Vampire District

[Elf]

Forest

"You really want to back that thought up unless you really want to become food for the crows," Forest said as she noticed a small group of homeless men approaching.

They were watching her rather intently, with an expression she had seen far too many times.  An expression that caused ice to form in her gut that slowly churned to anger.  She warned them, if they tried anything else then they'd better pick a god and pray, because hers would give her permission to tear them apart.

[yinsukin]

Homeless Men

The few men who had approached stopped about two arms away from Forest.  Despite their clothes looking dirty, none of them had a particularly offensive oder.  In fact, their skin looked smooth.  One man pointed to the giant in her arms.

"es he okay?" he asked, balling his fist.  Little veins formed on his forearm.

"My blood though!  Wha about ma blood?!" the other man shouted.  "I didn't do any drugs today man!"

[Elf]

Forest

Oh, Lord and Lady, he probably helps these people out, she thought as she looked at the sleeping man in her arms.

Forest flashed the lead of the group a smile and said, "Sorry . . . that was rather brash of me.  He's just exhausted that's all."

She frowned at the man shouting about drugs and stared at him.  She tilted her head and asked, "Wait, drugs can work on you?"

[yinsukin]

Homeless man

"Don't worry about ol Jimmy!" the one in front said, smiling back once he realized the man was still alive.  "He's no vampire.  Fur some reason when we feed on him we get sick er die!"

Old Jimmy took another step forward. Despite him being described as old, he looked to be in his 30s tops.  Then again, he had a pretty sick hobo beard, crawling down beyond his chin.  His body was skinny and clearly malnourished, his ribcage visible through a small hole in what remained of his dress shirt. "MA BLOOD!  WHAT AM I GUNNA DO WITHOUT MA BLOOD!"

The dirty bodies on the floor opened their eyes, all their attention on Forest.  Some of them shook a little bit, some still rattled from her threat earlier, others simply having anxiety attacks.

[Elf]

Forest

"Then I'd suggest not feeding on him," Forest said as she looked at the literal crazy hobo.

"Well, good day, I suppose," the blonde said as she moved to get to the Apartment building.

[yinsukin]

Homeless men

As Forest left, she heard the chatter of the homeless men carried by the evening breeze.  "MA BLOOD!  WHERES MA BLOOD!"

"Just wait until the morning!"

"BUT MA DRUGS!  YALL KNOW I CANT SLEEP WITHOUT MA DRUGS OR MA BLOOD!"

The sidewalk went in a line for a half a block before leading to a rundown porte-cochere. The light from the lobby spilled out into the warm twilight streets.  If she went inside, she would be greeted by surprisingly nice paperwhite chairs.  In fact the entire room had a consistent color palette of bright white, the room almost feeling like a space in the void, with the only bits of color being the front desk, which was brown.  Behind the desk sat a red-headed girl in a white dress.

[Elf]

Forest

"Well that was a bit around the bin," Forest said to herself as she walked past the now yelling hobos.

She didn't have drugs nor blood to offer them, and if she had, she wouldn't.  While she wasn't going to shun someone for a fairly harmless vice, it was evident that theirs had ruined their immortal existence.  Still, hobo vampires who aren't willingly hobos . . . This place is buggered up, she thought as she entered the white room.

She looked at the redhead girl at the desk and said, "Excuse me, my friend here," she hoisted Ryan up further, "Lives here and I'm trying to get him home."

[yinsukin]

Mary

The redhaired girl looked at Forest, then down at Ryan, then back up at Forest.  Then, she clicked her teeth, frowned and said, "I see he finally got a girl to take care of him.  His room is on the top floor."

That was a lie.  Ryan's room was actually on the third floor, but the girl was irritated that some other girl was taking him home instead of her, especially after he told her that women shouldn't get involved with him.  What kind of angsty dick says that instead of just a casual "no thanks?!" 

Who was this girl anyway?

[Elf]

Forest

Forest could feel the disapproval radiating from the redhead clerk.  Hell, I don't even need to be a telepath to know that she's jealous, she thought.

She resisted the urge to chuckle.  Her make someone jealous in romantic affection?  By now she would have thought Hell would have frozen over before that happened.

What kind of angsty dick says that instead of just a casual "no thanks?!"

Who was this girl anyway?

Forest eyed the large man in her arms with a cocked eyebrow.  Oh, have a bit of the whole tortured hero going on then, do you? she thought as she headed towards the stairs.

She cast the girl a glance over her shoulder and said, "Thank you!"

[yinsukin]

The Hallway

As Forest opened the door, she was greeted with a worn-down staircase.  Unlike the lobby, this area was fairly generic, if broken down.  There were a few cracks in the walls and cobwebs in the corner.  Once Forest emerged from the stairs, she would be greeted with a snow white hallway, dimly lit by lantern shaped lights placed on the right of each door.  Ryan's room was 325.

Inside was an enormous common room decorated with a combination of fine art, superhero posters and some glam shots of hot female actors.  The couch at the end of the room was big enough to fit at least eight people, while a TV stood at the opposite end.  A videogame console was tucked under the stand in which the TV stood.  However, there weren't any games in the room.  On the wall of the common room stood two doors.

[Elf]

Forest

Interesting, Forest thought as she entered the apartment.  Even if Mr. Bloodbender hadn't been a vampire, he had still invited her to his home.  So she had no problem crossing the threshold.

She tilted her head at the odd mixture of wall decorations.  There was fine art prints, photos of gorgeous actresses, and she recognized some of the superheros on the wall as well.  She eyed the giant couch, the TV, and the video game console, but didn't see any games near it.

She saw the two other doors and thought, Well one of these would have to lead to the bedroom.  Then she went to the door on the left and opened it.

[yinsukin]

The Bedroom

The bedroom was pretty barebones.  A simple king sized bed, nightstand, dresser and closet with a door leading to a personal bathroom.  Perhaps what could be called strange is how neat it was.  The bed was perfectly made and there was nothing on anything, the floor, dressers or even the bed itself.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Someone was at his door.

[Elf]

Forest

Forest gently laid Ryan on his bed and even took off his shoes.  Her stomach knotted up at the act.  It was strangely intimate, even if she didn't tuck him under the covers, but she was still putting him to bed and taking off his shoes.

Once she got him situated she heard a knock on the door.

Swallowing, she walked to the door and opened it, her hand creeping towards her gun just in case.

[yinsukin]

Mary

The door swung open, only to reveal the girl in the white dress, staring at Forest dumbstruck.  How did she figure out where he lived?  She lied.  Did Ryan tell her the room?  The girl put her hand on Forest's shoulder, attempting to glance over her shoulder at Ryan.


The girl in the white dress stood behind a bar counter, running her fingers along the splintered wood.  Those fingers, forever yearning for the presence of another, something to grasp, only found the cold mug of beer.

"So can I get that refill?"

The girl looked up, only to see a giant of a man, clad in a tight T shirt that wrapped around his buldging biceps.  Her gaze traveled up those sculpted arms, around that huge chest and up towards those golden eyes.  "Uhh.... yeah sorry..."

"Forget it...." the man said, getting up from his seat and walking towards the door.

The girl clutched the empty mug, ignoring the liquid pouring down the side and sliding onto her soft skin.  "Sorry..." she whispered.

Another customer sat down at the counter, looking her in the eye.  The man reached into his pocket and whispered, "Guess what?  I've got a gun in here."  The jet black metal of the barrel flashed softly in the warm light of the bar.  But no one else seemed to notice as it sunk back into his jacket.  "Now how about we go in the back and you can take care of me."

All of the sudden, a shadow loomed over both of them.  It was that man, standing over the one with the gun.  "Actually, I think i'll take that beer."

"Excu-"

A hand around the back of his head, the assailants, face twisting up as it anticipated pain.  He tried to turn around to aim the gun but he was too slow.  With the simple flick of his wrist, the man was tossed through a wall, leaving spider web cracks and a man sized hole in the side of the bar.  "Put the price for the wall on him."

Another man came up behind the big man.  "Enough.  Don't cause a scene here for no reason!"

"Sorry Scott.  I just really wanted my beer."


That was the first time they met.  Mary still never learned what his job was, other than it was dangerous.  He didn't know it at the time, but she was a vampire too damn it!  Just because she worked at a bar in another district didn't mean she was a weaker vampire or anything.  She could take care of herself!  What made this girl so special anyway?

[Elf]

Forest

Forest watched as Mary attempted to catch a glimpse of Ryan over her shoulder.

Ah, well that bloody explains a lot then.  He was her Knight in Shining Armor, Forest thought as she saw the crystal clear memories in the girl's head.

The little vampire girl was a bartender somewhere else.  Someone had threatened her just to attempt to rape her.  Then Ryan came in all bulging muscles and good intentions.

Aye, that makes sense for her to be smitten.  Also tells me that Mr. Bloodbender has a bit of a hero complex as well, she thought.

She smiled at the girl and asked, "May I help you?  Or are you just going to try to stare around me?"