Parking Out (FI- PMW/DMis)

[Pink Moon Wolf]

In the middle of the clearing at Portal Park, there sat a lone camper van. An old, rusty, earth-toned van with more than its fair share of dings and dents, not to mention a parking ticket. It was here where the vampire raccoon anthro finally landed, the Siren of Blood still cradled in his arms. Mickey sighed, plucked the ticket off his windshield and tossed it aside. Then he made his way around back and opened the door to the living quarters of the camper.

Much like the TARDIS, the camper was impossibly larger inside than it was outside, practically the size of an average house. As he carried Beth over to the living room, he called out, "Honey, I'm home!"

He then responded to himself in a high-pitched, feminine tone, "Mickey dear, is that you? I've been waiting up all night for you!"

"Yeah, well, you're gonna have to wait a bit longer," Mickey once again told himself. "We have a guest."

"Aw, but sweety-pumpkin, I need you all to myself!"

"You'll get it, don't worry. I just need to-"

"No, Mickey! I want you right now!"

"Look, I'll be up in a minute, but I-"

"Mickey, let's do it now! RIGHT NOW!"

"WOMAN, I DO WHAT I WANT!!!"

His voice echoed off the camper's spacious, polished interior, leaving Mickey slightly shocked by his own outburst. Then he took a deep breath and gently laid Beth down on the couch.

As he stared down at her, Mickey reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of her crystallized blood that he had managed to snatch. Out of curiosity, he tossed a piece in his mouth, reacting with pleasant surprise. Not bad. Almost like rock candy. Except with blood. He continued to snack on it as he sat down in his personal chair and turned on the TV to see what was going on back home.

[DMis]

Beth made a slight movement as her hand twitched. She could distinctly hear the crunch of candy, at least that's what she thought it was, near her. "Owwww.... My everything....." she spoke weakly. "Anyone get the plates of the tanker that hit me?"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Hey now, I haven't even done anything yet," Mickey muttered. "That said, I imagine that blood-based attacks drain a lot of... well, blood. You need anything? A pick-me-up? I got OJ in the fridge."

The television flickered to life with images of chaos and destruction, though not that of any location on Dimensional Island.

[DMis]

Beth blinked as she registered her surroundings. "Only that one attack drains me this bad. Say. Where is that bloody sone of a b**** in the bowler hat?" she replied. "Have any Mountain Dew and asprin?"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Oh, he's gone. Sodded off right after you went down." Mickey jabbed a thumb over his shoulder. "Yeah, I got all that. BRB." Then he jumped off the chair backwards and flew like a bullet upside-down into the kitchen.

"...in what the MPD reports is yet another instance of destruction by Pandemonium," a reporter on the TV announced solemnly. "Police are still investigating the source of the rogue energy, and at this time, foul play has not been ruled out. We go now live to Samuel Goldwyn, Mayor of Metropolis."

"HOW THE FRIG DID YOU PEOPLE GET IN MY HOUSE?!"

[DMis]

Beth snickered at the scene. 'So Jack is gone for now. I can take the time to recover and maybe make a friend. If not at least his world is entertaining,' the siren mentally decided before looking over. ".... Why do you have my blood shards?" Beth asked of her host.

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Hm?" Mickey returned shortly with a bottle of Mountain Dew and a few aspirin tablets. "Eh. Just thought I'd try 'em out, see what they taste like." He smiled and playfully licked his fangs as if to show off his true nature, then handed Beth what she had requested. "Here. Truth be told, it's kinda nice to have some down time. What with this island going to the Doom Pits and whatnot."

[DMis]

Beth nodded and accepted the items as she took note of her captor having fangs. She quickly popped the pain numbing pills in her mouth and opened the Dew to take a swig. "Down time. Never an easy thing for me. Reminders are everywhere for me...." Beth replied before sighing. "Do you mind me singing? It kinda relaxes me."

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Yeah, sure. Knock yourself out. Bad choice of words. Go ahead and sing," Mickey responded nonchalantly, plopping back down in his chair and chuckling softly at the news broadcast.

[DMis]

"It was perfectly fine. And I kinda did that already," Beth replied. "Any requests?"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

Mickey shrugged. "Seems to be a Panic! at the Disco kinda night. Wanna just keep that up?"

[DMis]

Beth nodded. "Sure. Can't break it," she offered. As the song formed in her mind the word formed on her lips.

She happily began to sing.

[Pink Moon Wolf]

Mickey slumped lower into his chair, relaxing as he watched the news and hummed along to Beth's song. Of course, the song got him thinking about the music video, and the thought of Brendon Urie in a suit got him thinking about that Jack guy and how the others were probably going after Jack without him, which frustrated him slightly. Then he started thinking about guyliner. That made him laugh.

[DMis]

Beth sighed after finishing. "Thank you for staying back with me," she offered politely to her host.

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Hey, no sweat," Mickey replied. "Hate to see a pretty face in trouble, and there's a lot of that out there tonight."