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Preparation

Although the twins were looked upon by their brothers as impulsive, reckless, in all actuality, however quickly they might decide together upon a mutual kill, there was a system they set in place for it, a pattern of events that they usually enacted to go through with. Of course, the individual details varied day by day, victim by victim, but in the end, they were familiar enough with the steps to know what to do, and it made it all that much simpler for them- though no less exciting.

Sometimes they could plan in advance their victims, choosing well ahead of time who to target and how to get to them. Those times required a patience and foresight that Wendell often simply didn't have, and if they managed to pull them off at all, it was generally due to Darlene's efforts and her reigning in his impulses to simply act. When they could plan it, it meant less blood, less clean up, less loose ends to tie up, and considerably less hassle from David. Planning meant that more blood could be preserved for the family, that a more fitting victim, with no one out looking for them, no one attached to them, could be chosen, that nothing could be left to point back at them as the culprits. Planning allowed anticipation to build until they were both almost unable to contain themselves from acting any longer, and when the killing could finally occur, they could hardly hold themselves back from the fervor of hunger and blood lust it brought out in them, until they could finally allow themselves to release.

But planning was such effort. Planning meant talking and thinking through, making checks and balances, having to have a semi script to stick to and a killing place prepared. Planning was boring, and so often they simply fell back into their familiar pattern of impulse killing- which technically required a little planning as well.

Find an attractive girl or girls. Draw close, talking, flirting, showing skin. Lower their defenses with alcohol and reassurances of your sibling status, for what girl would expect a brother and sister to group together to intend her harm? And then, when her guard is low, and she is walking along with you with ease, out of sight of others, perhaps getting into your car, or even already in your home, when the moment is right, or when you simply cannot wait any longer, attack. And this is where the methods really vary, because, as the twins have discovered, there are many, many creative ways to find and gorge oneself on another's blood.

In the end, as they've tried to tell David, over and over, to little avail, no amount of preparation really matters, because it's all the same results. Someone's dead, they're full, and they'll have to find a way to cover it up. Sometimes the challenge of a lack of preparation in the deed actually makes it more fun.