Day number 3!
I don't have a lot to say if I'm honest so let's get to it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Carmilla, there aren't even any cats in the house.
You feel like an island sometimes.
You isolate yourself from others, not really feeling any need to integrate yourself when you're over 300 years old.
But you like it on your island, surrounded by an ocean of threatening looks and quick witted sarcasm you usually find it easy to scare away anyone from even considering exploring the uncharted waters that surround you.
You like it.
Or at least you did… before her.
That's right; the tiny, sunshiny, dorky, optimistic Laura Hollis braved the waves.
She swam out to where you sat alone, not caring what creatures were lurking in the murky depths below.
She was the one that showed you that you don't need to be alone on your island, that sometimes it's nice to have other inhabitants to share it with.
It started slowly, just you and Laura.
You'd slowly (and you think mostly unknowingly though Laura will always disagree) allowed Laura to settle into your isolated bubble in the sea. But once Laura was there others started to show up.
The ginger twins were frequent visitors, slowly building their own bridge to allow them access and with them came JP, the boy trapped within a USB stick that Lafontaine carried around.
You like that he had lived through another time as you had, it was nice to able to talk about things the others didn't really know about, and you had to admit that the shorter of the two redheads made you laugh (though you would only admit that to yourself) so you allowed their bridge to remain.
It wasn't much longer after that that the tall puppy began to make visits. He was harmless and Laura liked him, you knew when Laura liked something that it would eventually become a fixture for you. So Kirsch was allowed to visit your (increasingly less isolated) island.
The last to arrive was Xena, you and she never got along, you still don't to a certain extent but she did pull you from the clutches of death and bring you back to Laura, so you didn't grumble too much.
You liked it on your island all alone.
Liked, past tense.
Now you love it.
You loved at soon as Laura swam across and refused to leave, you wouldn't ever tell them but you loved it when the Lafontaine, Perry and JP transformed their rickety rope bridge to something more stable and permanent. You liked it when Kirsch made regular trips bringing with him an air of carefree enthusiasm and you hadn't minded when Danny began to show up more often.
You had liked being alone but while you're still surrounded by an ocean, you now know that should you decide to head for shore and leave the place you'd been for so long, the situation won't be sink or swim.
Laura and your islands visitors won't let you drown.
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and until next time have a good one! :)