*A small chuckle can be heard; light and airy. It’s high pitched, and yet at the same time it circles around to be low pitched. As though someone else is laughing each second.*
“…Hello? Who…” *Ko looks around, widening her eyes. Twitching her ears. Looking for the source of the laughter.* “…Who’s there?”
“Ah, right. I suppose you wouldn’t recognize me, dear! After all, you were oh so small last we met~” *A vampire, slightly taller than Ko is, maybe 5’7, struts into view. Their brown hair fluffs up, the bottom half dyed teal. It reaches around their shoulder, some bits going lower. Their eyes are small, a brown-red color with slits in the middle. They have no wings, but they do seem to have fangs. They’re quite pale, too.*
*Ko’s pupils slit. Small? But…*
“It was quite hard to track you down, dear. You certainly did a thorough job at erasing yourself… But really, enough of these games, hm?”
“Why, it’s time to go home, of course! Wrap it up with your little… pets at that lab of yours, I will figure something out with the Agency. Perhaps we could find someone else in the area, and use them.”
*Ko pauses. Go home? But… she is home. Pets? Her friends? Who-*
“Right, right. How rude of me, hm? You may call me Runo; I was an… acquaintance of your mother’s. And I’m the one to thank for your survival.”
*Ko takes a step back, a hand going to her Bag. Runo ‘tsk’s.*
“Ah-ah-ah. Now, none of that. I know what you keep in there, dear. You’re barely a fledgling; there’s little you could do either way. Come along, now. I’ll give you… mmm… three days to wrap everything here up. I expect you to be packed by then, alright, Dear?”
*Runo smiles, walking up to Ko. Pausing in front of her. A hand goes to her cheek, almost affectionately. Mimicking how Stella used to look at Kiona.* “Don’t keep me waiting, dear. I’m the closest you have to a parent now. Don’t disappoint me so soon.”
