Fandom Troopers Station - Saturday

[fandomtroopers]

Darla is still locked up. A polite trooper might let you talk to her. Don't expect to get the cell doors opened, though. Tex might be around at some point. If you're a certain lawyer, you'll have to try a lot harder.


((Just putting this up for anyone who needs to talk to Darla.))

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[demonbelthazor]

Bel calmly walked into the police station. "I'd like to see Darla, please," he requested.

[fandomtroopers]

The trooper behind the counter tilted his head and studied the kid. "What's your name and relation to the prisoner, sir?"


((Note that I have no clue when Darla will be online, tohugh.))

[demonbelthazor]

"Belthazor," Bel responded. "Darla is my guardian."


[[No problem!]]

[fandomtroopers]

If the trooper had been trained to think for himself, he'd ask how a vampire got to be a guardian to anyone. Instead, he wrote down the name.

"If you'd like to follow me," he replied and led Belthazor to the cell where they were keeping Darla. There were quite a few troopers standing guard nearby and it didn't look like they were going to allow a lot of privacy.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel followed the trooper to the cell. Darla looked like she might be asleep, so he softly called her name once, then stood near the bars and waited patiently for her to wake up.

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Slowly, Darla sat up and looked around. She smiled when she saw Bel by the door to her cell, and rose. Still wearing the same dirty white dress, with a man's oxford shirt over it, she walked over to Bel. "Come to visit the penitant vampire?" she asked.

[demonbelthazor]

"Penitant?" Bel repeated. "What's going on? How did they get you in here?"

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"I promised I wouldn't fight them," Darla said quietly. "Bel... someone did this to me. Someone... put a soul in me."

She's definitely aware at all times of the trooper nearby.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel took a step back from the bars. "A soul? They gave you a soul, too?"

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Darla nodded. "Thursday night. I suddenly felt... like something was being shoved inside me OMG DIRTY. This sense of...," she closed her eyes and shuddered. "Pain. Torment. GUILT." Her voice shook a bit. "Then Drusilla was screaming at me, calling me filty and tainted." Darla put the back of her hand to the healing scratchs on her cheek, which also put on display the scratchs on her arms. "Then she attacked me. Then she threw me out."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel rested his forehead against the bars, shock and resignation on his face. "So what's your idea of perfect happiness?" he muttered.

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

That startled Darla into laughing. "Oh. I hadn't thought of that." She closed her eyes and the laughter faded away. "But I can't, can I? I'd be a soulless monster again. I can't bear the thought of that, from where I am now." She wrapped her arms around herself and shivered at the thought.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel took off his coat and turned the the troopers. "Can I give this to her?" He let them take it and examine it for any weapons or hidden surprises, then was allowed to pass it through the bars to Darla. "You look like you're freezing," he said. "Put that on.

"What is it with me and vampires?" he sighed. "They become my guardian, they get a soul."

When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

It was afternoon.

He'd finally checked his voicemails.

Angel had discovered two things: 1) His girlfriend had made out with other girls the night before and had done him the courtesy of calling him to let him know and 2) Darla had been arrested and was claiming to have a soul.

Angel wasn't sure which of those two he found less believable.

At least one thing was easy to check. He hit the sewers, went to the Troopers station, and looked for Darla.

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

She had been sitting on the cot in the cell, staring off into space. She turned her head and looked out of her cell into the hall.

Re: When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Assuming the polite troopers don't mind Angel walked back to where he could see her.

He stared for a long while.

"So. That part's true."

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Darla rose to her feet. "Angel." Her voice broke. "My dear boy."

Re: When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel stayed right where he was. "Normally you're not stupid enough to get arrested."

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Darla crossed half the length of the cell, Bel's long coat swamping her. "Normal. This isn't normal. None of this is normal. Oh, God. I didn't know if felt like this."

Re: When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Angel recognizes the coat and exactly who it smells like. This is doing nothing to improve his mood.

"No, no. Nice try but Dru's just a touch crazier than that. Plus she sways more when she walks. Points for the attempt at imitation though."

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

Darla bent her head, down, and slightly to the side. "I'm not imitating anyone. This is me. This is what I am. Now."

Re: When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"So you supposedly have a soul now and I don't even get an imitation out of it?" Angel asked. "Or is that what you're trying to do with the coat?"

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"The coat's Bel's. He came to see me earlier today. He asked what he could do to help me. I think he meant to get rid of this soul. I told him... I said he couldn't. That I couldn't stand the thought of going back to what I'd done." She swallowed. "I'm sorry."

Re: When Bel's not there

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

"For what?"

Re: When Bel's not there

[vampire-darla.livejournal.com]

"For everything. For every single person I've killed, or tortured, or hurt. And for you. For killing you, and making you into a monster. And then for throwing you out when this happened to you. I didn't know."