Heart of Porcelain, Heart of Steel for @lady_kaivodulin

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:58:21 GMT

He gave some thought to just telling Dorian they should only meet in Joe’s apartment. There was nothing they couldn’t get there, it was always clean, and for a vampire knowing precisely how the sun traveled through a space was a significant benefit. But this was inevitable. There would always be something left at home that needed to be retrieved, or a particular picture that needed to be seen in just the right light, or Dorian’s well-bred need to reciprocate an invitation. Joe could fight it all he liked, it would be as effective as fighting the tide.

The San Quentin pulls up to Dorian’s building and Joe shuts his eyes for the moment. Drinks in the smell of cigar smoke and leather, the quiet purr of the idling engine. The feeling of his preferred caustic cleanliness and the simple, efficient taste that keeps the interior of the auto from being anything but pristine.

He could always find someone else to fuck. They might be chattier, or more money grubbing, or faking that manor born accent. They could just want his money, instead of thinking he has affection to give. Whatever coarse replacement he found wouldn’t have the cute-sick look that Dorian has. Joe couldn’t have guessed what that does to him, but it sure does it.

He gets out and the San Quinten slides back into the street, off to Feeler’s next job. Joe steps inside, marshaling his teeth apart now so they can grind all the more once he arrives.

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Joseph Saturn

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:05:41 GMT

NAME: Helen
CONTACT: Discord/Journal/Google Doc?
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: 11-9 weekdays
BRACKETS/PROSE: Prose preferred, brackets are fine just not my style.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, misogyny. If I wanted any of that I would talk to a man irl

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: No. By and large Joe does not like to be touched. This journal is fine with smut after dming directly, but at a character level Joe is not a touchy guy. If you get handsy he will shrug you off, if you persist he will have your kneecaps broken. If you're into that you're my kind of guy!

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Yes, as both agent of violence and receiver. Joe does not use violence for entertainment but he is certainly no stranger to it. He goes about it based on what the immediate needs and solutions for a situation are. He keeps a high caliber handgun on him most of the time but would always prefer to talk things out or have the people he pays to handle violence earn their keep. As for violence against him, expect swift reprisal.

RELATIONSHIPS: Let's feel it out first. Joe is a very remote person and so an assumed relationship is unlikely and, for many reasons, might not be very fun. If you're into danger or icicles you'll probably get along great, but better to err on the side of building rapport first.

PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Joe's mind cannot be read. If a psychic gives it a try they will be find it as impenetrable as steel, and if they persist they could be seriously hurt by magical backlash from the attempt. Outside of this he presents as being entirely normal, if cold.

MAGICAL INFORMATION: Joe is a magic user but only in moments where it is absolutely warranted. He is conservative about its use not because things could get out of control quickly but because he sees the over-use of magic as being a waste of energy. Why cast a fire spell when you can just strike a match? He does, however, have high powered magic he uses in emergencies or to make a point. Primarily spells to dominate other people, restrain them, or invade their minds.

MEDICAL INFORMATION: Depending on the AU, Joe is either a gangster in his late 40's or a vampire in his early 70's. Either way, he has a few scars denoting hard living and he smokes like a chimney. As a vampire he is predictably cold and hungry, with a large going up the inside of his right ankle where he was bled to death.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: 'Historically accurate' racism, sexism, homo/transphobia. I'm not interested in it and therefore he isn't. That simple.

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: Yes, absolutely.
THREADHOPPING: Nah
FOURTHWALLING: Occasionally.
NOT INTERESTED IN: Kids, immortals who looks like kids.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL: 6ft tall and board built, Joe is a somewhat imposing figure. He has a tall forehead and slicked back tawny blonde hair, a plain face with black eyes and a deep tan all over. He exclusively wears black since the deaths of his sister and nephew, usually of fine material and make but very understated. His only affectations are platinum tie pins, cigarette case, and a pair of cufflinks made of a man's upper incisors. His posture is perfect, his movements direct and deliberate. When he smiles it rarely reaches his eyes.

AURAL: Joe has a low, bored, slow voice. He has a flat Californian accent and speaks deliberately, often sounding slightly condescending and put upon. Otherwise he is a quiet and brusque speaker, rarely raising his voice and never saying more than he needs to. Those with psychic powers or a connection to some outer plane will notice a very subtle ticking noise centered on Joe, sub-noise that sounds like a precisely timed clock counting down.

OLFACTORY: Dark tobacco and ash. A hint of blood and sweat, and the caustic smell of liquor but overwhelmingly cigarette smoke.

DEMEANOUR: Joe is an intensely private person. He makes no secret of the fact that he knows he is smarter and more driven than most people, and yet he allows himself very little ego in that regard. He has made a name for himself in a dirty, dangerous and extremely lucrative business and he now has a level of polish to him to hide the abject poverty he sprang from. He always seems like a man on a mission, stopping for no creature comforts or pleasantries, and effected by nothing but his own bottom line. He is cold and aloof, only breaking closer to others when they have something he can use, be that information, money, or a body to fill time with. Although he doesn't revel in blood or cruelty he is as remote from other people as the moon from the tides.

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Heart of Porcelain, Heart of Steel for @lady_kaivodulin

Joseph Saturn