Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ First Dream Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Forwarded to late night

[byakkoyagirl]

[Good evening Luceti. Are you all doing well? Lets hope you're getting some good rest and shut eye because it's usually a long day in the craziest village ever.

Tonight another New Feather will arrive. A rather late arrival, but she came to join all of you. Dropping from the sky at full speed and then disappearing in a flash. Give her a good welcome as she comes to visit you while you sleep. No, she's isn't the tooth fairy. Or the sandman. She's another thing entirely.

Enjoy having a special visitor in your dreams.]


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[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek, in turn, is scanning the area, perhaps looking for a sign of how she got here. Finally, he looks back to her.]

Not quite. [There's a sudden groan from the pile of dirt, and Derek's attention snaps back in that direction. He holds up a halting hand at Paprika.]

Stay there. Stay down, and be quiet.

[And then he's stalking, quietly, towards the moving mound.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Looks like something is about to go down either way. [She does as she's told. This is his dream after all.] If you need help, just ask. That's what I'm here for...sort of. [She's not exactly sure why she's here. He doesn't look Japanese.]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek's quiet voice responds as he makes his way to his target.]

...Unless you hunt vampires for a living, you're better off back there...

[He's almost crouched on all fours by the time he reaches the mound. Just as he does, there's a screech, and a wild-haired, black eyed woman with huge gleaming fangs bursts from the dirt, already snarling as she leaps at him, clawed hands reaching out to rip and shred.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[...Oh? That's intriguing. A horror action-

And then she sees that thing coming at him.]

Watch out! [She begins to run towards him, a metal bat appearing in her hands. It's the only thing she can think of right now.]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek is down on his back, his legs kicking up to catch the vampire right in the stomach. He flips her to the ground behind him, using the same momentum to go with her and end up sitting on her chest.

He swings to cut her head off, and has to duck to the side as those claws scrabble to get a shot at his face. The blade sinks into her neck for a split second before he's flung aside. Soon, they're both scrabbling to their feet and circling for a new opening.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[While he's doing that she quickly gets to them and swings the bat, aiming for the the vampire's head.]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[The vampire will jerk away in a motion that's almost too fast to see and hisses at her. Before it cna lunge though, Derek is there, doing his best to jam a wooden stake into it's chest.]

HIT IT! Hit the stake!

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

You got it!

[Her outfit suddenly looks different. A baseball uniform, complete with cap and all.] Batter up! [She swings down the bat against the stake as hard as she can, putting all her strength into it. Which in dreams is pretty powerful]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek gets out of the way of that swing pretty quickly, and the stake sinks into the vampire's chest with a sharp 'thocking' sound and a spurt of black blood.

Derek's back after it immediately, swing his sword to chop it's screeching head off.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She's taken aback by the head chop, but quickly recovers. It is just a dream after all.]

Nice going. You seem like a real pro at this stuff.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek glances over at her and gently reaches out push her out of range of the vampire's arms right before one hand twitches, reaching for her shoe.]

...Hope so. It's my job.

Who are you?

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She allows the push and with her couple steps back changes from the baseball uniform back to her red shirt, blue jeans attire.]

Interesting job then. I'm Paprika.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Derek.

Interesting skill you've got.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Comes with my job. Don't worry, you'll get use to it in here.

[She looks around.] Speaking of which, where is here?

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Northwest of Tucson, in Marana County.

[Derek kneels next to the still twitching vampire, drawing out another stake and a hammer from inside his jacket. He carefully places the tip of it on the vampire's forehead. With one solid strike, that too is driven into the creature's skull, pinning it to the ground.]

...You don't seem too shocked. You've met vampires before?

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Tucson? That's in America, right?

[She stretches a little, trying to ignore the sound of a stake being hammered into someone's skull]

No, not vampires. I've just seen stranger. [like cackling dolls as big as skyscrapers]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

American southwest, yeah.

...must have an interesting job, then.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

It's nothing really. I'm just a psychiatrist. [Okay, the alter ego of a psychiatrist but whatever. She does all the work, Atsuko just sleeps.] Doesn't really compare to killing vampires. Albeit it's a little barbaric.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...Not as barbaric as they are when you let them run loose.

[Derek inspects the area around the now opened 'grave', studying the trail of blood, looking off into the dense underbrush where it leads.]

Bet you hear some interesting stuff.

[He starts to follow the trail.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine, from what I've seen in horror flicks. [She begins following him.] Yeah, I have heard some interesting things. Nothing I can tell you about though.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

Professional rules, right?

[As they walk, the trail of blood gets thicker and starts to get littered with chunks of things that glitter in the moonlight.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

You got it. Sorry if I disappointed you.

[She notices the thickening trail and does her best not to focus on it too much. Blood in dreams is just so wrong for some reason.]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

[Derek shakes his head.] It's none of my business anyway.

[He stops for a moment, studying the ground again. It's becoming obvious what the 'chunks' are.]

...Might not want to follow. Won't be pretty.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She stops at what he says. At first she wants to say something dramatic.

...But this is a dream. So it will be okay.]

I'll go with you. You might need backup again.

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...it's not your responsibility.

[He starts to follow the trail once again, but makes no attempt to keep her from following. He seems weary as he walks, though. Worn.]