joined in that trend of people imagining how old their modern ocs would be over the years so here's damii and narren!
for reference; one of my oc stories, journalism truths, takes place in the early 2010s/2013 specifically where damii and narren are 19 there! (they were born around 1994 so in 2025 they'll be 31)
silly local person that's enthusiastic abt monsters + monster-like beings and is besties w/ a silly vampire guy (both of them are silly best friends together)
literature writing work that involves around damii and narren! it's just them being besties : ] + goes into more detail abt their friendship dynamic and both of their charas!
It was 8:00 pm, in the middle of the night, which was perfect timing for Damii to begin to do their routine of collecting information about the existence of monsters. This was also a perfect timing for them to visit Narren as he and Damii can see each other during that time due to Narren being much more active at nighttime, reasonably so because of him being a vampire and all.
During the routine, Damii was writing in their log journal, having Narren begin to pique his interest in whatever is in that journal. Narren's begging to know what's in it, so naturally in his own Narren nature, he floats a bit towards Damii, getting closer to them. "Heeeeeeey. What exactly are you writing in that journal, Damii? I see you carrying that thing around you all the time, always seem to be writing whatever in it!" Damii got started seeing Narren up close to them after hearing him speak. They relaxed down and looked at Narren. "AHH! Don't scare me like that, Narren!! You could just, y'know, not approach me like that with you floating out of nowhere!" They said in an annoyed tone.
Narren rubbed his hand against the back of his head, having a silly-like expression on his face. "Teehee! Sorry, sorry." He lowered himself down, now landed onto the ground and put his arm around Damii's shoulders, using his other hand to point at their log journal. "Say, what's in that journal anyway Damii? Can I take a peek? Is it like some of those "deep secrets" stuff that you humans write about?" He stared at Damii with a biiiig curious look in his eyes. "Oh well, it's nothing like that! What's in this journal are my reports of monster sightings, all of these are my full length research on proving their existence!" Damii proceeds to show the log journal to Narren to look at what they've written in it, Damii points at one specific section of the journal.... Wait, is the section about Narren's existence as a vampire and vampires in general? "Look! I have written a section about you Narren, well not exactly about you but more about vampires as I did research about them before since they're such interesting kinds of monsters to research!"
Narren is surprised at how fully dedicated Damii is about proving monsters are real, he reads a bit of the vampire section and then points out at a few information written in the section. "Hmm... I'd say some of these are kinda true! Although there is some incorrect information written in this section here and there." Narren looked confused at this one part of the section highlighted Do vampires act all dramatic and mysterious with some kinda powerful aura they've got going around them like some rumors have stated? "Like this one! We do NOT act all dramatic, mysterious, or have some sort of powerful thingy going on with us. That's kinda an odd misinformation for sure."
Damii felt a bit embarrassed about hearing some of the information they've written is not correct. "My bad Narren, to be truthfully honest? Most of my research on what I know about vampires is based on what sources said thus that's why I added those in thinking they're true. I do appreciate your insights though, I find that helpful!" Damii thanks Narren for his insights as his help made them learn new things about vampires.
"It's no problem Damii! I don't entirely blame you for not knowing this information being proven incorrect, we are a bit secretive about ourselves when it comes to not wanting to be found out by humans who are scared of us and do our best to blend in the crowd through appearing human! Well, at least most vampires who can do that stuff well. Me? I have struggles with trying to appear human as I'm not great at it so I just put on a hoodie, cover my ears, and that's about it! I can't exactly do much about my eyes and fangs but all humans do seem to fall for my "oh they're just decoratives" lie thus being able to blend in the crowd without any trouble funny enough."
Narren showed off a big smile on his face. "Good thing you are the first human that isn't afraid of me! And we're both alike in terms of goals, like you wanting to know more about monsters which I can help you with and me wanting to know more about human society with your help! Plus you're my human best friend, I have ton of fun hanging out with you and as your monster best friend, I'll do everything I can to help you out on your monster research!''
Damii feels encouraged by Narren's words, being appreciative of him considering them as a fun friend of his. They smiled back at him ''Yeah, I'll do everything to help you too Narren on learning about what human society is like and even take you out to places for you to truly appreciate more of human society together!'' Both of the friends feel even more happier than ever with each other, having promised to achieve their goals and remain to be the greatest friends ever with their strong bond.
''I think it's about time I should get working on my research before I get myself tired from staying up too long, so let's get to working, Narren! Tell me everything you know about monsters and help me track some proof about them shall we?'' Damii started to get back working on their research, and Narren nodded his head to start helping out Damii with their research work. ''Oh, yeah of course! I forget that humans can't exactly stay up too long haha, I'll get to working right away with your research!''
Damii and Narren spent the rest of the night collecting data for the research, having the most fun of their lives with their friendship being even stronger than ever.
