It was a good day for an outing, the young teacher had taken her class of about ten children to the botanical gardens in the outskirts of the city. The main interest was the exploration of the mini jungle, and each child had their own leaflet and pad about each plant there was to see. The children listened attentively to Miss DiMera their teacher and jotted down various notes in the pads, unknowingly that someone was watching them from afar in a more dim setting of the leafy scenery, his pale eyes scanning the area and a treacherous grin fleets across his lips upon the approving sight of the young darkclad teacher with her younger pupils.
Karpatian's nostrils flared at the scent of this female, his keen ears picking up all the eminating sounds and accessed them accordingly whilst he cracked his knuckles and a low growl crept from his throat. Without realizing that she was under someone's observations she tutored the ring of children before her with gesturing arms, describing the different plants and flowers. From the distance he could hear nothing of the preaching she was on about, but enough was enough, she had intrigued him already, having scented her pure breed and slowly advanced the clustered group of woman and children.
Upon approach, he could clearly make out the tutoring about the different plants that were there in the oasis they were in, he inspected her from a distance, noting her rather simple anklelong skirt, a cardigan covering the blouse she wore, too many clothes hiding that feminine figure she had, a smirk lingering on his devious lips. She turned to face the stranger, a young man, roughly in hislate twenties, dressed in a black three-piece business suit and a long italian tailormade coat. She quirked a brow, first now showing she had a simple make-up, just a softened grey eyeshadow enhancing her palegrey eyes and rather cute face. She hushed the children with a single command at this stranger's approach.
"I hope that I did not interrupt your narration on my action, Miss. The name's Karpatian. I couldn't help but notice the education session you were imparting on these young kids about the botany" he spoke whilst plucking a nearby orchid and sniffs it. A trace of malice flashes up in his eyes which disappears just as quickly like a firefly.
She cocked a brow of surprise, pursing slight her lips in thought, "yes well met sir Karpatian, but.. the orchids are rare enough that even in your flora knowledge you should know that they shouldn't be picked like simple posies.." she frowned and picked it from between his fingers, "they are exceedingly difficult to make them bloom like the one you just plucked!"
A cold grin stretches his lips, "orchid's are rare, true. But it's survival of the fittest, is it not?" owing the children a mocking look when he spoke his tongue.
"Oh.. so for the right and almighty it gives you the total right to pick upon something so defenceless as a .. rare flower?" she glowered a glare towards him whilst keeping the children behind her back. Karpatian raised his hand and pointed a clawed finger at the children, "in place of the orchid, new life will spring forth.. children!" he laughed eerily and held out some candy to the young ones.
If looks could have killed, she would have done so already, frowning sharply, she clapped together her hands that kept the children obediently in line, "Pay no attention to Mr. Karpatian Children, it is very obvious he doesn't know a thing about botany," nodding sharply to the man, "Good day," and motioned her class off towards the next subject in the room after dismissing him.
He chuckled to himself and watches the small group move on. Karpatian's eye roam around once more interestedly. He returns to watching the group and observed their teacher, then he slowly and soundlessly approaches. When he's standing right behind her, he leans down and whispers hissingly in her ear, "you need to expose these children to the concept of death at some point, don't you?" flicking his tongue across her ear which made her go rigid with his close presence, "I am their biology teacher, I do not teach them history Mr. Karpatian!"
"Biology? As in living organisms?" he questioned whilst he moved his nose through her hair and flared his nostrils, "well, all living things must die someday.. no?"
He was like a parasite, she thought to herself, impossible to get rid of without having to use a bug spray. She turned around after dismissing the children for about half an hour, "and what do you mean by that Mr.Karpatian?"
Across her cheek he flicked a finger, his claw piercing the skin enough to draw blood, bringing it to his lips, he licked off her blood, grinning at her darkly, "what I mean is, if it bleeds, it lives, if it lives, it dies."
Franscesca flinched slight, narrowing her gray eyes at him, "yes so I understand.. so I have gathered but the children are children and they do not need to witness such devious acts from you or anyone else.. nor do they need to see you breaking the veil.. whatever you might be!"
"Ahh, the veil.. the veil," he stepped closer and locked eyes with her, "I was exposed to massacres at a very tender age, Miss.. it builds character and forms men of will! As for the veil.." he chuckled wryily and shrugged, "I won't tell, if you won't."
She just frowned at him, "you are you.. and the children are they.. and that is my blood you are tasting! Either that you are on the one side or the other. Either which that I don't really care and that you are disturbing my class!"
"And it's tasty blood, if i may say so," Karpatian chuckled and licked his lips, "the children must grow quickly, new warriors are needed everyday." Now she arched a brow, "oh? really.." turning away from him, finding him to an irratating itch indeed.
Chuckling he called after her, "I don't believe I caught your name? What, now what kind of example are you setting for the kids by this rude behaviour?" Karpatian laughed mockingly.She turned around to face him once again, "Oh forgive me destroyer of fine beauties.. I am Franscesca DiMera.. daughter of the late Edward DiMera, biology teacher in the Andrews Elementary School," spoken rather sarcastically.