Call Me Nico

Dove

“Mhm - it’s blue and white. Shines like your eyes.” Dove continued happily, content with his scandalous flirting. That was often the main selling point over the humans available to him to buy. The notion that he was forbidden was always delicious for them.

“It’s addicting… it draws people in and keeps them there.” He smiled, coy and sweet. “Looks like I might be stuck in Your orbit for a while… whatever shall we do?” He smirked.

“Is it?  I’ve never heard that before.”  Nico grinned at the mention of his eyes.  The other was just blatantly flirting now he felt.  He leaned in, smiling and keeping his eyes him.  Oh the delicious things he could do, he thought to himself.

“I mean, that’s me. I gotta be different and myself. But, that almost sounded like you agreed with me there, that I need to learn and experience new things. Is that my big brother being in agreement with me getting the fuck out of here? You want my tiara? We could do a switch and you could play the role of the Royal?” she offered with a small grin. “I mean I’m not a monster like my mother so I tend to like notice that people matter, I have this little thing called compassion…Sits right in my heart apparently” she winked at him. “Can’t you just blow all this off and make your own way in the world? Think of all the stuff you could do out there…”

“You definitely are yourself no question.  Did I agree with you, maybe I did.  If you get out of her, I know nothing about that,” he laughed and cocked his head.  “I don’t think I would do Royal very well though, but I do think I would look amazing in a tiara don’t you?”  It was ridiculous to think but they went there nonetheless.  “I can definitely say you’re not like your mother so winning there.  And you do seem to care far more for people than your siblings, even dad.”  He shrugged.  “It’s important to my mom, and really, this IS me making my way in the world.  I don’t have to do the work I am, but I’m good at it and I kind of enjoy it.  I don’t even know what I would do, or how I could just leave her either.”

cosmos: what's one thing you wish you could say to someone you are no longer friends with?

galaxies: what are three things you want to do before you die?

waxing: what is your proudest accomplishment?

waning: what is your biggest regret?

full moon: what type of person do you hope to be?

contemplation: if you could wake up one morning and everything in your life was perfect, what would that look like?

night light: who/what makes you feel safe?

ponder: what do you want to do with your life?

sunset: who is someone you thought would be in your life forever, but you no longer talk to?

midnight: are you a different person late at night than in the early morning?

candle light: are you an indecisive person?

reflection: have you ever changed something you liked about yourself to satisfy someone else?

sweet dreams: are you happy?

nightmare: what are you most afraid of?

constellations: who is someone you could talk to for hours and never stop?

reminder: who is someone you will never forget?

11-11: what's something you want, but feel like you will never have?

shooting star: who is someone you trust to help you make the right decisions?

earth: where do you feel most at home?

soothe: what's one thing that always makes you feel better when you're upset?

Andie merely blinked as the other mentioned his mother, no judgement coming from the young vampire. She wasn’t surprised her father had had other kids simply because he couldn’t keep it in his pants for long enough. It was a good thing that he and Kanopia definitely hadn’t agreed on the monogamy stuff.  “Hey, I’ve always been a troublemaker. I guess it just comes from a poor upbringing, or at least more of a lack of it” she winked. “I guess after being in it for over a hundred years I like, just want more. I am so tired of the same old all the time. There is way more out there.” she sighed and then smirked at him. “I only stalk those that matter,so consider yourself in my favor or whatever. Ugh, that’s like the filler on a detective show, when do you think you’ll get to the more action filled parts?”

Nico smiled at her.  “Always the one that has to be different hmm?  I can’t imagine any of you had a great upbringing regardless of where and by whom. But I understand too, people change over the years, learn new things about themselves, and the same old thing gets boring and not what we want anymore either.  Having so many years gives us the chance to change things, reinventing what we want too.”  H finished off his drink and put it off beside him.  “Oh so you’re saying that I matter, I feel better already,” he grinned.  “Yeah yeah, I know, I hope I’ll get to all that sooner than later.”

“Very naughty?” Darcy mused. “I was going for extremely naughty, actually.” She let her gaze drop to the hand currently holding her steady as well. She loosened her grip on him, only to lean closer, fingers spider walking up the length of his arm as she grinned at him, all sharp, inviting teeth. 

“The question remains, handsome … how naughty are you?” 

Eyebrows raised as his grin widened.  “extremely naughty, well that’s a whole nother level entirely.”  Nico stood back up straight, making sure she was alright as well though they were standing close to one another.  He noticed her fingers climbing up his arm but remained where he was and watched her.

Nico chuckled, his own sharp teeth flashing.  “Oh pretty girl, I can be very VERY naughty when the mood strikes me.”

“See and I heard once upon a time he used to be an impressive dude. I mean I’ve never seen it myself, but not all the paintings in the palace have to be a lie. I dunno…It might make me sound like a trouble maker but I just don’t value them as my parents…” she shook her head, but she felt she could at least trust the man to not get her completely in trouble over her words. “Hey gotta at least try and keep some sort of happiness whilst I’m stuck in this crap hole of a city. Oh you absolutely do lurk, I’ve freaking seen you, man” she teased. “so you’re rebellion hunting in reality?”

“My mother says the same thing so perhaps not ALL the paintings are wrong,” he said bemused.  Nico probably wouldn’t bring up his mother to the other siblings but given how Andie felt about her parents, he took the risk.  “You, a troublemaker, now Princess who would ever think that?  But I do know what you mean, or I can understand it at the very least.”  Taking another drink, he smiled and shrugged while nodding.  “true we do have to find things that make us happy where we can.  The city is not THAT bad either, there are some good things.”  Nico laughed.  “Oh, so you’re stalking me while I don’t lurk, hmm?” he teased back.  “Not hunting, not yet at least.  Now it’s more just about information gathering at the moment.”

“He doesn’t do that much to stop her, the term chocolate tea pot comes to mind when I look at him” She said simply, taking a drag of her vape and blowing out strawberry smelling smoke. She missed proper cigarettes but she’d began to grow oddly concerned for the baby she was growing. “He’s definitely lazy, you just happen to see him in the moments where he’s doing some brief work, most of the time he just does nothing” she added. “Yeah you likely did, no matter how useless. Oh you know, pregnant and being made to marry a guy…Luckily he’s really sweet and kind, but it’s just the fact that I have to like….Give my life to someone else. But at least this party is raging and I can let off some steam….Though more sober of course. So where have been lately? Just lurking around the city?”

He couldn’t vault what Andie was saying; with regards to the King, he had a pretty good relationship but it was fledgling and tenuous at best at the moment.  He hoped it would grow but he certainly didn’t know Ian as well as his half-sister did.  “Perhaps it is just his nature.  He is a good leader but when compared to your mother, not many wouldn’t be... a chocolate teapot,” Nico answered.  “I do tend to see him in the better of times that’s for sure.”  He smiled at her on the news of things.  “He sounds like a good guy, I’m happy for you, even if it is under the circumstances.  And hey you’re right, live in the moment and party as much as you can stand.  Me, oh please I don’t lurk.  The King has me looking into things regarding the murders at the Ball and unrest in the streets.  All fun things,” he chuckled.

Listen, Darcy liked parties. 

And, parties that required dressing in ridiculous, slutty outfits? Sign her up. She had always been more of a free spirit. She didn’t give a shit about politics, about anything, really, other than slave training, other than fun. 

But, having the night off had its perks. Neon, black lights and alcohol. Really, such things were made for her. Which was why she was on her sixth shot, body smeared in neon pinks and violets. She wasn’t paying attention, which was why she slammed into someone else, hand reaching out to grab them, steadying them both.

“My bad,” she said, before she got a good look at the other, mouth twisting into an suddenly interested smirk. “Or maybe not?” 

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Neon, dark and fun, Nico could be down with more of this kind of evenings out if they kept up being this enjoyable. He’d had some body paint on but during the course of this particular party, he’d done enough dancing and pressing against others that he’d added more colors to the designs over his bare skin.  He was moving toward another side of things when another body slammed into his own and he reached out for balance as well.

“No, no you’re fine”, he said with a grin, “unless you did that on purpose of course.  Very naughty in that case.”

“I’m telling you man. I can’t respect either of them or decide which one is worse. One is a fucking tyrant who is Hell bent on killing as many people as she wants to, with no care for anyone but herself. The other is a lazy motherfucker who is complicit in allowing the kingdom to go to ruin and letting said tyrant do what the fuck she wants” The Goth sighed, looking to her half brother, taking a moment away from the Neon bash to catch a breather and a vape break “Least you’re stuck with just one of them as your parent. How’ve you been, Nik?”

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He had finally needed a break from the crowd and hadn’t expected to find one of his half-sister’s there and soon they struck up a conversation.  “I can understand that, but is he really so lazy, he does keep her mostly from running amok too, doesn’t he?”  Nico took a long sip of his drink, glad for the time to spend with her.  “But I also didn’t grow up with them or you all either.  If I’m honest, I think I got the better end of that parental group.  But I’ve been good all things considered.  How about you Andie?”

Nico at Neon Party

Caius knew better than to allow himself to become embarrassingly inebriated, but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t have fun. He sipped on his umpteenth beer of the night as he curiously examined the nearby vendor’s wares. This was (as far as he was concerned) his first real festival. And a sentimental part of him hoped to commemorate it. He kept an eye out for the Blood Knights, hoping to avoid small talk and catching up. It was antisocial of him and he knew it, but such was life.

He looked to the festival-goer next to him, feigning sadness as they picked up a trinket he’d been interested in. A tiny, bronzed sunflower. “I don’t know if you’re the type to give into petty bribery, but I’ll provide you with an extra ten dollars if you’ll pick a different souvenir.”

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It had always been a fun time, the Summer Festival, and this year was no different really.  He would find his father and perhaps even siblings sooner or later and bid them well and make small talk, and he’d find his friends for more fun.  But first he had promised his mother he would bring her something special home.  She was not feeling up to being around so many people and made a point that she could see the fireworks and celebration from her balcony.  He couldn’t fault that logic.

He eased through several of the vendors and displays, not looking for anything particular, preferring to let the right thing speak to him.  A few here and there were pretty enough but nothing just right.  He looked up as the person next to him spoke.  “Bribery, perhaps; petty, well that all depends.”  Nico looked down at the sunflower in his hand, taking it in more.  “I don’t know, a whole ten dollars, but it goes so well with my eyes,” he grinned, teasing the other just a little.

“Busy but nearly finished,” she said, watching him drink. Lani glanced around at the club– last call would be soon, and from there, the night would be nearly over. Any drunk vampires would be hauled out. Then the fun would really begin. “You know, Handsome, don’t take it from me but if you’re in the betting mood, I heard a rumor that the challenger’s gonna throw the night’s last bout. Something to think about, but you didn’t hear it from me.”

Nico smiled as he nursed his drink while speaking to the lovely girl.  “I suppose it IS close to the end of the evening isn’t it, at least up here for most.”  Luckily he was nowhere near drunk or bored enough to just go home.  His eye rose in surprise at her offering of the information.  He certainly hadn’t intended to go to the fights but this bit of info could change his mind.  “You don’t say.  And what do I owe for this vital piece of information?” Nico questioned, watching her.  “Perhaps I didn’t hear it from you but, you wouldn’t be trying to set me up for fail, would you?”

Nico - Task001 “once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.”