2. LAMBING.

[hismasterpiece]

Tonight, just after sundown, there is a ruckus on one of the farms northeast of the village. When the bleating dies down, several dead lambs might be found in one of the enclosures. The ewes paw and nose at the bodies, dumb terror still fresh in their eyes.

Forest animals just have not been cutting it for Drusilla. But the vampire has been too wary to approach the village and feed there -- not without her Family, those who strengthen her. She stalks the journals during the day when she's not sleeping. Two slayers? A vampire hunter? All sorts of overpowered freaks and heroes and demons? She might be mad, but Dru is not stupid enough to attempt any kills in the village. Yet.

As she tears through the last lamb, the vampire laments to herself how much more fun this would be with Spike. And then she convinces herself in a long, drawn-out argument with a curiously red evening star -- which she quickly names Ethelind -- to spy on the sleeping village. Find out where the sweetest victims lay their heads. Her tattered white new-feather sundress, covered only by a black lace shawl, is stained red with lambs' blood. The dress of her porcelain doll, which she is carrying with her, is also stained. Perhaps she can stop at the shop for a new frock, and one for dolly, too.

When she glides through the village, Drusilla will dare to peek into some windows. She cannot enter any homes without an invitation.

[Dru will not be lingering around anyone she has identified as a threat. She is a powerful vampire but far more bold when working with lackeys or her "family" -- Angel, Spike, Darla. IF YOU WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO DIE OR BE INJURED AT THIS TIME JUST TELL ME IN A SUBJECT LINE, otherwise she won't be killing or hurting anyone in this post.]

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[hismasterpiece]

[EVENTUALLY...eventually Dru is going to give up. She is easily bored and distracted and this girl is NOT going to cooperate.

But the next morning, Sabriel will find a message scrawled in more blood just beneath her window. It reads, simply: P I T Y. ]

[thebellthatbinds]

[Sorry Dru but Sabriel is quite fond of Life and doesn't much care for what you have to offer.

The next morning she can be found grumbling under her breath as she takes to the messages with a bucket of soapy water and a wash rag. Ugh, she could almost smell the familiar metallic stink of Free magic off of the blood...and she's all the more thankful that she didn't open the window last night.]

[fleurdesel]

...Sabriel? [Adele unlocks the window and lifts it, blinking at her from inside.]

What are you washing?

[thebellthatbinds]

Mm? Ah, Good morning Adele. [Not gonna lie, with Dru creeping around all night she had a rough sleep, her Death sense shaking her awake every hour or so until the sun finally creeped out from the treeline.

With a sigh she rubs her eyes as she squeezes out the cloth into the bucket, the water tinged slightly pink from the blood.]

It had been a message to me.

[fleurdesel]

...from who.

[A statement and a question. A message scrawled on the outside of their home could be many things, but with the water as it was? It left very few possibilities.]

[thebellthatbinds]

I never got her name but I will show you who she is in the journals. As for what she is... [With the message properly cleaned she looks up at Adele, serious and so tired. She had hoped her fight with the Dead had been left behind with the world but obviously that was not the case.]

She is not human and she is not alive. I don't know what sort of creature she is but she is powerful and dangerous.

[fleurdesel]

...No more wandering around after dark. [She motions for Sabriel to come back around and inside the house.]

If it is what I think it is, there are those in the village better equipped for dealing with her. You need not worry so long as you are somewhere safe before sunset.

[thebellthatbinds]

You don't have to tell me twice. [Dumping the dirty water out at the end of the lawn she gives it a quick rinse out before slipping back inside.]

She sounds like the Dead I'm familiar with but she has powers more like the Free magic monsters I know...you know what she is?