Night Off

[go-between.livejournal.com]

Richard's at the bar with a pint of lager and a distinct lack of children. He's leaning back on the barstool and toying with a red ring on his thumb.


{ooc: Must get some sleep now. Slowtime is love. ^_^ G'night!}

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[go-between.livejournal.com]

He cocks his head inquisitively as he slides the blood over to her.

"What do you want fixed?"

[child_like_vampire]

She gratefully accepts the mug and takes a deep sip before answering.

"I'd not want to be dead. I'd want to be what I was before Armand interfered. And then... then I'd want to be grown up. Have the body I shoud have had."

[go-between.livejournal.com]

He snerks.

"Would that we could all be what we were before Armand interfered."

He thinks for a bit.

"I know that there are those who can remove the vampiric curse and restore humanity. That would allow you to grow up."

[child_like_vampire]

Claudia stares at him, terror in her eyes.

"Not be a vampire? No! I like what I am!"

It was all she knew. All her mind could fathom. Years as a human, waiting to grow up? God forbid that should happen!

[go-between.livejournal.com]

He shrugs and pats her hand.

"Sorry, sweetheart, it's the only way I know of. Doesn't mean it's the only way, though. You'll have to ask around. There are all manner of gods, angels, and healers hanging around here."

[child_like_vampire]

She wrinkles her nose at the pat.

"I plan on poking around. Someone here has to be able to fix me."

Yes, she is a selfish, spoiled woman, but her Papas ensured she would grow to be this way.

[go-between.livejournal.com]

"You could ask Loki or Krishna. They've been very kind to me and my boys."

[child_like_vampire]

Loki?

No.

She didn't trust the one who'd given her that feather she still wore in her hair. She wouldn't be asking him for anything anytime soon.

"Who is Krishna?"

[go-between.livejournal.com]

He smiles and his fondness is apparent in his voice.

"He's a Hindu god, demon slayer and beloved of the world. A tall man with dark skin and eyes. He answers to the name Chris Patel around here."

[child_like_vampire]

"A demon slayer?"

She'd heard vampires called demons.

Why would he send her to a demon slayer.

She was already dead!

[go-between.livejournal.com]

"That was the reason he was called into being. More often he dances, plays the flute, and brings joy. He really spoils us quite lavishly."

[child_like_vampire]

She quickly finishes her blood before it grows cold.

Cold wasn't good.

"Then maybe I'll look for him," she says slowly. She doesn't much trust Richard.

[go-between.livejournal.com]

He doesn't completely trust her either, but he likes her well enough.

Then, he thinks of something.

"I wonder if someone could make you like Joshua. He's a vampire, but he grows like any other child."

[child_like_vampire]

She tilts her head.

"How is that possible?"

[go-between.livejournal.com]

"I don't know, but it's true. I got him as a newborn, and he's a small boy now."

[child_like_vampire]

"Was he made a vampire or is he something else?"

While being in this place, she had learned that her kind was not the only kind of vampire to exist.

[go-between.livejournal.com]

"He was born a vampire because he is Armand's child. But Loki or Krishna may be able to make you like him."