♚Dead Man Walking♚

            It wasn’t his first time on a ship, being contained like this, normally he’d have managed to escape by this point, however, whoever was in charge knew that the vampire had a weakness to silver and had had it infused into his shackles, that kept him away from the bars. He hadn’t been fed in weeks. Lucian wasn’t even sure why they hadn’t killed him yet, as his captors had not told him anything. The creaking of the floor near his cell wouldn’t have worried him too much if it weren’t for the scent of something new that suddenly became a lot stronger, someone was in here with him.

              @noblebleedingheart​ sent:

"That's the most comfortable bed I've slept in in years... Can't remember the last time I actually slept." -blyth

Elena listened to her father speak, hugging him as he picked her up. “Oh. Is this that thing you were talking about? That you were going to help a vampire who lost his way?” She asked him, still looking at Blyth.

Blyth looks between them. “I wasn’t aware vampires could procreate. She looks just like you.” He says, waving a bit to her. He wanted to show he wasn’t a threat. He looks back to Lucian and Alice. “So, shall we go get some more blood?” He asked.

               “Yes, this is the vampire who lost his way.” He says to her and he presses a kiss to her cheek, he hums happily. He knew she’d warm up to Blyth, he wasn’t expecting her to trust him right away, she had every reason to be apprehensive about him.

Blyth nods a bit. “Understandable.. I hadn’t finished feeding when you caught me.” He replies. “I forgot how nice clean clothes felt. Of course I washed up every once in a while, but.. fully clean, dry clothes.. it’s nice.” He looks up at the elder vampire, as Alice stands as well.

“I’ll be here if you want to show him to the kitchen, love. I’ll be watching Elena.” She tells Lucian, kissing his cheek.. though that plan immediately went out the window..

Elena was awake again, and her eyes locked on her father. “Papa!!!” She calls, getting out of bed and running over to her father, hugging his leg. Then she moved somewhat behind him, eyes on Blyth, now. “Papa, who’s that? Why is he here?” She asked.

                 Lucian nods his head, glad he was feeling a little bit better now that he was clean, he did have plans of getting him the blood bag, however with Elena waking up and noticing him, he looks over at his daughter. A wide smile pulls at his lips, moving to pick her up when she came up to him, quite happy to just hold her. He expected questions.

Blyth waits for the ok to enter the room, before quietly entering. He had known alice had put down her daughter in the room. His hair was still wet, but he looked cleaner. His dark hair had considerably lightened with the presence of soap. His hair had gone from dirty blonde to full blonde. The blood was gone as well, and he was wearing the spare clothes Alice had given him. He was holding a towel, drying his hair with it. “I tried using the hair dryer you had put out for me but it was loud very suddenly and it scared me so I decided against it.”

Alice nods a bit. “Me too. Especially after what happened the last time a half vampire entered the house.” She could still smell the blood, even though it had been cleaned up. She shakes her head. “I think she’ll understand once we explain it and get them used to being around each other.”

There was a soft knock at the door, and Blyth’s voice rang through it. “um.. I finished. I put my soiled clothes in the basket like you asked. May I come in?” He asked.

                 Lucian’s brows furrow at the mention of the half-vampire that came to attack his and his family by one of one of the other families. He shifted and he nodded, “Yes, we will deal with that when she wakes up, hopefully the smell of a new vampire in the home doesn’t freak her out too much.” Though he’d explained to Elena that he was going to help whoever it was he was going to investigate on behalf of his family.

Blyth smiles a bit. He likes that idea. He already liked being here. He waves at Alice as she was introduced. “She wasn’t. She used most of her energy running back and forth from the window waiting for you. She wanted to show you what she made.” Alice explains. She then nods. “I’ll show him around and see if we have anything that might fit him.. those clothes need to be washed. They’re filthy.” She looks to Blyth. “Come along.” With that, Alice hugs Lucian and moves further into the house to get Blyth settled in. A little bit later she would return.

“He’s bathing right now. Didn’t quite understand how indoor plumbing worked, so I had to show him. I found some extra clothes that might fit him and left them for him to put on, and showed him his room.” She explains, moving to sit next to him. “Elena is still asleep, thank God. We can explain everything to her when she wakes up..”

                 Lucian nods his head, letting her take Blyth to get cleaned up and settled in, he figured he’d need a little bit of time to adjust to a few things, especially if he’s been on his own long enough. He settles down, sitting and listening, mainly to Elena, who he wanted to make sure was okay, even as she slept because he knew she wouldn’t be down too long and he wanted to prepare himself for when she realized he was home, because he knew she’d cling to him for a little bit.

Blyth listens to him speak. “It’s rare to find somebody who cares that much.” He says. “It feels good to finally speak about that night without getting harsh looks.”

He looks at Lucian. “You have a wife?.. she was human?.. I assume that transformation went well. A sire as kind as you..”

When they arrived, there was a woman standing at the window. There was a small child in her arms, asleep. The woman smiles, seeing her love’s return and moves, to lay the child down in bed before moving to greet her husband and the newcomer. “I just put Elena down for a nap!” She says, then looked to the blonde man. She was curious. “Is this that vampire your parents say was terrorizing the town?” She asked. “I can draw a bath for him, get him some clothes. We might even still have some blood bags left over.”

                 Lucian smiles at him, “you won’t receive any judgement from me or my family, we don’t get a choice in what we’re dealt in life sometimes and it’s not as if you wished for this things to happen.”

He hums, nodding his head when he asks if Alice was human, “yes, I made sure she was safe and would be safe around others and had she not wanted to be turned, I never would have risked it, but turning her was a step we both took going forward.”

Blyth nods a bit. Exactly that, actually. He tried animals.. nothing fulfilled his hunger. He follows Lucian, placing his hands folded together in front of him. “Blyth.. my name is Blyth..”

“Have you ever turned anybody?” He asked, curiously. He wanted to know if he had turned anyone and how that person had turned out. “…it felt like I was dying, when I was being turned. He attacked me while I was on my way to see my fiancee.. left me there.. I was just coming to when she found me.”

                Lucian nods when he received the name, quietly sounding it out to himself to get a feel for the name. He looks back at him when he asked if he’d turned anyone and he sighs a little. He expected there to be questions, he was happy to answer them.

The man nods, wiping his mouth off on his sleeve. “I tried everything to help sate the hunger.. but nothing worked.” His fangs retracted. He stands, stepping away from the body. “where will we go? I’d hate to intrude.”

He finally looks at Lucian. “Were you turned too? Or were you born one?” He asks, pushing his blonde hair back, out of his face. His eyes were a blue-green color, shimmering in the low light. He takes in his look. He notes his scent, and moved to stand by him. One thing he truly wanted was somewhere to clean up and rest. He felt weary.

                Lucian hums, “let me guess...animals? They do very little for us, it doesn’t surprise me that you attacked humans to get a meal. A decent one at least.” He stands up then, carefully turning himself to face Blyth now as he rose a brow. “I’d hardly call it intruding. My home is not far from here, that is where we will be going.”

His gloved hands move, adjusting his coat and he chuckles at the question. “I was born a vampire, you and I are two different breeds of vampire, I don’t hold that against you, but there are others who will.” His eyes return to their normal blue colour and his own fangs retract, moving to leave the woman now so they wouldn’t get caught here, he wasn’t really in the mood for playing mind games with police to get out of this place.