Video 002 | Rosa Martelli

[investigations]

[Private to Stiles]

[When the feed flicks on, Rosa's face is carefully emotionless. She hasn't done anything to disguise her vampiric nature; her face is bloodless and pale.]

Hello, Stiles. I... [She visibly winces. This is bad for many reasons.] I believe I owe you another apology.

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[stiling]

[ He doesn't seem too put off by her skin tone; he's a bit accustomed to weirder than pale and mildly supernatural. Still, hallucinations or not, there's definitely something a'brewin' there, a bit irritatedly. ]

You think?

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[She winces again. She really doesn't want to do this; the fact that the... incident happened at all is beyond humiliating, but having to face Stiles afterwards is even worse.]

Yes. I, ah, also owe you an explanation. I... [She sighs, steeling herself.] This may be difficult to believe, but I'm not human. Or rather, I was, but I'm not anymore.

[stiling]

[ So werewolves are real. There's plenty of other crap that was in that bestiary too, stuff Stiles couldn't have even heard of, and enough folklore to wrap around the frigging planet. Whatever Rosa is, he thinks he can take it. ]

[ He nods slowly as she explains. ] Really? Couldn't tell with all the moths flying around outta your hair. [ Stow the sarcasm, Stiles. He bites his lip and tries again. ] Okay, so what- what exactly does that make you?

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[That was... not really the response she was expecting. He's taking all of this surprisingly calmly.]

[She gives him a funny look, and when she starts talking again, she sounds a little confused.]

Well... it's a little hard to explain fully, but I'm essentially... well, I'm a vampire.

[stiling]

[ He should probably be playing down a little the whole 'hey, I know what supernatural creatures are and that they exist' thing he has going on, he realizes, but it's just been too long a week for him to be bothered otherwise. He'll play it cool. ]

[ Vampire thing, though? Genuine surprise coloring his face. ] Vampires- are- [ He carefully lays out his hands, like he's drawing a line in the air. ] Rrrrrreal. Of course they're real.

What kind of vampire does that moth thing? That was cool in a pee-pantsingly terrifying sort of way.

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[Now she's definitely been thrown for a loop.]

I... I confess, you're responding much more calmly than I was expecting. The last time I had to do this, he didn't believe me until I did something rather drastic.

[stiling]

And the moths and the slamming up against the building thing wasn't drastic?

[investigations]

I... [Right, this is to apologize, not to figure out whether or not Stiles knows other supernatural creatures exists.

On the other hand... well, that may be information worth knowing.]

Yes, you're right. And, for what it's worth, I sincerely apologize for my behavior. The drugs affected my emotions, but I still should not have lost control, and I'm sorry.

[stiling]

[ Stiles lets out a thin sigh, because, honestly, if he held a grudge against every single person who had tried to kill him in his life, his list would be getting annoyingly long. ]

You're right. They shouldn't have. You know, someone could've gotten seriously hurt there. Namely, me and my face. [ A beat. ] But you couldn't help it. Everyone was kind of Crazytown, Population: Them last week.

[investigations]

I... thank you. I owe you a b -- [She cuts off abruptly.] Well. I suppose I owe you one.

Listen, I really hate to ask, especially since you've been more understanding frankly than I deserve, but could you do me a favor?

[stiling]

You - [ He gives a bit of a laugh, scrubbing at the back of his head and squinting an eye. ] You owe me one but you're asking a favor. Man, you're gonna owe me a bunch.

[ It's in jest. Mostly. He's used to almost dying and he's not really going to hold it against her. ] Sure, I'll bite. That's not- a vampire joke, that's just- Never mind. What is it?

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It's nothing huge, but... Could you avoid telling anyone what I am? There are many people trapped here, and I sincerely doubt many of them would be as calm about this as you. [She grimaces.] I'd really rather not be killed in my sleep.

[stiling]

[ He nods, slowly at first. It makes sense. If there's people after the werewolves, why wouldn't there be people after the vampires too, right? They're potentially dangerous. They feed. ]

You think there's hunters here? In Kore?

[investigations]

People specifically trained in hunting vampires? I doubt it. Concerned citizens, worried about keeping the human population safe at any cost?

[She shrugs]

I don't trust everyone here with my life. Do you?