[Video]

[draculalite]

[Live, from prison, it's everybody's favorite jailbird vampire! Raphael is lounging on his cot in his darkened cell, reading a magazine. It's tough to tell in the dim light, but his skin is immensely pale, even for a vampire's. The brightest light in the cell comes from his eyes, glowing blood red even brighter than usual

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[Video]

[whitedarklord]

...you still haven't eaten anything?

[Video]

[draculalite]

I do not eat the blood of cattle.

[Video]

[whitedarklord]

[That doesn't even sound appetizing...]

I take it they don't realize that vampires usually don't go for farm animals...

[draculalite]

Some do.

I do not. It is worthless to me.

Video

[viral_vector]

You don't look very ill, paleness aside.

Video

[draculalite]

Ah, thankfully, this fine gentleman of the medical profession has seen fit to give me a second opinion.

Re: Video

[viral_vector]

For someone who wants to be free, you certainly don't endear yourself.

[draculalite]

And who are you that I must endear myself to you?

[Video]

[whereismypizza]

[Dante almost doesn't recognize the person on the screen. He had, after all, met Raphael first in the lightless hours of Darkness, and at the time he had looked more....wholesome.

But yes, he does recall the redhead who was on the NV not too long ago who called Raphael father.]

They're...not even feeding you in there?

[Video]

[draculalite]

[He folds his arms.]

I have received meals. I have also received cow's blood, which is worthless to me.

[Video]

[whereismypizza]

Well human blood is hard to come by in a prison, unless you have an inmate.

What will happen to you and your girl if you go too long without blood?

[There is just the slightest bit of concern in his careless and detached manner. Dante isn't going to look like he cares too much and he doubts the prideful French would accept any concern anyways.]

[draculalite]

So I have mentioned. They claim to be working on it, though I imagine they only say so to placate me.

[He leans back casually against the wall, returning to his magazine. Thanks for not caring, Dante, he would just resent you for it.]

I do not know. I suppose we'll find out.

text;

[stoicloyalty]

You are the father of that girl, then. She misses you sorely.

Also text!

[draculalite]

[His reply is written in perfect penmanship.]

I know.

text forever;

[stoicloyalty]

I could not tell she was starving. How much does she rely on you for sustenance?

[draculalite]

It is not that she relies on me so much that there are very few options for us.

I think she has not been eating since I was arrested.

voice;

[by_your_leave]

[ Needless to say, this police officer is utterly underwhelmed, and his tone is clipped with frayed patience. ]

Ill, starving men are rarely in any condition to assault others. Hunting as a matter of a necessity is a defense only a dumb beast could claim-- no matter how great the need, you could have used reason to find another way, one that would not have torn you from your daughter's side. Your circumstances in your own world may have given you no other alternative, but this is not your world. To act with utter disregard for even the most basic of its laws does neither you nor your daughter any favors.

You are her guardian, are you not? Responsibility for your actions falls on you, and no other. [ Is it possible for someone's voice to go sub-artic? Apparently, yes. ] Do not be so quick to disparage the force for doing their job when you could not fulfill your own.

[ He sighs, explosively. ] Contrary to what you appear to think, we do not seek to punish children for their parent's errors. Lady Re-l is seeing to Lady Amy.

[draculalite]

[Meet Raphael's most disgusted tone of voice.]

Spoken with the true arrogance of someone who understands nothing.

And I suppose I should thank you for not throwing her out on the streets?

[by_your_leave]

Then enlighten me. [ Dry as dust. ]

No. [ Simple, and he leaves it at that. ]

[draculalite]

Why? What good will it do me to appeal to your bleeding heart?

I owe you nothing, and I shall give you nothing.