Chapter 1 episode 4

I was immediately greeted with 3 very different looking people standing side-by-side in front of us. “Hello” the tall man in front of me said smiling and holding a hand out, i took it, i noticed almost right away that he had features like a bull with small horns, tail and cow like ears. “Hi..” i still sounded tired since i hadn’t had a lot of time to wake up. I looked to my left and there was a girl standing right next to the man, practically glued to his side. She had long hair that draped around her singular eye with a mask and a frail figure. To the right was a person who had sunglasses, no coat or tie, and pointed ears like Eve’s but slightly longer, they also had neck length black hair which was so thick i wonder how they even brush it. 

My thoughts were interrupted by Eve who must’ve noticed my head monologuing, she started with a cheerful voice “So! This is Lily, She/Her,” she pointed to the cyclops who flinched a little at the spotlight that quickly shifted to the guy “Dion,He/him,” he did a little wave as she pointed to the last person “And thats AJ, They/Them.” They all looked at me waiting for an introduction, i was reluctantly about to speak when Eve spoke up “Guys, meet Fran, She/her right? Okay, and she is joining our team so be nice to her! And feel free to touch up on anything I didn’t mention.”She wrapped an arm around me that i swiped off immediately and nodded, i cleared my throat “nice to meet you all.” I said inhaling and giving a small smile “You too! Its nice we finally have another team member. as you know im Dion! Im a bull. or..cow? Im not really sure” he laughed a bit and he nudged the girl next to him, ‘Lily’ who looked a bit startled “oh..um..hi. Im Delilah as Eve said.. I’m a Cyclops..and uh..thats..it.” She said it rather quietly but not so much I couldn’t hear her. “Hey what’s up, I’m AJ and I’m a Vamp. Eve, your up.” I looked to Eve who had a discomforted look that only lasted a second before she cheered back up, her arm still hung around my shoulders.

“Well, as I already told you all, My name is Eve and I’m a werewolf. She/Her.” She smiled and silence fell upon the room. the moment lasted until she had a flash of remembrance on her face, running to her desk, “I forgot! I have our next assignment!” She grabbed a handful of folders from her very messy desk waving it around. Dion snatched it and read the cover “ ‘the castle gates of The Vampire Penninsula’ “ “well..what does that mean?” I asked looking around “It means we gotta deal with whatever shit they’re up to so they get back in line.” AJ said in an agitated tone flashing their sharp teeth. “A-AJ!..please don’t curse..” Delilah pleaded “well its true..” AJ crossed their arms as Delilah spoke to them in a hushed tone “So when do we start it?” Dion asked and Eve gave a knowing smile looking at him “when else? We are all here for a reason.”

“Something wrong?” Eve asked looking at me, i had stopped a few steps behind her looking up at the huge castle with a mixture of nervousness and awe “this is my first mission? Huh..” AJ had a sour look on their face while Delilah tried to…comfort them? Im not sure, it looked more like trying to calm them down honestly.. “Well! We are at the gates! But we don’t know what we’re here for so we gotta find out, right? Right.” Eve said in a cheerful voice trying to lighten the mood, though, the dark castle behind her wasn’t helping. “ Hm, We cant just enter the front or we are sure to be stormed by guards so..find an entrance i guess?” Dion said “Perfect!” Eve pointed at him smiling and turning to AJ and Delilah “You two check that way, We’ll go this way! Beep me if you find a way in.” AJ nodded seriously. For a person who sulked they took their job rather earnestly. We walked along the side as Dion towered over us, i couldn’t tell if i was taller or shorter than Eve but we were around the same height so i was surprised she wasn’t intimidated by him. “..So what are we looking for?” I asked “A lever, Button, Panel, Door, really anything that looks like an entrance or secret passage way.” Dion said “yup! I probably should’ve given you the manual and the trainee tutorial before we did this but time is of the essence on this one!” Eve said laughing while she scanned the long winding wall next to us, this might take a while.