Roses. Roses were meant to live to become beautiful, then die. Just like his prey. His prey could easily beat out any rose in beauty, the only problem was; did he want his prey to die? He could easily turn his prey into his slave, but he decided he'd make his prey BEG for it.
Endrance walked through 'The World', hoping to catch a glimpse of HIM. His long blue hair swaying in the virtual wind. Everyone knew that Endrance had a crush on Haseo, however no one could really narrow down when it began. Finally, Endrance saw HIM, saw Haseo.
Endrance sighed and thought to himself, 'His beauty is unbound, even unmatched. I must do it before another decides to take him.'
'Don't worry your pretty little head off Endrance, we won't take what's yours. Besides, we enjoy watching your hunts. They're quite…intriguing.' Came another voice into Endrance's mind.
'Good. I'm glad we understand each other.' Endrance replied, looking behind him to see none other than Kuhn nod his head.
'Besides Endrance, I'm going after my own prey.' Kuhn replied.
'Ah yes, that little femme one. I doubt you'll have too much of a problem.' Endrance answered, following Kuhn's eyes towards Silabus who was standing a bit too close to Haseo. Endrance continued, 'However, take care of your prey, or I'll take him out if he gets any closer to mine.'
'Don't worry. I'm taking him on a quest with me. Besides, he's always like that.' Kuhn said then ran towards Silabus and Haseo and began again, "Hey Silabus, you ready for our quest?"
Silabus turned to Kuhn and answered, "Oh hey Kuhn. Of course I'm ready, I've been for some time now. So, why are you late this time? Flirting again?"
Kuhn put his hand behind his head and replied, "No, I was just talking to a friend is all.
They were telling me all about this quest. It's pretty hard, should we add another member?"
Silabus looked towards Haseo and asked, "Would you like to join us, bro?"
Haseo blushed and answered, "No thanks, Silabus. I'm waiting for Endrance. We're supposed to go on another quest."
"Oh so you guys are brothers? But Silabus, I thought you said you lived alone." Kuhn asked, he had not seen this coming.
"I do. I live in my dorm at college. Haseo, still goes to high school, so he of course lives at home. Though we're only half-brothers." Silabus answered, getting punched in the arm by Haseo.
"Silabus, you know you're not supposed to tell anyone where you live." Haseo said as he punched Silabus in the arm.
"Wow. Haseo's not calling you names or anything. Lucky." Kuhn teased as he dodged a punch that was aimed at him.
"Shut up Kuhn! Silabus, go take your boyfriend out of my sights before I find you and PK him." Haseo threatened.
"He's not my boyfriend!" Silabus blushed as he defended himself.
"Not yet anyway." Kuhn added and put his arm around Silabus' shoulder.
"Erm. Later Haseo!" Silabus yelled as he dashed toward the Chaos Gate.
"By the way Haseo, he's behind you. Later!" Kuhn teased as he followed Silabus to the Chaos Gate.
Catching Haseo by (somewhat) surprise, Endrance wrapped his arms around Haseo and mumbled something about Kuhn being stupid.
"I was wondering what Kuhn meant. But anyway, you do know we're in public. Right?" Haseo asked trying not to blush, and failing.
"Yes I do know Haseo, but it's been far too long since I've held you like this." Endrance added, just to tease the poor boy.
"What do you mean? You just did this yesterday when you asked me to do this quest with you." Haseo added getting irritated, what was this; Tease Haseo day?
"Well, I don't hear you complaining about it, so it must be alright with you." Endrance replied, hugging the boy tighter.
Haseo blushed darker and answered, "Whatever, let's just get going. Alright?"
Endrance released the boy and replied, "Aww. Alright."
The two boys headed toward the Chaos Gate before hearing the squealing of a certain fangirl in particular.
"Master En!" The strawberry-blonde PC squealed as the blonde bounded after Endrance.
The two boys looked at each other before yelling, "Run!"
Haseo and Endrance began running towards the Chaos Gate, each with their own reason. Haseo didn't want to get yelled for hanging out with Endrance at by the small and spastic fangirl, and Endrance just didn't want to deal with the obsessive fangirl. Finally, they both reached the Chaos Gate, Endrance punched in the Area Words as quickly as possible and they both gated out just as the strawberry blonde arrived at the Chaos Gate.
"Master En…" The PC SakuBo pouted as they fell to their knees and sighed.
Sigma Deceiving Blood Thirsty Vampire
Haseo walked around the field then asked, "Wow. Nice,…gothic theme here. So, what's the quest supposed to be?"
The field was a night one with withering roses. The virtual moon was a crescent, and had an eerie glow to it. There were dozens of gravestones off to the sides of a small gravel path the two were on.
"I'd like to think so, myself. But the quest here is to destroy zombies of the undead." Endrance said as he looked to the moon.
"Seems too easy. What's the catch?" Haseo asked while pulling out his dual blades.
Endrance walked closer to Haseo and answered, "We've got to find the head vampire, and destroy him. Otherwise the zombies will keep regenerating and coming to attack us."
"Ooh. Sounds like fun." Haseo replied while licking his lips. He then continued, "Where do you think he is?"
Endrance leaned over Haseo and wrapped his arms around the boy while answering,
"He'll probably show up in a dead end of something."
"Endrance, c'mon. Stop. We've got to do this quest." Haseo whined as he tried to get the taller boy off of him.
"No. Not until you promise we'll meet." Endrance replied, intrigued by Haseo's whining.
"Meet? As in offline?" Haseo asked, as he stopped trying to remove Endrance.
"Yes. I'd like to meet you, Haseo." Endrance answered, hugging the boy tighter.
'Let's see, either I disagree for him to meet me and we don't do this quest because he won't let me go, or I agree and meet him offline. Tough choice.' Haseo pondered, unbeknownst to him Endrance was listening to his thoughts. Haseo then asked, "Why do you want to meet me?"
"I'd like to meet the person I'm falling for." Endrance answered, hoping to reel the boy in.
"But…you're a boy, aren't you?" Haseo asked, quite confused.
"Yes, I am. But that doesn't mean I can't love someone of the same sex." Endrance answered, feeling the proverbial tug on the line.
"…I'm not sure. I mean, no offense, but what if you're a dirty old pervert? Or something." Haseo asked.
"Don't worry Haseo, I'm not dirty, nor am I old. Pervert is true. But aren't all males perverted?" Endrance asked back.
"Well, I guess that's true. …Er…fine. I'll shortmail you the details later. But I want to do this quest now." Haseo answered, hoping the taller boy would accept the answer.
"That sounds,…delightful. Come then." Endrance replied, releasing the boy and in liquid motions moved ahead and lead the boy.
Our favorite duo was being chased by dozens of zombies…let me explain. The quest began after Haseo destroyed a zombie. Apparently, the zombies would've just limped around and moaned, not hurting anything. Haseo, did not know this and killed the first one he saw. This decision angered the zombies, and brings us back to our duo being chased around by dozens of zombies.
"Haseo, you should not have attacked that zombie." Endrance scolded as he and Haseo ran.
"How was I supposed to know they were harmless!? That's not what those zombie movies say! In the movies, zombies always attack everyone and everything that moves!" Haseo informed him as he ran.
"I know Haseo, I've watched the movies. Many a times." Endrance explained then continued, "However, they saw you moving and had not attacked you."
"Shut Up! Just, help me find the boss so we can get out of this mess!" Haseo yelled, cheeks turning pink out of embarrassment.
"Alright, Haseo." Endrance sighed as lead the boy down a path which involved grass as tall as their characters.
"Alright, so where is he?" Haseo asked, getting irritated that the boss had not shown, yet glad the zombies had not found them; even though the zombies saw them go into the grass.
"Continue deeper into the grass." Endrance answered, rubbing his temples.
"Whatever." Haseo replied as he did as he was told.
The two walked deeper into the grass until they saw a PC sitting in the grass and crying. She had long blonde hair, and a red dress.
"Haseo…" Endrance tried to warn him, but it was too late.
"Are you alright little girl? What's wrong?" Haseo asked, kneeling in front of the girl.
The girl sniffled then answered, "Some of my friends and I went to do this quest, but they got scared and left me here. I tried to get out of the grass, but I got lost. I'm scared, I don't think I can go up against a vampire."
"Aww. If you'd like, you can join us and we'll beat the vampire. I'm sure you'd level up that way." Haseo offered.
"Really? You'd do that for me?" The little girl replied as she stopped crying.
"Sure. Give me your member address so I can add you into my group." Haseo said as he held out his hand.
"Sure, my name's Carmilla." Carmilla answered and immediately entered the party.
"Haseo. Have you never read the novella, Carmilla?" Endrance tried again, receiving a glare from the girl.
"My mother gave me the name Carmilla. I happen to like it, so please do not make fun of it." Carmilla replied, as she glared.
"Then I suppose you'd know about what happens in it." Endrance said as he dragged Haseo from the girl.
"Endrance, be nice." Haseo asked.
"I do. A little girl Carmilla, whose had a dream about a girl visiting her and biting her chest, lives with her father, and they're supposed to meet General Spielsdorf and his niece. But his niece dies mysteriously, and Carmilla is saddened since she loses a possible playmate. Suddenly a carriage, carrying a strange girl named Laura and her mother, get into an accident outside near Carmilla and her father's house-type castle-thing. The mother drops off her daughter, and says she'll be back to pick her up in three months since she's in a hurry and must not be delayed, but before she leaves she says Laura will not say anything about her family history or about her daughter. So, a bunch of family heirlooms arrive after the girls have become close friends, and Carmilla finds a portrait of Countess Mircalla Karnstein, that was dated back two centuries ago, looks exactly like Laura. Well, during Laura's stay, Carmilla has nightmares about a cat-like creature entering her room and biting her chest, the cat-beast turns into a woman and exits through a door without opening it. So eventually Carmilla's health gets bad so her father takes them both to the ruined village of Karnstein and leaves a note to take a governess and Laura, once she awakes 'cause she sleeps during the day, and follow them. Well on their way Carmilla and her father meet the general and he tells them what had happened to his niece. Apparently she met Mircalla and was taken to a masquerade with her and her mother. Her mother dropped Mircalla with the general and eventually the niece got the same symptoms that Carmilla had now, but the general stayed in his niece's closet with a sword one night and caught Mircalla going into her room and attacking her chest. He jumped out of the closet and attacked Mircalla, but she escaped through the door, unharmed. Well eventually Carmilla, her father, and the general arrive at Karnstein and they go to a woodsman and ask where the tomb of Mircalla is. Apparently the tomb was moved, and in the end her head is removed and the nightmare is ended." Carmilla answered looking proud at herself.
"I'm sorry, but that's not right Carmilla, or should I say Mircalla. Carmilla was the vampire, not Laura. You'd know that since Carmilla and Mircalla are anagrams."
Endrance said while pulling out his sword.
"I see you know your vampire novellas quite well. But yes, I am Mircalla. And now I shall destroy you!" Mircalla yelled as she changed into a large half-human half-snake monster and the battle music began.
I went onto to figure out about Carmilla. And apparently in the game Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand Carmilla is one of the immortals that either appears as a girl in a red dress or a half-human half-snake monster. It's in the references in other media section of the search for Carmilla. And yes, I do know that Silabus and Haseo are not half-brothers. I just thought it'd be cute if they were.