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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 3h

(Three sips. Only three. No more. It's tempting. He's hungry. Nope, no more. He pulls away, nicking his thumb with his fang so he could heal the puncture marks. Vampire blood! An instant healer!) Thanks.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say. Don't talk about microwaves too loud, man, the devil might appear. Now, deep breath. You might feel a slight pinch. (Fangs drop. They're pretty big, so 'slight pinch' might be a lie. He's biting down anyway!)

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 3h

Three years old in vampire years, gonna perfect sun-walking AND the little drink.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 3h

Uh-huh. (Takes a step closer. He's just gonna take a little sip, get a little high. Not kill him! Then again, he's a baby vampire so this might not go according to plan... and this *is* an old friend...) Say, if I asked you to help me out? Help me get high? What would you say?

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 5h

(Smiles.) Yeah, sure, you're just high. ... Wait. *Are* you high?

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 5h

FUCK IT. THREE. (Jumps down. Lands in front of Joel. On his feet — being a vampire is awesome. His joints don't hurt *and* he can survive heights he never could, even as a young man.) I'm seventy-three.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

They have an eternity of this. Might as well make their eternity an elaborate game of tag! He's sure that he's gonna be caught soon. But he doesn't have to make it easy on him.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU 'TIL THE COUNT OF THREE TO CLOSE YOUR EYES. ONE...

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

"Look at you, proud maker." He's teasing. After that gentle teasing, he acts like he's going to lean in and give Armand a kiss.... And then turns around and jumps.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

(Grumbles.) Oh, I'm part of some kind of Jigsaw club, alright. HEY, MAN! MAYBE CLOSE YOUR EYES!

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

"Yeah, yeah. You just like showing off." He's still trying not to be caught, so... he's definitely going to leap. After some banter. "I'm gonna fly one day. Mark my words."

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 6h

Dammit. "Show-off." Glances down. He might jump. Still has that nagging human fear of heights, though.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 7h

Scurrying up into the trees. He's not gonna make this easy on Armand. ... Maybe he's trying to be the one who is slammed into a wall by being difficult.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 7h

Good advice. That gives Daniel an idea. He can /climb/ now... Oh, this is gonna be a fun chase.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 7h

Doubt? No. Just confident in his own. Although... the Rapture Bond might make hiding in crowds harder... He'll deal with that when it comes up!

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 7h

Promises, promises. Daniel's quicker nowadays. It might not be so easy.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

Sees the look. Pats Louis on the back and basically uses him as a vampire-shield as he runs out of the door.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

. . . Hungry? Huh. Interesting. And what if Daniel said: Catch him if he can?

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

Does Armand like watching that more when it's not directed at /him/?

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

━ his own hurt feelings - if they're not going to be genuinely vulnerable, neither is he. "You were put in a bowling bag time out because you decided to become a figurehead for the apocalypse. Surprise! I don't wanna /fucking die!/"

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

━ I actually wanted your side of the story. But you refused to give me anything! Getting the truth out of you is like getting blood from a stone! And then when your feelings get hurt, well, you love a good humiliation ritual, don't you, Lestat?" No. No need to bring that up and talk about ━

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

"You wanna do this? Okay, let's do this dance." A deep breath. Preparing his rebuttal. He can never resist rising to bait, it's one of his worst qualities. "Do you really think I was doing that doc for the money? When I had a best seller?" And Louis' ten million, no need to bring that up. "Nah, ━

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

//Armand: all of this wouldn't have mattered to me years ago, but... [gestures to Daniel who is covered in blood and running around in circles]

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 8h

Louis /was/ there. Like a very distant family member who always has a check ready and will show up to the hospital when you fuck up really badly.

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Louis de Pointe du Lac | Parody @louis-of-troy.bsky.social · 8h

👈🏾 was kinda there for Daniel the whole time, for the record

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 9h

//Just saw a post where they described Armand's S3/4 arc as: "Day in the life of someone trying to prevent the end of the world because I have this loser son to take care of now." 😭😭

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 11h

"It's easier when the one who made a fool of himself remembers it." Or, at least, that's easier for Daniel. He's embarrassed himself many times. He knows how to own it. ... But now, he's laughing. Louis always drags that out of them. "No wonder I was so sure we hooked up!"

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 11h

Peeks through his fingers. "Would be better than finding out like this. You might know more about my life than I do." A pause. "... At least I got to turn you down once." In Dubai. Sure, it was probably a joke. But a win is a win.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 13h

The fun thing about having sections of your life erased from your memory? You get to experience the mortification /multiple times!/

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 13h

Buries his face in his hands. Groans /very/ loudly. "I'm gonna kill him. That's it. This is my final straw." . . . He's just being overdramatic.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 13h

Wait — Wait, wait, wait, wait. There was more than ONCE?!

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 13h

Daniel doesn't /not/ care about Louis either. So. They're even.

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Armand | Parody @le-maitre.bsky.social · 13h

Uwu intensifying.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 14h

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 14h

//he's spending too much time around Armand, he's learning to uwu 😭

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 14h

"When? Because from where I'm sitting, when you had the chance to tell your side of the story, you spent it /bullshitting/ me. Or when you were truthful, you were playing dirty tricks to make me seem like a senile old man. So yeah, all I know is from Louis and Armand!"

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 14h

"Yeah. Yeah, okay." A part of him wanted to go now. He calls that part the boy in the back of his head. It's not /really/ a separate person, no matter how much it can feel like it, but it's easier to compartmentalize it all that way. "We gotta make sure everything's okay here first. ... Right?"

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 15h

━ his throat again and he clutches onto Armand's hand. "You... You do? You /kept it/? That must have cost you a fortune." What would he have done with it if Louis never... nope, best not to think of 'what ifs,' they're here now.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 15h

'You felt freer to hold her hand in Paris, I wonder why that is.' It's a similar feeling, the thought of the island. The memories are still murky, only one precious moment clear enough to look at, but he knows that he had no fear there. None at all. His heart aches. He feels a lump forming in ━

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 15h

━ long enough. "Yeah, okay." If Daniel himself had been a few decades younger when he was turned and subsequently abandoned... well... "We won't have a repeat of last time you pissed me off." An attempt at a joke. He's so /angry/. Ten times worse than after Lestat's little humiliation ritual.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 15h

Fair, he thinks but doesn't say. He's a father. He knows what that love feels like. And yet he locks that up behind his walls, doesn't let the thought even whisper towards the older vampire. Because he refuses to pile on. His silence would tell Lestat all he needs to know, he's known Daniel for ━

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 16h

. . . Okay, so maybe he's not beating the 'Armand's ancient chihuahua' allegations.

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 16h

He held up a hand. Indicating for Lestat to pause for a second. "So, let me get this straight. Just so I'm understanding what you're saying. Your grievances with everyone else? Real. Valid. But everyone else's grievances with you are... fake? Products of brainwashing?"

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𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐲 @lobbingbombs.bsky.social · 17h

━ /Marius/. Lestat helped when Armand needed him, even though he hadn't known him! The older vampire didn't appreciate his method of helping and subsequent abandonment, but Daniel saw it for what it was. Which brings him to the issue at hand. "How do you listen to him talk about him like that?"

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