... 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 ☦ 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐀 attends [ @ahmora ] ... 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ... [ CHEEK: kissed him on the cheek ] ... the castle is currently accepting new letters ...
they were both dead artists, in a certain, special way. and the two could not have spun more different paintings if ever they were to try; his head was dark very dark, and his statuesque figure taller than most young trees. the other was fair with great masses of golden hair draped across her shoulders. and where one had great, piercing eyes that shown near-red in the pale moon, hers were of a different, almost venal sort of disposition. stood together in silence, with the elder’s eyes fixed upon the parchment that had been strewn across the rostrum by his own hand. he made to dip his pen in the aging ink, catching little more than a glimpse of green in his occupied peripherals.
the touch of wax upon the dead, gray skin was enough to shock him from his stillness, to have him round on her like a vulture to its prey. his eyes, once large and full of jaded wisdom, seemed almost beady whilst they glared down upon her head. although they somehow were a fair contrast to his gnarled mouth, which had twisted itself into a look of petrified malice and churned to show the great, white teeth. WHO WOULD DARE BARE HER FANGS AGAINST HIM, LAY WASTE TO THE MARBLE THAT HAD BEGAT THEM FROM HIS BLOOD? like a savage wolf that might snap against its kin, the tension rose within him, evened out, and then steadily slipped away. nay, this was no vampire with her teeth lay bare against him. realization dawned and time passed slowly, and with it slipped shut the angered grimace of that count’s ruby maw.
❛❛ take care, ❜❜ his voice, though ultimately suave and deceptively soft, was laden with a sense of gravitas, ❛❛ what you do with your mouth, madame. where upon you lay it can have many meanings in this world. and i must impress upon you the seriousness with which you enter it: as new, fresh blood. ❜❜