Case #24: Video

[19centconstable]

[George is seated at his tea table, which is serving as a writing desk at the moment. A copy of the book Carmilla is in front of him.]

Um. I'd like to know who here is, or has ever been a vampire, or has had intim-...particular experi-...contact wi-...knows a lot about vampires. I'd like to speak to all of you, if possible. There are a few

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[Private]

[expectremorse]

[Just-all of the quiet.]

What do you need?

[Private]

[19centconstable]

Detective Hoffman, hello. Are you...feeling better?

[Private]

[expectremorse]

[By way of response he flips in the video. His eyes are back to their normal color. He looks normal.]

It's been a long time since I've been a Detective kid. [Hoffman might sound slightly resigned] What do you want to know?

[Private]

[19centconstable]

How long? If you don't mind my asking.

And if you're quite comfortable discussing it, I was wondering, in your experience:
Do vampires have saliva?
Do vampires feel any sort of specific regard for the neck?
Does this continue once the person to whom the neck belongs is no longer alive?
Can vampires fly?
Can vampires float?
Does a vampire's hair grow?

[feels_no_love]

Question away.

[19centconstable]

In your experience:
Do vampires have saliva?
Do vampires feel any sort of specific regard for the neck?
Does this continue once the person to whom the neck belongs is no longer alive?
Can vampires fly?
Can vampires float?
Does a vampire's hair grow?

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[feels_no_love]

Yes, we have saliva, though our mouths are drier than a human's.

The neck is merely...well...at the risk of being a bit embarrassing, it is like an erogenous zone. There are large blood vessels there. But...it's not necessary to feed from the neck. It is just handy.

No longer alive...? Ehm, normally we don't drink dead blood. Apparently it makes some vampires ill, but more to the point, it's considerably more work to get the blood out of the body when the heart does not beat.

Some vampires can fly or float. I am only permitted to do so in a few areas of the Barge for example--the CES and above decks. Others of us have wings sometimes.

Vampire hair does not grow. In fact, it can only grow back to its original length, no longer.

Anything else?

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[19centconstable]

How much so? Do you know what the purpose of having it at all is? It doesn't seem...neccessary.

So you wouldn't say it's something you...revere?

I see. How do you mean: considerably? Would the victim have to be bitten differently?

Where do the...wings...go?

I see. Do you shave at all, then?

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[fanged_aleera]

Why are you asking these things...?

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[19centconstable]

It's something I've gotten to wondering.

I've also wondered about werewolves, but I thought it was best not to over complicate things.

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[fanged_aleera]

[Oh dear. Eyes narrow when those are mentioned. The entire tone is changed!]

Werewolves...

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[19centconstable]

Yes, such as: what happens to their clothing when they transform into wolves, and then also, from wolves and back into men? But that's not important right now. Unless you know. I was mostly wondering, in your experience:
Do vampires have saliva?
Do vampires feel any sort of specific regard for the neck?
Does this continue once the person to whom the neck belongs is no longer alive?
Can vampires fly?
Can vampires float?
Does a vampire's hair grow?

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[rayney_day]

George...

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[19centconstable]

Yes?

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[rayney_day]

Books like that...

[A pointed nod of head.]

Giving you the wrong kind of ideas, man.

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[19centconstable]

Oh. Well, yes: that's why I asked. They don't say anything about saliva.

[tadwizard]

I know a lot about vampires.

[19centconstable]

Very well. In your experience:
Do vampires have saliva?
Do vampires feel any sort of specific regard for the neck?
Does this continue once the person to whom the neck belongs is no longer alive?
Can vampires fly?
Can vampires float?
Does a vampire's hair grow?

[tadwizard]

Yeah.

No, they'll bite anywhere with a vein.

They only have any interest in a living person's blood. I mean, I guess if they drain them they might not be living when they die, but I think it's like...the body heat and beating heart that draws their attention.

No.

No.

...I think so? I don't know.

[19centconstable]

Where do you know vampires from?