I. ◞ » ❪ FEEDING / JACK. ❫ / TRIGGER WARNING : NSFW + GORE !
“Based on the assumption that human blood can survive for the same amount of time it can in a human body, vampires would only need to feed THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR … this would be if they completely drained their victims.
Humans can survive losing up to about 40% of their blood, which means that a vampire… would need to feed TWELVE TIMES A YEAR AT MINIMUM / ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.” ( SOURCE )
As the years have gone by, it has become exponentially more difficult to maintain the average vampire’s diet ; people notice a lot more often if someone goes missing. With this in mind, and not wanting to harm or take a human’s life, Jack found a rather … odd solution.
The typical biological female can lose anywhere between ten to thirty - five milliliters of blood during menstruation, and given that it is blood meant to feed a fetus, it is, he has found, the “healthiest” and cleanest type of blood in the body, both sterile and nutritious.
Jack has worked out deals with a small but still decent - sized group of biological females to where he visits them for a few days out of the month for feeding purposes ; he’s a careful planner, aware of the nature of his hunger, and chose women whose menstrual cycles happen at different times of the month, so there are very few gaps of time where he would be unable to feed.
“COCONUT WATER can be used (in emergencies) as a SUBSTITUTE FOR BLOOD PLASMA. The reason for this is that coconut water is sterile and has an ideal pH level. Coconut water is liquid endosperm ; IT SURROUNDS THE EMBRYO AND PROVIDES NUTRITION.” ( SOURCE )
Jack drinks a lot of coconut water ; in fact, it’s grown into something just short of an addiction. Throughout the day, he can be seen downing bottle after bottle, using the plasma substitute to tide him over until the next time he is able to feed. Not the most effective method, and sometimes not all that satisfying, but one he relies on frequently.