[color=92278f][center][h3]Victor Astorio[/h3][/center][/color]

The boy before him seemed puzzled but wouldn’t back down. “[i]Marvelous[/i]” he thought to himself. Watching the boys every movement and reaction. The girl wasn’t interesting any more, she seemed almost stuck in a puddle of her own making. The one in front of him at least had the heart to stand in front of him even if his heartbeat was escalating. 

His smile never stopping as his gaze slowly shifted back to the one in front of him, he could hear another approaching them. [color=92278f]“Don’t flatter yourself, you’re cute but you’re not that cute.”[/color] Again another thing to see if he could get under his skin, [color=92278f]“you got balls kid, I’ll give you that, but you let that mouth of yours get you in too much trouble and this place will extinguish that flame.” [/color]He was also wondering how advice would go with this one.

[color=8dc73f]“Is there a problem here?”[/color]

The voice calling toward them did not make Victor turn his gaze until Spellman was almost right next to them. Victor took little time to push the boy out of his way to get in between Salem and the girl. [color=92278f]“Well hello there Salem Spellman, you are Salem Spellman correct? The hero of the night? the man of the hour? The one human with the guts or sheer stupidity to talk to the queen in such a way as you did the other night?”[/color] Victor was being incredibly animated for him, smiling and moving his arms as if introducing a hero to the stage. Victor had no problem making himself look like a fool in his experience it made others think him as a lesser person or threat then he was.

He was assuming about what was said but by the way Varis spoke of him, he knew it was not good. “[i]Perhaps telling some half-truths would play better for this one. He does seem a bit more level headed compared to the other two[/i]” he thought. [color=92278f]“You hear so many interesting things while working for the council. So what will you do? Family thinking you betrayed them, family business being investigated under suspicion of treason, and my personal favorite being, that your family may be barred from practicing magic ever again because of what You said.”[/color] He was well aware of what being investigated by the council meant, he also knew that like the Starag, family meant something to them. 

[color=92278f]“Choose your words carefully hero, all it takes is a well-placed rumor and your family dies thinking you betrayed them.”[/color] That was a bluff but Victor was wondering how much of their rights they knew about concerning council business. Giving the boy a smirk and a chance to think about his words the tall vampire turned to the petrified girl and stepped up to her. 

Again, he stepped up closer than what would be acceptable in normal circumstances to the girl and lowered his head but this time it seemed almost with care as he got closer to her ear and whispered, [color=92278f][i]“I understand I am scary, but if you let this fear of yours control you it will get you killed. Stand up to it and face it or let it consume you, those are your options. I’ll be waiting to see what you picked.”[/i][/color] He smiled and stepped away from her, [color=92278f]“I’m sure we will have a lot of fun with that… later.”[/color] This time he did not whisper he wanted the other two, especially Salem, to think he may have said something lewd towards her. Again, another thing to provoke them with.