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[bloodyuseless]

Name: Mary
Date: 6/11
Format: Video

[Mary stares into his watch, expression stoic, guarded. He immediately ruins this image with the fact that he has a bubble pipe in his mouth and is wearing a deerstalker hat over his cat ear hoodie. He blows some bubbles before removing the pipe from between his fangs.]

What were you doing last month on the night of the full moon?

[This is how you investigate things. Right?]

Oh! And right before you came through the mirror.

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[bloodyuseless]

[His features scrunch up further and further as he tries and fails to think deep. He cocks his head, and the deerstalker hat tips.]

Not even the monsters? Or your reflection? Or... Or even feeling tired?

[fiddlestick]

Hmmm...nope?

I mean, I remember getting distracted by my reflection in the water and leaning close to look at it...

And then next thing I know, I was here.

[bloodyuseless]

[Sluuuump.]

That's all that anyone remembers. Looking at their reflection.

[fiddlestick]

Sorry. Wish I could be more help.

[bloodyuseless]

Me too.

[Then again, Mary is fairly used to being, well, useless.]

I couldn't find anything helpful in any of the books I read.

[fiddlestick]

I'm not surprised. I mean, the Coven witches didn't seem to understand why this was happening either.

[bloodyuseless]

That's no good.

[Mary's gaze gradually drops until he's staring intently at his own shoe, cartoonishly comical props all but forgotten.]

We can't stay here much longer.

[fiddlestick]

I know...

I wanna go home too.

[bloodyuseless]

So you can play on your tour?

[fiddlestick]

Well, that, sure...

And also, see my friends and family again?

[bloodyuseless]

[Friends and family, huh? Mary really isn't the only one with someone waiting for him. But if everyone here has someone back home who can't see them until they return... That's heavy. That's too heavy.

He won't be able to enjoy any of the new foods he's trying if he allows himself to dwell on it.]

Me too. I have to see Maria again. I want to tell him all about this place. He'd definitely be able to help.

[Whether he would, however, is debatable.]

[fiddlestick]

[He...has no idea who maria is or how this Maria could help if this guy has already gone home. but sure.]

Is Maria your friend?

I hope you see him soon.

[bloodyuseless]

He is! He's my partner, an exorcist.

[fiddlestick]

Aw, nice!

What's an exorcist?

[bloodyuseless]

They expel evil spirits and monsters, things like that. He'd even be able to kill me if he wanted to!

[Which would be a great deal more impressive if Mary were still immortal.]

[fiddlestick]

Er-

[That last part sure is a strange endorsement of his man's skills]

Are you an evil spirit or monster?

[bloodyuseless]

Yeah.

[As if talking about the weather. Monsterdom is nothing new to Mary. Sometimes he forgets it's new to most everyone else.]

I was a vampire long before I came here.

[fiddlestick]

Oh wow...

[He's surprised but not shocked. He's already run into a water spirit here]

We had stories about vampires back home, but I have no idea if they really existed.

Are you a vampire here too?

[bloodyuseless]

I must be.

[He tugs at the edge of his mouth, revealing his fangs.]

Still got these!

[fiddlestick]

Oh, wow.

Yep! Those look like vampire fangs alright.

[bloodyuseless]

[A nod.]

They haven't been much use here though.

[fiddlestick]

You mean you haven't bitten anyone?

[bloodyuseless]

Not since I got here. I haven't been as hungry as before.

[Yet.]

[fiddlestick]

Oh....

You know, that sounds like a good thing to me?

[bloodyuseless]

Yeah! Crepes are delicious!

[He hadn't been able to eat real food up until he arrived here without his former vampire strength and agility. So far, he's not complaining.]