text; un: sekiken

[bloodspring]

Hello. My name is Louis, and it’s been about a month since my arrival.

This is something I’ve been curious about since arriving, so I’d like to gauge the current community:

Are you, do you know, or have you ever known a vampire?

If so, I’d like to learn as much as possible about the vampires from your worlds. While one might have in mind a vampire they would call “stereotypical,” that is undeniably a relative label, and it interests me just how widely the differences can range under what may very well now be called an umbrella term.

For example: My race goes by the name “revenants.” For all intents and purposes, I would still classify us as vampires, as we are immortals sustained by drinking blood—but perhaps you might think other criteria more appropriate for determining whether or not one falls into the vampire category? I welcome any challenges or elaboration.

Some further questions for consideration:

• Do your vampires have fangs? Powers, abilities?
• What kind of blood do they drink? How often? How do they feed?
• What does a vampire’s immortality look like to you?
• Are vampires well-embedded in your world’s history, or are they more recent?
• What relationships do you or they have with non-vampires?
• How have other vampires adapted since coming to this world? Are there any particular hindrances you or they encounter?

These are just a few to prompt discussion, but don’t feel limited to these questions only. This is meant to serve as a collaborative gathering of information.

As all of this may be a sensitive or even unpleasant topic for some, I want to offer full transparency from my side of things, and welcome anonymous responses should anyone wish to protect their identity. Please share as much or as little as you’d like, and feel free to ask if there’s anything you’d want to know of me, as well.

Thank you for reading.

Comments

[bust]

So even concepts like race have many similarities across worlds.

[ They've talked about this before, haven't they? Such as the topic of holidays and special occasions being shared. ]

I'm good, I'll be reading through your post. But if you want to tell me anything else, I'm all ears.

… Eyes. Whatever.

[bloodspring]

Alright, suit yourself. It's probably full of things you've heard before, though.

[Well, maybe. It's hard to actually say how much about his world or race Ayer does or doesn't know, when he has no memory of his first bout here. But he's optimistic, at least.]

[bust]

Only heard of, but I don't know delicate details, as those aren't subjects I can learn in the books of this world.

To be honest, you're the only vampire that I personally know here. Not counting the ones from my world, I've never met anyone else.

But I have seen some of them publicly posting like this before.

[bloodspring]

Is that so? Well, I've offered myself today as an open book to any who might want to know more. Naturally, you're included in that.

Somehow, I'm surprised. Are you interested in getting to know others? I certainly am.

Maybe I ought to keep an eye out for them. None have found their way to this post yet... though I don't think I could blame them. Not everyone could feel comfortable announcing themselves like I had. And, eyes tend to glaze over when met with wordier posts like mine...

[bust]

[ Look at Louis, being worried about his kin. It's endearing, the sentiment causes Ayer to secretly smile behind these texts. ]

Don't get me wrong. I'm only interested to know for myself.

[ That's a lie… He wants to use the knowledge to be able to protect a certain someone better. ]

I wouldn't be so sure. You said it yourself, they're likely to conceal their identity for their own reasons. For all you know, maybe you've actually talked to at least one.

Either way, I'm sure you'll find them.

[bloodspring]

Well, this should go without saying, but... if you learn anything of interest, I can expect to hear about it, can't I?

You may very well be right about that. I have confidence I'll find them eventually, too. Patience and perseverance and all that.

[bust]

You'll be the first to know.

[ Just a small encouragement before Ayer allows Louis to focus. There's a lot to take in this post, so he'll leave it at that. ]

[bloodspring]

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