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[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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Well, they told me a few things. Same as everyone else. But there's a lot of things they don't tell us.

[There's a frustrated sigh at that, too. He hates how annoying it is trying to get what should be basic information. Either in costume or out of it.]

...I'd probably be more skeptical about Dracula being real if it weren't for the fact we just got over being attacked by zombies. Or the whole "ghosts" thing.

[Or Hellboy, who was pretty much a trip in his own right.]

You're not going to go around drinking people's blood or anything...right?

[Because that would be the opposite of cool, Mavis :| ... you cannot just go around eating people, it's rude]

Edited 2013-02-23 19:44 (UTC)

Like what?

[Honest question here. Kedan wouldn't lie to her, right? Okay, well, she's supposed to be suspicious of humans because they want to steal her candy, but lies? That seems a bit far.]

Trust me, you're not the first. Most people don't believe my dad is Dracula but-- [Her nervous mile-a-minute explanation stops.] Whoa. Zombies attacked you? That's so not cool. Monsters stopped attacking humans ages ago. Did you guys rip up their gardens or something?

[Because what else could trigger zombie anger? Mavis is pretty sure she's never seen an angry zombie, probably because emotions are the first thing to rot off them.]

And-- [Mavis looks pretty aghast at the idea of drinking human blood. She even turns a bit green around the fangs.] Ew. Ew, no. My dad says to never eat humans. We have no idea where they've been! I eat blood substitutes. [And scream cheese. And wormcakes.]

Usually anything involving details. The biggest one is why we were brought here in the first place. I doubt you'd even be able to get them to explain why the zombies wanted to attack us so badly. Or why they were so far underwater to begin with.

[He's a bit relieved when she explains there's not going to be much risk of her using people for food, but...less so when he hears what makes up her usual diet.]

...that's...not good...can you eat anything else? At all?

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They told me that the Emperor knew that. [Completely content with that answer. Mavis is a wee bit worried about being here suddenly, especially because her dad might enter a bloodthirsty rage if she has actually been batnapped, but she figured this Emperor sent him a message to let him know she was needed here. Wherever here is.] They said he had audiences all the time, so I figured I could find out then.

[She sounds perfectly perky and happy with that answer, though her expression becomes troubled at his concern.]

I'm sure there must be some around. Do you guys have a Quasimodo here? He makes the best O-Positive sundae ever. [And she's excited again, though okay, if he's asking.] I mean, I could probably make do with wormcakes and scorpions, but they're not as filling.

[He'll let someone else destroy that optimism. For now, he's considering "try to find a way to help the newcomer not starve" to be a little higher on the priority list.]

That's what I was afraid of. I'm not sure we have any of that here. Or a Quasimodo, at least not as far as I know.

[PLEASE BE SAFE EATING MOSTLY HUMAN-ISH FOOD NEW FRIEND, DON'T STARVE]

Then you are definitely missing out! [That's a bit of a gush of praise and pride for the culinary reputation of her father's hotel.]

You guys don't have any bugs here? [That earns a weird look.] I guess I could go on a scream cheese diet... [A hopeful lightening of her features.] Do you guys have candy?

I'll...stick to the food I'm used to. No offense.

[Because seriously absolutely nothing you are talking about even sounds remotely appetizing. Well, except candy. That one he can check on.]

We might? I haven't really checked, but I'm sure they have something like it.

[He hopes so, anyway.]

[That's his loss, in her opinion, but to each his own! Mavis is more concerned by, well, his growing concern about food.]

Well, I guess I could go back to blood if I had to... [She trails off uncertainly.] Or -- [Suddenly bright again.] -- Maybe I could try human food! I mean, it can't all have garlic, right? I bet some of it is delicious.

It doesn't, no. Kinda surprised the whole aversion-to-garlic thing's actually true though...

Sorry if it sounds like I'm prying. It's just the first time I've heard of someone showing up who eats food that isn't here, and I figure starving's probably just as bad for you as it is for us.

[A nervous laugh.] It's kind of an allergy. [Tiny shrug.] My throat swells up and I look like a mutated chipmunk. [Nothing against mutated monsters, she's just not down with looking that uncool.]

Oh, and I don't mind! The way my dad went on about humans, I kiiiind of expected you brandish a bunch of pitchforks at me! [Ahahahaha... lame, right? Ahem.] This is way more awesome.

I dooubt you'll have to worry about that here. There's enough superheroes around that you should be pretty safe.

Besides, way more fun to make friends with a vampire than trying to find a pitchfork and torches for sale. Cheaper, too!

[Also where would he even find one, he's seen exactly zero Angry Mob Superstores on the turtle so far.]

That's a huge relief! [Seriously, she lets out the half breath she's been holding for a while now.] And friends? That'd be cool. [OH MY GORE, SHE HAS A HUMAN FRIEND.]

But... [Back up here.] I just need to know one thing: What's a superhero?

A superhero is someone who has special powers and uses them to help people, and to stop the bad guys when they're breaking the law and putting people in danger. Most of them wear a costume and go by an alias of some kind, too.

For example, here we've got people like Superman, Batgirl, and Spider-Man, but those aren't their real names. Well, hopefully not anyway. There's a lot more besides them, but I haven't met most of them.

Batgirl and Spider-Man? [That's the tone of someone curiously trying to understand that.] Are you sure they're humans? Because that sure sounds like some of the monsters I know.

Completely sure, despite the fact most of us wouldn't run around in tight fitting costumes at night, looking for bad guys.

By the way, how much more of that vampire stuff is true? Like do you sleep in coffins and avoid sunlight and stuff?

'Most of us?' [A pause, does he mean... wait, no. She brightens.] Oh, you mean humans! [Curious.] Do you guys normally do that during the day? [Because then people might actually see those awesome costumes.]

Most of it's probably true, but... [She swings her arms back and forth.] Sunlight's really bad for my skin. I sleep in a bed. My dad still does the coffin deal, but he's pretty old-fashioned.

Gotta figure some people would be up for it, I can't speak for everyone.

As for the sunlight part, I might be able to help with that. Y'know, in case you ever have to go outside during the day. Do you know what suite you're in?

Those cool kedan told me it was EA-3B? [Mavis was kind of smuggled in as a bat and bundled away from the light.]

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I think I know where that is...

[NO HE DOESN'T, HE'S GOING TO GET LOST, JUST YOU WAIT]

I can stop by in about thirty minutes. Does that work?

[Mavis gives a quick, almost worried glance to the blacked out windows.]

Sure, but... is it still light out there?

It is, but if you just open the door a few inches, I should be able to slide it through to you. No need to go outside!

Or I could just swing by later tonight, when it's dark out. Either one works.

Edited 2013-03-05 19:10 (UTC)

[That sounds smart, but Mavis is still a bit nervous.]

It's fine! I'll just leave the door unlocked and you can come in with whatever it is.

[And she'll just hang from the darkest corner of the ceiling in bat form while the door's open.]

Well, alright. I'll knock first though. Just as a heads-up in case you're by the door.

[Because "HI NEW FRIEND" followed by setting that new friend on fire would probably be a day ruiner. And a friendship ruiner.

Which is why when he finally gets around to finding her suite, Pete knocks on the door about a half dozen times. You know. To be safe.]

[Yeah, just might be. Good call, Pete. Good call.

Mavis is fluttering about the lowest floor of her suite when she hears the knocks and she instinctively banks around and away from the door nervously.

No, she can do this.

Fighting the combination of nerves about sunlight and about meeting a human face to face (he's been wonderfully nice, but 118 years of her father's warning are hard to shake), she flies up to the door and transforms back into her vampire form long enough to twist the handle and open it a crack.]

C-Come in!

[She near squeaks it in her rush to shift back to bat and fly up to the darkest corner of the ceiling. She lands there and hangs upside down, biting her little bat lip as she waits.]

Edited (HTML (fuu)) 2013-03-07 17:44 (UTC)

[And even though she said he could totally just walk right in, Pete still just pokes his head in to make sure he doesn't see anyone anywhere near the door first. Only once he's satisfied that Mavis isn't anywhere near somewhere she can catch a blast of light to the face, he opens the door a bit wider to hurry inside before closing it behind him.

He's got his satchel slung over his shoulder, but he's also holding onto what looks like a big, red umbrella. Or, y'know, a big wooden stake, depending on how paranoid and imaginative Mavis happens to be feeling at the moment.]

Yikes. Guess the kedan haven't figured out tinted windows yet.

[Because somebody has to comment on how dark it is.]

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