@mxgician liked for a fairy!AU starter
The evening seemed almost otherwordly peaceful, as if it were willing to embrace any creature venturing into it. Even extending welcome to monsters seeking the taste of unforgivable things, and obtaining them at any cost.
Technically, this world belonged to vampires as much as it did to humanity. Unlike the fae that enjoyed a realm of their own, Mihawk’s kind had always been creatures of the earthly plane. Their existence spawned off of the life and blood of the beings they could steal it from. Their prey thought them to be beasts, but in reality, humans weren’t all that that different. In essence, anything living remained so by voracious consumption of something more defenseless than it. Humans devoured plants and animals, and vampires thirsted for them. Hunger wasn’t always a matter of cruelty, but instead an answer to the query: who is stronger and more adept at survival?
The hunting grounds had vastly changed since Mihawk was a boy. Instead of picking off stragglers that had strayed from the herd, it was more civilized to hunt in plain sight.
Strolling into a tavern on this beautiful evening, the swordsman was pleased to see so many people out enjoying it. It was always nice to have options, for both entertainment and sustenance. Or if he was lucky, both.