complicated immortals 8'|

[sanguinarius]

Yes, because I'm certain this has never been done before. I lived, if you can call it that, and I'm all that's left, and he and I will probably hunt one another for the rest of eternity at this point. That part, okay, yes, fine.

The going to bed with him bit, though.. it's a little bit cliche, don't you think? I'm not the starry-eyed heroine of a Harlequin novel, and he's certainly not one of those sparkly vampires. (And while we're at it, neither am I.) .. True, we're nothing if not complicated, but don't think I won't tear his throat out as soon as I'd kiss him. He made me this way, and I've had plenty of time to get really fucking angry.

And no, don't even think about a game, yet. Not even a meme. You need to do some more work before you start pretending you know what to do with me.

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[rhinemaid]

Thematic of coming of age stories for monsters. Fuck what used to scare you.

[sanguinarius]

Well, as the musical goes, "see 'em with their trousers off, they're never quite as grand", I suppose.

[rhinemaid]

Cock is not very aesthetic. This is the benefit of vampires, I think; I never get texted pictures of my boyfriend's dick. Once I took a picture of the rumpled bedsheets while he was passed out drunk so he couldn't be sure if he'd tried to or not.

[sanguinarius]

That has to be one of the only benefits. Blood is a bitch to get out of fabric. I can't own anything white anymore because of that asshole.

[rhinemaid]

Cold water and salt. [ --promptly ] You have to do it quickly, though.

[sanguinarius]

'Quickly' isn't really a possibility when he's around. Then again, when he's around, clothes are usually the least of my concerns, anyway. [ a pause. ] .. Hi. I'm Mina. [ right. introductions and.. things.. ]

[rhinemaid]

I spend a lot of time not wearing clothes in the first place. It's easier. I'll key Ivan's fucking car if he messes up my dresses.

[ known as 'going for the balls' in common parlance. not the precious car!!! ]

...also, I'm Ilde. It's nice to meet you.

[sanguinarius]

Fuck. That sounds so-- [ well, normal. a strangled pause. ] I'm not used to vampires with normal priorities. I mean, after over a hundred years of this shit with Vlad, I've forgotten what most men are like.

Nice to meet you too.

[rhinemaid]

If it makes you feel better, the baby I'm carrying has tentacles and isn't his.

[ HOW WOULD THAT MAKE ANYONE FEEL BETTER, ILDE. still, her attempts to rebuild a life remain comfortingly to the left of commonplace. ]

Most men are pricks, I think. Most vampires, too.

[sanguinarius]

Tentacles, huh? Should I ask?

[ surely they are destined to be frands. ]

I don't know many vampires, thank God. Just whatever I am and Vlad, the few he's made over the years. [ most of which she's killed. ] I'm not sure the human race could handle many more of him, though.

[rhinemaid]

When I got intimate with a test tube, I didn't want a human donor. It was important to me. [ --so the little naiad got knocked up by the male equivalent of Ursula from the Little Mermaid, in other words. ]

I was collecting them for a while. They can be interesting. But Ivan disapproves because blah blah self-preservation instinct blah blah Ilde stop going to vampire bars blah blah.

[ impending motherhood has curtailed at least the most egregiously unsafe behaviours where Ivan's exasperation with the fireflies where her caution should be has historically failed ]

[sanguinarius]

[ her mouth quirks a little. ] --Excited yet? I can still remember my husband's face when I told him we were expecting. .. But I guess you must've thought about it a lot to go that route.

[ a shrug. ] He has a point, probably. I don't know what they're like where you're from, but where I'm from, as a general rule, nosferatu are nasty customers. Even my own bloodlust gets out of hand sometimes. [ and she's not even fully what vlad is. ]

[rhinemaid]

Sort of terrified. I thought I was going to have things that I'm- not, after all. But I want her, and that counts for something. [ Ilde was very well loved, and look how well she turned out in spite of her father's total uselessness! ... no this is a really bad example. ]


They're getting all offended about not being as apex a predator as is their usual wont, where I'm from. But I mostly collected foreign ones. Lots of variety, in vampires, almost as much as fae species. I'm supposed to be careful, because I'm a potentially addictive intoxicant. So I behave.

[ DEFINE BEHAVE, TINYFAIRY. ]