Not What He Was Looking For [Open, Active]

[nightmareofsin]

Characters: Vincent Valentine, Nina Tucker, chaos
Setting: Entrance Room
Time: Night 14... first third of night?
Summary: Vincent Valentine enters the house and finds... a small child?
Warnings: Brooding. All over the thread. Also a comical start.

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[nightmareofsin]

Vincent was much less confused than he was disconcerted. It was one thing to have frightened her, but that she thought he would eat her... he tightened his jaw imperceptibly and lowered further to the ground, letting his clawtips brush the marble floor and, watching her behind the piano. He could not see what she was doing, but her voice was muffled and flat, as though she were hiding in something thick and soft. What was thick and soft behind a piano? He wondered.

"I am not going to eat you." His own voice was stiff and slightly awkward. He was trying to be convincing, but it wasn't something he was good at and he admittedly was not trying very hard to sound sincere. It wasn't something he'd practised at--expression had never been his strong point or his interest. He tried further, however, struggling before managing to say it, the words coming out flat and strained. "I... am sorry I frightened you."

He didn't know what was going on, but for now he would settle for getting what he could out of this one little child. Or at least making her less afraid so that he could move on.