Never Seems To End {open}

[Eri]

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Akemi was wandering the town calmly, almost as if she didn't have a care in the world. For the most part it was true, she knew that in the end she would die or become a vampire, while she was still human she would enjoy herself.
See, she wasn't exactly a 'pure' human. She'd been raised by a vampire and killed him accidently when he tried to turn her. Since he was basically her father now she had idea what to do so she'd begun to wander.
She was pretty, with her red and silver hair and bright teal eyes. She was slim and elegant but to her it didn't matter. She was just a girl, a girl that knew her end could come at any time but didn't fear it.
That was why her stride was so calm when most humans where looking over their backs to make sure that they wouldn't be attacked. To some perhaps her calmness might seem as if she was a hunter, something she apalled actually, but it wasn't. She was just herself, nothing more and nothing less.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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Handsome and lean, I moved through the crowds of people that roamed the streets. This was the time to be out and about. Bars were just opening up for workers and shipmen to make their way there after a hard day of laboring in the scalding heat, that was slowly cooling with the incoming clouds that smelled of rain. Each long stride took me closer and closer to the center of this land that I called home. A slow smile alighted my lips as I turned a corner. Eyes lingered on me, glaring as they noticed what bounced and played along my finger tips. I'm sure you are wondering what that object is, but I'll leave that as a surprise for the end. I whistled softly to myself, dark eyes locked on the path before me. The night was my veil as it fell over the lands, covering in darkness, turning even the happiest of areas into a terror filled nightmare. Ha, this place was laughable.

You see, sweet things, I am one of those vampires, wildly powerful ancients. Though I haven't been to a school such as this in a long time. I was lucky to be accepted back this year after all the things that had gone on five years ago. It's not a total blessing, yet it's not an entire curse. My high pitch whistling came to a stop as I rounded yet another corner into the busy body square. Shops lined each side of the circular clearing with a fountain in the middle. This one happened to look like Epona, the Celtic goddess of wild animals, horses and fertility. It was a lovely fountain, the look alike Epona had her hand dropped down into the water, one bare breast showing for the world to see, while a cloth that seemed as light as a butterfly wing was wrapped around her. The massive equine that stood behind her seemed bright and alert with the lady hawk that rested on it's withers, while a wolf laid at the lady goddess's feet. I took note of all of this, the textures that had been worked into the stone.

I'd always fancied that fountain, always found such great pleasure in looking at it. That's the kind of woman I wanted. One that was wild, fearless, yet soft and gentle when the time came to act that way. Most girls came and purred like a cat in heat as soon as they set their sights on me. I flopped down on a bench that just so happened to be placed at the base of the fountain. My legs were crossed and my foot bobbed lightly to the music that played in my head. I was enjoying myself far to much even though I was totally alone at this very moment. Maybe I was just enjoying the fact that everyone was giving me nerves glances and women were winking and smiling like hussies bent on getting into my pants. I'd find them later. I always did.

That's when I saw her. She was alone, wondering it seemed without a purpose in what she was doing. Where she was going. I rose smoothly from where I had been sitting and moved after her. Like a jungle cat on the hunt. A low, predatory growl rose in my throat, but I held it back. I would fight the animal within me until I caught her off guard. With luck this red and silver haired woman would not see me, would not notice me until it was too late. Though, luck was almost never on my side when it came to certain things.

[Eri]

Everyone seemed to think that the girl was insane, merely because she did not look over her shoulder like a coward. One guy even accosted her with his wife saying that she needed to protect herself. She merely nodded, affirming that she would before walking off, leaving the couple confused and resigning her to her fate. Not that she minded, at times she wished people would leave her alone, it was her own business what she did with her life. If she wanted to throw it all away then so be it, but then again those people had probably just felt bad for her since she had nobody to help her out. She grumbled slightly and pushed her hands into her pockets and kept walking. It's not like she wanted to be alone. She'd had a home before she ruined that.
See when she was young, maybe seven or eight years ago she'd seen her family murdered by a lone vampire before he'd taken her in. She'd lived with him for six or seven years, learning everything that he had to teach before one night she'd been playing with a dagger when he tried to turn her. Needless to say her Master was dead and she was all alone now.
She glanced around, wondering where her feet had carried her and she heard the soft sounds of water nearby and the large silhoutte told her that she was near one of the fountains that had been built so long ago, or so her Master had said. By the sheer size all the way around the faintest outline that her feeble human eyes could make out it was one of the goddesses, maybe Epona? She would only be able to tell come dawn.
She continued onwards, not really paying attention though she could feel eyes fixated on her. She steps slowed as she looked around but could really see nothing. She sighed slightly before shrugging and continuing onwards. It seemed that whoever it was, wasn't going to give up easily since it had followed her down an alley-way. An alley-way? Yeah, not like that was a dumb move or anything, but she still held no fear. She stopped, not looking over her shoulder, just at a dented trash can. "I know you're there. Your intentions though are another story." She said as if she was talking to the trash can. She glanced out of the corner of her eyes for the one who had followed her.
Her tone hadn't been unfriendly, hostile, overly-friendly or anything. It was borderline bland but there was still the hint of curiousity and even a small tinge of resignment. Tonight seemed to be the night where she would either die or be turned into a vampire. In a way it was a relief to know that she wouldn't have to worry about it later on but a part of her rebelled, not wanting to give up her young life already, but what could she really do? Vampires were superior to her in so many ways that it would have to be from sheer dumb luck if she was to ever over-come one. Such was the curse of humanity, one could only hope that a vampire would never take a liking to them or the one that did was fond of humans and wasn't cruel in their treatment of their weaker cousins. Not all vampires where the nice ones though. Look at what her own Master had done infront of her tender eyes. That was perhaps why she was so accepting of her fate that seemed to have come for her once and for all.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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Every muscle tensed and relaxed before shifting once more into that tense state again. Eyes lingered on the path in front of me before raking over her once more. It seemed she'd taken note of me, but cared little of why I was following her. Good, this would make my life so much easier. Then, she made a dumb move and stopped, right in the middle of an ally. What foolishness was this?! I sighed with poorly contained boredom and moved toward her slowly, walking until I had moved past her with an easy grace before coming to a stop in front of her, hands on my hips like a disappointed mother. My dark eyes seemed to narrow like a cats as I watched her, the flickering light that back dropped me causing my features to more than likely come in and out of focus for her. I felt like I was losing my mind as I shifted my weight and moved toward her, stopping with only a centimeter or so of space between us. I towered over her, an imposing mass of muscle and power. The shadows around us were deep, making it impossible to read anything that might dart over my features, what emotions might play there.

I raised a hand and reached slowly toward her face, only to allow it to caress the air just an inch from her face. A rueful smile touched my lips, pulling them away from my over white teeth. "So ready to die." Even to my ears my voice was inhuman, to smooth, to. . . I was not sure what the other word was. It was on the tip of my tongue, yet it loomed just out of my reach. I with drew my hand allowing my smile to fade while a sigh passed from my lungs to that air around us. "Acceptance of your end. Hm, I would rather fight then surrender." I growled the words out and laugh scornfully, "I would rather eat something that will fight me. You'd make it all to easy." I shook my head slowly and began a slow, nearly human speed circle about it. This was one of those rare moments when you could actually hear my feet shift along the ground. I came up to stand in front of her once more and leaned forward. "I wonder what you'll taste like."

My lips hovered just at her nose, I shifted until my breath skated acrossed her cheek and with one bold action, my tongue passed my lips and darted out to stroke acrossed her cheek in once smooth motion before returning to it's rightful place. I didn't moved from where I stood, my hands folded behind my back as a slow grin colored my features. Ah, she was so hopeless. How could a human just accept death when it walked in front of her? Made me wish I'd brought a Lily with me.I could have placed it upon the body that I would leave her. My gut twisted at the thought and I grimaced. I seemed I no longer wanted her blood. I just wanted to play with her. Go me. Blah.

[Eri]

Akemi stood calmly, her red and silver hair billowing slightly in the gentle breeze that coursed through the winding alley before being buffeted around as her followed flew past her. Her large emerald eyes blinked in surprise as the vampire, for what else could it be, stood infront of her, as plain as the moon even though most of him was enshrouded in the shadows that swelled all over the place.
She could tell from his stance that he wasn't happy about anything but her eyes couldn't penetrate the gloom that surrounded his face though she would get the occasional glimpse as something shifted on him and the cold, pale skin or his eyes would flash briefly before the shadows took over again.
He spoke, the sound sending shivers down her back. So long since she had heard a voice that sounded akin to her Master's. She blinked calmly, listening to what he said. He didn't know her past so how could he be expected to understand how she worked? She gave a wry smile though. "I was raised by a vampire, I know what my fate is to be. Death or to be turned, there's nothing I can do to prevent that now is there?" She said calmly, casting her gaze askew from where she figured his eyes to be.
Oh not to mention that her Master had trained her to be docile to another vampire. Maybe that was why she was so calm even though death was literally staring her in the face. He spoke again, stating that he would rather fight than surrender and he would rather feast on something that fought back.
She lifted her gaze to where she figured his eyes to be, unfliching even though his voice still caused goosebumps to form on her arms. He shifted forward, towards her and spoke, wondering what she tasted like. For some odd reason this made the girl look away again, why? She didn't know, of course she'd never had a guy talk to her like that. Yeah sure she'd had her loving Master, and father for sometime and then the guys that mostly thought she was a whore when she was roaming the streets, not like they got anywhere either. She could outrun them so it was almost sad.
Her gaze moved towards his face again as she felt his breath brushing along her cheeks. She saw his mouth open and figured this was the end, she would perhaps merely die, fine, she knew it would happen at some point in her life. She flinched when she felt his...tongue?!
Her calm green eyes blazed and before she could control herself, her left hand lifted and was brought across as fast and strong as her paltry human strength could muster. She took a step backwards. "I am not a sex toy." She whispered quietly, taken back by what he had dared to do to her.
"If you want my blood go ahead and take it, but nothing else. Plus I don't even see why a vampire like yourself would even want a human like me." She said, tone so quiet that she barely heard it, but he probably heard every word. Yeah, she was a little dependent on others to make her feel good at times, others she honestly didn't care, but for the most part she knows that she's not the most attractive person out there, even with her highly unique auburn with silver highlights and the bright green eyes. She classified herself as ugly, blame her Master who told her she was ugly unless someone truly wanted her and even though she wasn't the prettiest of girls. Yeah, interesting up-bringing no? She thought it was perfectly normal though. How sad, she really could've been a sweet and loving girl had the vampire not interfered with her life. Oh well, things happen for a reason and she would accept most of those reasons, but becoming a tool for sex was not on her priority list.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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That sparked her and she seemed to change before my eyes. I lifted a brow and shook my head slowly. "My, my. How that little touch changed you." A slow chuckled emanated from between my lips and I reached forward again with a hand that curled around her chin and pulled her features up so I could gaze down at her face. It was as clear as day to me, though I was sure that my image was not so clear to her. There was a spark in my multi-colored eyes. Fingertips stroked the strong line of her jaw that spark never fading as my face lowered toward hers. Was I playing the seductor? Probably, but when wasn't I? I wanted to be bad. I wanted to act in forbidden ways. I leaned forward just a little more, sucking her scent into my lungs before licking my lips, the sharp graze of my fangs was an added delight of pain as they slide over the surface of my tongue. I wanted to break this calm little creature.

Then I blinked in utter shock as her hand connected with my skin. I growled, the sound was violent and ruthless. I placed my fingers to my jaw. Sure, it didn't hurt or anything but hey, it was not okay to strike a vampire. Not in the least. I took a half step back and clutched my fist. "Ah, love, you just did a very bad thing. Pray tell, how old was your master? For I am sure if he was wise he would tell you how to tell the difference between a normal vampire and one that is older and wiser than the average because darling, I'm an ancient and I don't take lightly to being hit by food." I snarled the words between quivering lips. "You may say you are no toy, but dear, I just made you mine. Don't fight me for you will end up on your back." I smiled seemingly sweetly.

"Sure, you have a right, but puppet, I have more. If I want your body," There was a pause in my words while my eyes traveled the length of her body, "I'll take it. If I want your blood. I'll take that as well." I smiled with a much charm as I could muster in this moment before taking pause. Brows knit together and I shook my head slowly from side to side. "You really must be a lost cause. Darling, you are breath taking. Don't allow anyone to tell you otherwise." I was surprised at my own words and I glanced away, truly embarrassed at my own actions. I glanced at her from the corner of an eye as the flickering light finally stopped and remained alight, allowing both of our features to be revealed to whomever wondered by us. The shadows had now reseeded and we were no longer hidden from the world.

[Eri]

She really was slipping, or perhaps her former master hadn't really trained her for everything that she would need to know out in the world. Of course she'd lived like six or seven, or was it longer? She didn't remember, but she'd lived when the vampire since she was about ten years old and she was reaching her eighteenth year within a few months. Of course the only reason she was alone right now was because her vampire lord had decided that it was time to turn her. His timing was horrible though, she'd been playing with a dagger and had pierced him through the heart when she turned as he was rushing her. Tears welled slightly in her normally calm green eyes as those memories over-whelmed her, threatening to spill over but they just pooled in her eyes.
She took a sharp intake of breath when he held her face, his hands seemed so cold it was like a shock to her system, well, besides the fact that nobody had ever held her face like he did. Even her master hadn't done that, merely grabbed her right above her elbow and drug her around if need be, though he'd also been gentle enough to make sure he didn't dislocate or pull her off her feet, unless he was truly upset with something. Thankfully he'd only been upset once and had corrected his mistake right away by carrying her the rest of the way back to his lair. That'd been the day, errrr, night that he had killed her family.
She heard his growl and her knees gave from underneath her. She fell, tearing a hole in her jeans and cutting her skin slightly though it probably wouldn't bleed unless pressure was put on her thighs. She bowed her head slightly. She had loved her vampire master in her own way, of corse she had probably been brainwashed or it had merely become attached to her captor after having spent so long in his company. "Gomennasai....gomennasai....gomennasai....." She muttered, voice trailing to silence after repeating herself as her tears finally welled over and with a soft splat two rolled down her cheeks and onto the ground by her knees. Who was she apologizing to? Well, for one her master for killing him and to this new vampire who she had struck even though she hadn't meant to, it had just been instinct. What had brought on the sudden speaking in japanese she wouldn't know, except for that fact that her mother had been half-japanese and spoke to her often enough in it that she understood some of it.
She did know that the vampire had been speaking but none of it had truly registered except for the gist of it. She should just give up and accept him and what he was going to do to her, wether it was him ravaging her or drinking from her. She could deal with that, how often had her master taken a small drink from her? Her hand lifted to wipe the tears away before settling on two little pink marks that where almost invisble against her neck. Yes, fang marks that her master had healed once he had finished drinking.
She looked up at him numbly. "I-i-i don't know how old he was, he never told me, but he was so strict at times, like he was from a different time period but I don't think he was young, except when he'd been made....h-h-he never spoke about his past much." She said quietly. She could feel his scorching gaze on her body and she looked away, stilling sitting on her knees, hands in tight little fists on her knees, bunching up the denim jeans.
Then she didn't feel the burning gaze running over her anymore. She looked up and then heard his words, saying that she was good looking. This blinked a few times, wondering if she had heard him right, and by his actions she had. She sat there, her legs shifting slightly so that she was sitting with her butt on the ground but her knees still infront and her feet on either side of her.
She looked up at him curiously, wondering about this sudden change and she noticed him looking away and then the sudden clarity of everything and she finally got a good look of him, for what was facing her. She blinked calmly, not wanting to stand incase her legs gave way again. He wasn't bad looking, at least to her, but he was a vampire, it was basically forbidden! He was an ancient according his own words. "My master said that ancients where like the boogeymen to the fledglings, said that none vampire ever really lived that long." She said calmly, watching him calmly with her calm, yet if he really looked close he might see a bit of curiousity shining through her calmness and fear. If he was really old enough to be an ancient then the thing he must have seen! Things that she could only truly imagine. Though it was doubtful that he would even tell her anyways, unless she gave him what he wanted, and she really didn't want to do that.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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Multi-colored eyes slide back to her with quiet surprise as she slipped to the ground. It was as if something had just knocked her knees from under her being and she's collided with the ground as if it was her only means of stability anymore. It was as if she was lost in some memory unseen to my own eyes and I tried not to sigh in dismay. Yet, how could I act in such a manner when my own human memories were not something I really treasured in any way shape or form. Her voice reached my ears as she spoke in a tongue that was unknown to me. All I really knew was that it had to be some kind of apology. It was not often that sorrow rolled across my face, yet it did in this moment and I suppressed a grimace of humiliation as I slowly settled in front of her, eyes locked on her face. Damn, I was such a softy at times. My hand was slow and I watched her with a steady gaze as my hand made contact with her knee. I felt so old at that very moment, as if all my life was gone and there was nothing worth living for. I turned my head away, teeth bared and a feeling of constriction tightening my chest. I with held the growl that wanted to leave me. The muscles in my shoulders bunched for a moment and then I drew my hand away quickly, locking my gaze on her once more.

It seemed he'd never told her a damn thing about himself and I made and inelegant noise as I sat back on the ground, knees braced up and elbows resting upon them while my chin was cradled in on hand, the other hung lank and tapped a rhythm against my inner knee. "Well, he must be a lost cause." I chuckled darkly at the thought and shook my head slowly. My eyes traced every line of her features, taking all of them in. How could she seem so surprised by what I had said? Had no one ever told her of her looks, that she was no average diva, but a star in the night sky? I shook the thought from my mind and allowed myself to return to the here and now. How often had that happened now? It seemed the older I got, the most likely I was to slip away into another memory and thought and just lose myself there, like it was my heaven. I couldn't stay there long though or it would be as though I was losing my mind to something unseen to me. A slow sigh passed my lips and a sudden yawn over came me. "Well, I would say that he's never met one then. I am sure that if he had he would have regretted it. I may no look it, but. . ." I leaned back on my hands only to regret the motion. I stayed there though and smile with bright contentment, "I am over 4,000 years old. Ancient to my race." I chuckled with a bit of disgust at my own being.

I tilted my head back wards and gazed up at the sky. "The Paris sky is much more beautiful than here. I wonder why I never went back. . ." I paused in my musings and turned my gaze upon her with a sly smile before raising from the ground once more. I brushed my hands off on my jeans before standing straight once more. "Well, time to get out of here. No dinner for me it seems." I sighed sadly before narrowing my gaze on her then swiftly I pulled her up by the collar of her shirt only to swing her up into my arms. If she wanted to fight and fall, she sure as hell could because I would drop her without a single thought as to what I was doing. If she just wanted me to set her down and told me so, I would. "Come, I shall bring you home with me and we can talk more there." I smiled in a most delighted way as I made my way toward my hide away as you could call it. My stride was long as I made my way. With luck I would get there without her trying to stake me. What a pun that was.

[Eri]

He seemed to be shifting moods a lot, not like she was any different, but that was her lot in life, she had to accept it, him on the other hand she didn't know. Then it hit her, she didn't even know his name, let alone did he know her's, unless he was some sort of mind-reader but then again her name was never really present in her thoughts. No matter. Her eyes widened in surprise as the realization hit and she felt his touch on her knee, even if it was gentle, she could feel the slight pressure. She looked up in time to see him tense as if he was trying to hold something in. She blinked before leaning forward slightly. What was the matter with him? Had she done something wrong? She probably had, her gaze shifted to the ground again almost waiting for punishment that she knew her old master would have given her.
Instead she heard a shifting of weight and then he was sitting infront of her, looking like he was trying to make her feel more comfortable. She watched him calmly wondering what he was doing but he only spoke stating that her master had basically been an idiot. She smiled slightly, that had to have been the truth then. Why would he lie to her? Oh riiight, ah well, she figured he would be sincere and not tell her anything false else it could end up being fatal to her in the long run, but what if that was what he was trying to do? She didn't know what he was planning after all.
He stood up and her gaze followed him curiously as he spoke stating that it was time to go and that he wasn't going to get any food. She blinked, trying to comprehend what he went, until he grabbed her shirt and hoisted her up. She couldn't help it, nobody, not even her master, had carried her like a doll basically. She muffled a whimper of sorts.
Even once she could feel his arms holding her, she couldn't help it, she buried her head in his shoulder and wrapped her arms around her neck. She was scared of heights, at least when her own feet weren't holding her up. What a thing to realize that one's afraid of, or at least the circumstances were....strange.
After a few moments, and she realized that he wasn't going to drop her, unless he was lulling her into a false sense of security she lifted her head slightly to gaze about her before looking up at his face. "My name is Akemi." She said quietly, there really was no reason for her to speak louder, she was so close to one his ears and vampires had such keen hearing anyways and if he was as old as he claimed to be then perhaps his senses had sharpened even more.

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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The warm pressure of her face against my shoulder was a heaven I was not used to, but at the same time it was odd. Not many braved that kind of contact to something like myself. Her arms linked around my neck and I almost felt as though I should be purring like a cat under that gentle, yet fearful touch. I couldn't help the chuckle that fell from my lips, causing me to hold her just a little bit tighter to my chest. Akemi, so that was her name? I had to admit that it was a very lovely name, not nearly as strange as mine was. More modern and upbeat while mine was something only heard in a Shakespearian play. Literally. I glanced down at her with a fang baring smile. "Balthazar. Please. No jokes if you can bare it." I was utterly serious about the last bit. I didn't like it very much when people played games about my name. Many who did ended up buried six feet underground. Yes, I could play nice when I felt the need, but at this very moment, I felt no impulse to be kind if she decided to flare up my temper.

My steps were a swagger and people who roamed the midnight streets, darted from my path light scared fish from an eagle. I was not such a noble bird for if it hadn't been for the warm bundle of human in my arms I'm sure a fight would have broken lose among me and a few other lost souls. I very rarely got along with my own kind and as soon as I ran into one it turned into a fight of fangs and strength with which I came out the winner. I mean, how could it turn out any other way when I was so old and held so much restrained power? I shoved all those little thoughts to the side as I wondered further into this small town. My eyes traveled over everything until I came to a stop at the place I claimed as mine, well at least in this small place. Sure, it wasn't my permeate home, but hell, I had a place nearly everywhere. With quick ease, I braced a foot against the door frame and used my now free hand to open the door before replacing it under her knees once again.

I marched up the stairs. All was quiet in this place, silent as the grave. My eyes flashed this way and that before I entered the only open door, dumping her in a more than gentle way, onto the bed with which I slept. There were no windows in this room and I felt it would be best if I was kind and turned on the light. I did, shutting the door, softly, behind my back. I turned back to her, smiling ever so slightly. "Where do we go from here?" I asked just loud enough for her to hear.

[Eri]

Akemi was starting to get embarassed, this man was carrying her when she was fully capable of walking, but then again maybe they wouldn't go as fast as they where if she was on her own feet. Her gaze flicked up towards his face even though she mostly only saw his jaw and cheek area. She caught herself and flushed a bright red, almost akin to her hair, before dropping her chin and relinquishing her hold from around his neck. He was an ancient vampire, she was a young girl, how much more improper could she be? Her blush intensified slightly and she took a deep breath to steady herself before looking away from him.
He spoke then, stating his name was Balthazar and asked her not to joke about it. This sombered her relatively quickly in it's own way. "Your name....it has a ring to it. Those who made fun of it must either be idiots or jealous of you." She said calmly, her hand lifting as if to touch his cheek but she noticed and dropped her hand into her lap, blushing again.
She glanced through the crowd, noticing some that gave particularly evil looks in their general direction. She blinked in surprised. What clan was he from? She remembered that Master has mentioned that there where many different groups, like cliques at school, and like cliques there were wars. She shuddered slightly, but vampires where different from teenagers, they were absolutely violent, blood-thirsty creatures, but they where her violent, blood-thirsty creatures unlike the kids from her schools. Her gaze drifted towards his face again. "What clan are you even from? Master told me that there were a bunch of clans that like to fight each other." She asked curiously, looking up at him calmly.
She was jostled slightly when they came to the closed door that she was going to assume was his home or at least dwelling before he adjusted her again and walked in, dumping her on his bed. She floundered for a moment, trying to sit up without ruining the bed, of course it probably already was ruined for all she knew. She glanced around, trying peer into the gloom and gave up with a flustered sigh. Stupid, weak human eyes, she wished she could see like the vampires could at times.
Her gaze drifted towards the door where she could just make out his silhoutte before he turned on a lamp and shut the door. He still kept his back to her, though she heard his tone speaking. She blinked quickly, was that a rhetorical question or was it truly directed at her? After all he was so much stronger than she was and there wasn't really much she could do to fend him off. Their earlier conversation, if it could be called that, caused a chill to run down her spine and she self-conciously fidgeted with her sweater, trying to use it to cover her as she was suddenly uncomfortable. Her gaze drifted towards the floor that was visible to her eyes only thanks to the lamp he had shed for her.
"I-i-i don't know, M'lord." She flinched ever so slightly, it was merely her eyelids squeezing together tighter. She'd basically just given him the permission to do anything as her superior, and who knew what he would do, well...she had an idea and it didn't really please her, but what else could she do? She'd been trained to submit to a vampire, and this one was much more powerful than her former master. She was in trouble now.....

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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There was nothing much I could say about them being jealous of my name, though it did bring a pleased smile to my features. It was silent for a moment as I allowed my mind to take pause on what all I should tell her about myself. I glanced at the ground as I turned to her and settled into a warn recliner, legs tossed elegantly over one arm of the chair while my own limb rested along the back of it and the other supported my chin. My fingers stocked the smooth skin as I pondered what works would be wise to speak and a slow smile touched my lips. "I am a rouge and not the kind most clans like, though they will not fool with me thanks to my," I paused to cover my mouth as an unchecked laugh rose in my throat, "Ripe age as you could put it." My toothy grin did not fade even as I stood once more, pulling my shirt over my head. Lean muscle shifted under my pale skin as I tossed the shirt aside. I moved toward the bed, watching her with lovely dark eyes.

I knelt next to her, then flopped forward, pulling a pillow underneath my chest and twisting my head until I was gazing at her with bright eyes. "If I didn't think you might run screaming I would happily take off my pants, but I tend not to wear underwear." I chuckled darkly while my eyes sparkled with a hidden intent. I turned my head away, heaving a sigh as I buried my face in the bed, suppressing an unneeded yawn. "It's past my bed time I would say." I shrugged slightly and rolled onto my back, sitting up so that I was now next to her. I sneered when I heard the word come from her lips. "Don't call me that. I am no Mi'lord. Balthazar or Balth will do. No need for formalities." I shook my head sharply and leaned as gently as possible against her shoulder. I took note of her scent and nearly wanted to smile in utter torture as I realized how delicious she smelled to me.

Nostrils flared sucking in that sweet, spicy scent, but I quickly turned my head away. It was not good that I should feel the need to eat her after I had decided to play nice and bring her somewhere safe. My fingers traced along her jaw, turning her head up and over to me. I sighed softly. "Get some sleep. I promise to be a good boy if you do as I ask." I forced a smile to color my lips. It was the best I could do for the moment when most times I would just eat whatever human decided to catch my fancy, yet I was being totally sweet to this one. Damn, I was a freak.

[Eri]

She listened calmly when he explained that he was a rogue, she didn't remember the clan name her Master had given her, and then he mentioned that he was the kind that most other clans didn't like. Her head tilted slightly in confusion. "I-i-i thought the rogues were always feared and the loners just tolerated?" She blurted, mostly trying to get everything settled into her mind right. She wasn't new to the world of vampires but her education had been lax and very sporadic. She knew of the basics, she was lower than them, they had a lot of allignments, they would want her blood, she must obey them, everything along those lines.
She blushed when he took off his shirt and started to move towards her, her gaze quickly focusing on her toes. Her blush intensified when he mentioned that he would have taken his pants off. "You know me too well." She murmured quietly, letting her gaze focus on her toes even though she could feel his gaze on her.
She flinched when he got on her case about calling him M'lord. She nodded. "O-o-o-of course M...." She stopped herself remembering that he had just chewed her out. "Of course Balthazar." She repeated quietly, answering the fact that she should go to sleep as well. The funny part, she wasn't tied. She had some problems with insomnia, always had the thought that something was going to eat her.
She blinked calmly letting him run his hand over her cheeks and she watched him calmly before shifting as he seemed to be relaxing. She started to zone out, what she often did instead of sleeping and didn't really pay attention when one of her hands lifted to start running through his hair. "Where you born or turned? My Master said that he'd been born as one but he had tried to turn me, that's when he died...." She mused, not realizing that maybe her questions where annoying him, but he didn't seem to mind, but it could all be an act afterall...She'd find out soon enough...

[!!elise[the cannibal]]

Balthazar
Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt the sun doth move. . .
Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt thy love. . .

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A roguish smile touched my features and I leaned toward her for, but a moment. "I am the kind that is feared. Though, I mean you no threat. Somehow, you entertain me." My words were spoken slowly and I backed away from her to gaze off into the distance for a moment as if I was listening to far off sounds. The mixed color of my eyes fading in and out as my pupils seemed to widen and then go back to how they had normally been. I gave her a side long glance, a quicksilver grin touching my lips before I settled into a sleepy gaze that could have well made any mother want to pinch my cheeks. That would not be a wise thing to do, but hell, it was a lovely thought even if they would lose a finger. . . or two.

I fluffed her hair, eyes narrowing. "There. Was that so hard?" The question was simple, but there seemed to be an underlying reason. I placed my chin on her shoulder for a second, arm slung around her waist ever so lightly before I shifted away from her and pulled my legs toward me, crossing them and looking like a child before story time. The draw of her fingers through my hair caused my eyes to close and I shifted until my head came to rest against her chest, hearing the beat of her heart and it tick, tick, ticked under my ear. It was a wonderful sound. One I liked very much. Though normally I enjoyed ending lives too.

The question that passed her lips was not one I normally would have answered so smoothly. "I was born in Paris. Human and changed in the same place though I had moved to Ireland and the Americans before returning to my homeland. I left and came here after I was changed. Not sure what to do with myself." I guess that was a little much, but I had had a feeling that the place of changing might have come up in her list of questioning. I did not move from the place I was now at, head against her chest and eyes closed as memories rushed back, tensing the muscles in my shoulders. I tired not to flinch at the worst of them, but even for my age and my ability the memories still tortured me day and night. In my dreams and in my walking state.

[Eri]

She blinked slightly, tilting her head in surprise when he mentioned that he was indeed one that others feared yet she need not fear him because she entertained him somehow. How did she entertain him? Was he a cruel and sadistic little bastard that liked to mess with the young girls before bleeding them dry and throwing their carcass into the street like garbage? She glanced down at his face as he seemed to be dozing. No, he couldn't be that harsh. He was a vampire though.
Her eyes widened slightly in surprise and almost in fear when she felt him playing with her hair. She settled herself though. He hadn't done anything to harm her...yet. She didn't know what game he was playing at yet but so far it didn't seem that bad to her.
He seemed to become almost like putty under her hand and she wondered at that as he rested on her. She didn't truly object, but she was unsure of what to do so she stiffened slightly, almost afraid to move except for her hand that kept running through his hair as he gave her a brief over-view of his life.
He was human once? That thought warmed her even as he grew silent. She looked down, he seemed almost peaceful and she had the strongest urge to do something foolish. She wanted to place a kiss on his forehead, but she didn't know how he would take that, even though he had stated earlier if he wanted her he would take her.
She sighed inwardly. "Why did you bring me here anyways? I'm not the prettiest girl out there or anything....and the only thing I probably have going for me is the fact that I have untainted blood." She whispered, almost ashamed of letting her mouth run off and the fact that she was asking so many questions now. Of course it was a good sign that she was relaxing and still curious as to everything that was going on around her. But would he see it that way? She hoped so.