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[morethanafour]

[Elena has on her serious business face this Halloween. She's still showing slight signs of paleness from what was another bout of 'sickness' but she's clearly strong enough to be out of the clinic and back in her own apartment.]It turns out the 'illness' I had before came back - unfortunately, I found out it's not caused by bad food or a nasty

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[morethanafour]

Sometimes monsters aren't what they seem...and there's plenty of humans that act like monsters. I don't want to make assumptions, that's all. It could have killed me, it didn't, it has to have a reason.

[She's not chastising in the way she says it, just trying to explain her way of thinking.]

Sure. Just so you know the video was taken with my tablet so unfortunately there's no way to trace the attacker that way.

[Elena's brow furrows as she sets up the video then plays it. The sound is off but the scene is still clear. A massive hairy creature with dog-like human shape leans over the prone form of the journalist and bites her thickly on the thigh. The woman is wearing pajamas at least, clearly asleep and unaware of what's happening to her.

When Elena comes back on her expression is slightly grim but surprisingly calm.]

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[morethanafour]

[Elena's brow furrows, but she nods, understanding the common sense of Jo's argument.]

I can talk about it here for now. What exactly do you need to know? I was...asleep for the whole time it was there. All I have is the footage that was sent to Nate.

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[burnforalltosee]

[Vlad looks...perturbed, to say the least.]

I thought you had taken in the dog.

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[morethanafour]

[Her expression is puzzled. That's...sort of a weird thing to say...if it was anyone but Vlad.]

I...did?

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[burnforalltosee]

[Vlad can get away with an awful lot.

He knows this, and he enjoys it.]

He did not protect you?

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[morethanafour]

He wasn't there - he'd gone off wandering for the night. He's too big to keep in when he wants to go out.

[Her brow furrows, something is niggling at her memory.]

It's probably for the best - he probably would have tried to protect me and then...well, he could have gotten hurt.

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[neurotoxins]

[She's not even going to bother touching on how bothered she is by Elena's use of the word violate, although her expression might show that she's concerned, almost frightened.]

What do you mean when you say it's more than just your blood or your health?

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[morethanafour]

[Elena's eyes turn slightly aside. She's aware from her previous conversations with this woman that she's a vampire - and the fact that there are vampires here, and notably polite ones, is exactly why she hasn't labelled it a 'vampire' yet.]

There were...dreams.

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[neurotoxins]

Dreams where it took something more than just blood from you?

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[morethanafour]

[She averts her eyes slightly and clears her throat with a well-meaning cough.]

Well...not...it... someone I know. And...it wasn't exactly...unwilling but. It... [Her brow furrows as she tries to come up with the words.] It was still...taking advantage of me. Of my emotions - and...dreams...so it could feed undisturbed.

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[prodigalvampire]

[Shit.] What do you mean it...so...it sounds like a vampire. Thing is, at least where I come from, a vampire couldn't pull off what you're describing without being invited in.

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[morethanafour]

We...were thinking it might be, but I didn't want to make any assumptions. The Underworld seems to have a lot of monsters...and well, I haven't had anyone over to my apartment anyway except Nate - if that rule of your world is true here.

[She blinks, an idea beginning to take root in her mind. But no...it...couldn't be, could it?]

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[prodigalvampire]

Have you met a wolf, or a big dog? [Because in the books, Dracula could turn into a big dog...]

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[morethanafour]

[Her brow furrows.]

I...have a dog...I call him Sir Francis - I think he's a wolfhound. But...what does that have to do with anything?

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[griftering]

[His eyes narrow.] ...what?

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[morethanafour]

I know...it might seem unbelievable...but it happened.

[Since she's not exactly sure what he's saying 'what' to.]

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[griftering]

There's some kinda vampire around...? [There's something that should click here, but it's not happening. Something about the pikes...]

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[morethanafour]

[She frowns slightly.]

I don't know if it was a vampire - and I'm not sure I want to assume that it was... there's people here who are and I can't say I'd suspect them of anything like this.

Besides...it didn't even really look...human at all. Are vampires supposed to be...hairy?