singinghuntress | 20th Song [AccidentalVideo]

[Now that the never ending day has come to a close, Rip has been having fun enjoying the night. This night, she's wandering some of the buildings with her hell cat draped over her shoulders. The Huntress has even managed to scare up an old winter coat that looks like it had seen better days. Unfortunately the coat seems to be a few sizes too small so it hugs her form almost like a second skin. Not that she cares.

Rip is looking through the various buildings, humming a Christmas carol as she searches for... gifts. This was the one holiday that was celebrated more than even Halloween and Rip was very, very determined to enjoy it. That... and it's been over 50 years since she's had a white Christmas.

As for who she was giving gifts to? Well that was going to remain a secret. True, she couldn't celebrate the holiday in some of the more traditional ways that she was used to, but she was going to make the best of it!

Eventually she pauses and digs something out of the rubble. It looks... like a broken Pocket Watch. She fiddles with it for a few moments before reaching up to scratch her cat's ears.]

"Vat do you zhink Hadewig? I am sure ve can find zomeone to fix it up."

[The Yodare gives a soft mewl and buts her head against her Mistress's cheek, making the vampire grin a little as she scratches the gray cats head.]

"You are right~ ve just need to ask! But first... lets zee vat else ve can find."

[Neither one of them seems to notice that PCD is even on.. or that it even fell out of Rip's pocket.]

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[It takes her a few moments to respond and when she does, she peers at him curiously.]

Her name is Hadewig. It iz an old German name zhat I thought zuited her.

[There's a little, sort of sad smile there. Boy misses his owl.] That's what I thought you called her.

My name's Harry.

It iz a pleasure to meet you Harry~. I am Rip van Winkle.

[She pauses for a moment and tilts her head to the side a little.]

You remind me of zomeone in zhe city.

It's nice to meet you.

I 'spect I remind you of James Potter. He's my dad.

[She blinks and peers a little closer.]

Is zhat zo? Zhen I suppose you know Zirus und Remus as vell? Ve had an .. unfortunate first meeting. I am afraid I vas not at my best ven I first arrived.

Yeah, Sirius is my godfather and Remus made, well... will make... me the godfather of his son. They really are great guys.

[He looks curious.] May I ask what happened?

Ah~! Zhen you all are family. Zhat... makes zense.

[She shrugs a little.]

I vas confused und he smelt like mein Captain~. Blood loss does zhat to a voman.

Zhough~, zhe volf really needs to accept vat he iz. It makes zhings easier.

Yeah, we are.

Ah. Oh. That. It's not something that's really accepted in our world. [A pause.] You could... just smell that?

Harry, you vill find zhat not all vorlds hold zhe same views~ und not everyone iz human.

But yes, I could. It vas zomething familiar to me from home.

Yeah, I'm finding that.

So your Captain... he's a werewolf? And... and I take it you're not human, either...?

Yes. He vas zhe last of zhem in my vorld. You vould also be right about me as vell~. I am a vampire, one of zhe proud zoldiers of Millennium~. Ve vere in a var before I vound up here... und vell, zhere iz no var here.

Zo vat iz a poor zolier to do~?

[He smiles a bit.] I don't think I've met a vampire before. It's always possible. Lots of different people at Hog's Head... that's a bar.

No, there's not. There was war in my world when I left, too.

Well... I plan on enjoying my time away from it.

It iz quite possible if ve exist in your vorld~. Vho knows! Zhere are very few of us here right now but zhe numbers are slowly growing.

Zhen you are fortunate to arrive here! I find myzelf... at odds vith out zomething to do. But~, I vill make due az going home vould mean my death.

From what I've been taught, vampires do exist in my world. They're... less liked than werewolves, I think.

[He understands that, even if he won't admit it. From what he knows, he's got all of five minutes left of living once he gets back home.]

Yeah, sometimes, there's not a lot to do. But... for right now, it's a good change. I'll probably be bored in a month, but... [He shrugs. He'll still be alive in a month and here, with his parents.] I suppose I'll find a way to make due.

Less liked zhan verevolves? No vonder your family did not like me!

[Well, there's much, much more to that story.But, for now she's just going to act surprised. Mostly, because she finds this boy much more pleasant to talk to that the others. Which... surprises her.]

Zhen you just need to find zhings to keep yourzelf entertained~! I hunt to keep myzelf busy.

Yeah, that must be it.

You... hunt? Ahhh... what do you hunt?

Zhe local animals und monsters mostly. I hunt to keep Hadewig fed. She goes zhrough quite a bit und zhe left over bones are her chew toys.

Yodare's love to chew on zhings. She iz no different. I haf just curbed zome of her more destructive tendacies. Zhink of zhem az a mix of a cat und a shark. Vith zhe right training, zhe can not tear you apart.

She doesn't sound all that bad, really.

What do you hunt when you need to... eat?

I drink from vat I kill to lessen zhe mess. Ozher zan zhat, ve are provided blood from zhe clinic. If you are asking if I hunt humans, I vould haf to zay no. Zhere are zhings zhat make it unnecessary to do so.

[That, and if she even tried she would be killed.]

Sorry, not trying to offend you. I've just never spoken to a vampire before. I wasn't sure if a vampire could survive off of non-humans.

It iz okay~. I do not offend eazily. But, yes, ve can. It just does not taste as good as human blood und some vould view it disgusting.

I zee it as a matter of survival. One cannot be picky about zheir meals ven zhere iz little to eat.

That's a very good point. [One he learned earlier this year, when he, Ron and Hermione often had to survive off of what they could find.] Sometimes, you just have to survive off what you can find.