Rainbow Snippets

[jana_denardo]

First off, apologies to everyone for not doing much reading last week. As I said, I had no internet for a full week and there is only so much I want to read at work that's not work related. I would have taken in my tablet and read but it wouldn't connect to the internet there (It did at home so I'm literally clueless there). Also what online time I had needed to be spent working on the online portions of my classes as the university started up this week and I have to keep one step ahead of those students of mine.

If you'd like to play along Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences every Saturday. it's been fun and you can find it here. This week I'm continuing with Blood Red Roulette (ugh trying to edit it is going SO slowly). You've met Arrigo, the vampire lead and Eleni his nemesis. Now meet the hapless mortal caught up in their battle. Luc's a displaced Cajun after Hurricane Katrina. His father and brother and he are working in a bar in the seedier part of Vegas.

For context here, a little while before this scene, Luc had his first real conversation with Arrigo. He has no idea he's caught Arrigo's eye and doesn't know he was nearly a snack (My vampires don't need to kill and use a form of mind control so they can snack and erase memory of it). That memory has been erased. He also doesn't know he's been seen.


“What were you doing behind the bar with some guy?” Da asked, his hands fisting up.

Luc stared, clueless. “What are you talking about? I was only outside twice. Once to throw the garbage out and once to mop.”

“Stanton said you were behind the bar with someone, C’est sa couillon,” his brother, Henri, said, closing the space between him and Luc.




Here's Luc (well if you aged him up to about 22-23 and put him in a less model-like pose)

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Luc is rather purty.

And I'm glad you have internet back to work with.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

Luc is far too pretty. You can see why Arrigo gets a tad obsessed.

I'm thrilled to have it back

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes. Definitely.

I'm sure!

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

and now it's failing

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Blargh.

[nephyhart.livejournal.com]

Oh my Luc really is pretty and the snippet was very intense. Way to leave it on a cliffhanger

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Luc is far too pretty for his own good

[p.t. wyant (from livejournal.com)]

Looks like memory erasing has a draw-back -- like someone else seeing it. Nice snippet!

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

Big drawback. Poor unsuspecting Luc.

[chris-quinton.livejournal.com]

Glad you're back online - no internet always has me twitching after a few hours. I like the scene -poor Luc's going to be in trouble, it seems.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

yeah a week was rough.

thanks. Yes Luc is in for real trouble

[layla dorine (from livejournal.com)]

oh boy, Luc was a snack and doesnt even realize it lol.

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

Poor Luc, yeah he's clueless.

[raissa phoenix (from livejournal.com)]

Vampires who can mess with your mind are some of my favorites. I especially love the aftermath in things like this, where someone's confronted with what they don't remember. I want to read more!

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

thanks. Yes Luc's in some real trouble from Arrigo's little mind trick

[dianne hartsock (from livejournal.com)]

Not fair being in trouble for something you don't remember!

[jana-denardo.livejournal.com]

Luc would completely agree with you.