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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 00:09:03 UTC
[There's a slight chuckle before Derek answers]

...You mean me?

Yeah, I'm okay. Glad to hear you got out all right.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 00:16:23 UTC
Yeah. Same to you. ...Thanks, too.

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 00:18:31 UTC
No problem; any time.

Name's Derek, by the way. But 'crazy guy' works, too.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 01:32:37 UTC
I'm Yuzu. You do that kind of thing a lot?

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 01:38:09 UTC
..Yeah, actually. I hunt vampires at home. They're a lot faster, stronger, and more powerful than humans. But better I go after them than let them go after other folks, you know?

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 01:48:48 UTC
Yeah, I get what you mean. ...I don't think I could ever go after them with just a sword like that, though.

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 01:51:29 UTC
[Derek smiles, shrugging.}

You learn to work with what you got.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 01:54:00 UTC
[That is very true. She's not sure she wants to bring up how she used to fight with a video game system yet, though.]

So vampires are a big problem on your world?

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 01:58:29 UTC
Yeah, they are. Big enough that the government and the Vatican are involved. Civilians don't know, though.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 01:59:41 UTC
...Cover-ups?

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 02:06:06 UTC
Got it in one.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 02:07:55 UTC
I'm all for living happily normal, but when people get put in danger because everything's kept secret... [...] I don't know.

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 02:14:17 UTC
Well, that's why we have the hunters. We go in when the vampires show up and take care of it.

...I don't like hiding it either, but there's some good reasons behind it, including the fact that it could degenerate into a global witchhunt if everyone knew about the vampires. Innocent people would get killed because of misinformation...and since it only takes a single scratch or bite to get infected, untrained people trying to be heroes would end up getting turned into vampires themselves, which would only spread it faster. I hate it, and it's an ugly balance, but...it's the best solution for keeping the most people out of danger at the moment.

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pinkribbons March 4 2010, 19:41:28 UTC
Ugly balance, huh. That sounds about right. So it's like a disease?

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derek_bliss March 4 2010, 23:12:21 UTC
Yeah. One with no cure and a very short span of time before it kills you.

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