Thread: Epidemic ((Dampylle&Retro))

The night was a busy one at the hottest cyber cafe in town. It was the sort of place that spoke of extravagance and the simple fact that tech and gaming had become to say the very least a popular past time. But that was only part of why this place was always so busy. The other was the simple fact that it had a staggeringly good location and was several times the size of your usual cyber cafe. It was sized more akin to a small club or large bar with areas sectioned for various needs. Islands of machines that could be used for LAN parties, able to run the best of software of course, surrounded by cubicles for individual gaming on ones down time. Another section was nothing but private cubicles for browsing or research. There were even machines linked to local libraries that supported ebook borrowing or purchases. There was also the fact that it did have an actual bar on the second floor with more machines, and a full diner style restaurant where anything from hamburgers and sandwiches to soup and salad with drinks and appetizers could be brought to you as you worked or gamed. But the best reason people found to use this place was simply its location. It was just off campus of the local collage but was also a short walk from the local hospital and was surrounded by businesses as well as the downtown hotels not being to far off. People on their breaks, people who needed to step away from the hospital while watching friends or family who were being treated, and students seeking to game or research off campus or while grabbing something to eat. It meant that the place always had someone there at any given hour, which is why the cafe was open 247 and staffed seemingly with handsome men and lovely women to add to the appeal. But unknown to most there was a lavish suite on the third floor that served as the meeting place for a rather influential individual or to house his guests. Known to even fewer was the fact that below the cafe was another such place that extended beyond the footprint of the building above, a veritable underground mansion or lair that served as home to that same enigmatic figure. At the moment this same figure was in an office on the second floor, it had a bay window that looked out over the first floor, to either side of it were private suites with their own similar windows. This was a new endeavor for him but it was going quite well. He was able to view the traffic from not only the collage but local businesses as well as the hospital with just a dash of tourism to keep things interesting. It made it all to simple to pick someone or even a group to be invited to a private room or up to the suite where feeding could occur if he was so inclined. Though he also had a thrall or two at the hospital itself so the feeding for him was more about the hunt and the simple fact that he could. It would after all be a simple matter for him to acquire blood from the hospital stores if he so desired and he did in fact have a stock acquired in case he did not wish to hunt for prey or just needed to lay low. Of course this was all just to entertain him in the end. Those of his kind locally all payed homage to him in one way or another. In a sense this was his town as far as they were concerned and so there were dues to be payed, especially if they were seeking to do some form of business be it in the public eye or in the shadows... after all it was his thralls and bought officials that ensured what they did was written off or cleaned up. But none of that mattered right now, no all that he was concerned with now was watching the crowds as they filed into the little cubicles or sat at tables, watching as some peeled off to go upstairs where they could also have drinks. It was this show that now entertained him... for now at least.