A Vampire's Tale (BtVS)

You're not sure if the place is still yours, or if somebody new has already moved in, but you did have an apartment all to yourself in Sunnydale. Not the biggest or most glamorous place, but it worked well enough for you. You hurry along the streets as the sun starts threatening to appear over the horizon and make it to the complex just in time. Lacking a key and panicking a little bit, you go for the expedient method of smashing a hole through the door to gain entry. You feel greatly relieved that you're able to cross the threshold.

Looking around, it looks the same as it always has. Guess no one has come and cleaned the place out yet. A thin layer of dust is on the surfaces and your carpet needs vacuumed, you think to yourself inanely. Do you care about that kind of thing anymore? You're not sure. You leave the pair of cleavers you took with you on the kitchen counter and toss the animal blood into the fridge. Then you take a nice, hot shower and ponder your existence. Simple enough goals like "get food and shelter" are, momentarily at least, fulfilled. So now what? Do you seek gainful employment? Do they hire vampire accountants? Maybe you could work the night shift somewhere.. or maybe there's some role in the supernatural you could find. Hunting other vampires and demons? What do you want to do with your immortal life? You ask yourself these questions as you jump out of the shower and put on some actually fitting clothes this time.

This won't be a permanent solution to your shelter crisis- your parents will be here for your stuff at some point, and somebody else will be renting the place eventually as well. But there is something inherently relaxing about the familiar surroundings of home. You find yourself gazing longingly at an old photo of you and your best friend Katie in college. You don't talk to each other so much nowadays, but back then you shared everything. Well, she got married and you didn't- maybe it was only natural you'd begin to drift apart. You're a bit too relaxed, because it takes you a moment to realize there's a disconcertingly familiar face leaning against your dining table.

"Sara, my childe."

"..Luke."

It's the smarmy bastard that killed you. You knew you shouldn't have walked home with him that night, but you were lonely, and he was charming.. alright this is sounding real cliche. You guess you should've watched more horror movies. He's wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with a v-neck and a necklace- the same outfit he wore the night he turned you. Guess he's not big on fashion variety. But how did he know you were here? Did he simply guess you'd return here?

"I apologize for not being there when you rose," he says with a remarkably sincere tone. "I had some pressing business elsewhere to take care of."

You want to chop his head off and rid the world of one more monster, but you see the value in diplomacy and respond neutrally. "No problem." Really, if he could keep having other pressing business, that'd be swell.

"Usually I'd be the one to take you out on your first hunt, but I can see you've already fed. Glorious, isn't it? It's always the ones closest that taste the best." He gestures toward the picture frame in your hand. Does he.. think we killed her? You decide to play along, nodding vociferously, but not otherwise adding any other words of comment. He smiles indulgently, so you think you made the right response. He straightens up.

"It's time for you to meet the rest of the family.. Come, we will return to the cathedral." He beckons you to come with him and starts leaving without looking back to see if you're following.

It's very clear he expects you to obey, and you're really not sure if you're in any position to say no. You rate your chances of killing him to be quite low. On the other hand, if all you're trying to do is escape, that should be doable. But would that simply be putting the confrontation off until later? While he's bossing you around almost without thought, he seems to hold some level of regard for you. Because you're his childe? Do vampires form families? It frustrates you how little you still know, and this could be an opportunity to learn more about other vampires. Walking into a nest of vampires sounds dangerous, regardless of whether you're a vampire or not.. but who knows?

[] Attack him.
[] Follow him.
[] Run away.
[] Something else?