25. [Video]

[justcautious]

[Video turns on to reveal a very scared-looking Chris huddling in the corner between his bed and the wall. His eyes are wide enough that it's obvious that his usual mismatched green and blue eyes are, for some reason, a yellow colour. He's hyperventilating a bit and he sounds completely terrified when he speaks.]

Help! I think I'm dead!

[He is very

Comments

Soooo late...

[horrible_penny]

What? Dea--but you're talking...

What happened? What girl?

But still welcome!

[justcautious]

Heart's not beatin'...

[This bit is trickier because he's fairly certain Penny might almost maybe be his girlfriend. She hasn't SAID anything and they haven't KISSED yet but, um...?] I stopped to 'elp some drunk bird on th'way 'ome from work an' I...think she killed me. Or, um...turned me into a vampire.

<3;

[horrible_penny]

She turned you into a vampire. small>[Actually... that's not as surprising as it should be. Still, rather worrying. Chris isn't supposed to be dead or a vampire.]

Wow.

Um. ...Can I help you, maybe?

[justcautious]

Think so... The doctor I talked to thinks so anyway an' I s'pose it would make sense...

Um...jus' by stayin' away, really. I feel like...well...can't control meself around blood an' all, so I don't want to...you know.

[horrible_penny]

Oh. Right, the--that. That wouldn't be good.

The vampires around here have ways to eat without hurting people, don't they?

[justcautious]

Wouldn't know. But I can't get t'them cos there's people outside my flat. S'pose...I'll just wait 'til they go t'bed or sommat.

[horrible_penny]

Do you know any you could get a hold of on the network? And can you wait?

[justcautious]

I'm waitin' right now? Think the doctor's comin' over, though I dunno what 'e's goin' t'do.

...I promise I won't kill anyone, Penny.

[horrible_penny]

Maybe he knows something about vampires? You'd almost have to, being a doctor here.

I believe you. That's not all, though... you know, dying's not an easy thing to go through. You're doing okay with that?

[justcautious]

Prob'ly does, yeah. He's the one who thinks I am one, anyway.

...yeah, s'fine. Don't remember it bein' all that painful. Jus' passed out an' that was it.

[horrible_penny]

Then he'll know what to do.

That's good... that it didn't hurt, I mean.

...Hey. I know there's not a lot I can do right now, but I'll keep close to my phone, okay?

[justcautious]

Yeah.

That's...I...thanks.