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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 19, 2016 21:56:53 GMT -8
August excused himself from his dance partner regretfully and barrelled friendfully up on the human."Heya! Ya wouldn't happen to be looking for a certain foreign skinny guy would ya? I'm his mate and roomie August. I'll be helping tonight. Are ya Dana?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on May 19, 2016 22:06:00 GMT -8
They were shocked.
Dana- "Oh? Yes, I..."
Dana- "I have to keep going..."
They went around him, beelining for the last place August had glimpsed Anselm.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 19, 2016 22:14:07 GMT -8
Anselm turned in place, and watched as Dana approached. He gave August a sly glance. Anselm- "You find me..."
Dana- "Err, you saw to that, didn't you?"
Anselm- "Yes, does it feel strange? I apologize..."
Dana- "Yeah..."
Dana pulled at the hem of their shirt nervously."Eh, it was very uncomfortable. I agreed to meet sometime, but... this doesn't seem right." Anselm looked confused, and glanced to August.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 19, 2016 22:28:44 GMT -8
"Oh! Sorry little mate. Anselm is under some pressure, it ain't a party for him neither. Look it's not set in stone just yet so don't you worry none. Ans just wants to set things straight with ya before anything happens. I guess he forgot to get ya phone number? He's been a vampire for a while now, he kinda forgets how weird it is to be called somewhere. "
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on May 19, 2016 22:42:11 GMT -8
More shock.
Dana- "Vampi- uh, vampires? Did I hear that correctly?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 19, 2016 22:47:52 GMT -8
Anselm- "Oh-- ah-- Dana." He snapped his fingers, and caught Dana's attention, giving them a mesmerizing look. Anselm- "It's okay... Vee just talking now. Do not vorry yourself."
Dana- "Um! Well... calming... down would be nice? But... I can't help but... remind you, this could be a quite disconcerting experience from my point of view. I had not heard about the vampires? Vampir...ism? As it were?"
Anselm released the eye contact. Anselm- "Oh, I guess it don't come up, does it?"
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 19, 2016 22:57:09 GMT -8
"Oh sorry Ans. I shoulda been more careful, I thought they knew. Heh. Sorry. Well, we don't go around telling everyone or who knows what would happen? Most people would just think we're barmy as march frogs or heavy duty role play guys. I promise ya we ain't gonna hurt you, we ain't scary vampires. Do ya want to sit down somewhere? Would that make ya feel better? A stiff drink?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 19, 2016 23:03:09 GMT -8
((lol @ dem beanz spillin )) Dana- "..."
Dana- "Actually, that sounds really good. I'll just... sit... over there. Thank you." Dana worked their way to an unoccupied booth and angled their back to the wall. Anselm hung back with August a moment. Anselm- "August, I'm too scary? Do I do it right?"
It was dark and flashy in here, but August knew from experience that Anselm never bothered with feigning humanity. Blinking, breathing, making subtle, life-like movements. But it was *probably* not noticeable at the moment?
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 19, 2016 23:31:58 GMT -8
"Actually I think they might be more scared of me. Ya ain't scary. Just blink a little more maybe? Damn my bean spilling goose ways, I'm sorry Ans. I thought I'd be super good at this. I'll be more subtle with the next one." "Well let's go see if we can make them feel more comfy before we try again?"
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 19, 2016 23:46:01 GMT -8
Anselm- "No, no, you do good! Don't vorry. You cann help me! It's very good." Anselm squinted his eyes, which took August a moment to realize was his attempt at feigning a blink. At least he forgot to do it again, immediately after the first try. He walked up to Dana's booth casually. Dana folded their hands pensively and tried to not look terrified to mixed results. Their human-flame gave their mood away. Dana- "Erm, hello..." Anselm sat across from Dana, and likewise folded his hands. Small candles flickered on the tabletop, casting unusual shadows and glinting off the surfaces of eyes. Anselm- "Hello." Dana- "So... Anselm... Your supernatural cure is... undeath?"
Anselm- "Yes."
Dana- "..."
Anselm- "Do you vant a drink? I don't remember, vhat is good to drink? Vine? Vhisky?"
Dana- "...Blood? Is that all it is, for the rest of forever?"
Anselm- "Yes. Vell... to drink. You can put a drink in a mouth and it hass a taste, but you do not vant it. A human hass alcohol, you can drink from 'dhem..."
Dana- "..."
Dana tapped their fingers on the table nervously. Anselm's face was a pleasant, unmoving mask that Dana averted their eyes from. Dana looked at August warily.
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 20, 2016 0:19:19 GMT -8
August did a funny little dance unsure of which side to take before going next to Anselm. He didn't want Dana to feel like they had no escape. He smiled friendfully as they talked."It sounds icky at first but ya get used to it. Ya don't have to hurt anyone, it ain't all Lord Demos. I give people a cookie after so it's like a blood bank kinda thing. Ya don't have to say yes either, Anselm ain't gonna force ya like some demon. He's a really nice bloke. Ya don't get hungry for food, it's more like a memory. Interesting but not appetising. There's perks too, ya know."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 20, 2016 0:28:38 GMT -8
Dana tried to focus on August alone, but spoke at first to Anselm. Dana- "Yeah, maybe you can get me... a, hm, what's a good drink... A gin and rubbish. Sonic. Tonic... Gin and tonic."
Anselm- "It's a joke? I don't understand."
Dana- "Two. Two gin and tonics." Anselm- "Very well... I buy you." He nodded to August as he stepped to his feet and walked off to the bar, the metal bits on his coat jingling.
Dana watched him go, and turned more fully to August. Dana- "Perks you said?"
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 20, 2016 0:40:02 GMT -8
"Oh yeah, ya lighter, faster and ya have more endurance. Ya can see, smell and hear better too. Even better ya get certain powers depending on ya family. See I'm a Marchese so I have more control over shadows and one day I'll be able to do shadow magic. I can turn into a monkey for real and one day I'll be able to turn into a pigeon and fly. So Ans is well he's Ans. So you'll be able to turn into a cute deer or robin. Also one day you'll be able to curse people, it's pretty fun. " "I hope we ain't scaring you. We don't mean to. I'm a pacifist in fact."
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on May 20, 2016 0:50:55 GMT -8
Dana laughed into their palm, their face flickering through emotions rapidly-- horror, confusion, incredulity... Dana rubbed their forehead vigorously, and gazed up at August through their fingers. Dana- "You're really not role-players?" Dana's gaze flicked Anselm's direction and back. Dana- "I really don't want to ask for proof of this. It's just hard to take in. I got a taste of things, getting that... mind control thing. He showed me a trick last time, didn't make any sense but I couldn't get it out of my mind. How can this be possible? The supernatural? It just seems.... well, impossible! How old are you? Are you all like, a million years old? How is it that... how am I even asking things like this?"
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Post by ∆§Indea§∆ on May 20, 2016 1:05:42 GMT -8
" OOOOH I'm like a kajillion years old. Old as the earth. WHOOOOOoooo! " " Nah I hate to burst ya bubble. I'm only 25. I've only been a vampire for around a month or so. Anselm for only 15 years. There's some spooky old vampires but hopefully ya won't have to meet them. Yeah, me and my crew kinda got thrown into this whole thing, It was pretty freaky but ya get used to it. Maybe ya heard of us? August Hayes? Lichgate? I was a student at BADA."
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