Today I was fortunate to interview with Randall Kade.
We met in the conference room at EC College. Prior to this interview I had never met Mr Kade in person and the only information I had about him was gathered from the form on which he registered for the Council.
What follows is a transcript of the actual interview. Nothing has been omitted, censored or changed from the original recording. These are the thoughts and feelings of the interviewee and the thoughts and feelings of the interviewer have in no way hampered the transcription process.
Lisa: Hello Mr Kade, I'm Lisa Pimm, it's a pleasure to meet you.
Randall: Please call me Randall and it's great to meet you too.
Lisa: Then please call me Lisa. There are just a few standard questions that I've asked everyone and then we can get onto a few of the more individualised ones. Can we start by you stating your full name please?
Randall: Sure. I'm Randall Stephen Kade
Lisa: The year you were turned?
Randall: 1956
Lisa: Your age at your transformation?
Randall: 23
Lisa: And your sire is?
Randall: Jonathon Wallace
Lisa: I believe you have no mate, is that correct?
Randall: Right now, yeah.
Lisa: And your place, however you'd like to describe it, inside your coven?
Randall: We're nomads. I guess we're known as the American nomads but I'm not American myself. I hang with a couple of others.
Lisa: You're Australian, is that right?
Randall: Yep. Aussie born and bred. Little town called Sydney, you mighta heard of it?
(So far the entire interview is conducted with an impish grin on Mr Kades face. It isn't difficult to see why others have christened him a 'rogue' and a 'rake', he exudes charm)
Lisa: I have heard of it, yes. Can you describe for me your position on the Council?
Randall: Did Eddie give you permission to ask about the Council, before I answer?
Lisa: Eddie being Edward Cullen?
Randall: Yeah, that's him.
Lisa: He spoke quite freely about the Council himself.
(At this point I remind Mr Kade that he is free to answer, or not, any question he so chooses. Instead he excuses himself from the conference room and seeks the counsel of Edward Cullen in the office down the hall. I can hear their conversation but my recording equipment cannot so don't feel it ethical to make note of what was said. The following is a resumption of our interview)
Randall: I'm a board member of the Council.
Lisa: And how were you elected to the board?
Randall: We sent letters to everyone who was at the...hang on, I don't know if I can talk about the fight. Wait there, right?
(Again Mr Kade excuses himself and makes his way to Mr Cullen's office. Another discussion is had, punctuated by some rather loud expletives from Mr Cullen. The following is a resumption of our interview)
Randall: Right, sorry about that. I guess I shoulda checked with the boss man before we started. All good now though. Right, so, the council. We, the ones who thought we might like to make a Council, sent letters to everyone who was at the fight and asked them to nominate someone to be on the board. We kept aside the six that had the most votes. They sit on the board this time.
Lisa: What did you do before you became a member of this Council?
Randall: Ran around and ate people, obviously. (He laughs heartily and I can't help but do so too)
Lisa: No, I meant, what is it you did for a living, or what was it that kept you occupied in your leisure time before taking your position on the Council?
Randall: I told you, ran around and ate people. I'm a nomad. I don't collect things. I don't make nice houses and buy pretty shit to put in them. I own a duffel bag with my clothing in it and a cell phone. That's it. Oh, and before you ask, that's the way I like it. Or at least I did.
Lisa: I'll come back to that. How has your interaction with the Olympic Coven changed your life?
Randall: Well, in some pretty huge ways actually. I've met vamps from all over the world and I've had to knock a few of their blocks off lately too. That's a pretty big change wouldn't you say?
Lisa: I guess I would. Now, you say you did like being a nomad. Does that mean you no longer wish to be one?
Randall: I don't know yet. Not for sure. But look around. This school and the set up here in Port Angeles and back there in Forks is pretty sweet. They've got it good here. A good life.
Lisa: And is this way of life something you aspire to?
Randall: I'd have to go vego, wouldn't I? (He laughs. This is a reference to the 'Vegetarian' lifestyle of the Cullen Coven and others like them)
Lisa: Is that something you think you are capable of?
Randall: Dunno. I guess with the right inspiration I could.
Lisa: What sort of inspiration?
Randall: Bella Cullen's pretty sweet.
(At this point the interview is suspended whilst Edward Cullen and Randall Kade take part in a heated discussion in the trees beyond the schools perimeter. Once again my hearing clearly hears their interactions but my recording equipment does not. Mr Kade returns to the conference room and our interview continues as follows)
Randall: Sorry about that. I shouldn't bait him but he bites so fucking well!
Lisa: You torment him for fun?
Randall: Yeah, pretty much. But he knows I'm kidding. I mean, he reads it outta ya head before you say it anyway, but he does love a good barney.
Lisa: Barney?
Randall: A fight. An argument.
Lisa: Oh, right. How do you handle being read by Mr Cullen?
Randall: (Laughing quite heartily) Mr Cullen? That'd be Carlisle wouldn't it? He's Eddie to me, even though I know he hates it. And it's not so bad being read. I've never got anything to hide so I don't care if he reads me.
Lisa: A fair point. Moving on. Is there anything you'd like to tell me about your early life, either before your change or after, that you'd like me to note?
Randall: Nothing specific I don't think. I had a pretty normal upbringing. You know, mum, dad, two and a half kids, nice house and shit. Nothing spectacular but I liked it.
Lisa: Would you like to talk about how you were changed, or why?
Randall: No, thanks. Move on.
Lisa: Alright. Your family?
Randall: My parents are both gone now and so is my brother. Last time I checked my sister was still alive, she was 76 then.
Lisa: You didn't keep contact with them after your change?
Randall: No way. I ran, as far as I could as fast as I could right away. I didn't want to be near them after. I wasn't safe. Hell, I'm still not.
Lisa: But you'd consider changing your diet for the right inspiration?
Randall: Yeah, I probably would. Like I said, what all the Cullen's have built here is a sweet set up. They've got nice things, ties to a community. Friends and some of them are even humans. Seems pretty sweet to me anyway.
Lisa: I believe your sire still resides in Australia? Why did you leave?
Randall: Yeah, he's still back there. I left because in the 50's the population there was small, well, smaller than it was here anyway. Jono had changed another three of us in pretty quick succession so there was a bit of fighting for territory and shit. I didn't like it. I didn't like the idea of hunting where I'd lived, amongst friends and acquaintances or whatever, so I hopped the first boat I could and came here.
Lisa: Can you explain for me your reasons for your participation in the recent conflagration here?
Randall: You mean the fight?
Lisa: Yes, the fight.
Randall: Well why don't you just say fight then? Conflagration. (He laughs) Sounds like something Eddie would say. Well, word got round that the Cullen's were in some trouble with the Romanians, so I thought I'd come to help.
Lisa: You had a problem with the way the Romanians saw things?
Randall: Nah. Never met em, didn't want to. But I knew about the Cullen's, through Pete and Charlotte, they're my coven mates I guess you can call them. They're good friends of Jasper and Alice' and when they told me that their family was being threatened I reckoned I'd better throw my lot in with them.
Lisa: So you came to fight even though you didn't know the Cullen's personally or the Romanians?
Randall: Yeah, sounds about right.
Lisa: Alright. My next question is have you ever sired?
Randall: What? Me? Make someone? Nah.
Lisa: Is there any reason for that?
Randall: Never met anyone I wanted to turn, I guess.
Lisa: Not even as a mate or companion?
Randall: Ah, well, see, that's complicated.
Lisa: I'll listen if you'd like to share.
Randall: Well, I have met someone but she's already one of us, so I guess I don't have to think about turning anyone.
Lisa: So you do have a mate now then?
Randall: No, nothing like that. I only just met her.
Lisa: Keep me posted. (I chuckle)
Randall: Will do. (He too chuckles)
Lisa: How do you feel, here in Port Angeles and its surrounds, with the shifters here?
Randall: At first it was a bit freaky. I mean, they're fucking huge when they phase, but they're good guys. Sam, that's their Alpha, he's great and they can fight like buggery so I don't mind them being around at all.
Lisa: Have you had much contact with them other than during the fight?
Randall: Yeah. The Cullen's party with them and they're pretty much around whenever the whole group comes together, so yeah.
Lisa: Can you describe how you see them fitting into the larger group?
Randall: Oh. Well, they're family. I mean, Seth is Nessa's imprint so he's part of Eddie's actual immediate family, but the others are in there too. They helped us knock off the Romanians too so that makes them family.
Lisa: I see. Alright. Okay, my last question for you is this. What do you want for your personal future Mr Kade?
Randall: The simple answer is I want what I see here. Roots. Love. A family. But there's no way Eddie's gonna let me within three feet of his woman so I'll have to...
Interview concludes there to allow Mr Kade and Mr Cullen to chase each other across the lawn and into the forest.
A/N: Thank you for reading.
Please review and I thank you for allowing me my little indulgence while I get back into the swing of all things Twivamp.
Maxi
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