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Aiden

location

upstairs

mood

"Ooh, catfight."

interactions

Sam, Lily, Nate

tags

AnimeGenork

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Aiden made his way upstairs, pausing at the top to decide where he wanted to go. Head swiveling back and forth, he finally decided to just say fuck it and head to his own room. Much as he and Duncan didn't get along, they were actually quite similar. Aiden stripped down to nothing before plopping onto his bed, pulling the covers up just enough to cover his... well.

Reaching for the car magazine by his bed, he started flipping through the pages. "I want a car." He muttered, frowning to himself as he looked at the bright and shiny pictures. "Duncan, buy me a car!" He yelled down the hall, tossing the magazine aside and turning over to lay on his side. He was wide awake, but everyone seemed content to do their own thing now.

Well, whatever. He grabbed the remote for his TV and started absentmindedly flipping through the channels. He heard Sam and Lily go downstairs, and Nate followed soon after. His interest was piqued for a few moments, but then he caught sight of some catfight on the TV and his attention instantly shifted.

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Sam

location

upstairs ---> laundry room

mood

"Call me the stainmaster. No don't."

interactions

Lily, Nate

tags

AnimeGenork

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Sam cracked a smile as she stated that blood wasn't that hard to get out. "Tough girl." He commented, turning around and motioning for her to follow him. The laundry room was back downstairs, but they should have whatever she needed to get her rabbit clean. He heard footsteps after them, and figured it was Nate by the sound of it. They reached the laundry room and he got out the detergent and all, just as Nate apologized from the doorway.

He remained silent, checking the washer if she should want to use it. Turning around, he saw how Nate was staring, and then he started to walk away. "Nate." Sam called out to the young vampire, who paused and looked back in the room. "You can stay, you know." Sam offered, glancing over at Lily, who seemed focused on Velveteen right now.

Without saying anything else, he started to fold some of the clothes that were currently still in the dryer. "This was Aiden and Duncan's job last, I swear." They didn't ever do the laundry, and it drove Sam crazy. He really was the mother of the house, oh god.

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lily harris

location

laundry room.

mood

curious.

interactions

sam, nate apolla .

outfit

here.

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Lily tried to memorize the route to the laundry room so she wouldn’t have to ask for this sort of help again, but she figured she’d need to use the laundry room again for non-Velveteen purposes. Sam had yet to answer her question about his distinct mom-ness, but she didn’t mind. One thing at a time, as the old adage put it. One thing at a time…

As Sam got out the detergent and soap and all that, Nate appeared, and all of a sudden, he was apologizing. Lily blinked, not too sure what he was apologizing for, until she followed his gaze to Velveteen. Oh! Did he think that was his fault? Before she could say anything, he started to leave, until Sam told him to stay.

Leaving Sam to fold whatever was in the dryer and putting Velveteen on top of the washer for now, she went over to Nate and looked up at him. “It’s not your fault.” She wasn’t the best at comforting people, but something told her to reach up and place a hand on his cheek. “Aiden’s the dumb shit who tried to bite me and got blood all over my rabbit. He can go to hell for that.” Okay, not the most graceful of words, but this wasn’t some cheesy romance anime, dammit, she wasn’t about to say something that would evoke a flowery background.

Turning back to Velveteen, she gently rubbed some soap into the spots where the blood was before gently placing him in the washing machine. She watched it start, giggling a bit at how he spun around and around and around. “What pays for the water and shit?” she asked, suddenly realizing she wasn’t sure how they were able to function in this house without Bella’s grandparents…

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theodore arcus

location

bella's room > his room.

mood

tired.

interactions

bella (sorta, but not anymore) apolla .

outfit

here.

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It appeared that Bella wanted to say something to him, but she stopped herself before she did. Raising his eyebrows, but not bothering her otherwise, he simply nodded and turned to go back to his own room. He would be up at least until dawn, maybe later, depending on how all this excitement would affect his body.

Sighing, he sat on his bed, rubbing the back of his neck. This was certainly not what he was expecting, to have two indefinitely permanent (?) guests and a whole topsy-turvy situation. Maybe this would all be okay, but he wasn’t too sure if any excitement this would later cause would be good or bad. Sighhh.

He thought he heard a creak in the floorboards somewhere down the hall, but maybe that was just Sam or Nate or Lily or something. Or maybe he was indeed going crazy after all the shit Aiden had put them through tonight. Yeah, that was it. Ignoring the noise, he rolled over and tried to sleep, drowning out anything but the sound of his breathing.

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duncan caloway

location

his room > aiden's room.

mood

mehehe...naked.

interactions

aiden apolla .

outfit

okay technically this means nothing now.

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Duncan smirked a bit when Aiden yelled at him from his own room. Doubtless, he was also lounging naked in his own bed, reading something. “Who do you think I am? I’m not made of money!” Zach yelled at them from his own room (such a light sleeper, that dolt), so Duncan shut his trap and put the magazine down.

Ignoring any response this might garner from anyone else in the house, he padded down the hall (still naked) to Aiden’s room and peeked in. He was watching something on TV, and there was a catfight going on. “Oho.” Grinning, he plopped down somewhere near Aiden, watching with interest.

“So, we fucking or what?” he said, yawning when the catfight was over. “Or are we having another impromptu naked movie night? I’d prefer porn, but something that’s only sexy is fine, too.” He heard someone move in the hallway, but he ignored it in favor of attempting some sort of peaceful moment with Aiden. He’d fucked up a lot tonight, but it would only be a matter of time before the others realized how much fun he could be.

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zachary tennyson

location

his room > hallway.

mood

confused/curious.

interactions

dunca/aiden (technically), bella apolla .

outfit

here.

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So apparently his need to sleep meant only sleeping for all of five minutes. He was woken by Aiden screaming and Duncan screaming in response. “SHUT UP!” he finally screamed, which apparently worked, as neither of them screamed again in their annoying way.

He couldn’t get back to sleep right away, unfortunately, so he decided to wander around a bit. Maybe he’d get so bored that he would end up falling asleep somewhere else in the house.

Okay, but he didn’t think one of the girls would be in the hallway.

As he went down the hallway, he saw one of them going in the opposite direction. What was she doing? Her name was Bella or something, right? Was she not tired? It was later than when most humans went to bed, but surely she had to be exhausted after everything, right…?

Shrugging, he caught up to her and glanced down, his normal scowl appearing on his face despite himself. “What are you doing? Shouldn’t you be trying to sleep after all this bullshit?”

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Bella

location

upstairs hallway

mood

"Pain..."

interactions

Zach

tags

AnimeGenork

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The rational part of Bella's mind knew that yes, she should be sleeping right now. Although she wasn't the one who'd been drained of some of her blood earlier, she had also been through quite the ordeal. Her hands still hurt from beating the shit out of Aiden, though none of her punches had nearly begun to match up with the one good one Teddy had stopped hers to throw.

The thought brought a small smile to her face as she wandered down the hallway, pausing to look at the pictures on the walls and the knickknacks on the tables and shelves. There were alot of neat things to look at, and a small part of her wondered if these things had been in the house when her grandparents were here. She didn't see any pictures of them, but maybe the vampires had hid them somewhere.

Making a mental note to ask, she rounded a corner and slowed when she spotted a purple sphere on a nearby shelf, at just above eye level. It was almost as though she could hear it calling her name. Shiny things, you know? But before she could move towards it, a voice cut into the silence, causing her to jump and whirl around. She came face to face with Zach, probably the vampire she'd least expected to see.

Yet still, she smiled at his grumpiness. "Shouldn't you?" She started down the hall again, at a slower pace this time. "Or maybe not... do you need sleep?" She paused by a portrait of a bouquet of lillies, and reached out to touch the glass. "I have to show this to Lily." Moving on, she stopped in front of the purple sphere, glancing over at Zach again. "I'm too wound up to sleep." As she spoke, she lifted her hands to gently place her fingertips on the sphere.

She didn't expect the scream.

As though it were someone right next to her, the sound filled the hall, though she had no idea if anyone else could hear it. Staggering backwards, her fingers smacked the sphere, sending it falling to the ground. It shattered upon impact, a blinding light flashing in front of both Bella and Zach. A sudden pain wracked Bella's body, and she collapsed to the floor, barely feeling the glass under her hands and knees.

Was she the one screaming now?

And as quickly as it had started, it stopped. The light was gone, the screaming had died as though someone flipped a switch. She was laying on the floor on her side, covered in pretty purple glass shards.

Spoiler: New Outfit

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Nate

location

laundry room

mood

"What's going on?"

interactions

Sam, Lily

tags

AnimeGenork

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To Nate's surprise, Sam spoke up, insisting that Nate stay. With a hesitant step and the ghost of a smile on his face, he stepped into the room. The smile faded when he looked at Velveteen again, noticing the blood spots on the rabbit's fur. He'd meant his apology, feeling as though everything was his fault. After all, it kinda was, wasn't it? He'd started this whole damn thing...

But somehow, the pretty blonde girl took everything in stride, and made him feel as though he weren't the worst being on the planet. She stepped closer to him, placing a hand on his cheek. Leaning into her touch, he closed his eyes, his mouth opening and nose automatically inhaling her scent. She smelled like lillies, and he wondered if that was on purpose, or if that was just her natural scent.

When her hand disappeared, his eyes reopened and he moved closer to watch her rub soap on the blood spots and then dump the rabbit into the washing machine. Her child-like giggle warmed his heart, or at least it would have if he had one. A firm believer that he didn't, he didn't understand the sudden warm feeling in his chest as he watched her watch the rabbit spin in soapy circles.

Her question made him pause, and he looked over to Sam. "Saved money, mostly." He had seen Sam's shoulders stiffen some as well. None of the vampires had jobs right now, although they weren't opposed. Well, most of them. The older vampires had money saved up, but how they'd gotten it, well, Nate wasn't sure they'd want him going into all that.

A scream resounded through the room, however, breaking his train of thought. Immediately on edge, he turned his head towards the upstairs. "Bella?" He looked at Lily again, expecting her to be gone to help her friend. But something wasn't right with her. "Lily? Lily, what's wrong?"

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Aiden

location

upstairs ---> laundry room

mood

"What did you do now?"

interactions

Duncan, Nate, Lily, Sam

tags

AnimeGenork

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Aiden heard Duncan approaching, barely acknowledging the other naked man as he stepped into Aiden's room. The pair of them watched the catfight like children watching Santa put presents under the tree, eyes wide and attention zeroed in on the TV. "I vote for the redhead." He grinned, almost wishing he still ate popcorn. Ah, those were the days.

When the fight was over, Aiden leaned back in his bed and looked over at Duncan, drinking in the naked mans appearance. He didn't mind fucking Duncan, but with the thought of the two pretty girls in the house, he would actually really prefer a threesome. With a heavy sigh, he pushed himself forward, crawling on the bed towards Aiden's spot, a grin on his features. "I suppose we can fuck." He shrugged, pretending to be nonchalant.

Hopping off the bed, he grabbed one of the sexy DVD's and put it into the playstation to play. Grabbing the remote, standing there totally naked, he stared at the TV as he waited for the main menu to pop up. Just as he hit play, Bella's scream echoed throughout the house, and his head jerked in Duncan's direction. "Seriously? Can nothing go right in this house now?" Snatching a pair of boxers out of the drawer, he pulled them on as he stumbled out of the room and into the hall.

Something wasn't right with Lily, either. Fucking christ! "You go that way." He nodded towards where Bella was before zooming down the stairs towards the laundry room, walking in to find Lily collapsed on the ground. "What the fuck did you do now?" He snapped at Nate, who shrank away from him. "Get out of the fucking way." Aiden knelt down beside Lily, trying to reach out and touch her softly. "Lily... Lily! Wake up!"

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Sam

location

laundry room

mood

"Call me the stainmaster. No don't."

interactions

Lily, Nate, Aiden

tags

AnimeGenork

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Sam kept muttering to himself as he folded the laundry, giving Nate and Lily some privacy as he turned his back to them. He was going to give Aiden and Duncan a stern talking to later on, not that it would help much. Everyone had jobs around the house, or they got real ones. Maybe it was time for another talk from Teddy. Heaving a sigh, he paused in his folding, just as Lily asked about the water and stuff.

His shoulders tensed, and he listened carefully to Nate's answer. Although the girls already knew alot, Sam didn't think they needed to know that alot of the money they'd obtained throughout the years was stolen. Not all, but a good amount. Nate barely had time to explain more before they all heard Bella's scream, and he and Nate's head swiveled in that direction. When Sam heard Nate asking about Lily he turned, seeing immediately that she'd collapsed.

Aiden chose that time to appear, dressed in nothing but boxers. Figures. "Stop yelling!" Sam made a beeline for the downed girl as well, kneeling down on her other side. "You always think yelling is the answer, but just... just give her a minute." Looking down at Lily, Sam felt helpless. Again. They had no idea what was going on with her, and at the moment, she couldn't tell them.

He heard Bella's scream come to a halt, and Lily stopped moving on the ground. "Lily?" Sam reached out to touch her arm softly, hoping not to startle her, but hoping also that she was alright. "Are you... are you okay? Nate come here, just in case she needs you blood."

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lily harris

location

laundry room.

mood

OW. DAMMIT.

interactions

sam, nate, aiden apolla .

outfit

here.

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Lily didn’t really mind that Nate and Sam weren’t giving her a straight answer about the utilities bills—it wasn’t like she cared all that much. It was just one of those things that had occurred to her. Velveteen continued to spin around and around, faster and faster as the washing machine hopefully took care of the blood.

Then there was a scream.

It was right next to her ear, but also somewhere else in the house. Bella…? Lily instinctively screamed as well, falling onto the floor. She trembled and kicked, trying to get that goddamned voice out of his head. What the hell was going on? There was something going through her, but she wasn’t entirely sure what it was.

By the time the pain stopped, and her body stopped fucking spasming, she realized she was surrounded by not two, but three vampires. When she blinked up at them, she realized a very naked Aiden was hovering above her, looking… worried? What the fuck? Also, why the fuck was he mostly naked?

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” she assured them, sitting up and holding her head. Then, all of a sudden, she heard something inside her head and saw a strange image of Aiden and Duncan… OH GOD. Scooting away from Aiden, Lily wrinkled her nose. “Oh my god, you were totally going to fuck Duncan with the door open? What kind of sick bastard does that?”

Then she realized the implications of what had just happened. “Shit. I can read minds now.”

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theodore arcus

location

his room > hallway.

mood

worried.

interactions

bella, duncan, zach apolla .

outfit

here.

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Teddy sat up once he heard the screaming. It was coming from two separate directions. Unless he was mistaken, one was coming from the laundry room, and the other was just down the hall. He stood up and sped to his bedroom door just as Duncan ran down the hall, for some reason wearing nothing but boxers. Dammit.

He followed his brother down the hall to where Bella was screaming on the floor. Once he saw the purple glass shards on the ground, he knew exactly what had happened. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he glared at the two others. “Is she alright?” she called over Bella’s scream.

Abruptly, she stopped, and she stopped writhing on the floor. Teddy sighed in relief and crouched by her. “You didn’t get cut by the glass, did you? Every organ working?” he asked her gently, glancing at the broken sphere. Sam was sure to have figured out what had happened by now, right…?

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duncan caloway

location

aiden's room > hallway.

mood

concerned.

interactions

aiden, bella, zach, teddy apolla .

outfit

at least he has boxers now.

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Duncan ignored the begrudging note in Aiden’s voice. Wasn’t it Aiden who would always end up bored and crawling into Duncan’s bed? He smirked to himself. Watching as Aiden put a DVD into the Playstation, he yawned.

Then there was screaming.

Of fucking course. Duncan nodded to Aiden, speeding back to his own room to put on a pair of boxers. Then he went in the direction of Bella’s scream, quickly followed by Teddy. When he found Bella on the ground, he nudged Zach out of the way and put a hand to her forehead. She wasn’t feverish, but all this spasming wasn’t okay. The purple glass shards didn’t tell him anything. The ONE time he didn’t happen to know something!

Finally, Bella stopped screaming and squirming, and he smiled. “You okay?” he asked, trying to help her sit up. Lily had stopped screaming as well. This was sure to bring more trouble, but for now, it looked like they might be okay.

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zachary tennyson

location

hallway.

mood

unsure what to do.

interactions

bella, teddy, duncan apolla .

outfit

here.

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Zach shrugged. “We sleep because our bodies need it. We don’t necessarily need it to function, but it sure beats waiting until nighttime.” He watched with vague disinterest as she admired a portrait of some lilies, mentioning her friend.

“Being in this house with six idiots around? Can’t imagine why you’d be wound up.” He rolled his eyes. Then she reached for some strange purple sphere (it was kinda witchy to look at), and all hell broke loose. For the umpteenth time.

Bella accidentally sent the sphere to the floor, and Zach flinched at her sudden screaming. He froze, not sure what to do, and suddenly, Teddy and Duncan were there. Zach slowly backed away, letting them help Bella as she screamed and writhed. Something twisted inside him at the thought of him being so useless.

When she stopped screaming, he went around to her other side, crouching to brush the glass shards off. It wouldn’t do to have blood covering some other part of the house. Then he took his hands away, waiting for Bella to say something.

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Bella

location

upstairs hallway

mood

"I broke it..."

interactions

Zach; Duncan; Teddy

tags

AnimeGenork

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What the hell had just happened?

One minute she'd been staring at the pretty purple sphere, and now she was laying on the floor. When her eyes opened and she figured out that she was indeed on the floor, she noticed the three vampires staring down at her. "What happened?" She croaked, allowing Duncan to help her sit up. Zach sat on her other side and Teddy hovered above, and they were all staring as though she'd grown a second head.

"Stop doing that." She couldn't help the blush that appeared on her face at the staring, and Duncan's surprisingly gentle touch. "I'm fine, I promise." Looking between the three, she happened to glance down after and saw the remnants of the sphere. "Oh, god, I broke it... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to!"

Lifting her gaze, she looked over to Zach while leaning into Duncan's touch. "Was is important?"

Spoiler: New Outfit

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Nate

location

laundry room

mood

"What's going on?"

interactions

Sam, Lily, Aiden

tags

AnimeGenork

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Nate could hear the screaming die off upstairs, and thankfully, Lily had stopped screaming too. "What the hell was that?" Her scream had set off alarm bells in his head, not only because it was a girl screaming for no reason, but also because of their connection. He was damn sure of it, because he'd felt it in his very soul.

Well, you know. Somewhere in there.

Trying to ignore the after effects of what had happened, Nate took one of Lily's hands as she started coming to. She immediately noticed Aiden-- of course she did, he was nearly naked-- but instead of staring in awe, a disgusted look appeared on her features after a moment. She'd just assured them they were fine, and then:

“Oh my god, you were totally going to fuck Duncan with the door open? What kind of sick bastard does that?”

"What?" Nate blinked, dropping her hand and looking over at Aiden. "What is she talking about?" His gaze slid back to Lily as she spoke again. "You can do what?"

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Aiden

location

laundry room

mood

"Spill."

interactions

Nate, Lily, Sam

tags

AnimeGenork

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Aiden couldn't deny that he was relieved that Lily seemed to be okay. She brushed them all off, reassuring them that she was fine. Nate had taken her hand, which caused Aiden to scowl. He would have taken her other one if she hadn't looked at him all of a sudden, disgust written on her features.

"What?" He echoed Nate, though he realized what she meant alot quicker than the other male. His confused look turned into a smirk, and he leaned back some, crossing his arms over his chest. "Well, well, well. I wasn't aware that I was still thinking about that." He guessed the thought of fucking Duncan was still present in the back of his mind, because if he wasn't down here, he'd definitely be up there.

"Looks like things just got alot more interesting." Aiden looked from Lily to Nate and then to Sam. "You look like you know what's going on here. Spill." Sam did have that look about him, and at Aiden's words he glanced up from where he'd been staring at Lily, but didn't say anything. "Well?" Aiden pressed, gesturing to Lily.

"We need to know what's going on. Come on, Sam, out with it."

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Sam

location

laundry room

mood

"Shit."

interactions

Lily, Nate, Aiden

tags

AnimeGenork

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"We need to know what's going on. Come on, Sam, out with it."

Sam had been staring at Lily, but he'd also been listening to the conversation going on upstairs. Sam was pretty sure he knew what Bella had broken, and Aiden was right. For once. Shit was about to get alot more interesting. Looking over at the half naked Aiden, Sam sighed and leaned back, sitting on the floor. "She broke an artifact." He explained, his eyes sliding over to Lily, a sheepish, apologetic smile on his lips.

"The purple sphere in the upstairs hallway?" He went on, though Aiden just looked confused. "Do you ever pay attention?" Sam rolled his eyes, and looked over to Nate. "It was in the back hallway, up and out of reach. Jesus." Nate shrugged, and Sam just sighed. "Either way, it's broken now. And when that sphere gets broken by a human, it gives any human in a ten mile radius powers."

Sam closed his eyes for a moment, rubbing his temples. "It also traps the one who broke it in the building they were in when it shattered." He'd muttered this, but knew Lily would still hear.

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lily harris

location

laundry room > off to find bella.

mood

relieved, sorta, but otherwise kinda confused.

interactions

sam, nate apolla .

outfit

here.

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Under normal circumstances, Lily would have been amazed, excited, even, to learn that she'd gained some sort of magical power. But considering the first thing she'd gleaned from this mind reading thing was basically porn, she wasn't amused. God, if she'd wanted that shit infesting her brainwaves, she would just look up some of that freaky hentai shit.

Anyway.

The other scream had died down, so it seemed Bella was alright, but that didn't explain why she'd caught Aiden thinking about doing the nasty with Duncan. The former was apparently amused by this prospect, which somehow pissed her off more. She quickly realized that Nate was holding her hand, and while she tried to process how she was supposed to feel about this, she looked up at Sam. Aiden was convinced he knew something, and it seemed he did.

As soon as Sam explained, Lily felt satisfied with the answer. There was one thing, though. "So I'm guessing Bella isn't spiriting me away in the middle of the night? Shame. I was looking forward to tying a bunch of sheets into a rope." She stood up and brushed herself off. "I guess I should make sure Bell's okay. If she's not, it's probably your head," she said, meeting Aiden's eyes. Then she turned and left, hoping to God she'd be able to find her way back upstairs.

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theodore arcus

location

hallway.

mood

ready to get yelled at, sorta.

interactions

bella, duncan, zach apolla .

outfit

here.

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To the vampires' collective relief, it appeared that Bella was alright. It appeared she was starting to warm up to them, as she leaned into Duncan as she apologized for breaking the sphere.

That was going to make this next bit harder.

Crouching beside the other three, Teddy asked, "Do you feel any... different?" To answer her question about the sphere, he said, "It's not... important, per se, but... it was an artifact. And when it's broken, it gives humans powers. Lily's probably noticed something by now."

Rubbing the back of his neck, he added, "The catch is... since you broke it... you won't be able to leave this house. It's part of the magic in the sphere. I'm sorry." Please don't yell at me, please don't yell at me...

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duncan caloway

location

hallway.

mood

somehow, turned on.

interactions

aiden, bella, zach, teddy apolla .

outfit

at least he has boxers now.

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Bella quickly brushed off Duncan and Zach as they tried to help her, although she was soon leaning into him. Duncan raised his eyebrows, but for once he didn't comment on the proximity. It was already enough that something had clearly happened to her.

Teddy explained that the sphere had given her and Lily some sort of powers (which offended Duncan - why was he left out of this party?), but it also kept her in this house. That certainly wasn't going to make her any happier with them than they already were.

On the bright side, this gave Duncan more time to talk her into sleeping with him at least once.

Still, he knew that wasn't going to be very helpful if he pointed this out, so he looked over at Teddy and asked, "Is there any way to fix it? Do we have to fix the sphere or something?"

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zachary tennyson

location

hallway.

mood

completely lost and wildly pissed.

interactions

bella, teddy, duncan apolla .

outfit

here.

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Zach wasn't sure why Bella looked at him when she asked about the sphere. He barely understood half of the shit that went on in this house, let alone some dusty old witch thing that he'd never seen before tonight. Shrugging, he looked over at Teddy, who of course knew was was going on.

The explanation didn't really solve anything, per se, but he was wondering why the hell they had that sort of thing in this house. "How the hell did we get something like that in here? And why the hell does it keep her in?" He wasn't sure why he was angry now; perhaps he was angry on Bella's behalf? He wasn't quite sure, only that things had gotten infinitely more complicated.

And of course, at that moment, her friend came to join them.

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Bella"Do you feel any... different?"

Bella shifted her gaze to look at Teddy, giving a small shake of her head. She would have verbalized an answer, but he continued, explaining that the sphere she'd broken was an artifact, and when broken, it gave humans powers. She barely heard him say that Lily had probably noticed something by now, as she was too busy staring down at her hands and fingers.

Nothing felt different.

She did however, hear what he said next. Her head snapped up to look at him again, eyes wide as though she wasn't sure she'd heard him correctly. But the words were there, swimming in her mind, repeating themselves over and over again. "I can't leave?" She squeaked, thinking back to how he'd explained that Lily couldn't leave, either. Only this time, the circumstances were different.

Duncan asked if they had to fix the sphere, but Bella already knew that that wasn't going to help. "I don't feel any different." She whispered, looking again down at her hands, almost willing them to do something. Zach seemed angry-- was he ever not angry?-- but she didn't quite understand why. She twisted her head to look at him and offered him a small smile. "Well, I'm sure it was pretty to look at, and you guys weren't expecting someone to come along and break it."

She heard Lily coming, and finally pushed herself off of the vampire and up to a standing position. "I... I broke it." She mumbled helplessly, gesturing towards the three vampires and the purple shards of glass everywhere.

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NateNate had been confused quite a few times in his life, though he didn't think he'd ever been this confused. Looking between the others in the room, it seemed they were confused too... except for Sam. He had an almost sad resignation on his face, as though he knew exactly what was going on. Aiden seemed to come to the same conclusion, and told Sam out with it. Explain what was going on, and for once, Nate agreed with him.

Sam and Teddy were the leaders of this little clan, or at least, those were the two Nate looked up to the most. They were also hella smart, and knew alot about things that people like Nate (and Aiden... Duncan...) knew nothing about. Sam explained about the artifact, looking sheepish at first as he looked at Lily.

The blonde girl didn't seem surprised, and it was becoming more and more apparent that that was the norm for her. Nate liked it. He also found that he liked it when she threatened Aiden, though that one he'd keep to himself. She got up and excused herself, leaving the three vampires behind. Nate quickly decided that he'd finish the job Lily had started, and stood up wordlessly to grab her precious rabbit from the washer.

Ignoring Aiden mostly, he glanced over at Sam as he placed Velveteen into a dryer bag and into said dryer, he spoke. "So what happens now?"

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AidenAiden didn't really listen to alot of things that Sam said, or Teddy for that matter. He was immortal after all, and a fucking vampire for gods sake. He didn't need a daddy to tell him what to do, or what he could or couldn't do. Sometimes he wondered why he stuck around here with these losers, but they weren't all bad. As long as they let him do whatever he wanted to do, that is.

He couldn't help himself once Sam explained what was going on. He started laughing, though he shut up pretty quickly once Lily shot her threat in his direction. His smirk turned into a scowl as she walked out of the room. "What's her deal?" He asked, simultaneously intrigued and annoyed at the same time. "Why is it my head?"

Determined all of a sudden to find out, he stood and followed her, ending up arriving at the scene upstairs a few seconds after Lily did. He heard Bella's confession, and couldn't help the bubble of laughter that erupted from him again. "That's the best you got?" He asked her as he rounded the corner, standing beside Lily. "I broke it?"

Shaking his head, he looked past her at the three vampires and the shattered glass. "Well, someone's gotta clean this up, and I can tell you it's not gonna be me."

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