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Erik Northman ([info]erikbloodred) wrote in [info]undertherainbow,
@ 2009-07-22 21:43:00

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Entry tags:calliope sedant, edward cullen, emmett cullen, erik northman, heather campbell, johanna barker, malakai chmelyk, rosalie hale, stefan salvatore

I have heard that there are quite a few of us on this board. I want to know exactly how many of us there are. If we are to live peaceably in this world amidst the other creatures, I've found in my own experience, there needs to be order, and we need to spread out to make sure the population of our food supply doesn't go down.
So, if you are a vampire, and you feel a need for more order, such as one in your own world, I ask you to respond to me here, or to stop by my night club, located in NYC. [address in lower Manhattan].

I have a feeling that if we all got together and discussed the state of this world, and how our own worlds were run, or not run but should have been, we will all reach an agreement that will benefit us, and keep us flourishing.

With the sincerest wishes in mind,
Erik Northman


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Vampires
[info]notjustblonde
2009-07-23 04:51 am UTC (link)
We didn't have any back home, or none that I know of. Which was rather the point, I believe. I usually stick with the older parts of London so far as hunting grounds, though that's hardly regular and more when the mood strikes. The area used to be more-or-less policed by pirates, but they've been gone a while now.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 04:56 am UTC (link)
Interesting. I've heard that a great deal of people wind up in London at first, so once we get a full tally of how many of us there are, we can set up a reasonable and agreeable government for those of you who landed in London.

So, were you Made here?

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Vampires
[info]notjustblonde
2009-07-23 05:11 am UTC (link)
I was there first, yes, and then New York, and now I'm in Nevada. Though I still hunt in London because I was there even before I was brought to this world and it's as much home to me as anywhere else is. More than some places, even.

I was, yes. Not so terribly long ago, in fact.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 05:15 am UTC (link)
Oh, you must be Johanna. I've met with your Maker and with Malakai. I am Erik Northman, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, young lady.

I'll see to it that the young like you are well looked after.

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Vampires - [info]notjustblonde, 2009-07-23 05:19 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 05:21 am UTC
Vampires - [info]notjustblonde, 2009-07-23 05:23 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 05:28 am UTC
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[info]means_savior
2009-07-23 05:00 am UTC (link)
There wasn't much of a hierarchy back home, there weren't enough of us for that, kept to ourselves, mostly. My brother and I will likely be doing the same here.

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[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 05:06 am UTC (link)
Still, even if you and your brother are going to keep to yourselves, there's certain benefits in having a hierarchy. Consider it a way of keeping ourselves safe, well fed, and free. Without a set of laws, we could overpopulate, and in so doing, deplete our food supply. Or on the other side of things, without the protection of a sustained government, we could be hunted to extinction.

Give it some thought and get back to me.

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[info]the_redlady
2009-07-23 05:07 am UTC (link)
More organization than we had back home would be nice. Corporate takeovers are so boring.

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Vampires
[info]volos
2009-07-23 05:22 am UTC (link)
I for one have heard this talk before.

I am not interested in politics, friend. I am not going back to that life. I and mine will abide by a sensible set of morals, as we always have, but I do not take well to order, in this sense.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 05:27 am UTC (link)
Malakai, yours was a disorganized, disagreeable state of affairs that only fell due to in-fighting and distrust amongst the ones in power. I can assure you that if anything were to happen that would cause bitter tension between the higher ups in an organized society like the one I'm proposing, it would be settled between the parties involved, and not become a war like your world had.

In any case, I doubt there's many of us who would allow the shit to hit the fan quite so hard as in your world.

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Vampires
[info]volos
2009-07-23 05:33 am UTC (link)
There was nothing we could have done. I will admit, the loss of the humans was an omen. Something that would not happen here. But even outside the wars, the fighting. The... classes were just as oppressive. Bureaucratic shit, the lot of it.

And, as I would assume, you would volunteer to take on the burden of leadership?

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 05:36 am UTC (link)
There are no classes. A vampire is a vampire, Malakai.

Unless and until someone else comes along with a better sense of keeping things civil amongst our kind and the other beings that live in this world, I see no reason why I shouldn't take a role of leadership for the time being. I'm not a leader, I'm merely old.

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Vampires - [info]volos, 2009-07-23 05:42 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 05:52 am UTC
Vampires - [info]volos, 2009-07-23 06:00 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 06:13 am UTC
Vampires - [info]volos, 2009-07-23 06:31 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 06:32 am UTC
Vampires
[info]intheseveins
2009-07-23 06:47 am UTC (link)
I suppose I'm number.. whatever. I'm not quite sure about order, but it's always nice to have company. Though I will offer that if you ever need someone to play the piano, I used to be world renowned. At least before I came here anyway.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 07:01 am UTC (link)
I actually love a good pianist. We've got a grand piano on the first floor of my club, up on a stage. But we cater more to modern music, to my chagrin. Perhaps we can arrange a weeknight where you can come and soothe us with your talents.

Other than that, I would very much like to meet you in person.

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Vampires
[info]intheseveins
2009-07-23 07:03 am UTC (link)
Oh I can do all sorts of piano playing, I'm not stuck playing Bach or something like that. Though I do understand not a lot of this modern music has much to do with pianos. I'd be amiable to that, if you'd like. I haven't gotten a chance to really play since I got here.

Well then if you tell me where exactly your club might be, I can get my driver to take me there.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 07:06 am UTC (link)
Jazz piano is amazing.

[Address] It's hard to miss me. And who should I name as on the guest list?

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Vampires - [info]intheseveins, 2009-07-23 07:08 am UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 07:09 am UTC
Vampires - [info]intheseveins, 2009-07-23 07:11 am UTC
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[info]the_deathofme
2009-07-23 03:36 pm UTC (link)
It all depends on what you term "food supply".

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[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 10:01 pm UTC (link)
Humans. Though there are other alternatives.

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[info]the_deathofme
2009-07-23 10:52 pm UTC (link)
If there are alternatives that do not cause harm to humans, and ways to lead a fairly normal life, then why should there be a need for this?

You would be wise to listen to Malakai. He is a dear and trusted friend, and quite knowledgeable.

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[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 11:01 pm UTC (link)
You are obviously forgetting about the many vampires that are not a part of this board. The ones that are being hunted by humans as we speak because they refuse to comply to any rules, simply because there are none.

Some of us can not stomach anything other than human blood. That there are those of us who cannot help but hunt. Malakai is wise, but paranoid, because his world was torn apart by warring factions. Anarchy never lasts long with good results.

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Locked to Poster - [info]the_deathofme, 2009-07-23 11:04 pm UTC
Locked to Replying - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 11:05 pm UTC
Locked to Poster - [info]the_deathofme, 2009-07-23 11:10 pm UTC
Locked to Replying - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 11:26 pm UTC
Vampires
[info]coldbeauty
2009-07-23 03:39 pm UTC (link)
Order? What's that supposed to mean? If you're talking about ruling classes, I've had enough of those already.

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Vampires
[info]hellsnotsobad
2009-07-23 04:10 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I kinda gotta go with that. Everyone agreeing to play nice or stay out of each others' way is fine by me.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Ruling classes are not exactly what I had in mind. Think of it this way -- We'd police our own, and keep our own kind's affairs to our own kind. There would be no need for the human hunters to hunt us if we were to establish a set of rules that the majority of us could and would follow, and a vote on who would take the positions of keeping these rules enforced in each place.


So many responses in the day...

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Vampires - [info]coldbeauty, 2009-07-23 11:08 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 11:19 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]hellsnotsobad, 2009-07-24 03:50 pm UTC
Vampires
[info]bloodmuffin
2009-07-23 10:07 pm UTC (link)
We didn't have any of this stupid melodramatic hierarchy crap back home and we were just fine. So um. I don't know about this.

Sorry, Erik.

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Vampires
[info]erikbloodred
2009-07-23 10:10 pm UTC (link)
No melodrama intended, Heather. It'll be easier to keep hunters off our backs.

I expected you to be awake, but there are so many replies in the day... I'm pretty astonished.

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[info]bloodmuffin
2009-07-23 10:22 pm UTC (link)
You say that, but I don't want to take orders from anybody like some kind of fascist military. That totally goes against my ideology.

Yeah but in London it's like uh... 11pm right now.

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Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 10:26 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]bloodmuffin, 2009-07-23 10:37 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 10:47 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]bloodmuffin, 2009-07-23 11:24 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]erikbloodred, 2009-07-23 11:32 pm UTC
Vampires - [info]bloodmuffin, 2009-07-24 09:44 pm UTC


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