( video | un: alucard )

[ananym]

[ the feed starts with a very tall man with long blond hair, dressed in archaic clothing and a long black cloak. a large scar is visible on his chest. ]

Greetings.

My name is Alucard. I am a new arrival. No, I did not fill up the "form" as I found the criteria to be quite baffling and useless.

I do need to state that I am a half-vampire. Yes, I have fangs. No, I will not bite you. I do not require blood and you can go about your day in peace.

And no, I will not bite you if you have a kink for vampires. Find a sharp fork instead.

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Audio; un: 苣屋

[dispassioned]

[He's the exact type of asshole to notice this immediately, so:]

You’re half-vampire and your name is the ananym of Dracula?

[That's a little on the nose there, buddy.]

[ananym]

It is one of my names, yes.

Dracula was my father.

[dispassioned]

Ah. I probably shouldn't be surprised.

[Not that he sounds particularly surprised at all.]

If you don't need blood and aren't interested in biting anyone, I'm not sure how much being part vampire matters here. Unless you need some sort of medical attention.

[Because vampire physiology would presumably be different than normal human physiology.]

[ananym]

This is mostly to tamp down on any potential panic. I do not expect vampires to have a . . . glowing reputation.

[ and alucard's fangs are pretty noticeable. ]

[dispassioned]

I think they have more of sparkling reputation at this point.

[ananym]

Sparkling?

[dispassioned]

There's a famous American book series featuring sparkling vampires.

[ananym]

Do they glow in the moonlight?

[dispassioned]

I think they mostly just sparkle in sunlight.

[ananym]

Vampires perish in sunlight.

[dispassioned]

Not in Twilight.

[ananym]

I don't see how twilight makes a huge difference.

[dispassioned]

[An amused huff.]

That’s the title of the book.

[ananym]

Fiction, then. I don't see why people would concoct stories to make nightmares palatable, but I cannot say much about vampires in stories.

[dispassioned]

Because of the fetish you mentioned, probably.

[ananym]

Most likely. It is not my purview to indulge them.

[dispassioned]

No, but you might enjoy reading the books for a laugh.

[ananym]

Perhaps. I have little else to do in the meantime.

[dispassioned]

Mm. We'll probably have a mission soon, but there's not much to do during our downtime.

[Which is good, actually. The missions can be a lot. But it's good to have things to do.]

[ananym]

What is it you all normally do?

[dispassioned]

On missions? Or during downtime?

[ananym]

During downtime.

[dispassioned]

Unwind, mostly. What that looks like varies from person to person. I think there’s usually a movie night, but not everyone bothers with it.

[ananym]

Movie night?

[dispassioned]

[Oh, that must have been the things he found baffling.]

Movies are moving pictures. A form of entertainment from some of the more technologically advanced worlds represented here.