A loud, hollow [i]thunk... thunk... thunk...[/i] echoed through the grand entry hall of the vampires' home. Totter, the household butler, slowly lurched forth from a side room, his arms dangling at his sides and a broom dragging along the floor behind him.

"Mmmmmmraahhhhhhh..." Totter's sagging mouth let out a low moan of greeting as he slowly but dutifully pulled the front door open for whomever had knocked. Each of his sunken eyes pointed in a different direction, neither of which was toward Barrel.

"Hi, Mister Totter!" Barrel waved cheerfully as he stepped across the threshold. "Are Lillith and Carmilla home?"

"Mmmmmmraahhhhhhh..." The butler shuffled aside to let the youngest trickster in. Once Barrel was out of the way, he took a couple slumping steps forward to close the door again.

"Who ees-- Ah." The head of the vampire clan appeared on a balcony nearby. "I see. Tank you, Totter. That veell be all."

The butler moaned again before making his way out of the hall, still dragging the broom.

"Vat can vee help you vit, today?" Vlad asked as he glided down the stairs.