For lastvoyages: Spam for Deck

[feels_no_love]

[Dracula had piled up a great mass of snow near the gardens and packed it together well. Now, using his claws, he was slowly gouging out a rough outline of a castle. He didn't know why exactly; he had simply grown bored of flying finally, but was loath to return to his quarters. Marishka's company had gone cold and nagging; every time that she saw

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[notiaraincluded]

"You could definitely do with a new hobby, man," Luke said as he appeared from around a nearby corner, walking up on Dracula carving shapes into the snow.

[feels_no_love]

"I'm following a suggestion Aleera gave me. Though hers involved ice." An ironic little smirk. "At any rate, my favorite hobby has rather dried up on me of late." Marishka wouldn't let him touch her until he killed.

[notiaraincluded]

"Uh huh. What was the other hobby?" Not that he'd have expected what it was.

[feels_no_love]

"Women." His saucy smirk crumbled after a moment. "Assignations with a goddess will teach one to worship them a little." He scraped away at the snow, creating the outlines of towers.

[dovehearted]

[ Lua doesn't come up on deck at night, hasn't in months (she has to stay away, or she'll keep hurting him), but she hasn't been outside in a week and she needs something real. She can't come closer or she'll attract his attention, and might even be too close now. But something's seemed a little strange with him for weeks, and this? Is he trying to be human again, or is it more of the same? ]

[feels_no_love]

[He smells her scent on the wind and pauses a moment, then goes right back to carving the snow. He has shed his self-pity where she is concerned and now only feels desire--and regret at their circumstances. But it is bearable. The unbearable part is hissing in his ear on the voice of the wind. His wife's ghost, reminding him coldly that a warm living human is approaching, and would make an excellent meal.]

[He twitches, and murmurs under his breath.] No.

Why not?

Not her. Leave her alone. [He has to pause in his carving for a moment, and swallows sudden dryness in his throat.]

[dovehearted]

[ A couple steps closer; she can't read lips, but something is wrong, and like before, there's no one there but her who's even going to try to do something.

Even after she sees the claws, she takes a couple steps more, glancing at him only for a second before taking in the snow. ]

What are you making?

[feels_no_love]

[He starts carving at the surfaces as if they were soft wood, adding details starting with the roof-peaks of the towers.] My home. This is my Winter Palace, which was once my prison but became my greatest stronghold.

Can't you smell her...?

She's offered her veins before...she knows her place. Take her. You can bury the body in the snow and no one will know where she is for months!

[He twitches as if something has bitten him and shakes his head once. Absolutely not.]

Are you...well?