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Tweak says, "You love him, don't you?"

Mitchell (the vampire) (why_that_word) wrote in undertherainbow,
@ 2008-06-29 14:22:00

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miniver cheevy, mitchell the vampire, zillah

I know there are more of you out there. I can feel you I suppose, though I don't think I've meet any of you in person. It isn't common that I ask for advice, least of all from my own kind, but this is rather important.

How do you cope?

Are there really people here who nobody notices if they go missing? Do you somehow manage to feed but not kill? Are there alternatives that I don't know about?

I've tried feeding from livestock, other animals, but it's just not the same. Takes the edge off, but little else, and staying on the wagon is becoming increasingly difficult.

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	why_that_word 2008-06-30 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Oh really? Not some sort of hunter is he? I was well enough back home, being best friends with a werewolf kind of made me a laughingstock, an oddity. Didn't mind it really, meant they left me alone, which was what I'd wanted in the first place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deusexvampira 2008-06-30 01:04 am UTC (link)
	My fledge back home dates a werewolf. Funny how that works. And no, he's no hunter, he's just a barber. A very odd barber. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	why_that_word 2008-06-30 01:09 am UTC (link)
	... are barbers some sort of secret champions of the world where you're from? Predators know our own. So to speak. George would never hurt so much as a fly though, and my opinion on things is when in Rome stop killing the other Romans. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deusexvampira 2008-06-30 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Sweeney Todd, mate. Well that's a wonderful way to think. I've a question regarding your vampirism - you can eat and drink normally, but the urge to feed is there. Is it strictly necessary or just instinct? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	why_that_word 2008-06-30 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Both? It's hard to explain, really. Same sort of compulsion as wanting to make the pulse stop, if I go too long, if I don't keep control it takes over. Sates itself and leaves me to deal with the consequences. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deusexvampira
2008-06-30 01:24 am UTC (link)

Oh. Alright then - if it were merely compulsory I'd have been rather perplexed.

I... might just have something for you to help deal with that, though I'd have to do a bit of studying to see what I came up with. I'm sure I've seen several things regarding predatory urges and a way to stave them off, I've just got to go back into my books to find them.

That being said, it'd be a great pleasure if you'd like to come over for tea some time. Jack and I are both very fond of guests, so long as they don't eat us out of house and home, or try to knick something or another.

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	why_that_word 2008-06-30 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Honestly the only thing you'd have to worry about having me as a houseguest is that I may lay claim to your couch and refuse to share. It's a curse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deusexvampira 2008-06-30 01:42 am UTC (link)
	That's perfectly fine, so long as Jack hasn't already done that. Half housecat, the Captain is. As for me, I'm fully uninterested in couches. Hearths are much more up my alley. I've been told I'm so alike to a sheepdog that it's uncanny. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	why_that_word 2008-06-30 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Sounds to me like we'll get on just fine then. Any particular time that's good for you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deusexvampira 2008-06-30 01:51 am UTC (link)
	We're not particularly scheduled men, though if you'd like to come by before or after you get off work, that would suit us perfectly. [Address], door's open, no need to knock, since our ward is usually there with his short sword. Never mind him, he used to be a spider monkey. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	why_that_word 2008-06-30 01:53 am UTC (link)
	Don't suppose that's one of those things that ever really wears off is it? I'll be around after work then. Only a half shift tonight, they've got the newbies in training for the other half. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deusexvampira 2008-06-30 01:59 am UTC (link)
	No, but he's mellowing out slowly. At least he's learned to type without using numbers for letters, mostly. Sometimes. When we don't allow him coffee. Right then. I'll have the kettle on when you come by. Meanwhile, I'll go see if I can find those things I mentioned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	why_that_word 2008-06-30 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Well that's good at least. Won't worry about it too much. I'll see you then. And thank you. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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