fairynuff | TEST DRIVE MEME #8

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OPTIONAL SCENARIOS

01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD.
The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you not with mirthful revelry, this time around dear friends. There is a seriousness in the air, though the food is still hearty and the imps still mischievous. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks!

02. THE STATION.
Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms!

03. WILDCARD.
Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket! Be mindful, though -- the monarchs are watching and cross court communication should be done with the utmost secrecy.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I'm sorry, did you just say vampires? Who would bring such a creature here?

[ sorry for the vampire-racism, carm... ]

Who indeed?

I take it you aren't particularly fond of them?

I've never met one and I don't intend to. We had enough to worry about with ogres roaming about. It's things like that who [ sucked the soul out of her prince? ] hurt people. Who would like someone who hurts a person they love?

I do believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, that you might be generalizing a bit here, darling.

I would never hurt someone I love.

[ Actually Really, she wouldn't. ]

Ogres are just brutes with little to no brain, please don't compare me with one of such.

[ well. this is a tricky situation, isn't it? aurora had assumed carmilla knew of a vampire, not that she was one. still, she is nothing if not candid. ]

Then I suppose you're generalizing ogres, too.

[ not that she actually cares — it's true, they're brutes, and they'd kill her in a moment if they could. ]

Why should I believe you don't hurt anyone when you drink blood?

Maybe I am. My bad.

Oh, I did hurt a lot of people, but as with everyone in this or any world, things change. It's not black and white.

Other vampires, though? I actually share your opinion.

Well. Maybe I had you wrong, but my views on the others remain. The only vampires I've heard of are bloodsucking monsters, so forgive me if I'm leery.

The others, you mistrust them, too?

I'm no hero, cupcake, but I'm no bloodsucking monster either.

It's everyone for themselves, specially if you're immortal.

[ she bristles a bit at the familiarity of being called cupcake. she is a princess, after all; it's not how she's used to being addressed. ]

You can call me Aurora, not cupcake.

How long have you been alive, exactly?

It will be taken into consideration.

Dangerously close to four hundred years, if I'm counting it right.

Were we under different circumstances, I would argue further, but I can assure you I'm not a small, frosted sweet. I may not be four hundred years old, but I know a thing or two.

I don't know, I've seen weirder.

You all say that, but it's usually true. Whether what you know is of any use or not...that remains to be seen.

What do you mean, what have you seen that's weirder?

Weirder than literate frosted pastries of royal ascendance? Indeed. But that's neither here nor there.

I want to know what's stranger than that.

Maybe when we finally meet and have a nice lunch together.

[ Well, Aurora would have lunch, Carmilla is fine with blood. ]

[ she's okay with talking over the lockets, but that doesn't mean she wants to meet a vampire in person. she isn't stupid. once carmilla has made herself known as harmful or harmless, then and only then will she consider meeting her. aurora quite likes her blood where it is. ]

Just because you say you don't hurt others doesn't make it so. I don't enjoy any meal where the entree is me.

If I was going to bite you, darling, you would be the last to know. I'm sure blood can be easily procured from other sources. Non-human sources, even. I've had enough experience with that already.