Alice ignored the Barbarian as he recounted his past experience with Vampires, a bunch of wistful nonsense really. She only reacted when he thanked her for bringing up the memories, a scoff making its way past her lips as the sound of panic rising around her grew in a delightful crescendo of crashing and screams as people ran from the room or simply hid behind a fallen table. A single sound caught her attention as the barbarian took out a potion which he began drinking quickly- a tinkling of metal and the musical chiming of bells from somewhere nearby. 

The woman of shadows simply stood there as the Barbarian charged her, his sword passing through her still not-quite-solid form while she turned her head toward the source of the noise. A woman dressed sparsely in strange dress caught her eye, the light from torches in the room glinting off of the coins and bells sewn into the fabric of her outfit as she ran, trying to flee the tavern. Alice smiled and her form dissipated for a split second, reappearing in front of this woman as she would get to the door. Alice reached out to grab her by the shoulders, smiling sweetly as her eyes began to glow a slightly darker shade of yellow, fangs glinting wickedly in the light as she did. [color=7bcdc8]"Well aren't you interesting. Bit of advice though- it's only more fun for me when you all run."[/color]

Alice was about to bite the woman, her hands gripping the other's shoulders as tightly as they could, her nails pinching hard enough to draw blood almost- but a call from someone on the other side of the room caught her attention. [color=f26522]"Push her outside! It's too dangerous in here!"[/color] She let the woman go after a second, pushing her to the side as she realized she might actually have to deal with this barbarian and his friends before she could really have any fun here tonight. Her eyes were drawn to the source of the shout, a drunk Argonian who didn't look like he could even walk straight, let alone fight. He stumbled out of his way to pick up a child, and the vampiress watched as another came to his aid before he started making his way out the other door of the tavern.

The new woman turned to face Alice, as if she were going to join the fight too. Her hair seemed to set itself ablaze as her eyes began to shine just as bright as the strange fire. [color=bc8dbf]"What are you waiting for lizard man?"[/color] Alice heard her growl at the Argonian. [color=bc8dbf]"Get out of here now!"[/color] The woman's body was soon consumed by flames, and the vampire looked at her curiously as she drew her swords and took a defensive stance. [color=7bcdc8][i]Strange magic... I've never seen someone set themselves on fire to fight before![/i][/color] She grinned at the thought as she produced a dagger from within her cloak, taking her hood off as she decided to take this fight seriously.

Her hair was light brown in color, and her skin pale as the moonlight outside- obvious proof of her vampirism. Her eyes still glowed, even though they were no longer overshadowed by the hood of her cloak, the bright yellow slowly darkening to red as a familiar bloodlust began to pulse through her veins. [color=7bcdc8]"Defending the weak are we? How noble! How... pointless."[/color] Alice tended to try not to laugh at her foes, though as she said the words she couldn't stop the scathing chuckle that slipped past her lips. Unlike the high priest Maximilian, whose madness showed through fits of Dementia, Alice was a Maniac- she took joy in fighting and causing fear. She held her dagger loosely as she rushed at the Barbarian, aiming to slice his throat in one simple swipe of the blade before she'd try to figure out what to do about the burning woman next.

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