Sabbat Council

 

Disclaimer: All characters and places etc are the property of Yoshiki Tanaka, KKS and others.

 

Three drabbles set in my Arslan Senki/Vampire: the Masquerade crossover universe.

 

He hated Sabbat council.

The endless parade of elders all vying to outdo one another.  Trying to prove themselves more diabolical than the next.

Never with any point beyond the posturing.

But that didn’t excuse him.  He had to attend.  Not for his own benefit, nor for the benefit of the Sabbat.

Perhaps it was for his clan, for his… liege-lord.  Was that the right term?

It didn’t matter; all that mattered was the straightforward and complex task of making sure that no one put feet on the table or made snoring noses during speeches. 

Because Daryoon was arguably crazy.

 

 

He despised Sabbat council.

It was full of the nonsense talk of crusades and politics.  He hated that, always had.  Watching the progeny of foolish sires being thrown to the wolves.

Because the old ones rarely attended the minor councils anyway, so he took a perverse delight in being there and then refusing grander invitations.  Or leaving before they could arrive.

No one had yet dare object.

If the order was given he would be there, if the clans had need of he and his knights.

But they didn’t.

So he fiddled with his MP3 player under the table instead.

 

He rather enjoyed Sabbat council.

All this vaunted talk of holy wars and grand politics.  Delightful.  And of course complete nonsense most of the time.

Except the few times there was talk of Gehenna, the End of Days as far as vampires were concerned.  Those were particularly entertaining.

He’d often laughed and found himself subjected to irate stares.  What a wonderfully pliable audience they were.

So he talked and talked and talked.  Only a few understood the futility of it all.

But it wasn’t a new idea; after all what were these vampire conclaves other than kingdoms waiting to fall?

 

Edd, Daryoon & Narsus, respectively.

Because I’ve been neglecting the vampires for far too long…  And you know, Daryoon is pretty technologically advanced for an elder.