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Zero Kiryuu (notamasochist) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-17 15:48:00

Entry tags:

:class, :mingle, betty mcrae, klara guildsen, peggy carter, piper halliwell, sam winchester, spencer reid, yuuki kuran, yuuri shibuya, zero kiryuu

Class 004: Day 228 : Vampires-Guest Lecture
[He'd been debating starting a class of his own of some sort when Sam had asked him to guest lecture. The topic was an easy--if not somewhat controversial--one for Zero to tackle. His views aren't exactly agreed upon by everyone, no matter how much they have changed during his time in Marina. Zero has been in the facility for longer than almost everyone else, remembers his entire stay, and has interacted with vampires from almost every world--even if he was one of the only ones to know they were a vampire. More importantly, he takes a personal interest in each of their home worlds and how everything works.

He's even befriended more than a few of them. Lives with and is sort of dating one.

He also kills them for a living and is known in the facility for his hatred of them--all while secretly being one of them.

He looks around the room at the number of attendee's for the popular subject. Controversial indeed.]

I wonder how many of you showed up just out of curiosity to see me be the one to do this lecture?

[He pushes away from the desk and moves to the white board. Uncapping a marker, Zero scribbles a single word across the surface before beginning. VAMPIRES.]

As I'm sure we're all aware by now, today's topic is vampires. As Sam likes to give out a disclaimer--so will I. What you learn here may not apply to your world, to every vampire in Marina or any vampire that arrives in Marina from this point on.

Overview: Vampires
Vampires-in simplest terms- are beings that live, crave, desire, and/or require the life source from another living being--typically in the form of blood.

There are as many different kinds of vampires as the worlds they come from, but there are a number of other traits that appear to be common from world to world. As vampires are typically considered predators, these traits all support that notion as they are used to either overpower or lure their prey in for attack.

Super-human strength speed and healing
Enhanced senses
Compulsion
Attractiveness

Along with these abilities, vampires typically possess fangs in order to obtain their blood from their victims--the obviousness of those fangs differs from world to world but most of them possess them.

The ability to 'create' new vampires from an already existing human is another ability that is found in almost every world. Typically done via a vampire bite, the process for this differs from world to world, some require the exchange of blood between the vampire and its victim, some do not. In some worlds, only select vampires hold this ability, in others--all possess this power.

Personally, I find their differences more entertaining. Some worlds, the vampires have died and possess no heartbeat. In others, they are alive and able to produce children of their own.

Case Study: Rido Kuran
Day 35 was new inmate day in the previous Marina Asylum. Along with the latest batch of inmates was a vampire from my home world. Rido Kuran longed for power and was not afraid to use the power he did possess in order to immediately wreak havoc across the entire dome.

Rido viewed everyone as toys, objects to possess, play with and discard as he viewed necessary. In the afternoon of the 35th, the very day he arrived, he compelled a teenage boy to his side, where he devoured and killed him in front of the network.

A resident magic user took it upon himself to block Rido's presence from the facility as he took another member hostage. But a number of teams searched him out and on day 37, Rido's body was destroyed, but he was unable to be killed.

By day 43, he had regenerated his body completely and continued his 'game' with the facility until he left the facility in a dimensional stabilizer accident on day 50. He has not returned.

Practical: Prevention and Defense
Most worlds possess a 'natural enemy' for the vampire. Those that are given the job of eliminating them. Dhampir, Slayer, Hunter--sometimes they are 'born' into the position as a gift they were provided. Sometimes they are humans that desire revenge upon vampires and decide to take it upon themselves as a job.

Vampires are not easy to battle because of their strength, speed and healing abilities. I don't ever recommend going up against one at all without proper training or knowledge of exactly what you are dealing with. Again, this is an issue where the differences from world to world can make a huge difference. There are vampires in this facility right now in which there is nothing here capable of killing them--even if they wanted to die. There are others where I could kill them just by pulling off a leg of a table and stabbing them in the 'heart'.

But if you must know what is supposed to work:
Wooden or silver stake to the heart
Chop off their head
Destroy their heart
Silver crosses
Silver bullets
Sunlight
Holy water
...garlic...

You'll have varying degrees of success depending on who you try it on.

If you are concerned about a vampire in the facility, take your concern to the Defense Force. There are a number of people there that specialize in vampires and can assist you.

Questions and Discussion
Are there any questions?

[ooc: per Haunt's request. Mingle to your hearts content. Questions and before and after class can be found inside.]

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	Questions? notamasochist 2013-07-17 09:00 pm UTC (link)
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thisiscalm
2013-07-18 09:49 pm UTC (link)

[ This is exactly the kind of lecture he'd been hoping for, what with all the vampire related questions he's been getting in criminology. Maybe this guy can clear a few things up for him. Hand raised, Reid waits until he gets called before unleashing the question. ]

You touched on the physiological aspects in some detail, but what about the psychological? Labeling them as predators may indicate less-than-human traits, but from what I've heard around here it's far from that simple.

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notamasochist
2013-07-19 03:23 am UTC (link)

[There is the slightest of pauses as Zero's gaze flickers to Yuuki for just a moment before his attention is back on Reid. He skirted around that issue for a specific reason. He tends to be slightly biased, even if his views are a lot more open to vampires than they have been in the past.]

No, it's not simple at all. At their very core nature, vampires natural prey tends to be humans, placing them above humanity on the food chain. They are stronger, faster and typically possess physical traits that are in line with the presumed ideal of humanity. They are the strong and humanity is the weak. If you throw a human into a room of starving vampires, the chances of them coming out unharmed aren't exactly low. But even humans have been known to resort to cannibalism when backed into a corner and starving.

Each vampire's risk has to evaluated on a case by case basis, just as anyone else. But just the fact that someone is a vampire can raise their level of danger primarily because they do naturally prey on humanity and require blood or other life sources to survive. But their environment and experiences are going to make a difference on how much of a risk they are at indiscriminately attacking someone.

[Zero uncaps the marker again and scribbles the phrase 'Risk Factors' across the board.]

The first thing we need to look at is the sort of world they come from. Are they alive or dead? Do they possess a heart or soul?

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	thisiscalm 2013-07-19 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	[ Yuuki is a big reason why he's raising this question. Mostly because she raised it in his class and this seems like a good way to get clarification/revenge/all of the above. He jots down a few notes before launching the follow-up question. ] And how would you determine that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-21 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Don't you put garlic in things we eat? [This is clearly a question that needed to be asked in front of all.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-07-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	[He should be surprised by the question, but it's coming from Yuuri--so it doesn't. Just as serious as the question is asked, he answers it.] I've never denied trying to kill Yuuki. [Okay, maybe not serious.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	After tallerthanthou 2013-07-21 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, thanks for handling that. It sounded great. [And it was a good learning experience for him too since Zero has a broader and different range of vampire knowledge.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-07-25 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	[It feels...weird...to have shared all that.] I hope that's what you were looking for. I went a little more indepth than I planned. [Thank Dr. Reid for that...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)