[closed]

[marmoron]

Who: Keith + various closed starters
When: August
Where: Around
What: August catch all.
Warnings: Violence, death, vampire attack, inebriation


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[loverboi]

[ lance glances over at keith for a moment, shooting him a firm look -- listen to him -- before looking at tieria. the gun is doing nothing to put him at ease, though the feelings transmitting through his bond with kolivan are helping him center himself. it's enough to get lance to reach into his utility belt with one hand. he holds out his other hand towards tieria, palm up and out as if to say "don't shoot", and he slowly pulls out something that looks like a vial.

there's liquid in it, and lance slowly sets it on the ground. ]

Healing potion. Take it or leave it, your choice.

[ he's fully expecting tieria to leave it, but right now all he cares about is going home. ]

Keith. Let's go.

[marmoron]

[ Keith catches Lance's expression, then looks away teeth grit. Home, yes. He wants to go home. And he wants to ensure that Tieria isn't going to take that from him. Mind swimming a little from pain, he puts his foot on the vial after Lance leaves it on the ground.

Stay focused on home, not on the blood. He can do that for a little longer, right? Fangs still sharp in his mouth, he leans a little on the other paladin as he speaks to Tieria. ]

Give the gun to Lance. Then I'll kick the vial over to you. We'll leave the gun on the ground for you to find when we've got a five minute head start.

[virtuell]

I am not disarming myself.

[ Unfortunately for everyone involved, Tieria doesn't even need a moment of thought to shoot down this suggestion. The gun may not be pointed at anybody anymore, but it is still absolutely in his hands. ]

You can walk like this. Walk backwards if you must, so you can see I am not raising my weapon. That is all concession I am willing to make to one who frankly deserves death.

[ That's not at all an upsetting thing to say in this situation.... ]

[loverboi]

No, he doesn't.

[ lance snaps at tieria immediately once the comment is made. he can think of so many different things he could say but he refrains, for keith's sake. he scowls at tieria, baring his sharp teeth, keeping his eyes on him as he starts to move backwards. ]

Keith. Come on. Do as he says.

[ the frustration is prominent in his voice. there's no negotiating with this guy when it comes to the gun. ]

i'm so sorry about this tag

[marmoron]

[ Tieria's comment earns him a scowl. The guy clearly has some kind of death wish, running his mouth like that and a not-so-small part of Keith wants to play. If he were more clear headed, he'd recognize that this is what the books on vampires had meant by "a tendency towards sadistic practices" but as it is, the thought of making Tieria beg for his life is very delicious indeed.

But Lance is still there, still trying to snap him out of whatever mood this is. What is it that Shiro had drilled into his head? Patience yields focus? ]

Fine.

[ He takes his foot off the vial, then kneels to pick up his armor. If nothing else that might serve as a shield. But when the paladin armor is in his hand, he deliberately makes eye contact with Tieria and stomps his foot down on the potion to shatter the vial. ]

Let's go.

[ And true to his word, he does start backing off. ]

[virtuell]

[ Even with Keith's display at petulance making Tieria's own trek to the city considerably harder than it might have to be, Tieria breathes a sigh of relief as the odd pair in front of him does indeed start walking.

He's not sure how much longer he'd have been able to keep his wits about him in this kind of stand-off and it's definitely better that he gets a bit of time alone to lick his wounds and only worry about himself.

As promised, he does not raise the gun again and merely keeps his eyes on Keith and Lance until they are out of sight. ]