>It seems like both Scarlets are still taking on board the fact that G
>has just as much age as them so he's just not going to respond to
>things the way they expect even unusual mortals to.

To be fair, he is coming from somewhat outside their usual frame of reference.

>Meanwhile the sequence this comes from was a bit of a ride, from
>horsie to the kissing game, Flandre is clearly still prone to somewhat
>random whimsy, even if she has a goal in mind.

It's not quite as chaotic as it looks. She didn't actually go in there intending to play horsie, but she also wasn't expecting being back in the room to unsettle her as much as it did, so when it did, she decided the best way to knock that back was with some silliness.

That, and she missed playing horsie.

>Meiling shouldn't be quite so self-deprecating.

It's almost a reflex at this point.

>All of this did lead me to the thought that G has some rather bipolar
>luck, and hoping for his sake that karma felt it owed him before he
>got this far since two adorable vampires is one hell of a jackpot to
>hit.

Indeed, if he ever stops to think about it in that terms, he might start watching the skies for hte other shoe.

>>"Hey, Meiling—you want to go look around Gallia for a couple weeks?" Flandre
>>asked. "You can keep me from accidentally eating villagers or whatever it is
>>Sis is afraid I'll do on my own."
>
>I am trying to picture how a vampire could accidentally eat someone;
>the best I can come up with is bumping into them, knocking them down,
>then tripping and falling on them fangs first. Seems like it'd be part
>of a vampiric Benny Hill skit.

Well, accidentally in the "Oops! I did it again! (dojikko pose)" sense.

>So how long until the 501st catches on to deeper shenanigans with G,
>given that he was somehow able to meet, woo, and now set a wedding
>date with Remilia all while seemingly only popping out once a full
>moon from their perspective?

Trude already did, but had bigger fish to fry that day. :)

>>"Fortunately, that's why m'lady's mother invented concentrated preserves."
>>"Heh! Vampire trail rations," Gryphon remarked.
>
>I'm beginning to wonder if there's anything in terms of practical
>utility Remilia the Elder didn't think of, and also how vampire
>society in general and Victor in particular got along without her well
>enough for her to be born in the first place.

Put it this way: in the old days of Victor's monster hunting team, "canteen" was a job description rather than a piece of equipment.

>>Flandre shrugged. "It's as good a theory as any." Then, with a dark snicker,
>>she said, "You could always drain him yourself and see what happens."
>>"That would be impolite," Remilia countered dryly.
>
>So how much blood is considered polite to take, from a willing source
>anyway?

It's not an exact science, but generally you don't want to take so much it leaves them feeling worse than a bit woozy. Unconsciousness is right out.

>>"Resign yourself to your fate, human," said Remilia, grinning down into his face.
>
>When in doubt, pile on the theatrical bluster, because why mess with
>what works?

Quite so. Plus, in this instance, she's deliberately quoting something she said to him on the second night, when attempting to bullrush past his indignation at being knowingly stranded in the time bubble without his prior consent.

>>"I didn't even know that was possible," Flandre observed wryly to Wolfgang.
>
>It probably came as a surprise to all, since that sort of thing is
>customarily done after the game reaches its conclusion.

It's true! Although in this case that's mitigated slightly by the fact that they both knew when they started that they wouldn't be playing the game all the way to the end.

>It's a
>testament to the healing abilities involved that no one woke the next
>night with a stiff neck or other out of sorts body part,

G does sometimes find that one of his arms has excused itself and left the room while he wasn't looking, he just doesn't kvetch about it. :)

>but that
>might just be me projecting my own advancing decrepitude a bit (I
>truly hate the fact that aging can lead to somehow sleeping
>incorrectly, I've been doing that literally since before I was born,
>how the hell did I manage to do it wrong?)

https://youtu.be/AfKFV1J7O4s

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