Fandom AU | Saturday Daytime | August 1

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The sky was nearly clear again with only the barest trails of condo-shaped clouds rolling in from a distance. The newcomer vampires should be warned to take special care with their delicate flesh lest they go the way of dust, blowing in the wind. For now, it was time for the humans to strike out, keeping in mind the potential for danger never

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Around Town 8|1 Day

[fh_bde]

The once-thriving town might be mostly deserted, but there's still some places to be out and about, if you're careful to be home before the sun goes down.

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Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[bloodycanary]

The feeling of mingled shame and pity, and the kindness underneath both, made it easier for Dinah to slow down, remember she was not a monster, that this was a person and not a rabbit or something without a mind to appreciate the danger. The blood and his thoughts made this so intimate, so much trust here, but it was so wrong that if she hadn't been starving she would have screamed.

Don't cry, she told herself. That would give them both away, and she couldn't do that to Sam. One more suck. Two. And. Done. She pulled away, looking away to wipe her mouth, then very quickly swipe at her eyes as her face went back to normal, still hungry but not the gnawing painful thing it had been. Just a little rumble. Dinah wondered if that ever went away.

She managed to look at Sam, and then put her hand over the bite, trying to stop the flow. She didn't want to smell it, to think of him as food. "Thanks." She shook her head. "Don't.. Don't tell anyone?"

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[kepttheview]

Anders managed a sad smile and pulled a piece of torn-up bedsheet from his pocket, tying it off around the bite with practiced ease . . . then handed her a second piece to use as a napkin. Or a handkerchief, later, should she need it.

"You haven't given me away yet, so it's only fair," he assured her, glad that the regretful expression on his face wasn't out of the ordinary for his trips here. "You sure you're going to be okay?"

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[bloodycanary]

Dinah quickly wiped at her mouth, hating how she licked her teeth for the last taste, then nodded. "Yeah," she said, voice quiet. "I won't hurt anyone now." And maybe she could find a rabbit, if she got hungrier again. She knotted her fingers together in the makeshift handkerchief, and looked solemnly at Sam. "I met you. Other you. You visited the island in May."

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[kepttheview]

"So there was some way out of here," Anders observed, shaking his head at himself for the way the lyrics kept coming up in his speech, like something familiar and instinctive. "Lucky him, I guess."

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[bloodycanary]

"He had a boyfriend. And a girlfriend." Dinah quirked a tiny smile. "It shocked me. But that was two months ago." She blinked, then said. "You should have something better than this. Even here." She got to her feet, and said in a low voice, "You're better than this."

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[kepttheview]

"I had a girlfriend, once. I ended up having to stake her." Anders laughed hollowly and looked away, trying not to flinch at her words. "We do what we have to, to stay alive around here, Dinah. And I'm not just talking about surviving."

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[bloodycanary]

"I know," Dinah said, barely above a breath. "Not judging. Just saying." She leaned down and placed a very soft, chaste kiss on his mouth. "You deserve it."

She turned to walk away before she changed her mind and did something they'd both regret.

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Covent Garden Flow[A blood-bespecked flufffy rabbit tail]rs

[kepttheview]

Anders had had more than his fair share of dalliances over the past few years since Cally died, but nothing that ever lasted, and all of it had been rough and desperate. All of it had been laced with the notion of 'just in case,' because you never knew when it could be the last time.

He didn't remember what gentleness was like, and it rocked him back on his heels.

"Be safe, Dinah," he said quietly to her retreating form, waiting for her to leave before he got up himself, and got the frakking hell out of this place.

Before he did something he'd regret, like find a way to blow the place to pieces without caring if he got out in time.

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[bloodycanary]

After the visit to Eliza's, Dinah snuck through town and went in the back of the clinic. Waiting for Karla.

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[stalking_harpy]

Karla showed up soon after, carrying a plastic container in her hands. She was paler than normal, and carrying her own lunch in her hands. She'd voluntarily grabbed several sandwiches to eat, though she'd made sure no one had seen her grab them. Even though she couldn probably pass off her willingness to eat again as being the proper Karla, she didn't want to rouse suspicions.

Like why she'd need so much food or just what it was that was sloshing around in that container. "Dinah?" she called quietly. "You around?"

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[bloodycanary]

"Over here," Dinah said, from where she'd been sitting against the wall. She made sure she made noise as she stood up, and skirted the shadows of the room. She tried to smile for Karla as she came into view. "Hey. What's going on back there?"

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[stalking_harpy]

Karla sighed. "We're trying to figure out what to do. Getting some attitude for being newbies again, and a bit of resentment for replacing the people that they'd known and had been here for awhile. Not everyone trusts the kids who've crossed over into vampires, so there's a bit of tension as well. Arthur and I have been getting along if you can believe it, trying to find a way to use this to our advantage. We're thinking maybe some vampire sabotage or something." She held up a hand. "But we haven't decided anything, so laying low is the plan for right now."

She held out the container she'd brought. "I thought you might be hungry," she offered. "I wish it were more, but..." This body was already underfed and overtaxed. Karla hadn't wanted to damage it further and couldn't think of anyone she could ask.

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[bloodycanary]

Even with her 'encounter' with Sam, Dinah was still hungry. She automatically reached for the container, then paused. "Where did you get this? Are you going to get in trouble?" Dinah bit her lip. "You don't have to take risks for me. I'm okay out here. I... ate." She tried to smile, then looked down at the container, and swallowed.

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[stalking_harpy]

"If anyone wants to take me to task to what I do to my own--sorta--body, then they deserve what they have coming," Karla snapped. The conversations she'd had with Parker and Anakin, well, the dreams she'd had of those conversations, still rankled. "It's my blood, Dinah. And look, I brought my own lunch." She took out a few sandwiches. "I'll be right as rain shortly."

Re: Around Town 8|1 Day - Clinic

[bloodycanary]

"Karla," Dinah said, touched and worried, and shaking her head. "You need this, I shouldn't--" She swallowed, closed her eyes. "You eat now. A whole sandwich. Then I will. Okay?"