Allan Warbeck
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Janitorial Enigma
He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 10, 2009 14:45:17 GMT -5
The smell of blood was the first thing Allan noticed as he came limping up the hallway in the dawn-lit castle, heading toward the infirmary. He quickened his pace as much as he could (which was not very much), his concern and curiosity piqued. The smell was strong; there was a LOT of blood, and it didn't seem contained in any kind of body.
Turning the corner, he immediately stopped dead. The hallway that stretched out before him was a slick of blood, beginning in a pool and dragging out along the floor in a long smear. It looked like someone had been re-enacting Sweeney Todd with disastrous results, or had butchered some kind of large animal and dragged it away. But the blood definitely belonged to a vampire.
Much of it was dried, but some of it still glistened wetly in the sunlight. Allan made a mental note to ask Veronique what had happened as soon as possible; then he headed toward the nearest broom closet, coming back with a mop and bucket to clean up the mess. Looking out down the hallway, he shrugged and got to work. This was going to take awhile.
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Korlian
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Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
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Post by Korlian on Sept 10, 2009 16:43:42 GMT -5
Korlian was perched on a windowsill... inside the building. He watched Allan with interest. "Aren't you supposed to use certain cleaners and stuff on blood?" he asked.
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Allan Warbeck
Ireth
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 10, 2009 17:08:47 GMT -5
Allan looked up, not missing a stroke of his mop on the floor as he answered the boy. "There's a fair bit of bleach in the water I'm using."
He wrung out the mop, and the water that dripped from it was bright red. He eyed it dubiously before taking another look at the boy.
"Why, may I ask, are you sitting on that windowsill? You really shouldn't, it's probably crawling wi-- SPIDER!" he yelped, pointing dramatically at the small brown arachnid crawling up the boy's pant leg. "Get it away, it might bite you!"
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Korlian
Kitty Kat
Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
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Post by Korlian on Sept 10, 2009 17:15:52 GMT -5
Korlian looked at it, lowering a hand to let it crawl on his hand before he let it out the window behind him. "Oh, only if you threaten them. Like most animals. The only animal you should really worry about is the thinking animal. Vampires, werewolves, humans... Fae..." He paused, looking at the puddle. "We should have worked on cleaning that up earlier. I probably would have except they made me go to bed."
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 10, 2009 17:19:20 GMT -5
Allan paused, raising an eyebrow at the boy's comment. "You know what happened here, then, do you? I notice the blood is from a vampire. Whose is it?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 10, 2009 17:25:01 GMT -5
"I'm not allowed to say," Korlian grinned. "I would tell you if I could, but the Headmistress told me not to tell ANYONE. But she would probably tell YOU. If you asked."
He looked at the mess, then at his water. "Would you like a new bucket of water? That one is really ugly. And I know where you keep the supplies, I've watched you."
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Allan Warbeck
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 10, 2009 17:31:30 GMT -5
Allan nodded. "If Veronique wants it hush-hush, I won't be the one to pry. But a new bucket of water would do me a world of good, and goodness knows you'd be able to get it faster than I ever could." He tapped his twisted foot gently against the floor and laughed.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 11, 2009 0:42:45 GMT -5
Korlian nodded and hopped off the sill, grabbing the bucket and running off. He came back quickly, with a fresh bucket that was exactly as the previous had been. He looked up at him, "I noticed how you are about... touching certain things, so I washed my hands with that antibacterial soap before I got it, and I washed the bucket out for you. I have another waiting for me to get it, that way you can have more than one clean bucket and save you some time."
He ran off again, pausing when he picked up the other bucket. Why was he suddenly so eager to help...? Was it because the man wasn't... being weird to him? Some of the teachers had been, and the Headmistress definitely, but this man either didn't know of Lhachlhass or hadn't really run across him yet. Korlian kind of shrugged as he brought back the second bucket. Maybe it was part of the glamour that was on him, but he wanted to be liked... and being helpful seemed to work pretty well if someone didn't like their knowledge of his brother get in the way. He set the bucket down next to the first and hopped back onto the sill, so he was out of the way. "Can I help with anything else?"
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 11, 2009 13:56:25 GMT -5
"Thank you; that's very considerate of you," Allan replied with a smile, scrubbing harder at the floor as he came to where the blood was dried onto the stones. He looked up after a minute or so and took a closer look at Korlian.
"You seem awfully young to be attending here... most of the Academy freshmen aren't any younger than fourteen, and you barely look past twelve. Veronique must think you've got something special in store for you, hmm?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 11, 2009 17:16:42 GMT -5
"I'm thirteen and I'm here to control my brother Lhachlhass," he said, sighing. His height ALWAYS made people think he was too young. He sat like a cat on the sill, watching the blood come up from the floor. If Professor Hawk had let him finish the stupid vampire, there wouldn't have been any blood.
"And though most think I'm crazy, I also... know that I am a Prince of the Fae. But I guess as long as you are nice to me... I don't really care if you believe me or not," he sighed, shifting to sit more normally on the sill.
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 11, 2009 17:22:53 GMT -5
"Well, there's no reason for anyone not to be nice to you, whether they believe what you claim to be or not," Allan responded calmly, still scrubbing at the floor. "We have vampires, werewolves, mages and mortals here, why not a Fae or two?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 11, 2009 17:30:39 GMT -5
Korlian smiled, his heels tapping against the wall. "Most people haven't been very nice to me, and I think Professor Himmel is afraid of me, but we have a reason for that..."
He stopped. He didn't want to make everything think Himmel was crazy... er? Though it had been interesting that he hadn't needed a dream to remember that. Usually it took dreams to remember things. That one had just taken Himmel's face. He shrugged, watching. "Everyone seems afraid of the Fae outside. I like the forest."
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 11, 2009 17:38:45 GMT -5
"Well, there's a bit of reason to be afraid of the Fae at this time of year, what with the Unseelie Court about to awaken," Allan mused. "But the Fae are naturally mischievous, no matter which Court they're in, aren't they? Some poor fool could wander into the forest and get hurt. I think Veronique is wise to forbid us from entering the forest after dark, or even in the day--especially alone."
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Korlian
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Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
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Post by Korlian on Sept 11, 2009 17:45:00 GMT -5
"Yes, we are. Mischevious, but usually you have to prompt it," he said. "And that doesn't mean it's always malicious. Though the Unseelie are certainly something to fear... and I suppose the Seelie, for a mortal, is still something to fear. Seelie just means generally they need some slight, real or imagined. If I still had my powers, most of this school would be in trouble... but I don't."
He furrowed his brow in irritation. "And I can't for the life of me remember why. I know it's important, but I can't remember."
He shrugged, looking at the blood again. "Don't you have a tool that scrubs better than that mop?"
He bit his lip. He had class soon... didn't he? Oh well, there was a warning and he could get to it in plenty of time. Not that it mattered if you were late to Introductory Art. Professor Himmel seemed to be avoiding the class more than usual. Which wasn't too surprising considering what Korlian remembered of him.
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 12, 2009 13:13:30 GMT -5
Allan paused, looking down at the mess. "I could try scraping the blood off with something else, but I might end up damaging the floor while I'm at it." He looked up at Korlian with a grin. "Are there any other interesting messes anywhere that I should know about?"
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Post by Angel Kapur on Sept 12, 2009 23:58:04 GMT -5
Angel noticed Korlian's bucket-grabbing dash with interest, and followed him silently back to the janitor and the pool of blood. His nostrils flared at the smell, most of it now soured with that of bleach; he swiped some off the wall as the two talked.
He listened and waited for a bit- the part about Himmel was terribly interesting- before heading to a doorway that looked to be within line of sight and deciding he would let himself be seen.
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 13, 2009 12:58:26 GMT -5
Allan glanced around at the sound of movement, his eyes settling on the purple-haired youth who stood in a nearby doorway.
"Good morning, Angel," he greeted the young vampire with a smile. "You're up awfully early."
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Post by Angel Kapur on Sept 13, 2009 14:18:14 GMT -5
"'Lo," he smiled a bit. "This is... extensive. I hope there's no reason to be worried?"
He really wondered how the professors were going to deal with this, and whether there would be any rumors about- surely other people had noticed whatever this was. So sloppy.
...And, well, almost as importantly, if there was something more violent than usual around, he'd have to find out how to keep Frog away from it.
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Allan Warbeck
Ireth
Janitorial Enigma
He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 13, 2009 14:24:49 GMT -5
"I can't say," Allan replied, wringing out his mop and starting to scrub at the floor again. "I don't know what went on here, but it was definitely recently--probably during the night. Some of this was still wet when I got here. I'm sure Veronique will let us all know what went on as soon as she thinks we're ready to hear it, or perhaps when she's ready to tell us."
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Post by Angel Kapur on Sept 13, 2009 15:54:25 GMT -5
"Mmh." He gave the mess a blank look. There seemed to be a line of blood heading off towards... he thought that might be the infirmary. Maybe once they left, he would investigate.
He glanced at Korlian, then back to the janitor. "Well. I don't envy you this job. Nothing we should do but wait, huh?"
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Allan Warbeck
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He who limps still walks.
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Post by Allan Warbeck on Sept 13, 2009 17:22:23 GMT -5
"That's about all we can do," Allan nodded, glancing up to check his progress. Could be better, could be worse. He got back to work, wondering just how long the blood trail stretched on.
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Korlian
Kitty Kat
Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
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Post by Korlian on Sept 13, 2009 19:19:21 GMT -5
Korlian looked back at Angel, sitting perched on the sill like a cat. He was itching to talk about it, but knew he couldn't. Maybe he should find the headmistress and tell her what all he knew.
The vampire student looked far too interested in the blood for Korlian's taste. He knew that vampires ate blood, but with all this bleach it couldn't possibly smell good.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Sept 14, 2009 14:28:01 GMT -5
"You're Korlian." He smiled and walked around the blood towards Korlian, still keeping a bit of distance. "Nice to meet you. Having fun here?"
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Korlian
Kitty Kat
Academy Freshman: Bound Fae
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams... Only then can you belong to me...
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Post by Korlian on Sept 14, 2009 15:37:03 GMT -5
Korlian raised a brow at him, "So... someone who's actually heard of me. Either from a Professor, or my brother. Probably telling you to stay away from me, yes?"
If that vampire got any closer he was going to slip back out the window. He narrowed his eyes, glancing at Allan for a hint of what to do. He didn't like dealing with those who could overpower him and were unknowns.
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Post by Angel Kapur on Sept 14, 2009 16:55:20 GMT -5
Angel read Korlian's expression and stopped. "I can't imagine why somebody'd tell me to stay away from somebody who acts so nice," he said with some amusement. "I just wanted to say hi- I'm new, y'know, and you sound so interesting."
He wanted to tease more, but bit his tongue; there'd be no point in running him off.
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