𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 ♱ Owner of Seventh Circle.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

❛ 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞;
𝐖𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 ❜

𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 | 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔢
𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗒|𝗏𝗍𝗆|𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝗉

𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖺 𝖻𝗒 𝖍𝖊𝖐𝖆𝖙𝖊

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone "Probably, given the whole sunlight thing, as well. I'm a unique case in that regard."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

Can you yell at them to rain? It's too godsdamned hot

[Cara @DeathAndBone]

Yells at clouds.

Again.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone "I guess so, yes. All living things need water, they say, but I'm 𝘯𝘰𝘵 a living thing anymore. But blood is full of water, my body must do 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 with all of it."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone Mal turned his back on the storm, arms outstretched, allowing the chill winds to swirl past him, and let out a relieved sigh.

"Ahh...much better."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone Do it. I'll willingly impale myself on an Ice Knife at this point.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal Mal had been vilified and denounced from birth, long before he was a vampire. He had two options; lean into it, or prove them wrong. He toed that line every day.

"You said it was worse, though, if you resisted. You can't blame yourself for having some self preservation."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

Drown it in drink? Drugs? Sex?

All of the above?

[Raven @FuckBhaal]

What does he do with all this guilt?

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "Someone's got to take him out, we might as well do the honours."

And if the rest of the government went up in flames with him? Well, what a 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦 that would be.

"Does he know you're still here in the city?"

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

Not completely reformed, then. That's a relief.

[Raven @FuckBhaal]

Might try new crimes, now that he's not that much of a murderer anymore.
He's thinking tax fraud.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "Ha, I bet. If you ever want to try that experiment, I'd be 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 to help."

He performs the gestures for a Fireball, minus the incantation, of course.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal Few things worse than a politician, banite or not.

Eh, I've dabbled~

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@TrueBhaalSpawn "Very well, then", Mal smirked. Far be it from him to deny her something she enjoyed. He dipped his head, marking the spot on her neck with a kiss before sinking his teeth in. A satisfied hum escaped him as he began to draw blood from her.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone "Ah, I know the sort", he nodded. He ran his business inside of one. "A better guardian than many people would make, I imagine. What use do the dead have for petty human cruelty."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

What, no corpses to play with?

|| nice to see you back! 🥰

[Cara @DeathAndBone]

Bored necromancer noises.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "So I've heard. Don't think many of his progeny manage to crawl out from under daddy's thumb, though. How did you come to be free of him?"

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

Exactly!

I'm taming one if it's the last thing I do. And it may well be.

[Raven @FuckBhaal]

Understandable. They look friend shaped.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "Really? That's a terrible burden to carry around for the rest of your days." Over the years, Mal had gotten good at finding ways to absolve himself of his guilt. Some sort of maladaptive coping mechanism.

"I mean, by the sounds of it, it wasn't even your fault."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@DeathAndBone "A talking skeleton", Mal laughed, "of course it was. Explains the company you keep these days."

He felt a pang of empathy for her as a little girl, alone and afraid. There was some common ground there.

"Did he teach you 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 that tomb"?

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "That sounds awfully familiar..." He sighed. "Do you know who did that to you?"

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "I can understand that...", Mal nodded slowly. He had felt much the same, for a while. Little by little, killer instinct consumed his compassion, until his victims numbered too many to count.

"You clearly have remorse, though. Maybe that's penance enough."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "Ah, a paladin, that makes sense. What made you an apostate?" As though the human sacrifice and other various attrocities conducted in Bhaal's name weren't an obvious answer.

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal "There are ways of finding out", he mused. "If you want to know, that is. It may be a blessing. I think most people who searching for themselves don't like what they find."

[𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖈𝖊 @MagickAndMalice]

@FuckBhaal He starts off, heading for Manor Gate.

"Do you remember anything about where you came from?"