ch. 3 The Truth
Yeah! Another chapter. Sorry for the lack of updates, the summer heat and my job has been making me feel lazy about my work. Don't worry. I'll try to work harder.
It has been 5 weeks since Satoshi forced himself into his room. Barry would always come and give him food every breakfast, lunch, and dinner, although he did come a little late some times due to work. The two would often talk to each other through the door during these sessions and when ever Barry had a break. Satoshi told him much about himself and his family, well except for his allergies and that he was growing his hair out since those were awkward subject matters. And when ever Barry was busy, Satoshi read his books, feed Pikachu, clean the mouse's messes, or do some experimenting with his chemicals and writing it all down. Satoshi would only leave his room if he had to get rid of Pikachu's 'messes', or when he had to go to bathroom, which were oddly happening less and less. Satoshi was now looking a book about robots and stuff. The cover showed a robotic woman like head and had the title of "System Shock 2". Satoshi smiled at the book. He puts it down with book mark inside of it. 'Silly humans and robots...' Satoshi thought. He shocked his head. He was feeling less and less human as the days passed it seemed as when he was in the thick of his mind he would often started referring to his fellow humans as silly or foolish pests and such, but he only had to shack it off to return to his normal self. Satoshi soon heard a knock. It was dinner time. Satoshi smiles. He was famish, though the food helped diminished his hunger, it was no longer filling him up like normal. He would still hungry after a full meal even though he was never a big eater and he was getting the normal amount of food he got at home. So why was he so hungry? Satoshi opens the door and sees Barry, who was holding a plate of a stake, some fries, and stake sauce. Satoshi smiles. "I also got you an onion. It was a special today." Barry said, holding an onion in his right had which was separate to the steak plate which was in his left. Satoshi hissed at the object. "I hate onions!" Satoshi yelled, his eyes flashed ruby-red as he grabs the plate. "Oh. Well, maybe you should have mentioned it a bit earlier. Oh well, I like onions. So I guess that's more for me." Barry said. Satoshi soon shuts the door.
The black-haired boy sits down and starts chowing down. "Hey? Is your hair longer, and your ears... pointer?" Berry asked. Satoshi looked at his hair, it was slight puffer than what he would normally like but it was longer as it reached his shoulders. Satoshi stops eating, only had a bit of fries and meat. "Well, I have tried to grow out my hair so I can wear a scarf as a pony tail. It's a gift my friend gave for my birthday a few months ago." Satoshi said. Berry nodded, he had heard of that gift before. "Wait? Pointer ears? That's strange. Even though my parents both a sharp ears, I never got them...yet now my ears are getting sharper? What's that all about?" Satoshi asked himself. He soon touched his ears. They were getting more elve looking. "I don't know. But... I have to get back to work. Bye." Berry said. Soon the teen got up and Jekyll heard his foots steps walk away. Satoshi soon feel a twinge inside. He was now alone again. He tried to push the feeling away by finishing his meal. But it only allowed the thoughts to get further in his head. The fears and paranoia soon began to eat at his mind again, which would always seem when Berry left. The letter was taking far longer than what he hoped. He began to fear the worst possibilities for himself, his parents, and the Peliper that delivered the mail. He soon stop eating and started to prayed that his parents' letter to come. He need answers, and he was resorted to preying even though his parents were atheists and made him one as well. 'Arceus, I'm sorry for not preying to you before. But... Please, please! Bring my parents' letter soon... I... I have to know what's wrong with me, and I fear they're the only ones to know.' Satoshi thought. He was too sacred to go to one of the doctors on board fearing that he was going to find a terrible truth or lies. Pikachu was concerned. Satoshi soon began eating again, but more savagely, he was starving.
Once done, he gave Pikachu some Pokémon food. The yellow mouse was getting kind of chubby looking. "oh...I guess I'm now over feeding you. Sorry, but... You look...so delicase." Satoshi said, his mouth began to water. He soon slaps himself. 'When's the bloody paper coming!?' He screamed inside, he felt like he was losing his sanity. He looked at his hands, they were now more claw like in shape, though very skinny. Satoshi sighed, he wished he had brought a mirror with him, but his parents didn't like them and wouldn't allow it. They only allowed mirrors in the bathroom and the large mirror for him to get dressed. Satoshi felt his chest burn, his mind began to go overdrive in paranoia. 'wai..t... are...they?... no... No! Th...they couldn't be hiding that as a secret...that..they're... No! I am not a monster. B..but...now...Trip's words are making more sense... plus that legend that Gary said... theses symptoms... my sudden want for blood...my hatred for onions and my allergies to garlic and my hated onion foes...maybe mom and dad didn't get me a mirror since it would automatically show that I maybe...I'm... not...human... NO! I am human! I AM!' Satoshi felt like his world was slowly crumbling way. He didn't want to believe that he was monster, that his life has been lied to by his parents. "Satoshi! SATOSHI! I got good news. We've finally retrieved a message from your parents." Barry yells. Satoshi soon cries tears of joy. Finally he had something to explain the nightmare of emotions and pains he's going through. Satoshi eminently opens to door. Barry was there holding the letter. Satoshi grabs it, trying to ignore the onion breath Barry had. Satoshi touches the letter, but also touches Barry's hand which held the onion. "OW! Bloody hell!" Satoshi screams in pain. He pulls the letter out. "I...I forgot to tell you I'm also allergic to onions as well. Sorry," Satoshi said as apologetically as he could while in pain. He had to stay in control to learn the truth. Barry felt awful for not washing and drying his hands.
"Well, I'd better get the soothing cream and use one of my dirty pieces of clothing to get the onion stain off," Satoshi said, even trough there wasn't any real stains on the envelope it was touched by a hand that had an onion in it. After doing it, Satoshi not only gave Barry that dirty piece of cloth, but all the clothes he hadn't washed. Which was three pairs of identical looking clothes and plenty of underwear. "Don't tell me you've worn the same clothes everyday since you've locked yourself in here?" Barry asked as he looked away from a changing Satoshi. "No, I change my underwear every day, and I changed the rest of my clothes once when I noticed the smell... to bad I can't get a proper bath right now," Satoshi said. "Well, you can, but it's a long line. Besides you have some reading to do. So it's better to wait." Barry said still looking away. Satoshi chuckles at this. After a while, he was dressed again and he looked at the letter. Barry soon took all the dirty clothes and underwear away. Satoshi shuts the door. He eagerly looks at the letter. It had his father's hand writing, and addressed to the ship and more importantly to him. Satoshi smiles as he rips the envelope open. Pikachu was concern, Satoshi was acting more and more crazier and less like the man the yellow mouse came to like as the days went on. Satoshi soon opened the letter. It was written very neat and fluent, and it was in cursive. Satoshi smiles, it was defiantly written by his father.
Satoshi began to read. "Dear son, I have just read your letter to me... I'm... surprised at what you did to your fellow crew members. Biting on a guy's arm because he was holding you back from trying to kill a man who you said 'dared to discourage our family name'. You've also said that you've felt strange now. That you've felt blood lust and hunger pains. It's just as we feared. We thought that sending you on this cruse would not only allow us to explain what's happening to you. and you would met Savant Oxnard, an old friend of mine who is like us, to teach you to behave before the signs started to show... but our hopes crushed again because of your inability to behave. Satoshi...I fear that I have our dark family secret... a secret me and your mother have kept away from you so that our reputations wouldn't be tarnished by your reckless behavior." Satoshi's eyes shrank in fear. 'S-s...secret...no...no...' Satoshi held himself. His paranoia began to over flow his mind. 'No..no no no! They wouldn't be talking about... ...they... can't... I...I have to continue reading.' Satoshi urged himself to read more. "I have always feared that your... ruffian like mindset would break if you didn't find out on your own. But... I guess I can't trust you to even take care of yourself. Now I must tell you the truth about not only about your family but about the rest of our kind." It said. Satoshi began to hyper ventilate. His eyes flickering between his normal eyes and his ruby-red eyes. "Your mind has always been still too emotional and weak for us to keep our secret. But now you must know. Satoshi... you're a Vampire, just like all of us Jekyll's. We have always been vampires, and there is no way of changing it. We thought that if you could behave like a regular human boy, then our façade in the human world would fit perfectly. But instead, you've become as weak and emotionally clinggy as the humans we feast upon. Even the humans turned vampires aren't as much of an emotional wreck as you are. And I fear, your mind will soon crack from this. If chould just control your emotions, then this mess wouldn't have happen so quickly. It always has been your fault. You WEAK SNIVELING CHILD! From, Dad." Satoshi's eyes turned ruby-red as he began to growl.
'All of it... ALL OF IT WAS A LIE! A LIE FOR MY STUPID INCONSIDERTE PARENTS AND THEIR PRESISCE HIGH SOCIETY! THEY...THEY NEVER LOVED ME! NO ONE HAS! I...I WAS RIGHT! NOBODY WILL EVER LOVE ME! I'M A MONSTER! A DEMON! I..I..' Satoshi thought his mind finally breaking. All of the lies that founded his mind soon began to break. Satoshi looked around. He soon noticed Pikachu shivering in fear. Satoshi soon laughs, it was that of a man who had finally lost it. "Yes! YES! This emotion you're giving... It's wonderful. So tasty... Finally!... finally I will be free. If I'm not human, I don't have to play by their rules anymore. YES! Finally, no more rules. Freedom is now mine," Satoshi said, his eyes now lizard like. He reaches towards the mouse Pokémon, his fangs were sharp and looked ready to bite. "Pika! CHUUUUU!" Pikachu soon lets out a large thunderbolt at the crazed monster. He screams in pain. He falls to the ground, he looks up. 'You...you hate me too...everyonehatesme...' Satoshi thought, his mind was hazing and everything seemed to be turning red. Suddenly a knock was on the door. Satoshi looks at the door. He soon smiles. "Satoshi. Your clothes are in the washer. But... I heard a scream earlier. WAS it from you!?" Barry was worried. Satoshi zips to the door in the blink of an eye. He soon opens the door. "Oh, Sato... SATOSHI! What happened to you?" Barry asked in fear, Satoshi's hair covered bits of his eyes. The man shows his fangs. Satoshi forces Barry out into the hall. He soon used his stare since he wasn't going to let his prey get away from him. "This is what I really am, Barry. A monster that can never be loved.," Satoshi said. His ruby eyes pursing Barry's soul. Soon more people came out of the hallway. They were all confused as they see Satoshi. They were all frightened by him as he turned his head towards them. Satoshi laughs. "Yes... more... I want more!" He said, he didn't know which one to go first. They all looked delicious to him. He looks around and sees a woman. He soon imagines Delia in her place, cowering in fear. He smiles. Lust and desire over comes him and he rushes over to her.
He was about to bite her neck when a loud yell was heard. "Serperion! Vine wipe!" Trip's voice yelled from across the hallway. Soon people moved out of the hallway as two long vines sprouted out of a green snake's neck collar towards Satoshi. Satoshi looks at them in confusion. Suddenly the vines raped around the teen's body all around until most of his body was covered in vines and he was now hanging up side down. The black-haired boy bites on to one of vines. "Don't even try, my Serperion has been trained to not feel bites on its vines. Besides, I know you're not strong enough to break out on your own. You're as strong as a human at this stage, Ash..." Trip said. The monster looks at them. "THE NAME IS!" But before he could show who he was, Trip gets out a spray can like device and sprays the monster. The monster screams in pain. "Aaagh! It's burns! It itches! Make it stop! I need my cream!" It yells. Trip smiles. "Garlic in a can, never leave home without carrying a few. especially when I'm on a three-year world trip." Trip said. Satoshi tried his best to bust out of the vines to scratch his face, but they were too tight. He screamed and struggled as best he could, but he couldn't escape. "Hey? Why's the black hair kid acting this way? Why hasn't he come out of his room before?" A sailor asks. Trip looks at him. "I suspect that he was feeling... confined, and now he's gone nutty. Don't worry, I'll deal with him in his room. And... no! I'm not gay!" Trip yells out before someone could raise his hand. The woman soon walks up to Trip. "Thank you for saving me. Who knows what this mad man would have done if you didn't arrive." She said. Trip smiles. Seperior slithers into Satoshi's room with Satoshi still in custody, Pikachu holding the note Satoshi was given. "Who would have thought that Kanto kid would have snapped? I don't think this trip is THAT stressful." A sailor said, walking back into his room. "Maybe that's why Kanto people don't come on this trip so often. They snap easily," Another said. Satoshi squirmed in his prison. "HEY!" He screams. Trip walks into Satoshi's room. He was about to shut the door when Barry came in. "Sorry, Trip, but Satoshi's my best friend. I have to find out what's happening to him." Barry said. Trip looks at him. Then he shut the door and sealed it from the inside.
"Well, you'll won't have to wonder for too long. Your friend, Ash..." Trip said. Suddenly Satoshi screams, "It's SATOSHI!" Trip sighs. "Your friend is a Vampire," Trip completed his sentence. Barry soon fell to the ground laughing. "Yeah... right. Vampires don't exist... ha!" Barry yells. Trip hushes him. "They are real, just look at your friend." Trip said. Barry soon got up and looks at his friend. He looked human with a rash on his face, his teeth were sharper than normal though. Barry was confused. So far Satoshi looked normal. "I guess you still don't believe me. But they are killers. My family is one of the hunter clans who fight against not only Vampires, but also Were-Pokémon and other monsters like them who go out of line and attack people. Don't worry, we don't harm regular Pokémon. These monsters attack for their own game and will kill anything that gets in their way," Trip said. He looks at Satoshi, he was still angry. Suddenly the dark blond felt a tug on his leg. He looks down and sees a note held by the Pikachu. Trip picks up the note and smiles at the mouse. "That mean monster almost tried to kill you, didn't he. Don't worry, I won't let him live long enough to cause any real damage." Trip said rubbing the mouse Pokémon's ears. Pikachu and Barry were horrified. "Your going to kill Satoshi!?" Barry yells in terror. Even though he still didn't believe that his friend was a vampire, the thought of killing him just made him scarred shitless. Satoshi was too sacred for his life to enjoy Barry's fear. "I have to, these monsters kill several humans and Pokemon daily. If we don't stop them, they're not going to stop themselves." Trip said. Satoshi gulped the best he could being upside down. "Don't worry, you'll be fine, Vampires do sleep either upside or in coffins. It's a fact. Being upside down to long won't be the way I kill you." Trip said. Satoshi growls at him. Barry looks at the black-haired boy. Trip soon began to read the note. It was kind of disheartening and very informal. "So that's why he was acting that way before. No wonder he almost fouled me of being human. To bad for that tempore and the fact he's embracing his 'talents' now instead of waiting to met this guy, otherwise the vampires would have their key lead on us humans." Trip said. Barry looked at him.
"Trip, you're not making a believer out of me. Vampires don't exist, and they never will." Barry said annoyed. Satoshi just growled at them. Barry looks at Satoshi. "Don't worry, we'll figure out what's... huh?" Barry was soon given the paper Trip held. "If you want proof, here it is. It's a confession from Satoshi's father." Trip says. Barry angrily grabs it. He looked down and noticed small bits of envelope on the floor, this must have been the letter he had sent to his friend. Barry shocked his head. He need to focus. He read the letter, but was soon horrified. "You..you sure this isn't a fake letter that Satoshi might have written?" Barry asked. "It's real. All of it... and my life... isn't...anymore..." Satoshi became sad. He soon began to struggle harder, biting on the vines to try to tear them from him. Barry shocked in fear. He slowly sits down on the spare bed in the room. He didn't know how to react. His newest friend, whom he has talked to this entire trip, is revealed to be a blood sucking immortal Vampire. Barry held his head. "Wait, aren't vampires suppose be all elegant and stuff? I thought the rampaging monster persona was more to Were-Pokemon," Barry asked, he was still shaken up. "Well, from what I've seen of your friend during this trip, I can safely say that he has big anger issues and Cynicism, so he breaks easily. Plus you would break too if you found out that your life was a lie. Not to mention how harsh his dad acted in this paper probably didn't help." Trip said. Barry gets up. "Well I don't care that Satoshi is a Vampire, he's my friend and I will do everything I can do for him to act normal again." Barry said. Satoshi was surprised. "Your...your still my friend even after that...all that I've tried to do...I... was planning to drain you of your blood after I drained everyone else's blood..." Satoshi soon noticed what he said. "what... no... I..." Satoshi wanted to cover his mouth, but couldn't since he was still tied up. The boy felt awkward, but he was slowly returning to normal thanks to Barry's kind words. Barry smiles. "Sure that would hurt, but I don't care. Vampires need their food as well." Barry said. Trip and Satoshi were confused. How could Barry allow that? "You do know that you would be his eternal slave if that happened." Trip said. Barry sighed. "Well, at least it would be to a friend." Barry said with a sad smile.
Satoshi felt confused. His new friend would sacrifice his life just so one of his friends would be happy. Satoshi was soon dropped by the vines. "Serperion! Why did you do that!?" Trip yelled at his partner. But it was clear in its eyes, it was moved by Barry's words. Trip sighs. He looks at Satoshi who had gone to one of his bags and was applying a cream to his face. Trip looks back at Barry. "So what do we do with him? My parents only told me that if a creature like him tries to attack any humans on my trip that I should kill them. I don't know how to deal with one like this." He admitted. Barry smiles then walks over to Satoshi's picture holder and grabs it. "Well, I say we remind him of who he truly is. If we can balance out Satoshi's vampire needs and make sure he's not a rampaging monster, then it'll work." Barry said. He soon kneels to Satoshi. Satoshi was confused. "Are...you sure this will work? Ash is still acting like a wild man." Trip said. Satoshi hisses at him. Barry soon puts the photo in front of his face. "Satoshi, it doesn't matter what you truly are. You're still Satoshi, your still my friend, and your still the best friend of everyone in this photo. Just because you were born in a spices of monsters doesn't mean you have to act like them. You may have a new way of eating, but if you can control yourself and make sure you don't accidentally create those zombie like servants, then you don't have to be a monster. Your still Satoshi Jekyll, a fine man who wants to be the best human and Pokémon doctor. Remember your dream..." Barry said. Satoshi stared at the photo as Berry talked. At first he was still angry and his eyes were ruby-red, but the more he looked into the photo and the more Barry talked, the more Satoshi began to calm down. "My...my dream?" Satoshi asked himself. "Ya, you told me about it on your first day." Barry said. Satoshi soon flashed back to it. Satoshi soon flashes back to him and his friends in montage of playing games and having fun. Satoshi also remembers the inventions and the chemicals mixtures he had made. Satoshi shocked his head, his eyes returned back to being auburn. Satoshi soon grabs the photo stand and holds it very close to his chest. Tears began to form in his eyes. "M-my... friends... my best friends... How... could I be so blind...?" Satoshi asked himself. The tear drops fell down his face.
"I... forgot all about the good in life. The wonders of it all. I...I hate doing this. Always seeing the dark side of things that I forget the good. I...I wish I didn't always do this." Satoshi said. Barry hugs him, Satoshi was surprised. "Don't worry, Satoshi, we're here. We'll remind you of the good stuff. Besides, we don't want you to become a killer." Barry said. Trip nodded slowly. Satoshi looks at Trip. "Y...your going to be my friend? Why? Your such a jerk, not to mention your family hunts monsters like me." Satoshi said. Trip sighed. "I don't really know if I'm really a friend of yours, but I'm willing to help you. My parents told me that if monsters like you attack humans, I should kill them. But so far you haven't really attacked anything, sure you tried to, but I stopped you. If I can help control yourself, there will be less chances for you to attack. Besides, I don't want to reveal to everyone on this ship that vampires are real." Trip said. Satoshi looks at them. "How come monsters don't reveal this secret to everyone?" Satoshi asked. Barry smiles. Trip looks at them, "They have to keep it a secret if they ever want to live the luxurious life styles that humans have built on. Humans are much less forgiving that Barry and would be terrified by these revolutions and would try to kill all of them, not just the ones that are bad or out of control. Monsters like you need this kept secret to serve. Even though my family are hunters, they only attack those who go out of line and would reveal the secret." Trip said. Satoshi sighed. It was understandable. "But...how am I suppose to live now? Since we learned what I really am. I just can't revert back to my old living habits. Although I'm still conformable in my bed, I'll sooner or later start sleeping upside-down until or if we can sneak a coffin on to the ship." Satoshi said. Trip nodded. "Well, as long as nobody sees you sleeping upside-down, you should be fine. But... we have to help you out. Make sure you don't accidentally do something that will reveal that you're a Vampire," Trip said. Barry nodded.
"Hey, what are the true powers of a vampire, I've heard many tales of them from my friends while on camping trips and such, but the powers keep changing. There was one crazy story my friend Delia told me that Vampires sparkle in day light... Do they really do that? Cause I will cry if they do." Satoshi said. Trip laughs. "sparkles. ha...um... sorry. But no, Vampires don't sparkle. In fact, Vampires aren't really effected by sunlight. But you would know that since your parents go out a lot and never burn up or such when they're in sunlight." Trip said composing himself. Satoshi thought back. "Well, my parents never have taken a photo with me before and they don't have many mirrors in our house, so I guess cameras and mirrors probably can't show them." Satoshi said. Trip nodded. "My dad oddly gets really happy when he sees stressed out people, and my mom likes it when people lie. I've never got that about them...now lets see... My parents never liked the church and are atheists. We have those two allergies. And my servants kind of fit the zombie like slaves monsters." Satoshi said, thinking over his parents. He never seen them much and when he did they seemed very normal and snobby. He looks at Trip. "Yes, Vampires hate holy items, are allergic to Onion and Garlic, and can make a fully living human into their slaves. But the reason your parents like those kind of people is that the 'rumor' that all vampires like to see a specific trait in humans they love to fest on is true." Trip said. Barry looks at Satoshi. "So if the rumor's true, then what kind of emotion do you like in your blood?" Barry asks, he was kind of curious and scared. Satoshi thought back. "Well... fear I guess since it's the strongest feeling of 'love' that I felt when I sensed emotions and traits," Satoshi said. Trip was integer. "So fear is your favorite emotion? That could be problematic since people and Pokémon can be filled with fear very easily. Thankfully once a vampire is done feasting on a human and if they don't make them their servants, the human loses all the trait/emotion the vampire feed on. That is except for fear since you can not truly get ride of fear. It will come back and if you scare them enough, it will show up," Trip said. Satoshi groaned in annoyance.
'Great, the one trait I have to fall for in humans and it's the one that can be easily put back into them. Stupid vampirism.' Satoshi thought. Satoshi's stomach growled. "Man, I'm hungry. But... I've seen my parents eat human food. How can that be?" Satoshi asked. Trip smiles. "Just because Vampires main diet is blood and the emotions that come from it, doesn't mean they can't eat human food. Though the food won't fill them up nearly as much as it would a human, your race can easily have human food as a snack. Unforently, since your full vampire powers are now showing, you can no longer be full by regular food," Trip said. Barry and Satoshi nodded. "So the Vampire purty thing is real. So that's why they could convince you that you were really human," Barry said. Satoshi glares at him."Yes. I heard it from Gary. He said his grandpa had known it," Satoshi said. Trip nods. "A lot of what Professor Oak's research is correct. While he's may have accidentally was the only professor to really learn about the Vampires, he still hasn't really told anyone about it in a concrescence since he can't really find a Vampire unlike us hunters. But there are a few things he didn't know. Vampires at first have regular ears, but they soon turn sharp and pointy like yours. The reason Vampires can do Pokémon attacks and change shapes is because they can control a magic that Dark types know, but are unable to control probably like a Vampire; and their eyes flash a shade of red when angry, the shade is different for each family. Your family's shade is ruby-red based on the glares you gave to us," Trip said. Satoshi rubs his head. "Yeah. Sorry... Don't worry. I'll learn to control myself," Satoshi said.
"Can Vampires starve like Were-Pokemon? Are they truly really immortal? And if they're immortal, why have kids or generations?" Barry asks. He was always if-y on that aspect. Trip looks at him. "No, Vampires can't die from starvation, they can only die by holy items, a stake through the heart, or ripping off it's head. Yes they are immortal, but there are very few and far between from each other. And the reason have kids is because Vampires LOVE having sex. It's ranked second next to feeding to them in things they love. Vampires can even have sex with a human, though the baby will always turn full vampire when it reaches maturity. Not to mention a lot of families among the race want to repopulate the world with their race. They have the ability to turn humans into Vampires by feeding them or implanting blood into their body, but they usually don't since impure Vampires are much weaker and more likely to get themselves revealed than pure breed Vampires." Trip said. Satoshi and Barry were surprised. Satoshi didn't know about the sex thing since he was still a virgin. Barry looks at Satoshi. Satoshi sees the note in Barry's hands and knows that his friend read it. "Satoshi, since you're the first pure breed of the Vampires to be raised like a human, I guess your family must really not want to get fond out." Barry said laughing. Satoshi laughs too. "Yeah. Your right. I guess that's why my parents had so many rules put upon me. To protect me, my race, and my friends." Satoshi said with a smile. It felt good to be happy again. His stomach growled again. "Man I'm hungry... but... I can't go out and drink some blood. We're still at sea, and I don't want anyone on this cruse to go dead/missing." Satoshi said. He was worried. How he was supposed to fulfill his hunger. "I wish we could replicate blood so I can eat, but that would be just silly." Satoshi said, then laughs. The others nodded. Even in their steam punk world, artificial blood didn't exist. Satoshi looks at his chemistry set. "But... I wish more for a cure to vampirism. I want to be a real human instead of just thinking like one. Sure I'll never be immortal, but it's better than being a constant threat," Satoshi thought out loud.
"We still don't know what a Vampire is truly is on the inside or if it can be turned human. But... we do know that you can still have a normal life, just with a few side effects." Trip said. Satoshi sighed. 'Well, at least I know why this is all happening. At least those questions won't bother me anymore.' Satoshi thought with a smile. "Well, I'll be going now. I'm come back tomorrow around noon to tell you more about vampire lore. The ship should be going through the large Venical Canal in about a week, it's the only way besides going around Southern Vesta to get into the Quintary Ocean, which is where haft of our trip's locations are. It's going to be quite long and boring once there, so either get some conversations done or read a book between work time." Trip said. He was about to leave he Satoshi talked. "Wait." He said. Trip looks a back. "I was just wondering. Do Vampire control their shadows like those movies Unova makes? Or is that just fiction?" Satoshi asked. He was very curious. "No, that's only in the movies. Though you can hallucinate that your shadow's moving if your mind has a split personality. But Vampires can't normally control their shadows and move stuff through the shadows, only Demons can. But Demons haven't appeared in this world for a long, long time." Trip said. Then he left. Satoshi looks at Barry in confusion. "Barry, what are Demons?" Ash said, baffled by the word. "Well, I could tell you, but let's not worry about that. Besides Trip can tell you all about those and the angles tomorrow. Plus he can explain it better," Barry said with a smile. This causes Satoshi to smile. Soon the screen fades to black.