Fifty First Sip

[mal_addict]

Well, I did try to warn some of you that magic always comes at a price. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Maybe after this incident you'll be less inclined to just wish everything you want into existence because it's the easiest way. Be glad you don't live on my world, you'd all be up a creek without a paddle surrounded by ravenous crocodiles and perhaps a few rabid sharks by now.

[James Watson]
So, how long precisely are you planning on hiding out there? Because my ability to care enough to cover for you is beginning to wear thin if you continue to be stupid and stay out in the middle of nowhere without any word if you're okay or not.

[Helen Magnus]
[Gods, this is awkward, but with Nikola brooding and James hiding, it was ultimately up to her to keep an eye on the poor woman] So. How're you settling in?

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[Helen]

[mal_addict]

So I've been told. I#ve never thought of it as anything more than normal.

Yep. Or undead, in my world.

[Maladict]

[teratologist]

Please take it as a compliment when I say I feel you are anything but common.

Someday I would like to discuss the particulars of your branch of the Vampiris line, if you were agreeable, of course.

[Helen]

[mal_addict]

I think that's the nicest compliment I've ever had.

Sure, I don't mind at all. More than happy to, in fact.

[Maladict]

[teratologist]

In my estimation people never value the unique until it is gone. It's been part of my personal mission to ensure that doesn't continue.

Wonderful, I have a feeling I could learn a great deal from you, and of course there is one hundred plus years of stories about Nikola I could tell.

[Helen]

[mal_addict]

And a brave and true mission it is too.

[She chuckles a little] I always enjoy more fodder I can use against Nikola.

[Maladict]

[teratologist]

I like to think of it as a moral obligation.

Oh that I can supply, vastly. Has he told you about the time he tried to kill me?

[Helen]

[mal_addict]

He has, once or twice. Interesting story it is, too.

[Maladict]

[teratologist]

Nice to know he is so open about his past. But I promise you there are far more humorous stories I can tell you.

[Helen]

[mal_addict]

To me, anyway.

...Now the funny stories, those are the ones I never get to hear.

[Maladict]

[teratologist]

Well, we'll have to sit down and discuss them over tea one day.

[Helen]

[mal_addict]

I look forward to it.