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It’s been about a week since Fan had turned into a Vampire, and the tensions between everyone have only gotten worse, a lot of accusations of people being vampires, making Paintbrush’s life harder. Luckily Paintbrush has gotten by most accusations by being good at makeup and being close to quite a few people to the point they would feel bad if they had to die.
The Hotel has been split into two main groups, the people accusing everyone else of being vampires and trusting nobody. And the ones wanting peace and to not kill any pre-existing vampires since they’ve obviously not had an incident like this up until now. Paintbrush was in the second group… probably due to them being a Vampire themselves. OJ and Paper however, are very much NOT on that side, which is awkward for them considering they were friends and all. But it was a pretty even split of the two groups otherwise
They actually dont know where the guests stand, They should probably ask. They’re probably all afraid of the Vampire stuff too. They’ll go check up on them.
So they walk up to the door the five of them stay in and knock on it.
“Hey, It’s Paintbrush, one of the staff, may I come in”
There is a small echo of ‘sures’ and ‘yeahs’ from the room. So they come in. The group was in a circle playing cards. They look like they couldn’t care less about the Vampire situation. They just watch as they play cards. Eventually, Knife speaks up.
“What are you just here to spy on us? Got nothing better to do?”
“No. I just wanted to check in on you all after the Vampire stuff with Fan. I would assume our only regulars would be pretty shaken up.”
Bow was the next to speak.
“Nah, I mean like we’re totally like.. Thinking about it but like we’re all fine.”
“Really are you sure? Like… really sure? Not afraid of Vampires at all?”
“Paintbrush we know you’re a vampire” How did Knife know. How did he know.
“AM I THAT EASY TO READ!? Dont- Dont tell anyone”
“No, just a vampire power of mine, though we all got them… I think. But yeah Me, Bow and her weird brother guy Dough are all Vampires, Apple and Marshmellow are just kinda there for the ride.”
“Oh… damn. But yeah. What are you gonna do about half the building trying to kill us all”
“Well I'm planning on slowly turning everyone into vampires, starting with the closest to some of the people most against it. My first target is paper”
“Really? Well actually that makes sense now that I think of it”
“See? Someone agrees”
“UGH just like shut up, I just dont wanna do anything about it” Paintbrush laughed a bit at Bow’s interjection.
“Not my fault you’re being lazy as shit”
“Whatever. Look Paintbrush, can you just like.. Leave?” Paintbrush just nodded and slowly backed out of the room as the 5 people continued to play uno in their room.
Paintbrush thought about what to do, they can't check on Fan, one wrong move and they’ll get caught, as well as him just being in a locked off room, Lightbulb is too busy trying to calm people down, Test tube is who knows where. They just go to their newly empty room, going to draw. It was weird without Fan. They wonder how Fan is doing… frankly how everyone was doing… but they wanted to sleep. And when they did, they had a dream, a dream about their vampirism, their probable death, and being a part of a group of other vampire, it was a very weird dream, one they didn’t like.
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Current time, The vampire room:
Fan was panicking alone in the room he was trapped in, he was still in the middle of changing into a vampire, he wasn't used to feeling all these new feelings. Like the light. The light, it kept flickering on and off, they had been meaning to get that fixed weren’t they? It was so bright. So terribly bright it was hurting his eyes, was this why paintbrush kept their shared room dark? Probably… He takes a small digital alarm clock and throws it at the light, breaking it.
Now the next problem, he was hungry and the smell of blood he could start smelling was overwhelming, it’s just on the other side of the door. He could probably try to claw down the door and get it… yeah that sounds nice. But that probably isn't for the best, these are his friends… and then the door opens, and a fellow person? Vampire maybe? is tossed inside the room he was locked into, the girl was crying.
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About 20 minutes earlier, Suitcase’s Room:
Suitcase had been thinking she was a vampire for a while, she wasnt sure, she had heard the rumors and she had felt as if there was a good chance she could be one. She also remembers getting bitten in the neck once, so yeah… she should come clean right? For the greater good of the hotel. So of course, she goes up to OJ. He was sitting, talking to paper about some stuff with the vampires
“Oj… can I talk to you about something” He turns to her direction and smiles.
“Of course Suitcase… what’s up?” She was nervous to say anything. Very nervous. What if he took it poorly? Well it’s too late to back out now
“It’s about the Vampire stuff”
“Right yeah a bunch of people are scared about that, what are you worried about?”
“I think… I may be a vampire…I thought I mightve been for a bit now”
“Right…” Oj sighs, he looks annoyed maybe. “Look. I dont want to do this, but you’re going to have to lock you up with Fan.” Oj was nice about it, but to her, maybe due to how scared she was, it sounded scary, like it was a death sentence.
“Hm.”
“Come on.” She follows him to the room where Fan was, when she got there she had realized she had started crying in both her regret of doing this, as well as her panic on if she wasn’t a vampire, she was probably about to become one. So when she got tossed in with the door locked behind her, she just curled up.
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Fan was looking at Suitcase with a concerned look, he definitely had to push down the thought of just biting into her neck and drinking her blood.
“Why are you here…? You’re very obviously human, I can smell it.”
He watched as Suitcase paused…. “I thought I was…”
“Right…” He was eyeing her neck a bit. “Can I do something real quick?”
“Okay…”
He felt a bit bad for what he was about to do.
“Stay still” Suitcase nodded as he went closer to her, and bit her neck.
She wiggled until he finally let go
“WHAT WAS THAT!?”
“Sorry… I was hungry… I don't think you’re a vampire now but… you never know.”
Suitcase curls up again… now he feels really bad…
“Sorry”
“Just dont do that again”
“Not hungry anymore anyways”
“Hm.”
Now all fan had was his phone to keep him entertained… he should probably tell test tube that suitcase was here… he could text her… she would listen to him. He could also text oj… he should text OJ first… he felt too bad for suitcase.
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Current time, OJ and Paper’s room:
Oj was pretty happy with how he was handling this whole vampire situation… and he got a text from fan… dammit. He was so close
Fan: Yo
Fan: Suitcase isnt a vampire
Fan: you should take her out of the Vamprer room
He thought about it. It was probably risky though… what if it was a trap.
OJ: no
OJ: BUT I have a compromise
Fan: tell :3
OJ: I’ll bring her food daily
Fan: right… good enough
He was pretty proud of himself once again. He was doing great at this keeping everyone else safe.
Yeah. He’ll find all the vampires and call the vampire hunters to deal with them. Perfect, logical thinking.
“Hey paper.”
“Hmm? What is it oj?”
“Can you please set up interviews and inspections for everyone in the building on vampirism, maybe ask Test Tube to help, she would be perfectly willing, especially with how Fan was sadly turned into one”
“Yeah I’ll go do that now”
“Thanks paper!”
He lays down on his bed, he was stressed about all fo this, it was scary to him, so he locks his door and goes to sleep. It was a nice stress relief, to be alone with his thoughts and dreams… normally. He didnt like his dream tonight, he had nightmares about random things he’s done in his past. When he woke up he was suspicious… it was definitely the work of a vampire. Yeah.
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Current Time, Test Tube’s room:
Test Tube was sitting at her desk in her room, procrastinating on her work, she wanted to find the signs of how to find vampires so there isnt another situation about this at first, so she had been texting fan all day. He revealed pretty quickly that Paintbrush was the one that turned him (and that he asked for it) which made things complicated. Two of her best friends (one of which being the man she loved) being vampires with half the building wanting to kill them… but her thoughts got inturrupted by a knock on her door. She puts her phone down to her side.
“Come in.”
In came Paper and he looked like he was going to ask her something.
“Test Tube.”
“What do you need? I’m dealing with ways to figure out the vampires”
“Actually about that, Oj wanted me to ask you if you would help us interview everyone to figure out the Vampires of the group”
“Right.”
“I think we can trust you to stick to the facts and be unbiased… Thanks Test tube”
Test Tube watches as paper leaves. She wasn’t sure if she could be unbiased
Test Tube’s robot, Bot, spoke up, looking worried
“Uh. mom.”
“What is it, bot?”
“I’m just… worried? About you you seem really stressed lately…”
“Right…” Maybe she shouldnt worry about that right this second… maybe she should rest. She gets some sleep… “I’m going to get some rest Bot, you can go wander off.”
Bot ran off as Test tube quickly drifted off into sleep, they remember their dream just a simple one, that of her sitting on a hill under the moonlight with Fan, after he had turned into a vampire.. That didnt help her thoughts
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Current time, Paintbrush (and Fan’s old) room:
Paintbrush woke up and just started thinking about the dream… the dream was weird. They hated it… they had a feeling that a fellow Vampire had something to do with it. Doesnt down like Anything Bow or dough would do (Knife maybe???) There were more Vampires than they thought there. But it was a problem for another day, as they saw Bot standing outside their room… it’s the first time They’ve seen them in a while actually
“Hi.”
“Hi yes? Can I talk to you for a second?”
“Course.”