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Even supervillains have their off-days, and Doctor Vynes is no exception.

Thing is, while he’s not completely lost when it comes to cars, his (loud) opinions aren’t, let’s say, backed up by facts as well as they would be in questions of botany.

(Head Mechanic Doris is not paid enough for any of this.)

So a bunch of people are locked in with this human-eating creature. As in the creature is already locked up and they are flung into his... cell? Room? The creature looks mostly human. (In fact he looks a lot like one of my OCs.) Male, white, short and thin, short blond hair, big eyes, pointy nose. His only visibly non-human traits are his pointy canines and glowing eyes.

Anyway, he instantly kills two of the people and eats them.

Which would by all logic make the rest of the prisoners want to kill him or at least stay the hell away, but one of them is an exceptionally determined monsterfucker and for some reason this display makes him even more interested, so he starts 'taming' this creature. He's pretty persistent, and even though the creature is confused at first, he's into it enough that he doesn't kill him. Now, this guy is kinda big and burly and he probably had his ideas about who's gonna be topping, but so did the creature and he's not currently open to negotiations.

The actual dream ended here, the rest I added half asleep but more or less consciously:

We pick up a while later, our monsterfucker is now free and either back home or at some hotel. It's the dead of the night and he notices that the creature is there, scratching at his window like a stray cat. (They are several stories above ground level.)

Like the Darwin awards-hopeful that he is, he opens the window and asks:

'Did you come to eat me?'

'Devour' says the creature 'Not eat.'

Lucky for the guy, he genuinely did just come for sex. After they're done the guy has two more questions:

'You do still want to eat me, right?'

'Yes' comes the answer 'Like I want to eat all humans. But you don't eat all the meat you ever see either, do you?'

'I guess. Also - I thought vampires were supposed to be cold, but you feel warm?'

This gets him a scoff.

So - Ali.

Ali isn't terribly bothered by routine nor is he a picky eater or especially sensitive to sensory stuff, but there is one area of life he's REALLY particular about - fashion.

There is exactly one silhouette and a very narrow range of colours he will accept. The colour has to be black or at least mostly black and whatever else he's wearing (and this whatever better be long-sleeved), the ensemble HAS to include a long, loose top-layer. He's neither goth not is he very strict about religion, this is just a quirk, but a very strong one. People have a hard time reconciling all this with his bubbly personality, but well, he just likes what he likes.

His top-layer closer - collected over several yeas - includes:

Some kurtas, yes, but honestly he prefers garments that fully open up at the front

A VERY nice sherwani

A dyed lab coat

Several formal Uni robes

A kimono he wears untied

Bathrobes for home

Several long coats of various thickness

'...'

'Petra. Come on.'

'Ehh, it's nothing... I just had a fight with Ali, that's all.'

'A fight. A fight with Ali Rana? Dr Rana? That Ali?'

'Do we know more?'

'I'm just double checking. You picked a fight with the guy we pay to talk down pissed-off, man-eating demons. To therapy with you, ma'am.'

'Fuck off. What makes you think I started it, anyway?!'

Doctor Vynes will now state his terms. You are welcome to listen, agree - and beg.

Ex-supervillain Doctor Vynes* and his new favourite right-hand man, ex-agent Alex Wright.

Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Original Work Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Characters, René Giraud, Augustin Perrault Additional Tags: Historical, Paranormal, Angst and Tragedy, Mystery, Haunted Houses, Horror, Psychological Horror, Canon Autistic Character, Background Relationships Summary:

The year is 1841 - Young Monsieur Augustin Perrault receives a distressed letter from his uncle. Something suspicious is going on in his house - now it’s up to Augustin and his friends to investigate. They might find a lot more than they signed up for.

René is far from perfect and one of his most glaring flaws is how jealous he gets. His easiest way ahead in life would be to find a nice lady with whom they can agree to marry for convenience and then they could both keep as many lovers on the side as they please. His first relationship was torpedoed by his complete inability to agree to an arrangement like this.