@justchallenging
Was she hard core LARPing a vampire, or was she a vampire? Jasper was watching the small girl from a distance. She was twirling a parasol and sitting in the shade; he could physically see light glinting off her fangs when she smiled, and she -- literally -- had a pet bat with her. Dressed in pink. Actually, the bat was rather cute, but it was certainly being used as a fashion statement in juxtaposition to her own impossibly pink outfit.
Fascinating.
After several minutes of intense deliberation, Jasper finally moved to go ask. A group of girls that had been standing near him jumped at the sudden movement; he’d been concentrating so hard that he must have seemed statue-like. He pulled his ball cap down further to shield his face as he walked across the slightly sunnier road. Even as he grew closer he was still on the fence. She had pointed ears that looked natural, and now he could see she had pale pink skin. Even if she wasn’t a vampire, she certainly isn’t a pure human either.
Jasper knew that he was looming over her when he finally stood in front of her, so he crouched down with his hands on his knees.
“Your bat is cute. What is it’s name?”