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Since she split up with Erebus, Saoirse had been wandering the city the entire day. The voices of the humans invading her mind and destroying her shields with their everyday chatter until it all became nothing but white noise. After feeding and leaving leaving the humans alive with no memory of what had attacked them, the dirty and blood covered vampire had continued her walk, eventually finding a manor that caught her eye. Pulling the gates open she wandered inside and had to stop when she came upon the rose gardens. Even in the dark she could make out their rich and vibrant color, the way they turned their head upward as if they were going to soak up the light of the moon. The place was quiet and the vampire found purchase on a bench, swinging her legs back and forth while her fingers curled around the edge of the seat. The dress was still dirty and covered with both blood and dirt, she hadn't gone shopping thanks to the sun burning against her skin. The side of her neck held nasty burns which were now beginning to peel now that the sun had gone down. 

The tune that she was now humming was only known to a select few and sitting back on the bench, Saoirse fixed the skirts of her dirty dress and picked at the burst sores on her arms, the skin turning to ash whenever she peeled it off her arms and wrists. Pulling the chocolate hair over a shoulder she pinched the burned skin there and began to peel that off too. Light pink flesh left underneath, new and recently grown. Her thoughts wandered to what Erebus might be doing, and whether or not he had finally gotten to meet the person he had been looking for. Pondering whether or not she should go back to Arcane and leave Erebus to do what he needed to do in this foreign land, she did have Clara to look for... the last clue had been in Arcane, though she had stopped searching. "Decisions, decisions..."

[Aleron]

After recently being accepted into the coven , Aleron was on her way back from working in the stables, her favourite place to be at the moment, still feeling somewhat out of place here and missing the company of Taz.
She always walked back through the rose garden, she had heard it was a favourite place of Ajax's sister, but she didn't know having not met many here as of yet, including her.
She walked through, glancing at all of the flowers and running her hands gently over them as she usually did, she paused however as she saw an unknown woman sitting on a bench with sores all over her, she seemed to be a vampire, or so Aleron thought, she didn't know much about any of this seen as she was still a newly turned vampire. ''Oh, Hi.'' She said, knowing the woman would have probably noticed she was there before Aleron noticed her presence.
She did not recognise her in anyway and for all she knew, she could be part of the coven here but Aleron would keep her guard up just in case. She looked at her sore skin a moment with a frown, ''Are you hurt?'' She asked, her motherly instincts taking over most of the time when she saw someone injured or in need. ''My name is Aleron, may I ask yours?'' Aleron's mind was still all over the place of late and she was unstable for the most part, but she seemed to be in a better mood this day.

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Saoirse turned from looking at the roses and up towards the person that approached. Not many were out at these times of night and she wondered if it was a vampire, a werewolf or a big kitty. It didn't matter, Saoirse didn't answer her at first, not really one to talk to many strangers. Though she was full-grown and had been for a while, many still mistook her for a child due to her petite stature. "Hi. I'm not hurt, I'm just hungry. My name is Saoirse." All of her responses were placed in one answer, simple and to the point.

Interest wavered and she reached over to curl her fingers around one of the flowers, wondering whether she should rip it out of its earthen bed or just leave it be. Saoirse was in a state of agitation and mingled with hunger, it was hard to tell what the vampire would do. Of course it was hard to tell what she would do on any given day at any given time. "Where am I? Is this your house?"

[Aleron]

Aleron watched the women with caution, knowing nothing about who or what she was but by all of the blood, she figured she was a vampire also, when she said she was hungry Aleron frowned slightly, she looked like she probably already had a full stomach, perhaps she just had a big appetite.
Aleron knew one thing about this woman, she made her feel uncomfortable, she wondered if she was the type of asshole vampire as her sire Frederick was.

Aleron looked at the rose at the mercy of Saoirse a moment before meeting her eyes, ''This is the coven belonging to the famous twins in this land. It's not mine no, I am simply a guest here.'' Aleron spoke truthfully, she still did not know much about the twins or anyone else here for that matter, perhaps this woman had heard of them for Aleron didn't have much to go on to explain it any further to her.
''Where have you come from?'' Aleron spoke in her thick French accent as per usual, but the woman seemed to be able to understand her all the same.

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"Never heard of the famous twins, guess they're not as famous as you and everyone else thinks." Saoirse's fingers moved away from the rose, she left it alone for the time being. Legs swinging she looked up at the moon again, her mind always wandering to it whenever she had nothing better to do. The flash of silver was there with each movement of her head, especially when the light hit it. She didn't try conceal her true nature but didn't go out advertising it either. Sniffing the air, Saoirse turned to look back at Aleron as she asked her next question.

"I came from a place called Arcane, before that I was in Africa, and before that I was in Europe. Crossing oceans isn't fun either, there are not enough humans to eat and the rats all carry plague. Have you ever seen what the plague does to a body?" Saoirse's mind whirred, her thoughts switching faster than one could follow. Right now she was tired, which explained the lack of movement and the sluggish impression she left. Then, the cunning monster showed itself when her lips curled and her fangs were exposed, the eyes gone silver. "Vampires make the best happy meals on feet, nice and ready to go. How did you get here, Aleron? Did you plant the pretty roses?"

[Aleron]

Aleron nodded, so she didn't know anything about this place either? Figured. Aleron glanced to Saoirse as her mind seem to drift to the moon, she didn't know now what this woman was and there was no way she would be able to figure it out either, having no prior knowledge of anything supernatural other than stories before she was turned.

As the woman spoke, Aleron wondered how old she was, she had come to realise that appearances were deceptive in the supernatural world, and from the way this woman spoke she thought she was perhaps older than her young self made out.
So she ate humans, but didn't seem to be a vampire? Aleron shook her head to herself, there was no point even trying to figure this woman out, ''I can't say that I have, no. Perhaps next time you should fly.''

The woman then seemed to switch a little exposing her fangs and Aleron ran a hand through her hair in slight frustration before her eyes held firm and met Saoirse's, was she threatening her? Aleron may seem calm and weak to the outside but she was not and like hell would she let whatever the hell this woman was kill her before she killed Frederick, she would not allow herself to die until she accomplished that goal. ''Perhaps whatever you are might taste nice also, Saoirse. I came here by ship, from France and these roses, no, they have been here a long time I believe.'' The woman seemed to jitter about in conversation from one subject to the next, ''You seem tired and bored, perhaps you should find somewhere to rest.''

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"You assume a lot, I seem tired. I seem bored. I seem threatening therefore you feel you must threaten me back. I do taste good, I taste like strawberries. That's what they told me anyway, that's why Clara keeps me away. Do you know where Clara is?" Saoirse's head listed the other way this time, the smile was still present but clearly Aleron had misunderstood the ramblings of an old vampire for threats. Saoirse herself didn't see to care one way or another. If she did, she definitely didn't let on. Only her legs continued to swing and her lips closed over her teeth as she hummed once more, forgetting that Aleron was there.

"If I could fly I would. It would still be a long journey. Maybe I'll sprout wings like a butterfly and my body will be small and I will ride the currents like a free bird." She spread her arms and closed her eyes, body swaying as she imagined riding some wind that would take her far away from her. Then she stopped and opened her eyes, staring straight ahead. Each time she closed her eyes she saw two faces. Erebus and Clara. Her voice grew dark and husky. Dangerous. "I have to find Clara first. That's my only reason for being here... I got discarded. Followed a man here, a man who didn't want me here. Idiot Saoirse, stupid. So stupid."

[Aleron]

Aleron raised a eyebrow at the woman's words, there were clear reasons why she assumed what she did, then she went trailing off again, that seemed to be her way of things and so Aleron would adjust and begin to expect it.
''I do not know who Clara is, sorry. Maybe you can, who knows, or perhaps just book a flight on a plane?'' That would be the obvious answer as to what Aleron meant by flying.

Aleron stayed quiet while Saoirse seemed to be lost in thought a moment, she was in a whole world of her own that one, then she changed again, her voice becoming somewhat stern, ''Well then he is a fool for not wanting you here.'' She could see that the woman was distressed by whoever had discarded her, it was a pet hate of hers, for others to just drop people like that. ''Who is Clara?'' She tried to think if she had met anyone here by the name of Clara yet, she thought not, but perhaps she might be able to help Saoirse in some way.

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"Erey-poo is not a fool. He's a very smart man, it was my idea to follow him. I should put the blame where it belongs." she huffed and kicked one of her legs in a way that gave off the image of her kicking a stone away. Her lips pressed together and Saoirse turned towards Aleron again, blinking the deep brown eyes. "I don't fly anywhere, I like to walk instead. One of the many things that can kill me is flying. I don't want to be a bloated corpse in the middle of the Atlantic or a mangled blob if I fall in the forest somewhere."

Hopping off the bench she gingerly dusted herself off and looked around again, hadn't Erebus mentioned there was a place in the woods? She couldn't ell what had been real and what had been a hallucination after all. "Do you know where I can find Alex? Oh no wait, he said his name was devil. Tazmanian Devil. He has black hair, broody, blue eyes and is nothing but a brat."

[Aleron]

''So, you are afraid of dying, then?'' Her voiced fears of flying made it seem that way anyway. She tilted her head as she watched the woman rise from the bench, looking around and then changing course with her words again.
What she said caused Aleron to raise a brow, Tazmanian Devil? She could guess that she was talking of Taz, that was obvious, Aleron wondered what she wanted with him, ''Alex? I do not know and Alex. What do you want with him anyway?'' So his name was Alex not Taz, had he lied to her? Or was it something else, Aleron thought the latter, she trusted him.

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"Afraid of dying? No, not afraid of dying at all. If I were, I wouldn't be out and about, wandering the world in the middle of the day while my skin is being burned off. Don't you agree?' Smiling Saoirse smoothed out her crinkled and dirty dress making a face and letting out a small huff. "My dress is ruined and my hair is filthy, I need a shower and I'm so hungry. Do you know where I can get someone to eat?" Turning up she faced Aleron again, smiling to reveal her fangs which pricked at her lower lip. She may have been a small and slight thing, but she was not to be tampered with.

"Oh right, everyone lies here. I forgot about that. You know Taz though, and he is Alex. So many dirty little secrets in that boy, he should get a spanking." Saoirse didn't answer right away about what she wanted with him, but she did keep her gaze on Aleron. "I can smell him around here somewhere, which makes it odd because I left him with Erebus. Yet his scent is filtering through the flowers, very discreetly veiled. I want to find him and ask him a few questions if that's okay with you?" In her long life, Saoirse had learned how to read people. Even the best of the best had tell-tale signs and she had studied them obsessively in order to survive. Survival had been the key to everything and it still was, even without Clara around to guide her, Saoirse had done pretty well for herself. Coming off as childlike and idiotic, crazy even; only to reveal a skilled and apathetic killer lurking beneath the surface. A cunning creature.

[Aleron]

Aleron watched the woman, listening to all that she had to say. ''Get someone to eat? You probably won't have any luck here, all immortals, and those that aren't are protected or can protect themselves. You are better off going elsewhere.'' Aleron didn't think this woman probably needed another meal, the blood on her was not entirely her own, she looked as though she had made a few killings already, but she would not voice that thought, it was not her business after all.
'Taz is Alex?' She thought to herself, what the hell was she talking about? And how would she even know that anyway? ''So you know Taz, or Alex, or whatever? I can't help you, I'm sorry. The last time I saw Taz was a while ago and it wasn't here.'' She would always remember how much he had helped her, the kindness he had shown, she would try and find him again, to thank him.
But the woman's words held some truth in them, Aleron had caught his scent. She briefly closed her eyes and they shot to where he was, what he was doing, she saw blurry images of him here, in the mansion, locked away somewhere dark and dank. Her eyes shot open and she looked shocked, 'what the hell was that?' she asked herself, her eyes glanced around and back to the mansion, what was going on? It was the same feeling she had when she thought of Frederick, she would just know where her was, could track him in her mind.

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"Where is the fun in getting a meal that won't put up a fight? It makes the blood taste that much sweeter when its infused with adrenaline. Like an addictive spice on a sensitive tongue." Hands went overhead and Saoirse's back curved as she stretched, then she spun and faced the coven instead of turning towards the city like she had first intended to. Aleron's words had only made her more curious about what kind of residence housed such plush gardens and was left open for anyone to just wander in.

"Oh yes, I know him. We came all the way from Arcane looking for Alex or Taz, or whatever. He has a keen interest in the boy." The way she was speaking was as if they were here to kidnap him and though she knew it would cause a great misunderstanding, Saoirse rarely every corrected herself or changed course in the way she approached things. One shoulder hunched and pressed against her cheek as she looked back at Aleron, smiling and taking note of the curious way her expression went lax but the focus around her eyes intensified. "Seeing things? Smelling others?" Grinning Saoirse started her walk towards the mansion, she'd caught whiff of the boy long ago but had wanted to see what kind of creature came to welcome her. "Let's go take a peek. I'm dying of curiosity."

[Aleron]

''I disagree with that comment. Whether they put up a fight or not they still feel the fear of their impending death Saoirse. I do not play with my food.'' Aleron disliked the fact that she thought her prey were some sort of game, even as a human when it came to animals, she took a great disliking for hunting for sport rather than necessity.
Aleron felt an instant protectiveness over Taz from this woman, she did not know what her intentions were in the slightest but she didn't like her tone. ''Why the keen interest? He is just a boy.'' Her eyes remained on the woman before her, stronger or not she had no intention of letting her hurt her friend.

The woman began to walk to the manor, Taz was not there to her knowledge but still his scent lingered around, making Aleron feel a tad uneasy. Usually, Aleron would expect Ajax or his sister to appear but to be honest, the security on this place was pretty lax, perhaps because it was an 'open house' so to speak. This woman was a vampire like the majority who stayed here, Aleron would only be seen with suspicion if she tried to stop her. ''This place is a maze with many living within Saoirse. I have no need to stop you from going inside, most immortal are welcome here.'' Instead, Aleron decided to 'tag along' with the woman, partly because she was bored but mainly because she was worried if Taz was actually within the manor and what this woman might do if she found him.

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"That's because you're not a killer, you don't appreciate the little things. Besides, I didn't say they had to enjoy it. I wonder if they have a washer and dryer inside." Aleron's interest or rather suspicion appeared to grow the more Saoirse mentioned Alex/Taz. It didn't matter, she just wanted to talk to the boy and see what it was that had happened with Erebus. Perhaps the boy would be able to tell him where the demi-god had run off to now. "I just want to talk to him."

taking one step forward on a dainty foot, Saoirse disappeared and reappeared standing at the entrance to the Coven. She looked at the door, head tilting before pushing it open and heading inside. "Hello immortals, this is Saoirse. I heard your house is a maze." The vampire announced herself quite casually, either being extremely careless or simply not caring. She waited just inside to Aleron to catch up, the smell of the boy passing was stronger here; but still slightly weakened. The trail was a few days old.