Bad Habits and... Vampires?
Coover let out a deep huff as he puffed himself up on his new shelf. There were five in the gothic style bedroom, one for each of them... However, Ximly's bed was in the middle of the room, and required them to fly down to her, instead of jumping off the shelf-which was no fun-and they had learned the hard way to just wake her up by hoots. Countless times they had landed on the hard wood floor, instead of a cushioned, fleshy face. Ximly eventually had put down pillows under each of the shelves for the poor creatures, but it still wasn't the same.
Coover let out a sorrowful clack, he didn't like it within the new apartment. There was not enough room to fly in a straight line, and even though he had now mastered turning on a dime in mid air, it was not enough for his little wings… there wasn’t any way he could stir up trouble! If he did, it was straight into the tome for him and his brothers…. Ximly was wound up so tight, she had been having nightmares that caused her to mid-morph in the middle of the night. It was a wonder that the neighbors hadn’t come to check on her yet…They would be in for an awful surprise if they ever did…
Another owl across the room gave a clack, more puffed than Coover was. This was Fluffy, the only female owl in the parliament. She was worried about their master as well… it seemed that ever since they had moved, the poor morphed creature had been struggling to keep her head above the water… Their master had been coming home later and later every night, at times smelling like second hand smoke, but mostly with loads of cash…
The city was a strange place indeed, there were no other owls being kept in windows like in Tarron, and masters could disappear for hours at a time, and later return with more cash then they had left with…
All five owls jumped as Ximly entered the room in a huff, fell on top of her bed and let out a deep sigh. “I have got to find something to do… a hobby… or something…. I cannot spend another night fishing, or in that horrid casino…”
The owls seemed to snap to attention, and Fluffy and Coover were at the edges of their shelves to look down at their tired master. Was she thinking about leaving soon? Her eyes looked tired… meaning that she had been reading her books for the umpteenth time. Coover let out a puff, she should go, just one last time perhaps?
Fluffy squawked. She should not! If she didn’t want to go, then she shouldn’t… perhaps a movie would be better?
Ximly shook her head, ignoring the little tome owls as she sat up and moved her hair out of her face and looked to a small nightstand that held a two toned mask. One last time…. She stood and went to grab the mask, but Fluffy was down in a flash, the plaster firmly gripped in her talons. Her master was /not/ going back to that casino.
Coover clacked. Let their master go, she’d learn sooner or later… best to let things settle out normally than with intervention. Maybe this trip would be good for her….
Fluffy gave a hoot, and twisted her head. She wouldn’t allow that, but by this time she had been distracted enough, Ximly was already putting on the mask and putting her hair up. Fluffy clacked at this sudden sight, and bombarded her master, attempting to take the mask from the back, there it was tied on. Ximly ducked as Fluffy soared at her, and Coover planted himself on his master’s shoulder, giving a loud hiss as he puffed himself up as Fluffy attempted another swoop. The female owl backed off, Coover was serious, and he’d go with Ximly if that’s what it took to keep her from taking that mask… Fluffy moped back to her perch and puffed as she let out what seemed to be a sigh.
Ximly patted Coover on the head, “Thanks bud…” She said quietly, as she took the jacket from the chair and draped it over her arm. “Be back in a bit you four…” She finished, walking out of the room.
Fluffy let out a long, sorrowed, hoot.
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Ximly let out a sigh as she walked around the floor, the tables were filled with people cursing, cheating, and whining about their hands. She let out another sigh as she continued through the casino, eventually reaching a door with a single ace of spades painted on it. Coover popped his head out of her jacket pocket, and Ximly shook her head as she tapped him back into it before opening the door to a quieter room, with just as many tables as the one before, but neater and more put together. Not the high-roller’s room, that was the room beyond the one she stood in then. A few people turned their heads, but their tables were full.
Someone laughed in the back of the room, “Well you can’t have my blood!”
Ximly twitched, blood? What were they talking about, vampires? Coover shuffled in her pocket, he knew that Ximly’s interest had been sparked, but if it turned out to be what he thought it was, the society would place his master in isolation! Ximly ignored the owl as she walked towards the table, it had an empty chair, and so she took it. Ignoring the fact that the man beside her wore what looked like a headband with cat ears on his head, and a tail on his belt. She was dealt her hand as the others continued their conversation, it was about vampires alright, but just a ‘fictional’ series. What a shame, she had been hoping for a few people who at least knew that the ‘mythical’ side of life existed.
She had tuned out the conversation for a mew minutes as she won quite a load of tokens, and had another dealer come out to play against her.
The man beside her shook his head as his conversation with the woman beside him came to an argument, he turned to Ximly. “What’s you opinion on the matter?”
Ximly ignored him, pondering what the dealer had up her sleeve, she could hold and see what happened next, but as she was about to make her decision, she was nudged in the arm. “What?”
“What’s your opinion on the matter?” The man repeated again.
Ximly looked at him slightly confused, but the mask she wore covered her expression. “I’m afraid I wasn’t listening, would you mind informing me on what you want my opinion on?”
The man nodded, “Well, you see, Bella and I were just talking about that new series based on-“
“Vampires?”
“Yeah! You know of it?”
“Yes, and its fans drive me nuts….”
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