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[It's hard to tell what the gentleman is thinking as a pair of sunglasses cover half his face. From the tone of his voice it's easy to tell that he's exasperated, tired and pissed off. He's dressed in a very expensive business suit that is currently a bit singed, has some blood on it, and very rumpled. Clearly someone has been busy before they arrived here and hasn't had a chance to change.]

Another kidnapping? Really. Don't you people ever get tired of it?

I have to say it's pretty good for a kidnapping. I mean, I didn't even feel the transfer and that's damn hard to do.

[He pauses and looks around to get a better sense of his surroundings.]

Are you fair folk? It doesn't feel like Faery.

[That said, he shrugs dismissing the matter out of hand. Faery or not, he's still been kidnapped after all. That's what needs to be dealt with.]

Anyway. It'd be best to let me go back right now for everyone's sake. My father will be pissed off when he finds me missing and his temper is already frayed and my fiancee will be pissed off and her temper is even more frayed.

This seems like a nice place, if odd. So instead of pissing off the god of the dead and the warmage just let me go home and I won't mention it. This will save a lot of lives in the long run.

I've got enough on my plate already.

Please, don't add any more.

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[ Well. You can't expect him to know that. ]

This is a common thing, where you're from? Lecherous satyrs chasing nymphs and truant gods sowing brat-seeds and fools drowning while kissing their own reflections?

[Nope! World confusion is fun! :D]

That's the Greeks.

[ Nothing spells mayhem like misunderstandings :3 ]

If you say you're Norse, I'm going to choke on bile and tedious disappointment.

[ They already have -- what? -- two? three? Lokis. ]

[They're the best.]

No. Babylonian. Small city state, long gone.

[Oh. Joy.]

Oh.

So do they have temples [ brothels? ] for the dear deity Ishtar?

[ So much joy. ]

Um... Not that I know of. But my father mentioned that my eldest brother tried to hit on her once when they visited her.

Did he survive with all his bits intact?

Yes. He's actually rather charming from what I know about him.

Doesn't sound as though you know him too well.

He's six thousand years older than I am. I just discovered he was still around about three days ago. He's spent the last hundred years in the movie industry being the heart throb type guy, but I didn't know we were related.

((OOC: The mun is highly amused at the above icon because said brother played Edward in Twilight.))

Movie industry, hm? [ Now doesn't that sound familiar? ] A curious vocation for a -- god? demi-god?

[ ooc: rofl xD ]

God of the undead. He discovered that the fans would nearly worship certain kinds of movie stars so he set up a series of identies that followed that type and at the height of his popularity kill himself off. Thus people always thought about how wonderful he was and still worshiped him.

Get enough of that going on for several personalities and you've got yourself a good power base to draw on.

((ooc: Also Pb. by Rob Pats.))

It's like an Anne Rice novel. The search for the zenith of adoration. The ultimate immortality. [ A not-so-polite snort. ] So I assume that makes you a God of the Undead too?

Anne Rice is a hack. [And that's what he's got to say about that.]

No. I'm just a necromancer.

[If by "just" you mean the one of the strongest living necromancers.]

You hardly have to tell me that. [ Le Sigh. Humans writing about immortals. ] Oh? You communicate with the dead?

[She managed to get herself turned into a vampire in his world. And then started writing hack.]

Among other things. I can create and control undead as well.

[ Ugh duuuude. ]

Does this include garden-variety zombies? Vampires and ghouls?

[ Karl's a Chiropteran, not a vampire. City Dead status aside, he's not worried. ]

[Not as bad as the Sparkle Vampire craze going on now...body glitter sales have gone through the roof.]

Yes. If it falls under the undead category, I should be able to control it.

[He's getting the feeling that things may not be the same here. It feels off.]

[ He's happier than ever he'll be dead if the City releases him. ]

Is that right? [ Curious. ] This may sound sudden. But are you interested in a job?

[ It isn't the same. The City has a way of diffusing supernatural powers. ]

That is sudden.

What sort of job?

[It feels kinda slippery for him. Like he should be able to grasp things but they run right between his fingers.]

I manage a vampire bar in the Underground. [ It's legit and cruelty-free, don't worry. ] I'm in need of a bouncer to handle -- difficult clientele. Our previous one [ Hercules ] just exited the City.

Interested?

[ Better get used to the feeling. Suffocating as it is. ]

[His father owns several vampire bars...that honestly doesn't bother him.]

I'm not the strongest person around. I don't know how well my abilities will work with vampires around here.

I wouldn't want you to hire someone ineffectual.

Naturally, I'll arrange for you to demonstrate your abilities before any decisions. The Underground crawls with undead. Plenty of practice-fodder. [ Most with malicious intent. ] If it's satisfactory, consider yourself hired. [ Once he gets in touch with Frankie -- the bar owner -- to work out details. ]

Fair enough.

Can't say it's anything I've ever done before.

Good.

I'm Karl Fei-Ong, by the way. The bar I manage is called The Raven. You are?

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