taxonomites | [Holo] 001: Entering the City

If the sudden shift in scenery had not been enough to irritate the, admittedly easily ruffled, vampire, the strange bracelet on his wrist certainly was. Wrapping his fingers around his wrist, he instinctively tried to remove the device, having little success. With a distinctive low growl, he stalked toward the pedestal and the (phone?) laying atop it. He wanted answers. Snatching the tablet from its resting place, he glared at the screen.

"This is not acceptable!"

The blinking message indicator caught his attention, and for a moment, his anger was diverted, his frown deepening as he read. Finally, he closed the document, leaning his elbow on the pedestal casually as he studied the device. Yes, he had discovered it was recording him. He was still glaring, but his anger was slightly less alarming.

"Couldn't we have managed without the jewelry? It doesn't match my suit." He looked back toward the platform he had arrived on, then back at the tablet in his hand. "But never mind that, I'll think of something."

And then he was grinning again. "But since we're all here, allow me to introduce myself. Nikola Tesla. Genius, inventor," and here there was a pause, mostly for effect, "vampire."

With that, he turned his attention to the strange blinking indicator directing him to another location in the city. "I wonder where you're taking me."

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"Involuntary?" More than once he's locked himself in his lab to avoid distraction, but his mind is typically occupied with other thoughts on those occasions.

"Voluntarily but without the desire. Protection more than an actual need for a dark, dank space. I much prefer a view of a city skyline to a basement."

"Protection? From what?"

"At the time, torch bearing assholes that I needed to distract."

"And did you?"

"I'm alive and they're not so I would say it worked," he said with as shrug.

"A happy ending." The slight edge in his voice might indicate the idea of unnecessary killing doesn't appeal to him.

"I'm sure some would call it that. I'm just glad for a more enlightened age when a nice suit and manners can get me out of most things."

"There was an age when it didn't?" Not that he hasn't had a few nasty run ins of his own.

Josef's nose crinkled a bit, making a face. "Not as well as I might have liked. Such as times when certain regal outfits made one the enemy rather than opening doors. Can happen still, of course, but not with such regularity."

"I've always hated an unappreciative audience."

Josef laughed. "Oh, you're going to love it here then."

"At least, I'm rarely boring."

From what he had seen, Josef couldn't argue that. "A point made. If you have the means, what would it take to make such a substitute?"

"A palatable source of blood, time, and willing participants."

"Willing participants? In taste testing or volunteering that blood? Because if you mean the latter, I look forward to your announcement about that."

"Taste testing. Though, if an acceptable alternative can't be found, we may have to resort to other options."

He clearly finds this idea amusing.

"I'm willing to volunteer for the tasting, though I will be honest about if it is the most horrid thing since vegan blood," he said brightly. "You really shouldn't say it like that. You sound like a movie villain."

"I'd expect nothing less," he smirks, "And is that really such a bad thing?"

Josef was beginning to feel more comfortable talking about his life with those here than he ever had in L.A. and it amused him. "Not a bad thing. Not at all. Especially if you can make this work."

"Genius, remember?" His arrogance knows no bounds.

Josef really just can't help himself sometimes. "Then why are you here?"

"I intend to find out."

"I didn't mean that literally," he pointed out. "More along the lines of how did you not avoid it."

"I didn't realize I needed to."

Of course, he isn't necessarily complaining. Not yet. There's a whole new world of technology at his fingertips, waiting to be dissected and studied. At least, as far as he's concerned.

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