Lore:(Mature)To fetch some clothes...

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:31 am

"Oh, you're here again," said the receptionist flatly. Working here, nothing really impressed her anymore. "Your vampire gave us some trouble last night, but I believe we may have tamed him for you," she smiled blandly. "Go ahead and see him." She directed a man at the rear of the room to escort her to Vlad.

Crackers moved to follow, when someone caught his eye. A flyer sitting on the desk, covered with portraits of women who were being put up for their last chance at auction. He knew well that those not bought at their final auction were usually bought up by Mr. Claw. Those who worked for him did not leave again. His security was so tight that as a precaution he routinely had his entire staff killed and replaced, usually on the first of the month. If the familiar face staring up at him from the flyer wasn't purchased, she'd have less than a week to live. "I'll stay back," he told Tenele as she left.

He looked up at the receptionist sternly. "Is Mr. Sekushi in this morning?" he asked.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:41 am

Tenele went up to the room, nocked, but no one answered. She opened up the door and stepped in to room. It was darker than usual, but still a bit of light from the window, which had bars on it.

She saw Vlad lying on his bed and she smiled. She eased closer, but as she got closer she noticed bruises... and cuts... and...

"Gods, what did they do to you," she said, touching a wound on his chest.

~

"He's in his room, fourth door on the third floor," the receptionist said.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:47 am

Vlad's eyes shot open as he felt someone touch him, and his gaze burned into her like fire for a moment before he recognized her. Shit he thought as he recognized her. He'd planned to find a way to get rid of the damage before seeing her.

"Maiden Girl," he said, sitting up. His blanket slid off his bare chest; his tunic hadn't been fit to wear anymore. He stared at her staring at him, not remembering what she'd asked him.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:56 am

"Lie down," she said, pushing on his shoulders to make him lie down. "You need rest." She pulled the covers up to his chest, wincing at the sign of wounds.

"Why did they do this," she said, putting her hand on his fourhead for a moment. She sat down on the side of his bed.

~

Sekushi was at his desk, signing off on a bunch of papers. He was about bored to death and he wondered if that girl had happened by yet. He wanted to speak to her.... Well, he wanted to do a lot of things to her.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:02 am

Vlad fell back with a thud, not expecting to be pushed. "I got temperamental with the maid, so they thought they could beat some sense into me," Vlad lied, not registering even to himself why he wanted to hide the truth.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:08 am

She should her head, running a hand through his hair. She didn't even realize she was doing it. She looked down at him, trying to think of something to do for him.

"Let me clean those wounds up," she said and walked to a pitcher of water. She dipped a rag in the bowl she pored the water in.

She carried the bowl towards him and sat it in her lap as she pulled down the covers and began to run the damp rag over his wounds, patting it lightly.

"I found out who the owner of this place is and Crackers showed me who he was," she told him as she cleaned his wounds. Her hair fell over her shoulders, shimmering slightly in the light.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:28 am

"Oh did he?" Vlad said thoughtfully, contemplating why the boy would know something like that. It was suspicious, but he didn't bother with it for the moment. He felt himself fading off, and pushed his mind to stay awake. She would only be able to stay for a few minutes. "So all we need to do is get to this guy and take him out. Any indication of how many spies he has running from here?" he asked tiredly.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:40 am

Tenele dipped the rag into the bowl again and dabbed his wounds. "I don't know that yet, but I'll look into it this afternoon and come back and tell you. We should have more time to talk today. Crackers distracting for me."

She finished cleaning his wounds to where they didn't look half as bad, but for some reason she enjoyed tending to him. She continued until she felt it was silly to go over fairly cleaned wounds.

"Do you want me to bring you some more clothes?" she asked him, brushing her hair behind her ear.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:13 am

"Waste of money. They don't last long around here, and aren't terribly useful either," Vlad said, pulling his face into a grin. An unspoken thought seemed to suddenly knock away the expression as he gave her a thoughtful look. "Did you have any run-ins with a man called Sekushi?" he asked her carefully.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:19 am

She looked at him for a moment. "I did yesterday, when I went to look around..." she said, narrowing her eyes, wondering why he would ask that question. "I haven't seen him today, infact, thats who I sent Crackers to distract." She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but thought it would be a bad idea to tell Vlad what happened while she was with Sekushi in his room.

She sat the cloth in a bowl and the bowl on the floor. "Why do you ask?"

She flashed her green eyes at him as she sat up and looked at him.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:24 am

Vlad shook his head vaguely and studied the ceiling. "Keep away from that guy, if you can," he directed, feeling protective anger build up inside.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:29 am

She smiled at him, tilting her head. Then she silently wondered why he would ask her to do that unless he had good reason. "Okay," she said, taking on a more serious look. "I agree..."

She glanced down at the wounds wondering why they hadn't healed yet. Usually they healed rather quickly. "Er... Vlad... Why aren't you healing?" she asked him, putting a hand close to one of the wounds as if she were going to touch it, but never did. She knew better than to do that.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:11 pm

Vlad put his arms up behind his head. "The ladies here seem to find them attractive," he justified with a smirk in his voice. Too bad he forgot to wear one on his face. It wasn't exactly a lie, but that didn't make it very believable.

Post by **Emora Deen** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:14 pm

Tenele sighed making an expression like she didn't beleive him. She pulled her hand back into her lap and looked down for a moment. "Maybe I can get you out of here... Since I know who the guy is... I could go talk to that Sekushi fellow, he seems to be in charge of somethings... I could tell him I don't like how you've been treated and I want to take you out of here..."

She glanced back at him, moving to where she put her hand on the other side of his body and propped herself up.

Post by **Soran Nightblade** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:21 pm

"No. Stay away from him," Vlad ordered. "It would be suspicious to complain about the very thing we asked for," he added to soften it.