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[golden_lyre]

Posner is curled up by the fire reading (for fun!) a book of Thomas Hardy poems. He has a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits and looks very cozy indeed.



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In a corner a ways away from him, Orpheus is strumming his guitar, carefully picking out a wintery tune, lamenting the shortened days, the frosty nights. It's a bit colder in that area of the bar than it usually is.



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At the bar itself, Nikola is sitting, contemplating what appears to be a vial of blood. He looks more determined than melancholy, though there's a bit of that in his expression as well.



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Near the back door, Alcide stands. It's throwing him off, the way the date here is different than it is back home. He knows it shouldn't be anywhere near the full moon, but he can practically feel it just outside the door.

It's not that he needs to run; it's more that he wants to, intensely curious about what the woods out there are really like.




[ooc: Multi-pup post! Tag anybody, just specify, please. Open forever.]

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[ps_you_look_hot]

"If it goes that unsatisfactorily, I may not be in a position to find you."

He says this a bit flippantly, but this is one of the only times since he changed that he's thought there might actually be a danger of him dying.

[mogget_cat]

From the low growl that sounds briefly from the Bright Shiner's throat, that is a situation Yrael refuses to contemplate.

"If you would like a distraction from your work," and Yrael knows that is sometimes a rather big if, "the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is playing tonight in New Orleans."

He doesn't seem to worry about such things as getting tickets on short notice.

[ps_you_look_hot]

Nikola finds that growl far more gratifying than he'd be willing to admit.

He twirls the vial between his fingers a moment, contemplating the offer. "I think I might, yes."

[mogget_cat]

"Their principal concertmaster tells me it is Baroque in focus," composers whose works Yrael always finds enjoyable. "Bach and Vivaldi, with a smaller ensemble performing Corelli."

[ps_you_look_hot]

"Mm, Vivaldi," Nikola says with a smile. "That sounds delightful."

[mogget_cat]

"Come then," Yrael grins, slipping off the barstool onto his quiet and (as always) bare feet.

[ps_you_look_hot]

Nikola tucks the vial into his jacket pocket and moves to follow.

[mogget_cat]

They find a cab a short two blocks from where Yrael's door leaves them in New Orleans. Most of his trips take him to the various music venues in the French Quarter, but trying to find a cab there is like trying to finding a place in the French Quarter where you can't hear music of some sort.

Once they arrive, Yrael pays the driver with money from a wallet that might not have existed a few moments before, including with the payment a generous tip. He enjoys the fact that a reputation in New Orleans is easy to make with music and presence, and easy to keep with the judicious application of little green strips made of cotton and linen.

"I just need to have a quick word with their concertmaster before we go in." His dress shirt had gained a coat and tie during their cab ride, for the concert is a more formal event than he had been dressed for, but that won't stop him from fidgeting with the tie about his neck.

[ps_you_look_hot]

This is one of those times when it really comes in handy that Nikola nearly always wears suits. He's always appropriately dressed.

He smirks at Yrael's fidgeting, reaching out to straighten his tie for him. "Sneaking us in the back?"

[mogget_cat]

Yrael grimaces slightly as Nikola straightens his tie. He can stand having something around his neck, but only just. And not with grace.

"Calling in a favor for free tickets," he says without shame. "Martin owes me."

[ps_you_look_hot]

"Then by all means, cash in that favor."

[mogget_cat]

"It's only fitting for it to be free tickets to hear him play," Yrael grins, leading Nikola through the wide front doors of the music hall building. But instead of heading towards the ticket line or the doors to the seats, he turns and leads the vampire through one of the side hallways that circle the hall.