Merthage

[perryunicornboy]

Flopsy patted her on the shoulder and gave her a hug to reassure her. She smiled at the vampire. "Hello there if you excuse me and the lady she needs to get her portrait done now I'm sure Ethan can take care of you I'm too much of a clutz to handle the drinks anyway." she said with a giggle of course doing her best to get her friend out of the current situation.


S.V. chuckled. "Clearly you've never heard of my place mon ami. Flopsy and her brother Peter were ordinary rabbits I cast a spell on to make them semi human. They work much better as magical assistants that way." he explained. "And the girl well I like to make portraits of people I find interesting and frankly beautiful its some what of a hobby of mine." he explained rather boldly. Let the vampire say something about it what he did in his own time was his business anyway there was no law against it.

Ethan peered in wondering if S.V. was getting in a little over his head which wasn't like him. He can get very protective of people though and he could tell S.V. did not want to lose the human the moment she disappeared into the night as he had many times before. "Um what kind of blood you want in the drink?" he asked.  

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Ethan got the drink and put in on the counter for the other vampire before choosing to duck into the kitchen at this time. He knew where this was going.

S.V. looked just as serious now. "It would be awful stupid of me to eat a costumer now wouldn't it?" he said. "After all a costumer is a costumer I serve everyone and I make a promise that the humans will not be eaten whilst in my walls. Its a point of honor for me people who come through my walls should not have to fear for their lives this is a happy relaxed place and it wouldn't be like that if getting eaten was part of it. Also I do not have pictures of food, I have pictures of beauty." OK that was risky but vampires saying things like that rubbed him the wrong way seriously.

Peter chose this time before things got ugly to poke his head in. "S.V. you going to keep me waiting all night. The lady is ready can I start working now?" he protested in a very annoyed tone.  

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Ethan peered and laughed nervously. "Uh...S.V. you're not following your own rule of not fighting in the bar." he reminded the other hiding behind the bar a bit.

Peter's ears twitched even he was getting nervous as the vampire stare off. "Uuh I will just go get her posed and ready then." he said making a hasty retreat.

S.V. stared at him hard for a moment then smiled and laughed. "My apologizes mon ami. I misjudged you..forgive me for being on edge. You can imagine the more unsavory vampires that come through these walls. Being on the defensive has made me paranoid." he said laughing more he did not answer the last part. Since he didn't remember his past he honestly didn't even know what to say to that. "Well in that case..would you like to see my gallery. I chose to have portraits of beautiful creatures that sadly have shorter life spans frankly even shorter then usual in this city. I fear my memory of their glory may fade with age this way I will always remember." he looked at the other with a sly smirk. "If you like the very beautiful cherie so much I can have Peter make two pictures." he offered now understanding the other hadn't been staring at her for food purposes.

Flopsy settled her into a chair and started to fix her up for the picture. She shuddered a little her nose twitching. "Ick I hate the way they stare about people sometimes. They stare at me a lot with that intense gaze it reminds me of a snake." he said with fear in her voice. She obviously hated snakes.  

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S.V. smiled and nodded. "Peter my rabbit boy does the actually painting I'm sure he won't mind if you watch plus you can see the rest of my gallery." he said giving a toothy grin. "Its wonderful to find someone who sees the beauty in such fragile things." He was quite happy about this he had never been able to share the art with another vampire before.

Peter was in there room with Flopsy and Anasophia now but he was still listening to what was going on outside. He sat down at the aisle and started getting ready.

Flopsy looked at her and furrowed her brow a little. "The only sad vampire I ever see is S.V. but he doesn't like to talk about that. He is sad a lot though I didn't notice if that one was sad." he admitted. "I don't like looking them directly in the eye."  

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S.V. watched the other carefully. He hadn't let his guard down completely but the other vampire did seem harmless enough. He walked ahead of the other. "Follow me mon ami." he said walking into his gallery. He had never shown another vampire his gallery before. He wasn't sure why he was now. He looked to Anasophia and Flopsy. "Now girls I do not want you to worry this vampire is a friend alright?" he said to reassure them.

Flopsy's eyes widened in surprise seeing another vampire in the gallery but then she smiled she knew is S.V. trusted him so much he must be safe she trusted the magician vampire's judgement. "Hello I'm Flopsy!" he said happily.

Peter watched the new vampire closely. He was not as trusting at all this could come back at them, all of them. He stared at Anasophia as he sketched her. "Do not move please." he asked mostly so that she wouldn't stare at the vampire or start moving because of his presence.  

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S.V. looked at him and smiled a little. "Since I opened the bar actually." he said then he whispered the next part softly just to Blake. "I never seen any of them..more then once. Its a like shrine to me..of forgotten faces. Someone should be around to remember them and the beauty the once gave this world who better then an immortal creatures such as myself." he looked at Anasophia his eyes sad. "I..don't want her to be lost like the others..if only would stay. I've tried to hard to convince so many to stay."

Flopsy watched the two vampires talk. She saw the sadness in S.V.'s eyes again but she chose to not mention it.

Peter continued to sketch Anasophia trying to capture her perfectly as he always did. He would glance over to the two vampires as well eying Blake suspiciously as if any moment he would betray them.  

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S.V. nodded a little. "Yes..unless someone came in strong enough to kill me. I may be younger then most but my magic is strong and not many vampires have my skills. However many refuse to stay, afraid of being a burden and being unable to pay their way." he said. "So many of them gone." he said sadly. "She is certainly one of the sweetest ones I have met though her smile can truly light up a room."

Peter could hear the conversation going on despite the quiet talking. He bit his lip slightly. S.V. was laying himself bare in front of this other vampire, it was dangerous and foolish. This could destroy everything the other had work for and most importantly get them all killed.