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Rose M. Tyler (jeopardysfriend) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-12 10:09:00

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!complete, day 18, location: in town, rose tyler, selene

Who: Rose and Selene
What: ~~Gossiping, checking out the hotties...~~ Werewolf safe-place hunting
Where: All around town!
When: Day 18, late afternoon, 4ish?
Rating: No more than a PG-13 I'd imagine
Status: Complete

Rose needed time. Time to think, time to get away, time alone. And she wouldn't get that in the museum. She was afraid to get too near the barn. And the carnival would only land her in front of the enigmatic eyes of one John Smith.

So after dropping off her stupid stupid survey with that stupid, stupid idiot, she started exploring the areas she didn't know. John's words about the tunnels had given her an idea. The Doctor had told her that they'd need a safe place for Remus to be confined during the full moon. Though on Earth, they'd have nearly a month, there was no guarantee here, and the sooner, the better. And if there were tunnels beneath them, there were bound to be other locations the locals didn't know of, right?

The impulsive Londoner of course would take it on herself to find said location. She'd taken the boy under her wing, after all, and he was sort of her responsibility. And looking around town would give her a chance to ignore those she wanted to avoid. That list was growing longer by the moment, really. And in a place where there were only so many places to hide away? Hell, maybe she needed that safe place for herself just as much as for Remus.

So she started with the theater, the sight of her earlier snuggling with one John Smith. Snuggling? No, that was a bit too much there, wasn't it? Chatting, yes. A bit of comfort. He'd made her smile. But no snuggling.

She slipped under the marquis and lowered the hood of her jacket, glancing around. She felt a bit like a spy, and Rose wouldn't deny the little thrill that ran through her. It was sort of exciting, the kind of excitement she hadn't had since the TARDIS had landed her back in London. Carefully, she tugged the door to the large building open, wondering why she hadn't ventured inside this place till now.

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-16 03:29 am UTC (link)

"Probably, though I wouldn't think very well." Selene pushed at one of the stage floor supports, testing its strength. A little bit of damage was entirely possible, but she would rather see Remus raging at his surroundings rather than himself. Even she knew that wasn't a good thing. "It might be better than nothing." she conceded, making her way to a door. "If there were only one way out... well, one easy way out... then it'd be somewhere that could relatively contain him." The door was wooden, rather than metal, but the vampire wanted to know what was on the other side. Never know what one might find. The lock was easily broken, along with ripping off the entire doorknob, and she was treated to a shower of dust as the door came open, revealing just a storage closet. It took her a moment to note it though as she coughed hard and turned away, trying to wipe the dust off her face. "Fucking hell. Definitely no one's been hiding away down here."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-16 04:24 am UTC (link)

Rose held her breath, trying not to breathe in the same debris that Selene had. "If we could guarantee he'd have a hard time getting out and make sure everyone else slept inside, in somewhere secure, that might be enough to hold him until morning." Though it was still dark, she'd reached the point in her vision where she could make out dark shadows and recognize some shapes. It wasn't much different from walking around the house on a moonless night. Funny, considering she was walking around now for a night with quite the moon, instead. "Honestly, though? I'm glad to know there's one more place we can rule out as having housed people."

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-16 05:18 am UTC (link)

Selene nodded, still wiping at her face a little and moving away from the apparent closet. "You said a bunch of you are staying at the museum. Have any of you found any weapons or anything? I highly doubt they'd have anything genuine in the place, but even a fake sword has to at least be made out of steel. Silver's best of course but steel would slow a lycan down." She paused as she realized she might be painting the wrong picture. "Even if we find somewhere perfect for him you all should still prepare in case you need to protect yourselves. I know he doesn't want to hurt anyone now but once he's changed it'll be a different story, and I'm sure he would hate himself if he hurt or changed anyone."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-16 02:13 pm UTC (link)

Selene's words made Rose feel ill. The very idea of having to slay her friend caused her a wrenching nausea that she had to cough to cover. She couldn't do it. If it came to that, it would have to be one of the others. She didn't have the stomach and she knew it.

"I'm sure there's something," she said quietly. "One of those knight suits of armor or something. With weapons." Her tongue flicked across her lip, tasting the dust and wood particles in the basement air. "I don't really know what to do. I'm so out of my league here."

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-17 12:24 am UTC (link)

"Like I said, something to keep in mind." And if there was indeed a sword or two, the vampire would have to come by in a few days and snatch one. Just having her bare hands for defense was not making her feel the greatest. Carrying a sword might even remind her of the old days. "You're doing what you can. That's all anyone can do in this place, really. We're all more than bit out of our element I think it's safe to say."

Selene sighed as she paused her searching, leaning lightly against a support beam. "Where I come from vampires haven't killed or bitten anyone in years... least not without repercussions. Synthetic blood is the food source now. Obviously I'm not going to be finding that here." Why she was even telling Rose this, she didn't really know. Maybe because they had a shared goal at the moment, or because Rose wasn't asking her a thousand questions and calling her fantastic of all things. Or maybe because she was easy to talk to and Selene hadn't really talked to anyone in so very long. The vampire didn't have friends, or those she did were now quite dead. This strange place was, in a way, reminding her just how alone she really was.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-17 02:02 am UTC (link)

This whole place was out of its element. It was out of its time, Rose realised, and that was something to consider. Who could manage that? Had they really taken the TARDIS? Even she realised that a Time Lord's technology could prove world-ending in the wrong hands. Were they in more danger than even they realised?

Rose was grateful when Selene changed the subject. In truth, she was still a little anxious about the fact that she was in an almost pitch-black basement with a vampiress or whatever she'd be called. But the fact was? She was fascinated. "How have you been surviving?" she questioned, trying to make out the woman's figure in the minimal light. "I mean...no one here, right?" That was probably rude, wasn't it? Assuming and all. "I...isn't there some other way? Some way you can survive without...y'know, the whole people dying thing?" Yeah, Rose, that was worded so much better. She'd have facepalmed if she hadn't wanted the woman to know just how humiliated she was.

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-17 02:29 am UTC (link)

"No, I haven't so much as tried to bite anyone here." she was quick to assure Rose. "I've been doing my best not to think about it actually. Managed to find a few rabbits between last night and earlier today --" Selene crinkled her nose as she was forced to admit it, "-- but it's not much. I'd say it's enough to get by for a little while, but if we have a werewolf on our hands in three nights..." She let the sentence trail off in a sigh, staring off into the dark for a few moments. And she was worried about that. It would likely take all her strength to both contain Remus and, perhaps more importantly, not kill or seriously injure him.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-17 03:21 am UTC (link)

"Where you come from," Rose began, genuinely interested but also a bit worried, "do you attack the werewolves?" Obviously, she had Remus' best interest at heart. She was helping to try and find a safe place to house him, after all. Surely a cold blooded werewolf killer wouldn't do that. Would they?

"You need your strength, regardless." Rose Tyler, protector of all species. Even the blood-thirsty ones. "A few rabbits won't be enough. I don't know how synthetic blood is made, actually, but my friend, he's pretty smart. Got a few of those genius types around, actually. Maybe there's some suitable alternative?" She may not have been the brightest person at Vas Captio, but she was thoughtful at least. "Are there any other ways? To gather blood, I mean?"

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-17 04:57 am UTC (link)

That she hesitated before answering was probably all the answer Rose needed. "Yes. It's what I was, well, raised to do. There's been a war raging between vampires and werewolves for several centuries in my world." So it was really quite clear she and Remus came from different worlds. Not that it was any sort of guarantee that she wouldn't end up hurting Remus at some point, but he was a different sort from what Selene was used to and she was doing her best to regard him differently as well.

She had to smile at Rose's remark, though it wasn't long before she was tilting her head rather thoughtfully. "Does your friend call himself the Doctor by chance? Asks a lot of questions and seems to think he knows everything?" It wasn't much longer before Selene started back to the stairs. "I don't think we're going to find much of anything down here so we may as well go back up where there's at least a little light." She was partly thinking of Rose's vision, and Selene waited for her at the stairs, letting her head up first. "As for other methods of gathering blood, I really don't know. I was hoping to find a way out of here before it got to that point but it doesn't look like I'll be that lucky."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-17 05:24 am UTC (link)

Rose couldn't help it. She burst out laughing at Selene's description of the Doctor. "I take it you've met," she said with a grin. It was the Doctor, spot on. Right down to thought he knew everything. Pain that he was. She loved him, despite that. And Selene's words brought back the reminder of Remy and what he'd said that morning. Ugh. Playing in a basement with a vampire was more desirable than remembering that morning.

Carefully, she took the stairs one at a time in front of Selene, feeling with care for each step. "We should probably make sure we check out the museum, too. And there's a church... Is there some sacred ground rule? Something that might help us out here?" But it might also harm Remus in the process. God, this was complicated.

Her new current worry was Selene's health, however. "There's got to be an alternative. Are you going to be alright for a day or two? It may take some time to find it, but there's got to be a way." Unlike the Doctor, she didn't think she knew everything. Rather, she thought she could help everyone.

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-17 06:00 am UTC (link)

The laughter made Selene's smile linger, though not exceedingly long. "He was the first person I met here. We were stuck in an experiment together upon arrival." Since they were friends she left out that she'd been on the verge of attacking him when they last spoke because of how badly he was on her nerves. A hungry vampire could only remain so tolerant.

"A church won't bother me, blessed or not. In this place I'm betting not. I don't know if that would bother a werewolf at all. We'd probably have to ask him." Her brow furrowed in thought as she brushed dust off her clothes once they got to the top. "I know it's rather morbid, but if there was a crypt that might work. The walls are usually pretty sturdy to withstand the test of time so they might be able to stand a werewolf for a night." That was an area of the town she hadn't explored yet. Perhaps she really did need to quit spending so much time on the fringe. And she still needed to explore that abandoned house Remy told her about, if it was actually there.

"Blood of some sort is the only nourishment we have, so I don't know what kind of alternative there could be." she told Rose. The woman's concern was almost strange, but... it was nice. Selene could tell that it was genuine, something she certainly wasn't used to. "I don't need it everyday, like how myths like to portray. And we can't starve and die." Well, it was technically death, by anyone else's standards. "I can find a way to manage."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-17 04:25 pm UTC (link)

"I know him better than anyone," Rose said of the Doctor. Though she was starting to reconsider just how well she knew the Time Lord. But that wasn't Selene's concern, now was it? So she put a forced smile on her face instead.

"We'll look around the church for a crypt then," she agreed, blinking as she stepped back into the lobby where the light was filtering in through the windows. "This place seems so old, it might have one. It would be ideal, if we found one." Poor Remus. Locked away in a crypt at night? But if it came down to that or having to kill him before he killed them? She knew which option she'd take.

"We'll think of something," she reassured the vampire. "It just may take some time, is all." Hopefully they'd figure something out for Remus and for Selene. Rose was getting pretty handy at taking on impossible causes.

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bulletsandblood
2009-08-17 06:39 pm UTC (link)

"We should ask him about what precautions he normally takes." Why she was just thinking of that now, Selene wasn't sure. Too much stress made it hard for anyone to think clearly all the time. "How sturdy it is, that sort of thing. Then we'd at least have a frame of reference." They could hope that he wasn't ridiculously strong. Perhaps it was something he grew into, rather than being unnaturally strong right off the bat. That would make things easier on all of them.

While in the lobby Selene shook out her coat, trying to get the rest of the dust off before they went back out in the rain. Rose's hopeful tone drew a curious glance from the vampire, who tilted her head a little. "Why do you care?" Most would say such a remark rather condescendingly or otherwise with attitude but Selene was honestly curious. As far as she could tell there was no reason for anyone to want to look out for her interests, other than perhaps not wanting to end up as food. She didn't get that impression from Rose, not at all, and she really didn't know what to make of it.

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