Part two: At the club
"The Dark"
Lamia: The ancient Greeks
and the Romans after them, believed in a beautiful
mysterious type of female
vampire called a lamia. Similar to the cunning
succubus, the lamia seduced
men in order to drink their blood. Sometime
later, the Greeks developed
a new term for the vampire: vrukalakos, a
creature who was able to revive
the dead, and whose victims would then feast
on the living.
Breather -- a living human
being; especially, a member of mainstream human
society. Usually derogatory.
"Alex you are not
taking notes right now!!" Katie exclaimed.
"Oh yes I am!"
Alex argued back adjusting herself in her chair better.
The Dark was a teenager
hangout. Everybody went there.
Alex and Katie had chosen a
black marble table in the middle of the room.
Katie had insisted that this
would be where they would be spotted by some
hot guys.
"OHMYGOD Alex some hot
guys just came in and they're coming this way," Katie
squealed as she ran her
fingers through her hair.
"Goody for you,"
Alex said as she pulled out a pencil and a pad of paper.
"Are these seats
taken??" asked one of the guys as he flipped his chocolate
colored hair out of his
eyes.
"Yes," Alex said
just as Katie said "No."
"Are they or aren't
they?" the other guy said with red hair streaked with
blonde hair that shimmied in
the light.
"No," Katie said
glaring at Alex.
"I'm Kronos people call
me Kron though," said the one with the red hair.
"Kronos?? He was a
titan. That's a Greek name isn't it?" Alex asked.
"Why yes it is. I come
from Greece. Born and raised for half of my life
anyway," he said
smiling.
Alex lifted her eyes to him
and flinched back as she saw his red hair. She
swung her head around and
looked at Katie.
"Alex don't
start!!" Katie said as she rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Start what?"
Kronos asked.
"Nothing, what's your
friends name?" Katie asked changing the subject.
"Assyria, call me
Sy," he said.
Alex eyes widened.
"What now?" Katie
said.
"Oh, nothing just a
strange coincidence," Alex said lowering her eyes back
to her book.
"Yeah," Sy said
and sat down next to Katie.
"So, I haven't seen you
guys around. Are you new here?" Katie said getting
her flirtation attitude in
mode.
"Yeah it is," said
Kron.
"We're just moving
through though," Sy said as he looked from Katie to Alex.
"Too bad," Katie
said seductively.
Alex rolled her eyes again.
"Why is that?" Sy
said switching his eyes from Alex to Katie.
"You'd have to stay to
find out," Katie said.
"Well, we'll be here
all tonight and tomorrow," Sy said.
Alex could feel Kron gazing
at here.
"What are you
reading?" Kron asked.
Alex lifted the book up so
Kron could see the title.
"Christianity and
Vampirism huh? You into vampires Alex?" Kron said smiling
at her.
Alex lifted her head up
straight and then turned to look at Kron.
"At the moment,"
Alex said getting back to her book.
"What do you think a
vampires kiss would be like?" Kron said to Alex.
Alex squinted her eyes in a
funny way and lifted her head to look back at
Kron.
"Seriously though, if
they were real and all," he said smiling.
"Full of bittersweet
pleasures," Alex said smiling at him and then returning
to her book.
"Is that so?" Kron
said distantly.
"Oh wow Lex I thought
you were going to tell him to go shove it,
impressive," Katie said
laughing.
"Katie, what do you
think it would be like?" Sy asked.
"Incredibly sexy,"
Katie said scooting closer to Sy.
"Excuse me while I go
barf," Alex said as she got up.
"Are you a
lesbian?" Kron asked as Alex was about ready to leave.
Katie chocked.
"A...No," Alex
said smiling and shaking her head as she turned around and
headed for the bar.
"Hey Alex," said
the Eric the bartender.
They didn't serve alcoholic
beverages or anything they just needed the bar
table to serve drinks and
for the dancers, volunteers, to dance on.
"Hey Eric, did you know
that there are 12 different types of vampires!!"
Alex said to the older man.
Eric dropped a ginger ale
bottle on the floor.
"Careful," Alex
said smiling.
"Vampires are your
topic huh? Maybe you should change it," Eric said
weirdly.
"Oh, why?" Alex
said as she reached over for a cherry.
"Whatcha talkin about
Alex??" said Kron as he sat down next to her with his
arm around her shoulders.
"Different types of
vampires," Alex said shrugging his arm off of his
shoulders.
Eric swallowed hard.
"How many different
types are there?" Kron said looking at Eric amusingly.
"12, listen to them,
there's Sanguinarian which is someone who has a
physical thirst/need/craving
for blood (which is non-erotic in nature) in
more significant quantity
than is generally required or desired by other
blood-drinkers. There are
some sanguinarians who feed during sexual
activity...this is most
generally to stimulate the level of pranic energy.
Ugh huh? Then theres Empath
Vampires which is an individual who seeks
emotions and feed from them.
They, supposedly, also seek to intensify the
emotions so that their
feeding can be greater. Empath can feed from all
emotions. Some, not all,
empaths can project their emotions to others...this
is another way that they
(the ones who can project) like to feed. Well that
wasn't that as bad as the
other one. There's PSI which is an individual who
has a need to feed upon the
life force of others. Most energy vampires feed
upon chi or pranic energy
and avoid drinking blood. Some intermingle energy
vampirism with
blood-drinking. Also referred to as psi-vamps, most energy
vampires exhibit the same
characteristics that distinguish other real
vampyres, including light
sensitivity, a nocturnal lifestyle, and periods of
the Hunger or Thirst. PSY
vampires is someone who "drains" life-energy
(prana, chi, life-force,
whatever) rather than blood from others.
Psi-vampires may or may not
consume blood as a means of extracting pranic
energy. "Psychic
vampire" is a very common misnomer for "psi-vampire". Many
people, -- even the
psi-vampires themselves, -- often do not make or even
realize the distinction
between the two terms. Technically speaking, "A
psychic vampire is a vampire
who is psychic while a psi-vampire is a vampire
who feeds on energy,
preferably emotional energy. That has to be painful.
Don't you think?? There's
Astral: someone who only feeds on the astral
plane, and attack on that
level. They are many times, put in the same league
as Psychic Vampyres who feed
from the life force energies, but don't require
any actual physical contact
with their prey. There are Astral Vampyres who,
supposedly, can maintain
their beingness in this plane for a very long time,
and seek weaker prey. They
are not benign forces, and although very rare,
their feeding is similar to
a psychic life force rape. EEch holy cow!!
Elemental: persons who feed
from basic Natural Phenomena ie: Thunder Storms,
Severe storms, Powerful
waterfalls or other Natural forces. They, for all
intents and purposes, have
no desire to feed on living beings or anything
that living beings offer. I
like elemenatal ones," Alex said.
Eric muffled a laugh and
Kron held back a smile.
"I'm not done. There's
Fetishist: A person who gains sexual satisfaction
from either drinking blood
or having their blood drank. That is just gross
man!!!" Alex said
making a gaging noise.
"I don't know sounds
good to me," Kron said.
Alex gave her look that said
'get-a-life'
"If you liked that one
then you'll like this one a sexual vampire which is a
form of psychic vampirism
where feeding is done primarily from sexual
energy, with or without the
exchange of blood. The feeding can be done
intentionally or
unconsciously/unintentionally. Then there is Lifestylers or
"Permanent
role-players". Whereas RPs/LARPs give up the persona after some
amount of time, this class
does not. They go farther in their portrayal of
being vampiric. Such as
stating they can fly, disintegrate upon touching
sunlight, sleep in boxes
full of dirt, etc. and generally put forth any and
all of the stereotypical
signs of the mythical vampire. Sleep in dirt?? How
do they do that??" Alex
said in disgust.
"Hahahah That's a bunch
of crap!! You don't really believe that do you?"
Kron asked as he held his
stomach from laughing so hard.
"If it's in a book, I
believe it. Then there's Clinical: Clinical vampires
seem different than most in
that their bodies actually *crave* and *require*
blood in order to maintain
normal functioning. While mainstream medical
science would laugh at such
a notion it's exactly that sort of shallow,
narrow-minded yet "we
care about you" thinking that nearly killed some folks
when it first started. This
is giving me goose bumps. Role-Players: People
who appear to be stable
individuals who indulge in fantasy play similar to
Dungeons and Dragons of the
'80s. However RPs as well as LARPs (Live Action
Role Players) take it upon
themselves to not only envision being their
character but to actually become
their character in the 'real world', the
more complete the illusion
the better at least as far as one game goes V:tM
or Vampire: The Masquerade.
Psychotic Vampires: This shouldn't require much
explanation. There are
others that could be put into this section, such as
blood fetishists who find
sexual stimulation from the feel, look, taste of
blood. This type of vampyre,
however, is more extreme and much more
dangerous, as they are
impulse feeders and are likely to get a thrill from
making their donor a victim.
They are likely to 'hunt' for a 'victim' rather
than use a donor and their
actions are random. I would hate to come across
one of these guys!"
Alex said shaking off her goose bumps.
"You are too
gullible," Kron said.
"Yeah well, for all I
know you could be one! You're from Greece and you have
red hair!!" Alex
exclaimed as she unconsciously picked up another cherry by
the stem and placed it in
her mouth and pulled the stem out.
"Huh??" Kron said
smiling at her in amusement.
"Never mind," she
said as she got her tenth cherry.
"You're a trip!"
Kron said.
"I know, I'm like a
drug, hang around me too much and you might get
addicted," Alex said as
she ate another cherry.
Alex chomped on the cherry
and at the same time smiling at him.
"I think it's too late
for that," he whispered.
"Huh? What did you
say?" Alex said.
"Nothing," Kron
said.
"ALEX IF TAKE ANOTHER
CHERRY I'M GOING TO TURN YOU OVER ON MY KNEE AND SPANK
YOU!!!" Eric said in
his fatherly tone as he smacked her hand away.
"Owww!!! Okay, okay I
won't take anymore. What time is it?" she asked as she
rubbed her reddening hand.
"12:00 p.m.," Eric
said.
"Man oh man, I was
suppose to be home an hour ago. See ya Eric. It was nice
meeting you Kron," Alex
said as she started to gather her books and papers.
"Like-wise," Kron
said looking at Alex as if he was deciding something.
"Bye Lex," Eric
said as he started cleaning off the counter.
"One more cherry,"
Alex put in as she reached really fast to yank another
one from its place.
"ALEX. OUT.
NOW!!!" Eric said.
Alex walked backwards
smiling at him.
"See ya Monday
Katie," Alex said as she walked by the table.
"Bye," Katie said.
Alex leaned over and
whispered into Assyria's ear.
"If you hurt her I'll
fucking gut you, and if you run I will hunt you down,
get it??" Alex said
smiling at him as she brought her head back.
Sy looked at her like she
was nuts.
"Yeah, got it," he
smirked.
TBC...
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