TEST DRIVE: NOVEMBER

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— TEST DRIVE: NOVEMBER —

Welcome to empatheias' test drive meme. This test drive is to help interested players test their characters in the game's environment. We've included a few prompts that incorporate specific elements of the game, though you'll find all of them have a lot of leeway for players to get as creative as necessary. Before diving in, here are a few things we'd like to remind everyone about the game in general:

• Date reminders. Reserves open Tuesday, October 25 and Applications (Canon | OC) open Tuesday, November 1st.
  
  
• OC Reminder! Just a quick reminder that original characters are allowed. Those interested can also use the test drive. OCs do not need to be reserved.
  
  
• Emotions are key! Empatheias' premise focuses on how anyone's emotions can affect their environment, be it big or small. While not every emotion will cause a reaction, significant ones definitely will. How much effect a character will have will ultimately be up to you, the player. Also, while we're giving a lot of leeway for the test drive, keep in mind that there will be some limits in the actual game.
  
  
• Everyone has an amulet. All characters have a unique amulet that is specialized for them. It will contain all of their emotion drops and it serves as the network device. Remember, communication is telepathic. Otherwise, it works basically the same.
  
  
• Assume the character is already in the game. Because "OMG WHERE AM I IS THIS REAL LIFE" threads aren't going to be very helpful in this test drive! Plus those are going to happen in-game, anyway. So to make things easier, just assume that they've been around at least a week or so. Still learning the ropes, but not a complete "first day" experience.
  
  
• First or third person allowed. Your threads can be in either first or third, but we'd advise being flexible about it. Remember, these threads can also be used in your application for samples! Reminder: We only require one sample and it can be done in either format. We have also made a change to our sample requirements, so look over the Applications page!

Now with that out of the way, here are some prompts you guys can work from!


PROMPTS

• Prompt A: How about giving the emotions a try?

• Prompt B: Refer to the Task Board and choose a task your character may be interested in taking up. For this prompt, you could have your character ask for help, already be in the middle of the job, or react to it in some way. Perhaps they were an unfortunate victim or want to create a job countering an existing one. You could even have a prompt making a job request. Creating jobs for the purpose of the test drive is absolutely doable.

• Prompt C: How about giving the amulets a go? Start a telepathic conversation and see how it works. Remember, the amulets are sending out the owner's thoughts so might want to be careful about how the stream of consciousness goes...

• Prompt D: The Boreas Harvest Festival is fast approaching, and the farmers are trying hard to work through the bleak weather conditions to get their crops in before they go bad from all the apathy. All hands on deck—but there may be too many unwanted hands roaming around.

1. Scarecrows. The scarecrows that have been set up as a festive reminder of the time of year have unfortunately come under the influence of some errant strong emotions from the farm hands that work in the fields. Unfortunately that includes trying to ward off anyone who enters the fields with pitchforks and is one of them carrying a torch? Maybe if they can be convinced that you are trustworthy they will calm down.
   
   
2. Invading rabbits. There are ton of rabbits ravaging the carrot patches. They're easily frightened, but some are more tenacious than others. Beware of the white rabbit with red eyes.
   
   
3. Save the crops! Several batches are already starting to spoil! The only thing that can save them is dumping as much positive emotions into them. Joy of good food, hope for a bountiful meal, love of eating—whatever will work. Just be careful. Too much and those things might grow and explode…

• Prompt E: Aiada, the Arehtei of appreciation and jealousy, has sent a personal request for those who are interested. There is a small island just beneath Empatheias that she has been cultivating over the many centuries. She wishes to contribute to the Harvest Festival with some seeds and spores. However, the recent atmosphere has also reached down there, and now it's all a mess! Giant mushrooms replaced the trees and there's slime and mold everywhere. The cure? Aside from getting a lot of heavy duty cleaners and pushing it off, appreciation will go a long way to help.

1. Goop brigade. Grab that bucket and shovel and clear the goop out! Just be careful not to have too much get on you—jealousy might take over.
   
   
2. Appreciation balls. To help hasten the effort, Aiada has given several tubs filled with light, green orbs. Once channeled with enough appreciation, they can be used as mini-grenades to help explode and wash the area with more positive energy. Those caught in the blast won't be harmed. If anything, they'll just be very thankful.
   
   
3. Watch the ledges. Careful, it's a fairly small island and the goop and slime has made things slick. If you fall… That's not a good way to go, let's just say that.

• Prompt F: Various parties are interested in the emotion shards scattered all over Thera. But this time around, the focus is on the medical laboratory as the equipment and potential research there is also of interest. For three days those who volunteer are sent back to try and gather as much as possible—but of course this won't be easy.

1. Skeletal Scientists. The remains of the scientists who once worked in these rooms are still lurking, ready to protect their work. Fortunately they're relatively weak nerds, so not too difficult to dispatch. Just be careful.
   
   
2. Flying equipment. The various medical equipment has also taken life, scalpels and needles flying everywhere and stethoscopes ready to strangle.
   
   
3. Questionable liquid. Most of the easy shards have already been taken, leaving the more difficult to retrieve ones left. In particular they're found in strange, dark pink liquid. It's mostly harmless—except that upon contact intense waves of grief and suffering will course through. The longer the exposure, the worse it is. So hopefully a bucket full of it doesn't fall on you…

• Prompt G: Make your own! It could include feathers and/or confetti.

For your threads, put the Character Name and the Canon in the subject line to help readily identify them. You're also welcome to use more than one prompt for respondents to choose from. If you have any questions or want to brush up on the game information, refer to the Game Information entry. Otherwise, tag around and have fun!

Comments

Zero Kiryuu - Vampire Knight

[bloodyrose]

B

[Although Zero isn't actively a fighter apart from his occupation as a vampire hunter, the idea of making a bit of money in the interim before finding a more steady job is appealing enough. Despite how, yes, he does possess more than the average human, he's capable of toning down his strength and playing on an even ground.

. . .However, it may appear to be the opposite, anyway. He moves in a flurry, striking his opponents in a quick and clean manner. Within a very short time span are there a few men who are down for the count. One (maybe curious) thing that can be noticed upon closer inspection is how none of them are bleeding. He avoided this for personal reasons.

Unfortunately for him, anyone else who may be around to fight as well have backed off a little. They really would prefer to not face what to them is quite the monster. Zero doesn't seem to mind this, and pockets the money he's already made.]

It's fine. I'm done.

[With a casual wave he makes his way out, the ring of spectators making way for him. Not that he'll start a random fight.]

D-2

[He really doesn't mind being able to help out here and there. seeing how he doesn't have a whole lot to do in the first place. Suddenly having such a great amount of free time is something Zero is at a loss with; it's never been like this.

Except maybe he shouldn't have chosen something involving animals. The fact that he actually likes them doesn't matter at all. As a vampire, his presence, alone, is enough to keep the rabbits from them. He barely manages to get close to them. Rather than just skittish, it's almost as if they're terrified of him. Including those with the red eyes. In turn, it only leaves Zero on the irritable side. Only when the crops around him suddenly wilt altogether does it give away that he's in a more sour mood than he may have originally seemed.

F-3

[Already does he ask himself why he bothered to come here in the first place. There's no real use when plenty of others have collected the shards, is there? But here he is.

. . .and soon, he really does regret his decision.

Only his fingers end up with the substance on them, but the sensations hit hard and fast. Almost just as instantly are his memories shoved back to one point of his life where he had particularly been affected by his emotions, albeit those are a great many. Plenty of which he's seen his any given nightmare or dream, and suffocating all the same.

He jerks back his hand and his other, clean one moves to his head. It's made even (far more) worst when he stumbles and drops to his knees, landing directly in another splatter of the liquid. The first hand moves to the ground to keep himself upright as he clutches over his heart. Amidst it all have fissures split along the walls, the room's windows shattering, as the pink substance both around him, and the rest of the room, freezes over.

It really would be wise to remove himself immediately from the area, but he's trembling, and too desperate to catch his breath in order to even think straight, while tears stream down his face, unbeknownst to him.]

wildcard! Come up w whatever! Feel free to PM w any ideas]



[ OOC: For B, Zero highly likely won't be fighting anyone else, so, spectators welcome.]

B

[gardenboxed]

[The display before her leaves Yuuki in stunned disbelief as she watches Zero fight one opponent and then the next. I seems as though it doesn't take him much effort at all. She's a mix between impressed and stunned. The fact that he's so skilled is incredible. But how did he... become so skilled in the first place? It's almost scary how fast he was.

Unlike the crowd that's separated as he leaves the arena, Yuuki pushes through the crowd to catch back up to him.]

Wait for me...!

[Falling in step behind him, she watches the back of his hair.]

I didn't know you could fight like that, Zero. [. . . With him suddenly being old, she still questions if it's fine for her to just call him 'Zero'.]

[bloodyrose]

[It's difficult for him to not be completely thrown off by her in this place- each and every time, at that. With the fact that she's here, to begin with, not being the reason at all. Perhaps even more so is how secretive he needs to be, regardless of knowing it's the very thing she hates the most.]

I was a good fighter even at the time we first met.

[Which for her was not very long ago at all.]

I began my training at around five, you know.

[Not only that, he had been a prodigy to begin with.

He pauses before glancing down to her as they walk.]

. . .Does it scare you, Yuuki?

[gardenboxed]

[She makes a face up at him when he glances down. It's taking a lot to get used to a Zero like this. An adult Zero who is suddenly so much taller and older than her.]

I'm not afraid.

[Although it's... shocking. She's not sure how to describe it.] But I don't understand why you would know how to fight at such a young age. You were training to wrestle and spar?

[bloodyrose]

[He definitely does know it's as much of a shock for her. Between the both of them, it's kind of heartbreaking, too.

Good, though. He doesn't want to frighten her.

He seems a bit amused. Wrestling?]

Hunters do more than use weapons, you know. I learned hand-to-hand combat right along with target practice. The same goes for other weapons, like the sword.

[gardenboxed]

[His response only seems to complex her more.]

Hunting? [But...] Why would you need to know how to do those things for hunting? People don't hunt animals with swords.

B, but taking a different approach from simply being spectator xD

[headfons]

[He... actually can't remember a time he's ever lost so quickly, and that's taking into account all the times Asch kicked his ass. At least during those times they were remotely on even grounds. No, this...

...There's something different about that guy, and he's pretty sure Guy would have been given a run for his money.

Anyone who knows Luke? Well, they wouldn't be surprised that he doesn't hesitate to stumble after the person who just made him eat his own words. Without having even fully caught his breath, he's lifting a finger, pointing right at Zero's face.] No way... am I letting you walk away without telling me how you learned to move like that.

Yes, good.

[bloodyrose]

[Honestly, Zero imagined that at least one of his former-opponents was going to speak up after it all. . . . Aside from those who were left humiliated.

He just casts a look over towards the other again.]

I learned with years of constant practice and being taught by the best.

[Well, it's true.]

[headfons]

[Regardless of having chased the other young man down, he won't be appearing annoyed or upset. Sure, he's... no happy with the fact that he just lost miserably, but really? This managed to spark some life within him that he hasn't felt since he arrived. If that looks like a beam of light shining down on him, that's because it is...]

Well, hey... it clearly paid off! [He goes from grinning a bit to giving a genuine smile in a matter of seconds. Without another word, he holds a hand out to the other.] I, uh... I also wanted to congratulate you. Even if you did practically wipe the floor with me, it was fun. I'd like to give it another try, sometime.

[He gives a sheepish laugh.] After... I train a whole lot more, that is.

[bloodyrose]

[. . .This guy is by far the happiest he's seen among the several Zero has beaten. Or maybe even the happiest as a whole, including back home. Then again the only real "sparring" he's done is with Kaito and his Master. Which he still needs to hold back a bit; despite how hunters do have more strength and ability than the average human, there's still a sizeable gap between them and vampires.

Still, though. That reaction. . .]

We can do that. [He guesses.] Although I'll probably beat you again.

[And again and again. Zero isn't one to boast about anything, but he is honest.]

I just thought I'd do this for the money.

[headfons]

[Happy?

It's strange to think he's come that far. To be considered a happy person -- he'd probably wind up blushing. Just a year ago, he tossed out enough insults at people that someone could write a book with them. He didn't have a single person he could call a friend, save for... one person, and even Guy was someone he'd taken for granted.]

Wh-... [Well, now he really is blushing, a frown quickly replacing the smile.] You don't know that! Besides, I'm not used to just using my fists, but that can be fixed with practice!

[He huffs a bit, one hand on his hip.] I'll get stronger... you'll see!

[The last part has his expression softening a bit into one of curiosity.] Money, huh? That makes sense... If you keep fighting like that, you'll probably be the richest guy around, though... that's only if you can find enough people willing to go against you at this point.

D-2

[coagmentatio]

[Well, he's not human, per se... but he doesn't smell quite inhuman enough to outright scare the animals. Well, at the very least, they don't seem to feel that way. He doesn't carry the air of a predator at all -- his gentle demeanor is usually enough to keep the rabbits from fleeing the second he approaches them. Normally.

It's when he's standing next to this stranger with oddly light-colored hair, he finds himself unable to keep the things from running off. No amount of fresh grass being offered seems to work. It's obvious, at least, that it's not him they're suddenly terrified of.]

You know... [He notices the struggling fauna -- hell, struggling doesn't even seem like the right word. It's more like defeated. He notices the slight thickness in the air. He even notices that there's something unusual about this guy. Well, why else would the animals run like they're facing off against a wolf? He supposes it makes sense, in that case.] ...getting angry isn't going to help them be less afraid.

[He leans, tilting his head so that he's able to look at the other man's face more freely. In spite of his words, there's a gentle expression; it's what he hopes is reassuring, even if it's clear by his eyes that he's studying the stranger. He's trying to get a read on him. To maybe... see what's so damn scary.] You don't look evil and it's obvious you're not a werewolf, so at least you're halfway there.

[He straightens himself out, hands on hips as he studies the ground around the younger(? hell if he knows) man.] Well, at least it's not people that die from a bad mood around here...

[bloodyrose]

[Even the carrots, themselves, are shrinking in size and turning moldy. He isn't intentionally doing so. Really.

. . .Maybe.

He hasn't been feeling the greatest since he first found himself here, and that has yet to fully change. He's been increasingly wanting only to hunt, and the lack of it is winding him up tighter than he'd care to admit.

So when this guy begins talking to him. . .and more so, practically gets right in his face, Zero doesn't take it especially well.]

You think I don't realize that?

[Even White Lily would have become anxious to be around how he is right now.

Well clearly he's not a werewolf; they may not exist back home, but he's accepted already how, on the other hand, plenty of non-humans are around and from their respective worlds.

That's not the point, though —] Don't just assume to know me.

I can tell that already. But other life can.

[coagmentatio]

[That response simply earns a smile, and he's folding his arms over his chest as he studies the other man.] Sorry... I didn't mean it like that.

[He's still new at this whole... socializing thing, and so he's trying not to beat himself up after every little misunderstanding. Though, even with his lack of experience, he does have an understanding of emotions. It wouldn't require a genius to tell he's annoying the man.

So... he does casually place a bit of distance, kneeling down to lightly tug at one of the dead plants.] Well, I'm not in the habit of making too many assumptions about strangers. I'm just going off of what I do know.

[He lightly combs his fingers through the dirt.] Other life...

[Silently, he lets some of the dirt fall through his fingers, and then he's taking a couple of steps away from the stranger, a quiet hum-like sound slipping free.] Well, I guess we really did get off on the wrong foot, here...

[He turns to face Zero, awkwardly scratching at the side of his head. Well, he's read that one of the quickest ways to calm anger is... apologizing and meaning it? He's only ever had to do this with Riley, but...] I'm sorry that I made your mood worse. I wasn't trying to. I'm Aiden... and I'm new here, too.

[bloodyrose]

[Not being the most social is one thing they stand on even ground with, if anything. Not that Zero's train of thought is along those lines.

Just for the moment does he actually watch Aiden. Set aside the way he does (thankfully) put more space between them, his actions are a bit odd. Did he grow up strictly indoors? Maybe in a bubble? At some point Zero may have or will question it, but at the moment he doesn't entirely care to.

—At the tip of his tongue is to ask what the other is. As there is something he can't quite decipher. Again, too, just as he's unable to for a number of others here.]

Yeah. I know.

[He ends up saying. There's no real blame in the end. Only Zero being irritable from the start, most of it directed internally. Albeit it's already affecting this world.]

I'm Zero.

[He unconsciously is already thinking just what reaction his name may get this time.]

It's hardly been a week.

F-3

[sanguisdolore]

[ Being as Yuu had dragged him down to look for more of those emotion shards, he'd separated from him for a few minutes to check something out a little ways in another direction but told that if the other found himself in trouble that he could easily call him.

A couple minutes had passed and he hadn't really found any notable ones lying about as they had been before. Making him frown a bit as he figured that most people had scavenged them already, but it didn't mean looking for them was impossible. The ones that would remain would be harder to do and he'd somewhat seen something like some viscous pink liquid here and there, noting perhaps it probably wasn't something he wanted to be touching at all. What he hadn't expected to hear when walking by one of the buildings was the sound of glass shattering from inside, causing him to hesitate before heading in.

Inside, it was easy to find the source.

Mainly in part due to the ice-coated room with fissures within them, shattered windows and the lone figure knelt in the middle of it. One that didn't look like he was doing too great, but seeing as the room looked like it could possibly collapse - despite it's frozen-over state - and he really willing to sit by in a situation like this. Remaining in Verens had really instated the better side of him the longer he'd been here, so that was likely why he decided on a last-second whim that getting that guy out of that room was for the best, and quick.

With moves almost hard to discern by sight alone, he moved in to where he could grab one of Zero's wrists, a quick murmur of an apology following that as he practically pulled the other male's arm around his shoulder before rising to his feet and bolting out of the room while mostly carrying Zero's weight. Once they were out of the building, he finally turned his attention to the other with a quiet expression on his face. ]

...Are you going to be alright?

[bloodyrose]

[Zero hardly was able to tell that someone else was close by to begin with. He could only hear the rush of blood between his ears, to feel the way his heart raced and seemed to press right out of his chest, and how the air was thick, even ashen as he nearly choked. —Then, the moments later as he was rushed out of the room that happened in a complete blur.

His mind in a whirlwind, he can't tell which he wants to do more: curl into a fetal position and cry, to disappear, or kill.

Only after several minutes is he able enough to gather his bearings and recognize where he is. Still, he jerks away from the other. The side of the building beneath his palm cracks a little, however this time it's due to his own strength.]

Get. . . back. . .

[He manages. His other hand fumbles, but able enough to retrieve Bloody Rose. If Mika doesn't fall back, the gun with be pressed flush to his chest.]

Don't you touch me, vampire.

[He sneers, fangs bared. Unknowingly, his normally pale colored eyes have a ring of deep, even glowing red around the edges.]

[sanguisdolore]

[ Being that he was already pretty patient, he didn't mind giving the silver-haired man his time to recover. After all, he hadn't looked like he'd been doing great and spending much longer there didn't seem like the greatest idea. Initially Mika did expect something in way of an answer, even just one word would have been okay, though he did pick up on the way the building cracked underneath the other's palm where it'd been resting.

Then there was that he picked up on easily, initially surmising perhaps he was still feeling a bit shaken from whatever had happened before.

He really tried not to assume the worst of people until they gave him reason to fully dislike them, as he was a good judge of character. That didn't help with predicting when a damn gun was being pressed against his chest, which was just enough to make his expression darken into a frown and he pulled back enough so the muzzle of that gun wasn't touching him. Though what really got to him wasn't so much the gun but the idea of what the other male actually said to him, having picked up on it without him even saying a damn word.

Though it... really didn't match up with the other's appearance. At. All. ]

Hm. Someone decides to help you and you feel fit to point a gun at them. Is that your way of showing gratitude?

[ His voice is dry and a bit annoyed, not showing nearly as much fear as what one would expect with someone aiming a gun at them. Hell, he doesn't even have a hand on the hilt of his sword yet. He would address that whole 'you're a vampire too' in a moment, not about to forget that by any means. ]

[bloodyrose]

[Zero is only blinded by whatever it is that's ultimately affecting him. His animosity towards Mika being less than it's being made out to be. No, he doesn't particularly like how there's currently a vampire trying to come to his aide, but at the same time, he actually doesn't care. One could even go so far as to say he's apathetic. It doesn't matter who or what Mika is. For now, there's too much else going on through his head.

So it's likely why his hand holding Bloody Rose is noticeably trembling. He tries to take a few steps back.]

Y-you should leave. . .

[He finds his words. His free hand returns to practically claw over his heart, brows knitting, pain twisting his expression. Moment by moment he truly can't breathe, and that hand just as soon after moves to his own throat. The detailed "tattoo" over the left side of his throat seems to be turning red as well, even spreading. The crimson of his eyes further takes over as well.]

I d-don't want [need] to hurt you.

[Words which are the truth in the end, albeit gasped. Somewhere in his mind he does know that he really could kill Mika on the spot. By however means necessary.]

[sanguisdolore]

[ That was initially the feeling he was getting; that this guy really didn't mean nearly as much harm as he was intending now. Something that had been driven from whatever was affecting him now and it kind of reminded him when he'd been depriving himself of human blood during those long years. Someone volatile, quick to anger and hard to control which rung truest with how he'd been right before Yuu had actually convinced him to give him.

Such is why he was willing to let the other take those steps back, noting the trembling of his hand that held the gun.

Pain was visible in every shred of this poor guy's existence if he had to put a word on it by his body language alone, further making him feel like he had to stay around. It was a stupid risk that would have him get hurt, but if he didn't stay here then who was to stop him if his emotional backlashes would not only hurt himself but anyone else who came around him in this state? The odd glowing of that mark on the other's neck hadn't gone unnoticed as well, along with the more vivid red color of those eyes and that cemented his resolve.

Yuu's idiocy was rubbing off on him now, wasn't it? ]

Leaving isn't an option for me. It wasn't since the moment I found you like this.

[ Every nerve in his body tells him to leave this guy be, but he's impossibly stubborn and had set in stone that he wasn't going to walk away. Completely ready to move if this guy actually tried to shoot at him. ]

...Just calm down. If you keep on like this, it's only going to hurt you and any innocent people around you.

[ While it was hard for Zero to notice many things, maybe he would pick up on that he doesn't look like he wants to hurt him at all. No ill will. No malice. He's trying to keep calm despite his initial displeasure. ]

D-2

[thirdprogenitor]

[ Krul has kept off to the side while others run around trying to get rid of the rabbits that have seemingly taken over the crops here. To think that such small fluffy creatures could reproduce as fast as they did and wind up having claimed the crops as theirs is almost amusing, though she can't seem to find it in her to really smile over it.

She's about to leave when crimson eyes flick their gaze over towards Zero just as the surrounding crops begin to wilt and she hums at the sight he makes with crops dying and rabbits scurrying away from him. Well, one of the two objectives was at least carried out in a way. ]

The point is to save the crops, not assist in killing them.

[ She mutters the words with arms crossed, crimson eyes staring to him while strands of pink blow around her as a breeze brushes by. ]

can he sense she's a vampire? if not it's ok!

[bloodyrose]

[Muttered or not, he of course does hear it. . . which only leaves him more annoyed. Really; why did he even bother? Oh, right. He needs to fill his free time, and he likes animals. Plus he had the assumption that his presence actually wouldn't have much of an ill effect. There are plenty of others, here, who are indeed not humans. By that logic, then why would they be bothered by him?

Not that that explains the plant life.

He should try harder to muster up some more positive feelings. Something which honestly isn't too challenging, as he does genuinely possess them. Patience, too.]

Which is why I'm leaving. It isn't worth bothering anymore, given there's plenty of others who will have a more positive effect.

completely fine with me that he can

[thirdprogenitor]

[ She's not all that sure why she's here herself considering she has no desire to help these humans out with saving their crops. Perhaps she has some free time of her own, sort of comes with the whole being a vampire with immortality package. Which, in her two thousand years of being one, she has never seen so many rabbits hopping about and eating up the crops as she has now.

Perhaps there's still a first time for everything. ]

Do you usually give up so easily?

[ She asks dryly, not expecting much of a reply from the other though she still finds herself asking, her gaze drifting as she spots that white rabbit with the red eyes looking back at her from across the patch. ]

I doubt we're related.

[ Said to the rabbit with matching eyes, of course. ]

[bloodyrose]

It's become far more of a bother than anything.

[Just as dry, while both the truth but not. It's not as though this is something that's of great importance in the end. . . . Although that's not to say he's never been tempted to give in with other circumstances. Mostly. He's silently grateful to have arrived with so many blood tablets.]

It would be the first vampire I've met to be so with an animal. [Rather casually spoken.] Then again, who knows what else this place can pull.

[thirdprogenitor]

[ His words cause her to laugh a little under her breath, eyes falling shut for only a moment before she tilts her head as she looks to him with those crimson eyes of hers. ]

And do you meet many vampires in your daily life?

[ Regardless of what or who he happens to be, Krul feels no threat towards him. If he's a human? She's already better than him. Another vampire? Better than a human as far as she's concerned. An angel? Well, that might be a little bit of a problem. Though he doesn't seem to strike her as the kinds she's seen back in her world; who knows what they might look like here. ]

You don't seem too bothered by it.

[ Because typically, to even hear the word vampire causes humans to either run or freeze in terror. ]