[Twilight] "All That Glitters..." (PG-13)
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comment_fic's Twilight, any vampire, vampire-skin merchandise is now all the rage. Featuring Alice: it's a dark sort of crack, featuring a surprise crossover cameo at the very end.
It was the kind of thing that had Carlisle warning the rest of the family to wear cover-up makeup on sunny days and Alice knew exactly why they had to resort to that measure.
The new fall trend was glitz and sparkle, and it didn't surprise her where some of the material came from.
Even still when she walked into her friend Ruggiero's studio with her current portfolio, she felt her stomach drop into her boots as she found him and his workers gathered about the table.
"Isn't this exquisite? I just had it brought in from Italy," he said, holding up the sheet of leather, turning it slightly so that it shimmered in the lamplight. "Pello de Vampiri, they call it."
"I thought vampires just had really pale skin," asked Maia, one of the workers.
"Well, it's pale when it isn't in direct light," India, another worker, noted. "Must have been white, when they were turned."
Maia looked up, concerned. "You okay, Alice? You looked a little green there."
"Yeah, I'm just... concerned how they got this material," she faltered, carefully hiding her disgust.
"Vampire hunters, of course," Rod, another worker said with a vast shrug. "Just like big game hunters used to get furs, till the fur farms started."
"But...vampires used to be humans, right?" Alice said. "It's almost like...skinning people, right?"
"Used to be," India said. "It's putting them out of their misery. They don't have to exist between life and death any more."
"Come on, Allie, don't go all PETA on us," Rod said.
"It's just... maybe that vampire had loved ones who'd wanted some closure?" Alice said.
"More likely those loved ones are long gone," Maia said, thoughtfully.
"Well, if there's older vampires, there's likely to be younger ones that just got made," Alice sputtered.
"You sure sound like a sympathizer," Rod said, eying her suspiciously.
"Come now, this is a place for art, not politicizing," Ruggiero cut in, coming to Alice's rescue. She breathed easier, but she did not feel at ease. That could be one of her family on that table and at that moment, an image ticked in her head: Bella being held down by three blue-collar type hunters, as they peeled her skin off with hunting knives...
comment_fic's Twilight, any vampire, vampire-skin merchandise is now all the rage. Featuring Alice: it's a dark sort of crack, featuring a surprise crossover cameo at the very end.It was the kind of thing that had Carlisle warning the rest of the family to wear cover-up makeup on sunny days and Alice knew exactly why they had to resort to that measure.
The new fall trend was glitz and sparkle, and it didn't surprise her where some of the material came from.
Even still when she walked into her friend Ruggiero's studio with her current portfolio, she felt her stomach drop into her boots as she found him and his workers gathered about the table.
"Isn't this exquisite? I just had it brought in from Italy," he said, holding up the sheet of leather, turning it slightly so that it shimmered in the lamplight. "Pello de Vampiri, they call it."
"I thought vampires just had really pale skin," asked Maia, one of the workers.
"Well, it's pale when it isn't in direct light," India, another worker, noted. "Must have been white, when they were turned."
Maia looked up, concerned. "You okay, Alice? You looked a little green there."
"Yeah, I'm just... concerned how they got this material," she faltered, carefully hiding her disgust.
"Vampire hunters, of course," Rod, another worker said with a vast shrug. "Just like big game hunters used to get furs, till the fur farms started."
"But...vampires used to be humans, right?" Alice said. "It's almost like...skinning people, right?"
"Used to be," India said. "It's putting them out of their misery. They don't have to exist between life and death any more."
"Come on, Allie, don't go all PETA on us," Rod said.
"It's just... maybe that vampire had loved ones who'd wanted some closure?" Alice said.
"More likely those loved ones are long gone," Maia said, thoughtfully.
"Well, if there's older vampires, there's likely to be younger ones that just got made," Alice sputtered.
"You sure sound like a sympathizer," Rod said, eying her suspiciously.
"Come now, this is a place for art, not politicizing," Ruggiero cut in, coming to Alice's rescue. She breathed easier, but she did not feel at ease. That could be one of her family on that table and at that moment, an image ticked in her head: Bella being held down by three blue-collar type hunters, as they peeled her skin off with hunting knives...
