#take your queue from the devil

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@vyrulent {Thorn for Sibella, Continued from X.}

It wasn’t unusual for enthusiastic fans to try and sneak backstage after a Hex Girls concert. Though they always hosted official meet and greets before the show, the girls were well aware that not all of their fans could afford such things. And as such, they were usually pretty tolerant of the people their security let slip by.

Tonight, however, was a very different story. The performance they had put on earlier was the last of the tour, and the band had a flight home to catch in the morning. That was why Thorn found herself blinking almost stupidly when she found a stranger standing in her dressing room unexpectedly, unsure of how she had come to be there until Sibella explained her presence.

“Shaggy had said he was sending a friend our way,” the songbird laughed when she finally recovered. “I had assumed he meant Maggie because Vincent had called him with another job, but I suppose that’s what I get for assuming. Thorn,” she introduced, holding out her hand. “A pleasure to meet you, Sibella. Any friend of Shaggy is a friend of Luna, Dusk, and I.”

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@vyrulent {Sugie for Sibella, Continued from X.}

“Who are you?” Sugie demanded to know, pausing the movie as she turned her head to stare at the unfamiliar girl. Sibella had definitely had not been there when she’d settled in to watch tv. Of that, Maggie was absolutely certain. Yet she was there now, and the redhead was a bit unsettled to note that she hadn’t even noticed the other woman arrive.

It was only the fact that her familiar hadn’t lifted his head from her lap that kept the youngest Rogers in her seat. The snoozing Scrappy seemed utterly unperturbed by the stranger’s presence, and Sugie took no small amount of comfort from his lack of alarm. Even if she had no idea what was happening, at least she knew she was safe. Ish. “And how did you get in here? Are you a friend of my brother’s, or something?”

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@hayleylabonairmarshall {Klaus for Hayley, Continued from X.}

“How quickly you forget that Freya also wished to sacrifice Hope initially. She fully intended to kill our daughter to prevent my aunt’s arrival and conspired with other members of this family to do so, little wolf.” Klaus reminded her darkly. “But by all means, do continue extolling her virtues.”

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@cfthesoul {Dallas for Colby, Continued from X.}

Dallas honestly hadn’t expected her enthusiasm at the idea of visiting the zoo, but he also hadn’t expected her to agree to a date with him in the first place. Colby struck him as the kind of woman that had men throwing themselves at her all the time. She was beautiful, and talented, and he honestly had no idea what he had done that night to earn a shot with her when so many others had failed. He’d have suspected that she secretly knew who he was, but it had been years since he’d stepped foot on a red carpet and his beard tended to make him less recognizable at a glance than the clean-shaven Austin.

Which meant that she had seen something she liked in him, and that was enough when paired with her bright smile to quiet some of his nerves. “You didn’t have to do that,” Dal murmured with a shake of his head as she told him she’d made lunch. “It was supposed to be my treat,” he added, producing a bouquet of cheerful looking daisies from behind his back for her. “But here, these are for you. You look beautiful, by the way.”

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@cr0pvamp {Paul for Marko, Continued from X.}

“Laaaammmmeeee.” Turning away from the gory murder scene playing out on the movie screen before them, Paul pouted at the other vampire. He would never admit it, but he was kind of getting sick of screams. As fun as they were to elicit, grabbing food was starting to get a bit boring. It was always the same old scene, even if the blood itself never tasted the same twice. “It’d be totally rad if we could pull something like that off, man.”

David would never allow them to try though. As much as their fearless leader liked playing with their food, he tended to avoid unnecessary risks. Paul personally thought a bit of risk was worth it so long as the reward paid out, but what did his high ass really know about keeping a coven of vampires safe? Jack shit, that was what. “But I guess quick an’ easy works too.”

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@paranormaljunction (Michael for Lucy, Continued from X.}

It was a mother’s job to worry, and his mother had had a hell of a time since they’d arrived in California. Michael kept reminding himself of that every time his patience ran low. Most women in her place would be behaving the same way when faced with the prospect of their family becoming vampires. Yet the eldest Emerson couldn’t help his steadily growing sense of irritation as she fussed. Perhaps some of the Boys’ attitude had worn off on him, but he didn’t appreciate being treated like a child no matter where her concern was coming from.

He was nineteen, not nine. The turmoil of the divorce had already caused him to defer for a year. If he did it again, he may very well lose his scholarship - and that was a possibility Michael wasn’t willing to entertain. He and Star would be fine in Arizona. He had lived there practically his whole life. It wasn’t as though he were going to a foreign country or another planet. He knew the lay of the land well, and if he needed help…his father and half of his paternal family was still living in Phoenix. They’d have all the help they needed and then some, even if the help wasn’t coming from her. And that was the rub, wasn’t it?

Eyes softening the tiniest bit, Michael sidled up beside her and drew her into a sideways hug as he nodded in response to her questions. “The truck’s packed. We’ve got a map and extra gas. We’ll be okay, Mom,” he promised her. “And hey, Thanksgiving’ll be here before you know it. We’ll come visit again then, okay?”

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@wastheheart {Jasper for Esme, Continued from X.}

Pushing the tiniest bit of calm Esme’s way to combat the whirlwind of emotions sweeping over them both, Jasper gave the younger vampire’s shoulders a gentle squeeze. “Everything is gonna be fine. Alice would have told us if she saw anything happenin’ today.” The blond reassured her, tolerating her unnecessary fussing with an almost indulgent smile; one that was quickly turned into something far less genteel as her words startled him into laughter. “Ya know, you’re not wrong. Think it’s too late ta call and get some last minute coverage for this whole thing?”

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025, an empty balcony while a party goes on inside.

(For Hope's father. Buffy's trying to sneak out lol)

@little-miss-buffy

"You know, love, there's these things called doors people use when they wish to leave. Perhaps you might have heard of them?"