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.
“Yes-“
He responded in a quiet and quick word, then beginning to grow uneasy
and restless at the sustained visual on their throat. “Lore- I.. I am
conflicted on asking you whether or not I can dine on your fresh blood,
or not.”Some of the scientists face-palmed while the rest, including Lore, just stared at Skip.
Lore was the first to speak up. “Well… you don’t have to feel conflicted anymore since you just basically asked me. Why? Are you hungry?”
“Yes- but.. If you don’t want to then I won’t force you, it’s your option..” He pardoned softly, forcing his eyes away from their throat. “But preferably before Carlos comes back,”
Lore frowned slightly. “Why before then? Does he not know that you get hungry like this?”
“Oh- no, I just- I wouldn’t want to be rude and found sucking on one of his colleague’s necks, as he walks in to ask me a question.” He explained simply, “So it would actually help if you had a bathroom, or perhaps a quiet room where I could…”
Lore made a face. “Ick – no, not the bathroom. That’s a dirty place to try to eat. C’mon – we’ll just go to the break room!” They took Skip’s hand suddenly and started pulling him away from the other scientists. “It’s not going to be dangerous for me, right?” Lore suddenly asked as the scientists left behind looked around at each other and murmured to each other about everything that had just happened.
Skip was rather excited about this so easily acquired opportunity, he grinned eagerly and shook his head and licked his lips over with a hum. “Mhm- oh, no. It’s completely safe, if you’d prefer I can hypnotize you again so you don’t even know it happened- or you can document the situation? Maybe you could ask someone to take notes, or film?” He offered with a shrug, “Or not.”
Lore smiled back at him. “I can be awake, I promise,” they said. “How do you want to do it? Like a blood-letting? I think we just got a stock of IV needles in so I can plug one directly into a vein for you.”
He shuddered at that and stuck out his tongue, making a ‘bleugh’ sound and shaking his head quickly. “N-no need to plug anything into anywhere- that’s what fangs are for, don’t be nervous now.. I promise I’m very good at what I do.”
Lore hummed. “Well, okay. As long as it’s safe and you’re careful.” They opened the door to the break room for the two of them and they tugged Skip inside after them.
The Perfect Scientist 