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[powerofgod]

No.

I wished only to know if you were all right.

( physically, yes, but mentally equally as much. )

[requiemshark]

I'm solid.

[ It's not a lie. He's feeling steady now. In control of himself and the persona he's trying to show to everyone. ]

I get caught on things sometimes. It passes.

[ Some of them do. Not all. But that's a secret he intends to take to the grave. Or at least back to Chorus, where he can find Washington and Carolina, and then nothing at all will matter. ]

[powerofgod]

Well, should you wish a drinking partner next time, barring any unforeseen calendar arrangements, I imagine I will be free.

[requiemshark]

Huh. I'll take you up on that.

[ Godric didn't push the issue. Just accepted it. So. That's something, too. ]

[powerofgod]

( he might have been contented to leave it at that. yet a short time later, he returns to this conversation. )

What did you hope to gain by telling a vampire hunter of me?

( of all the people he has divulged his nature to, only ephemera feared him. it is a reasonable, logical conclusion to have come to, and he does not think himself incorrect. )

[requiemshark]

[ Yeah. That. ]

An exchange of information. I asked him how you go about killing a vampire.

[ Brutal honesty seems like the way to go at this point. ]

Take it you know about the other one.

[powerofgod]

I encountered her, yes.

[requiemshark]

[ That could mean a whole lot of things. ]

And?

[powerofgod]

( and the thread's not done, god, ephemera!!! )

I caused her to lose interest in her human victim. The rest is irrelevant.

[requiemshark]

[ He has a feeling that's code for more vampire stuff. Which is probably something he's just gonna have to live with now. Great. ]

Look. I don't understand half of this shit. But you've been straight with me so far. Can you deal with her or not?

[powerofgod]

I have been without blood for too long to be her equal in a fight, but I can certainly distract her such that others may assist in restraining her.

What did Mr. Belmont tell you of our weaknesses?

[requiemshark]

And if I got you some blood? The local hospitals should have plasma and their security's probably shit.

[ He's more than wiling to rob a hospital if it gets the job done. ]

Sunlight, silver, beheading. Wooden stake. Something about holy water and crosses.

[ This is very clearly not his area. ]

I'm not strong enough to go up somebody like you, even a younger one, or however the fuck that works. Not without armor. But if I got somebody to make silver bullets at a high enough caliber, something big enough to take a person's head off, would that work?

[powerofgod]

The preservative they use in the blood is unpleasant to ingest, but it would suffice.

Holy water and crosses do not work, at least on the vampires of my world. The idea of a singular faith being effective against my kind when others are not is a form of propaganda we have perpetuated to protect ourselves.

( he does not like giving away vampire secrets, that is something ingrained in him bone-deep, yet if the awareness already exists he will not lie. )

I would rather you not kill her. To my understanding, she is not like this normally. Something of this place has caused her to become so.

[requiemshark]

[ And of course it's possible that the rules are different for vampires from different worlds. Just in case it wasn't complicated enough. ]

I'm willing to follow your lead on this one. But she's already dropped bodies. There's going to be a reckoning one way or another.

[powerofgod]

I will see what can be done.

The next time you see fit to approach another for weapons against my kind, you might instead consider asking me directly.

( he isn't angry. just resigned, and somewhat disappointed. )

[requiemshark]

[ That. Hnn. Yeah. That's a thing that happened.]

Most people take that sort of thing personally.

[ Sharkface isn't among them. It's what he does, and what people have tried to do to him for as long as he can remember. But he knows that's not how the rest of the universe operates. ]

I got no intention of going after you.

[powerofgod]

You are right to fear my kind, and it does not trouble me that you would seek to arm yourself against us.

[requiemshark]

There are people here worth protecting. I hope not from you.

[ Fear might not be the right word. Sharkface doesn't particularly care what Godric might do to him, but he can't die yet. There's work he needs to finish back home. But there are others among the Displaced that he's started to care for, and they deserve to live with as little pain as possible. ]

[powerofgod]

So long as I am possessed of my own mind, I pose no threat to the good people here.

However, should I become compromised by this place, I would likely become a threat far beyond what most are accustomed to. I have given your friend Mr. Belmont leave to kill me should such a thing come to pass.

I cannot speak to what silver does to others not of my world, but it restrains me, and burns badly.

I also cannot enter a domicile without the permission of those that dwell there, should you need a haven from me.

[requiemshark]

[ That's a hell of a thing to say to anyone. And the phrasing is telling. So long as I am possessed of my own mind. Sharkface doesn't respond immediately, turning that over in his head. Of course vampires go insane. They're not human, but they're close enough. Might even suffer some of the same damage. They certainly mirror the cruelties that humans rain down on each other. And it looks like Godric's accepted the possibility that it might come. Madness, insanity, whatever you want to call it. He already died once. The possibility of doing it again doesn't seem to phase him, either. ]

I'll remember.

[ Information is power, as the sergeant used to say. The trick is knowing how to use it properly. He's not sure what he's meant to do with this. Not yet, anyway. ]

I can get you that blood. Won't take me long.

[ Probably. It's been a while since he's tried robbing someone. ]

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[powerofgod]

Forestall your efforts. I have other avenues, I will pursue them first.

Do you intend to move against the young one?

[requiemshark]

Understood.

Not on my own. But I'll back the others if they go after her.

[ Honesty again. It feels better than telling a lie, even one that might smooth the edges down. ]

[powerofgod]

I would ask that you not act without informing me. I will assist if I am able.

Who else have you informed of me?

[requiemshark]

All right.

[ It's reasonable. More so than he was expecting. ]

Only two people know. Trevor and the woman who was bitten. It seemed relevant.

[ He hopes he hasn't put targets on their back. ]

[powerofgod]

I see.

She is welcome to reach out to me if she wishes to know more about my kind. I hope she was not too badly injured.