| Okay, here's the backdrop of this one. Tyical night at Las Noches...for the most part. Kangaxx is drunk as usual. Kat is tending the bar. Cerule and Legar are in a fairly new relationship and he's bought her a gorgoeous dress for a banquet he's taking her to. Jace has just now returned from an..."errand" he's been on. Sissy checks up on the bar regulary to see if he has returned, and tonight just happens to be one of those times. This is really, really confusing...I tried to organize it as best I could...but it is still hard to follow in some places...however...this is about as organized as these things get...so bare with me...thanks... Cerule: *eyes wide* Wow... *takes it out of the box with gentle fingers* Legar: *smiles slightly* Legar: I am actually hosting a banquet tonight, and I had hoped you would come...and wear that... Jace: *emerges from the shadowed corner* How nice... Legar: Oh! One more thing...*reaches into his pocket and produces a 'Y' necklace make of tiger's eyes, the gems are carved to look like claws and beads. A large Ruby hangs down in the middle* And this....it's not much...but it suits you I think... Cerule: *smiles* I'll certainly try and look good in it... *eyes widen 34 times more* Goodness... Legar: Will you come with me? Cerule: Of course I will... *kisses his cheek* Lemme go change... Legar: *nods and waits impatiently* Kat: *appears out of no where and slams into Jace's back with a hug* JACE!!!!!!!!!! Jace: GAH! *draws a knife and pins Kat against the wall, blade at her throat...sees who it is and immediately pulls the knife away* OH...sorry Kat...you...startled me... Kat: *grins despite what happened and hugs him again* You should know it's me! Jace: Once again...*hugs* I apologize...I've been a little...tense lately... Kat: *watches him warily* Why for? Cerule: *waves over her shoulder to Jace* That mortal girl was looking for you again...*whisks out of the room and goes to the back* Kangaxx the Mad: *still asleep at the bar, falls clear off his stool, doesn't wake up either* Jace: *nods to Cerule* I realize...*sighs...to Kat:* Things that I cannot talk about at this time... Kat: *steps away from him, glaring at him, her eyes narrowed dangerously* Legar: *sighs then picks up Kangaxx and sets him on the couch* Switch: *walks in covered in bloody ichor* Sissy: *peers around the doorway, trailing ribbons as usual, with the rose Claidi gave her* Kat: *turns to look at Switch then pales* Are you okay?! Switch: I'm fine, just a little sore... Jace: Jesus man...what have you gotten yourself into? Switch: Anyone hungry? I probaby have a gallon of blood in these clothes. Jace: *winces* No...I've seen enough blood in one weekend...including my own... Kangaxx the Mad: *jerks up, accidentally firing a weak shockwave throughout the bar* Kat: Come on...come sit and I'll clean you up...we have spare clothes....*calls over her shoulder* Hey Sissy!! Cerule: *pokes head around the back room's door* Who's covered in blood?! Jace: *whirls around* Sissy? Switch: Me. You want it? I sure as hell don't... Sissy: *grins and wiggles her fingers in a wave* Kangaxx: Switch, what happened to you? Legar: *watches curiously* Kat: *to Switch* Take off your clothes... Switch: I have been targeted by a bizarre sect of vampiredom. Cerule: Good Moon, someone clean him off... *goes back to the back room, then bursts out laughing at Kat's orders to Switch* Kangaxx the Mad: *cracks up* Sissy: *looks around bewildered* Switch: *takes off trenchcoat* They grow more powerfull on blood. Kat: *throws a dagger at Gaxx's head* Switch: *takes off shirt and undershirt...his chest is stained red* Kangaxx the Mad: *rips the dagger from his face, now bleeding a black fluid, still laughing* Sissy: *face suddenly lights up, oblivious to the blood* Jace?! Jace: SISSY *glomps* Sissy: Jace! I was so worried about you! *snuggles* Jace: *kisses her forehead* I missed you too. Kat: No, duh sweety...*grabs his clothes and throws them over her arm* You can change the rest of the way upstairs...we have spare clothes there... Switch: They are bizzare, they insert a human heart into their chest beside their own to grow their power...do any of you have a towel? Kat: *leads him upstairs* Come on...Word to the wise...don't mess with those guys... Switch: Thank you. I didnt mean to blood up the floor, but I'm out of clean clothes *follows Kat* Kat: *shrugs* You should see some of the fights here...*shakes her head laughing quietly* Kangaxx the Mad: *leans back against the couch, still lauging silently, wound healed though* Legar: *leans against the bar, smiling with mild amusement* Cerule: *comes out of the back, smoothing the dress with one hand and giggling* Hmm, does it look okay? *takes off her pentagram/Liche eye to put on the necklace* Legar: *turns to look at her and his jaw drops* My god...Cerule...you look....wow.....*walks over to her and grabs her in a hug* Cerule: *grins and hugs back* I feel like I should be wearing a corset... Legar: You look perfect *takes the Liche eye and wraps it around her wrist then helps her put the necklace on* Cerule: Oh, wait...this should help... *flips her braid over her shoulder and unties the ribbon...lets all of her hair down...and she has a great deal of it, wavy and dark brown ^^* Legar: *runs his fingers through her hair and smiles slightly, fixing the clasp on the necklace* You would make a perfect Lady of the Court... *whispers in her ear* Cerule: *smiles with a twinkle in her eye, whispering* There's no other Lord I'd rather be with... Legar: *grins slightly, then kisses her neck, standing back to look at her fully* Wow... Sissy: ARE YOU OKAY?! *suddenly begins to look Jace over as though expecting him to be missing a limb* Jace: *laughs* I'm prefectly fine (he lies) ...now that you're here... Sissy: *suspicious eye* Are you sure?! Jace: Yes...perfectly fine... *embraces Sissy* I've missed you so much... Sissy: *buries her face in his shoulder* I missed you too... *stands on tiptoe to kiss his nose* Jace: *catches her lips in his instead* Sissy: *sighs happily and treats him to a good long kiss like she promised in the long-lost note* Jace: *very happy to get it* Meanwhile...upstairs... Switch: *looks for a towel* Kat: *walks out of the bathroom and throws a towel at Switch* Switch: *wipes face of blood, then chest* Thanks, Kat. Kat: *shrugs* Anything for a friend...so what happened? *scavenges for shirts and pants* Switch: *grabs glass and takes off socks wringing them out into glass* The vampires are pretty much a menace, they attack as many people as they can get, making human farms. They put the strongest heart they can find into their chest to regulate all the blood they take. I killed one and, in doing so, slashed many of its veins to weaken it. They have so much blood in htem... well...it's under a lot of presure... Kat: Yeah...we are a menace *says slightly harsher than she meant* Switch: *realizes what he said* I didn't mean vampires in general, this sect is just bizarre. They even murder other vampires for their blood...I'm voting to call them blood fiends, but I dunno... it's not my job to classify them.... Kat: Sorry...I didn't mean it like that...*walks into a room, then comes back out holding clothes* I've met their kind before...they've never gotten any name other than 'AAAUGGGHHHHHH!' They're sicko's.... Switch: *laughs* I don't know, this one was smart, it broke my favorite shotgun in half. Kat: No! He broke your shotgun! That's a sin in my book! Switch: *finishes wiping self with towel and puts on clothes* I know the kind your talking of, but I don't think these are it. I think these are vampires who do this willingly. They are as intelligent as any I have ever had to fight. Kat: They've evolved? Switch: Something like that. I think they have had help. They are powerful, but I think another vampire gang is using them as soldiers. Kat: Help from who? *turns her back to him and snorts contempt* Our kind is getting out of control...and the Lords aren't doing anything to help... Switch: Humans...vampires... werewolves... dragons...demons...I have seen it all...but these are really something else. Kat: Strange....*sighs slightly* Switch: *comes up behind her, putting hand on shoulder* are you alright? Kat: *turns and grins at him* Of course! I'm fine..just worried... Switch: About what? Kat: Sometimes when our kind evolves it spells disaster for many...I'm just worried... Switch: *sighing laugh* All it means for me is that I have even more blood on my hands... and everywhere else... Kat: Then I'll help! Switch: *laughs, eyes a bit glassy* Aluna, meet the child we couldn't have... Kat: *smiles slightly then hugs Switch* I'm glad I'm good for something! Switch:*hugs her back* You're a sweet creature... especially when I receive so little welcome from this city... Kat: Yep...well...being the creature I am I don't have to abide by their rules! *took no offence to his words* Switch: I do wish Aluna could have met you. She would have loved you. Kat: *grins slightly* I'm hard to hate! Switch: It sounds so odd...but do any of you have use for several gallons of fresh blood? Kat: *thinks for a moment then nods* The customers are always hungry...we could probably use it...where's it coming from? Switch: The vampire...I caught him among his human prisoners, he sucked a half a dozen dry before he came after me...the poor souls... Kat: *nods again* Oh yeah! That'll be great! They're better off dead...especially in this world...*walks down stairs* Switch: I have to turn in the body to command...but he's so bloody... *follows kat* ...that he's making a pool several inches deep in his body box...The smell is just awful. Kat: *nods* If you want just take him to the back, drain him, then take him to wherever you go... Switch: Okay. *goes to his car and pulls out the corpse box, takes it to the back, and after a moment's thought, drains it into a barrel* Downstairs in the bar... Kangaxx the Mad: *falls asleep on the couch again* Cerule: *smooths her hands down the bodice* Wanna know a secret? Legar: *nods* Sure! Cerule: *reaches down as though she's going to pull the skirt up; suddenly sticks out a bare foot...grins angelically* You better not step on them! Legar: *eyes widen, then he groans slightly* Of course! Hold that thought! *vanishes* Cerule: *blinks, then curses* Damn! Now he's going to do something ELSE for me! Legar: *returns* What size shoe do you wear? Cerule: Uh.. *wiggles toes contemplatively* probably something small.. like a 6... Kangaxx the Mad: *wakes up, hops up, pulls out his sword* This is boring... *disappears* Legar: I don't mind in the least beautiful. *kisses her cheek* Six it is. *vanishes again* Sissy: *finally gives Jace the originally-intended kiss on the nose* Fayth gave me your note... Jace: Oh, good...I thought she would... Legar: *comes back holding another box with a pair of fancy dress shoes, black* Cerule: *slips her foot into one of them...yanks it back out suddenly, then tries again more slowly* Legar: *watches her slightly confused* They won't bite... Cerule: Tell my toes that, shoes are a foreign object to them *giggles* I'm such an uncivilized heathen! *begins laughing and puts them on* Legar: *chuckles* If you'd like I'll go get flat shoes so your ankles won't hurt too bad...Or perhaps open toe...? Cerule: *grins and gets up on her feet* No, it's quite fine... Legar: *catches her hand in his then bows low to kiss the back of her hand* M'lady, you look absolutely stunning! Cerule: *grins* M'Lord, you do flatter me overmuch, I am honored. Legar: Such a thing is not possible, you deserve the best! Cerule: I have found the best in you! Legar: The best in me? You mean I was bad before?! Cerule: *laughs* No, I mean that because I have you, I have the best. Legar: *kisses her cheek again* Shall we? Cerule: Sure! *nuzzles his ear* Are the fledglings going to be there? Legar: Not really...they aren't allowed yet...it's going to be us and a few other lords though... Cerule: Oh...I'm..not too much of a commoner to be there? Legar: *laughs loudly* Of course not!!! I invited you, in fact you probably have more of a right to be there than most of the lords you'll meet...*grins slyly* Cerule: *raises an eyebrow, then shrugs* I'll stick close to you. Legar: *smiles slightly then nods, transporting her to a castle in some random remote place* Sissy: *snuggled into Jace's lap* Jace: *winces slightly when she sits upon him* Sissy: *cocks her head* Jace? Jace: *attempts to pulls off a smile...but it doesn't work too well...a tiny blood stain slowly spreads upon his shirt* Oh bloody hell...*gently removes Sissy from his lap, setting her on her feet* Sissy: Bloody is right! *shocked voice* That's not 'okay' to me, dear... what's wrong?! Jace: *attempts that smile again* It's nothing...really...just a scratch... Sissy: *slightly panicked voice* Yes, a scratch that's bleeding onto your clothes! *pulls up his shirt* Jace: No really...it's--*underneath his shirt is a rather large bandage wrapped around his lower torso* Kat: *glances at Sissy when she says "bleeding", then* What the HELL?! Sissy: *sits down with an audible thump next to him* Jaceon, that is NOT a scratch. Kat: JACE!!! What happened?! *runs to grab her first aid kit* Jace: Alright...it's not a scratch...Kat..don't bother...your medication can't heal this... Switch: *comes back in* I hope I did that right... *sees Jace* Wow... that looks painful...you're a vampire? *to Jace* Jace: Yes...and, yes... Sissy: *gently touches the bandage with a whimper* Jace: *winces again at her touch* Kat: Why not?! Switch: How the hell isn't it healing? Jace: It's not an ordinary wound... Switch: what made it? Kat: Was it a Triste? Switch: *intense intrest* Jace: I'm not entirely sure how it happened... Sissy: *looking panicked from Jace to Kat to Switch and back again* Jace: No...not that bad...thank god for that. I've had to endure that as well. If it was Triste...I'd be...most likely dead... Sissy: *lower lip trembles* Great, so now somebody's trying to kill you?! Jace: Crazy...hunters...they have close ties with God apparently and have a knack for handling holy weapons and things of that nature...not good for the damned... Kat: Hang on a second...I can't heal it but I can make it feel better... Jace: No...really...don't touch it... Kat: I'm not going to touch it... Jace: *takes hold of Kat's arm* Don't do anything. You've got to understand..it has to heal on its own... Kat: What did he do to you? Switch: Here, try these. *hands him pair of pills* Hammers. They should dull the pain if you want 'em. Jace: He stabbed me through the middle with one of those bloody swords of theirs. I wasn't aware they were...blessed I guess you could say...but it had to have been more than that. They were...glowing... He practically sliced me in half. It's healed a lot since Saturday... Kat: *growls slightly* What happened to them? Are they dead? Sissy: *whimpers and huggles one of his arms* Jace: Mostly...I think. Switch: Who are they? I could use their swords... Jace: *looks at Switch* I dare not say...and you don't need them... Switch: It seems they would make my life easier... Jace: Yours maybe...but not ours... Sissy: Will everyone STOP trying to KILL my boyfriend?! Kat: Mostly? Where were they last? Jace: I can't say...please don't ask too many questions. I've already endangered you enough... Switch: Why does everybody around here think I want to kill them? Kat: *her eyes flash a blood red color for a second before she calms* Jace...I'll ask this only once...where are they? Jace: *eyes darken* Kat...stop it...let it lie... Switch: Can we please not fight? I already ruined my best set of clothes tonight... Jace: No kidding...it's not my fault she's so damn stubborn... Switch: I never said that, and to be honest I agree with her. If these people are such a menace, then it would be good for me to find them. They seem to have little concern for justice. Sissy: *desperately* WILL SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?! Jace: Gentlmen...ladies...calm yourselves...please. They're not a huge menace, Switch. They never really were. They were simply giving some old friends of mine hell. So, I went to help them... Kat: *sighs slightly* I don't like to see my friends hurt, Jace! Sissy: *curls up in an untranquilized ball* Jace: I know Kat...but...it's okay... *kneels beside Sissy* Please...I'm fine...really... Kat: I'm...I don't know what I'm going to do *goes to sit behind the bar, her head on the table* Sissy: *wailing* No you're not, you've got a big bloody hole in your stomach! Jace: You're not going to do anything... Switch: *walks over and rubs Kat's shoulders* Jace: It will heal...trust me...I've had much worse... Sissy: *gives him a careful hug around the shoulders* If you say so. Jace: *smiles* I do...*kisses her forehead* Don't worry love... Kat: *shudders violently* Switch: *starts back* I'm sorry... what did I do? Kat: It's not you...I'm trying not to...*trails off, looking up with tears in her eyes* Switch: *takes her hands and sits down beside her* Jace: Kat...can I have some extra bandages? And maybe...another white shirt? Kat: *stands and walks away without a word or a sound* Sissy: I'll... try not to. *rests her head on his (bare!) shoulder* Switch: *looks at bizarre scene* There is a reason command thinks I'm losing it... Kat: *comes back with bandages and a white shirt* Here...*hands them to Jace, her eyes still slightly glazed* Sissy: *takes the bandages* I'll do it... Kat: *gives a half smile and walks back to the bar, looking deathly pale* Jace...are you sure there's nothing I can do? Switch: *looks to Kat, doesn't know what to say* Sissy: *gets a grip on herself, a moment of regular-Sissy-dom, then puts her hand on the stained bandage questioningly* Jace: Sissy...this isn't going to be pretty...I'd prefer to do it myself...in another room...only because I don't want to cause anymore...scenes... Sissy: No, I'll do it. *stubborn as a five-year-old* Kat: *lays her head on the bar once more* Jace: *gently moves her hand away from the bandage* Sissy...*rests a hand on her cheek* You really DON'T want to see it...it's rather nasty looking... Switch: *flops down on couch and puts hat over face* Sissy: *nuzzles his hand* I'm gonna have to learn to deal... Jace: Well...*hesitant..if you say so... Kat: *drifts to sleep, remembering her past once more and those she lost and had to kill, fidgeting slightly* Jace: *tries his best not to flinch or wince or do anything of that nature* Sissy: *surprised he's not screaming as she gets the bandage entirely off* Jace: *there's pretty much a good sized hole is his torso accompanied by a large slit branching off of it...it used to go all the way around...but it healed from the back on* Kat: *leaps up quickly then falls over backwards, landing on the back of her neck, and folding over in a rather grotesque way* Ow... Sissy: *wipes her tears on her arm to keep them from touching the wound* Jace: Sissy... *reaches up to wipe a tear away* Kat: *sits there a moment then crawls back up to her seat, rubbing her neck, her eyes fall on Jace's wound* Oh...my...god...*a brief smile flashes across and her eyes flash red before she turns her head* Sissy: *finishes and looks down at her bloody hands* Jace: Thanks dear... *rests a hand on her cheek, before pulling on the shirt* Oh... *grabs the old one and wipes her hands off as best he can* I'm sorry love... Sissy: *smiles slightly* It's okay, I volunteered... Kat: *a soft clunk is heard as she bangs her head on the bar* I'm so useless... Sissy: Heyyy.. stop that, kitty... Jace: Kat..you're not useless...you never were...and you never will be. Kat: *stops, but doesn't lift her head, then groans* Sissy: *gives Jace a gentle kiss on the lips* I have exams tomorrow...I'd better go home before they miss me... Jace: *lingers upon the kiss a bit* Oh...okay love...I'll be there tommorrow as well...*hugs* I love you. Kat: *disappears* Sissy: You be careful with yourself... I love you too... *slips away* Jace: I will...*watches her go, then disapparates* -End- |