Bird of Prey

[Dianne]

Dianne covered a hand over the mouth of the man so he couldn't scream while pinning him against the wall. She rolled her tongue over his neck so the painkillers would take effect before finding the vein in his neck and penetrating it with her fangs. The blood electrified, sending a great big jolt into her system as it always did. The temptation to bleed the man dry and absorb his very essence was strong but through sheer force of will Dianne pulled away just in time to leave the man with enough blood to survive this encounter. But he would not remember a thing when he woke up. Exactly the way Dianne preferred it.

Dianne smiled and began to make her way out of the alleyway. For now she was satisfied with the human's blood but the night was still very young and the urge to hunt was just as strong as the temptation to kill foolishly was. The only critical difference being that Dianne had no moral objection to hunting her prey before drinking from their blood. Many vampires thought her less simply because she never killed the people she tasted. But why kill them when they could be left alive to play with again at a later date? Vampires these days, they were so short-sighted and never saw pass the short term. Though Dianne wasn't very old herself and has only been a vampire for over 40 years she was considered wiser than the average vampire still in their youth and she easily showed it. Now becoming one with her surroundings Dianne disappeared entirely from sight while looking for her next victim.

[Nevena]

Since the dream had ended, Nevena no longer heard the calming Hymn, his voice had vanished from the realm of the living. And at first, she thought she had possibly crossed to the farplane as they both had probably done. But no. She could recall from the time she lived visiting the Guado; keepers of the dead. That tower was certainly not their work. This place was not normal for them. And if she had passed somehow when she was still so unwilling to surrender to her fate, why were they not here with her?

A simple pyrefly escaped the woman as her mind drifted back to the days of her family being together before the war began. Nevena reached out with her hand and waved away the pyrefly while she roamed this place, her staff gently touching the ground with every other step as she used it to help her way.

However, she came to a pause near the body of a man, blood left on his neck. Nevena tapped the body with the end of her staff. Had she been sure this was still Spira, she would have driven the end of her staff into his neck, taking advantage of the exposed neck considering how she felt about most people of Spira due to, what she considered, their betrayal. She raised her staff though left it hovering in contemplation. Was this still Spira?

From the days when she traveled, she had only foggy memories of certain places. The small island where Valefore gave herself up for the first fayth; the tropical retreat where Ifrit turned to stone, the stone temple were Ixion would join the dream, home of the Guado, thunder struck planes, the crystalline forest, the icy temple where Shiva would begin her song for hopefully an eternity, the vast planes without a scar where the glorious temple only proper to forever house the Sisters where they would later be forgotten, the ruins of her home, and of course the city of a temple dedicated to her beloved son who would submit to the will of Yevon and also dream.

None of those even seemed remotely like this place. Was it possible that they had changed? More than likely. But...Nevena's hand and staff remained raised as she was stuck in debate.

Maybe this was a dream? But...She had refused to dream.

This place...What was it?

While lost in her debate, the unsent summoner remained still and unaware of what had actually caused the injury to the man as she simply figured a fiend had attempted to do its job and failed.

[Dianne]

Dianne's eyes settled on the woman in strange clothing wielding the staff. She looked to be at a lost and ripe for the picking as Dianne smiled to herself and emerged from the shadows. Her lips parted, saliva dripped from her mouth and hit the ground as the vampiress released a low pitch growl into the air. Dianne was never content with just draining a victim of their blood she wanted to get off on the thrill of the hunt. Nothing compared to smelling the fear off a human being, the way their heart beat in the wake of death and how thick their bodies sweat while they ran as fast as they could.

And then looking into their eyes as they plead with her, begging for mercy while being held in place when Dianne the hunter finally sampled her prey. That was the excitement she lived for. For Dianne it was better than all of life's finest pleasures and even the very act of drinking blood itself. The vampire would wait for the woman to turn around to see what was responsible for the noise and the very moment she turned would be when Dianne pounced.

[Nevena]

A growl? A fiend was about more than likely. Or maybe one of those hulking Ronso? Either way, it would be troublesome. Fiends hardly traveled alone, and Ronso were capable of thought. She sighed quietly, moved her arm just the slightest bit over and let the metal staff slide down through her grip until the base of the staff landed on the ground with a dully resonating thud.

'If it's a fiend, I almost pity them,' she thought as she finally turned around, expecting one of the typical monsters of Spira to be behind her.

[Dianne]

Nevena's eyes would neither bare witness to a fiend of Spira nor a Ronso. Instead she would see the brunette dressed in red amidst her lunge towards her position in the alleyway. Fists opened up and palms were out stretched to the woman as her mouth grew even wider and teeth extended. Dianne was looking to either force the woman into a run or face being pinned down to the ground as she fed from her. Deep down of course Dianne hoped for this one to flee, and not prove to be a disappointing catch, so she may give chase.

[Nevena]

Nevena remained motionless as she watched the brunette woman lunge at her. She did nothing as she was pinned the ground either. Tired dull eyes simply stared at Dianna and Nevena gave a quiet sigh. What was this supposed to be? Hm? Did this person have rabies? Or something? She spoke calmly and softly; "I request you remove your hands and control yourself. Thank you."

[ShadowGirl]

A Black Mazeratti was cruising along the streets and was driving in the area. She was actually scouting the city, to know the place better. She was kind of pissed of as she revieved a fine for parking in the wrong place earlier. She was calming down by blasting AC/DC threght her radio. suddenly her headlights was a woman jump on another woman in an allyway. She stopped and after reversing slightly stopped in from ot the alley and, her anti theft siren started up. She would hopefully get some attention to the pair of girls... both of them where cute by the way. She remained in her wheicle mode.

[Dianne]

Curious. Very curious. Of all the souls she has encountered in her travels she never met one who reacted quite like that. It was always the usual screaming or begging she had to mute out with her bare hands. This one didn't even flinch towards the vampire on top of her. Dianne stood up from her latest victim and looked her over, the curiosity winning out over the hunger that wanted the vampire to feed off of this woman. "Have you no fear of death?" Dianne began to sniff the woman like that of a bloodhound, soon answering her own question as something felt off, very off. "No. I suppose people like you wouldn't and here I was hoping to enjoy a fine hunt. You've prevented both pleasures from me tonight."

Dianne's attention then went on the new arrival at the end of the alley. She had heard that music a mile away, it was obvious it couldn't be from the natives. Their equipment was no more advanced than a Victorian city would be, despite their strange superior levels of evolution compared to the rest of the world they were in. That radio sounded far more modern but with it came no smell and looking at it with her eyes Dianne could see why. Robots didn't carry scent and if they did it certainly wasn't their own. Well, this was really the last thing the vampire expected coming out here. Two different beings she was unable to drink blood from. The gods were having a thrilled day at her expense it seems. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked the machine.

[Nevena]

Nevena slowly stood up and dusted herself off. She had no comment to say to the woman who apparently indulged in barbaric 'pleasures' of hunting people down. Yes, Nevena was hunting people down but took no joy in it. The unsent summoner shook her head.

"So sorry to disappoint you," Nevena commented quietly though it was obvious she was not sincere about the apology she had given.

And there was that music. She had heard things similar to it before, but honestly did not care for the. Perhaps it was because of the hymn and the musical creatures which seemed to frequent Bevelle's and Macalania's temple alike. Nevena turned to look towards the car. Machina. To be expected she supposed. Though it seemed harmless enough, she still had mixed feelings of it due to her abiding to the teachings of Yevon all in order to protect a dream that had ended now. But one thousand years of doing and teaching something leaves its mark on someone's mind.

[ShadowGirl]

(i hope it is not too short and has enught infor for you to work with )

ShadowGirl stopped the music and also the honking. Her lights where her eyes in a way and she saw that she managed to get a few people's attention. She waited a few seconds thinking about if she should change into her true form. She finally decided and changed, finally standin at a nice 10 feet tall. She had all of her weapons hidden. She was designes so that she could conciel all of her weapons. she was probably the only Autobot designed like that. She spoke.
" Hmmm... clever girl... you must be a vampire... I am ShadowGirl... and i am here to make sure that you do not cause any bloodshed... what is all you need to know for now... now the question is... who might you two be? " She asked looking down at both of them. She seen enught bloodshead in her live to never want to see any more creatures hurt. Be it human, vampire or Cybertronian.