it's a mingle.

[softlyfalling]

Who: You and 2000 horrible imps
Where: Tokyo-F
When: Day 260

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[crossmyheartandhope]

Okay. Uh, sure, I can stick around.

[maidenheaven]

[ tips his head in a brief bow, before going back to sensitIV while thinking about how he's probably wrong because like . . . no fangs and clearly not allergic to sunlight so ????

but w/e his own taste buds are clearly fucked now surely so let's just try ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He does seem to be keeping to the shade at the side of the building, but that could just as easily be that that's where he picked to have lunch]

[Hard to say]

[maidenheaven]

[ hmmmm

anyway, coming back pretty quickly, looking for him ]

Hurricane-san . . . ?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He's still there - has opened up a pack of senbei and gotten through all of one (1) bite of one of those, too]

...hey. Sorry, yeah. I'm still here.

[maidenheaven]

Uhm . . .

[ pulling out from his bag, what seems to be a handkerchief. sensitIV style, you know, stained with fake blood.

only, if his nose is good enough then he'll be able to tell it's not fake blood, but real blood. ]

Could you hold this, please?

[crossmyheartandhope]

This what you went to go get?

[He reaches out to take it - pauses, as soon as it's in his hand. His eyes flicker from the handkerchief and back up to Lucifel's face, brows knitting together]

[maidenheaven]

It is.

Do you feel any different right now?

[crossmyheartandhope]

I... yeah.

I --

[His brows crease a little more]

[maidenheaven]

[ offering his hand out for the handkerchief ]

. . . I'm sure I don't need to explain it further.

If you'd like, I can get you a cup.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He opens his mouth, as though he means to ask something - closes it again]

[Finally manages:]

From... where?

[maidenheaven]

. . . Uhm . . .

Sometimes, our faucets just pour blood. It's because of our unit aesthetic, so . . .

I can tell you it isn't blood from anyone here.

[crossmyheartandhope]

They just pour...



[please hold while he thinks about that, and then really thinks about that, and then changes his mind at least twice]

[but you know what, he is actually painfully hungry right now, so,]

...yeah, sure. If it's just, like - sink blood or whatever.

[maidenheaven]

Mm, it's just sink blood. Normally, it's disturbing, but at times like these, it's a blessing.

[ going back to the hotel, but ]

If you'd like, you can come with me—?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ah... yeah.

I mean, if that's cool...?

[maidenheaven]

I don't mind. Moreover . . . Uhm . . .

It might feel a bit strange to be drinking blood out here, you know . . . ?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Ah... yeah. Didn't really think about that.

[Keeping pace with Lucifel on the way back to the hotel, though keeping mostly to the shade at the side of the buildings]

[maidenheaven]

[ automatically tilts the parasol up a bit for him, inviting ]

[crossmyheartandhope]

Thanks, dude.

[He steps under the parasol to join him - falls quiet for a beat or two, as they walk]

...y'know, I feel pretty dumb. Here I was wondering how come I was sunburning so fast.

[maidenheaven]

Well, with how the little demons have been causing trouble, it isn't something one might pick up immediately. . . I could tell, but I have some experience with these sorts of things, so. . .

[crossmyheartandhope]

You do?

[maidenheaven]

Ah—[ making some quick mental calculations ]—I've had to do some research on vampires, since . . . Well, let's say I had an interest in monster fiction.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Oh, yeah? Like books, or movies or what?

[maidenheaven]

Something like that.

[ into the building they go, though he takes a moment to close the parasol ]

In any case, you'd be surprised by how varied the mythos can be. So, not figuring it out immediately isn't silly by any means.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Man... you think I can't touch garlic no more? I better be able to still touch garlic.

I told Nem I'd make her pizza.