It was pretty different. I'm the son of a noble, so we never really struggled with money or possessions... like I said, this is the first time I've ever sat at a campfire, or even slept outside.
[He'd call himself spoiled, which is true to some extents -- but he never particularly felt that way.]
Even everything around us looks so different to me. Where I'm from, everything is covered in cold and darkness... and seeing this many humans in one place is almost unheard of.
[ Ah! That's something Nash can understand pretty well. Up until he was exiled, he'd never slept outside either. He'd never had to cook, or worry about where his next meal was coming from, or how he was going to pay for it. He's about to say something, when the sympathetic expression on his face twists into one of surprise. ]
[He just assumed the guy next to him was human! Was that rude? It did seem like there were other species of human-looking people here, but it's hard for him to tell unless they're a vampire.]
[Which he's still a little sheepish about admitting. But he hasn't had too many bad reactions to it -- maybe he's just being overly cautious?]
I'm sorry, I just assumed you were a human. Since I can tell you're not a vampire... like me.
No, it's not that. When you say human like that, you sound exactly like her.
[ Otherwise he doesn't flinch at the revelation. Just squints. ]
You don't look like a vampire.
[ But he can't deny there were signs. Most vampires he's known back home have been the bad kind, but there were exceptions. And, well, if this guy is the bad kind, he's fresh out of Holy Tailsmans, so stalling isn't the worst option. ]
[Someone he knows, he imagines. Someone who isn't human?]
Wait-- I don't? [THIS IS NEWS TO HIM gonna just point at his fangs tbh.] I guess we don't look that different compared to the humans here, but-- I think the teeth are kind of a giveaway?
Well, sure. You're not— [ Now, how did the description go? ] Round, and red, and corpulent. [ He makes a looping gesture with one of his hands, indicating a general rotundity. ]
Well, it's just a story. The vampires where I come from are thin and pale, with white hair and red eyes. They grow old and die, too. [ Very slowly. ]
They also— [ And here he opens his wrist, in a casual "on the one hand" sort of pantomime. Nash always wears gloves. ] tend to eat people. Most of the ones who are left, anyway.
[Though whether the animals here will be ones he'll be able to tolerate is a different matter altogether. He was only just barely getting used to drinking it back home.]
...not as well as I'd like. There's a lot of trial and error. Some don't stay down as well as others, some can only be eaten cooked, and some taste really bad no matter what you do.
[He sounds a little put out by it all. It's taken a lot of pain and effort just to get as far as he has, and now--]
But all the animals I've seen here have been so different... I guess I'll just have to start over from scratch again.
[ This is all sounding, well, pretty gross. But it also seems like the guy wants to hurt people less, and Nash really can't judge that. There's no accounting for taste. ]
Where I come from, there's a legend, about a village of vampires, deep in some far-off forest. It's a legend, so it always seems far-off...
[ He stares into the fire. A lot of things seem far-off, here. ]
Anyway, they were supposed to have the Moon Rune. [ And then, to explain what that is: ] Old magic, that meant they didn't need to drink blood to survive.
Magic, huh... [For all that his own world was populated mostly by vampires, magic was a concept that didn't really exist. Their pheromones could probably be seen as magic to some, but it wasn't exactly magical to them.]
I've heard there's a lot of things like magic in this world. I wonder if there could be something similar here...
No... or at least, certainly nothing like what I've seen here.
[Which might sound a little vague, but he's not about to go off explaining how he can control people through scent. Gotta upgrade ur social link a little more first, probably.]
Wait-- so the moon rune really exists? [Well, he did say the legend was about the town, not necessarily the rune.] Does... that mean the person who has it is a vampire?
If you'd rather not answer, that's fine. I'm just curious.
[It's not like he;s trying to probe about it -- even if such a thing existed that could allow him to live without drinking blood, the last thing he would do is take it from someone else using it.]
I didn't make that up. I heard that from another refugee. [ Although, okay, he embellished a bit. ] Apparently that's what vampires are like, where he's from. Or at least, what the stories say. I don't think he ever actually met one.
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It was pretty different. I'm the son of a noble, so we never really struggled with money or possessions... like I said, this is the first time I've ever sat at a campfire, or even slept outside.
[He'd call himself spoiled, which is true to some extents -- but he never particularly felt that way.]
Even everything around us looks so different to me. Where I'm from, everything is covered in cold and darkness... and seeing this many humans in one place is almost unheard of.
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Humans?
[ This is why you ask questions. ]
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[He just assumed the guy next to him was human! Was that rude? It did seem like there were other species of human-looking people here, but it's hard for him to tell unless they're a vampire.]
[Which he's still a little sheepish about admitting. But he hasn't had too many bad reactions to it -- maybe he's just being overly cautious?]
I'm sorry, I just assumed you were a human. Since I can tell you're not a vampire... like me.
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[ Otherwise he doesn't flinch at the revelation. Just squints. ]
You don't look like a vampire.
[ But he can't deny there were signs. Most vampires he's known back home have been the bad kind, but there were exceptions. And, well, if this guy is the bad kind, he's fresh out of Holy Tailsmans, so stalling isn't the worst option. ]
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[Someone he knows, he imagines. Someone who isn't human?]
Wait-- I don't? [THIS IS NEWS TO HIM gonna just point at his fangs tbh.] I guess we don't look that different compared to the humans here, but-- I think the teeth are kind of a giveaway?
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I... don't think I know any vampires who look like that.
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[ Truth be told, Nash doesn't know any vampires like this either. ]
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[He feels kinda nauseas just thinking about that??]
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But, er... for the record, I'm not undead.
[JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE...]
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They also— [ And here he opens his wrist, in a casual "on the one hand" sort of pantomime. Nash always wears gloves. ] tend to eat people. Most of the ones who are left, anyway.
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[But all right, this sounds more familiar.]
...now that sounds more like the vampires where I come from. Maybe mot exactly the same but...
[...!]
Ah, not that you have to worry about me. I don't drink human blood.
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But you don't eat marshmallows, either.
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[Though whether the animals here will be ones he'll be able to tolerate is a different matter altogether. He was only just barely getting used to drinking it back home.]
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[ He's never heard of such a thing, but if it were possible… Well, it's not like that matters much right now.
Except, you know, in the sense that this guy might be dangerous. Which would be bad. ]
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[He sounds a little put out by it all. It's taken a lot of pain and effort just to get as far as he has, and now--]
But all the animals I've seen here have been so different... I guess I'll just have to start over from scratch again.
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Where I come from, there's a legend, about a village of vampires, deep in some far-off forest. It's a legend, so it always seems far-off...
[ He stares into the fire. A lot of things seem far-off, here. ]
Anyway, they were supposed to have the Moon Rune. [ And then, to explain what that is: ] Old magic, that meant they didn't need to drink blood to survive.
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I've heard there's a lot of things like magic in this world. I wonder if there could be something similar here...
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[ Strange. Vampires were a kind of magic, in his world. But he's gotten a bit more used to the idea of places without it entirely. ]
I know who has the Moon Rune, now, but… [ A sigh, and he shakes his head. ] She hasn't woken up.
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[Which might sound a little vague, but he's not about to go off explaining how he can control people through scent. Gotta upgrade ur social link a little more first, probably.]
Wait-- so the moon rune really exists? [Well, he did say the legend was about the town, not necessarily the rune.] Does... that mean the person who has it is a vampire?
If you'd rather not answer, that's fine. I'm just curious.
[It's not like he;s trying to probe about it -- even if such a thing existed that could allow him to live without drinking blood, the last thing he would do is take it from someone else using it.]
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How do you think I heard the story?
[ Well, he heard it from the vampire in question. But, it's not exactly obscure lore, in any case. She can be such a blabbermouth. ]
Most legends are based on something true, right? And the stories I make up are way more believable.
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[CALLIN' U OUT except Shell totally believed it for like 5 seconds, shush.]
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I didn't make that up. I heard that from another refugee. [ Although, okay, he embellished a bit. ] Apparently that's what vampires are like, where he's from. Or at least, what the stories say. I don't think he ever actually met one.
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I don't think I want to believe in a world where vampires like that exist.
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