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USERNAME: @thevampirelestat Lestat de Lioncourt The Vampire Chronicles TEXT • AUDIO • VIDEO • ACTION • OVERFLOW

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delivery. backdated to whichever day was the winter solstice in this city!

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[ at lestat's doorstep sits a paper-wrapped gift blooming profusely from its seams with long-stemmed paper flowers in dizzying greens and reds and oranges splayed along the painted watercolours of a rising, winter-morning dawn pale with still-visible pinpricks of mourning stars.

the package is no larger than two palms put together, and when picked up, weighs no more than standard flashlight. when unwrapped, within is a miniature version of the stained glass kaleidoscope that adorns the roof of the planetarium. the handcrank generates the power needed to bleed light through the opening, upon which its patterns are cast across the ceiling: a setting sun, a golden field stretching endlessly framed by two, towering trees that spiral into the cutting dusk of a weeping sky. pinpricks of silver light seeps through along the cracks of the sky proper, but not a star is to be seen.

the world is complete; the world is empty.

the card reads thus: ]

To Lestat,

With time constraints, I could only make but a pair of these devices, so you must forgive the quality of the imagery. However, I've always wondered if an image cast inside the lid of your coffin would bring you pleasant dreams. These devices can be mounted for ceilings as well, though I will need time to find the right images and stain the right kind of glass to compose it.

Lastly, if I may ask you for a favour: wait twenty-four hours, then tell Ghost the words 'pigpen', then ask her for me what took her so long, hm?

May your coming year be as sweet as watermelon, and as fruitful as pomegranates.

Regards,

Kaveh