driftfleet | [video

Who: Akeldama and you!
Broadcast: Fleet wide
Action: Planet side and First Breath
When: While on planet

Broadcast
[Look who finally made his way out of the ship and into the city. Of course its at night because that's the only time he can get out, when the sun goes down. Behind him is part of the underground city as he sits somewhere having a drink (it's some sort of alcohol, not the other thing)]

Now this is never something that I dreamed of seeing. The things I have seen.

[He says this dramatically, pulling out his fan and fluttering it like he might faint. He's not going to]

It does solve so many problems though with possibly being exposed to sunlight. A shame there aren't more. It truly, truly is.

Action
[Where can someone find Lord Akeldama in a place with so much to do. Shopping of course in perhaps a vain attempt to find something that would fit his particular style aesthetic.

Of course, prior to daylight hours, he must return to his ship, enjoying the space before it was time to sleep]

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Oh, they do, they do. I will do my best, darling. I don't wish for anymore harm to befall my house.

Good. Don't let them get the better of you.

[...]

I'm Manji by the way.

I won’t, darling. I assure you.

And I am Lord Akeldama. A pleasure.

So what is it that you do?

Me? Lately back home I've been doing some personal body guard work, but since showing up here in the fleet I've gone back to my usual profession of a whole lot of nothin'.

So, you're a lord? [Cool, cool, cool. Manji murdered the last lord he worked for because he was a prick oppressing people. This is probably fine.] You don't look like most of the lords I know. Wonder if that's the vampire bit. Don't suppose you're from Japan, are ya?

I am certainly different than most lords. It's more of an honorary title. The queen gave them to supernaturals of some power and I've held onto to mine quite well. However, the vampire part does afford me the ability to be as frivolous as I want.

No, I am not from Japan and, sadly, I will never have the opportunity to visit such a place.

Huh? Why not? If you're such a rich, hoity-toity vampire the ban on foreigners shouldn't be that big of a deal for you.

Oh, I have no problem with foreigners.

[He gets his best intelligence from people overseas before the government picks it up]

It's a matter of what I am. Vampires are tethered to a specific place. If we get too far from that place, it makes us a little fuzzy in the head.

Oh. So you fuzzy being kidnapped out in space? Or did you tether to the ship?

[...tethered?????] How the fuck does a vampire tether to anything?

I believe I am tethered to the ship.

It's all psychological, darling. It is an attachment to a place. Not a physical one, but an attachment none the less. But getting too far from ones location is so very painful.

If it's all psychological then get one of those head doctors to fix your head for you so you can go wherever the hell you want. [He thinks he's so smart and clever.]

A head doctor? I am not sure anything like that would help. I can assure you it is not a deficiency. Vampires are incapable of that. Besides, I am a rove. I have one of the largest territories in all of London.

Well, guess I can't really say much. I've never had any interest in leaving Japan. So I guess if you got a territory or whatever, but you better be taking care of your people. Or are you the type of lord that taxes them unnecessarily?

I do take care of my droney-poos and very well. They help me and I provide them with money, food, and a place to live if they don't already have it. Their service more than pays me back.

Your what-a-what? What the fuck is a droneypoo?

Oh, that is just my affectionate term for them. A drone is a person who seeks the patronage of a vampire so that they may practice their art without difficulty. In return, they provide vampires with food so that they do not have to seek other accommodations.

Yeah. That sounds about right. So instead of calling them peasants you call them poop drones. Yeah, you sound like a real lord alright. [If Akeldama can't see Manji's eye roll he'll certainly hear it in his voice.]

Did I? When I did say such a thing? They aren't peasants by any means. Most of them come from well-to-do families.

It sounds like you treat them like the lords of my home treat their peasants.

Says you who has only spoken to me. [He's getting annoyed. His British accent is fading and turning more Mediterranean] I treat my drones very well, better than most hives ever will. If you are really so concerned, one of my former drones is here; ask him.

Yet you call them drone poop. [Manji, droney-poos is a term of endearment. It doesn't actually mean poop.]

And maybe I will!

You are unfamiliar with terms of endearment, then? A shame.

Good. That would be Biffy on the Blameless if you decide to follow up on it.

I'm not, but I've never called someone I like shit before.

And don't you worry! I will! [He won't. He can't be bothered.]

And I never have either.

Well then, I look forward to hearing back from you then.

Until then.

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