Thread: Moth to a Flame (Atroxa & Aiegrunt)

Liam sat at the bar, watching and wondering who it would be. This was a game he'd been playing for a long, long time but it was as fresh and exciting to him as the first time he'd played it well over a hundred and seventy years ago. With his height, his well muscled frame, his tangle of dark curls and deep set bright green eyes set with faint gold rings he had little trouble getting friendly attention, and a silver tongue was an asset there as well. But Liam had an ace, no, make that 4 aces up his sleeve that guarenteed he never went home alone unless by choice. Liam was a vampire. Oh he wasn't a demon soul inhabiting a corpse or any of that other mythological crap. He couldn't fly, or turn into a mist or a bat. Crosses and holy water didn't bother him, he could cross running water or houses he hadn't been invited into. Sunlight, now that was bad bad news and best avoided, and something in his blood reacted violently to silver. Dogs and wolves loved him to distraction, but that was true before he became what he was. Stronger, far stronger and dangerously fast. Mind powers, those he had. He'd could plant thoughts, affect moods by looking into somebodies eyes long enough and hard enough. It could be powerfully effective too, if the person wasn't actively trying to resist and had a very strong will. But his greatest asset wasn't visible at all. It was in his blood, his sweat, powerfully in his saliva and highly concentrated in his semen. It was a..substance, usually just called venom that had an extremely powerful effect on the libido of a member of the opposite sex. It also enhanced emotions and sensations, heightening feelings of lust and pleasure and ecstasy to almost unbearable levels. He walked in a faint cloud of it on his breath and from the sweat on his skin everywhere it went. It made his kiss, and especially his bite as addictive as heroin. And of course, he needed blood. He could live on and greatly enjoyed normal food, but ultimately it was blood that sustained him. Or to be more precise it was the emotion it was charged with. The greater the pleasure, passion and sexual ecstasy the victim was feeling, the more potent the blood and the less you needed of it. Liam was not a cruel or particularly power hungry man. He figured it was a fair trade most of these women came to places like this hoping to find a man to seduce them, he was merely giving them what they wanted, taking them to a level of pleasure they'd never felt before or would ever feel again, and he took some blood in return that they'd never miss. Vampire bites healed by morning, and not being a greedy man he never took more blood than what he needed. He thoroughly enjoyed their bodies, and enjoyed even more how much they enjoyed it, why be a pig about it? He scanned the crowd tonight, his eye catching a table of four. Everyone was eyeing up the exotic looking Brazilian number, but to Liam's eye the real beauty was a brown haired blue eyed short girl with cute freckles and a hilarious look of Oh God Why Am I Here. That sparked his interest and he didn't even bother looking at the other two girls. He finished his drink and decided to walk over. This girl looked far more interesting than the usual types he ran into here, and Liam was craving something interesting. He walked over, paused at the table and opened his mouth to strike up a conversation with the girl he wanted to get to know when the Brazilian looking girl leaped up instead Hi there! We were just going to dance, you want to dance with us?. Normally the dance floor was where Liam sealed the deal. All that physical activity, the girls breathing in his essence from his breath and his skin, lots of opportunities for physical contact, and besides he like me to dance. But he wasn't here for Ms Right Now, he felt a powerful attraction to this one girl for some reason he couldn't put a finger on, so he looked first to see what she was going to do. If she got up to dance perrrrrrfect. If not he could try a nice conversation with her. Liam also loved talking.