making war just for fun (for
first_rule)
The good news was, at some point before the end of the week, before hurting Jack, before most of the truly terrible thing he'd done, Dylan had realized he needed help. The bad news was this realization had hit during one of the lows, and he'd decided what he needed wasn't to be fixed, to regain his (mostly) moral high ground, but to sink entirely and stop having moments of conflict and hesitation. He also wanted to be able to keep this power, once the week was out, because really, what fun would the ultimate loss of what little light remained in him be if he was left largely impotent again, at the end of it all, half his magic still missing? What point would there be to finally wanting to throw his weight around here, without concern for who he hurt in the process, if he had no weight to actually throw?
And so he'd gone to one of the darker Agents. Attar, Loki -- take your pick, really. He'd made a deal for a couple of favors at a later date, none of which he had any intention of ever actually fulfilling, and after he'd walked away, he'd spent the rest of the week dealing with the final death throes of his morality, desperate flickers of panic and conscious, before it curled up and died entirely. Now, there was nothing holding him back, he had power overflowing at his fingertips, and all was well. Thankfully, he'd also leveled out to a certain degree, but only a little. He wasn't so hellbent on murdering Jack, now -- now, it seemed more sensible to try and turn him and the other Horsemen, first -- but destroying Teleios? Oh, that was certainly on the agenda.
Maybe he'd find Samuel and Bailey and, after making them suffer for the hurt they'd inflicted on him (maybe he'd force them to hurt themselves as he'd hinted at Daniel might be in store for Jack, his voice still and now forever a thing of power), find whatever little doom they planned to use on the city and make it his own. Maybe he'd just see what trouble he could get up to on his own or with the Horsemen. Maybe -- well, there were so many possibilities, really, and he had so many ideas.
Right now, though? First, he was going to have a drink. A toast to himself and to something actually going right in this hellhole for once.
And so he'd gone to one of the darker Agents. Attar, Loki -- take your pick, really. He'd made a deal for a couple of favors at a later date, none of which he had any intention of ever actually fulfilling, and after he'd walked away, he'd spent the rest of the week dealing with the final death throes of his morality, desperate flickers of panic and conscious, before it curled up and died entirely. Now, there was nothing holding him back, he had power overflowing at his fingertips, and all was well. Thankfully, he'd also leveled out to a certain degree, but only a little. He wasn't so hellbent on murdering Jack, now -- now, it seemed more sensible to try and turn him and the other Horsemen, first -- but destroying Teleios? Oh, that was certainly on the agenda.
Maybe he'd find Samuel and Bailey and, after making them suffer for the hurt they'd inflicted on him (maybe he'd force them to hurt themselves as he'd hinted at Daniel might be in store for Jack, his voice still and now forever a thing of power), find whatever little doom they planned to use on the city and make it his own. Maybe he'd just see what trouble he could get up to on his own or with the Horsemen. Maybe -- well, there were so many possibilities, really, and he had so many ideas.
Right now, though? First, he was going to have a drink. A toast to himself and to something actually going right in this hellhole for once.
no subject
At any rate, that in mind, he shifted faintly, looking back up at Daniel. "Well, either you fix our clothes and we get out of here, or there's probably gonna be a lot of screaming in or future." When the guy saw them, when he tore his throat out with his teeth, whatever.
no subject
It might gave offered a fairly decent view though when the merchant whose booth they were laying next to returned.
"What the hell!? This isn't a damned whorehouse, and a man's been hurt. What the hell?"
no subject
He let another second or two tick by after that, waiting for the man to notice his eyes, still black, or Daniel's. Daniel's horns and claws. The fact that he was very obviously a man with a nice rack and a pussy. Whatever. Then, when that realization seemed to set in, when he took a step backwards, Dylan was on his feet at all once. He was behind him a moment after that, arms around him but no where near as intimately as he'd done with Daniel the night before, the first time he'd fed on him, and grinning toothily, he ordered, "Try and fight back."
Not that the man particularly needed prompting, already struggling against him. Not that it did him any good for all of Dylan's strength. Dylan let him try for all of a heartbeat all the same, however, before his fangs were buried in his throat. If the man could have screamed, he probably would have. As it was, his face was a mask of pain and terror, breathy agonized sounds slipping out of him in the wake of shouting. Clearly, Dylan hadn't been kidding when he'd promised it would hurt when the blood was taken unwillingly.
no subject
Daniel was even considering such, if his smirk while watching Dylan was any indication. The smile fell though when the man came around the corner, all anger and condemnation.
His breath caught in his lungs, watching all that was going on. Watching the way that the man fought, the look on Dylan's face. Moving to his feet, casual as could be, Daniel pulled up his pants, watching the entire scene with curiosity but not fear. If Dylan had wanted to hurt him, he'd had more than one chance at it.
That wouldn't save this other man though.
Daniel watched, stunned, panting and confused. It was sexy and scary at the same time. It was such a show of power, so dominant and it left him with a hand pressed to his stomach and making sounds as if trying to speak. Finally he found words.
"You're... are you going to kill him," he asked, knowing the man could hear him.
no subject
He wanted to know what it was like, drinking from someone until they died. The closest he'd gotten on that front was with Jack, a few days ago, when he was still out of his mind, and if that was any indication, he had a feeling it would be good. Better than having to stop before he hurt someone.
no subject
He knew he could end up dead on the ground beside the man.
"Do what you want to do," he murmured, hearing the threadiness, the crack of his own voice. Danny cleared his throat, smoothing down his tee shirt that ended a couple of inches above his waistband because of the heavy swell of his breasts.
"Do what you want, Dylan. I vowed to stand by you in New York, this won't change that." Had it been Jack, Henley... even Merritt, maybe his words would be different, but he was pledged to the Horsemen, and that was where he would stand.
no subject
When Dylan pulled away again, the man was obviously dead, and unceremoniously, he dropped him, raking his tongue over his teeth. He staggered back to Daniel at once, seeming high almost, and really, that probably wasn't all that far off the mark. Feeding until death, tasting that little spark of light, of life as it went out, was, apparently, just as good as he'd hoped. He could see why some vampires, real vampires seemed almost addicted to murder.
no subject
His gaze stayed on Dylan, stepping in as the body fell, his hand sliding along Dylan's waist. "You're positively terrifying," he said, his voice soft and filled with some sort of emotion that had nothing to do with fear. Not in the least.
"Also, would you like your pants back?"
no subject
Nor would getting out of here afterwards, either. Unless Daniel wanted to watch him rack up a body count like a high score on a video game.
no subject
"As you wish," he said, picking them up. He balled the fabric up in his hands, focusing on the cotton of the denim. A moment later he shook out the pants, whole. "Better?"
no subject
"Much," he agreed, reaching to take them from Daniel.
He shifted further away once they were in hand, taking care not to expose himself to the sun as he stepped back into them. When he was more or less redressed, he glanced over his shoulder briefly before turning back to Daniel. "We still planning on getting out of here?"
no subject
"If I'm going to have horns, I might as well have magic to help as well," he pointed out, trying to sound so much like himself before all of this.
"Yeah, we should," he said. "We should go."
no subject
That said, he raked his tongue over his teeth with a note of finality, and considering the fact that his fangs retracted in the instants following, it probably made sense. The darkness bled from his eyes a moment later as he forced himself out of the vampire shift, if only for the time being. If they were leaving, well. Again with the part where he really didn't want to be on fire after such a nice day.
"Alright, c'mmon."
no subject
He had no plans of ever becoming the one that Dylan looked a that way, or letting him look at the other Horsemen in that way either.
"Lead on, Boss. It seems I'm following your lead."