Perculiar Interest {Open}

[Alice Tudor]

It was a Sunday morning. It was rather early in the morning, as the sun had yet to actually rise in the sky. It was almost dawn, however, and it could be seen by the somewhat dark purples and oranges in the horizon. Within the hallways of the school, which were barely lite by the slowly rising sun in the distance, stood a young girl. She hardly ever went to her dorm room, as she had no need to sleep. She had her hand on the window, her gaze upon the horizon. She was wearing a dark red lolita dress that had short sleeves and puffed up at her shoulders. In the middle of the dress was black lace which laced up from her waist to under her breast, forming a bow. It was almost like a corset. Upon her right arm was a piece of fabric that laced up the top of her arm, just like the ribbon on the dress, tying into a bow near her elbow. The dress had numerous layers near the bottom, looking more like see-through frill rather than actual fabric.

Upon her feet were boots that went up to her knees and laced up to her knee as well. The boots were black, and had red laces. Instead of her normal straight hair, she had put a slight curl and wave to it, giving off the cute look that a child would. She liked this style, and she enjoyed dressing up and looking like a child. It helped in seducing her prey. Today.. She had just that in mind. Though she didn't care if she seduced anyone with this outfit or not.

She had been fighting with herself almost the whole night on whether she would try to feed. Whether she should stick to the rules of this silly human school. Through the night, all she had was memories of her family and how they were murdered, which only fueled her hate and disinterest in the humans here at this school. If one were to disappear or end up in the hospital, who would care? Certainly she would not. It was not like she had a conscious that would make her feel guilty for these creatures... would she?

She let out a soft sigh, closing her eyes. She let herself stay in silence for a moment before opening her eyes and a soft voice coming from her lips. She was singing, and her voice was ever so quiet as she gaze upon the horizon and the clouds in the somewhat glowing sky. "Sotto na kareru shiro ni kawaitaku na kato de. Hairo no watashi wa...Tada jitte kieteiku no"

She had understood a lot more about the Japanese language since she had moved to the school. She much enjoyed their music and the meaning behind their words, so usually when she sang, she prefer to use the Japanese language instead of her Romanian or English. This song in particular... she held very dear to her heart... The lyric she sang was "Quietly flowing white dried clouds pass by. The ash-coloured me just watched them vanishing intently.

[Sasque]

Buttoning up her shirt still damp from her own saliva, a girl walked down the corridors, not sure what to do so early in the morning. Sometimes she really hated that early-rising mind of hers... Sometimes? Actually, she hated it every single moment of every single day... That and the days when she turns into a dog two seconds after waking up, as if any of the 'switch thoughts', as Tea called them, came up to her so early! And because of habit, she just wasn't able to keep on sleeping...

So here she was, walking around corridors. She tried sniffing around while in dog-form, but the scent of cleaning products was just too strong and it made her sneeze every now and then. And it wasn't very practical while holding her clothes in the mouth.

Finally, about five minutes of the torture, Teodora turned back to human with that gray fur around her neck. Unfortunately, she had to dress in the middle of hallway. Tea just hoped that there weren't any camera's around in this school. If there were cameras... Well, they surely have a lot of her naked videos, then.

Now, dressed up in pair of black sweatpants damp on knees and a button-down shirt in soft pink and turquoise tones, Teodora turned right at the corner, still following some random routes she made up in the moment. As the leftover of her dog sense of smell caught a whiff of another being nearby, yet the sense disappeared before Tea was able to identify it. Warily, she started scanning the area up while walking until she saw... a little girl? Or is that someone in Lolita clothing? Unsure whether to interrupt girl's thoughts or not, Teodora just stood where she was, staring...

[Alice Tudor]

Alice had stopped her singing slowly, her nose wrinkling a bit. She turned her head ever so slightly, looking in the direction of Teodora. What on earth was that smell... wet clothing... was that... was that the scent of a dog? Of all things in this school, she came across a dog? How one earth was she going to bite someone now...

Alice let out a soft sigh, turning a bit to face Teodora, her hands at her sides. Her facial expression was blank, really having no smile or look in her eyes. When she first came to this school she would always put up an act. Try to, at least, forcing a smile and acting like a doll. This early, however, and with the sun rising, she decided to not play her little doll act. "Hello."

Her voice was soft, and cool. Almost childlike. That was, in fact, what she appeared to look like. Though she would have loved to age like a normal human, the bodies of vampires don't age like those of humans.

[Sasque]

Well, after all, the girl has noticed her. And by the wrinkling of her nose, Teodora guessed that this lavender-haired girl is a gifted student, too... Either that or Tea's body had... unpleasant scent.

Feeling a bit braver since the girl has noticed her, Teodora opened her mouth to speak, but closed it, unsure what to say. Meeting new people was always a problem for her. This stranger... There was something about this girl that was a bit scary.

"Um... Hello," finally Teodora replied, moving her hand up to the fur around her neck. A movement that simply showed how uncertain the girl was. She walked closer to the stranger, yet still held herself far enough, around eight feet away. Coming closer... Tea didn't know from which country the other girl was, so she couldn't say how she would react for coming even closer.

"I didn't expect anyone to be awake this early," Teodora said, looking away from "lolender". Yeah, that would be a good name for this stranger - Lolender. Combination of Lolita and Lavender. And back to being early... Why on earth was Lolender up even before the sun has risen?

[Alice Tudor]

Alice had closed her eyes halfway when she noticed the girl standing opposite of her raise her hand to her neck, where there was a fluff of fur. That was rather interesting... that was the first time she had saw a shape shifter that had a trace of its animal or... animals still left when in human form. With that patch of fur around her neck it would be rather hard to drink from the neck, but that wouldn't stop her from trying other places... there was always the wrist.

"I hardly expected anyone else to be up this early either. I tend not to sleep at night. I have trouble sleeping, is all."

Her gaze had been watching Teodora rather closely, taking a couple steps towards the girl even though she knew that Teodora did not feel comfortable around her. A small grin came to her lips, placing her hands behind her back. "Tell me, do you believe in those stories of... werewolves and demons? Those old nightmares people used to have... you must if you come to this school, right..?"

[Sasque]

Damn, this girl was coming too close! Step backwards, look away from her and make her be on your side... Tea knew those tricks about being more comfortable around people who tend to disrespect her personal zone.

"Had you asked me that two years ago, I would answer 'no'. Now, I don't even know what to believe," Teodora said slowly, stepping backwards. She simply wasn't ready to let the stranger out of her sight.

"Why?" the shape-shifter asked, narrowing her eyes on Lolender. Well, in a school like this... This girl before her could be the greatest monster to ever walk the earth! Even though she seemed strong and composed on the outside, Teodora expected to start trembling any moment now. There was something... wrong about this girl.

'Do not show fear. Predators react on weaknesses,' Teodora thought, hoping that this person won't be able to smell her fear the way she smelled the moment Tea approached.

[Alice Tudor]

"Good answer. You're lucky. As much as I wanted to I think I'll skip my meal tonight. Perhaps another time. Besides, really what could that student council do to me anyway? Put me in detention or expel me... big deal. Not like I really wanted to come here anyway."

Alice closed her eyes halfway, starting to fight herself and her emotions once more but this time aloud instead of in her head. She tried to shake her head of the thoughts, trying not to let this new bystander in on her thoughts. That tended to happen a lot lately. Her thoughts seemed to have found words around strangers and her identity, even though well known in myths and legends, was slowly starting to be leaked. She did give hints to Faye and others, but they did not really piece it together yet.

Seeing that Teodora wanted her space, Alice closed her eyes and respected that silent wish, walking back over to the window where she had stood before. She had slowly opened her eyes, watching as the horizon began to become more of an orange glow with the sun rising. "I apologize... I should have given you your space... This school... it annoys me. I hate to say it, but all there ever seems to be around here is goody two shoes do-gooders. Romance and love... friendships and the like... it makes my stomach turn. I want to change that. "

The only question was how.. how on earth would she ever change something like that by herself? Sure she could go around the school saying that all the humans needed to be killed and teach the students of this school a real lesson but she needed something better than that. Something to actually teach these stupid humans a lesson about those who are better than them. Teach them about how ignorant and violent their own race is. Show them that their race is not only about love, romance and friendship. Yes, that sounded good... but how?!

[Sasque]

"Yeah... They're overdoing it. It seems as if they were protected their whole life," Teodora frowned, looking into the sky through window. Lovely... she managed to wake up even before the sun was up. This is the first window she looked through since in human form. As a dog, she saw everything in shades of gray.

Teodora glanced back at the other girl, trying to determine who she was. She tends not to sleep at night... She's skipping her meal 'tonight'... Gee, that should be telling her something, but Tea couldn't really put it.

"And what the hell do you feed on if stupid council would expel you for it?" Teodora asked with a chuckle.

[Alice Tudor]

Alice let out a light laugh, it dripping a bit with hatred. She looked to the girl standing not too far from her now, looking out the window as well. "That's unimportant at the moment. My name is Alice. Alice Tudor from Romania. I apologize for frightening you this morning."

Of course it was an intention, and to feed. However, whenever she had plans at this school they always seemed to be changed or ruined by some student. One boy in particular that she was annoyed with at the moment was Kyerin. She could kill him instantly and yet he gave off that stupid message in the dance and made it seem like she was not even there. Well. Maybe she would have to make her presence known. She looked back to Teodora, watching her rather closely now. "Being protected your whole life makes you weak. Besides, I'm sure the students of this school would like to have a change once in a while... "

[Sasque]

"I'm Teodora Lonchar. Born in Serbia. Novi Sad, Vojvodina, to be exact. If you're from Transylvania, our homes are even closer," Teodora said, glancing at the girl next to her. Well, that's true. Romania is on the northeast of Serbia. They share Banat region. Damn! Why is she even able to remember such stupid things that she was learning when she was seventh grade?

"And don't worry about scaring me. You still haven't outdone the janitor," Tea added, trying to make herself don't think about things she learned in that school. The girl has already noticed that when she gets furious about things that happened in "ancient" history of hers, she usually change shape. Not always, though. Especially not when she does it on purpose.

Instead she concentrated on the janitor. She met that man while she was trapped in dog form... The man tried to chase her away from the school, thinking she's some stray dog who managed to get in. His chase lasted for about whole hour when she finally turned back into her human form.

[Alice Tudor]

Alice had nodded, smiling a bit. Through her years she had most certainly known the barriers and countries around her own country. Her geography, though she knew it all, she sometimes jumbled it up. She just disliked it for some reason. If it wasn't a place she was in, she did not really care. The smile on her lips though was... soft. Oh how she missed Transylvania. Her legend was well known there, so of course she couldn't stay without being hunted every other day. She looked to Teodora. "Yes, I am from Transylvania. I never thought I'd meet someone here so close to my home town."

The vampire could not help but laugh at the mention of the janitor, turning slightly from the window as the sun continued to rise. She could walk in the sun and not be effected by it, but she still somewhat disliked walking around in bright light when she was so used to darkness. "Well, if I'm not as scary as a janitor I'm being outdone... But never mind that. Have you heard of any stories in Serbia? Of any vampires or werewolves? I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't. I'm one of those stories ... at least... one of the stories told in my country."

[Sasque]

"Uh, no. I haven't. Until half a year ago, I didn't even believe in supernatural beings. Although, I did do a research on intehnet when I tlied scientifically to explain how would vampiy's body function if they wele 'leal'. Did you know that Hollywood's vampaya mostly bases on Slavic vampyl? Although, after the myth was caricatured by the church," Teodora sped up with her speech, finding the theme as fascinating as she did when she did that research on vampires. On the end she had to catch some breath, otherwise she'll get too excited about the topic... Which often resulted with barking and wagging tail.

"The word 'vampyr' is combination of 'va' which used to mean 'no' and 'pyr' which means 'fire'. This comes from belief that vampils wehe cyeated when evil spilit possessed a body that was not cyemated. In oldel to keep the body flom decaying, spirit had to feed on blood," Teodora finally ended the story, wondering if the girl next to her was able to follow her fast speech.

"I guess that wasn't something you wanted to hear..." Teodora whispered, moving few steps away. The girl had told her that she belongs to some of the Slavic monsters... And what did she do? She talked about vampire myth... 'Somebody, shoot me please,' Tea thought closing her eyes.

[Alice Tudor]

Alice blinked as Teodora's speech became faster and her letters were switched around. It made it somewhat hard for her to follow, but it only made her giggle slightly when Teodora finished. She closed her eyes, placing her hands behind her back. "It's fine, I actually like that myth. I had never heard it before. It was kind of hard to follow but... I think its kind of cute how some of the letters in your speech sound different when you talk fast."

Turning slightly to face Teodora, the girl kept her hands behind her back. She was curious now. This Teodora, though at first glance she looked just like a mutt who she didn't want to drink from... she may just be someone to keep her company. Damn the thought. Ever since she came to this school she had also been looking for "company". Perhaps the years of being alone were finally getting to her? Either way, conversation with this girl might be just what she needed to get her out of her emotional turmoil. "So do you believe in vampires?"

[Sasque]

Teodora opened her eyes and looked into Alice's face. With a shrug and sigh, she replied: "I guess I should. But I still have problems believing all this is more than a dream."

With a chuckle, Teodora grinned. Alice... This girl seemed like someone she could trust a bit. She felt quite comfortable speaking to her... even at ease. And she still hasn't noticed any direct treat coming from the lavender-haired girl.

"You know, last year I was in gymnasium that specialized for mathematics. Mythology and unexplainable welen't things that we paid much attention to. That's the yeason I would be mohe confused if my sistel's powehs had matuled. Hel animal fohm would be rodent," Tea said, stretching a bit. Yeah, and since it seemed that mice were the ones that liked her the most. In her whole household, it seemed that only her father wasn't attracting the animals.

"Anything interesting about you that you won't mind sharing?" Tea asked, just to hear Lolender answer questions, too. Well, not just because Alice didn't seem to say much, but because she wanted to learn more about the girl, too.

[Alice Tudor]

Alice looked down to the ground, the small smile still on her lips. "I'm sorry to wake you from your dream... but... I'm a vampire. " She said it clearly and like it was no big deal. Lifting her gaze from the ground she brought her eyes to meet Teodora's gaze. She opened her mouth, baring her fangs and tilting her head to the side a bit. She waited before she closed her mouth some to speak clearly. "I'm really over two hundred years old, being born in the 1800's. I may appear 13 but... I'm really not. I was never born a human, I was born a pureblood vampire. I wasn't changed like those in the movies."

Was she giving too much away? No... probably not. Even though she wanted to try and keep it a secret, no longer. She would let people know, if they inquired, that she was a vampire. She would put her plan into motion about disrupting the piece of this school as soon as she had a plan. Something better than the Student Freedom Force who did nothing but foolish acts. She needed to see their organization fall, whatever organization they thought they had. Yes... that sounded about right... but she needed to think it over. How would she do it... ?