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It never stays that way for long.
various vampires in Milliways
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"Don't bring my parents into this!"
The corpse shakes her head. "What are vampires these days coming to. Hey, where'd you all get that blood? It looks great, and I'm parched." She shakes a bit of dust off her hand in demonstration.
The corpse shakes her head. "What are vampires these days coming to. Hey, where'd you all get that blood? It looks great, and I'm parched." She shakes a bit of dust off her hand in demonstration.
From me, appears a napkin. First drink is free.
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"Oh, nice. You're magic, right? Could I get a glass of Chateau That One Barmaid From 1830 or something, or do you just serve generic blood?"
It needn't be generic per se, but I'm afraid I can't identify that one barmaid from 1830 for you with the information available.
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"Aw. Just give me something red and tasty, then. Ooh, maybe something not of this world. If you give me something not of this world it doesn't have to be red."
"Could I get a vodka and grenadine?" asks Sky quietly.
"Could I get a vodka and grenadine?" asks Sky quietly.
Sky's vodka and grenadine appears. It has a crazy straw.
And a glass of dragon's blood just like what Leo had such mixed feelings about appears for Tessa.
And a glass of dragon's blood just like what Leo had such mixed feelings about appears for Tessa.
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Sky giggles and claps slightly at the crazy straw! Then she remembers that she's in public and blushes and quietly sips her horrible drink.
Tessa downs the dragon's blood. Then she cackles loudly. "Christ, that stuff is strong! I love it, where can I find one of those to kill?" (Her body rapidly grows less desiccated, looking almost human apart from her blackened fingernail-claws and her fangs.)
Tessa downs the dragon's blood. Then she cackles loudly. "Christ, that stuff is strong! I love it, where can I find one of those to kill?" (Her body rapidly grows less desiccated, looking almost human apart from her blackened fingernail-claws and her fangs.)
Leekath's world contains that sort of dragon.
"You would probably have a hard time killing one," Leekath says.
"You would probably have a hard time killing one," Leekath says.
"I've bitten dragons by asking nicely," says Leekath severely. "You could try it. If the door would let me out and I didn't think having you in the halls of Parliament would be a terrible idea, anyway."
"It works. When your species is not known to be murderous monsters, anyway." Pause. "The anaesthetic venom probably helps some."
"Anaesthetic venom!" laughs Maggie. "That's a hoot."
"Anaesthetic venom!" laughs Maggie. "That's a hoot."
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"Our venom's anaesthetic," contributes Leo. "Well, it could dull pain. In addition to feeling like God Himself is giving you a blowjob, and then addicting you to vampire saliva more or less instantly."
"Ours is like the fires of fucking Hell," says Maggie. "Wherever it gets, and if you live long enough to turn from it, that's 'everywhere'."
Leekath makes an eloquently disgusted face.
Leekath makes an eloquently disgusted face.
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"That sounds inconvenient," observes Suzanna. "Have you considered not that, instead? I've found that a complete lack of venom serves quite well."
"Considered? Nobody consulted me," snorts Maggie. "I put in my three days of Hell and now when I bite somebody it's because they're gonna be dead in a second."
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"Well, you've got to turn some people," says Tessa. "How else will you get enough minions to get anything done?"
"What d'you imagine I need to get done in my day to day life?" asks Maggie.
"Minions? What?" says Leekath.
"Minions? What?" says Leekath.
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"Well- acquire tomes of ancient and forbidden lore, clean house, serve as shock troops- I don't know, what wouldn't you need done?"
"Not much call for tomes, don't keep a house, and my covenmates keep the entire island of Ireland clear of other vampires because Siobhan is scary good in a fight, and we don't provoke the Volturi, so dunno what we'd do with shock troops," says Maggie, ticking off fingers.
"You turn people into vampires and then enslave them?" asks Leekath.
"Apparently she does. We don't usually, bit too hard to control newborns. I get along fine with my maker but she didn't try to keep me when I wanted to move back to Ireland," Maggie says.
"You turn people into vampires and then enslave them?" asks Leekath.
"Apparently she does. We don't usually, bit too hard to control newborns. I get along fine with my maker but she didn't try to keep me when I wanted to move back to Ireland," Maggie says.
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"Huh. No minions. You weird alien vampires are bizarre."
"The White Court doesn't have minions," objects Sky.
"Yes, but that's because you breed your own. Besides, what d'you call the ghouls?"
Sky opens, and then closes, her mouth. "Not vampire minions," she mumbles.
"The White Court doesn't have minions," objects Sky.
"Yes, but that's because you breed your own. Besides, what d'you call the ghouls?"
Sky opens, and then closes, her mouth. "Not vampire minions," she mumbles.
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"It is kind of weird," agrees Suzanna. "I mean, I could see not having minions, but what are you going to do if you really need some?"
(Leo nods.)
(Leo nods.)
"What's a ghoul?" asks Leekath.
"I don't really anticipate a need for minions," shrugs Maggie. "Have no good way to keep hold of them if I did, not on my own, I'm not a fighter per se and my witchcraft doesn't work like that."
"I don't really anticipate a need for minions," shrugs Maggie. "Have no good way to keep hold of them if I did, not on my own, I'm not a fighter per se and my witchcraft doesn't work like that."
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"Ghouls," says Leo the Walking Dictionary, "are horrible monsters who are very good at killing things, can come back from just about any injury that doesn't involve decapitation or reducing them to paste, and are kept as something of a mercenary army by the White Court. Though they get loaned out to the Reds when we need them. They have to eat their body weight in raw meat per day, it's delightful."
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"They're not horrible! Some of my best friends are ghouls," complains Sky. "They're quite nice when you get to know them."