instead of a monologue like normal, we’ll go right into the
conversation portion of things. We have another Vampire that’s going on. He,
uh, calls himself Vlad? Then we have Richard Swerlin in another location.
You’ll come on, and play Remembrance, then come over to talk about the Vampire
experience. We’ll cover things like how it’s different being a Vampire,
compared to a Human, what kind of things you have planned now that this is a
thing, being known like you are now, and a few other things. You know, are you
all going to kill us, do you want to drink my blood, rude things like that.” He
tried to rush through the last part, as if anyone would miss it at all.
Eve
looked at the others and shrugged. She would have left already, but Jimmy and
his people were standing in front of the door, blocking it with their frail,
but rather tasty seeming, bodies.
“You
should tell the truth on all of those. That you do want to drink a bit
of his blood, to get a link to him, and how you need to keep anyone fed off of
alive. Then shill your Human blood product, so that people know that we
actually pay people for that now, instead of stealing from them. Also… cover my
stuff?” She looked at Jimmy and his buddies, and grinned. “I’m running the new
animal blood product line. It’s a Council project, so that everyone can have
the food they need without spending as much money for each dose. Bekah’s stuff
is good , don’t get me wrong, but it’s pricey, since the Humans involved
get paid a lot for their donations.”
The bone
white woman, her red eyes scared, blinked and shook her head a little.
“We can
talk about that?”
“About
how we have means to keep ourselves fed without doing anything wrong to anyone?
Yep. Also, don’t forget to point out how conservative and religious our people
often are. I mean, don’t lie about it, but the Council will back you sharing
things like that. Not that I can talk for them, but we’ve been chatting and…”
She stopped and spread her hands.
A Human
man dressed up like a movie Vampire moved in behind Jimmy and his people. He had
fake fangs in, and pale makeup on his skin.
A bit
rudely, the man pushed his way into the room, and started to speak, in a very
bad accent.
“Bvla, I
am Vlad, the Impaler. I am the most ancient of all my kind and insist on top
billing! You, peons, attend me and prepare to worship at my side, as I
communicate the splendor of our kind to the masses.” He sold the whole thing
about as well as a man in a costume could manage.
Rebekah
laughed out loud, and so did her people. Eve snorted and looked away, as Jimmy
blushed.
“I…
Know. The people at the top insisted. I guess he’s someone’s cousin or
something. I don’t really know. It’s… Supposed to be funny. I told them…”
Eve
moved forward and patted Jimmy on the arm.
“Hey, we
all have bosses. You should lead with him. Just make sure that people
know it’s all in good fun. It is a bit insulting, but as long as you
take the rest of the thing seriously, no one will kill you for it. Probably .
Vampires can laugh though. We have great senses of humor, as a group.” She
turned to the others and growled. “Got that? We have freaking great senses of
humor.” It sounded angry, and fierce, but Bekah got it and snorted loudly,
getting the others going. Eve chuckled at her own joke. “See?”
Then,
without waiting she went outside and reprogrammed the shoes on her feet, and
repeated the horrible, awful, incredibly sucky trip, in order to get
back home. It took just as long on the far end of things for her to be able to
breathe again, but this time she stood outside, and walked into the mall
calmly, looking like she’d been strolling the whole time.
Lenore
looked at her the whole time, and then gestured for her to go into the back.
“You
should sit.”
She
didn’t really need to, but looking at the clock she got the general idea. It felt like she hadn’t been there in weeks, but
conversation portion of things. We have another Vampire that’s going on. He,
uh, calls himself Vlad? Then we have Richard Swerlin in another location.
You’ll come on, and play Remembrance, then come over to talk about the Vampire
experience. We’ll cover things like how it’s different being a Vampire,
compared to a Human, what kind of things you have planned now that this is a
thing, being known like you are now, and a few other things. You know, are you
all going to kill us, do you want to drink my blood, rude things like that.” He
tried to rush through the last part, as if anyone would miss it at all.
Eve
looked at the others and shrugged. She would have left already, but Jimmy and
his people were standing in front of the door, blocking it with their frail,
but rather tasty seeming, bodies.
“You
should tell the truth on all of those. That you do want to drink a bit
of his blood, to get a link to him, and how you need to keep anyone fed off of
alive. Then shill your Human blood product, so that people know that we
actually pay people for that now, instead of stealing from them. Also… cover my
stuff?” She looked at Jimmy and his buddies, and grinned. “I’m running the new
animal blood product line. It’s a Council project, so that everyone can have
the food they need without spending as much money for each dose. Bekah’s stuff
is good , don’t get me wrong, but it’s pricey, since the Humans involved
get paid a lot for their donations.”
The bone
white woman, her red eyes scared, blinked and shook her head a little.
“We can
talk about that?”
“About
how we have means to keep ourselves fed without doing anything wrong to anyone?
Yep. Also, don’t forget to point out how conservative and religious our people
often are. I mean, don’t lie about it, but the Council will back you sharing
things like that. Not that I can talk for them, but we’ve been chatting and…”
She stopped and spread her hands.
A Human
man dressed up like a movie Vampire moved in behind Jimmy and his people. He had
fake fangs in, and pale makeup on his skin.
A bit
rudely, the man pushed his way into the room, and started to speak, in a very
bad accent.
“Bvla, I
am Vlad, the Impaler. I am the most ancient of all my kind and insist on top
billing! You, peons, attend me and prepare to worship at my side, as I
communicate the splendor of our kind to the masses.” He sold the whole thing
about as well as a man in a costume could manage.
Rebekah
laughed out loud, and so did her people. Eve snorted and looked away, as Jimmy
blushed.
“I…
Know. The people at the top insisted. I guess he’s someone’s cousin or
something. I don’t really know. It’s… Supposed to be funny. I told them…”
Eve
moved forward and patted Jimmy on the arm.
“Hey, we
all have bosses. You should lead with him. Just make sure that people
know it’s all in good fun. It is a bit insulting, but as long as you
take the rest of the thing seriously, no one will kill you for it. Probably .
Vampires can laugh though. We have great senses of humor, as a group.” She
turned to the others and growled. “Got that? We have freaking great senses of
humor.” It sounded angry, and fierce, but Bekah got it and snorted loudly,
getting the others going. Eve chuckled at her own joke. “See?”
Then,
without waiting she went outside and reprogrammed the shoes on her feet, and
repeated the horrible, awful, incredibly sucky trip, in order to get
back home. It took just as long on the far end of things for her to be able to
breathe again, but this time she stood outside, and walked into the mall
calmly, looking like she’d been strolling the whole time.
Lenore
looked at her the whole time, and then gestured for her to go into the back.
“You
should sit.”
She
didn’t really need to, but looking at the clock she got the general idea. It felt like she hadn’t been there in weeks, but
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