Jan 19, 2009 20:48
Karin is kind of a weird vampire. Unlike most, she creates too much blood and therefore needs to inject it into people to get rid of the surplus, or else suffer a massive and painful nosebleed.
Thing is, the blood multiplication is triggered by being around unhappy people. This is because her taste in blood is the blood of unhappy people. While for a normal vampire, this would just cause them to be thirsty around people of their taste, Karin is the opposite of most vampires, so her blood multiplies until... well, she gets a nosebleed or she bites and injects somebody with her blood.
Karin's blood is also a little different from humans'. It has no type and is perfectly safe to inject into people, and the aftereffects leave people energetic. It also makes them... well, not necessarily happy, but it helps to alleviate the unhappiness for a week or so until the blood wears off.
Concerning the bites themselves... When a person is bitten, unless they aren't caught completely by surprise (which is something Karin tries to go for), they'll usually fall unconscious as she's biting them. Usually. Afterwards they'll likely remember her, but a little fuzzily, since she's unable to erase memories. A bite-mark is left behind, but unless your character is expecting to see it or extremely, extremely perceptive, they'll probably not notice it since nobody really does in canon unless, like I said, they're expecting to see it. The bite mark also fades with time, and when it vanishes the effects of her blood vanishes as well.
EDIT (Feb 6, 2009): Er... bad mun is bad and forgot something important.
Sooo, when a person is injected with her blood, they also see something precious to them in their dreams. It's implied that it's a person they hold dear that appears in their dreams, and that's one of the major factors that makes them so energetic when awake, but it's... not really been expanded on much. The dreams go away when the blood and bite wear off.
Aaaaand that's all I can think of to write at the moment. If you have any questions or want to discuss people getting bit/people who make her blood level rise/other fun stuff like that, please tell me through this post ♥