calling out your name again, sinner [active/closed]

[squishyarms]

Characters: Riza Wildman, Tatsuki Arisawa
Content: Riza waits for Tatsuki to show up after offering her safe haven.
Location: Riza's hotel at 28th and 5th.
Time of Day: Afternoon
Warnings: Maybe some racism against vampires? Probably? I don't know.

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[valetudochamp]

All in all, yesterday had really turned out to be a shitty day.

Sure, she really could, and should, have handled the situation better, but no matter how clear hindsight was, it didn't change who was at fault. That rotten little brat thought she could just up and take an innocent little kid's blood. Fuck if Tatsuki was about to have that.

The end, though, was still that she couldn't protect Fletcher. She couldn't be trusted to. So it was best for both of them that she leave.

She was still a bit lightheaded from the now-wrapped wound on her wrist, so she had been careful to avoid the crabs rather than just beat the crap out of them like she'd have preferred. Following the signs, she came to the intersection of 28th and 5th. Good, she thought. Should be near here. She spotted a doorway, through which she saw a young, red-haired woman. Was this Riza? Only one way to find out. She approached the doorway.

"Riza-san?"

[squishyarms]

Oh, good. She didn't have trouble finding the place. Ugh, but that name was too formal. "It's just Riza," she told Tatsuki, giving the girl a once over. "That from one of them?" she asked, looking at the wrappings on her companion's wrist and not waiting for an answer. "Come on. Let's get to my room. We're sitting ducks out here."

A stupid question crossed her mind as she started walking off in the direction of her room. "They didn't follow you, did they?"

[valetudochamp]

"Riza, right." It was sort of comforting, not having to be too formal, but it threw Tatsuki off a little all the same. She answered as she followed Riza. "I did it myself. It's a long story."

If anyone had followed, then word would have gotten around pretty damn fast. "It was just the one. She wasn't really moving much after she stabbed herself." Or before, really.

[squishyarms]

"Huh?" It struck her as a little weird that she'd actually cut herself. Some vamps got uncontrollable just at the sight of blood, and Riza didn't put it past any of the ones here to be different. But she shook her head. It wasn't important.

"It's never just one. There's at least three here. And I bet word's already out." It wasn't something she liked saying, but it was true, if she knew vampires. "You might have to lay low for a while."

[valetudochamp]

Well, might as well elaborate. "She wanted Fletcher's. The kid's only ten, I wasn't about to let that happen. I told him to leave, and when he did, I told her to take what she needed and never come back if she valued her life. Apparently she didn't value her life enough to take it in the first place."

She shook her head. Vampires. So they actually exist here. "It's not the vampires I'm worried about. It's the people who think it was me who stabbed her." And Fletcher. He was safer without her. "Doesn't mean I wasn't planning on it, though."

[squishyarms]

"Fletcher... not the sick kid that got his food stolen?" Her fist clenched at her side. That kid couldn't catch a break. "You're doing good." Not that Tatsuki needed the encouragement, Riza thought.

"If I know them, they're already telling each other you did it. I wish I could have been there. There's one I can't wait to get my hands on," she said, practically snarling. "But the moon's wrong."

lol angst

[valetudochamp]

"That was Russel, actually. Fletcher's his little brother. Not that it makes a difference." Her outlook on the situation practically grew more nihilistic with each passing minute. There was, after all, nothing she could do anymore. "Don't lie to me, Riza."

"Here's to when it's right, then." The thought of the little hellspawn being savagely ripped apart went a disturbing way to put a smile on her face again, even if she would've rather done it herself. Still, if she was really a vampire, it was a safe bet that had she been healthy, Tatsuki would be dead right now.

[squishyarms]

"Don't act like that," Riza reprimanded, her voice stern but still hints of a smile on her face. "You're doing what you can. And in a place like this, that's all we can do."

Thank god there was a distraction. "We're here," she said, indicating a door that looked a little scuffed. With a strong shoulder check, she popped the door open. "I broke the lock on this one, but I can get you into any room you want and make sure the door stays locked." She took a few steps in, then invited Tatsuki to do the same. "Come in."