un: lecomte

[levampere]

Bonjour. I have a question for you all, if you'll indulge me.

How many of you here are immortal? Whether it be by natural means or otherwise. How do you feel about your immortality?

You don't need to tell me how or why you are, I'm simply curious. I myself have lived for 500 years, so I'm looking for kindred spirits, one might say.

Of course if you're not immortal and you know someone who is, I'd be glad to hear that as well. This platform was made to share opinions, correct? I'd enjoy having everyone's different perspectives.

All the best,
Comte de Saint-Germain

[ It's... It's not a letter but he's from the 19th century so. There you go. ]

Comments

[hauhra]

On a planet that can draw people from other worlds and give them beastly features even when they had none before, bloodsuckers and ghosts are probably the least of the locals' worries.

[levampere]

My thoughts exactly. It's a fine change of pace.

[hauhra]

Indeed.

Nice to meet you, by the way. Since you're another immortal like myself, I'm sure we'll be lucky enough to see each other in person very soon.

[levampere]

Likewise, it's always a pleasure to hear fresh perspectives. I'm afraid I haven't gotten your name, though. What is it?

[hauhra]

Bakura.

And yourself?

[levampere]

Le Comte de Saint-Germain. A bit of a mouthful, but Comte is perfectly fine.

[hauhra]

That is quite the name indeed. [ What is... French. It's a good thing this is a text thread or Bakura would be in real trouble. ]

Are vampire's names usually so long?

[levampere]

It's actually a title. I am the Comte from Saint-Germain, which is a region of France.

I've gone by it for so long, I'm afraid I don't use my given name at all.

[ c'est un mystère!! ]

[hauhra]

[ Bakura doesn't know what that means!! Or that his country is actually part of La Francophonie in modern times but shhh. Let him butcher French in peace. ]

Don't use because you no longer identify with it, or simply don't remember after not using it for so many years?

[levampere]

[ St. Germain can't imagine an earth where France is not the major focus of the world, at least Bakura could make fun of his horrible accent in Japanese. ]

Who can say? The only ones beside myself who know are very, very far from here.

[hauhra]

[ To be fair, knowledge of the world beyond Egypt's immediate borders was largely restricted to the upper classes -- but even then, the concept of France didn't really exist and Bakura only knows of it via osmosis through his former host. ]

And if they were to show up here all of a sudden? What would you do then?

[levampere]

[ What would he do if Vlad or his ilk showed up here...? Besides worry incessantly, that is? ]

I think we'd have greater things to worry about if they showed up here. They're not nearly as companionable as I am.

[hauhra]

Something tells me that "companionable" has less to do with sociability and more to do with our physical well-being.

Am I right?

Either way, I'm sure it's nothing that the locals can't handle, if everything that's already been brought to this planet is anything to go by.

[levampere]

Yes, they're quite set in their old ways. They hold a certain distaste for humanity, as a whole.

But I would hope it's nothing the Prismals can't handle. At the very least I would take responsibility for them, one way or another.

[hauhra]

I thought that it might be something like that, and I can't exactly say that I blame them... humans have always been afraid of what they don't know, and they have often expressed that fear violently even when it involves themselves.

While the objects of their ire may change over the centuries, their ways can be just as set as any of ours.