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[brbparadise]

[The suite is dark, all of the windows blacked out or curtains drawn and layered thickly upon her arrival. Mavis can be seen by the light of the console screen, however, and her expression is a cross between nervous and excited.]

This place is so different. There's nice kedan around to explain things. And people! Actual humans here! I can hardly believe it! That's so seriously cool!

[She shifts in her chair, almost bouncing with that nervous excitement.]

So, uh, hi. [She waves at the screen.] My name is Mavis Dracula.

[She bites her lip, a quick flickering of doubt accompanying the crossing of her fingers. The hope is evident in her gesture: Please, please let the humans like her! And not turn out to be murderously anti-vampire.]

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[wallcrawler]

Wait, you found some willing to explain things to you?

[BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD HAVE MADE THAT JOKE OTHERWISE, GOSH]

Also...Dracula? Like the vampire Dracula?

[...yeah, the whole excitement over actual humans thing was definitely giving that surname a few implications it might not have had otherwise.]

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[brbparadise]

Of course I did! [There's a bit of shock that he didn't.] Those guys that brought you to town didn't tell you anything?

[Whoa. Maybe they just liked her-- HOLY RABIES, WAIT. HE'S A HUMAN! And he's talking to her! She's back to nervous smiles, though it's hard to curb the usual eyeroll at the name.]

Yeah, that's me. [A nervous laugh.] Daughter of Dracula. [She tries to shrug it off . NO BIGGIE, she's totally not the celebrity that the name suggests. ] That's... cool, right?

[the_other_eight]

[The pretty red headed human looking at her through the video feed is smiling and looks terribly well put together.]

Dracula? An interesting sir name. I'm Pepper Potts. Is there anything I can help clarify for you?

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[brbparadise]

[Oh, wolfman, another human!! With a name! ...that sounds like a condiment? Mavis bounces a shade in her chair and tries to settle down.]

Yeah, I guess. I got it from my dad. My mom-- [A pause and a flicker of sadness that she shakes off.] -- she had a different name, but I was raised by my dad, so Dracula it is!

[OhmygoreohmyGORE she's holding a conversation with a human! And there's no sign of pitchforks or torches in sight!]

I'm just... Well, I've never actually met a human! Are you guys for real?

[cravats]

[What an interesting choice in interior decorating. Lyall can read a lot into that, though he's not actually pinged by her last name.]

A pleasure, Miss Dracula- though I would caution you that not all of us are human.

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[brbparadise]

[That's not what she expected at all. Mavis squints at the screen. Funny, he looks human.]

Well, yeah. [She's trying to sound informed about this.] There's lots of kedan here too, right?

Or-- [Another close look.] -- are you talking about -- [She drops her voice to a hopeful whisper.] -- monsters?

[Because having humans is GREAT, but fellow monsters would be cool too.]

[zerotoawesome]

[Oh dang, we have some serious internal conflict going on here. On the one hand, she seems friendly enough, and really cute, but on the other... Vampire. He knows they're not all evil, but Santo really doesn't want his nonexistent blood sucked.]

Oh yeah, humans as far as the eye can see. What's so great about that? [Part mutant pride going on here, and partly because it's his "subtle" way of gauging if she's hungry for them?]

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[brbparadise]

[That's not a human. Wow, that is so not a human. Mavis looks sideways at the screen a second, trying to remember if she's seen him at the hotel. He kind of reminds her of a golem, but Uncle Frank and Aunt Eunice are the only one's she's met and they're made of flesh.]

Wow. I'm sorry, I didn't realise there were other monsters here... [She trails off, staring blankly for a second.] Holy rabies, wait a second! You're here! Living with humans?!

[superoverachiever]

[She looks cute. But that doesn't mean she isn't dangerous.]

[Although Ava doubts she'd go around announcing her name was Dracula if she was really that dangerous...] So where were you before? If there weren't humans.

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[brbparadise]

[Ava, how could you suspect this darling face? Look at those widdle fangs? That she's... baring in a smile... Okay, fine.]

I was at home. [This makes perfect sense. Mavis knows that the hotel's supposed to be secret, so she doesn't go on about that, trying a different thread.] We monsters don't live near the humans. It's... weird. We haven't for decades. I was just going to visit a nearby village for the first time before, well... this place. [This wonderful, human-filled place.]

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[wintershepherd]

[ That's quite a surname, but Jack rolls with it. It's hard not to when she seems this happy which is not usually the reaction people have upon their arrival. ]

Hi Mavis. Are you getting settled in all right?

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[brbparadise]

[Oh my gore, another human! Mavis is almost vibrating in her seat with excitement and nerves.]

Hi! Yes, it's great. The kedan helped me black out the windows and this place is amazing!

[A smile as she peers at him.]

I've never seen a human like you before. Do you all have such white hair?

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[notdreaming]

Hello Mavis. My name is Kara Zor-el. You seem to be settling in well.

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[brbparadise]

[Another human! This is so fantastic!]

Hi! [Her face is alight with glee and nervous wonder.] Yeah, this place is great, but I've never seen so many humans in all my life!

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[alpha_squad_leader]

[Victor's a little wary of this because...vampire. But the girl seems friendly enough.]

There are all sorts of people around here. Not just humans and Kedan.

And [He takes a breath.] Dracula as in...Dracula, king of all vampires?

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[brbparadise]

[Mavis brightens at the sight of another monster here. She's never seen him at the hotel before, but he's obviously some sort of swamp-frog mutate and that's awesome.]

It's so cool to know I'm not the only monster here.

[An exaggerated sign of relief.]

And, yup! That's my dad and I'm his daughter. I promise that it's not as weird as it sounds!

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[traumatizing]

[INCREDULOUS STARE.] "Mavis Dracula." Really?

[it's both a question and a statement of disbelief]

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[brbparadise]

[Mavis is beyond used to this reaction, so much so that even with an obvious (apparent?) human, she shrugs and smiles with that hint of nerves that keeps nibbling at her.]

Yeah, that's me! My dad's the big C-O-U-N-T.

[Interested look is interesting.]

Are you a human too?

[That might be a tiny squeak in her voice.]

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[fatedchaos]

[So, all Vanessa really knows about vampires are that they're broody and kind of rude.

She also can't believe that she just had that thought.] Dracula as in Bram Stoker?

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[brbparadise]

More like Dracula as in Count.

[Mavis does not know this Bram guy that you are talking about, Vanessa.]

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[tangentdarko]

I don't see why people even like vampires. It's just so... it's totally fake, you know?

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[brbparadise]

[Totally...fake?]

What? [Not even an 'excuse me' here, it's a WHAT and an expression hybrid of shock and insult.] We're not fake at all!

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[frostlike]

[Peri knows what it's like to be new to this place and think everything's different. What catches her attention is the fact that Mavis mentions actual humans. That gets her to take pause and looks all kinds of curious. She's smiling as her head tips to the side, and she waves in return.]

Hello! My name's Periwinkle. And um -

Actual humans are pretty new for me, too.

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[brbparadise]

[OH MY GORE, someone adorable has appeared on her screen. Mavis leans forward to get a better look at Peri -- in the process taking up most of the frame.]

That's cool! It's really great to meet all these humans, but seeing a monster's like being back home. [She's still taking that close-up look.] You don't really look like a gremlin though. Are you related to the Fly?

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[demon_brat]

[Damian's expression is more than slightly curious.]

So - what not-actual humans were you with, before?

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[brbparadise]

I lived with my dad. There were a bunch of monsters there too.