5th Check-In; Dictated

[holyrabies]

[The only word to describe Mavis' voice as she starts to speak, reciting from the book she's gotten from the castle, is bittersweet.]

Two lonely bats crashed in the night.
They felt a zing; love at first sight.
They knew right then they would be husband and wife,
For a zing only happens once in your life.

...Merry Christmas, everybody.

[Distracted by thoughts of those left behind, she forgets to thank people for her gifts, but she has not neglected to make sure others got theirs. In addition to her gifts from the meme, Mavis gave each vampire she knows of in the castle the substitute blood the castle has been granting her wishes with. Rose and Dave also have gifts awaiting them. (Dave's is a pin.) All gifts have a note attached simply reading: Love, Mavis.]

Comments

Mavis

[theabjectauthor]

Thank you, Mavis. ... I have a gift for you, as well, but I'd rather give it to you in person. That is ... if you're in a mood to receive company.

Mavis

[fluthlu]

Merry Christmas, Mavis. I adore the little cat. Thank you!

[She's already sent the ghosts along with Mavis' gift - the scarf described earlier, as well as a little crochet bat, which is a bit sloppy, having been an experiment.]

... If I may ask, what exactly is a "zing"?

[eat_me_beat_me]

Oh that's awesome! Did you write that?

Lemony

[holyrabies]

Huh? Oh! Um, you're welcome, and that's really nice of you.

[She laughs, a bit sheepishly.]

I think company would be nice, actually. Why don't you head over?

Rose

[holyrabies]

Thanks, Rose. And I'm really glad you like it. You're totally welcome, and I love my gifts! I named the bat Roderich.

A zing is... Something really special. It's when you meet someone special for the first time and you feel... A zing. [Her explanation is more melancholy than when she's eagerly defined the sensation in the past.] It's like love at first sight; feeling and knowing it. You know right away how special that person is to you.

[holyrabies]

Thanks. I didn't write it, though, my mom did. A long time ago... It's about her and my dad.

Mavis 5ever

[fluthlu]

That is a lovely name.

[She lets out a little hum of acknowledgement at Mavis' description.]

Ah, I understand. A familiar concept, assigned a name. And you have one of these at home, do you?

Rose, to end!

[holyrabies]

Thanks. I'm glad to have it approved by the creator herself.

[She sighs.]

I do, and it's hard not having him or my dad here for Christmas.

[fluthlu]

[She does a pretty good job at keeping any bitternes out of her voice. It's okay, it's totally okay.]

I can imagine that that must be melancholy. My condolences.

[holyrabies]

[Even though she's good at being blissfully ignorant of many things, Mavis might have noticed the bit of bitterness that gets in; the slight off-ness. But she's being an eighteen year-old girl wrapped up in her own problems at the moment, unfortunately.]

Thank you, Rose. That means a lot to me.

[fluthlu]

You're very welcome.

[It's for the best that she doesn't catch on. Rose just steels herself and turns all of those thoughts off.]

I certainly understand. It's been a dreadfully long time since I've seen many of my loved ones.

[Especially the dead ones.]

[holyrabies]

Oh... Oh, Rose, wow, I'm really sorry. I mean, you've been here even longer than I have. I just... I am really sorry.

[fluthlu]

There isn't any need to apologize! Truly, I'm fine.

[holyrabies]

If you're sure... This place can be a real bummer, huh?

[fluthlu]

I believe "bummer" is a bit of an understatement.

[holyrabies]

Yeah, I guess you're right.

There's good people here, at least.

[fluthlu]

There are a lot of good people here. And despite the castle's dire sense of humor, it's at least safe.

[holyrabies]

And... I do like it when it gets interesting! Like when we were in that village.

[fluthlu]

Yes, that was among the more pleasant excursions it's taken us on.

[holyrabies]

It was the only one I've had so far... It was cool until those guys attacked.

[fluthlu]

I believe it was my third, but the most enoyable by far. At least, until the end.

[holyrabies]

What other places have you been around for?

[fluthlu]

Shortly after my arrival we were whisked away to a small fleet of pirate ships, and ealrier this year it took us to the home of our resident talking ponies.

[holyrabies]

We have talking ponies here? I didn't know that...

But pirates, wow! Sounds so exciting!

[fluthlu]

Yes, I believe we still have a couple. We used to have practically an entire herd.

And I suppose, in the most basic sense of a word, it was exciting. Headache-inducing, perhaps, fits better.