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@lallcments
( gemma chan. cis woman. she/her. baba says & shayiting EL. ) have you seen HERA LALLEMENT strolling around central park at lunchtime? rumor has it they’re actually 382 years old, but i’m pretty sure they’re only 37. they’re currently posing as a(n) 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 at 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙼𝙴𝚃, but when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to MANHATTAN by TAXI. apparently they DID attend the met gala this season!
@duskintro
MERRICK , C .
he stops a moment in hearing this, because while he'd brought the liquor, he wasn't sure this was the best choice. bringing her an animal. what was he thinking? he had to be better. “uhm, well, ” chace starts, first looking to her drinking and then looking down at the box he carefully sets down between them.
“this little guy needs a home . . . ” he says plucking off the cardboard top and reveals a tabby kitten. meowing begins and chace happily lifts the cat out of the box.
WHILE SHE COULD VERY easily guess what’s inside the box , hera decides not too . maybe a fun little surprise is what she needs . an amused smile graces her features when chace opens a box to reveal a kitten . is a pet really what she needs ? she’s not sure but she won’t turn it away . not when chace has gone through the effort of bringing the kitten to her . “ i’m a little surprised and flattered that you came to me . ” tentatively reaches out to pet the kitten . “ where did you stumble upon ... him ? ”
LALLEMENT , E .
HOW WAS SHE? It felt like a loaded question. With the state of their family and the chaos of the city. Evie wasn’t sure how she felt exactly. “I think I’ll need a martini or three before I can answer that properly,” she admitted, trying to smile but it only felt painful and fake on her face. “How are you? How was Shanghai?”
SHE PAUSES WHEN SHE’S asked that question . honestly ? hera can’t really answer that . “ that’s a loaded question , ” lets out a humorless chuckle . “ but we’ll see if i’ll be ready to answer that after a couple drinks . ” she raises her hand to catch the attention of a nearby server and places an order for more drinks . “ shanghai was good . makes me realize i should take more time to visit there more often . hong kong too . “ did you get up to anything while we were all temporarily out of the city ? ”
LALLEMENT , C .
“ TRUTHFULLY, i almost went to prague and vienna like we had talked about, ” cas admits. “ but i didn’t want to correlate those cities with right now. ” he loved both cities during the wintertime ; he didn’t want to ruin that love with the memory of the death of rosamie, one of the times he’s been at his lowest. there were a few cities after the death of his sister that cassius still hasn’t been back to, hundreds of years later. “ i’d offer to get lunch together, but i’m afraid i’m not going anywhere until this, ” he motions to his stack of work to be done, “ goes down just a bit. but we should maybe have dinner soon, with the rest of the family. ”
“ I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND , ” she nods . she considered doing the same . traveling through most of asia just because she can . returning back to the west coast for a brief period of time . “ maybe it’s a sign that we should eventually take that trip to prague and vienna , yeah ? ” when they’re both in a better place . “ don’t worry about it . i just came to check up on you , ” she smiles softly . “ dinner with the rest of the family sounds nice . it’s been a while since we’ve done that . ” and given the circumstances , maybe they should take advantage and spend more time with their family . “ given your amount of work , i guess a drink is out of the question ? ”
BEAUFORT , L .
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Leilana understood Hera’s words completely, though she did pause and think to herself if she was oversharing. Something she did quite often to overcompensate with others. “Right… sorry.” Saying as she moved a piece of her hair out of her face, apologizing anyways. “At times like this, it’s hard to think for yourself… but, I’m glad you’re back.” Giving a comforting smile towards her.
ROSAMIE’S DEATH WAS A RUDE AWAKENING . the message was loud and clear . vampires are not as invincible as they’d like everyone to believe . after all , when do you ever hear news of a vampire being slain nowadays ? they were gods among men . “ you don’t have to apologize , ” she shakes her head at leilana before turning to face her . “ true but i figured time away would help with that . ” it didn’t , but it’s not like hera to evade her responsibilities . “ it’s unfortunate that we can’t do anything about it . ”
LYNN , C .
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casandra looked up, the soft lilt of hera’s voice recognisable to her. she hadn’t realised she was back in town. she hadn’t realised how comforting her voice was to hear. with casandra’s life as rosamie’s sire; it had been full of adventure, and full of people and things. so those who had been deemed important and close to rosamie, had, in relation, been deemed important to casandra. her bond with rosamie was had been unique, as it was with every one of the vampiress’ sires. and with casandra, those who rosamie cared for, immediately made it to her list also. unless they did anything decidedly dastardly to her. “hera,” she managed to breath. she put her papers down, her eyes gliding up to catch the other womans. “another drink would be… yes, please,” she replied finally.
WHILE ONE OF HER closest friends was no longer here , her family still is . and hera didn’t necessarily have an issue with that . with a close relationship to rosamie , it’s no surprise that she’s also grown rather fond of her late friend’s sires . with no other words exchanged , the vampire nods and signals to the bartender for another round of drinks . once the two drinks are set down , she slides one over to casandra . “ i hope things haven’t been too stressful for you , ” she comments , moving the glass up to her lips . “ and you’ve been able to take some time for yourself ? ”
MERRICK , C .
━ ( @lallcments ) !
he knew things were hard, but he was putting on a brave face for his friends and everyone else because this wasn't a time for him to break down. most were taking rosamie's demise hard enough without adding himself to the mix. he'd thought briefly on turning his humanity off and giving up, as things felt like they were starting to close in on him. first the crows, with no answer to their appearance and noe this. the death of a respected council member and friend to many.
he carried in his hands a box with a curious creature inside, every so often chace saw it sticking its nose out of the slots made to breathe. “you're going to ruin the surprise,” he chuckled and then knocked a few times, “hera, oh hera ! open up, i've got a surprise for ya!”
DRINKING ALONE IN HER apartment probably isn’t the best sign that she’s doing ... better . it doesn’t take long for her to pick up chace’s footsteps making his way down to her door . at the sound of his knocking , she downs the rest of her drink and sets the bottle aside .
“ that surprise better come in the form of designer clothes or expensive liquor , ” she half-retorts , walking over to open the door . hera raises her brows when she’s greeted with the sight of chace and a box in hand but nonetheless gestures for him to come in .
“ okay what did you bring me exactly ? ”
— come here.
* @oflallement !
LALLEMENT , C .
“ I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, ” he smiles thinly when they eventually pull back. after all, he had done essentially the same thing. cassius could’ve guessed she had been in shanghai, letting out a small hum of approval. “ lisbon, ” he says. “ just as beautiful as i remembered it. ” too bad he wasn’t able to enjoy it, and now might forever remember it as the city he mourned his best friend in. “ i knew i had work waiting for me home. plus i missed everyone. ” he won’t add how the distance didn’t do him much good, anyway.
“ YOU DID SAY YOU’RE due for a trip back to europe so i’m glad you found the time . even if it is in the most unfortunate circumstance . ” definitely not ideal but if it meant taking a break from everything going on , is it for the better ? she’s not sure if she’s able to answer that question herself . “ that’s understandable . ” had it not been for a new exhibit at the museum , she likely would’ve stayed in shanghai for longer . maybe even ventured to her residence in new york for a change . “ i’ve missed you too by the way . ”
BEAUFORT , L .
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“No you’re right, none of us would have ever expected this.” Beginning as she looked down and then back up at Hera. “I just was dealing with my… humanity off. && went off the radar after the event happened.” Thankful it was back on now, but now having to apologize to many people in her life, even if it wasn’t needed. “I just.. I don’t know Hera. My mind is a fickle place right now, I’m sure everyone’s is.”
SHE MAINTAINS HER NEUTRAL FACADE . with so much going on , hera’s constantly considering shutting off her humanity . and right now ? her humanity rests at an all time low . “ what you do in your own time isn’t any of our business , leilana . ” she tries to sound comforting but she’s not even sure if that came through . “ so an apology really isn’t necessary , ” she hastily adds . “ sometimes i feel like i should’ve stayed in shanghai longer . ” but that wouldn’t be fair to her family . it’d be selfish .
LALLEMENT , G .
“ISN’T IT ALWAYS?” Evie huffed as she took her seat across from Hera. “Let’s admit, we never picked New York as a place to settle for its practicality.” And rightfully so. While she couldn’t imagine being anywhere else, there were downsides to the city that absolutely infuriated the young vampire. It’s slowness at times was one of them. “I hope I didn’t hold you up. I know you’ve been busy lately but I missed you, it’s good to see your face.”
“ NO AND YET SOMETHING about it constantly has us returning . ” hera can speak from experience . she left for a while . settled on the west coast . built an empire of her own . and yet , here she is . back in new york . even disappearing to shanghai for two weeks to process rosamie’s death still had her returning to manhattan . “ you’re fine . i suspected either of us would’ve gotten held up in traffic . but it’s good to see you too . how have you been ? ”
RAMOS , E .
Her eyes snag on Hera, attempting to feel her out, but she’s giving her nothing. Vampires are more difficult to read, sometimes having centuries of experience schooling their features and concealing their true emotions, other times having their feelings turned off entirely. “How predictable, always letting our loyalties lie with Manhattan,” she teases, though little mirth actually finds her eyes which are too busy studying as she pushes. Ninety nine years and it’s still impossible to resist the urge to test boundaries. “Besides, I meant for me.” A feline smile before she turns to the nearest server. “Martini, please. Dirty.”
THE VAMPIRE BRINGS THE glass up to her lips and takes a lengthy sip of alcohol . it’s not like she can get drunk . truthfully , hera isn’t entirely sure how she feels about elvyra . the most she gets from the younger vampire is her flightiness , appearing back in the city every so often . “ perhaps you should’ve been a little more clear , ” she teases back , a ghost of a smirk surfacing on her features . “ another sidecar , please . ” the response is immediate when the bartender asks if she wants another drink . “ manhattan’s become a home so can you really blame me for staying loyal ? ”
LYNN , C .
pain. it was fresh. like a still oozing wound. it burned through her body like a forest fire out of control. pain, not rage. not yet. pain. rosamie had been the tree in the centre of the lynn family garden. her roots had run deep and grown towards all of her sires, entangling with them. each of them had grown towards her and then each other. and yet now, without warning or thought, it was as if that tree had been ripped up. an empty hole with broken roots lay in it’s wake.
but casandra had to put on a brave face. her job didn’t permit emotions ( even if she was an emotional being ) and she was usually very good at controlling how tempestuous her emotion could be. she’d always tried to avoid turning her humanity off, as it was what had made her connection to rosamie and her ‘siblings’ so special. but the temptation right now was overwhelming.
she shuffled some papers in her hands, clearing her throat, as she took a sip from the beer beside her on the table. doing work, and in a bar, so soon after her sire’s death didn’t look good for her, but it was all she could do to distract herself. and being at home was quiet. too quiet.
as she felt someone approach, she looked up. “i’m not going to answer any stupid questions,” she spoke simply.
@duskstart
SHE’S BEEN BACK IN the city for a couple days . it’s already overwhelming . news of her close friend’s death still hadn’t ceased in the media . and she could only take so much gossiping from bystanders who knew nothing of her nor her murder . nights spent drinking felt different without rosamie . she was her closest friend . a confidant even . the one person hera truly bonded with after cassius turned her .
truthfully , it’d be much easier to just turn off her humanity at this point . it’s tempting and it’d been a while since she last toggled it . she gets up from her seat and makes her way over to the bar area before spotting casandra . “ i was going to ask if you wanted another drink . i’ve got an open bar . ”
LALLEMENT , C .
HE CAN ONLY ASSUME AXEL RATTED HIM OUT THAT HE WAS BACK IN TOWN, as soon as he heard hera’s voice echo through his apartment. he had just gotten home from his second day back at the office, changing in his bedroom after a much needed shower. “ one minute, ” he calls to her, pulling a shirt over his head and trying to muster a smile to himself in the mirror. when he fails to get one, he walks out to meet hera anyway, fully clothed. “ welcome back, ” he says to her, arms outstretched. “ i heard you were out of town as well ? ”
“ YOU TOO . ” she musters up a small smile and embraces him . “ yeah , i left after the memorial service . needed to get out of town for a little bit , you know ? clear my head and all that tosh . ” hera lets out a dry chuckle . late nights at the museum will never be the same again . “ i was in shanghai . forgot how much i missed it there . where’d you jet off to ? i didn’t expect you to be back so soon . ”
BEAUMONT , L .
closed starter : @lallcments
location : leilana’s home
“So uh, I just wanted to say how sorry I am.” Leilana began, shaking her head and looking down. Sorry for what exactly? Literally everything; not being there when the council needed her, when her close confidants needed her… causing a shit show at the event itself it seemed. She didn’t want to make it about her, that wasn’t her intention.. she just needed to say her piece.
“ WHAT DO YOU HAVE to be sorry about ? ” hera questions from where she’s sitting . “ it’s not your fault . none of us could’ve known . ” her tone remains neutral . she stayed around long enough for the memorial and to provide some level of support to her sister as she dealt with the council . hera had left and went radio silent for two weeks . then again , it’s much easier to drop everything when you’re not the family leader .
DEMIR , Z .
𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 , rolling eyes at playful comment . ❝ oh it was absolutely riveting , so much so i almost fell asleep standing up . ❞ she chuckles , zehra had never been one for small talk . ❝ 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔 , i’d prefer one of us not STRIKING OUT with conversation partners . ❞
“ SMALL TALK IS JUST not everyone’s forte and i think they just need to realize it , ” hera comments with a light laugh . “ i can’t say i’ve had better luck . maybe slightly better ? i’ve mostly been avoiding some of the curators that’ve been invited . ” she doesn’t hate her coworkers , but there are just some things she prefers to keep separate ! “ it’s a party , i’m not trying to talk about work ! ”
DOON-JU .
open /closed — @lallcments. location: soho shopping district.
Doon-ju moves sharply backwards, away from the shopping bags being thrusted at his face. Clearly offended, he indignantly sticks his hands in his pockets and stares hard at Hera.
“I’m not carrying those. I already have a job, you know.”
SHE ROLLS HER EYES AT HIM , moving to perch the bags against her forearm . “ and yet you still decided to go shopping with me , ” she quips . hera ambles down the street , not taking a moment to wait for doon-ju . if he wanted to leave , he would’ve done so by now ! “ don't tell me you're not using this as a distraction . ”
