Buckle Up Creampuff

There were many things Carmilla wanted to ask mother about but knew better than to probe. She wasn’t the only vampire who had a curiosity around things her mother had or had done. Mattie was the closest to push all those buttons and as a result was often punished for even thinking of asking. Even the board would occasionally spy just to gain that one step ahead. Every time landing in a failed attempt. Mother was many things but private was something she excelled at.

Even in an alternative universe the curiosity surrounding the vault was still something Carmilla always wanted to know. Of course she had heard rumours and vampires had claimed to have seen things. Others used to say that whoever mother took in would never come out. Over the years as whispers would carry, the stories spiralled into webs of mystery and fed that curiosity even more.

So why not take the opportunity to see it here? How different could it be?

Having spent time with Laura and Mircalla, Carm couldn’t sleep. She had left the two of them to explore the house and this led to discovering Ell in her study. It was still strange to see her, the complete mirror of her Laura but not quite the same. Although unaged she was older, as was Mircalla, and their experiences and world was shaped under completely different circumstances. But no matter what universe they found themselves in it was clear that fate always brought them together. There was something about that idea that would normally scare Carmilla but when it came to Laura there was nothing she was more sure about it.

After getting changed into her usual black leather pants and whatever dark coloured tank top she could find. Carm grabbed her jacket and looked over at Laura and Mircalla who were sleeping soundly. Both didn’t look like they were going to wake any time soon and she would be surprised if Laura wasn’t exhausted from earlier and needed some rest. This would at least give Carm the chance to see more of Ell behind her walls of being the dean.

She tied her jet black hair back into a high ponytail and headed for the living room where Ell said to meet once she had finished with some paperwork. From what Carmilla had worked out so far in the day of her and Laura arriving is that Ell seemed to be swamped in paperwork. She might have that wrong but so far Laura’s double always seemed busy and Carm was determined to at least get to know the side of Ell wasn’t behind a desk. She was also curious on her relationship with Mircalla but didn’t yet know how to approach that subject if even to bring it up at all?

“Ell?” Carm said quietly as came down the stairs. On instinct she tried to catch a heartbeat like she would normally do with Laura but had to remind herself that Ell was full vampire and much harder to detect.