thefarshore | Backdated to the morning of June 6

That they're largely lies created by Hoshido to slander the art of dark magic, but that there are some people who might qualify for the title.

Vampires can’t do magic at all, though. And they rather dislike witches, as far as I can tell. Not as much as they hate werewolves, but vampires and witches tend to view each other as existential threats.

I think.

...What would you do if you ever met a vampire?

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Different worlds, remember.

Honestly, unless they were killing people or otherwise being a problem I wouldn't care.

Humans are essentially the same the universe over. One would think vampires would be as well.

Except no, they're not, so nothing else should be either.

Same enough. Isn't that why they call it human nature?

Doubtful, since I don't imagine most people who coined that phrase knew about multiple universes.

Did you, before you came here?

Not like this.

Apparently, neither did I. I knew of only two: the mortal world, and Faerie.

Faerie?

The Other Realm. Where the fae live.

What's that world like?

I don’t quite remember yet. It’s connected to our own, but different. The fae are magical beings and only they can enter the Other Realm.

They hate vampires almost as much as werewolves do, I think, though I cannot recall why.

Does your world not have fae?

No, we don't. We have dragons and undead, but that's about it.

I think I'd rather enjoy seeing a dragon. What are they like?

Melodramatic.

[That is not a reassuring question coming from Joscelin. Ginia what she's learned about herself in the last few days, she wonders if Joscelin has also learned a critical piece about himself.]

What do you know about vampires?

I woke up this morning with the knowledge that I was born on 6 January 1339. I did the math. I’m going to celebrate my 680th birthday on 6 January 2019. I remember the party.

I’ve been lying to everyone. More so than usual.

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You didn't know. You couldn't have known..

[And no one could tell him or even point out the facts without turning him into an ayakashi.

Now there's some wiggle room, but Ginia wants to figure out how much she can say.]

What did you learn?

I died a very long time ago. I died and became a monster and I killed so many people—humans, vampires, witches, fae—that other vampires were terrified of me.

I think I was very lonely.

[Tone is difficult to read on text conversation, especially when it isn't face-to-face. However, Ginia remembers the Joscelin she spoke to in a dream months ago, a version of him that could only be as true as he could be.

She's not sure lonely is a word he would have used.]

I'm coming over.

Suit yourself. Mum set me up on the veranda after breakfast, so you can find me there.

They have interesting-looking teeth? I'd wanna try making out with one, see what that feels like.

[...Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew. Away with thee, bringer of cooties.]

I wouldn't suggest it. You'd end up dead, most like.

...And why would you go straight to kissing?

That might happen with other people too, not just vampires. It's all up to what sort of person the vampire is, isn't it?

And it's better than instantly go right for more than that, isn't it?

More?

Kisses are great but there are even better things that are way more intimate. I'd like to think I'm pretty decent with my fingers for example.

Where I come from, those who have had the misfortune to cross paths with the genuine article learn that what most think of when they hear the word "vampire" is a harmless fiction compared to the real thing.

[Joscelin snorts when he reads this. It brings on another bout of painful coughing.]

Do they, now. I would quite agree with you. A vampire at full strength is quite the terrifying thing. Particularly if the vampire hasn't fed in a while.

What else have you heard?

I'm actually one of the lucky few to have experienced the real thing and lived to tell the tale. A wondrous thing, truly, that I might survive a battle with such a terrifying foe only to die of gangrene!

That aside, though, I can't claim to be any sort of expert. The Dead Apostle that I faced while on crusade was so powerful that I was more concerned with my survival than learning anything about it. The other I encountered more recently, but I was rather preoccupied with escaping prison at the time!

That is...quite a story. I would be interested in hearing more, should you have the time. I'm rather homebound at the moment, but I can be found at the Temple of Vesta.

You died of gangrene? That's a bit anticlimactic.

[ooc: would it be cool with you if these two meet?]

[ooc: sure!]

I always have the time! You might find me a bit difficult to get rid of.

But yes, it was rather an anticlimactic way to go. Of course, I shouldn't complain too terribly much about it because it was rather my own fault.

[Romeo is a constant visitor and so when he sees Joss' question he presses reply, even if he is almost at miss Ayumu's temple anyways.

He's carrying a big pile of books, hopefully there will be something that Joss will like in it. But he manages to balance the phone as he replies.] I read a book about a vampire, he went on lots of adventures. They are like people but also like bats.

...Bats?

What kind of adventures did the vampire go on?

Yes they can fly and have wings and drink blood though not all bats do that, some just eat fruit. They went on lots of adventures and sometimes get into trouble but always find a way out of it!

That sounds like quite a story.

What if I were to tell you that I’m a vampire? I can’t turn into a bat, though.

I remembered. Last night.

You are? [Romeo is surprised. He hadn't know that about Joss at all! But then again, if Joss had just remembered it seemed he hadn't known it either!

He's nothing like the vampire from the story!]

Last night? That's a big thing to remember! [Especially since Joss was still sick!]

[Joss switches back to video. He looks as miserable and feverish as the last time Romeo saw him, but sadder. Older.]

It was. I’m very old, Romeo. Very, very old.

Old? What do you mean Joss? You're not old! You're littler than me! [He can't be very old at all!]

I was littler than you were once, but that was an extraordinarily long time ago.

[How to explain this?]

Shinki don’t age, right? We’re dead, so our bodies look the same age as we were when we died no matter how much time passes. Vampires are the same way.

A very long time ago, I was a normal human being. Then I died and became a vampire. I still look the same age as I did the day I died. That was nearly 700 years ago. I’m not a kid at all. I’m ancient.

[He knew that. Shinki never got bigger even if they lived in heaven for a long time! So Joss was like that, he had been a kid and he had died and then he was a vampire and then he died again and became a shinki?]

Seven hundred years? That's... A long long time. That must be as old as some of the old gods!

Older than some of them, even.

[He laughs a little, until it turns into a cough.]

Being a vampire explains a lot. Too bad, though. It’s rather disappointing not to be a ten year old super-genius. I’ve just had a lot of time to work at things.

[Suddenly he frowns.]

I’m not not a child, Romeo. I died seven centuries ago and became a vampire who killed hundreds of people over the years. Do you still want to be my friend, knowing that?

[Well it makes Romeo feel a little better... Maybe if he lived until he was seven hundred years old he would know lots of things too!

But it's true. Joss isn't a kid. Not like Romeo at all. Just like Ebisu isn't really a kid and Elfnein isn't really a kid.

As far as Romeo knows he is just a kid, unless he's forgotten too. He feels like just a kid though and Joss is a grown up. A really old grown up and one whose killed hundreds of people...

He already knows Joss is a good person. He's his friend even if he did really bad things before. He is good and kind, even if he's killed people. It's a big bad thing but Romeo believes he is good, really, under all of that.]

Of course I do! I know your not a kid but... I am friends with lots of grown ups here like miss Ginia and mister Iskander and mister Waver and... Do I got to call you mister Joss?

[Because that sounds weird.]

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