[b]"You comin'?"[/b]

[b]"Go get your Id...or whatever..."[/b]

Florence looked from Adeline to Valis with wide eyes. They both seemed to know already that she wanted to get an ID. Was she really that obvious? She sighed in resignation and got up from the bed. It's not like this wasn't what she wanted to do from the beginning, it was just too sudden. Her overly-contemplative mind was making this difficult for her. As she walked slowly to the door a thousand different thoughts flew through her brain, some rational and others... not so much.

[i]What if I don't qualify somehow? What if they know how much I'm struggling with controlling my cravings for blood? If they don't, they'll find out eventually. I'm bound to get caught. There's no way this will work out. Wait, what if this is all a trap? Maybe there's no such thing as an ID to begin with, and that's just how they get you to let your guard down so they can kill you faster. Oh, God, they're going to murder me. I'm going to die. I'm going to die, and I never even got to[/i] try [i]to live with the humans again![/i]

[i]Get ahold of yourself,[/i] Florence stopped herself. She was letting her paranoia run too wild. She was finally about to get permission to move into the town she'd been longing to live in for years, and she was panicking? Florence closed her eyes, frustrated with how stupid she was being. She opened her eyes again and looked up at the leading Protector.

"I'd like to be ID'd as well."

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Zach rolled his eyes. Two more vampires that get permission to live freely among their food source. It was like putting wolves in the sheep pen. Sure, you could watch the wolves all you want - say they're trustworthy, even - but that doesn't stop them from attacking the moment you turn your back. Ben was just adding two more wolves to his ignorant little flock of sheep. He couldn't take anymore of this.

"Well it looks like I'm not needed here," Zach said in a casual tone, putting a hand on Ben's shoulder. "You don't need this many Protectors here for simple ID'ing. Chris could probably gain something from seeing how the process works though. Anyway, I'll leave these guys to you. Ciao!" With that, he walked off and left them standing in the hallway.

Zach rarely lost his temper, but vampires were one of the few things that really made his blood boil. He knew he couldn't stick around and watch those two gain license to roam around the town. Plus, Ben was always letting Valis off the hook. They acted like old friends! Zach snorted as he tromped down the stairs. Well fine. Ben had his way of doing things, and Zach had his. They would just have to agree to disagree.

Upon entering the lobby, Zach was amused to see a girl standing by herself. By her appearance she wasn't a Protector, and he highly doubted another vampire would show up with so many hunters around. That could only mean one thing: this girl was a civilian. This interested him. Normally, most civilians wouldn't stick around when they heard the "police" were rounding up "criminals". Well, they might linger around outside to see what happens, but they always kept their distance.

So why was she here?

"Hi," Zach said, offering a friendly smile as he approached her. "What are you doing here? Didn't you hear that the sheriff's upstairs?"