#bastardfae

[mannythejaguar]

The funny thing about Manny was that as introverted as he claimed himself to be, it also took a certain amount of alcohol to bring out his party goblin to keep him from going home. Between the pot from Seth and multiple drinks, he'd well-reached that point late in the evening and suddenly his complaints about the noise and too many people here in Euphoria diminished into cheers of enjoyment and laughter as he danced with friends.

He needed a drink so he separated and wandered to the bar feeling, well, pretty fucking euphoric. The place was packed and inebriated as the shifter was all the bodies jammed together like a can of sardines created quite the obstacles to wade through. He'd just about made it to his destination, a clearing in sight from all the people that he pushed through... and collided right into someone oncoming.

"Oh, shit. Shit, I'm so sorry," he spoke loudly over the blaring music, hands out defensively as he tried to recollect his own balance. "Fuck, are you... okay..." Manny trailed off, recognizing the other guy as Arnon whom he hadn't properly seen since heat week after the halfling wound up claimed shortly after. His eyes narrowed a little as he smirked wryly. "Surprised to see you out here tonight, Ceanai."

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[raidenproulx]

Raiden knew who the mouthy little shit was that his fellow councilman had recently claimed as a form of punishment for some perceived transgression. Fuzzy on the details as one that rarely showed for council meetings unless they really couldn't be emails. The whole drama with the assassin had barely made his radar either. If it had the fucker would have been dead. Raiden only played in absolutes when he got involved in things. His trials ones of torture, blood, and death.

Raising a brow as he saw the halfling wandering about; Raiden, being the apex predator he was, easily came behind the unsuspecting creature who surely thought he was clever. Dark gravelly sound resonated against the newly minted slave's ear. "Where do you think you're off to, pretty little fae?"

Raiden made no attempt to restrain the younger interested to see just how stupid he was as he shifted to his full 6'6 height and glowered down at the little gnat of a thing in his shadow. "Sure hope you weren't thinking of leaving. Not even introduced yourself, yet."

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[kresnikxkaden]

Kaden wondered when Lucien would inevitably give up on this whole "grounded" schtick he was on. The one thing he'd learned about his master was that every time he wanted something from his kresnik slave that Kaden never gave, whenever that desired wish came to fruition it suddenly wasn't such an appealing thought any more. Now Lucien wanted Kaden back in his suite and the castle full time and it'd been a few months of Kaden with his scream sneezing, "dad noises" upon sitting or standing, Hallmark movie or Westerns or Below Deck marathons, extremely picky eating, and just general Texanisms that apparently hadn't driven the moroi further insane yet. Yet, being the operative word, because Kaden still had oodles of patience to wait this out. He believed it was only a matter of time before Lucien realized what he wanted was only appealing in the idea and not the execution.

The last few months he'd been stuck in the castle he'd not seen much of Arnon. Maybe they were both released from their literal or metaphorical cages at perfectly inopportune times to catch each other and it certainly didn't help this castle was absolutely massive in size. He hoped that his unofficially adopted third child was still alive and well in Tiernan's grasp, especially after his stint at Halloween. He'd sadly not seen much of Arnon since then... until now.

It had to be luck or fate or some sort of divine intervention that the kresnik's walk around the grounds to enjoy the blossoming spring weather coincided with seeing a familiar halfling out and about. A grin spread across the older man's features as he walked over to Arnon. "Howdy, kiddo, long time no see," he greeted him cheerfully. "How've you been doin'?"

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