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There was no reason to beat around the bush about it. He placed both hands on the table and leaned in. "I spoke to Ravnos. He says I can join the clan if I do something for him first."

He glanced over to Emppu then and nodded, making sure the other vampire knew that it was alright to do what his mother asked of him.

"But...I wouldn't join without Emppu. You all speak so much of family, and he is family to me. I won't abandon him." A pause.

"Speaking of family...How's my half-brother doing?"

Smooooth.

Ezo moved his hand from her waist to the small of her back, pulling her close against him before he gave her a dip. He oozed all the charm he could. “Oh quite right. Bad music just doesn’t inspire one to dance.”

As he pulled her up he gave her another twirl then pulled her in again. Moving in spinning circles around the dance floor. “Amazing. You have real talent then. Able to dance and create your own. I am afraid I must say that not only are you beautiful on the outside but you creativeness and skill make you beautiful on the inside to. In my opinion.”

Now she was asking about him. “Oh me? Well you may find this a put off but ai enjoy hunting. The thrill of the chase as you run down your prey.” It was so thrilling this game he played. “But do not think me a savage my lovely lady. I also enjoy poetry. Reading and writing it.”

She ignored Cassius’ question. Taking the tarot cards and pulling three cards. Setting them down one by one in a line on the table in front in Emppu. Her pink eyes glittered with amusement.

Cryso pointed at the first one. “This card is your past. Tel he Page of Cups. Something from you past that you have dreamed about will lead to a happy ending.” A pink claw tapped the middle card. “This is your present. The Wheel of Fortune. Upright. There will be a change in the cycle of life.” He claw moved to the third. “Your future. Three of wands. Reversed. You will have great difficulty in the future. Many obstacles and delays in your goal.” With a sweep of her hand she placed the cards back into the deck.

Her gaze turning to her son. “Why would you think that I would know?” She tilted her head slightly. Not at all phased by the fact that he now knew of Zapathasura’s existence.

Thane had, up to this point, never personally come into contact with a Malkavian, certainly not this close. He had been told they were mad but listening to stories was a far cry from experiencing it in person and he was entirely unprepared to step into a conversation and immediately have a growling faucet on a leash chucked at his face. It simply didn’t happen. The Giovanni clan were sophisticated, level-headed (mostly) and didn’t have outbursts that turned the head of everyone in the vicinity.

It was lucky for him that Amadeo was on the ball because he would have simply taken Faucy to the face, snapped his wine glass and tried to remove the Malkavian’s insides through her throat. Instead the item smacked into Amadeo’s palm and Thane’s eye twitched just a little.

Then there was the information he had just been given about the wallpaper. That glaring hole in his research, papers full of information that would have been groundbreaking if he’d ever had the chance to actually read them.

Thane had never wanted to kill anyone more than he did right now.

He watched her claw at Amadeo’s very expensive vintage jacket that had survived more bloodbaths than the rest of the Giovanni family put together (and that was a lot) and very slowly reached towards the part to put down the glass on the nearby table because it was now in very real danger.

“Perhaps the lady and her delightful pet would care to sit?” He asked smoothly, stepping back to find a chair and swivel it around as an offer. “You seem quite distraught, signora. Rightfully so, I am sure. Please allow me to assist you.”

In his head he was slowly breaking her fingers one at a time for daring to lay a hand on his Sire.

Faucy laid there, motionless as the hat landed next to it. A drop of water dripping from it’s spout.

Madeline was still in a panic even as the two Giovanni were trying to get her to calm down. She sniffed and lightly nodded her head as Amadeo reminded her about her vice. But was it really her’s? Or was it somebody else’s and she was just borrowing it.

She eyed the chair suspicious. “Faucy doesn’t know how to sit.” Her voice was slightly strained now.

But all of a sudden a hat appeared from across the room and her attention was drawn to it. She gasped. “He has a girlfriend now!” But then all of a sudden her eyebrows furrowed and she released Amadeo from her vice grip. Dropping to the floor with a scowl. “FAUCY stop being a pervert and put that away this is not the place for that!” She grabbed the hat and threw it back across the room. “There now you can’t do that nasty stuff.”

Dusting off her hands she turned to regard the chair with suspicion again. “No thanks that chair is naughty.”

Emppu watches avidly as Cryso pulls out and sets the three cards down one at a time. He raises an eyebrow as she starts saying what each card represents in terms to him and his fortune/future. When she was done, he smiles and stands beside Cassius again, giving a bow (not just his head this time) in Cryos' direction. "I thank you for reading my fortune, m'lady. I may not understand the meaning of it, but I appreciate your time." He listens as Cryso and Cassius start speaking to each other again, hoping that Cryso would divulge the information Cassius was asking for.

Grendel gave the Disciple a look, but his mouth twitched up into a small smirk at the hand gesture. Around them, things were picking up. More and more mortals and vampires alike were arriving, and the mansion was becoming ever noisier and livelier every minute.

As much as it thrilled him to see it, he was, as he said, ready to leave. He and the Disciple had a lot of catching up to do, after all.

Turning towards Ravnos, he reached out a hand towards his face and drew him in for a kiss.

An instant later, they were both gone.