Snatching this up! 300+ words.
Her hand knocked over a bottle of whiskey as she reached for it on the makeshift table beside her makeshift bed. The reunion with her grandmother had left her exhausted the night before, and all she had done was find her way to the mansion to sleep, staggering up the stairs and into one of the central rooms. No one had argued her choice in living quarters, as no one had lived in the room before her. At least not that she could see.
She was still foggy as the glass shattered on the floor; that drew her out of the daze she was left in. Sitting upright with a quick jerk of her torso, she glanced around the room with crimson eyes. "Is someone there?" she murmured, surveying the room with a silent sense of fear. Andrezej was dead, but he haunted her at all moments. It took a minute to realize it had been her own noise that woke her so abruptly; as she gazed down at the shattered glass, she heaved a deep sigh. "My last bottle."
It meant she'd have to go find some more. A heavy groan gave prelude to her movements out of bed, shifting and standing in the puddle of amber liquid; she held her throbbing head as she made her way to the doorframe. The liquor had left its mark. Her skull was on fire, the lights were bright. She was half-tempted to simply sit back down and lay there.
She couldn't, of course. She was already up and she needed her vices as much as the next person. With tenative, stumbling steps, she found her way down the stairs, through the halls and into the kitchen before stepping outside into the snowy lands of Inferni. It was cold, but she didn't seem to notice; after all, she was usually too drunk to give a damn.
Her crimson eyes swept from side to side, settling on an interesting group of young bovine-esque creatures with a young Luperci male. Curiosity piqued as she watched; he was feeding them. With soft steps, she made her way towards the male, keeping a distance so as not to startle his...pets.
"Interesting choices in pets." Her voice was soft, coming out as a crooning murmur rather than something that could be considered actual speech.
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