[IC] the hunter and her prey(a cursed human story, a beauty and the beast alternative to a cursed vampire story)

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel gasped. She blushed. She looked away. Then, she shrugged.
"....very well."

[amberly]

"Sandwiches it shall be." He got out two plates, sliced bread, meat, cheese and set out a head of lettuce. He could eat a mountain of the stuff. Once all the ingredients were set out on the table Andrew announced

"It is simple, but at least it is ready." He sat down and began piling letuice leaves between slices of meat and cheese on his bread. He'd dared to sit closer to Angel. Across the table from her was just too far to reach for more letuice if he wanted it later.

"Do you have a favorite type of food Angel?" He hoped for a bit of conversation, maybe it wouldn't be 'none of his business' this time.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel simply shrugged. She sat at the counter while he worked. She was quiet, although she sighed at times. She nodded once, and briefly, when he said it was done. She blinked when he sat close to her like that and she attempted to back away a little bit, to create a little space between them. Angel shook her head no when asked if she had a favorite type of food.
"......no."

[amberly]

Andrew considered her answer. At least it sounded like a real answer. She didn't seem very enthusiastic about good in general. He couldn't fathom not caring about food. But at least she was eating something now. He needed to convince her he was not a threat, before he ran out of food in the castle and had to get more.

He got up to refill his water cup. The next question he had didn't need to be asked aloud, what would Angel do now? He sat back down to finish eating.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed. She adjusted her locket a bit before she continued eating. But, the chain broke and it fell to the ground. It opened to reveal a picture of a couple and a smiling little girl...Angel. Angel pushed her plate to the side for a moment to try and pick up the locket.

[amberly]

Andrew leaned over to reach for the necklace but quickly straightened when their heads almost collided. Contact was the last thing they needed.

"Who are those people in your pocket?" He questioned instead.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel narrowed her eyes.
"...my parents."
She frowned.

[amberly]

"That's nice to have something to remember them by. When did they give it to you?" He asked before taking another large bite.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel narrowed her eyes, frowning once again,. She was silent for a time, hesitant to tell him.
"......before they died."

[amberly]

"I'm sorry. Mine passed when I was 19, how old were you?" He admitted quietly before taking an especially large mouthful of sandwich. Maybe he shouldn't be having a conversation like this with her.

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed.
"I was only a child, a monster took them from me."

[amberly]

All chewing ceased for a moment. Oh, that makes sense. The silence lingered while Andrew tried to chomp faster and swallow without choking.

"That's awful. How did you escape?"

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel sighed.
"I was outside playing and I was not even home."

[amberly]

"Were you the one to find them?" He asked, the meal completely forgotten. His own experiences had seemed like a nightmare, but her's were worse.

[Vampiretwilight]

"They were charred like the other human victims mentioned."
Angel narrowed her eyes for a moment.

[amberly]

"That's terrible. I'm sorry for your pain."

He couldn't blame her for wanting to kill anything and everything that did that to people. She really did know exactly what kind of creature she was hunting when she had come after him. Although in his case, he wasn't giving in to killing any more people.

"How many monsters have you found like me? Don't worry, I won't take it personally, I've never met another one in the time I've been like this."

[Vampiretwilight]

Angel merely nodded briefly. She blinked and looked up when he asked how many monsters like him had she found. She was confused when he said that he would not take it personally.

"none....until now."

[amberly]

"Oh. I must be very poor monster to be caught" he looked down at his plate and quickly added "and not killing like a monster either. So what do you normally do when not finding me?"

[Vampiretwilight]

"eating, sleeping."
Angel said simply. That was mainly all she did since her focus was hunting and/or revenge.

[amberly]

"Hm," Andrew was running out of ideas from these dead end questions. "Well, when you've eradicated any threat from this world, which I'm not a threat to by the way, but when you know they are safe, what would you like to do? Any hobbies you want to pick up or vacations to go on? Who would you want to be friends with? Where will you live? You've got all the world of possibilities. A pretty young woman like you, with all the determination in the world. You're bound to have an interesting life out in the wide world."

Andrew was jealous that if he was fortunate enough to live, it would be isolated in this castle.