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</div></div><br/>As Ziggy put it, Lilly was wearing a rather scornful expression on her features, those emerald hues narrowing slightly at the lackadaisical response given. There were but a few faces Lilly wore, and most were unfriendly, but that did not mean she was necessarily upset with the magician, she was simply disappointed for the circumstance she'd wandered into. "You're probably right," Lilly mused, less vocal than her prior outburst, but the scoff that followed made up for it. "At least we're all here and can't make it any worse than it already is." Whether or not Theo and/or Ziggy made an attempt to fix the Laeline likely didn't matter from her view, someone would inevitably come along as she'd hinted at earlier to mend the wound.<br/><br/>Louis, whom she'd dragged behind her without consulting, was her responsibility, but with the discussion at hand, she shifted their conversation to the backburner with a raised digit close to his lips to have him hold off for just a bit longer. She did slide him the bottle of whiskey as recompense after topping her own glass off.<br/><br/>Count Graves was correct in that Lilly has not met a bloodsucker of such nobility, though, Lilly was fairly sure that she'd never met a Count, period. Was that strange? She thought not. however, Lilly did have the displeasure of meeting numerous individuals, vampiric, human, and far more wicked entities, who were in possession of large swaths of land and wealth through corporate holdings, and held considerable political sway in various regions across the globe. Such accomplishments did not impress the Lioness, and depending on the person would in fact disgust her.<br/><br/>"Definitely a hard pass from me. I'm only here by happenstance, and I'm hardly looking for some grand call to adventure." Lilly sucked deep through pursed lips at her dwindling cigarette, smoke exhaled in billows through her nostrils as she continued her mild antagonizing of the Count. "I don't know what dimensional rift you fell out of, but yeah, like Pink said, I'd get yourself a phone and start doing some online searches of the local metacommunities. There are surely several that would jump at the opportunity to help you out." The lioness shrugged, trying to shake off the uncomfortable tension building in her muscles from this unfolding situation. Lilly didn't know exactly who Graves is, how he'd come to be here, and what he'd done to damage the Laeline, but what Lilly did know was that, as Silky put it, she was not about to stick her nose in this mess more than she already had.<br/><br/>Turning her gaze back to Louie, she flicked the remainder of her ash into the ashtray and took one last drag before snuffing it out with a methodical grind. "Sorry, I didn't realize how much was going on with them." With a quiet laugh, she brought a hand to her ruby lips to hide the humor lighting her features. It all just seemed a ridiculous turn of events on what had otherwise looked to be an uneventful evening. Using that same hand to move a group of stray raven locks away from her face, her grin was back, and the whites of her teeth were gleaming at her companion.<br/><br/>"No, we've got a ways to go before we get into the details of such a partnership. Instead, tell me about who I remind you of, I don't hear that of me too often, so you've got me interested in who my potential doppelganger is, or was if they're no longer around."<br/><br/>Again, Lilly knew she was leading the vampire on by being anything but confrontational, as he seemed like the kind of guy to latch onto any sort of positive feedback, but something about the youthful-looking vampire was wearing at her ingrained defenses against the undead the longer she interacted with him.<br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="6446" data-username="@Salaciousalpha" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6446/">@Salaciousalpha</a><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="7082" data-username="@Lurktastic" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/7082/">@Lurktastic</a><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="634" data-username="@Villains" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/634/">@Villains</a>