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Starting at the Causeway and then through town, Tuesday evening

It had been two weeks since Allie had walked out through the gates of Eden and into the mob of rabids, katana slicing at an inhuman speed. Two weeks since she'd left behind Zeke and Caleb and the few humans she could almost call friends. Eden wasn't the place for a vampire, Allie knew that, yet it didn't stop her from sometimes wishing things could be different, that she and Zeke could have had more time together.

But Eden was lost to her and the only thing that mattered now was finding and rescuing Kanin. The last weird, psychic dream connection to her maker had been three nights earlier. Bound and helpless, the glowing tip of a poker rammed through her stomach, exploding out her back. The smell of blood and burned flesh misting in the air. Unfortunately it hadn't given her any clues as to where he could be. So she kept walking. It was the only thing she could do.

The light through the trees was the first thing the caught Allie's eye. Like the light from Eden's outpost it shone through the trees, beckoning Allie forward and across the narrow strip of land to the island.

She stopped as she stepped onto the island proper, shocked that despite the number of heartbeats she could hear, there were no guards, no barricades to stop the rabids from entering the island.

For one night, Kanin could wait. Allie needed to understand what was going on. Was this some other Eden?

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With so many people off on the school trip, Clint didn't feel as much need to patrol. Instead, he'd wandered to the bakery to pick up some little sweets for his own trip back home. There were kids in his apartment building that he liked to spoil when he could, and he figured they could probably use even a tiny treat with all the rebuilding going on.

Clint was a little lost in his thoughts on his way back through town, mainly thinking about anything else he might need to bring with him, but he wasn't so lost that he didn't notice the unfamiliar woman looking around. "Hi there," he said, giving her a small smile.

Unfamiliar woman with a katana strapped to her back. You're falling down on the job Clint!

Allie cocked her head listening to his heart beat calmly and unafraid. She was certain that would change if he realized what she was, so for the moment, Allie was going to remember to actually breathe even if she didn't really need to.

Sadly, curiosity won out over manners. "What is this place?"

Hey, Clint was pretty sure he could take a chick with a katana. Probably.

"It's an island," he said, eying her weapon with curiosity. "Fandom, to be exact. Are you new here?"

Oh Clint, it's probably better for his ego if they didn't have to find that out.

"Just walked over," Allie said, briefly glancing back across the causeway. "Why don't you have barricades up? Or guards? Aren't you afraid some rabid is going to come across?"

"Some rabid what?" Clint asked. "If we had barricades, it'd make it awfully hard to get in and out, I think."

Allie stared at him in disbelief. How could he not know about rabids? "Rabids. The things that were once people. But now they're blood-crazed beasts that'll rise up out of the ground, tear you apart, and eat you for dinner. That's the point of barricades. To keep them out."

"Uh, we don't have any of those?" Clint said uncertainly, because he didn't think werewolves and the like counted. "But that's not unusual, I think. This place is kind of weird about what we have and don't have."

"I don't understand? How don't you have them?" Allie asked. "They and the vampires, they've destroyed everything." Except Eden, but she wasn't going to let some stranger know about that last human refuge.

Clint thought about pointing out that he'd met some perfectly pleasant vampires, but that didn't seem like it'd help clear things up at the moment. "This place is special. I don't... I'm not sure how to explain it, but this island's probably not part of where you're from. Whatever you've been dealing with? You probably won't find any of it here. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing, I suppose."

At some point he could probably add Allie's name to the list of pleasant vampires, but for the moment self-preservation was keeping Allie's mouth shut about that little fact of her life.

"A good thing, I guess." Even if she didn't really understand the how or why of it. "Where I'm from, it's not a pleasant place." Hence the weaponry.

"Yeah, I kinda figured that. My name is Clint, by the way," he said, because being friendly to armed women was just the sensible thing to do. "This is a pretty pleasant place. It'll be quiet too, for a few more days. Most folks are out of town for the week. There's lots of places for you to crash and get your bearings, if you need to."

"Allie," she offered in return. "I've pretty much got my bearings. I'll be moving on tomorrow. I've got places to be."

"You do look like a very busy lady," Clint said with a smirk. "There's lots of places to eat around here too, if you want to fuel up before you head back out to... whatever it is you're going back to."

Allie was going to need to eat within a few days if she wanted to keep the Hunger at bay. But somehow she doubted that any of the places Clint was talking about served what she needed. "Surviving mostly. But it's what I know."

Clint nodded, partly out of sympathy, and partly out of understanding. "Well, you should think about sticking around for more than a day then. The town pretty much revolves around the school," he said, with a headtilt towards the big castle, "but everyone's on a field trip so... I'm just saying, you could rest up for more than a day if you need to, and I don't think anyone would mind or bug you too much."

"I'll keep that in mind." But as much as she would have liked to stick around, Allie could only give herself one night. Kanin needed her and she owed it to him to try and save him.

[ZZZZzzzzzz....]

"Good." Clint smiled again. "If you do decide to stick around for a bit, I help run the local gym. You should stop by and say hi."

[So much zzzzz... :)]

Oh, there actually were other people on the island.

Other supernaturals, Jack corrected himself once he came a bit closer, and dipped his head slightly in a curious nod of greeting. "Nice night."

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Nice night?

Pleasantries weren't something Allie was used to, not after growing up in the rough life of the Fringe. For a second she was reminded of the books she'd scavenged in the ruins. Stories about life before Red Lung, rabids and vampires.

Another human judging by his heartbeat. But, Allie realized as she took another breath and caught the scent of something earthy and wild, maybe something more.

Her stance changed slightly. Just enough to be defensive if the need arose.

"It's quiet."

"Too quiet?" Jack guessed, with a half-smile that suggested he was joking and serious eyes that tried to suss out what, exactly, this girl was on the island for. (She smelled more like a vampire than anything else, but she wasn't a breed he knew, if that was right. It was unsettling.)

"It's not usually. You managed to pick a week when most of the students are off on their break trip."

"Something like that." Allie was having a hard time wrapping her brain around the idea of a world without rabids.

"Students? Like from a school?" There hadn't been schools in her world in over sixty years. "Does that mean there are books here?"

"That's where they normally keep them, yes," Jack said, and pointed toward the castle. "That would be Fandom High, though I',m not sure the library is open while the school is closed. But there's a bookstore a few blocks over, too. Looking for anything in particular?"

A bookstore? It was a completely unknown and amazing concept to Allie. "Any book would do. There are very few left where I'm from."

"Are you here for the night?" Jack asked. "I'm sure the store will be open in the morning, if it's not now."

He could loan her something, too, but that seemed a bit ... presumptuous, given he didn't even know her name.

"I'm Jack, by the way. I've been on the island about three years, with some breaks. Where are you from that there aren't books?"

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In the morning. Of course. That wouldn't help Allie, not with her vampire need to sleep while the sun was up. To say nothing of the fact that she lacked anything of value to trade for a book.

"Just for the night," she nodded. She couldn't spare the time to linger. She had a master to rescue. "I'm Allison...Allie."

"A pleasure to meet you," Jack said, and tilted his head to get a better look at her. "Can I ask why you're just here for the night?"

"There's someone waiting for me. I need to find him before it's too late." Which wasn't much as far as explanations went but it was all Allie was going to say at the moment.

It was enough that Jack got a sense he wasn't going to get more, anyhow.

"Ah," he said. "Well, the island's generally a peaceful place to spend a night. We work to keep it that way."

He hoped she'd understand the hint: No trouble wanted.

"Peaceful's good," Allie nodded, understanding the subtle message. She jerked her thumb towards the katana resting in it's sheath on her back. "This is strictly defense. Where I'm from, it's not safe."

Well, that made Jack worry a little less.

"I'm sorry to hear that," he said, and gave the katana one last wary eyeball. After a moment's more thought, he produced a business card from his pocket. "This is me," he said. "Call or find me at the bar if you run into any problems, all right?"

[OOC: Night!

Allie's lips quirked into something that was almost a smile as she took the card. Human kindness had been rare, even when she'd still been human. "I'll keep that in mind."

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