La Belle Gabrielle

[Kana Lémartes]

((Oh btw all the drinks have blood in them [Except if you ask without]. No, I didn't know either until last night.))

Kana signalled to the barman to bring them the same.
Picking up his new glass, his expression changed to something that might have been a wry smile.
"Yes, it is, isn't it?" His voice was tinged with bitterness.
He stared into his wine, before drinking deeply.
"16 years old. Good age."

[Zackary Kalen]

"But, trying to outwit a manipulative person can be a blast, so long as your life ain't on the line," Zack admitted, pushing his empty glass to one side as the bartender set down a fresh glass of alcohol in front of him. Studying the glass momentarily, Zack fished in his pocket and pulled out his lighter and a fresh cigarette. Placing the cigarette in his mouth, he clicked the lighter until a small burst of flame leapt out and ignited the end of the cigarette.

Inhaling slowly, Zack paused to wrinkle his nose and remove the cigarette from his lips so as to respond to Kana's comment,

"Never really cared for wine," he confessed, exhaling equally slowly, "My parents drank so much of it I got fed up of the sight of it." He shrugged slightly, before picking up his own drink with his free hand and taking a more restrained sip.

[Kana Lémartes]

Kana sipped his wine again, before looking at Zack again.
"Each to their own, I suppose."
He glanced behind him to he rest of the room.
"Why not take a seat? My brother may be a while."
His face darkened slightly.
"Especially if he's waiting for Thorne to return..."
He gestured to the rest of the room, which had filled considerably since they had entered.
Kana turned his face to the speaker above the bar, which had just started blasting loud rave music and scowled.
"Why must my brother insist on allowing such... loud...crap to be played in here?" He muttered to himself.

[Zackary Kalen]

Zack chuckled, slumping into one of the bar stools and resting his elbows on the bar itself,

"Grates on the ears, doesn't it?" he agreed, exhaling smoke in the direction of one of the speakers, "But, y'know, business sense an' all. You play what people wanna hear and they'll come flocking. Although that betrays a distinct lack of musical taste in people nowadays," he said, shrugging and rolling his cigarette idly in between his lips, before frowning at his drink,

"Is...uh...'Thorne' the person on the phone?" Zack hazarded a guess, taking his cigarette out of his mouth and resting it on a nearby ashtray so he could take a sip of his drink.

[Kana Lémartes]

Kana seated himself on a stool next to Zack and smiled slightly.
"Grates...is not the right word. But yes, it does."
He sipped his drink again and glanced at the ceiling.
"I assume so, yes. She is his pet, after all."
He snapped his head back down and watched Zack place his cigarette in the ash tray.
"Do you ever stop smoking?"

[Zackary Kalen]

((I AM SORRY. I'm back! Sorry, we got a new computer, and UCAS had to be done and urggggghhhh...anyway!))

"Pet?" Zack picked up his cigarette and tapped the loose ash away, before replacing it in his mouth and raising an eyebrow, "You mean, like, he says 'jump' she says 'how high'?" he asked.

His eyes crinkled in amusement at Kana's question, and plucked the cigarette from his mouth to exhale slowly,

"It's like a mental addiction. Doesn't affect me, but I get tetchy without it," he said, with regards to his smoking, before grinning, "And, yeah, I stop smoking. But only if I feel like it...or I've run out of cigarettes," he explained, before popping the aforementioned object back in his mouth.

[Kana Lémartes]

((Heh tis okies! ^^))

Kana let out another barking laugh.
"No, I mean he says jump and she jumps. She doesn't ask questions."
He watched Zack with a degree of amusement.
"I can understand that."
He sipped his wine again.

[Zackary Kalen]

"Ouch," Zack said, with a grin, "I'm not gonna have to do that, am I? Or is this special treatment for Thorne?" he asked, resting his chin in the palm of his left hand, before nodding at Kana's response about his cigarettes,

"Well, everyone has some habits or addictions, don't they? My parents knew a vampire that liked destroying old landmarks for no glaring obvious reason. So, y'know, I could be worse," he chuckled.

[Kana Lémartes]

Kana smiled. Somehow it still looked malevolent, despite being a sign of actual amusement.
"I doubt you'll be expected to show quite the idiotic devotion to my brother that Thorne does, no."
He nodded.
"Indeed you could, when you put it like that. My brother, for example, once had a business deal with a vampyre that only drank from blond women. Some people are just a little.... odd, I suppose."
He laughed again and drained his glass for a second time.

[Zackary Kalen]

Zack's eyes narrowed as he smiled slightly disarmingly,

"I have nothing against your brother, nor to have any devotion to him. So unless my paycheck is ridiculously high, it'll take a lot for me to jump," he said, removing hios cigarette long enough to drain the final drops of his drink, "People earn my admiration. I don't just give it out."

The smile became less dark as he let out a bright and honestly cheerful laugh,

"Well, they do say blondes have more fun. Maybe that reflects in the taste of the blood? Can't say I've noticed any differences though..." he said, tapping ash into an ashtray.

[Vincent Lémartes]

Vincent still sat in his chair watching both his brother and Zackary. They seemed to be forcing bland conversation. Vincent had an idea, considering that Thorne was taking her time returning, he decided to call for his brother.

He leaned over and pressed a button on his intercom.
"Sir?" came a voice over the intercom.

"Bring my brother to me" Vincent said.

"Yes sir" said the dry husky voice of the vampire. He was stood in his black suit and tie in the main club by the doors. He looked around the room and saw Kana sat with another vampire. He walked over and nodded. "Sir" He said to Kana, "Your brother has called for you." Was all he said. He gave another brief nod then he turned and resumed his post by the door.

Vincent watched this all from the comfort of his chair. At that moment he got a phone call. "Yes?" Was all he asked, then made afew sounds of approval. "Good, get the builders and surveyors in" He was well pleased. His new alcohol factory would soon be up and running where the 8 Miles Motel had once stood, he cared little for that place anyway and had considered what to do with the land upon which it stood. Now it was destroyed and cleared his new factory could be built. He was then again reminded of the Human that had tried to kill him. He was both angered and happy that meeting. But he still had to ask himself: Could it be him? And if so this time he would make sure that Mr Joseph Risk was dead. He bent his mind to those he had sent to kill him and why they had lied about his death. He wondered if they even knew he yet lived. But this would not stand. Anyone that would lie to him did not love him. He would need all to know, anyone that failed him would suffer.

He sat and waited for Kana.

[Kana Lémartes]

Kana looked up as the vampire addressed him. He nodded curtely and stood up. Turning back to Zack, he said "Excuse me. It appears I have been summoned." He nodded and placed his glass back on the table, before turning and striding towards Vincents office. He strode down the corridors he had not long passed with Zack, and entered his brothers office for the second time that afternoon. Opening the door, he stood infront of Vincents desk, radiating annoyance and anger in his body language.
"You called, brother?" He asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

[Vincent Lémartes]

As the door opened Vincent turned in his chair. He had finished his phone conversation and was waiting for his brother. He waited for his brothers usual sarcasm and shrugged it off with a dry smile that he knew would vex his brother more.

"How do you like our dear Zackary?" He asked knowing that whatever answer his brother was going to give would be a lie to his true feelings towards him.

Kana and Zackary seemed to tolerate one another’s company, but did that mean they would try and ally against him? No! They would not dream of it. He had noticed that both Zackary and his brother were very much alike; perhaps that is what he liked about him. The fact that Zackary could be used as a tool like his brother. But since seeing Joseph Risk again, his mind was bent on betrayal. Would his brother be so bold as to think this seat would better serve him? Vincent’s hand touched his gun.

Paranoia bit at him...

[Zackary Kalen]

Zack drummed his fingers lightly against the bar, before nodding at Kana as he left to attend his brother's summons.

The Lemartes family were quite intriguing, he would admit that. There was a corner of him that just screamed 'BAD ROAD' about all of them, but curiousity was definitely getting the better of him. He was willing to write off some of his previous judgements about Kana; the younger Vampyre was very sharp, and intelligent, he just fell prey to temper and a low tolerance for people.

Zack inhaled the last of his cigarette, before crushing the butt into the ashtray and slowly exhaling one long line of smoke...

But, temper and tolerance were things that he himself fell prey to. They were simple flaws. Amusing ones, though. No, Kana was all right. Not someone you'd share everything with, but a good enough equal. That he would admit.

It was Vincent he didn't have a proper judgement on yet. Everything about him made Zack wary - he was sharp, clever, and ruthlessly cold. Traits Zack couldn't help but admire, in a twisted way, but he didn't trust Vincent. Not one bit. He'd spoken the truth when he said people had to earn his admiration and trust...but if it gave him something to do, he'd follow Vincent. So long as the perks were good, and the mental challenge of not being used - too much at less - was stimulating enough...

Although, something told him that whether or not he accepted Vincent's looming offer wasn't really his choice.

Sighing, Zack grinned wryly, and pushed his glass across at the bartender.

"I get into the weirdest messes sometimes," he said to no one in particular.

((OOC: Just wanted to post Zack doing something. He'll show up again when he's needed.))

[Kana Lémartes]

Kana scowled at his brothers smile. He came back with a sarcastic smirk of his own.
"How do I like him? He irritates me less than... some... people." He replied, with a meaningful glance at Vincents phone. "Why do you ask, ...dear brother?"