Welcome to Gaia! ::

Scarlet's helicopter touched down on the resort's landing pad at midnight precisely. Scarlet led the way out of the chopper and down the luxury boardwalks towards her luxury resort house.

"Welcome to paradise," she called to her guest.

Scarlet slipped her hand in the girl's and pulled her into the beach house. She was so excited--this was the first real vacations she had taken in a decade!

"Want to go for a moonlit dip?" she asked. "We can jump right off the back porch into 80-degree water. I have a slew of bikinis if you don't want to skinny-dip. Ooh--you could put on a fashion show for me! Come on, darling. It'll be some good old fashioned girl-time!"

Scarlet opened one of the large closets and pulled out a pink, frilly bikini that looked more like lingerie than swimwear except that it was made out of spandex. Decorative rhinestones studded the left hip and just above the right cup. She added a large pink sunhat and found a pair of strapy pink 4-inch wedge sandals.

"Start with this," she suggested. "I know you can't swim in these shoes, but they really complete the outfit."

"Nothing like jumping in the deep end to learn," Scarlet teased. "But it's not that deep, and I won't let you drown. We're only just starting our vacation--it would be quite a drag if you died this early on!"

She passed the pink set to Tamara. Then she grabbed a black bikini with tattoo patterns on it for herself, with her own black and white striped sun hat and pool-side heals. She even found a red and black sarong.

"Besides, if you don't have the courage to take the plunge today--and quite honestly, my dear, you look like a scared little mouse at the thought of it--we can walk down to the hot tub. We'll leave a trail of bloody noses behind us!" she cackled, as she stripped her own traveling clothes without any modesty. "Come now, get dressed!"

"That's not something usually said of a vampiress," Scarlet said with a touch of irony. "And you should know that people are not always what they seem. But I can promise you that I will not punish you unless you deserve it, and I will not perminantly mar you. I probably will push you beyond your comfort limits, so be prepared."

Finally dressed, she picked up a pair of oversized shades and struck a sexy pose.

"How do I look, darling?"

"And you look as cute as a fresh bite mark yourself!" Scarlet said. Then she noticed that Tamara was a little paler than usual. "Oh--do you need a juice box before we go out? I had my staff stock a few pints of O-neg in the fridge, just in case."

Scarlet grinned. "That's a 'yes,' if I ever saw one."

She went to the refrigerator and pulled out a pint of blood. She gently lobbed it towards the girl.

"Drink up, my lovely," she gently ordered. "We wouldn't want you going into a feeding frenzy."