SOMBRETA - THE ESTATE - LOWER FLOORS
Oct 17, 2014 22:31:30 GMT -8
Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Oct 17, 2014 22:31:30 GMT -8
Eli-
"Where do you come from? Is there a whole spirit land?
Like those old paintings with the birds with strawberry heads
and whatnot? Probably not very accurate though, huh..."
Melancholy-
"Strawberry heads? Sounds about right..."
Melancholy-
"But I come from this world, in
all of its sullen grandeur."
Eli-
"So you were-- like, a normal cat once?"
Melancholy-
"Not that I recall..?"
Vitus-
"It's alright Melancholy, we're just happy to see you."
Eli-
"Yeah, I never saw anything like... Well, I guess
just seeing you at all should be a comfort, huh?"
Melancholy-
"A cold comfort?"
Vitus-
"Yes, you do your job well. Say... Can Eli pet you?"
Melancholy-
"Ah yes, you would like that?"
Eli-
"Ohhh wow, could I?"
He stepped forward hesitantly. Damn, if he could get a picture of this,
he'd be back to #1 funnyman status! The cat monster squeezed its eyes
shut and waited patiently for him to be done, did not have the pleasing
reaction of a normal cat. Its fur held the cold as if it was an energy,
but was soft and nice.
Melancholy-
"Mm." A blip of a purr.
Eli pet the giant cat, barely able to pull himself
away from the magical fuzz, but he did.
Eli-
"Wow, I never thought-- it's like Lucy's Travels Underground!
Only real, and I'm a vampire so it's kind of a weird spin-off..."
Vitus-
"There. This ought to get you more comfortable with the occult."
Melancholy-
"Glad to help lonely souls, but I must be
away. There is much to do in the night."
Eli-
"Goodbye, beautiful magic cat... I am sooo posting about this..."
Melancholy-
"Goodbye Eli..."
The creature leapt away and disappeared into moonlight.
Vitus-
"I had forgotten. She's quite pleasant, if unnerving."
Eli-
"Man, man, that was wild. What did she tell you, back then?"
Vitus-
"Just as I had her tell you. That she only appears to
the good at heart. So we can't be that bad, can we?"
Eli-
"Yeah, yeah... I see what you mean. But you know how you
can know something with your head, but like... your heart...
I dunno, man. Ugh..."
Vitus-
"Yeh, I think I understand. Just remember, you need to
learn how to get blood humanely, or it can be a bad problem.
Maybe you can go out with Jack sometime? Without Jason,
y'know, someone you know, maybe it would be lower stress?"
Eli-
"Yeah, maybe it's like watchin' all the other kids going off
the diving board first. Less bad when you can just squeeze
your eyes closed and jump? I mean, not literally that, but
you know."
Vitus-
"Jack is a whiz with strangers. Maybe less so with people he
knows. Anyhow, just watching him at work might be useful."
Eli-
"Heh, I can't imagine it's all going to be magical
space-kitties, but a boy can dream, y'know?"
With that, the pact was sealed. Eli was set to have more tutelage from Jack....
He returned to the estate, bumming around with that new amigo,JASON: Hey, where are you? I'm with my friend in the parking lot up at this bar on Uni.
until he received a weird text from an older one...
I got him high and now I honestly know what to do with him. Mind helping me out?
ELI: ru fudgin kidding me? I'll do it, but goddamn man...
JASON: Not kidding. I did it. Thx.
It looked then like Jack and Eli's cold-chillin' would have to be suspended.
Jack-
"What's going on, man? You seem tense."
Eli-
"Oh my god, Jason just got some poor fucker
passed-out high and 'wants help.' FML, right?"
Eli-
"Hey um, do you think you could help?
Help me... help... Jason?"
Jack-
"Aww. Helping passed out druggies is good karma. I'm in."
Eli-
"Well thanks, pal. Guess having a car will help too."
Eli-
"Think we'll need like... rubber gloves?"
Jack-
"Yeah, I bet there's a first aid kit or two in
the building. How urgent is this? Where is it?"
Eli-
"He said at a Uni bar-- the more I think about Jason
hanging out with an incapacitated human... maybe
we should roll out."
Jack-
"That bad huh? Let's jet."
Jack took point with the driving, leading Eli toward the garage...
((see events elsewhere in "Jason Cuts Loose"))
{originally}
Vitus-
"I'm just telling you, drugs have nothing to do with his mental health right now. And now that you mention it, I'm more concerned about the guy he hurt in order to get sort of high for ten minutes, or whatever his thrilling trip was."
Vitus-
"... We're all in a bad situation and I do my best to forget about it and move on. I could be insensitive about it, lose sight of what it's like for you. I'll chalk this up to a rookie mistake. If anything, doing drugs might be a bit of harmless fun for him now, if he can plan it a little better and be less of a bastard to humans over it."