(Rabbit)
"Born?"? Rabbit blinked, then shook his head.? "N-no.? Vampire's are, uhm, made. By other vampires.? Leastwise, all the ones I kn-know were. Includin' me.? We call it the Gift, though most people don' think of it that way."
"How does blood taste?" The little vampire looked thoughtful for a moment, a complex of motions drifting across his features. "It... it's not a question of how it, you know, t-tastes.? It's more like how it, uhm, feels."? It's what keeps us alive. Or at least, what makes us seem alive anyways."? He fidgeted awkwardly on his stool, his young face growing pensive.? "People call us 'the undead'. 'Cause we're not really, you know, alive. At least, not like regular people are."
"For us, blood is like, uhm, the ultimate d-drug.? It makes us feel alive, more alive than when we were, you know, just regular alive."? Rabbit shivered at the memory of his recent feeding on Roue, how great the elf's sex-enhanced blood had tasted, the powerful rush it had given him when he drank it down. ?
"It... it's complicated," he ventured, trying to think how to answer Roue's other questions.? "Different vampires have different ways of, uhm, f-feedin'.? And s-some of 'em aren't very, uhm, n-nice," he admitted, biting his lip.? "I like seduction 'cause it's, uhm, well nicer. It's like a trade, kind of.? I'm givin' them somethin' they want, and then gettin' somethin' I want." He frowned in thought.? "No, that ain' quite right.? I mean, I l-like the, you know, sex part. And not just 'cause it makes the blood taste better." The pale-skinned youth looked up at Roue wistfully.? "It's cause you're w-warm.? It feels nice, bein' all naked with someone who's warm.? And if'n they're havin' sex with me, it's... it's kind of like they like me.? A little anyways."? Rabbit looked down, embarrassed.? "It was like that, uhm, before.? Before I got turned, I mean. When I was just a street kid p-peddlin' my butt to, you know, g-get some money. It was nice to just, you know, be with someone for a while."
"I'll ask about your Midgard place," Rabbit said, glad to change the subject.? "There's probably _somebody_ here who's at least heard of the place.? But you gotta be careful.? Information is kinda like m-money here.? A lotta people like to collect it and use it." He hesitated, fidgeting awkwardly once again.? "Uhm, you ain' got anyone, you know, l-lookin' for you, do you?"
[Roue]
Roue was on some morbid level fascinated with Rabbit's story, as he's explained, never having met a vampire in his life.? How did it feel like to turn into one?? Is it a magic spell or something else?? Was the transformation painful?? Rabbit didn't seem all that bothered however by it...in fact, his description of getting a rush was akin to what he experienced.? Though he hasn't felt the bite, he had his own version of a head rush and as dizzying as it was, it also felt insanely good.? So good that his own body almost wanted to have a seizure.? It was an odd sort of unsettling feeling at the same time.
"W-wait, I want to know more...? How did you become one?? Is that something you wanted..erm...were you willing I mean?? Since you've mentioned that not all of vampires are nice like you," the elf asked, wanting to know more.? He wasn't quite ready to hear that all he was to Rabbit is just a warm body, and from the way he's explained, it's something that he was used to doing.? Why he felt hurt about it didn't make sense though, considering they barely knew each other, and Roue himself was a newcomer to this plane of existence.? Maybe it was because...no, no, he told himself, you only feel this way because the two of you had just slept together, willing or not.? You're still feeling that closeness even by proximity...that's all it is.? This will fade, just like the other times have.? He felt a little sad but he was also glad that Rabbit was willing to change the subject.
"Well..." he started to say but then hesitated.? Rabbit had just warned him that information was the currency here...would he be a fool to say anything about himself?? His own eyes search Rabbit's, trying to see if there was an inkling of truth in what he said in himself, but all he saw was someone who seemed to be enamored with him and it made him suddenly feel self conscious, looking away.? The more he tried to hold his tongue back, however, the more he felt compelled in telling his own story.? It's been so long since he sat at a table across of someone who hasn't attacked him or wanted something from him because of his connection to nobility that he wanted to do something, anything, to be close to someone again.
"I've been on the run for a very long time, actually.? Things...happened at the academy.? I got caught fooling around and my parents freaked out.? They said I've shamed our family name.? They've been trying to arrange a marriage for me ever since, and well, it's gotten to a point where I haven't stayed in any one place for too long.? All sorts of people have been after me, knight, mercs, assassins, you name it.? I guess they thought that if they can't make me do what they want, then I'm worth more dead."? With that, he let out a great big sigh, tilting his head back as he closed his eyes.? "I'm surprised that the men who were after me weren't able to break down that door with how much they force they used..."
[tag Rabbit]
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