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Continued from here @isa-rivera

Rory took note of the rest of the jewelry on her fingers and he smiled as she placed the ring he suggested on, "It looks great!" The Fae exclaimed and beamed like he had really done something. When really, he just opened a case and thought that one looked shiny. To be frank, Rory sucked at his job, but he was nice and he made people comfortable. At least, that's what he heard. And that was why he had the job, "Well, what about a necklace?!" He asked. Turning around, he looked around for a moment before he spotted the display that hung several statement piece necklaces. Grabbing it, he brought it back to the woman and set it down, "With a collarbone like that, you gotta flaunt it!" Rory grinned.

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Continued from here @isa-rivera

Rory took note of the rest of the jewelry on her fingers and he smiled as she placed the ring he suggested on, “It looks great!” The Fae exclaimed and beamed like he had really done something. When really, he just opened a case and thought that one looked shiny. To be frank, Rory sucked at his job, but he was nice and he made people comfortable. At least, that’s what he heard. And that was why he had the job, “Well, what about a necklace?!” He asked. Turning around, he looked around for a moment before he spotted the display that hung several statement piece necklaces. Grabbing it, he brought it back to the woman and set it down, “With a collarbone like that, you gotta flaunt it!” Rory grinned.

Isa holds her fingers up to the light and wiggles them, enjoying the way they shine against her skin. “Of course it does.” She says with her usual oblivious arrogance as she drops her gaze to watch the man move around the displays. “I’ll take these.” She takes off and drops the rings onto the counter before plucking one of the necklaces and holding it up to her. “I don’t know if I need anymore necklaces.” She says yet she doesn’t put them down, Fernando’s credit card burning a hold in her pocket. 

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His eyes widened as she dropped the rings. Rory couldn't remember the last time he had gotten a sale this big. This was going to be something for the record books for him. As much as Rory liked to talk to people, he wasn't a great salesman, he learned. But he tried his best and that's what mattered right? He smiled as she picked up the necklace, "Who doesn't need more necklaces?" Rory asked before he furrowed his brow, "Well...I guess if you don't wear them, you don't. But you do!" He said, noting the one she was wearing and he smiled, "Plus, you mentioned having some extra cash so..." The fae shrugged, "Seems like a win-win to me."

[juliet-briggs]

❤️ from Rory

"Don't Lose Ur Head"- Six

"And soon my daddy said, "You should try and get ahead." She chuckled, swirling the straw in her milkshake, serving only to stir in the whipped cream. Never would she freely tell this story to anyone aside from Rory. He was the best thing that had happened to her. He was the example of what happened when breaking away from a legacy yet somehow still maintaining a semi-decent relationship. His happiness in the life he chose was simply infectious. She wanted to be like him, but she knew she couldn't be. As her father told her, she needed to get ahead. She needed to keep working towards her goals.

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God, Rory loved milkshakes. They were just one of the best things in the world and he enjoyed them even more when he was hanging out with Jules. The two of them were pretty similar, honestly, family wise at least. The big difference between them, however, was that she was still trying to impress hers. Rory had given up on that. He wanted to live his life. He wanted to see what the crazy state of Calamity had to offer him since he had never experienced it before. He hoped that Juliet would do that when she was ready. It was quite fun...

"Get ahead of what?!" Rory asked, grabbing his glass and tilting his back, along with his head, and gulping down a big lump of milkshake before he placed the glass back down and wiping his mouth, "The only thing you should be trying to get ahead of, right now, is that milkshake because it's gonna melt and be real sad, real quick." He grinned. However, moments later, his right eye began to twitch and he held his head, "Ohhh...brain freeze." Rory whined out, "Ignore what I said. Let it melt."

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[frccdxm]

Cecilia had been having a great time since Rory moved in, sure the fae blood was a nice treat now and then, but living alone has never really been her idea of fun either. She liked being social even if she didn't seem outgoing on the outside. She stepped off the stage and smiled at his warm welcome after her set. "Oh I wouldn't say that, I just do it for fun sometimes," she shrugged, but her smile didn't falter, she couldn't help liking to be complimented. "It's just nice to perform and actually see people dancing and enjoying the music. Of course now that I know you like it, you're more than welcome to come along any time I am performing," she offered just as the bartender brought out her usual martini she got whenever she came off stage. "Do you need a drink?" she asked turning back to the fae.

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"Pfft, you're just being modest." He laughed, "You're so good!" He loved listening to people sing. It was so soothing, no matter what it was. And now that he knew that Cecilia could do it, he might be asking her to sing him a little tune if she was feeling up to it, "I'd love to!" He grinned, "Maybe we can do a duet or something. I can hold a tune sometimes." Rory laughed. He really wasn't that bad at singing, to be quite honest, but he just didn't do it a lot. "Oh, yeah! I'll take whatever you're drinking!" He grinned. He was still trying to figure out what alcohol he liked and didn't like so he would try whatever, honestly, "Have you been singing a long time? Probably, right? You're a vampire. You've been around a minute..." He mentioned, "What's your favorite song?"

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"i'm no dream expert but," matias started, though perhaps it wasn't wise for him to offer anyone advice when he couldn't even follow through on his own therapies, "it sounds to me like you maybe feel that you're trapped in the grove. that you can't leave, or shouldn't. when you know that's not true, right? yes you live there. yes you're a guard... but you don't owe it your life, and you don't have to be a guard." the human was probably overstepping, he realised that he did that a lot, but rory had asked so matty had given an answer.

"but you know, a dream could also just be a dream, rory. they don't gotta mean something every time, do they?" matias sure as hell hoped not, because he had been having more and more dreams recently and he hated them. they were never anything good, and even if they were, he just ended up waking up sad because they weren't true.

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As Matty began to assess his dream, Rory turned even more towards him, listening intently to each and every word he spoke. So much so, just a bit of his tongue poked out from behind his lips. That was Rory's thinking and listening face. As he other broke it down, his head nodded. Matty's explanation made so much sense. It had to mean that, right? He had always felt trapped in the Grove. It was his home, sure, but he didn't really think he belonged there. That was why he tried to leave the moment he could. He wanted to explore the world. Talk to people he typically didn't. Live life.

His eyes widened at Matty's next statement, "What?! Of course they mean something!" Rory told the other, "Why else would we have them?" He asked, genuinely curious, "I used to have really bad nightmares when I was younger and was trying to figure out what to do with my life and my mom told me it was something that was going to happen if I left the Grove." He nodded, "And you know what? They never happened because I never left. Well, now I have. Weird thing is that I haven't had those nightmares in a while." He shrugged. Rory truly had no idea that his mom was just telling him that to keep him there with them as long as she could. He believed every word she said, "Have you ever had a dream come true?"

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Rory knew that Adonis was just being nice. It was no secret that he wasn't the brightest bulb in the pack. He had heard it time and time again. When he was a kid, he would often hear his parents discussing that no matter what they did, he just didn't seem to understand things or he didn't 'use his head'. He was fairly certain that was one of the reasons why his parents kept him secluded for so long. But, now, there wasn't much they could do about it, was there? He smiled and flushed as Doni squeezed his cheeks and he nodded, "Right. Camera duty." He laughed.

Turning around, he grabbed a chair from a desk, along with some cleaning supplies and he climbed up directly in front of the camera, beginning to clean the lens. Rory made sure to take his time and it sure did feel like a long time. However, soon enough, Doni got the lock and he jumped down from the chair and wandered towards his best friend, "Oh, Doni, you're the fucking best!" He laughed and grabbed the keys from him, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Reaching forward, he grabbed Adonis and pulled him close, placing a big ol' kiss on his cheek before he laughed, "Yes! I will! Let me just put everything in the safe and we can go!"

Literally jumping into action, Rory grabbed the money from the cash register and threw it into the safe before he closed it once again, "Come on!" The Fae flicked off the lights to the office then guided them out of the store, locking the door behind him, "I feel like it's been forever since we've been out!" He said simply, beginning to walk, "Where do you wanna go?!"

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“i’m fine,” malcolm lied, putting a smile on his face for the fae rather than for himself, “i’m just not great with the holidays.” the second part wasn’t a lie, he wasn’t now that damien was gone but fine certainly wasn’t what malcolm was. he usually respected people, respected his food source and didn’t drink without permission but he was caring less and less about those values that he used to hold so high. all he could smell was rory’s blood, rushing through his veins, begging for mal to sink his teeth in. it wasn’t even rory that was the reason that he didn’t, it was the fact that he knew the fae was a plaything of another vampires and he didn’t know cecilia well enough to know if she’d get pissy that mal took blood from him. 

“yeah i see you here a lot. it’s a little dangerous of you to do so, no? there’s a lot of vampires here that won’t care if one of us has a claim on you or not…” he murmured, eyes flickering to rory’s neck for just a second before meeting the fae’s eyes. “but company would be good. plus, it keeps your pretty self safe.” 

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"Ah, yeah." The Fae said aloud and folded his arms across his chest as he placed his elbows down onto the table, "The holidays suck." He laughed, "Really, they do. I mean, I get why we celebrate them and what not, but really, all it does it make people sad in the long run. So, like, what's the point?" He shrugged. Rory really had no reason to dislike the holiday season. His life was pretty alright. He really did just feel bad for all the people who were alone. It wasn't fair. But there wasn't much he could do about that except chat with whoever.

His gaze shifted around the bar for a moment before he looked back to Mal and he shrugged, "Is it dangerous?" He asked, genuinely confused, "It seems like a pretty chill place to me!" So far, all the vampires had been really nice to him and to be frank, he liked hanging out there. He wasn't sure if it was something to admit or not, but he liked being fed from. There was just something about it. It was another reason why he hung out there. But he knew for a fact that if his parents found out, they'd lock him up forever. It was best to keep it to himself, "Well, great!" He grinned, "You want a drink? What's your poison?" Rory smiled, "I'll get whatever you're having."

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"Ah, yeah." The Fae said aloud and folded his arms across his chest as he placed his elbows down onto the table, "The holidays suck." He laughed, "Really, they do. I mean, I get why we celebrate them and what not, but really, all it does it make people sad in the long run. So, like, what's the point?" He shrugged. Rory really had no reason to dislike the holiday season. His life was pretty alright. He really did just feel bad for all the people who were alone. It wasn't fair. But there wasn't much he could do about that except chat with whoever.

His gaze shifted around the bar for a moment before he looked back to Mal and he shrugged, "Is it dangerous?" He asked, genuinely confused, "It seems like a pretty chill place to me!" So far, all the vampires had been really nice to him and to be frank, he liked hanging out there. He wasn't sure if it was something to admit or not, but he liked being fed from. There was just something about it. It was another reason why he hung out there. But he knew for a fact that if his parents found out, they'd lock him up forever. It was best to keep it to himself, "Well, great!" He grinned, "You want a drink? What's your poison?" Rory smiled, "I'll get whatever you're having."

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Continued from here @isa-rivera

Rory took note of the rest of the jewelry on her fingers and he smiled as she placed the ring he suggested on, "It looks great!" The Fae exclaimed and beamed like he had really done something. When really, he just opened a case and thought that one looked shiny. To be frank, Rory sucked at his job, but he was nice and he made people comfortable. At least, that's what he heard. And that was why he had the job, "Well, what about a necklace?!" He asked. Turning around, he looked around for a moment before he spotted the display that hung several statement piece necklaces. Grabbing it, he brought it back to the woman and set it down, "With a collarbone like that, you gotta flaunt it!" Rory grinned.

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Random song lyrics starter for @frccdxm (Cecilia) Song is Five Years by Bo Burnham

Lately, Rory had been hanging around the vampires a lot. Why? Why not was the real question. They were interesting! Far more interesting than the fae, he was realizing. The fae were really quite uppity when he thought about it. But the vampires? Nah. They were fun! There always seemed to be something exciting going on with them too so he really like that. Plus, he had grown pretty close to one of the vampires named Cecilia. He let her feed from him a few times and he kind of really liked it.

And now, he was hanging out with her as she performed for the whole bar and the moment she came back from the stage, Rory beamed like a proud mother, "So this is the real you! Nice to meet you!" He laughed, extending his hand as a joke before he waved it, "You're a superstar! Why didn't you tell me you can sing?!"

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Random song lyric starter for @deathbeckons (Matty) Song is Start the Fire by Jamie Campbell Bower

If there was one thing about Rory Lightwing, it was the fact that would talk to anyone about anything. It probably wasn't a good thing considering where he lived, but so far, nothing had happened to him so why bother changing it? Plus, he had already hung out with Matty before and the guy was great! Really top notch guy so Rory felt pretty comfortable talking to him.

Whether or not this was a topic to discuss, he wasn't sure. It hadn't happened to him before.

"So, listen to this." Rory said, leaning forward, holding his glass of beer tight, "I had the weirdest dream last night. I don't typically remember them but this one...it stuck with me. I was walking around the Grove, right, on duty, right? And in the dream, someone snuck in and I tried to catch them. But I couldn't. My feet were like glued to the ground. And then I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out! I couldn't scream. I couldn't leave." He shook his head and released a breath, "What does that mean?! All dreams mean something, right?"

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JOE KEERY as GABE  HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY (2015)

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adonis was worried from the moment rory came and latched onto him, but the young fae couldn’t hide his relief when the other admitted that it was just about some keys locked within a safe. “that’s okay, rory. we can figure that out. come on, take me there.” he smiled at the other, keeping his hand in his friends as they hurried back to the collectors quarters. “now baby boy, you got all these powers and you don’t think to use them to get into the safe?” doni questioned, a small grin on his features. “show me the safe, i’ll get it unlocked for you and then maybe next time you’ll be able to do it yourself.” plants really were a great answer for a lot of things, especially when you could manipulate them however you wanted to. he knew that rory was very… inexperienced for a fae. adonis had been taken under the wing at an early age, and he’d learned these things… perhaps it was time for him to teach rory what he knew. 

“don’t worry, baby boy. i got your back.” 

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Rory wasted no time in dragging his best friend back to the Collector’s Quarters and he shrugged dramatically, “I could have, I guess. But it felt wrong to just... prison break into the safe.” He said. Then again, what else would Doni do besides prison break into said safe? “Honestly, I didn’t want Giselle to look at the tapes or something and see trying to break in. So if you unlock it, I’ll distract the camera.” Rory grinned, tapping his forehead like he just came up with the biggest big brain idea in world.

Pushing open the door to the store (that he had to leave unlocked because of the missing keys), he looked around nervously, hoping everything was still there. Luckily, it was. With a huff, he walked to the back of the store into the managers office and he pointed towards the safe, “It’s right there.” Rory ran his fingers through his perfectly quaffed hair and folded his arms across his chest, “I didn’t even think to use magic.” He mumbled, “There’s a reason why I’m just a guard, you know.” The fae laughed, shaking his head.

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rory had asked how he was, and it was enough to make him laugh… like, actually laugh. holidays were hard for him, and he was sure it wouldn’t be long until they lost all meaning but right now he missed damien. it was getting harder again, the holidays making him think of the times he had with his husband. ex-husband? he supposed it didn’t really matter for immortal vampires. “i’m fine, little fae. i miss having sex,” malcolm shrugged, not having really done anything with anyone since damien’s departure, “but at least i don’t wanna die anymore, and i think that’s pretty cool.” he was joking, mostly. had he been suicidal? he didn’t think so, but at the same time there were times just after he left that jessie had had to come and make sure he didn’t let himself starve so… maybe mal hadn’t coped as well as he’d thought. then the davenport realised that the little fae was probably only asking to be polite, and he sighed softly, “what brings you to me today, little one?”

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Sometimes Rory regretted opening his mouth and talking to people. He never really knew what was going to happen when he did. Not that he ever really regretted talking to Mal, he just didn’t know how to respond to that. Rory hadn’t really had sex before. He just kind of fooled around for a bit and that was that. So he didn’t really know what there was to miss about it, “Oh, well.” He said with an awkward chuckle, “That’s a plus, right?!” He grinned as his eyes widened with feigned sheer worry for the other, “You’re uh...you’re okay, right?” He asked, unsure if it was really a joke or not. Rory wasn’t great with sarcasm.

Clearing his throat a bit awkwardly, he smiled again and shrugged, folding his hands, “Well, you know I hang out here and, I don’t know, thought you looked lonely, honestly.” He wasn’t sure that was a good thing to say or not considering what Mal had just told him, but it was the truth, “Thought I could keep you company at least.” The fae smiled warmly, “If you want, of course.” 

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The bubbles floated to the surface, amber liquid sparkling in the low light of the club. She’d missed the simpler pleasures of having a chilled glass of champagne with the temperature down below always melting her ice. “To Hell.” Grinning she lifted her glass as if to toast her true home. It was a joke with how terrible the conditions could be at points, but there was something about going home that made a person appreciate what they had. “I did miss it here, although I feel like I missed out on so much.” She leaned forward, happy that her current companion kept the conversation going rather than leaving the moment that he knew what she was. “Would you care to be my guide to the city?”  

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Rory’s gaze shifted back and forth when she said she went to Hell. That was...unexpected. “Uh...what?” He asked with a laugh, “Really? Like The Hell?” Why did he think that was a myth? Rory wasn’t known for his smarts, that was for sure. There wasn’t a day that went by when someone said ‘nothing but air in that pretty head of yours’ to him. And for a while, he just thought they were being funny but as he got older, it made more sense. Rory really wasn’t that bright. But that was okay. He was fun and entertaining and that’s all he could really ask for, right? Right...

“You probably did! Two decades is a long time to be gone!” Rory exclaimed with a laugh. Hearing her next question, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes a bit and took another swig of his drink before he finally answered, “Uh, yeah! That would be fun! I warn you now though, I’m not the best guide. I’m pretty new to this whole thing.” He laughed a bit sheepishly, “But I’m always willing to try! What do you want to see?!”

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“i don’t like that look, what happened?” - from Adonis

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“Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.” Rory chanted as he hustled down the street of Calamity, rushing around to find Adonis. Why? Well, Doni was his best friend and he was more versed in the world that Rory was. Which really, it was kind of sad when you thought about it because Rory was a lot older than him. But Doni didn’t have the parents that Rory had. Because of them, he didn’t know shit about anything it felt like. So hopefully Adonis could help with him with his current issue.

Wandering around for what felt like forever, he finally found Doni and he immediately latched onto his friends arms, “Doni!” He called out.

“I don’t like that look, what happened?”

Rory just cringed, his hands never leaving the other, “I locked the keys to the safe in Collectors Quarters inside the safe.” He said, “I don’t know how to get them out. And I really need them.”

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matias linked arms with rory, smirking at the innocence of the other, “yes, i suppose that you do. it’s enough to draw people in as well… especially when you look more into what they offer but i never really head to the top floor. i prefer the main floor, anyway. more people, more fun.” he shrugged, glancing over at his friend, “oh, the top floor is like a strip club, basically. wondered up there by mistake one time. don’t get me wrong it’s hot but, i prefer to be somewhere i can more openly socialise.” 

the questions came and matty’s default response was to shrug at them, “i mean, i was with the humans for a while, at the old hideout. i was working up to be a scout when i was taken by the vampires, to the bite club to be a feeder. i was there for a while, long enough to start to like it when i met–” he swallowed thickly, looking down and unlinking their arms, his arms coming to wrap around himself anyway. “the overlord that was here until recently. we clicked pretty quickly, and i was his feeder for the longest time. now he’s gone, and no i never went anywhere outside of calamity, but he is. i don’t know where, but sometimes i think about going to look for him. i wouldn’t even know where to start; he said it was too dangerous for me to be with him. so now i’m back at bite club, though i still live with a different vampire.” he chewed on his lower lip as he looked at the other, “what about you?” 

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Rory’s gaze stayed upon the other as he explained more about the club, nodding his head. There was certainly nothing like that in Myre Grove. His eyes then drifted up when he mentioned the strip club as if they were in the building already, “Oh wow, really?” Rory asked with a laugh. He wasn’t expecting to hear something like, “Yeah, me too. I’m too talkative not to be able to freely roam and talk to whoever is around.” He grinned, “Hense this.” Rory pointed at the two of them and chuckled.

However, the joy of the conversation seemed to get sucked out of the room the more Matty began to speak, explaining some of what he had experienced. Rory had no idea anything like that was even a thing. He had heard of feeders, never met one before, and that was certainly interesting. It would be a lie to say that vampires didn’t interest Rory thoroughly. They were just...interesting. The way their whole hierarchy worked and their feeding. All of it. But he decided to keep that to himself. He reached his hand out and rubbed Matty on the back when he felt the sadness ooze from him. Rory wasn’t great with sadness but he could at least offer that and hopefully change the subject so that things would be happy again.

“I’ve been here my whole life!” He explained, “I’m from the Grove, not a surprise.” Rory laughed, “I just recently left there for the first time. Like...a couple weeks ago, maybe, at the most.” He shrugged, “Long story.” One that wasn’t really worth talking about, “I’m just wanting to experience everything I possibly can. There’s so much to do and so much to see and experience. I feel like I’ve missed out of so much!” There was no denying that, “So, if you have anything you suggest, let me know. I’m an open book.”