[Evil Tink]

Jaelynn narrowed her eyes, "And now you're supposed to shut up." She stepped around, a bit calmer now, "Well Serus?"

Serus motioned to Jaelynn, "You're already well aware I like to...test a few aspects of vampirism," she looked to Seth with a frown, "Sometimes they're not so..correct according to the council."

She could see Jaelynn tense as she continued, "When I first 'killed' Layla, I had truly believed her to be dead, and so reported it to the Council. Not too many years later, I was.." she bit her lip, unsure if she wanted to tell them. "..proven wrong. After finishing off the remnants of her coven, I had moved here, choosing not to be living in the Antinori Manor." She looked to Jaelynn once more, "That's when uh..you came into my life....back on topic. While I was in the middle of a Coven meeting, something suddenly felt wrong among my clan's officers.

"I had noticed one of them had a strange..signature to their mind. Vaguely familiar. Shortly after that, Layla revealed herself." She paused, entering the code into the second door and cracking it open, "You see, Layla can mimic the appearance of others. Not only that, she can do it so completely, it's almost impossible to tell unless you closely examine her, by then she launches her deadly attack.

"Either way, I could sense Layla had gotten much stronger than myself, and knew that if I failed the first time, I was not likely to succeed the second time. So, I had to..improvise. By this time, I had already mastered many telekinetic techniques, especially matters involving brain waves. Very interesting things they are." She trailed off, pondering about it for a moment, "Ah right. Well anyway, near the end of my battle, we were both fairly worn out, but I had a trick up my sleeve." She heard Jaelynn mutter 'As always' and shot her a glare.

"I had saved enough of my power to be able to siphon whatever I would need from her for my final move." She sighed, "I had stolen enough power to alter her brainwaves to make it think she needed to stay in a coma for the remainder of her life. It was the only way that I could keep everyone from finding out that I had failed. My coven swore secrecy about it, and I knew I could trust them indefinitely. I was going to kill her, but my curiosity got the better of me. I decided to keep her locked away in my Manor and st--"

Jaelynn interrupted, "You. Did. What!? What the hell were you thinking Serus!? You should have chopped her to pieces, fed her heart to the wolves and brought her head to the Council!"