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It was a warm summer day for Nihls return to the park, one of the few time's he'd come back here without being here to play his violin. To be perfectly honest, he found it somewhat sweltering, and might have prefered to come here at night, when his somewhat cadaverous complexion and alarming eyes, but for the sake of his distinctly more diurnal company, he'd braved the outing, even shedding his trademark heavy coat, though he still wore a button down shirt and a waistcoat, an gold pocketwatch chain draped across his stomach.
Quinlan, twirling around and humming, looked almost grecian gone technicolor, with his braided purple hair and blue tunic, and also looked far more at home in the sunlight, which gave his healthy complexion an warm glow, and brought a sparkle to his bright pink eyes, in spite of the slightly melancholy appearance his expression tended to take when he was at rest.

"YEOWP!" Quinlan yelped in startlement as he was caught off guard by Jasmine's enthusiastic greeting, flying sideways in a flurry of bright colors between the two of them, rolling in the grass as they landed, Quinlan laughing as he sorted things out, though Nihls was peering out from raised arms, half having expected a minor war to break out in the middle of the park. It did seem though that something of Quinlan was finaly influencing the grey violinist, as his waistcoat seemed to have a very subtle embroidery of pink and green flowers and vines on the grey fabric, and the ribbon he'd used to tie back part of his unruly, steel colored hair was deep green instead of black. It was a very small thing, but for Erik, it was an massive leap.
"Bella!" Nihls noted in startlement, eyes widening in surprise, like Quinlan, his odd colored eyes looked even brighter in sunlight, perhaps because his pupils reacted more vigorously to sunlight than did most. "Apparently she is, by Lilith." He blinked in open surprise at her new 'children', the orb and the Undrea, then in customary etiquite, bowed to the young man. "A pleasure to make your aquaintence then. A freind of Bella's is a freind of mine, I hope."
"Hello!" Quinlan called over, grinning from ear to ear and trying to tickle Jasmine. "Isn't it a beautiful day?"

"It's a bit bright, for my taste, but Quinlan adores it." NIhls admitted, smiling faintly, and forcing his eyes back up from the breif wander they had gotten away with. She really was an stunning woman, and the way she dressed, he wasn't quite sure if she was aware of the effect she had on people or not. His smile turned a bit pained at the mention that the Kappa had been abandoned. He hadn't been aware these creatures could be, though it stung to hear that it was the case. "I'm sorry to hear that, I can vouch he's in much better hands now though." He noted.

Quinlan hugged Jasmine, grinning and trying to stand up. "Is he? Thats really neat! Do you really live in the water? I just live in a big house, with Nihls. It's really dusty and there's bats..."

"Quinlan.....there are no bats in the house." Nihls corrected, embarassed by this.
"What about the..."
"The one that came down the flue was -lost-. Bats do that sometimes, and I put it back outside, remember?"

"No I don't." Erik chuckled, though he was flustered and flattered. "I look like the living dead." especially compared to her, which made him even more aware of his own wasted and grey complexion and stark, starved phyisque.

Quinlan tipped his head in open facination at the idea of making freinds with fish, his bright pink eyes sparkling with curiosity. "Really? I've never made freinds with a fish, you'll have to tell me what it's like!" He was then distracted by Jasmine, moving to spin the two of them around. "I know! I know! Lets go play on the merry go round!"

"I'm glad to hear it." Nihls noted seriously, to Lotus, taking a seat on the edge of the pool, eyes squinted against the blinding reflections from the clear water. "I've been doing alright. I've managed to stay out of trouble. I've had to visit a few more notable courts, but Quinlan hasn't come to any harm, for which I'm grateful. I think they're a little afraid that I'm hiding a power from them, and no one wants to come right out and ask if I can inflict a casting of "Majesty" on them or not. It's not how the game is played, as it were."

"They do because it doesn't occur to them to care. Once upon a time, it might have been because they did, or at least they would tell themselves so, now-days, it seems more that people do so because they don't understand that there is a consequence to what we do. Even amoung the kindred there's so many -more-....
Once upon a time great thought was given to what we did, now there's so many of us...a lot of people think the prophesys in the book of Nod are coming to light, that creatures like me are proof." He rested his chin on a tucked up knee, gazing off into space as he considered this, sadly.

Quinlan: unware of the whistfulness of the man behind him, charged with Jasmine to the MerryGoRound, eager to go for a wild spin, especially now that he had legs to run with and help make the merry go round spin. It was a particularly impressive merrygoround, especially when you were used to only seeing the ones with amazing horses at circuses and carnivals, and he -adored- it. "I bet I can make it go fast!"

"I'll try!" Quinlan anounced, grabbing the nearest handhold and lurching forward, trying to get the Merrygoround up to speed.

Erik looked somewhat less than certain at Lotus's question clearing his throat faintly, and answering Bella first. "I'm glad, I have as well. I've learned to regard that very highly over the years." He cleared his throat again, trying to find a good way to answer Lotus. "....Kindred...are another name for vampires. The...collective name for all the bloodlines. You're...unlikely at best to meet a full blooded vampire of any clan in this area."

"...Er....Vampires do. And...I'm not fond of it." He struggled for a way to explain it. "My father was a vampire. My mother was human. I'm...part and part. It's unusual and for good reason... And I like garlic just fine." He smiled faintly, having to admit he was faintly amused by the questions. "I'm also wearing sunblock, or I would get a very bad sunburn. It's very bright by my eyes." He explained, gesturing faintly.

"Could we? That would be AMAZING!" Quinlan anounced, panting as he pushed the Merrgygoround slowly faster. Erik could be amazingly fast, he'd seen it once from behind a curtain, but he said it was a 'gift' or something similar. A vampire thing and that it made him very tired. "What would we do if we did do you think?"

"Oh Vampires certainly can be hurt, a Stake through the heart won't actually kill most of the very old ones, unlike the legends, but it can put them in something like a coma, then you can kill them fairly easily. The sun can kill them, fire can kill them, so can loosing their head...do them enough damage and they'll die, it's just...very difficult as they're already dead." He joked slightly at this, though it was a serious matter. "...It doesn't hurt. But it's very..... very...." He didn't know quite how to put it. "...I've only heard of others like me. I've never met one, though I know others exist." He crossed long, spindly fingers across his lap.
"There's nothing wrong with questions. We just become more afraid to ask them when we get older, usualy." He agreed with Bella.

Quinlan laughed, in spite of the effort to spin the merry go round, getting it going as fast as he thought he could, until he was half sure he'd fall and get dragged along, then jumped on, clinging to one of the bars and the pomel of one of the horses as they spun wildly. "Jetpacks? I'd be worried about using a jet pack. Unless they were in your shoes like in "Batman Beyond". I like that show! Nihls reminds me of Old Batman. He doesn't think thats funny though."