muns are evil evil people

[outofthedepths]

Um, I'm sorry to bother you, but, well.... I'd really like to not get kidnapped, okay?

Last time was... was really bad, and I know Ashford means well and he thinks he's rescuing me, but...

I'm already so scared, all the time, and it's bad enough that I'm a nervous wreak about people appearing out of obfuscate and grabbing me. If it actually happened again, I don't... I don't think I could recover, from that, you know? The first time was bad enough.

I know you want me to be Malkovian but, do you really have to.... ...to break me?

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[diana_abel]

Geez, that's impressive. My sister could use someone like you on her team.

Um...but anyway...Book of Nod. The story of what happened to Caine after the whole...murderizing thing.

[outofthedepths]

I'm a professional polyglot and translator, or trying to be one. Looking back on it, I probably shouldn't have taken this job last year, then they'd never have noticed me...

That can't be a legitimate document, can it? I mean, no one has anything that old...

[diana_abel]

It's sorta the Cainite version of the Bible, really. Most copies date back to the Dark Ages.

[outofthedepths]

And it's different from the Testament of Longinous?

[diana_abel]

The what now?

[outofthedepths]

Testament of Longinous - the account of the Roman Soldier who stabbed Christ with a Lance while he was on the cross, and was Damned by God to be a vampire?

[diana_abel]

I'm familiar with the character of Longinous--played by Sebastian Roche in Roar when he was super dreamy--but I gotta tell you, I've never heard of him being a vampire before.

Last time I checked, God kinda gave up the Damning thing after Caine.

[outofthedepths]

The Sanctified, the followers of Longinous, argue that we're all damned. That All vampires are, but that God still has a plan for us.

[diana_abel]

The Sanctified?

[outofthedepths]

The Lancea Sanctum?

[diana_abel]

The Sacred Lance?

What's that?

[outofthedepths]

Um, The followers of Longinous? Vampires that serve God.

[diana_abel]

Not...familiar.

[outofthedepths]

I'm not really good t explaining it; I'm still learning. And I keep making mistakes around other Sanctified.

[diana_abel]

They don't sound like an especially fun bunch.

[outofthedepths]

Well, I mean, being a vampire isn't supposed to be fun, right?

[diana_abel]

No.

But it's not supposed to be any one thing or another, really.

[outofthedepths]

You don't think you're Damned?

[diana_abel]

I think I make of it what I choose.

[outofthedepths]

How do you choose... how to be? Like that?

[diana_abel]

I'm not sure I have an easy answer to that question. It's kinda been trial and error for me.

But what I can tell you is that you'll be happier if you decide for yourself, instead of letting someone else do it for you.

[outofthedepths]

But I don't trust my decisions.

[diana_abel]

You learn.

[outofthedepths]

I hope so, it's just a little hard to feel positive, you know?

[diana_abel]

I know. But it's worth the effort.

Look me up, if you ever end up in Dagaz, okay?