Breathing life back into an old muse

[makemyskincrawl]

Must we go through this again? I don't appreciate you dragging me back into your head space just because you feel a certain urge to play me again. Not to mention you know I dislike your fascination with Dracula and vampires in general. There's nothing seductive about an undead monster roaming the night, feeding on innocent townspeople and there's certainly no chemistry between Dracula and myself. Need I remind you he killed off my entire family?

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[fastandsteady]

Y...You know Dracula?

[vampish_aleera]

Hello, Anna...!

[makemyskincrawl]

Aleera.

[Just like that, Anna is instantly on her guard]

[makemyskincrawl]

He's been systematically killing off my family for the last four hundred years...

[vampish_aleera]

Anna, my love... Must I be the one to teach you of why your scribe may greet the bite with such fascination?

[makemyskincrawl]

[ All that statement does is put her even more on edge]

I'd rather you not. Stay far away from me, Aleera. If you know what's good for you...

[vampish_aleera]

[An on-edge Anna is the kind of Anna who Aleera prefers. Not as much as a vulnerable one, though. Because those taste better.]

But we have so much to catch up on, Princess... Like the destruction of my children.

And here, you have no hunter to protect you.

[makemyskincrawl]

Your children would have destroyed our village, not to mention most of Romania.

[That was something she would never apologize for]

I don't need Van Helsing. You should know that much.

[vampish_aleera]

Your peasants were worthless and lazy. None would miss them. Ridding them from Romania would be a service.

No, Anna... I have not forgotten who held the stake. How fortunate that we are given resurrection here. Tell me, how was it to have suffered your own death at his hands?