Vampires of Seattle IC, And here there be fiends... Options

[Ol' Scratch]

While still yakking away on the phone, Dominic approaches his personal sound system and turns it up a bit, hoping it'll drown out... well, whatever it is they're doing upstairs... while he continues to attend to business.

When an opportune moment appears, he covers the mouth piece of the phone. "Harlot, would you be a dear and see what they're up to?

[Tanka]

Grey runs over and snatches the kid running away in a flash.

"'Ey! 'Ey! Lemme go! Jake, if this is you, I swear, I'm gunna keel ya!"

He suddenly notices the graying of the cloak and turns a ghastly pale. He lets out a piercing scream and begins squirming in Grey's grasp.

[Grey]

Grey's ruthenium turns a dark grey as he reaches out and grabs the kid by the hair, just before he turns to flee. He then yanks him into the house and turns back to the other kid that was talking.

"What's it to ya, punk?"

His hand goes to the hilt of his katana, ready to draw in an instant.

[Tanka]

"N-N-Nothin'..."

He looks around, then back at Grey.

"Waddya want from me?"

[Grey]

"Your soul... But that can come later. How did you find this place?"

[Tanka]

"I 'unno. My friend an' I were just kinda walkin' 'round and saw this cool place. We came closer and I heard somethin' like a scream, I guess. What was it?"

[Grey]

"Come on in and find out."

With that he grabs the kid and yanks him inside as well and slams the door shut behind them.

[Tanka]

The kid screams and is jerked forward into the building.

"Wha--What is this place? Some kind of ruin?"

[Grey]

Grey just smiles at the kid, then yells out to the rest of the house, "Hey everybody, we've got ourselves a guest! Why don't you all come and introduce yourselves."

[Cheese Emperor]

A ragged, yet oddly poised, figure appears behind the lad clutching her few belongings aside from the clothes on her back. Her brown hair seems to be permanently fixed in place, although it is hard to say whether this is intentional or not from the shape it has. Oddly exotic, like a princess of some far off land. "What has the cat drug in so soon?"

[GunnerJ]

Thinker loosens the grip on his cane. Why would two children be knocking on our door? He walks over to Grey, still invisible, careful not to get too close to the warrior in case he was jumpy. Guessing that anyone with a ninja garb and a katana might have some experience in the land of the rising sun, he says in Japanese, "Pardon me, friend, but what do you intend to do with them? I personally do not need to feed, however, I find their story of just casually strolling past our lair's security and stumbling upon our front door... suspect."

Without waiting for an answer, he draws his Alta, very conspicously cocks it, and places the barrel against one of the boys' head's and says, "Be very careful with what you say, young ones. There's many of us here and we're far smarter than you want to know. In summary, I smell bullshit. How did you really get here?"

[Lezzie Borden]

At Dominic's command, the younger nosferatu stretched and proceeded toward the front of the Bloodbath. On her way, she casually stops to tell Monty and Cauldron to get on the clock, in case they are needed. As she approaches the scene, a bemused smile crossed her lips as she notices several of the other inhabitants toying with two young boys. Before anyone else can notice her, she returns to tell Dominic of the current situation.

[Ol' Scratch]

Dominic lifts a brow in Harlot's direction, then holds up a single finger as if to tell her to wait a moment.

"Yes, that sounds good, Syrinx. Listen, something just came up that demands my attention. I'll call you later and we can finish going over your playlist then. Au revoir et à bientôt." He flips the mouthpiece of his phone to disconnect.

Upon hearing Harlot's words, the nosferatu gives an exasperated sigh then turns and paces towards his colleague and the door leading upstairs. "Two boys, eh? Honestly, I can't leave these blokes alone for more than a few minutes without them getting into trouble. I assume you apprised Monty of the situation?"

[Lezzie Borden]

"Yes Father, I informed the bodyguards of the situation. They should be waiting for you at the upper level door." Harlot quickly stepped aside to allow Dominic to go first. The action, though subtle was done more out of respect and love then submission.

[Ol' Scratch]

On his way out the door, Dominic simply flashed a genuine smile to Harlot. Without any other words needed, that simple smile was more than enough to convey his pleasure with her. Nothing more was said as he approached the others.

When they finally did make it to the upper level, both his Rastafarian and ork bodyguards filed into a strategic position so as best to protect both of the nosferatu. Dominic gave them a nod of acknowledgement before turning to assense the situation quietly from approximately ten paces behind the others. If he was annoyed at being disturbed, there was absolutely no trace of it apparent in his expression.

[gobogen]

Frank is very surprised to see two boys coming into their hideout and some long-lost memories come painfully to his mind. He's determined to make sure that no one feeds off them and that no one infests them with the virus. He would not tolerate that, not after what he has endured and suffered. These persons could be infested later, perhaps in several years, when the time is right.

Frank goes down the stairs in a hurry as soon as he realizes that they might be in danger. Running toward Thinker and the boys, he says in a loud, relatively high-pitched voice: "Put down your gun, Thinker! Just what the hell do you all think you're doing? There's no need to threaten them and to scare them so much! Let them explain themselves first."

In a soft and comprehensive voice, but with a serious attitude, to the one boy that didn't run away (OCC: supposing that Thinker's gun is not in the direction of anyone's head nom more) : "Hello, I'm Frank. You don't have to be scared from us. This is our place and the fact that you're in here is.. hum.. quite surprising to all of us, and that might be why some of us have over-reacted. I'm sorry about that, and you can be sure that I'm on your side if anything is to happen to you. I will still ask you a few questions so that everyone here is convinced that you mean us no harm. What are your names, how did you come here, and why?"

[GunnerJ]

"What I think I'm doing is taking precautions. If you think that ordinary kids could just stroll past the defenses we saw on the way in, well..."

He returned the gun to his pocket without making any indication of doing so. The threat had been made. He could understand why Frank wouldn't want the children harmed, though: Thinker's own infection was frightening enough, but to happen to someone at such a young age...

[gobogen]

"Maybe they're not ordinary kids, but they're still only kids, and they probably don't know what they're doing. Now, I hope you put your gun away, they're scared enough as it is."

Frank seems to be unsure as of where exactly is Thinker, looking in the direction where he is most probably located.

[Cheese Emperor]

Laden with all her belongings, Esmeralda is beginning to strain under the weight. A wave of pain washes over her face, engulfing its once serene gaze in a roar of agony as one of the items slips pinching a nerve on her shoulder.
"I believe that you gentle folk may carry on here without me to the best of your abilities. I will show myself to my segment of the cave and see you all shortly I trust. Do make sure that you aren't too wasteful with the lads, they could be a great resource if we sew and harvest them properly."

[Lezzie Borden]

Harlot looked at Esmeralda, her eyes narrowing in disgust. "Some 'vampire,'" Harlot thought to herself as she turned her head towards the two appetizers. She licked her lips as her eyes danced with the excitement of the potential meal before her. "I always did like veal."

[Grey]

Grinning wickedly down at the frightened boys, Grey says, "So what are we gunna do with em? We can't just let em go."

[GunnerJ]

"Well, that's what I was asking you, I had assumed that since you brought them in, you had an idea..." But then, I also assumed you knew Japanese.

Thinker drops his invisibility, walks in front of the boys, and addresses the assmebled: "I am personally interested in recieving an answer to my question from these two young men, perhaps we should think about ways to facillitate their cooperation. And, it might be good from someone to check the status of our defenses. However, I think that since they did invade Dominic's lair, the final decision should by up to him. Just a suggestion: since at least one of us seems to dislike the idea of harming them, perhaps it would be better to simply make them our pawns. I'm sure we could always use a couple of dedicated errand boys to fetch things for our various pursuits while the cursed daystar lingers in the sky."

He nods and steps off to the side to allow some discussion of his ideas.

[Tanka]

The second child, the one without a datajack, blinks in surprise.

"You mean... You're... You're... Vampires?! That is so cool!"

The first child begins thrashing violently.

"What do you mean, cool? They're gonna eat us!"

[Grey]

Grey smiles at the screaming child, "Yes, yes I am. Lets just dine on this one and the little mage boy can answer our questions."

[gobogen]

"Please let them live. At least for a while. Sure it would be fun to feed off them, but Thinker is right: they could be useful. Just give them a week with us, and we could discuss sparing their lives or not after we'vecome to know them a little bit. Have you all become inhuman to the point that you don't think twice before killing an innocent kid?"