5th Dance. [voice.]

[storyofapromise]

I pity those vampires who adhere to the mythic conception that our kind cannot cross running water. This would make events such as these such a pain...

Minor thoughts aside,  It is rather annoying to have my little room flood with tepid water. Though I imagine it for the best I have nothing in my possession that could be ruined by such natural

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[capuletnomore]

[Juliet is hiding in her room by now, huddled on her bed. But the commentary has her curious, and as she knows nothing of vampires beyond the little bit Hanna and Spike have told her....]

Why would vampires be unable to cross running water?

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[storyofapromise]

You know, I've never found the origin of such a myth. It stands to reason it has something to do with the religious origin that many falsifications leveled against vampires.

Others include being unable to see ones reflection in a mirror and that we fear crosses and other holy objects. I do not know about others here, but I am simply not weakened by such things.

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[capuletnomore]

Why would the Church say such things if they were untrue?

[She frowns. Probably to reassure people, if they thought vampires dangerous. But, surely those statements would prove false quickly if a vampire did not react as expected.]

Are you affected by sunlight, the way some are? And, must you also drink blood to live?

[Mina looks rather harmless to need such a thing, to Juliet's reckoning.]

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[storyofapromise]

I assume to keep the public calm. Vampires aren't exactly held in the highest regard.

As for the other things, yes, both are true of myself.

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[capuletnomore]

It still makes little sense. Were a vampire of your kind to enter someone's home, and that home were covered with crosses and on the far side of a river, it would disprove the words of the Church.

Why is that? Every vampire I have encountered here has seemed most kind. [Granted, right now, that's you, Spike, and Horst, although she hasn't learned that about him yet.]

Forgive me my questioning, Lady. I had not encountered vampires before I arrived in this place. The blood you drink, must it be the blood of a person, or does drinking the blood of an animal suffice?

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[storyofapromise]

Vampires are very rare creatures and tend to avoid being seen in general. I imagine such superstitions could form from rarity alone.

Vampires are a subset of humanity, most of the same rules apply to us. There are just as many evil, corrupt, vampires as their are humans.

In the case of blood, either is fine. But human blood is preferred.

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[capuletnomore]

[She nods at this. Most of it is similar to what she knows from Hanna and Spike.]

Why is human blood preferred? How much must you drink for a meal? You do not have to - to kill a human in order to survive yourself, do you, as humans kill animals?

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[storyofapromise]

Humans and vampires have a predator/pray relationship, though unlike such relationships in the animal kingdom, no death is involved.

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[capuletnomore]

[She relaxes visibly, although she isn't aware of it.]

That is good to know, Lady. It is not my wish to die in this place. Nor to see anyone else do so. But, if you must have blood to live, I assume there are arrangements made for such things?

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[storyofapromise]

Miss Unohanna has been graciously providing myself and the other vampires here with donated blood.

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[capuletnomore]

That is most kind of her.

[She smiles at the thought of everyone being so kind, then realizes she's completely forgotten her manners.]

Forgive me, Lady. In my curiosity, I have been remiss.

[She curtsies.]

I am Juliet Capulet. It is a pleasure to meet you.

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[storyofapromise]

It is good to meet you Miss Capulet. I am Mina Tepes, queen of vampires.

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[capuletnomore]

[She deepens her curtsy immediately. She had no idea vampires had a monarchy, but, then again, she knows nothing of them save what she has learned here.]

Majesty, you have been most gracious with me.

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[storyofapromise]

There is no need for such formality, my title means little here.

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[capuletnomore]

As you like. How would you prefer to be addressed, in that case?

[Juliet would beg to differ, and she is certain Queen Katherine would as well, but it is not her place to contradict royalty.]

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[storyofapromise]

Just Mina is fine.