Kai Parker

tamryn made a dramatic thinking expression. “hmm. i suppose you have a point there. huh, never thought of it like that. though there aren’t a lot that have their sharp teeth out all the time,” she quipped with a chuckle. “so what are you, then?” she asked curiously.

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Kai hums with a soft nod, “I don’t know many who do, I suppose its a survival technique isn’t it?” After all if people were seeing some kind of dangerous creature they were more likely to want to put it down. It was the ones that seemed normal that were the dangerous type. “Me? Oh I’m a lot of things, you’re gonna have to be more specific. What type of supernatural am I?” He raises brow with a sly smile on his face. “I’m a hybrid in a way I guess, heretic is what my coven called them. Vampires with the ability to use magic, handy really.”

Madi’s gaze lifted as Kai approached, glancing up towards the other through her ebony lashes as the he spoke. She followed his gaze, glancing around towards the ‘toothy’ individual as described and her gaze narrowed as she offered an awkward smile, before turning back towards Kai. “You know what? Like four more of these and I can see myself being in to it.”

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Kai nods his head with a pondering look on his face, “I mean the face isn’t bad.” He notes looking over at the woman, “At least she’s not a weird color, I mean unless you’re into that kind of thing.” Pausing to think on it he finally nods, “I could probably be into that kind of thing. Just not an odd color, like I don’t know a glow in the dark kind of green.”

A soft chuckle eased from Dex’s lips as he raised the glass to his lips, “there’s always a loophole somehow, right?” he questioned with a grin. Dex took a sip from his glass, getting a taste for the beverage before shrugging his shoulders as he knocked back the whole glass. It appeared that he had forgotten just how much of a kick the drinks punched, as out of the blue he mused, “I’m completely used to hot chicks with teeth. But i’m sure I can handle myself.”

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“That’s what they say.” In more ways than one given the magic loopholes that existed in the world, he had to assume that it didn’t matter what the situation was there was always a loophole. “I would hope most of the chicks you know have teeth but hey I’m not one to judge.” Kai shrugs knowing that Damon once told him about man eating divas he wondered if they were anything like these girls. “Who knows though if she got you a drink I’m sure you’re safe enough.”

Looking down towards the end of the bar Max could see the girl at the end and sure enough the glint of sharp teeth, turning his head away again he shrugged. “Not interested.” He said with a shrug of his shoulders. 

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Kai looks at the glass, “Want me to send it back with the message or just pour it out while staring at her?” He asks wondering why the kid was turning down the drink but not caring enough to really dig into it. “Or I guess I could save her the trouble and dump it on your head. Choices are near limitless really.”

The last time they had hung out in a bar, the roles had been reversed and he had tried to kill her (again). It was nice to not be stuck behind a bar and a wall this time, but she still wasn’t convinced he wouldn’t try to kill her if he got the chance. That was his entire thing, wasn’t it? “I’d rather you end me right here, right now than work with you,” she said with a dramatic shudder, pushing the drink back his way to make it clear she had no intention of drinking it. “No one here is harmless, but not everyone is a fucking psychopath, Malachai.” This whole display was laughable to her. She didn’t know what he was trying to do, but he looked ridiculous. “You don’t deserve one. Jo should be here. Luke. I don’t know why you keep getting second chances.”

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Kai tskes at his sister shaking his head, “Shame you really value your life that much sissy.” He says though he had a sneaking suspicion that it wasn’t what she meant when she said what she did. He just choose to believe it anyway. “Hmm I doubt everyone but I also doubt I’m the only one though I don’t think I can be classified as that anymore, thanks to Luke.” He answers pondering, after all he picked up Luke’s traits it was why Kai couldn’t kill Liv face to face. “That’s your opinion and since you were dad’s lapdogs I don’t really care what your opinion is on that matter. Cause if you weren’t a twin with your own magic...he wouldn’t have really cared about you either.” He points out before scoffing, “Jo had a life, isn’t that why you and Luke were so ready to push her out the door at me to merge rather than do your own?” Kai asks with a raised brow, after all that was what dear dad wanted. “Maybe the universe just knows I keep getting the short stick or maybe I’m meant to be the one to break our little family curse.” He suggests with a smile, “No one else ever seemed interested before.”

Lizzie brows raised as the drink was placed in front of her. “Wait, it’s really that easy to get a drink around here?” she asked, shrugging her shoulders. “They weren’t kidding when they said to go to the new bartender.”

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Once Kai looks at the blonde in front of him, his smile widens slightly. The images of the Replacement Twins that were around Alaric’s office were pretty helpful with I.D-ing what his snot nosed nieces looked like all grown up. “I’m the man to see.” Kai confirms with a nod of his head sliding the glass towards her, “Free to you but I still got paid and if you mean I.D I’m pretty sure the law here is a tad different.” He pauses thinking about it, “Damn, you know what? No one has even told me if there is a drinking age.”

Cody watched as the male approached with a drink and then glanced down the bar before back to his bartender. He frowned a little as he spoke before chuckling a little. “Well I’m all for teeth, but sharp teeth in this place may not be best idea… Think I should accept it…or is that a sign that she’s in luck?” He wondered.

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Giving a slight shrug of his shoulder Kai leans in the bar, “If you don’t take it, you might risk offending her and then you’ll meet those teeth in a flash of rage rather than something...less unpleasant.” Kai wasn’t sure what anyone’s preference was and wasn’t about to shame anyone for it. Who was he to talk? 

Cassie lifted a eyebrow as she peered over toward the woman he was referencing, nodding as she finished the drink she already had. “I don’t know. I do heal pretty fast.” she teased, taking another sip from the drink as she smirked toward the woman before turning her attention back to the heretic. “So how are you liking the new job?”

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Kai raises a brow a little surprised by the vampire’s response letting out a soft chuckle, “Kinky.” He mutters filling another glass with a beer to hand off to another waiting customer. “Its the first job I’ve ever had. Can’t complain really get to be in the middle of everything and people don’t usually mind chatting with the bartender.” In a way this was Kai’s bread and butter in many ways. “What about you slacker? Just living off the vampire way of life?” He lets out a soft gasp, “Are you the one whose been bad eating the locals?” He asks with his voice a soft teasing whisper.

As Kai spoke, Bonnie could only continue regarding him with a disgusted expression. It didn’t matter to her that he supposedly had been experiencing emotion after his merge with his little brother - the horrific acts he carried out regardless of that fact were enough to sap any sympathy the witch held for the man; not to mention her own traumatic ordeal orchestrated by him in the first prison world. “I don’t know about Hell?” Bonnie repeated and questioned in a tone of disbelief.

“I watched the love of my life’ heart being torn out in front of me by a man that I was once happy to call my friend. I watched as that man married one of my best friends and got a slice of happiness that I was denied - that I have been denied again and again. It took me years to cope with that.” Bonnie stated as glassware rattled around them for a brief moment. “So don’t tell me that I don’t know Hell.”

“Wait - Ric did what? No. No, you’re just making things up. Ric wouldn’t be stupid enough to open your prison world for anything…” Bonnie stated with clear anger. It made sense though, as much as she didn’t want to admit it. She didn’t have any other excuse to go off of for how Kai would have been freed from that bar she had left him. But, to do that to his own students? She shook his head once more.

“Nothing you are saying makes any sense at all, Kai. I don’t know anything about Ric’s supposed misuse of the Ascendant; or about this mud man or Necromancer… however you ended up dying must have messed with your brain… what little left there was to be messed up.” She snapped. “I certainly wouldn’t have brought you back to life.”

She had knew of the rumors at first of the dead popping up here and there a few months back. She had even heard some confirming stories, but a part of her refused to believe it. Enzo hadn’t shown back up and it was easier to believe the dead returning was some sort of trick or illusion than accept that other people were being reunited with their loved ones left and right. It just opened old wounds.

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Kai hadn’t heard these run down of events he had to wonder who she was talking about both in lover and in which friend of hers betrayed her in such a way. “Sounds like you picked the wrong friends, Bonnie but its not hell.” Hell was something else, it was torment that never ended, it was a repeat of the worst things you could imagine, it was being alone for eighteen years, unable to die, unable to change, with nothing but your cracked psyche. “If anything that sounds like a Tuesday in Mystic Falls for you.”

“Oh? You sure about that? Because if no one was in my prison...how did I get unchained? How did I get blood to stop myself from desiccating?” He asks her giving her a long look before leaning the bar to get closer to her and lowing his voice, “Again, Bonnie I think you picked the wrong friends. We would have made way better friends.” If only she hadn’t the need to be so noble about people she didn’t know, about a coven who would have killed her just as easy as look at her to ensure he never got out, who tried to kill Jo themselves to keep him from merging. “The Gemini and the Bennetts worked together before, we could...” He doubted she would take the carrot but he would be stupid to not at least try.

“I think Bonnie Bennett has been left out in the cold, which seems...wow so cold given all you did for them all.” He tsks a few times before putting the now dry glass away and putting his towel back over his shoulder. “No? I mean I can only imagine how little time my nieces have left...maybe Ricky and Carol have come to terms with only having one kid. I mean lord knows that’s how my coven got over it so easily.” Otherwise why hadn’t they tried to break the curse in so many generations, they wanted it, they thought it was better to lose a kid than to have a weak leader. 

“If it wasn’t you and I doubt it was the Necromancer, I kind of burned that bridge. I just don’t see the point in getting into a fight with a monster of mud that swallows people whole like some kind of freaky snake.” He shudders a little grossed out by it more than anything. “The whole getting forgotten bit when eaten by him, entertaining to say the least.” He adds chuckling as he recalled breaking into the Salvatore school. “I would have to assume that it was another powerful witch who would have reason to bring the dead back, arrogant enough to do big bad magic against the rules...Perhaps a Mikaelson girl named Hope. How fun.”

“I should have known something was wrong when I actually started to kind of like this place.” Bonnie’s words left her abruptly the moment the man’s voice registered with her and her gaze fell upon him behind that bar - watching as he slid a drink to someone and began to casually chat with them like he was just some regular guy. “Should have figured I’d somehow fallen into another kind of Hell dimension if you’re here.” She stated and glared.

“What the hell are you even doing here, Kai?” The question came out sharply and demanding. The mere sight of the man brought forth a wave of unpleasant disgust and anger in her. “More importantly, how?”

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Kai holds a hand to his chest for a split second before he chuckles at Bonnie, “Oh boy, I feel like we’re in some kind of repeating cycle, reminds me very much of when we met, Bonnie.” He replies fondly, while he had plenty of reason to want Bonnie dead, he couldn’t help the fact he found her attractive still and he felt drawn to her. He supposed the only way to put it into sense was that she was his Batman to his Joker, while they could each kill each other they kept failing and he had to assume it was because what would they do with the other completely gone? “Hell dimension!” Kai snaps before realizing he needed to collect his cool once more, “You don’t know anything about Hell, Bon-bon. Lets not pretend you do.” He adds clearing his throat and busying his hands with the towel in his hand, drying a glass. 

Placing a smile on his face once more he shrugs, “Its kind of a long story, depends how far back you want me to start. The whole breaking out of my prison world? It was getting a little cramped with the kids Alaric was popping in, I always did wonder if you knew he was using his blood to create a timeout room for his students?” He asks scanning her face over to see how she would react to the news that the headmaster was being shady. “Or the whole mud pit monster? Maybe the creepy walking corpse guy goes by Necromancer? No?  All I know is I was brought back from the dead, again and a month later I’m walking among the fairy people.” He gestures around them, “And here I was thinking maybe you played a hand in it.” He teases knowing the venom she would snap back but he still couldn’t help himself. 

Dex had barely glanced up from his own glass, having been experiencing a slight conflict of interest lately, he thought it best to to as he always did and attempt to gain some clarity at the bottle of a bottle. He hadn’t noticed the interruption from Kai, until the drink had been slid towards him and he glanced up towards the other with a hesitant expression as Kai began to explain. As Dex rose the glass towards his lips, he didn’t even bother to glance towards the sender, “guess it would be rude not to. Sharp teeth or not.”

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Kai watched the other with a mild interest, even after all these years he still found it difficult to understand the emotions that he felt thanks to Luke and without anyone to help with it he sort of had to do his own research where it came to it. “I would say its just a drink, not a contract but with these fairy types, who knows.” He says with a shrug of his shoulder as he grabs a towel from his shoulder and wipes down the bar top in front of him. “But hey the teeth could end up being a fun thing.”

tamryn had always enjoyed bars. fun times, easy stealing, and drama was always present when she went to a bar. however, she wasn’t really sure how to steal things in avalon. she was cautious about abilities and even that they could kill her, panther or not. she slid into a stool at the bar and observed for a moment. she looked over when she heard the bar tender and chuckled. “well i guess i sometimes have sharp teeth too so sounds interesting,” she said playfully, taking a sip. 

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Kai gives a soft nod of his head with a understanding pout to his lip, “I guess that makes sense, I mean don’t most of the supernatural get some kind of sharp teeth other than the witches?” He wasn’t a huge fan of the fangs, not that he hated his, he just saw more fun in being creative with any kills. 

“I’ve handled a lot worse than sharp teeth,” she said coldly, staring at the drink suspiciously. There was no way in hell she was ingesting anything prepared from Kai’s hands. “So, you’ve got a job now? What’s the angle here? Get people drunk so the killing is easier later on? Or are you just trying to trick the poor people here into thinking you’re harmless?”

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Kai smiles at his little sister amused knowing full well she meant him and oddly enough he took that as a compliment. “I do.” He answers gesturing to the bar that separated them before laughing, “Oh man how tables turn, hey if you want I can talk to the owner about getting you a job. You have experience if I recall.” In fact he remembered it fairly well seeing his youngest sister again for the first time since being released from his prison. “I wouldn’t really need people to be drunk to kill them...that’s kind of offensive.” He answers grabbing the towel from over his shoulder and drying a glass. “Look around sissy-poo, no one here is harmless. I don’t need to waste time pretending I am.” He answers simply taking a sip from the glass of next to him. “I’m just living my life.”

While it seemed to take a lot to get Kai even a little tipsy, these fairies made their drinks different and it sent Kai into a giggle fit at times when his customers bought him drinks and egged him on to show off his magical talents. It was well into the night, more so closer to the sun coming up than anything. Pushing open the door he stumbled into the place with the Blonde quickly getting up from her spot on the couch where she looked to have fallen asleep. "God, Cassie! You should really be more careful, coming in so late." He shakes his head trying to turn the table away from him having the blame, with trouble keeping his face straight. "Go out to look for you and you must have just slipped right in." He shakes his head at her mockingly shaming her behavior.

She seemed sad, Kai knew that much, she rambled on without seeming know when to stop or maybe she just couldn't find the right place to. It had been decades unanswered questions and not knowing and suddenly everything that had gone on with them both needed to come forward as a word vomit from the blonde. Kai would have been amused if he wasn't so focused on the look of her blue eyes and the way her mouth moved as she rambled. Kai was moving before he even knew it and it wasn't as if he was moving with any supernaturally charged speed. It was slow and deliberate and yet he felt he had no control over it as his lips brushed over hers. As if catching her words on his own lips and shrouding them in silence.

His comment about taking after his father only made Cassie’s confusion grow. As close as she was with the Parkers, it seemed that they had their fair share of family secrets that she wasn’t privy to. A bitter chuckle fell from her lips. “Yeah, I guess we have ‘family outcast’ in common. It’s just great.” Cassie stood in front of the heretic, speechless, as he answered all of the questions she had spent years asking anyone who would listen. Her jaw tightened, her inner turmoil growing with each word. On one hand, he was to blame for her losing all of her best friends since childhood. Yet on the other, his family drove him to his breakdown; and she would be quite the hypocrite if she were to judge him for the blood on his hands when she had plenty on her own. She couldn’t help but wonder what would have happened had she been there that night. Could she have helped him? Stop him? Or would she have suffered the same fate as his siblings? These were questions she couldn’t let herself dwell on; she had decided long ago to let go of the past. She cleared the lump that had formed in her throat at his story before speaking. “Prison world? What the hell is a prison world? That’s where you were all these years? What the hell kind of punishment is that?”

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Kai chuckles, “I should welcome you, its been a title I’ve held for a lot longer than you. At least you had some good years to remember.” Kai barely had any, fleeting moments with his sister Jo, a couple of times with Joey but for the most part he was the cast off, the freak and he had to live with that. “Its a neat little trick that my family’s coven created, using the force of the whole coven they open a world like this one. Day repeats over and over, alone, no end to it, only way out was with this little tool and the blood of a Bennett witch, something I had in short supply for the eighteen years I was trapped there.” Things only got darker for Kai the longer he was there, when trying to free himself seemed impossible, taking his life useless, being trapped alone with his thoughts was all he had. “To dear old dad, I would say one fitting the crime I guess. He’d likely tell strangers that he couldn’t bring himself to kill me, being I was still his son but I think the honest answer is that he knew it would be worse than dying.” He pauses studying her over before he stands a little taller, “Alright, so lets have it? We gonna do name calling first and then get to the violent bit or just start off with the whole eye for an eye part?” After all no one who heard the story ever thought of it in Kai’s perspective, he was the monster, he was the freak who got what he deserved. And he had grown used to playing the role he was cast in.