Vampires and hunters

[Meara]

A sigh of relief was given as Meara watched Lockland handily dispatch the creature, but not before he got wounded. Luckily for her, she was not the sort of vampire that got stirred into a frenzy by blood. That would've been a cruel twist of fate because Meara had been a vegetarian while she was still human. She made her way over to the paladin's side, and helped him to his feet while he caught his breath. A feeble but warm smile appeared on her lips, pleased that her new acquaintance was going to be alright.

"That sounds good to me." Meara said, her voice sounding a little rattled. Her mind was still reeling from her attempt to overwhelm the creature, and it took a lot out of her. These telepathic skills were a lot harder for her to get the hang of then those that were innate to her type of vampire. She glanced over to Lockland and sort of gave him an appraising once over. The wound didn't look awful, but it didn't look great either.

"I would love to do coffee, but you bleeding on their floor won't do." Slender fingers reached into her jacket pocket to pull out a small card case. Her fingers flicked it open so she could retrieve a business card, then offered it out to him. "How about we make a rain check for tonight and you give me a call or a text when your'e feeling a bit better? I would be a little saddened if you bled out or got an infection just to hang out with me."

[Lockland]

Lockland looked at his injury and frowned trying not to think about quite how painful it was now that the adrenaline was wearing off. She sounded a little rattled as well, but he wasn't quite sure how to address that, or if he should at all. He watched as she pulled out a card and handed it to him saying that it would make sense to simply do it later. He smiled and took it appreciatively nodding.

"Yeah I suppose that wouldn't be a good idea would it." He said chuckling, she had a point, ah well. There was still the chance later so at least it wasn't totally out the window. Lockland chewed his lip for a moment then looked back at his arm, "Well, I guess I probably should fix this then shouldn't I." he asked rhetorically glancing to the side for a moment just to make sure there weren't any lionelli creeping up on them.

He reached out his hand to shake, "It was a pleasure meeting you." he said honestly. He figured it would be a good idea to leave this place pretty soon, then rethought, "Well, I guess if you're leaving right now to it'd make more sense to say goodbye after leaving the castle wouldn't it? Assuming you are leaving right now."

[Meara]

Meara nodded in agreement as Lockland mentioned he should probably get his wounds attended to. "I assure you I'm not skipping town anytime soon. I've been so slammed with work I can't take off. Ah well." She said with a warm laugh. There was some truth in her words. After her performance at the City's winter gala, she had seen almost a fifty percent increase in serious inquires to book musicians. The money was good, but it left her little time to go mingle and meet new people like she had done tonight.

Her hand reached out and shook the man's outstretched hand. "Pleasure is all mine." She considered what he said about walking out of the castle and thought about that for a minute. "I haven't actually walked here, so I'll probably get lost walking. Do you know about fade portals? I know of one that drops me right inside the castle doors." As she spoke, Meara's hand was reaching into her pocket for a book. It was about the size of a pocket notepad. "In this book there's a ritual that teleports me to a set location when I read it. I don't understand how it works, bit its convenient." She smiled at Lockland before giving a wave. "See you soon!" As the words spilled out of Meara's mouth, she opened the book tot he page her "home" location was on. Just like that, the redhead blinked out of sight.

[Lockland]

Lockland raised his eyebrows as he heard her say she'd never actually walked in and out and mentioned things about fade portals. He had, but didn't really know much about them. He only knew he'd used them in Wickbridge to get to the Mausoleam a lot. But other then that, his knowledge of them was about zero. And then he saw her remove a small book, and vanish just a moment after saying bye.

"Well, okey dokey then, cool " He said to himself half smiling and starting to head out, carefully. Voila, a new friend. He'd have to get to her later at some point, after he'd managed to get these wounds at least mostly bandaged.