#FFFFE0 - An Offer

[regrede]

If anyone has looked at the quests, you may notice that one requires “a new experience.” In the interest of efficiency, I am offering a spectacular opportunity that will be mutually beneficial for myself and any Red who chooses to take me up on my offer.

As you may be aware, I am what some may call a “vampire,” and as seems to be common amidst all the universes, I require blood. (Do not hunt me. I am capable of controlling myself without it and you will regret the attempt.) If you would like to exercise your altruistic instinct for a poor, thirsty maiden, my doors are open.

If that isn’t enough incentive, I am capable of temporarily turning you into the undead and doubling your strength. You will be under my thrall, but what is life without a little danger?

Serious inquiries only, please. I am especially looking for an arrangement with longevity.

- Sierra

Comments

[queenofminiskirts]

it's a good joke! but maybe next time let them sweat it out a little longer.

[regrede]

I was afraid I would have that stuffy old “Defense Force” at my door if I held it too long…

[queenofminiskirts]

come on. we're not that bad...


well, maybe on or two people but most of us know how to have some fun!

[regrede]

I trust you, at least. I’ll keep your advice in mind next time I think to pull a little prank.

[queenofminiskirts]

so...should i come by now or are you not hungry right now?

[regrede]

I am always hungry. I would prefer to do it outside my home, however.

[queenofminiskirts]

name a time and place and I'll be there!

[regrede]

Oh, how delightful. Let’s make it an event.

How about tonight at the church? We’ll say once the sun goes down.

[queenofminiskirts]

sounds like a date~.

should i wear something nice? or is it better to wear something i don't mind getting dirty?

[regrede]

It’s a clean event, I promise. Dress up as much as you like.

to action!

[queenofminiskirts]

too bad it's too cold for a low neckline...

[But you know what? She does have a pretty gown from when she turned into a super light sensitive princess during that whole Everyone Is A Fairytale Character fiasco. So that's...what she'll go with then!

Normally, she'd make sure to be a bit late, but that doesn't seem to fit what they're doing here. In most stories, the damsel should be snuck up on, right? (Why are you putting so much thought into this, Kaoru?)

So she arrives early and takes a seat on one of the pews to wait.]

[regrede]

[ sierra isn’t thinking about making this quite as much of an event as kaoru seems to, but when she opens the door to the church and sees kaoru sitting pretty on the pews in a dress that clearly is a little finer than her usual clothes, sierra can’t help but smile to herself.

so be it. ]

What’s this…? A hapless maiden, sitting alone in a place of worship.

[queenofminiskirts]

[She's nothing if not dramatic. Also she is the daughter of a famous actress so she has to live up to that.

That being said, she can't quite keep the grin off her face when she first turns to Sierra. But she quickly widens her eyes in a pretty good approximation of a shocked maiden.]

Oh, my~. I didn't expect to meet a beautiful, mysterious stranger here, this late!

[regrede]

Didn’t your elders teach you never to wander off so late at night? You never know what sort of monsters you might run into.

[ this isn’t necessarily her ideal entrance, but it’s fun to indulge sometimes. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

Mm...someone may have mentioned something like that. [She tilts her hand, pressing a hand to her cheek.] But really, what are the chances that I'd meet anything dangerous here?

[regrede]

I wonder.

[ sierra doesn’t want to push it so far that she actually scares kaoru, so although she sweeps closer, she stops just short of actually touching her “prey.” instead, she slides one hand along the back of the pew. ]

Did you dress up for me?

[queenofminiskirts]

[She stands up and doesn't bother to hide her smile as she does a quick twirl, then cocks her head.]

Do you like it~?

[regrede]

It’s very becoming. I could mistake you for a noble young lady, in my own world.

[ now, when sierra smiles, it’s more sincere than dangerous. she likes kaoru, really—finds her exuberance charming. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

It really is pretty, isn't it?

[Okay, but enough with all the jokes and fishing for compliments!] So, I guess we should get started, right?

[regrede]

We should. Are you sure you’re all right with this?

[ sierra takes on a somewhat more serious tone now. she doesn’t want to force kaoru. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

Yeah. [She reaches out to take Sierra's hand to give it a reassuring squeeze.] I trust you.

[regrede]

[ that… is an unexpected kindness, from someone who doesn’t really know her. maybe it’s because she doesn’t really know sierra that she can say something like that, but that just makes her naive. ]

My… if you say so.

[ sierra doesn’t squeeze back, but she gracefully withdraws her hand so it doesn’t seem as if she’s jerking it away. ]

Are you comfortable? It’ll make you woozy, even if I only take a little.

[queenofminiskirts]

[Woozy huh.]

I'll sit down then. [Since even if the possibility is slim, she doesn't want to risk falling and hitting her head.

So she does just that!]

[regrede]

Then… here I go.

[ it’s easier, of course, with people she doesn’t feel the need to be kind to, but blood is blood. so, sierra sits next to kaoru, and then gently and with a practiced hand tilts her head just enough to expose her neck.

when she’s comfortable, she bites. ]

[queenofminiskirts]

[Kaoru lets her head be tilted and...waited.

She did flinch a little at the bite, but it was the sort of reaction you might get from the sort of flinch one might have to being tickled...or, you know. Bitten.

It's...definitely different. That's for sure.

She tries not to squirm too much, but she finds it hard to sit still on a normal day so...it takes effort.]

Am I allowed to talk?

[...too late if she can't.]