[OPEN] MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR

[baisant]

The Duke of Central London's Samhain festivities are open upon invitation only. Those who are fortunate enough to have received one, either from the Duke himself or from one of his guests, are privy to quite the affair. Raymond has obviously been planning this for some time now, and the bar is fully stocked, the room fully decorated for the festivities. Collected from the fae hunt that their leader had encouraged, fae blood flows freely, available freshly served in punch bowls or straight from the source itself, in the form of kidnapped fae off of the streets. The vampires who partake are drunk with it and high on the euphoria that it offers, a drug unlike any other their kind can partake in.

As promised by Raymond himself, it is a rave the likes that London has never seen before. And it's about to get a lot more memorable still...

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[freelife]

During the fight, Evie caught sight of a familiar blonde. Hardly allowing herself more than a small smirk of reflection during the attack, she vowed to come back to her later. That time came far sooner than expected, as one of Raymond's goons began to approach the young American. Evie didn't waste a moment- sending a stake through the heart of the man she was fighting, she ran over toward Caroline.

"Caroline!" She yelled, hoping she'd turn and see the man set to attack her and if all went well, the man would turn his attentions to Evie.

She got her wish, as he pulled out what appeared to be a very long bowie knife.

Well. This was going to be fun.

Without a moment's hesitation, she moved in towards the thug, wielding her own kukuri with swift, precise movements.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline spun around when she heard her name, just in time to see the large vampire who was getting far too close. Thankfully, he turned towards Evie, which allowed Caroline to quickly get out of dodge. Once she was a safe distance away, she turned back, just in time to see Evie and the vampire getting close to each other, blades drawn.

Her attention was drawn away when another vampire came stumbling her way, his arms flailing. Thankfully, this was another one drunk on fae blood and Caroline moved in swiftly, driving her stake into his heart.

[freelife]

The vampire's clumsy. He's big, drunk, and he's only got a knife. Evie's light on her feet, sober, and she's been trained. Evie's able to make short work of him, getting in close until she's able to send her hidden stake through his heart.

"Good to see you fighting the good fight!" She calls to Caroline. They can talk after this.

God, she hopes they can.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline manages to see the end of the fight and it's pretty damn impressive. "You have got to teach me that," she calls back to Evie.

Caroline may be young but she's fighter. She definitely plans to have time after tonight for lessons or conversation or anything else that she wants to do.

[freelife]

Evie doesn't have time to even think of calling back to her until after the the last gunshots have rung out. It's then that she tries to see if she can find the much younger woman amidst the survivors.

"Caroline," she says breathlessly when she finds her, reaching a hand out to touch her shoulder. "You're alright."

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline must admit that she's a bit surprised that this is the case. But she is indeed still in one piece, albeit it a bruised and battered piece. "Yeah," she says finally. "You too." She'd had far less doubts about Evie's survival, especially after seeing her fight.

[freelife]

Evie shrugs it off. "It comes with hundreds of years of doing just this." She looks around at the carnage and frowns deeply. "Usually, I prefer more subtle methods of dispatch, but Jean-Claude had a statement to make."

She turns her eyes back to Caroline. "And it certainly seems he made it."

[vampire_barbie_girl]

"Yeah, if people don't get the idea from this, then there's no help for them." It had been awhile since she'd seen carnage quite like this. At least this time, she didn't feel guilt about the bodies she was responsible for. They'd all had their chance and they wasted it.

[freelife]

She nods grimly. "You're terribly right." She intended to keep working alongside Jean-Claude, having come to grow close to him in the most recent months. Perhaps take some time out to work on rebuilding London again, without heeding the call of the Brotherhood.

Her city, after all, continued to need her.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

"So, what happens now?" She's asked Jean-Claude that question after Southwark but this time she needs to know the answer. And she needs to be part of it too.

[freelife]

"We rebuild. Things are going to change, again, and this time for the better. We have to repair our relationship with the Night Council, the witches, everyone. There is much work to be done, and we'll need all the help we can get." She doesn't want to put her in harm's way, but she was already here. Here of her own free will.

And allies were always a valuable asset.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

"That makes sense." Caroline paused just for a moment, before adding "I want to do what I can, to make the Nest a good thing to be a part of." No more blaming her for people getting killed by vampires running amok.

[freelife]

"Good." She puts her hand on Caroline's shoulder. "We can use more members like you."

[vampire_barbie_girl]

Caroline smiles. After recent events, it's nice to be reminded that she is on the right side of things. That it's possible to be a vampire and still be a good person.

Even when being a good person means taking part in what was quite literally a bloody mess.

"Do you think anyone outside the Nest will trust us?"

[freelife]

Evie takes a long moment to look over the damage. The cleaning bill was going to be huge, and she did not envy them one bit.

"We can only hope." Jean-Claude had approached Sylvia. She had approached Hillingdon. "But if they choose not to, I won't blame them."

[vampire_barbie_girl]

"If they chose not to, then we'll just have to do more to change their minds." From everything she's seen and heard, Caroline knows that it might take a lot to do this. But it's not like any of them are short on time.

[freelife]

Evie nods her head. "Precisely, Caroline."

[vampire_barbie_girl]

She looks around again at all the dead vampires. "Do you think many of Harris' supporters are still out there?"

[freelife]

"I'm sure there are a few." There always would be people that saw it his way.

[vampire_barbie_girl]

"I guess we'll just need to keep an eye out for them. And hopefully find them before they get desperate enough to do something really stupid." She didn't even want to imagine what that something might be.

[freelife]

"There will always be those that oppose whatever regime is in charge." She had learned this a long time ago. "But hopefully this has at least made them quiet dissenters."