Zombies In The Mortuary

[Magnus Noir]

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First post to Sebastian Noir :D

It was a good old normal day at the mortuary. Sebastian was out front at the counter, waiting for any potential customers, while Magnus was in the back having to deal with the bodies. This particular arrangement had been settled mostly due to their personalities and skills. While Sebastian might not be the most...sociable person- at least in Magnus' opinion- in the world, he didn't have Magnus' blunt nature of asking uncomfortable questions and somehow managing to keep someone there while he chattered on and on. Sebastian had the professional quality that Magnus did not.

When it came to the bodies, Magnus had mostly been dumped with the duty because he just wasn't very good at everything else. One would think he would be good with the papers, but his attention span got the better of him every time and he managed to mess them up. There were smaller tasks, but they ended up dumping them on their employee, Sophia, even if she was rather careless.

And so bodies went to Magnus. He was rather good at it. Of course, when Sebastian had gone and dumped it on him he had protested, claiming Sebastian would be better since they would need to pretty them up and as such an artist- Sebastian- would be needed. But surprisingly, Sebstastian turned out to be a wreck, whereas Magnus had the talent.

Magnus was currently hunched over the body of a rather young woman, brush in hand. "You know," he said suddenly. He was doing what he usually did- speaking to the bodies. He knew he wouldn't get a response, but he liked to speak to them. That and he was admittedly could be something of a chatterbox. "I think Sebastian is angry at me, miss. I'm guessing it's the fact I went to France for a few weeks and didn't bother to tell him. And then of course, I decided to not come back and skip off to Germany. But really, miss, it's not my fault!" he blabbered. "I just missed France, and I did manage to meet some of our kind there, all lovely people. And there was this one fledgling I met in Germany who was quite adorable, just eight years of age." he said, continuing to do her make up. "Right obsessed with the customs until I managed to get him to stop. Oh, and he thought it so odd how old I was. Probably because he was just a fledgl-"

However, just as Magnus was speaking, a burst of air came from the body, making it sound as though she breathing. Magnus instantly silenced, freezing immediately. His eyes widened and within a flash he had gone from the chair to the ground, his face showing a comical look of horror.

"Z-z-z" he stuttered, before managing to get to his feet and bursting into the front where Sebastian was. "ZOMBIE!" he screamed loudly.

[Sebastian Noir]

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SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG! >.<

Sebastian was sitted on the front desk, slouched and a bored expression on his face. There was not much customers today and thus his job had been rather slack. During days as such, Sebastian would join his brother inside the mortuary to at least talk to him or something but that day, he just sat at the front desk, thinking.

He was sure pissed with Magnus...not just some normal temper that would disappear in half an hour but it was a oh-my-god-I'm-so-pissed-I'm-not-talking-to-you-forever kinda thing. But of course this would never happen. Sebastian loved his brother too much to not talk to him but he was maintaining his anger for now. He needed his brother to know that what he did was wrong and that Sebastian was so angry because of that.

Sebastian did not like how sometimes Magnus just did things without telling him. But if it was minor things like going to shop or buying something for the mortuary or brining Lana out, it would not be that bad. But going to an entire different country and gone missing for so many days was not understandable at all. It had worried both himself and Lana, more himself because he was worried that something could have happend to his brother. After all, it was a dangerous world out there and there was so many things going down there he was afraid to lose his brother....again.

However, his thoughts were broken when he saw his brother screaming and running towards him. Getting up from his chair, he stared at his brother, worried and shocked at the same time. However, when his brother screamed the word "Zombie!", Sebastian's face softened.

"What the hell are you on about this time? There is no such thing. Get back to work Mag." Sebastian said, shaking his head and sitting back down. That was quite a bit of shock there but seriously what was wrong with his brother. Turning around so that he was just in view with the mortuary and he can see the body, he saw it very still. Of course it was dead after all. Shaking his head, he grabbed a magazine from the desk and started flipping through it, waiting for Magnus to get back to work.

[Magnus Noir]

At Sebastian's claim, Magnus' natural inclination was to defend himself, which was exactly what he did. "There are too!" he said. "And that body is one!" he said, pointing an accusing finger at the body. "I both heard and saw it breathe. It moved! Corpses don't move! They are cold and death and unmoving!" he growled, clearly annoyed.

Unfortunately, Magnus was highly unlearned in the sciences. All knowledge he possessed about science was still everything he had learned as a child, a mixture of theology and superstition. He didn't know of any explanations that might make up odd phenomenons except his own odd explanations.

[Sebastian Noir]

Sebastian sat back down and flipped through the pages of the magazine he had in his hand, not bothering to read the details but simply just looking at the pictures. It was pretty boring of course but they had no customers at this time and there was nothing much that they could do. Of course Sebastian could go to sleep but he could not leave his brother working alone at night so he had chosen to stay up late until Magnus was done with the body.

Realizing that his brother was not leaving as he went on and on again about how what he had seen was real and that he was absolutely sure it had moved, Sebastian snapped his book shut and placed it back on the table. Frowning at his brother, he muttered "Oh god Magnus....stop being such a baby and get back to work!"but knowing how stubborn he could get, Sebastian got up and said, "Alright. I'll check. If it doesn't move, you owe me one. Got it?"

Before waiting for a reply from his brother, Sebastian walked over to the mortuary. He never liked being with dead bodies and working with them all day and he had never been good with dealing with them after all...which was why Magnus had been given this job. Its been quite sometime that he had stepped into this place but when he did finally, the cold air hit him as he stepped into the room.

The body lay still at the table and as he stared on, there was no sign of movements from the corpse at all. Frowning, he walked over and poked it with his wand a few times and seeing how there still was no response, Sebastian turned back to his brother and said, "See! 2 minutes of my life wasted. You were prolly hallucinating...you must be sleepy. Get some rest first then Mag." he said, and then started off to return back to his own place.

[Magnus Noir]

Magnus scowled, his face twisting slightly at his brother's accusation of him being a baby. "I'm not a baby!" he practically whined, his tone practically saying the exact opposite. He knew he was probably acting a bit childish, something that was hardly unusual, but it was no need for Sebastian to call him a baby! Magnus was actually much more mature than he seemed, even if he did rarely show it. He liked hiding behind his smiles and laughter. Bitterness, as far as he was concerned, got him nowhere. He'd gone down that path before and would rather not go down it again.

Magnus brightened as his brother relented, his expression looking more like how a child who had just heard their parent had agreed to look under the bed to check for monsters. He hardly looked like the old vampire he was but instead the young seventeen year old he appeared to be, if not younger. "'Kay!" he said, adopting the slight slang he had heard others use, a 'bad habit' of his, as others he had met called it.

Magnus hopped after his brother, peaking into the room. He eyed his brother, his eyes narrowing as he poked the body. But alas, it was to no avail. Te body did not move. It seemed that whatever had happened when Magnus had been there was not going to happen with Sebastian.

Magnus scowled at his brother, feeling a bit rejected at his words. "But it did move!" he insisted, a note of pleading in his tone. His face crumpled and for the briefest moment, despite the fact that Sebastian could not see, Magnus looked very much how he had looked when he had been much younger and mortal. His expression looked akin to when he had used to go to Sebastian and tried- quite successfully- to convince the younger to let him sleep with him after he'd had a nightmare because their parents would not. Or perhaps, it looked like when he might come to him after a bad lesson, usually with the sciences and maths, and had gotten punished, finding comfort only in his brother- the only person who would offer it, despite his coldness.

"I'm not a liar." he muttered, silently knowing that the words might actually anger his brothers more than anything, after everything he'd gone and done. At the same time, he did think he somewhat deserved it.

[Elektra Damien]

"I don't think you're a liar." Elektra spoke softly to the vampire in front of her. It wasn't usually that Elektra met or even saw another vampire. But she could tell that this vampire wasn't of her clan. Elektra silently hoped that it would be one of her clan, but that didn't matter.
She approached the other vampire slowly, and fell her gaze upon him, and looked him in the eye.

[Magnus Noir]

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I was going to let Shana[ aka Sebastian] post next since she's next in the order, but she's just gone on hiatus so I'm going to post next ^^. Also, considering you said Elektra is in front of Magnus, I'm going to assume she's in the back of the shop( where the bodies are- the part of the shop Magnus works in and currently is), which should actually work since Shana said in her last post that Sebastian turned and left for the counter. Hope you don't mind :))

Magnus immediately froze at the sound of another voice, a very foreign one. The fact that a foreigner- a vampire he could tell from the very scent- was in their, his shop set not only his nerves but also his instincts on fire. After all, the shop was basically the brother's territory. It was where they lived. It was a place they owned. It was their's. The fact that another vampire, and not only any vampire he noticed but an Abha Iblis one, was in their territory set him on guard.

Why was this vampire here? How had they got in without either brother knowing? Magnus and Sebastian might have been arguing, but no matter how much they argued, they certainly were not only old enough, but were also aware enough to be able to tell when someone was trespassing. The very idea of someone was trespassing brought back to mind of what clan this vampire was from. So far, this vampire was fitting in well with her clan's reputation.

"What are you doing in here?" He asked warily, only barely registering her words. It was a bit obvious he wasn't angry with her, but instead just wary and perhaps a bit annoyed. His instincts, however, were telling him many other things. He had taken a hesitant step backwards. After all, Magnus wasn't one for fights. The last fight and only fight he'd gotten into had horrified him enough that he'd made sure to stay away from them as much as he could.

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra smelt the air, and caught the scent of another vampire in the building. 'I would have to keep a close eye on it.' Elektra thought to herself.
"Do not be afraid. I will not hurt you." Elektra said quietly to the vampire in front of her. Quickly, Elektra hastened to walk around him, and she stopped so she was behind him. She was very close that she could hear his heart beating softly.
"Tell me, Fleur de sang, what is your name?" Elektra asked him. It would be nice to know his name.

[Magnus Noir]

'Idiot Magnus.' Magnus mentally scolded himself. How could you let something like this happen? How could not tell that another vampire- an Abha Iblis at that- had trespassed into your territory? There were few times that Magnus truly felt like complete idiot. He knew he wasn't the smartest person around. His brother was far brighter than him, at least in his opinion. However, he very rarely like like an utter idiot.

Magnus knew it was a bit futile to hide his age from this vampire. She was clearly a Medial, as she had already begun to show the beginnings of the wraith like appearance that her clan held. He doubted that someone that old, while younger than him, would not be able to identify that he was an Elder.

Despite this fact, Magnus did not use any of his teleportation skills. Using them would alert his brother that something was wrong. While Magnus used them very freely when he was on the outside[ though only in free company], he didn't use them in the mortuary at all.

As she suddenly got close, Magnus quickly got away, not at all liking being so close to this vampire. She was setting his instincts on fire, something that was not good. It was hardly good that he was ignoring them in a situation like this, but the fact that she seemed to be testing them was worse.

He gave her a skeptical look at her words, but said nothing, merely pursing his lips. "I believe I should be asking you that." He said. "After all, you are in my territory, Abha Iblis." he said flatly. He was probably being a bit kinder to her than most vampires of his clan would. Goodness knows his brother would have not done the same as him, or at least he would think he wouldn't.

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra followed him as he moved away from her.
"Ah yes, my name is Elektra." Elektra paused for a second to think. Then she decided that she would.
"I would have me let you know that i am not here to hurt you, but merely to talk." Elektra spoke quietly, with her small charm in her voice.

[Magnus Noir]

Magnus pursed his lips at the woman's words. He still didn't believe her words, finding himself unable to fully believe that a vampire from a clan that was meant to be his enemy that just so happened to be intruding upon his territory could merely be here to just chat. The small part of his mind that was actually paranoid simply could not let him rest and believe her.

"I am Magnus." He said after a moment, only giving his first just as she had. It should be enough and really if she knew the area or even looked around her surroundings she should be able to figure out his last.

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra smiled at Magnus.
"Hello Magnus. How old are you?" Elektra asked him, wondering if he was going to answer the question. She was only merely interested in getting to know other vampires in this area..

[Sebastian Noir]

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Nopes of course I don't mind. Glad you guys continued the thread xD

Sebastian sat back down with a sigh, looking up at his brother. Magnus was acting like a small kid now and he does this quite often. He was not sure why he was like that even after he was a vampire but sometimes it just annoyed Sebastian. Sometimes he would just want to scream, "Oh my god grow up already Magnus Noir!" but he knew that that was just going to work...with Magnus, he just had this strong barrier of protectiveness but sometimes he felt that maybe that was what could be making him act this way.

"Never said you were!" Sebastian shouted back at his brother as Magnus moved back to the Mortuary and then there was silence once again. Throwing the magazine back to the counter, he decided that maybe he could get some sleep for a bit while he waited for his brother to get done with his work. Closing his eyes and folding his arms, he started to drift into the dream world until some voices woke him up. At first, he thought that it was the voices in his dream but then as he rubbed at his eyes he heard the voices once again.

Raising an eyebrow as he heard his brother's voice mostly, he asked "Magnus! Who are you talking to?!" But when there was no answer in the next few seconds, he got up and moved over to the mortuary, calling out his brother's name as he moved and stopped when he reached the doorway. "Who are yo-" he started to ask again but stopped when his gaze caught sight of an unfamiliar figure and the scent of the lady filled his nostrils, blinking a red alert in his mind. He knew this smell...this girl was from a different clan and it was definitely not their allies.

Moving swiftly so that he was standing beside Magnus the next second, he snarled at his brother asking "What do you think you are doing?" before he turned to look at the lady and ask "Who the hell are you?!"

[Magnus Noir]

A certain look came over Magnus' face at the other vampire's question that might have looked like disdain on another person's face and indeed his expression might have had some gravity to the situation. After all, Magnus could very well tell the that the female vampire was well old enough that she should be able to tell at least somewhere around his age with his scent. it wasn't unusual of him to think oddly or even lowly, though he didn't like to think lowly of anyone and hardly did think lowly of this vampire, for not being able to tell his age. Or perhaps she could and was merely being...polite? But then, asking a vampire's age was hardly ever polite. At least, it was in such the blunt manner she had asked.

Before Magnus could say a thing, his brother's voice resounded throughout the room and became distinctly louder before low and behold his brother was actually in the room. Magnus pursed his lips. He did expect his brother's question as to who the other vampire was, but he certainly did not expect his brother's accusation towards him.

"Excuse me?" he practically splutter, feeling quite dumbfounded. Was his brother actually accusing him of doing something as...stupid as that?

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra looked to the doorway, and saw a second vampire, who was obviously Magnus' s brother. He sounded enraged at the thought that his brother had let her in, but that was between the two boys to sort out. Deciding to be polite to the other, Elektra said to him,
"Hello, you must be Magnus's brother." Elektra said sweetly, giving him a small smile.

[Sebastian Noir]

Sebastian was in no mood to cast a look at his brother's face as if he had, he would have known that Magnus had no relation to the girl since he was appearing as confused as Sebastian was at the moment. The only difference was the way both of them were coping with this confusion and Sebastian seemed to be taking it so well.

"No if you would excuse me..." Sebastian snarled back at his brother before turning back to the other vampire in the room and threw his question at her. But the lady remained pretty calm and when she greeted him back politely, Sebastian was taken aback. He had definitely not expected that...all he had expected was probably a verbal fight or a physical one as not many could cope with his anger this easily.

"Right. But you haven't answered my question. Who the hell are you and what are you doing here? And why are you appearing from the back door instead of the front?!" he started throwing questions at her, but this time, his anger not as much as it was before but merely showing that he wanted answers.

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra raised her eyes at the brother, as he shouted at her. She thought about the questions that he fired her, and she realized that she didn't really know why she was here, other than the fact that she wanted to talk to someone.
"Relax, i only came here to talk." Elektra said calmly to him. She didn't really want to get into a dirty fight, as she was getting a little tired from having nothing to drink today.

[Magnus Noir]

Had Magnus been alive, his cheeks would have become red with the fury he as feeling. He despised it when he was ignored, especially by his own brother. It not only made him feel neglected, but also angry. Sebastian was his only brother and only blood family and the fact that he was actually ignoring him made him feel more than angry.

Magnus pursed his lips into an angry frown, but said nothing, knowing his brother's temper well enough that it would be best to not interfere.

[Sebastian Noir]

Sebastian raised an eyebrow about how calm the girl actually appeared. This calmness did not seem like a positive aspect to him and being an extremely wary person, he thought that this girl must have inner motives to be coming here rather then just talk like she claimed. But not wanting to shoot his suspicions just yet as he could simply catch her when she was trying something funny instead, so he appeared to cool down and said, "Talk? At this time? And this place?"

Turning to Magnus, he saw the frown on his face and knew that his brother was not happy with him already but still, he asked, "Do you know her from before Magnus?" Seeing how his brother had already known Michelle but had not told him, he would not be surprised if Magnus had been keeping company with people from the other clans.

[Elektra Damien]

"Yeah, i mean why not? I got a little bored." Elektra said animatedly to Sebastian. Looking around the room, Elektra walked around it exploring every nook and cranny there was, just in case things got a little messy. Feeling her inside pocket of her cloak, she made sure her knife was there so she had atleast something sharp to attack.

[Magnus Noir]

Magnus shot a dark glare at his brother, clearly not pleased with him. His lips were pulled into a displeased frown. "No." He practically spat, his displeasure of his brother making assumptions and just blaming him for this situation.

[Sebastian Noir]

Raising an eyebrow lightly at the girl's words, Sebastian was still not convinced that the girl from the other clan meant no harm to them. She could totally be a spy for some enemy that he could have formed there since obviously they were of rival clans and Sebastian don't really encourage being in their presence of them in for a second but now, it was longer then a second and it was making him feel comfortable.

Turning his gaze to his brother when he responded with a "No", Sebastian sensed the obvious negative emotions whirling around his brother just by that one gaze and kept silent for a while. Moving back slowly towards the shop, Sebastian said, "Only the dead are brought here at this time...well get on in if you need to talk..." he said, looking around before turning away and muttering to himself, "I don't want to be spotted with a Abha Iblis..."

[Random Event]

A flash of bright white light flickered with all its brilliance for a second. It illuminated the room and disappeared suddenly.
Will the Fleur De Sang vampires withstand the brightness of the flash? What will happen to Elektra? Would the undertakers point their fingers towards her?...

[Elektra Damien]

Elektra looked up in an instance when she saw a bright white light. She frowned, her mind thinking where she had seen thins before. Then, she remembered. A few centuries ago, her clan had done a demonstration, and it had ended up like that. She wasn't sure if that was meant to happen, but it certainly did look impressive.

[Magnus Noir]

As a bright light illuminated the room up, Magnus immediately retracted, placing his arm over his eyes. It did little to prevent the slight pain he felt from it. As it quickly disappeared, his eyes went to Elektra, a frown coming to his face. He was suddenly on guard, though perhaps not as much as his brother.