Vampire City (Closed)

[LostAndFound]

I watch the other turn on his heel and walk away to his office. "Good....day?" The words sound foreign, not feeling comfortable wishing him goodnight when there will be no night to sleep through. This deal has snatched away the precious sun, the only light I'd ever known that wasn't crafted by the reflection of the moon or the faint glimmer of stars. "Sleep tight, Kanin." I say softly before signing as I turn to my room, heading inside as slowly as I can.


I'm not tired, I'm not sure that sleep will come my way at all. I fear being attacked, I suppose. Or expericing some outrageous nightmare that'll involve vampires ganging up to kill me. I don't want to endure such things. If I do, it may be all I'll ever see of this place. I could be haunted with my own worried and doubts, of the horrors that could lurk behind the faces of each passing stranger.


I stay awake until the sun peaks above the horizon. I refused to give into sleep until I could see the sun filtering up and touching the land that's shrouded in darkness. I open my window momentarily, embracing the warm rays that filter towards me in a welcoming way. But I don't stay long. I reluctantly close the window before too much time has passed, pulling back the curtains to allow all the light that can to pour in. Then, I head to the plush bed and lie down. The bed is softer than a feather. I bet this is what clouds feel like. But sleep doesn't come naturally. I feel so out of place. Like I should be doing some productive at this time.


Finally, after what feels like hours, my eyes have grown to heavy for me to remain awake. The world goes dark around me, and I fall into the abyss that is my dreams.


Surprisingly, they are peasant.

 

[AshleyBergie]

As the next night awakened and the moon was out I ordered a female servant to place a pair of black pants and a black shirt to be placed inside Lexi's room. Of course it was a human servant since I did not trust vampires around the new human. As I sat in my desk the large two door wall was open as the cool night air filled the room. There was much to do and little to do so.


As I sat at my desk I finsihed working on the new lab reports. Making sure everything was clear and up to date. Each day the vaccines would be bested and each day the chances of success was bigger and closer to 100%. Once finished I stood up and walked out to the balcony and leaned on the railing waiting for guards to bring Lexi to get her mark.

 

[LostAndFound]

I was awoken by the female servant's arrival, looking at the new clothes that had been presented to me curiously. I liked my own clothes just fine. Despite that, I smiled politely at her because she'd just been doing her job, graciously accepting them. I got out of bed, making it up before closing the curtains and getting dressed in the new garments. After folding up my other clothes and putting them away in a dresser drawer, I walked to the door to my room. I hadn't been summoned for anything, so I figured I'd explore a little bit before someone needed me.


As I opened the door, I was greeted by two guards. They looked stern, almost stoic. I managed a nervous smile and waved at them, thinking they'd just been standing there to protect me. "Uh, hey. Can I get past you? I was going to look around a bit." I say, though one of them shakes their head while the other says that I'm to be taken to Kanin. I want to protest, but instead I nod slowly and walk with one in front of me and one behind me. I want to ask why I'm needed, but I remmeber the conversation from last night. I sigh softly, watching the halls curiously.

 

[AshleyBergie]

When the guards entered the room I stood up straight and looked over to the door. I was now in all black with a long black jacket that fell to the middle of my thighs. As they brought in Lexi I crossed my arms and walked back into the room. My eyes were back to their Amber stage as the guards nodded and turned around leaving the room and closing the door behind me. I walked up to her and placed my arms behind my back.


"I believe you didn't sleep as sound as you normally do? You know you don't need to be scared around here. When the sun is up the only people that are awake are hand picked guards. They are human so you don't need to worry. And the Only people that will be allowed to enter your room are female human servers. So like I said you can relax. When you are here." As I spoke my fangs had been put the whole time as my eyes stayed their Amber glow. The placing of the mark wasn't gonna be fun but it was to give her safety here among the vampires.

 

[LostAndFound]

"How did you know?" I asked, uncertain how he'd managed to figure that I hadn't slept well. I wonder if there are circles under my eyes, seeing as that would give him such an idea. I sighed softly, rubbing my arm slightly. "Yeah....I suppose I just wanted to stay up and watch the sun for a little while. Get my mind away from things. I suppose I worried that I'd have nightmares and such. Thanks for all the things you've arranged to keep me safe. It should make me sleep better tonight. Honestly."


I watch your face, gaze shifting from the amber eyes and the fangs. "You look rather intomidating like that." I laugh lightly. "You don't udually look very scary. But I don't think that vampires are supposed to look friendly with their reddish eyes and barred fangs....So, how does this whole thing play out?" I hold my hands in front of me, clasped together in a calm manner as I hold his gaze. I mean, it can't be that bad right?

 

[AshleyBergie]

"Lucky guess really." I say as I smirked Alittle. "Well right now I'm not trying to be scary. This is just the normal calm vampire side. My eyes would look a lot different if I was trying to rip your head off and everything. But since in a way I'm an elder cause of how long imv been around my eyes are different then many of the vampires here. I'm just that special." I say with a smile and then took a knife from my back pocket.


"Now this will hurt Alittle but what doesn't hurt in this world." I pulled out a rag and balled it up and gave it to her "Bite down on this. I'm not sure how much pain you can handle." I then took one of her wrist and raised it to my mouth and bit down enough to where it would scar. I then whipped away the blood and traced a symbol between the bite marks making sure it would scar too so the mark would be able to be seen. Once I was done I took the rag from her mouth and called for the guard to bring a large bandage. When he brought one I wrapped it around the mark and stepped back to my desk and sat on the edge. "Now you are safe in my home."

 

[LostAndFound]

I winced, feeling the need to yelp in pain when the blade was dug into my skin, but it honestly didn't bother me that much. I'd have tons of accidents when I was younger, mostly involving me tripping and scrapping up my skin because of clumsiness. They'd bleed and I'd cry until a bandage and a kiss was placed on it. Now, the experience has paid off to allow me to have tough skin when dealing with more minimal injuries. I looked down at the bandage before glancing over to the figure propped against the desk. "That's a relief. This will really help me sleep better at night." I smiled faintly, running my fingers along the bandage. I flinch, simply because it still hurts a bit, but I'm just relieved. I'm safe. It's a word I'd never thought I'd ever used to describe myself.


"You're not too scary, I suppose. I guess it's just always a little intimidating to be around a creature that's....powerful, in a way." I shrug before glancing around the office, preoccupied with the decor. "Do you need me for anything else? If not, can I explore the grounds? I want to see what the place has to offer. Maybe understand where I'm going in case there's ever an emergency?"

 

[AshleyBergie]

"Ya you can go now. I have some buisness to take care of down in the lab and everything. So if you need anything just find a guard and they will take you where you wanna go incase you get lost. This place is very big so just be warned and don't go poking around in rooms. There will be very uncomfortable things you will find in some rooms. Such as a guard and a women. That kinda stuff." I pushed myself off the desk and walked to the doors opening them up. "Have fun exploring and I'll be back to make sure the cut is healing like it should. It's not a normal bite like when I fed from you so if it doesn't stop bleeding or you think something off about it come find me." I nodded to her and then left the room and to the elevators where I went to see how the new medicine was going. Hopefully this would be the one that stops the flu from spreading.

 

[LostAndFound]

I listened to him speak before heading off to explore the grounds. I mainly spend the majority of the early hours exploring the bottom floors. They were nice, with decorative pieces of furniture that outmatched anything I'd seen in the human homes. Nobody had just wealthy-oriented things. No one could afford, really. Most had simply items, enough to be content with. It didn't mean they were happy, but they were satisfied with the fact they had enough to live by. Nobody would ask for more if they knew had all they needed. When you live in nearly impoverishment you learn not to beg for more, when what you have could easily be snatched away.


The guards were friendly. I got to hang around some of them as they did their duties, carrying on idle conversation whilst lending a hand every once in a while when they didn't deny me of it. In fact, the place didn't seem as utterly terrifying when I knew not everyone was looking at me like I was food. The mark truly was a brand of safety, a designation that I couldn't be bothered by them. It was refreshing.


I even interacted with a human or two. Though somewhat different, it was still heartwarming to have members of my own kind walking among the castle.


I retired to my room after some time, laying down on the bed as I looked at my bandage. I didn't wanna remove the bandage in fear that it would still be bleeding. Relaxation proceeded, with a couple books I'd nabbed from a study on the second floor lying on a nearby desk, and on and off naps.


When I finally stirred awake from my fourth or fifth short naps, I sat up and sighed, wondering what I could do now. I walked to the door, leaning against it briefly while trying to think or something to do. My stomach grumbled slightly, and I gripped it as I looked around. Kanin had said they'd bring meals, but would it even be appropriate to ask for one? I'd gone days before without eating, so would indulging in such a privilege be wrong? Like, I was handing over a part of myself to this wondrous lifestyle? This was just a deal, likely a temporary one until the ruler found a better girl to act as his slave. I didn't want to lose myself in these fleeting moments. I don't want to become a spoiled child. Sighing, I retreated to the window, telling myself I'd let the hunger gnaw at me just a while longer.

 

[AshleyBergie]

After about a few hours of working and dealing with test subjects and paper work of the ingredients we finally made the first vaccine to fight off the common cold and flu. Now it was just time to make more and give it to the humans. I sighed and took off my gloves and mask and through them in the garbage then took off the protective lab jacket and headed down a flight of heavy metal stairs.


As I hit the ground it was a dark room with faint yellow lights on the wall. The room was filled with cells made from heavy steal walls with only two thin but heavy duty bars for seeing into the cells. There was a new member down here and it was a traider. And out cast now that he tried to smuggle humans out of the city. As I walked I hand my hands held behind my back as I walked to the cell. Two guards were set outside the cell. They opened it when I approced pulling a weak male from the door in chains. "You will pay for what you have done" I looked to the guards and began to head up the stairs and out to the back of the castle.


Has I walked through the halls to reach the back doors many vampires and servants followed. When we all walked outside the man was thrown down infront of a large flat rock. I turned to the people who had followed us outside. "Today! We will lose one of our own! A man who thought he would sneak out the humans and put them in even more risk! Well today he will pay for what he has done!" I looked to the guard as he handed me a large thin blade. "May this be a warning to all!" I raised the blade above my hand and with one swing down the mans head was taken clean off. I gave the blade back to the guard and wiped the blood from my hands and my face. "Now go back to what you were doing"

 

[LostAndFound]

From outside the window, which I'd opened sometime during the night to allow fresh air to filter in, I could hear the noise outside. I continually glanced that direction, curious as to what was happening, but I could only hear faint voices in the distance. By the time I willed myself over to the window, I could see nothing in sight but various workers moving about. It must've been a swift, short moment of time that I'd let slip through my fingers.


Feeling somewhat uncertain what I'd just missed, I decided to sneak out before anything major came my way needing something. I'd go to the kitchen. Poke around. See what it has to offer. I could eat my feelings away, downing away the sorrows of the life I'd lived with meager food and supplies. Besides, if I was in the kitchen, somebody would have to look to actually find me. Maybe if I spent more time away from my room, I would never be needed for anything and could life a simple existence. Maybe find love in a human that roams these halls. Get married. Then I'd be normal again.


I found the kitchen shortly after. They had a wide array of foods, with pastries scattered on platters. I eyed them hungrily. Was it possible to have such quantities of food? Was this all some kind of joke? What would these foods taste like? Surely a castle of this size would also make splendid food. Hesitantly, I reached for a couple pastries before darting out of the room, stuffing my face.

 

[AshleyBergie]

When i returned inside I wash taking off the blood spattered jacket and shirt and handed them to one of the servants. My chest was bare with plenty of battle scars across my rib cage and a few gun shot wounds. For being alive for over a 100 years I did have the not so shocking 6 pack and large arm muscles. Many of the vampires did. They needed all the strength they can have cause the strength they have is doubled from being a vampire.


As I walked along I was slammed into by Lexi who had a hand full of food from the kitchen. As she hit me I didn't stubble but it caused Lexi to fall straight on the floor. I raised an eyebrow and bent down next to her. "Um you do know you don't need to sneak foods from the kitchen right? You can just walk in and grab what you want or ask the cook to make you something. It's like that for all the humans here. But your the only human that can ask for food to be delivered to you." I say as I grabed her good arm and helped her up off the ground. My muscles lightly flexed as I helped pick her up then relaxed when i released her.

 

[LostAndFound]

"No!" I gasped, having one of my pastries on the floor from when I'd fallen onto my bottom. "My beautiful, beautiful treat!" I was absolutely heartbroken at the fact that the treat was not going to go to waste. I may be hungry, but I wouldn't eat something off the ground. I sighed, bending down to pick it up after a few moments had passed that had allowed me to calm down. If I spent my time flipping out about treats for the rest of my days, I'd grown to be a pathetic human girl. Slowly, I turned my attention to the other, prepared to thank him for his help before my eyes widen. Abruptly, I turn away and nibble on another pastry. "You shouldn't walk around without something covering your upper body. Not that I'm bossing you around, but it isn't appropriate for someone to see another they barely know without their shirt on. Call me old fashioned if you'd like, but I don't care. Thanks for the information regarding your amazing kitchen. And I'm sorry for running into you. Once you're decent, would you please look at my bandage to make sure all is well?"

 

[AshleyBergie]

I was so confused on how upset she had gotten about the treat when there were many more in the kitchen. I just shook my head. "Would you rather see me shirtless or covered in someone else's blood." I say as I take a clean shirt from the servant and slipped it on. "I'm surprised I didn't see you outside when the beheading happened. Thought you were someone who likes seeing what does on around here." I say as I held out my hand for her arm. When she gave me her arm I unwrapped the bandage to take a look at the mark. It seemed to have stopped bleeding so I balled up the bandage handing it to the servant. "It stopped bleeding. So I suggest you take a shower or something to clean the cuts."


I then looked down the hall to a man with a sword at his side. I softly growled and looked back down to Lexi. "If you excuse me" I started to walk to the man and grabbed him by the back of the neck throwing him to the ground and got down to whisper something to him. I then looked at the fear in his face and punched him standing back up wiping the blood from his mouth on my pants and heading to my office.

 

[LostAndFound]

I watched him disappear after punching some dude, partially confused as why he'd gotten so mad and also surprised at the mention of a beheading. Is that what the commotion was? A murder? I sigh, wondering what else goes on that I'm oblivious to. Slowly, I approach the fallen figure of the man and bend down to get a better look at his wound. He's bleeding, but it could be more or less serious than it seems.


"Are you alright, sir?" I asked, though I know Kanin told me to go take a shower to get my cuts cleaned up. I want to ensure this man is okay before leaving him there for dead. I've placed my pastries inside of a little handkerchief as I pull out another to clean away the blood. I don't have any medical supplies, but perhaps I can get some other servants to come get him to check him out. They'd probably know more than I would. "Hold on sir. I'll go get some help, okay?" I say, before standing and rushing off to find another servant.

 

[AshleyBergie]

I stopped hearing her talking to the guy and I rolled my eyes walking back grabbing her back the back of the neck and dragged her along next to me. "Listen Lexi. What I do around here is for a reason. And the man I punched was a vampire so no one would have helped him. Now go take a shower or your future will be like his." I say with a hiss as I shoved her to her room and inside.


When I closed the door I went to my office slamming the door calling up all my warriors. "Alright men. Turns out there's a hole in the outer wall. We need to defend that area and wait for repairs before the Rabids outside find it and come in and kill everyone. Got it!" The men replied with a 'Yes Sir' and walked out of the office and to the trucks and gear.

 

[LostAndFound]

I frowned, leaning against the door with my arms crossed while mouthing about his attitude. "Why does he have to get so mad? I didn't do anything wrong. Maybe I thought he was just being a jerk to some dude." I sigh after a long moment, sliding down onto the floor. "Okay....Maybe he isn't a jerk. That guy could've been bad news. What if he'd hurt someone? Maybe staying in this room is the best thing to do to avoid situations like that." I'm feeling less irritated, but only because I'm now feeling heartbroken by the fact I left my pasties on the handkerchief in the floor. I want to cry, because they were so chewy and delicious. They were the best food I'd ever tasted. But I can't go back outside right? That would be disobeying orders, wouldn't it?


A knock on the door called my attention. I'd quickly stood and opened it, finding a female servant smiling with a handkerchief in hand. After having a brief conversation over whether or not they belonged to me, I was given them and the door was shut.


In a much better mood, I went about taking a shower. After the shower I put on my clothes from yesterday and brushed my hair before laying down on my bed with my pastries resting by my side. The mark didn't hurt, and it was nice to feel clean. This didn't feel like home. It felt like a paradise. Where things were meant to feel special and people were given special treatment. Even though I didn't deserve any of it. It's weird to think I wouldn't have met Kanin if I hadn't left to visit my friend. Speaking of which, I need to visit him soon. I could bring him some of these pastries. I think he'd really like them.


Staring out the window, I wonder if all days will be like this. Routine based. Like it was back in the human homes. I wonder if all the beauty is a cover up for something darker hiding underneath.

 

[AshleyBergie]

(Maybe we should do something with her walking in on Kanin working out or doing plan on keeping the humans safe from the hole in the wall?)

 

[LostAndFound]

((Sure! That sounds nice to me! Which route would you prefer to take? Either is interesting to me. Oh, and I love Kanin! Wonderful character!))

 

[AshleyBergie]

(lol lets do the working out one with the plan on his desk lol I would probably faint if I saw Kanin working out shirtless ())

 

[LostAndFound]

((Sounds good to me! I can wholeheartedly agree.


Poor Lexi will be amongst those that can't handle the shirtless work out of Kanin!))

 

[AshleyBergie]

(> )


The one thing that always helped me relax was working out. Trying to figure out the plan for fixing the whole in the wall was big. If one wall had a hole who knows of there's anymore holes we don't know about. I sighed and stood up leaving the pile of plan papers on my test. I walked over the the bar I had hanging above a door frame and pulled my shirt off and threw it aside.


I rolled my neck and cracked my knuckles then jumped up grabing the bar and started to do push up. They always cleared my mind mainly since you have to focus on pulling yourself up when you start sweating cause it very easy to slip if you hang there for awhile.

 

[LostAndFound]

Walking down the hall, I hold a pastry in my mouth. It's been, like, my tenth today. They're going to have to get a lock for that kitchen, or they won't have anymore food to feed the other servants. I want to stop eating so much. It just a long procress to keep myself away from the smell of the freshly baked treats.


I stop at Kanin's office, expecting to check to see how he's doing since I'm bored and having nothing else to do. I knock lightly before opening the door and stepping in. "Hey Kanin, have you guys changed ingredients? These past-" I'm cut off, the sweet treat falling from my hand as I stare at the figure working out. Cheeks flushed from embarrassment, I wobbly turn to the wall and press my forehead to it, trying to blink away the image. "Could you do me a favor? Like, go poor some garbage on yourself. Then walk back in here and do that. It'll greatly help if you put a shirt on too." Is it even possible to be lightheaded from seeing someone shirtless? I slid down to the floor, hoping to regain my levelheadedness. This is absolutely ludicrous. I sneak another glance, only to mentally slap myself.

 

[AshleyBergie]

As the door opened I just kept doing pull up until Lexi cut off. That's when I stopped and dropped to the floor grabbing a towel and wiping my hands and face and laughed a little. "What? Never saw a shirtless dude before? You seem to be ify when it comes to me being shirtless." I laughed aliitle throwing the towel over my shoulder.


I walked over to her grabbing her hand and pulling her up to her feet. "And you might wanna cut down on the treats. They are very fattening. Eat them everyday for a week and you will gain a few pounds." I walked over to my desk as I ran the towel threw my hair and looked to her. "So what brought you here besides the treats?"

 

[LostAndFound]

"Who wouldn't be unsettled by you, shirtless? Like, I'm not from a place where people regularly take off their shirts like it's no big deal!" I said, frowning sligntly at his commentary about the treats as I approach his desk and sit on a chair in front of it. I keep my eyes trained on the desk itself, studying it's contents. I'd rather not look up at him.


"You shouldn't worry. Not having much food because of winter and working each day kinda makes one unnaturally thin. These treats are helping me to gain much needed weight. And they're so good. I can't just stop eating them." I retort before smiling as lean back in the chair. "I wanted to come bug you. See what you were doing, y'know? So, what are you up to?"