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Bonnie was shut up in her room when she heard Kersen leave. She didn’t know if she liked being alone or not. She ventured out of her room more often when he was gone, but the empty house felt alien and dead.

She barely used the furniture in the rest of the house unless Kersen was around and she was trying to act normal. It felt wrong to sit on the couch and try to relax. It was like dragging a sofa into a cave full of monsters and pretending it was your living room. Mostly she wandered around with her arms wrapped around herself or sat in the corner with her back against the wall.

She was getting used to her newly amplified vampires senses, better at tuning out background noise, but she couldn’t stop hearing the sounds of the outside world coming in through the walls. It was louder than it should have been, but sounded reassuringly normal. Being inside the house made her want to choke.

She wasn’t thinking when she got up and went to the front door. She just went, and she didn’t know why.

She opened the door a crack and peered out. It was dark. She could see stars. The air on her skin felt colder than she had expected. The night was the same as it had always been.

She knew she wasn’t supposed to go out on her own, but she wasn’t supposed to be dead and trapped inside the house of a vampire she barely knew, either. So she slipped out and started walking, carefully at first, like someone might be watching. She didn’t know where she was going, and she knew she’d have to come back before dawn or she’d die again, for real, but she kept moving. A few metres from the house she realised she wasn’t wearing any shoes.

Being outside felt almost good for a while, but the further she got from the house, the more menacing the streets became. She couldn’t stop peering into shadows. She felt like someone was following her, but whenever she looked over her shoulder, there was no one. Knowing nobody was there didn’t help. She felt like they were gaining on her, and she wanted to run, but she had nowhere to go. She didn’t want to go back to the house. She quickened her pace a little, trying to ignore the panic that was screaming at her to move. If she went running through the street, she’d look like she was crazy.

Granted, she didn’t exactly look like the picture of mental stability. She hadn’t brushed her hair in days, and she was barefoot and hurrying down the street in a state of clear panic.

[IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Bonnie is a new vampire, and she’s not very good at controlling herself yet. Any (living) pups with magical abilities will smell far too delicious and she will lose control and try to eat them. You’re still welcome to tag them in if that’s something you’d like to play, but if it’s not they’d better stay away from her for now. Oh yeah, and it would be completely plausible for her to lose control and attack a regular human too, so if you’d like to play a dramatic vampire attack just let me know :Db :Db :Db]

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From:

alcuin

Alcuin really should by now know better than to be walking alone at night in not well populated areas of the city. But, well. He'd been reading in the park, lost track of time. And he was so close to home that it seemed silly to call for a car.

Though he was immediately more concerned about the girl when he saw her. She seemed as if she were running from something. As she started past him he said, "Are you all right? Do you need help?" He was clutching his books to his chest and looking behind her, afraid he might see someone chasing her.

From:

kersenjr

When he spoke to her she started and squeaked in fright. She hadn't even noticed he was there.

She turned to him and just stared, wide-eyed, partly from fear and partly because his scent was already overwhelming. She could hear his heartbeat and the thrum of his pulse.

From:

alcuin

Okay, she looked... definitely like she was in trouble.

"Do you need help?" he repeated. "I could call someone - " He was still looking around, making sure she wasn't being chased.

From:

kersenjr

She was still looking at him, but her gaze changed, becoming unfocused. Her fear disappeared and she seemed almost hypnotised. Her lips parted a little, just enough to show the tips of her fangs.

From:

alcuin

Alcuin's eyes went wide.

"Oh... shit," he said, and instinctively reached into his jacket inside pocket for the silver knife he kept there, wrapping his fingers around it but not bringing it out.

"I mean... not that I'm assuming you want to hurt me. Some of my best friends are vampires."

He also knew from Eric that he might be particularly appetizing, which was not something he wanted to be.

From:

kersenjr

Bonnie didn't even hear him. She stared at him vacantly for a moment longer, then she lunged, vampire fast, aiming to grab hold of him and sink her fangs into the side of his neck.

From:

alcuin

She was fast - so fast. And before Alcuin knew it, her fangs were in his neck and the damn knife was at the floor at his feet from where he'd dropped it.

From:

thenorthman

Eric was not far when he felt the sharp stab of panic from Alcuin. He didn't pause to consider and simply flew over to his location, taking in the situation as he landed right beside the young vampire. It was nothing to grab her by the hair and pull her off of Alcuin, shoving her in the direction of a nearby wall and baring his fangs at her in case she took it in her mind to try and defy him.

Of course he recognized her. Fucking Magister.

From:

kersenjr

This guy's blood was good. She tightened her grip and pressed her fangs down harder, so lost in the rush of feeding she didn't realise Eric was there until she was suddenly yanked away from her food.

It took her a second to snap out of her bloodlust. The fairy blood had given her a heady rush, and it was a strange overlay to her previous state of panic. The odd combination left her reeling and confused.

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