"...I was raised by a vampire. Humans treated me like dirt because of it."

Her lips formed into a small frown -- a break from her usual demeanor as she recalled the events that led her up to being a well-groomed lady amongst most humans that'd otherwise be little more than skeletal hollows of what they once were. Visages of her parents crawled through her eyes -- quickly displaced and distorted as her memory was merely incapable of remembering what they looked like. It was...always like this. Always flashes, but never any concrete image to remind her of where she came from in the end of things.
"My parents died presumably by vampires. But rather than being thrown into the trash, I was taken in and cared for like a daughter of sorts. I was never fed from. I was never touched in poor ways by the Master of the house. I was harmed and tormented by the others I worked beside. ...Despite being a human-"

Ah...?! She forced down the jolt of surprise that came from Karl muttering in his sleep and squeezing her, a look of surprise taking hold as she bit her lip and her hands raised up. ...Ah...Uhm...What could work...? One arm wrapped around him to rub his back whilst the other brushed through his hair in a gentle caress, whispers dancing into the ear closest to her lips despite the red on her cheeks in order to attempt calming him down.
"Nobody will take your beloved away from you. Your love will...always be here. Don't you see?"
Hopefully that wouldn't be heard, but she'd then turn her attention to Callum in order to address him once more whilst trying to comfort their slumbering Master.
"...I don't consider ourselves objects. Our Master doesn't quite see us as objects -- merely...people that have the body heat to keep him -- or attempt to keep him -- calm in what would otherwise be a poor attempt at sleeping...He does not force us into a dungeon, and he does not give us rags to sleep in. We have actual clothes, belongings, things of that nature...Surely not all vampires are terrible people. Don't you think?..."

Momo pulled away as she noticed Dim falling out of consciousness and caught him when he fell. "He'll probably be out a few hours." She stated as she picked him up in her arms and leaned him over her shoulder.

"Momo... Your other slave has arrived. She's in the other room." Stated the male who had just shown Nyx to the main room. "Wonderful!" she exclaimed as she headed out the door way to the hall and looked at Airi. "Follow." she simply stated to her and headed down the hall, boy still on her shoulder. As she entered the main room, she looked at Nyx, standing near the fireplace. "....Did he not offer you a seat? That's bad, i told him to always offer new arrivals a seat. I guess I will have to teach him a lesson." she sighed slightly, walking over to her. "Enjoying the tea? It's organic, good for your insides." she stated. "Please follow me, I will show you to your area." she stated, heading back out the door.

"My name is Momo, you may call me by that name only. I do not like Mistress, I do not like Ma'am."

"Raphael Hale" William repeated the name to himself and then again and then once more but more so as if he was muttering. Something was wrong here and yet he couldn't quite figure it out, but then it hit him. Hit him like lightning hit the earth. Raphael Hale was supposed to be a male with abnormally long hair, yet he sounded very much like a girl to William. But what was that he detected? No, no no. It couldn't be that. He had to be hearing things. Did Raphael really just ask him something in that tone? In such a demanding tone like he was the boss? "You will not find your brother, Raphael." His voice echoed throughout the house and suddenly the piano playing stopped and only the gregorian chant could be heard. "Come to me...You can bring your bow as well" he ordered as he stood up from the piano and began his stroll to the door. It was rare that William felt he had to give very direct orders, but Raphael seemed rather unconditioned and less tame.

"Where are you from?" William had to ask, he couldn't quite remember where he was told the young man was from. Someone had clearly gotten one over on him, but who was a mystery right now. Who, was unimportant. William walked to the bottom of the stairs as he waited for the young girl to come down them, having heard her run up to the book-room, and that is where her voice was coming from.

The change of what she was hearing was starting to irritate her. Being unnerved all the time is not something she is willing to do. She had to bite to her tongue at the answer she should have known, while It surprised her that he somehow knew about the bow she was holding. Walking down the stairs she stopped when she noticed that he was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs. Raphael knew that whatever she gave for a answer to his question, that there will be consequences. "I'm...I'm from anywhere I could find myself in the forest when I wonder around. Well, I was actually born in the forest with my twin." If her brother ever heard that she was talking to a vampire, he would read her the riot act. The muscles in her legs tensed up, ready to let her jump over the rail in case the vampire in front of her jumps at her. Instincts was something that kept her alive in wild place like the forest, but it worried her that it won't be enough. It will won't be enough if it will just be conditioned out of her after some time. "And why won't I find my brother? Do I have the right to know if he's even alive or not?"

Emiliano

The vampire slowed his drinking when he noticed Lelabd was becoming a bit woozy. He took one last swallow, the parted his lips from Leland's wrist, licking the wound to close and clean it.

"You are very much up to my standards, yes," Emiliano said with a light chuckle. "If you're feeling faint, you should go join your fellow slave in the kitchen. There's plenty of food for the two of you and a wide variety available."

He put on a sly smile. "Of course, if you want to lie down, I'll allow you to rest in here a while."

---

Callum

"Oh." He hadn't expected that from her. What else could he say? She couldn't be blamed for liking the only ones who had ever cared for her--even if they were blood suckers. He supposed that any small child reared by even the fiercest of monsters couldn't help growing to like them.

He was about to apologize when the vampire began to stir in his sleep. Callum put his hands down on the bed to steady himself.

[i] His beloved? What did that mean? [i]

Callum hoped Eika's coaxing would help because being tangled in the vampire's kicking legs was less than ideal. He tried to wiggle away, but to no avail.

"But he doesn't see us as sentient beings with thoughts and feelings of our own. He didn't even have the decency to tell us what he wanted with us. He may not be a horrible...'person', but he doesn't default to good because of that. What happens when he grows tired of us? We'll be thrown away like any other posession he has."

Nyx lifted the sweet-tasting tea to her lips and took a sip before she heard strange voices approaching the door. Quickly, she set her tea down and stood straight as she waited for her new mistress to arrive. When she did, Nyx was actually quite impressed - she was beautiful and seemed kind enough, until she said she would have to punish her other slave, of course. She didn't want to get into the bad list of another slave already; that was too dangerous for her. So, she figured she would have had to cover it up slightly or make sure he didn't get punished.

"I'm sorry... Momo... he told me I could sit but I refused because I thought it was a test. If you are to punish anyone, punish me." She murmured as she bowed her lead slightly. Of course, she only needed access to her new mistress so she could begin working her magic on her. Once she became her favourite slave, then Nyx could start making demands and getting them met. Obviously it wouldn't be easy for her - Momo clearly had some high standards and even higher demands so it would be harder for her than older masters and mistresses. Smiling though, she shook her head at her. "I'm the one who deserves to be punished... then you can rake some of my blood as well."

Momo looked at Nyx as she spoke and shook her head a slight. "No need, I'm sure it's just old habit after all, correct? if you didn't know any better, it's not your fault." she stepped forward and touched the girls cheek, a smile on her face, one that could be of either kindness or fake. "But I'll be sure to train you, make you accustomed to my ways. I'm not like all those other ruthless slaves. As long as you do what I say and allow me to eat when needed, you will live a much royalty as a human ever could." She stated. She now headed out the door again. "Follow." she demanded and headed down the hall. They stopped in front of a door and she opened it, laying the unconscious child on the small bed they had in their. On the wall was a different assortment of types of collars, just like the one the boy at the front door had. "Each of you are to pick a collar you like, make sure you like it because it will only come off when you bathe." she smiled slightly. There was tons of colors, every color of the rainbow. Shiny ones, studded ones, designed ones, even ones with some basic names on them, written in permanent marker, of course.

"Airi. You should pick one you think your brother would like, you are twins of course. maybe someone matching would be cute~" she said playfully. She had so many plans for the twins, so maybe experiments. She had never owned twins before.

William's red eyes followed her movements as Raphael came down the stairs before stopping upon noticing his master. Small stature, long raven black hair that stopped at his waist, and eyes nearly as menacing as William's own. Raphael was everything William had been told, except that Raphael was undoubtedly a female. A girl. One that he couldn't understand could be mistaken as a male, or maybe he was jumping to assumptions. After all, there was only one way to know for sure, but it mattered not. According to her, Raphael was raised in a forest which easily explained why she hadn't manners of any sort. Why she found it suitable to bring a weapon into the house she would be living in. William was starting to wonder exactly how she'd fare in the dungeon with the others due to her background.

"A forest," William thought as his eyes seemed to scan Raphael up and down once more "Makes sense." William made note. A bathe, yes, Raphael definitely needed one. He wondered if Raphael could bathe herself or did she need the others to do so. She certainly would be resistant against either option, but he wanted her cleaned thoroughly. No need for any others to get sick. "You won't find your brother because he is not here. No human here shares your last name. Nor has any other grown up or has ever been to a forest. In their life." William explained as he eyed her. It was more of an intense stare rather than a glare, but he was keeping eye contact with her. "By the way, I am William. Are you male or female?" he asked as he folded his arms as he wondered how he would go about this.

There were very few female slaves in his dungeon and both sexes were separated with a few exceptions where small families were grouped together. "I would highly suggest keeping the forest bit to yourself, for your own safety. Come, you will need to bathe before you can be grouped with others. I'll give you the option to do it yourself or have others bathe you. Some humans believe this to be a good bonding relaxing experience." William explained before it occurred to him that Raphael's brother could very well be owned by another Vampire master nearby. "Actually, it might not be so hard to locate someone else found in the forest, don't find too many of those. Pretty rare."

Leland swiped a hand over his neck, and sat down at the bed, feeling his forehead with the back of his cold hand. Vertigo took hold of his mind like it always did, and he took a moment to respond. "I-...I'll...I'll leave for the kitchen, master, unless you have further use for me." As the words left his lips he wasn't 100% on their placement, the type of response that one didn't consider before vocalizing.

Really, he just wanted to sleep. He had time to learn the fastest way into his master's favor; he could do it when he woke. He wanted the faintness of being fed from to go away until the next time he had to endure it. He didn't want to look Emiliano in the eye. Didn't feel obligated to charm the vampire any more than he had already, if he had at all. Just wanted to sleep.

"Sorry for even asking. If it is even a crime to even ask a question, please tell me now, and I would shut up." Raphael muttered when she couldn't hold his gaze anymore. It was like staring at something that can see straight through her soul, and leaving everything bare for everyone to see. And here she thought the continuous sudden change in what she was hearing was unnerving, that seems like it was more natural. Then again she never saw a vampire up close, she was too busy to avoid them in the long run. It caught her off guard when he asked her if she was a male or female. Apparently he had to ask just to be on the safe side. "I'm a female of course. I didn't have time to fuss over what kind of clothes I should wear today, or wearing makeup. Not when there's creatures that could possibly kill you out there." Raphael shrugged while she turned her attention towards her bow. A frown appeared on her face when she remembered the first time she even tried to draw the string back. A bruised eye from her hand losing grip and coming back to hit her in her eye. "As long they don't ask me where I am from...And I rather wash myself, thank you very much. It's not like I don't want to get to know them, its just I don't like people touching me. And again, if someone just need to get to know me...well fine. Wait, you said that you might know where to we might find him?" She said like it was something she already knew until she had to make sure it wasn't something he was saying just to get her to listen to him. "If this is a joke, then I don't appreciate it at all."

Something quelled his fears, mid-nightmare...smooth, dainty, warm fingers running through his hair as he slept. Nuzzling his face gently in between the girl's breasts, "My beloved...body pillow..." Muttering this quietly, and letting out a relaxed sigh, his hold on them weakened. Weaker, but only for a moment as he reached down to pull the male human's arm up to his face. Retightening his grabbing hug and cuddle, seemingly still unconscious, Karl opened his mouth wide and brought the wrist to it.

And...that was pretty much it...except for the awkward licking and sucking of the wrist, his fangs never came out nor broke skin to get to the pulsing vein with blood just under the skin. Releasing the wrist from his sucking mouth, Karl let out a strange cooing sound, "...om nom nom~!" before licking the wrist again, then up the hand, and finally sticking the poor human's thumb in his mouth. "..." Shifting a little bit, he pulled the human girl's cheat closer to the side of his face, then eventually stopped moving altogether. Thumb sucking, and awkward hugging...yup...

Emiliano

The vampire frowned as his human stumbled over his words. Perhaps he had taken a little too much for his first feeding on this one. He knew it was commonplace for humans to become sleepy after having a good amount of blood drained, but he feared this one might very well fall down the stairs on his way to the kitchen.

"I'll help you to the kitchen, then." Emiliano placed a steadying hand on Leland's back and led him slowly out of the room. "Getting a little food in you will make you feel better," he said softly.

After helping Leland down the stairs, Emiliano stood in the doorway of the kitchen, deciding his slave could move on his own now. He gazed at his other slave, who seemed to have already eaten a portion of the wild strawberries and apples.

"I trust the food is to your liking?"

---

Callum

Callum breathed a sigh of relief when the vampire's legs softened their hold on him, but his relief was very short-lived. His eyes widened when his wrist was grabbed and he looked up to see the vampire's mouth wide open, ready for a bite.

"...ah!"

Callum squeezed his eyes shut, waiting for the inevitable pain and queasiness that would come from feeling his own blood being sucked from his body, but the pain never came. Instead, the vampire just...sucked on the skin? Callum opened his eyes again and shuddered at the strange feeling of the tongue rolling over his wrist. Then it got weirder when the vampire stuck Callum's thumb in his mouth. He could imagine how easy it would be for this vampire to at least nibble his thumb with a single fang, but it didn't seem like that would happen any time soon.

"...ugh...This feels...ah...really strange."

"You can ask me anything, as long as it is in a polite respectful manner" William explained as he watched her turn away, he didn't mind. Not at all. She seemed to have disdain for him already, but that was somewhat natural considering she was new to being enslaved and he was was her master. She then told him that she was a female, just as William assumed, and did so too easily. There was absolutely no doubt in her voice to the point that he had no choice but to believe that she was telling the truth. After all William had only met so few people to lie about such, but that was only to be grouped with females. He watched her face wrinkle up as she seemed to focus on the bow "I figured keeping the bow would allow you to recall more delightful memories, not any bad ones." William explained.

"How unfortunate, but you won't have to worry yourself about such creatures anymore, only humans" William said with a light laugh as she expressed wanting to bathe herself. He didn't quite understand it, but he doubted she made much sense to anyone. "Well if you'll wash yourself, I can at least show you around the house to the bathroom" he said before he began walking a little, expecting her to follow. She seemed rather close to her brother, such was to be expected seeing as they were both alone in the forest for quite sometime. "You'll find that jokes are hard to come by, Raphael but If like you he has been sold in the area, then it might be possible to find him." William said as he walked. It seemed he wasn't quite afraid of the bow or the idea about her making a break for the door.

Azuriel:

"Hn...It's good, when I don't have to wait for the fruit to be in season, and have to worry about picking them in time before they spoil." Azuriel took noticed that he was more in a talking mood. It must be that he managed to get food into his stomach, he was in the middle of hunting for supper when he was captured. So it was a while since he last ate. Then again it could be that he's in one of his rare moods and just want to talk. "Do you might know how I can find out to if my sister is alive or something? She is my little sister after all." He said after finishing a couple more strawberries and absentmindedly adjusted the scarf he keeps wrapped around his neck. It wasn't completely a lie, Raphael is the youngest out of the two of them, which is truth, if you call a hour time difference younger. Hopefully he didn't notice that he wasn't completely telling the truth. Telling anyone that he was actually one half of a set of twins was something he don't want anybody to take advantage of. Never know who's out to get you. To keep his mind off his worries, he settled with eating on a apple. "What should I call you? If I can ask."

Raphael:

"It's not that, it belonged to my brother. Found it in a clearing when I went looking for him. Was found way too easy." She said as she started to follow William with some hesitation. A quick glance at the door, and Raphael quickly pushed the idea from the back of her mind. She won't get very far before she was stopped and then punished for attempting to. If she learn the layout of the house, then maybe she can figure something out. What she already seen, the house was strange. The lack of light is going to mess up her sense of time, if it had not already. Putting the bow where it was over one shoulder, Raphael just shrugged her shoulders. Somehow she wasn't in the mood to talk anymore. When he said that Azuriel might be nearby by if he was sold in the area had caused her to get lost in her thoughts, since she still having troubles believing that he might have gotten himself captured the same as she was. At the mercy of a vampire that could easily kill her.

Nyx made sure to kick a bit of charm into action as she leaned into the hand on her cheek, fondly nuzzling it with a soft purr before she gave her an deceptively innocent smile and began following her again. Nyx was interested on how it would feel to have a vampire suck your blood, she hadn't always been leaping at the need to do it but it would be a rather interesting process. And anyway, if she wanted her way then she would need to feed this woman and that was something she didn't really mind.

Carrying herself shyly, she moved into the room and stared at the walls of collars - there really was a vast multitude of ones to pick from that could brandish your personality or attempt to misguide others on it. For one of the only times ever, Nyx decided on something and didn't even think about how it would please her Mistress. Immediately, she moved over and picked up a simple black one that could only boast of some silver linings. Smiling, she tried to place it on but found it a weird and complicated process so she moved over to Momo and turned on the spot, offering her free reign to tighten the collar as she saw fit.

The woman had no reason to harm her or tighten it too hard as Nyx had never done anything wrong apart from not sitting - which was admittedly, a bad start but she didn't mind much. Smiling, she stood and waited patiently for the older woman to help her out with her collar.

She looked at Nyx as she acted cute and kinda sighed to herself. She didn't understand why someone with her appearance would act like that. If it was an act, she would surely figure it out soon since she was good for that.

Momo looked over to Airi and Dim who (should be) was looking at collars now (Sorry for the slight control, I'm just trying to make it easier for you to reply) and then looked at Nyx, who had walked over to her with a black collar. "You act shy, but pick something that shows true darkness." she smirked a bit. She took the collar and wrapped it around her neck. "Tell me when it's just tight enough to let you move and breathe freely, but don't let it be too lose either, I can adjust it later if you have problems." she started to tighten the metal piece in the back, letting it tighten until it was as tight as Nyx wanted. After she finished tightening it, she took out a small keychain looking board with a bunch of different buttons. "I will be putting you down as number 2, sorry to label you with a number, but names are too large to write it. Just always remember, button number 2." she smiled as she pressed the button and a little red light in the back, next to the clutch, started to flash every 10 seconds.

"..."

Any comments or questions that had been made before were now null and void as she stared at the golden entertainment before her. With her Master suddenly taking hold of her fellow's hand and suckling upon it like a baby with a pacifier, she had to fight the urge to fight as she bit at her bottom lip and went right back to playing with his hair. Ah, the shenanigans happening in this bedroom were amazing! Her lips curled into a soft smile as he began to make his little complaints of awkwardness, and Eika just couldn't hold it back any more.

Soft laughs. Forced to that rate in order to let them be as gentle as possible...She tried, and she succeeded as she watched their quirky owner nestle in. What else could be said about him? Done about him? Ah, besides, with his face still partially buried in her chest, there wasn't much that could be done without possible waking him up anyways.
"I think you should just accept the fact that he's claimed us as fluffy body pillows and get used to this. ...I like it, in a way. I'm not used to being touched by people in a...gentle manner, I suppose. It's much better than that stinging sensation. Besides! Our Master seems to like you quite a bit more, Callum. You should feel special for...Uhm...Being a pacifier of something, I suppose?"

William paid attention as it suddenly went silent and he just continued walk. Her footsteps were still right behind him and he wondered if he had said something to upset her. Had she any experience with masters he would have surely apologized but she hadn't. He couldn't allow her to think that it was normal for a master to apologize to the slave, otherwise she would have extremely harsh times later if she was traded or sold to another master vampire. "Surely you know then that he left as a sign to show he had been captured, or his captors simply did not believe it was fitting to allow a wild human to bring a weapon with him" William held his tongue for no one but he also was breaking the rules a little bit. He was giving her hope, even if a shred of it. "If in the unlikely chance that he hasn't been captured, then that is a god thing. Means he'll live out the rest of his days in the forest in peace unless he draws attention to himself" William spoke in a calm voice so that he would put her more at ease as he walked towards the bathroom. The sound of running water slowly became louder and louder as they drew closer to it.

He eventually stopped at a door of one room and pushed it open, only for a wave of steam to wash over them. They were standing at the opening of what seemed to be a rather large white room, there were no windows but there was a white toilet. There were no cabinets, no drawers, no peepholes, no mirrors, bu there was a single toothbrush and toothpaste. There appeared to be a large portion of the room that was filled with water and she could see straight to the bottom. It looked like that of a pool but there was fresh soap lined up along the edges, as if variety really mattered. There was light steam coming from the water and there was even a shower in the room. There were washclothes at one end of the enormous bath and shampoo and conditioner at the other. He didn't wait for her approval before he began walk away not waiting for her to disrobe "I believe I can leave you here" William said aloud as he began to walk back in the direction they had come.

Emiliano

The vampire smiled, seeing that the more reserved slave seemed to be in a talkative mood. He had been starting to worry that this one’s attitude would become a bit of a problem, but it seemed food had managed to coax him into a more social stance. The smile faded, though, when the slave expressed a want of being able to see his sister.

“I’m afraid I can't really help you in that regard. There’s no way of knowing where your sister is at the moment. I'm assuming she was captured along with you and, if that’s the case, she might have been sold to a different vampire.”

Of course, he knew there was also a possibility she had been killed outright upon capture if her captors felt she wasn't worth selling, but the vampire kept that thought to himself. Emiliano felt a twinge of sympathy for his slave. Though he was an only child himself, he could faintly imagine the pain of being separated from someone who shared your bloodline.

“My name is Emiliano de Vic, but you may refer to me as your master. What is your name?”

---

Callum

"Eika, don't laugh!" Though he was whispering, the irritation in his voice was apparent. Now the situation was just embarrassing, having his thumb suckled by the vampire. "This is so humiliating..."

But he had to admit--at least to himself--that this was far better than he had imagined being owned by a vampire would be. Maybe he could hope for a long life ahead of him that wasn't full of pain and fear. Callum just wished he wasn't positioned in such a fashion between the vampire's legs. What with their groins crushed together and his thumb being sucked on, it was only his body's natural reaction to get a little...excited.

"...?.......!!!" The boy's eye twitched and a small breath escaped his lips. He tried to keep still, his face turning beet red.

Oh god, oh god!

This wasn't good. This was absolutely mortifying. He waited a moment to see if he would cool down, but it seemed that this was a tent not so easily taken down. He hoped maybe Eika wouldn't notice anything was wrong if he played it cool and he prayed to every god in history that the vampire wouldn't feel it. His shoulders tensed up and he shifted his legs apart uncomfortably. Callum cursed his own body for betraying him like this. Why me?

Raphael:

"Yeah, thanks." Raphael gently closed the door behind him before turning back to the huge bath. It was something she wasn't used to seeing or even use. Washing in rivers, and having someone watch for anyone that would take advantage of the one washing was the only thing she was used to doing. She quickly undressed and got into the water. The warm water managed to relax her some until she grabbed a washcloth and some soap. Scrubbing hard, Raphael managed to get the grime off of her skin that accumulated on her skin from the dust that settled on her. "He's wrong on one thing, completely wrong. Azuriel won't live in the forest in peace... He would look for me come hell or high water. There's no way he would leave his twin in the care of a vampire." Putting shampoo in her hair she kept on glancing at the door and around to see if she could find a towel. Realization hit her like a ton of bricks that she didn't know where the towels are at or if she could get a pair of clothes to wear until her own were washed. "No, no, no, no. I'm not wearing my clothes until they are clean, and I am not yelling for some help or walk around with nothing on." She could feel her cheeks turn red from the thought of doing that. Washing the shampoo out of her hair she let the water come up to her chin.

Azuriel:

Azuriel's hand twitched when he heard that Raphael could have been captured along with him. She knew that she should hide upwind from any vampires that comes near where they were staying for a short time. If he could find her, and alive, he would definitely give her an ear full and then some. "My name is Azuriel Hale. My other half always tells me that my name sounds like it could be a girls name. Also, I don't know why, that it could be the name of an angel." It dawned on him that he made some of what it said like he had a wife, and that she was the one who said that. He always called Raphael his other half, since he believed that being a twin is like having a part of you in the body of another and vise versa. "Nothing is wrong. I just thinking on something I kind of had said." Azuriel said as he knew he was going to have troubles calling Emiliano master. That and its going to be a long time before that time ever comes.