New York || Day 1

[imaginationswoes]

[Running is the current plan but it isn't going well. She's constantly getting lost and she's reminded again and again that she's never been out of her small town alone. She misses her family and her friends but more than that she is really missing a warm bed. Her feet continue forward, the tall buildings towering on either side of her. It's impressive, as far as cities go, but its to close together.

To much can go wrong.

She must of made a wrong turn because Airy finds herself walking along a very shady part of town. Winter is setting in but she thinks of warmth and she manages to keep herself heated. She has a backpack around her shoulders and it looks like she's wearing a uniform: white button down, green pleated skirt, black jacket and a matching tie. It's most definitely giving some of the people here the wrong idea.]

Shit.

[Airy whispers softly under her breath, a puff of white leaving her warm lips. When she spots two men pointing towards her she runs. Her feet fly across the street and she's about 75% sure they weren't following her. Mist descends on the area and Airy one again curses under her breath. She's only getting more lost at this rate and running around New York after midnight isn't on her to do list.]

Comments

[charitaslamia]

Well, I don't live alone. I won't be the only one around. The bed I'm offering isn't in my room. I have very specific requirements.

[He smirks.]

The casket can be off-putting.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy would have fallen out of her seat if there was room to do so.]

Please tell me your kidding.

[She shakes her head trying to focus on something else.]

Roommate... also vampire? Girlfriend? [She hopes she'd get her own bed not that she's opposed to sharing, she's done that with her friends but with strangers... it's a little weird.] How many bedrooms do you have?

[Her head might explode.]

[charitaslamia]

[He laughs, not a chuckle, but actually laughs, rocking his head back with the motion. She may notice his incisors, though very similarly shaped to a human's, are much flatter, and look to have a blade's edge to them.]

Of course I'm kidding.

[He shakes his head.]

Human, and male. There are three...bedrooms, as it were.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy watches him as he laughs and finds herself relaxing at the sound. She likes hear peoples laughs, as strange as that might be. Everyone laughs differently.]

Cool.

[She pauses with a slight puff to her cheeks.]

Can I see your room? Nothing weird! [She adds hastily.] Just curious about the bed...[Another pause.]

Seriously nothing weird but vampire and beds and... I don't know it's weird. [Him sleeping in a bed is the weird part of tonight's adventure.]

[charitaslamia]

I sleep...in a bed, like anyone else, and you find that strange?

[He laughs again, less loudly this time.]

I don't see why not.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy's smile is a mixture of embarrassment and a sheepish grin.]

Yes?

[Isn't it strange?]

Cool~

[She wonders what his house looks like or where he lives. She's used to houses but she supposed it'd be an apartment if it's in the city. Airy glances out the window and searches the streets.]

How far is it?

[Not to say that she's getting tired but she's getting tired.]

[charitaslamia]

[He chuckles.]

Very well, then. I grant you permission to tour my bed chambers.

[He shakes his head.]

Not too far, by highway. We're going to Manhattan.

[imaginationswoes]

[It's weird when he says it like that but oh well.]

This is my first time to New York.

[Which means she had no sense of direction. Instead of asking about it she digs through her backpack and pulls out a map. The large piece of paper stays mostly folded in her lap as she tries to find out where she is.

One glance at a passing street and she finds them on the map and follows their path.]

Found us.

[She's proud of herself.]

[charitaslamia]

[He nods, smiling.]

Bravo. [And it's not even the least bit sarcastic.]

You're very trusting, you know. You're exceptionally lucky to have made it so far unharmed.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy looks up at her driver and shrugs.]

I'm usually pretty good at reading people. I don't trust everyone but I do trust you.

I sometimes get really bad feelings about some people and those feelings are never wrong.

[Or they haven't been yet but realy Airy is just lucky.]

...should I not trust you?

[charitaslamia]

Most people would typically frown on a creature that feeds upon them, but I'm not a monster.

[He shrugs also.]

Of course, a monster would say that.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy's expression grows more serious as she inspects Antonio.]

Do you kill people?

[She decides it best to be direct. If he needs something like blood donner then she doesn't really see what the problem is. People eat all sorts of things to survive. They just happen to be at the top of the food chain.]

Personally I've met more people monstrous than you.

[charitaslamia]

[Do you, she asked. He hadn't, for more than four hundred years, unless his life was threatened.]

No. At most I drink...a pint or two. It can leave you weak, but it wouldn't kill you, unless you were anemic. Of course, that as a smell. I wouldn't feed on an anemic.

[He nods.]

the cruelty of man is a sight to behold.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy shrugs, she doesn't see anything wrong with it then.]

Why do you ask?

[Maybe if he asked his food first? I mean... people give blood all the time. Though if he's trying to be discreet that's probably not a great idea. Really as long as he isn't hurting anyone good then it's okay.]

[charitaslamia]

People in this age are much more tolerant than they have been in ages past.

[There's a weight to his words that defies a short length of time, and his expression darkens, but to one of sadness rather than anger.]

People now are slightly less likely to kill what they don't understand.

[imaginationswoes]

I don't think that's it.

[She doesn't mean to sound insensitive and she quickly attempts to retract her words waving her arms around.]

What I mean to say is... people are still afraid of what they don't know. [Which is something that has Airy worried.] But because of movies and media people feel like they know vampires and things like that so they are less afraid of them.

Honestly, if I hadn't talked to you before you told me I might have had a different reaction. By the time you told me I already decided I didn't care because you were a nice person.

[Who bought her french fries which made him awesome in her book.]

[charitaslamia]

Yes, a fear of the dark is a part of every human. It keeps them safe in the sun, but they don't, as often, drag "monsters" out of their sanctuaries into the killing light of day.

[He shrugs.]

I suppose I have science to thank for that. Rational thought tells them things like me can't be real.

[And he smiles at that.]

Thank you.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy watches him and notes that, yes, sunlight will hurt him. He hadn't really said so before and she tries to keep the thought of sunshine away from her mind so she doesn't go creating the sun in the car while traveling down a highway.

Due to her efforts to not focus on it, she started focusing on something else and in her lap sat a little puppy that barked at Antonio with a gleeful chirp sounding more like a bird than a dog. The dog also had a pair of wings that formed out of white feathers.]

Ah sorry... [About the thing in her lap.] I can promise that I won't drag you into the sun at least.

[Airy doesn't even have the strength to drag him.]

[charitaslamia]

[He blinks at the creature in her lap before turning back to the road.]

I'll hold you to that.

Do you often think of winged dogs?

[imaginationswoes]

Nope.

[She tries to wave it away but it chirps again. She closes her eyes and eventually her lap is empty once more.]

A lot of my illusions... when I don't actively try and stop it, are more abstract.

[charitaslamia]

Ah, I see. [He nods his appreciation.] You have a vivid imagination. You should never stifle that.

[As they entered the city, it quickly because obvious why it was considered the city that never slept. It was just as alive as if it were the middle of the day. There was even an attendant in the parking garage as he pulled in.]

[imaginationswoes]

Well stifling is all I've been trying to do since... you know.

[She grows quiet after that and looks out the window. She grabs her backpack and pulls it into her lap.

Airy's eyes try and take in everything at once and succeeds in making herself dizzy. She does however look at the attendant curiously but then realizes that she's staring and that's rude.]

[charitaslamia]

[Antonio bids a greeting to the parking attendant as they leave the garage and leads the way to the door of the building, waving to night security, who greets him by name and doesn't seem to think it's odd Antonio's coming in at such an odd hour.

The guard does raise an eyebrow at Airy, but greets her as well, before Antonio heads to the elevator.]

I understand, but you shouldn't lose sight of it, either.

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy is almost sad to leave the warmth of the car but at least it means she might be able to sleep in a bed tonight. She slips on her backpack and makes sure to grab the BurgerKing bag so that his car doesn't smell like french fries come morning.

She gives the guard a wave and a smile as she walks behind Antonio as if it's the most normal thing ever.]

I guess but then I wouldn't be... [Her voice trails off again and it's clear she has no idea how to describe herself. She doesn't think she's dangerous but she also has a feeling she can hurt people if she tried or was scared.]

Well, I'd get into less trouble. [All Airy wants is to be normal and return to the life she knows and loved. She had been happy then.]

[charitaslamia]

And just how much trouble has it gotten you into, I wonder. [He left the elevator to it's calming music and waited for her to illustrate.]