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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 18, 2009 8:51:46 GMT -5
Kathrine smiled a little. "N-no, not at all...I just didn't get a chance to thank you for saving me...thank you." Kathrine felt uncomfortable, sitting here on Celest's fire escape. she felt foolish for having come here, merely to thank Celest. "Um..."
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 18, 2009 23:32:26 GMT -5
Celest slightly chuckled as she rubbed the back of her head. She grinned, careful not to expose her fangs, and said, "Ah, it's nothing, really. No need to thank me. We girls have to look out for each other. Besides, the other girl saved you first."
So she climbed down the fire escape just for this, cute.
She felt the unease in Kathrine and along with the that, the chill of the wind blowing through them both. She added, still smiling, "Want to come in? It's kind of cold out there."
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 19, 2009 4:50:11 GMT -5
"Uh...um...sure..." She stepped through the open window and closed it, shuddering slightly and rubbing her arms to gain back the warmth that had left them while she was on the fire escape.
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 19, 2009 5:43:13 GMT -5
Celest walked into the kitchen and let the teen get used to the place. It was just a simple dwelling, all the fixes and designs were done by Celest herself since when she got the room, it looked like an infested rathole to her. With her slightly rusty knowledge of Architecture and Design to back her up, she redecorated and gave the room a bit of life. The room was minimalist in design; the walls were white, the furnitures had the color schemes of gray, black and white with a small tinge of red, everything was simple in its own way. Just by the couch was her guitar and amplifier that Celest had been playing earlier. "Can I get you anything? Water, soda, juice, coffee... beer? No, scratch that last one." Celest asked, hitting herself inwardly. Celest's apartment (sort of) |
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 19, 2009 6:26:56 GMT -5
"Um...anything is fine..." She looked at Celest. "You keep...popping up...you're not following me around are you?"
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 19, 2009 6:48:08 GMT -5
Celest returned with a cup of tea for Kathrine. She handed it to the girl and said, "Now why would I follow you around, love? I guess it just happened we both live in this apartment building and I just haven't bumped into you for the past ten ye... I mean, I just haven't bumped into you before."
The vampire turned her head to the side and drank her own cup of coffee. Whew, almost slipped my tongue that time. I hope she didn't notice that.
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 19, 2009 18:52:54 GMT -5
Kathrine stared at her. "Ten years? That's an awfully long time...you don't any older than I am..." She studied Celest for a moment, sipping her tea. "So you've lived here since you were a child? What happened to your parents?" Of course she wouldn't have suspected anything paranormal, such as vampirism.
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 19, 2009 21:36:27 GMT -5
Celest almost choked on her coffee when Kathrine asked her questions. True, she has not aged beyond 18 and she had stayed in this apartment for that long, only moving out every now and then until there was a new owner, so she would not raise suspicions.
As for the question about her parents, that was something different.
"Yeah, I've been here since I was a kid, although I didn't go out that much before...." she lied.
"As for my parents..." she took another sip from her coffee and breathed out, continuing, "...they're both dead..."
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 20, 2009 4:41:14 GMT -5
Kathrine stared at her tea as it swirld a little in the mug. She could almost see her parents faces in the murky depths. "Mine are dead too...bad car accident..." She drank from the cup again, the warmth of the tea seeping through her body. She looked around. "you have a lovely apartment..."
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 20, 2009 6:24:46 GMT -5
"I'm sorry about your parents. I guess we're in the same boat then."
Celest sat back on a chair and drained her cup of coffee. She placed the empty cup on the table, took her guitar and started to playfully pluck at its strings. She smiled at Kathrine's compliment and said, "Thank you. It's not much; I like things to be just simple."
She continued to play as she asked, "So tell me, aside from being a student, what else do you do when you're not doing anything?"
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 20, 2009 18:03:26 GMT -5
Kathrine smiled slightly. "Nothing really...I have a job, so I don't have much free time..." She listened to the notes being played. "Sometimes, at night, I can hear you playing your guitar. You're very good at it..."
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 21, 2009 0:33:16 GMT -5
Celest continued to play as she said, "Thanks, you flatter me too much. I hope I didn't disturb you while I play, sometimes I do get carried away."
The music she played now was somewhat mellow and slow. "As you for having no free time, you should consider taking it easy once in a while. You need to loosen up too. All that work can just get to your head." After that sentence, she plucked at the strings like that of a Spanish guitar, producing a quick, jovial tune and grinned, "Trust me, it'll do you good."
"Wouldn't want that pretty face of yours to look weary and stressed now, would we?" Celest joked as she gently caressed Kathrine's cheek with a cold hand that she withdrew almost instantly after the contact.
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 21, 2009 2:38:47 GMT -5
Kathrine blushed faintly, then quickly drained her tea, trying to hide it. She set the tea cup down on the table next to her, but missed the table and dropped it by accident. It shattered on the floor. "Oh no, I'm sorry!!!" She stumbled down quickly to pick up the shattered pieces of the cup. "Ow!" She winced and stuck her finger in her mouth, a short cut on it bleeding profusely. She grumbled about being a stupid clutz and not thinking about what she's doing...
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Post by ♫ Silence ♪ on Jan 21, 2009 3:14:08 GMT -5
As soon as she heard the crash of the cup on the floor and Kathrine crying out in pain, Celest stiffened in her seat. The blood of the girl trickled down her finger freely and its scent invaded the vampire's senses. Oh shit...
Celest remembered she has not gone out to feed that night, and this was like an open opportunity to do so. But her control, which was teetering dangerously off the edge, held her back. She could feel her fangs slightly lengthening but tried to order them back. If ever she could see herself in a mirror, she knew her irises were changing back and forth to their normal hues to red.
Mustering all the control she had, she stood up and quickly took her first aid kit. "I-It's alright, it's just a cup. I have p-plenty of those. No need to worry." she said shakily.
Wordlessly, she took the girl's hand and inspected it. The cut had gone a little deeply, making the blood flow. With trembling hands, she cleaned the wound and wrapped it in a sterilized gauze to keep it from bleeding. She did it quite quickly but carefully, still keeping her control in check. After that, she began picking up the broken pieces of the cup, seeing the 'culprit' piece still tainted with Kathrine's blood.
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Post by Kathrine Hughes on Jan 21, 2009 3:39:39 GMT -5
Kathrine stared at Celest. "Celest, are you alright? You're trembling..." She moved so she could see celest's face and gasped in surprise. "Your eyes...how're you doing that?" She helped Celest pick up the pieces, but was shocked by her sudden change in appearence.
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