Early afternoon found Klaus drinking in the hotel bar: not where he usually drank, but why not mix things up a bit? He spent about an hour relaxing there, nothing incredibly pressing on his mind
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"Who would have guessed you could draw?" The voice came from nearby and, once he looked up, Klaus would find Jenna standing nearby watching him with a slightly neutral gaze. She was no longer uneasy or trying to avoid him though she didn't go out of her way to have contact with him either.
Still, there was she was striking up a conversation.
"Not anyone who fell victim to the onslaught of certain plans of mine," Klaus said bluntly, yet evenly. He wasn't one to tiptoe in conversation, but he wasn't actively trying to be hurtful to Jenna either. "I've been drawing all my life, in the calmer moments."
He'd looked up at her when she'd spoken, intrigued that she'd stopped. "Do you like art?"
"Gees, what a shocker. Maybe you should draw them a picture beforehand then." She commented wryly, seemingly not bothered by his comment at all as she drifted closer.
Then she shrugged a bit, smiling a little. "Somewhat." She leaned forward. "Can I see?"
Klaus had taken Elijah's request not to hurt certain people in the village very seriously, although he'd taken that as not physically harming them. Still, some part of him was happy to have Jenna not turn and walk away.
He gave a nod, holding the book out for her to see. There were two scenes drawn on the same page, one finished and the other in the works. "Odd lot of people that work at this hotel. It's as if something told them someone wanted to draw some of them today, so to smile appropriately and be still when necessary."
She knew she had been put on a safe list but she also knew Klaus could change his mind whenever he felt like it. Still, he had left her alone for the most part.
Studying the drawings, she had to admit that he was good. Really good. Damnit.
"And you're surprised?" She asked, moving to a chair near him and dropping down. "This is the village. It's all kinds of weird and messed up."
Klaus had been drawing for such a long time that he was exceptional at it, but to him, it was his most loved, normal hobby.
"It is, but even more off-putting when some of the people seem to be on some strange internal network that the rest of us know nothing about." Which didn't sound weird or messed up at all, Klaus!
Jenna was silent for a moment as she looked over to some of the people working in the hotel, watching them quietly before she glanced back at him with a nod of understanding.
"It's kind of creepy, isn't it?" Which was saying something considering that assessment was coming from two vampires.
"It makes me wonder how long some of them have actually lived here, or how human they really even are," Klaus offered, lips quirking in a smirk at the end of his statement.
Of course the two vampires could easily deduct the workers were human, but he enjoyed joking around.
Still, there was she was striking up a conversation.
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He'd looked up at her when she'd spoken, intrigued that she'd stopped. "Do you like art?"
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Then she shrugged a bit, smiling a little. "Somewhat." She leaned forward. "Can I see?"
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He gave a nod, holding the book out for her to see. There were two scenes drawn on the same page, one finished and the other in the works. "Odd lot of people that work at this hotel. It's as if something told them someone wanted to draw some of them today, so to smile appropriately and be still when necessary."
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Studying the drawings, she had to admit that he was good. Really good. Damnit.
"And you're surprised?" She asked, moving to a chair near him and dropping down. "This is the village. It's all kinds of weird and messed up."
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"It is, but even more off-putting when some of the people seem to be on some strange internal network that the rest of us know nothing about." Which didn't sound weird or messed up at all, Klaus!
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"It's kind of creepy, isn't it?" Which was saying something considering that assessment was coming from two vampires.
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Of course the two vampires could easily deduct the workers were human, but he enjoyed joking around.
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An attendant by the front desk cocked her head to side for a moment, then moved on and into a hallway out of the lobby.
"Or, they already know and we're doomed? Pod people sound like a perfectly viable threat to vampires."
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She watched the attendant who stopped long enough to watch them before moving on and she chuckled again.
"They really do. Now we'll have to sleep with our eyes open and keep an eye on the maids."
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