Chapter 3: After the fire || video

[zeppomarxdespot]

[ The display turns on to a shot of a ceiling. A wooden ceiling, bare beams, no paint... probably a storage room, or a servant's quarters. Anyone who has encountered the imps before will probably recognize their giggles as several tiny hands tilt the fansu up, showing a couple jerky shots of a very bare room, and then finally a table,

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[bloodypawn]

[not really impressed, though possibly a little baffled. Regardless, he's keeping watch on that conversation with Yuuki, as well.]

"Souled"?

[zeppomarxdespot]

Yeah. He had a chance to eat me. More than a chance - I couldn't have been more offered up if I'd been on a silver platter with an apple in my mouth. But he didn't.

[bloodypawn]

Because he didn't want to. It has nothing to do with a soul.

[What is this. God, he's actually defending the brat. What has his life become!?]

[zeppomarxdespot]

Okay, maybe he wasn't hungry, maybe I'm not actually moist and delicious... but he helped me. That's so far outside of my sphere of understanding that it's heading into a parallel universe. Vampires don't help people.

[bloodypawn]

You're obviously forgetting that the world he's from and the one you are from can very well be considered just that. Parallel universes.

You've been here long enough, now, that you should realize that there are multiple species in this city. Quit being an idiot for one second to take notice that not everyone here fits the mold you're used to.

The vampires in my world are apprehended if and and when they are hostile towards humans, with many of those slated for execution. I don't give a damn if you want to believe it or not, or if you're even capable of trying, but that's how it works in my world, and that's where the current vampires here are from.

[Now he's just defending them, period. How annoying. Although, at the same time, he does know (at the root of things), even at home, Yuuki, Maria, and Aidou are more or less the least he'd need to be suspicious over.]

[zeppomarxdespot]

Not everyone fits the mold? Were you sleeping for the last two weeks? Did you see what was out there? Did you see what they did?

One of the vampires here blew up a house because she was sad, and another one welcomed me to the city by threatening to eat me. Now, you might not think that's anything to worry about, but if that's the case then I'm not the idiot here.

[bloodypawn]

I don't recall this conversation being about the general population. I'm aware of what went on, however, and know that some of that chaos was done by humans, while other non-humans were doing what they were able to help.

[A hardened gaze, the reply cut sharp; biting, however smooth and composed in its delivery, and silent, icy undertones There's far more that can be said, but he sees no point.

He focuses on Xander for a few, brief moments longer, eyes sharp.]

Think what you want, then. I don't really give a damn. Talking like this isn't worth the time.

[Shuts the feed.]