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Tacitus's eyes quickly turned as a voice came from behind her. She stared for just a moment. Who was she? What was she doing here? She pondered this for only a few seconds before coming to the realization that she must be one of the new human servants. She smiled a little and stood; still keeping an eye on her rather out-cold slayer. She then started to look a little unnerved.

Oh... Oh that was blood. She grinned unnervingly and shook it off. She wasn't a monster. She wouldn't attack at the smell of blood.. Or sight of it... Or if it was literally standing in front of her like it was helpless. She bit he lip and listened to the girls as she spoke.

Here she went again. This was going to turn into a fun game of trying to explain that she couldn't speak. This was a normal thing, so she really didn't mind. It was kind of fun to play charades like this.

"Is he okay..?" Tacitus shook her head at the question. No. The slayer was a little on the unconscious side. "I am Hikari.. Would you like some help?" With this, Tacitus clapped excitedly and gave a bow. She was never one for curtsying, after all. She smiled at the girl and directed a hand to the slayer with a nod. It would probably be considered rude to leave him on the floor like that. The next sentence shocked Tacitus a bit, however.

"that stake hurt.." Tacitus frowned and scratched her head awkwardly. Had she really hit this poor girl with that stake? She was lucky it wasn't the other end. Tacitus quickly pulled at the bandages on her arm and smiled at the girl. She tore a bit of them off, revealing only a few scars, and wrapped it around Hikari's head. There. Now they were both better for it. Tacitus would have a much easier time resisting drinking the poor girl's blood if she couldn't even see it!

"If you get the other side we can move him to a couch??" With this, Tacitus nodded enthusiastically and moved to Tristan's other side. This Hikari girl was surprisingly brave! That was impressive and quite nice, if Tacitus had to be honest. It would be nice to have someone other than Julius to listen to. She smiled at Hikari and was about to give a signal to pick Tristan up when Hikari reached out a hand to her. Tacitus took the hand as gently as possible and shook it. She was happy to make a friend. Well, she hadn't really made a friend... She more hit a girl with a stake and now was forcing her to lift a heavy vampire slayer onto a couch... But that was good enough, right?

She was about to try to lift Tristan again when the slayer sat up. She frowned and let out an airy sound. Well, that was pointless. She smiled and Hikari and shrugged a little, then looking back to Tristan. The slayer checked himself for bites, typical. Tacitus just crossed her arms and tapped her foot a little. Did he really think she was going to just jump on him the moment she could? That would be rude. She was, after all, technically his master and host.

When Tristan started to stand up, she jolted her attention to him more seriously. He shouldn't be standing like that so quickly! He was wobbly enough that Tacitus wasn't sure he wouldn't collapse again! She made an airy sound when he looked at her.

" Where are we going, Miss?" She tensed up at the question. Where were they going? She didn't exactly know. There was a whole castle and she normally just sat around or tried to get Julius to talk to her. There wasn't much to do. She scratched her head again and held up a hand.

Now was a good time to start the charades. She quickly pointed to herself and then smiled to both of the humans. Slowly, she began to try to think of how to explain her name through motion. That wasn't going to be very easy... She sighed and grabbed a pencil and small sheet of paper before scribbling on it. She held it up for them to see. It was written in poor handwriting, but still legible.

"Tacitus Heilwig. Welcome to the castle." Was all she had chosen to write out. The rest she could manage. She had done it enough. She placed the paper down after a long enough time and looked up for just a moment, thinking. She pointed to herself and then opened her mouth; directing to her teeth. She was a vampire, which Tristan should know. She then pointed to her neck and then pretended to cut it with her hand. Maybe this would get the message across.

She the crossed her arms again and smiled at them. This was always a fun part of her day. The long games of charades where she would try to respond in whatever strange way seemed fitting. She held out a hand to Tristan now, remembering that it was customary to shake. She grinned; showing her fangs. She had a new toy and a new friend. What an interesting day.

It was then Tacitus found herself freezing up and looking toward something else. Who was this...? Another human boy? Wow. She was really becoming a human magnet today! What an interesting turn of events. She left her hand out for Tristan but waved to the new boy to join them. Hopefully, he wouldn't run off. If he did, she would just have to chase him down and start the whole game of charades over again. Well... She had just played, so maybe some telepathy was in order. She glanced to the boy and sent him a mental message.

'Join us. Don't worry, I won't bite. I'm Tacitus Heilwig, one of the vampire residents of this castle. Looks like you get to be my servant too.'