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You know, thneeds really are the most useful things! They can be as dense or loosely woven as you like, and if you're careful about it, apparently proof against dog bites. That was, um, less... exciting, really, but with so many officers being bitten, they couldn't exactly get me an escort to work. I'm all right! It just frightened me a bit. Something scared it off. I'm just glad it wasn't a werewolf.

How is everyone doing? Once-ler? Sirius? Anyone? Does anyone need a place to be contained for the evening? The police station has a few cells left... Night's coming on fast now.

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[His mouth stretched in a lazy, feral grin. He nipped at her neck, not playfully, then hissed:] Yess. Mine.

[Koizumi's immediate instinct was to act on that knowledge, that they both knew she was his - to take her right then and there, and laugh at the consequences. But... something stopped him. The sight of her made him burn with a primal desire, and even though he knew that right now she would long for nothing more... something inside him held back. A quiet voice, still sleeping, but so deeply a part of him that it spoke anyway, even if he didn't recognize what he was hearing. All he knew was that suddenly it was more desirable to draw things out, keep a little distance. He couldn't have said why, there was no logical connection - yet he knew that if he acted on impulse it would end poorly, for both of them.

Koizumi was nothing if not self-controlled.

He took a deep, steadying breath, startled that it was necessary, that he felt such disquiet. A moment later, however, it vanished - though whether gone or buried it was impossible to tell. He tilted his own head casually to the side and let the remaining blood bubble up in his mouth, coating his lips once more - simultaneously a question and an offer.] Are you still hungry, my dear?

Or, if you'd prefer, I can teach you to go out and hunt.

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[librariansheart]

[Sheska shuddered at his bite, her eyes darkening, and she swayed forward against him, but he didn't stay long enough. His breath swelled beside her and she had to half-swallow a quiet moan. It wasn't enough. She wanted more. More of this, more of him. Her fingers twitched against his chest, and she shifted to delicately slide her tongue across his lip, accepting that offer with unwavering obedience. It was only a little blood, quickly gone. Withdrawing only an inch or so, she looked up at him and exhaled shakily.

This close, she could see that he was hungry himself. There was something about his eyes, the taste of the blood on her tongue. He needed to feed as much as she did. And though she would rather stay here, there was nothing she cared about more, right now, than him. His welfare came so far above her own that she didn't have to think twice. She sank back onto her heels with a slight smile.]

I shouldn't rely on your generosity every time I get hungry. Will you really teach me?

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[He gave her a quick, predatory grin, then stares out over the city, his shadows fluttering in the wind.] But of course, precious. Every vampire needs to know how to hunt. Your previous inclinations as a human mean you're not very good at that, but do not worry - we'll soon fix that.

[He glances back at her, smiling slightly more gentle, a knowing look in his eyes - as if anticipating some feeling or reaction of hers.] Those were good traits in a human, Sheska. That brings you no shame.

[Then his turns back toward the city, and his eyes narrow.] To the hunt!

[With several swift steps he comes to the ledge of the roof and unconcernedly leaps off, almost instantly blending and vanishing with the night.]

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[librariansheart]

[She's had just enough to eat that a blush can faintly tinge her cheek at his frank assessment of her skills, and she glances aside, embarrassed. But of course, he knows her inside and out, and cuts off her apology before she can even form it in her head, let alone in the air. Still, she can make a private vow to abolish those oh so human mindsets and assume one more suited to make her sire proud. She moves to stand beside him, and while she cannot fly, she can follow him easily. The clumsiness that so characterized her in life is wiped clean in death, leaving a grace and balance that nicely complimented her increased strength and stamina.

She would follow him to the gates of dawn, should he ask it of her.]

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[Koizumi lands gracefully on the street below, lightly standing and slipping quietly into the darkness once more. She can only see where he's going by the subtle shifting of shadows, that patch if air shimmering a bit darker than it should - and she could only notice because she knew what to look for.

He slows gradually to a stop when he sees a young woman - though still a ways away - coming toward him on the street ahead. He drops back beside Sheska, speaking quietly.] There, my dear, do you see it? That is your prey.

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[Keeping up a brisk pace that kept her trailing the faintly shifting shadows, Sheska smiles with an almost involuntary surge of pleasure when he falls back to speak with her, and slows to a stop as well. Blinking in surprise, she glances at him and then back to the woman.]

Her? Ah... of course. How...?

[Not that she expected to be able to seduce her way into a meal - not with her looks - but she's rather at a loss.]