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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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trappedinresin
2013-07-18 01:11 am UTC (link)

[To be honest, when Yuuki originally came, it was to carefully scrutinize the lecture. While he's become much more tolerant of vampires recently, the drunken her of a week or so ago was probably wrong.

It's not really that Zero loves vampires. Although she wouldn't say that he hates all vampires or anything. But she doubts that a hatred that was so deeply embedded within is so easily forgotten. He tolerates them. Has ones he doesn't mind, but she doubts his intentions are to become friendly with any on his own will. He warned her about some of the content of the lecture, but in the end it's still difficult to hear. At the mention of her uncle her body tenses, fingers clutching the desk before her. She doesn't remember what he did, but that doesn't matter.

It's another chapter within her family's history where another, innocent individual, was killed again.

Once it's time for discussion, she merely lapses into silence, quietly scribbling on her notes.]

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	demon_king 2013-07-21 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	[Yuuri doesn't go out of his way to attend a lot of school, but with Zero speaking and Yuuri going too he got curious. When class is over he looks over at Yuuki.] So, you're not just pretty, you're SUPER pretty? Like a power? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-21 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	E-Eh? [She glances over to Yuuri] Don't be ridiculous. I mean-- [Okay, she's aware that people, especially back home, react differently to them (like idols) but... in regards to her that's just weird.] How should I know.... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-21 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Why wouldn't you know? And he listed it with super strength and healing and stuff. Wait...compulsion? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-21 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	How should I know. I'm not so vain as to think of myself as super attractive. I-I mean... Kaname-senpai was prettier than me. [SHE BELIEVES THAT.] But it's true, some vampires can compel humans, or even other vampires. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-21 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	[He was pretty attractive and Yuuri is definitely not blushing right now!] Compel them to do what? It sounds creepy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trappedinresin
2013-07-21 08:20 pm UTC (link)

Whatever the person wants.

[She hums, quietly]

The purpose is probably to make prey more complaint. But a vampire with the ability could tell someone to make them a smoothie or demand that the person kill themselves. I don't like the ability.

[Everyone within her home world has assumed that she'll use her ability to compel them to do what she wants. They'd even questioned her on why she didn't. But it's obvious, isn't it? It's frustrating to feel helpless. No one wants their free will taken from them.]

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	demon_king 2013-07-21 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	You'd never tell someone to kill themselves. ...You do like smoothies though... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-21 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Oh don't worry. I don't need anyone to make me a smoothie. Not unless they decide to steal my own. [She will never forget the pudding incident] In which case, it would only be right that they make a new one or replace it, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-21 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	[At least he's never shown off her underwear to his mother or others.] Or to just forget about small things like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-21 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	Compelling you to forget wouldn't do any good. [She knows what he really meant, though. With a smile she glances at him out of the corner of her eye.] . . . You think I'm 'super' cute, though? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-21 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	That's not what I was...h-hey! [What are you doing with your words now?] You know what I meant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-21 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	...So you don't think I'm super cute... [No, she wants to hear him say it again] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-22 02:40 am UTC (link)
	I didn't say that either. Why are you being weird? [Because this is 100% your fault and not his!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-22 02:45 am UTC (link)
	You're the one who said it, not me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-22 02:47 am UTC (link)
	I was just trying to...learn! In case there is a test or something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-22 02:54 am UTC (link)
	[She just laughs and pokes him in the cheek with the end of her eraser.] You can just cheat off of me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-25 02:52 am UTC (link)
	[Such abuse! He opens his eyes back up and looks at her, cheeks still warm.] Zero might catch us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-07-25 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Who cares? He can't do anything to us. [... She writes in her note, though, because she knows he can probably hear them. Tipping it forward, she holds it out for Yuuri to see.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-07-28 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	How? [Should he be writing? He will just say it again, but this time as a whisper.] How? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-08-04 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	Shh...! [A low hissed hush. She mouths the words 'he can hear you' to him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	demon_king 2013-08-05 12:10 am UTC (link)
	[He begins to say something, but stops and writes it down instead.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	OTL trappedinresin 2013-08-09 10:16 pm UTC (link)
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	demon_king 2013-08-10 10:21 pm UTC (link)
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