Amber

[formerslave]

[The amber reveals an elven face, tired and weary. He's leaning a bit to his sword, looking mildly annoyed.]

I need a place to stay. Just a bed, nothing more.

[He should be used to sleeping on the floor after his time with Danarius, but apparently he was spoiled these days after spending three years on a moldy mattress in a ratty mansion and then many more in a bed with a snoring beast and a dog.

About a month was all he could manage, and it had left his muscles sore and markings aching.]

I will not stay with any mages.

Comments

[formerslave]

Someone who possesses magic, yes.

[He shrugs slightly at the last part.]

I'm not... opposed to other beings.

[cocooned]

[ It still seems so strange to her. Before he had been opposed to all things magical as well. Not that Yuuki finds anything wrong with it, as long as it's to help people. ]

Um, well... my friend and I are pretty ordinary. [ For a vampire hunting vampire. She really is just an ordinary girl though At least she thinks so. ] I'd have to talk to him, but we still have two beds available at the place we claimed for our own, so there's plenty of room! I like to think we're pretty easy to be around.

[ She lifts a finger up into the air. ]

That said, we definitely don't discriminate against anyone! [ . . . ] Well... [ Zero tended to... ] That is I don't, anyway. If someone's a good person, I definitely wouldn't prevent them from visiting or coming over, regardless of what they are. So if that is something you're opposed to, it might not be a good fit.

[formerslave]

[He had to compromise in some way or he'd be fucked no matter what. 'Supernatural' apparently included elves, after all.]

I don't mind that. I simply need a place to sleep.

[He wouldn't even be around other than while sleeping. Honestly, he's not sure if he could even sleep around unknown people, but that was another issue.]

Is your friend your age as well?

[...because staying with children could be... bad. He's in his thirties.]

[cocooned]

[ She nods with a smile. ]

Mm. Well- he's a year older. Probably. [Since she doesn't know when her real birthday was. But they guessed at her age when she was adopted. ] I'm sixteen years old. He's seventeen. [ Well- he's actually eighteen now, but she doesn't realize that. ]

My adoptive father took guardianship over him almost five years ago now, so outside of the fact that he's a little anti-social, I can definitely vouch for him! He mostly keeps to himself.

[formerslave]

Then I'll have to pass. I do not wish to endanger children.

[...Fenris knows that he's a problem magnet, okay?]

[cocooned]

Eh? W-We're not children.

[ It's fine if he doesn't want to, but slkdjls ] Believe me! Zero and I are guardians! [ It should be fine to say that, even if she doesn't give what they work with out. ] Our job is to help protect others! We're both capable fighters.

[formerslave]

You just told me you were sixteen.

[He's a little amused.]

[cocooned]

Exactly! Almost an adult!

[ . . . Except that also implies she isn't yet. ]

Zero even lives alone! In... a dorm room at the academy. [ Okay, and so maybe her adoptive father was the Headmaster, but it still counted for something, right? ] We're really independent.

[formerslave]

Still, I will have to decline. I am... grateful for the offer, however.

[cocooned]

That's fine...

[ N-Not kids though-! ]

I hope you're able to find a place, then. It can't be comfortable without a bed.

[formerslave]

I will manage. There's no need for concern, but I'm thankful for the sentiment.

[cocooned]

What have you been doing up until now?

[formerslave]

Trying to find a way home.

[cocooned]

I meant for sleep accommodations.

[formerslave]

Ah. The floor, usually.

[cocooned]

That can't have been comfortable.. [ A frown. ] I hope you find somewhere, then...

[formerslave]

I will.

...thank you.