torn between two games, canon is dracula

[damngod]

You do not read quickly enough, girl. It will be the beginning of the month before you know it, and where shall I be? Ignored.

I have no intentions of being ignored yet again. Finish your homework before you place any reserve, for you know I am not one to be placed to the side more than once.

You do seem to have a strong desire to seek out horror, have you noticed? I find it rather...unsettling.

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[summersword]

[Snort.] For folks like us? Yeah. Probably more than a "tad" for muns.

[It ain't flattery if it's the truth.]

[damngod]

[Snorting is for pigs, not ladies!]

Like us? What is it that makes us alike?

[summersword]

[Join the modern age, Drac.]

You know. Muses. [She pauses for a second, head cocked to one side.]

[damngod]

[Vlad does not like this future of pigladies. He declines.]

Ah, yet that is too grand an umbrella to truly make us anything alike, is it not? That is what all are in these places, after all; you are very well comparing birds and fish with that sort of reasoning.

[summersword]

[His loss, humanity's gain.]

[The smile of her face is thin. Sharp. Brittle.] Guess you're right with that one, then. But somehow? I get the feelin' that you're different from the usual crowd. Am I wrong?

[damngod]

[Okay, so maybe it's the truth, but it feels a lot like his ego is being fed. Don't ruin this for him.]

It does seem as those very few from my time are around, if that is what you mean.

[summersword]

Not quite what I mean. Y'see, I read the classics. Stevenson. Shelley. [The smile drops. Her eyes narrow.] Stoker.

[Clever girl.]

[damngod]

[Clever, but pussyfooting. Why is everyone so afraid of him? He's a nice guy, really!]

I cannot understand why such an awful writer should be lined up in anything considered a "classic."

[summersword]

[You suck blood, Vlad. That ain't nice by any stretch of the imagination.]

Because it makes for good reading. [Pause.] ...You think that maybe the reason the ol' mun hasn't taken you anywhere is because they're afraid you might chow down on the others in the same boat as you?

[damngod]

[Only because he has to!]

Chow down? Are you implying that I am a cannibal?

[summersword]

[It's still v. rude, especially because that stuff is kind of necessary, y'know, for a person to live.]

I'm implyin' that you're not human.

[damngod]

[He doesn't drain them!

...all of them! They're still alive.

For a while.]

I would imagine that goes without saying when my name is taken into consideration.

[summersword]

[Juuust gonna pull that hat brim low over her eyes now, 'k?]

Thought so. Bloodsuckers... ugh. There are easier ways than killin' the humans to survive, y'know.

[damngod]

[omg why does no one listen to him!??!!]

I need not kill to survive. In fact, I need life to sustain myself. Killing the life I need is quite counterproductive, would you not imagine?

[summersword]

['Cause stubborn > listening. Or something. ...Sh-shut up, it counts!]

Doesn't stop some bloodsuckers. Doesn't stop some Fae, either, but you ain't gonna hear 'em complain about it. I ain't got much love left for humans at this point, but... well...

[Here she tilts the brim of her hat back up and frowns thoughtfully.]

...It it pretty counterproductive.