Put Another Dime in the Jukebox Baby

Venus vampire and magistrate Harlow Daniels, currently on tour, lost in a daydream.

[bansheepaloma]

The best crowd they were ever going to play? For some reason, that felt highly embarrassing for her. There were so many men in this crowd. Why couldn't they play in some lesbian bar or something? Maybe then it would be the best crowd they were going to play. Paloma didn't comment on that though. She was still enjoying all of this for sure and she always did love performing with Huntress. "You know, my dear coworker was performing and one of his friends was playing spoons and the other was playing...actually, I don't think he really was doing anything. Men can get away with doing anything if they're pretty enough. It's wild." If anyone looked at her on the surface, she was sure they would think she absolutely despised men. It wasn't untrue though. She did like a few of them, but the key word there was 'few'. Not that it really mattered. Who was going to tell her she couldn't? She had seen Barbie. She knew what she was about. "A date? No. I do have someone I want to see though. She's been out there being one hell of a woman today, let me tell you."

[missharlowdaniels]

"Yes, I still think the pretty wolf would be a good addition but," Harlow offers a shrug because they both know while Dante was pretty and talented and seemed like a good time, he was still a man and that sort of threw a wrench into their whole vibe. Granted, the guy playing the spoons was interesting, maybe they'd have to sample some of that spoon playing. Shifting her weight from boot to boot, she grabs one of the few hair ties on her wrist and quickly draws her long curls into a knot at the base of her neck just to get it out of the way for a moment. "Is she doing one of the gauntlets? Bless her, there's nothing like a powerful, feral woman."

[oratiox]

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He gobbled each piece down with haste, eager to fill his belly so he could dump the contents on some foolish primates. Though the Goose could pick up on this feeder's undue worry from her tone. It was not uncommon for primates to underestimate him, and since he can't recall a time when he needed to reprimand her for bringing subpar food, she deserved to be coddled. After he swallowed the last bite, the Goose stretched his neck up to tap the bottom of his beak on top of her head. He would be able to eat everything at the buffet and whatever she brought him.

[missharlowdaniels]

Harlow can't help but let out a laugh at the goose stretching it's neck out and booping her on the head. She thinks that's it's way of telling her that he's more than capable of handling himself and she wouldn't worry over him too much, Honkus was a fearsome creature, thriving off chaos. "Would you like another pretzel? Tell you what, you point out what you want and I'll get it for you." Straightening up and rising to her feet, she nods from the curious creature to all of the food stalls.

[oratiox]

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Never let the primates get slack on their duties. That was the Goose's number one rule when it came to his feeders. He wasn't a dumb dog who could be trained to do tricks, he was a glorious Goose. As such, he gobbled down the delicious treat piece offered with haste, not because it was special but because he clearly needed to train this feeder better. He had a story for her. It was about the Goose who got the whole pretzel, and surprise! She was living it. The torn piece barely made its way down the Goose's neck before he was squeaking and nipping in the direction of the rest of the pretzel pieces. Chop chop, he had lots of ground to cover even if he was making time for her. Didn't she see the massive banquet that was for him specifically?

[missharlowdaniels]

Rather quickly, because she knew that this particular goose was impatient, she continued to rip apart the pretzel bit by bit. "I'm worried about you and all these wolves though." The lycans of Rome were to be respected, but Lupercalia in general was rather rowdy and as she held out another pretzel piece to the magnificent goose, Harlow's brows furrow just slightly. Surely he could handle himself, that wingspan and speed of his was probably enough of a deterrent to most people. "I'm sure you'll be alright."

[missharlowdaniels]

Person: @bansheepaloma Location: Backstage, hangin after performing "This is probably the best crowd we're ever going to play." Harlow didn't really play for money or any kind of notoriety, she played because she liked to. It was fun and nothing made a show better than an engaged audience. "The whole line up is great, too." She was still adamant that the pretty wolf who'd played with the big wolf and the one with the spoons would be an asset. Actually maybe the one playing the spoons could be an asset, too. Putting a pin in that, she went from the idea of one pretty wolf to another and her eyes tear away from Weezer doing a second run through of "Beverly Hills" to look to her fellow blonde. "Do you have a date here?"

[missharlowdaniels]

Person: @oratiox Location: Near a Water Source notes: centuries old vampire finds goose she's very fond of "Well there you are." The goose, whom she had long ago dubbed 'Honkus Ponkus', she hadn't seen for a little while now. "Still getting into trouble?" Without thinking too hard on it, she rips apart the soft pretzel in her hand into smaller pieces, she'd get Diana another one to snack on, this was important. Kneeling down in her over the knee boots and letting the fringe of her jacket brush the ground made her grimace a bit but this was worth it. "I hope you've been up to all sorts of trouble." Without hesitation, she held out a piece of pretzel to him as she thought of everyone the goose could terrorize at Lupercalia. "What stories you must have to tell, my friend."

[bansheepaloma]

I don't need another hit 'cause it's useless really

@milenabarbcsa & @missharlowdaniels

[missharlowdaniels]

Valentine's Day Scrapbook: Artemis & Harlow

"Here we are Just floating with the moon and the stars Waiting for something, a little spark I don't know what it is, but when it comes Mmm, I'll know it when it comes" - "Celestial Dancers", Birdy @divinitydiana

[missharlowdaniels]

Harlow, Lupercalia

“Uncle Hank, I quit being a virgin the first time I had sex.” – Luanne Platter, King of the Hill

[placeapuppyinmyhair]

Oh, my good looking boy...

[xfortunax]

where. anywhere, he's just lucky he found her who. @missharlowdaniels

Caio wasn't entirely the jealous type. But it was a good thing that he understood the relationship that was held between Giovanni and Harlow. For it would make the relationship that he had with Harlow much more friendly. Which is precisely why he sought her out, with the intention of spending the day. Or a few hours with her, at the very least. "I'll let you choose the endeavor for the day. I just think it's about time we spent some time together."

[missharlowdaniels]

"I do, too." They stood there at the entrance to Rome's vast market and she offers her arm to him almost playfully. It's not like it was something out of the ordinary, for her to see to one of Gio's suitor's. Granted, usually they all went to brunch and she tried to assess a current partner. They both had their ways of protecting each other, her husband and her. This though, Caio seeking her out, it bodes well. "He told me the sculptures you're getting for the house. I'll have to send something over, I love doing a bathroom renovation for someone. But I was thinking maybe something for the garden, how do you feel about hydrangeas?"

[venusmagnus]

Of course it was unbearable. That was always the case when a sire lost their progeny or a progeny lost their sire. Magnus had a feeling that Harlow's feelings about the matter were much more elaborate than just that though. This whole relationship was much different than he had ever expected it to be. He'd been fine not knowing who his sire was. The only reason he'd ever known that they could still be alive was because he hadn't felt the loss of anyone from their line. Now that she was here trying to form some sort of relationship, he really didn't know how to go about it. "You don't have to tell me not to be sorry about it or sympathize. I hadn't planned on it." He hadn't been alive long enough to feel her death at least. "We already have an attachment. You're my sire. Even if I didn't want you around, you would be." Not to say he didn't want her around. He just wasn't sure how to express that to her without feeling like he was being soft about all of this.

[missharlowdaniels]

"I have failed you. Repeatedly now." First when they'd hauled him away for his crimes and she'd been unable to speak up. Secondly when he'd been struck down in battle. Maybe that first bite she'd taken out of him had been the first of her failures, she'd saved his life that day but at what cost? Magnus had a hard life and Harlow would like to think that she'd do what she could to make sure it was easier now, but she was slowly starting to realize such a thing wasn't possible. "Whatever you need from now on, I promise you I'll do what I can."

[divinitydiana]

Artemis felt her emotions leap with joy at the prospect that this could be it, this could be the future they had both been secretly longing for. It was as if being there with Harlow had warmed and grew her heart tenfold. With no one did the goddess of the hunt ever humble herself, with no one did she soften like she was willing to be molded and altered into something else by another. With the Aspect, the goddess sat up in their bed and she took her hands in her own. "I gave you the ultimatum that broke us before; I wanted you to come with me but I know now you could not." Like Artemis, Harlow was devoted to her people and she could only respect that now. "This time I give everything to you. I will ride the stars and bring their dust to you if you ask. I'll stack the heads of 10 thousand evil men for you. I will give up palaces for a spot on the bare grass to be at your side."

She smiled. "I'm ready to settle if it is what you want, vhenas." Vhenas: home. The restless huntress who called no realm and no castle home, who instead traveled all the World Tree would finally seek to call a body home instead. In penance and love, she would let Harlow decide where she went and stayed now in her life's journey.

[missharlowdaniels]

"We'll make it work, I promise you." All those years spent searching for something in someone. Physically she had never once been lonely, not really. There were always her vampires around, a lover, a friend, someone. Harlow fell fast and she fell hard, fixations on people something that people have just come to expect from her. Love is something she has an abundance of, it overflows from her, she always needs somewhere to put it. But she packs it all up, she hands a figuratively overflowing cup to her goddess as she laces their fingers together. "We have waited this long, if duty takes us away from one another again, we'll find a way."

[bloodygiovanni]

"Very." Caio was his and Giovanni was the avariel's, "As you know, my patron has always been very generous." The entire time Giovanni had been a vampire, he'd led a very blessed life; criminal accusations never stuck, wealth came in abundance, and good fortune followed him at every turn. Giovanni could almost never lose; where others had struggled, he breezed through life as if it were nothing more than a pleasant dream. "Now he's become even more so. We're living together, I'm commissioning some sculptures of the two of us to decorate the place with."

[missharlowdaniels]

Things were turning around for both of them and there's this little voice at the back of her head, one she doesn't often listen to when it comes to matters of the heart. Because the two of them were often happy for a time and then they came back together to commiserate to one another when things went South. Both of them doing well in relationships was something that almost made her the slightest bit wary, as if it was an omen that it was going to all come crashing down. Maybe some of Caio's luck would rub off on her based on proximity to Giovanni. "I can't wait to gift you a heart shaped tub. I'll have to send the contractors." Maybe she'd find a marble one, less kitsch than red. "Love lives aside, I have a feeling more problems are going to crop up."

[sweetfridays]

♡ suki waterhouse at the emmy's 2024

[femalestunning]

suki waterhouse via instagram

[milenabarbcsa]

"We have a few tracks that'd fit into their niche," it's an affirming statement and by niche she means the over saturated gay club vibe which she's certainly not opposed to. One of Milena's first nights within Rome had been spent within the confines of the Embassy, it was a place set up to ensure one would leave their troubles at the door and fade away into some gyrating oblivion. She's loosening the tension rods in her drum set, tuning to lower the pitch and mess with the sound; Huntress gravitates towards one sound in particular, but they dabble. "Maybe if it's a hit you can make it a regular thing," Harlow's not necessarily a regular vampire, she was more of a cool vampire and if anyone had pull with the Mars vampire who owned the Embassy, it'd be her.

[missharlowdaniels]

"That's a nice way of saying we're all a squad of homosexuals." Harlow can't help but grin over at the druid and there's this swell in her chest. It's something she's quite proud of, their little literal band of misfits. "Paloma has a staggering amount of queer playlists, she's already a hit there." And she loves that fellow blonde, always going out of her way to get a gig. "I was thinking I have a really good arrangement of 'Kiss Me' by Six Pence None the Richer all ready to go." She grins, fingers idly strumming at well tuned strings. It feels like such a simple thing now, to be able to play music and think of gigs instead of impending doom.

[bloodygiovanni]

Giovanni slid his sunglasses back on as he smiled and sunk back into his chair with a fresh glass. Harlow deserved some measure of happiness, especially given everything that they'd been through as of late. "Well, that's progress I suppose." Giovanni said with a sigh, "I guess not everyone can have the epic love story that Fortuna and I have though." Just a playful tease, he made himself more comfortable in his armchair as he held his goblet of wine gingerly in his grip. "So are you then? Together?"

[missharlowdaniels]

There is something about all of this that almost feels too good to be true. Giovanni deserves good things, as does she. More often than not she was sending him letters, even though they could and did call each other, and lamenting over a new lover, a new infatuation. They commiserated together, they understood one another in a way Harlow feared no one else would ever quite understand her, not even Diana. She smiles at him, her platonic soulmate, the one person she knew she could count on come hell or high water. "I would like to think so. What of you and your dear Fortuna? Official?"