6 February, 2022
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Bonding with Your Vampire
Are We Truly Bonded?
An Elder of the vampire race visits Xanthus at his home to determine the presence of a bond.
Guest @Aryashadeslay
- Isis, the vampire Elder, has come to visit. She is ~2500 years old.
- Isis knows what Xanthus used to do before he was turned.
- Isis asks a few questions:
- How long have Xanthus and Listener known each other?
- Does Listener heal quickly?
- Did Xanthus ever heal anyone with his blood before but not turn them?
- Needs a drop of blood from each of them.
- A bond is made by the Vampire giving a human some of their blood, but not actually turning the human. The vampire blood then mutates the human blood, and that new mutation is then passed down to their progeny. The bond is activated once the vampire feeds on the person.
- Shortly after Xanthus was turned, during the Battle of Marston Moor Xanthus’s friend was mortally wounded from a gun shot. He gave his friend his blood and compelled the friend to forget. Listener is a descendant of that friend.
- A bond is broken by death, including when the human is turned into a vampire. When a bond is broken, the vampire is left devastated.
- The payment to Isis for the consultation is The Three Brothers which Xanthus *ahem* “acquired” in 1645.
Transcripts of Xanthus and Isis’s conversations:
{ Convo between Xanthus and Isis as she enters }
Xanthus: Welcome. I hope the journey wasn’t too dull.
Isis: Not at all. It’s been some time since I’ve visited the English countryside. There are more houses and roads than I last remember, but still a lot of fields. It smells fresh out here. Much better than the cities.
Xanthus: And much quieter. Here, let me take your jacket.
Isis: Thank you. (She hands Xanthus the jacket which he hangs up) Xanthus, is it?
Xanthus: Yes. Isis, right?
Isis: Mhm. You have quite a number of connections. I heard your name at least three times in the past month, and that piqued my interest. It’s unusual for a being so young to have vast influence.
Xanthus: I think that’s the first time someone’s called me ‘young’ and had a reason to do so.
Isis: Don’t like it?
Xanthus: Not used to it.
Isis: Ah. So where is your potential partner?
Xanthus: Right through here. If you’d follow me.
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{ Convo between Xanthus and Isis as she leaves }
Isis: (Xanthus and Isis walk to the door) I must warn you. Do not take the bond lightly.
Xanthus: Why, because we’re destined for each other?
Isis: Vampires are lonely creatures by design unless fate interferes. When we find the person who completes us, there is no greater euphoria. But if that person slips through your fingers, there is no greater pain. None.
Xanthus: You’ve lost one yourself?
Isis: …Three.
Xanthus: Three?!
Isis: Yes… If I wasn’t this old, I would’ve left this world with the last. But I dream that one day, I can feel that completeness again. If only for a moment, because nothing can compare to that kind of love.
Xanthus: …I’ll keep that in mind.
Isis: Be sure to. I’ve seen vampires wither away when their bond is severed. Desiccated. Turned to ash.
Xanthus: Weak, I imagine.
Isis: If you ever experience it–which I pray you don’t–I hope it humbles you.
Xanthus: …Hm…(opens door) Travel safe.
Isis: Keep them safe.
Xanthus: Until my last breath.