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“Would it bother you if I were? You realize bringing me here isn’t much different than if you brought a tiger back with you, if you think about the food-chain.” She answers mischievously, not putting you at ease in the slightest. “After you passed out, the old wizard told everyone what I was, and they weren’t too happy when he did. Not that I blame them.”
“First of all, it should go without saying, but don’t attack anyone here.” You order her, before asking, “Second, you haven’t been thrown out, so what happened?”
“It wasn’t too hard to get into their good graces.” The vampire explained, “After trying the ‘don’t judge people before you get to know them’ tripe with a little success, I told them I’d leave to give them some time to think, but would come back with changes of clothes, hygiene items, and recreational stuff like decks of cards, and that I could to take orders for things to be on the lookout for. The rich girl in particular was glad to not let her cleanliness be the first casualty your group suffered. Playing courier for mundane items was easy enough, although most of the signs being in Japanese made it a little difficult to find some of them.”
“I see, you won them over with modern luxuries.” You sigh. Really, Truvi? You guess her privileged lifestyle would have made her open to that type of ingratiation. Or was it because she was a girl? You then ask Jen, “Did you encounter anyone while you were out?”
“Nope.” She answered simply, “The city’s pretty big, and I’m not looking to start a fight before I get a better idea of how to use my power.”
“This may make the issue more complicated, but you have a right to know.” You assert. If you were in her place, you’d have wanted someone to describe the details of your origin if they knew. You begin to explain, “There’s a reason your new appearance resembles mine: Avenger and I used a ritual to stop you from becoming a mindless ghoul using some of my blood as a vital ingredient. It seems I’m some kind of homunculus as opposed to a vampire, and based on what we’ve observed last night you don’t seem to be the standard fare when it comes to vampires or Dead Apostles. Knowing that, do you understand yourself or your abilities a little better?”
“Though your story checks out, I have no idea what that means.” She replies with some visible confusion, “I wonder, did the old guy guess correctly when he assumed you were like a brother to me? He seemed to have a keen eye.”
Now that you think about it, Avenger made that pool and you provided some of your blood, so would that make you and Avenger something like her parents? You’re not sure how you felt about that analogy.
