[IC] Things that go bump (Caits and Crawkid)

[Crawkid]

Elizabeth, being used to a longer sleeping schedule that Connor was, did not wake for several more hours. It would bea bout 6-6:30, enough time for Connor to get quite a bit done if he needed to.

When she did wake however, and first spotted his blonde mop, she let out a short scream before recognizing it as him. To which, she threw her pillow at him. "A warning would have been nice!"

She stopped to cough a bit, not used to screaming or yelling like that. She rubbed her throat and swallowed, soothing its sudden slight soreness because of it. Grumbling, she would slip out of bed, collect all her haircurlers, and go grab a bloodpacket. She wasn't going to give Marl anymore clues than she needed to. That meant using up a blood packet and surviving off of that for the day...er...night. She looked at it, considering drinking it cold but then pulled out the coffee mug and went to the task of warming it up.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor occupied his time using his laptop, and looking up his hunting files, as well as checking the news, and seeing if he could find anything more on the medallion. He was jolted out of his research by Elizabeth's scream, looking around automatically for any danger, getting a face full of pillow. He started to laugh, flopping down onto his own pillow, "Sorry" He said between laughter, "You were asleep and it was a snap minute decision" He said, getting control of himself sitting back up and setting his laptop aside.

"it was either that, or cut my hair. Dying was easier, even if its left me looking ridiculous" He smiled, and packed his laptop up, having not found much of use. "Obviously its enough to not have myself recognised if you're screaming"

He threw her pillow back on her bed, watching as she went about heating up the blood. "I think we should leave once the office is closed, drop the keys in the after hours check out slot" He said, "less risk" Or so he hoped

[Crawkid]

"Yeah...it'll work. " she answered quietly, slightly miffed at him laughing at her, but soon waving it off as she gently stirred the now warm blood. She glanced at him and his blonde hair. it was still a bit of a shock, but to her at least, he didn't look ridiculous. She smiled slightly, glad that he didn't cut it.

She took a sip of the blood, her body eager for it after the long rest. A few more sips, she licked her lips and made her way to the bathroom, setting it down and getting to work on wetting her hair back down. After that, she slipped her haircurlers back in..after all, she probably wouldn't be doing much while she was awake, imagining that Connor would spend all night driving as far as he could to stay ahead of his teacher, "So, tell me what Marl looks like...in case I spot him first." she looked out at him, having left the door open. She never underestimated hunters, and part of her was sure he would catch up...though maybe she should stop showing that part of her, since Connor was trying his hardest to keep them both out of his reach.

She reached over and grabbed her mug again, inviting more of its contents into her.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor began to pack up what he had had out, as Elizabeth did whatever she was doing in the bathroom. He looked up when she asked what Marl looked like, "Like any hunter that lives passed 40, scared, old and grumpy. He's of average height, with brown hair. He typically drives a black truck" it was a pretty simple description, but it would suffice. "He has a scar along his left check running under his eye to his neck" There, that was a distinguishing feature at least.

He ducked out to the car, beginning to take things out to it, "Don't worry, he won't catch us. He has to sleep too" he said on his return, shrugging into his jacket. "And he was sounding exhausted on the phone. We should be okay" He looked through the room to see if there was anything that could tie them to the room "I have to make new fake IDs now" He said with a hint of happiness.

Connor liked to make fake IDs, it was always fun to create new persona's. "I'll do that the next time we stop" He said, glancing at his phone

[Crawkid]

Elizabeth packed up her make up, using eyeliner to create an illusion about what shape her eyes actually were, and bright red lipstick. It would work for now, though it clashed a bit with her laxed look of having haircurlers in. Oh well. She reminded herself that Connor was probably the only one who would be seeing much of her anyways.

When he described Marl, she nodded, comitting the description to memory. Average aging man with brown hair,black truck, and a big scar on his face. She could work with that.
She grabbed whatever Connor hadn't already, silencing her doubts to him. To anyone else, his logic was solid and enough to put most people at ease...but Elizabeth had dealt with some pretty stubborn hunters in her time, and it had taught her to never take anything for granted with their kind.

She blinked as he said he'd have to make new IDs, but he sounded happy. Funny, she had thought that it would be a pain in the ass to come up with a new identity (ahem) but she shrugged it off. maybe he just liked it, and that was that. She just nodded, took a last look around the room, and got into the car.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor walked up to the office, dropping the key into the after hours check out box, and then getting into the car. He started the car up, and started out the town, staying to side streets, just in case Marl was in town, and was looking for his car, looking for him. They were just on the outskirts of the town when his phone rang. He drove one handed as he answered the phone, already knowing it would be Marl.

"I'm working a case, Marl" He said quickly, "I had no choice by to flee the hotel, and compromise myself. Something big is going on"

Marl sighed, and it was clear he was trying to figure out how to reply. "Don't lie to me. If this was just a job, a few days, you wouldn't have checked Bessie into a stable. You have someone to look after her when your gone"

Connor cursed silently. He let out an slow breath, "I didn't know how long this would be. I have to go, I'm watching a house, and I need to pay attention" He lied, and hung up, throwing the phone into the back seat in annoyance.

He sighed, continuing to drive, hands gripping the wheel tight, and driving as fast as he could, glad there wasn't many other drivers on the road, as he focused on driving.

[Crawkid]

Elizabeth popped open her brand new laptop and started quite clumsily using the touch pad to explore. For a while, she entertained herself by trying to learn how to work paint...but then she found the games section. She lost a few games of chess against the computer before seeming to figure everything out and she whooped its butt for the next few games.

She jumped when the phone rang, and became quite awkward feeling as she ceased gameplay so that Marl didn't hear any unnecessary noises- thus forced to listen to the whole conversation again. When it ended, she still felt awkward, so dove back into playing chess. After a few more games, she glanced up at him.

"...he might have heard the engine...with how fast you're driving..." she mentioned quietly, actually afraid to talk to him because she felt like the air got heavy with all of his stress. but..she wanted to say something, to try and not be as caged feeling as she was.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor sighed and nodded, "he probably did, but there isn't anything I can do about that. He was checking into a hotel, I could hear the desk clerk ask if he needed more then one key. So, he'll be in town the whole night at least" An upside, he thought. He would have to be careful where he chose to stay in the morning. Maybe hide the care, throw Marl off the rrail once he figured out Connor wasn't in the town.

He looked over, seeing her with her laptop, "Using technology? Impressive" He smiled "You'll be using it well in no time, I'm sure" He looked back to the road, to pay attention so they didn't crash. No doubt Elizabeth could survive, but Connor had never tested his ability to survive beyond the normal human abilities.

He glanced back to her, but did pay attention to the road. He was silent for a while, trying to figure out what to say, to ease the tension. "Its going to be okay, Elizabeth" he said softly, feeling like that was a lame thing to say, but unable to think of anything else, he fell silent.

[Crawkid]

She nodded slightly, taking the new information into consideration. If he had heard the sounds of Marl checking into an inn, he was probably going to be at that inn. She felt her bundle of nerves settle down a bit as she kept her eyes on the game she was playing. She smiled slightly as he mentioned her using technology, but wasn't sure if he was relaxed enough to talk like normal or was forcing himself to joke.

She won again, and feeling slightly bored, she awkwardly moved her finger around so that she could select another game to try. Time to try Solitaire.

When he spoke softly to her next, she paused in the play of her game. "Thank you," she said quietly, more about him trying to comfort her than anything else. "Also...I have to ask you questions when we stop next...like about this blue e thing..."

[MarshiestMallow]

"Bluetooth?" Connor asked, looking over, returning to the road after a few seconds, and nodded, "I can tell you about it" He said, "And what ever else. its easy once you know what you are doing"

He drove throughout the night, through two towns, before reaching a third two hours before the sun was to come up. He hesitated a moment, before deciding not to risk it, and found an inn, getting a room, but then he parked the car down a side street, knowing Marl would automatically check the inns for his car, and maybe it would go unnoticed in a side street. He climbed out the car, grabbing his things, shouldering his duffel bag and laptop.

He looked about, wary of any danger. Wary of Marl. He crossed the road when Elizabeth was ready, and led the way to the inn, opening the door, he looked in, did his customary sweep, shutting the curtains for when the sun was up.

He put his stuff on a bed once he was done

[Crawkid]

She nodded and spent her time playing games, eventually moving onto minesweeper -which she found challenging- and clicking around on other things.

She noticed them moving through towns instead of stopping at the next one, and how he changed where he put his car. She was actually a bit impressed with how dodgey he was getting.

Once he was done with his sweep, she carefully set her laptop down and tossed her things at the foot of her bed and flopping onto it, grateful to have a soft surface at her disposal again. "I don't know what the blue e is, but its got a yellow ring on it..it annoys me because i don't know what to do when I clcik it..but I found out the red X thing makes it go away."

While she waited for him to answer, she thought about the blood situation. She wasn't sure how he was getting blood..but she did need it...would she be willing to risk his safety again by not eating before sleep...or risk being found by feeding. It was a dilema, and one she had to figure out relatively fast.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor watched her set her laptop down, as she explained what she was asking. Blue e? He very nearly laughed, but he kept control of himself, "Oh, that's the internet. You can use it to search and find just about everything" He said, "A library in your lap, essentially" he smiled, sitting down on the bed.

He knew what she was thinking about, He glanced at the time, "You have about an hour and a half of night left, so you should be safe enough to go hunt, and do your normal thing there. I can go see about some more blood packets too"

He would have to see about getting a good stock of blood, so there would be less of a risk. "And some new IDs too. With any luck, we can both be back before the sun rises" He said.

He tried to think what else needed to be done, and how else they could stay off the radar. He should probably grab more food for himself too, and change his phone again, but that could wait.

"While I'm going on this spree, is there anything else I can gab for you?" He asked, pondering how to do everything quickly to get back to the inn, as he looked up the number for the Inn where Marl was most likely staying and ask the receptionist if Marl was still there.

[Crawkid]

She listened, intrigued by how amused he seemed from her questions. She mentally swatted away her irritation and made notes to ask him more about the internet. Especially things like email, and online banking she had heard about. But now wasn't the time, she swallowed absently as her thirst started to kick in, driving her to find someone.

"A new change of clothes, non descript stuff...and a pink jacket if you can find one. I suggest thrift stores." she said quickly, taking out her hair curlers and quickly combing her now curly hair back slightly and put into a ponytail. It wouldn't do to get to messed up already. "infact...more than one shirt if you could. It'll save me from having to buy at the next stop."

That was all she needed, clothes...

Quickly dashing out the door, she did her best and found a couple guys to suck from and erase their memories. Making it back in just as rays were starting to peek through. The back of her arms and legs were slightly red and she walked slightly stiffly over to her bed and flopped down. (feel free to fill in the blanks with whatever he was doing XP)

Crawling in, she was asleep almost instantly.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor followed her out, but went to do his own thing. .He did the fake IDs first, because no doubt the dark underbelly of any town would be closed when morning came. He got three different sets of fake IDs, eagerly creating the persona's.

Then he snuck into a hospital, and stole a delivery of blood packets, taking enough for a few days, keeping it in the cooler to put in the fridge later, and by then he was sure the shops would be open. He quickly headed to some clothes shops, grabbing what Elizabeth wanted,as well as some food stuffs for him, heading back to the inn room, where he put everything down without disturbing Elizabeth.

He set her things down at the foot of her bed, before going to shower, and changed, catching a couple of hours sleep.. He woke, and looked about, and couldn't help but smile as he looked over at the sleeping Elizabeth. He began to occupy his time, right up until there was banging on the door in the afternoon.

His stomach flip flopped as he went to the door, looking through the peep hole, and seeing Marl. He cursed to himself, took a deep breath, and opened the door, staying in the door way.

"This isn't a good time Marl" He said softly, "How did you know what room? Jesus, marl, I've died my hair and everything"

Marl rolled his eyes, the old hunter looking tired. "There's always a way. You left a dye bottle in the trash can of your room in the inn a couple of towns over'

Connor cursed, not even bothering trying to figure out how Marl found that out. Connor sighed, "Ggreat. Just great. I don't need this Marl-" he stopped Marl as he tried to slip passed him into the room.

"You can't come in"

Marl raised an eyebrow, and pushed passed him. Connor winced, and grabbed Marl before he could enter the room and see the sleeping Elizabeth. "I have a guest, please keep it down" Connor stepped into the room, "We've been traveling nights since the ncident, and she's exhausted"

Connor thanked god that Elizabeth breathed when she slept. He glanced at the time, knowing she'd be awake soon

[Crawkid]

She was already starting to fall out of sleep when the banging at the door happened, which just lightened her sleep enough to where she was aware of voices while they were talking. She tried to remain sleeping, and she succeeded for a it...but the fact that there was more than one voice bothered her so much that she cracked an eye open to peek at what was going on.

She froze, instantly recognizing Marl from Connor's description. She had to force herself to breathe, afraid that if she missed one he would notice. She glanced to Connor before coming up with a quick plan. She grumbled sleepily and looked at them, squinting slightly before curling up further into the blankets. "More crazy shit? Oh wait...hey, if you're this guy's uncle he was talking about...he's not a vampire, K?'

She said all this tiredly, still technically being tired. She kept her breathing up and listened, hoping that by calling Connor his nephew, she had managed to look clueless about what was actually going on.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor looked over as Elizabeth spoke, quickly trying to figure out what he could say or do, that could match what Elizabeth had said. He looked to Marl, who was watching Elizabeth suspiciously.

He ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "Marl, there's been a lot of vampire activity everywhere. I think I've stumbled onto something-a vampire biting humans and not finishing the turning. I've been luring vampires with blood, but I must have slipped up a bit. One decided to get back at me, and murdered that man in the inn. I may have also left an empty blood packet or packets in the last inn, along with the dye"

He sighed again when he saw the skepticism in Marl's eyes. He stalked over to the curtain, shifting slightly to protect Elizabeth from the sun's rays, and stuck his hand into the sun. "There? See, no burning" He shut the curtains and showed his hand, "You happy now? I'm doing a job here Marl. You should be back at the city. I'll send you my files, something big is happening. I'm worried" that much was true.

He ushered Marl out, knowing that Marl didn't believe half of what he was saying, but Marl couldn't. say anything without proof. Connor shut the door and locked it, giving another sigh.

[Crawkid]

She listened to the entire thing, noting that there was no explanation for her being there. She frowned slightly, not completely taken in by his story ether, but she wondered where it had come from and if he really had found something...

She peeked up once the door was closed and watched for a second of two before speaking up. "He's the suspicious kind of fellow, isn't he?" she ased, more stating the obvious. She wasn't going to tell him that she had been right about marl, that much was obvious and she was actually half-shocked that he did turn up despite his obvious tiredness.

Why chase down someone you suspected of being a vampire when you were so tired you may as well be asleep, she wondered.

"Would you mind grabbing your duffle bag and showing me all the supplies you packed?" she asked, slipping out of the covers, crawling to the end of her bed, and pulling out her coverup. She applied it liberally and followed up with makeup to make it blend in. She looked up at him, a little more in the serious mood. "I've got to lure some vampires after all...I'll bet you a hundred dollars that he'll follow me instead of returning to the city. "

Now she sifted through the clothes and picked out an outfit that was easy to move in and went with the pink jacket that she was glad he was able to find. She also grabbed her pill bottle and swallowed one dry. She wondered how she was going to pull this off without slipping up and drinking the blood herself...she wouldn't even be able to use her last resort and drink from whatever vampires she caught, not with marl possibly being right there.

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor laughed as the suspicions comments, "Oh, he's just like every other hunter" He said, running his uninjured hand through his hair, glancing out the door, seeing Marl walking away. He hesitated, before opening the door slightly and watching him go into the room. he carefully shut the door just as Elizabeth asked him to pass the duffel bag. He went over and did so..

He glanced about the room, thinking what to do now, listening as Elizabeth spoke. "I can distract marl if you want. Maybe let him know what I've found" He said, sitting down andd opening his laptop as Elizabeth did whatever she was doing. "And perhaps get him to go back to the city to address it"

He found his files of his most recent jobs, vampire huntings based on victims accounts. the thing many hunters didn't realise was that a bitten victim could be turned easily with vampire blood even years later. Which was why he had had to be careful with vampire jobs, and killing them. He quickly filed them all together, and sent them off to Marl.

"Lure vampires? How many do you think are in a small town like this?" He asked, in big cities, there were a lot of vampires, in towns he wasn't too sure.

[Crawkid]

"You can" she agreed and she unzipped the duffle bag and ruffling through it, carefully picking up and setting down a couple wood stakes and a knife. Maybe a spare gun if he had one. "I'll be honest with you though...I only lived this long by not underestimating hunters." she glanced at him, pulling out a small emergency sewing kit from her purse and getting to work modifying her jacket. She glanced at him as he pointed out that they were in a small town. She just smiled, "At least one, right?"

With her quick, expertly done adjustment, she slipped the wooden stakes and knife into place. "if you say that you're luring vampires with blood...I have to pretend to be a fellow hunter helping you...otherwise, I might be one that you lured." she glanced back at him,"You forgot to explain who I was, you know, even if it was a fake story...." She sighed.

" You made I.Ds right? Can I have mine?"

[MarshiestMallow]

Connor reached over to a brown bag, opening it, and taking out two sets of IDs, passing her both. They had two different names and identities for her, liscense and birth certificate. You could never guess when you might need a fake birth certificate. He too my he other two for himself, keeping one and putting the other away.

"I could have given you a name, but Marl would have seen right through that, and I was more interested in getting him out then in letting him find out you are a vampire. Be careful with those stakes and guns, I'd hate it very much if you let yourself get stabbed" he said softly, looking over at her, his hair falling over his eyes, and he brushed it out if his face.

"Go. Marl is probably watching us right now, or he wouldn't have got a room across from ours. I'll let him follow you, and then I'll follow him" he said, rising and packing his laptop away, stocking himself with his own weapons, gun with both normal and silver bullets, dagger, his own collection of stakes, and other bits and pieces.