"I thought you said you were a professional."
The pair sat on a rooftop with two lukewarm beers as their company, but Ziggy had decided that staring out toward the city was an easier task than meeting her companion's gaze. He was striking, she begrudgingly admitted to herself, with sharp green eyes set in the honey of his complexion. She hated that. It made eye contact near impossible thanks to her insecurities, and due to the topic of the conversation, those were on full blast. "I'm very much a professional, and if us being here doesn't count, what more do you want to see me do?"
"Something I can't do would be a good start."
The two vanished from the rooftop just as silently as they had arrived, now finding themselves planted on a well-worn suede couch in someone's presently vacant loft. Ziggy rubbed her fingers along the foreign fabric for a moment before asking, "What about the part where I can raise the dead?"
"I guess that's something," Thomas said with an exhale of his breath, "But I can manipulate fire and that's honestly cooler."
"Yeah, it really is," the performer mumbled, her coral shaded bangs falling limply over half-lidded blues. "Only creeps wanna see dancing corpses, and the business of raising the dead is really... pointless otherwise. You'd imagine more loved ones wanting to say their goodbyes properly, but in the case of paying for a service, they'll keep their comments to themselves. Cheap fucks..."
Thomas nodded sagely before taking the joint from behind his ear to light it. With it pressed snug between his lips, he needed only to spark his thumb and index finger together for a healthy blue flame to emerge from seemingly nowhere. "Meanwhile, I'm great for camping trips and arson."
Casting a sidelong glance, Ziggy inquired, "And have you committed any arson lately?"
"Yeah, probably." Reclining, his head drooped lethargically against the back of the sofa. "I don't know how many fights I've gotten into that led to the building I was in burned down. I didn't really intend to do it if that counts for anything. Not sure if the motives make it arson or the act itself does."
Ziggy's brows crinkled as she thought it over. "Hm... No. I don't think it's arson unless you're like... uh, what is that thing? The one that means you obsess over fire and shit?"
"Pyromaniac?"
Touching the tip of her nose with her finger, she grinned. "Bingo! Yeah, you're not a pyromaniac and you're not getting your rocks off to setting shit ablaze, so I'm sure it's not arson."
"Ah, I guess I can agree to that..." He seemed stumped, vision narrowing slowly as he met Ziggy's look with one of his own. "Are you a necrophiliac?"
Snatching his joint away so she could chief a few hits, Ziggy choked through the exhales while vehemently shaking her head. "N-not even o-once a-and I've been o-offered Vampire c-cock-"
"Turned down a vamp? I don't think I'd turn down a vamp. They're not really dead."
"Compared to what?" Shifting, Ziggy straightened her posture and handed back the joint. Hands uneasily smoothing over the front of her blazer, she rattled off, "Compared to us, they're pretty fucking dead. The fact that they literally die at sunrise is a good indicator that they're just necro puppets like the ones I use in my show. The difference is just in who pulls their strings."
"And who do you think is pulling strings on an entire race?"
"God, obviously." Snapping her fingers jauntily at her side, a cigarette appeared between her knuckles, already lit and half smoked. "Maybe not the god we've heard about, but some god. A vamp god or a nocturnal god or a fucking fallen god. I don't know much about gods, but there's likely one for everything, including Vampires."
"You should find a vamp willing to talk and see what they think." Thomas sunk further into the couch with a short groan. "Can't be too much harm. If shit goes south, just vanish."
"Iz not zat I doh-naut want ze company, but talk ovahr gods? No gods for us." Alexy shook his head from behind the bar while simultaneously waving someone closer to where he and Ziggy were talking. "Эмиль, этот художник хочет знать о богах вампиров. Как мне сказать, что она сумасшедшая?"
Emil was a regular and, on some occasions, a massive piece of shit. Still, he seemed to know the most about Vampires as far as the current patrons went and he was always available. "No Vampire gods, like Alezy say - no Lilith or Cain or that fuckin' Pharoah from that one movie. No fuckin' gods." Sloshing his drink when slamming it down, he settled himself on a stool right next to Ziggy and towered over her as he continued with, "We're our own kind. Probably some believe in god? Whatever. Not my business. God is a concept and some Vampires take it with them when they are turned, yes? Just like proper manners. You open a door for stranger, you help little old woman across street, you pay your taxes-" He shrugged it all off. "Some do human things and gods are human made. Human owned."
"Did you believe in God before you were turned?" She asked, trying to remain casual. "Like, uh... was it part of your upbringing?"
"Yes, certainly. It was long time ago. Still, they teach us many wrong things when we were human. It kept us docile, yes? It kept us reliable and afraid. God makes people afraid."
"You're not wrong there," Ziggy agreed between swigs of her beer. "I just can't imagine there not being something or someone in control of the big picture. If angels and demons and vampires and werewolves are all real, why isn't God?"
Emil only chuckled through the mane of his beard. "If they have control, why do we not see it? I could kill you now - no God will come. No one but the ones you know here might care, and even they couldn't stop me in the moment. What would God control when we have free will? Lucifer's curse, isn't it? Anyway, no. No gods. There's nothing here for a god to want."
"I don't know. Isn't there?"
The pair sat on a rooftop with two lukewarm beers as their company, but Ziggy had decided that staring out toward the city was an easier task than meeting her companion's gaze. He was striking, she begrudgingly admitted to herself, with sharp green eyes set in the honey of his complexion. She hated that. It made eye contact near impossible thanks to her insecurities, and due to the topic of the conversation, those were on full blast. "I'm very much a professional, and if us being here doesn't count, what more do you want to see me do?"
"Something I can't do would be a good start."
The two vanished from the rooftop just as silently as they had arrived, now finding themselves planted on a well-worn suede couch in someone's presently vacant loft. Ziggy rubbed her fingers along the foreign fabric for a moment before asking, "What about the part where I can raise the dead?"
"I guess that's something," Thomas said with an exhale of his breath, "But I can manipulate fire and that's honestly cooler."
"Yeah, it really is," the performer mumbled, her coral shaded bangs falling limply over half-lidded blues. "Only creeps wanna see dancing corpses, and the business of raising the dead is really... pointless otherwise. You'd imagine more loved ones wanting to say their goodbyes properly, but in the case of paying for a service, they'll keep their comments to themselves. Cheap fucks..."
Thomas nodded sagely before taking the joint from behind his ear to light it. With it pressed snug between his lips, he needed only to spark his thumb and index finger together for a healthy blue flame to emerge from seemingly nowhere. "Meanwhile, I'm great for camping trips and arson."
Casting a sidelong glance, Ziggy inquired, "And have you committed any arson lately?"
"Yeah, probably." Reclining, his head drooped lethargically against the back of the sofa. "I don't know how many fights I've gotten into that led to the building I was in burned down. I didn't really intend to do it if that counts for anything. Not sure if the motives make it arson or the act itself does."
Ziggy's brows crinkled as she thought it over. "Hm... No. I don't think it's arson unless you're like... uh, what is that thing? The one that means you obsess over fire and shit?"
"Pyromaniac?"
Touching the tip of her nose with her finger, she grinned. "Bingo! Yeah, you're not a pyromaniac and you're not getting your rocks off to setting shit ablaze, so I'm sure it's not arson."
"Ah, I guess I can agree to that..." He seemed stumped, vision narrowing slowly as he met Ziggy's look with one of his own. "Are you a necrophiliac?"
Snatching his joint away so she could chief a few hits, Ziggy choked through the exhales while vehemently shaking her head. "N-not even o-once a-and I've been o-offered Vampire c-cock-"
"Turned down a vamp? I don't think I'd turn down a vamp. They're not really dead."
"Compared to what?" Shifting, Ziggy straightened her posture and handed back the joint. Hands uneasily smoothing over the front of her blazer, she rattled off, "Compared to us, they're pretty fucking dead. The fact that they literally die at sunrise is a good indicator that they're just necro puppets like the ones I use in my show. The difference is just in who pulls their strings."
"And who do you think is pulling strings on an entire race?"
"God, obviously." Snapping her fingers jauntily at her side, a cigarette appeared between her knuckles, already lit and half smoked. "Maybe not the god we've heard about, but some god. A vamp god or a nocturnal god or a fucking fallen god. I don't know much about gods, but there's likely one for everything, including Vampires."
"You should find a vamp willing to talk and see what they think." Thomas sunk further into the couch with a short groan. "Can't be too much harm. If shit goes south, just vanish."
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"Iz not zat I doh-naut want ze company, but talk ovahr gods? No gods for us." Alexy shook his head from behind the bar while simultaneously waving someone closer to where he and Ziggy were talking. "Эмиль, этот художник хочет знать о богах вампиров. Как мне сказать, что она сумасшедшая?"
Emil was a regular and, on some occasions, a massive piece of shit. Still, he seemed to know the most about Vampires as far as the current patrons went and he was always available. "No Vampire gods, like Alezy say - no Lilith or Cain or that fuckin' Pharoah from that one movie. No fuckin' gods." Sloshing his drink when slamming it down, he settled himself on a stool right next to Ziggy and towered over her as he continued with, "We're our own kind. Probably some believe in god? Whatever. Not my business. God is a concept and some Vampires take it with them when they are turned, yes? Just like proper manners. You open a door for stranger, you help little old woman across street, you pay your taxes-" He shrugged it all off. "Some do human things and gods are human made. Human owned."
"Did you believe in God before you were turned?" She asked, trying to remain casual. "Like, uh... was it part of your upbringing?"
"Yes, certainly. It was long time ago. Still, they teach us many wrong things when we were human. It kept us docile, yes? It kept us reliable and afraid. God makes people afraid."
"You're not wrong there," Ziggy agreed between swigs of her beer. "I just can't imagine there not being something or someone in control of the big picture. If angels and demons and vampires and werewolves are all real, why isn't God?"
Emil only chuckled through the mane of his beard. "If they have control, why do we not see it? I could kill you now - no God will come. No one but the ones you know here might care, and even they couldn't stop me in the moment. What would God control when we have free will? Lucifer's curse, isn't it? Anyway, no. No gods. There's nothing here for a god to want."
"I don't know. Isn't there?"
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