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[angelofthedark2005]

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vampire the masquerade/world of darkness

creepypasta/slenderverse

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I want to get back into posting but I want to know what people want to hear about.

[angelofthedark2005]

vtm characters I have made

Alice: a malkavian who is themed off of alice in wonder land, she has maladaptive daydreaming and can have a hard time remembering what is real.

Adrian: a studying nurce who was embraced illegally as a ventrue fledgling. He doesn't fully know about being a kindred and is trying to finish his med degree.

theodora: a old fashioned, and no nonsence tremere who's chantry had been burned down leaving her alone, luckly she had an old coterie mate audrey who she now lives with.

audrey: a care free and very curious tzimisce who had let theodora live with her, even if they can not agree on whether or not they should have modren tech in the home.

and many more, though these are my favorites.

[ghoulapp]

every single time the st asks us to be stealthy

[spinzer]

gang i’m about to shade avidmc to hell and back, so if you like(d) his content, don’t read this, i BEG you. i don’t wanna inadvertently shame anyone for liking someone’s content just because i don’t. liking something a bad person made doesn’t make you bad, and just because i don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any merit—i’m just a random person on the internet

i’m also a pretentious bitch, so protect your peace, babes 💞💞

now, to anyone like-minded (or bitter lol) who wanted to hear this:

VSMP!AVID WAS THE WORST WRITTEN CHARACTER IN THE SERIES, BY FAR, AND IM TIRED OF PRETENDING LIKE HE WASNT

he was a demon?? a DEMON??? and it was contagious????? what???????? in a world full of very classic, traditional lore of vampires and werewolves, demons (even existing in the human world is weird but that’s a whole other thing) being able to turn humans into demons is so out of place, and imo, BORING. like “yes this thing works the same as a vamp or a werewolf, but it’s a demon so i’m unique and way cooler.” also, he’ll wake up in a few centuries? totally undermines his character’s death, great!

he did such a nonsensical 180 the moment he became a vamp (yes i know the reason, still don’t like it—but again, different beast), and any good foundations his character originally had were gone at that point.

look, this is minecraft roleplay. i’m not expecting shakespeare. but its clear that a lot of people put so much effort into their characters, and avid’s reads like an edgy middle schooler trying to put as many tropes into a character as possible. why would i care about v!avid where there are characters like apo, or owen, or cleo, or shelby, or pyro, OR LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE??

anyways i’m taking this way too seriously but i love writing and dnd, and avid reminds me of one of my problem players so i’m petty

ok ciao

[fr-likes-chocolate]

I love reimagining Minecraft SMPs as DnD campagins because it's hilarious. examples include:

Owen (DM) being forced to describe the Legundo-Owen biting scene in the least gay possible while the rest of the table stares at them going "I know what you are..."

Pearl failing every perception check ever so she never sees the vampires

Scott succeeding every charisma roll ever.

Apo talking about her character's motivation being their partner, only to be interrupted by Martyn going "ISN'T THAT JUST YOUR IRL GF???"

see above but with Owen.

group chat being spammed with memes while Avid does serious lore.

Everyone watching Shelby fail every single insight check during ep2's fishing scene with increasing terror

[thegremlininyourcloset]

y’know, the more I think about the wilder it is that Apo is an imperfect victim

because she was so goddamn selfless, such a FUCKING HERO

she made the exact same sacrifice as Pearl. She went through basically biblical torture on a job she never wanted. A job that could have killed them and DID, because Apo was such a fucking good person

sorry for the crashout vibes but like. She was so fucking GOOD

SHE SPARED SHELBY

SHE SPARED SHELBY AFTER HITTING ROCK FUCKING BOTTOM

SHE HONESTLY WOULD HAVEN BEEN JUSTIFIED STAKING THEM!!!!

AND

THEY DIDN’T

and yet it still isn’t enough. For the town, for the castle, for the fandom

what an excellent goddamn illustration of how even the people who are the best, who are good and kind and selfless, are still imperfect victims

she was the victim. of Scott. Of Owen. Of Pyro. Of Martyn. Of Cleo. Of Abolish and the whole damn system.

Augghhhhh. Apo my Apo…

(and isn’t it fitting, that the people who were the kindest to her outed her for vampirism, thought she was evil for somethings she never wanted, tried to keep her weak to keep her from being a threat, and never offered her the same kindness they offered others)

[angelofthedark2005]

meeting arachnid on ao3

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[pillowspace]

It feels like this every time I write a fic

[angelofthedark2005]

Going out

Arachnid had been with Nickolas for a few days and he was getting used to being in this big house but he was getting a little sick of being inside all the time. Didn’t Nickolas want him to help with his domain? Then why was he stuck here all the time?

I mean he likes being in the house, it's super big, and he spends a lot of time just watching tv in his huge living room, or just reading books upstairs in the library. He also doesn’t mind his new room even if he still has to get Nickolas to move the wall for him to go down. A very interesting method for protection. And that's still happening but what else is new.

Though he did get intruded to some of Nickolas’s ghouls. One a woman with shorter shoulder length wavy red hair, blue eyes, and cool painted nails, named Alison. Another ghoul, a man with longer brown hair in a ponytail and green eyes, named Jacob and finally two more ghouls both with copper colored hair who are siblings named Jason and Mallory both with brownish eyes. All the ghouls have a uniform with a white top and navy blue bottoms.

They were all cool but he misses talking to real humans his age. He wants to talk to people who don’t think that having a parlor is normal, is that so much to ask?

So he had asked Nickolas if he could go out. Nickolas seemed surprised that he asked. Nickolas looked at him confused, “Why do you want to go out so soon?” He was annoyed but kept calm and said, “well the house is nice and all but some fresh air will be good.” he added a smile, trying to seem pleasant. Nickolas smiled back and answered, “Then why don’t you go in the garden, it's quite nice you know.”  

Arachnid decided to bite the bullet, “I want to talk to other people then the ones inside the house, besides shouldn’t I be helping with the domain?” Nickolas seems hesitant but nods and calls “one of the ghouls” to his study. Alison comes in with as much excitement as he would expect for getting more work. Nickolas smiles and turns his head to arachnid. “I’ll give you your answer soon, until then goodbye. I have much to speak with the ghouls about.” Arachnid nods and leaves the room.

Ok so if Nickolas had his way he’d be stuck in here forever! Over dramatic fledgling. Shut up voices! Just as he was planning his escape Alison came in to talk to him. “Well Nickolas has agreed to have you brought out, but you’ll need this before you do.” She handed him a white shirt with navy blue dress pants, the ghouls uniform. 

He looked at the clothes confused. Why was he getting these? “Umm thank you but why..?” She looks amused and she says, “Well you can’t be known to be another kindred if we all don’t want trouble, so looking like one of the ghouls is your best bet.” He nods, taking the clothes and going to one of the bathrooms to change. 

The clothes fit well and are comfortable enough, he can’t wear one of his hoodies though which is sad, but he will deal with it. Anything to get out of this house already. He comes out of the bathroom and walks back to Alison before asking, “When do I get to go out?” she smiles and answers, “When I’m ready, you're not going out alone.” Arachnid stops, what he's not going out alone, she has to come with him?

Oh of course the older vampire wouldn’t let a new other vampire into his territory unsupervised why would he do that? Why would a vampire leave their fledgling unsupervised? Fucking voices again! Ugh great, now he has a babysitter or a patrol officer. Take your pick. He sighs and says, “Well when do we go then?” She smiles and says soon before getting a coat on and handing Arachnid a coat as well, he was about to argue but she talks before he can. “No, take the coat, it's fall, and it's getting cold out. If you walk around without one you will look weird.”

He takes the coat and puts it on, begrudgingly. He misses his coat but this is better than nothing. He decides to ask, “So where are we going first?” Alison thinks for a moment before answering, “The business around the college first, just a quick walk around, then to the college itself.” That sounds like a fair evening. 

So they go outside to one of Nickolas’s cars, with how old Nickolas is Arachnid wonders how he knows how to use a car. Maybe he gets the ghouls to do it, sounds stuck up enough. Alison got in the car first getting in the driver's seat, was she the ghoul that drove Nickolas around? Maybe he should ask. “Do you drive Nickolas around, or does someone else drive him around?”

She turns the key and looks at him as he sits in the front of the car beside her, “I’m the main driver, yes. But I have other duties in the house, like helping organise everything or entertaining guests when they come by." She seems to have been annoyed by him implying that she just drove Nickolas around all day. He sinks into his seat and mutters an apology. “Sorry, didn't mean to offend you…”

Her look softens and she speaks more evenly, “my apologies, I’m not used to a kindred so,” She pauses and looks around as she drives before continuing, "interested in the ghouls, lets just say. It's not really your fault, so don’t feel bad. Alright?" he nods, not wanting to make her madder. What's the ghoul going to do? She takes a breath and keeps going on the road until they pass the art college and go to the main college that arachnid hung around not even a week ago.

She mumbles something about bad parking before pulling into the college. Arachnid is very confused. “Why are we at the college weren't we going to the business first?” She seems really annoyed as she says, “Well there is no parking in this part of the city that you don’t have to pay for, and I don’t have all the money in the world you know.” 

He smiles and nods as they get out of the car. He sees a really big building in front of them and a field past that. They move out past the gate again moving into the street, there is no sidewalk here. They very carefully move over to the right side of the building seeing a few clubs on the walk. As they get to the now existent sidewalk they see a few buildings: a coffee shop, an ice cream shop that's closed at this hour, a taxi business no one ever enters, and he's not sure if it's closed? 

She sees him looking at the taxi “company” and starts talking about it, seeming to know a lot about it already. For some reason? “Oh that, it’s a shell company. For whom? I’m not sure. But no one comes in or out day or night.” he thinks for a moment. “That's creepy…how do you know that stuff though?” she thinks before responding with, “Nickolas has us watch it sometimes.” He  nods and they keep walking.

They walk down into the opposite of where they had started this little tour. They saw mostly normal stores: a general and party store, a laundry mat, a burger place that Arachnid wishes he could go to, he can almost see the auto repair shop he's passed a few times.

 She seems to be considering what to say before settling on saying, "There's a pawn shop past the street that's right next to the furniture store. They are both fronts for some people, but I don’t think kindred are involved, we looked at the places plenty of times and nothing.” arachnid is weirding out, how much do they have to stalk people? Will he have to do that? Maybe maybe not. You're being so helpful today! You are talking to yourself.

They keep walking going back up to the top of the campus, but on the way they see a few bars. He wonders how many of those are around here? And they also see a big art museum a few streets from the campus. Alison notices and decides to give him more information on the place. “That museum was built by Nickolas's sire, Pleasence. She's the toreador primogen and an elder. Hopefully you’ll never meet her if you don’t have a good plan.” he hopes he doesn’t meet her too, that doesn’t sound fun.

He looks around, aren’t the toreador super art focused? “Wait if this is all toreador then why aren’t there more art things?”  Alison considers this for a second before explaining, “They can’t have all the businesses be art or people couldn’t eat. Besides, Pleasance likes bloomhill glade more than here. That's why Nickolas's haven is there and not here.” Arachnid guesses that makes sense.

They walk back up to where they started after that going back towards the parking lot but stopping short. Alison turned and smiled, “Ready to see the college?” he nodded but he's already been around a few times. Not like she needs to know that. 

They go to the building he saw earlier which is apparently a changing room for the athletes, which explains the smell, and they pass the big field that he saw on the way out. They go to the main courtyard with both the stem building and the mathematics buildings on either side. It's a pretty place with flowers and bushes to the sides with a few trees and a fountain in the center. He really likes this place.

There are a few students walking around presumably trying to get to the dorms or the library. Though it's still weird to be awake this late, even for college students. Though not vampires.

They walk down to what is the campus library. He went here a few times, not to read but to watch the people. It’s a big building near the bottom of the campus, there are a few people who look like they got kicked out for being in the building too late, some look like they had been sleeping. The library is near where they go next, the main building that apparently has the English hall in it too?

It's a really big place but kinda off to the left? Weird that it's called the main building but who is he to judge? There is no one around here this late in the main building. They pass by the auto shop and one of the dorm buildings, they both are kinda weirdly sized. The dorm is pretty big and the auto shop is really small. Whatever.

Around the dorm there are a few strangling people, some look drunk, some look like they haven't slept in days. Most just look like they are trying to get out of the cold as fast as possible, not like he could blame them. Though the cold doesn’t bother him as much anymore, he can barely feel the cold wind against the jacket. 

They walk to the other side of campus to see the law building and the culinary building which are both right by the second dorm building which is just as big as the last one. The crowd is slightly bigger, a barbeque seeming to have happened at a more reasonable hour of the day. They looked to have had fun though so that's good for them. 

After that they walk back to the parking lot and go back in the car. He doesn’t mind going back; it's been a lot of walking. On the drive back he decides to ask a question, “what type of stuff will I be doing for Nickolas, do you know?” she laughs at the question and responds, “Oh don’t worry about that, he was considering if he should even put you on package deliveries, you’ll be fine. Promise” she says that last part with an evil grin. 

Great baby missions ugh he's going to (double) die of boredom at this rate.     

[angelofthedark2005]

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[angelofthedark2005]

Going out

Arachnid had been with Nickolas for a few days and he was getting used to being in this big house but he was getting a little sick of being inside all the time. Didn’t Nickolas want him to help with his domain? Then why was he stuck here all the time?

I mean he likes being in the house, it's super big, and he spends a lot of time just watching tv in his huge living room, or just reading books upstairs in the library. He also doesn’t mind his new room even if he still has to get Nickolas to move the wall for him to go down. A very interesting method for protection. And that's still happening but what else is new.

Though he did get intruded to some of Nickolas’s ghouls. One a woman with shorter shoulder length wavy red hair, blue eyes, and cool painted nails, named Alison. Another ghoul, a man with longer brown hair in a ponytail and green eyes, named Jacob and finally two more ghouls both with copper colored hair who are siblings named Jason and Mallory both with brownish eyes. All the ghouls have a uniform with a white top and navy blue bottoms.

They were all cool but he misses talking to real humans his age. He wants to talk to people who don’t think that having a parlor is normal, is that so much to ask?

So he had asked Nickolas if he could go out. Nickolas seemed surprised that he asked. Nickolas looked at him confused, “Why do you want to go out so soon?” He was annoyed but kept calm and said, “well the house is nice and all but some fresh air will be good.” he added a smile, trying to seem pleasant. Nickolas smiled back and answered, “Then why don’t you go in the garden, it's quite nice you know.”  

Arachnid decided to bite the bullet, “I want to talk to other people then the ones inside the house, besides shouldn’t I be helping with the domain?” Nickolas seems hesitant but nods and calls “one of the ghouls” to his study. Alison comes in with as much excitement as he would expect for getting more work. Nickolas smiles and turns his head to arachnid. “I’ll give you your answer soon, until then goodbye. I have much to speak with the ghouls about.” Arachnid nods and leaves the room.

Ok so if Nickolas had his way he’d be stuck in here forever! Over dramatic fledgling. Shut up voices! Just as he was planning his escape Alison came in to talk to him. “Well Nickolas has agreed to have you brought out, but you’ll need this before you do.” She handed him a white shirt with navy blue dress pants, the ghouls uniform. 

He looked at the clothes confused. Why was he getting these? “Umm thank you but why..?” She looks amused and she says, “Well you can’t be known to be another kindred if we all don’t want trouble, so looking like one of the ghouls is your best bet.” He nods, taking the clothes and going to one of the bathrooms to change. 

The clothes fit well and are comfortable enough, he can’t wear one of his hoodies though which is sad, but he will deal with it. Anything to get out of this house already. He comes out of the bathroom and walks back to Alison before asking, “When do I get to go out?” she smiles and answers, “When I’m ready, you're not going out alone.” Arachnid stops, what he's not going out alone, she has to come with him?

Oh of course the older vampire wouldn’t let a new other vampire into his territory unsupervised why would he do that? Why would a vampire leave their fledgling unsupervised? Fucking voices again! Ugh great, now he has a babysitter or a patrol officer. Take your pick. He sighs and says, “Well when do we go then?” She smiles and says soon before getting a coat on and handing Arachnid a coat as well, he was about to argue but she talks before he can. “No, take the coat, it's fall, and it's getting cold out. If you walk around without one you will look weird.”

He takes the coat and puts it on, begrudgingly. He misses his coat but this is better than nothing. He decides to ask, “So where are we going first?” Alison thinks for a moment before answering, “The business around the college first, just a quick walk around, then to the college itself.” That sounds like a fair evening. 

So they go outside to one of Nickolas’s cars, with how old Nickolas is Arachnid wonders how he knows how to use a car. Maybe he gets the ghouls to do it, sounds stuck up enough. Alison got in the car first getting in the driver's seat, was she the ghoul that drove Nickolas around? Maybe he should ask. “Do you drive Nickolas around, or does someone else drive him around?”

She turns the key and looks at him as he sits in the front of the car beside her, “I’m the main driver, yes. But I have other duties in the house, like helping organise everything or entertaining guests when they come by." She seems to have been annoyed by him implying that she just drove Nickolas around all day. He sinks into his seat and mutters an apology. “Sorry, didn't mean to offend you…”

Her look softens and she speaks more evenly, “my apologies, I’m not used to a kindred so,” She pauses and looks around as she drives before continuing, "interested in the ghouls, lets just say. It's not really your fault, so don’t feel bad. Alright?" he nods, not wanting to make her madder. What's the ghoul going to do? She takes a breath and keeps going on the road until they pass the art college and go to the main college that arachnid hung around not even a week ago.

She mumbles something about bad parking before pulling into the college. Arachnid is very confused. “Why are we at the college weren't we going to the business first?” She seems really annoyed as she says, “Well there is no parking in this part of the city that you don’t have to pay for, and I don’t have all the money in the world you know.” 

He smiles and nods as they get out of the car. He sees a really big building in front of them and a field past that. They move out past the gate again moving into the street, there is no sidewalk here. They very carefully move over to the right side of the building seeing a few clubs on the walk. As they get to the now existent sidewalk they see a few buildings: a coffee shop, an ice cream shop that's closed at this hour, a taxi business no one ever enters, and he's not sure if it's closed? 

She sees him looking at the taxi “company” and starts talking about it, seeming to know a lot about it already. For some reason? “Oh that, it’s a shell company. For whom? I’m not sure. But no one comes in or out day or night.” he thinks for a moment. “That's creepy…how do you know that stuff though?” she thinks before responding with, “Nickolas has us watch it sometimes.” He  nods and they keep walking.

They walk down into the opposite of where they had started this little tour. They saw mostly normal stores: a general and party store, a laundry mat, a burger place that Arachnid wishes he could go to, he can almost see the auto repair shop he's passed a few times.

 She seems to be considering what to say before settling on saying, "There's a pawn shop past the street that's right next to the furniture store. They are both fronts for some people, but I don’t think kindred are involved, we looked at the places plenty of times and nothing.” arachnid is weirding out, how much do they have to stalk people? Will he have to do that? Maybe maybe not. You're being so helpful today! You are talking to yourself.

They keep walking going back up to the top of the campus, but on the way they see a few bars. He wonders how many of those are around here? And they also see a big art museum a few streets from the campus. Alison notices and decides to give him more information on the place. “That museum was built by Nickolas's sire, Pleasence. She's the toreador primogen and an elder. Hopefully you’ll never meet her if you don’t have a good plan.” he hopes he doesn’t meet her too, that doesn’t sound fun.

He looks around, aren’t the toreador super art focused? “Wait if this is all toreador then why aren’t there more art things?”  Alison considers this for a second before explaining, “They can’t have all the businesses be art or people couldn’t eat. Besides, Pleasance likes bloomhill glade more than here. That's why Nickolas's haven is there and not here.” Arachnid guesses that makes sense.

They walk back up to where they started after that going back towards the parking lot but stopping short. Alison turned and smiled, “Ready to see the college?” he nodded but he's already been around a few times. Not like she needs to know that. 

They go to the building he saw earlier which is apparently a changing room for the athletes, which explains the smell, and they pass the big field that he saw on the way out. They go to the main courtyard with both the stem building and the mathematics buildings on either side. It's a pretty place with flowers and bushes to the sides with a few trees and a fountain in the center. He really likes this place.

There are a few students walking around presumably trying to get to the dorms or the library. Though it's still weird to be awake this late, even for college students. Though not vampires.

They walk down to what is the campus library. He went here a few times, not to read but to watch the people. It’s a big building near the bottom of the campus, there are a few people who look like they got kicked out for being in the building too late, some look like they had been sleeping. The library is near where they go next, the main building that apparently has the English hall in it too?

It's a really big place but kinda off to the left? Weird that it's called the main building but who is he to judge? There is no one around here this late in the main building. They pass by the auto shop and one of the dorm buildings, they both are kinda weirdly sized. The dorm is pretty big and the auto shop is really small. Whatever.

Around the dorm there are a few strangling people, some look drunk, some look like they haven't slept in days. Most just look like they are trying to get out of the cold as fast as possible, not like he could blame them. Though the cold doesn’t bother him as much anymore, he can barely feel the cold wind against the jacket. 

They walk to the other side of campus to see the law building and the culinary building which are both right by the second dorm building which is just as big as the last one. The crowd is slightly bigger, a barbeque seeming to have happened at a more reasonable hour of the day. They looked to have had fun though so that's good for them. 

After that they walk back to the parking lot and go back in the car. He doesn’t mind going back; it's been a lot of walking. On the drive back he decides to ask a question, “what type of stuff will I be doing for Nickolas, do you know?” she laughs at the question and responds, “Oh don’t worry about that, he was considering if he should even put you on package deliveries, you’ll be fine. Promise” she says that last part with an evil grin. 

Great baby missions ugh he's going to (double) die of boredom at this rate.     

[angelofthedark2005]

meeting arachnid

Nickolas’s last few nights were boringly average. After getting bloomhill college as his domain his nights have been pretty repetitive: waking up, patrolling the domain, feeding, and then going home and reading in his study. It wasn’t a bad routine but it was very much more of the same. 

He was doing his normal routine of waking up from his day sleep, getting dressed and washed as to be proper. Giving the ghouls their tasks for the day. And he had set out for the day's tasks which included patrolling, talking to the kine to ensure no poaching had happened and sending a letter to his sire, Pleasance the toreador primogen who had gifted him this domain.

It was warm and students were looking around looking lost, it makes sense it being early September right now. They are likely new freshmen trying to navigate it for the first time. He smiles thinking of being so young and new to the world.

But while he was patrolling, he saw a young looking kindred in his domain. He was almost more amused than mad; this was certainly interesting. He had moved towards the young looking kindred, looks to have been embraced in his early twenties? 

It had surprised him when the young kindred ran for his life. Now Nicholas will admit that being caught in another domain is troubling for most but he didn’t even look like he had hunted in the domain. Was he planning to and got caught before he could? Likely, but he would have to look into this young kindred more to know for sure. Besides, he could use some entertainment during these long nights.

He never does mention the young kindred in his letter. He doesn’t want his sire to know about this scared little kindred who he had found in his domain. No, he wants to keep this one to himself if he can. He just needs to find them.

The next time he sees the young kindred he is more carefully, approaching like he is approaching a wild animal. The man seems worried, oddly so. His eyes darting between Nickolas and the rest of the college, looking for an escape. 

 He seemed new, definitely a fledgling, which begs the question as to why he's out here? He was wearing an ill-fitting black jacket, and his dark almost black hair looked like it hadn't been brushed or washed for a long time, at least a few weeks. He will have to fix this.  

But as he tried to get closer the childe panicked running off again. Nickolas considers running after, but they are in public and he has appearances to keep up. Besides, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. He goes back to his haven to get ready.

In preparation for the next night nickolas gets some blood, human blood from the college students blood drive they had done two weeks ago, mixed with a small amount of vitae. This should be pungent enough for the fledgling to smell from a while away. And help with him trusting him at least a little bit.Now it's just a matter of time.

The next night he sets the trap at an old abandoned bar and waits nearby hiding so as to not scare the young one away again. And right on time the young kindred takes the bait, smelling and inspecting the blood for poison before drinking it in one go. As he does nickolas uncovers himself and walks up to the young kindred. “Why hello, now don’t worry I won’t hurt you.” he puts his hands up to prove that point. “I just want to know what you're doing here?” 

The young kindred seems hesitant but after several minutes of waiting he says, “I wanted to get some…stuff, besides the people here are closer to my age then most so it's nice to talk to them…” Nickolas wonders if talking is all he was doing or if he had fed here too, but he says nothing of the sort as to not scare the wary kindred. He thinks about what to ask before going with introductions, “Well young one I am Nickolas, can you tell me your name?” 

The younger kindred looks warily at nickolas but eventually answers “...I’m Arachnid” he pulls his sleeves over his arms, holding the hoodie close as if it would protect him.

Nickolas smiles, that's a strange name but it's likely something he picked after the embrace. “Well nice to properly be introduced, Arachnid.” The young kindred, Arachnid, seems scared of him still but less so than the days before (maybe in part to him adding his blood to the bowl).

 Nickolas was going to say something but Arachnid got up before he could say anything. “I need to go.” nickolas is slightly disappointed but still, he says, “very well then, but come back tomorrow and I will give you blood you need to eat right?” 

Arachnis looks shocked and he says, "What's the catch?” Nickolas gets a playful smile and he says, “Well just talk truly. You see, my new domain can be so boring and having someone to talk to might be good for me. Besides, it means less messes to clean up if your fed.” Arachnid looks confused but still takes off. 

As promised Nickolas waits in the same spot the next night. with a big bowl of, just, human blood for Arachnid, this time. When Arachnid comes he seems surprised to see him there, as if he thought he was lying about this arrangement. Nickolas offers the blood to the childe who gladly drinks the blood to the last drop, Nickolas decides to talk after Arachnid finishes. “Well how about a question, what clan are you from?” 

The childe pushes the bowl to him and says, “Tell me your clan first, then I’ll tell you.” Nickolas wonders how such an anxious childe can be so bold. But he does answer, “I am from clan toreador, the clan of the roses.” He says, very proud of his own clan. Arachnid stays quiet for a moment before saying, “I’m from the malkavians, the clan of crazy people.”

Nickolas looks at the childe, they don’t seem happy with their origin. Nickolas speaks again attempting to comfort him, “Well they are truly the clan of profits, the clan of seers. Don’t be sad about being from them, Arachnid, I have met some great malkavians." Arachnid looks very surprised and almost happy before shaking his head and saying, “You're just saying that to make me feel better…” Nickolas is about to talk about the malkavians he met but Arachnid goes to leave but not before saying "Tomorrow night?” to which Nickolas nods and smiles.

For the next two weeks Nicholas brings blood to the young kindred and Arachnid answers simple questions each night. 

He asks him questions and sometimes Arachnid will ask him some. For a few examples: Where are you from? Another city. Did you have friends there, in this life? No, not kindred anyway. Do you have a sire? no. Do you have a haven? Not really, but it's a place to sleep I guess. 

And during these two weeks Nickolas starts liking Arachnid more and more and he wants to give him an offer, so after one of their late night talks he asks him, "Oh and arachnid, would you like our next meeting to be inside a more proper buliding?” Arachnid looks surprised and a little worried. “Why would we do that?” Nickolas gives a smile and says, “Well I want to give you an offer, besides it's much nicer then out here, at least I would hope so.” 

With that he gives him his address and leaves.The next night is very anxiety-inducing waiting, wondering if it was too fast. But Arachnid does come to the house. Nickolas jumps up and makes sure he is presentable before going to answer the door. “Well I’m glad you came childe, come in I'll show you to my parlor so we can talk.” he gestures to him to go inside. 

After that he does go inside. He seems to be looking around in wonder at the place. Has he never been in a proper home before? Nickolas leads him past the living and dining rooms to the parlor. He shows him into a very pretty room with a light blue color scheme, there is a fireplace and four plush chairs facing a table and each other.

After looking around the very fancy room, he sits with Nickolas at his table. Nickolas offers him some warmed blood, which Arachnid happily takes. Nickolas speaks first, “Well I am glad that you enjoy my home, for I wish to share it with you.” Arachnid almost spits out the blood and says, “what do you mean ‘share it with me’, why, what's the catch?” he looks around anxiously looking like he wants to run.

Nickolas only collects himself before saying, “I do not wish to run this domain alone, and I know that you need a place to stay. So I have an offer: you will do some chores here, and in return you may hunt and live here for as long as needed.” nickolas waits for his response with anticipation. 

Arachnid seems to be weighing his options but ultimately responds with, “Yes, I’ll do it.” He looks up at Nickolas as he says this, seeming more confident then he had seen him for the entire time he's met him.

Nickolas is very happy to hear that, and he decides to bring the childe along on a tour of the house before bringing him to where he may sleep, revealing a secret door behind a wall where his bedroom will be. And if he looks too happy bringing him around his, very well decorated house then, so be it.

[angelofthedark2005]

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[angelofthedark2005]

meeting arachnid

Nickolas’s last few nights were boringly average. After getting bloomhill college as his domain his nights have been pretty repetitive: waking up, patrolling the domain, feeding, and then going home and reading in his study. It wasn’t a bad routine but it was very much more of the same. 

He was doing his normal routine of waking up from his day sleep, getting dressed and washed as to be proper. Giving the ghouls their tasks for the day. And he had set out for the day's tasks which included patrolling, talking to the kine to ensure no poaching had happened and sending a letter to his sire, Pleasance the toreador primogen who had gifted him this domain.

It was warm and students were looking around looking lost, it makes sense it being early September right now. They are likely new freshmen trying to navigate it for the first time. He smiles thinking of being so young and new to the world.

But while he was patrolling, he saw a young looking kindred in his domain. He was almost more amused than mad; this was certainly interesting. He had moved towards the young looking kindred, looks to have been embraced in his early twenties? 

It had surprised him when the young kindred ran for his life. Now Nicholas will admit that being caught in another domain is troubling for most but he didn’t even look like he had hunted in the domain. Was he planning to and got caught before he could? Likely, but he would have to look into this young kindred more to know for sure. Besides, he could use some entertainment during these long nights.

He never does mention the young kindred in his letter. He doesn’t want his sire to know about this scared little kindred who he had found in his domain. No, he wants to keep this one to himself if he can. He just needs to find them.

The next time he sees the young kindred he is more carefully, approaching like he is approaching a wild animal. The man seems worried, oddly so. His eyes darting between Nickolas and the rest of the college, looking for an escape. 

 He seemed new, definitely a fledgling, which begs the question as to why he's out here? He was wearing an ill-fitting black jacket, and his dark almost black hair looked like it hadn't been brushed or washed for a long time, at least a few weeks. He will have to fix this.  

But as he tried to get closer the childe panicked running off again. Nickolas considers running after, but they are in public and he has appearances to keep up. Besides, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. He goes back to his haven to get ready.

In preparation for the next night nickolas gets some blood, human blood from the college students blood drive they had done two weeks ago, mixed with a small amount of vitae. This should be pungent enough for the fledgling to smell from a while away. And help with him trusting him at least a little bit.Now it's just a matter of time.

The next night he sets the trap at an old abandoned bar and waits nearby hiding so as to not scare the young one away again. And right on time the young kindred takes the bait, smelling and inspecting the blood for poison before drinking it in one go. As he does nickolas uncovers himself and walks up to the young kindred. “Why hello, now don’t worry I won’t hurt you.” he puts his hands up to prove that point. “I just want to know what you're doing here?” 

The young kindred seems hesitant but after several minutes of waiting he says, “I wanted to get some…stuff, besides the people here are closer to my age then most so it's nice to talk to them…” Nickolas wonders if talking is all he was doing or if he had fed here too, but he says nothing of the sort as to not scare the wary kindred. He thinks about what to ask before going with introductions, “Well young one I am Nickolas, can you tell me your name?” 

The younger kindred looks warily at nickolas but eventually answers “...I’m Arachnid” he pulls his sleeves over his arms, holding the hoodie close as if it would protect him.

Nickolas smiles, that's a strange name but it's likely something he picked after the embrace. “Well nice to properly be introduced, Arachnid.” The young kindred, Arachnid, seems scared of him still but less so than the days before (maybe in part to him adding his blood to the bowl).

 Nickolas was going to say something but Arachnid got up before he could say anything. “I need to go.” nickolas is slightly disappointed but still, he says, “very well then, but come back tomorrow and I will give you blood you need to eat right?” 

Arachnis looks shocked and he says, "What's the catch?” Nickolas gets a playful smile and he says, “Well just talk truly. You see, my new domain can be so boring and having someone to talk to might be good for me. Besides, it means less messes to clean up if your fed.” Arachnid looks confused but still takes off. 

As promised Nickolas waits in the same spot the next night. with a big bowl of, just, human blood for Arachnid, this time. When Arachnid comes he seems surprised to see him there, as if he thought he was lying about this arrangement. Nickolas offers the blood to the childe who gladly drinks the blood to the last drop, Nickolas decides to talk after Arachnid finishes. “Well how about a question, what clan are you from?” 

The childe pushes the bowl to him and says, “Tell me your clan first, then I’ll tell you.” Nickolas wonders how such an anxious childe can be so bold. But he does answer, “I am from clan toreador, the clan of the roses.” He says, very proud of his own clan. Arachnid stays quiet for a moment before saying, “I’m from the malkavians, the clan of crazy people.”

Nickolas looks at the childe, they don’t seem happy with their origin. Nickolas speaks again attempting to comfort him, “Well they are truly the clan of profits, the clan of seers. Don’t be sad about being from them, Arachnid, I have met some great malkavians." Arachnid looks very surprised and almost happy before shaking his head and saying, “You're just saying that to make me feel better…” Nickolas is about to talk about the malkavians he met but Arachnid goes to leave but not before saying "Tomorrow night?” to which Nickolas nods and smiles.

For the next two weeks Nicholas brings blood to the young kindred and Arachnid answers simple questions each night. 

He asks him questions and sometimes Arachnid will ask him some. For a few examples: Where are you from? Another city. Did you have friends there, in this life? No, not kindred anyway. Do you have a sire? no. Do you have a haven? Not really, but it's a place to sleep I guess. 

And during these two weeks Nickolas starts liking Arachnid more and more and he wants to give him an offer, so after one of their late night talks he asks him, "Oh and arachnid, would you like our next meeting to be inside a more proper buliding?” Arachnid looks surprised and a little worried. “Why would we do that?” Nickolas gives a smile and says, “Well I want to give you an offer, besides it's much nicer then out here, at least I would hope so.” 

With that he gives him his address and leaves.The next night is very anxiety-inducing waiting, wondering if it was too fast. But Arachnid does come to the house. Nickolas jumps up and makes sure he is presentable before going to answer the door. “Well I’m glad you came childe, come in I'll show you to my parlor so we can talk.” he gestures to him to go inside. 

After that he does go inside. He seems to be looking around in wonder at the place. Has he never been in a proper home before? Nickolas leads him past the living and dining rooms to the parlor. He shows him into a very pretty room with a light blue color scheme, there is a fireplace and four plush chairs facing a table and each other.

After looking around the very fancy room, he sits with Nickolas at his table. Nickolas offers him some warmed blood, which Arachnid happily takes. Nickolas speaks first, “Well I am glad that you enjoy my home, for I wish to share it with you.” Arachnid almost spits out the blood and says, “what do you mean ‘share it with me’, why, what's the catch?” he looks around anxiously looking like he wants to run.

Nickolas only collects himself before saying, “I do not wish to run this domain alone, and I know that you need a place to stay. So I have an offer: you will do some chores here, and in return you may hunt and live here for as long as needed.” nickolas waits for his response with anticipation. 

Arachnid seems to be weighing his options but ultimately responds with, “Yes, I’ll do it.” He looks up at Nickolas as he says this, seeming more confident then he had seen him for the entire time he's met him.

Nickolas is very happy to hear that, and he decides to bring the childe along on a tour of the house before bringing him to where he may sleep, revealing a secret door behind a wall where his bedroom will be. And if he looks too happy bringing him around his, very well decorated house then, so be it.

[shutyourmoustache]

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[charcherbert]

Vampires SMP and specifically its fandom are somehow one of the greatest examples of how an audience can fall for manipulation I’ve ever seen. And that’s kind of scary. And insane.

I made a post a few days ago about how a lot of people in this fandom flat out ignore the blatant abuse in the vampires coven in order to sanitize their dynamic into one of classic found family instead. The notes on that post were, as expected, a lot of people clamouring to defend or absolve themselves of something I never accused them of.

But seeing all the replies about people “purposely falling for the facade” has made me realize something absolutely fascinating; Vampires SMP, however unintentionally, is weaponizing its tropes against its audience in order to immerse them in the minds of its characters.

Because abusive relationships are more often than not, incredibly appealing at first glance.

When you watch Shelby’s pov and hear the words “community” or “they’re like my family” you’re kind of pavlov-ed into having a positive reaction to those words. And when you see Pyro having generally romantic undertones with Scott, or you see Owen congratulating Pyro and Shelby, or Scott sarcastically defending themselves from townspeople, we get it in our minds that these people are supposed to care about each other. Even Vampires themselves have a metaphorical queer undertone that a lot of fans choose to see, even when it obviously doesn’t fit.

And, when the audience has to face the fact that Scott would leave them for dead, or that Pyro doesn’t actually want to be here and is being coerced into staying via death threats and guilt-tripping, or that Shelby is being forcibly isolated from her former friends, we ignore it. Because we don’t want it to be true.

which is LITERALLY EXACTLY WHAT THE CHARACTERS ARE ALSO THINKING. Shelby wants to believe the coven really loves her because she’s never felt accepted before. Pyro wants to believe he’s fine with his own turning and that as long as he listens to Scott he’ll be safe because the alternative leaves him dead. These characters, to some degree, know they’re wrong, but they choose to ignore that because otherwise they have to face the fact that it really isn’t true.

Because it is incredible how much we can consciously ignore if it means we get to live in a world where we feel loved and accepted, even if it hurts.

(A few disclaimers because I know what you guys are like: No I’m not calling you naive for wanting the vampires to be a family. No I’m not saying you’re not allowed to do that or that it’s morally wrong, I don’t know why you think I have that power anyway. This is all about the vampires characters, not the ccs. Please don’t take this as a personal insult.)

[the-ruler-of-rabbits]

god of course apo ate truffle in front of pyro. of course she did! "hey, i brought you a snack :)" is what owen said when bringing apo to what he sure thought was her death, and pyro drank from her then.

of course she was angry he didn't eat truffle. it's proof he can restrain himself, if he cares about the living thing being offered up.

"it's okay :) truffle wants this :) truffle wants to die :)" because why else would something walk into a vampire's castle? everyone keeps telling apo she wanted it!

and pyro doesn't get it. he cares about truffle, of course he won't eat it. of course.

[youllnevertaketheskyfromme]

As a Scott first pov watcher it really is just oscillating between "wow this is so much fun I love the chill fun vibes here" and "growing sense of unease as you slowly realize the true ancient evil that is Scott Goldsmith and exactly how far he'll go to get his perfect 'happy' ending" for the entire episode.

[salemoleander]

Owen retreating into violence bc trust hurts too much. Because if it could go well, if humans and vampires together could be peaceful, then- He won't let that thought complete. He can't. Better to make sure it can't. The world is Us vs Them, and always will be.

The way the average townsperson insists Owen is the worst of them, the evil vampire, and it's Drift and Legs who go- no. No, the evil one is Scott. The evil one is the polite one with the pretty face and the gilded words. The detective and the doctor (the soldier): they know how to recognize a killer. Scott resents them for it, but then again: the presence of humans is wearing a bit thin.

The urgency of saving Pyro from an abusive relationship. Planning to meet at secondary locations so his family partner sire won't know they're trying to get help. A sick feeling as he realizes that it's happening again.

Apo, finally choosing to tell someone what they are (what happened to them) and immediately being betrayed. Martyn outing her to everyone, posting it in the goddamn town square. Surrounded by a bristling crowd of silver, and only the Doc steps between them and the mob. Martyn wanly trying to explain how important honesty is.

Drift falls in battle. Then stands up again. Flees, and there's a sickness to the Doctor's voice as he recognizes the same pattern playing out. "Are you my newest patient?" So afraid of being hated, hunted by her town (her roommate, best friend) for something that was never a choice.

Imperfect victims. Avid volunteering for the bite bc he's dying, and the inherent tension of dying to escape the fear of death. Someone who is so so scared and angry.

Cleo, furious jealous that anyone could choose this, could be so deluded as to bank on a cure. And less selfishly, they're livid when even now Avid tries to stoke fear, unable to stop throwing vampires under the bus. Holding the fear of outing like a knife to his throat, until he relents.

Dr Legs, running out of lies to cover for his patients, stakes his life and reputation on one last lie- that he's been turned. He might as well be, he reasons; they'll have to kill him to hurt the others. He'll do everything in his power to refute the simple evil lie of Us vs. Them, but if push comes to shove he will fight and die for Them. He's seen what Us means, and wants no part in it.