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[lolinyourdreams]

[Road is seated on the railing in the central area of the DR, fanning herself with a handful of pamphlets and frowning distractedly. She's dolled up in some gothic lolita fashion that's really not out of character for most versions of herself, but her immediate appearance is human.]Well this is inconvenient. How am I supposed to get a supply of

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[bloodyscore]

[Have another vampire, Road! At least one that got pinged by a supernatural feeling and he's still too young to figure them out from a distance.

So he's just peering around a corner, hood drawn over his head.]

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[What registers to her first is a vampire, and since Allen is not one in her world, she does even look as she waves her hand, beckoning him out of hiding. She just assumes another subject.]

Come greet me~

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[Shouldn't have said that, because for those in his world, greeting is in that personal bubble and taking in her scent. Allen's eyes flash red for a moment, taking a single step back as he realizes she's a lot older than he is. Head tilted to the side.]

You're...different.

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[lolinyourdreams]

[Oddly enough she's used to Allen being sensitive to smell, but not this way. A look of shock passes over her features when he approaches and sniffs her, though she sits as calmly as ever, not recoiling.]

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[Her expression turns sad, and she reaches out to touch his cheek. So this place really is different, and you aren't hers at all. She smiles, but it's not really happy.]

Allen. That's a silly thing to say.

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[He starts to nose at the hand on his cheek, not really able to help himself. Though the does keep an eye on her, even with the urge to close them.]

You know me as well? [Little reincarnation knows no one but those he's met here, except for Mana and Cross.]

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[She doesn't pull away, rubbing her thumb lightly over his cheekbones as one might pet a cat. Though her expression is composed there's hurt in her eyes when he speaks.]

Of course. You're my most special knight. You were trained from birth to serve me~ But I suppose you weren't, were you? This place is quite interesting.

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[Confusion obviously crosses his face at being told what he is in her home. He nods a bit at her last few words.]

At most, I was a lounge player at my own home. The others here are...different.

...Can I ask your name?

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[She pats his head, again like you'd treat a cat or dog, and then pulls her hand away.]

A lounge player? So you're good with music... Somehow that doesn't surprise me. How different, Allen?

[Pause, and she sighs, expression closing off completely and becoming a bit remote. Showing vulnerability to an Allen who isn't hers is too easy, she'll have to watch herself.]

I'm Road Tepes, I rule our kind. But I suppose that's another difference in your world?

[bloodyscore]

[Allen starts to chase after her hand, but manages to stop himself. Likes being petted, they're more like cats at his home. Cuddle piles are the best~ Plus, Road has a very interesting scent; old yet at the same time youthful, the main part of her diet smells like sweets on her.]

Most Allens are musically inclined? Ah... [He scratches at his cheek.] I've met a gentleman named Kanda that has cat ears and a tail. Though...he called me a leech... [Small frown, but then it's gone with a smile.]

I've only known one other vampire at my home, and he was found and killed.

[lolinyourdreams]

[Road smiles a little at his antics. But she reminds herself to be aloof, this isn't her Allen, and even if he's a vampire he's certainly not one bound to her will. It's just so very hard to think of Allen as a threat. And she is both; old and youthful, immensely powerful but vulnerable, the scent of a life lived richly, but also that strain of too much stress, and that strange blood-smell that isn't blood, but an artificial substitute.]

Cat ears and tail? Isn't that... [What do the Japaense call it? Yes.] Cosplay? It doesn't surprise me, he's not happy with our kind in my world either, such name calling is certainly like him.

One other... The one who made you?

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[He's young, only two years turned, but even if he isn't bound to her will, Allen is as nice as he can be. Especially to those of his own kind.]

Ah...they were real. I touched them... There are vampires in his home it seems...

[Nodding] He was very old, but as far as I know, I was the last of his few 'children'.

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[She's too used to politics and scheming, though because he's Allen it's very hard for her not to open up, she wants to very badly.]

Hmm. Some kind of lycanthrope? [She sets the puzzle aside and focuses on Allen again.]

Who was he?

[bloodyscore]

[He'll have to earn her trust then~ At least attempt to before he's told to keep away by his "brother".

He gives her a smile.] Seems that way.

I never got his name, but he was nice to me.

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[It shouldn't be too hard, she's already inclined to trust him. Though she'll be most displeased at anyone who tries to keep her from her kin.]

I see, I'm sorry he was hunted. But such an end is inevitable for our kind.

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[Unfortunately, Lavi is from this one's world about fifty years back, so he knows everyone. A vampire too, so he might let the meetings continue.]

Not many humans actually know about us in my home. It was all an accident really...