Lemons

Umbra Rose Condos

Huh, actually, Lilith is probably the single most dangerous person in the entire complex for Velvet. Depending on how long the venom lasts Lilith could drag her out into the sunlight and hold her there until she sizzles and burns away.

Umbra Rose Condos

Best frenemies.

Velvet would like, spread her arms out with the biggest smirk on her face and tell Lilith to take a free shot, because it isn't like she can hurt her anyway.

...She is perhaps unaware of the paralytic venom.

Huh, I can't move. Why can't I move?

Oh.

Ohhhhh.

Umbra Rose Condos

Yes.
And a careless vampire is a dead vampire.

@Foster

To be honest, if Lilith tried to kill Velvet I think she'd laugh her ass off.

Umbra Rose Condos

Oh god.

Counterpoint to your counterpoint, though: Velvet is already a massive pain, do you really want to deal with her when she's out for blood and homicidally insane?

Umbra Rose Condos

Ah yes, all the people around to hear as she speaks in Japanese lmao

Anyway, as far as it goes, fire barely fazes Velvet. It can burn her to ashes--one of the few things that can really actually discorporate her--but she'll put herself back together in her crypt at the next midnight. She might even thank Miyuki for doing it, it's honestly probably easier than dealing with the pain of injuries, even if they heal quick. Velvet is nothing if not obscenely hard to hurt in any meaningful way and you need to jump through way too many hoops to have a chance at killing her. The only spells that might be dangerous would be spell that conjure sunlight. For, yknow, obvious reasons.

Though, fair point on the curses. She'd probably know, at least to some extent. Which means she might actually be cautious of something for once in her stupid immortal life, it'd suck to deal with a curse of misfortune for the next who knows how many centuries.

Operative word stupid, though. She's definitely an idjit, and humans are her main food source, after all. So really, who knows?

Umbra Rose Condos

I kind of love the idea of Miyuki assuming Velvet apologized for self-preservation and calling her on it, and Velvet just bursting out laughing because there's no way the fox could meaningfully harm her so why would she bother with self-preservation? She'd gotten mauled that morning and she's fine now, what's Miyuki supposed to do?

(Well, except for cursing her, but how is she supposed to know about that?)

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"AH YES, A FELLOW BODY PILLOW ENTHUSIAST!"
- Velvet, probably

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Yeah, Miyuki might not be tall for like, anyone else. But everyone is tall for Velvet!

Well, except Yumeiko. One of the rare "wow you're actually shorter than me" moments.

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_{Late Afternoon
Building 1 Cafeteria
Interacting with: @Expendable Qaymu @Xaltwind Miyuki @CitrusArms Yumeiko}

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Velvet wasn't stupid.

Well, she admitted to herself, she was perhaps rather foolish sometimes. Hence the last move she'd made on the chessboard, for example. But she knew from the look on Miyuki's face that the apology hadn't done much. It might've actually made things worse. And perhaps now she was glad that she hadn't spent much time interacting with the black fox before. Yes, all of it was definitely Velvet's fault, she should've been able to resist drinking from her that morning. But she put out this...vibe of selfishness and arrogance that radiated off of her like the sun and kind of reminded Velvet of her super cringe younger self who thought herself above everyone. And she didn't really want to deal with someone like that right now. Everyone goes through a phase like that, but at least Velvet eventually grew out of it.

It was as she was thinking about this in an effort to not feel the full-body ache and sickness--mind over matter only went so far, unfortunately--when her thoughts were wrenched violently back into the present as the pain suddenly--

Well, it didn't stop, per se. She could still feel it bubbling up inside her, could still feel the divinity seeping off Goldie and burrowing into her bones. But it wasn't even a comparison to before. Like the feeling of ten silver crucifixes right in front of her had turned to a single golden one, and had been placed a hundred feet away. Not absent, but easy to ignore. She was taking a sudden deep breath in shock at the unexpected relief when Goldie suddenly chimed in. And smiled. Not a malevolent promise-of-pain smile that Velvet was used to (both receiving and giving at this point), but a real smile. A soft smile; a gentle smile; and Velvet suddenly realized that all of Goldie's foxlike features had faded away before she'd opened her mouth. She just looked like a human now.

She was...nice. Really, genuinely nice. A welcome change from most of Velvet's interactions, and she felt a smile almost as real and genuine creep over her face. She let out a long sigh of relief. "God, is it ever better!" She raised her arms above her head and took a long stretch, wincing slightly at the pain that was still present in her arm but still very clearly relieved. As she made to speak again, she was cut off by the crackling of the PA, followed by Theria's announcement. She raised her eyebrows. Gremlins, huh? She'd seen them once or twice. Which meant...she sniffed the air, searching intently. Nothing; there were too much people in the cafeteria, way too many, and any of the sour notes of gremlin blood were drowned out by the dark, alluring scent of Miyuki's blood--damn her--and everyone else besides. Still. A hunt, huh? It had been a long time since she'd hunted...

...Did she want to change that?

A moment later she came back to earth and remembered what she'd been saying, then returned her attention to Goldie. Now that she was paying more attention, her blood had an almost...floral smell to it. Like light champagne to Miyuki's Cabernet Sauvignon, and would be fairly tempting if it wasn't also part of a divine being and may or may not destroy her from the inside out. Now, where was she? Right. "Your presence isn't trying to invert me anymore, it feels great." Finally done with the stretch, she dropped her arms down haphazardly to her sides, and her smile turned to one of her more common half-mischievous, fang-baring grins. "Never introduced myself, did I? Velvet, Velvet Coventry. Part-time bartender for The Alibi downtown, full-time higher vampire. You ever thirsty for blood or booze, I'm your girl."

She leaned back in her chair again, taking another long breath and gesturing towards Miyuki. "So, what's up with Miss Tall, Dark, and Sexy over there?"

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They do... It's green and would feel really sour to a vampire. Like drinking lemon juice without adding sugar.

@Dragonydas

Ah, but the important thing isn't that the blood tastes good. What's important is that Velvet is very, very good at tracking the smell of blood, and she's strong and fast enough to catch whatever she's smelling.