I stop when I hear her voice and glance over to meet her eyes.
It's...funny. This castle takes away time and reality for just a few moments. It's part of a vampire's castle, to be beyond the walls of reality and the natural and to be in a place that's outside the laws of science and possibility. Time doesn't exist, just as it doesn't exist for our kind.
Carolyn is a stranger here. She doesn't quite belong. She's a human in our world now and I know she wouldn't want to stay here.
Yet...
With her standing there, holding the doorknob as though she did belong her and me just watching her with the glare of the sun coming up through the windows...
Is it so strange, so abnormal, to want to stay...just like this...forever?
"You shouldn't be up without some sort of assistance, you know. If you fall, you could sue us." Bright grin in place, not like that's a difficult thing to do. It's in lost moments like these that I can forget what's in the next room.
I give him a dry look suited to this kind of crazy (but hopefully less crazy than yesterday) morning.
"I'm fine, Klaus. If I need help, I'll yelp for it, okay? Besides. I woulnd't sue you. Your lawyers would trample me."
His look before he saw me was... hm. Not a happy one. Argh, such a decision; talk to him now and risk upsetting him further? Or wait until he's better and risk him putting his batso plan into action? If he even HAS one?
She's contemplating something, I believe. Can't figure out what unless I break into her thoughts and I already swore to myself that I wouldn't do such a thing. She's earned her privacy.
"Suit yourself. Best that you walk anyway. Can't blame me for being paranoid." I go on over to her and come close to nuzzling her neck. "It's not as though you have our strength."
But I don't nuzzle. I don't bite either. Maybe I just like teasing her and the old adage is true.
"You must be feeling better then. Alex is still out and is likely to remain so for a bit. Sophie is currently with him. Need anything, my injured one?"
I can't help myself from pulling back JUST a little bit as he comes close. It's habit, Klaus; a lot of years of habit. I hope he doesn't take it too personally.
"I am feeling better. Does Sophie know what happened? Ah... speaking of Sophie..." and I swear I look up and down the hall like agent 99.
"C'mere a minute. I need to talk to you." and I grab him by the lapel and yank him in.
Ooh! Forward, isn't she? Yes, you do have a lovely bedroom. Yes, you do have a lovely neck. Yes, you would do very nicely with me...
"She knows that they beat the hell out of Alexander but she didn't see him when he was really bad. The blood helped a lot. And she doesn't know how many of them there were or how we disposed of them. She also doesn't know you're here."
I don't think.
Don't really care either.
"What do you need? More painkillers?" I leer. "Cuddling?"
I have to choke down my first response: It's in my pants.
Moving on, how does she know about it? When did she find out? I haven't brought anything up to her at all and she's been here for, well, awhile so...
But she's still in communication with my father. And I did have to go through him to get it.
Well...
Nutbunnies.
"I have it with me. And no, you will not be making me take it." I damn well hope father didn't infect her with the redeeming whatnot he has in reserves for me. I'd have to bite her in order to spare myself the miserable headache of hearing it from both ends. "Why do you ask? What'd he say to you?"
"I wasn't going to ask you to take it, you silly thing." Although I suppose I can see why he assumed that. "I want to ask you what you're planning to do with it. And yes, before you ask, Gustav got hold of me. Relax. He just wanted me to have a heads-up, that's all, okay?"
Aaaaand that's enough standing around. With as much dignity as I can muster, I turn slowly and head toward the daybed.
Shifting myself forward, I move quickly over the floorboards and onto the daybed, sitting at the edge while grinning.
"Good! Then there's no need to worry about it. As for what I'm going to do with it, that'd be giving away the game, wouldn't it?"
Save that it wasn't a game.
"I would've thought you liked surprises. You'll like this one since you like her and hate our kind. It will help you too if you think you could utilize it."
Gee, can I figure out what he plans to do from those statements? Nawwwww.
"Well," I say carefully, sitting as well. Carefully sitting. I'm feeling better, but I don't want to push it. "I do care for 'her,' yes. Confused though she is. If you're willing to trust me, Klaus, then I'd be willing to help you form a plan. It would be cruel to just... administer the quinidrine. She isn't ready for that."
And I'M not ready to be making convoluted machinations with Klaus Krazy Helsing here, but the idea sprang to mind, and apparently I'm doing it. Eh; maybe women's intuition is being good today.
"She isn't ready for anything. No matter how hard we plan, no matter what we do, she still won't wish to take it. Hell, even if we utterly abandon her to her own devices and she feels utterly alone or betrayed, she still wouldn't take it. She thinks she's free. She thinks she's happy
( ... )
She's broken. And can we really fix her? No. Only she can fix herself. Only she can handle things herself. But what if she's unwilling to do so? Will she go through life still broken? Always miserable? How could anyone want to live that way
( ... )
I wince slightly. "Unfortunately, being human won't mean she can confront her demons. It'll only mean she'll add you - and possibly Lucard - to the Gustav Is Bad list. It won't help anybody.
"Maybe you two should go back to Vegas." I smile weakly. "Or maybe just don't TALK to her. It's obvious you two can't get along." Tomah-toes and tomay-toes, anybody?
"Besides, Lucard probably needs some time to recover. I can handle Sophie. Just don't worry about her, think about her, let her upset you. If she comes, run away. Hell, I'll give her the exact same advice. You two need to stay the hell AWAY from each other, in my humble opinion."
It's...funny. This castle takes away time and reality for just a few moments. It's part of a vampire's castle, to be beyond the walls of reality and the natural and to be in a place that's outside the laws of science and possibility. Time doesn't exist, just as it doesn't exist for our kind.
Carolyn is a stranger here. She doesn't quite belong. She's a human in our world now and I know she wouldn't want to stay here.
Yet...
With her standing there, holding the doorknob as though she did belong her and me just watching her with the glare of the sun coming up through the windows...
Is it so strange, so abnormal, to want to stay...just like this...forever?
"You shouldn't be up without some sort of assistance, you know. If you fall, you could sue us." Bright grin in place, not like that's a difficult thing to do. It's in lost moments like these that I can forget what's in the next room.
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"I'm fine, Klaus. If I need help, I'll yelp for it, okay? Besides. I woulnd't sue you. Your lawyers would trample me."
His look before he saw me was... hm. Not a happy one. Argh, such a decision; talk to him now and risk upsetting him further? Or wait until he's better and risk him putting his batso plan into action? If he even HAS one?
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"Suit yourself. Best that you walk anyway. Can't blame me for being paranoid." I go on over to her and come close to nuzzling her neck. "It's not as though you have our strength."
But I don't nuzzle. I don't bite either. Maybe I just like teasing her and the old adage is true.
"You must be feeling better then. Alex is still out and is likely to remain so for a bit. Sophie is currently with him. Need anything, my injured one?"
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"I am feeling better. Does Sophie know what happened? Ah... speaking of Sophie..." and I swear I look up and down the hall like agent 99.
"C'mere a minute. I need to talk to you." and I grab him by the lapel and yank him in.
....ow. STUPID back.
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"She knows that they beat the hell out of Alexander but she didn't see him when he was really bad. The blood helped a lot. And she doesn't know how many of them there were or how we disposed of them. She also doesn't know you're here."
I don't think.
Don't really care either.
"What do you need? More painkillers?" I leer. "Cuddling?"
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"What I need is a chance to talk to you. Privately." I shut the door.
"If you interpret this the wrong way, I'll kick you in the balls. Just so you know. Now that the unpleasantries are over...
"Where is the quinidrine solution?"
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Moving on, how does she know about it? When did she find out? I haven't brought anything up to her at all and she's been here for, well, awhile so...
But she's still in communication with my father. And I did have to go through him to get it.
Well...
Nutbunnies.
"I have it with me. And no, you will not be making me take it." I damn well hope father didn't infect her with the redeeming whatnot he has in reserves for me. I'd have to bite her in order to spare myself the miserable headache of hearing it from both ends. "Why do you ask? What'd he say to you?"
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Aaaaand that's enough standing around. With as much dignity as I can muster, I turn slowly and head toward the daybed.
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"Good! Then there's no need to worry about it. As for what I'm going to do with it, that'd be giving away the game, wouldn't it?"
Save that it wasn't a game.
"I would've thought you liked surprises. You'll like this one since you like her and hate our kind. It will help you too if you think you could utilize it."
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"Well," I say carefully, sitting as well. Carefully sitting. I'm feeling better, but I don't want to push it. "I do care for 'her,' yes. Confused though she is. If you're willing to trust me, Klaus, then I'd be willing to help you form a plan. It would be cruel to just... administer the quinidrine. She isn't ready for that."
And I'M not ready to be making convoluted machinations with Klaus Krazy Helsing here, but the idea sprang to mind, and apparently I'm doing it. Eh; maybe women's intuition is being good today.
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"Maybe you two should go back to Vegas." I smile weakly. "Or maybe just don't TALK to her. It's obvious you two can't get along." Tomah-toes and tomay-toes, anybody?
"Besides, Lucard probably needs some time to recover. I can handle Sophie. Just don't worry about her, think about her, let her upset you. If she comes, run away. Hell, I'll give her the exact same advice. You two need to stay the hell AWAY from each other, in my humble opinion."
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