2nd Floor Common Room, Saturday Morning

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It hadn't taken too long for Warren to figure out how to navigate the second floor common room, and he'd managed to scrounge up some crayons and blank paper to set onto a table for his unexpected roommate.

That accomplished, he was going to leave her to her own devices now, with Saturday morning cartoons on the TV in the background. They were, he figured, excellent diversions to spare him from having to babysit, and with her out here, there was no chance of that kitten eating her while he fled for his sanity's sake.

"Bye!" she called cheerfully and then, well, Kururu had crayons. And paper! And she was doing her Very Best to draw rainbows. ... This was harder than it sounded when you were barely taller than the crayon, okay?

It absolutely wasn't going to stop her from trying! Let's go!

[Hinata is Kururu from Bottle Fairy, la! Warren has fled the room (and mucho thanks to not_a_parakeet for writing half this post!), Kururu is still there, and the common room is open as such things are!]

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[glacial_queen]

"How the Hell are you here?" Karla asked, still trying to process everything. "You're dead, Zack. You all died!"

Well, yes, technically he was.

She was slowly backing away as she asked. Because she wasn't that stupid.

[puppy_fair]

"More dead than usual?" Zack blinked at her, wrinkling his nose and then lifting his fingers to his throat as though he was feeling for a pulse. "Nope. Just as dead as ever. You shouldn't tease people that way. It's mean."

Yeah. Right.

"I woke up here this morning, no invite or anything. How cool is that?"

[glacial_queen]

"We killed you," Karla said. "I watched Dinah turn to dust! All of you!"

[puppy_fair]

She mentioned Dinah.

She mentioned Dinah.

She shouldn't have mentioned Dinah. There weren't many other vampires out there who treated him as an equal, instead of the insane thing that Alice had twisted him into. And Dinah wasn't here. Dinah wasn't here.

That meant he was alone. And Zack hated being alone.

The shift seemed subtle at first, but it was instant. From human to demon. Blue eyes to gold. Teeth. And a snarl that carried clear across the room.

"If I find out that you hurt her...!"

[glacial_queen]

Karla flung herself backwards, really, really wishing that she had Craft right now.

"She stood in the sunlight rather than remain something like you!"

And maybe a little less bravado. That would also be helpful.

With Zack game-faced, Karla knew better than to try to run for the door. She when she dove, it was for a patch of sunlight, streaming in through the common room window.

[puppy_fair]

"She wouldn't!"

They'd just been standing in the window the other day, watching ravens in the fog. They'd been talking about how just existing was better, this way. About people they'd talk to if they ever got to go back home again. And now she was gone?

Sunlight?

"She wouldn't!" How could a demon sound so desperate? He was shaking. No. Not Dinah. No, no, no.

He rubbed the back of his arm against his face, his teeth clenched, and he shook his head. When his arm returned to his side, his face was back to normal. He didn't have the heart for this. But then, not having a heart was the point of this whole demon gig, wasn't it?

"Why does everybody leave?"

[glacial_queen]

Dammit, vampire!Zack! Stop looking all sad and Zack-like! Karla didn't really have the heart to kick puppies, even demonic ones.

"Because sometimes it's for the best," Karla said steadily. "Because sometimes the best choice is the one that hurts the most."

[Fleeing]

[puppy_fair]

He didn't like it. He didn't like any of it, didn't have to like any of it, could choose to just disbelieve it if he pleased.

If that meant crossing his arms over his chest and turning to look the other way, his eyes on the floor, then so be it. What Karla was saying sounded too much like things Angeal would have said. 'Embrace your dreams,' and 'protect your honor,' and Angeal wasn't here either.

He hated them all.

"I won't attack you," he mumbled, not so much as looking up. "'M not even hungry anyhow."

[Bye!]

[glacial_queen]

"But you'll attack someone else, won't you." It...wasn't really a question. "We're going to stop you again, you know."

Big words from the girl who wasn't even sure what was going on.

Not that was stopping her from fleeing to the door. "Zack...please don't do anything you'll regret when you're back to yourself, okay?"

She had to believe this was just a temporary Fandom thing. Because she didn't think she could handle being Craftless around vampires again.