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[ ACTION : Cassiy + Tulip ]

So far, Cassidy had rather been enjoying life in his new home. He had Tulip, he wasn't (always) afraid for his life, he had comraderie with other vampires, and he could, presumably, start on the straight and narrow.

Not that he had any interest in that.

But now that the day was winding down and the night was finally beginning, Cassidy sat himself down and happily began nursing a bottle of whiskey. It didn't do much for him usually, but he liked the taste and it took the edge off. But something was strange. It settled warm in his belly, which was rather unusual for him, considering he normally drank whatever was under the kitchen sink and barely felt a thing. But nothing about the habit changed, at least until he got about halfway through the bottle, and suddenly he felt very, very lightheaded and warm.

"Tulip?" He called out, setting the bottle away from him. "Tulip, help!" Clearly, he'd been poisoned. Who would do such a thing? Why? What could he even do? ...Could he even be poisoned? Nothing he'd tried so far had worked. The room steadily went blurry, and he had trouble focusing on anything at all.

Something was very, very wrong. But... he didn't hate it? In fact, there was a distant memory of this feeling prodding at the back of his memory. This wasn't a new sensation, not by a long shot, but it was an old one. What that meant, he still wasn't sure. Tulip surely would know... right?

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Tulip meanwhile was having trouble of her own. She had been smoking next to the window when her hand burst into flames and she smells of smoke. "Cass! I think you're not the only one who is in crisis." as she's trying to not be on fire. She's trying to not freak for her friend's sake but she's needing blood and fast. "But how can you be poisoned? I've seen you drink worse."

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Cassidy could definitely smell smoke and the nauseatingly familiar scent of on-fire vampire, having been that vampire too many times himself.

He lifts his head in the direction of Tulip, his limbs and head feeling like they'd been filled with sand all of a sudden. A very unusual sensation for him.

"Oh! Oohh no! Hold on!" He tries to get up, but his legs haven't quite caught up with the command, and down he goes. This, he remembers. "Shit... shit.. are you all right, Tulip? I.. I don't know if I'm poisoned but somethin' ain't right here." He does his best to crawl his way over to her, finding it much harder than it should be.

Tulip somehow got away from the window and in the process pulls Cassidy along with her. That alone is scary, "Another thing, I should not be able to pull you like that." while slamming her flaming hand against the floor. Little did they know but something really is up. She used her boot heel to send the device their direction, "Something is wrong but what?" but she will need blood pretty quickly given her hand.

"You callin' me fat, now?" Cassidy pouts up at Tulip, just moments before his head lolls, too heavy to keep upright. "Not very nice o'ya."

The fire is a concern. He pulls up his sleeve over his hand to help pat it out, not being gentle, but not being entirely accurate, either. "There we go. out, out. How the hell'd that happen? Are you all right? We need t'get you to hospital, then?" His eyes are completely unfocused, but he does look rather concerned. "What happened to you?"

Tulip tries to smile to show Cass she can still make jokes but once her hand is not on fire she can try to think. "One second I'm mid cigarette and the next my hand is on fire." the panic still in her eyes. But she does have a quick question, "Could we have been flipped? I mean I know its nuts but I know you did not turn me into a vampire." But without blood she's not making any sense. She's also trying to catch her breath, the panic not helping.

"Mishap with the lighter?" He frowns, though he knows too well that the smell of ash coming off of her isn't synonymous with cigarettes, nor burning skin. Though now that he was thinking about it, his smelling wasn't quite as keen as it was earlier, either, as if someone had jammed cotton up his nose, but maybe that was to do with the whiskey or... whatever it was he drank.

"What? No! Of course I didn't turn you into a vampire!" Oh god had she found out he tried to back in New Orleans? "I wouldn't!" He frowns, shifting himself to sit properly and look at her. She looks to be a little pale. His frown deepens. "Do me a favour? Show me your teeth?"

"Pretty sure it's not a lighter mishap, it was the first hunch." Tulip added, it made sense since she uses a Zippo which needs lighter fluid. "I know you're not behind this!" she reassured her friend as she does let Cassidy see her teeth. "But people have mentioned odd things going on too. Heard about a Pokemon invasion while looking at apartments." She offered, granted weird is normal for them.

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Cassidy leans in, squinting at her teeth. Maybe a bad thing to do considering he hadn't really studied them that hard beforehand. But as Tulip rambled, his face screws up with a look of distinct confusion.

"A what invasion? Like them stupid little monster things? Whoever said that's got t'be off their meds, now." Without asking, he carefully takes Tulip's hand, pulling it close to examine. Whatever he planned on doing with it is obviously a bust, considering he can't even concentrate or focus his eyes on her injury.

"Does it hurt?"

"Those little things from cartoons." Tulip observed, she's not making much sense either. "And I thought the same thing actually." But she does shudder as some stay sunlight does hit her hand and her cheek, a big clue? "Grab my phone? Maybe it's not just us having this problem?" not knowing it's city wide. But she does grab his free hand with her good one, she knows connection helps.

"Yeah.. yeah, sure." He frowns and releases her hand, crawling over in a rather sloppy fashion to find Tulip's phone. He can't even begin to guess her password, so he makes his way back and hands it over. If there were sunbeams that caught his skin, he doesn't even register the danger, or even that it happened at all. He sits himself up against the wall, pinching the numb skin on his hand and laughing. This was amazing.

"This how liquor always makes y'feel? Bloody brilliant, this is."

Tulip used her good hand to unlock the phone as she speaks. "Liquor is pretty amazing right?" still hazy from the sun hitting her. But she levels out when she shifts out of the sunlight, "Weird." meaning herself. "Besides the hand just feel like crud and not the hangover version."

"Crud? Crud like how?" His head tilts and he can't help but to frown. "Y'sure that you don't need a doctor? I mean, it looks pretty bad..." But it wasn't bleeding.. not from what he could see or smell, anyway. "Maybe we wrap it up and you lay down, now? I... I'll admit I haven't the foggiest on what t'do about burns. Haven't had t'deal with them in a long time.. well, at least nothin' that couldn't be solved by drainin' some dogs and a good old mayor, anyway." He laughed a little half-heartedly. Shit, did she know about the mayor? Did it matter?

"I want t'help ya, Tulip... What can I do for you?"

"Keep me taking?" Tulip admits. It's keeping her from freaking out even more as she scans the phone. "Check this out Cass." as she passes him the phone. "People are becoming creatures left and right. Think it got us?" all the pieces coming together. "Can't believe what I'm thinking but what if I drink some blood?"

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