I wish for only peace and quiet. It is not in my nature to hunt. [Which included for food, though she knew how. Years of living out of town on the land taught one many a skill even if you didn't especially want said skill.] That works until you have neighbours whose dog has a thing for feet.
Some do. Most, probably. [She had a family, a temple, a place to call home and a gaggle of friends not five years ago after all until she had become so overwhelmed that she cast off all of that beautiful warmth and fled into the great unknown.] It is very human to want companionship and my "kind" as you say are generally human. [Ish.]
The fact that you want to be on tour makes that quite obvious. I could never do such a thing.
It is understandable, though it seems like it would make food something of a problem, assuming you can't get away with slaughtering a whole house of people every evening. [Better to discuss murder than her clear isolation.]
The spotlight is not for everyone. I welcome it, targets and all. At least what is being heard are things I wish to say, not what is being said for me.
No, widespread slaughter was generally frowned upon even back then, to say nothing of now where investigations have gotten more detailed. That is their problem though, not mine.
Whereas I would prefer nobody heard of me at all. [If she could find a way to vanish into the forest and survive it, she would.]
I can't imagine there are a lot of vampire fingerprints on record and identified. You and yours don't seem to be the type to stop and let police record them.
You remind me very much of someone I know. She has taken to living in the jungle for many centuries now. Alone aside from the nature and animals native to that land. I see her every decade or so and she is equally baffled at my love for living in cities.
Even vampires cannot escape whispers and rumors when enough slaughter happens repeatedly over time. We are powerful but not as great in numbers, so. Many do still opt for discretion.
She can survive alone in the jungle? I have never gone to warmer woods, but they seem more perilous than the ones I haunt.
No, I doubt they can escape whispers even when the murders are few except in certain locations. Still I didn't think the old witch hunt would work on creatures faster than the human eye can see.
She can, yes. She has for a long time. She's a vampire though, so that does make one more durable.
Even vampires can have vulnerable moments. Though, if one is not successful in taking advantage of them, then they are certainly as good as dead for trying.
I wasn't sure based on the general air of murder that follows a vampire to town.
It's not their grudges I am at risk of, I think. Though I suppose you could tell me. Is a powerful healer more at risk due to grudge or curiosity about the vibrancy of her life essence?
If those books are true then most of you scorn the option.
I can't imagine how I am even making anyone begrudge me let alone a vampire who does not need my aid. Sometimes people blame me when I come to the aid of one and not another as if I can be in two places at once.
The books are not entirely incorrect, but also, not precisely truthful.
Of course people care about aiding who they prefer first. People are inherently selfish and seek to unload their anger on others rather than deal with it themselves. It doesn't stop at healing. People get pissy if they think someone got in line ahead of them at the grocery store.
How true are the very long self introductions in yours? But no, I imagine no one is unbiased, especially not the centuries old vampires with a bone or two to pick with each other. [Exceedingly publicly, no less.]
And you see why I live as far out of town as is feasible without becoming a literal hermit. They know where to find me if it is serious enough.
I can do more than heal. That's like suggesting painters only paint. I will see if I can order one then and see if it grants me a revelation like it is apparently granting so many others.
Truthfully I think that's the cats, but the goats would make good help for them.
You've spoken only of healing thus far. You can hardly blame one for not waxing on about other skillsets people possess when they themselves have harped on one. If you'd like to regal about your many, multiple other talents, be my guest.
Only fools offer up everything to someone who hasn't even brought them supper. And you didn't ask. But yes I am a witch, just with a special talent for healing. One I could not hide even if I desired to.
I did not say you had to share, merely that it is equally foolish to make assumptions when little else is given. Becoming uppity that there is more to you than healing when nothing else was focused upon seems entirely like your problem and not mine.
I can't say I've ever attempted, nor would I wish to.
I do question sometimes how you end up with so many admirers when you enjoy using words like uppity. It's got to be your hair. [Says one very golden blonde to another.]
You never know, you have a lot more time than the rest of us. You could have been bored enough at some point.
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Date: 2026-03-29 01:34 pm (UTC)Some do. Most, probably. [She had a family, a temple, a place to call home and a gaggle of friends not five years ago after all until she had become so overwhelmed that she cast off all of that beautiful warmth and fled into the great unknown.] It is very human to want companionship and my "kind" as you say are generally human. [Ish.]
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Date: 2026-03-29 05:07 pm (UTC)It is indeed human. It is a part of humanity that often remains when one becomes a vampire, too. Most, not all but most, long for companionship.
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Date: 2026-03-29 05:18 pm (UTC)It is understandable, though it seems like it would make food something of a problem, assuming you can't get away with slaughtering a whole house of people every evening. [Better to discuss murder than her clear isolation.]
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Date: 2026-03-30 12:21 pm (UTC)No, widespread slaughter was generally frowned upon even back then, to say nothing of now where investigations have gotten more detailed. That is their problem though, not mine.
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Date: 2026-03-30 12:33 pm (UTC)I can't imagine there are a lot of vampire fingerprints on record and identified. You and yours don't seem to be the type to stop and let police record them.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:01 pm (UTC)Even vampires cannot escape whispers and rumors when enough slaughter happens repeatedly over time. We are powerful but not as great in numbers, so. Many do still opt for discretion.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:09 pm (UTC)No, I doubt they can escape whispers even when the murders are few except in certain locations. Still I didn't think the old witch hunt would work on creatures faster than the human eye can see.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:18 pm (UTC)Even vampires can have vulnerable moments. Though, if one is not successful in taking advantage of them, then they are certainly as good as dead for trying.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:22 pm (UTC)Good thing I do not mean to find out. I do not think you and yours could step past my wards, even if being eaten was something that I was at risk for.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:29 pm (UTC)Hopefully you shall never have to find out, one way or the other. Vampire grudges understandably can last a very long time.
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Date: 2026-03-30 01:37 pm (UTC)It's not their grudges I am at risk of, I think. Though I suppose you could tell me. Is a powerful healer more at risk due to grudge or curiosity about the vibrancy of her life essence?
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Date: 2026-03-30 02:08 pm (UTC)It would depend on the gravity of the offense that led to the grudge, I would think.
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Date: 2026-03-30 02:12 pm (UTC)I can't imagine how I am even making anyone begrudge me let alone a vampire who does not need my aid. Sometimes people blame me when I come to the aid of one and not another as if I can be in two places at once.
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Date: 2026-04-03 02:15 pm (UTC)Of course people care about aiding who they prefer first. People are inherently selfish and seek to unload their anger on others rather than deal with it themselves. It doesn't stop at healing. People get pissy if they think someone got in line ahead of them at the grocery store.
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Date: 2026-04-03 02:23 pm (UTC)And you see why I live as far out of town as is feasible without becoming a literal hermit. They know where to find me if it is serious enough.
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Date: 2026-04-04 02:29 pm (UTC)I cannot fault your choice, even if I could not entertain it for myself. I crave society, warts and all that come with it.
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Date: 2026-04-04 02:32 pm (UTC)I used to.
Goats are quite entertaining, though.
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Date: 2026-04-04 03:34 pm (UTC)I've heard some faint.
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Date: 2026-04-04 03:42 pm (UTC)Not mine. They just think they are supreme rulers of the universe... unless I use the Tonetm
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Date: 2026-04-04 04:27 pm (UTC)Mmm. Well, perhaps they are and they merely rule in secret.
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Date: 2026-04-04 04:30 pm (UTC)Truthfully I think that's the cats, but the goats would make good help for them.
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Date: 2026-04-04 11:47 pm (UTC)So many animals, so many potential alliances.
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Date: 2026-04-05 02:32 am (UTC)None of them can become vampires, I hope?
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Date: 2026-04-05 12:14 pm (UTC)I can't say I've ever attempted, nor would I wish to.
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Date: 2026-04-06 04:30 pm (UTC)You never know, you have a lot more time than the rest of us. You could have been bored enough at some point.
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