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[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

David didn't go home last night.

This should surprise nobody.

So finding him half-awake in one of the chairs by the fireplace, staring at the flames, should be nothing unusual.

Unless you happen to notice the bloodtears and haven't spoken to him in days.

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[youalleverybody.livejournal.com]

Liam manages to drag himself out of Charlie's corner and over to the fire when he sees David, sinking into one of the other armchairs.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

David doesn't even look up.

Did you sleep? might come to Liam's ears, or into his head.

But David doesn't speak.

[youalleverybody.livejournal.com]

Liam barely blinks at the means of communication.

"No. Did you?"

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

No...

He closes his eyes, and moves slowly beside Liam.

I don't want to dream in case he's not there.

[go-between.livejournal.com]

Richard brings over a mug of warm blood and drops a kiss into his hair.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He pulls Richard into his lap and hugs him. He shakes his head at the mug, then nods towards the bar.

Won't be able to.

[go-between.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Hell!"

*he sets the mug down and it vanishes*

I'm sorry. I'd forgotten.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He almost laughs.

"Don't worry about it. I think I fed enough yesterday for a week."

[mailorderjunkie.livejournal.com]

A large snake slithers up and wraps around one leg, it's head nuzzling against his thigh.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

David smiles, looking down.

"Hello, Yamino," he whispers, and gently picks the snake up into his arms. "Are you well?"

[mailorderjunkie.livejournal.com]

Yamino is a rather large snake, so he slithers a little to make things less difficult. He curls around David's shoulders, nuzzling his head against David's cheek.

I am as well as can be expected. I got to see Sister last night, though she is not *my* sister, precisely...but it was good. Pleasant. The sadness of the passing of the gentleman whose name was posted up has weighed heavily on my spirit, however.

He nuzzles again before giving a slight squeeze, a hug.

Just as one is returned to me, one is taken from so many. And while I did not know him, I know the pain of loss. And by all accounts, he was a wonderful man. I am...greatly pained that did not get the chance to meet him, to know him.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

His hands skirt gently down Yamino's scales - half on the ground, still, half on David's body, and he traces the pattern on Yamino's nose with a finger.

"He was my closest friend here, a lover once upon a time, and one of the best people I've ever known."

[ember_eleven]

"Shade and sweet water, David."

Ember sits herself on the arm of the chair.

"I'm sorry about Charlie."

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I do apologise, my sweet, for the late reply. Gmail is a bitch and I was doing homework.]

He looks up at her, and he half-smiles, half-frowns.

"As am I."

And there are strong arms about her.

"I missed you, Ember."

[ember_eleven]

[ooc: It's okay. HW is very important. I have to do that myself at some point...]

She pets his hair.

"I missed you too, David. You're a vampire again, I see."

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He laughs, smally. "Only recently," he says. "How are you?"

[spectral-skin.livejournal.com]

Angelo comes in quietly and heads over to David.

"Richard told me. I'm sorry."

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He nods without looking up at Angelo.

"So am I."

He sighs, and looks up at him now.

"We're going to get him back."

[spectral-skin.livejournal.com]

Angelo blinks, sitting down.

"...How?"

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He shrugs.

"We go into Purgatory."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"David."

There is Asar-Suti beside him all of a sudden, warmth and tenderness and understanding in his voice.

Gil told me Bartleby and you were going to get him back... he thinks at him, sitting down on the arm of the chair and gathering David into his arms.

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

Asar-Suti's touch calms him immediately, but he shivers as though cold.

We're going to go into Purgatory itself - where souls go before they're judged... We're going to bring him back, make it better...

He wraps arms around Asar-Suti and sighs.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

With David so close, Asar-Suti can sense himself in the vampire, the echo that answers between their blood. He feels his own magic in the man in his arms, and it feels so familiar, so right.

You are going there, not calling him, then - you know where he is?

Asar-Suti had felt Lochiel call on him through the whole of the multiverse, which is what brought him to the bar in the first place - and David knows that, in some way, as he knows everything, in some way, since last night.

When will you leave - is there yet a bit of time for us to spend here, in front of the fire, with you in my arms?

[notsoyoung.livejournal.com]

He nods, and shifts so that Asar-Suti can sit behind or beside him as he chooses.

We leave tonight, I think. And we know where he SHOULD be because of his religion. Or, the religion he used to follow.

He sighs, and leans into Asar-Suti's touch, eyes screwed up slightly, his head back, eyes on the ceiling.

What powers did you grant me last night? I know I feel different.

[balletrat]

*At some point, David may notice that a few soft gray scarves, helpful for drying your face, have been draped across the side of the armchair.

Meg helps how she can.*