He SIGHS, and SIGHS again, and keeps SIGHing until he finally convinces someone to bring a terminal keyboard to him, since he's uh, not getting up anytime soon.
what do you mean by 'all bleedy'? like, eating people? aw! are you a vampire and never told me? :P
"They only have the lumbering-demonic-lich hissing and clawed-fingers kind, where I come from. Those? Not useful to anyone, and best done away with. However, some of the vampires I've met here- from worlds not my own- seem perfect gentlemen." A glance at the orange juice, and Dunnett asks "been giving blood, have we."
"That's too bad... I mean, are they dead people or are they like, a whole separate race? How do they get made?" That seems terribly tragic to him, if they were once people!
"I have a bleeding problem," he says, carefully, cheerfully neutral.
"They're corpses that are animated by an evil spirit- there's nothing there of the person the body once was. A bleeding problem, eh? Here I thought that it might be a dinner guest." 'Thought' is a word used here, dear reader, to mean 'am quite certain'; Dunnett's tone gets that one across neatly.
"That's tragic. What an awful thing to happen to your body. Maaan, I feel bad for them..." Of course you would; you've got a bleeding heart, among other bleeding body parts.
"Well, I of course do not think well of the ones who kill or manipulate people. But there are some perfectly pleasant and responsible people who have unusual dietary needs."
"I have not really thought of it as a grey area. Slaughtering people or taking what is theirs without their consent is Wrong. Asking someone for what is necessary and taking it carefully is not. Knowing whom to trust is, of course, challenging for many people, but it is the same anyone, is it not?"
"True, but I don't know. All the people I been talkin' to have been acting like every single one is evil and needs to die, which... I don't understand. I've met some--scary ones--" he says that very carefully, "and some nice ones..."
Abby is passing through. It's a shortcut to the CaffPow machine.
"Love vampires. Or, well, the idea of them, at least. And the folklore- did you know that the Roma in the Balkans have a myth about vampiric watermelons?"
"Watermelons, really? How does that work, do they eat other watermelons? I heard the legend about the OCD vampire who has to count every grain of rice that gets thrown at him or whatever. Goddamn, that would be like, the worst thing ever."
"The superstition is that any pumpkin or watermelon kept for a certain time just becomes a vampire for some reason. Then they roll themselves around and attack people at night. Except, you know, being produce, they don't really have much potential to do any real harm. No teeth."
"That's... bizarre. How's a legend like that get started? And I bet it's totally real somewhere." He suddenly perks up, thinking about meeting a vampire watermelon. :O!!
"I think vampires are like any other segment of the population in that you can't really make a generalisation like 'they're bad' or 'they aren't bad' without looking at specific cases. We should be aware of potential dangers and behavioural patterns and take the necessary measures to protect ourselves without passing judgement." :>
"See, that makes sense. Why don't more people think that? I'm not like, gonna be heading up the vampire civil rights brigade or nothin', but honestly."
"Well... I suppose the fact that there's no way for them to live without draining other sentient beings of their life is a bit intimidating. I'd be scared of all humans and human-like creatures if I came from the world where everyone is a vegetable."
"Mmmm... I guess so, yeah. But you'd think after you come somewhere like here," he waves a hand... with an incredibly limp wrist, yes, way to be explosively gay, "where there's all kinds, people'd adjust their opinions. Oh, well."
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I don't have a problem with them, but my world is lacking in vamps. As long as they're not all bleedy near me, it's all groovy.
I found out a few days ago that my brother thinks I am one, so your question has totally cool timing.
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what do you mean by 'all bleedy'? like, eating people?
aw! are you a vampire and never told me? :P
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Yeah. Or not wiping their faces.
I'm not, but he has a darn good case, huh? :D
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he DOES. be careful, he might bust out the stakes :O
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A glance at the orange juice, and Dunnett asks "been giving blood, have we."
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"I have a bleeding problem," he says, carefully, cheerfully neutral.
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'Thought' is a word used here, dear reader, to mean 'am quite certain'; Dunnett's tone gets that one across neatly.
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"Mm-mm. I got leaky Jesus bits."
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"Love vampires. Or, well, the idea of them, at least. And the folklore- did you know that the Roma in the Balkans have a myth about vampiric watermelons?"
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