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"That is [i]not[/i] what I said, Carver," he said. "I [i]specifically[/i] told him to treat you as your own monster, not--" Jack gestured to the new body, "--like [i]this[/i]."
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"Yeah, well, that's your fault for assuming he [i]listened[/i],” Carver griped. “And what ever happened to checking in to make sure something like this wouldn’t happen?" He wobbled a tiny bit as he stomped over to lean casually against the doorframe with crossed arms, trying to make it appear like a display of attitude rather than a sign of weakness. 

[i]Cough[/i]. "HOOLI--" [i]hack[/i] "[i]--GANS![/i]" Finkelstein shouted down the tower. "When I--" [i]cough[/i] "--get my hands on--" [i]wheeze[/i] "--you, I'll--" 

The doctor failed to finish his threat, as he devolved completely back into a full coughing fit. Jewel, still struggling to clear her own lungs, took hold of the handles on his chair to help him get down the ramp and farther from the smoke still spilling from the laboratory. 

Lillith shook herself out of her reverie and nudged her sister. "Come on, guys. Jack's gonna handle this from here. Let's get out of the way and stop gawking. You too, Jugs Boy," she called up to Chad.

Chad perked at the word 'jugs' and saw the twins turning away -- the angle of their turn being [i]just[/i] right for him to see the best possible side view of their voluptuous forms. He grinned. The human shot a wink at Shock, said, “See ya later, hot stuff,” and bounded down the steps after the vampires.

Agatha shuffled away from the seething vampiresses and the growing crowd of curious adults now approaching the edge of Finkelstein's property. When she saw Chad moving in their direction with a dazed smile and a gleam in his eye, she bolted outright. She [i]was[/i] due to man the counter at the shop, after all.

Chad sidled up to the twins. “So, now that that’s all winding down a bit, wanna wind something back up again?” He winked. “Bro code and all that for the one with a boyfriend, but the oth--”

Then he was suddenly lying flat on his back with the wind knocked out of him and a heeled shoe pressing down on his chest. Carmilla had used just enough of her supernatural speed to make sure he wouldn’t have a chance to try and defend himself, but stayed just slow enough he wouldn’t bust a rib on the way down.

“Take your [i]friend[/i],” she hissed at Sobki, “and get him out of my sight before I make him [i]lunch[/i]!”

Jewel and Finkelstein finally made it to the bottom of the ramp and across the kitchen to the door. JLungs mostly clear, Jewel quickly stepped past the chair to try and take control of the situation. “Carver, Jack, will someone please explain what’s going on here?” She caught Lillith’s eye around the group on the doorstep as the teen vampire waved at her with a tiny, self-satisfied smile.

Finkelstein didn’t give either of them a chance to respond, driving his chair around his wife and snarling, “YOU FOUR! [i]No[/i] respect for other people’s property! If all of you belonged to me, I’d lock you all up for a [i]year[/i] until you learned your lesson. Unfortunately, I have to leave [i]you[/i] three delinquents to be dealt with by Jack, here, but [i]Carver[/i]--” he reached forward to snatch his creation’s arm, “--I’ll teach [i]you[/i] respect if it’s the last thing I do, young lady!”