Carlos hadn’t been to a circus in years – not since he was little. But there had been a raffle at work and Carlos had won a coupon for a free ticket. He kinda hoped that his brother and/or his dad were in town so he could invite them to go with him.
Carlos made his way to the ticket office that was set up, standing in the line with his coupon as he looked at everything around him. Some things were different than what he remembered or imagined a circus to be like, but not everything could be a dated cliche trope he supposed.
Once at the ticket office he smiled and offered the coupon. “Hey… this any good?” he asked in a joking manner.
“No..
A-and the whole burning at daylight thing is a lie, it’s just a bit of a
sunburn..” He explained with a wave of his hand, biting into his sleeve
and digging his fangs into it. “I can still do everything I used to do
when I was a human.. But now I drink blood and hypnotize people..”Carlos started to type more into his ipad. “You can hypnotize people, huh?” he asked. “Are there any special requirements for hypnosis? I mean, how difficult is it?”
His eyes flickered up, attempting to meet Carlos’ own darker ones as he chewed on his sleeve. “It’s easy.. I just have to touch them while I do it, so I can regulate their pulse and make sure they don’t die..”
“Ah, okay,” Carlos said with a nod. “Interesting. Is that the extent of your expanded abilities since becoming a vampire?”
He nodded once more, letting his eyes fall and follow Carlos’ fingers across his screen. “If you want- I could show a volunteer of yours?”
Carlos looked at him curiously. “A volunteer?” Carlos asked, obviously very intrigued. “Oh… um, I should ask… is it dangerous at all?”
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