Solitude is Simple {open}

[Vladimir]

[Aurora]

She felt so cold being here. Aurora was finally allowed to go out tonight but she was to return by sunset the next day. So she was making the most of her free time by walking along what had been an over walked path at one time. Now it seemed that grass was just here along with whatever. What happened to everyone? Sure she had been away for awhile but was there really a lot less gifted than she remembered? It had only been a year about since she had been basically kidnapped and held in the Lemegetton's house.

Sighing softly she kept walking keeping her eyes at the ground. Did she even remember that guy she had sort of been seeing? He seemed afraid to do anything with her. Was it because of her age? Well it didn't matter much now, she assumed that he was gone or dead now.

Licking her lips she looked up at the moon, only about twenty four hours until someone would come to pick her up. Aurora just wanted to spend time alone. Really she didn't want to go to her parents room in the castle. There was no point to it really. Again a sigh as she stopped to look at a tree then lean against it. Really where had she gone wrong? It all started with meeting the Lemegetton - well the previous one. Hopefully she would be let go soon and she could get on with her life. "He was such a horrible man." she mumbled to herself. Really there was no one else out here that she knew of so she could talk to herself is she wanted.

[Vladimir]

[Aurora]

He had fed from her against her will of course. It had burned and she had strangely gotten turned on by it but then Benjimen had been a handsome man. Dark, cruel and sinister but handsome. She could barely hear the soft twigs that were snapping or the leaves crunching and assumed it was some woodland creature - for now.

She startled though at the loud snap and looked around. "Hello? Look I still have until tomorrow night, so leave me alone." she couldn't see that well at night. If she could only do something other than healing.

Narrowing her eyes she again tried looking for the person that had broken the twig. "Saeran said I could have about two days off so don't bother me." she said rather loudly. The girl was still a captive of the Lemegetton and still a virgin - not that she minded but it was the taste of her blood that seemed to make them keep her pure. Was she to remain that way forever? Not many drank from her except Saeran and maybe Ismet. She didn't need to be raped and bled out tonight. So she wasn't going to search too hard for the source. Still she was curious as to who was here. Was it a crawler or vampire as Saeran was calling them or a Gifted? It had been so long since she had seen a Gifted. "Why are you here?"

[Vladimir]

[/color] he began, a little unsure of what to say, ’I think you may be mistaking me for someone else.’ Seeming like the best course of action, Vladimir strolled over to the stranger, thinking that he better show his face and not be a speaker from the shadows.
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[Aurora]

She startled hearing another voice, she had been hoping that the noise had come from an animal that wouldn't dare try approaching her. She couldn't see the man or male figure walking toward her. So she backed up until she bumped into a tree. Really why was he approaching her? She didn't need any trouble but it appeared that it had followed her.

"you think so? What are you then?" she still couldn't see him and she wasn't about to go running up to him. No. Was he sent to get her? Sure she had went too far and ended up in Gifted grounds but she wasn't going to assume that Saeran's people wouldn't come in here and it would be in her best interests to get back to the common city or whatever it was called before sunset tomorrow.

Even if this man was Gifted she couldn't exactly tell in the dark, really was there a point to him coming over? Even if he was considered small for a male he could still overpower her. Most males could overpower a female. Another good reason to stay away from him. Her neck was of course riddled with the several dozen or so bite marks but that was all against her will really. She didn't want to feed them but it was either that or die. "I'm just out here for a walk, there's no need to bug me."

[Vladimir]

[/i] he repeated in his head. It seemed like a strange question to ask, but perhaps she had her reasons. But maybe she was supposed to ask who he was. He wasn’t entirely sure. Rocking ever so slightly that it was unnoticeable on the balls of his feet he deliberated over which to answer.

Her next words caused him to shrug and turn away, ‘fine then,’ he muttered under his breath, ‘I hate company anyway.’ I don’t know why I bother, he thought to himself as he began to walk away. Well then, he’d just have to continue on his solitary way. But mentally he kicked himself, she seemed troubled, perhaps was in some sort of trouble. He couldn’t really just turn away. Feeling conflicted and unsure of himself Vladimir turned back around.

‘I’m Vladimir Larks and I’m one of the gifted,’ he said after taking a deep breath and wondered what the female would do now.
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[Aurora]

She sighed softly as the man seemed to leave or at least start to leave. She just wanted to be alone right now. To think of a way out of this. Saeran was or had been hinting at when she would let the girl go but it was rather vague since plans kept moving and there was a shortage of blood. Saeran had spent the last few months studying records of when Sanyu had reigned. Brutal man but he was thorough on book keeping. That was all Aurora knew about it.

The healer had no idea what the vampire girl had in mind and if she knew she'd most likely be horrified. Looking up she saw the man had turned around. The woman relaxed as he said he was a gifted. Anyone could say they were gifted. "I'm Aurora. What type of Gifted are you? I'm a healer." she crossed her arms looking at him.

She had every right to be suspicious. The last few years of her life had been pretty hard for her to trust people. Either way she took a few steps toward him. Not many night crawlers were willing to say they were gifted and not follow through with the same 'healer' excuse. She couldn't exactly see him that well in this light. She'd wait to ask him to go back to the castle.

[Vladimir]

[/color] he answered her simply, never really being good at keeping up conversations. He never knew what he was supposed to say and always had a habit of ending conversations even when he didn’t mean to. Small talk was just not his fortay. And on top of that, even when he had a good idea of what to say next he always second guessed himself, unsure whether he should say it or nor. Just another reason he tended to keep to himself.

When she took a few steps forwards he was half relieved, half nervous. It was good that she was no longer backing away from him but at the same time, that could mean she was about to attack. He studied her body language carefully, it didn’t look like she was about to, and besides, why would she have talked to him first. Unless of course she had something against spiritual gifted. But why would that be? He didn’t want to know. But he was sure she wasn’t about to attack. But he could be wrong. He carried on watching her but nothing about the way she spoke or moved suggested that she posed a danger, not at the moment anyway. Vladimir tended to be good at reading people, just not all that good at reacting to what he saw. What stumped him at the moment were the first few words he heard her say. It suggested to him that the woman was in some sort of situation that she wasn’t all together happy with. But he wondered what, wondered whether he should get involved. He couldn’t leave someone in a situation they didn’t like, but then again, it wasn’t his place to step in if there was something up.
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[Aurora]

"Right." she confirmed awkwardly. Licking her lips she took out her lip balm and put some on. She was not sure what to do about this since she was rather nervous about this whole thing. "Would you want to walk with me? Bernard is..suppose to pick me up tomorrow night around midnight I think.." she was not sure about this asking to walk with her bit but she would feel safer with someone next to her.

It seemed to be almost two years since she had a boyfriend and now she was about eighteen when before she had been what? Seventeen? Sixteen? She was growing up though. Taking her lip balm she applied again before rubbing her lips together. She was not planning on kissing anyone just did not want her lips to become chapped. "Would...would you like some lip balm?" she looked up at him still holding the little tube.

Why had she been thinking about a boyfriend? It was just something she was missing at the moment. Not that she was going to try making this boy or man her boyfriend. "In case your wondering Bernard is one of Saerans body guards." she mentioned pushing the hair out of her eyes. She was gifted but she felt like a prisoner as well sometimes.

[Vladimir]

[/color] he answered slowly and decided that he might as well take a few steps forwards, there was no sense in having to talk slightly loader than normally to cover the distance. He wondered who Bernard was; perhaps he was supposed to know? But he didn’t want to ask, either in case he looked like an idiot, or in case it was over stepping some sort of barrier in knowledge of her life.

‘Erm, no thanks,’ he replied, then fearing that his answer sounded a little rude so added, ‘but thanks.’ Vladimir tended to always be unsure about what he was saying and as a consequence thought over what he was going to say before, during and after he said it, scrutinising it and trying to work out if it was the right thing to say. It often made him look slow and made people doubt his intelligence. He wasn’t the biggest fan of this, but it did have advantages…

The question he wondered about but hadn’t asked was answered for him as she spoke again, informing him who Bernard was. He frowned, knowing that Saeran was the leader of the night crawlers. Now a whole host of other questions flitted through his mind but as his frown faded almost as soon as it appeared, he knew that he was unlikely to ask any of them. He was definitely not very good at conversation. He thought for a moment then decided on a bit of acting, trying to think about how others acted.

‘Saeran?’ he repeated but as only half a question. He said it in a way that would let her know that he knew who she was, but that he had no idea what the links between the nights crawlers and Aurora were.

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[Aurora]

She was not even sure how to react to this guy. It seemed that he either did not want to be here or be around here. "Yes, Saeran. She's the lemegetton. She...has me on a whatever it is. I'm not sure." she fidgeted a bit. She was not sure if others were listening or not. Why wouldn't they be listening? Aurora was only suppose to return tomorrow night so she could be a blood bag to that woman. Hopefully nothing bad would happen between then and now.

"Uhmmm want to walk with me to the castle? It's been forever since I've been there..." it had been about a year or two since she had. Licking her lips she sighed softly then turned toward the direction of the castle. Aurora of course would not really say what else she was to do for the woman. Only because she did not know. The only thing she did know was that she, Aurora, was basically a blood bag for the widowed Lemegetton. Either way she wanted to get moving so in case she was being followed Aurora could not exactly be located but then it was probably easy to find her. What with everyone knowing her scent.

[Vladimir]