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[wolfssegen]

[Posted on July 8, nighttime.]

Just a thought, considering our recent guests - what's your opinion on vampires and werewolves? Do you have them where you come from or are they just in stories? Monsters? Misunderstood? Just another type of creature?

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[wolfssegen]

Yeah, Jasha has a story or two about both from the old country.

Oh, yeah?

[carmesi]

You remember the dream, don't you?

[wolfssegen]

I do. I was mostly wondering about how your rethinking went.

[carmesi]

Mostly intrigued, if you ever wanted to talk about it.
But I would definitely still drink kompot, or even kvass, with you.

[wolfssegen]

[A little surprising, that answer, but he's glad for it.]

My Domain is always available to you, if you want kompot or kvass or chocolate chip cookies. I'd even have my brother make you herring under a fur coat if you wanted it. ;)

[carmesi]

I would genuinely have to rethink my rethinking if you ever offer me herring in any shape or form.
But, thank you.

[if nothing else, chester has always been honest with her.]

Have you been getting responses you expected?

[wolfssegen]

Noted. Just letting you know the lengths I'd go to for another visit.

And yeah. Mostly. There's more tolerance than I was expecting, I guess. From most fronts.

[carmesi]

If offering herring is your trump card, then I think you need to work on that a bit, Ches.

That's good. To be fair, I think most if not all of us have seen our fair share of things that a majority would consider frightening or strange. What is your take on vampires?

[wolfssegen]

Fine fine. I'll have to see what actually good Eastern European goodies I can finagle, then.

True that. And my take on vampires? Never met one, at least that I know of, and I'd extend them the same courtesy I do everyone...get to know them on their own terms, rumours and legends or not.

[carmesi]

Maybe I should invite you over instead? That way I can finangle some actually good Eastern European goodies. It would only be fair.

I seriously wonder now if I've ever met werewolves or vampires at all myself, too. Are the legends true, about their weaknesses?

[wolfssegen]

That'd be nice. Show me how it's really done. And...I would like to talk a little, too.

You might have, but didn't know it. And some of them are, some of them aren't. I know vampires are safe in the sun, for example. And silver doesn't kill werewolves.

[carmesi]

You just let me know when you want to come around and I'll make the time.

I always wondered if anyone would give up those weaknesses so easily.
We really wouldn't know any better if we're surrounded by them, huh.

[wolfssegen]

Honestly, any time. Besides work, I haven't got a lot going on.

Hah, most of them are just old tales, there's some truth and some untruth. I imagine the sunshine rumour happened because of vampires being mostly nocturnal, the silver bullet myth with werewolves because a bullet still hurts no matter what it's made of.

[carmesi]

Work?

[bro]

I suppose that makes sense. Stakes will kill anyone if it's through the heart, etc.

[wolfssegen]

Yeah, I picked up work on some noble's hobby farm. It's what I know how to do and I need to make some money to take care of myself.

Yeah, exactly. What human wouldn't die if you put a wooden stake through their heart?

[carmesi]

Everyone talks about actively getting a job.
In Solvunn we get paid for helping out, but we also get given a lot of things for free.
They have this weird notion of us being connected to their old gods.

We don't use the c-word, but it definitely feels like that.

[wolfssegen]

It almost sounds like Solvunn might have been a better bet for me, if it's like my farm and everyone gets paid to work it. Sounds a bit like home.

Except I'm an atheist.

[carmesi]

I don't think many of us here believe in any of this religious stuff they have going for them.
Besides, sometimes I wish we had a little bit more to do.
Thorne ought to be more exciting on the daily.

[wolfssegen]

Truth be told, religion always freaked me out a little bit, so maybe it's for the best.

And compared to home, there's not a lot to do in Thorne either. Some decent pubs but I'm used to TV and video games.

[carmesi]

Too many exorcism movies?

I thought Thorne had a huge library with books on magic, or something.
An alternative for TV and video games?

[wolfssegen]

Religious parents.

Reading? Really? UGH.

Haha, just joking. I really should try to learn some magic.

[carmesi]

I suppose that would do it.

And you almost got me there for a second.
If you need any pointers, let me know.

[carmesi]

About magic.
Not about reading.

[wolfssegen]

It really would.

You know, I bet you're one of the best out there, when it comes to magic. Have you been learning any from this place?

[carmesi]

I've just had a bit more practice before this place.
And not particularly. It's hard to learn something new when I can mostly just do it myself.