[OPEN] Oh, you'll probably go to heaven, please don't hang your head and cry;

[vampdetective]

Who: Angelus & you!
Where: Throughout the mansion and grounds.
When: January 18th - 20th, only available on the grounds after dark.
Rating: R
Summary: Regina issued a challenge. So far, Angelus has been biding his time behind bars or hanging out in dark corners and behaving himself, but now? It's a matter of pride.
The Story:

It seemed stupid now, looking back-- months wasted, months sitting on his hands aside from the throwaway deaths of a couple of teenage girls, weeks spent rotting behind bars in wait, pretending steel was enough to hold him for all that time. Regina's Mirror had made it easy on him, at least-- saved him the effort of having to work at those bars and springing him loose while everyone had been preoccupied, more interested in the Jabberwocky than what they considered to be lesser threats. Lesser was something he could agree to in that situation, and only then, but things weren't what Regina had made them out to be. He wasn't nothing at all.

If she was so damn determined that he was harmless, that he couldn't do any real damage, then it was time to take the gloves off. Stop waiting for the right time, stop trying to play the long game, stop choking down cold, bagged blood just to keep himself under the radar and avoid being blown up by angels. It was almost as rotten an existence as the one Angel lead himself, and that, that was unacceptable. That Angelus had chosen it at all, even in the interest of keeping his head above water in an enclosed space with a dozen other dangerous captives--

No more. No more swallowing down cold swill, no more pretending he wasn't interested in tearing open every throat he came across. He'd been starving himself for months. If Regina wanted to see blood?

Well. He'd give her blood, and plenty of it.

( OOC: Just a note that any and all encounters with Angelus are likely to be violent. Because he's currently on a time limit, torture is being taken out of the equation, but grievous injuries or death are extremely likely, especially the latter as he is primarily looking to feed. If you want to encounter Angelus but are not willing to have your character die, then either be prepared to run or contact me via PM or over on plurk at hufflepuffed and we can work out some kind of feasible distraction or reason he would decide they're too much work to be food. c: Most things are fair game and I am willing to work with anyone who wants to get more detailed, but winging it is a-ok too!

Action and prose are both fine, I will match you! Please include the desired date and location in your subject line.)

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[vampdetective]

"What about the local vampires?"

It's not exactly clear when he'd entered the bar. He was able to move quickly enough that he could have been there for several minutes now, lurking in one of the darker corners undetected, or he could have slipped in while their backs were turned-- however he'd done it, the end result was that Angelus now approached the bar at a slow, steady clip.

"I didn't miss last call, did I?" he asks, giving the both of them a lopsided smile.

[therapize]

She's ready to just leave it at that, finish her task and call it a night. But then a third voice rings out, and Cami jumps a little at the unexpected company. She certainly hadn't noticed him before then, and the reason provided by his questions doesn't exactly offer much in terms of comfort.

"Depends on how much they've had to drink." The answer is true enough. Cami gives Matt a wary glance; the vampires from her city she's familiar with. She knows where she stands with each of them, even trusts them all not to hurt her, at least to some degree. The man walking in is a stranger, however, and silently Cami raises he eyebrows, trying to ask if he's one Matt's seen before.

"And I'm afraid you have. We're going to be leaving ourselves in just a few minutes."

[still_human]

Matt looks back at Cami and shakes his head slightly. This is a vampire he hasn't seen before and that puts him on edge. The vampires from his world but him on edge and he trusts them, to a degree.

"We're open again in the morning."

[vampdetective]

"And here I thought the Wonderland business model was 'take what you want, whenever you want.'" He remembers the bar being left open all night back when Dean was running things, but clearly the situation's changed-- not that it matters. He's not here for the alcohol, but an entirely different kind of drink.

"Just the two of you?" he asks casually, his gaze rolling up towards the ceiling. If he'd heard their suggestions that he leave, he wasn't paying them much mind. "Anywhere else, that could be dangerous."

[therapize]

Matt not knowing this vampire either definitely warrants concern; Cami's getting nothing but bad vibes from this guy. He's not oblivious to their hints that he should go, but rather blatantly ignoring them in favor of continuing the conversation that's got her on edge.

He doesn't seem to be looking at her at the moment, so Cami reaches behind the bar for the holy water kept on hand. She's more concerned for Matt, however, left out in the open, away from any of the weapons Jo's provided them to use if they need to defend themselves.

"If you're that eager for some booze you can get it from the closets." By now, however, she suspects they all know what he's after isn't alcohol. More than that, Cami's willing to venture a guess as to who he is. She's been warned enough, and hopefully Matt's heard the same, will know to prepare himself when he hears the man's name. "Angelus, right?"