Lemon
13 November 2006
The bartender at Suckles was 278 years old. He had seen a lot in his times. Not as much as you'd expect for someone who had lived for that long, but it was still a hefty amount. I mean, come on, he had spent a significant proportion of the time being a bartender in Cable. Not that much actually happened here, until now that is. At the moment, the vampires were mobilising - the vampire in red had taken the leadership position. She went by the name Lady Anika, she had of course been elected by democratic means (well as democratic as you could with a bunch of drunk vampires) and was engaging in the first order of business - the human sacrifice. Today, Lady Anika had offered up the first human blood that the vampires had had for years. A girl by the name of Lulu. No wonder she won. It was like offering tax cuts and free health care.
When Lulu wanted excitement, she didn't mean that she wanted to be offered up as a human sacrifice. When she saw Anika, the vampire in red at the table and moved towards her. She was entranced. Lady Anika was playing with her top hat discussing her plans for vampire liberation with some of her top guys when they were interrupted by this girl with wide blue eyes. Lady Anika saw her chance to seize her power.
"Hello there sweetness"
Lulu smiled her dipple-infused smile and moved up to her.
"Hi. I'm Lulu"
"Marvelous sweetie. I'm Lady Anika. You're new aren't you?"
"Can you tell?"
"Your face is too pure to be a Suckles regular."
"I just needed to get out"
"You've come to the right place. This is where everyone comes to escape the real world. Reality is nothing but your imagination here"
"You're so philosophical. It's amazing."
"Yes. Right. Here, have a drink."
She placed a glass in front of Lulu that featured a murky red liquid. It was certainly not the Russian Caravan tea that everyone else was drinking. Lulu grabbed the mug and gulped it all down. This was the kind of spirit she was in, she wanted to do everything put in front of her.
Lulu felt the effects instantly. It was similar to what one would experience after drinking alcohol (which of course Lulu hadn't drunk - she's underage!), a decent amount of alcohol. Despite her rather soft good girl appearance, Lulu wasn't a pushover. She was a tough wee thing and could totally handle her booze. Well, except this time. This time everything around her was jump cutting, the mellow colours of the bar were flowing into one another. Lady Anika helped her up after she tripped.
"Don't worry there Lulu. Come with me and you can be my human sacrifice"
To Lulu, it seemed like a good idea.
If only school was still like kindergarten where everyone will sit around in a circle and tell everyone else what they did over the weekend. They were normally boring affairs with about half of the stories involving lentils. Lulu would have one kick ass story for the group right now. It would so beat that story she once told on her trip to the chickpea factory in Joy. For the children of Cable, a chickpea factory is certainly a mysterious and wonderful place but certainly nothing can beat being put up for human sacrifice.
Lulu watched Anika stand up on a table. She looked real pretty Lulu thought.
"Good evening fellow vampires. I am Lady Anika. The time of liberation is upon us. For too long have us vampires been driven down to the underground by the oppressive living, our only crime is that we're dead - the longer that they discriminate on the basis of heart beats the bigger the need that we must fight back!"
Someone would do this kind of speech every week. It kind of tired really, though Lady Anika was different. She grabbed Lulu's hair and dragged her up. She got what was required to be elected leader in a vampire bar - a lot of cheers, fulfilling the ancient protocol. Lady Anika started onto her first act as leaders of the vampires.
"Today we actually start our liberation. Many have have spoken on this spot and done nothing. But we have already started, the murder of Dr. Jeffrey Fishbait who was one of the leading proponents against us was done by us. Much more blood must spill in this fight. Right now we will celebrate the fact that we are vampires. I have for you all an innocent virgin for us to feed on"
"No"
Lulu had called out, shaking her head.
"I'm not a virgin"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah"
"Oh. Fine, whatever. She's got fresh blood in her"
It was at that moment that Lady Anika got shot in the head. Luckily for her she was already dead - so it wasn't that big of a deal, it did set her back a little - as Lulu got away. In the excitement of the shooting, a mysterious man had grabbed Lulu had quickly took her outside Suckles (there was certainly a surplus of mysterious men in the town of Cable). He set her down and gave her instructions.
"Run"
"I can barely walk"
"Get over it"
"You're a big meanie"
"There is no place for you here. You may have witnessed one of the defining moments of contemporary society or a bunch of drunk vampires doing what they do every Tuesday. Either way, there is no need for you to lose your life over it"
"You know what's funny? She..."
And with that she passed out. The mysterious man was frustrated, he had places to be - what was the point of being mysterious if you were dealing with a passed out teenager? She wouldn't appreciate the mysterious act he was putting on. He left, he figured she'd be fine.
Lulu showed up at school the next day. She was still quite shook up after what happened at Suckles last night. Though she would swear it was just some bad dream if she hadn't woken up on Lentil park smelling a combination of vomit and Russian Caravan tea - she was still feeling the ill effects of whatever Lady Anika had given her. However, she was going for a perfect attendance this year. She was going to win that damn award especially after missing out last year by a single day.No amount of near-death experience was going to stop her from victory.
But she still gave out a cry when Jimmy tickled her from behind. She jumped around and nearly slapped him. She should of slapped him really.
"Woah! You're a bit alert this morning."
"Yeah whatever"
"Want to make out?"
"No. I've got calculus"
"But you hate calculus"
"I know"
Posted byBren at 11:06 am
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