Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [Open]

[detectiveofthewest]

The old Kitterick hotel, long since closed and abandoned, sat silently in its abandonment. At first it seemed that this night would be the same as any other -- one more in the long series of nights spent settling, creaking, slowly but surely marching toward the dissolution that surely awaited it. Yet as evening settled firmly over the streets of Greenwich, something changed in the air.

A long car, sleek and black, rolled up to the front of the building. A woman got out; two men aided her in doing so. Her long dress was bright carmine, spilling out behind her in a whispering pool. In the dark of night, the cloth looked almost black.

"This will do nicely," she said. Her whisper was full of promise.

[This, should you choose to use it, is a catch-all post for the Bloody Countess plot! It's for investigations, encounters, and so on leading up to the main event.]

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sasuke shouldn't even have one kid look at him

[apolly]

Apollo pauses before stuffing more lo mein in his mouth from a take out box and, unfortunately, it's not the image of someone who's prepared for an interrogation.

"... Yep."

He quickly slams the box closed and tosses it in the trash can behind him (without even looking back) and drops back against his chair, arms crossed. Okay, much better.

I thought you literally meant children shouldn't look at him

[eyeforaneye]

The sight really doesn't inspire a great amount of confidence but Sasuke doesn't even flinch, maintaining the same focus that he had on the short and very quiet journey.

"Hey." Just a general greeting that precedes the sudden thud of a body into a chair, the placement haphazard and limbs left akimbo. "He won't be out too long and then you'll have a chance to speak to him."

probably also true

[detectiveofthewest]

As Sasuke put the vampire down, Heiji was making a few preparations. He removed a small package from the jacket of his pocket, unwrapped it, and with a look of distaste, quickly grabbed the contents using a handkerchief and slipped it around Apollo's neck.

It was a heavy-looking silver chain necklace with a dollar-sign pendant. Heiji grinned. "It suits you!"

And then he snuck out a hand to grab a lo mein noodle.

[apolly]

Apollo wastes zero time between the necklace hitting his shoulders and him pulling it right off to hit Heiji upside the head with it.

"No it DOESN'T. And don't grab my food without permission! You're hundreds of years old! Learn some freakin' manners!"

The vampire's right there in the other chair, knocked out, and this is just... supremely awkward.

"What did you guys even do to him."