1st Howl: Arriving: (Accidental Video)

[coyote_walking]

A woman appeared beside the fountain, kneeling down as if in the process of picking something up.

Medea?

She looked around in some confusion.

What the hell?

Samuel?

Anyone?

She turned in a circle, cautiously scenting the wind.

This is no place I'm familiar with.

Where the hell am I?

Comments

Private//Unhackable

[prodigalvampire]

It's the easiest way, sure, but not the only way. We feed on life-force attained through any form of intimacy.

...we don't have to, no.

Re: Private//Unhackable

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Well, sure, the vampires back home don't have to either, but eventually the person they feed on either dies or needs to be turned.

Private//Unhackable

[prodigalvampire]

We're not turned. We're born.

Re: Private//Unhackable

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Born?

Private//Unhackable

[prodigalvampire]

Yes. I was born human, raised human, never told that the first person I had sex with would...would die, and I'd become...this.

Re: Private//Unhackable

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Oh dear Lord...

I'm sorry.

I can't imagine how horrible that must have been for you.

Private//Unhackable

[prodigalvampire]

...well, so long as you realize we're not all bad.

I don't need your pity.

Re: Private//Unhackable

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

It's not pity.

I... at least I always knew what I was.

But I've seen how hard it is for the - for friends of mine who... changed. Lost control.

It's horrible. I guess I didn't think... I suppose it's like that for some of the vamps back home, too.

Funny how actually talking to someone about it makes it more real.

Private//Unhackable

[prodigalvampire]

What are you?

Oh, and I suppose I should mention, you may run in to people here you thought were just characters on television, in books, movies, etc. Trust me, they're real, and stuck here just like you and me.

Re: Private//Unhackable

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

... Ever hear of a walker?

OOC: Thomas is now hiding from the 'skinwalker'

[prodigalvampire]

Nervous Mercy is really nervous

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Thomas? Thomas?

Shit. Been here less than an hour and I already have a vampire after me.

Nice work, Mercy.

[prodigalvampire]

Nice try, Skinwalker.

Not again. Never again.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Skinwalker?

Stupid Anglo. I'm not a Skinwalker. Not one of those evil witch things.

I'm a walker. Small w, no skin.

My people were indigenous shapeshifters. I'm a coyote.

But I know you vampires hate walkers. Just nearly got me killed.

[prodigalvampire]

If you were a skinwalker, that's exactly what you'd say.

...I don't hate shapeshifters in general...just Skinswalkers.

Hell, my roommate's a shifter.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Then you shouldn't hate me.

I grew up with werewolves. Mom didn't know how to handle a baby that kept changing into a coyote pup.

If your roommate's a shifter, he'd be able to tell you I'm telling the truth. he could smell it on me.

[prodigalvampire]

...I was...kidnapped by a Skinwalker.

Wow. I...I owe you an apology.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

You were... oh man. And you got out alive?

You don't owe me anything. If I'd known - it's just... back home the vampires hate walkers. They pretty much wiped them off the face of the earth. As far as I know I'm the only one.

I figured I'd see if you knew what they were before I decided how far I had to run.

[prodigalvampire]

...sometimes I wish I hadn't.

Yeah, we don't care much about enough people to hate anyone.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

I... don't even want to imagine what that must have been like.

So... no plans to hunt me down and kill me?

[prodigalvampire]

Are you out for Harry Dresden's blood?

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Who?

Actually, doesn't matter. I can honestly answer no, because I'm not out to hurt anyone.

[prodigalvampire]

Good, then we're square.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.

I'll tell my friend he doesn't need to prepare for a vampire invasion.

[prodigalvampire]

Trust me, I'm not a 'grab your torch and pitchforks' kind of guy.