The Shadows Have Teeth
August 9th, 2077
Banquet Room, Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrens
Day One, pt. 8: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Desert
 
 Celeste came out moments before a trio of maids carted out a dozen trays towards the expansive table. She took one of the seats at the end and moved it to sit near Belua, placing her hand on his. "So, the thing about RENFIELD slaves is that they're compelled to stay as close to me as possible, and to stay on my good side. They're addicts,

The Shadows Have Teeth
August 9th, 2077
"Dining Room", Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrens
Day One, pt. 7: Whetting His Appetite
 
 Belua stands up, stretching out his muscles, feeling a bit fatigued. He hadn't eaten yet, and he needed to... er... digest the information he'd just read. A smell catches his attention now that his mind is focused on feeding, and he decides to seek out the source of it. It sticks in his mind that there wasn't really a good answer yet to why his j

The Shadows Have Teeth
August 9th, 2077
"Dining Room", Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrens
Day One, pt. 6-- Alas, Calamut
 The third result found by his Bandit Browsing icon was a surprise--- results from a shadowchatter data haven in Chicago, provided with the assistance of the Pirates Guild, the guys fighting to take corporate corruptions in copyright down a few notches, or at least fighting to make it a little easier for the common man to survive in a city trying to rebuild its

The Shadows Have Teeth
August 9, 2077
Belua's Room, Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrens
Day One, pt. 5-- Getting Started
 
 Fresh from the shower, and dried once more by the small fleet of drones, Belua looks in the closet, remembering Celeste implying that she'd gone shopping to find clothes and who-knows-what for him. Upon a quick examination, he discovers that, while there are a few outfits in here, and he has no doubt she managed to take his measurements while he was out--- she'd h

The Shadows Have Teeth
August 9th, 2077
A Vampire Dominatrix's "Dining Room", Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrens
Day One, pt. 4
 
 Belua awakens, awkwardly curled in the massive ornate chair in Celeste's play-room, his stomach rumbling loudly, he adjusts, leaning his arms against his thighs as he lightly scratches at the bridge of his nose with one of his claws. Hunger-not maddening, not desperate, not the soul of a ravenous monster calling out for prey, but the hunger of a

 The Shadows Have Teeth
 August 8th, 2077
 Bathroom with Metagenetic Customization, Celeste's Lair, Seattle Barrons
 Day One, part 3
 
 From the combination of built up filth and a much larger body than he was used to, Belua takes quite a while to get himself clean enough to feel at all confident. He finds himself with a growing... anxiety? Anticipation? He's not sure of the difference, himself. A growing concern that he NEEDS Celeste's approval in this. Maybe t

The Shadows Have Teeth
August 8/8/2077
Celeste's Lair in the Seattle Barrens
Day One, part 2
 
 
 Belua decides to take his time in the shower, realizing that, much to his dismay, his new fur is matted and caked to his body. He looks around for soap, or shampoo, and finds several full bottles... of dog shampoo. He sighs and rubs the base of his palm against the bridge of his nose and his increasingly knotted brow.
 
 He looks in the shower, concerned that the amount

The Shadows Have Teeth
Day One...ish
August 8th, 2077
Unknown location in the Seattle Barrens
 
 Staring up at the ceiling of an unfamiliar room, body aching head to toe, Belua tries to put together where he's been. The last thing he remembers clearly, he was meeting with a lover at Crusher 99 before heading out on a date with her. Some folks would have questioned the exact relationship there, as their conversations would drift from magical theory, or practice, or experiences, to m