Rabies and Scratch
Posted: 20 Jul 2011, 05:07
Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in Harper Rock. She didn't have a tragic past, she did not frown all the time or speak philosophically, or have intellectual conversations about existence. She didn't have very many special talents, aside from punching people in the face, which also doubled as a hobby. She was a beautiful redhead, but had been turned during one of the most tumultuous times of anybody's life: puberty. Being a teenager was fun for her, but she wasn't a real woman.
She knew she wasn't a real woman because of what a human had told her. Scratch had taken her to a strip club with drinks and loud music and lots of body parts. Scratch had bribed the bouncer handsomely to let her in, and he also paid to get her to consort with a blue haired woman named Mistress Lily. That was a real woman with real woman parts, and she had been a little jealous, but the whips and chains had cured that, and Rabies had fun like she always did when Scratch took her out to play.
One night Scratch admitted to not returning Rabies's feelings. What he meant was that he loved Kajira more, but he hadn't wanted to tell her that to protect his childe, and so Rabies was left wondering if the past month was nothing more than a sex and violence filled joke to him, and if something was wrong with her for loving somebody who said he didn't love her back.
And abruptly, because he had given no indication of not returning her feelings. One night they were having fun and smiling and killing a human man and child, the next night he told her that he simply didn't return her feelings. She had thrown a big party for him, helped take Cobb down with him, spent almost every night with him, kissed girls for him, and he didn't return her feelings.
Confused, the teenager had gone back to her sire's apartment in a daze. She didn't want to dwell on it, didn't want to whine about it, didn't even want to think about it. Perry knew, he teased her and smiled at her until she agreed to go outside with him, and they had gone to throw burgers at fat people at the bus stop. That got her mind off of things.
"There's a reason Nikolae calls him Tom Cat," Perry had said.
"What's that got anything to do with it?" Rabies demanded.
"It means you shouldn't be offended by his actions."
Rabies still didn't understand, she spoke to Ripper about it and he invited her to a party, but the drinking and music reminded her of the scratchy-voiced man, and she sighed and quietly excused herself. The redhead found Chad lounging around town, and when she told him what had befallen her Chad looked very confused.
"I thought you two were tight!"
"I did too..."
"Is there somebody else?"
"No, he said we doesn't return my feelings."
Chad had actually been correct, but Rabies didn't know this. "Want to go on a high speed chase?" asked Chad.
Rabies and Chad spent the next hour evading police and running over pedestrians, then they used Celerity to teleport to the Casino to gamble. The redhead was distracted for a while, and her pain lessened, but she was still very stunned and confused. I guess you never really know how somebody thinks of you inside, she thought to herself as she walked past the Dragomir Temple. She used to sleep in that Temple with Scratch and torture humans in his awesome soundproof dungeon. He said she could still torture humans with him, but she didn't know when she'd feel like it.
She wouldn't want to bug him just being around him. She knew she wasn't a real woman who could connect with a man. She was just a teenage girl. A dumb teenage girl, like Azraeth had said once. Anyway, that kind of stuff was superficial to vampires anyway. I'm worse than Noelle, the redhead thought, passing the Temple and heading for an abandoned warehouse. What was I thinking getting so attached? Just cause Scratch is awesome. Just cause he taught me everything I know about playing with humans and drinking and sex and- No. No stop thinking about him, you don't need him anymore!
And, just like that, Rabies convinced herself that the last two months had been great fun, but they didn't really mean anything. She had gone everywhere with Scratch, done some pretty messed up and adventurous things with him, she had even let him dissect her when she was still conscious to look around at her organs, but he didn't share her feelings. Yawning, Rabies curled up at the top of some rickety metal stairs in the abandoned warehouse to rest out sunrise. She smiled to herself, then really truly smiled.
Well that was stupid, I mean he did say he was a bad man, she thought to herself as she waited for sleep to take her.
She knew she wasn't a real woman because of what a human had told her. Scratch had taken her to a strip club with drinks and loud music and lots of body parts. Scratch had bribed the bouncer handsomely to let her in, and he also paid to get her to consort with a blue haired woman named Mistress Lily. That was a real woman with real woman parts, and she had been a little jealous, but the whips and chains had cured that, and Rabies had fun like she always did when Scratch took her out to play.
One night Scratch admitted to not returning Rabies's feelings. What he meant was that he loved Kajira more, but he hadn't wanted to tell her that to protect his childe, and so Rabies was left wondering if the past month was nothing more than a sex and violence filled joke to him, and if something was wrong with her for loving somebody who said he didn't love her back.
And abruptly, because he had given no indication of not returning her feelings. One night they were having fun and smiling and killing a human man and child, the next night he told her that he simply didn't return her feelings. She had thrown a big party for him, helped take Cobb down with him, spent almost every night with him, kissed girls for him, and he didn't return her feelings.
Confused, the teenager had gone back to her sire's apartment in a daze. She didn't want to dwell on it, didn't want to whine about it, didn't even want to think about it. Perry knew, he teased her and smiled at her until she agreed to go outside with him, and they had gone to throw burgers at fat people at the bus stop. That got her mind off of things.
"There's a reason Nikolae calls him Tom Cat," Perry had said.
"What's that got anything to do with it?" Rabies demanded.
"It means you shouldn't be offended by his actions."
Rabies still didn't understand, she spoke to Ripper about it and he invited her to a party, but the drinking and music reminded her of the scratchy-voiced man, and she sighed and quietly excused herself. The redhead found Chad lounging around town, and when she told him what had befallen her Chad looked very confused.
"I thought you two were tight!"
"I did too..."
"Is there somebody else?"
"No, he said we doesn't return my feelings."
Chad had actually been correct, but Rabies didn't know this. "Want to go on a high speed chase?" asked Chad.
Rabies and Chad spent the next hour evading police and running over pedestrians, then they used Celerity to teleport to the Casino to gamble. The redhead was distracted for a while, and her pain lessened, but she was still very stunned and confused. I guess you never really know how somebody thinks of you inside, she thought to herself as she walked past the Dragomir Temple. She used to sleep in that Temple with Scratch and torture humans in his awesome soundproof dungeon. He said she could still torture humans with him, but she didn't know when she'd feel like it.
She wouldn't want to bug him just being around him. She knew she wasn't a real woman who could connect with a man. She was just a teenage girl. A dumb teenage girl, like Azraeth had said once. Anyway, that kind of stuff was superficial to vampires anyway. I'm worse than Noelle, the redhead thought, passing the Temple and heading for an abandoned warehouse. What was I thinking getting so attached? Just cause Scratch is awesome. Just cause he taught me everything I know about playing with humans and drinking and sex and- No. No stop thinking about him, you don't need him anymore!
And, just like that, Rabies convinced herself that the last two months had been great fun, but they didn't really mean anything. She had gone everywhere with Scratch, done some pretty messed up and adventurous things with him, she had even let him dissect her when she was still conscious to look around at her organs, but he didn't share her feelings. Yawning, Rabies curled up at the top of some rickety metal stairs in the abandoned warehouse to rest out sunrise. She smiled to herself, then really truly smiled.
Well that was stupid, I mean he did say he was a bad man, she thought to herself as she waited for sleep to take her.