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Armand (vagabond_child) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-09-19 08:32:00

Entry tags:

armand, complete, day 16, kidnapping, violet baudelaire

Who: Armand and Violet
What: And more kidnapping!
When: Mid-morning
Where: I think there's supposed to be a junkyard or something?
Rating: It actually wasn't that bad. Maybe PG-13 at most?
Status: Complete

It didn't seem to want to end, this exhileration. It was something mortals would take for granted, he was sure. Just the simple process of how the day progressed, from sunrise to the mid-morning point he was at. He might have thought it would wear off, but it hadn't. And part of him very much expected that it was all going to end any second, that the magical protection Dahak had given him would wear off, and he'd be incinerated instantly. Every moment, he expected this to happen, and it led a new sort of frenzy to his movements.

He had Max slung over his shoulder, and the blood of the alien had driven this frenzy to whole new levels. He was in the sun, he was full of alien blood, and he felt at that moment like he was never, ever going to let Max go. The whole experience, all of it mashed together, was affecting him, driving him more than a little insane.

Of course, he still had one more to find. A girl, he'd seen her. Dahak had shown her to him. He set off to find her, and this time, he brought a couple of the lizard creatures with him. After all, he wasn't about to let Max go, and what if he needed someone to carry this girl? He searched through the resort, which didn't take long when one could move as fast as a vampire can, and stopped when he saw something odd. Pieces of random stuff, garbage really, lay haphazardly about. What was a junkyard doing here?

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	ladyofscience 2008-09-19 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	Violet came over within a couple of minutes since she had to move around the piles of parts and random junk. Of course she was curious about the lizards being a lady of science and had to take a closer look. "You think I am actually pretty?" she finally spoke a minute or so later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vagabond_child
2008-09-19 02:46 pm UTC (link)

He smiled as she came over, and was vaguely amused by how she moved through the garbage. So graceful, and yet, she was moving through piles of trash. It didn't seem to fit, somehow, and yet it fit absolutely perfectly. He kept the silent call echoing in her head, trying to keep her calm.

"Yes, I think you're beautiful, Violet. And you have a pretty name, too."

It would be fun, he decided, to stand here in the sun, holding the alien boy over his shoulder and talking to her. A new experience. When you were a 500 year old vampire, those were few and far between.

"Why do you play in the junkyard?"

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	ladyofscience 2008-09-19 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	"I get the best ideas from the things people decide to toss and to explain I am also an inventor" Violet explained. Her shy smile spoke more than mere words, it had been so long since anyone saw her as pretty since everything happened with Count Olaf and being on the run for so long. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vagabond_child
2008-09-19 03:43 pm UTC (link)

He easily read from her mind the things she wasn't saying, and for someone who had always made his way on his looks, who was kept alive as long as he was because of them, he felt a sort of sadness for her grip him. Vampires were, by nature, vain creatures, and he was up there among the most concerned with his looks. That she would be made to believe this... it irritated him.

What was worse, though, was the fact that he cared. It infuriated him. So suddenly, he entered her mind once more, more forcefully this time.

Come with me.

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	ladyofscience 2008-09-19 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Where are we off to" it was a simple question. But Violet could feel the need to follow him envelope her more and she figured why not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ladyofscience
2008-09-19 04:31 pm UTC (link)

Violet just followed the other boy and finally spoke,"Thank you for liking my name, I like that it is rather unique". She held onto her kit as she tucked in the last couple of parts she had found while they were speaking. Her natural grace had come rushing back as her simple skirt flowed around her slim frame, still a touch pale from everything before hand. "But may I at least ask your name?" the young inventor asked.

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vagabond_child
2008-09-19 08:05 pm UTC (link)

It must look a little bizarre, the two children talking, and then one of them just falling into step with the other. Like it had been planned out by both of them. And Armand was still holding onto the alien boy, holding him over his shoulder. He reached out and took the girls hand in his, gesturing with his head for the lizard people to follow. If Violet decided that she was out of here, he could always have them carry her. For now, though, he just walked hand in hand with her.

"Someplace fun, my beautiful one, that much I know. It will be fun."

He didn't clarify for whom. And meanwhile, he was rifling through her mind, trying to look for good ways to control her. Allergic to peppermint, really? He filed that away for future knowledge.

"My name is also unique." He switched so that he was speaking inside her head. "I am Armand."

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ladyofscience
2008-09-19 08:26 pm UTC (link)

"French?" Violet asked. "But you have a very unusual name as well, I come from England in my time and well we all have our stories about the time before we landed here" for now seeing nothing was amiss. But for now her smaller hand was in Armand's as they chatted,"Have you explored the area around the resort much?" her brain going into pure science thinking. But to be honest it was a very Violet way of thinking.

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vagabond_child
2008-09-19 08:36 pm UTC (link)

They were walking toward a building, a spa, actually. He had it all set up, with a special, secure room just for his two beautiful kidnapees. He kept his chilly hand holding Violet's, knowing that he could crush her fragile bones in a second, but holding her quite gently, really. The lizards followed behind.

"I'm not french, really, but I did spent many years there." He didn't see the harm in chatting with her, and anyway, it would keep her at ease. "England is quite something, I've been there many times. I like it there. It feels old."

Just a few more feet, maybe about fifty or so, and they would be at the entrance to the spa. He kept chatting away with her as he walked. "No, not much. I'm pretty new here." And, of course, that was a lie. Or at least, sort of. He'd spent many hours last night looking for the perfect place to take his victims, and preparing the spa for what he had in mind.

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ladyofscience
2008-09-20 03:02 am UTC (link)

Violet had not ventured into this portion of the resort so she scanned the various buildings around her. It was just an old habit from her days on the run mostly and she just could not let that go just yet. She also figured it was just a simple matter of Armand being just cold natured when she felt how cold his hand was.

"What part of France? I spent some time in Paris a few years ago and it just has a magic all its own" since she saw nothing was amiss in the light chatting. "But England has a sense of history and magic too, especially in London" she offered as they walked. "I just landed here in the last few days if memory serves, beachside landing and all" now that she could see the humor in what had happened.

A sense of easy grace could be seen in Violet along with a very quick mind. Her nature was in science and it was hard for her to be social but this was a tiny step in the ongoing process for her. But the lizards made her curious but for now she figured it was only her mind in overdriver once again.

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vagabond_child
2008-09-20 11:30 am UTC (link)

This girl was quite something. He would have been interested in her even if she hadn't been the one he'd been told to kidnap. Or, at least, he would have been if he'd bothered to talk to her. The chances of that were relatively slim. He didn't really talk to a whole lot of mortals. Waste of time, really. Except Toph. That had been interesting. And Marcus, the Ranger who had resisted all his attempts to probe his thoughts.

Maybe, it occured to him, Lestat and Marius had been right all along, and it was the true way of things to talk with mortals. Still, he couldn't help but feel most of them were pretty boring. His musings were cut off as he pushed the door open. The room he'd prepared was nearby...

"Mostly Paris, darling Violet. I lived there for quite some time." He shuddered just a little as he remembered his own arrival, deposited onto the ground, burned and suffering. He wasn't sure he wanted to think about it, actually.

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ladyofscience
2008-09-21 01:11 am UTC (link)

Violet always had a curious nature when it came to both science and life around her. Being on the run for so long had made her a bit more of a hermit but she had been trying to be a bit more social. For the younger girl this was a tiny first step in the right direction.

She scanned the building and explained,"Old habit of mine since I understand science and do see things as possible future projects". The simple skirt and sweater set off her dark hair and pale skin as they walked.

"What part of the city?" she asked. "To be truthful I only saw most of the major places but wanted to explore some of the smaller areas but time was a bit of a factor" trying to remember the name of one area from an old book of her brother's. She made sure the little kit was still around one shoulder as they walked.

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vagabond_child
2008-09-21 12:53 pm UTC (link)

The vampire nodded thoughtfully in response to her explanations, and he pushed open the door and stepped inside. He was still holding her hand. The spa interested him, which is why he'd picked it. These mortals all had such an obsession with looking beautiful, which Armand didn't get. But then, he didn't have to do any work at all to look as he did. Still, it was an odd phenomenon, and he didn't understand at all.

Soft, relaxing music tinkled, appearing to originate from everywhere and nowhere all at once. There seemed to be water features everywhere, and it was just such a different world. The sort of spa that only the very rich on Earth could afford. Armand loved it for it's strangeness.

Still hand-in-hand with the girl, with the lizards following him, he pushed open a door. A sudden surge of strength and he flung the girl into the room, shutting the door. It locked automatically. A light came on, but it was dull and red, and didn't illuminate much. Still, an stone alter was clear in one corner, covered in black candles. There wasn't much else to the room.

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ladyofscience
2008-09-22 12:44 am UTC (link)

"Now that was some landing!" Violet had felt the leather kit cushion her fall. She fished the little flashlight out and went to exploring, just in case she needed to pull her little save the day bit before this was all done.

"Curious" she observed as she worked her way around the room. But now she had more questions and not many answers. "Stop and think" she decided as she sat down and went to work on possible options.

(I think we can call Violet kidnapped now).

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vagabond_child
2008-09-22 01:16 am UTC (link)

Once in the room, he settled down, still holding the alien boy on his lap. Occasionally, he stroked his hair, his face, in a very creepy way that probably wouldn't be appreciated if he was awake. He watched in amusement as the girl went around peering at things.

Maybe he should take her kit away.

On second thought, no. He wouldn't. It amused him to let her have it. Anyway, what could she do? Soon, too soon for her to figure anything out, everything would happen. It was amusing to watch her scurry around, anyway.

[I'm putting a complete tag on this!]

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