Raphael smirked at the girl. "If I am not mistaken you were once human. Do you speak coldly of me because I haven't been bitten or because most vampires can since that Jin is under servitued like those doll like people roaming these halls. Eaither way it answers your question. Besides why wouldn't something that lives eternaly give in to a bit of pleasure now and then?" He questioned though never once expecting an answer.

"I've been a vampire much longer than I've been a human, I was bitten as sixteen, and I suffered severe memory loss. At no point in time that I can remember, was I human. I'd watch my tongue ifI were you, or I'll rip it out from between your lips. Just because Jin can't kill you doesn't mean I can't."

"I warned you she had a temper." Jin pointed out with a small smirk. "Eliza, please relax. Raphael, whether either of us likes it or not, is my guest. Please respect that, for now at least."

Eliza grumbled bitterly as she left the room, and Jin turne his attention to the box. With a slight of handm, it vanished. "Get dressed, we'll head downstairs."

raphael looked down at himself. "I am dressed. I was dressed before Eliza came in." He said softly. "And I've met worse temper though I warn you, your little vampire chick may come into trouble if she tries to kill me. I don't take kindly to death threats." He stated simply as he waited by the door for the vampire to get dressed. "She's an intresting one though don't you think?" He questioned. "I think this whole servitued thing only lasts as long as I'm human though. So if I turn into a rotting talking corps you'll be out of contract. But since thats not happening your stuck for now. Unless you can convince me I will not loose my life to your hand, or the hand of a servent of yours." He stated agian simply like it was common knowladge.

"I can't control what Eliza does. Her servitude, unlike mine, is by choice. However, she's not likely to kill a guest unless you do something to deserve such a fate. Just avoid pissing her off and you'll be fine, right?" He stretched, "In the same sense, I really have no intention of killig you unless the need arises." He said honestly. "I can hunt down sucj prey on my own, but it's much easier with a human. You have a past and a future, I am without either. You have an identity and the label of hunter that will keep me out of the line of fire when they begin to fight back, and in return for risking that, I can keep you well hidden and well protected. Aside from that, the nights would me much less entertaining if I killed you. So as long as you don't becom a threat or an obstical, I have no reason to be rid of you. The quesiton is, how can I convince you of that?"

Rapahel nodded in agreeance to nearly everything the vampire said. "I don't know how you can convince me off it, nor have I every tried to do so myself. But if you want to be unbounded you must figure out a way. Your doing a desant job as it is. I understand what your saying and depeneding on the effects of today depeneds on whether your wish will be granted or not." He stated with a grin.

Jin, wearing a long black coat over a white shirt and black slacks now, headed for the door, holding the box Eliza had brought him. Clearly, the prospect of freedom had him in a pleasant mood. "Coming?" He asked as he headed down the hall.

Raphael nodded. "Indeed." he said walking after Jin. A plan grew in his head as he thought of different things he could do. He could free Jin test is loyalness against some of these more powerful vampires and then if not saticfied he could just put him back into slavery. Or better yet get someone else as a slave and have them kill him. Indeed that would be quiet entertaining to watch since Jin would know he was behind it. Shaking the thought from his head as it fell into a simple plane he grinned and fallowed Jin as if he was quiet pleased with himself. Just not for the reasons Jin might think.

Jin lead him into a fairly large dark room, and fumbled a moment before a cobwebed chandelier seemed to sputter into light. The room was full of an odd assortment of objects, weapons, scrolls and books. "Let's see, where is it..." He muttered as he fumbled through things, "God, how did I collect so much crap? Ah here..." He pulled a scroll from a crorner, it's height rivaling his own. He shoved some things off the tabel and spread out the scroll, most of it rolling off of the table and onto the floor. "It starts here, the original thirteen... I'm... here, just a few generations away. Way down here... these are the most recent. It automatically updates itself. A lot of vmpires would go through hell to get this. This woman here... She's currently the main political leader's wife. She turned her husband the day he came to power, so it's likely he's under her control. This would explain soem of the loosened policies around vampirism." he tapped the name with a forfinger. "She'll be our first target. Any questions, or shoudl we move on to a few new toys?" He asked with a grin, grabbing a back of what appered to be steel marbles. He tossed one at Raphael, snickering as it errupted in a cheesy action movie style set of ropes around Raphael. "Any vampire coudl get out of these without too much trouble, but it's enough to slow them down. They'll fall of after a minute..." He closed the distance between them, "But I can't help but find it amusing to see you all tied up." He passed Raphael and pushed open a large cupboard filled with bottles of all shapes and sizes. "These are mostly pretty useless, holey water and such, it doesn't do a damned thing to a pure blood, but it'll act like acid against someone who's been turned. This here..." He pulled out a smooth black case and offered it to Raphael, "See if that doesn't suit you a bit better then the gun you have. It's an amazing model, Ultra violet bullets and eveything. You need a few shots to do anything life threatening, but one of those could take off a limb. It would take me several hours to regenerate from a wound like that. The thing about sunlight hurting vampires is bullshit, we'd have to be out in the strongest sun for hours, and we get the same sort of effect as humans. A pretty bad burn. The difference is our skin turns to ash, and it takes much longer to heal than most wounds. The uv light though, condence like that, it's a lot more effective, mainly because it slows the healing process."

Raphael pulled himself out of the net. He had paid attention up to that point. "Alright." He said sternly laughing a little at the holy water. He had learned when he was a bit younger that didn't work. He looked at the box and opened it looking at it he picked it up and felt its weight. "Hm...not bad, not bad at all. This is acctually pritty nice." He said softly. "Though your more then correct about the sunlight crap. I made that mistake once and learned my lesson. Now its funny to catch one of those low lifes on fire with a maginifying glass and sunlight. THey wiggle like worms." He said with a morbid smile before realising who he was talking to. "oh sorry." He said simply with a sheepish smile. "I'll keep this one handy. Anything else you have for me?" He questioned.

"Mm, for now, no. We'll see how things go, hmm? I'll set eliza on finding an adress for us, that'll be a start, and we can begin hunting tonight. Are you sure you're up for hunting a pure blood?" He asked as he headed up out of the basement like room.

Raphael grinned. "of course. I'll do anything to cut the spicies down to an 18th of what it is." He said with a rub of his head as he started after Jin. "Or at least a half which is much more reasonable."

"Already done." Eliza said as she met them at the top of the stairs with a slip of paper.

Jin smiled and with a snap he had changed into a pair of rough jeans and an open button up shirt. "Your bike's nice and all, but let's take something we'll stand out less in."

((Magic clothing chages for conveinence. XD I thought it would be less anoying than having him go up and change...))

Raphael shivered slightly. "You vamps freak me out some times." He stated coldly. "Alright fine but if anything happens to that bike your paying for it." He warned Jin. He ran his hand through his hair with a slgiht yawn. His new gun put in place of a broken one he cairried.

"Aw, why is that?" Jin asked as he led Raphael through the house, uot a door, and into a large garage. Raphael's bike had been tucked away safely in a corner. "I think that one's outdated..." He uttered as he passed a car that was probably one of the first models made. "This one's too flashy, and Elizabeth would kill me if I wrecked her car..." He said as he passed a flashy pink sports car. "This one should do." He said as he pulled the cover off a sleek black jaguar. He got behind the wheel and pulled the keys from the glovebox. "Get in, don't break anything." He said to Raphael with a motion towards the passenger side.

"Why? You people read minds and change clothes faster then flies die." Raphael stated simply. He looked at all the cars and carfully got into the jaguar. "Who's Elizabeth?" He asked and thin it hit him. "OH Eliza is short of Elizabeth right?" He questioned feeling retarted.

"Yes, Very good!" Jin said as though Raphael was an infant. He gave a small mirk as he hit a button and the garage door creaked open. He pulled out and coasted down the steep driveway. "We'll be gone for about a week, do you need anything from your place?"

Raphael looked at Jin. "Yes, I happen to need a few things from there." He said sternly becoming slightly annoyed. "And you couldn't have told me that before?" He questioned. He ran a quick list of things he'd need down in his head and would easly slip in and out of his house before long.

"I figured ti would be a bit obvious." Jin said flatly as he pulled into the driveway a while later. "eed a hand getting your things together?"

Raphael rolled his eyes and got out carefully. "No give me a few and I'll be down with what I need." He said softly as he ran into the house. "Don't move." He shouted back more like an order so that Jin couldn't leave with out him.

Jin froze, cursing Raphael's poor wording. He couldn't even breath thanks to the order, but since he wasn't exactly alive it wasn't a problem, more like a discomfort, like standing on one leg for too long. He could only hope Raphael would hurry...

Raphael realized the wording as well and chuckled to himself gathering up a bit of things. Sooner then he could have expected he was out side with two bags. He flopped them in the back of the car carefully. "Alright back you can move." He said with a grin as he got in carefully.

Jin relaxed only to turn and glare, "Watch your phrasing damnit, it would have done just as well to ask me not to leave." He said as he revved the engine and took of, his speed climbing quickly over a hundred as he shot off, speeding by a fairly significant amount. "Eliza will likely already be there when we arrive, she likes to be nearby for things like this. If you see her you would do best to act as if you've never met. Also, watch your wardrobe and general appearance. Slack your posture, keep your eyes down, it's best if most of the people involved can't remember any prominent descriptions about you." He advised. "And I trust your smart enough to keep yourself armed. Mm, that reminds me..." he pulled a small jewelry box from his coat and passed it to Raphael, "Only take one, and be careful with it. Consider ti a self destruct. You break that, and you take out yourself along with everyone else in the room. They aren't easy to break, but a strong bite or a good stomp might do it. Personally I keep one internally. But then, I can rip it out to activate it. It's not strong enough to kill me, but if I'm that desperate, it'll make me look pretty dead long enough for whatever danger there is to pass. Of course eventually I'll regenerate... It's a last resort though. Exploding isn't exactly painless."

"You want me to keep something that'll explode me?" Raphael asked shaking his head. He took one and slid it carefully into an inside coat pocket. "Fine just don't even think I'll use it unless I'll die anyone. Its rather convent for you to have these isn't it?" He asked. "If I ever do something you can blow up my house if your desperate enough." He said though it was all an over dramatization really.

"It's not that strong. More likely it'll ruin the room and not much beyond that. If I wanted to blow up your house though I have other things for that kind of adventure." He swerved onto a highway, flooring the gas and pushing his speed.

((Geh, you took to long, I don't remember half of what was going on.))

(((Sorry!!! I had a lot of thigns going on though.))


"Uh no." Raphael said with a sigh. "DO remember some people in this car are human!" He said seeing how fast they were goingin.