Episode-2
THE FRENCH QUARTER
Marcel was boasting to Nikole about his methods for providing fresh blood for his vampires.
The city of New Orleans... people of all stripes and flavors from all over the country come here to party on our streets. Some are just looking for fun... some are looking for something a little darker, more dangerous. So, we invite them into my home and we give it to them.
Diego, one of Marcel's vampires was showing a flyer to two tourists, a man and a woman.
The flyer is headed by a large, monogrammed 'M', beneath which reads:
"ABATTOIR
WHERE THE PARTY
NEVER ENDS"
They entered the party and got their hands stamped with the same 'M' monogram as the flyer.
Then, at the stroke of midnight, everything changes, and it's time to feed.
Marcel led Nikole around a balcony overlooking the party. Nikole watched with an amused smile as Marcel's vampires fed ravenously on the humans, who scream in terror.
"This is how I keep my guys happy: the occasional, all-you-can-eat buffet. My night-walkers love it. I've got 'em working hard, trying to earn one of these daylight rings. They deserve to blow off a little steam. My day-walkers, the trusted few - they just like the party." Marcel bragged as he led Nikole with him.
Nikole noticed a familiar crest engraved on the stone wall below: it included the 'M' monogram as well as a coiled serpent. She didn't comment on it.
Nikole watched the chaos and hummed, "It's quite an operation. Tell me - what about the victims? Seems like a lot of graves to dig." She looked at Marcel with a smirk.
Marcel though; he just chuckled, "Can't kill 'em all. Too many folks go missing, tourism drops. So, we heal them with a little vamp blood, erase their memory, send them on their way - no muss, no fuss."
Nikole nodded her head as she listened to. She smiled as she observed his accomplishments, "I'm impressed."
Marcel smiled proudly as he all but thanked Nikole, "Nothing I didn't learn from you back in the day."
Nikole watched as a vampire with a hat walked towards them. Thierry, one of Marcel's vampires.
Thierry approached them and nodded at Marcel in greeting, "Marcel."
Marcel smiled at his close friend, "Sup, Thierry?"
Thierry hesitated, "Six of our guys were killed in pool a bar outside of the Quarter. Night-walkers. No one saw who."
He looked to Nikole with a suspicious glance but Nikole shrugged at them with an innocent smile and looked away.
Marcel sighed and excused himself as he went away with Thierry to discuss.
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On the road The blonde Original was driving her red convertible. She checked herself in the rearview mirror and wiped a drop of blood off her cheek. She smiled cutely and kept on driving.
