I'll never look at the bar in con hotels quite the same way after this.
"At which point he was suddenly pushed aside by a tall, cadaverish individual, in a smart tuxedo and a billowing black opera cape. His face was deathly pale, his eyes were a savage crimson, and his mouth was full of sharp teeth. He smelled of grave dirt. He pounded a corpse-pale fist on the bar and glared at Alex.
"'You! Giff me blut! Fresh blut!'
"Alex calmly picked up a nearby soda syphon and let the newcomer have it full in the face. He shrieked loudly as his face dissolved under the jet of water, and then he suddenly disappeared, his clothes and cloak slumping to the floor. A large black bat flapped around the bar. Everyone present took the opportunity to throw things at it, until it finally flapped away up the stairs. Alex put down the syphon.
"'Holy soda water,' he explained, to the somewhat startled Tate. 'I keep it handy for certain cocktails. Bloody vampires...that's the third we've had this week. Must be a convention on again.'"
-Agents of Light and Darkness, Simon R. Green
"'You! Giff me blut! Fresh blut!'
"Alex calmly picked up a nearby soda syphon and let the newcomer have it full in the face. He shrieked loudly as his face dissolved under the jet of water, and then he suddenly disappeared, his clothes and cloak slumping to the floor. A large black bat flapped around the bar. Everyone present took the opportunity to throw things at it, until it finally flapped away up the stairs. Alex put down the syphon.
"'Holy soda water,' he explained, to the somewhat startled Tate. 'I keep it handy for certain cocktails. Bloody vampires...that's the third we've had this week. Must be a convention on again.'"
-Agents of Light and Darkness, Simon R. Green