004 [Et Spiritus Sancti]

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

Wicked little girls get sent to bed without any supper. I didn't mean to forget. I used to say my prayers every day, but I don't know the words now. Scattered like broken glass.

In nomine patris. I remember that from long ago, but it burns my poor tongue. The church is in ruins now, with sky for a ceiling and grass choking the gravestones.

It hurts.

[Drusilla is sitting on the ground with her knees hugged to her chest. Although she often wears unusual clothing, she has never looked this disheveled before. Her eyes are wide, and she is rocking a little as she makes a low, whimpering sort of sound.]

Just a devil. Just a devil. The monsters in the bed are crawling out to play. We can't look. We shouldn't look. Evil things need to be swallowed up by the shadows, before they're burned to dust.

It hurts.

OOC: Welcome to the start of Dru's first experiment! For the next fortnight, she will be a vampire with a soul. And she won't be happy about it.

Comments

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

I think it's what I was born to be.

[dritte-tochter.livejournal.com]

Ah, like me, desu? Father made me to be like I am.

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

Maybe. I don't know what you are. I don't know your smell.

[dritte-tochter.livejournal.com]

I'm a Rozen Maiden, desu.

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of that. What do you do?

[dritte-tochter.livejournal.com]

Father made me so I can help plants, desu. I'm a gardener with my sister. [smiles sadly] She's sleeping right now, though, desu...

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

[Dru nods sagely at that.] Like a princess in a castle. Don't worry. They never sleep forever. The prince can't pretend to be somebody else.

[dritte-tochter.livejournal.com]

Do you really think so, desu?

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

[She taps her nose with a smile.] I know so.

[dritte-tochter.livejournal.com]

Ah? [is impressed, but can't possibly let Dru know this!] T-that's pretty good! For a demon, desu.

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

I'm a very clever demon.