Lisztomania [Frankfurt]

[Ofelia Dieter]

Germany had always been a dire importance in her life. From the summers since birth, the months would have concluded of nothing but visiting Germany, trailing along the paths of namely Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt (the former more often visited). Family and friends still resided upon each town and the Dieter's were prosperous with connections. The Schwarz for instance, who had been a good old family friend for some decades now. It seemed that babysitting their child every summer was the only example of Lia's childhood social interaction, something her parents didn't find fearful or embarrassing. It of course, had been a connection of shock when word came out that muggle child Zak had been transformed into a vampire of recent.

But Ofelia was understanding, sympathetic to even the most brutal of creatures and she couldn't just let all connections hither after one unfortunate event. So the girl had traveled to Frankfurt via train, hopeful of another run in with the child she had always known as the boy whom she would have looked after during the summer months. It was dark by the time she arrived, the moon a thin crescent upon the cloudy sky. Lia had sent a letter to Zak a week earlier, telling him to meet her by the playground close to his former house- a place that she would often bring him to when he was a toddler.

She liked Zak, he was a pleasant boy and the years around him had caused her to view him as something along the lines of a brother. So it was that of upmost importance that brought Lia into a dodgy playground at the dead of night to visit a vampire. But of course, Zak wasn't a vampire... not to her. He was just Zak- sweet Zak. Ofelia situated herself upon a swing, her eyes adjusting to the darkness. Hopefully he wouldn't be long, nighttime always caused the squib to act edgy. But even more hopefully, she hoped that he would arrive altogether.

[Zachariah Schwarz]

When Zachariah Schwarz had become a Vampire he had been certain that everyone he had ever known would be left behind him, but it turned out that was not quite the case. Now he was meeting with Ofelia Dieter yet again, the woman who had once babysat him, and who apparently had been a part of this magical world the whole time. It was rather surprising, and just a little bit unsettling, and Zachariah wasn't sure how he felt about all of this. Still, it was something constant, and Zak needed something like that.

And so Zak very quietly approached the playground - quite conscious of how weird it must have looked to see a child walking up to an abandoned playground in the dead of night - but that was his life now. Or rather, his unlife.

[Ofelia Dieter]

The creak of rusting chains was the only vocals for the night as Ofelia aimlessly swung back and forth. She wasn't very concieted with the ideas on how tactless it was to hang around in the dead of night alone but being naive had always been her strong point so it didn't comprehend to Lia on how dangerous the current situation could be- not that there was anyone around at this hour, but still. And so as the sound of footsteps entered the scene, Ofelia didn't even bother to be alert yet instead, slowed her swinging and turned her head to where the figure was approaching. "Zaky? Are you there?"

[Zachariah Schwarz]

"I'm here." Zachariah replied as he came closer, his nostrils flaring outwards involuntarily as the scent of Ofelia's blood came rushing out to meet him. He'd drained every drop of the life-sustaining liquid that he could out of two squirrels earlier that day, but the blood was becoming less and less sustaining - becoming less effective at stifling his cravings. According to Fabian, it would not be very long before it stopped helping entirely, and he would have no choice but to survive solely off of the nutrition of human blood - the line in the sand which he was still terrified in a delightfully tingly way to cross. "How are you Ms. Dieter?" he asked quietly.

[Ofelia Dieter]

What a polite kid he was, always extremely polite with her, Ofelia had realized over the years of babysitting her. She was obviously though, unaware of his metallic desires for blood and the naive woman stood up and strode over, eloping the young vampire into a hug (Lia had always been tactless, and this was obviously showing). Unaware of his discomfort, Lia beamed brightly before standing at arms length from the vampire. "Call me Lia, yeah? But I'm doing fine, I'm enjoying my freedom. And you? Tell me what its like to be a vampire."

[Zachariah Schwarz]

Zak twitched violently when Ofelia hugged him, and when she let go he quickly took two steps back. "Hard." he replied, when she asked what being a Vampire was like - very very difficult indeed, and not just for this reason. 'Freedom', as she had just remarked so pleasantly, was a nice liberty for her - but to Zak it was a luxury he would never again possess.

[Ofelia Dieter]

She was a naive child sewed up inside a 19 year old's body, and this was evident at Ofelia's display of physical affection fro the vampire. Because she was stupid, because she was naive, because she had been locked up and didn't know the realities of the outside world. Because of all this, Lia ignored Zak's obvious form of discomfort. But her usually beaming face faltered under the weak moonlight at his comment and she frowned considerably. "Oh, oh Zaky. Whats wrong?"

[Zachariah Schwarz]

"Nothing's wrong." Zachariah lied, looking around shiftily when Ofelia inquired as to what was going on. He did not want to burden Ofelia with his problems, they were not any concern of hers. Zachariah had already made things difficult enough on people around him, and he did not want to complicate things any further than he already had.

[Ofelia Dieter]

"Oh, ok!" Replied Lia, naive to the extend where she could not phantom Zak's lack of verity. "I'm here for the week, I'm staying at the motel down the road you know? I was wondering... do you still keep in contact with your family?" Ofelia inquired, peering at the younger boy curiously.

[Zachariah Schwarz]

"That's nice, we'll have plenty of time to see one another then." Zachariah replied happily, though his happiness quickly faded when Ofelia asked about his family. "No." he replied simply "I have not seen my mummy since I was Turned." There was no mysterious reason for this - his mother had made it quite clear that she didn't want to see it again - and he had to accept that and move on.

[Asil ibn Al’Nisr]

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It was then out of the darkness came another figure, but this figure was very conspicuous instead of shrouded in black like most others would be. This figure, was wearing white and red from head to toe with a hood over his eyes and face. This abandoned playground did not usually resonate voices and having heard them and recognizing at least one. Asil left the body he had been carrying in some bushes and instead moved, quick and through the darkness as if a shadow despite his white choice of clothing towards the playground.

In a flash he was behind the human girl, towering over both Zachariah and the stranger. He brought his hands up to his hood and slowly slipped it off. "Zachariah.." He whispered, the two children were talking as if it was broad daylight, their mistake. Looking down at the boy, his eyes almost ghostly at this point as he stared. "Tell me..." Asil paused for a moment, he was calm most of the time, but this certainly angered him quite a bit. "Do you think it is wise, child, to be seeing a human in your current state of being?"

[Ofelia Dieter]

"yes, we shall have fun. Like old times." Ofelia reassured the young boy, beaming at him. Of course, she was not intent with a nightly lifestyle but she could manage for Zak, it was just for a week anyway... right? Ofelia was about to comment on his parents when she felt a shadow loom above her- dominant and secure. She was never a girl for social coherency, but at this moment, Lia knew that the person behind her wasn't here to eat lucky charms with her. She slowly turned around, only to be greeted by the likes of a hooded figure. Nervous, Ofelia managed to display a lenient smile across her face, and turned to face him so that Zak stood next to her. "Um actually, he's my really good family friend. But what state? Is he sick?" It had not occurred to Lia to exactly how powerful or dangerous the vampire could place to be.

[Zachariah Schwarz]

Zachariah smiled when Asil stepped out of the shadows - he was always happy to see the older Vampire, and he tilted his head sideways and said with a quiet giggle "Have you been following me Vati?" Zachariah was not annoyed, on the contrary he felt quite pleased with the idea that Asil had been keeping a silent eye on him when he went out at night - it meant that the Vampire really did care about him! When he questioned Zachariah of what he was doing, Zachariah giggled once again, amsued by the idea of Asil being so worried about him.

"Don't worry Vati," Zachariah said, "She's from magic - she knows." After a brief moment he added "And I made sure to Feed right before I came here."

[Asil ibn Al’Nisr]

His eyes were cruel and cold and they gazed down on the pair of children judging them for everything they were worth and certainly the only thing keeping either of them from him being completely and utterly angered is possibly because of his lack of overall emotion. He cleared his throat, his eyes practically glowing as he stared at them. "Is she now, Zachariah..?" He asked, staring at the younger vampire and then to the girl. "I see.." He replied.

"Did you now?" A tilt of his head, but very subtly. "Are you sure you have been satisfied..?" He asked the boy before turning back to the girl to speak to her, "It would be best if you step away from him, I sense a weakness...It would be best for your safety."

[Ofelia Dieter]

"But... He's Zaky. I'm not scared of him just because he's... turned." Ofelia insisted, nodding her head furiously. Perhaps it was her underlying childishness that caused her to appear in such a way but in all honesty, Lia in the strictest of senses- did not even contemplate someone like Zak wanting to feed on her. It just wasn't how their relationship worked- he was just a child and she, his one babysitter from long ago. He wouldn't hurt her, what was there to even worry about?

[Zachariah Schwarz]

Zachariah frowned, did Asil really have that little faith in him. "Vati! I'm fine!" Zachariah complained, "It's been thirty minutes! It takes hours before I get even remotely hungry again - I doubt I could Feed now even if I wanted to!" Perhaps that was a slight exaggeration, but his last meal had been quite filling. One of the positives to Feeding from the corpses that Asil brought home was that you could drink your fill - you didn't have to worry about taking too much blood from them because...well they hardly needed it anymore.

[Asil ibn Al’Nisr]

Asil breathed out a very heavy breath, looking annoyed more than anything. Not that the two could see, seeing as most of his face was shrouded in darkness. He took a hold of his hood once more and covered his face. Turning around for a moment. "There is no reason for you to be scared of Zachariah, he is quite harmless..Unless he's hungry..." With that he disappeared for but a moment before coming back into the area and dropping a dead body in front of Zak. "I miei figli..." He drifted, coming back to his default or normal state of being.

[Ofelia Dieter]

Ofelia displayed a sense of mild curiosity as she listened to the pair- they seemed well acquainted with each other, and watched interested, as the older vampire hollered away for a second. Yet within the minute he had arrived back and instead, dumped what seemed like a dead body. Lia's first instruction for herself was to scream, but within shock, no scream emitted from her mouth, just a thin wail of silent air. Her eyes remained fearful and she clutched Zak's hand fearfully, the other hand balled into a fist and clasped over her agape mouth. It was the first time that she had ever seen a dead body- and it was not a pleasant sight.

[Zachariah Schwarz]

Zachariah looked at Asil as though he had done something very embarrassing and muttered "Vati! I said I wasn't hungry! And besides, even if I was I'm not going to Feed in front of her! Humans think that sort of thing is disgusting!" Not that Zachariah understood the sentiment, he himself actually found it quite a treat to watch other Vampires Feeding - sort of like a movie that was actually happening right in front of you.

[Asil ibn Al’Nisr]

"Well then, perhaps, child.. I can cover her eyes..." His expression lightened up a tad bit, and he looked kinder for a moment there, even though the light was not at all giving way to this. "Surely she wouldn't be scared of my hands shielding you from view.. I do not wish for you to go hungry, on accident..." He knew this child, he knew his habits.. He didn't want to risk it, not with this human.

[Ofelia Dieter]

Sickness, a grotesque sensation triggered Ofelia and she gulped down the putrid bile that forced itself to make way out of her mouth. She let go of Zak, yet her right hand was still balled into a fist and pressed against her lips, her left hand now making its way across her stomach and to cradle her elbow. Her arm pressed forcibly against her upset stomach and she briefly closed her eyes- perhaps a reliever from the horrible image before her. She remained silent, desperately wishing the nausea to pass.

[Zachariah Schwarz]

"But I'm not even hungry!" Zachariah protested, not noticing the disgusted looks on the faces of the girl standing behind him. Why should he suspect that she would react in such a manner. That was clearly a bad man, and that meant that he had been killed by Asil for a very good reason.

[Asil ibn Al’Nisr]

Seeing the disgusted look on the girls face, he stepped over the body and up to the girl. Towering over her, no doubt an intimidating figure out in the dark. "You should not be friends with vampires, if you cannot stuck this, raggazza.." He sneered, before looking down at the dead body. It did not do anything for him, he felt nothing towards it. It was just a body to him. "Zachariah....Eat a little more, to be safe..." Asil tried to reason, giving the boy a smirk.... Or a smile. One couldn't exactly tell with Asil.

[Ofelia Dieter]

She attempted to ignore the body, but found this increasingly difficult as she stood there- the stench of rotting corpse now putrid in the air. But as the tall vampire whose disposition was the say the least- intimidating, talked her down with his so called philosophy, Ofeila despite everything around her (the corpse, the fact that this vampire could probably rip her head off her throat), had to disagree. "Actually sir, I've known Zak since he was a tiny child. And how long have you known him exactly? Just because he's now a vampire, doesn't mean that I'll abandon him- he's still Zak to me."

[Zachariah Schwarz]

Zachariah looked down at the ground, knowing that he had already lost the fight. He could not go against anything that Asil said, the man was like hi father, and Zak held far too much love and admiration for him to disobey him. And so he was left to just stare at the ground and mumble "Yes Vati." getting down on his knees and preparing to sink his fangs into the neck of the corpse before him when Asil stepped over the body to confront Ofie. Zak did not speak, watching the two in utter silence in silent hope that they would just get along.