Curdle your BLOOD | [ voice ]

[silver_pipe]

[ Heather has just learned of her crush Dante's disappearance and what with everything that happened to her before arriving in Vatheon and now after with everything that has followed she's angry. But perhaps more than just being angry she's lonely. After her father's murder she's been on her own, anyone she thought she'd come across as a friend

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[eatingwings]

Why is it that you cry, Heather Mason?

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Please... Just leave me alone.

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[eatingwings]

A pity that we are never alone.

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People like me are meant to be alone.

You wouldn't get it. You're a Vampire.

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[eatingwings]

And? You're point?

You I have not been alone in my darkest times, Heather Mason? When I was a boy? When I was executed? Even now in this godforsaken City?

How little you know of me.

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I... but it's not your fault that those things happened.

It's my fault that people around me die... I... I don't even try to kill them or... [ Her voice is faltering and she pauses to try and compose herself ] I... I don't want to be alone forever y'know? But what choice have I even got? I've got nothing left.

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[eatingwings]

Then you needn't to be alone, Heather Mason.

There are still old monsters in this City that care when your cheeks become stained with tears, child.

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Listen... you don't need to care about me because you pity me or... whatever.

And what if you do care, probably puts you at risk for being murdered or something.

I... thought I'd be able to make friends here, y'know? Like... proper friends. But they'll be taken, or killed... I know it. Something will happen to them.

I don't want anything else to happen to people I like.

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[eatingwings]

Need I remind you that I cannot die? Hmn.

This City is far from the reach of your world. Begin life anew in this new world, child. The more you wallow in self pity and self hate, the more you isolate yourself from the rest of the world.

Is that what you want, Heather Mason? To be truly alone forever?

Not even I can stand being alone for so long.

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[ There's a clatter, the noise of Heather dropping her SFC, shortly followed by a soft thud as she lands on the floor. She feels broken, lost and alone and unable to retort with her usual cynicism or sarcasm all she has left are her tears (@2:21). ]

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[eatingwings]

[ Alucard appears towering over her. His red eyes look down at the crying woman, his expression never wavering. He bends down and grips her arm. ]

Stand up.

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[ At first she thinks the voice is coming from her SFC, she reaches for it but looks to see the same room that Alucard had been standing in, only now it's minus one ominous vampire. Only then does she spot that "Drac'" is in the room and she feels his cold touch on her arm. Her brow furrows. She doesn't feel like standing, but she does somewhat wobbly ]

[eatingwings]

You have two legs and two arms, thus you Fight. You still have your tongue, thus you can Talk. You still have two eyes, thus you can See. You still have all of your Senses and more, child.

So stand up and Live, Heather Mason.

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[ She grits her teeth, sucking in her tears and quickly wiping her nose on her wristband. It takes a long moment for her to muster the energy to talk (without letting her sorrow get the better of her) ]

Y... You're full of shit.

[ She swallows back more tears ]

You're not anywhere near as... cruel as you pretend to be.

[eatingwings]

You have not seen me at my cruelest, woman.

I am a Monster. Forced to walk the Earth for Eternity.

Do you wish to become a Monster like me, Heather Mason?

I have killed more people than you can comprehend, I have devoured more of my children then I have ever loved, I am a leashed King. I need someone to hold my chain or else I am on the verge of turning Vatheon into Gehenna.

How little you know of I, woman. Stand up.

If there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is weak women.

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[ She's pretty offended by that last comment, and it's the one thing that sticks in her mind when she replies. Her posture a little stronger now, her hands turning into small fists. ]

I'm not weak. And I've killed monsters. Monsters like you. So don't pretend to be all high and mighty with me, Drac'.

I just...

[ Her brow furrows for a moment before she tempers her voice ]

I just get upset sometimes. You would too if the only person you cared for was murdered because of you.