Sunnydale and Beyond Entry - Blood Relations
Pulling up near the curb Kaethe slowed the jeep as she leaned toward the passenger side door, her eyes had been drawn toward a man who had been walking down the street and had just disappeared into one of the local bars. Reaching the end of the block Kaethe turned the wheel, the jeep maneuvered through the alley to the next street. Circling around the block til she came to a stop in front of the bar she had seen the man go into.
Turning the engine off, Kaethe eased the key out of the ignition and slipped the keys into her pocket. Once out of the vehicle, making sure the doors of the jeep were locked, Kaethe headed toward the entrance of the bar. Not the usual bar you would find people congregating at, the only humans one would normally find here would be the unfortunate souls who would not see the light of another day.
Once inside the building, the soft clicking of Kaethe's leather boots could be faintly against the wooden planks of the floor as she walked toward the bar.
"This place is only fit for vermin and their kind." Kaethe spoke, a look of distaste showing on her features as she run a finger lightly across the counter, brushing her hands together then as if to rid them of dust and dirt. Her gaze then lifted to the man who stood behind the bar, the one she had taken notice of outside.
"You know, lady. There are lots of.....I'll be damned!" The look of resentment on the bartender's face turned to a look of surprise when he saw the face of the woman standing on the opposite side of the bar. The surprised look faded as a grin now appeared in its place.
"Kaethe! Christ how long has it been?" The tender said as he made his way around from the back of the bar. Though he knew she was not one for showing public displays of affection, he embraced her nonetheless.
"So this is the establishment I put money into, Willy?" Kaethe said a bit unpleasantly, her gaze wandering around the dimly lit interior. She definitely was not impressed with what she saw. Finding arms wrapped around her, Kaethe gave a light hug in return and a gentle pat to Willy's back.
"Come on, it really isn't that bad and the customers seem to like it and in actuality this isn't the original bar you put money into. You know that place was destroyed in the battle, just like the rest of the town." Willy said in response. So the place was not in one of the better parts of town, some might consider it a dive, but Willy didn't do all that badly running the place. "Least I can do is buy you a drink on the house." Willy continued, grabbing a clean rag from behind the bar he walked to one of the corner tables, wiping off one of the seats first, then ran the cloth over the table top a couple times.
"A mere technicality." Kaethe returned, the corners of her mouth curving up into a smile.
"Make sure the glass is clean." Kaethe stated, following Willy to the table. Once the seat had been wiped off she, a bit reluctantly, sat down at the table. Willy was blood, one of a few descendants of Kaethe's family. Kaethe was a was descendant of Basarab the Great, a fourteenth-century prince and her grandfather was Mircea cel Batrin. This fact also made Willy a descendant of royalty.
"So what brings you to Sunnydale, Kaethe?" Willy asked politely when he returned with a freshly washed glass and a bottle of blood wine. Once he had poured the crimson colored liquid into the glass, setting the bottle down next to the glass, Willy took a seat across the table from Kaethe.
"Las Vegas got tiresome and is currently overrun with vampires." Kaethe stated, her fingers curled lightly around the glass, lifting the vessel to her lips to take a drink. "So naturally now I will need suitable living quarters."
"And you came to Willy for that." A broad grin found its way onto Willy's features. " I happen to know of a couple prime places that are still unoccupied that may interest you."
"There are only a couple hours of darkness left." Kaethe pointed out, before she drained the glass of its contents. She ran her tongue slowly over her lips, relishing the taste of the wine, which was more blood then wine.
"Then we better get moving." Willy said, rising up from his chair.
"Try not to cause any damage." Kaethe reached into her pocket as she stood and drew out her keys, handing them over to Willy. Since Willy knew where the places were, Kaethe felt it would be better to let him drive. Kaethe turned away from the table and started the walk toward the door, definitely glad to be leaving the dimly lit and dingy establishment.
Willy grabbed the bottle from the table as he turned to follow Kaethe, he wasn't worried about leaving the bar as once his presence was noted as missing Drag'on would automatically take over the running of the place until Willy returned.
Willy drove an estimated time of about 5 minutes out of town when he slowly turned the steering wheel, guiding the jeep down a dirt path. Once past the trees lining either side of the road Kaethe saw a three story brick building with an iron gate encasing the front yard of the house.
Willy stopped the jeep at the edge of the dirt road that led to the house. Once she felt the vehicle cease to move Kaethe eased open her door and stepped out of the jeep. Her light blue eyes swept over the structure, the way the light of the moon illuminated the place made it all the more attractive to Kaethe.
"Word is if the place is still on the market by the end of this week a couple vampires are planning on settling in." There was no for sale sign on the property. The only way Willy had learned it was on the market is from talk he had heard in the vampire bar.
"There is another piece of prime real estate that may interest you, Kaethe." Willy offered, though from the way she was looking over the house Willy had a feeling she had her mind made up about this property.
"Get this property for me, Willy." Kaethe stated in quite a stern tone as she turned slowly to face him.
"Whatever you want, Kaethe. That's what family is for." Willy gave her one of his sly grins.
If it wasn't for the bloodline that bound them, Kaethe may have squashed Willy like a little bug long ago.
Once back in the jeep Kaethe had Willy drive back to the bar. Once back there she gave him explicit instructions on how she wanted the property purchased. Leaving Willy outside the bar Kaethe returned to the property. Though she did not technically own the place just yet she was staking claim to the building and grounds, by the end of the day she would have the deed to the property. She moved all her things from the jeep into the house, including the bottle of blood wine that Willy had left her.
The first rays of the sun would soon be peeking through the departing night's sky and Kaethe did not want to get caught in their path, shuttering the windows in the first bedroom she had wandered upon, Kaethe changed from her traveling clothes into a sleeveless silk, ankle length night gown and then slipped into the bed. With the light of the sun shut out Kaethe knew she would get a few hours rest.
Turning the engine off, Kaethe eased the key out of the ignition and slipped the keys into her pocket. Once out of the vehicle, making sure the doors of the jeep were locked, Kaethe headed toward the entrance of the bar. Not the usual bar you would find people congregating at, the only humans one would normally find here would be the unfortunate souls who would not see the light of another day.
Once inside the building, the soft clicking of Kaethe's leather boots could be faintly against the wooden planks of the floor as she walked toward the bar.
"This place is only fit for vermin and their kind." Kaethe spoke, a look of distaste showing on her features as she run a finger lightly across the counter, brushing her hands together then as if to rid them of dust and dirt. Her gaze then lifted to the man who stood behind the bar, the one she had taken notice of outside.
"You know, lady. There are lots of.....I'll be damned!" The look of resentment on the bartender's face turned to a look of surprise when he saw the face of the woman standing on the opposite side of the bar. The surprised look faded as a grin now appeared in its place.
"Kaethe! Christ how long has it been?" The tender said as he made his way around from the back of the bar. Though he knew she was not one for showing public displays of affection, he embraced her nonetheless.
"So this is the establishment I put money into, Willy?" Kaethe said a bit unpleasantly, her gaze wandering around the dimly lit interior. She definitely was not impressed with what she saw. Finding arms wrapped around her, Kaethe gave a light hug in return and a gentle pat to Willy's back.
"Come on, it really isn't that bad and the customers seem to like it and in actuality this isn't the original bar you put money into. You know that place was destroyed in the battle, just like the rest of the town." Willy said in response. So the place was not in one of the better parts of town, some might consider it a dive, but Willy didn't do all that badly running the place. "Least I can do is buy you a drink on the house." Willy continued, grabbing a clean rag from behind the bar he walked to one of the corner tables, wiping off one of the seats first, then ran the cloth over the table top a couple times.
"A mere technicality." Kaethe returned, the corners of her mouth curving up into a smile.
"Make sure the glass is clean." Kaethe stated, following Willy to the table. Once the seat had been wiped off she, a bit reluctantly, sat down at the table. Willy was blood, one of a few descendants of Kaethe's family. Kaethe was a was descendant of Basarab the Great, a fourteenth-century prince and her grandfather was Mircea cel Batrin. This fact also made Willy a descendant of royalty.
"So what brings you to Sunnydale, Kaethe?" Willy asked politely when he returned with a freshly washed glass and a bottle of blood wine. Once he had poured the crimson colored liquid into the glass, setting the bottle down next to the glass, Willy took a seat across the table from Kaethe.
"Las Vegas got tiresome and is currently overrun with vampires." Kaethe stated, her fingers curled lightly around the glass, lifting the vessel to her lips to take a drink. "So naturally now I will need suitable living quarters."
"And you came to Willy for that." A broad grin found its way onto Willy's features. " I happen to know of a couple prime places that are still unoccupied that may interest you."
"There are only a couple hours of darkness left." Kaethe pointed out, before she drained the glass of its contents. She ran her tongue slowly over her lips, relishing the taste of the wine, which was more blood then wine.
"Then we better get moving." Willy said, rising up from his chair.
"Try not to cause any damage." Kaethe reached into her pocket as she stood and drew out her keys, handing them over to Willy. Since Willy knew where the places were, Kaethe felt it would be better to let him drive. Kaethe turned away from the table and started the walk toward the door, definitely glad to be leaving the dimly lit and dingy establishment.
Willy grabbed the bottle from the table as he turned to follow Kaethe, he wasn't worried about leaving the bar as once his presence was noted as missing Drag'on would automatically take over the running of the place until Willy returned.
Willy drove an estimated time of about 5 minutes out of town when he slowly turned the steering wheel, guiding the jeep down a dirt path. Once past the trees lining either side of the road Kaethe saw a three story brick building with an iron gate encasing the front yard of the house.
Willy stopped the jeep at the edge of the dirt road that led to the house. Once she felt the vehicle cease to move Kaethe eased open her door and stepped out of the jeep. Her light blue eyes swept over the structure, the way the light of the moon illuminated the place made it all the more attractive to Kaethe.
"Word is if the place is still on the market by the end of this week a couple vampires are planning on settling in." There was no for sale sign on the property. The only way Willy had learned it was on the market is from talk he had heard in the vampire bar.
"There is another piece of prime real estate that may interest you, Kaethe." Willy offered, though from the way she was looking over the house Willy had a feeling she had her mind made up about this property.
"Get this property for me, Willy." Kaethe stated in quite a stern tone as she turned slowly to face him.
"Whatever you want, Kaethe. That's what family is for." Willy gave her one of his sly grins.
If it wasn't for the bloodline that bound them, Kaethe may have squashed Willy like a little bug long ago.
Once back in the jeep Kaethe had Willy drive back to the bar. Once back there she gave him explicit instructions on how she wanted the property purchased. Leaving Willy outside the bar Kaethe returned to the property. Though she did not technically own the place just yet she was staking claim to the building and grounds, by the end of the day she would have the deed to the property. She moved all her things from the jeep into the house, including the bottle of blood wine that Willy had left her.
The first rays of the sun would soon be peeking through the departing night's sky and Kaethe did not want to get caught in their path, shuttering the windows in the first bedroom she had wandered upon, Kaethe changed from her traveling clothes into a sleeveless silk, ankle length night gown and then slipped into the bed. With the light of the sun shut out Kaethe knew she would get a few hours rest.