the time is now. the place is d_m. the post is spoilery.

[reanimation]

Dear Mundane,

You have a hypothesis. For God's sake, you know the difference between that and a theory, you have had some education. You have a hypothesis, and one with very little data to support it. We'll talk no more on the matter until you've abandoned your fancy or found some proof.

That said, do spend the night with Count Dracula, just don't while it away crafting correlations that don't exist. You are desperately in need of a dose of proper horror -- not this three-dimensional rubbish about nail-riddled skulls and last minute train wrecks. True fright relies on effective atmosphere, not cheap thrills.

All that crushing and burning, it's just a waste of perfectly good parts.

Finally, a brief digression: Under no circumstances are you to call me "Vicky" and you will cease doing so at once. I didn't spend my youth earning the title of doctor only to be consistently disrespected by a secretary.

Sincerely,
Dr. Victor Frankenstein

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[fourcenturies]

[WELL THIS IS JUST WEIRD.]

You've got to be kidding me.

[reanimation]

[ well hey there good-looking. ]

I'm afraid not. [ sooo he'll just be checking adam out. scientifically. ]

[fourcenturies]

So, Victor Frankenstein. [a pause and then] The Victor Frankenstein, I presume? I doubt it's a common name.

[andwolf]

Uh-huh.

Now, tell us how you really feel, Whale.

Vicky?

[reanimation]

[ sorry red your flavor of frankenstein tonight is all flashback all the time. ]

Victor, my dear, if you wouldn't mind. As hospitable as I am on the subject of names, I must draw the line somewhere.

[andwolf]

[ okay, good, because that explains the stupid hair do. she folds her arms. ]

Ah, right, Victor. Call me Red, if you please. [ and she even bows her head with a grin. ] What other names would you accept?

[dedicateyourheart]

I'll never understand this need some have to craft pet names ending in -y.

[reanimation]

Or pet names at all, for that matter. I can't say it's a problem I've had before.

[dedicateyourheart]

A pity you can't just fire this particular secretary for the slight. I was always quite fond of sacking mine.

[portaljumper]

[Acts as if he has a quill and paper, licking at air as if wetting the tip and then scribbling over his palm.]

Dear Mundane... I am pompous and like using big words to try and prove that this science thing is somehow superior to all else.

The truth is, my title is all I am.

Bite me,

The Wizar... Err, Vicky.

There. Helped translate that for you.

[reanimation]

[ oh lovely. as a scientist he's totally never been mocked before. ]

I'd rather a title than an accessory. Still bored, Hatter?

[portaljumper]

Not nearly as much with the entertainment around here.

[heritable]

True fright relies on the possibility of losing something or someone of irreplaceable value. Surely you don't want to submit yourself to such loss.

[reanimation]

I already have -- not by choice, of course. However, I refuse to believe anything is truly lost.

[heritable]

Our control is limited by a great many factors; science proves this beyond a doubt.

[ he looks down at his hands. ] And some ghosts never feel the grip we exert to keep them at our sides.

[cariouskingme]

What the hell's wrong with being a secretary, Vicky?

[reanimation]

Inherently, nothing. It's being a particularly condescending one that I take issue with.

[cariouskingme]

Sooo you don't like people who remind you of yourself, or . . . ?

[thepriceofgold]

My, such an appreciation for the macabre.

Well I suppose you would, given the company you usually keep.

[reanimation]

And what do you know of the company I usually keep?

[makeitwork]

I think the name suits you.

[reanimation]

You flatter me, Jeff.

[countenance]

An effective atmosphere, hm? It seems to be that you are learning, Doctor.

[reanimation]

Perhaps I should addend the address to include counts as well. [ not your pet, man. ]

[hattergonnahat]

That's quite the list of demands.