The Heinrich Maneuver [Open]

[Victoria]

"Mine." Victoria's tone was childish, but that was her aim. With her grip around the fruit, she pulled her close to her chest with a teasing grin. Her objective was to get the vampire to pay her attention. After all, what good would he being there serve her if he was just going to stare blankly after Lysander who had already left the small group, much to Victoria's displeasure. Despite his recent found hatred for her, she still found him to be a very curious character to say the least.

"I'm down here, you know," added Victoria as she gently placed the mangled fruit on the lunch table. She grimaced visibly when she realized the red apple had bleed sticky yellow juice on her neck. Wiping it off proved futile since the texture remained, but the worst thing about it was the fruity smell was strong against her sensitive nostrils. There was no way Victoria would be able to make it through the rest of the day with this disgusting scent plastered to her pale skin. If her classmates thought she was bitter and easily agitated before, then wait until they saw just how extensive her cruelty extended when she had the disgusting smell of an apple glued to her neck.

"You going to take a seat or what?" prodded Victoria, barely giving him any time to respond from her last comment. Despite the despicable smell that was stuck to her, she was determined to at least get a feel for this vampire. It would be something new to present to James when she saw him at their small house that night. Yet another vampire in Forks. He would be pleased to know, but agitated that the numbers were increasing so rapidly without any assistance from their small coven.

[Dimitri Dragonov]

Dimitri sat down across the table from Victoria. "So.. how do you know the prick?" He pointed towards where Lysander was walking.

[Victoria]

Victoria grinned when Dimitri sat down across from her. She was obviously pleased with the fact that she had successfully lured him into a conversation with her. Any other person would see it as simply gaining company but not Victoria. No, the the half-crazed orange-haired vampire this was a necessary step to her plot of getting to know the unfamiliar vampire that sat across from her. After all, where would she stand on getting to know just what made this Dimitri fellow tick if he wouldn't even sit down and have a simple conversation with her? Not on the best playing field, Victoria would be forced to admit.

"Oh? Lysander?" questioned Victoria, her gleaming burgundy eyes following the path Dimitri's finger had taken toward the retreating form of Lysander. Her features contorted in a twisted grin. This would be entertaining to see just how it played out. "We go way back. One, maybe two weeks ago. You know how it gets on those hungry nights you go out hunting. You can barely remember who you are let alone who you meet," teased Victoria as she reverted her vision back to Dimitri. A mocking laugh escaped her mouth. It was the sort of laugh that somehow Victoria managed to casually flash her sharp teeth in a somewhat threatening manner during. She wasn't trying to start anything, mind you, but just try to get her point across. Victoria wasn't the type of vampire you wanted to toy with, although it was almost guaranteed that she would at least attempt to toy with you in return.

"What about you? He seemed a little upset with you. You know, since our conversation was going oh-so pleasantly before you arrived and all." Victoria's vocals was a mixture of underplaying certain actions and sarcasm.

[Dimitri Dragonov]

Dimitri grinned as he sensed a bit of anger in her voice of him ruining things for her. "He insulted and disrespected me in the woods outside the boarders of Forks."

"I won't let him live that down" He said coldly.

[Victoria]

"Ah," Victoria sighed empathetically as she leaned slightly closer toward Dimitri. Her bright burgundy eyes were gleaming mischievously as her head nodded slightly in a rather slow manner. Extremely slow considering how quickly a vampire was capable of moving, at least. Her bright red lips were pursed as if she was thinking over of very tricky matter. For a long moment, Victoria simply sat there, very obviously in thought as her eyes refused to focus on any single object. Finally she stared back at Dimitri with a rekindled flame in her features. The game was on. It was time to pick her cards and play her hand to the best of her abilities.

"I know what it's like," answered Victoria, her tone a note more sensitive than previously. Her eyes went from Dimitri's face to the grain of the table. She took the apple from in front of her and placed it between Dimitri and herself. Feigning distraction, Victoria began once more to spin the fruit as it leaked the juice onto the lunch tables.

"Have you met the Cullens?" she asked simply, waving with her right hand at the table the fake family normally sat at during their lunch. She didn't even bother to turn around to check if there were currently occupying it. The only thing that mattered to Victoria at that moment was Dimitri and the tragic tale she was about to explain to him. Of course, it would be enough fact to be believable and if Dimitri tried to test her story in ways other than approaching the people it involved, it would hold strong. However, it could easily be foiled by a bold movement such as Lysander's had been when he approached Rosalie over her accusatory tale. Yet, when Victoria mixed the right about of truths and lies in her stories, the words became puddy in her hands for her to mold them to her will.

"The boy. Edward. He attacked me on my hunting grounds. How's that for disrespect?" And that was the closest thing to the truth she had quite possibly ever told when she was trying to manipulate people. After all, Edward had attacked her, although Victoria had conveniently left out the part about her taunting him.

[Dimitri Dragonov]

"I've only met one of them." Dimitri responded. "Rosalie. And yes.. that is highly disrespectful." he said pondering over why she was telling him this.

[Victoria]

"Ah, Rosalie," sighed Victoria, reminiscent of past memories. She hadn't dealt with the blond directly on many occasions. Normally the blond vampire wasn't in the front of the action when it came to the disagreements between her coven and the Cullen's. So, Dimitri, like Lysander, had met the pretty vampire. "Always was very vain. I trust she's doing much of the same?" It was a question to fill the silence as the wheels of Victoria's mind spun at a rapid pace. After all, Victoria didn't really care what Dimitri had to say about Rosalie, that was, at least unless the vampire knew something interesting about the Cullen, or rather Hale. This conversation was for Victoria's benefit as far as she was concerned, and the topic, at her forceful hand, would stay on track to assisting Victoria to meet her means.

"Very disrespectful," repeated the orange-haired vampire, emphasizing her displeasure with the subject. "So, naturally I have to seek my revenge on the boy. Unfortunately, his whole family will probably be dragged into the matter which will then pull my coven into it. . . It gets quite complicated from there, I'd say." She was ranting. Ranting and lying, at least. But the important matter was that Victoria was setting her tale up and forming a decent foundation for a believable story. Well, as strong of a foundation as Victoria could form with only a couple of seconds to put her silver tongue to work.

"But, at least we'll be killing two birds with on stone, I guess. After all, the Cullens have proven to be quite a threat to the whole vampire community lately." Victoria paused and shook her head slightly as if she was saddened by the words that left her mouth next. "Poor idiot. I tried telling Lysander about it to warn him, and he goes and asks them about their plans. Get this, he actually believed them when they told him were just trying to settle down. It's quite the shame. I try to help people and I get their hatred in return." Victoria scoffed at the statement.

[Dimitri Dragonov]

"I'm listening" Dimitri said quietly. "You've caught my interest." He seemed to be gazing off into the distance.

[Victoria]

"It's just annoying," insisted Victoria as her right hand -a little too quickly for a normal human to manage- flew to the right side of Dimitri's face and gave a quick tug in order to forcibly redirect his attention to Victoria. Her story wouldn't be quite as convincing if she couldn't manage some form of gaging how it was effecting the vampire in question. Finding the perfect balance of dramatics and normality was always a tricky matter, and it different drastically from creature to creature. Not to mention that the orange-haired vampire found it annoying that it seemed as if the vampire across from her wouldn't give her the time of day for a simple conversation.

Vampires these days. They're getting just as bad as the humans with their poor manners and lack of respect. No wonder some of them have turned to alternate food sources. In my day, things were more respectable. That fact that her day wasn't even two centuries ago was lost on Victoria. All that mattered to her was that she thought herself better than this vampire that sat across from her, and disdain was evident on her features. The problem was that that was the normal look Victoria's facial features usually held, so it was difficult to tell between her normal disgust for the world around her and the specific dislike for Dimitri, however unfair it was to judge someone before she even got to know them. But that was Victoria for you.

"But the Cullens are a threat. That much is obvious. And if something isn't done soon, who knows how many casualties will be pulled into this mess." Victoria delivered her rant staring straight into Dimitri's face with conviction before she tried a different angle on the vampire. "I'm sure you have a mate or close friend or something, don't you? Well, I wouldn't know what I'd do if I lost my mate. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Cullens were plotting against him right now. How would you feel if your loved one was their next target?"

[Dimitri Dragonov]

Dimitri caught her the wrist of her hand as it touched his cold skin. "I don't know much about the Cullens." he said. He twisted her wrist where it would almost break. He looked at her with a stone look. " I would slay anyone trying to harm her." He said harshly-

[Victoria]

"Which is why I'm trying to explain to you how dangerous they are," snapped Victoria with hints of obvious irritation. She wasn't the best at keeping emotions in check, although she could mask them under normal circumstances with ease. It tended to make her a very volatile and rash creature, not that the orange-haired vampire minded the not so pleasant reputation.

With an instinctive force, Victoria pulled back on her hand in an attempt to regain it into the safety of her own personal space. Bitterly, she mumbled something to the effect of, "I'll take my hand back, now. Thank you very much." although her eyes remained focused on Dimitri.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure you would. Cause one vampire can easily take on seven others. And that's just the ones that have made public appearances. I have it on good authority that there are more than that. Still think you can handle that?"

Normal guy behavior, critically assessed Victoria with sharp burgundy eyes and even sharper instincts. If she had learned anything over the decades while dealing with other vampires -although in reality, Laurent was the real talker of the coven- it was that when it came to vampires who seemed to never have lost their testosterone in the transformation from human to vampire, it was best to let them think they had the obvious upper hand. It was classic women behavior in Europe. As the classic European saying went, although the man may have been the head of the house, the woman was the neck and could turn him in any direction she pleased. Likewise, that's how Victoria realized she would have to deal with Dimitri. She would have to play up her small frame and overall lack of obvious muscle in return for what she hoped would prove to be an advantage.

[Dimitri Dragonov]

"Seven?" Dimitri said this with a raised eyebrow. "Interesting.. most I've taken on at once was 4.. should be a fun challenge." He said this grinning. Noticing Victoria's careless mistake of wearing her emotions on her arm. He listened to what she had to say quietly as he toyed with the golden Star of David medallion on his neck.

[Victoria]

Victoria's flat palm hit the table to make a point. It wasn't as loud as she would have preferred in a normal situation, but considering their present location the soft noise would do. No, if she was given the right opportunity she would have just dented the table in a real neck turning fashion. The point was, after all, to get the vampire's attention. As far as Victoria could see, she simply couldn't get his attention properly. She was speaking perfect sense and all he cared about was being a normal guy with their pigheadedness. Funny thing was, Victoria could easily match the egotistical nature of Dimitri if she chose to show her true colors, but the vampire had a feeling that the conversation would only take a head first dive off a cliff from that point on. Was it possible that this unfamiliar vampire that seemed to have a problem with Dimitri knew something she didn't and was playing both sides? Or maybe playing his own side?

"Okay. Let's try it this way," Victoria said slowly; she was speaking as if she was talking to a young child with each last consonant being announced with care as if the unfamiliar creature in front of her couldn't understand her. She waved to his appearance dismissing. This was where the low blows came into play. If the vampire wasn't going to bend willing then she would come up with a way to force him to bend. "I know you probably can't speak English that well, but it's really not that complicated. Actually it's not complicated at all. Basic math. Seven vampires versus one. One of which being a psychic and the another being able to read minds. Still think you stand a chance? Those two alone could handle you. Try fighting someone when they can read your every thought, or even worse know just what you're going to do before you do it. Still think you can protect your lover dearest?"