Open: A girl's got her needs

[bloodthirsts]

Date & Time: 7th Sept, nighttime.
Location: General housing building and Unit 1006.
Characters: Seras Victoria + open
Summary: Seras is a vampire, vampires sleep in coffins. Seras tries to sneak a coffin in through the housing to her room; awkward questions and hilarity ensues. Your character is welcome to a) catch her in the halls or b) for roommates when she actually does manage to make it to 1006 :)
Warnings: None for now, will be edited if they come up.

[She's made it a week sleeping in a bed, or as later nights would attest, under it on the hard floor. It's been thirty years since Seras last slept in a bed, her Master had been quite insistent she use a coffin from the moment she first awoke as a vampire. In Siren's Port she'd had one, graciously given to her by Doctor Van Helsing, a rather beautiful and expensive creation - the man had been generous and kind to her indeed.

The one she's managed to procure now is not quite so nice, so expensive, but it is a coffin, comfortably lined and good enough to keep out all possible daylight when she sleeps. She probably could continue sleeping in a bed but it's just... not right anymore. She's used to coffins now, she likes them even.

So here she is, ready to try and get the thing up to her room with preferably no encounters with the other residents if she can manage it. She's waited until nightime and she's tried wrapping it up in a sheet but of course, when has she ever been that lucky?]

Comments

Option A: Open to everyone

[bloodthirsts]

[Perhaps your character is returning from a late errand or work, perhaps they're heading out, maybe they're nocturnal themselves.

Either way, be treated to the sight of a small blonde woman in the red uniform carrying what is obviously a coffin (even if it's wrapped in a sheet) through the entrance and up the stairs.]

:D

[anotheryosuke]

[It may obviously be a coffin in good lighting and from a respectable distance, but Naoya's sleep schedule has been fucked up since before he got here and he's pretty sure time travel has to give you jetlag.

At least, that's the excuse he'd pull for skulking around in the stairs at obscene o'clock -- he was actually on his way to the roof to get some air and hopefully not get rained on for once.

Considering the state of his weapon, though, watching the small woman with the giant package evokes more than a few sympathy pangs.]

Oh, hey, d'you need any help with that? Wouldn't want it falling back down the stairs.

[bloodthirsts]

Oh! Um...

[Seras jerks as if she's been caught doing something bad.]

I'm alright! Thank you though, it's very kind of you to offer.

[anotheryosuke]

[That makes him dart forward and reach out to help steady things because the startling looks like it might have unbalanced her cargo. He hasn't sent someone falling down stairs yet and would like not to start just by trying to be helpful.

(Story of his life, huh?)]

Hey, it's no trouble. Just be careful! [He pats at the -- box? Does so curiously, being too close up now to see the whole shape of it.] ... Bookcase? Dunno if it's gonna fit through the doors...

[bloodthirsts]

Oh! Thank you.

[Though she'd be in no danger at all of dropping it, she barely feels the weight. She is generally grateful that he wants to help her but awkward questions... possible revulsion at the truth.]

Bookcase! Yes. I think I'll manage. I got it this far, shouldn't be any trouble.

[anotheryosuke]

... Yeah, you did, huh? Do you have superstrength or something?

[Along with see-in-the-dark powers, possibly, considering how dim it is in the staircase. Seriously, though, they're on the 9th floor...]

[bloodthirsts]

I do. Very handy I can tell you.

[That's not a lie after all.]

Especially when moving furniture.

[liprings]

[ Okay, so maybe he's getting a late start. But dammit, he'd finally unlocked that final level on Arcane Terrors: XVIII, and like hell was he leaving the couch until he'd explored it. So it's nighttime by the time he starts out, and naturally, his timing is wonderful enough to catch sight of the very strange spectacle making its way down the hall toward him.

It doesn't take him long to recognize a coffin, even under the sheet, and it's even less time to pick out Seras as the bearer. He slows about ten feet off, hands pocketed and making a face. ]

What the fuck? Oh, Christ, not you too, that is so fucking creepy.

[bloodthirsts]

[Oh good, it's Jan, just the person she'd want to see her trying to sneak a coffin into the building at night.]

It's not! It's proper!

[Yes, go that route, Seras.]

Vampires sleep in coffins.

[liprings]

Yeah? You know what this vampire sleeps in? A goddamn bed.

[ You know, when it's not a ditch. Or a tree in the jungle. Or under a table. He wanders a few steps nearer, half expecting her to jump for his throat when he does. ]

Turns out the real thing or whatever is pretty fucked up. Me and Luke got off easy, looks like!

[bloodthirsts]

Well that's your prerogative, isn't it!

[She says it defensively, huffing but not lashing out at him -- yet. Seras sets the end of the coffin down on the ground with a thud, luckily it's sturdily made.]

For your information it's actually quite comfortable.

[liprings]

[ He almost jumps at that thud. Almost. But it's not at attack, just a plain old thud, and so he grins. ]

Yeah? How's it for fucking? Doesn't seem like enough room.

[bloodthirsts]

[Her expression is a wonderful mix of disgust and horror. Well done.]

... you are so disgusting. Who even asks that!

[onhold]

( Karina's been having trouble sleeping, and thus has taken to wandering the hallways of the housing building until she tires herself out, or gets bored. It's usually the latter.

She's walking down the stairs from the ninth floor when she comes across the girl lugging the... she's not actually sure what that is. But she's curious enough to find out.

Karina cocks her head to one side and asks: )

Um, what are you doing?

[bloodthirsts]

[This isn't her night, clearly.

Okay Seras, just don't do anything daft.]

Furniture! I'm moving furniture. Hello.

[onhold]

( That's definitely not enough to sate her curiosity on this boring night, and she takes a step towards the other girl and her furniture. )

Strange time of night to be moving in. What is it?

[bloodthirsts]

I'm nocturnal by nature and it's much less crowded now than during the day.

Sorry for the delay, I've been unwell. :(

[onhold]

( Well, that makes a bit of sense and Karina finds herself nodding. )

Yeah, that's definitely true. But I think most people would get out of your way when you're carrying something like that around with you.

( Ah, the curiosity remains! She takes another step closer. )

No worries, I' had to hiatus with no net! ^^;

[bloodthirsts]

I don't like to inconvenience anyone.

[Um, try to think fast Seras.

She hoists it higher in her arms.

Time to try and distract from the subject at hand!]

You're up quite late yourself.

Option B: Roommates

[bloodthirsts]

[Woken up needing a glass of water, can't sleep? Maybe you heard something.

Oh there's your new roommate, bringing in some new furniture. Odd sort of time to be doing so - is that a coffin?]

[taijiya]

[Sango is a light sleeper. The sound of a coffin being dragged through the door to the apartment is enough to have her on her feet and throwing open the door to her room, demon cat in tow--]

--Seras? What...?

[bloodthirsts]

Miss Sango! This is--

[Not what it looks like? Oh dear.]

... exactly what it looks like.

[taijiya]

I...

[She's too surprised to have remembered her own formalities, really.]

I'm not sure what it looks like.

[bloodthirsts]

Um... me bringing a coffin into the unit. Is what it is.

[taijiya]

But... why...?