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[onceaviking]

Eric has been showering.
He's seated at his desk now, dressed in jeans and a tank top, with wet hair and bare feet.

And he's thinking.

Mostly about what he is going to do next. When he gets back.

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[onceaviking]

His lips quirk. Just a little.

"We should head back,"' he says without preamble. "The Magister isn't going to clean himself up."

[lazy_but_loyal]

She crosses her arms and tips her head back with a groaning sigh.

"I know. I wish he would. It'd make my life so much easier. But I'll take care of it first thing. It'd be creepy to leave him festering in the basement for much longer."

[onceaviking]

He nods.

"There's a phone number for the specialized cleaning crew somewhere on my desk. They have a no questions asked rate."

Exorbitant, but worth it in this case.

[lazy_but_loyal]

"I'll look for it."

She eyes him, perhaps a little sympathetically.

"And you have to sit in a car with Their Royal Crazinesses."

[onceaviking]

"As if the ride here wasn't bad enough," he mutters, rubbing both hands over his face.

"Edgington goes on and on and on and fucking on. And the Queen Bitch is extra pissy because I had to apply a little pressure to her pet human to make her behave."

[lazy_but_loyal]

"Aw, she has a pet human. Sookie's cousin, did you say? Seriously, Louisiana is too fucking small. Everyone's gotta be related on some level."

[onceaviking]

"Mmm," he says in agreement. "She was quite tasty though."

And terrified.

[lazy_but_loyal]

She levels him a bemused look.

"You know, she's probably the closest you're going to get to actually drinking from Sookie."

[onceaviking]

"Don't underestimate the draw of my blood," he replies.
"I can feel her dream of me."

And he dreams of her. But he is not going to mention that. Not to Pam.

[lazy_but_loyal]

She knows, she knows.

"I still can't get over how you managed to get her to suck the bullets out of your chest."

[onceaviking]

"I am a devious person," Eric says. Smiling.
"And she is -"

Sweet. Trusting. Innocent.

"Naive."

[lazy_but_loyal]

"You're right, on both counts," she replies, smirking. "If she didn't know the basics of how we heal, Bill has been a pretty shitty vampire boyfriend."

[onceaviking]

"I a certain that Compton has been a beyond shitty vampire boyfriend," Eric says, with a little more heat than he ought to.

Time for a subject change.

"I was thinking - while I'm away, it might be better if you spend the days at the house."

[lazy_but_loyal]

Pam always figured Bill to be a little off, but at this point she really doesn't care, so she shrugs off the sudden snarling undertone in Eric's voice and subject change.

"Okay...? Sure. Any particular reason why?"

[onceaviking]

"The Authority. If anything happens, I want you to be safe."
He looks at her.

"I've asked Jay to draw up some reinforcements of the security system at the house. Specifically the sleeping area."

[lazy_but_loyal]

He has a good point. The Authority might raid Fangtasia again, this time not looking for V, but for their missing judge, jury, and executioner.

"All right. So should Jay be paying another visit soon?"

[onceaviking]

"That's the plan. I told him it was a matter of some urgency, so he might be ready to install it before I get back."

He looks up at her.

"You should let him do that."

Just in case.

[lazy_but_loyal]

The idea of allowing someone from a completely different world into their home still rubs her the wrong way a little, even though Jay's been there before. Her reluctance is apparent, but she puts it aside because it's what Eric wants.

"Fine, I guess. After I get things cleaned up at Fangstasia, I'll come back here and see if I can find him and make arrangements."

[onceaviking]

He nods.
He knows she doesn't like it, but she'll do it and that is what matters.

"He wants to add a voice activated lock, only it'll react to the sound of fangs, yours and mine, instead of voices."

That is pretty clever.

[lazy_but_loyal]

She raises an eyebrow at that.

"Okay... Well. Gotta hand it to him, I've never heard of that one before. I'm impressed. I see why you keep him around."

[onceaviking]

His lips twitch a little.

"He is pretty useful. And how about you? Have you met any - useful people lately?"

[lazy_but_loyal]

She smirks.

"Well, you know me, I can be pretty picky. But I have met a couple of your friends -- Buffy? And the little monk? You've been talking about me."

She might even sound flattered, as she nudges his knee with hers.

[onceaviking]

"I have?" he says. "Yes, I probably have."
Nudging her right back.

"And friends is stretching it. But I do think that Buffy might very well prove to be interesting."

And Athelstan is - well, Athelstan.

[lazy_but_loyal]

Of course, she meant 'friends' with quotation marks.

"You haven't tasted her yet, have you?"

[onceaviking]

He shakes his head.

"She's a little reluctant. At least when it comes to me. Did you have better luck?"