Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 23:55:47 +0300 From: Antonia Mandry Subject: Conversations with a Vampire NOTE: All characters are mine, some of the tenets of vampire mythos I adhere to here are upheld by the confines of Forever Knight (which is the property of many). Copyright 1996 by Antonia Mandry :) ANOTHER NOTE: I wrote this while slightly tipsy and with many friends making fun of me, so bear with me. Comments go to me at MA97AD14@acs.wooster.edu Enjoy! Conversations with a Vampire by Antonia Mandry A Vampire - male A Writer - female Why are you following me? "Because I think you are fascinating. You dress in black, wear owl-rimmed glasses, a long black coat that looks like you could fly ... What did you say?" "Nothing. Go on." "You act like you're a real creature of the night. A person who thrives only in the dark. One of the nightcrawlers. I bet you go bar-hopping a lot. Meet any strange people?" "Stranger than me, you mean?" "Oh, you're not that strange. It's not like you're a ghost or some strange monster" "Well, actually, I am a vampire." a vampire afraid of heights "You're afraid of heights? What kind of vampire are you?" "A continually agitated one. Dammit, I like cars and ... feet. Feet are good. Oh gods, why must vampires fly? It's not like it's a craving for blood ... we can walk and survive." "Yeah, but what if you are caught out somewhere just before sunrise and you can't get inside in time if you walk?" "Who would be stupid enough to get in a situation where that could happen?" "Well . . . you. It's almost sunrise." "Oh, shit." "Exactly" "Bugger it all" "Not bloody likely" immortal-style sex: it involves a lot of biting "So, a vampire can't have sex with a mortal without killing them ...= " "If it's mortal-style sex, yes; and before you ask why, the urge to drink overpowers the vampire when the mortal is at such close range. The combination of desire for the person and desire for their blood becomes too much." "So, say a vampire wanted to 'do it' with another vampire ... ?" "Yeah ... ?" "So, how does that work?" "Immortal-style sex? It involves a lot of biting." his sharp teeth skimmed her throat He looked deep into her eyes, his fox's eyes glowing like a demon's in the night. But he was the one hypnotised, her face was as dear and as needed as his terrible thirst for blood, but gentler. He brought his face closer to hers, "You should run, you little fool" his voice trembled with the knowledge that he could not do the running for her. She smiled sadly, "Never ... " His sharp teeth skimmed her throat softly, not breaking the skin, his tongue flicking out periodically to wet her neck. Animalistic, his eyes glowed with a shimmer of red; echoes of the past blood drunk. "Hee hee!" "What are you laughing at?!" "I'm sorry, but it's so funny! You do that so well" "It's not supposed to be funny" "Oh" romance novelist "Why would a vampire write romances?" "Well, some of us do not have castles in the mountains and coaches galore. Cars, whatever. Some of us aren't independently wealthy." "But you're immortal! You don't need money?!" "We can still feel pain, therefore, we need money." "But ... why a romance novelist?" "Why not?" "I'm hungry, let's get a bite to eat. Uh ... I mean ... " "I know what you mean, don't be silly. I know this cute little caf= =E9 around the corner ... " "Cute?" "You'll see."