Fluffy Bunny Thoughts

[daniel_stacy]

He had stopped drinking human blood for a girl who was MIA.

Of course Daniel figured that was his fault, too. Get too loose with your relationship rules and suddenly there weren’t any at all. If their involvement could be construed as a relationship… He was fuzzy on that. Nevertheless, Daniel had given it up for Holly, and now there was no Holly, but he was still trying to hold out because there might (?) be a Holly at some point in the future and at this point, he was proud of his restraint. Not killing people might be the only prowess Daniel could muster.

But things got touchy when the butcher ran out of blood.

So here Daniel was in a pet shop, holding a brown bunny by its midsection, pretending to be in earnest search of a furry companion. The bunny’s eyes darted back and forth. Its nose twitched. Daniel inspected its undercarriage because he didn’t know its gender. Why that mattered when the idea was to eat it, he didn’t know.

“Have you ever cared for a bunny before?” asked a saleswoman in enormous glasses.

“No,” he said. “I had a dog once.”

“They’re nothing… like dogs,” she condescended.

“Really? Because my dog humped everything in sight, too.” Daniel smiled at her, trying to charm her. It did not work, so he said, “I’ll check out a library book,” just to get her off his scent. He carried the bunny to the shop window and looked outside. Daylight savings time meant that he had to shack up longer, so it was 9:30 already. The shop closed at 10:00. If he was going to drain this critter tonight, he needed to make up his mind.

A pretentious woman in a fur stole walked past the shop. Daniel covered the bunny’s eyes. "Look awaaaaay," he cried.

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Re: Fluffy Bunny Thoughts

[daniel_stacy]

Yeesh. Hostility. Her eyes had gone from a kind of bewildered naivety, which he rather liked because it was adorable, to suspicious in five seconds flat. “Yeah,” he said. He dropped his hand and looked at a flyer taped to the table. “Which means I’ll hear it if you start whispering an incantation, so if you’re going to do it, no need to be stealthy. I say go big or go home.”

His mannerisms didn’t suggest any imminent danger. Of course, vampires could turn on a dime, lash out faster than a normal person could flinch, but he seemed more interested in perusing the sale prices than doing so. And maybe a little bit hurt, which even Daniel had to acknowledge was odd.

“I named you. I figured naming myself is the least I could do.”

Re: Fluffy Bunny Thoughts

[melodymagic]

She had no idea what he meant about whispering incantations, the thought hadn't even crossed her mind. Her wariness was brought on by her lack of experience with the undead, not any fear of them, other than a rather innate sense of self-preservation that was purely a survival instinct present in most, even those without a heartbeat.

"I've never met one of your kind before," she told him, still no fear, or hostility evident, or felt, just the wariness. "Thank you for ... " What was she thanking him for? Other than the fact her parents had taught her to be sure to always thank a giver for their gift, be it an item, a blessing, a moment of their time, or simply knowledge. And in this case it had been the latter. If he hadn't told her he was a vampire, she would never have known.

"... your admission," she finished, and for a brief moment thought of Maddie, and what she might have done right about now. Of course now she knew more about Maddie, and her age and experience, she found herself thinking more often what Maddie might do in a given situation, and this was one in particular. After all, just because she was improving in her own craft, it didn't maker her a great practitioner, or all-powerful, or even very brave.

The movement of Socrates drew her eye down to the rabbit, and they darted back up to his face. "Were you here to buy a pet?" she asked, realising Socrates wasn't actually his rabbit that he carried around with him, and silently chiding herself for thinking something so silly in the first place. After all, other than a place she picked up the supplies they needed for certain spells at the magic shop, they did sell pets. He hadn't walked in with him tucked in his coat to buy him some dinner pellets.

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[daniel_stacy]

“Honestly?” Daniel winced, sucking air as he looked down at the animal. “I was thinking about eating him. The butcher’s out of… Cherry Coke.” He hoped she got the inference. “I can get pretty hard up for Cherry Coke.” Daniel scratched behind his ear. “Anyway, I changed my mind.” Maybe he’d turn into a weird guy who adopted turtles or families of ducks that followed him around in a line. Did dogs like vampires? He could see himself with a golden retriever.

The saleswoman returned and he pointed to the rabbit, indicating he’d need food, a cage and shavings. Daniel had a feeling this was going to be one of those impulse purchases he instantly regretted. He hoped he didn’t rip the rabbit to shreds in a thirsty rage.

He shelled out some cash.

Re: Fluffy Bunny Thoughts

[melodymagic]

It almost gave her a sense of relief, and a tiny sense of power. Socrates wasn't going to end up as replacement Cherry Coke as he put it. That put a small smile on her face, but it faded a tiny bit when she realised she would never look at a can of the drink in the same way ever again.

She watched as he proceeded to complete the purchase of the things needed to give Socrates a comfortable home, her demeanour easing a little with the 'familiar' actions and conversation - if he hadn't told her what he was she would never have known, and that made her wonder, not for the first time, just how many vampires peopled the streets, walking among them at night.

"You do still have that skin problem, with the sun?" she asked when the sales assistant moved away for a moment. Her curiosity was piquing again, after having watched the perfectly normal transaction taking place right in front of her.

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[daniel_stacy]

“Yeah.” Daniel stuffed the leather wallet in his back pocket. “What can I say, I burn easily. There’s also this.” He looked over his shoulder at the shop window. The world beyond it was dark, so the bright interior of the shop was reflected on the pane of glass. He waved at the brunette’s reflection standing alone by the register. “Took me weeks to get used to that.”

He turned back around to look at Melody 'actual'.

"Is it true you float?" Daniel smiled.