WAR: DP: Have Cape Will Travel (1/1) Place: the Vaqs party Time: Saturday night By: Cousin Mary The DPs showed up en masse at the Vaquera's Kareoke party. They were all dressed rather oddly, even for Dark Perks. Martin was looking a bit like...well, and Andrea was wearing... Then there was Maya, Carly, Ren and the others all looking... It wasn't 'til Caeryn swept in, in a full black cape, that it became glaringly obvious. The DP Thugs had come dressed as vampires. Shana was vamping it up in a long red Lucy Westenra-esque gown, complete with black velvet choker. Martin had chosen a more modern vampire, from a certain popular TV show on the WB that shall remain nameless. And Eric had gone for simplicity with an old fashioned tux with a "Hello my name is Vlad" sticker on the lapel. All in all, the lost boys and girls of the DP were just pleased as spiked punch to have a chance to run around and taunt the vampires before they got befanged again. Tracy, in her little black dress, just rolled her eyes and let her faction have their fun. Some people thought their shenanigans were quite amusing... others didn't. When some of the Thugs got on stage and sang any and every song mentioning vampires they could think of (Smashing Pumpkins, Sarah McLachlan, Rob Zombie) the Dark Perks in the audience cheered... and that was about it. Later on some of the Thugs sucked in some fake plastic fangs and went hunting their friends from other factions. Grabbing them, squealing with laughter, into the shadows before releasing them back into the party. ...After the war... they'd come back as DP themselves! (Bwhahahahahaha! ;-) Near the end of a great night, Mary, in her 'punk-vamp extra' costume, happened to notice someone in the back avoiding the stage like it was a guillotine. "Hmm," Mary set down her iced coffee and went to investigate (her DP curiosity working overtime) On closer inspection the loner turned out to be Emma. Mary's eyebrows shot up as she watched the Vaquera, Emma was dressed all in black and sipping a Dr. Pepper... and was quite unattended. The DP Godmommy looked around, signalling some of the other DPs to her side. "Look," She whispered as Miranda and Ren came closer. "Isn't that Emma?" Miranda peeked over at the oblivious Vaq, "But she isn't fighting with the DP." She pointed out. "She chose... poorly," Ren grinned, quoting her fav movie trilogy perfectly. "Yeah," Mary nodded, her eyes lighting up evilly. "So... what you guys think?" "About what?" Miranda frowned, then her eyebrows shot up when she caught on to the plan. "Yeah!" Soon the DP had congregated into a tight over-caffeinated huddle. "mumble, muble, muble, Emma." "mumble, mumble, potato sack." "mumble, mumble, mumble, get the car." "Kay, we're ready!" Mary straightened, "Places everyone!" Some of the Thugs headed out to warm up the car, others moved to make a line of bodies between Emma and the crowd, one snuck around and open a side door. Mary was grinning and just about to set the final parts of her hasty plan into action, when she was tapped on the shoulder. "Ack!" Tracy raised an eyebrow as she watched the college student clutch at her heart and hyper- ventilate, "Mary, you look guilty." "I look -nothing- like Nick," Mary declared, "Well, the blonde hair, but that's-" "No," Tracy smiled, "I mean, it looks like you guys are up to something, again." "Well, um, we," Mary hedged, glancing over to where the other Thugs were waiting for her signal, "Nothing really important or anything, we, uh." "Spill it," Tracy crossed her arms and waited. "We're going to kidnap Emma!" Mary blurted out, then her eyes widened, "Not forever, just a bit. You see she -is- a DP, she's just fighting as a Vaq this war, she has no taste you see and-" "Okay," Tracy snickered, "Go ahead, I'm going to go find Vachon." Her eyes took on a wicked gleam then, "I'll keep him busy while you grab Em." "Busy, how?" Mary asked, but Tracy was already out of earshot (not that she would have answered anyway.) Mary turned back and gave the signal, in less than a minute Emma was being hauled out the side door to the Pinkmobile waiting outside. Casting one more look around for witnesses, and seeing none, the DP Godmommy quickly slipped out herself. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cousin Mary