Monday 28 February 2011

THE DRACULA APPRECIATION SOCIETY

The Dracula Appreciation Society’s members were looking forward to their AGM, and who could blame them?
Their Founder/President beamed with pride in anticipation of all that the annual event would provide.
A new bust of Bram Stoker was to be unveiled and the Treasurer presented with an engraved poker.
The society’s membership had substantially grown, as founder member, Patrick Fussett had somehow always known.
Judging by the number of vampire film and TV spin-offs, regard for the fictive Count was not something held by Patrick alone.
The Dracula fans, gathered by Patrick, often dressed up like the legendary vampire,
Complete with fangs and flowing capes—behaviour seen by others as japes—they’re known collectively as the ‘Caped Crew.’
The Caped Crew’s dos couldn’t do without their eccentric caterer, Ada Fallowball,
Providing more than their refreshments, seemingly she does it all!
‘I don’t know what we’d do without Ada,’ Patrick habitually asserts.
Not intentionally sounding patronising in the manner, which he blurts.
Ada has her flaws, he knows, but atleast she never flirts.
Some of her idiosyncrasies are quirky, but her attitude towards vampires hurts.
To Patrick and the society’s dismay, she seems to think they are real vampires!
To protect herself she wears a garlic necklace, carries crucifixes and vials of holy water.
She regularly checks to see if society members have shadows and reflections, or seem to avoid sunlight.
Patrick’s gentle attempts to disabuse her of her views met with Ada’s brusque resistance and have long since been abandoned.
On balance, Patrick knew, Ada was efficient helper to the point of being indispensable, while her delusional beliefs were an embarrassment to him and his members.
Not that it was her fault, he remembers.
Still, she was theirs—the realisation elicits Patrick’s proprietorial pride.
She is the caped crew’s Ada, he smirks to himself and at the exact same instant she died!

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