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Faith Lehane (dark_slayer) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-04-27 20:35:00

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claudia, complete, day seven, faith lehane

Who: Faith and Claudia
When: Day Seven, late night, after Claudia got angsty with Armand and Pandora
What: ANGSTING!
Where: Their room, City of Illusions version
Rating: Uh. It's Faith. And Claudia. I'm gonna put a big old R on this right off, just to be safe.
Status: Complete

It was late, but Faith was the sort who could easily stay up into the early hours of the morning, no problem. Part of why she really was quite suited to being a vampire slayer was that she kept the same hours they did, more or less, and actually thrived on them. So she was wide awake, and contemplating going out again. Sure, she'd spent some time in the amusement park earlier, but she hadn't seen nearly all there was to see. The place was huge, bigger than Disneyland. It would take more than a couple of hours to see all there was to see.

Still, she did have some sense of responsability, if only to her position. And the fact that there were vampires here wasn't up for debate. If she was a wiser person, she would be nervous about the fact that she really knew nothing about this sort of vampire. But, as it was, all she felt was that she should probably practice more. She'd sadly neglected her training since coming to Mirage, and then the Underground. A session with her weapons was much overdue.

So, dresesd in a simple black tank top and black yoga pants, the brunette tugged out her weapons chest. Yeah, Buffy had taken quite a few things, but there was still lots left. Faith toyed with the holy water for a moment, but her fingers closed on the sword soon enough. Her hand wrapped around the leather-wrapped hilt as if it belonged there, and she unsheathed it in one smooth motion.

Ideally, of course, she'd have someone to train with. Maybe now that Buffy was here, she could rope her into it. But, for now, the other Slayer was in the Labyrinth, and Faith was alone. That was fine, though she did wonder where her tiny roommate was. In truth, she was worried about Claudia. But she'd never been much of a babysitter, so she shrugged and started working through some basic attack forms with the sword.

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dark_slayer
2009-05-23 12:35 am UTC (link)

Again, Faith was struck by how Claudia spoke to her. In truth, if it had been a man, or even anyone who looked like an adult, she would have freaked the hell out. To call Faith a commitmentphobe was completely understating the case. She made commitmentphobes look like they were eager for a meaningful long-term relationship. But from Claudia, well, it sounded odd, of course, but not horrible. She could handle it. Although she wasn't sure how to deal with the fact that she was basically being told she was blind. "What the hell am I supposed to...?"

She didn't get to finish her question, though, because the child-like vampire showed her exactly what she was supposed to see. Blood tears, well, the vampires didn't cry blood on her world. So it was the coffin that really got her attention. Even then, she couldn't quite make herself take that final leap. "Shit, girl, you don't gotta sleep in a coffin. Weird ass shit. Did you have fucked up parents or something who made you..."

But it seemed that she was doomed to not be able to finish a sentence. Claudia kept talking, and the blinders that had been on, the blinders made up mostly of the fact that this vampire child was, in form at least, a little girl, dropped off. For the first time, she listened to the reactions of her body, and it all made sense. When Claudia spoke the words 'I am a vampire', there wasn't even a split second where Faith didn't believe her. On the contrary, it was the only thing that made sense, and Faith wasn't unintelligent.

"I know." Her hand quivered, and then she reached over, grabbed a chair, and broke it to pieces. Taking one of them, a convienant stake-shaped one, she walked closer to the vampire who looked like a little girl. "I know you are, shit, I guess I always knew, somewhere." The Slayer paused, looked down at her hand, and glared at it until it dropped the piece of wood.

She suddenly fell to her knees and held open her arms. "No, fuck it. I'm not gonna kill you. You're the best damn roommate I've ever had." Not waiting for Claudia to come into her arms, she scooped her up, picked her up, and even kissed her perfect little white cheeks, stained as they were with blood. "Come on. You need some fun. Let's go out. There's a motherfucking amusement park out there, what the hell are we doing in here?"

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