damn he was strong, he was
sinking his teeth into my neck, I struggled to break free, but he was too
strong. I was starting to feel lightheaded, the lights from the room were
dimming , was he strangling me? had he broken my neck? how was he killing
me? Strange to worry about that at a time like this, damn not only did he
make me drop my hot chocolate, but he was sucking the blood out of me, who
did he think he was? Dracula?
Black, nothing. No sound, smell, feel nothing, so this was what it was like
to be dead. Ah there is the man himself walking towards me with open arms.
I am ready, come to me. As I watched him coming closer I saw that he did
not have a smile on his face, he was actually crossed. When he reached me
he slammed his fist into my face, ouch, that hurt. "Why?"
"I have been waiting for the last century to do that, you cheated, you were
to see all and to remember, NOT TO FORGET. NOW REMEMBER"
I was laying on the floor , stairing at the ceiling , I heard a strugle and
started to get up

POST No 45/Lestat

He was soaring into the night sky, higher than he ever had need or dared to
before. The power that surged through his body exhilarated him, cleaning
out all the cobwebs of the last few months, and there was a lot to clean
up, no wonder Louis had decided to go away for a while. He brought his body
to a stop and looked down. He could see the docks and with his superman
type
vision he saw each worker's expression as they carried there loads to and
fro. He turned and could see the park, as it was still early he saw the
lovers on the benches, the parents with their children running in circles
around them. In the night markets he could see the trading that was going
on, oh this is what it was meant to be like, the true nature of vampires,
and he wanted to share it with Louis. But he was gone, ah but there was his
mother and friends. He demanded that his body return him to the flat, first
he must apologize to Armand, properly apologize, not like earlier.

POST No 46/Daniel

Daniel didn't have to go very far to find the girl. She was in the kitchen
looking through the drawers. He was right behind her before she could even
whirl around. She gasped. "Well, what have we here?" Daniel said. Before
she knew what was happening he had her in his arms. "Oh god, he's going to
kill me" she was thinking. he read her mind easily, yet surely she knew he
could. He carried her into the living room where Armand was leaning over
the male, apparently having just fed on him. He was talking to him in a
voice so low, even Daniel couldn't hear what he was saying. Daniel tossed
the girl on the couch. Armand stopped speaking and turned his eyes on
Daniel. "Why haven't you killed him?" he asked, trying to read the look in
his lover's eyes, which were lazy with the swoon and dark as night. Armand
sat on the couch next to the girl and she nearly hissed, and moved to the
far end. Armand studied her for what seemed like an eternity. "What is
going on?" Daniel implored him again. Oh god, how many times would he be in
this position? Always the one asking the questions and never getting the
answers.
He recalled the nights so long ago, begging Armand to give him the Dark
Gift.
"Give it to me!!"
"I cannot break my vow." Always so calm.
"You'll watch me die!!!!"
silence......
"You want to watch me die!!! As if I were just some sick experiment"
"You're a fool."
"Then prove that you don't!!!!! Give me what you have!!"
"What you ask for is worse than death, Beautiful Boy."
And here they were again. Years later. They were lovers, friends, family.
And yet, nothing had changed. Armand was still in control.

POST No 47/Melisande

I could hear Johnathan's, or whoever he was, cries from the living room.
Oh, damn it. There was nothing I could do. From the way his yells stopped,
I knew it was too late for him. It would be too late for me, too, if I
stuck around.
Quickly as thought, I completely walled off my mind. I had taught myself
that little trick, flexing the mental muscles nightly before I went to bed.
Better than situps. Now invisible, save to the normal senses, I dashed out
the back door to the place and hopped the fence. If I was lucky, I'd head
in a way they didn't suspect and get to some public place in time...
Well, I knew it was a useless gesture. I had no idea whatsoever where I
was. Maybe it was that it was night, or that I was so weakened by Armand's
little luncheon the other night, but I was completely disoriented. I made
it into an alley before I nearly passed out, leaning against the side of
one of the buildings, panting and letting the tears run free down my face.
No way I was going to let myself die now. Just no way.

POST No 48/Pandora

Pandora couldn't believe what had just happened between her and
Gabrielle. Pandora had been wanting that for ages. While she was with
Gabrielle, she forgot about everything else, the mortals, Lestat, Armand,
Marius, everything. Now, she lay beside Gabrielle, and watched her nap.
Pandora reached out and lightly brushed Gabrielle's cheek with her hand.
Gabrielle's eyelids fluttered open, and she smiled at the sight of Pandora,
propped up on one elbow, gazing adoringly at her. "Ma cheri," whispered
Pandora. Suddenly there was a loud noise from the lounge room, and
Gabrielle jumped from the bed, and rushed in the room just in time to see
Armand grab the male human by the neck, and feed off him. Pandora was now
standing behind her, and the two women watched in wonder as Daniel appeared
from the kitchen with the other mortal. He was just about to take her life,
when Lestat came crashing through the window. Daniel was so startled, he
released his grip on the girl, and she ran out the door. *Damn,* thought
Pandora. *someone is going to have to catch her* Gabrielle smiled as
Pandora prepared to follow the girl. "Don't hurt her Pan" Gabrielle warned.
*Oh, you sound like your son, Ms De Lioncourt* retorted Pandora, and left,
leaving Gabrielle to fume over her words. Gabrielle didn't like it when
people used references to her son when discussing her. *Oh well* thought
Pandora. *She'll get over it. Now, if I was a mortal, where would I hide?*
It didn't take long for Pandora to pick up the mortals signals, and she had
soon located her. As Panodra entered the alley way, the mortal looked up,
her face tear streaked, her eyes wide with fear. "Hello Melisandie" said
Pandora, slowly advancing upon the helpless mortal. "Remember me?"

POST No 49/Armand

Daniel was asking questions again and Armand, again, found himself unable
to answer. He had killed the mortal, he was sure! How could he be alive!
Maybe his senses were deceiving him. The fight with Lestat, the loss of
blood... But he had fed on this mortal! Whatever weakness in him must have
been fixed! He recalled a strange thing while he was feeding, the taste of
the blood, it was different to anything he had tasted before!
"Answer me, damn it!" Daniel was shaking him roughly "why didn't you kill
the mortal? Are you planning to do this from now on? This is not like you
Armand!"
"Let go of me Daniel" he heard himself saying, anger rising in his chest "I
warn you!".
But Daniel was too angry to hear him. In that moment Lestat came in trough
a window. He was covered of tiny snow flakes, so high he had been.
"Armand..." he began to say but stopped when he saw Daniel's hands on his
lover.
Armand felt as if everything closed on him, the furniture, the faces of the
other vampires, Daniel's expression! He had to get out from there, he had
to get out fast! So he shoved Daniel to the side, sending him landing to
the floor and stormed out of the house before anyone could restrain him. He
closed his mind, now even for Lestat, or Pandora, would be difficult to
find him. He didn't stop until he was really out of range, and then he
collapsed on the floor, knees drawn to his chest and red tears
starting to fall through his face.

POST No 50/Lestat

As he was coming in to land he thought he saw one of the mortals floating
in the air, but when he looked again there was nothing, but that instant
when his attention was off his landing, he miscalculated and went crashing
through the window. When he got up he noticed that the girl had left,
Pandora had gone after her and Armand had run out somewhere. He supposed he
should go after him, he closed his eyes and started to focus on the image
of his friend, but after about 10 minutes he still did not get an image, he
knew that he was not up to the search, and he had never been that good at
farsening, now blowing something up was more his thing, oh well he would
ask Gabrielle or Pandora when she got back to help him

POST No 51/Myst

Well here I was back again, this time my memories were coming back to me,
not all at once, but enough to know who I was. I closed my eyes and using a
technique I had learned in the east about 9000 years ago in a monastery
hidden in the hills, ah yes that was a time of piece not like later. But I
get off the point, I did a search of my body and mind to see what was up.
What I found was a challenge, I had become mortal again, oh I will
probably live forever, but I can now die through miss adventure or an
oop's, by that I mean that a falling pot plant could kill me if I did not
see it coming. Well I guess when HE punched me, HE removed his protection
from me, no matter I have a billion years of experience and I have spent
most of that time studying the arts and the powers that sorround all of us.
I got off the floor and went to make myself another cup of hot chocolate, a
couple of the vampires that were left watched me , VAMPIRES of course, so
nice that it was slowly coming back to me, but there was still that out
there, the reason I had tried to forget, I had not yet remembered, but I
will one day . I just hope i can handle it when it does come back

POST No 52/Gabrielle.

In one minute Gabrielle had been talking with Pandora, then she had kissed
in an impulse the greek vampire and then they had fall into bed locked
together, she had never tasted blood like that, maybe blood was like wine,
maybe it was better when it was older, but the thruth was she was
overwhelmed for all those feelingns, that she must admit she loved. But
then reality had made they curse into again and had ended it...for a while.
When she and Pandora entered the room there was Armand feeding and no
ending it, then he had made Daniel fly, a mortal girl escaped, Pandora went
after her making a comment about the common caracteristics of the Clan de
Lioncourt, and then Lestat came across the window and Armand ran away. Now,
that was hard.
"Mother," Lestat began talking "what the hell is going up into here?"
"And you ask me? I have not the faintest idea, I was not here..." "Yes
Gabrielle!" Daniel interrupted the conversation "And I'll like to know why,
Pandora said you two were going to take care of the mortals, if you two had
been doing what you were meant to do, nothing of this would be happening."
"Oh, no my dear, what Armand did was not my fault, or Pan's, now calm down,
take a ride or do something!" when she ended talking she could see the
complete blank in Lestat's mind and Daniel was just about to began weeping,
now when did she adopt Daniel? All she wanted then was Pandora to take her
away from that hell, but that was imposible for the moment. She decided to
deal with the 'Beautiful Boy' first. "Look Daniel, I'm sorry...we two are
very *very* nervious, but we don't have to put the weight in the other,
remember we are friends...and you kiss damn well." a bit of a smile crossed
Daniel's lips,"Oh...isn't that a smile? I beleive it is, what you say
Lestat?" Lestat smiled her back and nodded "See Danny? You are smiling. Now
go and take a shower, God only knows how much I need one...but go kid."
Daniel kissed her forehead softly and went to his room.
Lestat made her mother face him "You were always good at that, making boys
feel better, but I'll like to know what happened with all you guys."
"Well, I'll like *you* to explain why you ran out of here like a fury, as
if you were a little boy again."
"You know me mother, I always do what I feel on the moment but...Gabrielle,
what are we going to do with our...highlander should I say?" they both
stared at the man who was standing there, drinking chocolate, this one was
brattest than Lestat himself
"Well chere, I had my own *personal motives* to want this...McLeod's head."
they both went toward the terrified mortal "So..." Gabrielle began "Let's
talk." the mortal dropped the cup "Oh," Lestat gave him his damnedest smile
"Let me introduce myself: 'I'm Lestat de Lioncourt of the clan de
Lioncourt, and she is Gabrielle de Lioncourt, same clan, different time. I
had waited years to say that!"
"Oh, mon fils, you watch too much TV, but then again, let's talk..."

POST No 53/Myst

Oh we have a joker here, nevertheless courtesy demands courtesy. Extending
my hand "Myst of the clan Merlin, but you can call me Jonathan . I hope I
did not hurt your friend when he drank from me, my blood is well sesond
with time."
I was not joking when I said this as I was worried for Armand, oh yes I
knew who he was, I knew who all of them were, I had watched them on and off
since the begining. I saw that Lestat of the clan DeLioncort was worried
and I wanted to help, why? well i get a kick out of helping but i dare not
offer as i know it will be turned down, so the best i could do was hang
around and see if i could work in the background, anyway i am out of hot
chocolate at home , back to the kitchen .
As i busied myself with the greatest of jobs , i closed my eyes and started
to extend my mind to seek Armand out. Nothing came back, he must be
blocking himself. As i returned to the sitting room the others were talking
and seemed to be ignoring me, I sat down on the floor , crossed my legs,
took a sip of my hot chocolate and... I closed my eyes and started to
concentrate on my breathing, in out , in out , cleared my mind of concious
thought and brought the image of a single flame to the fore of my mind and
consentrated on it . I felt my body go to total relexation and my mind go
from the Alpha waves onto the theta waves. I now started to open my mind to
the world around me, First it was just the room i was in , the i pushed
further out into the street , I saw Pandora with the Girl , further still .
Now i was on the outer edges of the slums, still further , AH there he was
, he was on the ground curled up in a ball crying his blood tears , should
i contact him...?

POST No 54/Armand

He couldn't stop the red tears that were coming down his pale face. It was
not only the blood, though he felt somewhat dizzy, it was all that had
happened. Daniel... he would leave him soon, he was sure. But this time it
had not been Armand's fault, he had killed the man... and the man had
revived. He couldn't understand... it didn't matter anymore. He saw the
light starting to lighten the sky, he must seek shelter. He still had an
hour, more or less. He tried to stand up, but he felt sick almost at once.
The blood... he could barely keep his eyes opened. Everything started to
spin around him, the colors faded, and then the darkness was all around
him.

POST No 55/Lestat

The mortal eyes shot open, "Lestat, it's Armand, the dawn! You must hurry"
"Where? tell me damn you, speak"
"No time, you must take me"
Lestat grabed Myst and charged out the window into the night sky

POST No 56/Melisande

I stared at the woman there, my dull grey eyes gaining a little fire. I
stood and foolishly backed away, down the alley from her, as though I might
somehow be able to escape her.
Laughable, but it had to be tried.
"Look...I'm not planning on telling anyone about you or anyone else. That's
not what this is about, besides, I don't have anything to gain by it. All
you're going to gain by keeping me around is a quick meal." I hoped to God
(?) that she'd accept this. Yeah, right, snowball's chance in Hell.
There was nothing I could do. Whatever I reached for, she would get it
first. Whatever direction I ran, she could catch me. How do you deal with
someone who can think and move more than twice as fast as you, who can
crush your vertebrae with one hand, who can fly a hundred feet up and drop
you? Even if she couldn't get through the walls I'd put up around my mind,
there was no way in hell I was getting past her.
I stood, waiting for her to make a move....

POST No 57/Daniel

Daniel let the warm water wash over him. For the longest time he just
stood....facing the wall as the water pounded him. Why did he feel so
tired? All this emotional turmoil, it wore him out, and he was, quite
frankly, sick of it all. He wanted to get away....go on one of his
trips....where no one could find him. Except Armand of course. Yet part of
him wanted to stay, to see if Armand came back. He wanted to know what this
mortal had to do with him.....what he had said to him too softly for Daniel
to hear. When Daniel got out of the shower he slipped into some jeans and a
black silk shirt. The weightless material felt good on his skin. Daniel
combed his still wet hair.......then sat on the bed in somewhat of a
stupor. There was a knock on the door. It was Gabrielle. 'It's open'" he
sent mentally. She came in and smiled softly at him. Her beautiful hair was
in a long braid down her back. For some reason he wished she'd take it
down. He wanted to see how long it was when it was unbound. "Ma petite
cher" she said softly and sat down beside him. "You look so forlorn" she
said. Daniel laughed quietly. "Do I ever not look forlorn?" Again Gabrielle
smiled understandingly. "He will be back, Daniel" Daniel turned from her to
hide the ruby tears welling up in his eyes. She reached for his chin and
turned his face back to her. "Who could stay away from one such as you? I
certainly could not."

POST No 58/Gabrielle.

She had gone into Daniel's room because she had been left alone when Lestat
and the man had flown towards Armand. Daniel was so sad, and he was so
cute... she wanted to make him happy, she assured him Armand wouldn't be
gone for so much time.
"Who could stay away from one such as you? I certainly could not."
"But what if Armand could? What if he doesn't... value me as you do?"
"He does chere, he does."
"I don't know Gabrielle, I just need someone and he is not here."
"Don't be unfair, you have found love at Armand's side, when you find
love..." Gabrielle smiled softly "It's the best."
"Yeah... but when you are loosing it, you feel hell inside... and then is
when we need somebody who cares for you, just to stand the loneliness..."
Daniel reclined softly and brushed Gabrielle's lips. "You know Gabby, I
owed that to you for the other day."
Daniel was holding Gabrielle now, and they were kissing passionately,
Gabrielle had always thought this one was perfect, so lovely, innocent,
sexy... from Marius' family, a powerful family, and then she was from that
family... she broke the kiss and the embrace at once.
"I... I'm sorry Daniel... I can't... not know."
"Hey, are you OK? You usually are... in... that kind of mood?"
She looked at Daniel for an instant. "Are you calling me slut?"
"The hell I'm not. I just said... we... you know... obviously we're
phisically atracted, and we are good friends... and we usually play in this
way."
"Yes, I know what you mean, and believe me, you are a damn gorgeus vampire,
and if you had done this yesterday you wouldn't have been able to leave
this bed... but for now, I'm a bit apparted of this games."
"Well, as you wish... but can I ask why? I'm really going to miss that."
"Well... I'm not completely out" she gave him a mischievous smile "I'll
always be there for you... but... can you keep a secret?"
"Yes! Yes! I love secrets! Tell me..." Daniel was happy as a little kid.
"Well... then hear this: I'm in very *very* good terms with Pandora."
"PANDORA! SHIT! GOOD FOR YOU!" Daniel was spinning Gabrielle in the air,
she made him put her down.
"Thanks mon petite, but know... we are going to talk about how you can get
back with a pretty red-haired smurf..."

POST No 59/Pandora

Pandora stood in front of the girl, watching her squirm in fear. Pandora
had scanned the mortals mind, and knew she was thinking of ways to escape,
but knew the vampire was too strong and fast.
"You know you'll never make it" said Pandora, slowly advancing upon the
girl. "Don't even bother trying."
The girl, Melisande, backed away from Pandora, but then realised that
wouldn't help either, and turned to face Pandora. "What do you want from
me?" Cried the panic stricken mortal.
"What does any vampire want from a human?" asked Pandora.
"But why me? What have I done? I am not evil"
Pandora laughed. I think you have me confused with one of those who cares.
Do you know how long it has been since I have had the nourishment of human
blood? The thrill of the kill. No, you wouldn't, for these are things only
an immortal can know." Pandora bared her fangs, and before Melisande knew
what had happened, Pandora had her in her arms. *Don't struggle dear* she
telepathed to the surprised human. *Just let me do it. Death will be a
welcome release from the horrors of our kind. Did you think Lestat was
going to keep you? Did you think you would have been Armands fledgling? You
fool!*
The sun was rising over the tops of the apartment buildings, and Pandora
knew the others would be retiring soon. She was just about to feed when she
heard Armand's voice ringing in her mind. *PANDORA,.................LET HER
GO*
Startled, Pandora eased her grip, but did not let the human go. *Armand*
she called into the darkness *Are you alright?*

POST No 60/Armand

He was floating in a sea of darkness, feeling weightless, couldn't move at
all. The dawn was coming and Armand sensed it as a dim light somewhere in
the void. He felt Melisande's fear, how was it that he was connected to
that girl? Pandora was feeding on her! He could not let her do it! He tried
to communicate with his fledging sister... "Pandora... stop...", but the
effort was too much in his condition. "Daniel..." he thought... "I love
you...", and then the blackness claimed him again.