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Tonight, Shufti has taken her vampire hunting outside. There's been no new reports that she knows of, but she wonders whether the culprit feeds in bursts, like a python, then bides its time.

At least one victim was attacked out here, which means two things. Firstly, the vampire has been through the back door at least once or is a teleporter. Secondly, it could strike out here again.

She's well wrapped up, in a proper winter coat, hat and gloves, sitting up in a tree. She has a good view of the surrounding area, and is difficult to see in the early evening night, except for the occasional glint of light off her Security badge.

[tinytag: A Gothic Winters Tale]

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"In trouble how? What about tea?"

"Mum says I'm not allowed to have it."

Chocolate, that is.

"I have to ask." Shufti says. "But don't feel you have to answer - how old are you?"

Oh, that's simple!

"Twenty four," he says.

"And your mother still doesn't let you have chocolate?" Shufti asks.

"I'm sorry, it seems odd to me is all. I'm twenty two and my oldest is nearly four. I couldn't imagine still being under a parent's control."

He shrugs. "Hannah still lives with her mum," Jools reasons. "She moved back in after she got back from India."

"Maybe she should let you stand on your own feet a little more." Shufti suggests.

"Well, she keeps threatening to kick me out, but I only make about 70p a week, because I'm still paying for that shop window."

"70p a week? Are there not minimum wage laws in your world?"

"Well, I was on my moped, and there was this dog. I swerved to miss it, but there was a window there that I didn't see before."

A window that was connected to the pizza parlour he works in.

"You don't have much luck, do you?"

"No, mum says I got plenty of luck," he defends. "Bad luck's still luck, innit?"

"I suppose so." Shufti admits.

He smiles, rather smugly.

See, Jools knows things!

Shufti orders tea from a waitrat.

"Have you been coming here long?"

He shakes his head. "No, I found it by accident a few weeks ago," he explains. "Thought I'd gone into a chip shop, but guess they moved away, or something."

He pauses slightly.

"But they were back the next day..."

"Well, I suppose that explains why you got lost."

"What, places moving around at night?"

"No, I mean I bet you don't know much about the layout yet here?"

"Why, does it move around too?"

"Well no, but it can be a little confusing."

He blinks.

"What, like... one of those magic eye puzzles?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know what that is."

"It's... ya know." He shrugs non-committally.

"Not really. I don't think my birth world had such things."